Objective To explore the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of primary malignant pericardial mesothe- lioma.Methods Seven cases of primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma,in 4 females and 3 males,with the age ranged from 22 to 51 and a mean of 40 years old,were studied with clinicopathological,immunohistochemical and histochemical techniques,The pertinent litera- ture was also comprehensively reviewed.Results 3 biopsy specimens and 4 surgical specimens,including 2 autopsy specimens,were stud- led.The main clinical symptoms were palpitation and short breath,which were aggravated after movement.The longest course was 4 years,and the mean disease course was 12 months.The chest films demonstrated an obviously increase in heart shadow,and the pericardi- um was thickened in some cases.CT clearly showed tumorous shadow in 2 cases.The histopathologic picture showed tubular type in 2 ca- ses,papillary in 2,signet ring cell type in 1 and myofibroblast types in 2.In 2 autopsy specimens it was found that pericardium was dif- fusely thickened.In one case the tumor was metastasized to the right lung,mediastinum,and pulmonary hilar lymph node.In another case there was metastasis to right kidney.Immunohistochemical staining showed that the neoplastic cells of all cases were positive for CK5/6, calretinin,CK.vimentin and EMA,but negative for CEA.In the histochemical staining seven cases,the malignancy was positive for CI to different extent,but negative for HCL Conclusion Immunohistochemistry and histochemistry play an important role in diagnosis and dif- ferential diagnosis for primary malignant mesothelioma and other tumors in pericardium.

Objective To investigate the effect of high serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) on malignant transformation of thyroid tissue in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT).Methods The data of 569 patients pathologically confirmed HT admitted from Jan.2009 to Dec.2013 were retrospectively analyzed.According to with or without papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC),patients were divided into HT group and HT complicated with PTC group.Age,gender,preoperative TSH,free thyroxine,free tri-iodothyronine,thyroidperoxidaseantibody (TPOAb),antithyroglobulinanfibody (TGAb),and tumor multifocality were investigated.Results Among the 569 patients,306 patients had HT without PTC and 263 had HT with PTC.The avaerage age of patients complicated with PTC was (45.52±10.58) years,younger than that of patients without PTC (51.63+9.50) years (P＜0.05).In HT patients with or without PTC,31％ (81/263) and 22.5％ (69/306) of patients had high TSH levels,which was significantly different (P＜0.05).Among HT patients complicated with PTC,tumor multifocality was identified in 32％(26/81) of patients with high level of TSH and in 29％(52/182) of patients with normal level of TSH.The difference had no statistical significance (P＞0.05).Conclusion High preoperative TSH level may stimulate malignant transformation of thyroid tissue in HT patients.

Objective To investigate the imaging appearances of esophageal tuberculosis.Methods 5 cases of esophageal tuberculosis proved by pathology were retrospectively analyzed.There were 2 male and 3 female patients aged between 24 and 36 years median age 29 years. All cases were undergone esophageal barium examination, CT scan and gastroscopy. The surgical resection of the tumor was complemented in one case.Results Esophageal barium contrast study showed: the location of lesions at upper, middle and low esophagus in 1,3 and 1 cases respectively. The X-ray features included filling defect in 2 cases, centripetal strictures in 2 cases, intraluminal barium patch in 1 case, extramural irregular fistulous formation in 1 case, mucosa destruction in 2 cases and mucosa flattened or disappeared in 3 cases. On chest CT, bronchiectasis in the posterior basal segment of left inferior lung in 1 case, enlargement of right hilum of lung and small nodule in the right chest wall in 1 case, irregular thickening in the wall of inferior oesophagus in 1 case, pleural adhesion in 1 case were showed, and the other two were normal. The accurate diagnosis was confirmed only in 2 patients preoperation.Conclusion Esophageal tuberculosis extent is not of imaging characteristics, its diagnosis should be in combination with clinical data.

Objective To observe relationship between the phlegm and adhesion molecule and further explore the functions of the phlegm in the metastatic potential of the tumors. Methods Examin the expression difference of ICAM-1,E-cad,MMP-9 of gastric cancer by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay between the phlegm-stamp type and non-phlegm-stamp type,then reducing phlegm by chinese medicine treatment and comparing theirs expression variation.Results The expressions of ICAM-1,E-cad, MMP-9 were obviouslv different between the phlegm group and non-phlegm group[(403.6±99.7)μg/L,(9.08±1.69)mg/L,(465.0±96.64)μg/L &(319.9±81.4)μg/L,(7.56±1.15)mg/L,(228.1±43.79)μg/L].After using xiao-tan-san-jie recipes,the expressions of ICAM-1 and E-cad of the phlegm group were obviously lower than before(P<0.05);the expression of MMP-9 was also falling down,but the difference was not significative.Conclusion There is a correlation between the phlegm and adhesion molecule, which could take action in tumor metastams by affecting adhesion molecule expression.

