Objective To observe humoral and cellular immunogenecity of nucleic acid vaccine of hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) in rhesus monkeys. Methods Rhesus monkeys of the experimental group and the control group received intramuscular injections of a HBcAg nucleic acid vaccine(pJW4303/HBc) and a control plasmid (pJW4303), respectively. Anti HBc titers, isotypes of anti HBc IgG in sera of the rhesus monkeys pre and post vaccinations, and IFN ? as well as IL 4 levels in the culture supernatant of PBMC isolated from the monkeys were detected by an enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay. HBcAg specific proliferation activities of PBMC in the monkeys were measured by 3H TdR incorporation assay. Results It was observed in rhesus monkeys of experimental group an obvious anti HBc response after immunization with HBcAg nucleic acid vaccine. The major isotypes of anti HBc IgG was IgG2 and IFN ? was predominant compared with IL 4 in the culture supernatant of rhesus monkeys' PBMC, both indicating Th1 type of immune responses. HBcAg specific proliferation activities of PBMC in the experimental group were significantly stronger than those in the control group. Conclusions The nucleic acid vaccine based on HBcAg shows a good humoral and cellular immunogenecity in rhesus monkeys.

Objective To analyze the double contrast(DC) imaging of anterior gastric wall cancer,in order to raise the knowledge of the imaging feature.Methods DC examination was confirmed by clinical data check and pathology before the operation in 35 cases of anterior gastric wall cancer.Results Occurence rates of hanging droplets,white foggy phonomen,overhanging white line and linear signs were 78%,94%,66% and 88%,respectively.Multiple mural lines would appear if the stomach greater or lesser curvature was involved with cancer.When one or two signs of them was defined,it has important significance to diagnose.Conclusions DC imaging has characteristic manifestation in diagnosis of the anterior gastric wall cancer.In combination of cautiously observation,fully recognization on all sings,changes of peripheral tissues structure imaging in cancer lesion situs and along with comprehensive clinical analysis could raise the accuracy in diagnosis of the anterior gastric wall cancer,before the stomach cancer operation.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the plasma IL-6,ACE level and DVH parameters radiation pneumonitis,and to evaluate its clinical value on the prediction of radiation pneumonitis.Methods 60 patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with unresectable or unwilling to surgical resection routinely received three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy.Before radiotherapy,radiotherapy beginning 1 week,2 weeks,3 weeks,4 weeks,5 weeks,6 weeks,8 weeks and 12 weeks,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect IL-6 and ACE content.The evaluation of radiation pneumonitis was accordance with the RTOG acute radiation pneumonitis grading standards.The patients with radiation pneumonitis were included in observation group,otherwise as control group.IL-6,ACE and DVH parameters in two groups were analyzed.The DVH parameters includes V20,V20,MLD and NTP.Results Among all the 60 patients,16 cases were diagnosed as radiation pneumonitis,among whom 5 cases occurred in radiotherapy,10 cases occurred within one month after radiotherapy,1 case occurred in two months after radiotherapy,including the 11 cases of grade Ⅱ and the other 5 cases of grade Ⅲ.In the observation group and the control group,expression level of the IL-6 had statistical significance before and after radiotherapy,ACE had significant difference in 2rd,3rd,4th,5th,6th week after radiotherapy (all P ＜ 0.05).V20,V30 and MLD differences were statistically significant between the observation group and control group [(46.2±4.5) ％ vs (30.5±7.5) ％,(37.5±5.6) ％ vs (20.5±5.6) ％,(20.4±2.3) Gy vs (15.5±3.5) Gy,(25.2±8.2) ％ vs (9.9±4.5) ％,all P ＜ 0.05].Conclusion Plasma IL-6,ACE levels,V20,V30,the MLD,and NTP are related to the occurrence of radiation pneumonitis.

