Objective:To observe the effect of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on proliferation and apoptosis of ovarian cancer cell lines(SKOV3 and 3AO)and on expression of mismatch repair(MMR)genes(hMLH1 and hMSH2)in SKOV3 and 3AO cells.Methods:Human ovarian cancer cell lines SKOV3 and 3AO were treated for 3 d with 5-aza-CdR(0.5,5,50 ?mol/L),a specific demethylation agent,and then cultured in RPMI 1640 medium for another 7 d.The cells growth was observed by MTT assay before and after 5-aza-CdR treatment and the cell apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry.The expression of hMLH1 and hMSH2 mRNA was examined by semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).Results:5-aza-CdR(0.5,5,50 ?mol/L)obviously inhibited the growth of SKOV3 and 3AO cells compared in a concentration dependent manner.The apoptosis rates of SKOV3 cells were(10.59?1.57)%,(17.52?1.72)%,(34.10?1.45)% after treated with 0.5,5,50 ?mol/L 5-aza-CdR,respectively;and the apoptosis rates of 3AO cells were(11.11?2.21)%,(17.24?1.11)%,and(26.53?2.00)%,respectively,which were all markedly higher than those of control group(P

Objective To study the immune tolerance effect after renal transplantation,an animal model of tolerant dentritic cell adaptive transfer renal transplantation was constructed.Methods Tolerant Dentritic cells from SD rats were separated and purification in vitro,after a series of procedures,the Dentritic cells were administrated in the portal vein of Wistar rats,then conduct the operation of renal transplantation for Wistar rats.Renal tissue pathology and splenic lymphocyte reaction were test in 3、5、7、9、11、和13d after renal transplantation.Results After the renal transplantation,time of acute rejection happened in control group and experimental group is 4.69?1.26d and 10.69?1.63d,respectively.The mean survive time between two group has significant difference.Conclusion Renal transplantation immune tolerance could be induced by the tolerant dentritic cell of donor,by the mean of administrating the cell into host portal vein.The immune tolerance has specificity.

Objective To detect de novo development of anti-HLA antibodies after renal transplantation, and to investigate their influence on graft function. Methods 384 kidney recipients,who were negative for anti-HLA antibody before transplantation, were monitored for anti-HLA antibodies over a period of 3-96 months, and a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect anti-HLA antibodies. HLA antibody ＞10 % was defined as positive levels. Results Among 384 recipients tested, 318 recipients (82. 8 %) were negative for anti-HLA antibody after transplantation; 66 recipients (17. 2 %) developed de novo HLA antibodies, 3 recipients with HLA class Ⅰ, 61 with HLA class Ⅱ, 2 with both HLA class Ⅰ and Ⅱ. According to amino acid residue matching, 7 cases developed de novo antibodies among 92 recipients with 0 HLA-DR mismatches,compared with 59 cases among 292 recipients with 1-2 mismatches, which showed significant difference between two groups (P＜0. 01 ). 87. 4 % (278/318) recipients negative for HLA antibodies after transplantation achieved good graft function, in comparison with 65. 2 % (43/66) recipients positive for HLA antibodies (P＜0. 05). Conclusion De novo production of HLA antibodies posttransplantation may be closely associated with HLA-DR mismatch. De novo HLA antibodies posttransplantation might damage graft function and reduce graft survival rate. The detection of de novo development of anti-HLA antibodies after renal transplantation has clinical significance for assessing renal allograft function.

Objective To investigate the influencing factors for knowledge,attitude and practice(KAP)of the Three-manager mode about hierarchical medical system of Chronic diseases of the community residents in Xiamen,and provide references for the implementation of hierarchical medical system.Methods Multi-stage random sampling method was adopted,and 400 residents were randomly sampled from 5 communities of Xiamen for questionnaire survey.The survey features the dependent variable of the community residents′ knowing and joining-in the Three-manager mode,the internal factors(social demographic characteristics),and the external factors(medical expenditure and healthcare insurance).On such basis,four logistic regression models were built for analysis of such influencing factors.Results 41.10% of the surveyed were aware of the Three-manager mode,and 39.71% of the hypertension/diabetes patients among them joined in the hypertension network or diabetes network.Age,education,medical expenditure and referral experiences were significant influencing factors for KAP level of the Three-manager mode,while the residents of older age,higher education and referral experiences were high in their KAP;those of lower per capita monthly income,hypertension or diabetes,with coverage of medical insurance and satisfied with medical consultation in community were high in their awareness of Three-manager mode.Conclusions The KAP level of Three-manager mode of the community residents in Xiamen is acceptable,yet expected of further improvement.Room of further improvement includes enhancement of synergy of the Three-manager mode,enhanced motivation of government financial support and medical insurance,better service functions of community institutions,and especially the construction of hierarchical medical system.

