Objective The study was aimed to investigate the effects of transforming growth factor beta1(TGF-?1)on acute graft-versus-host disease(aGVHD)after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation(allo-BMT).Methods The recipient was male BABL/C.The donor was male C57BL/6.The murine model of aGVHD had been established by allo-BMT with donor derived T cells.There were four groups in this study:control group,radiation group,transplantation control group and TGF-?1 group.The mice in TGF-?1 group were administered TGF-?1[1 ?g/(kg?d)]subcutaneously two days before transplantation until seven days after it.Results The study showed that the survival time of TGF-?1 group was significantly longer than the transplantation control group,and the aGVHD pathological changes were milder in TGF-?1 group than in transplantation control group.Seven days after transplantation,the level of IL-2 of TGF-?1 group was higher than control group,but significantly lower than transplantation control group.The level of IL-10 of TGF-?1 group was significantly higher than transplantation control group.Conclusion TGF-?1 can prevent the lethal aGVHD and raise the survival rate after allo-BMT in murine model.It may prevent the lethal aGVHD by accommodating the Th1 and Th2 cytokine level in vivo.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)infection is highly prevalent in general population,serum EBV antibody can be detected in about 90% of the adults.Forty years of researches have demonstrated that EBV infection is closely related to a variety of hematological diseases,such as infectious mononucleosis, EBV-related lymphoproliferative disorders,lymphoma and hemophagocytic syndrome.This paper reviews EBV-associated hematological diseases and its pathogenic mechanism.

Objective To investigate the expression of serum thrombopoietin (TPO) in patients with hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) and to evaluate its clinical significance. Methods The clinical data of HPS patients from Beijing Friendship Hospital,Capital Medical University during the period from September 2008 to July 2010 were collected. They were divided into infection-associated HPS,tumor-associated HPS and rheumatological disease associated HPS according to different causes. The serum concentration of TPO in HPS patients and 26 healthy controls was measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Then the correlations between TPO and laboratory indicators was analyzed. Results The level of serum TPO in 26 cases of HPS was significantly lower than that of control group (P =0.001) and the variance was not statistically significant in different causes of HPS groups using ANOVA (P =0.183). The TPO levels in HPS patients showed positive correlations with serum creatinine,after we detected their TPO levels and platelets,red blood cells,hemoglobin,serum creatinine,urea nitrogen,triglyceride,fibrinogen,ferritin,NK cell activity and sCD25 levels on the same day. Conclusion TPO together with various cytokines may affect the formation of blood cells in HPS patients,and its reduction may be associated with impaired liver function. The underlying mechanism remains to be further explored.

Objective To explore the significance of NK cell activity,interleukin-2 receptors (sCD25) and glycosylated ferritin in the early diagnostic of acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).Methods 57 patients suspected of HLH from June 2005 to May 2008 and 25 healthy subjects were enrolled in the study.The patients suspected of HLH were divided into three groups i.e.(1) a group with diagnosis confirmed at first visit;(2) a group with diagnosis confirmed at subsequent visit and (3) a group with diagnosis unconfirmed according to HLH-2004 diagnostic criteria.Healthy subjects were enrolled as control.NK cell activity was determined with a released LDH assay.The percentage of glycosylated ferritin was determined with phytohemagglutinin adsorption assay,sCD25 was examined with ELISA double antibody sandwich assay.We compared the coincidence of each diagnostic index before and after diagnosis.Results The median percentage of NK cell activity was significantly lower in the first group ( 18.3±5.6) % and the second ( 16.7±6.7)% than that in the third group (33.4±6.8)% or in the controls (36.6±5.0)%.The median percentage of glycosylated ferritin was also significantly lower in the first group ( 15,4 ± 2.0)% and the second group (16.9 ± 3.4)% than that in the third group (40.4 ± 3.0)% or in the controls (45.2±2.2)%.Meanwhile,the median level of sCD25 was significantly higher in the first group (12 916±4328) ng/L and the second group (12 117 ± 5465) ng/L than that in the third group (4728±1482) ng/L or in the controls (3841 ± 993) ng/L.Furthermore,NK cell activity,sCD25 and glycosylated ferritin were abnormal in all the patients in the early stage of HLH.Conclusion NK cell activity,sCD25 and glycosylated ferritin may be helpful markers for the early diagnosis of HLH.

Objective To explore the prognostic factors of endometrial carcinoma.Methods 166 patients with endometrial carcinoma in Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College from May 1996 to June 2009 were analyzed retrospectively.Prognostic factors were analyzed by univariate analysis.Results The total 5-year survival rate of 166 cases was 86.7 ％.The univariate analysis showed that the age,deep myometrial invasion,lymph-node metastasis and operative-pathological staging were significantly associated with the prognosis (P ＜ 0.05).As well as,according to muhivariate Cox proportional-hazard model,3 independent factors as the age,deep myometrial invasion and lymph-node metastasis were related significantly to overall survival (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The 5-year survival rate of endometrial carcinoma is high.The age,deep myometrial invasion and lymph-node metastasis are independent prognostic factors of endometrial carcinoma.

