As a new identified help T cell lineage different from Th1 and Th2 cells, Th17 cell has been found played important roles in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity and inflammatory disease. To further identify their roles, the differentiation and regulation of Th17 cells has been widely explored recently. Now it has been confirmed that TGF-beta, combined with IL-6 or IL-21, play critical roles in the differentiation of Th17 cells. While IL-23 mainly contribute in promoting the secretion of IL-17 and maintaining the function of Th17 cells. Corresponding with the Th1,Th2, and Treg cells, which has special transcription factors T-bet、GATA3、Foxp3 respectively, now it has been confirmed that ROR-?t(retinoid-related orphan receptors-?t) is the special transcription factor which specially regulate the differentiation of Th17 cells. Th17 cells function through their secreted pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-21, IL-22, IL-6, TNF-?. Among them IL-21,which act as a autocrine cytokine of Th17 cells, play critical roles in promoting the differentiation of Th17 cells while inhibiting the differentiation and function of Th1 and Treg cells. On the other hand, IL-2, which is obligatory for the growth of Th1,Th2,Treg and CD8+T cells, now has been found negatively regulate the differentiation of Th17 cells. In all, differentiation of Th17 and Treg,Th1 cells are exactly regulated in vivo, in which TGF-beta played critical roles. As both Th1 and Th17 cells participate in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity and inflammatory diseases, are they play synergistic roles or function at different time point or location? How TGF-? regulate Th17 and Treg cells?Can Th17 cells be used as a target for immune tolerance induction? All above questions will certainly be of continuing interest.

Objective To study the effect of laparoscopic surgery on the quality of life in patients with middle and low rectal cancer.Methods 108 cases with middle and low rectal cancer in accordance with the number table,were randomly divided into two groups.54 patients in the observation group were operated through laparoscopic surgery and 54 patients in the control group received traditional open surgery.The patients were followed up for 6 months,the patients' quality of life were assesed.Results The operative time,blood loss and length of hospital stay in the observation group were less than the control group (P ＜ 0.01).The lymph node dissection between the two groups had no significant difference(P ＞0.05).47 patients in the observation group were rectal sphincter preservation,the rate was 87.0％,37 patients in the control group with rectal sphincter preservation,the rate was 68.5 ％,the difference between the two groups was significant (x2 =4.92,P ＜ 0.05).The patients'quality of life after surgery in two groups was increased than before surgery,and the observation group increased more significantly than the control group(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Laparoscopic surgery can significantly improve the quality of life in patients with middle and low rectal cancer.

Rapid development of personalized medicine in cancer treatments needs urgent support of proper tumor biomarkers.Comparing to tissue tests,serum/plasma tumor biomarkers show advantages in easy sample collection and flexibility of detecting methods.Nowadays,large scales of investigations have discovered sufficient blood tumor biomarkers for preclinical diagnosis and evaluation of clinical treatment or prognosis,with the development of screening techniques and strategies.Moreover,tremendous promotion would appear in cancer diagnosis and treatment with future profound investigation and rigorous verification from clinical practice.

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Objective To review the clinical manifestation,pathological characteristics,treatment and prognosis of borderline phyllodes tumor of the prostate. Methods A case of borderline phyllodes tumor of the Prostate was reported and relative literature was reviewed. Results A 32-year-old man was admided to hospital with a history of aggravated dysuria 2 weeks and urinary retchtion one day. The enlarged prostate was palpated softly and smoothly by DRE.The serum PSA was 20.62 ng/ml.Transrectal ultrasonography and MRI revealed a well-demarcated poly-cystiform tumor which compressed the right lobe of the prostate to flattening.The diagnosis of benign stroma tumor which was not differentiated maturity obtained after transrectal sextant needle biopsy,and the transvesical enucleation was performed under epidural anesthesia.The tumor was histologically diagnosed as borderline phyllodes tumor of the prostate. Microscopic examination showed the tumor was composed of epithelial and stroma cells.The stroma cells proliferated obviously with atypia and mitosis,and the epithelial cells propagated without atypia.Immunohistochemical staining was performed.Vimentin was typically positive,PSA and PAP was positive,and SMA was negative.Forty days after the enucleation,the tumor recurrenced then radical prostatectomy was performed.The diagnosis of low potential malignant phyllodes tumor of the prostate was made.The tumor was limited in tegument and the cross-section of urethra was infiltrated.The patient received external radiation to the whole pelvis(66 Gy)1 month postoperatively.At 6 months'follow up,the patient was asymptomatae. Conelusions The right diagnosis can not be obtained by needle biopsy because hyperptastic epithelial cells can not get and the recurrences of phyllodes tumor increase malignant potential.Radical prostatectomy is the most reliable method of treatment at present.

