Objective To study the expressions of Hepcidin,bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6) and hemojuvelin (HJV) in gastric cancer,and to explore their relationships with clinical pathological characteristics.Methods Hepcidin,BMP6 and HJV were detected by immunohistochemistry in 62 cases of gastric cancer patients,and the relationships among them and clinical pathological features were analyzed.Results Compared with normal gastric mucosa tissues,Hepcidin was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues (13.3％ vs.56.5％,x2 =8.99,P ＜ 0.01),while the differences of the expression of BMP6 and HJV in the two groups were not statistically significant (60.0％ vs.40.3 ％,x2 =1.89,P ＞ 0.05;93.3％ vs.83.9％,x2 =0.88,P ＞ 0.05).The expression of Hepcidin was related to T stage (x2 =6.98,P =0.02),but it was not related to age,sex,lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis and anemia.The expressions of BMP6 and HJV were not related to T stage,age,sex,lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis and anemia.Hepcidin was not related to the expressions of BMP6 and HJV (r=0.13,P＞0.05;r=0.15,P＞0.05).Conclusion Hepcidin is highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues,which is related to the T staging of gastric cancer,and can be used as an objective indicator of the biological behavior of gastric cancer.There were no differences in the expression of BMP6 and HJV between normal gastric mucosa and gastric cancer tissues.

ObjectiveTo compare the therapeutic effec between sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) and continuous blood purification (CBP) in critically ill patients.MethodsAccording to the treatment ways,96 critically ill patients were divided into SLED group and CBP group.A comparison was made on the biochemical indicators,in-hospital duration,hemodynamic parameters,acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE-Ⅱ ),the survival and the mortality rates.ResultsAfter treatment,the levels of serum creatine kinase isozyme MB (CK-MB),creatine kinase (CK),creatinine (Cr),glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (AST),glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (ALT),APACHE Ⅱ score on the 1st,2nd and 7th day were lower than those prior to the treatment in both groups ( P ＜0.05).There were no statistical differences in in-hospital duration, biochemical indicators, APACHEⅡscore,hemodynamic parameters,the survival rate and the mortality rate between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05 ).ConclusionsSLED has similar hemodynamic stability with CBP,and the two methods have similar treatment effects in critically ill patients.However,SLED can be relatively economical and convenient for critically ill patients in clinical.

Objective To investigate the stability of immunophenotyping in the course of relapse or at treatment failure of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) and that of immunophenotyping of positive minimal residual disease(MRD).Methods From Aug.2000 to Dec.2007,33 children with ALL who relapsed or treated failure were enrolled. These children were detected MRD by flow cytometry. The immunophenotyping of children who relapsed or treated failure were compared with that of initial therapy;the immunophenotyping of MRD relapsed was compared with that of initial therapy.Results 1.In 23 out of 27 cases (85.18%) with B-ALL,changed at least 1 antigen between diagnosis and relapse.Six children with CD45 down-modulation and 2 children with CD45 up-modulation.Two children with CD19 down-modulation and 1 child with CD19 up-modulation.Six children with CD34 down-modulation and 4 children with CD34 up-modulation. Five children with CD10 down-modulation and 7 children with CD10 up-modulation.2.Six children with T-ALL had the same expression in CD45 between relapse and treatment failure. 3.These were 15 children had the least 1 case MRD,25 cases MRD were detected,these was 1 case up-modulation in CD45,1 case down-modulation in CD19,2 cases up-modulation and 8 cases down-modulation in CD34,3 cases up-modulation and 6 cases down-modulation in CD10.Conclusions Immunophenotyping of children with ALL may change at relapse and treatment failure. The frequency of change in B-ALL is higher than that of in T-ALL,but the change can not impact the detection of MRD.

