w-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) , are essential components for the development of human brain. A fish oil product enriched with DHA (51. 65%) was used to conduct a preliminary memory study with rats employing the active avoidance test. Three doses of DHA, 1. 0 g/kg, 200 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg, were administered orally to the rats twice daily for 20 days. The results showed that there was a positive correlation between the effects on memory ability and DHA adiministration, and the effects were dose responsive. The results also showed that DHA, at 200 mg/kg, could antagonize dysmnesia caused by scopolamine and had hypermnesia effect.

Objective To assess the mammographic features of early breast carcinoma on CR and the correlation between the mammographic and pathologic findings.Methods CR mammograms in 43 patients with breast carcinoma confirmed pathologically,including ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS)and DCIS associated with small invasive foci(n=30),infiltrating ductal carcinoma(n=12),invasive lobular carcinoma(n=1)were analysed retrospectively.The correlation between the mammographic features and pathologic findings was also evaluated.Results(1)In the 43 cases of early breast cancer,micro-calcifications(n=21),nodular(n=15),and asymmetric increasing density with disorder structure(n=7)were seen on CR mammograms.(2)mini-mammary structure of early breast carcinoma could be seen on CR mammography.Conclusion CR mammography is of significant value in diagnosis of early breast carcinoma.

Objective To explore the morphological characteristics of Barrett's esophagus under confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE).Methods A total of 112 patients with suspected Barrett's esophagus (BE) under endoscopy were enrolled in this study.The lower esophageal columnar mucosa was examined with CLE to real-time forecast the histological type and extent of intestinal metaplasia of BE,followed by mucosal biopsies and histopathological examination in inspected area.The relationship between the features under common endoscopy or CLE and histopathological diagnosis was analyzed.Results A total of 94 patients were diagnosed as BE.Island type is the most common type under common endoscopy (54.3％),and the incidence of short-segment BE was higher than that of longsegment BE (86.2 ％ vs 13.8 ％).Specialized intestinal metaplasia,cardiac and fundic epithelium can be distinguished under CLE,and the accuracy was 94.7％,89.4％ and 91.5％ respectively.The histopathological examination in targeted biopsy specimens indicated that the proportion of intestinal metaplasia was higher in long-segment BE (9/13) than that of short-segment BE (33.3 ％,x2 =4.684,P=0.039),and the proportion of intestinal metaplasia was higher in circumferential(11/17) and tongue-like BE (65.4％) than that of island type (15.7％,x2 =15.217 and 19.399 respectively,P＜0.01).There were no significant difference in the extent of intestinal metaplasia among island type,circumferential type and tongue-like type in short-segment and long-segment BE.Conclusions The histological type of BE can be accurately distinguished with CLE.The most common type of BE is island type.The incidence of intestinal metaplasia is higher in circumferential and tongue-like type.The incidence of intestinal metaplasia is higher in long-segment BE than that of short-segment BE.

Objective:To analyze the frequencies of HLA-A*0201 restricted CEA-specific CD8+T cells, HLA-A*0201/FLUmp tetramer and HLA-A*0201/CAP-1 tetramer were applied in patients with colorectal cancer.Methods: Lymphocytes from peripheral blood and lymph node,1×106 cells/ml,were incubated with 1μg HLA-A*0201/peptide tetramers and anti-CD8 for 1 h at 25 coseperately.The cells were then washed in PBS.Next,the cells were illuminated by detecting frequencies of FLUmp-specific CD8+T cells and CAP-1-specific CD8+T cells with flow cytometry.Results: HLA-A*0201/peptide were used to detect CAP-1 or FLUmp-specific CD8+T cells,which were analyzed either healthy individuals or patients with colorectal cancer.We did not find differences in average frequencies of FLUmp-specific CD8+T cells between 11 HLA-A*0201+patients with colorectal cancer and 14 HLA-A*0201+healthy individuals [ ( 0.671 ±0.421 )%, ( 0.564 ±0.408 )%].But the frequencies of CAP-1-specific CD8+T cells of HLA-A*0201+patients with colorectal cancer showed higher than HLA-A*0201+healthy individuals [ ( 2.409 ± 2.385 )%, ( 0.020 ± 0.021)%respectively],which was statistically significant(P=0.008).Conclusion:The frequencies of CAP-1-specific CD8+T cells in PBMC from peripheral blood and lymph node of HLA-A*0201+patients were increased,showed CEA-specific CTs has a vital role in colorectal cancer.

AIM To study effects of desulfated and poly sulfated heparin derivatives on rat mast cell (MC) degranulation. METHODS Different methods were used to prepare different sulfated heparin derivatives: 2 O desulfated heparin (2DeSH),N desulfated reacetylated heparin (NDeSAcH),6 O desulfated heparin (6DeSH),poly sulfated heparin (PSH). Passive MC degranulation induced by ovalbumin in rats to was employed observe the effects of different sulfated derivatives on rats MC degranulation. RESULTS All the sample groups were found of obvious inhibition of MC degranulation( P

Objective To investigate the epidemiology and relevant risk factors of invasive fungal infection (IFI) in hospital old patients for non-respiratory tract. Methods Seventy-eight patients of IFI in non-respiratory tract were enrolled in this investigation. The incidence and risk factors of IFI were analyzed by prospective case-control study. Results In 78 old patients, 84 strains were isolated from different parts, and the most was Candida spp 82 strains (97.62%,82/84), followed by Candida albicans 55 strains (67.07%,55/82), Candida glabrata 13 strains ( 15.85%, 13/82), Candida krusei 6 strains (7.32%, 6/82), Candida tropicalis 4 strains (4.88% ,4/82), Candida parapsilosis 3 strains (3.66% ,3/82), Candida lusitaniae 1 strain ( 1.22%, 1/82). Aspergillus 2 strains (2.38%,2/84). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that age, pathogen detection time, underlaying disease,glucocorticoids, immunosuppressants were the risk factors for IFI in non-respiratory tract. Conclusions Candida albicans is the main pathogens of Candida infections in old patients. To efficiently control the risk factors should be emphasized in old patients, including early diagnosis and treatment underlying diseases, appropriate use drugs, right to shorten hospital stay.

