Objective To evaluate the gene amplification and protein expression of HER-2 in gastric carcinoma with or without neuroendocrine differentiation (NED), and to explore the difference in HER-2 gene profile between these two neo?plasms. Methods Cases of gastric carcinoma with NED (n=70) and cases of gastric carcinoma without NED (n=150) were retrospectively reviewed. Gene amplification and protein expression of HER-2 genes in gastric carcinoma with or without NED were detected by combination of immunohistochemical method (IHC) and double color silver dye for in situ hybridiza?tion (DISH). Prognosis of gastric cancer patients with NED were predicted using Kaplan-Meiers survival analysis. Results Expression rates of HER-2 in gastric cancer with and without NED are 20.00%and 21.33%respectively. Amplification of HER-2 in gastric cancer with and without NED are 8.57%and 14.67%respectively. Gene amplification and protein expres?sion of HER-2 between gastric cancer with NED and without NED showed no statistical difference. Chromosome 17 multi-body positively correlated with gene HER-2 amplification in Gastric carcinoma with NED. Postoperative survival period in patients of gastric carcinoma with NED and HER-2 amplification was shorter than that in patients of gastric carcinoma with?out NED but with HER-2 amplification. Gastric carcinoma with or without NED, HER-2 gene amplification, lymph node me?tastasis and operation method obviously correlate with prognosis of gastric carcinoma patients (P<0.05). Conclusion The gastric cancer with NED is a special type of gastric cancer, there was no difference of gene amplification and protein expres?sion of HER-2 gene between gastric carcinoma with NED and without NED. Poor prognosis would be expected in gastric can?cer patients with NED and HER-2 amplification.

Objective:To investigate the effect of miR-218 on the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells.Methods: The expression of miR-218 in breast cancer tissues and breast cancer cell lines was detected by qPCR.The relationship between the expression of miR-218 and the clinicopathological parameters of breast cancer were analyzed.Double luciferase assay was used to detect the relationship between miR-218 and SNX4.MTT assay and invasion assay were used to detect the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells after overexpression of miR-218.MTX assay and invasion assay were used to detect the recovery level of SNX4 on the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells.The effect of miR-218 on the tumorigenesis of breast cancer cell lines was examined by tumorigenesis in nude mice.Results: The expression level of miR-218 in breast cancer tissue and MCF-7 cell line was higher.The expression of miR-218 was associated with pathological stage of breast cancer and lymph node metastasis.SNX4 may be the target of miR-218.Overexpression of miR-21 could inhibit the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells.Overexpression of SNX4 could reverse the inhibitory effect of miR-218 on breast cancer cells.Overexpression of miR-218 could inhibit the breast cancer cell line in nude mice tumorigenic ability.Conclusion: miR-218 can up-regulate the expression of miR-218 in breast cancer,and miR-218 can regulate the expression of SNX4 in breast cancer cell proliferation and invasion.

Objective To evaluate the protective effect of astragaloside Ⅳ against ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced photodamage to human HaCaT keratinocytes,and to investigate its mechanisms.Methods Culturedimmortalized human HaCaT keratinocytes were divided into four groups:blank control group receiving untreated,UVB group irradiated with 50 mJ/cm2 UVB,astragaloside Ⅳ group treated with astragaloside Ⅳ,UVB + astragalosideⅣ group treated with astragaloside Ⅳ for 24 hours before and after 50 mJ/cm2 of UVB radiation.The concentration ofastragaloside Ⅳ ranged from 10 to 200 mg/L in cell proliferation assay,and according to the results of proliferationassay,20 mg/L was determined as the optimal concentration in the other assays.At 24 hours after UVB radiation,cellcounting kit-8 (CCK8) assay was performed to evaluate cellular proliferative activity,flow cytometry to determineintracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels,and Western blot to measure the expression levels of p53,p38,matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and high mobility group Al (HMGA-1) protein in HaCaT cells.ResultsCompared with the control group,astragaloside Ⅳ at 10 and 20 mg/L had no inhibitory effect (F =1.32,P ＞ 0.05),while astragaloside Ⅳ at 50,100 and 200 mg/L showed significantly inhibitory effect (F =20.20,P ＜ 0.05),on theproliferation of HaCaT cells.In addition,cellular proliferative activity in the UVB group was significantly lower thanthat in the control group (F =99.00,P ＜ 0.01).Compared with the UVB group,cellular proliferative activityincreased to different degrees in HaCaT cells treated with both UVB and astragaloside Ⅳ of 10-200 mg/L (F =19.08,P ＜ 0.01),with the strongest increase observed in those treated with UVB and astragaloside Ⅳ of 20 mg/L.Further experiments revealed reduced intracellular ROS levels in the UVB + astragaloside Ⅳ (20 mg/L) groupcompared with the UVB group (t =21.12,P ＜ 0.01).Western blot assay showed that the expression levels of p53,p38,MMP-9 and HMGA-1 protein were significantly higher in the UVB group than in the control group (all P ＜0.01),but significantly lower in the UVB + astragaloside Ⅳ (20 mg/L) group than in the UVB group (all P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Astragaloside Ⅳ can effectively protect keratinocytes from UVB-induced photodamage.

