Anoikis,a specific form of programmed cell death,is triggered by cell detachment from extracellular matrix or adjacent cell.Studies have found that the most kinds of tumor cells had anoikis resistance characteristic,which may inhibit pro-apoptosis protein,block anoikis inside and outside pathways,up-regulate pro-survival factor signals,and promote survival,invasion and metastasis of tumor cells in the end.The review summarized the mechanism of anoikis and the relationship between anoikis and tumor invasion and the metastasis.

Objective To compare the features of adolescents' normal fear between urban and rural areas in China. Methods 648 Urban and 478 rural adolescents were investigated with the revised Fear Survey Schedule For Children -II . Results (1)The most common fear of adolescents in urban and rural areas was very same,namely taking dangerous drugs,someone in my family having an accident,not being able to breath,someone in my family dying,nuclear war,my parents separating or getting divorced,being kidnapped,but only one item was not same ,namely urban adolescents fear having no friends ,rural adolescents fear AIDS. (2)The amount of fear items( t =11.42,P <0.01) and the degree of general fear (urban =1.62±0.28,rural =1.83±0.26,t =12.72,P <0.01) ,each dimension fear(P <0.01) of rural adolescents were significantly higher than that of urban adolescents.(3)The degree of fear about danger and injure( F =85.46,P <0.01),animal (female=1.84±0.47,male=1.54±0.45,F =156.86,P <0.01),social relationship ( F =32.23,P <0.01)of female adolescents were significantly higher than that of male adolescents.(4) In all adolescents ,the degree of the general fears( F =13.781,P <0.01) danger and injure fears( F =17.164,,P <0.01) decreased gradually as they grew up ,and the degree of unknown and uncertainty fear(( F =5.01,P <0.01),social fear ( F =4.42,P <0.05)of middle school students were higher than that of high school students; urban middle school students were significantly higher than that of urban high school students in failure and punishment fear.Conclusion (1)There are significant consistency on the most normal fears,the trend of development about the general fears,danger and injure fears,unknown and uncertainty fear,social fear for adolescents between urban and rural areas .(2)The amount of fear items and the degree of general fear ,each dimension fear of school-aged rural adolescents were significantly higher than that of urban adolescents;and there isn't common trend of development on the failure and punishment fear for rural and urban adolescents.

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Objective To describe the status of breast reconstruction patients′decision regret, self-efficacy and satisfaction with information in the preoperative period, and discuss the correlation among them. Methods Four instruments were used to investigate 100 breast reconstruction patients in one tertiary hospital in Guangzhou, including participants′ personal profile, Decision Regret Scale, Modified Stanford Self-Efficacy Scale and the subscale of Information Satisfaction of Breast Reconstruction-Questionnaire. Results The mean score of Decision Regret Scale was (10.8 ± 2.5)points in breast reconstruction patients, and the minority of patients experienced decision regret (30%, 30/100). The mean score of self-efficacy and satisfaction with information in the preoperative period were (6.6±1.9) and (2.9± 0.6) points. The study also found that decision regret was negatively correlated with self-efficacy and satisfaction with information in the preoperative period (P < 0.01). Conclusions Totally 30 percent of patients experienced decision regret to undergo breast reconstruction. However, patients who had lower levels of self-efficacy and satisfaction with information in the preoperative period were at greater risk to experience decision regret to undergo breast reconstruction. The results may assist health care professionals to provide appropriate psychological support, care and information.

