Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a special type of breast cancer, accounting for 15%-20% of all diagnosed breast cancer cases. Its estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) expression is negative, with unique biological characteristics, clinicopathological features and tumor heterogeneity. Its clinical features include high incidence of relapse, early metastasis and poor prognosis. Currently, it lacks effective treatment. This review described the clinicopathological features of TNBC, its molecular subtypes, several important pathways and targets, as well as presented the progress in clinical studies of targeted drugs in the hope of generating new ideas for the treatment of TNBC in the future.

This paper deals with the analysis and discussion on how to harmonize the following three relations respectively between general objective and concrete objective, pertinence and systematicness as well as political nature and actualization in ideological and political theory education and teaching in higher institutions.

BACKGROUND: Scoparone,which is a major principle separated from traditional Chinese herbs artemisia scoparia, which possesses actions of immunosuppression, anti-inflammation and relaxing bronchial smooth muscle. It' s not known whether scoparone possesses the regulation of the imbalance of interferon-gamma(IFN-γ) and interleukin-4(IL-4) in asthmatic guinea pig.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the inhibition and immunoregulation of scoparone on asthmatic guinea pig.DESIGN: Randomized controlled study based on the experimental animals.SETTING: Department of ethnopharmaeology in a university.MATERIALS: The experiment was completed in the Department of Ethnopharmacology,China Medical University between July 2000 and March 2002. Totally 84 male guinea pigs were selected at sanitation grade,weighting about(200 ± 50) g.INTERVENTIONS: The ameliorative effects of scoparone on the imbalance of IFN-γ and IL-4 in asthmatic guinea pigs were investigated by using the acute and delayed asthmatic guinea pigs which were respectively challenged by the aerosol mixture of 10 g/L histamine and 1 g/L acetylcholine,and 10 mL/L ovalbumin.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The asthmatic latent periods in acute and delayed asthma, and the levels of IgE, IL-4 and IFN-γ in serum and pulmonary tissue homogenate in the asthmatic animals.RESULTS: Scoparone significantly prolonged the asthmatic latent periods in acute and delayed asthma,observably reduced the levels of IgE and IL-4 and raised the content of IFN-γin serum and pulmonary tissue homogenate in the asthmatic animals (P<0. 05).CONCLUTION: The anti-asthmatic effects of scoparone result from the ameliorative effects on the imbalance of IFN-γ/IL-4 ratio thereby to inhibit the abnormal synthesis of IgE.

Objective To research the clinical rehabilitative effect of repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.Methods Fifty-five PD patients were randomly divided into an rTMS treatment group (n =29) and a sham stimulation group (n =26).The treatment group received a course of 0.5 Hz rTMS treatment,while the sham stimulation group had the same treatment but with no energy output.Both groups were evaluated using a non-motor symptoms questionnaire (NMSQuest),the Hamilton depression scale (HAMD),the Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS),the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and the scale for outcomes in PD for autonomic symptoms (SCOPA-AUT) before treatment,immediately after,and a month after treatment.Results Compared with before treatment,the average NMSQuest score of the treatment group declined significantly,though 1 month after treatment the improvement was no longer significant.After treatment and 1 month later the average NMSQuest score of the sham stimulation group increased gradually.The effect in the treatment group was therefore significantly better than in the sham stimulation group.After treatment and 1 month later the average HAMD score of the treatment group was significantly lower than before treatment while the average HAMD score of the sham stimulation group had increased gradually.The improvement in depression in the treatment group was therefore significantly better than in the sham stimulation group.After treatment,sleep disorders in the treatment group had been significantly alleviated,but one month later the improvement was no longer significant compared with before treatment.PDSS scores in the sham stimulation group declined gradually,but the improvement in sleep disorders among the treatment group was significantly better than among the sham stimulation group.Cognition improved significantly among the treatment group right after treatment,but 1 month later it had worsened while the MMSE scores of the sham stimulation group decreased gradually.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant.The average SCOPA-AUT scores of the two groups were not significantly different from each other or from the scores before treatment.Conclusion Repeated TMS can improve most non-motor symptoms of PD.The improvement in depression is the most significant.A short course of rTMS has no obvious rehabilitative effect on the autonomic function disorders of PD patients.

Objective To evaluate the effect of injecting botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) to the external urethral sphincter on detrusor wall thickness (DWT) and the bladder function of spinal cord injury patients with detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia (DSD).Methods Twenty-one adult patients with DSD due to spinal cord injury were recruited.A single 100 IU dose of botulinum toxin A was injected into their external urethral sphincters via an uhrasound-guided transperineal route.DWT,detrusor leak-point pressure (DLPP),post-void residual volume (PRV) and maximum bladder capacity(MBC) were assessed by urodynamic examination and ultrasound evaluation before and 4 and 8 weeks after the injection.Results Four weeks later a significant decrease in PRV was observed,but no significant difference in DWT,DLPP or MBC.After eight weeks the mean DWT value had decreased by 17％,a significant reduction.There were also significant improvements in DLPP,PRV and MBC at eight weeks compared with the of baseline values.Conclusions BTX-A injection to the external urethral sphincter can reduce DWT and improve bladder function in spinal cord injury patients with DSD.

