Objective.To determine whether malariotherapy (an old therapy for treatment of neurosyphilis)improves some clinical and laboratory parameters of HIV-positive patients without iatrogenic complications.Methods.Total 8 asymptomatic HIV-1 positive subjects whose CD4 cell counts were over 250×106 cells/L were selected for the phase-1 studies of malariotherapy and were intravenously injected Plasmodia vivax to induce artificial malaria.Malaria was terminated with chloroquine after 10～20 malarial fever episodes.Cell-bound CD4 levels were measured by APAAP (a solid-phase enzyme essay)and levels of neopterin (NPT),beta-2-microglobulin (B2M),soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-2(sTNF-RII),interleukin-2(IL-2)and HIV P24 antigen were measured by ELISA. Patients were followed up to 24～30 months.Results.CD4 levels increased in 5,NPT decreased in 7 of 8 patients;IL-2 increased in 5 of 6 patients after malariotherapy.The total trends of B2M and sTNF-RII basically remained stable.HIV P24 antigen remained undetectable in 6, remained detectably low level in 1 and experienced increase in 1 of 8 patients after malariotherapy.No any severe complications occurred in all 8 patients.Conclusions.The results indicate that malariotherapy basically is safe for HIV infection and it seems that the therapy improves some immunological parameters of HIV patients.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of CDK2 in the development of DNA heteroploid in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). METHOD: Fifty specimens of LSCC, twelve specimens of atypical hyperplasia and thirty specimens of vocal cord polyp were obtain during operation. Centrosome were detected by anti tubulin antibodies. Immunohistochemical method was used to analyze the protein expression of CDK2 and gamma-tubulin. RESULT: The positive rate of CDK2 and gamma-tubulin in LSCC were 68.0% (34/50) and 78.0% (10/15), all of them were significant higher than those in the vocal cord polyp (P<0.05). Expression of CDK2 in LSCC was positively association with expression of gamma-tubulin. CONCLUSION This experiment indicated that overexpression of CDK2 was strongly correlated with abnormal proliferation in LSCC, and it may be a valuable marker for the diagnosis and therapy of LSCC.
Aged ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cell Proliferation ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 ; metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Middle Aged

OBJECTIVE: To investigation the clinic long-term result and explore the prognostic factor of patients with laryngectomy. METHOD: Three hundred and fifteen patients with laryngectomy were analysed. The survival rate and the cause of death were collected from this study. RESULT: Five years later, 233 cases were still alive, 60 cases were dead, 22 cases failed to be followed-up. Overall 5-year survival rate was 73.97%, 5-year survival rate for patients of early stage was 82.69. Whereas, for patients of late stage was 62.64%. Five year survival rate for patients of supraglottic carcinoma, glottic carcinoma, subglottic carcinoma and transglottic carcinoma was respectively 73.76%, 82. 55%, 55.56%, 68.75%. Five year survival rate for patients with partial laryngectomy was 79.89%, whereas, for total laryngectomy was 1.03%. The cause of death were local recurrence and cervical glands metastasis. CONCLUSION Early diagnosis was the key points to both larynx preservation and survival rate. for improving survival rate, we should handle the indications strictly. remain sufficient security cutting edge and follow-up visit.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; mortality ; surgery ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; mortality ; surgery ; Laryngectomy ; mortality ; Neoplasm Staging ; Survival Analysis ; Survival Rate ; Treatment Outcome

To study the effect of of lidocaine and amiodarone on the transmural heterogeneity of ventricular repolarization in isolated rabbit hearts model of sustained global ischemia and to explore the mechanisms underlying the antiarrhythmic activity of lidocaine and amiodarone, rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups: control group, ischemia group, lidocaine group and amiodarone group. By the monophasic action potential (MAP) recording technique, MAPs of recorded across the left ventricular free wall in rabbit hearts perfused transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR) and arrhythmic induced by ischemia. Our results showed that TDR of three myocardial layers in ischemia group were significantly lengthened after ischemia. TDR was increased from 17.5±3.9 ms to 31.2±4.6 ms at the time that concided with the onset of sustained ventricle arrhythmic. Amiodarone could decrease TDR, but lidocaine could increase TDR at initial ischemia, and no significant difference was found at other ischemia time points. 5 cases had ventriclar arrhythmia in ischemia group (62.5 %), but no case in lidocaine group (P<0.01) and only 1 case in amiodarone group had ventrilar arrhythmia (P< 0.01). No significant difference was found between amiodarone group and lidocaine group. It is concluded that TDR of of three myocardial layers increases significantly at ischemia and it is closely associated with development of ventricular arrhythmia, and amiodarone could decrease TDR, but lidocaine could increase TDR at initial ischemia and has no effects at other ischemia time points.

In order to gain insight into a possible association between chronic sinusitis and asthma,85 patients with sinusitis and asthma underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgical treatment and serum antibodies and cytokines were measured. The results showed that 51 out of 85 patients with high serum anti-Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB) antibody before treatment obtained satisfactory results for both sinusitis and asthma. The high level of Th2 cytokine IL-4 was down regulated tothe levels of normal controls after sinus surgery. Thirty-four out of 85 patients did not show high serum anti-SEB antibody before sinus surgery and did not show much improvement in their asthmatic symptoms although sinusitis symptoms were resolved by sinus surgery. It was concluded that bacterial superantigen SEB (in the sinuses) might play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of lower airway hypersensitivity.

