Objective To detect serum concentration of folate receptor alpha and to investigate its significance in the clinical application of patients with endometrial carcinoma. Methods Thirty-seven patients with endometrial carcinoma, 33 patients with endometrial hyperplasia and 10 healthy women were enrolled in this study. Sera were used to detect the the folate receptor alpha using an Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) technique.The expression level of serum folate receptor alpha in different groups was analyzed. The correlation between the expression level of serum folate receptor alpha and age of patients, menopause, tumor morphology, myometrial invasion and clinical stage was was also analyzed in patients with endometrial carcinoma. Results Level of folate receptor alpha was successfully detected in serum of healthy women and patients with endometrial diseases. Level of folate receptor alpha in patients with endometrial carcinoma was much higher than that in patients with endometrial hyperplasia. Level of folate receptor alpha in patients with endometrial hyperplasia was also higher than that in the healthy controls, with significant difference (P < 0.05). In the endometrial carcinoma group,the levle of folate receptor alpha in serum was correlated with the clinical stage and myometrial invasion (P < 0.05), however, Level of folate receptor alpha was not correlated with the age of patients, menopause andtumor morphology(P > 0.05). Conclusion The Serum level of folate receptor alpha can be detected, and its expression will contribute to the diagnosis, treatment and predicting the prognosis of patients with endometrial carcinoma.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sirolimus and tacrolimus after renal transplantation.Method PubMed,Web of knowledge,Medline and the Cochrane controlled trials register,Chinese Biomedicaldatabase,and Vip database were searched with the terms and Boolean operators as (kidney transplantation OR renal transplantation) AND (sirolimus OR rapamycin OR rapamune) AND (tacrolimus OR FK506 OR prograf).Results retrieved were updated on November,2015.Data were extracted for patient and graft mortality,acute rejection (AR),wound complications,infection,GFR,withdrawl.Professional meta analysis software RevMan 5.3 was employed.Result Altogether,1810 patients from 10 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included.Patients in the sirolimus group showed a decreased rate of graft mortality and infection (RR =0.63,95％ CI,0.45-0.89,P=0.009;RR=4.42,95％ CI,1.73-11.31,P=0.002).Patients in the sirolimus group showed an increased rate of AR,wound complications,GFR,withdrawl (SMD=-0.52,95％ CI,-0.73-0.31,P＜0.000 01;RR=0.54,95％ CI,0.40-0.73,P＜0.000 1;RR=0.17,95％ CI,0.11-0.25,P＜0.000 01;RR =0.44,95％ CI,0.37-0.51,P＜0.000 01).The patient mortality was insignificantly different between two groups.Conclusion This meta-analysis concluded that sirolimus showed advantage over tacrolimus about safety when used early after renal transplantation.The options of immunosuppressive regimens after kidney transplantation should be based on the specific condition.To obtain more reliable and accurate clinical data,the RCTs with more rational design,higher methodological quality,larger sample size,including domestic patients,longer follow-up are still needed.

AIM:To prepare the Lyophiled Royal Jelly Soft Capsule and study its stability and Influential factors.METHODS:The suspending agent and processing method were optimized using sedimentation volume rate as the index.Soft capsules were prepared and product stability under high temperature and high humidity environment was studied according to the determination of the content of 10-HAD by HPLC.RESULTS:The finished product yield in pilot test was more than 90%,the soft capsule products stored in cold were stable,while those stored under room temperature or high temperature and high humidity were unstable with a noticeable decrease in quality.Water content in capsule shell affects the 10-HDA content of the finished product.CONCLUSION:The preparative process is feasible and the products should be storaged in cold enviroment.

This paper summarizes the intraoperative care of 9 ovarian cancer patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery combined with intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy.During the operation,strict aseptic procedure,protection and isolation of normal organs were emphasized to prevent postoperative infections and diffusion of cancer cells.During intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy,the nursing care focused on tube management to maintain unobstructed and fluid volume,prevention of fluid leakage,skin care and prevention of pressure induced injuries.

