Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of serum IL-8 and TNF-α in patients with ulcerative colitis. Methods Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was used to detect the level of serum IL-8 and TNF-α in47 patiens wih active phase UC(severe stage 14 cases,medium stage 18 cases,mild stage 15 cases) ,21 patients with catabasis UC and 20 healthy individuals. Results The levels of IL-8 and TNF-α in patients with active phage UC were significantly higher than those of patients with catabasis UC and healthy individuals(P ＜ 0.05). The levels of IL-8 and TNF-α in patients with catabasis UC were higher than healthy individuals(P ＜0.05). The levels of IL-8 and TNF-α in severe UC were higher than those of patients with medium UC and mild UC (P ＜ 0.05). The levels of IL-8 and TNF-α in medium UC were higher than those of patients with mild UC (P ＜ 0.05). Conclusion The IL-8 and TNF-α may play an important role in the pathogenesis of UC. The combined levelsof serum IL-8 and TNF-α were potential markers in the evaluation of the activity and seriousness of UC.

BACKGROUND:Liver fibrosis is the early stage of terminal liver diseases. Effective treatment for liver fibrosis can prevent the occurrence of terminal liver diseases. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel transplantation is a promising method to treat liver fibrosis. OBJECTIVE:To study the therapeutic effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels on liver fibrosis in rats. METHODS: Eighteen Sprague-Dawely rats were randomized into three groups: control, model and cel transplantation groups. Animal models of carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis were made in the latter two groups. After modeling, 1 mL bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels (5×105) or the same volume of normal saline was injectedviathe tail vein into the rats in the cel transplantation and model groups, respectively. Rats in the control group were given no treatment. Degree of liver fibrosis, liver function, histological changes of the liver were detected and observed in the three groups at 4 weeks after treatment. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:In the control group, the liver tissues had normal structure with no fibrosis; in the model group, proliferation of fibrous tissues in the portal area of the liver, inflammatory cel infiltration, vacuolar degeneration and irregular arrangement of liver cels, and tissue structure damage were observed; in the transplantation group, liver tissue damage was severer than the control group but milder than the model group. Levels of serum hyaluronidase, type IV colagen and procolagen III were significantly lower in the cel transplantation group than the model group (P< 0.05). These findings indicate that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel transplantation can aleviate liver fibrosis and improve liver function in rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis.

This article reviews the proteasomes inhibition is a novel approach to cancer therapy. Bortezomib (velcade) is the first proteasomes inhibitor, it was effective in this class to be approved for clinical use. Phase I clinical trials established an optimal dosing strategy and demonstrated a manageable toxicity profile. Two phase II trial, SUMMIT and CREST demonstrated the safety and efficacy of bortezomib for patients with relapsed and/or refractory myeloma. The phase III APEX trial comparing bortezomib with high-dose dexamethasone demonstrated that bortezomib had an improved response rate, duration of remission and overall survival advantage in the setting of relapsed disease. These findings have led investigators to study bortezomib combination with conventional chemotherapy and other novel agents. Results of ongoing trial with bortezomib in the first-line treatment of myeloma have been extremely encouraging. Further studies with bortezomib as monotherapy and combination regimens in the treatment of hematologic and solid malignancies are warranted.

Cancer gene expression data have the characteristics of high dimensionalities and small samples so it is necessary to perform dimensionality reduction of the data. Traditional linear dimensionality reduction approaches can not find the nonlinear relationship between the data points. In addition, they have bad dimensionality reduction results. Therefore a multiple weights locally linear embedding (LLE) algorithm with improved distance is introduced to perform dimensionality reduction in this study. We adopted an improved distance to calculate the neighbor of each data point in this algorithm, and then we introduced multiple sets of linearly independent local weight vectors for each neighbor, and obtained the embedding results in the low-dimensional space of the high-dimensional data by minimizing the reconstruction error. Experimental result showed that the multiple weights LLE algorithm with improved distance had good dimensionality reduction functions of the cancer gene expression data.
Algorithms ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Genes, Neoplasm ; Humans ; Neoplasms ; genetics

Due to the minimum free energy model, it is very important to predict the RNA secondary structure accurately and efficiently from the suboptimal foldings. Using clustering techniques in analyzing the suboptimal structures could effectively improve the prediction accuracy. An improved k-medoids cluster method is proposed to make this a better accuracy with the RBP score and the incremental candidate set of medoids matrix in this paper. The algorithm optimizes initial medoids through an expanding medoids candidate sets gradually. The predicted results indicated this algorithm could get a higher value of CH and significantly shorten the time for calculating clustering RNA folding structures.
Algorithms ; Cluster Analysis ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; RNA ; chemistry

MicroRNA (miRNA) is a family of endogenous single-stranded RNA about 22 nucleotides in length. Through targeting 3' UTR of message RNA (mRNA), they play important roles in post-transcriptional regulatory functions. For further research of miRNA function, the identification of more miRNA positive targets is needed urgently. Aiming at the high-dimensional small sample data sets in miRNA target prediction, an algorithm of eliminating redundant features is proposed based on v-SVM in this paper, and classification and features selection are also fused. The algorithm of eliminating redundant features optimizes the combination of features, and then constructs the best features combination which can represent miRNA and targets interaction model. The prior parameter v (0 < u < or = 1) controls the compression proportion of data set and selects more distinguishing support vectors. Finally, the classifier model of miRNA target prediction is built. The unbiased assessment of the classifier is achieved with a completely independent test dataset. Experiment results indicated that in both classification recognition and generalization performance of miRNA targets predicition, this model was superior to the present machine learning algorithms such as miTarget, NBmiRTar and TargetMiner, etc.
MicroRNAs ; Models, Theoretical ; Support Vector Machine

