The CHISS statistical software which has its own copyright protection in China is applied to the teaching in medical statistical. A questionnaire was carried out among 135 applicants after they had learnt the modern statistical method for 18 teaching hours and practiced on computers with CHISS for 6 teaching hours. Those applicants gave out the evaluations: CHISS has the character of convenient and visual demonstration. It can meet the needs of medical statistical teaching and doing research.

BACKGROUND:Reducing the ischemia-reperfusion injury in the system of simulated in vivo physiological environment for amputated limbs, can extend the preservation time and improve the replantation success rate of amputated limb. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of Mailuoning on the ischemia-reperfusion injury in the system of simulated in vivo physiological environment for amputated limbs. METHODS:The left hind legs harvested from 18 healthy adult male Bama mini-pigs were randomly divided into three groups:cold storage group, blood perfusion group, Mailuoning combined blood perfusion group, with six pigs in each group. After the left hind legs of each pig in al groups were amputated and stored at room temperature for 3 hours, the amputated legs were placed at 4 ℃, perfused with blood, or perfused with Mailuoning combined blood. After 6 hours of perfusion, the morphology of amputated limbs was observed under transmission electron microscope. The mRNA levels of apoptosis proteins Caspase3 and inflammatory factor interleukin-1βwere detected by real time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Transmission electron microscopy results showed that, the muscle fibers in blood perfusion group and Mailuoning combined blood perfusion group arranged more orderly and were more complete than cold storage group, the swel ing of mitochondria was lighter. In addition, the condition in Mailuoning combined blood perfusion group was better than in blood perfusion group. RT-PCR results showed that the expression of Caspase3 and interleukin-1βwas increased in al groups;at the same time, the expression level in blood perfusion group and Mailuoning combined blood perfusion group was significantly lower than those in cold storage group. Mailuoning combined blood perfusion group had s lower expression than blood perfusion group. In the system of simulated in vivo physiological environment for amputated limbs, Mailuoning can significantly reduce the ischemia/reperfusion injury of skeletal muscle cells and prolong the preservation time of amputated limbs.

Objective To study the feasibility and clinical significance of internal tourniquet (temporary arterial lumen blood flow occlusion by balloon catheter) for controlling the hemorrhage from traumatic neck and adjacent trunk arteries by temporarily occluding the arterial lumen blood flow.Methods The study involved 35 patients with traumatic neck and near trunk arteries who were firstly managed by internal tourniquet during operation to temporarily occlude the proximal aorta blood flow from May 1987 to February 2009.Each blocking time ranged from 30 to 70 minutes and the blocking was performed at an interval of 15 to 20 minutes.Then,surgical therapy was taken.Results After temporary proximal aorta blood flow occlusion with internal tourniquet,the operation presented few bleeding,with a clean operating field and clear anatomic structures.The total intraoperative blood loss was 100-400 ml.All patients were healed without ischemia of brains and limbs or relapse during the 3-14 years of followup.Conclusion Internal tourniquet,which can effectively reduce intraoperative blood loss and improve operation safety by temporarily occluding the proximal aorta blood flow,is an auxiliary approach for treating hemorrhage from traumatic neck and adjacent trunk arteries.

ObjectiveTo study the early diagnosis and prevention of fungal infection in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP). Method 1.SAP patients from July 1998 to June 2002 were prospectively randomized into 3 groups: garlicin prevention group, fluconazole (low dosage) prevention group and control group, the incidence of fungal infection in SAP was compared between the groups. For fungal infection patients, the fungal clearance and mortality rate were observed. 2.Clinical data of SAP patients with fungal infection and with simple bacterial infection was compared by multivariate logistic regression, and clinical characters and risk factors of fungal infection were evaluated. Results 1.There were lower incidences of fungal infection in garlicin group (16% vs. 30%,P

Objective: To investigate the expression of ALC1 protein during esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) development and progression, so as to explore its association with clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival of ESCC patients, and the effect of ALC1 overexpression on malignant biological behavior of esophageal squamous cells. Methods: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to detect ALC1 protein expression in 245 primary ESCC tissues and their paired normal esophageal mucous membranes, and to determine its correlation to gender, age, tumor cell differentiation, invasion, TNM stage, lymph nodes metastasis, and overall surviv-al rate of ESCC patients. MTT assay, colony formation assay, transwell invasion, and wound healing assay were used to observe the ef-fect of ALC1 on ESCC cell proliferation, invasion, and migration. Results: The expression ratio of ALC1 in esophageal squamous cell car-cinoma was higher compared with that in their paired normal esophageal mucous membranes (41.6% vs . 21.2% , P<0.05). Upregula-tion of ALC1 was associated with ESCC invasion, TNM stage, and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). The overall survival of ESCC patients with ALC1 overexpression was significantly lower than that in patients with downregulated ALC1 expression (P=0.002). Therefore, ALC1 may promote the proliferation, invasion, and migration of ESCC cells. Conclusions: ALC1 upregulation may play an important role in the progression and development of ESCC. Upregulation of ALC1 leads to poorer disease prognosis, and could promote the prolifera-tion, invasion, and migration of the KYSE30 ESCC cells. Therefore, ALC1 may have potential prognostic value for ESCC patients.

