Objective To investigate the apoptosis of gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cell induced by histone deacetylase inhibitor(TSA)and to clarify its mechanisms.Methods The apoptosis-inducing role of TSA on gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cell was investigated with the help of cell proliferation assay,Annexin V stain,cell flow analyzer and Tunel assay.Western blot,gene chips,real time PCR were employed to study the influence and mechanisms of TSA on the expression of gastric carcinoma cell SGC-7901 p53,bax,etc.Results TSA could induce the apoptosis of gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cells,increase the expression of p53 and bax,and decrease the expression of bcl-2.survivin and easpase in gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cells.TSA could transfer AIF and EndoG from mitochondria to nucleus.The apoptosis induced by TSA was brought about through the regulation of multiple apoptosis-related genes,and the apoptosis pathway induced by TSA was caspase-independent.Conclusion TSA can induce caspase-independent apoptosis in gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cell through the regulation of multiple apoptosis-related genes.

AIM: To investigate the effects of metformin on airway inflammation, remodeling and neovascularization in a mouse model of chronic asthma and its possible mechanisms.METHODS: BALB/c mice were randomly divided into saline group, ovalbumin (OVA) group and OVA+metformin group, with 8 in each.At the end of OVA exposure, blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected for the measurement of OVA specific IgE and leukocyte counts.Lung tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, periodic acid-Schiff and Masson's trichrome to detect inflammatory cell infiltration, goblet cell hyperplasia, and collagen deposition around the airway, respectively.Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the number and percentage area of new blood vessels (CD31+), and the protein level of phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK) in the airway.RESULTS: Compared with saline group, the eosinophil percentage and OVA specific IgE in serum in OVA group were all increased obviously (P<0.01).Metformin inhibited the above increases (P<0.05).Compared with control group, a marked increase in inflammation infiltration, PAS+ cells and collage deposition in the airway mucosa in OVA group were observed.Metformin partially relieved the above changes.CD31+ vessels in the wall of bronchi showed the abundance of blood vessels observed in OVA group compared with control group, which was suppressed by the treatment with metformin (P<0.05).The protein level of p-AMPK was reduced in the lung tissue challenged with OVA as compared with control group (P<0.05), while metformin increased the protein level of p-AMPK (P<0.01).CONCLUSION: The protein level of p-AMPK in the airway in OVA group is attenuated.Metformin effectively inhibits airway inflammation, remodeling and neovascularization possibly via activating AMPK signaling pathway.

Surgery is so far the most widely used and effective treatment of neoplastic diseases.However,residual tumour cells during surgery remain a major trigger of cancer recurrence and matastasis.Although intraoperative rapid pathological R0 resection can be achieved based on preoperative imageological examination,but for small satellite lesions and the naked eye can not find the error quickly and so often cause pathological presence of residual tumour cells.Thus,quick and accurate identification of residual cancer cells is crucial for prognosis of cancer patients.Indocyanine green (ICG) is a new type of fluorochrome that can stain tumours under the near-infrared fluorescence during surgery,the paper will be reviewed latest developments in the reagent for fluorescence in tumours.

We injected collagenase into the lumbor disc(20 cases)or outside the lumbar disc(230 cases)for treating the patients with lumbar disc herniation from December 1994 to August 1996.200 cases had been followed up.The results were excellent or good in 91%.The authers in- troduced the operative method and its indications in detail,and suggested that chemonucleolysis is sate,good and easy to be operated with littlecomp lieation.Herniation more than 10mm in with cal- cification,lateral recess stenosis or recumance after the laminectomy are not the absolute contraindi- cations.

Objective To explore the correlation between the expression of hypoxia-inducihle factor-1α (HIF-1α) in the tissue of gastric cancer and the recurrence of gastric cancer after surgery.Methods A total of sixty patients with gastric cancer who received curative gastrectomy with complete follow-up data and recurrence after the surgery were taken as recurrence group.At same period,48 patients with gastric cancer treated and followed up for five years without recurrence were set as control group.The expressions of HIF-1α,CD34 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the gastric tissue section of recurrence group and control group were detected by immunohistochemistry streptavidin-peroxidase (S-P) staining.Chi-square test and Spearman correlation analysis were performed for the correlation analysis between the positive rates of HIF-1α and clinical pathological features.Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test were used for the analysis of survival condition in recurrence group.The independent prognostic factors of gastric cancer were analyzed by univariate analysis and Cox regression model.Results In recurrence group,the positive rate of HIF-1α expression was higher in cases with higher degree of gastric cancer differentiation,deeper invasion,lymph node metastasis,ascites,vascular invasion,lower TNM-stage and positive expression of VEGF.The differences were statistically significant (x2 =4.781,6.591,6.567,5.138,5.320,5.881 and 7.365,all P＜0.05).The positive rate of HIF-1α expression of recurrence group was correlated with the positive expression of VEGF and microvascular density (MVD) (r=0.350 and 0.317,both P＜0.05).The positive rate of HIF-1α expression of recurrence group (78.3％,47/60) was higher than that of control group (58.3 ％,28/48) and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =5.027,P＜0.05).The overall survival period of recurrence was nine months and one-year survival rate was 30.0％.Of which,the overall survival period and one-year survival rate of cases with negative HIF-1α expression were 18 months and 53.8％ and with positive expression were eight months and 21.3％.HIF-1α expression was independent prognostic factor of gastric cancer (OR =2.166,95％CI:1.183 to 3.965).Conclusions The expression of HIF-1α plays an important role in the angiogenesis of gastric cancer and is closely related with gastric cancer recurrence.Its expression can be considered as an indicator of gastric cancer recurrence and prognosis.

