In the last decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer has continuously and rapidly increased, and the risk factors have become the focus of the whole society′s attention.The exposure of radiation in childhood and genetic predisposition are determinate risk factors for thyroid cancer.Goiter, benign nodules/adenomas and obesity are highly likely risk factors for thyroid cancer.Some menstrual and reproductive factors and dietetic factors are possible risk factors for thyroid cancer.

Surgical operation is still the main means of thyroid carcinoma,especially the differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Postoperative endocrine therapy is considered as an important adjuvant therapy. Giving the corresponding endocrine therapy after the surgery,not only prevent the hypothyroidism,but also reduce the recurrence rate and mortality in postoperative patients with thyroid carcinoma.

Thyroid carcinomas are the most common endocrine malignancies,and the overwhelming majority of them is differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).The major therapies of DTCs are surgical resection,thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) inhibitory treatment and iodine radioisotope (131I) treatment.131I has been widely applied for the diagnosis and treatment of DTC,however,part of these patients may reduce or loss the uptake capacity of 131I owing to the alteration of sodium-iodide symporter gene,BRAF,paired box 8,microRNA and cytokeratin 19.These genes are particularly important in the treatment of DTC,which can be used as biomarkers in the treatment efficacy evaluation.

As an important member of the adisintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) superfamily,ADAM17 can mediate a variety of membrane molecular hydrolysis off,such as adhesion molecules,cytokines,growth factors,etc,and play an important role in regulating tumor cell adhesion,apoptosis,metastasis and proliferation through the EGFR-PI3K-Akt pathway,Notch signaling pathway and other signaling pathways.The research of ADAM17 targeted drugs provides a new direction for cancer therapy.

In recent years,the abnormal expression of microRNA-21 (miR-21) in head and neck carcinoma have been found in many studies,which may be closely related to the genesis and development of thyroid carcinoma,nasopharyngeal carcinoma,laryngocarcinoma and oral carcinoma,etc.MiR-21 may also be valuable for the clinical diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of head and neck carcinoma.

Cell polarity is a common feature of many different types of cells,and it is essential to the normal differentiation and function of cells. Partitioning defective 6( PAR6)gene encodes PAR6 protein, which is crucial to asymmetric cell division and polarized growth. PAR6 protein as a member of the PAR6 polarity complex,affects the synthetic of centrosome and protein recruitment to the centrosome. The abnormal number of centrosomal and the loss of cell polarity may eventually lead to the occurrence of tumor.

Oncogene Pim-1 has a close relationship with the occurrence and development of several tumours.It is involved in a number of signal transduction pathways and regulates the expression of the downstream biological factors or acts synergistically with other oncogenes.Pim-1 plays an important role in the clinical diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of some tumors,and provides a new potential target in the chemotherapy of tumors.Recently,Pim-1-targeting treatment strategy has be a research hotspot and it would be used for cancer clinical treatment hopefully.

Objective:To investigate the expressions of P53and nm23 proteins in cancer tissue of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.Methods:There were 57 males and 43 females,ranging in age from 35 to 75 years old.The clinical stages were T1 10,T2 29,T3 56 and T4 5;pathologic classifications were high differentiation in 74,medial and low differentiation in 26;lymph node metastasis in 56,no metastasis in 44.The expressions of P53 and nm23 proteins were detected by immunohistochemical technique.Results:The expressions rates of P53and nm23 proteins were 58.0%(58/100) and 40.0%(40/100) respectively (P＜0.05)in cancer tissue of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.The expressions rates of P53and nm23 were 71.5%(40/56)and 28.6%(16/56)in group of patients with node lymph node metastasis;40.9%(18/44)and 54.5%(24/44) in group of patients with negative metastasis respectively.Conclusion:Lymph node metastasis might be correlated with high level expression of P53 protein and low level expression of nm23 protein in patients of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

In recent years,the abnormal expressions of BRAF,Runx2,Runx3 and S100A4 genes in thyroid papillary carcinoma have been found in many studies.The abnomal expressions of those genes are closely related to the tumor invasion,lymph node metastasis,mulifocality of thyroid papillary carcinoma,which may be valuable in clinical diagnosis and treatment.

Objective:To investigate the expression of activin A in paraventricular nucleus (PVN)of the WKY rats and its influence in arterial blood pressure,and to clarify the mechanism of activin A in the regulation of arterial blood pressure by PVN.Methods:The WKY rats were selected.The expressions of activin A,ActRⅡA,ActRⅡB,and Smads mRNA in PVN of the WKY rats were measured by RT-PCR.The expression of ActRⅡA protein in PVN was detected by immunohistochemical staining.The microinjection of exogenous activin A into PVN was used to observe the changes of arterial blood pressure.The primary cultured PVN neurons from the WKY rats were divided into control group and activin A group.The mRNA expression levels of ActRⅡA,ActRⅡB,and Smads in the PVN neurons were analyzed by RT-PCR.Results:Activin A,ActRⅡA,ActRⅡB,Smad2 and Smad3 mRNA were expressed in PVN of the WKY rats.The ActRⅡ A protein expression in PVN was further confirmed by immunohistochemical staining.After microinjection of activin A or angiotensin Ⅱ (AgⅡ)into PVN,the mean arterial blood pressure was increased obviously compared with before treatment (P <0.05).Moreover,compared with control group,the expression levels of ActRⅡA and Smad3 mRNA in primary cultured PVN neurons of the rats in vitro were significantly increased (P <0.05).Conclusion:Activin A can regulate the arterial blood pressure in PVN in an autocrine or paracrine manner,which is related to ActRⅡA-Smad3 signal pathway.