Objective To evaluate the treatment and p re vention of urethral stricture complicated by transurethral vapo-resection of pr ostate (TVP). Methods Retrospective analysis was conduct ed by reviewing medical records and following up the patients under study.Among 3012 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia treated with TVP, urethral stric ture occurred 4 weeks to 22 months following surgery in 95 cases (3.15 %), inclu ding anterior in 47 (49.5%),posterior in 31 (32.6 %) and bladder neck contractur e or occlusion in 17 (17.9%).Their mean age was 68.7 years (range, 55 to 85 year s). Results The 95 patients were followed up for 4～36 m o nths (mean,14 months).Of them,65 cases underwent conventional dilation, in them 59 (90.8%) were cured and 6 had failure,then turning to internal urethrotomy;19 cases underwent internal urethrotomy plus dilation,in them,13 (68.4%) were cured and 6 had failure,then turning to urethroplasty;17 cases of bladder neck contra cture or occlusion underwent transurethral resection of bladder neck scar tissue ,with a cure rate of 88.2% (15 were cured and 2 experienced failure). Conclusions Urethral stricture is a common complication after TVP. The key points of managing the strictures are patients’ alert,close follow-up and early effective treatment.

Objective To explore the causes of accidental instability of SYSMEX XS-800i blood cell analyzer for WBC testing and their countermeasures.Methods Totally 10 pieces of specimen with high deviation were analyzed retrospectively, and the changes of DIFF-Y values of WBC were observed. Sysmex detergent was used to clean the pipelines including 4DL, 4DS and EPK pipes. Fluid path electromagnetic valve was checked and then repaired or replaced. Results It's proved that the results at the first time were not reliable, and there was significant differences between the results at the first and second times for DIFF-Y value, with P<0.01. The failures were eliminated after the above countermeasures were carried out.Conclusion WBC testing pipelines and electromagnetic valve of fluid path have to be cleaned periodically to eliminate the influence on DIFF-Y value of WBC and false increase of WBC counting.

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Aim To investigate the effect of cobra venom metalloproteinase atrase A on human endothelial cell.Methods The effects of atrase A on the growth of HMEC were measured by MTT,SRB and morphological observation methods,respectively.After exposure to atrase A,IL-8,ICAM-1,MCP-1 and E-selectin released by HMEC were detected.Caspase-8 and caspase-3/7 were detected by fluorescent luminescence method.After intravenous injected atrase A to rats,the concentrations of ICAM-1,IL-8 and TNF-? in serum were measured.Results The results showed that atrase A(400,40 mg?L-1) significantly inhibited the growth of HMEC in low cell density.The microscopic examination revealed that atrase A detached the adherent HMEC.After exposure to atrase A,IL-8,ICAM-1 and MCP-1 released by HMEC were increased.Atrase A induced HMEC to express caspase-3/7 and caspase-8.After the administration of atrase A to rats,the concentrations of ICAM-1,IL-8 and TNF-? in serum were increased.There was no difference between the low-dose group and control group in our experiments.Conclusion Cobra venom metalloproteinase atrase A inhibits the growth of HMEC,and induces HMEC releasing inflammation mediators and apoptosis.

Objce tive To investgate the morphological monoclonal combined with SEMA 3B for detection of the tumorigenic components in gastric cancer .Methods Clones derived from gastric cancer SGC -7901 cells were assessed by morphological observation ,the clone formation rate was calculated .The expression of SEMA3B was detected by Western blot ,and the tumorigenic ability of each group was determined .Results Clones derived from GC SGC-7901 cells had three types,the total clone formation rate was(10.20 ±1.07)%,the expression of SEMA3B was the strongest in the Holoclone colonies ,SGC-7901 cells of Holoclone clones possessed strong abil-ity of self-renewal and in vivo tumorigenicity in the nude mice .Conclusion This study provides the experimen-tal basis for exploring the effect of SEMA 3B in gastric carcinoma tumor formation and proliferation .