Objective To discuss the effects of two different fluid resuscitation methods on early resuscitation and clinical prognosis in traumatic shock patients. Methods One hundred and twenty-six patients were treated with two different fluid resuscitation methods in traumatic shock (TS). These patients were randomly divided into 2 groups according to the strategy: the conventional resuscitation group (conventional group, 66 cases), the hypertouic saline solution resuscitation group (hypertonic saline group, 60 cases).The heart rate, blood pressure, breath, blood Na+ ,blood Cl-, the original thrombin time before and after the resuscitation and the syndrome were observed and analyzed. Results The input in the conventional group was (3000±500) mL, in the hypertonic saline group was (2000±200) mL. The difference of the input between the two groups was significant (P < 0. 05). The difference of the heart rate, blood pressure,breath, and the original thrombin time before and after half hour to one hour of the resuscitation in the two groups was not significant (P<0.05). The difference of the blood NA+, blood CL- and the original thrombin time before and after half hour to one hour of the resuscitation in the two groups was not significant (P <0. 05). The difference of the ARDS incidence, MODS incidence, cure rate and death rate from onset of the diseases to hospitalization in the two groups was significant (P <0. 05). Conclusions The fluid resuscitation strategy with hypertonic saline in early period of traumatic shock is efficient, which can work well with low fluid quantity, enhance blood pressure in short time, improve breath quality, save time for the operation of the primary injury, heighten the resuscitation rate, decrease the syndrome incidences and the death rate. The early fluid resuscitation strategy is worthy of clinical application and popularization.

Gene therapy refers to the introduction of normal genes into human target cells for correcting gene defects or exerting therapeutic action,and thus achieves the goal of treatment of disease.Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are stem cells that possess self-renewal and multi-directional differentiation potential and easy to amplify in vitro,and they also express many therapeutic exogenous genes in vitro or in vivo.So BMSCs have been regarded as an ideal target cell of cell and gene therapy.This article reviews the biological characteristic of BMSCs,some commonly used gene therapy vectors and their applications in gene therapy of central nervous system diseases.

Background and purpose:Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is with high invasion, poor prognosis and lack of usefull treatment. This study investigated expression status of ICAM-1 protein in TNBC in order to explore its relationship with clinicopathological features and outcome in patients.Methods:Fifty-nine tissue samples of TNBC were collected while 50 cases of para-carcinoma tissue samples were used as negative controls. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted to detect expression level of ICAM-1 protein. The relationship of ICAM-1 protein expression with clinicopathological features (age, tumor size, subtype, grade, status of lymph node metastasis, TNM stage, vascular tumor thrombus, nerve inifltration, Ki-67, p53 and E-cadherin expression) and outcome in patients were analyzed.Results:The ICAM-1 protein expression of TNBC was signiifcantly higher than that in adjacent tissues (P=0.000). ICAM-1 expression was related to status of lymph node metastasis, grade and TNM stage (with aP-value of 0.036, 0.027 and 0.048, respectively), while demonstrated an undeifned relationship with tumor size, subtype, vascular tumor thrombus and expression of Ki-67, p53 and E-cadherin. The disease-free survival (DFS) of ICAM-1 high expression set was shorter than that of the lower one but has nothing to do with overall survival (OS). In addition, Cox proportional hazards model showed that ICAM-1 expression and lymph node metastasis were independent risk factors of DFS in patients (HR=3.2, 95%CI: 1.6 to 6.4, HR=2.7, 95%CI: 1.28 to 5.9,P<0.05).Conclusion:ICAM-1 could serve as a predictive factor for differentiation status of TNBC. The high expression of ICAM-1 in TNBC may indicate poorer prognosis.

AIM To study the changes of IgE, IL-4 and IFN-y in serum and pulmonary tissue homogenate of asthmatic guinea pigs and the effects of scoparone on them. METHODS To divide animals into three groups: control, asthma and scoparone treatment groups. Choose the model guinea pigs of asthma sensitized with OA, and observe the changes of IgE, IL-4 and IFN-r in serum and pulmonary tissue homogenate of asthmatic guinea pigs and the effects of scoparone on them by means of chemolumi nescence, radio immunoassay, enzyme-linked immunoabsordent assay. RESULTS IgE and IL-4 in serum and pulmonary tissue homoge-nate of asthmatic guinea pigs obviously increase (P

Background and purpose:The time from ifrst onset of symptoms or signs to a deifnitive diagnosis is deifned as diagnostic interval (DI). The relation of DI to other clinicopathological parameters andthe impact of DI on prognosis of patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remain unclear.This article plans to make an intensive study of these questions.Methods:The clinical records of a series of 83 consecutively presenting unselected patients referred to the Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital with diagnosed TNBC between September 2009 and September 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical and pathological factors included were investigated by univariate analysis using the Kaplan-Meier method, the factors associated with prognosis were further evaluated by multivariable analysis with Cox progression model.t-test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to study the correlation between DI and other characters.Results:DI: stage T3>T1 (P=0.01), stageⅢ>Ⅱ (P=0.03) andⅠ (P=0.01). Compared with patients of DI≥3 months, the <3 months group had earlier age (P=0.028) and TNM stage (P=0.035). T stage, N stage, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, TNM stage and DI are inlfuencing factors of overall survival (OS). Age, T stage, N stage, TNM stage, menstrual status and neoadjuvant chemotherapy are inlfuencing factors of progression-free survival (PFS). TNM staging is an independent inlfuencing factor for OS and PFS.Conclusion:Patients with later disease stage were more likely to have a longer DI; The shorter DI, the earlier age and stage of disease; DI is the inlfuence factor of OS; TNM stage is an independent inlfuencing factor for OS and PFS.