Objective To study the content of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor(uPAR)in the peripheral blood to investigate its value for the invasion metastasis and prognosis in cervical cancer.Methods The plasma level of suPAR in 30 normal women.94 patients with cervieal cancer was measured by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results The mean level of suPAR was(0.5023±0.1724)ng/ml in plasma of 30 normal women,while that in plasma of 94 cervical cancer patients was (1.0433±0.2736)ng/ml.The plasma suPAR level of cervical cancer patients was increased in comparision with that of normal women (P＜0.01).The suPAR level in the cervieal cancer patients did not show a significant correlation with histological classification,histological grade,style of growth and tumor size(P＞0.05),but was related to clinical stage.lymphnode metastasis and depth of invasion (P＜0.05).Conclusion Plasma suPAR would be a more reliable and convenient indicator in monitoring uPA system,and could be widely used as a new tumor marker in clinic.

OBJECTIVE To obtain an effective and feasible supervision method of clinical application of antibacterial drugs.METHODS The clinical application of antibacterial drugs in this hospital was analyzed and calculated(periodically) by their/kinds,quantity and price.Then a price curve was obtained by Excel Table according to(individual) clinical department.RESULTS The expenditure of antibacterial drugs more than 30.0-(40.0) yuan/g was accounted for 24%;the price more than (40.0 yuan/g) was accounted for 6%;and the average(expenditure) per(patient) was 673.45 yuan before the supervision method was taken.The expenditure of(antibacterial) drugs more than 30.0-40.0 yuan/g was accounted for 9%;the price more than 40.0 yuan/g was accounted for 1.8%;and the average expenditure per patient was 264.65 yuan after the supervision method was taken.CONCLUSIONS The(supervision) method for the clinical application of antibacterial drugs is(feasible) and effective.It can be recommended to other hospitals as a controlling method of clinical application of(antibacterial) drugs.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation between drinking behavior and polymorphism combination of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) genes and oral squamous cell carcinoma.

METHODSThe genetic polymorphisms of EC-SOD and ALDH2 were analyzed by polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction technique in peripheral blood leukocytes of 750 oral squamous cell carcinoma cases and 750 non-cancer controls.

RESULTSThe frequencies of EC-SOD (C/G) and ALDH2 variant genotypes were 38.27% and 69.47% in oral squamous cell carcinoma cases and 21.07% and 44.40% in healthy controls, respectively. Statistical tests showed significant difference in the frequencies between the two groups (P < 0.01). The risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma with EC-SOD (C/G) was significantly higher than that of controls (OR = 2.32). Individuals carrying ALDH2 variant genotypes had high risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OR = 2.85). Combined analysis of the polymorphisms showed that percentages of EC-SOD (C/G)/ALDH2 variant genotypes in oral squamous cell carcinoma and control groups were 30.67% and 6.80%, respectively (P < 0.01). Individuals carrying EC-SOD (C/G)/ALDH2 variant genotypes had high risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OR = 8.13). The drinking rate of the case group was significantly higher than that in the control group (OR = 2.70). Statistical analysis suggested an interaction between drinking and EC-SOD (C/G) and ALDH2 variant genotypes, which increase risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OR = 25.00).

CONCLUSIONEC-SOD (C/G) and ALDH2 variant genotypes and drinking are the risk factors in oral squamous cell carcinoma, which could carry out a coordinated attack of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Drinking ; Genotype ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Neoplasms ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; Risk Factors ; Superoxide Dismutase

BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a bone metabolic disease that affects women more than men. Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis is becoming a serious medical problem because of the aging of the population. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effects of lithium chloride treatment on bone microarchitecture and bone marrow stromal cel differentiation of ovariectomized osteoporosis rats. METHODS:After ovariectomy, 28 of 30 healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats, 3 months old, were randomly divided into the folowing three groups: ovariectomizedin vivo group (9 rats), ovariectomizedin vitro group (10 rats), and lithium chloride group (9 rats). At the 11th week postoperatively, rats in the lithium chloride were intragastricaly injected with lithium chloride at a dose of 15 mg/kg, three times per week. After 8 weeks of treatment, the bone microarchitectures of the rat left femur in the ovariectomizedin vivo group and lithium chloride group were detected by micro-CT. The bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels were freshly isolated from the bone marrow of the bilateral femurs and tibia of rats in the ovariectomizedin vitro group. After 24 hours of inoculation, the cels were cultured in lithium chloride and divided into 0 mmol/L (control), 1 mmol/L and 5 mmol/L groups. At 6 and 8 days of culture, the medium was changed and lithium chloride with the corresponding concentrations was added. At 10 days of culture, western blot assay was adopted to detect protein expression of Runx-2, SP7 and PPARγ2. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) Compared with the ovariectomizedin vivo group, the volume density of trabecular bone, number of trabecular bone, and bone volume fraction in the lithium chloride group were significantly increased and the separation of trabecular bone was significantly decreased. However, no differences were seen in the thickness of trabecular bone and structure model index. (2) Lithium chloride at 1 and 5 mmol/L could increase the protein expression of Sp7 and Runx-2 in bone marrow stromal cels, but decrease the protein expression ofPPARγ2. These results indicate that lithium chloride may improve the microarchitecture of the trabeculr bone in ovariectomized osteoporosis rats through stimulating the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cels.

Objective To evaluate the significance of suPAR,SCC-Ag in plasma and HPV16,18 in cervical secretion for monitoring pathogenetic condition and prognosis in patients with cervical cancer.Methods 206 cervical cancer patients blood and cervical secretion were collected.Plasma level of suPAR and SCC-Ag were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in health women and patients with cervical cancer.The expression of HPV16,18 of cervical secretion in control group and patients with cervical cancer were detected by fluorescence quantitative PCR.The correlations of the three indexes were analyzed.Results The plasma level of suPAR and SCC-Ag,the expression of HPV16,18 of cervical secretion in cervical cancer patients were obviously higher than those in health controls with statistical significance ((1.072 5±0.305 2) ng/ml vs (0.501 7±0.179 3) ng/ml,(0.980 6±0.162 7) μg/ml vs (0.261 4± 0.006 3) μg/ml and 53.89 ％ (90/167),46.15 ％ (18/39) vs 6.67 ％ (4/60),P ＜ 0.05).There was a positive correlation between plasma suPAR level and SCC-Ag level in invasive carcinoma of cervix patients (r =0.564,P ＜ 0.05).The plasma level of suPAR between in HPV16,18 positive group and in HPV16,18 negative group did not show difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions In invasive carcinoma of cervix patients,there is a positive correlation between plasma suPAR level and SCC-Ag level.But it's not yet to conclude that plasma suPAR level of cervix invasive carcinoma patients is related to infection of HPV16,18.

Objective To determine whether the ?_2-adrenoceptor genetic single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with atrial fibrillation.Methods A case-control study was performed on 218 subjects,including 58 subjects with lone atrial fibrillation,50 subjects with atrial fibrillation and essential hypertension,50 subjects with essential hypertension and 60 healthy controls.The ?_2-adrenoceptor polymorphisms at amino acids 16 and 27 were identified by allele specific polymerase chain reaction(PCR).Results The Gly/Gly genotype as well as the Gly16 allele at amino acids 16 was significantly more common in the atrial fibrillation group than in the non-atrial fibrillation group.But there was no significant differenece in the allele frequency or the genotype frequency of the Gln27 Glu polymorphism between the two groups.In addition,the difference in the distribution of polymorphisms at amino acids 16 and 27 between the four different observed groups was not significant either.Conclusion Gly16 polymorphism of the ?_2-adrenoceptor overrepresenting in the atrial fibrillation group seems to be associated with atrial fibrillation.

Objective The aim of this study was to observe the effects of whole-body vertical vibration, treadmill exercise, genistein administration and estrogen injection on the uterus weight index and uterus histology as well as the ex-pression of glycogen synthase kinase ( GSK-3β) protein in the uterus of ovariectomized osteoporotic rats.Methods Sev-enty-two healthy 3-month old female SD rats were randomly divided into two groups by body weight:sham-operation group (Sham) and ovariectomized group (OVX).At 10 weeks after OVX operation, the OVX rats were randomly divided into the following five groups by body weight: OVX group, whole-body vertical vibration group (WBVV), treadmill exercise group ( TX) , genistein group ( G) and 17β-estrogen group ( E2 ) .Then they were treated with different methods according to the experiment design.At the end of experiment, the uterus weight was measured with an electronic balance.The uterus histology was observed with HE staining and the expressions of GSK-3βand P-GSK-3βproteins were detected by Western blot.Results Apart from E2 treatment, all the other three treatments did not increase the uterus weight and the thickness of endometrium compared with that in the OVX rats.Apart from genistein treatment, all the other three treatments increased the ratio of protein expression of P-GSK-3βto GSK-3βcompared with that in the OVX rats.Conclusions Both whole-body vertical vibration and treadmill exercise can stimulate the phosphorylation of GSK-3βin the uterus of OVX osteoporotic rats.However, genistein has no such stimulation effect.

