Due to therapeutic regimens for patients with malignant lymphoma (ML) is currently unsatisfactory, it is important to develop new complementary therapies for longer disease-free survival. Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized antigen-presenting cells of immune system and vaccination with tumor antigen-pulsed DC has been applied to treat patients for ML. In this review, we summarize various types of ML-associated antigens and clinical trials on DC-based immunotherapy in ML, and discuss the development of DC immunotherapy for ML patients in future.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical and imaging features and infarct pattern in patients with middle cerebral artery(MCA) stenosis and occlusion,to clarify its infarct pathogenesis. Methods35 MCA moderate and severe stenosis or occlusion patients diagnosed by TCD were studied;the clinical and imaging features and infarct pattern were retrospectively analyzed. Results( 1 ) Clinical features :The clinical manifestations of 35 patients was hemiplegia symptoms,in which 16 cases(45.7％ ) involved to the face,upper and lower limb,11 cases(31.4％ ) involved to the upper and lower limb,3 cases(8.6％ ) involved to the facial and upper limb,2 cases(5.7％ ) involved only to the facial,2 cases(5.7％ ) involved to the facial and upper limb,1 cases(2.9％ ) involved only to the upper limb. (2) MRA imaging characteristics and infarct pattern: 29 cases ( 82.9％ ) of patients with stenosis or occlusion showed moderate severe stenosis,6 cases( 17.1％ ) showed MCA occlusion. 30 cases( 85.7％ ) showed ischemic infarction,in which perforating artery infarction was the most common infarct pattern of middle cerebral artery stenosis or occlusive patients( 53.3％ ) ,followed by water-shed infarct ( 26. 7) ％, pial infarct was ielatively small (20. 0％ ). ConclusionThe hemiplegia was the most common clinical symptoms in patients with MCA stenosis and occlusion, and mainly involves to the face,upper and lower limb;The perforating artery infarction was the most common infarct pattern,and its infarct mechanism was an artery-to-artery embolism or hemodynamic abnormalities.

Objective To assess the change of CEA in the peritoneal lavage fluit at pre-,post-laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy, and after hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy, and to investigate the influence of laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy on drop off of cancer cells, the efficiency of hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy. To investigate whether CEA in the peritoneal lavage fluit detected by flow cytometry (FCM) is an effective predictor of intraperitoneal free cancer cells and peritoneal metastasis. Methods Peritoneal washings of 40 patients with gastric carcinoma were collected to detect CEA using FCM. The peritoneal lavage cytology examinations ( PLC)were detected by H-E staining. Results Laparoscopic surgery in patients with gastric cancer,before resection of gastric cancer the peritoneal washing CEA positive rate 35. 0% (14/40) ,and after operation, the positive rate was 40. 0% ( 16/40) .which was not significantly higher than that before operation ( P > 0. 05 ). After intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy the CEA positive rate was 7. 5% (3/40) ,which was significantly lower than that pre-operation(P<0. 05). Before operation there were 4 cases of positive PLC in the peritoneal lavage fluid, 14 CEA-positive detected by flow cytometry, and there was significant difference ( P < 0. 05 ) . All PLC-positive cases were positive for CEA, whereas 10 PLC-negative cases showed CEA-positive. None of CEA-negative cases showed PLC-positive. Conclusions Laparoscopic radical gastrectomy does not increase the intra-abdominal gastric cancer cell shedding. Intraoperative hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy is simple and feasible approach with high efficiency.Peritoneal washing CEA detected by flow cytometry is an effective index to predictor for intraperitoneal free cancer cells and prediction of peritoneal metastasis.

Objective To study the significance of repeated washing in reducing the positive rate of intra-abdominal exfoliated cancer cells. Methods Sequential intraoperative peritoneal lavages were performed in each of the 160 patients with gastric cancer one time before tumor resection,three times after excision.Four sub-peritoneal washing fluid was assayed for cytology smears with routine pathology.The results were then compared. Results Exfoliated tumor cells were positive in the intraoperative peritoneal lavages of 56 patients before resention.Exfoliated tumor cells were positive in the first three intraoperative peritoneal lavages of 64 patients before resention,42 at the second,3 at the third.Tumor cells positive and forward setting lotion shed after the first time,with the number of detected cases increased but had no significant statistical significance.Compaving the positive result of the 3rd exfoliated cancer cells with the first 1,we found that the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion Sequential intraoperative peritoneal lavages is an useful method in reducing the positive rate of peritoneal exfoliated tumor cells in patients with gastric cancer.

0.05).Results No side effect was recorded.100% of images were with excellent quality.Conclusion Patients with previous endovascular stent surgery can receive 1.5T high field MRI examination safely.Usually the examination can be performed in 4~8 weeks after the surgery,but in special case,earlier examination is also acceptable.