Objective To evaluate the effect of Rab23 on the proliferation of a squamous cell carcinoma cell line Sa3,and to investigate its mechanisms.Methods Cultured Sa3 cells were classified into four groups:normal control group transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP),Rab23-overexpressing group transfected with a GFP-labelled Rab23-overexpressing plasmid,Rab23-silencing group transfected with a plasmid carrying a Rab23-targeting shRNA,empty vector group transfected with an empty vector.After additional culture for different durations,plate colony formation assay and flow cytometry were performed to evaluate the proliferative activity of Sa3 cells,and Western blot was conducted to detect the expression of Erl/phosphorylated-Erk in Sa3 cells.Statistical analysis was carried out by t test,one-way analysis of variance and Bonferroni's multiple comparison test.Results Stable Sa3 cell lines with overexpression or silencing of Rab23 were established by plasmid construction and lentivirus-mediated transfection.The plate colony formation assay showed that the colony formation rate was significantly lower in the Rab23-overexpressing group than in the normal control group (2.3％ ± 0.2％ vs.3.6％ ± 0.3％,P ＜ 0.05),but higher in the Rab23-silencing group than in the empty vector group (4.1％ ± 0.2％ vs.1.8％ ± 0.03％,P ＜ 0.01).Rab23 overexpression induced G1 phase arrest in Sa3 cells.The proliferation index was significantly decreased in the Rab23-overexpressing group compared with the normal control group (0.581 ± 0.035 vs.0.698 ± 0.018,P ＜ 0.05),but increased in the Rab23-silencing group compared with the empty vector group (0.567 ± 0.015 vs.0.444 ± 0.014,P ＜ 0.01).As Western blot showed,there were no significant changes in the expression of Erk in the Rab23-silencing or-overexpressing group compared with the normal control group,whereas the expression of p-Erk was attenuated in the Rab23-overexpressing group compared with the normal control group,but enhanced in the Rab23-silencing group compared with the empty vector group.Conclusions Rab23 could inhibit the proliferation of Sa3 cells,which may be associated with the Erk pathway.

Objective To study the expressions of Hepcidin,bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6) and hemojuvelin (HJV) in gastric cancer,and to explore their relationships with clinical pathological characteristics.Methods Hepcidin,BMP6 and HJV were detected by immunohistochemistry in 62 cases of gastric cancer patients,and the relationships among them and clinical pathological features were analyzed.Results Compared with normal gastric mucosa tissues,Hepcidin was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues (13.3％ vs.56.5％,x2 =8.99,P ＜ 0.01),while the differences of the expression of BMP6 and HJV in the two groups were not statistically significant (60.0％ vs.40.3 ％,x2 =1.89,P ＞ 0.05;93.3％ vs.83.9％,x2 =0.88,P ＞ 0.05).The expression of Hepcidin was related to T stage (x2 =6.98,P =0.02),but it was not related to age,sex,lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis and anemia.The expressions of BMP6 and HJV were not related to T stage,age,sex,lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis and anemia.Hepcidin was not related to the expressions of BMP6 and HJV (r=0.13,P＞0.05;r=0.15,P＞0.05).Conclusion Hepcidin is highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues,which is related to the T staging of gastric cancer,and can be used as an objective indicator of the biological behavior of gastric cancer.There were no differences in the expression of BMP6 and HJV between normal gastric mucosa and gastric cancer tissues.

With homology cloning approaches coupling with RACE (rapid-amplification of cDNA ends) techniques, the full-length coding sequence of pathogenesis-related protein PR10-1 with differential expression was cloned from the total RNA of the root of Panax notoginseng, and its function was explored furtherly. As a result, the longest 465 bp ORF (named as PnPR10-1 with the Accession No. KJ741402 in GenBank) was detected from the cloned sequence with full-length of cDNA of 863 bp. The corresponding peptide encoded consisted of 155 amino acids, contained some domains such as Bet-v-I, and showed high similarity with that from Panax ginseng by analysis of phylogenetic trees created from the alignments. Real-time quantitative PCR showed that the expression of PnPR10-1 gene was constitutive in different tissues of 1-3 year old plant, suggesting that it might be involved in growth, development, and secondary metabolism; yet it was up-regulated significantly with the infection of Fusarium oxysporum in root, suggesting that it might be involved in defense against many diseases including root rot in P. notoginseng.