Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.Methods The retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted.The clinicopathological data of 73 patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University between June 2004 and December 2009 were collected.Neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens included XELOX and FOLFOX.Patients received radical gastrectomy within 2 weeks after the completion of the last cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and then continued to undergo postoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Observation indicators:(1) adverse event of neoadjuvant chemotherapy;(2) surgical and postoperative situations;(3) follow-up situations.Follow-up using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to detect survival of patients up to December 2014.Measurement data with skewed distribution were described as M (range).Overall survival time was from the beginning of treatment to death or end of follow-up (patients with loss to follow-up).Progression-free survival time was from the beginning of treatment to tumor progression,recurrence and metastasis or death.The survival curve was drawn by the Kaplan-Meier method.Results (1) Adverse event of neoadjuvant chemotherapy:of 73 patients,38 received XELOX regimens and 35 received FOLFOX regimens,with a median cycle of 3 (range,1-7 cycles).There were 55 adverse events during neoadjuvant chemotherapy,including 47 with grade 1-2 and 8 with grade 3-4.(2) Surgical and postoperative situations:all the 73 patients underwent successful D2 radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer,including 40 receiving total gastrectomy,31 receiving distal gastrectomy,1 receiving total gastrectomy with transverse colon resection and 1 receiving distal gastrectomy with cholecystectomy.Of 73 patients,10 with postoperative complications were improved by conservative treatment,including 3 with pleural effusion,2 with peritoneal effusion,2 with anastomotic bleeding,2 with cholecystitis and 1 with lympha fistula.No patient received reoperations or died within 30 days postoperatively.Pathological TNM staging:22 patients were detected in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ,45 in stage Ⅲ,4 in stage Ⅳ and 2 in stage T0N1M0.Three patients (in stage T0N0M0) had complete remission.Forty-three patients underwent postoperative chemotherapy.(3) Followup:all the 73 patients were followed up for 8-125 months,with a median time of 51 months.The median survival time,5-year overall survival rate and 5-year disease-free survival rate of 73 patients were 52 months,41.1％ and 34.2％,respectively.Conclusion XELOX and FOLFOX regimens of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer are safe and effective.

To evaluate the effectiveness of enzymatic assisted extraction (EAE) of lipid from the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides in the presence of beta-1,3-glucomannanase at a larger scale, we investigated the effects of enzymatic treatment and extraction conditions on lipid extraction yields at 10-L scale by using the broth of R. toruloides Y4 as the feed and ethyl acetate as the solvent. When it was treated for 0.5 h, the lipid extraction yield reached 71.1%, indicating that the enzymatic treatment process reached similar efficiency to that obtained at 10-mL scale. The inhibitory effect of emulsification was greatly reduced by repeated extraction. After extracted for three times, yields of lipid extraction, solvent recovery and total material recovery reached 92.9%, 87.0% and 94.2% respectively. As it can use the lipid production slurry with good extraction efficiency, EAE technology is promising for industrial production of microbial lipids.
Basidiomycota ; metabolism ; Biofuels ; Bioreactors ; Fermentation ; Industrial Microbiology ; Lipids ; biosynthesis ; isolation & purification ; beta-Mannosidase ; metabolism

Objective: To study the effects of CTGF on the periodontal tissue remolding during orthodontic tooth movement. Methods: A mouse model of orthodontic tooth movement was established. The CTGF and NS were injected into the periodontal tissue of the first molar. HE staining, immunohistochemical staining and automatic image analysis system were used to detect the changes of periodontal tissue and the expression of VEGF. Results: The periodontal tissue remolding accompanied the over expression of VEGF during the orthodontic tooth movement. At day 7, the remolding was most active and the expression of VEGF was the highest. CTGF injection induced acceleration of periodontal remolding and up-regulating the expression of VEGF during orthodontic tooth movement, especially at day 7 and day 15 after the orthodontic force were applied. Conclusion: In the mouse model of orthodontic tooth movement, periodontal CTGF injection induces over expression of VEGF and accelerates the periodontal remodeling during orthodontic tooth movement.

With the rapid development of organ donation and transplantation, it becomes increasingly important to improve the management system and ensure the quality and safety of organs for transplantation. Guide to the Quality and Safety of Organs for Transplantation (6th Edition) by European Committee provides the definitions of severe adverse reactions and severe adverse events in the perspective of biosafety early warning, delivers management and reporting processes, and encourages medical staff involved in organ transplantation to identify the adverse reactions and adverse events as soon as possible, and to carry out investigation, assessment and feedback. At the same time, it also systematically illustrates the warning and monitoring of organ transplantation risk, which is worthy of application in clinical study and practice.