Objective Psoriasis vulgaris (PV) is easy to prone to recur and hard to cure and little research has been done on combined treatment on PV.The article was to study the clinical effects of total glucosides of paeony capsules (TGP) combined with acitretin and compound flumethasone on PV as well as the peripheral blood cytokine levels.Methods 126 patients with PV who visited our hospital from October 2015 to January 2017 were randomly divided into combined treatment group (63 cases) and control group (63 cases).Both groups were treated with oral acitretin and topical compound flumethasone, what's more, the compound flumethasone group received oral TGP treatment, 8 weeks for a course.The clinical therapeutic effects were evaluated by the levels of peripheral blood IL-17, IL-18, IL-23, TNF-α level, PASI score and percentage of total skin lesions before and after the treatment.Results After the treatment, the concentration of IL-17, IL-18, IL-23 significantly decreased(P<0.05), which was significantly less in combined treatment group compared with control group (IL-17 [61.18±8.91] vs [78.64±7.85], IL-18 [68.56±17.95] vs [79.49±18.64], IL-23 [70.13±12.16] vs [91.18±16.89] pg/ML)(P<0.05).Moreover, the TNF-α level, the PASI score and the percentage of total skin lesions significantly decreased in both groups after treatment(P<0.05), which was significantly less in combined treatment group compared with control group (TNF-α level [14.47±7.53] vs [23.49±8.12]ng/L, PASI score [4.09±1.29] vs [7.29±5.13], the percentage of total skin lesions [6.17±4.59]% vs [8.09±5.18]%) (P<0.05).Conclusion TGP combined with acitretin and compound flumethasone can significantly enhance the clinical therapeutic effects and effectively regulate the levels of the IL-17, IL-18, IL-23 and TNF-α level, which results in treating psoriasis vulgaris.

Objective To study the clinical,pathological and genetic features of myofibrillar myopathy caused by BAG3 gene mutation.Methods The clinical features and pathological findings of a patient with myofibrillar myopathy were analyzed.Genomic DNA of the patient was extracted from peripheral blood and the next generation sequencing was performed to explore the mutation of genes about myopathies.Results The patient presented with nine-year-old onset myopathy characterized by progressive difficulty for squatting,rigid spine and muscle atrophy in the limbs symmetrically.Peripheral neurogenic damages were found on electromyography.On muscle biopsy,myogenic and neurogenic damages with rimmed vacuoles appeared,and the deposited materials were positive for sarcoglycan,dystrophin-R and dystrophin-C.There was a reported heterozygous mutation in the exons of the BAG3 gene (c.626C ＞ T).Conclusion There is no specificity of clinical manifestation in myofibrillar myopathy,and the diagnosis of this disease mainly depends on muscle biopsy and genetic screening.

OBJECTIVE:To prepare nicotine ethosome and study its transdermal permeability in vitro. METHODS:Injection method was adopted to prepare nicotine ethosome. Single-factor test was conducted to study the effects of the amounts of ethanol and phospholipid on the particle size and encapsulation efficiency of the ethosome. Franz diffusion cell was employed to conduct permeability test on excised rat skin to compare cumulative permeating quantities of the nicotine in nicotine ethosome,nicotine lipo-some and nicotine ethanol solution. Confocal laser scanning electron microscope was applied to observe the penetration depths of rhodamine B-containing nicotine ethosome,nicotine liposome and the solution of nicotine ethanol solution in the in vitro rat skin. RESULTS:When the formulation contained 3%(m/V)phospholipid and 35%(V/V)ethanol,the obtained nicotine ethosome had the smallest particle size [(105 ± 11.5) nm] and the highest encapsulation efficiency [(89.13 ± 6.12)%]. Compared with nicotine ethosome and the nicotine ethanol solution,nicotine ethosome had the largest cumulative permeating quantity in vitro at 12 h. Fur-thermore,the above-mentioned 3 preparations all became saturated in permeability at 12 h with the penetration depths of 80 μm, 156 μm and 175 μm,respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The nicotine ethosome that can increase the transdermal permeability of nico-tine has been prepared successfully.

