Objective This study was designed to investigate the exprssion of inducible NOS(iNOS) in human gastric carcinoma and its relation to angiogenesis in gastric carcinoma .Methods The expression of iNOS in 50 patients with gastric carcinoma was studied with immunohistochemistry SP method with iNOS. Microvessel density(MVD) of human gastric carcinoma was also determined with CD 34 as a marker. Results The expression rate of iNOS in 50 cases was 70%.There was a significant difference of MVD(P

0 05); when concentration of H.pylori ≥1 6?10 8 CFU/L,apoptosis rate increased in a concentration-dependent manner ( P

Objective:To investigate the distribution of TNF microsatellite polymorphisms in Chinese Han population of Hubei province Methods:DNA samples were extracted from 164 unrelated healthy individuals’EDTA blood TNF microsatellite alleles were typed using PCR technique,followed by High Voltage denaturing PAGE,with silver staining At the same time,the PCR products were cloned and sequenced Results:Detected seven alleles and eleven kinds of genotypes at the TNFb locus;four alleles and seven kinds of genotypes at the TNFe locus The polymorphism information contents (PIC) were 0 67 and 0 33 respectively No deviation from Hardy Weinberg equilibrium were observed Statistical analysis showed,the distribution of TNFb and TNFe alleles in Chinese Han population were significantly different from that in European or in American Caucasian(P

Objective To investigate the association of HLA DRB1 alleles with gastric carcinoma and H. pylori infection. Methods HLA DRB1 alleles polymorphism in 63 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and 136 normal controls were tested with the polymerase chain reaction/sequence specific primer(PCR/SSP) technique. The status of H. pylori infection was determined by histology of gastric biopsy specimens and /or by ELISA. Results Both HLA DRB1 0901 and HLA DRB1 12 were positively associated, and HLA DRB1 15 was negatively associated with gastric adenocarcinoma, but no significant associations were found between patients with and without above HLA DRB1 alleles with regard to patients' age at presentation, sex ratio, tumor site (distal vs proximal), TNM staging, histological grading of tumor or status of H. pylori infection. Conclusions Our results suggest that HLA DRB1 0901, DRB1 12 and DRB1 15 are associated with gastric adenocarcinoma, but are not associated with the clinical features of gastric adenocarcinoma and the status of H. pylori infection.

Objective To study the levels of IL 6 production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in 25 patients with inactive and active (include mild、 moderate and severe) ulcerative colitis(UC) and age, sex matched 20 healthy subjects.Methods Peripheral blood monocytes (PBMC) were stimulated with PHA for 48 hours to induce IL 6 production. IL 6 content in the culture medium was assayed by using B9 cells. Results IL 6 production was significantly increased in PBMC from active UC. There was an increasing tendency with severity of disease. But no significant difference was found between the extent of the lesious. Conclusions The levels of IL 6 production in PBMC can be an indicator of the activity of UC.

Objective To investigate whether tumor necrosis factor (TNF)a, TNFb and TNFc microsatellite polymorphisms correlate with chronic atrophic gastritis and gastric adenocarcinoma in Chinese Han population. Methods TNFa, TNFb and TNFc microsatellite alleles in 164 healthy subjects, 53 patients with chronic atrophic gastritis and 56 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma were typed using PCR technique combined with High Voltage denaturing PAGE and silver staining. At the same time, the PCR products were cloned and sequenced. Results The frequency of TNFa10 allele was significantly higher in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis than in healthy individuals ( 19.81% vs. 11.89% , P = 0.04 ). However it was not related to age, gender, degree of atrophy or intestinal metaplasia in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis. The frequency of TNFa6b5c1 haplotype homozygote was significantly lower in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma than in healthy individuals ( 1.79% vs. 15.85% , P = 0.006 ). The sequence result revealed that the copy number of dinucleiotide repeating within the same TNFa allele was not consistent with that in the reports from Western countries. Conclusions It should be more accurate and clear to define TNFa alleles. TNFa10 allele is associated with the susceptibility to chronic atrophic gastritis. TNFa6b5c1 haplotype homozygote is negatively associated with gastric adenocarcinoma and thus may play a resistant role in the shifting process from chronic atrophic gastritis to gastric adenocarcinoma.