[Objective] To reduce misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis rate of pulmonary embolism,the prediction of the revised Geneva score and Wells score for pulmonary embolism were compared and analyzed by receiver operating characteristic curves.[Methods] Sixty-five cases with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) were collected in the Third Affiliated Hospital of SUN Yat-sen University from January 1998 to October 2008.Of which 44 cases with PE were clinically confirmed.Relevant clinical data were recorded,summarized and the analysis variables were input to SPSS11.0 for statistical analysis.ROC curves was used to evaluate the probability of PE predicted by the Wells and the revised Geneva scores.[Results] Twenty-four patients had a low clinical probability of PE (Wells score ＜ 2 points ),of which 8 (33.3%) had proven PE.The prevalence of PE was 87.2% in the 39 patients with intermediate probability (2-6 points) and 100% in the 2 patients with high probability (＞ 6 points) (P ＝ 0.000).The confirmed PE was 22.2% in the 18 patients with a low probability (Geneva score 0-3 points),82.1% (32/39) in intermediate probability (4-10 points),100% (8/8) in high probability (score ≥11 points) (P ＝ 0.000).The area under curve (AUC) of the ROC curve in the Wells and Geneva scores was 0.785 ± 0.060 and 0.900 ± 0.038,respectively (P ＝ 0.000).The optimal cutoff value was 2 points in the Wells score and 6.5 points in the Geneva score.The Wells score more than 2 points predicted PE with a sensitivity of 81.8% and specificity of 76.2%.The Geneva score more than 6 points predicted PE with a sensitivity of 72.7% and specificity of 100%.The comparison of the area under curve between the Wells and the Geneva score had a significant difference statistically (P ＜ 0.05).[Conclusion] The Wells score and the revised Geneva score are beneficial to predict pulmonary embolism.The revised Geneva score is roughly superior to the Wells score both in sensitivity and specificity.

OBJECTIVETo assess the feasibility of using saliva for Schistosomiasis japonica diagnosis.

METHODSSchistosoma japonicum infected animal model was established. Pairs of saliva and serum samples from rabbits and chronic schistosomiasis patients were collected. Anti-schistosoma specific antibodies in saliva and serum were detected by indirect ELISA.

RESULTSThe specificities of antibody detection of rabbit saliva and serum were 93% (28/30) and 97% (29/30), respectively, and the sensitivities of antibody detection of rabbit serum and saliva were 100% (24/24) and 88% (21/24), respectively. A significant correlation (r = 0.5307, P = 0.0038 < 0.05) existed between anti-SEA IgG levels in serum and saliva. As with those in serum, anti-SEA IgG levels in saliva could reflect the state of infection and treatment. The sensitivity of antibody detection was 91% (29/32) for patient saliva samples and 100% (32/32) for their sera. 8 samples were positive in 140 normal saliva samples (i.e. 6% false positive rate) and 6 samples were positive in 156 normal serum samples (4% false positive rate). There was a significant correlation (r = 0.4227, P = 0.008 < 0.05) between specific antibodies in saliva and serum.

CONCLUSIONThe detection of specific antibodies in saliva can be used as a non-invasive immunodiagnosis method of Schistosomiasis japonica.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Animals ; Antibodies, Helminth ; analysis ; Child ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; analysis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rabbits ; Saliva ; immunology ; Schistosoma japonicum ; immunology ; Schistosomiasis japonica ; diagnosis

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of Sacubitril/Valsartan in the treatment of chronic heart failure in elderly patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.Methods A total of 126 elderly patients with dilated cardiomyopathy induced chronic heart failure who were treated in Beijing Anzhen Hospital from January 2017 to December 2017 were enrolled and randomly divided into the experimental group(n=62)and the control group(n=64).All patients were given a standard heart failure treatment,and the experimental group underwent sacubitril/valsartan(100 mg Bid)and the control group received benazepril (10 mg Qd)additionally for 12 months.Left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF),N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP),six-minute walk test(6MWT) and major adverse cardiovascular events(mortality and readmission for heart failure)were compared between the two groups.Results Of 126 elderly patients,73 patients(57.9％)were male,and 53were female,with a mean ± SD age of (67.2 ± 5.8) years.Basic characteristics,including age,gender,clinical history of hypertension and diabetes,LVEF,NT-proBNP and 6MWT,showed no significant difference between two groups (P ＜ 0.05).After 12 months of treatment,symptomatic hypotension occurred in one cases in each group.In the control group,NT-proBNP level was decreased after treatment as compared with before treatment[(983.3± 326.1) ng/L vs.(1 779.1 ± 478.1) ng/L,P ＜0.05],and no significant difference was found in LVEF and 6MWT at post-treatment versus pretreatment(P ＞ 0.05).In the experimental group,LVEF,NT-proBNP level and 6MWT were significantly improved in post-treatment versus pre-treatment (P ＞ 0.05).And LVEF,NT-proBNP level and 6MWT were significantly better in the experimental group than in the control group[(38.5 ±3.1)％ vs.(36.9±3.0)％,(744.5±246.7) ng/L vs.(983.3±326.1) ng/L,(323.4±60.5) m vs.(283.5±45.9)m,P＜0.05].The readmission rate for heart failure was lower in the experimental group than in the control group(26.6％ or 19 cases vs.46.8％ or 30 cases,P＜0.05),while no significant difference was found in mortality between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Compared with benazepril,sacubitril/valsartan can improve the left ventricular function and exercise tolerance,and reduce the readmission rate due to chronic heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.However,more studies are needed to assess the effects of sacubitril/valsartanthe on the prognosis of advanced elderly patients(＞88 years old)who have a preserved LVEF and a chronic end-stage heart failure(NYHA Ⅳ),and start the drug administration at different time points(before or after discharge).

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