Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal human cancers in China. The specific molecular mechanism of its occurrence and development is unclear. Krüppel-like factor family (KLF), which includes 17 members, is a highly conserved transcrip-tion factor family with zinc finger structure. The mechanism of KLFs and the pathogenesis of HCC have been studied in recent years. Re-search revealed that KLF2, KLF4, KLF5, and other KLF family members could be involved in the progression of proliferation, differentia-tion, invasion, and metastasis of HCC. This review summarizes the function and the mechanism of transcription factors KLF in the oc-currence and development of HCC.

Cell Line ; Cyclooxygenase 2 ; metabolism ; Dinoprostone ; genetics ; metabolism ; Epithelial Cells ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Humans ; Mucin 5AC ; genetics ; secretion ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; secretion ; Respiratory System ; cytology ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; pharmacology ; Up-Regulation ; drug effects

Objective To construt the adenovirus vectors of Ad-hTERT-PUMA-EGFP containing human telomerase reverse transcriptase(hTERT) ,PUMA and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) .Methods By a series of molecular biology tech-niques ,PUMA gene was inserted into downstream of the hTERT promoter .And then EGFP was inserted into downstream of the PUMA in adenovirus vectors .Finally ,recombinant adenovirus vector ,Ad-hTERT-PUMA-EGFP was assembled into the adenovi-rus .Results Correct adenovirus laoding vectors was verified by viral genome PCR technology .After 12 h of transfection ,HEK293 cells showed green fluorescence in 72 h .Conclusion The correct structure of the adenovirus vectors containing PUMA gene and EGFP gene was identified by restriction enzyme analysis .

6 were higher than O_2/kg. Conclusion Comparing with single index of pulmonary function, the cardiopulmonary scores can more comprehensively evaluate the thoractomy candidates, for patients receiving pneumonectomy or the patients receiving lobectomy whose FEV_ 1.0 was lower than 60%.

Objective To investigate surgical opportunity and suitable treatment approach in nodular Hashimoto's disease.Methods An analysis was performed in 388 pathologically confirmed cases with nodular Hashimoto's disease and other thyroid-related diseases.All the cases were involved with surgical treatment due to thyroid nodules from June,1995 to Dec,2005.Results Among the above-mentioned cases,64 cases (16.5%) were Hashimoto's disease with the presence of thyroid cancer,190 (48.9%) nodular thyroid tumor,94 (24.2%) thyroid adenoma,7 (1.8%) hyperthyroidism,the rest (8.5%) simple Hashimoto's disease.Prior to 2000, among 106 cases of Hashimoto's disease there were 15 cases accompanied by thyroid cancer.Since 2001,282 cases of Hashimoto's disease were dealt surgically,49 of which had thyroid cancer.Compared to the period from 1995 to 2000,the complication of Hashimoto's disease and thyroid cancer has been sharply increasing during the recent five years (P

Objective To investigate the effect of pathoglycemia on the tumor biomarker expression in pancreatic tumor and assess its influence on the diagnostic value of these biomarkers.Methods We recruited 59 patients with malignant pancreatic tumor in total into this study,including 46 cases with pancreatic carcinoma and 13 cases with other pancreatic malignancies.Twenty-seven patients with benign pancreatic diseases were selected as control.All subjects were extracted venous blood and serum samples were separated by centrifugation.Serum levels of CA199,CA125 and CEA were measured by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay(CMIA).The positive expression criteria were designated as ＞37 kU/L for CA199;＞35 kU/L for CA125;＞10 μg/L for CEA.Results (1) CA199 showed the highest diagnostic accuracy when the tumor biomarker was used alone.CA199 plus CEA showed the highest diagnostic accuracy when the biomarkers were used pairwisely,even better than three biomarkers used in combination(x2=26.131,P＜0.05).(2)The average rank of all tumor biomarkers were higher in all malignant pancreatic tumor than benign pancreatic diseases,and some of the differences reached statistically significance(CA199,Z=4.682,P=0.000;CA125,Z=1.866,P=0.062;CEA,Z=2.573,P=0.010).(3)When the malignant pancreatic tumor group were further divided into two groups according to their blood sugar level,we found that CA199 were significantly higher in pathoglycemia group than euglycemia group(Z=2.265,P=0.024),while no significant differences were observed in patients with benign pancreatic diseases when compared between patients with different blood sugar levels(Z=4.214,3.224,3.154,Ps＞0.05).Conclusion The combination use of three tumor biomarkers showed no improvements in the diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasm,but with disadvantage of elevated medical expense.CA199 showed the highest diagnostic accuracy when used alone.CA199 plus CEA showed the highest diagnostic accuracy when the biomarkers were used pairwisely.The blood sugar level should be considered when using CA199 in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasm from benign pancreatic lesions;a new set-point of CA199 should be set by studying the ROC curve and other statistic index to improve the overall accuracy.