Objective To investigate dietary fat intake and fatty acid composition in Qingdao residents.Methods Cluster random sampling method was used to select 189 adults (53 males and 136 females) between March and to July 2010.The food intake habit and the relationship between nutrient,fat,fatty acid composition and serum lipid concentrations were analyzed.Results Per capita intake of cereal was 200 g,potato 26 g,poultry meat and offal 85 g,seafood 73 g,nuts 23 g,and oils 40 g.Protein accounted for 16％ of total calorie intake,carbohydrate 48％,and fat 37％.Oils accounted for 43％ of fat intake,and nuts 11％.High fat intake was mainly contributed to intake of oils and nuts.Those with dyslipidemia showed higher nutritent intake and body mass index.ConclusionQingdao residents show higher dietary fat intake and lower long-chainω-3 (n-3) PUFAs consumption.Long-chain n-3 PUFAs may be negatively correlated with dyslipidemia.

Data were analyzed from self-filled questionnaires for the students who took the elective course of general practice in China Medical University. 95.5% of students thought it was necessary to study general practice in the college. 0-10 was used to score the degree of how they want to choose general practice as a career, the median was 0 before they had the class and the median was 5 after the class (Wilcoxon rank test, P<0.01). But there were still some places need to be improved in terms of curriculum design, teaching methods and community practice. The General Practice teaching need to be innovated and the teaching mode should be different from the traditional one.

Objective To study whether ultrasound combined with microbubbles induces suppress invasion in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells PC-3 and to identify the probable mechanism.Methods Ultrasound with a frequency of 21 kHz and intensity of 46 mW/cm2 in continuous wave mode was used.Ultrasound combined with microbubbles (200 μl SonoVue) was used to treat androgen-independent human prostate cancer PC-3 cells for 30 seconds.PC-3 cells were divided into three groups:control group,ultrasound group and ultrasound combined with microbubbles group.Twelve hours after treatment,cell growth curve we drawn,and transwell chamber model was used to do cell invasion experiments in vitro.Real-time PCR was used to measure the expression matrix metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 messenger ribonucleic acid.Results Twelve hours after treatment,cell growth was not significant difference among three groups (P ＞ 0.05).Twelve hours after treatment,ultrasound combined with microbubbles could significantly inhibit the invasion of human prostate cancer cells (P ＜0.05).Treatment with ultrasound combined with microbubbles down-regulated the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 messenger ribonucleic acid.Conclusions Ultrasound combined with microbubbles inhibited the invasion in human androgen-independent prostate cancer cells through down-regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9.

BACKGROUND:Tumor stem cels are found to be involved in the recurrence, metastasis and drug resistance of the tumor.
OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between cel activity and multidrug resistance of CD44+CD24-/low breast cancer stem cels.
METHODS:CD44+CD24-/low breast cancer stem cels sorted from multidrug resistant breast cancer cel line MCF-7/ADR were detected as percentage using flow cytometry. P-gp fluorescence intensity of the cel membrane and MDR mRNA expression in sorted cels and MCF-7/ADR were detected using flow cytometry and RT-PCR, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After sorting by flow cytometry, the proportion of CD44+CD24-/low breast cancer stem cels was more than 90%, indicating that the sorted cels could meet the needs of the subsequent experiment. CD44+CD24-/low cel subsets exhibited stronger ability to form microspheres than non- CD44+CD24-/low cel subsets. The P-gp fluorescence intensity and MDR mRNA expression of CD44+CD24-/low cels were significantly higher than those of MFC-7/ADR cel line (P < 0.05). These experimental findings suggest that CD44+CD24-/low breast cancer stem cels sorted from MCF-7/ADR cel lines have a strong ability to form cel microspheresin vitro, and significantly raise the level of P-gp protein and MDR mRNA expression, which may be one of the causes of multidrug resistance.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tirofiban infusion to infarct related vessels on patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: From Jan 2013 to Jun 2014, a total of 30 STEMI patients were enrolled as tirofiban group (tirofiban 500μg was infused to infarct related vessels during emergency PCI), and received intravenous drip of tirofiban 0.1 μg•kg-1•min-1 for 24h after stent implantation; another 31 STEMI patients were regarded as pure stenting group during the same period and they received direct stent implantation during emergency PCI. Computer-assisted Quantitative Blush Evaluator (QuBE) score, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) during hospitalization and after six-month follow-up and incidence rate of major adverse cardiovascular events were compared and analyzed between two groups. Results: There were no significant difference in baseline data between two groups, P>0.05. Compared with pure stenting group, after six months, there were significant rise in QuBE score [(10.88±5.03) scores vs. (14.70±6.69) scores] and LVEF [(57.19±4.59)% vs. (59.80±5.34)%], and significant reduction in incidence rate of MACE (35.5% vs. 10.0%) in tirofiban group, P<0.05 all. Conclusion: Tirofiban application in infarct related vessels during emergency PCI in STEMI patients can effectively and safely improve myocardial microcirculation perfusion level and it is worth extending.