The present study aims to investigate the kinetic histocytochemical changes of acupoints in different condition. The expression of tryptase (+) mast cells, histamine (HA) , serotonin (5-HT) and nociceptive neuropeptides including calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P (SP) were observed by immunohistochemistry combined with confocal technology. Mast cells were labeled with anti-mast cell tryptase antibody and simultaneously with HA or 5-HT primary antibodies to observe their co-expression. The results showed that: (1) SP and CGRP were expressed more highly on the cutaneous nerve fibers of "Hegu" (LI 4) after acupuncture stimulation than that of the control. Mast cells aggregated in close proximity to the blood vessels in intra-epidermis and dermis, and some of them with degranulation in the lower dermis and subcutaneous tissue of "Hegu" (LI 4). Both mast cells and their granules appeared with HA (+) and 5-HT (+) expression at stimulated LI 4 sites, while a few intact mast cells with a little expression of 5-HT and HA were distributed in areas of non-stimulated Ll 4. (2) The acupoints in different locations such as Baihui (GV 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12) and LI 4 had the same constituent but the contents were different. (3) The histocytochemical responses of acupoints sensitized by the Gastric mucosa injury (GMI) were also investigated. GMI resulted in neurogenic plasma extravasation by Evans Blue (EB) in the skin of the acupoints over the back and abdomen, which mostly occurred in the T9-T11 dermatomere. The EB extravasation dots just like acupoints sensitization appeared after GMI and disappeared gradually during the natural self-recovery of the gastric mucosa. More SP and CGRP positive nerve fibers were distributed in EB dots than in regions beside EB dots and in the control, mostly distributed in the nerve fibers around both the vessels and root of hair follicle. Mast cells also aggregated and degranulated to release algogenic substances of 5-HT and HA around the vessels in areas of the EB dots. Collectively the acupoints displayed the same histocytochemical responses due to either acupuncture stimulation or GMI. This may potentially be the histocytochemical basis in the local acupoints and acupoints displayed kinetic changes in different condition.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Animals ; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide ; metabolism ; Gastric Mucosa ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Histocytochemistry ; Humans ; Mast Cells ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Mice ; Rats ; Serotonin ; metabolism ; Skin ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Substance P ; metabolism

Objective To evaluate the effects of δ-aminolaevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) in the treatment of primary carcinomas on the facial skin. Methods In the accordance of these tumors' sites and morphology, 14 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), 38 patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and 5 patients with Bowen disease were given four to eight times of topical ALA followed by PDT. Results Ten (71.4%) SCC cases, 34 (89.5%) BCC cases and all (100%) Bowen disease cases completely recovered after ALA-PDT. The others all obtained signifi-cant improvement after final treatment. Their unaffected tissues around these tumors kept well and no scaring appeared after ALA-PDT. The recurrence rates among the completely-recovered cases were 10.0% (SCC), 11.8% (BCC) and 0% (Bowen disease), respectively, by the end of six-month's follow-up. Conclusions Topical ALA-PDT is an effective new therapeutical method with lower recur-rence rates, fewer side effects, no scar formation and excellent cosmetic results for primary carcinomas localizing on the facial skin.