Minimally invasive treatment of liver cancer plays a very important role in clinical practice in China, because most patients had the background of hepatitis or cirrhosis and were prone to recurrence after radical resection of the tumor. In the past four decades, much progress has been made in controlling liver cancer, which is well consistent with the trends of minimally invasive treatment. Minimally invasive therapy is also the main goals of our practice and has a great potential developing future, although a good outcome is the prerequisite. Nowadays, minimally invasive treatment for liver cancer includes percutaneous transarterial chemotherapy or embolization (TAE or TACE), percutaneous ethand injection (PEI), and ablation with radiofrequency, micromave, cryosurgery or high intensity focused ultrasound.

Objective To study the clinical applied value of computed tomography perfusion imaging(CTPI) in early stage of ischemic stroke.Methods Routine CT scan and CTPI were performed in 45 patients with early stage of ischemic stroke(onset within 24 hours).CTPI yields a set of perfusion related parameters of relatine cerebral blood flow(rCBF), cerebral blood volume(rCBV),mean transmit time(rMTT),time to peak(rTTP) and positive enhancement integral (rPE).Results In all 45 patients,21 cases showed concerning lesions in the 29 cases with cerebral ischemia results of routine CT scan.16 cases presented normal results. 24 cases were not showed concerning lesions.The sensitivity of diagnose for early stage of ischemic stroke by CT was 46.67% (21/45).The specificity was 72.41% (21/29).44 cases of CTPI with abnormal perfusion changes were all showed concerning lesions. Only one case of CTPI presented negative result,which was acute brainstem infarction confirmed by follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).The sensitivity of diagnose for early stage of ischemic stroke by CTPI was 97.78% (44/45).The specificity was 100% (44/44).There was significant difference between CTPI and routine CT scan(P

Objective To study the significance of ?-catenin expression in human gastric carcinomas, colorectal carcinomas and human hepatic carcinomas.Methods S-P immunohistochemical method was used to detect ?-catenin expression in 80 cases of human carcinomas of alimentary system and corresponding tumor-adjacent normal tissues by ?-catenin polyclonal antibody. The results were analyzed using densitometrically semiquantitated .Results ?-catenin were normally expressed in all tumor-adjacent normal tissues of digestive system. ?-catenin expression was reduced or negative in human carcinomas of alimentary system (P

As the precision medicine has been proposed , personalized therapy in cancer steps into a new stage.Since the development of gene molecular biology in lung cancer , numerous molecular targets were discovered.However, selecting patients who will be the most likely to benefit from the therapy is still a great challenge in clinical practice .Companion diagnosis could help evaluate the status of patients , which may provide better suggestions for health care professionals during treatment decision , in order to benefit the patients and decline the side effects risk together .Besides, high-throughput sequencing technics and diverse detection samples has provided a novel direction to understand the tumorigenesis and find more potential gene targets.

Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is a multistep pathophysiological process involving a complex of multi-factors.To alleviate the IRI is of great importance in clinical liver transplantation,especially for marginal donor livers.This article overviewed the protective strategies and the latest progress for alleviation of IRI in three stages of liver transplantation,which includes liver procurement,preservation and reperfusion.