Objective To detect the expression of Id1 and p53 in human breast cancer and study their relationship. Methods To choose 80 cases of breast cancer from the surgical department of Tangshan people's hospital. All patients didn't get radiotherapy and chemotherapy before surgery. The expression of Idl and p53 of breast cancer were studied by using SABC immunohistochemistry. Results The expressions of Id1 were found in cytoplasm, while the expression of p53 was found in cell nucleus. The positive rates of Id1 and p53 were 87.5 %(70/80)and 90.0%(72/80) respectively in breast cancer tissues. The expression of Id1 and p53 were significantly higher in breast cancer tissue than those in adjacent non-tumor breast tissues,benign tumor tissues and normal breast tissues(P ＜0.05). The positive rates and expression intensity of Id1 in breast cancer had significant correlation with lymph node metastasis and pTNM stage of the tumor, but had no significant correlation with age, histological differentiation and tumor size. The positive rates and expression intensity of p53 in breast cancer had significant correlation with lymph node metastasis of the tumor, but had no significant correlation with age, histological differentiation,tumor size and pTNM stage. Conclusion Expression of Id1 in human breast cancer is up-regulated. Its expression is associated with lymph node metastasis and TNM stage and represents an independent marker for prognosis of breast cancer. To reduce the expression of Id1 will become the strategy of curing breast cancer. Expression of Id1 and p53 in human breast cancer have the same clinic significance. Each of them can represent an independent marker for prognosis of breast cancer.

Objective To evaluate cognitive function of chronic alcoholism patients.Methods The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revise in China(WAIS-RC) and WMS-RC,including intelligence quotient,logical Memory.visual memory and stroop test,were investigated and P300 component of auditory event-related potential (ERP,P300),especially the subcomponents P3a and P3b were examined in 100 chronic alcoholism patients,and 70 healthv people matched in age,sex and educational level as controls.Results Compared with controls,the score of Verbal intelligence quotient(VIQ),Performance intelligence quotient (PIQ),Full-scale intelligence quotient (FIQ),logical memory,visual memory (immediate and delayed),and stroop test were significant lower (P <0.05.P＜O.01)in chronic alcoholism patients,but the latencies of P3a and P3b wave were significantly prolonged.the amplitude of P3a and P3b wave were significantly decreased in chronic alcoholism patients.Conclusion Chronic alcoholism patients have cognitive function impairment,and P300 is a more sensitive to discover the impairment of the cognitive function.

Objective To explore the possible correlation between periodontal disease and carotid arteries atherosclerosis in old people,and to study the diagnostic value for periodontal disease using three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction technique of multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT).Methods Patients underwent multi-detector row CT angiography with carotid arteries atherosclerosis (control group) and without carotid arteries atherosclerosis (case group) were evaluated with the stereoscopic configuration of teeth,and the number of decayed teeth and lost teeth were recorded.Results Bythe 3D reconstruction technique,the number of decayed teeth and lost teeth between two groups were significantly different (P＜0.05).The number of dental integrity patients was higher in control group (19 cases) than in case group(7 cases).The mean of dental caries was higher in control group(7.3±3.0) than in case group(6.0±2.1).The mean of hypodontia was higher in control group(45 cases) than in case group(39 cases) (P＜0.05).Conclusions The 3D reconstruction technique of MSCT is a new method to display the stereoscopic configuration of teeth.The periodontal disease is significantly related with carotid arteries atherosclerosis in old people.

To investigate the effect of the basic knowledge of chemistry teaching for preparatory international students,bilingual teaching based on Chinese-English languages and multimedia teaching,such flexible applications are carried out,which increases the students' listening,speaking,reading and writing skills in Chinese and helps them to adapt to the academic environment in China,and to master basic chemistry knowledge efficiently so that students can lay a good foundation for undergraduate program.

Objective To investigate the expression of potassium channels and the influence of estrogen and progesterone on the cultured uterine smooth muscle cells (USMC) of adenomyosis in vitro.Methods There were 22 cases of adenomyosis hysterectomy in the adenomyosis group and 12 patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia Ⅲ removal of the uterus in the control group.USMC were separated and cultured in vitro, incubated with different concentrations of estrogen and progesterone.We used reverse transcription-PCR to dectect the expression of large-conductance calcium-and voltage-sensitive potassium channel α subunit (BKCa α) and voltage-gated potassium channel 4.3 (Kv4.3).Results The mRNA expression of BKCa α and Kv4.3 in the adenomyosis group (4.43 ±2.05 and 4.52± 1.97) were significantly higher than those in the control group (0.83±0.25 and 0.86±0.19, P＜0.05).In the control group, Kv4.3 mRNA decreased after treated with 0.1 nmol/L (0.17±0.10) and 1.0 nmol/L (0.13±0.08) estrogen than before (0.55±0.29, P＜0.05).In the adenomyosis group, BKCa α mRNA decreased significantly after treated with 10.0 nmol/L estrogen (0.56±0.27 versus 1.01±0.35, P＜0.05).0.1 μmol/L progesterone elevated both BKCa α mRNA (0.44±0.24 versus 0.16±0.09) and Kv4.3 mRNA (1.29±0.51 versus 0.55±0.29) in the control group (all P＜0.05);however, there were no significant difference in adenomyosis group of different concentration of progestrone (P＞0.05).Conelusuion There is an abnormal expression of potassium channels in the adenomyosis USMC, which is regulated by high concentration of estrogen and might be resistant to progesterone.

