Itraconazole has potent anticancer activity at the standard therapeutic doses,which is proved in vitro and in vivo preclinical studies,even in active clinical trials.The precise mode of action of itraconazole for its anticancer activity has not been elucidated,however multiple putative mechanisms are proposed,such as anti-angiogenesis,inhibition of Hedgehog pathway,autophagy induction and reversal of multi-drug resistance.Its high efficacy,known toxicity and well-estabhshed pharmacokinetics make this generic drug a strong candidate for repurposing as an oncological treatment.

Proteomics is a technology to study all the proteins encoded by gene.It has become a useful tool for analyzing the expression changes of proteins,and has been widely used in research of gastrointestinal tumors in recent years.Through kinds of techniques such as two-dimensional gel electrophoresis,some differentially expressed proteins correlated with patients prognosis were found,which may served as the possible biomarkers of gastroin testinal tumors in future.It helped to find some certain proteins related to tumor cell nutritional intake,cell metabolism,cell adhesion,cell migration and cytoskeleton remodeling which may play the important roles in development of gastrointestinal tumor.It also helped to explain the drug resistance mechacism of chemotherapy and molecular targeted theraphy for gastrointestinal tumors.Proteomics technology plays an increasingly important role in the basic research and clinical services for gastrointestinal tumors.

with PsA in Chinese Han population from Shandong Province.

Objective To investigate the synergistic effect of methotrexate (MTX) and cyclophos phamide (CTX) on cell cycle and cyclin D1 of periphery blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and bone marrow byflow cytometry. Methods Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups including normal control, MTX and cyclophosphamide combination group, MTX and CTX only treatment groups respectively. PBLs were isolated for flowcytometry analysis for the changes of cell cycle and the expression of cyclin D1 at week 0, week 3,week 9, week18 and week 27. Mice were dissected and the changes of lymphoeytes cell cycle and the expressions of cyclin D1 in the bone marrow were measured at week 0, week 3, week 9, week 18 and week 27 increased and the ratio of phase S cells was decreased (P>0.05). In the CTX treatment group, there was no statistical difference in ratios of each phase. In the MTX and CTX combination treatment group, the proportion of phase G0/G1 cells decreased significantly and the percentage of phase S cells increased in both PBLs and bone marrow ceils (P<0.05). And there was no statistical significant difference in different time points after marrow between different groups or different dissecting time points. Conclusion MTX combined with CTX has been shown to have antagonistic effect on cell cycle. However, this effect is not via the cyclin DI pathway.

Objective To observe the effects of different anesthetic techniques on T-lymphocyte subsets in patients with cardia cancer. Methods Thirty-two patients undergoing elective radical operation for cardia cancer who had been average assigned into two groups by random digits table, group Ⅰ :general anesthesia;group Ⅱ :epidural anesthesia combined with general anesthesia (16 cases in each group).Peripheral blood T-lymphocyte subsets were measured before induction, after anesthesia, end of operation, 1d,3 d after operation. Results CD3,CD4,CD8 and CD4/CD8 all decreased in two groups after anesthesia,end of operation and 1 d after operation than before induction (P < 0.05). The index almost returned to the baseline values at 3 d after operation in group Ⅱ [ (60.75 ± 4.22 )%, (39.65 ± 3.64)%, (25.90 ± 1.17 )%,1.57 ±0.15](P >0.05),while in group Ⅰ still lower [(55.83 ±5.20)%, (35.15 ±5.65)%, (23.00 ±1.03 )%, 1.47 ± 0.35 ](P< 0.05 ). The two groups ontrast had significant deviation at 3 d after operation (P<0.05). Conclusion Epidural anesthesia combined with general anesthesia can reduce depression of Tlymphocyte subsets induced by surgical trauma and anesthesia.

AIM: To investigate the expression and the significance of β-catenin and Cyclin D1 in gliomas. METHODS: The SABC immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expression of β-catenin and Cyclin D1 in 49 brain gliomas and 5 normal brain tissues. RESULTS: The β-catenin positive ratio in normal brain tissues and glioma samples are 2/5 and 38/49(P<0.01) respectively, and the Cyclin D1 positive ratio in normal brain tissues and gliomas are 1/5 and 42/49(P<0.01); Compared with the normal brain tissue, both the immunohistochemical expression of β-catenin and Cyclin D1 were up-regulated(P<0.05), and the expression of β-catenin and Cyclin D1 between the normal brain tissues and gliomas exhibited significantly difference (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: β-catenin and Cyclin D1 increased in gliomas may be precipitate the tumorigenesis of glioma.

