Objectives:To investigate the expression of regulators survivin and Ki 67 in rhabdomyosarcoma(RMS), and to evaluate their relationship with clinicopathological features. Methods: Immunohistochemical technique(S P) and image analysis were used to detect the expression of regulators survivin and Ki 67 in 43 cases of RMS and 10 normal skeletal muscles. Results: Expression of survivin was detected in 86% of the RMS, with higher levels in RMS than in normal skeletal muscles ( P

Objective To approach the reason and treatment of arrhythmia after total pneumonectomy. Methods 94 arrhythmic cases after total pneumonectomy surgery were reviewed, the arrhythmia's clinical types, developing reasons and treatment process were summarized. Results There are 34 arrhythmic cases (36.2%) in all the 94 patients, most of them are sinus tachycardia. The incidences of arrhythmic are about 22.5 % and 78.3 % for normal and abnormal ECG patients before operation. The incidences of arrhythmic are also about 24.2% and 28.1% for using PCEA or not using any pain killers after surgery. Conclusion Arrhythmia after total pneumonectomy was influenced by patients' age, previous medical history, suffered hypoxemia during operation and high cardiac irritability. Using interventional treatment for patients with cardiovascular disease before operation, give enough oxygen, keep respiratory tract ease and smooth and using analgesia can significantly decease the arrhythmic incidence after total pneumonectomy.

Objective To study the growth effect of human cholangiocarcinoma cell line QBC939 treated by norcantharidin (NCTD) and preliminary illustrate the potential mechanism.Methods The human cholangiocarcinoma cell line QBC939 was detected by MTT assay,flow cytometry,immunocytochemistry after the treatment of NCTD in vitro.Results NCTD displayed inhibitory effect on growth of QBC939 from different doses of 0.125,0.75,2.5,10,120 μg/ml after 48 h (P ＜0.05).It was in a dose and time dependent manner.Dose-effect curve was drawn and IC50 value was (3.66±1.14) μg/ml.The flow cytometric profiles showed that the rate of cell apoptosis enhanced following increasing the concentration of NCTD[(8.6±0.4) ％,(17.6±0.3) ％,(22.9±0.4) ％,(25.5±0.9) ％ and (31.1±1.5) ％,respectively]and cells blocked in the G2/M phase after treatment with 2.5 μg/ml NCTD[(14.1±1.0) ％ and (5.7±0.3) ％].The expression of the protein caspase-3 elevated after different concentrations of NCTD co-cultured with QBC939 compare with contrast group.Conclusion NCTD has an inhibitory effect on proliferation of QBC939 cell line,and the mechanism might be related to the induction of cell apoptosis and blockade of cell cycle.

Objective Experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis (EAAU) is a useful model for human anterior uveitis. The purpose of this study was to observe whether EAAU development could be prevented by anterior chamber-associated immune deviation (ACAID). Methods Bovine melanin protein (BMP) in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was injected into the anterior chamber of the right eye of rats; control animals were injected with PBS alone. Seven days later, all animals were immunized with BMP in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and pertussis toxin. The severity and incidence of uveitis was monitored by clinical examination and histopathology. The delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses were evaluated by footpad swelling elicited by injection of BMP.Results Rats intraocularly injected with BMP showed a reduced severity and incidence of EAAU, and significantly suppressed DTH response compared to control rats.Conclusion These data suggest that the ACAID procedure can be utilized to prevent the development of EAAU.

ncing analysis validated that all four-type base-quenched probes could provide unbiased genotyping results ( Kappa =1, P=0.00), although. Conclusion This method is simple, economic and suitable for large-scale genotyping studies.

AIM:To determine whether the vitreous cavity (VC) is capable of supporting the induction of deviant immune response to retinal soluble (S) antigen and to observe the influence of interleukin-1 (IL-1) on the immunologic properties of the VC. METHODS: Retinal S antigen was inoculated into the anterior chamber (AC) and VC in Wistar rats. Seven days after antigen inoculation, the recipient animals were immunized with S antigen and complete Freund's adjuvant. Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) was then assessed by footpad challenge. To alter systemic immune conditions, IL-1 was administrated by intraperitoneal injection. RESULTS: Antigen-specific DTH did not develop in rats in which S antigen was injected into the AC and the VC. In contrast, strong DTH was elicited by S antigen injected into the AC and VC if IL-1 was administrated systemically for 7 consecutive days after the antigen challenge. CONCLUSION: The VC is capable of supporting immune deviation to soluble antigen by actively suppressing antigen-specific DTH. Systemic administration of exogenous IL-1 eliminates the capacity of the VC to support immune deviation inducing by soluble antigen injected locally.