Objective To evaluate the value of CYRTA21-1,CEA and SPECT in diagnosis of bone metastasis in lung cancer.Methods 216 patients with lung cancer were examined by radionuclide bone imaging and serum CYFRA21-1,CEA.20 patients with benign lung disease were also studied.Results 121 of the 216 lung cancer patients were confirmed bone metastasis including 101 multi-metastasis and 20 singu- lar-metastasis. The positive rate was 56.02 %.The serum CYFR21-1,CEA level and positive rate of lung cancer patients with bone metastasis were obviously higher than those of patients without bone metastasis or with benign lung disease.The level of serum CYFR21-1,CEA had significant difference(P

This paper has reported the effect of preservation myceh'al fungus by the methods of slant and rubber plug. The mycelial fungus preserved include 29 genera, 69 species, 128 strains. The preservation time is from 2 years to 17 years. By slant inoculation, their survival conditions are still good keep their original charaters. The result shows that it is simple and effective preserving some mycelial fungus by the methods of slant and rubber plug.

objective To evaluate the clinical application value of ileum to the S-type of suture pro- duced orthotopic neobladder.Methods Radical cystectomy and ileal neobladder with"S"shape were per- formed in 3patients with transitional cell carcinoma.Ureter implant into neobladder with embedding nipple techniques,bottom of neobladder coincide with urethra stump.Results The average operative time to form a neobladder was 5 hours,average bleeding volume was 366 ml during operation,3 cases can control urine dur- ing daytime,nycturia 1-3 times every night.Neobladder has a large capacity,low pressure,and electrolytes of blood was normal.Conclusion The construction of an ileal neobladder using a smaller part of ileum that has been completely detubularized and fashioned by S shape is easy and agreeable to perform.This mode of oper- ation has low complication rates,achieves adequate capacity at low pressure,and provides satisfactory conti- nence rates.It is a fine scheme to treat invasion and multiple carcinoma of bladder.

The effects of ginsenosides on the actions of morphine are summarized. It mainly focuses on the antagonistic effects of ginsenosides on morphine-induced changes of animal behaviors, neural system functions and cell signaling transduction.
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Objective To analyze the effect of using standardized patient (SP) tutorial in the spe-cialized training of pancreatic surgery with WeChat platform. Methods 48 surgeons participating in resi-dent standardized training in Changhai Hospital (all for postgraduate education) were enrolled as teaching object. 48 surgeons were divided into two groups: SP group (n=24) receiving WeChat combined with SP tutorial which updates learning plan, learning contents, and clinical discussion by Wechat platform and performs practical teaching by SP method, control group (n=24) receiving traditional tutorial by using tradi-tional clinical teaching methods and video teaching followed by practical teaching. The theoretical exami-nation, questionnaires and expert assessment were used to evaluate the effect of the two teaching methods. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 19.0. Continuous data were expressed as median±stan-dard deviation and compared using the Student's t-test. Categorical data were compared using the Pearson's chi-square test. Results The score of theoretical examination of the two groups showed no significant difference [(85.5±7.6) vs. (81.4±14.9), P=0.238]. The results of questionnaires and expert assessment in WeChat&SP group were significantly better than those in the control group (P<0.001) other than theoretical and analytical ability (P>0.05). Conclusion WeChat platform combined with standardized patient tutorial in the specialized training of pancreatic surgery is feasible and more effective than traditional tutorial to improve teaching effectiveness.

Objective To determine the expression of miR-486-3p in psoriatic lesions and healthy human skin and to estimate its effect on keratin 17 (K17) expression in HaCaT human keratinocytes.Methods Bioinformatics was used to predict microRNAs that may affect the expression of K17.Tissue samples were obtained from the lesions of 10 patients with psoriasis and normal skin of 10 healthy human controls.RNA was extracted from these tissue samples and reversely transcribed into cDNA with the addition of a Poly (A) tail.Then,real time quantitative PCR was performed to measure the expression of miR-486-3p.Cultured keratinocytes were transfected with miR-486-3p mimics or negative control,and Western blot was performed to determine K17 expression at 48 hours after the transfection.To evaluate the inhibitory effect of miR-486-3p on K17 expression,cultured 293T cells were transfected with the plasmid containing K17 3' untranslated region (UTR) seed sequence,three plasmids containing the complete deletion,interval mutation or double repeats of the seed sequence,or negative control plasmid.At 24 hours after the transfection,a dualluciferase reporter (DLR) assay was performed to quantify the expression of K17.Results Real time PCR showed that the expression level of miR-486-3p was significantly lower in psoriatic lesions than in the normal skin (0.211 ± 0.120vs.0.555 ± 0.425,t =2.62,v =9,P ＜ 0.05).The HaCaT cells transfected with the mimics of miR-486-3p exhibited decreased expression of K17 compared with those transfected with the negative control.DLR assay revealed that the expression level (fluorescence intensity) of K17 in the negative control group was significantly higher than that in the 293T cells transfected with the seed sequence and those with the double repeats of the seed sequence (100.00％ vs.65.31％ ± 6.32％ and 54.18％ ± 10.01％ respectively,both P ＜ 0.05),but did not differ from that in the 293T cells transfected with the complete deletion and interval mutation of the seed sequence (100.00％ vs.114.77％ ± 16.14％ and 110.21％ ± 12.99％ respectively,both P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The expression of miR-486-3p,which may inhibit K17 expression by binding to the seed sequence of K17 3'UTR,is lower in psoriatic lesions than in normal skin.The decreased expression and inhibitory effect of miR-486-3p may be implicated in the initiation and progression of psoriasis.