Objective To evaluate the recent clinical outcomes of fixing posterior acetabular wall fractures combining the AO mini plate with reconstruction plate.Methods From Jan 2009 to Jul 2013,28 patients with posterior acetabular wall fracture were fixed by the AO mini-steel plate combined with reconstruction plate,including 17males and 11 females with the mean age of 45.8 years (range,18-65).After admission,reduce the dislocation of hip joint immediately,and take femoral condyle or tibial tubercle traction.Preoperative and postoperative anteroposterior and Judet oblique radiographs,acetabular CT scan and three-dimensional reconstruction imaging were routine taken.Using Kocher-Langenbeck approach,intraoperative,try to protect the soft tissue attached on the small fragments,and reduct the fracture.Cutting the mini plate into proper length with reconstruction plate fix to its surface crossover.The functional outcomes were evaluated by the modified Merle d'Aubigné and Postel clinical grading system.The radiographs were graded according to the Matta/Judet criteria.Results Twenty-three patients are followed up 13 months(82.2％),and 5 cases lost in 12 weeks (17.8％).By the Matta/Judet criteria,22 cases achieved excellent reduction,4 good reduction and two fair reduction,with a good and excellent rate of 92.8％.By the modified Merle d'Aubigné and Postel criteria,functional recovery of the affected hip six month post-operation was rated as excellent in 15 cases,good in 5 cases,fair in 2 cases and poor in one case.with a good and excellent rate of 87.9％.One case occurred femoral head necrosis.In 2 patients 2 years after surgery developed traumatic arthritis.Two patients had heterotopic ossification after six month operation.One patient with injury to the sciatic nerve recovered 3 months post-operation.Conclusion Using the AO mini plate combined with reconstruction plate can fix the acetabular posterior wall fractures stably.The technique meet the requirements of patients with early functional exercise,which provides an effective method of internal fixation.

Objective To obtain differential expression genes from colorectal cancer cells derived from colo205 for further research. Methods RNA from colo205 cells,CD133+cells and CD133-cells were sequenced and analyzed by bioinformatics software. Results One hundred and twenty four differential expression genes were obtained, which involves 32 metabolic pathways. Conclusions Large quantities of differential genes can be found among different groups of cells derived from colo205 cells , which can provide epigenetic evidence for colorectal cancer research.

Objective To compared different fixation methods for acetabular fractures involving the quadrilateral plate using a finite element model of the acetabulum.Methods A model of acetabular fractures with quadrilateral plate involved was developed in the finite element software and processed in Hypermesh V10.0 to generate internal fixation with dual-column titanium plate (Group A),anterior special titanium moulding plate plus quadrilateral screws (Group B),and anterior special titanium moulding plate plus quadrilateral screws combined with posterior column screws (Group C).Pelvic stress in sitting and standing positions were simulated in sequence with constraint of tuber nodes and inferior femur.Maximum stress and displacement of the acetabulum and displacement of nodes on fracture lines were measured after a force of 600 N was applied to S1 verterbrae in line with the direction of gravity in sitting and standing positions.Results In sitting position,the maximum stress and displacement of the acetabulum exhibited a sequence of Group C (9.47,1.08) ＜ Group B (19.84,1.11) ＜ Group A (29.73,1.14).Moreover,the same result was found in standing position with Group C (9.62,1.09) ＜ Group B (12.18,1.10) ＜ Group A (13.28,1.13).Mean displacement of nodes on fracture lines ranked in order of Group C ＜ Group B ＜ Group A (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The finite element model can reflect the distribution of pelvic stress effectively.Anterior special titanium moulding plate plus quadrilateral screws combined with posterior column screws provide favorable biomechanical stability in treatment of acetabular fractures involving the quadrilateral area.

Objective To determine whether field triage would reduce median contact-to-device ( C2D ) time in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction ( STEMI ) . Methods Consecutive patients with STEMI underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention( PCI) from March 2010 to February 2014 in Shanghai Pudong Gongli Hospital were analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups. A total of 121 patients were admitted by field triage and 101 patients by non-field triage. The primary study point was C2D time and the study points secondary included ( door-to-balloor, D2B) time, peak Troponin I ( TnI) levels, hospital mortality and 30 days follow-up mortality. Results Baseline and procedural characteristics between the two groups were comparable. Comparing to non-field triage group, the C2D time was reduced [(92. 0 ± 56. 0)min vs. (131. 0 ± 61. 0)min,P﹤0. 01]. The D2B time was lower in the field triage group vs. the non-field triage group [(55. 0 ±26. 0)min vs. (96. 0 ±31. 0)min,P﹤0. 01]. The percentage of patients with C2D time less than 90 minutes increased significantly from 85. 1% to 98. 3%( P﹤0. 01 ) in the field triage group. Peak TnI level was significantly reduced in the field triage group [(23. 5 ±22. 0) μg/L vs. (43. 5 ± 39. 0) μg/L,P﹤0. 01]. In-hospital mortality and 30 days follow-up mortality did not significantly differ between the 2 groups (3. 3% and 3. 0%, P=0. 885;3. 3% and 5. 0%, P=0. 544, respectively). Conclusions In STEMI patients, field triage was associated with significantly reduced C2D and D2B times.