The hybrid pencil beam model (HPBM) is an effective algorithm for calculating electron dose distribution in radiotherapy. The mean energy distribution of incident electron beam in phantom is one of the factors that affect the calculation accuracy of HPBM, especially in field edge areas near the end of the electron range. A new fitted formula based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulation data for electron beams with energy range of 6-20 MeV in the homogeneous water phantom is proposed in this paper. The precision of the fitted formula within the scope of the energy was evaluated by comparing the electron dose distribution of ECWG measured data with that obtained from HPBM which took the mean electron energy that calculated by the fitted formula and the existed empirical formula, respectively. The results showed that the accuracy of dose distribution that obtained by the mean electron energy calculated with the fitted formula increased about 1%.
Algorithms ; Electrons ; Humans ; Monte Carlo Method ; Phantoms, Imaging ; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted ; Water

Objective To investigate the clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with thymoma and patients with thymoma and myasthenia gravis ( MG) . Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinicopathological data of 161 patients pathologically diagnosed with thymoma alone or thymoma and MG from 2008 to 2014. In those patients, 128 had thymoma with MG and 33 had thymoma alone. The survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan?Meier method and analyzed using χ2 test or Fisher′s exact probability test. Results The mean age of onset was 45. 2 years for patients with thymoma and MG and 48. 5 years for patients with thymoma alone. In patients with thymoma and MG, 74. 2% had a tumor diameter of ≤5 cm, while 75. 8% of patients with thymoma alone had a tumor diameter of ≥5 cm. According to the Masaoka staging system, 78. 1% of patients with thymoma and MG had stage Ⅰ+Ⅱdisease, while 51. 1% of patients with thymoma alone had stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ disease. There was no significant difference in the 3?year overall survival ( OS) rate between the two groups ( 98. 1% vs. 81. 8%, P=1. 000) . The 5?year OS rate was significantly higher in patients with thymoma and MG than in patients with thymoma alone ( 91. 1% vs. 42. 9%, P= 0. 000 ) . In all patients, 140 patients with complete resection had significantly higher 3?and 5?year OS rates than 21 patients with incomplete resection ( 97. 2% vs. 58. 8%, P=0. 000;92. 7% vs. 25. 0%, P=0. 000). In patients with stage Ⅱ disease, there were no significant differences in the 3?or 5?year OS rates between patients with complete resection alone ( n=25) and patients with complete resection and postoperative radiotherapy ( n=25) ( 95% vs. 100%, P=1. 000;86% vs. 100%, P=0. 467). Conclusions Compared with patients with thymoma alone, patients with thymoma and MG have an earlier age of onset, substantially smaller tumor diameters, and earlier Masaoka stages. MG and complete resection are positive prognostic factors for patients with thymoma. Radiotherapy after complete resection can reduce the recurrence rate in patients with stage Ⅱ disease.

Objective To compare Luminex vs.ELISA methods in detecting HLA antibodies in kidney transplant recipients and their relation to acute rejection.Method Blood samples from 34 kidney transplant recipients were collected and the HLA antibodies were detected by both Luminex and ELISA methods.The sensitivity and specificity of both methods for predicting the development of acute rejection were analyzed.Results Fourteen recipients (14/34,41.17％) positive for HLA class Ⅰ antibodies were detected by using Luminex method,whereas only 1 case (1/34,2.9％) was detected with positive HLA class Ⅰ antibodies by ELISA method (P＜0.05).Similarly,13 recipients (13/34,38.24％) positive for HLA class Ⅱ antibodies were detected by using Luminex method,whereas the positive rate of HLA class Ⅱ antibodies by using ELISA method was 8.8％ (3/34,P＜0.05).The sensitivity and specificity of Luminex method for predicting the acute rejection were 80％ and 92.3％ respectively,in comparison to 30％ and 77.4％ respectively by ELISA method.Conclusion Compared to the traditional ELISA-based method,Luminex method has a better sensitivity and specificity for predicting the development of acute rejection.

Objective:To detect the expression of BTLA on Treg cells of HIV-infected patients and investigate the role of BTLA in HIV infection.Methods: Forty-four HIV-1-infected patients (twenty-four early HIV infection,fourteen chronic HIV-infected patients with CD4+ T counts> 200 cells/μl,AIDS patients with CD4+T counts<200 cells/μl) and nine healthy people served as normal controls were selected to detect the expression of BTLA on Treg cells by flow cytometry.The correlations between BTLA expression on Treg cells and disease progression or immune activation were studied.Results: There was a higher percentage of BTLA on Treg cells in chronic HIV patients and AIDS patients than that in early HIV infected patients(P<0.05,P<0.01),and the expression of BTLA on Treg cells in AIDS patients was higher than that in normal controls(P<0.05).The expression of BTLA on Treg cells was negatively correlated with CD4+T lymphocyte counts and positively correlated with viral load (P<0.001,P<0.01).The percentage of BTLA on Treg cells was positively correlated with CD4+CD38+T lymphocytes and CD4+HLA-DR+T lymphocytes(P<0.001,P<0.001).Conclusion: Increased BTLA expression on HIV-infected Treg cells is associated with disease progression,suggesting that it may accelerate disease progression by enhancing Treg cells inhibitory function and may provide intervention information for HIV infection in the future.