BACKGROUND: There is an intimate temporal and spatial relationship between growth of primitive cardiac cells, septum transversum mesenchyme and liver development. The signal from primitive cardiac cells and septum transversum mesenchyme induces the ventral foregut endoderm cells specialize toward hepatocytes. While the septum transversum mesenchyme provides a suitable environment for forming the liver bud and promoting the growth and differentiation. However, the molecular mechanism of this induction is not yet delineated.OBJECTIVE: Using alpha-fetal protein (AFP), c-Met and cytokeratin (CK) 19 as markers of hepatic stem cells, the growth of early human embryo of 3-5 weeks and morphologic characteristic of hepatic stem cells were observed to demonstrate the characteristic and factors that affected the proliferation and differentiation of hepatic stem cell, which provided experimental evidence for basic research and clinical application of hepatic stem cells.DESIGN: An opening experiment was designed.SETTING: Department of Anatomy, Weifang Medical College.MATERIALS: The experiment was carried out at the Scientific Research Center of Chengdu Medical College between September 2004 and January 2005. Twenty cases fresh human embryos aged less than 2 months were collected with signed agreements of the pregnant women suffering from pregnancy termination with mifepristone. The samples were fixed with 40 g/L polymerisatum in 20 minutes and embedded routinely in paraffin, and then 5 μm thick series sections were continuously made. After hematoxylin-eosin staining, the embryonicage was determined under the microscope according to the length of embryos, the number of somites and the development of organs, which was referring to the Jirasek's staging standard of human embryo.METHODS: The immunohistochemical staining was conducted with SABC method on one of every ten sections, which were incubated overnight at 4 ℃ with polyclonal antibodies against hepatocyte growth factor (HGF),c-Met, insulin-like growth factor (IGF-Ⅰ), IGF-Ⅰ receptor (IGF-IR), transforming growth factor (TGFβ1), TGFβR1, TGFβR2 or monoclonal antibodies against proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), AFP and CK19.The following day, the sections were incubated for 2 hours at room temperature with biotinylated anti-mouse or anti-rabbit IgG and SABC liquid respectively, and then diaminobenzidine (DAB) was used to color them. The negative control was conducted with the phosphate buffer, then the sections were observed and photographed under light microscope.MAIN OUTCOME MEASUERS: ①the morphologic characteristic of human hepatic stem cells and immunohistochemical staining of markers②the expression of HGF, IGF-Ⅰ, TGFβ1 and their receptors on human embryonic livers of 3-5 weeks, primitive cardiac cells and septum transversum mesenchyme.RESULTS: ①The morphologic characteristic of human hepatic stem cells and immunohistochemical staining of markers: The hepatic bud formed at the end of 3rd week and migrated into the septum transversum mesenchyme to form the hepatic cords at the 4th week. The cells structuring the hepatic cords displayed the typical characteristic of immature cells. At the 5th week, the number of cells within the hepatic cords, the size of cell body,the cytoplasmic acidophilia all increased, whereas the basophilia of nuclei decreased. However the cellular forms were still homogeneous and displayed the typical characteristic of immature cells. The cells of hepatic cords were negative for PCNA response during 3rd-4th week but began to express positive at the 5th week, mainly in the nucleus and minority cellular cytoplasm showed weak positive. Most hepatic cells during 3rd-5th weeks were positive for AFP, c-Met and negative for CK19. The immunologic reaction depositors of AFP positive cells were located in the nuclei, cytoplasm and membrane of the hepatocytes, and c-Met presented mainly in the nuclei and the positive signal was weak in the cytoplasm. ②Expressions of HGF, IGF-Ⅰ, TGFβ1 and their receptors in the embryonic human liver, primitive heart and septum transversum mesenchyme: At the 4th week,the c-Met expressed only in all hepatocytes, whereas the other growth factors and their receptors were undetectable. At the 5th week, all the growth factors, except HGF, were expressed in the hepatocytes. The immunologic reaction depositors of TGFβ1, TGFβ1R1 and TGFβ1R2 were located in the cytoplasm and cell membrane. The positive response of IGF-Ⅰ and IGF-IR were present at nuclei, cytoplasm and cell membrane. At the 3rd-5th week, myocardial cells surrounding liver bud or hepatic cord and the septum transversum mesenchyme were positive for HGF, TGFβ1 and IGF-Ⅰ,with the signals were aggregated mainly in cytoplasm and minority nucei.CONCLUSION: ①It was at the end of 3rd week that part of endoderm cells in foregut ventral were specialized to hepatic stem cells. ②The undifferentiated hepatic stem cells could be drawn to develop to the liver stem cells with bi-directional differentiation potentials by using specific markers for studying human embryonic liver stem cells. According to the corresponding relation of embryonic age between human and rats, the time studying the rat hepatic stem cells could be calculated. ③HGF, IGF-Ⅰ,TGFβ1 and their receptors promoted the early development of human embryonic liver.

ObjectiveTo investigate the survival and differentiation of autologous bone-marrow mononuclear cell (ABM-MNCs) after transplanted to infarcted area and border area, and the effect of ABM-MNC on the cardiac function.Methods40 male big-ear Japanese rabbits were divided randomly into the transplanted group and control group with 20 animals in each group. Acute myocardial infarction model was made by ligating left anterior descending artery. 7 days later, Brdu labeled ABM-MNCs were injected into myocardium in the transplanted group, while the control rabbits were injected with saline. Six weeks later, tests of histology and immunohistochemistry were performed.ResultsViable cells labeled with Brdu can be identified in the infarcted area, and myocytes and endothelial cells labeled with Brdu can also be found in the border area, these cells demonstrated myogenic differentiation with the expression of α-actin by immunostaining. While, no cells labeled with Brdu were found in the control group. Moreover, the vessel density of the transplanted group in the borders of the infarction was higher than the control group (P<0.05), but there was no difference in infarcted area between two groups (P>0.05).At the 6 weeks after experiment, the cardiac function was improved in both groups, but there was a significant difference between two groups (P<0.05).ConclusionABM-MNCs injected into the infarcted myocardium can survive in both the infarcted and border areas, and differentiate into endothelial cells and other cells which are able to obtain the characters of myocytes, and increase the vessel density in border area, improve the cardiac function.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sequential platinum regimen in young patients with diffuse large B-cell lym-phoma (DLBCL). Methods:Newly diagnosed young patients with DLBCL, who were hospitalized from January 2005 to June 2012 in the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, were selected according to the requirements. The patients were divided into stan-dard and sequential platinum regimen groups. The remission rates were compared usingχ2 test, whereas the five-year survival rates between the two groups were compared using the Kaplan–Meier method. Multivariate survival analysis was performed using the Cox proportional regression. Subgroup analysis was conducted to select candidate patients for the sequential platinum regimen. Results:A total of 331 patients were enrolled in the study, in which 129 were provided with sequential platinum regimen and 202 were provided with the standard regimen. Sequential regimen yielded higher rates of complete remission (80%vs. 63%, P=0.001), five-year progres-sion-free survival (PFS;60%vs. 50%, P=0.014), and overall survival (OS;70%vs. 58%, P=0.016) than the standard regimen. Multivariate analysis revealed that sequential regimen was an independent prognostic factor for PFS (hazard ratio HR=0.635, P=0.012) and OS (HR=0.625, P=0.021). Subgroup analysis showed that patients with good prognosis and patients who did not receive rituximab benefited more from the sequential platinum regimen. Sequential platinum regimen did not increase the occurrence of adverse effects com-pared with the standard regimen. Conclusion:Sequential platinum regimen is a safe treatment that can improve the survival of young patients with DLBCL. Patients with good prognosis and patients who did not receive rituximab can benefit more from the treatment with sequential platinum regimen.

