Objective:To investigate the relationship of-308bp polymorphism in tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFa)gene and+252bp in lymphotoxin-α(LTα)gene with the clinical course and outcome of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(NHL).Methods:The single base change in TNFα gene and LTα gene was analyzed among 96 Chinese patients with NHL and 72 normal controls by using PCR-restrictive fragment length polymorphism (RFLP).The clinical data were collected and survival analysis was performed.Results:In NHL patients,no statistcally significant association was found between the presence of a given TNF/LT haplotype status and clinical variables such as age,seX,disease stage,and so on.The patients carrying low-risk haplotype achieved a more sensitive response to first-line therapy than that in patients with high-risk haplotype(70.4%v 45.2%:P=0.018).The estimated 1-year progression-free survival rates in the high-risk and low-risk groups were 66.67% and 87.5%,respectively(log-rank test,P=0.0231).Kaplan-Meier method showed that the estimated 2-year and 4-year overall survival rates were 39.95%and 8.32%in patents carrying high-risk haplotypes and 65.13%and 46.52%in patients carrying low-risk haplotypes,respectively(log-rank test,P=0.0012).In multivariate Cox regression models.the TNF/LT haplotype status was found to be a dsk factor for outcome of NHL (P=0.034).Conclusion:There is an association between TNF/LT haplotype status and response to therapy and outcomes of NHL in Canton area,China.Detecting TNF/LT haplotype may be a sensitive method to evaluate the outcome of NHL.

Currently, platelet transfusion is the primary treatment for thrombocytopnia which results from intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy of cancer. While repeated platelet transfusions are associated with several problems. The clinical availability of safe and effective platelet growth factors is eagerly awaited. Currently, a mumber of hematopoietic growth factors with thrombopoietic activity have been identified. This review discusses the biological characteristics and the clinical trial investigation development of platelet growth factors.

Objective To explore the effect of motivational interviewing on the self-care of type 2 diabetic patients . Methods Totally 96 inpatients with type 2 diabetes were randomly divided into the control group and the intervention group , each group containing 48 patients. The control group received routine diabetes education, while the intervention group received face-to-face and one-by-one motivational interviewing intervention for three months. The patients′self-care level were evaluated by using diabetes self-care scale after intervention. Result After intervention, the score on the self-care behaviors including diet control, exercise therapy, medication , blood glucose monitoring and foot care were significantly higher in the intervention group than those in the control group (P < 0.01). Conclusion Motivational interviewing can improve the ability of type 2 diabetic patients to control the glycemic level.

AIM:To investigate effect of recombinant human thrombopoietin on exsanguine thrombocytopenia mice. METHODS:Normal peripheral platelet counts were performed on sample obtained from the tail vein of purebred Babl/c mice including experimental and control groups before experimentation. rhTPO was injected into the mice by intraperitoneal injection once a day for 7 days. On the seventh and the fourteenth day, the mice were phlebotomized from the supra-obitalis vein in order to make exsanguine thrombocytopenia animal model. At the same time, we observed the biological activity of recombinant human thrombopoietin in vivo and the mice's death rate. RESULTS: On the seventh day and the fourteenth day, platelet counts of mice treated by rhTPO were higher than those by PBS (P＜0.05). Moreover the platelet counts of mice in experimental group of rhTPO showed increasing tendency following experimental days. In addition, death happened in two groups after those mice were phlebotomized from the supra-obitalis vein, but the death rate in negative control group was evidently higher than that in experimental group (P＜0.05). CONCLUSION:rhTPO had obvious biological activity in increasing platelet production, which resulted in the drop in thrombocytopenia mice's death rate.

AIM:To study the thershold of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) apoptosis induced by adriamycin (ADM) and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(CDDP). METHODS: Using primary human hepatocellular carcinoma culture, immunofluorescence staining of Hoechst 33 258 in HCC cells ,and flow cytometric assay. RESULTS:24 h after HCC cells were cultured with ADM or CDDP, it were found there were dispersive fluorescences in normal cells nuclei, and compact particulate fluorescences in apoptosis cells nuclei by immunofluorescence staiming of Hoechst 33 258. The rate of HCC cells apoptosis was dependent on doses of ADM and CDDP. HCC cells apoptotic threshold were determined, i.e.ADM was 1.0 ?g/mL and CDDP was 1.5?g/mL (The clinical apoptotic sensitive dosages were ADM 20 mg/m2 and CDDP 30 mg/m2. CONCLUSION: HCC cells apototic threshold of ADM and CDDP were efficient in clinical chemotherapy.

Myelodysplastic syndromes(MDS) is a malignant disease of hematopoietic stem cell / progenitor cell clones. Therapies of MDS including immuno-suppressive drugs, chemotherapy, hemopoietic stem cell transplantation and drugs suppressing malignant clones have improved much in recent years. This review is about intervention therapy of MDS and the therapy effect.