This review summarizes the epidemiology, etiology, clinical manifestation, treatment, follow-up of neonatal lupus erythematosus with focus on new discoveries on the etiology of the disease in recent years including anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine 4), apoptosis of cardiac cells, calcium channels, maternal micro-chimera, genetic variants, to improve clinician awareness of the disease.

Objective To detect the expressions of human telomerase tranacriptase (hTERT) and MMP-7 mRNA in the peripheral blood of patients with cardia cancer.Methods Total RNA was extracted with TRIzol and was transcribed reversely into cDNA.RT-PCR was used to detect mRNA expression of MMP-7 and hTERT in the peripheral blood of 157 patients with cardia cancer.81 patients without metastasis were followed up for 12 months.Results Of 157 patients,73 cases (46.0 ％) and 61 cases (38.8 ％) had the positive expressions of hTERT,MMP-7,respectively.There were significant correlations between the blood micro-metastases MMP-7 and hTERT expressions and TNM staging (x2 =10.624,14.530),tumor metastasis (x2 =7.294,12.824),and differentiation degree (x2 =12.003,6.482),but no significant correlations were seen in sex (x2 =2.597,0.199) and age (x2 =4.314,0.073).There was statistically significant in the occurrence rate of tumor metastasis between 6-month and 12-month follow-up.The occurrence rate of metastasis in patients with micro-metastases was 6.12-fold compared with patients without micro-metastases after 12-month follow-up.Conclusion Detection of MMP-7 and hTERT expressions can be used as reliable markers to predict peripheral blood micro-metastasis in patients with cardia carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the clinical application of multiplex allele-specific PCR assays for simultaneous detection of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA A1555G and C1494T mutations associated with aminoglycoside-induced hearing impairment.Methods Three standard plasmids of different genotypes (wild-type, A1555G mutant and C1494T mutant) were constructed for templates and allele-specific primers aiming directly at wild-type and mutant of mitochondrial DNA nt1555 and nt1494 were designed for developing a multiplex allele-specific PCR technique to detect the A1555G and C1494T mutations.Then the method was applied to clinical screening of 138 non-syndromic hearing loss subjects and confirmed by DNA sequencing.Results Multiplex allele-specific PCR was successfully applied to the detection of A1555G and C1494T mutations in a cohort of 138 Han Chinese genetically unrelated hearing-loss subjects.Finally, 11(7.97%) unrelated affected subjects harbored the A1555G and C1494T mutations in the 12S rRNA gene(10 cases for A1555G and 1 cases for C1494T), which was well consistent with results of DNA sequencing [7.97%(11/138), Kappa=1.000, P＜0.01].Conclusion This study indicates that the multiplex allele-specific PCR assay is useful, convenient and reliable in the detection of the A1555G and C1494T mutations, which could identify the subjects at risk and effectively prevent of aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss.

Objective To study the association of biallelic polymorphism at position 196 in exon 6 of tumor necrosis factor receptor 2(TNFR2) gene and coronary artery disease(CAD).Methods A retrospective case control study was designed in this investigation.Patients with angiographically proven CAD (n=142)and coronary atherosclerosis(n=215)were compared to healthy volunteers(n=631). Genotyping was performed by ShineRoar probes analysis.Results People with GG genotype at position 196 in exon 6 of TNFR2 gene have more risks of development of CAD(OR=2.556,95% CI:1.051～6.218, χ2=4.57,P=0.033)and CA(OR=2.547,95% CI:1.162～5.579,χ2=5.81,P=0.016) than those with TT genotype.Further analysis after adjustment for sex and age demonstrated that GG genotype was not associated with CAD(OR=0.614,95% CI:0.166～2.279,χ2=0.53,P=0.466)and coronary atherosclerosis(OR=O.644,95%CI:0.200-2.069,χ2=0.55,P=0.459).Conclusion Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 gene polymorphism at position 196 in exon 6 was not an independent risk factor of development of CAD and coronary atherosclerosis among Han Chinese.