AIM:To identify and quantify the expression of IL-1βand IL-17 in mast cells ( MCs) in different types of human pericapical diseases using double immunofluorescence staining .METHODS: The specimens ( n=102 ) , including healthy control ( n=35 ) , periapical cyst ( n=35 ) and periapical granuloma ( n=32 ) , were involved in the present study .The tissue samples were fixed in 10% buffered formalin for at least 48 h and then embedded in paraffin . Serial 5-μm-thick sections were deposited onto SuperFrost/Plus microscope glasses .Routine staining of the sections using hematoxylin&eosin ( HE) was performed for morphological evaluation .The number of IL-1βand IL-17 positive MCs was identified by double immunofluorescence staining .RESULTS:Compared with the healthy controls , the inflammation score of periapical lesions was significantly increased in the periapical patients (P<0.01).The density of IL-1βand IL-17 posi-tive MCs in the periapical lesions were obviously higher than that in the healthy controls (P<0.01).However, no signifi-cant difference between periapical cyst and periapical granuloma was observed .The Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between the density of IL-1βand IL-17 double positive MCs and inflammation score in dif-ferent groups of specimens (P<0.01).CONCLUSION:There is significantly increased number of MCs , along with in-creased density of IL-1βand IL-17 positive MCs in human periapical lesions .The increased density of IL-1βand IL-17 positive MCs has the similar tendency as the severity of tissue inflammation in human periapical lesions , suggesting that IL-1βand IL-17 positive MCs may play an important role in the pathogenesis of human periapical diseases .

Objective: To investigate the expression of survivin in nasal-NK/T cell lymphoma,and to analyze the relationship of the expression with caspase-3 and cell proliferation.Methods: We detected the expressions of survivin,caspase-3 and ki-67 by immunohistochemical EnVision System in 50 cases of nasal-NK/T cell lymphoma and 12 normal lymph nodes,and analyzed the correlation of the survivin gene in the tumor tissues with the caspase-3 gene and ki-67 proliferation.Results: The positive expression rate of survivin was 60%(30/50) in the tumor tissues and 16.7%(2/12) in the normal lymph nodes,with significant differences between the 2 groups(P0.05).The ki-67 proliferation index was significantly higher in the survivin-positive lymphomas(38.23?16.54)% than in the survivin-negative ones.The high expression of the survivin gene was closely correlated with the down-regulation of the caspase-3 gene.Conclusion: survivin may prevent cell apoptosis by inhibiting the activity of caspase-3 play an important role in the carcinogenesis of NK/T cell lymphomas by promoting cell proliferating.

Objective:To construct the human DcR3 expression vector and verify its expression in vitro. Methods: 915 bp human DcR3 gene CDS was amplified from porcine lung tissues,and was cloned into eukaryotic expression vector pEF1a-IRES-DsRed-Express2 which show red fluorescence. And then pEF1a-IRES-DsRed-Express2-DcR3 was transfected into LX-2 cells by FuGene HD. Expression of mRNA and protein lever of Human DcR3 were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot. Results:The levels of DcR3 gene transcription and translation in the hepatic stellate cells were significantly increased after transfection with pEF1a-IRES-DsRed-Ex-press2-DcR3 by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis. Conclusion: DcR3 expression vector was successfully constructed and highly expressed in LX-2 cells.

OBJECTIVETo assess bone health in epileptic children who have been treated with topiramate (TPM) or carbamazepine (CBZ).

METHODSSixty-three epileptic children who received TPM or CBZ treatment and 36 eileptic children who did not receive any drug treatment (control group) were enrolled. Bone mineral density (BMD) at lumbar vertebrae (L1-L4) and radius-ulna was evaluated by the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry method. Biochemical indices of bone metabolism, including serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase contents were measured.

RESULTSThe serum calcium content was higher in the TPM group (2.41+/-0.17 mmol/L), but it was lower in the CBZ group (2.15+/-0.26 mmol/L) than that (2.26+/-0.11 mmol/L) in the control group (p<0.05). The serum phosphorus content in both the TPM (1.55+/-0.17 mmol/L) and the CBZ groups (1.52+/-0.26 mmol/L) was significantly lower than that in the control group (1.70+/-0.30 mmol/L) (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in the serum content of alkaline phosphatase between three groups. BMD was significantly reduced in both the TPM and the CBZ groups when compared to the control group (p<0.05).

CONCLUSIONSTPM and CBZ may result in alterations in serum contents of calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase as well as BMD reduction.

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This study is to examine the effects of NNIspm-mediated cellular senescence of HepG2 cells and elucidate its potential molecular mechanism. Cellular senescence was detected with senescence-associated beta-galactosidase staining. Cell cycle distribution, intracellular fluorescence intensity and accumulation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) were detected by high content screening (HCS). Protein expression was detected by Western blotting. Polyamines content was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The results demonstrated that NNIspm significantly induced HepG2 cells senescence. This effect was due to the decrease of intracellular polyamines, the arrest at G0/G1 phase and an increase of ROS level. The molecular senescence marker p21 increased significantly after NNIspm treatment. In contrast, the protein expressions of Cyclin E and CDK2 were obvious down-regulation. The results indicated that cellular senescence induced by NNIspm was one of its antitumor mechanisms.