Aim To make a research of rats with focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury on pathological changes in brain and the changes of AQP4 and related proteins, in order to explore the relationship between AQP4 and brain edema. Methods Adult male SD rats, weighting 250~300 g, were randomly divided in-to Sham group and cerebral ischemia/reperfusion ( I/R) injury model group. The I/R model group was di-vided into the I/R-6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 48 h-four time point groups. The animal model of the right MCA is-chemia/reperfusion was established by suture method in mature SD rats. The nerve symptom score was con-ducted in the corresponding time points. Then, the permeability of brain tissue was detected by EB stai-ning;TTC staining was conducted to observe the cere-bral infarction volume;the dry wet weight method was used to detect the changes of brain water content; im-munohistochemical( IHC) , WB and RT-PCR were ap-plied to detect the expression of AQP4 , and the related factors at different time points of the model rats after is-chemia-reperfusion around infarcts. Results Com-pared with the Sham group, then ever function score of the rats in I/R model groups were much higher. With the increase of the reperfusion time, the cerebral in-farction volume, brain tissue permeability and the brain water content were also increased. IHC results showed that AQP4 expression gradually rose with widen distribution. WB and RT-PCR results verified the in-creasing level of AQP4 expression. The detection of the related proteins expression showed apparent changes. The expression of MMP-9 was increased, while the Oc-cludin and JAM-1 expression showed a decreasing trend. The I/R-48 h model group showed the most ob-vious differences in the expression of the related pro-teins and mRNA ( P <0. 01 vs Sham, respectively ) . Conclusion Accompanied with the aggravating cere-bral injury after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion, the ex-pression of AQP4 and MMP-9 level were activated, while the degradation of TJPs, Occludin and JAM-1, was increased. These factors are combined to make the formation of brain edema. This study makes a further research on the formation mechanism of the early stage for cerebral edema on I/R model and offers a potential for intervention in the filed of looking for a reliable drug therapy on cerebral edema.

Objective To explore the expression and the pathomechanism of folate receptor alpha(FRα) and CA125 in the development and progression of endometrial carcinoma.Methods Sixty samples of endometrial carcinoma tissues,46 samples of endometrial hyperplasia tissues and 10 normal endometrial tissues were collected in the study.Immunohistochemical methods were used to detect the expression of Frαand CA125 in all tissues.The expressions of FRα and CA125 and their correlation with clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed.Results FRα was positively expressed in 93.9％ of the endometrial carcinoma tissues,with a strongly positive rate of 65.0％,which was significantly higher than that in endometrial hyperplasia tissues and normal endometrial tissues (P ＜ 0.05).The highly expressed FRαin endometrial carcinoma tissues was associated with age,FIGO stage and histologic types (P ＜ 0.05),while no statistical significance was found between the high expression of FRαand myometrial invasion.The expression of FRα in endometrial atypical hyperplasia was higher than that in other hyperplasia subgroups.The expression of CA125 in endometrial carcinoma tissues and endometrial hyperplasia tissues were both higher than that in normal endometrial tissues (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion FRα may play an important role in the carcinogenesis and progression of endometrial carcinoma,and act as a target of therapy and a kind of assessment for prognosis in endometrial carcinoma.CA125 may be involved in the development of endometrial lesions and further researches are needed to confirm a physiological mechanism between FRA and CA125 in carcinogenesis of endometrial carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the effects of human IL-18 gene combined with diterpenoid alkaloids in inhibiting the proliferation and inducing the apoptosis of tongue squamous carcinoma cells Tscca.Methods We constructed recombinant plasmid pEGFPN3-IL-18 and tranfected it into tongue squamous carcinoma cells Tscca.The transduction efficiency of the target cells was detected by fluorescent microscopy,cytotoxic effect of IL-18 gene with diterpenoid alkaloids on Tscca was detected by MTT assay,and apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. Western blot was employed to examine the expression level of cellular signal-regulated kinase Akt/p-Akt.Results The tongue squamous cells Tscca which transfected pEGFPN3-IL-18 had significantly increased apoptosis compared with non-transfected cells (P<0 .05 ).Tongue carcinoma squamous cells cultured with diterpenoid alkaloids at the concentrations of 0 .2 ,0 .4 and 0 .6 mg/mL had significantly increased apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner (P<0.05).Human IL-18 gene combined with diterpenoid alkaloids for 48 hours inhibited significantly Tscca in a concentration-dependent manner compared with diterpenoid alkaloids alone (P<0 .05 ).The two in combination could also decrease the protein level of p-Akt dose-dependently.Conclusion The combination of pEGFPN3-IL-18 and diterpenoid alkaloids has a synergistic effect in inhibiting the growth of tongue squamous carcinoma cells Tscca.

Adult ; Cerebral Infarction ; etiology ; Humans ; Intraoperative Complications ; etiology ; Lung Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Male