DCD WeChat ethical review had its necessity and superiority but problems and confusion as well. For instance, WeChat review time was urgent and limited;WeChat review discussed insufficiently even hard to car-ry out;the methods of WeChat review were limited;the authenticity of audit opinion was difficult to grasp;the re-view data privacy existed hidden danger;the review quality was difficult to guarantee;WeChat conference content file archive was difficult, and so on. As to this, the author put forward the following countermeasures:giving war-ranty on the ethical review time as far as possible;initiating the committee review by the referee and uploading the review information to WeChat group, then ethical reviewers expressing their opinions in real names to ensure data confidentiality and privacy protection; strengthening the ethics committee education for organ transplantation; im-proving the quality of the review committee members and moral cultivation;archiving the WeChat conference infor-mation.

Objective To study mutations in the extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) gene in a family with lipoid proteinosis (LP). Methods Bi-directional DNA sequencing was used to detect the ECM1 gene in patients with LP as well as among their parents, siblings and children. Results Sequencing from the affected individuals revealed a new compound heterozygote of missense/nonsense mutations, C220G/R476X, which were not found in the control group. The father was a carrier of the missense mutation C220G and the mother was a carrier of the nonsense mutation R476X, both on one allele. The other siblings, the patients' children and their siblings' children were carriers of either C220G or R476X mutations. Conclusion A new compound heterozygous mutation of ECM1 gene was identified in this LP family.

Objective To investigate the radiosensitising effect of recombinant human endostatin (endostar) on human lung squamous cancer cell line H-520 in vitro and its mechanism. Methods H-520 cells in exponential growing phase were treated with endostar alone, irradiation alone, or endostar plus irra-diation. Colony-forming assay was used to investigate the cytotoxicity and radiosensitising effects of endostar. Cell survival fractions of all groups were calculated and cell survival curves were fitted by single-hit multi-tar-get model. Cell apoptosis, cell cycle distribution and activated Caspase expression level were investigated by flow cytometry. Results The D0, Dq, D10 and SF2 values of combined treatment group were much lower than those of irradiation alone group. The sensitization enhancement ratio (SER) was 1.50 (ratio of D0 values). Endnstar induced H-520 cell apoptosis in a dose dependant manner. After administration of endostar, H-520 cell proliferation was inhibited, and cell apoptosis rate and apoptotic bodies were increased. After irradiation of 0 Gy, 2 Gy, 4 Gy and 8 Gy, the apoptosis rate of H-520 cells was 4.27% ±0.29%, 14.3% ±1.15%, 28.49% ± 1.58% and 54.79% ± 1.89% in the radiotherapy alone group, and 22.38% ± 1.61%, 35.01% ±1.16%, 46.83%±2.06% and 64.08%±4.28% in the combined treatment group, respective-ly. The difference between the two groups was significant (t = 19.17, 17.79, 25.64 and 3.44,all P < 0.05 ). Flow cytometric analysis showed that cell cycle distribution changed and G0 + G1 phase arrest oc-curred after endostar treatment, while irradiation induced G2 + M arrest. The expression level of activated Caspase in combination group (62.7% ±1.9% ) was higher compared to the control group ( 12.1%± 0. 1% ) , endostar alone group ( 54.6% ±1.0% ) and irradiation alone group ( 34.1%±1.2% ) ( t = 46.69, 6.55 and 22.54 ; all P < 0.05 ). Conclusion Endostar can enhance the radiosensitivity of H-520 ceils by inhibiting cell proliferation, promoting cell apoptosis and facilitating cell cycle redistribution.

Objective To investigate the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes, KIR2DS4 and its variant KIR1D for an association with syphilis in the comparison between syphilis patients and unrelated healthy subjects. Methods One hundred and ninety syphilis patients and 192 unrelated healthy subjects were performed to determine the KIR genotypes by PCR-SSP method. The gene frequencies of KIR2DS4 and KIR1D were analyzed for an association with syphilis in the patients and healthy people who belonged to KIR gene haplotype A. Results Of 192 healthy individuals, 187 were identified with a KIR2DS4 gene. And 91 individuals were classified as homozygous haplotype A with the percent of 48.7% (91/187) in 187 KIR2DS4 positive individuals. Of 190 syphilis patients, 181 were identified with a KIR2DS4 gene. And 89 individuals were classified as homozygous haplotype A with the percent of 49.2% (89/181) in 181 KIR2DS4 positive individuals. The frequency of KIR1D/KIR1D in syphilis patients classified as haplotype A was 16.9%, and was significantly higher than that in the control group (6.6%, P=0.032). However, there was no significant difference for the frequencies of KIR2DS4/KIR2DS4 and KIR2DS4/KIR1D between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion KIR1D/KIR1D might be associated with syphilis in the comparison between syphilis patients and unrelated healthy controls who were classified as homozygous haplotype A.