Objective To investigate the relationship between expression of E -cad and IGF -1R and the recurrence of patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)who underwent liver resection.Methods The clinical data of 91 cases of primary HCC underwent liver resection from January 2010 to December 2012 were analyzed retrospectively.The expression of E -cad and IGF -1R was detected by RT -PCR,and the relationship between expression of E -cad and IGF -1R and the recurrence of patients was analyzed.Results The expression of E -cad was obviously lower in HCC tissues than that in normal liver tissues,with the expression percentage of 38.7% vs. 75.0%.The recurrence rate of E -cad negative group was higher(71.1%).The TNM Ⅱ -Ⅳ stage (χ2 =7.161, P =0.009)and liver capsule invasion (χ2 =5.144,P =0.036)in E -cad negative group were higher than E -cad positive group.The expression of IGF -1R was obviously higher in HCC tissues than that in normal liver tissues,with the expression percentage of 66.1% vs.20.0%.The recurrence rate of IGF -1R negative group was higher(68.3%). The TNMⅡ-Ⅳ stage (χ2 =4.195,P =0.014),liver capsule invasion (χ2 =5.144,P =0.036),non -tumor capsularin (χ2 =7.201,P =0.012)and PVTT(χ2 =6.538,P =0.032)in E -cad negative group were higher than E -cad positive group.And there was negative correlation between the expression of E -cad and IGF -1R(χ2 =14.329,P =0.000).Conclusion The mRNA expression of E -cad in the tissues of HCC is obviously lower than normal liver tissues.The mRNA expression of IGF -1R in the tissues of HCC is obviously higher than normal liver tissues.The expressions of E -cad and IGF -1R are associated with the degree of local invasion and malignant.The E -cad and IGF -1R expression is correlated in the tissues of HCC,which means that E -cad and IGF -1R play synergistic effect in HCC genesis.

The aim of the study was to establish the clinical method for the detection of the human serum antibodies reacting to the membranous labyrinth protein using the Western immunoblotting labeled with boition streptavidin. Different control experiments were conducted, which included the human serum empty control, the biotin labeled antibody empty control, the avidin blocking control, the serum control of patient with autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss and that of patient with autoimmune disease. By comparing the different expressions in these experiments, it was suggested that the reacting band at 65kD, and the dark reacting bands at 82kD or within 56~48kD or 33~30kD should be identified as positive reaction of the human serum antibodies to the membranous labyrinth protein. The positive rates of 65kD were 30.4%~82.6% with the confidence intervals of 95%, and 23.8%~87.0% with the confidence intervals of 99%. The confidence intervals were 18%~72% and 13.4%~77.6% respectively, for 95% and 99% positive rates of the latter 3 bands combined. The reacting bands at 134kD and 70kD indicated affinity to avidin and streptavidin, which did not relate to positive reaction.

Objective An interaction network among PD-1-ligands and other proteins were built to add deeper understanding of PD-1 signal pathway and to supply the theoretical data on the clinical application study of PD-1 and its ligands.Methods Searching the literature about PD-1 and its ligands in the PubMed,the result of which would be used to summarize the proteins that had been reported to have interactions with PD-1 and its ligands,and then,quadratic search would be performed on these proteins.Finally,the software Cytoscape would be used to build and analyze the interaction network and verified by PCR.Results There were 122 and 126 nodes in the PD-1/PD-L1 network and PD-1/PD-L2 network respectively.These proteins were involved in TCR signal path-way,cell adhesion,JAK-STAT signal pathway and interaction between cytokines.Meanwhile,a perspective that PD-L1 may influ-ence on CXCR4 through JAK-STAT pathway based on the network which had been supported by qPCR.Conclusion The bioinfor-matics suggested that there are differences between the mechanism of PD-1/PD-L1 and PD-1/PD-L2.Additionally,the method, which was based on the literature mining and bioinformatics,is good to put the biological literature to rational utilization and to pro-vide guidance for experiments.

