Objective To explore the clinical significance of cytokines expression including CD11b,CD18,IL-8 and IFN-? in patients with psoriasis.Methods 55 patients with psoriases,including vulgaris,pustulosa,arthropathica and erthrodermic ones,were enrolled into the case group and 40 healthy persons as control.The expressions of CD11b,CD18 were detected by flow cytometry,while IL-8 and IFN-? with ELISA.Results The expression of CD11b,CD18,IL-8 and IFN-? in patients with psoriasis was significantly higher than those in control.Conclusions The ultra expression of CD11b,CD18,IL-8 and IFN-? might relate with the immunopathology of lymphocyte cell activation in psoriasis.This might provide the dependable basis for its treatment.

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 detect the expression of tumor‐associated macrophages(TAM) in esophageal squamous cell carci‐noma ,and to study the clinical pathological characteristics of T AM in the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma .Methods Patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who accepted operation were chosen as study subjects ,and tissue samples of esophagus were collected ,including 90 squamous cell carcinoma tissues ,20 paracancerous atypical hyperplasia and 20 normal mucosa tissues , and the expression of CD206 ,MCP‐1 were detected by immunohistochemisty .Results The positive expression of CD206 was sig‐nificantly increased in tissues of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (P<0 .01) ,and it was positively correlated with clinical stage , invasion depth and lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (P<0 .05) .The expression of MCP‐1 was signifi‐cantly increased in esophageal squamous carcinoma tissues (P<0 .05) ,and its positive expression was closely correlated with depth of invasion and lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (P< 0 .05) .There was a positive relation between ATM infiltration quantity and the expression of MCP‐1(r=0 .617 ,P<0 .05) .Conclusion The positive expression of TAM was up‐regulated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissues ,and its number was positively correlated with clinical stage ,invasion depth and lymph node metastasis .

Objective To determine the median effective dose(ED50)of etomidate inhibiting responses to endotracheal intubation when combined with dexmedetomidine in the patients with obstructive jaundice. Methods American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ patients with obstructive jaundice,aged 45-63 yr,with body mass index of 18-30kg/m2,scheduled for elective operations under general anesthesia,were divided into control group(group C)and dexmedetomidine group(group D)using a random number table. At 15min before induction of anesthesia,normal saline 0.1 ml/kg was infused intravenously in group C,and dexmedetomidine 0.4 μg/kg was infused intravenously in group D. Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 0.05 mg/kg,fentanyl 4 μg/kg,etomidate and cisatracurium 0.15 mg/kg. The ED50 of etomidate was determined using Dixon′s up-and-down method. Etomidate was injected intravenously at the initial dose of 0.2 mg/kg in the first patient in each group. Each time the dose increased/decreased in the next patient according to whether or not the increase in mean arterial pressure and/or heart rate ≥ 20% of the baseline value within 3min after endotracheal intubation. The ratio between the two successive doses was 1.1. The number of patients in whom inhibition was effective or ineffective was recorded,and the ED50 and 95% confidence interval of etomidate inhibiting responses to intubation were calculated using Probit analysis. Results The ED50 (95% confidence interval)of etomidate inhibiting responses to intubation was 0.185(0.162-0.201)mg/kg in group C,the ED50(95% confidence interval)of etomidate inhibiting responses to intubation was 0.129(0.093-0.143)mg/kg in group D,and there was significant difference between the two groups(P<0.05).Conclusion When combined with dexmedetomidine,the ED50 of etomidate inhibiting responses to endotracheal intubation is 0.129 mg/kg in the patients with obstructive jaundice.

Objective To Establish a loop-mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP)assay for detection of Salmonella in fecal samples of tree shrews, and report the result of preliminary application of this method. Methods LAMP primers were designed and synthesized according to the conserved sequence of Salmonella specific gene invA (invasive protein gene A). To optimize the reaction time and temperature by setting 10 reaction times(24 to 42 min)and temperature(57℃ to 66℃)and tested its specificity and sensitivity. At the same time, a conventional PCR test was performed to verify and compare with the LAMP assay. 91 fecal samples of wild-derived tree shrews were detected by the LAMP assay. Results The experimental condition was confirmed as 62℃ and 34 min. The sensitivity of Salmonella was 3.36×101CFU/mL, which was 10 to 100 times higher than that of conventional PCR assay. In 10 kinds of intestinal bacteria for LAMP amplification,Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella paratyphi B were positive,the others were negative. Among the 91 samples of tree shrew fecal samples detected by the LAMP assay, the positive detection rate was 20.88%. The LAMP assay can be completed within 40 min, the result can be observed and judged visually by color changes. Conclusions The LAMP assay established in this study is convenient,rapid,sensitive and specific. It can be used as a rapid measure for large-scale detection of Salmonella in feces of tree shrews.

Objective To establish a quick and accurate method for detection of tree shrew adenovirus(TAV) using TaqMan real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. Methods Based on the published TAV genome sequence, a 3' conserved sequence was used to design specific probe primers. A standard curve was prepared using a recombinant plasmid containing the target gene fragment. A real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR method was established for detecting TAV based on TaqMan probe. Results The detection method was specific and was not cross-reactive with other common pathogens. The detection limit of the method was 3.7 copies/μL,showing a high sensitivity. The correlation coefficient was 0.998, and the efficiency was 95.7%. The amplification result showed a fine linear relationship,and the repeatability test effect was good. Conclusions The TAV real-time quantitative PCR detection method based on TaqMan probe has been successfully established. It has high sensitivity and reproducibility and can be applied to early detection of TAV infection.