Objective To establish a simple and reliable method for isolation and cultivation of epidermal stem cells from neo-natal rat skin basal layer .Methods The single cells were dissociated with twice trypsinization form neonatal rat skin .Thereafter we purified the basal layer stem cells with differential velocity adherent technique with collagen Ⅳ ,and the slow adherent cells were cultured as negative control cells .Both basal layer stem cells and control cells were cultivated with keratinocyte serum-free medium (K-sfm) .Stem cells were identified with β1-integrin and Keratin 19 by co-immunofluorescence assay ,and colony forming assay was executed to evaluate the proliferation potential of stem cells .Results The polygonal cells grew like flagstones ,with doubling time of approximately 24 hours .Both the morphology and growth properties of cells were in accordance with the character of basal layer stem cells .Co-immunofluorescence identification showed the cells were positive for the expression of β1-integrin and Keratin 19 . Basal layer stem cells had stronger clone forming ability in vitro compare with control group .Conclusion The results indicate that two-procedure trypsinization plus differential velocity adhesion is an ideal method for basal layer stem cells separation followed with vigorous vitality and reliable phenotype .

Objective:To study the influence of Rhizoma Corydalis before and after vinegar processing on the microelement content in the eye tissues of rats to verify the vinegar processing leading the herb to liver meridian. Methods: The rats were divided into the crude Corydalis group, vinegar processing group and negative group. The content of microelement Cu, Zn and Mn in rat ocular tissues was determined and compared after the administration. Results:Corydalis could significantly increase the content of Cu and Zn in fun-dus blood and that of Zn and Mn in the eyeball vitreous, and Rhizoma Corydalis after vinegar processing showed more obvious effect. Conclusion:Rhizoma Corydalis with vinegar processing can improve the distribution of microelements in eye tissues, and because liver opens at eyes, the results provide evidence for Corydalis after vinegar processing leading to liver meridian.

OBJECTIVE:To analyze intervention effect of Drug Rational Usage Guidelines System(DRUGS)on antibacterial agents use in department of obstetrics and gynecology in our hospital. METHODS:The application of antibacterial agents in depart-ment of obstetrics and gynecology in our hospital during Jan.-May(before intervention)and Jun.-Nov. 2012(after intervention)were extracted in respects of drug name,preoperative medication duration,perioperative additional condition,postoperative drug with-drawal time,drug combination,usage and dosage,average hospitalization stay,hospitalization cost. The intervention effects were analyzed. RESULTS:After intervention,the type of antibacterial agents were more in line with national regulations;the proportion of type Ⅰ incision surgery without antibacterial agents increased from 57.8% to 75.2%;the prophylactic application of antibacteri-al agents in type Ⅱ incision surgery within 0.5-2 h increased from 80.2% to 97.0%. The rate of reasonable antibacterial selection, drug combination,usage and dosage increased from 76.9%,64.9%,71.3% to 89.3%,84.6%,90.2%,respectively. The average hospitalization stay and antibacterial cost per capita decreased significantly. There was statistical significance among above indica-tors before and after intervention(P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS:DRUGS effectively change irrational use of antibacterial agents in department of obstetrics and gynecology,which provide a new method for the management of antibacterial agents.

5-Flucytosine (5-FC) could be changed to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) by cytosine deaminase (CD), the latter is able to kill cancer cells. However, there is no efficient method to deliver the CD gene into the tumor cells, which hampers the application of the suicide gene system. In this experiment, for the first time, the NDV has been utilized as a vector to deliver the CD gene into the cancer cells, the virus can infect the cancer cells specifically, replicate and assemble, while the cytosine deaminase is expressed. Then the CD converts the prodrug 5-FC into 5-FU to achieve the purpose of inhibiting tumor. Firstly, the whole genome of E. coli JM109 was extracted, and the CD gene was obtained by cloning method. Then the CD and IRES-EGFP were ligated into the pEE12.4 expression vector to become a recombinant pEE12.4IE-CD eukaryotic expression plasmid. The human liver cancer cells were transfected with the plasmid. The cells were treated with different concentrations of 5-FC, MTT method was used to determine the killing effect of CD/5-FC system on the human liver cancer cells. The cell deaths were 18.07%, 42.98% and 62.20% respectively when the concentrations of prodrug were at 10, 20 and 30 mmol x L(-1). In 5-FC acute toxicity experiment, Kunming mice were injected with different concentrations of 5-FC at intervals of 1:0.5. The LD50 of 5-FC through iv injection was determined by improved Karber's method, the LD50 was 507 mg x kg(-1) and the 95% confidence limit was 374-695 mg x kg(-1). According to the maximum LD0 dose of the LD50, the maximum safe dose was 200 mg x kg(-1). Body weight and clinic symptoms of the experimental animals were observed. These results laid the foundation to verify the antitumor effect and safety of CD/5-FC system in animal models. The CD gene was ligated into the NDV (rClone30) carrier, then the tumor-bearing animal was established to perform the tumor inhibiting experiment. The result showed that the recombinant rClone30-CD/5-FC system has a high antitumor activity in vivo. To summarize, CD gene has been cloned and its bioactivity has been confirmed in the mammalian cells. It is the first time in this study to utilize the recombinant NDV to deliver the CD gene into the tumor cells; our result proves the rClone30-CD/5-FC system is a potential method for cancer therapy.