Biomedical Research ; Child ; Humans ; Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 ; metabolism ; Rett Syndrome

Objective To study the antifungal metabolites from marine microorganism FIM03-1149.Methods The producing strain was identified by taxonomical studies.The antifungal compound FW03-1149 was extracted by organic solvents and purified by silica gel column and preparative HPLC from the culture broth of FIM 03-1149.The structure of FW03-1149 was determined by MS data analysis and physico-chemical properties.Results and Conclusion The producing strain was named as Micromonospora sp.FIM03-1149.Compound FW03-1149 was determined to be neorustmicin,showed strong antifungal activities.

Objective To investigate the changes of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in patients with acute cerebral infarction or chronic cerebral ischemia and discuss the related clinical significance.Methods Circulating EPCs were isolated using staining markers of CD34,CD133,and kinase insert domain receptor (KDR).Peripheral venous blood was collected from patients with acute cerebral infarction within 24 hours of onset (infarction group,n =30),with chronic cerebral ischemia (ischemia group,n =20),and without cerebral ischemia (control group,n =10) to quantify circulating level of EPCs using flow cytometry and measure parameters of systolic pressure,glycosylated hemoglobin (HbAlc),total cholesterol (TC),and triglyceride (TG),and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C),and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C).Results CD34-,CD34/CD133-,and CD34/KDR-positive cells counted (14.2 ± 8.1)‰,(7.1 ± 4.1)‰ and (5.0 ± 3.7)‰ in infarction group,(28.5 ± 9.9)‰,(15.2 ± 3.7)‰ and (6.8 ± 2.0)‰ in ischemia group,and (44.8 ± 9.5) ‰,(22.1 ± 6.6) ‰ and (16.7 ± 6.9) ‰ in control group.Taken together,circulating level of EPCs lowered substantially in infarction and ischemia groups compared to control group (P ＜ 0.05) and a far lower level was observed in infarction group (P ＜ 0.05).Circulating level of EPCs in infarction group was in a moderate negative correlation with systolic pressure,TC,TG,and LDL-C (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Decreased circulating level of EPCs may be a risk factor to the development of cerebral ischemia in acute cerebral infarction patients.Therefore,level of EPCs is vital for prediction,prevention and treatment of acute cerebral infarction.

Objective To investigate the mechanism of presynaptic protein (Munc18) antibody in inducing epilepsy on rat. Methods Munc18 antibody was continuously micro-injected into CA1 area of hippocampus in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat (the injection times were nine). The potential epileptic seizure was evaluated according to both electroencephalogram (EEG) and behaviors. HE, Nissle and TUNEL staining were applied on rat brain sections as to detecting the cell damage and apoptosis after tenth week. Results Ten of twelve rats produced epileptic EEG, five cases among these ten rats maintained abnormal EEG after the sixth week since injections. Nine of the above twelve rats had epileptic seizure according to Racine grade one to four, four cases among these nine rats kept seizure after the sixth week since injections. The number of neurons decreased (155?20,P

Objective To analyze the clinical effect of intravascular intervention for treating the severe stenosis of bilateral renal arteries (BRASS).Methods A total of 40 patients with BRASS admitted in Fuwai Hospital from September 2008 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.These patients,23 males and 17 females,aged from 21 to 76 years with average age of (59.75 ± 17.59) years,with luminal narrowing over 70％ in bilateral renal arteries,met the criteria of BRASS evidenced by angiography of renal arteries,and were subjected to renal artery interventional therapy. The etiological factors included arteriosclerosis (34 cases),Takayasu arteritis (3 cases) and congenital fibromuscular dysplasia (3 cases).After percutaneous endovascular intervention,the therapeutic effects were evaluated by lowering the systemic blood pressure and serum creatinine level in 12-month follow-up in average after operation. The data were analyzed with SPSS 13.0 statistical software.ResultsAmong the 80 reual arteries in 40 patients,18 arteries were treated with percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTBA),while the other 62 arteries were treated with percutaneous transluminal renal artery stenting (PTRAS).Mter endovascular intervention,the mean systolic blood pressure decreased from ( 165.0 ± 27.0) mm Hg to ( 135.7 ± 25.3 ) mm Hg on the second day after operation ( P ＜ 0.01 ) ; and the mean diastolic blood pressure decreased from ( 88.9 ±15.1 ) mm Hg to (74.8 ± 13.2) mm Hg on the second day after operation ( P ＜ 0.01 ).Accordingly,the kinds of anti-hypertension drug used decreased from ( 3.1 ± 0.9 ) to ( 2.3 ± 1.2) ( P ＜ 0.01 ).Only one patient died suddenly 3 months after intervention,and one died of acute myocardial infarction 7 months after operation.The other 38 patients were followed up for 12 months.At last,the mean systolic blood pressure of patients decreased from ( 165.0 ±27.0) mm Hg to ( 133.53 ± 15.94) mm Hg and the mean diastolic blood pressure decreased from (88.9 ± 15.1 ) mm Hg to (77.37 ± 13.47 )mm Hg. Of all 38 patients,2 were cured (5.3％),27 were improved (71.1％) and 9 failed to treatment (23.7％).Of all 38 patients,76.4％ got hypertension lowered.Moreover,renal function (Scr) was improved in 2 patients (6.3％ ),steady in 21 patients ( 65.6％ ),declined in 9 patients ( 28.1％ ) resulted in azotemia stage.Of 38 patients,71.9％ patients got overall benefit from endovascular intervention in respect of renal function improved.Conclusions The procedure of PTBA or PTRAS offered a minimally invasive,relatively safe and effective technique for BRASS patients to decrease blood pressure and stabilize renal function.