Objective To determine the prevention and therapy of fungal infection in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Seventy patients with SAP admitted from July,1998 to June,2002 were randomly divided into 3 groups: garlicin prevention group, fluconazole (low dosage) prevention group and control group.The incidence of fungal infection, the fungal clearance and mortality after the treatment were compared. Results The incidence of fungal infection in garlicin group and fluconazole group was lower than that in control group. (16%∶30%,P

OBJECTIVE: The CYP4V2 gene of two pedigrees affected with Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy was analyzed to indentify the cause of the disease and provide a basis for clinical diagnosis. METHODS: The probands were subjected to next generation sequencing (NGS). Suspected variants were verified by Sanger sequencing. Pathogenicity of the variants were searched through relevant databases and PubMed by following the ACMG guidelines. RESULTS: A homozygous variant in the CYP4V2 gene c. (802-8) _810delTCATACAGGTCATCGCTinsGC was detected in proband from pedigree 1, parents did not detect; CYP4V2 genes c. (802-8)_810delTCATACAGGTCATCGCTinsGC and c. 958 C>T (p.Arg320X) compound heterozygous variants existed in the proband of pedigree 2,both parents were variant carriers. The results of Sanger sequencing showed that the variant of CYP4V2 gene in the two families was consistent with the NGS sequencing. The c. (802-8)_810delTCATACAGGTCATCGCTinsGC of CYP4V2 gene was splicing variant, and both splicing variant and nonsense variant could produce truncated nonfunctional protein products. Based on standards and guidelines by American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the CYP4V2 genes c. (802-8)_810del TCATACAGGTCATCGCTinsGC and c. 958 C>T (p.Arg320X) were predicted to be pathogenic variants (PVS1+PS1+PM2+PM3). CONCLUSION The homozygous variant c. (802-8) _810delTCATACAGGTCATCGCTinsGC and the complex heterozygous variants c. (802-8) _810delTCATACAGGTCATCGCTinsGC and c.958C>T (p.Arg320X) in CYP4V2 gene are the cause of the disease in the probands of two pedigrees , respectively.
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary/pathology* ; Cytochrome P450 Family 4/genetics* ; Genetic Variation ; Humans ; Mutation ; Pedigree ; Phenotype ; Retinal Diseases/pathology*

Objective : To investigate the effect of mitochondrial fission protein 1 (FIS1) on apoptosis and cisplatin resistance in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) cells. Methods : The squamous cell carcinoma cell lines SCC9 and CAL27 were used to detect the mRNA and protein levels of FIS1 after cisplatin treatment, the knockdown and overexpression of FIS1 of SCC9 and CAL27 with or without cisplatin treatment were accomplished through small interfering RNA (siRNA) and plasmid, respectively. The mitochondrial division state in cells was detected by mitochondrial staining, and the apoptosis state of cells was detected by TUNEL, flow cytometry and Caspase 3/7. Results: FIS1 protein expression in tongue squamous carcinoma cells treated with cisplatin was increased, but the mRNA level did not change. Silencing of FIS1 expression reduced mitochondrial division and apoptosis in squamous cell carcinoma cells treated with cisplatin, whereas overexpression of FIS1 exhibited the opposite effects. The percentage of dividing mitochondria, the number of apoptotic cells and the activity of Caspase 3/7 in SCC9 and CAL27 cells were significantly different before and after modulation of FIS1 expression (P < 0.05). Conclusion FIS1 is involved in the regulation of cisplatin chemotherapy sensitivity in tongue squamous cell carcinoma and can be used as a new target for improving the sensitivity of cisplatin chemotherapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective : To investigate the differential expression of mitochondrial microRNAs (mitomiRs) in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) and to screen out mitomiRs related to chemotherapy resistance. Methods : Mitochondrial, cytoplasmic, and total cellular RNAs were extracted from the squamous cell carcinoma cell line CAL-27 and the cisplatin-resistant cell line CAL-27-re. High-throughput miRNA microarrays were used to screen for differentially expressed mitomiRs between the drug-resistant and parental cells. The upregulated mitomiRs in the CAL-27 and CAL-27-re cells and in samples from chemoresistant and chemosensitive tongue squamous cell carcinoma patients were verified by qRT-PCR. Results: The microarray detected 263 miRNAs in 6 components of the mitochondrial, cytoplasmic and total cellular RNAs from the CAL-27 and CAL-27-re cells, including 57 mitomiRs and 134 cytoplasmic microRNAs (cytomiRs). Compared with the total miRNAs, 35 mitomiRs were upregulated in the CAL-27-re cells, and 31 mitomiRs were upregulated in the CAL-27 cells (≥ 1.5-fold). Further comparative analysis of mitomiRs that were differentially expressed between the parental and drug-resistant cells identified 11 upregulated mitomiRs (miR-2392, miR-4462, miR-1290, miR-4449, miR-1268a, miR-1246, and miR-371a-5p, miR-3934-5p, miR-4271, miR-513p, and miR-664b-3p) and 5 downregulated mitomiRs (miR-188-5p, miR-1973, miR -3653, miR-4499, and miR-5787); the expression levels of the other 41 mitomiRs were almost identical in both cell lines. The qRT-PCR results were consistent with the miRNA microarray results. The 11 upregulated mitomiRs that were validated between the CAL-27 and CAL-27-re cells included miR-1268a, miR-2392, miR-4462, and miR-1290. Additionally, 5 mitomiRs, including miR-4449, were upregulated in the clinical chemotherapy-resistant tongue squamous cell carcinoma samples. Conclusion Differentially expressed mitomiRs were found between cisplatin-resistant and cisplatin-sensitive tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells. mitomiRs with high expression levels (miR-2392, miR-4462, miR-1290, miR-4449 and miR-1268a) may play important roles in the drug resistance of tongue squamous cell carcinoma.