Peroxiredoxin 1(Prdx1)belongs to peroxide oxidoreductase protein(peroxiredoxin, Prdx)family,which is over-expressed in multiple cancers and it play an important role in antagonizing reactive oxygen species (ROS) therefore as works as anti-oxidations. Its expression is closely related with tumor proliferation, differentiation and metastasis as well as with sensibility to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Its structure and biological function in tumors and regulation mechanism were reviewed in this paper. It can provide evidence to screen new therapeutic targets in the treatment of tumors.

Detection of Plasmodium sporozoites-carrying mosquitoes is an important indicator in monitoring mosquitoes, evaluating the control of malaria and forecasting the incidence of malaria. Here, we review the detection techniques in Plasmodium sporozoites-carrying mosquitoes and the progress of their applied research, and then briefly discuss the principles of the detection and the prospects for the field.

Animals ; Humans ; Reference Standards ; Tissue Banks ; standards ; trends

OBJECTIVETo investigate the relationship between the level of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and idiopathic oligoasthenospermia by measuring the content of DEHP in the semen samples of different subjects.

METHODSWe obtained semen samples from 100 infertile men with idiopathic oligoasthenospermia, 50 working all the year round in the plastic greenhouse (group A) and the other 50 constantly dining from plastic meal boxes (group B). We also enrolled 50 normal male volunteers as controls (group C). We conducted semen analyses using a computer-assisted sperm analyzer, measured the DEHP concentration by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography, and subjected the data to statistic processing by t-test and correlation analysis.

RESULTSThe mean concentrations of DEHP in the seminal plasma were (0.72 +/- 0.48), (0.71 +/- 0.49) and (0.21 +/- 0.18) mg/L in groups A, B and C, respectively, significantly higher in A and B than in C (both P < 0.05). The DEHP concentration was negatively correlated with sperm motility (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe DEHP level in the seminal plasma is higher in infertile men frequently exposed to plastic products than in normal males and excessive DEHP may be one of the important factors of idiopathic male infertility.

Adult ; Case-Control Studies ; Diethylhexyl Phthalate ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Male ; Oligospermia ; etiology ; Plastics ; adverse effects ; Semen ; chemistry

Objective:To analyze the prognosis-related factors of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma in order to set up a prognostic model of serous adenocarcinoma and verify the effectiveness of the model as prognostic clinical criteria.Methods:The clinical, patholo-gical and follow-up data from 181 training samples with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma in Peking University First Hospital during January 1995 to December 2003 and another 42 detection samples with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma in Beijing Cancer Hospital during January 1999 to December 2005 were analyzed retrospectively. Kaplan-Meier univariate analysis was used to screen out prognostic factors; COX univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine the risk coefficient of each factor and different layers in each factor; Pearson rank correlation analysis was used to identify the correlation of each factor. The prognostic model of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma was established on the conversion of risk coefficient to prognostic score and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to determine the cut-off value. The clinical data were collected to verify the sensitivity and specificity of the prognostic model based on the 3-year survival rate and Ki67 value.Results:The survival rate of patients with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma correlated with 6 factors including FIGO stage, histological grade, residual size, metastasis of lymph nodes, general condition after chemotherapy, and serum CA125 levels. The postoperative chemotherapy was an independent factor for prognosis. The prognostic model directly reflected the survival probability of classical COX risk ratio model, with higher score indicating lower survival probability and poorer prognosis. If combining prognostic score with Ki67 the sensitivity and specificity reached 64.7% and 96.0%, respectively.Conclusion:FIGO stage, histological grade, residual size, metastasis of lymph nodes, postoperative chemotherapy and serum CA125 were the prognostic factors of patients with ovarian serous adenocarcinoma. The prognostic model of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma can moderately reflect the actual survival status, and combination with Ki67 will increase the sensitivity and specificity.

Objective To study the expression and interactions of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1),enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) in gastric cancer cell lines and tissue specimens.Methods The expression of DNMT1,EZH2 and HDAC1 was detected at mRNA and protein level in gastric cancer lines MKN28,SGC7901,BGC823,AGS,normal gastric epithelium cell line GES-1 and 10 pairs of fresh gastric cancer tissues and corresponding normal gastric tissues by real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot.Whether DNMT1,EZH2 and HDAC1 forming complex or not was detected by co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) in well-differentiated gastric cancer cell line MKN28,medium-differentiated gastric cancer cell line SGC7901,lowdifferentiated gastric cancer cell line BCG823,normal gastric epithelium cell line GES-1,mediumdifferentiated,medium to low-differentiated,low-differentiated gastric cancer tissues and corresponding normal gastric tissues.Results Compared with that of normal gastric epithelium cell and gastric tissue,the expression of DNMT1,EZH2 and HDAC1 in gastric cancer cell lines and gastric tissue was higher.The results of Co-IP indicated that DNMT1,EZH2 and HDAC1 formed complex in the high,medium,and poor differentiated gastric cancer cells and the medium,mediumlow,poor differentiated gastric cancer tissues,but not in normal gastric epithelium cell and tissue.Conclusion DNMT1,EZH2 and HDAC1 highly expressed in gastric cancer and there was interaction effects among them,which might be an important mechanism in the correlation between DNA methylation and histone modifications in gastric cancer.

