Exosomal miRNAs, derived from tumor cells or their microenvironment, could promote the proliferation, migration and invasion of tumor cells;and enhance tumor metastasis via regulating information exchange between tumor cells and immune cells or metastatic target organs;and induce tumor resistance to cisplatin and gemcitabine;meanwhile, detecting the exosomal miRNAs in the serum and saliva of cancer patients suggested the potential of application in cancer diagnosis and prognosis assessment.

Anoctamin 1 (ANO1) is a calcium-activated chloride channel and is amplified and over-expressed in gastrointestinal stromal tumor, breast cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck squamous cell cancer, esophageal squa-mous cell cancer, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer.The amplification and over-expression of ANO1 are associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis.ANO1 promotes tumor formation and metastasis, and the drugs that inhibit the activity or expression of ANO1 show antitumor effects.Therefore, ANO1 may promote the tumorigenesis, and may be a molecular biomarker and a new target for cancer therapy.

The relationship between blood pressure and various risk factors were investigated in 54 cases of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) with stepwise regression analysis. After evaluating the influence of age, course, body mass index (BMI), fasting and postprandial blood glucose, serum IRI, C-peptide, HbA1c, plasma lipids (Ch, TG, HDL-C. LDL-C). ApoA1, ApoB2, 24h urine Alb/Cr, NAG/Cr. TRF Cr and RBP/Cr levels on blood pressure, the following results were found: 1) NIDDM patients had a two-fold increased risk of hypertension than normal population. 2) Among the 21 risk factors analysed, 6 variables were strongly correlated with blood pressure, i. e. , age, postprandial blood glucose, serum IRI, blood total cholesterol, 24h urine Alb/Cr and TRF/Cr level. 3) Postprandial hyperglycemia was the most important variable positively correlated with hypertension, followed by 24h urine Alb/Cr and plasma total cholesterol.

To investigate the effect of pancreatic elastase on diabetic nephropathy,104 cases of type Ⅱ diabetic patients were selected as control group and group treated with elastase separately for a course of 6 months.The results showed that pancreatic elastase reduced microproteinuria significantly,especially mi- croalbuminuria and microtransfer rrinuria which reflect the glomerular filtration rate.It was concluded that elastase could improve early diabetic nephropathy and might have some protective effect as well.At the same time,elastase had some good effect on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism.

Objective To propose an analysis method for determining 14 kinds of metal elements in collagen, including Mn, Cu, Zn, Al, Ti, Pb, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Fe, As and Hg. Method The conditions of collagen microwave digestion, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) working conditions and the modes used in the determination of various metal elements in ICP-MS were optimized. The content of 14 metal elements in 9 kinds of collagens with different specifications was determined by microwave digestion/ICP-MS, and the tagged recovery verification and method accuracy determination were conducted. Results The detection limit of the instrument was 0.1～5.0 μg/L. The detection limit of the proposed method was 0.00125～0.625 mg/kg. The relative standard deviation (n=11) was not more than 4.0％, and the recovery rate of the sample was 87.7％～107.4％. Under the same conditions, 14 metal elements in the pig liver standard were measured and the measured values were within the standard range. Conclusions The microwave digestion/ICP-MS method possesses the advantages of rapidness, simplicity, high sensitivity, good stability and high accuracy. It is worthy of reference and promotion.