The benefits of early enteral nutrition (EEN) during critical illness have been widely accepted by global experts. To popularize this new concept and provide standardized, reasonable and effective EEN therapy for critically ill patients in China, more than 20 experts from throughout the country discussed and developed this consensus. We used the GRADE approach for consensus development, focusing on important clinical issues such as nutrition assessment, initiating mode, route selection and tolerance monitoring of EEN support therapy for current critically ill patients. This consensus would be certainly help for intensive care physicians in the clinical application of EEN support therapy for critically ill patients.
China ; Consensus ; Critical Care ; Critical Illness ; Enteral Nutrition ; Humans

The technology of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy(MRS) is a newly-developed mean for analyzing some specific nucleus and their compounds making use of the principles of magnetic resonance and the effects of chemical shift. Currently, among MRS applications, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1HMRS) is the most widely applied one developed from single voxel to three-dimensional multi-voxel scanning technique. It provides a lot of important information for clinical studies. This article mainly reviews the methods for absolute quantification measurement of brain metabolites using multi-voxel MRS.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic performance of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and its combination with DWI and proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) in differentiating malignancy from benign breast lesions. Methods Fifty-three patients with 38 histopathologically confirmed malignant and 15 benign breast lesions were retrospectively studied. The patients were examined by breast MRI at 3.0 T prior to operation, including conventional T1WI, fat-suppression imaging, DWI, DKI and 1H-MRS. The shape and margin of breast lesions, and their corresponding mean values for ADC, mean kurtosis (MK) and mean diffusivity (MD) were determined by two blinded radiologists in consensus. The presence or absence of choline (Cho) peak was identified using LCModel software. Independent-samples t test or χ2 test was performed for the comparison of clinical characteristics, shape and margin of lesions, and imaging parameters between malignancy and benign lesions. ROC analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of DKI, DWI and 1H-MRS alone or in combination, in comparison with the histopathologic findings. Results The onset age of breast malignancy was higher than that of benign ones, and the difference has statistical significant (P<0.05). Malignant lesions were most often seen in postmenopausal women, with unclear margin. There was no significant differences for body mass index (BMI), fiber type, the size and shape of lesions between benign lesions and malignancy (P>0.05). The mean ADC,MD and MK of benign lesions were(1.464 ± 0.348)× 10-3mm2/s,(1.726 ± 0.268)× 10-3mm2/s and(0.692 ± 0.227), the mean ADC,MD and MK of malignancy were(0.963 ± 0.170)× 10-3mm2/s,(1.158 ± 0.262)× 10-3mm2/s and(1.311 ± 0.218), respectively. Significant differences were obtained between benign and malignant lesions for all parameters (P<0.05).The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of ADC, MD and MK for differentiating malignancy from benign lesions was 0.913, 0.933 and 0.968, respectively. Taken the maximum Youden's index of MK (1.110) as the ROC optimal cut-off point, MK exhibited better diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for distinguishing malignancy from benign lesions [89.5%(34/38),93.3%(14/15) and 90.6%(48/53), respectively], compared with MD and ADC. Multiparametric imaging with combination of DKI, DWI and 1H-MRS improves the diagnostic specificity (with the highest as 100.0%) but decreases the sensitivity (with the highest as 81.6% and lowest as 71.1% ), compare with the single parametric imaging. Conclusions MK generated from DKI enables differentiation of breast lesions with a higher diagnostic sensitivity and specificity than DWI and 1H-MRS. DKI combined with DWI and 1H-MRS increase specificity but decrease sensitivity for breast cancer characterization.

ET-CT demonstrated that VX2 tumor tissues could uptake 18F-FDG more than normal tissue, which made the basis for further study of VX2 tumor model.