ObjectiveTo analyze the clinicopathologic characteristics and survival of ethnic minority female patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Methods The clinicopathological characteristics,including age at diagnosis,size of tumor mass,lymphnode involvement,adjuvant therapy,recurrence of disease and survival of patient,of 48 ethnic minority patient cases with TNBC negative for estrogen receptor (ER),progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her-2) were analyzed,whom were treated in our hospital from January 2001 to December 2005,including age at diagnosis,size of tumor mass,lymph node involvement,adjuvant therapy,recurrence of disease and survival of patients.ResultsOf the 48 patients,median age was 47 years,and 83.3 ％ (39 cases) of patients had stage Ⅱ or Ⅲ disease.The majority(85.4 ％,41 cases)of pathological types were grade Ⅱ or Ⅲ invasive ductal carcinomas,and lymph node involvement was detected in 56.2 ％ (27 cases) of these patients at initial diagnosis.46 patients were followed and had adjuvant therapy.Tumor-free survival and overall survival at 5 years were 43.5 ％ (20/46) and 52.2 ％ (24/46),respectively.Patients with lymph node involved had only 38.5 ％ (10/46) of overall survival at 5 years.ConclusionThe incidence of triple negative breast cancer of female patients in Xinjiang multiple minority groups is similar to domestic study,and the rates of over all survival is lower than that in Han Chinese patients. The female patients with TNBC in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region multiple minority groups showed higher lymph node involvement at initial diagnosis and more distal metastasis.Patients with lymph node involved had poor survival.

Objective: To explore the pattem of lymphatic metastasis and influencing factors of thoracic esophageal carcinoma. Methods: We reviewed the pathological specimens from 229 esophageal carcinoma patients who underwent radical esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy. A total of 2,458 lymph nodes were dissected. We analyzed the lymph node metastasis pattern of the primary tumor in different loca-tions and the corresponding influencing factors such as pathological T stage, tumor length, pathological mor-phology and tumor differentiation. Results: Lymph node metastasis rates were 44.5% (102/229) and 10.5% (258/2458), respectively. For patients with upper thoracic esophageal carcinomas, lymphatic metastasis rates in the superior mediastinum, the middle mediastinum, the inferior mediastinum and the abdominal cavity were 19.0%, 6.7%, 9.8% and 12.2%, respectively. For patients with middle thoracic esophageal carcinomas, the rates were 26.1%, 7.4%, 11.8% and 11.9%, respectively. For patietns with lower thoracic esophageal carcino-mas, the rates were 0, 1.6%, 5.3%, and 10.0%, respectively. Lymphatic metastasis rate in T_1, T_2, T_3, T_4, stage cancer were 28.6%, 43.8%, 47.6%, and 31.3%, respectively; the rate of positive lymph nodes were 7.9%, 10.8%, 10.7%, and 10.8%, respectively, with no significant differences among the four stages (x~2=2.733, P=0.435 and x~2=0.686, P=0.876). Lymphatic metastasis rate and rate of positive lymph nodes in patients with tu-mor ≤3cm, 3 to 5cm, and >5cm were 45.2% and 43.4%, 46.2% and 9.1%, and 11.6% and 11.7%, respective-ly, with no significant differences (x~2=0.094, P=0.954 and x~2=3.933, P=0.140). Lymphatic metastasis ratios of the pathological morphology in medullary, ulcerative, mushroom and stenotic types were 14.0%, 9.6%, 4.3% and 18.3%, respectively (x~2=19.292, P=0.000). Lymphatic metastasis rate and rate of positive lymph nodes of squamous cell carcinoma of moderately and poorly differentiation were 42.5%, 75.0% and 9.5%, 18.6%, re-spectively (x~2=4.852, P=0.028 and x~2=11.323, P=0.001). Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of poorly dif-ferentiation had a higher rate of lymph node metastasis. Conclusion: Lymphatic metastasis of esophageal car-cinoma metastasize widely even if in early T stage. Pathological morphology and tumor differentiation are re-lating facors of lymph node metastasis of thoracic esophageal carcinoma.

Humans ; Hyperphosphatemia ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Phytotherapy ; methods

0.05)respectively.Histological changes of donor biopsy before implantation and 30 min after reperfusion were similar in two groups.Conclusion Within the cold ischemic time considered,Celsior and UW solution are equal in effectiveness for clinical use in liver transplantation.