Objective To probe into the association between the polymorphisms of HLA DRB1, DQB1 alleles and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas and then to further examine the features of their immunogenetics. Methods The polymorphisms of HLA DRB1, DQB1 alleles were typed by sequence specific primer based on polymerase chain reaction in 42 patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer and 136 normal control subjects. Results Allele frequency of HLA DRB1 *0901 allele was significantly higher in esophageal cancer patients than that in normal controls ( 0.250 0 vs 0.139 7 , P = 0.028 , odd ratio= 2.053 , etiologic fraction= 0.128 2 ) and so was allele frequency of HLA DQB1 * 0301 ( 0.297 6 vs 0.187 5 , P = 0.046 , odd ratio 1.835 , etiologic fraction 0.135 4 ). There was no association between the rested alleles of HLA DRB1 and DQB1 alleles in the patients. Conclusions Individuals carrying HLA DRB1 * 0901 and/or DQB1 * 0301 may be susceptible to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and nucleotide sequences of these two alleles were in accordance with the corresponded allele sequence (exon 2) of genebank.

Objective It has been known that cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) acts as a tumor promoter in rodent models for colorectal cancer, but its precise role in the processes of carcinogenesis remains unclear. The study was designed to observe the relationship between expression of COX and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the mouse embryo fibroblast (MEF) with knock out of COX-1 gene (COX-1 -/- ) or COX-2 gene (COX-2 -/- ) and wild MEF cells (COX-1 +/+ /COX-2 +/+ ). Methods We cultured the mouse embryo fibroblasts, measured the VEGF levels in the culture medium of these cells using ELISA, and extracted mRNA from these cells to identify the expressions of VEGF isoforms by RT-PCR. Results VEGF level could hardly be measured in the COX 2-deficient cells (COX-2 -/- ), however, the VEGF level was significantly increased in the cells with COX-2 gene (COX-2 +/+ ) and decreased by celecoxib, a COX-2 inhibitor. The level of VEGF was not associated with COX-1 expression. COX-2 inhibited the expressions of three isoforms of VEGF at mRNA level. Conclusions COX-2 plays an important role in the VEGF secretion and synthesis and therefore, it has an effect on the angiogenesis and tumor growth.

Objective To investigate the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in human gastric carcinoma and its relationship with angiogenesis, lymph nodes metastasi s and clinical staging of gastric carcinoma. Methods The expression of iNOS in 50 patients with gastric carcinoma was studied with im munohistochemical method. Microvessel density (MVD) of human gastric carcinoma was also determined with anti-CD34 as the labelled vascular endothelial cells. Results The rate of expression of iNOS in 50 cases of gastric carcinoma was 70.0% , and MVD averaged 22.0?9.8, higher than those in the tissues around cancer (16 .2%,6.1?3.4) and normal gastric tissues (15.0%,5.5?2.6; P

Objective To investigate the genetic susceptibility of HLA DRB1, DQB1 alleles to colorectal neoplasm in Hubei Han Chinese. Methods 54 patients with colorectal neoplasm and 136 healthy controls were examined for HLA DRB1 and HLA DQB1 genotypes, which were typed by using polymerase chain reaction/sequence specific primer (PCR/SSP) technique and allele sequence analysis.SAS(6.12 for win) was used for statistics. Results Compared with the control, the allele frequency (AF) of HLA DRB1*0901 (0.2315 vs 0.1397, P =0.033) and DRB1*080X(0.009 3 vs 0.080 9, P =7.11?10 -3 ) was significantly increased or decreased, respectively, in colorectal neoplasm of Hubei Han Chinese. And there was not significantly different between the patients with the control in the AF of HLA DQB1 alleles. Conclusion The results indicate that HLA DRB1*0901 allele is the positive association to , but DRB1*080X is the negative association to the patients of colorectal neoplasm among Hubei Han Chinese. The nucleotide sequences of these two alleles were identified by allele sequence analysis, approach to the corresponded allele sequence(exon 2)of genbank.There is not association HLA DQB1 alleles with the patients.