The objective of this work is to investigate how dilution rate and carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio affects lipid accumulation by Rhodosporidium toruloides AS 2.138 9 in continuous culture. Under steady-state conditions, the increase in dilution rate led to the decrease in lipid content and lipid yield. The highest lipid yield and lipid content at D = 0.02 h(-1) were 0.18 g lipid/g sugar and 57.1%, respectively, while the highest lipid productivity and biomass productivity were obtained at D = 0.14 h(-1). The increase in C/N ratio led to the increase in lipid content. The highest lipid content of 38% was obtained at C/N = 237. The highest lipid yield of 0.12 g lipid/g sugar was obtained at C/N = 92. However, the highest lipid productivity of 0.12 g/(L x h) was obtained at C/N = 32. No significant changes were observed in terms of fatty acid composition of the lipid produced under different C/N ratios, and these three fatty acids, palmitic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid, took over 85% in all samples.
Basidiomycota ; growth & development ; metabolism ; Batch Cell Culture Techniques ; Carbon ; metabolism ; Culture Media ; Fatty Acids ; metabolism ; Glucose ; metabolism ; Lipids ; biosynthesis ; Nitrogen ; metabolism ; Oleic Acid ; biosynthesis ; Palmitic Acid ; metabolism

To shorten the cultivation time and reduce the consumption of raw materials for microbial lipid production, oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides AS 2.1389 was cultivated using a two-stage culture mode, in which the cell propagation and lipid accumulation were separated. The yeast cells recovered from the propagation culture were re-suspended in glucose solution for lipid accumulation, through which lipid content over 55% of the dry cell weight was achieved, the longer the propagation stage was, the higher the lipid content. Analysis of the lipid indicated that the long-chain fatty acids with 16 and 18 carbon atoms were major components, suggesting that the lipid can be an alternative feedstock for biodiesel production.
Basidiomycota ; growth & development ; metabolism ; Biofuels ; Cell Culture Techniques ; methods ; Fermentation ; Industrial Microbiology ; methods ; Lipids ; biosynthesis

OBJECTIVETo explore the feasibility of preparation of a mouse model of orthotopic colon cancer by injecting tumor cell suspension into mesenteric triangle of the cecum.

METHODSTwenty SPF 8-week old BALB/c mice (male:female = 1:1) were used in this study. The mouse caecum was exposed by laparostomy, and suspension of mouse colon adenocarcinoma CT26. WT cells was injected into the mesenteric triangle of cecum for preparation of a mouse model of orthotopic colon cancer.

RESULTSMouse orthotopic colon cancer was developed by injection of tumor cell suspension into mesenteric triangle of the cecum showing a successful rate of 100%, without intestinal obstruction, and the liver, spleen, diaphragm and mesenteric lymph nodes metastasis rates were high in all the 20 experimental mice.

CONCLUSIONSThe establishment of mouse models of orthotopic colon cancer by injection of tumor cell suspension into the mesenteric triangle is a simple, rapid, and easy to master procedure, causing less damage to the colon wall, safe and with less trauma to the mice. This method may provide an ideal mouse model of orthotopic colon cancer for the study of pathogenesis as well as liver metastasis mechanisms of colon cancer.

Adenocarcinoma ; pathology ; secondary ; Animals ; Cecal Neoplasms ; pathology ; Cecum ; Colonic Neoplasms ; pathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Liver Neoplasms ; secondary ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; methods

OBJECTIVETo observe the effects of different frequencies of electroacupuncture (EA) at "Baihui (GV 20)" and "Shenshu(BL 23)" for the learning and memory ability as well as glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) and growth associated protein-43 (GAP-43) in hippocampal tissue of rats with Alzheimer's disease(AD), so as to explore the mechanism of different frequencies of EA for the prevention and treatment of AD.

METHODSOne hundred and twelve healthy Wistar male rats were divided into seven groups by random number table, namely a normal group, a sham operation group, a model group, an acupuncture group, a 2 Hz EA group, a 30 Hz EA group, and a 50 Hz EA group, 16 rats in each one. The rats in the normal group were conventionally raised in the laboratory without any treatment. 0.9% NaCl solution was injected into bilateral dentate convolution of hippocampus in rats of the sham operation group. AD model was established by β-amyloid protein1-42 (Aβ1-42) injected into bilateral dentate convolution of hippocampus in the other groups. 15 days after establishment, no treatment was applied in the model and sham operation groups, and EA with corresponding frequencies at "Baihui (GV 20)" and "Shenshu (BL 23)" was used in the three EA groups for 2 sessions, once a day and 7 times as one session. There was 1 day between the two sessions. The same acupoints were adopted in the acupuncture group, without electrical connection. The escape latency, the first spanning platform time, and the number of crossing platform were tested in the Morris water maze immediately after treatment. The expressions of GSK-3β and GAP-43 were examined by immunohistochemistry and Western blot.

RESULTS①Morris water maze tests showed that the escape latency and the first spanning platform time significantly increased in the model group compared with those in the normal group (both<0.01), and the number of crossing platform decreased (<0.01). Compared with the model group, the escape latency and the first spanning platform times decreased in the acupuncture and three EA groups (all<0.01), and the numbers of crossing platform increased (<0.01). Compared with the acupuncture and 2 Hz, 30 Hz EA groups, the escape latency decreased in the 50 Hz EA group (<0.01,<0.05); the first spanning platform time reduced (all<0.01); the number of crossing platform increased (<0.01,<0.05). ②The expressions of GSK-3β and GAP-43 of the model group increased compared with those of the normal group(both<0.01). The expressions of GSK-3β in the acupuncture and three EA groups decreased compared with that in the model group (all<0.01), and the expressions of GAP-43 increased (all<0.01). The expressions of GSK-3β decreased and GAP-43 increases in the 50 Hz EA group compared with those in the acupuncture group and 2 Hz, 30 Hz groups (all<0.01).

CONCLUSIONSEA may promote synaptic damage rehabilitation by down regulating GSK-3β and up regulating GAP-43 to improve learning and memory ability of AD rats. The effect of 50 Hz EA is better than those of 30 Hz and 2 Hz EA and acupuncture.