Objective To establish diagnostic standards of confocal laser endomiroscopy (CLE) in pathological classifications of gastric cancer and evaluate the diagnostic value of CLE in vivo. Methods The confocal images of 36 patients, who were diagnosed as gastric cancer with confirmation of pathology, were collected and analyzed to establish diagnostic standards of CLE for pathological classifications of gastric cancer. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of CLE were determined with reference to histopathologic findiugs retrospectively. Results According to changes of glandular architecture and microvessels under CLE, gastric cancers were divided into differentiated and undifferentiated type. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of CLE in diagnosing differentiated carcinoma were 85.7%, 92. 3% and 90. 5%, respectively, which were 85.7%, 92. 3% and 90. 5%, respectively, in undifferentiated carcinoma. Conclusion CLE is a new tool to make pathological classifications of gastric cancer during routine endoscopic examination procedure, which correlates well with histopathologic fingdings.

Objective To estimate the value of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE)for differential diagnosis of gastric ulcer. Methods Patients diagnosed as gastric ulcer by conventional endoscopic mode of CLE were enrolled. The eonfocal endoscopic mode of CLE was used to observe the borderline and/or the surface of the ulcers. Biopsy specimen was taken for histopathological examination and the result of CLE was compared with histopathological finding. Results A total of 12 769 CLE images were obtained from 150 sites of 43 patients. The sensitivity and specificity of CLE for phlegmonosis process were 83.54% and 85.92%, respectively, with positive predictive value of 86.84% and negative predictive value of 82.43%. Whereas the sensitivity and specificity of CLE for intraepithelial neoplasia were 53.57% and 88.52%, respectively, with positive predictive value of 51.72% and negative predictive value of 89.26%. As for diagnosis of gastric cancer, the sensitivity and specificity of CLE were 88.37% and 93.46%, respectively, with positive predictive value of 84.44 % and negative predictive value of 95.24%. The kappa values for agreement of histopathological findings and CLE for diagnosis of phlegmonosis process, intraepithelial neoplasia and gastric cancer were 0.69,0.42 and 0.81, respectively. Conclusions CLE can provide a real-time histopathological diagnosis of the gastrointestinal tract with high sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values. Targeted biopsy can be done under CLE and the detective rates of precancerous lesions and tumors will be increased.

Objective To investigate the relationship between glutathione S-transferases P1(GSTP1)Ile105Val and glutathione S-transferases M1(GSTM1)single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNP) and the sensitivity to chemotherapy among patients with ad-vanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) .Methods We used gene sequencing analysis to determine the SNP of GSTP1 Ile105Val and PCR analysis to GSTM1 in DNA from peripheral lymphocytes of NSCLC patients .Totally 89 patients with NSCLC were trea-ted with platinum-based chemotherapy ,and clinical response was evaluated after 2 cycles .The association between GSTP1 Ile105Val and GSTM1 SNP and chemosensitivity were analyzed .Results The overall response rate was 29 .2% .Chemotherapy re-sponse did not show statistically significant differences between the wild genotypes and the variant genotypes for the GSTP1 Ile105Val and GSTM1 gene(P>0 .05) .Conclusion The polymorphisms of GSTP1 Ile105Val and GSTM1 may be not associated with sensitivity to chemotherapy in NSCLC patients .

Objective To investigate the feasibility of spin-echo echo-planar imaging(SE-EPI) of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for the diagnosis of pancreatic mass and to evaluate the difference of stiffness value in different pancreatic mass. Methods In a retrospective study, MRE was performed in 20 healthy volunteer (control group) and 62 patients with surgery-proved pancreatic masses, including pancreatic cystadenoma in 5 cases and solid masses of pancreas in 57 cases (39 with malignant mass and 18 with benign mass) using 3.0 T MRE. The differences of stiffness between two groups were evaluated using non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. ROC was used to assess the diagnostic ability of elastogram for the detection of pancreatic masses, and to evaluate MRE-determined stiffness for the differentiation of masses from healthy pancreas, and malignancy from benign solid masses. Results The total detection rate of elastogram was 91.9%(57/62),with false positive rate of 5.0%(1/20) and false negative rate of 8.1%(5/62). The median stiffness value in the control group vs patient group were 1.18 kPa (interquantile range:1.15 to 1.30) kPa and 2.43 kPa (interquantile range:1.94 to 3.64 kPa) respectively, with statistically significant differences (Z=-5.967,P<0.01). The sensitivity and specificity of stiffness (≥1.36 kPa) to differentiate pancreatic mass from healthy pancreas was 93.6%and 100.0%, respectively, and to differentiate benign and malignant solid masses (≥2.17 kPa) was 82.1%and 83.3%, respectively. Conclusion MRE is a promising method in detecting and distinguishing different pancreatic masses.