Exact staging is the important basic tool for choosing reasonable therapy,and accurate staging is also critical for prognosis evaluation,comparison of different therapies and information communication.As the imaging methods for staging of esophageal carcinoma before therapy,CT,MRI,EUS,PET and PET/CT are different in sensitivity,specificity and accuracy for different regions and different organs,depending on the different imaging mechanism.Combination of different methods is the practical way to improve the accuracy of staging.Combining EUS with CT seems to be a practical and precise way.

Objective To investigate the association of complement C1q polymorphism with the susceptibility to lupus nephritis (LN) in the people of Wuhan district,Hubei province, China. Methods The polymorphie frequency at C1q region of accommodation Aexon2, Bexonl,Bexon2,Cexon2 in 30 LN patients,20 non-LN nephropathy controls and 10 healthy controls were examined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP)and then the sequence of mutational site was detected directly.Association of C1q polymorphism with LN was analyzed by chi-square criterion. Results Already repoaed mutable points oversea,such as C1qAexon2:C→T,C1qBexon1:G→A,C1qBexon2:G→A,C1q Cexon2:C deletion,in C1q region of accommodation were not detected in 30 LN patients,20 nonLN nephropathy controls and 10 healthy controls. Conclusion Polymorphism in the regulatory region of C1q region of accommodation is not associated with the susceptibility to LN in the people of Wuhan district,Hubei province,China,which may be influenced by a small number of subjects.

0.05). However, the MDA level in the experimental group was higher than that of the control on day 3 [(55.92?5.53)nmol/mg prot vs (22.52?4.36)nmol/mg prot, P

Sepsis is defined as that a variety of pathogenic microorganisms(including bacteria,fungi,viruses and protozoa) invade the blood circulation,produce toxins and cause systemic infection.The early symptoms of neonatal sepsis are atypical.Neonatal sepsis is urgent and progresses quickly,especially in preterm infants,and it is easy to prone to septic shock which is life-threatening.Therefore,early identification,accurate diagnosis,and active intervention for neonatal sepsis and septic shock is essential to reduce mortality and improve prognosis.

Surgery is the main treatment of esophageal cancer. Esophagectomy by right transthoracic approach is recently recom-mended in China. Minimally invasive esophagectomy is feasible and safe with low perioperative morbidity and offers results that are as good as open thoractomy. Multimodal treatment, especially neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy, may improve surviv-al and has become one of the standard treatments for locally advanced esophageal cancer. Fast-track esophagectomy may reduce length of hospital stay, perioperative morbidity, and hospital charges. The surgery of esophageal cancer tends to be minimally invasive, individual, comprehensive, and standardized.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia(BPD)is a serious complication of respiratory system in preterm infants.The etiology and pathogenesis are complex and have not been clarified yet.In recent years, studies have shown that there is a certain relationship between respiratory microecology and BPD.Before premature infants develop BPD, their respiratory tract microecology has changed, including abnormal microbial diversity and evolution pattern.Therefore, research on the colonization and evolution of neonatal respiratory tract microecology and its relationship with BPD is expected to provide new ideas for its prevention and treatment.

Metabolic bone disease(MBD) in preterm infant is a disorder of calcium and phosphorus metabolism that leads to a decrease in bone mineral content, resulting in clinical, biochemical, and imaging changes.It occurs mostly in very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight newborns.The clinical symptoms usually occur from 6 to 12 weeks after birth, mainly manifested as dyspnea accompanied by mechanical ventilation for a long time, rickety-like changes, and even fracture in severe cases.At present, diagnosis of MBD is characterized by biochemical markers, radiology and ultrasound.As the clinical manifestations of MBD in prematurity occur late, early screening and prevention for high-risk groups play an important role to reduce the risk of MBD.

Intravenous immunoglobulin(IVIG) contains multiple-antigen-specific IgGs and may protect the host from a wide spectrum of pathogens including but not limited to virus and bacteria.With a low IgG level, neonates, especially preterm infants are prone to infection.IVIG can rapidly increase the concentration of serum IgG level, and enhance the anti-infectious and immune-regulatory functions.It has been widely used as a common treatment against neonatal infections.However, there has been inadequate evidence to support the routine usage of IVIG.While prolonged IVIG usage may be beneficial to the extremely or very low birth weight with sepsis, the prophylactic usage of IVIG to decrease the risk of late-onset sepsis in preterm infants depends on the situation of nosocomial infections in different NICUs and the cost-effect efficiency.

With the increased survival of the low birth weight,brain injury in the premature infants be-comes a problem of enormous importance. The introduction of the term “encephalopathy of prematurity” is the current recognition that preterm brain injury is a complex of white and gray matter damage. The combination of white matter injury and neuronal/axonal deficits constitutes encephalopathy of prematurity. The preterm infants develop primary destructive brain lesions,secondary degeneration and disturbance of maturation from hypoxia-is-chemia and inflammation,which leads to cerebral palsy,cognitive,behavioral,or language deficits. This article reviews the neuropathology,pathogenesis,therapy and neurodevelopmental disability of encephalopathy of pre-maturity.

Objective To investigate the variation in expression and the significance of markers indi-cating typeⅠalveolar epithelial cells ( AECⅠ) and type Ⅱ alveolar epithelial cells ( AECⅡ) in hyperoxia induced bronchopulmonary dysplasia( BPD) model. Methods A total of 80 term normal Wistar rats were randomly devided into model group (85% oxygen) or control group (room air) within 12 h after birth,with 40 rats in each group. On day 7,day 14,day 21 after exposure,the pathological characteristics of lung tissues were observed using HE staining, the expression and location of AECⅠ marker aquaporin 5 ( AQP5 ) and AECⅡmarker surfactant protein-C ( SP-C) were examined using immunofluorescence double staining. West-ern blot analysis was employed to examine the expressions levels of AQP5 and SP-C proteins,while real-time PCR was used to evaluate the mRNA expression of AQP5 and SP-C. Results Alveolar developmental disor-der was observed in lung tissues of the model group,including fewer,larger,simplified alveoli,thicker alveo-lar walls,and fewer alveolar secondary septa. Immunofluorescence double staining showed increased and dis-organized AQP5 and SP-C expression, with significantly higher ratio of double-stained cells/SP-C positive cells in the model group ( P<0. 001 ) . Comparing to the control group, the expression of AQP5 and SP-C protein increased from 7 d after hyperoxia exposure,which continued to 21 d. The mRNA expression levels of these two markers both significantly increased in the model group compared with the control group, with AQP5 starting from 7 d while SP-C starting from 14 d after hyperoxia exposure (P<0. 05),and the differ-ence between two groups became more significant with the exposure time extending. Conclusion The expression of AECⅠ marker AQP5 and AECⅡ marker SP-C both increase in the lung tissues of hyperoxia induced BPD newborn rats,with more AECⅡ transdifferentiated into AECⅠ. These changes of the markers indicate that there is excessive transdifferentiation of AECⅡ in the recovery process after BPD lung injury.