Objective To investigate the detection of peritoneal free cancer cells and its clinical significance. Methods The peritoneal free cancer cells,the positive rates of CK20 protein and CK20 mRNA expressions of peritoneal lavage fluid were detected by peritoneal lavage cytology (PLC),flow cytometry (FCM) and real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR in 50 cases of gastric cancer patients,respectively. The sensitivity of three kinds of detection method to peritoneal free cancer cells was compared. Results The positive rates of peritoneal free cancer cells,CK20 protein and mRNA expression of peritoneal lavage fluid were 20.0% (10/50),36.0% (18/50) and 58.0% (29/50),respectively. The positive rate of CK20 mRNA expression detected by real-time fluorescencequantitative RT-PCR in peritoneal lavage fluid was significantly higher than those of the CK20 protein expression detected by FCM and peritoneal free cancer cells detected by PLC (P0.05). The positive rate of CK20 mRNA expression of peritoneal lavage fluid was related to the tumor invasion depth,differentiation degree,TNM stage,and lymph node metastasis (P

Objective To evaluate usefulness of high-resolution MRI in quantitative analysis of femoral micro-structure.Methods This study included 110 cases which were divided into 4 groups according to the results of DXA.High-resolution MRI of left hip joint wasperformed on a 1.5T super-conductive MR scanner.3 ROIs were selected on the largest oblique-coronal images of femur to gain thebinary images derived from software processing and 30 parameters were analyzed.Results The parameters to be of statistical significance were 77% and 67%,respectively.Full points of structural parameters with significant difference were 6,4~6 points were 60% and 2~3 points were 40%.Trabecula connective parameters such as trabecula area,mean framework length and mean trabecula perimeter had positive correlation with bone density,r=0.547～0.722,0.58～0.654 and 0.573～0.688,P

Objective:To investigate the effect of gemcitabine on myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in the spleen of B lymphoma cell-bearing mice, and the therapeutic effect of gemcitabine combined with intratumoral injection of dendritic cells (DCs) in treatment of large B lymphoma. Methods: BALB/c mice were inoculated subcutaneously with B lymphoma A20 cells; large tumors were formed 30 d after inoculation. Gr-1~+ CD11b~+ MDSC proportion in the spleen was analyzed by flow cytometry before and after gemcitabine treatment. Splenic MDSC sorted by immunomagnetic beads was further treated with gemcitabine, and then the apoptosis of MDSC was examined by Annexin-V/PI staining. Tumor growth and survival time of A20 tumor-bearing mice were observed after treatment with gemcitabine and intratumoral injection of DCs. Results: Splenic Gr-1~+ CD11b~+ MDSC ratio in A20 cell-bearing mice was 10 times higher than that in the normal mice. Gemcitabine induced apoptosis and necrosis of purified MDSC in vitro in a time-dependent manner. The percentage of MDSC in the spleen of A20 tumor-bearing mice was decreased after injection of a single dose of gemcitabine. Gemcit-abine or intratumoral injection of DCs alone inhibited growth of tumor to a certain degree, with the mean survival periods of mice in the gemcitabine, DCs, and untreated groups being (48.8±3.6) d, (47.2±7.4) d, and (38.8±2.2) d, respectively. Gemcitabine chemotherapy combined with intratumoral DC injection resulted in continuous shrink of the tumors, and 60% of the mice survived for more than 90 d. Conclusion: Gemcitabine can effectively eliminate splenic MDSC in tumor-bearing mice. Gemcitabine chemotherapy and DCs immunotherapy can work synergistically in the treat-ment of huge lymphoma. These results provide an experimental basis for the comprehensive chemotherapy and immunotber-apy of relapsed or refractory lymphoma.

Objective To explore the application effects of clinical nursing pathway on recovery of upper-extremity functions during different stages after surgery of breast tumor. Methods A total of 120 patients who received the surgery of breast tumor in our hospital from January 2012 to December 2013 were selected as research subjects. They were randomly assigned to a research group and a regular group according to the method of random number table, with 60 in each. The regular group was given clinical regular nursing for the recovery of upper-extremity functions after the surgery, and the research group was given clinical nursing pathway for the recovery of upper-extremity functions after the surgery. Nursing effects were observed between the two groups. Results Arms bending forward and arms bending inward as well as abduction and rotation in the research group were significantly better than those in the regular group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Satisfaction rate on clinical nursing in the research group was 93.3%, higher than that of 75.0%in the regular group(P<0.05). Life quality score in the research group was(56.1±5.9), significantly higher than that of(43.8±6.3)in the regular group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion Clinical nursing pathway is feasible clinically for the recovery of upper-extremity functions during different stages after the surgery of breast tumor. It promotes the recovery of upper-extremity functions, as well as en-hances satisfaction rate on clinical nursing and life quality, which is worthy of clinical application.

Nerve growth factor (NGF) can promote the development, differentiation and regeneration of neurons. Recently, in order to efficiently produce human NGF (hNGF) drugs with better efficacy, we created transgenic mice expressing hNGF specifically in their salivary glands, and purified highly active hNGF protein from their saliva. Some studies reported that the NGF secretion in mouse saliva is affected by gender and age. Here, in order to select hNGF transgenic mice with high NGF secretion for saliva collection and hNGF purification, we divided transgenic mice into 4 groups, including 28-day-old young males and females, 63-day-old adult males and females. We compared their saliva volume, total salivary protein amount, salivary mNGF protein amount and salivary hNGF protein amount. The results showed that the saliva volume as well as amounts of total salivary protein, salivary mNGF protein and salivary hNGF protein secreted by 63-day-old transgenic mice were significantly higher than those secreted by sex-match 28-day-old transgenic mice, and the salivary hNGF protein amount secreted by male transgenic mice at the age of 63 days was significantly higher than that of female transgenic mice at the same age; Among 4 groups of mice, 63-day-old male transgenic mice secreted the highest salivary hNGF content, which was about 46 times higher than that secreted by the 28-day-old female transgenic mice. Therefore, 63-day-old male transgenic mice should be selected for saliva collection and hNGF purification.
Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Nerve Growth Factor ; Saliva