1.Ethical Reflection on Standardized Management of Intestinal Microbiota Transplantation
Yunpeng LIU ; Hongzhi XU ; Chuanxing XIAO ; Xiaoning YANG ; Jianlin REN
Chinese Medical Ethics 2017;30(8):948-952
Intestinal microecology is an important and complex biological system necessary for human health.Its disorder is involved in the development of various diseases of human body.The technology of intestinal microbiota transplantation can effectively regulate the intestinal flora,repair the imbalance of the intestinal microecology,and bring a new breakthrough for the treatment of many diseases of gastrointestinal tract and outside gastrointestinal tract.However,there is still no systematic and complete management standard for intestinal microbiota transplantation technology.This paper discussed related content involved in standardized management of intestinal microbiota transplantation technology and reflected the ethical problems involved in standardized management from the perspective of medical ethics,in order to promote the clinical application of intestinal microbiota transplantation technology.
2.Expression and its clinical significance of tumor necrosis factor-α-induced protein-8 like-3 in colonic mucosa of patients with colon cancer
Yanyun FAN ; Chuanxing XIAO ; Wenming LIU ; Zhenhe LIN ; Jianlin REN ; Hongzhi XU
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2018;38(3):171-176
Objective To detect the expression of tumor necrosis factor-α-induced protein-8 like-3 (TIPE3) in colonic mucosa of patients with colon cancer,and to analyze the correlation between its abnormal expression and clinicopathological features of patients with colon cancer.Methods The expression of TIPE3 mRNA in 58 cases of colon cancer and tumor adjacent tissues was detected by realtime polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).The expression of TIPE3 at protein level in 83 cases of colon cancer and tumor-adjacent tissues was determined by SP immunohistochemistry.Nonparametric rank-sum test and chi-square test were performed for statistical analysis.Results The relative expression of TIPE3 mRNA in the colon cancer tissues was 0.719 (0.104 to 0.887),which was lower than that of tumor-adjacent tissues (4.770,1.732 to 6.800),and the difference was statistically significant (Z=-6.345,P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the expression of TIPE3 mRNA in colon cancer tissues between different gender,age and TNM stage (all P>0.05).The expression of TIPE3 mRNA in group of patients with lymph node metastasis (0.113,0.061 to 0.375) was lower than group of patients without lymph node metastasis (0.489,0.327 to 0.956;Z=3.815,P<0.01).The expression of TIPE3 mRNA of patients survived less than five years after operation (0.104,0.049 to 0.220) was lower than that of patients survived over five years (0.482,0.266 to 0.908;Z=-3.653,P<0.01).The expression of TIPE3 mRNA of patients with recurrence after operation (0.188,0.091 to 0.493) was lower than that of patients without recurrence (0.409,0.233 to 1.010;Z=-2.431,P=0.015).The recurrence rate of TIPE3 mRNA high expression group in five years after operation was lower than that of TIPE3 mRNA low expression group (23.1%,6/26 vs 56.2%,18/32);and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =6.508,P<0.05).The expression of TIPE3 at protein level of colon cancer tissues (44.6 %,37/83) was lower than that of tumor-adjacent tissues (68.7 %,57/83;x2 =8.004,P<0.05).The expression of TIPE3 at protein level was not correlated with age and gender (both P>0.05).The positive expression rate of patients at stage Ⅱ was higher than that of patients at stage Ⅲ (60.5%,23/38 vs 29.7%,1/37);and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =7.174,P< 0.05).The positive expression rate of TIPE3 in group of patients with lymph node metastasis was lower than that of groups of patients without lymph node metastasis (28.2%,11/39 vs 59.1%,26/44),and the difference was statistically significant (x2=7.983,P =0.005).Conclusions The expression of TIPE3 in colon cancer tissues is lower than that in tumor-adjacent tissues.Furthermore,it is correlated with lymph node metastasis,recurrence rate and survival rate.TIPE3 may be involved in the genesis,development,invasion and metastasis of colon cancer.