A 74-year-old man presented with a progressively worsening pain in sacrum and was diagnosed to have a sacral chordoma by biopsy in May, 2004. Percutaneous intratumoral injection with lipiodol-pingyangmycin suspension (LPS) was carried out under image guidance and repeated when the pain in sacrum recurred and the tumor increased. During a 6-year follow-up period, three sessions of this treatment were executed. CT imaging and Karnofsky Performance Score were used to evaluate the size of tumor and quality of life, respectively. The patient was free of pain after each procedure and had a high quality of life with a Karnofsky Performance Score above 80 points. The tumor lesion in sacral area was effectively controlled. No complications were observed. Percutaneous intratumoral injection with LPS under image guidance may be an effective and safe alternative for the patients with sacral chordoma.
Aged ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/*administration & dosage ; Biopsy ; Bleomycin/administration & dosage/analogs & derivatives ; Chordoma/diagnosis/*drug therapy ; Ethiodized Oil/administration & dosage ; Humans ; Injections, Intralesional ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; *Sacrum ; Spinal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*drug therapy ; Suspensions ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

When we try to establish the gene recombinant yeast cell to screen the androgenic endocrine disruptors, the key procedure is the androgen receptor (AR) expression in the yeast cell. For this purpose, we obtained the GPD (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphote dehydrogenase) promoter from the yeast genosome of W303-1A using PCR system and inserting it into Swa I and BamH I sites of pYestrp2. The new constructed vector was named pGPD. The V5 epitope tag DNA with a 5'-BamH I and a 3'-EcoR I sticky end was cloned into the corresponding site of the pGPD vector to yield the vector of pGPDV5. The 2 723 bp full length AR ORF amplified by PCR from pcDNA3.1/AR was fused to V5 epitope tag DNA in pGPDV5 to give the AR yeast expression vector of pGPDV5/AR. This fused vector was transformed into the yeast cell (W303-1A). Western blot was used to detect the V5 fused protein of AR, in the protocol of which the primary monoclonal antibody (IgG(2a)) of mouse anti-V5 and the polyclonal secondary antibody of goat anti-mouse (IgG) linked to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were used to detect the specific protein in the given sample of the transformed yeast extract. The result showed that the fused protein of AR was expressed successfully in the yeast cell.
Base Sequence ; Endocrine Disruptors ; analysis ; Epitopes ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Genetic Vectors ; genetics ; Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases ; genetics ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Receptors, Androgen ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins ; genetics ; Yeasts ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective To explore the prognostic values of telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter (TERTp) mutation and 1p/19q co-deletion in newly-diagnosed O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter un-methylated/isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type glioblastoma multiform (GBM). Methods A total of 82 patients pathologically newly-diagnosed MGMT promoter un-methylated/IDH wild-type GBM, admitted to our hospitals from March 2016 to November 2018, were included in this study. TERTp mutations (TERTp wild-type and TERTp mutation [C228 mutation and C250 mutation]) in GBM specimens were detected by PCR sequencing, 1p/19q co-deletion in GBM specimens was detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and clinical data, adverse reactions and prognoses of patients with different molecular typing were compared. Results There were 33 patients in the TERTp wild type group with mean age of 48 years, and 49 patients in the TERTp mutation group with mean age of 59 years; the difference of age was significant (P<0.05); there were no statistical differences in gender distribution, Karnofsky performance status (KPS) scores, tumor sites and surgical resection degrees between the two groups (P>0.05). There were 8 patients with 1p/19q co-deletion and 74 patients without 1p/19q co-deletion; no significant differences in above clinical parameters were noted between the two groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the incidences of bone marrow suppression, digestive tract response and fatigue, disease progression rate, or survival rate between patients from TERTp wild type group and TERTp mutation group, and between patients with 1p/19q co-deletion and patients without 1p/19q co-deletion (P>0.05). No significant differences in above clinical parameters, disease progression rate, and survival rate were noted between patients with C228 mutation and C250 mutation (P>0.05). Conclusion TERTp typing and 1p/19q co-deletion status do not have prognostic value in newly-diagnosed MGMT un-methylated/IDH wild-type GBM patients; patients with TERTp mutations have older age than wild-type patients; patients with C250 mutation trend to have higher survival rate than those with C228 mutation.