Objective There is no enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique ( EMIT) reagent for therapeutic drug monito-ring ( TDM) in our country.The aim of this study was to compare the properties of self-developed kits and commercially imported kits in TDM, and to evaluate their feasibilities for routine TDM. Methods The sensitivities, accuracies and precisions of self-developed kits, Viva-E kit and AXSYM kits were evaluated by determining the quality control samples of carbamazepine, valproic acid and phe-nobarbital.Self-developed kits, Viva-E kit and AXSYM kits were employed to determine the concentrations of clinical serum samples of 83 cases of carbamazepine, 80 cases of valproic acid and 72 cases of phenobarbital separately, and the results were compared and analyzed. Results Recoveries of carbamazepine, valproic acid and phenobarbital were more than 90% for the three different kits. The recoveries of self-developed kits for the three drugs were in the range of 98.7%-103.9% and the limits of quantification of the self-developed kits for carbamazepine, valproic acid and phenobarbital were 2, 10, 5μg/mL, respectively.Precision was lower than 10%and its average relative deviation was less than 3%after single point correction.There were good correlations (R2>0.985) and no significant statistical difference between self-developed kits and AXSYM kits (P>0.05).Upper and lower 95%limits of agreement in Bland-Altman plots were (-1.32,1.26), (-15.24,15.17) and ( -3.69,3.00) for carbamazepine, valproic acid and phenobar-bital, respectively.About 5%of the points failed in the 95%confidence interval. Conclusion The self-developed kits showed good performance and are suitable for clinical use in TDM.

Objective To evaluate the results of prosthesis augmentation,relieve suffering patient experience,improve shape and touch of breast.Methods According to design,in dual-plane mammaplasty transaxillary approach with endoscopic assistance,we used soft-tissue expansion before prosthesis,saline volume in expander was the same as prosthesis size at beginning; adjusting expander volume and position,then determined prosthesis size according to expander volume lastly.after intraoperative sustained expansion for 30 to 60 minutes twice prosthes volume,replace expander with prosthesis.Results This method was applied in 120 patients,showing that pain significantly reduced after expansive without use of analgesia pump; complications included that 3 patients appeared seroma and absorbed soon; 2 patients had poor prosthese location,which was adjusted in reoperation; one capsular contracture was repaired later.After 6-months to 2-years follow-up,the results showed that breast was nature and dynamic; satisfactory rate reached to 95 ％.Conclusions In augmentation mammaplastic operation,pre-adoption of an expander can make it easy to adjust the location of prosthesis,to avoid being injured and to determine prosthesis volume by expander injection of saline volume,especially for patient with different size of both breasts.

AIM: To investigate effect of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on acute lung injury (ALI) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in rat. METHODS: Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was recorded with model 6280 physiology intelligentialize grapher, nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin (ET) concentrations in plasma were measured after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or following LPS ,ANP was injected into vein in rats. After experiment,lung water as well as pulmonary histopathological changes was measured and observed, respectively. RESULTS: Administration of LPS elicited a persistence decrease in MAP (8.1 kPa?2.6 kPa,at 4 h,P0.05); The histopathological of lung displayed markedly improved. CONCLUSION: ANP attenuates ALI induced by LPS in the rat. The effect of ANP may be via decreasing secretion of ET,NO and regulation arterial blood pressure. [