Objective To investigate the difference of expression profiling of plasma miRNAs (microRNA) between the patients with small artery occlusive stroke (SAO) and the healthy subjects.Methods Eight patients with SAO classified by TOAST were selected and 8 healthy subjects were used as a control group.High-throughput sequencing technology was used to detect the expression profiling of plasma miRNAs.The differentially expressed miRNAs were screened.Real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to validate the results,and the target gene prediction and bioinformatics analysis were performed.Results The miRNA difference analysis showed that the expression profilings of miRNA-127,miRNA-99b-5p,miRNA-320,and other 19 miRNAs in the SAO group were significantly upregulated compared with those in the control group (all P＜0.01),while miRNA-451a and other 5 miRNAs in the SAO group were significantly downregulated compared with those in the control group (all P ＜0.01).The validated results of miRNA-127,miRNA-99b-5p,miRNA-320,and miRNA-451a with real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction were consistent with those of the high-throughput sequencing.Bioinformatics analysis showed that the miRNA-regulated target genes expressed differentially were mainly correlated with cell proliferation,adhesion,phylogenetic development,macromolecule metabolism,and other biological functions.Conclusions There are significant differences in the expression profiling of plasma miRNAs between the patients with SAO and the healthy subjects,suggesting that miRNAs may play a regulatory role via target genes in pathogenesis of SAO.

Objective To explore the effects of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) on the proliferation of human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 and the expression of APLNR (apelin receptor) gene.Methods The inhibition of proliferation of human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines A549 cultured in vitro with or without ATRA was measured by MTT (methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium,MTT) method.The morphological changes in the cells were observed by light microscopy.The cell cycle and apoptosis were analyzed by flow cytometry.The levels of APLNR,cyclin D1 and p16 proteins were detected by western blot.Results After treatment of ATRA,the proliferation of A549 cells was obviously inhibited in dose-and time-independent manner (P ＜ 0.01).The cell morphology was significantly changed.The cycle of A549 cells was blocked at G0/G1 phase and the apoptosis rate was increased.With the increasing concentration of ATRA,the expressions of cyclin D1 and APLNR were down-regulated but the expression of p16 was up-regulated (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion ATRA could inhibit the proliferation of A549 cells by retardant cell cycle of A549 cells at G0/G1 phase and inducing the apoptosis,and down-regulate the expression of APLNR gene.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic effect of radiotherapy combined with TPF in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to explore the influencing factors on prognosis of NPC. METHOD: A retrospective analysis of 144 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy, from January 2006 to December 2011, was conducted. The survival analysis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were performed. The impact of age, sex, clinical stage, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), homocysteine (Hcy), uric acid, NK cell proportion, T cell proportion, Carbohydrate antigen on survival time was observed with univariate and multivariate methods. RESULT: By the last follow-up, 9 cases were lost . The follow-up rate was 93.75 percent and the average follow-up time were 54.67 ±17.17 (37-88) months. The age, clinical stage, LDH, proportion of T cells and NK cells were independent factor in patients with NPC with univariate analysis (P < 0.01). COX regression multivariate analysis revealed that age, clinical stage and LDH were strong risk factor affecting prognosis (P < 0.01) and the proportion of NK cells and T cells were protective factors (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Radiotherapy combined with TPF is more effective than radiotherapy alone in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma . Age, clinical stage and LDH may adversely influence the disease prognosis, and NK cells and T cell proportion may act as protective factors.
Age Factors ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; Carcinoma ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Induction Chemotherapy ; Multivariate Analysis ; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Neoplasm Staging ; Prognosis ; Radiotherapy ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Survival Analysis