Objective To explore the relationship uPAR in tissue and plasma of patients with cervical carcinoma and its clinical pathophysiological characteristics. Methods The preoperative plasma cancer tissue and its adjacent tissue in 42 cases of patient with ⅠB～ⅡA cervical carcinoma and the preoperative plasma and postoperative cervical tissue in 30 cases of patient with hysteromyoma were collected. Their uPAR were detected by ELISA. Results uPAR in the plasma of patients with cervical carcinoma was significantly higher than those in healthy controls and in patients with hysteromyoma. It was related to tumor invasive depth and lymph node metastasis and not related to tumor differentiation, uPAR in cancer tissue of patients with cervical carcinoma was significantly higher than those in normal cervical tissue. It was related to tumor differentiation and not to tumor invasive depth and lymph node metastasis. Conclusion uPAR in the plasma of patients with cervical carcinoma is related to invasion and metastasis, uPAR in the tissue is related to tumor differentiation.

Objective To explore the clinical and histopathological features of metanephric adenoma (MA). MethodsClinical and pathological data of 10 cases of MA were analyzed retrospectively.There were 4 males and 6 females,aged from 33 to 65 years,with an average of 45 years.2 patients had flank pain,4 patients had gross hematuria,and 4 patients were found by physical examination.The average diameter of tumor was 4.5 cm (2.5 - 8.0 cm).All patients were diagnosed as renal tumor by CT scan.9 patients underwent radical nephrectomy and 1 patient underwent partial nephrectomy. Results Pathological examination found that the tumors are composed of densely packed small uniform cells with regular nuclei that formed a tubular or adenoid pattern.Mitotic figures were absent or rare.4 patients were diagnosed as MA,2 cases were diagnosed as low-grade malignant MA,and 4 cases were diagnosed as MA with malignant component (2 cases of adenocarcinoma,1 case of chromophobe cell carcinoma,and 1 case of well differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma),7 cases were followed up for 22 months ( 10 to 34 months) without recurrence or metastasis. Conclusions MA is very rare benign renal tumor originating from epithelium,and a few are malignant,and some may contain malignant ingredients.Nephron-sparing surgery and radical nephrectomy are eligible for the treatment of MA.Considering the uncertainty of the biological behavior and cellular origin of MA,a long-term follow-up is necessary.

Background and purpose: Thyroid carcinoma cells spread mainly through lymph node metastasis, and lymphangiogenesis plays an important role during the lymph node metastasis, but it is not very clear to understand the formation mechanism. This study was to investigate the correlative expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C, D2-40 and lymphangiogenesis in thyroid carcinoma. Methods: Immunohistochemistry SP method was used to detect the expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 in 77 patients with thyroid carcinoma including papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC),medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), 32 of them with lymph node metastasis was enrolled into the study, D2-40 stained the lymphatic vessels, and lymphatic vessel density (LVD) was scanned under the light-microscope, and the correlation among the above indexes in different thyroid carcinoma types were analyzed respectively. Results: The expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 were observed to have a different degree in thyroid carcinoma, and the highest expression of the protein could be seen in the patients with papillary carcinoma (P<0.05),The expression ratios of HPSE,VEGF-C and D2-40 in different carcinoma types were 54.9%, 68.6%, 12.8±5.7 for PTC, 37.5%, 50%, 8.6±1.7 for FTC, 20% and 20%, 4.9±0.8 for MTC, respectively. There were significant different expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 between the patients with lymph node-positive group and node-negative group (P=0.014, P=0.048, respectively). In addition, the expressions of them were positively correlated (P<0.001, r=0.616). Conclusion: HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 have a close relationship with lymph node metastasis, HPSE and VEGF-C are related to the lymphangiogenesis.