Objective To explore the possible association between human leukocyte antigen(HLA) allele polymorphism and susceptibility to chlidren's acute lymphocytic leukemia(ALL).Method HLA alleles polymorphism in 38 cases with ALL and 35 healthy controls were determined by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) with sequence specific olignuleotide probe(PCR/SSO).Results The allele frequency of HLA-A01 significantly increased than control group(?2=4.947 P=0.026,RR=10.20),the frequence of A02 significantly decreased(?2=4.187 P=0.041,RR=3.13),the frequcnce of A33 significunt decreased than control group(?2=4.403 P=0.036,RR=0.21).Conclusion These results show that susceptibility to chlidren's ALL is positively related to HLA-A01,A33,especially A01 allele,while HLA-A33 to its genetic resistance.

Objective To diagnose the intrauterine occupational disease by vaginal ultrasonography or hysteroscopy, and to evaluate the diagnostic values of these two methods. Methods One hundred and fifty patients were detected by vaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy from Jan 2004 to Dec 2004, and a total of 71 cases were confirmed intrauterine occupational disease. Tissue hysteroscopy or bioposy were performed during the hysterosocopy in order to analyse the tissue pathology. Results In these 71 patients, 47 were no less than 46 years old. Most of them had abnormal uterine bleeding.Thirty-three cases (46.48%) were suggested by vaginal ultrasonography, and 49 (69.01%) by hysteroscopy. Thirty-eight cases (53.52%) were in line with the pathological result.There were significant differences between vaginal ulterasonography and hysteroscopy in diagnosing the intrauterine occupational disease (P

Insulin sensitivity index (SI).glucose effectiveness (SG) and insulin secretion function were assessed by modified minimal model method (MMM) with frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance (FSIGT) test in the controls, in patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and type II diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). There was significant correlation between modified MMM and standard MMM in evaluating SI and SG. The results indicated that SI and SG were significantly elevated in the control than in the IGT and NTDDM groups. SI diminished much more in IGT group than in NIDDM group (P

Objective To evaluate the effect of exogenous wild PTEN gene stable transfected into human ovarian cancer cell line HO-8910 on phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase( PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)siganal pathway and cells proliferation. Methods Wild-type PTEN recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid was constructed and then was transfected into HO-8910 cells by lipofectamine 2000. The expression of PTEN, Akt1, Akt2, PI3K mRNA and protein of PTEN were tested by reverse transcription( RT)-PCR and Western blot. The proliferation of HO-8910 after wild PTEN gene transfected was measured by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT). Results Wild-type PTEN gene was successfully transfected into HO-8910 cells. The results of RT-PCR and western bolt showed that there were the significant expression high level of PTEN mRNA and protein after infected by wild-PTEN plasmid than those in the control[ ( 17 372 ±23)vs.(39±1 )vs. (78 ±4)copies/ml,P ＜0. 05 ]. While the expression of mRNA of Akt1, Akt2 and PI3K were decreased clearly than those in the control [ (28 ± 2 ) vs. ( 115 ± 5 ), (7 ± 1 ) vs. ( 18 ± 2), (61 ± 2 ) vs.(84 ± 2)copies/ml , all P ＜ 0. 05 ]. The proliferation rate of HO-8910 cells was obviously slower than those in the control (90 158 ±47 vs. 148 251 ±65 vs. 250 115 ±62, P＜0.05). Conclusion Transfection of PTEN may increase the expression of PTEN and inhibit the proliferation of HO-8910 cells, in which PI3K/ Akt siganal pathway is inhibit significantly.

Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Mutation ; Pain Insensitivity, Congenital ; complications ; genetics ; pathology ; Receptor, trkA ; genetics

Presented in the paper are the Patient Clinical Complexity Level(PCCL)and Episode Clinical Complexity(ECC)models as used in Australia.Comparison of the differences between ECC model and PCCL model,and a replacement of ECC model of PCCL model in measurement of disease complexity,points the way for localized scheme design in China.

Objective To investigate the distribution and epidemiology of fungal pathogens in zoonotic dermatophytoses.Methods Seventy-four patients with dermatophytoses and 72 pets from 64 families,who were all culture positive for dermatophytes,were included in this study and classified into 64 family-based groups.Fungal culture and direct microscopic examination were carried out for species identification of fungal isolates,internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis were performed for molecular identification and homology analysis.Results Dermatophyte species were consistent among the patients and pets from the same families for all the 64 family-based groups.A total of 146 fungal strains were isolated,including 93 Microsporum canis (M.canis) strains and 53 Trichophyton interdigitale (T.interdigitale) strains.M.canis was isolated from 42 (65.7％) family-based groups including 34 groups keeping cats and 8 groups keeping dogs,while T.interdigitale from 22 (34.3％) groups,including 14 groups keeping rabbits,6 groups keeping cats and 2 groups keeping dogs.There were 54 (75.0％) pets with obvious clinical symptoms (erythema,desquamation,depilation,etc),and 18 (25.0％) asymptomatic pets which were all cats.Among the 18 asymptomatic cats,14 carried M.canis,and 4 T.interdigitale.ITS sequencing and RAPD analysis revealed a high homology between the fungal pathogens in the same family-based groups.Conclusions M.canis and T.interdigitale are common species of dermatophytes in zoonotic dermatophytoses,and both of them have host specificity.Zoonotic dermatophytes can be transmitted between human and domestic animals,and attention should be paid to asymptomatic animals (carriers).

