Interleukin (IL)-35 is a new member of IL-12 family who is secreted by T regulatory cells to strongly sup?press immuno reaction directly or indirectly. There is a growing interest in the using IL-35 as a potential therapy for chronic in?flammatory , cancer and autoimmune diseases. Here we reviewed IL-35 and its function as a mediator of suppression.

Objective To summarize the therapeutic experience on malignancy patients complicated with hyperthyroidism.Methods Clinical date of 10 cases of surgical malignancy complicated with hyperthyroidism admitted from May 2004 to May 2010 in Tianjin Medical University General Hospital were analyzed retrospectively.Results Four cases were treated by subtotal thyroidectomy before radical operation for cancer.Radical operation for cancer was performed on 6 patients after clinical symptoms of hyperthyroidism were controlled by perioperative antithyroid agents.Postoperatively 3 patients complicated with clinical manifestations similar to thyroid crisis.There was no postoperative mortality.Chemotherapy was given to 10 patients,and 1 patient was discontinued for chemotherapy caused leucopenia.Conclusions Hyperthyroidism should be controlled by surgery or antithyroid agents before patients of malignant diseases could proceed with radical surgery.Proper preoperative medication and effective postoperative management can reduce operation risk and help the patients get through the perioperative period safely.

Thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignancy in the endocrine system.Most patients cannot be cured with operation alone.The concept and implementation of multidisciplinary team (MDT) in clinical oncology attributes to improved diagnosis and treatment of cancer.MDT plays an important role in diagnosis,treatment,and post operational management of thyroid carcinoma,as well as in the application of novel techniques and translational medicine.MDT can maximize the expertise of various disciplines,strengthen inter disciplinary cooperation,and provide standardized and individualized comprehensive treatment for patients with thyroid cancer.The most important benefit of MDT is that individual patient gets the most appropriate treatment decision made by a team of experts,including endocrinologists,nuclear medicine specialists,pathologists,radiologists,radiation therapists,and surgeons.This will be of great significance to improve quality of life and prognosis,at the same time,avoid over-treatment of thyroid cancer.

Objective To investigate the effect of Foxp3 gene expression induced with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (Aza) in recipients on ameliorating allograft rejection and prolonging allograft survival and the possible mechanisms.Method BALB/c and C57BL/6 splenocytes treated with mitomycin (MMC) served as the stimulators,those not treated with MMC as responders,and they were subjected to one-way mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC).In the presence or absence of Aza,the percentage of CD4+ CD25+ Tregs was detected by flow cytometry.Abdominal heterotopic heart transplantation model was established by using inbred male Balb/c mice as donors and C57BL/6 as recipients respectively.In experimental group,recipients were intravenously administrated with decitabine (1.5 mg/kg/day) on the day 1 to day 3 post-transplantation.The control mice were treated with normal saline.CD4+ CD25+ Tregs proportion in the blood and Foxp3 mRNA in cardiac grafts and spleen of recipients were measured respectively,and the survival and the histopathologic changes of the cardiac grafts were also observed.Result Decitabine enhanced the proliferation CD4 + CD25 + Tregs of MLC in vitro.The median survival time of the cardiac grafts in experimental group (11 days) was longer than that in control group (7 days) (P＜0.01).As compared with control group,Foxp3 mRNA expression in the cardiac grafts and spleen in recipient mice was significantly up-regulated,and CD4+ CD25 + Tregs proportion was increased (P＜0.01) and the proliferation of lymphocytes and monocytes infiltration was inhibited.Conclusion Up-regulation of Foxp3 gene expression induced with decitabine in recipients could alleviate cardiac allograft rejection and prolong cardiac allograft survival via the induction of proliferation and differentiation of CD4+ CD25 + Foxp3 + Tregs.

As a technique which can assess both the micro-vascularization and macro-vascularization of the tumor,contrast-enhanced ultrasound have been developed rapidly,and its researches in thyroid nodules check and differentiation has became more and more widely.Different infusion modes in the diagnostic of thyroid nodules are really meaningful.The development of CEUS and identification of thyroid nodules will be reviewed in this article.

Objective To explore the different doses of dexmedetomidine for prevention of shivering in cesarean section effect in patients with spinal and epidural anesthesia, summarize the clinical experience.MethodsIn 40 cases of spinal epidural anesthesia in cesarean section with large doses of dexmedetomidine for intervention, and classified into control group, according to the in the other 40 patients using small doses of dexmedetomidine for intervention, and classified as the observation group, then observe two groups of patients with chills were compared, the patients were in our hospital from February 2016 to January 2017 were found.ResultsWith comparison of two groups of patients with chills, two group in the overall number of cases no significant difference.The observation group, a total of 9 cases of patients with chills, the control group had 10 cases of chills, while no significant difference between the two groups of shivering grade;the patients in the observation group of 2 cases (5%) had adverse reaction, the control group had 9 (22.5%) cases of adverse reactions,P<0.05 between the two groups showed significant differences.ConclusionDifferent doses of dexmedetomidine on preventing shivering effect analysis of cesarean section in patients with spinal and epidural anesthesia after the discovery, which can play the effect of the intervention in patients with chills, and can reduce the incidence of adverse reactions in patients after surgery, it is worthy of reference.

OBJECTIVE To study the aminoglycosides modifying enzyme genes and detect resistance of the Acinetobacter baumannii in burn unit.METHODS The susceptibility of the A.baumannii strains to 11 antibiotics were tested by K-B method.The aminoglycosides modifying enzyme genes were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction(PCR).RESULTS The resistance rate to antibacterials was as follows:to TZP 61.85%,SCF 23.69%,CAZ 64.48%,FEP 63.17%,IPM 63.17%,AK 56.58%,and to CIP 73.69%.In 76 strains of A.baumannii,48 strains(63.16%) were with aac(3)-Ⅰ,39(51.32%) with aac(6′)-Ⅰ,and 46(60.53%) with ant(3″)-Ⅰ,others were negative.The total test rate of aminoglycosides modifying enzyme gene was 63.16%.CONCLUSIONS There are not only multi-drug-resistance but also 63.16% aminoglycosides modifying enzyme genes of the A.baumannii isolated from burn unit.