Objective To detect PAH gene mutations in classical PKU patients by HRM analysis. MethodsMutation scanning of PAH gene were performed in 17 classical PKU patients by HRM analysis ( LightScanner), covering the 13 exons and exon-intron boundaries. The HRM results were further confirmed by DNA sequencing, and the sensitivity and specificity of HRM method in PKU diagnosis were also evaluated. In addition, prenatal diagnosis was performed in two fetuses at risk for classical PKU. Results In the 17 patients, two mutations were identified in 16 patients, three mutations were identified in 1 patient.In this subject, a total of 22 different pathogenic mutations : 194V( c. 280A ＞ G), IVS4nt-1 G ＞ A( c. 442-1G ＞ A), R158Q( c. 4736 ＞ A), Q160X( c. 478C ＞ T), W187X( c. 561G ＞ A), E6nt-96A ＞ G( c. 611A ＞G), G239D( c. 716G ＞ A), R241 C( c. 721C ＞ T), R243Q( c. 728G ＞ A), G247R (c. 739G ＞ C), G247V (c. 740G＞T), R261X(c. 781C ＞T), PR261Q(c. 782G ＞ A), H264R (c. 791A ＞ G), F302fsX39 (c. 904delT), E305K( c. 913G ＞ A), G312V( c. 935G ＞ T), Y356X( c. 1068C ＞ A ), V399V ( c. 1197A ＞T), R408Q(c. 1223G ＞ A), T418P(c. 1252A ＞ C) , A434D(c. 1301C ＞ A), 3 silent mutations Q232Q (c. 696G ＞ A), V245V(c. 735G ＞ A), L385L(c. 1155C ＞ G), and one single nucleotide polymorphism rs2280615 ( c. 402A ＞ C) were identified, of which 194V ( c. 280A ＞ G), Q160X ( c. 478C ＞ T), H264R (c. 791A ＞ G), G312V( c. 935G ＞ T) and E305K ( c. 913G ＞ A) were novel mutations identified in PAH gene. The prenatal diagnosis results of the two fetuses : one was diagnosed as normal, the other was diagnosed as a carrier. In this study, the sensitivity and specificity for mutation detection by HRM were 100％, and the HRM results were consistent with DNA sequencing results. Conclusions HRM analysis is a simple,accurate, rapid, high-throughput and low-cost genetic analysis approach. It could be applied to mutation scanning of classical PKU of PAH gene and rapid prenatal diagnosis in parents with known mutations.

Objective To study the changes of the amplitude of ion channels currents in developing hippocampal neurons.Methods Using whole-cell patch-clamp techniques in cultured hippocampal neurons whose cultured day were 6 d and 16 d,respectively,changes of the amplitude of ion channels currents in developing hippocampal neurons were explored.Results Compared with the hippocampal neuron whose cultured day was 6 d,there were no statistical differences of the amplitude of voltage dependent sodium currents of hippocampal neuron whose cultured day was 16 d.The amplitude of voltage dependent potassium currents of hippocampal neuron whose cultured day was 16 d were significantly increased(P