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Asthma ; immunology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; RNA, Viral ; genetics ; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses ; genetics ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; immunology ; virology ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Objective To study the relationship between serum erythropoietin(Epo)level and chemotherapy-induced hemoglobin(Hb)level in elderly patients with cancer. Methods　One hundred senile patients(aged≥60 years)with cancer and one hundred and seventy non-senile patients(aged＜60 years)with cancer were selected as aged group and control group,respectively.The serum Epo level was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). Results　(1)The average levels of the serum Epo in aged group and control group were(22.0±15.1)U/L and(30.4±21.8)U/L,respectively(t=1.2988,P＞0.05).A negative correlation was found between the levels of Epo and Hb in elder cancer patients(r=0.3700,P＜0.001).(2)The levels of serum Epo were(14.7±10.6)U/L,(20.2±9.0)U/L and(42.3±24.8)U/L in 55 cases with normal Hb level,22 cases with mild anemia and 23 cases with moderate to severe anemia,respectively(F=11.6886,P＜0.01).(3)The levels of Epo were(20.2±10.8)U/L,(45.2±39.1)U/L and(25.8±15.9)U/L before chemotherapy,after 4 treatment cycles and 2 treatment cycles respectively(F=4.5477,P＜0.01).The levels of Hb were(111.0±20.5)g/L,(96.8±16.6)g/L and(102.1±19.3)g/L before chemotherapy,after 4 treatment cycles and 2 treatment cycles respectively(F=4.0071,P＜0.01).Conelusions　There is no statistical difference in serum Epo level between senile patients with cancer and non-senile patients with cancer.but serum Epo levelis higher in patients with anemia than without anemia.There is a negative correlation between the levels of Epo and Hb.Chemotherapy can decrease the level of Hb and increase the serum 1evel of Epo in part of patients.The changes are correlated with the conditions of patients before chemotherapy and the time of chemotherapy.

Objective To investigate the value of computed tomography (CT)-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image fusion in target volume delineation of postoperative precise radiotherapy for gliomas.Methods Thirty-six patients newly diagnosed with gliomas were enrolled and received postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy.Landmark (L) combined with manual fusion (M) and maximization of mutual information (MI) was used for image fusion.Target volume and organs at risk were delineated based on CT images and fused images,respectively.Comparison of the volume was made by pairwise t test.The distance from a landmark on CT image to the corresponding one on MRI image was calculated.The volume method and geometric center method were used to calculate the degree of volume overlap and changes in central positions after image fusion.Results The L+M+MI method achieved a high registration accuracy in image fusion,with a registration error less than 2 mm.In patients with grade Ⅲ-V gliomas,the CT images yielded significantly smaller gross tumor volume (GTV) and clinical target volume (CTV) than the MRI images (74.62±46.91 vs.105.99±58.86 cm3,P=O.042;304.03± 130.05 vs.387.94± 150.12 cm3,P=0.040).After image fusion,the smallest change in central position occurred in the chiasma (1.32± 1.42 mm),and the largest change occurred in CTV (7.99± 11.06 mm),followed by GTV and the brain stem.Conclusions CT-MRI image fusion helps to reduce the uncertainty of target volume delineation in patients with gliomas,especially in those with edema and residual tumor after surgery.

Objective To study the expression and clinical significance of Livin ( anti-apoptosis protein) and Smac (promoting apoptosis factor) in patients with the non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).Methods The expression of Livin and Smac were detected by immunohistochemical staining(SP) assay in 31 patients with NHL, and the relationship between Livin/Smac and clinical staging, IPI and prognosis were analyzed. Results The patients with positive expression of Livin had B symptom, high risk IPI, late clinical staging (Ⅲ/Ⅳ stage) and short survival time, while the ones with positive expression of Smac had no B symptom, early clinical staging( Ⅰ /Ⅱ stage), low risk IPI and good prognosis. The expressions of both Livin and Smac were not related to gender and age. Expression of Livin was not correlated to that of Smac (r =0.003,P ＞0.05). Conclusion For patients with NHL, the expression of Livin protein was related to poor prognosis and adverse clinical features, whereas the expression of Smac protein was related to good prognosis and clinical feature.