Objective To investigate the effect of MSX2 interference on epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) of pancreatic cancer cell line PANC-1. Methods Three vectors containing short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) of MSX2 (shMSX2-1, shMSX2-2, and shMSX2-3) and the empty vector (negative control) were transfected separately into PANC-1 cell line with Lipofectamine2000. Real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to observe changes in the expressions of MSX2, E-cadherin, and vimentin in the cells. CCK-8 assay was used to assess the changes in the cell growth, and wound scratch assay and Transwell assay were employed to evaluate the cell invasion and metastasis after the transfection. Results Among the 3 shRNA, shMSX2-1 showed the highest interference efficiency. MSX2 knockdown by the specific shRNA of MSX2 significantly increased E-cadherin expressions, lowered vimentin expressions, and suppressed the invasion, metastasis and proliferation of the cells (P<0.05). MSX2 knockdown also resulted in morphological changes of the cells into cobblestone-like cells in close contact. RT-PCR results revealed significantly reduced mRNA expressions of the transcription factors snail and twist (P<0.05) without affecting slug and zeb1 expressions in the cells with MSX2 knockdown. Conclusion MSX2 knockdown can reverse EMT and induce MET in PANC1 cells, in which process the transcription factors snail and twist may play a role.

Objective To investigate the effect of MSX2 interference on epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) of pancreatic cancer cell line PANC-1. Methods Three vectors containing short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) of MSX2 (shMSX2-1, shMSX2-2, and shMSX2-3) and the empty vector (negative control) were transfected separately into PANC-1 cell line with Lipofectamine2000. Real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to observe changes in the expressions of MSX2, E-cadherin, and vimentin in the cells. CCK-8 assay was used to assess the changes in the cell growth, and wound scratch assay and Transwell assay were employed to evaluate the cell invasion and metastasis after the transfection. Results Among the 3 shRNA, shMSX2-1 showed the highest interference efficiency. MSX2 knockdown by the specific shRNA of MSX2 significantly increased E-cadherin expressions, lowered vimentin expressions, and suppressed the invasion, metastasis and proliferation of the cells (P<0.05). MSX2 knockdown also resulted in morphological changes of the cells into cobblestone-like cells in close contact. RT-PCR results revealed significantly reduced mRNA expressions of the transcription factors snail and twist (P<0.05) without affecting slug and zeb1 expressions in the cells with MSX2 knockdown. Conclusion MSX2 knockdown can reverse EMT and induce MET in PANC1 cells, in which process the transcription factors snail and twist may play a role.

Objective To evaluate the clinical outcomes of endoscopic and microsurgical treatments in patients with hypertensive basal ganglia hemorrhage (HBGH).Methods A retrospective analysis of clinical features of 37 patients received microsurgical treatment via transsylvian-transinsular approach or 32 patients received endoscopic treatment for evacuation of HBGH in our hospital from January 2011 to January 2015 was performed.The operation time,hematoma clearance rate,re-bleeding rate and prognoses of the patients were investigated.Results As compared with patients accepted microsurgical treatment,patients accepted endoscopic treatment had significantly shorter operation time,smaller peroperative bleeding volume,and shorter hemostatic time (P＜0.05).The preoperative Glasgow coma scale (GCS) scores in patients accepted endoscopic treatment and microsurgical treatment were 8.63±1.24 and 8.67±1.31,without significant difference (P＞0.05);24 h after operation,GCS scores in patients accepted endoscopic treatment increased to 12.79±1.20,which had significant difference as compared with those in patients accepted microsurgical treatment (11.23±1.29,P＜0.05).The cerebral edema volume in patients accepted endoscopic treatment and microsurgical treatment was (11.83±4.08) mL and (18.76±7.92) mL,with significant difference (t=6.460,P=0.000).The hematoma clearance and prognosis in patients accepted endoscopic treatment were better than those in patients accepted microsurgical treatment.Conclusion Endoscopic evacuation ofhematoma for HBGH is efficient and safe,enjoying better efficacy than microsurgery.

China is a country with a high prevalence of myopia,and the incidence of myopia among adolescents is in-creasing year by year.The usage rate of orthokeratology is also increasing year by year.In order to improve the effectiveness of myopia control,ophthalmologists have adopted plans such as optimizing lens design and combined treatment to provide protection for adolescent myopia control.This article reviews the diverse clinical applications of orthokeratology and their effectiveness based on national and international literature.

Early intervention contributes to improving patient experience and doctor-patient relationship in the case of non-psychiatric outpatients with psychological problems.The authors studied the psychological assessment and hierarchical management for non-psychiatric inpatients at a general hospital. Measures taken include establishing multi-disciplinary and inter-department teams, building an intra-hospital joint-action system, and implementing the psychological assessment and hierarchical management for non-psychiatric inpatients.These efforts explored ways for a general hospital in psychological counseling, offering humanistic service, and transformation of medical pattern.