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect on rat MHC Ⅱ transactivator (C Ⅱ TA) and MHC Ⅱ gene expression by plasmid vector-based RNAi technology. Methods According to C Ⅱ TA ge-netic information, three short hairpin RNA (shRNA) sequences were designed and the corresponding plas- mid vectors were constructed. Rat dendritic cell (DC) was transfected in vitro and rat spleen was transfected in vivo. Real time RT-PCR and flow cytometry were used to detect the expression of C Ⅱ TA and MHC Ⅱ in DC and spleen after transfection. Results C Ⅱ TA-shRNA plasmids were successfully constructed. Com-pared with control groups, the mRNA transcription levels of C Ⅱ TA and MHC Ⅱ and the expression level of MHC H were significantly inhibited in all three pC Ⅱ TA-shRNA experimental groups ( P < 0.01 ). There was positive correlation between the expression of C Ⅱ TA and MHC Ⅱ. Among the three shRNA groups, the first one showed the strongest inhibitory effect. Conclusion The expression of rat C Ⅱ TA and MHC Ⅱ can be obviously inhibited by plasmid vector of shRNA targeting C Ⅱ TA gene, which can be used for further investi-gation of gene therapy.

BACKGROUND: The study on the candidate gene of schizophrenia was one of the major ways of exploring its etiology. One of important candidate genes associated with schizophrenia is the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene(BDNF)OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between schizophrenia and C270T polymorphism of BDNF gene.DESIGN: Case-control and comparative observation SETTING: Institute of Mental Health of Central South University PARTICIPANTS: Totally 194 patients with schizophrenia, including 95 males and 99 females aged from 15 to 59 years, hospitalized in man and women wards in the Institute of Mental Health, Xiangya Second Hospital of Central South University from March to October 2003 were set as patients group. Controls were selected among the healthy volunteers of Xiangya Medical College was included in terms of age and gender comparable with patients group. Altogether 187 cases of controls, of whom 88 males and 99 females were studied. Their age ranged from 18 to 42 years old with the average of (26±7) years old.Those with psychosies and severe somatopathy were excluded. The patients and their family member have no history of psychosis .All the subjects were of Hunan Han nationality. Either the patient or his or her family members signed the written consent form. Individuals in the control group also signed the written consent form.positive symptom scale (PANSS-P) (7 items), negative symptom scale (PANSS-N) (7 items) and General Symptom Scale (PANSS-G) (16 items),altogether 30 items, as well as 3 additional items to evaluate the attack fatalness were used to evaluate whether the psychic symptom existed or not and the degree of severity of each symptom(7-item scoring: 1 was without,7 was very severe) . The patients were evaluated on the day of hospitalizing was used to compare the frequency among groups.polymorphism of BDNF gene between patients group and healthy control RESULTS: Totally 194 patients with schizophrenia and 187 healthy genotype (26.8%) in patients was much higher than that of the healthy controls (5.9%) (x2=32.71, df=1, P ＜ 0.01).The distribution frequency of T allele in patients' group (14.4%) was much higher than that in the scores, PANSS-P, PANSS-N and PANSS-G scores in patients with the genotype of C/T were 59-121 ;9-42( average 20.08±6.16);8-41 (average 19.02±9.13);22-68 (average 36±8.02)respectively. And the total PANSS scores, PANSS-P, PANSS-N and PANSS-G scores in patients with the genotype of C/C were 58-121 ;7-39, (average 19.2±5.88);8-40scores, (average19.02 ±8.98); 22 -68 (average36.4 ±8.32)respectively.There were no significant differences in positive and negative symptom scale (PANSS)items as well as PANSS-G between the patients with C/C and C/T genotype(P ＞ 0.05).CONCLUSION: BDNF gene C270T polymorphism was associated with the susceptibility of schizophrenia. The distribution frequency of T/C genotype and T allele in schizophreniac was significantly higher than those of the normal healthy controls. And no significant difference was obtained between patients with the genotype of T/C or C/C in terms of negative,positive symptoms and psychosocial function as well.

Objective To explore the correlations between expression of miRNA-21 and PTEN and the invasion, metastasis of colorectal carcinoma.Methods The mRNA level of miRNA-21 and mRNA and protein levels of PTEN were assayed by real-time quantitative PCR and immunohistochemical methods respectively in 65 colorectal carcinoma specimen.Results The expression of miRNA-21 mRNA in cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in paracancerous tissues (t =3.50, P ＜ 0.05).Both mRNA and protein expressions of PTEN in tumor tissue were significantly lower than that in paracancerous tissues (t =7.35,t =12.23;P ＜ 0.05).Expression of miRNA-21 mRNA, PTEN mRNA and protein were obviously related with depth of invasion(F =18.36 ,F =17.26 ,F =12.83;P ＜ 0.05), Dukes stage (F =31.25, F =24.43, F =57.12;P ＜ 0.05) and lymph node metastasis (t =5.85, t =2.18, t =4.05;P ＜ 0.05), while it was not related to tumor differenciation and tumor location (F =7.39, t =4.62;F =7.78, t =1.29;F =5.14,t =1.37;P ＞ 0.05).Positive relation between miRNA-21 and PTEN in colorectal carcinoma was identified (r =-0.994, r =-0.927;P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion High expression of miRNA-21 and low expression of PTEN are both closely associated with invasion and metastasis of colorectal carcinoma.