Congresses as Topic ; Head and Neck Neoplasms

Objective To evaluate the effects of mechanical stretch preconditioning on pathological stretch-induced damage to type Ⅱ alveolar epithelial cells.Methods A549 cells cultured in vitro were randomly divided into 6 groups (n =5 each)using a random number table:control group (Ⅰ group),pathological stretch group (Ⅱ group) and different time mechanical stretch preconditioning + pathological stretch group (group Ⅲ-Ⅵ).A549 cells were exposed to 20％ cyclic stretch at 0.3 Hz for 6 h in Ⅱ group.In Ⅲ-Ⅵ groups,A549 cells were exposed to 5％ cyclic stretch at 0.3 Hz for 15,30,60 and 120 min,respectively,and then exposed to 20％ cyclic stretch at 0.3 Hz for 6 h.After the end of pathological stretch,the apoptosis in cells was detected using flow cytometry and was calculated.F-actin expression was determined using flow cytometry.Results Compared with group Ⅰ,the apoptosis rate was significantly increased,and the expression of F-actin was up-regulated in Ⅱ group.Compared with group Ⅱ,the apoptosis rate was significantly increased in groups Ⅳ-Ⅵ,and the expression of F-actin was up-regulated in groups Ⅴ and Ⅵ.Conclusion Preconditioning with mechanical stretch (30-120 min) can mitigate pathological stretch-induced damage to type Ⅱ alveolar epithelial cells.

Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common malignant tumor of the liver in children,and it is most prevalent in children under 5 years old.The overall prognosis of childhood HB has been improved significantly due to multidisciplinary team approach consisting with surgical resection and combination chemotherapy.Nevertheless,the clinical outcomes of metastatic and relapsed HB remain to be poor.This paper makes a brief review on the pathogenesis,diagnosis and treatment of HB.

Objective To establish a method for the determination of arsenic in urine by microwave digestion-oscillopolarographic method. Methods The urine samples were treated by microwave digestion. After being reduced to As3+,total arsenic in the samples was determined by oscillopolarographic method in the system of H2SO4-KBr-Se4+. The experiment conditions were optimized. Results The linear range of the method was 0-50 ?g/L(r=0.999 8),the limit of detection was 0.67 ?g/L,the relative standard deviation was 1.44%,and the rates of recovery were 95.0% -103.0%. Conclusion The method is simple,rapid,accurate and applicable to the determination of arsenic in human urine,which presents an advantage of low losing of arsenic in the treatment and determination.

Objective To investigate the effects of propofol administered before, with or after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the acute lung injury (ALI) induced by IPS in rats. Methods Seventy-six male Wistar rats weighing 250-290 g were randomly divided into 5 groups : (A) control group received only normal saline (n = 8); (B) LPS group received LPS 8 mg?kg-1 iv (n = 17); (C, D, E) propofol group-Ⅰ,Ⅱ, Ⅲreceived propofol (a bolus of 5 mg?kg-1 followed by infusion at 10 mg?kg-1?h-1) 1 h before (group C, propofol - Ⅰ , n = 17) , simultaneously with (group D, propofol-Ⅱ, n=17) or 1h after LPS administration (group E, propofol-Ⅲ , n = 17) . The animals were observed for 5h after LPS administration for MAP monitoring and mortality and then killed. The lungs were immediately removed for determination of expressions of nitrotyrosine protein and iNOS mRNA, wet / dry lung weight ratio and pulmonary permeability index (PPI). The lungs were also lavaged. The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALE) was collected for measurement of TNF-?, NO and protein contents. Results In group C and D propofol given before and simultaneously with LPS significantly inhibited the increase in nitrotyrosine protein and iNOS expression induced by LPS, improved MAP, reduced 5h mortality rate, decreased PPI and protein, NO and TNF-?contents in BALF compared with group B (P

Objective The aims were to investigate the value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT in the diagnosis of bronehioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) and its metabolic and anatomic features in differentiating from non-BAC adenocareinoma (non-BAC AC ). Methods This was a retrospective 18F-FDG PET/CT study on a consecutive series of 87 patients (32 BAC, 55 non-BAC AC) with 110 pathology-proven lesions. The maximum standardized uptake value ( SUVmax) was calculated for all lesions. Tumor's location, morphology and margins, internal structures were analyzed on CT. Statistical analysis compared the mean SUVmax between the two groups, analysed the relationship between tumor subtype and features on CT and compared the diagnostie aeeuraeies with PET alone, CT alone and PET/CT. The t-test, McNemar test, Fisher exact test were used to analyze the data using SPSS 12.0. Results Significant differences were found between mean SUVmax in a total of 47 lesions with BAC and 63 lesions with non-BAC AC (1.51±0.17 vs 6.28± 3.04, t=-10.374, P <0.0001 ). Pure ground glass density, which was foued in BAC, was the most significant CT feature in distinguishing tumor types ( Fisher exact test, P<0.0001 ). Diagnos-tic accuracies were 88% (28/32) with PET/CT, 47% (15/32) with PET and 66% (21/32) with CT. Differences in aeeuraeies between PET and PET/CT and between CT and PET/CT were statistically signifi-cant (P= 0.001,0.039 ). Conclusions Diagnostie accuracy can be higher by understanding the function-al eharaeteristies on PET and anatomical features on CT. The presence of persistent ground glass in a lesion on CT is a significant feature for BAC and should raise the suspicion of this tumor type even in cases of low 18F-FDG activity.

Child ; Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Leukemia ; immunology ; prevention & control ; Vaccination

Helicobacter Infections ; complications ; Helicobacter pylori ; Hematologic Diseases ; complications ; Humans

Objective To investigate the expression of PD‐L1 in the CD4+CD25hiCD127low/‐ Treg cells in the peripheral blood of colon cancer and the correlation with clinical stage .Methods The expression of PD‐L1 on CD4+CD25hiCD127low/‐Treg cells from 47 samples of the peripheral blood of colon cancer was analyzed by flow cytometry .Results Compared with those from healthy do‐nor ,the proportion of CD4+CD25hiCD127low/‐Treg cells and expression of PD‐L1 on these cells increased significantly (P<0 .01) . Further analysis showed that expression of PD‐L1 increased with the increase of clinical stage of colon cancer (P<0 .01) ,and de‐creased significantly after postoperation (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Increase of proportion of CD4+CD25hiCD127low/‐Treg cells and the expression of PD‐L1 may enhance the suppression of antitumor immunity ,and thereby promote tumor immunoescape .