Objective To analyze the clinical application of donor specific antibodies (DSAs) detected by a single antigen Luminex virtual crossmatch,and to discuss the treatment of DSA and the impact of DSA on renal function.Methods Serum from living-relative renal recipients before and after transplantation was investigated using a Luminex single antigen assay.The relation between DSA and renal acute rejection as well as renal function was analyzed.Results A total of 30 patients and 173 serum samples were tested,including 47 serum samples before transplantation,and 126 after transplantation.DSA was positive in one patient before transplantation,and 8 patients after transplantation.Three of the patients positive for DSA were treated by Bortezomib,3 by addition of MMF,2 by addition of CNI,1 by addition of Sirolimus.The MFI of DSA in one of the patients treated by Bortezomib was decreased to below 1000,while that in the other two decreased by more than 50 ％.The renal eGFR at the time with and without DSA was (1.50 ± 0.59) and (1.23 ± 0.38)ml/s respectively (P＜0.05).Conclusion Dynamic monitoring of single bead antigen antibody DSA conduces to direct the adjustment of immunosuppressant.The appearance of DSA contributes to the declination of renal function.Application of Bortezomib decreased the MFI of DSA.

Objective To investigate the safety and efficacy of three column osteotomy (3-CO) procedures through previous spinal fusion site for the revision surgical treatment in severe spinal deformity patients.Methods From Oct.2010 to May 2014 in our hospital,a total of 12 severe spinal deformity patients underwent 3-CO for the revision surgical treatment.There were 7 males and 5 females with the average age of (21.8±3.8) years,ranging from 18 to 30 years.The mean time from the initial operation to the revision surgery was (10.2±4.8) years (ranging from 3 to 17 years).The reasons for revision were:curve progression in 7 patients,neurologic deficit in 2 cases,implant failure in 1 patient and pseudarthrosis in 2 patients.The coronal parameters including major Cobb angle and distance between C7 plumb line and center sacral vertical line (C7PL-CSVL),and the sagittal parameters including global kyphosis curve and sagittal vertical axis (SVA) were measured pre-operatively,post-operatively and at last followup,respectively.The operation time,intraoperative blood loss and complications were recorded.The paired t test was used to evaluate the difference among pre-revision,post-revision and last follow-up.Results The average operation time was (451.7±83.1) min (range,320-600 min) and the average blood loss was (4 016.7± 1 080.0) ml (range,2 700-6 000 ml).The average follow-up time after revision operation was (35.4±9.8) months (range,24-49 months).The coronal Cobb angles of pre-revision and post-revision were 83.8°±23.3°and 34.6°± 13.7°.The average correction rate was 60.1％ ±8.8％.At last follow-up,the average coronal Cobb angle was 34.9°±13.8°,there was no significant loss of correction.The pre-revision and post-revision values of global kyphosis were 99.1°±13.3°and 38.7°±7.8° with a mean correction rate of 60.8％ ±6.7％.At the last follow-up,the average global kyphosis was 39.3°±7.5°and no loss of correction was found.For the C7PL-CSVL and SVA,pre-revision (30.3± 17.1) mm and (40.1±31.1) mm were corrected to (14.3 ±7.6) mm and (19.1± 12.3) mm immediately after revision operation,respectively.At final follow-up,the average C7PL-CSVL and SVA were(14.1 ± 7.6) mm and (19.6± 12.1) mm,the correction was well maintained.Obviously,two patient's neurological status improved from Frankel C before revision surgery to Frankel E.Complications were encountered in five patients (41.7％),including SEP signal changed in 1 patient (8.3％),transient neurologic deficit after revision surgery in 1 patient (8.3％),cerebrospinal fluid leak in 1 patient (8.3％),and pleural effusion in 2 patients (16.7％).During the follow-up time,there was no patient experienced pseudarthrosis,implant failure,infection or significant loss of correction.Conclusion Based on results of this study,it was concluded that 3-CO procedures through previous spinal fusion sites could obtain satisfactory and safety results in severe spinal deformity revision surgery.However,it is a technique-demanding procedure with more blood loss,longer operative time and higher risk of perioperative complications.