Objective To explore characteristics of sleep structure and the correlation with cognitive function in cerebral infarction combined with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (CI-OSAHS).Methods The patients with CI-OSAHS and OSAHS in Department of Neurology and Breathing Sleep Monitoring Room of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital from December 2009 till March 2011 were collected All the patients completed polysomography(PSG).Sixty patients were selected and divided into 3 groups based on PSG.These 3 groups were combined group 20 persons (CI-OSAHS),OSAHS group 20persons (OSAHS) and control group 20 persons (without cerebral infarction obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome).All the patients completed image examinations ( CT and MRI ) evaluation of the cognitive function by Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment(MoCA).Results Sleep structure:the awake time,non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) 1,NREM 2 and NREM periods in combined group and OSAHS group were significantly longer,the NREM3 + 4 and rapid eye movement(REM) periods were shorter than the control group.The NREM and NREM 1 periods in combined group were longer,the NREM 3 +4 and REM periods were shorter than the OSAHS group.The correlation analysis of cognitive function and breathing disorders and low oxygen related index:there was negative correlation between the total scores of cognitive function (MMSE and MoCA)and apnea hyponea index,oxygen desaturation index (ODI) ( MMSE r =-0.450,-0.671,MoCA r =-0.486,- 0.494,all P ＜0.05) while,was positive correlation between them and noctumal average hypoxemia and minimum hypoxemia ( MMSE r =0.477,0.485,MoCA r =0.507,0.482,all P ＜0.05) in the OSAHS group.There was negative correlation between ODI,arousal index and the total scores of MoCA in the combined group (MoCA r=-0.463,0.480,both P＜0.05),there was correlation between the total scores of MMSE and the other sleep parameters,but,there was no difference in statistics.The correlation analysis of cognitive function and sleep stages:There was positive correlation between the total scores of cognitive function ( MMSE and MoCA) and the NREM 3 + 4 periods ( r =0.521,0.474,both P ＜ 0.05 ) while,there was negative correlation between the total scores of MMSE and the N REM 1 + 2 periods (r =-0.458,P ＜ 0.05 )in the OSAHS group.There was positive correlation between the REM period and the total scores of MoCA (r =0.472,P ＜ 0.05 ).There was correlation between the total scores of MMSE and the sleep structure,but,there was no difference in statistics in combined group.Conclusions Patients with OSAHS have obvious sleep structure disorder.The awake time and light sleep periods are significantly longer than the control group,while,the deep sleep and REM periods are significantly shorter than the control group.The NREM 1 of the patients with CI-OSAHS is longer than the patients with OSAHS.The higher the AHI,the lower the night blood oxygen,the more obvious cognitive dysfunction The longer the awake time,the longer the light sleep,the shorter the deep sleep and REM periods,the more serious cognitive dysfunction.The correlation between the cognitive impairment and low oxygen is more apparent than sleep structure.There is apparent correlation among the total scores of MoCA,the degree of hypoxia and sleep structure in the patients with CI-OSAHS.The total scores of MoCA are more sensitivity than MMSE in mild vascular cognitive impairment.

Objective To observe the effect of Guanxinning Tablet (GXNT) on myocardial infarction and cardiac autonomic nervous function in rats with myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (MI/RI).Methods Seventy SD rats were divided into 7 groups randomly (n=10);the sham group, the MI/RI group, 75 mg/kg, 150 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg and 600 mg/kg GXNT groups and 300 mg/kg Compound Danshen Tablets (DST) group.All rats were administered orally for 7 days, and then the MI/RI model was made by ligating the left anterior descending branch of coronary artery in rats.The changes of electrocardiogram were recorded and the electrocardiogram of J points and heart rate variability (HRV) parameters were analyzed.At the end of reperfusion, the myocardial infarct size was measured by using Evans blue and tetrazolium chloride (TTC) double staining, and pathological changes of myocardium were observed by HE staining.The changes of serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels were also detected.Results Compared with MI/RI group, GXNT and DST groups were significantly reduced myocardial infarct size and inhibited the rising of serum LDH and CK activities (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), and also reduced the total or average value of J point during reperfusion (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).Meanwhile, GXNT and DST groups were markedly increased HRV and serum NO level as well as decreased serum MDA content (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), and improved myocardial tissue pathology.Conclusions GXNT can reduce the myocardial infarction in rats with MI/RI, and also improve the cardiac autonomic nervous function.

Objective To study the expression and significance of B-cell activating factor(BAFF) and a proliferation-inducing ligand(APRIL) in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpur(ITP). Methods The serum levels of BAFF and APRIL in 27 cases with ITP were tested by ELISA.Results ①The serum levels of BAFF in ITP were higher than those of control group (3.92?1.88?g/ml vs 2.90?0.52?g/ml,P