Traditional concept has been that hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) are tissue-specific stem cells, which are restricted to generate the cell types of the blood and immune system. However, recent studies have shown that there is a higher plasticity of the HSC than previous expected, it can be induced to transdifferentiated into mature cells of other nonhematopoietic organs after transplantation in vivo. In this article, the recent advances in the plasticity of HSC and its potential clinical application are reviewed.

AIM: Three different antisense oligonucleotides complementary to basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) mRNA were compared in inhibitory effect on gene targeted expression. METHODS: After transfecting bFGF antisense oligonucleotides (asODN) into SWO-38 cells by lipofectin,the proliferation of cells was identified by MTT method, apoptosis was examined by flow cytometric cell cycle analysis and the expression levers of bFGF were detected by Western-blotting. RESULTS: There were 49%,33%,51% inhibition of cell growth and 35%, 27%, 18% cell apoptosis after asODN1, asODN2 and asODN3 treatment.In addition,the decrease in bFGF protein was 63%, 42%, 11%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The data suggeste that asODN1 is a potent target to bFGF mRNA, which inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis in SWO-38 cells.

Objective To establish the method and assess the safety，feasibility and clinical efficacies of percutaneous transhepaticcontrast-enhancedcholangio-ultrasonography(PTCECUS).Methods Twenty-one patients aged(58.5±16.65)years(range 27-93)with biliary obstruction or stricture underwent percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage or ch01ecystodrainage.A dose of more than 50 ml of 0.94% Sono Vue(Bracco，Itay)solution was injected into their bile ducts(n=17)and cholecysts(n=4)through the drainage catheter.Their biliary tracts，cholecysts and duodenums were scanned under contrast pulsed sequencing mode(CPS，Sequoia 512，Siemens)to achieve related contrast-enhanced ultrasonograms.Severity of biliary obstruction were assessed according to the PTCECUS findingswith a comparison toconventionalultrasonography(CVUS)，magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP)and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography(PTC)in a part of the patients.Results①PTCECUS gave rise to good-quality contrast-enhanced uhrasonograms of biliary tracts.②PTCECUS was superior to CVUS and in consistence with MRCP and PTC in evaluating the severity of biliary tract obstruction.This method helped to make a proper design for biliary drainage.③PTCECUS was more efficient than PTC in that PTC had the patients receive transhepatic puncture and cholangiography in separated departments.④Neither any complications immediate from transhepatic puncture and administration of SonoVue inall the 21 patients，nor those 1 to 8 months late during ultrasound follow up in 14 patients were found.Conclusions PTCECUS，characterized in bettering the display of biliary tracts，especially the severity of obstruction of biliary tracts，is safe through the procedure and valuable in supervising biliary drainage against obstructive jaundice.

BACKGROUND: Differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem calls(BMSCs) is associated with their microenvironment. After acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the necrosis of cardiomyocytes caused activation of complement, generation of free radical, and secretion of various cell factors. As a result, the ingredients of patients' serum also changed, so does the changes will influence the differentiation of BMSCs into cardiomyocytes? And what influence it will be? OBJECTIVE: To investigative effects of AMI rat serum on the differentiation of BMSCs into cardiomyocytes. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The in vitro controlled cytology experiment was performed at the Laboratory of Center for Stem cells and Tissue Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University from September in 2005 to June in 2006. MATERIALS: SPF Sprague Dawley rats, weighing 50-80 g, aged 3-4 weeks, were used for culture of BMSCs, and SpragueDawley rats, weighing 200-300 g, aged 6-8 weeks, were used for making AMI models. METHODS: BMSCs were isolated and cultured with the adherent method. After making AMI rat models by deligating anterior descending of the left coronary artery, the serum were collected and centrifuged from AMI and normal rats. Then the passage 3 of BMSCs were divided into six groups, non-induction group, 5-azacytidine (5-aza) group, 5-aza plus serum from AMI rat group, 5-aza plus serum from normal rat group, serum from AMI rat group, and serum from normal rat group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Morphology changes in rat BMSCs after induction; Expression of cardiac troponin T of BMSCs after induction; Expression of GATA-4 and desmin mRNA of BMSCs after induction. RESULTS: After being induced by 5-aza and two kinds of serum, some cells became elongated and thinner. Two to three weeks after induction, some cells had a ball-like or rod-like appearance, and connection were formed between adjacent cells. It showed that some BMSC have differentiated into cardiac like cells. The expression of cardiac troponin T, GATA-4 and desmin were positive in cells differentiated from BMSCs. The troponin T expression in control group and simple serum induction group were negative, but GATA-4 and desmin expressed weakly. CONCLUSION: Serum from AMI rat cannot induce BMSCs to differentiate into cardiomyocytes alone, but it promotes BMSCs induced by 5-aza differentiating into cardiomyocytes and facilitates the differentiated calls into mature.