Objective:To design an intra-abdominal pressure measuring device applied to children on peritoneal dialysis (PD), and evaluate the feasibility and safety of the application of the device.Methods:The device consisted of a three-way stopcock with extension tubing, a three-way stopcock, a manometer tube, and a "Y" system peritoneal dialysis bag. The intraperitoneal pressure of different fill volumes was measured when a child was supine and relaxed in a horizontal position. The subjects of the study were children who received PD at the Pediatric Hospital of Fudan University from May 2019 to February 2020 and had PD dialysis age of>1 month. The children's demographic and clinical information were collected. During the measurement, the child’s complaints of pain, bloating, vital signs, and catheter-related contamination were recorded. Additionally, the occurrence of dialysis-related infections and complications during the hospitalization and outcomes of PD after three months of the measurement were tracked. A scatter plot and Pearson correlation test were used to explore the correlation between fill volumes and the intraperitoneal pressure.Results:Nine PD children were included in our study. The age of the children was (8.4±4.7) years old. The body surface area is (0.84±0.29) m 2. The intraperitoneal pressure was (12.6±1.9) cmH 2O at the fill volume of 1 000 ml/m 2 and (13.8±1.9) cmH 2O at the fill volume of 1 200 ml/m 2. The measurement was smoothly and safely taken without any case of contamination and dialysis-related infections during the hospitalization. After three months of the measurement, one child was transferred to temporary hemodialysis due to the aggravation of the umbilical hernia. Conclusions:The intraperitoneal pressure measuring device is feasible and safe to perform among children with PD. It can achieve non-invasive and continuous measurement of intra-abdominal pressure, and has guiding significance for the dialysis prescription of children with PD.

Due to the good tumor-targeting and excellent biocompatibility, the drug-loading nanoparticles (NPs) has been widely applied in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. However, after the NPs are recognized and internalized by cancer cells, the effects of NPs on cell migration behavior were unclear. In the present study, the self-assembly techniques (SAMs) was used to modify gold (Au) nanoparticles (Au NPs) with different chemical functional groups (CH3, OH, COOH and NH2) as model NPs. The dispersion of these groups in solution and the distribution in cells were studied by transmission electron microscope (TEM), respectively, and the proliferation was examined by MTT assay in vitro. The wound-healing and the Transwell assay were used to examine the effect of internalized Au-NPs on HepG2 cells migration. The results showed that different Au-NPs mainly distributed at the edge of the vesicle membrane and the gap between cells. The Au-NPs resulted in decreased cell viability in a concentration-depended manner. In addition, the results of wound-healing and Transwells assay indicated that the internalization of the NH2-NPs and OH-NPs would inhibit cell migration compared with those in the control group.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; metabolism ; Cell Movement ; Cell Proliferation ; Cell Survival ; Gold ; Hep G2 Cells ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; metabolism ; Metal Nanoparticles ; chemistry

This paper is aimed to investigate the effect of fluid shear stress on the tight junction of laryngeal squamous carcinoma (Hep2) cells and to explore the potential molecular mechanism. Hep2 cells were selected and subjected to the fluid shear stress of 1.4 dyn/cm2 for different time, respectively. The morphological changes of Hep2 cells under shear stress were observed using inverted microscope. The cell-cell junctions were examined by transmission electron microscope (TEM). The expressions of tight junction proteins (including Occludin, Claudin-5 and ZO-1) and the distribution of Claudin-5 were examined by Western blot assay and laser scanning confocal microscope, respectively. The results indicated that Hep2 cells turned to spindle-like shapes after exposed to shear stress, and showed the trend of the recovering to original shapes when the shear stress was cancelled. The cell-cell junctions were tight under the shear flow condition, and the permeability was reduced under the condition of 1.4 dyn/cm shear flow. The expressions of tight junction proteins were enhanced with increased duration of shear flow, but reduced after removing shear flow. The result of Claudin-5 expression by immufluorescence assay was consistent with that by Western blot. The Claudin-5 mainly distributed in the cytoplasm under static condition, while it located at the intercellular after shear flow stimulation, and it appeared intercellular and cytoplasm after stopping shear flow stimulation. Therefore, it can be concluded that shear stress changes the morphology of laryngeal squamous carcinoma Hep2 cells, and upregulates the tight junction.
Blotting, Western ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; pathology ; Claudin-5 ; metabolism ; Hep G2 Cells ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; pathology ; Occludin ; metabolism ; Stress, Mechanical ; Tight Junctions ; Zonula Occludens-1 Protein ; metabolism