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Objective To evaluate the sonography features of heptaobiliary involvement of pediatric Langerhans′cell histiocytosis ( LCH) . Methods Nine pediatric patients with LCH confirmed by the clinical presentation ,biochemical tests and pathologic results of our hospital were retrospectively analyzed . Results Eight patients were seen in multi‐system LCH ,while one patient only had liver involved . All patients showed varying hepatomegaly with multiple distributed lesions in ultrasound images . According the lesion distribution features ,they could be classified into three types:central type(6/9) ,peripheral type(1/9) and diffuse type(2/9) . In ultrasonography ,they manifested as linear lesions alongside the central portal veins , multi‐nodular and randomly distributed lesions in liver parenchyma ,or both of them . Eight bile‐duct involved patients behaved with unevenly thicked bile‐duct walls ,stenosis or dilated bile‐ducts ,and even sclerosing cholangitis , some of them with cholelithiasis . Conclusions Pediatric LCH patients with heptobiliary involved are seemed mainly in multi‐system LCH ,while it is rare but possible that pathological Langerhans′cell only infringe on liver and bile‐ducts . The ultrasound imaging findings of pediatric LCH liver infiltration are with characteristic and are helpful for the early diagnosis and clinical procedure .

Objective To explore the imaging features of pediatric splenic primary solitary tumor. Methods The medical imaging appearances of 6 children with splenic primary solitary tumor conifrmed by surgery and pathology from January 2010 to August 2015 were retrospectively studied. The related literatur were reviewed. Results In 6 children, 2 children of cystic lesions, ultrasound showed anechoic mass, CT scan showed low density mass, without change after contrast, pathologically conifrmed as congenital cyst;2 children’s ultrasound showed solid echo, color Doppler ultrasound explored the blood lfow signals, contrast CT showed the lower strength around the splenic parenchyma, pathologically conifrmed as splenic lymphangioma;one child’s unltrasound showed echo mass with rich signals of blood lfow, MRI scans showed T1WI, T2WI and other signals of lumps, with little homogenity after contrast, pathologically conifrmed as splenic hamartoma;one child’s ultrasound cannot distinguish tumor boundaries, contrast CT scan showed concentric filling reinforcement, pathologically confirmed as hemangioma. Conclusion Splenic primary solitary tumor in children is rare. There are no speciifc clinical characteristics. The image ifndings can deifne the locations and help the differential diagnosis. The ifnal diagnosis depends on pathology.

Objective To investigate the value of transvaginal color Doppler sonography (TVCDS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosis for myometrial invasion of eudometrial cancer before surgical operation, in comparison with pathological examinations. Methods TVCDS and MRI were undergone before surgical operation in 34 patients with endometrial cancer confirmed by biopsy to evaluate depth of its myometrial invasion, as compared to those with postoperative pathological examinations. Results Predictive accuracy for myometrial invasion by TVCDS was 85%, with sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 80%, 9/9, 100% and 9/14, respectively, and predictive accuracy by MRI was 68%, with sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 60%, 8/9, 15/16 and 8/18, respectively. Resistance index (RI) averaged 0.51 for flow signal to detect superfical myometrial invasion by color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) and 0.43 for deep myometrial invasion. Conclusions TVCDS and MRI can be used before surgical operation to judge the depth of myometrial invasion for patients with endometrial cancer, particularly more suitable for its screening, which will be helpful to judge the depth of myometrial invasion incorporated with resistance index by color Doppler flow signal.

Objective To investigate the changes of oxidized low density lipoprotein(oxLDL) and C-reactive protein(CRP) and their correlation in patients with acute coronary syndrome(ACS),and explore their roles in the pathogenesis of ACS. Methods The plasma levels of oxLDL and CRP were measured in 95 patients with ACS and 66 control subjects by ELISA. Results oxLDL and CRP levels were significantly higher in patients with ACS than those in control group(P

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Objective:To search for a better RT-PCR method for detecting CK19 mRNA. Methods: RT-PCR methods were used to detect the expression of CK19 mRNA in the tumor tissues and in the peripheral blood of patients with gastric cancer and in the peripheral blood of healthy subjects. Results: The influence of pseudogene and genome was observed through nonreversely transcripted RNA controls and comparison of several pairs of primers.The interference could be effectively eliminated by regulating the annealing temperature based on mismatched primers. Conclusion: The presence of pseudogene and genome interferes the experimental protocol in RT-PCR,which can be resolved with the method introduced in our paper.

BACKGROUND:Preliminary studies of our research group have confirmed that the proliferation of preosteoclasts and the differentiation and function of osteoclasts could be inhibited when they were cultured in lower oxygen tension even hypoxia (2%O 2 ), but the gene expression of osteoclasts cultured in vitro have not been reported.
OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of oxygen tension on specific gene expression of osteoclasts in vitro and explore the mechanism of osteoclast differentiation influenced by oxygen tension.
METHODS:The preosteoclasts were induced with 10μg/L macrophage colony stimulating facto and 10μg/L soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand into mature osteoclasts. Then the osteoclasts were cultured in normoxia, tissue oxygen and hypoxia (20%, 7%, 2%O 2 ) respectively. cells were then stained for tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase to assess osteoclastic formation. cells were col ected at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 days after culture respectively. The soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand, tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6, tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase, and cathepsin K mRNA expression levels were determined using real-time quantitative PCR.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The number of osteoclasts positive for tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase in the hypoxia was significantly lower than that in the tissue oxygen and normoxia (P<0.05). Under different oxygen tension, the mRNA expression levels of soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand in osteoclasts maintained unchanged. The mRNA expression levels of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 reached the peak at 5 days after culture in tissue oxygen and normoxia (P<0.05). The mRNA expression time of tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase and Cathepsin K were delayed accompanied by decreased oxygen tension, but the maximum were maintained in tissue oxygen. Compared with normoxia and hypoxia, osteoclasts cultured in tissue oxygen are more prone to differentiate and maintain the activity and functions.