Objective Mutations of 13 CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) STR core loci in 532 cases of paternity testing were observed in confirming paternity, the mutation rate and the mutation type were studied. Methods 587 cases of paternity testing were routinely carried out using AmpFe STR Profiler Plus and Cofiler PCR Amplification Kits. When one or two STR exclusions were found, then HLA system and other blood groups were tested by molecular typing, and sixteen STR loci were genotyped by using PowerPlexl6 PCR Amplification Kit. If necessary, the genotyping of Y chromosome specific STR and HLA allelic sequencing were added. Results 1052 meiosis were observed among the 532 cases in confirmed paternity, 18 mutation events were found in 17 paternity cases. Single-locus mutation was observed in 16 cases, and mutation at two STR loci was observed in one case. The observed mutational loci include: D5S818, D3S1358, D16S539, CSFIPO, D21S11, D13S317, D7S820, vWA, D18S51 and FGA. The mutation rates for D18S51 and FGA loci were both 0.29% , which were the highest among the ten mutational loci. 11 events of paternal source mutations, 5 events of maternal source mutations and two events of indistinguishable mutations were observed in 18 STR mutational events. Conclusion When one or two STR exclusions were found in paternity testing, other more genetic markers must be detected as complement before making final conclusions.

Objective To explore the surgical technique and analyze the clinical efficacy of tubular stomach reconstruction via the posterior mediastinal approach after Iovr-Lewis radical resection of esophageal cancer.Methods The clinical data of 63 patients with middle-lower esophageal cancer who were admitted to the First People's Hospital of Chengdu between April 2013 and April 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.All the patients underwent Iovr-Lewis radical resection of esophageal cancer and tubular stomach reconstruction via the posterior mediastinal approach.Video-assisted minithoracotomy (VAMT) was used for anastomosis of esophagus-gastric tube at the top of thorax after laparoscopic abdominal surgery, and then tubular stomach reconstruction via the posterior mediastinal approach was performed by placing gastric tube in the esophageal bed and closing the posterior mediastinal pleura.Patients received regular perioperative treatment.Intraoperative record included operation time, volume of blood loss, volume of blood transfusion and lymph nodes dissection.Postoperative anastomotic leakage was detected by observing thoracic drainage, symptoms of fever, chest pain and elevated hemogram, recovery of intestinal function and closed thoracic drainage-tube removal time.Follow-up was performed by telephone interview and outpatient examination up to April 2015, including with or without normal food intake, gastroesophageal reflux and tumor progression.Results All the patients underwent successful IovrLewis radical resection of esophageal cancer using tubular stomach reconstruction via the posterior mediastinal approach without perioperative death and intraoperative blood transfusion.The average operation time, average volume of intraoperative blood loss and average number of lymph nodes dissected were 230 minutes, 300 mL and 16, respectively.Patients received gastric tube removal at postoperative day 2 with a good condition of tubular stomach by CT examination.The average time of postoperative gastrointestinal tract recovery was 3 days.Patients took fluid diet at postoperative day 3-4, soft diet at postoperative day 7 and regular diet at postoperative day 10-12.Two patients complicated with slight pulmonary infection were cured by conventional treatment.The closed thoracic drainage-tube removal time was 4 days.All the patients were followed up for a median time of 8 months (range,1-24 months) with regular diet intake and without perioperative death, tumor recurrence, severe gastroesophageal reflux and other complications.Conclusions Iovr-Lewis radical resection of esophageal cancer using tubular stomach reconstruction via the posterior mediastinal approach is safe and feasible, with the advantages of preventing the esophageal anastomotic fistula, reducing postoperative pulmonary infection and promoting early diet intake and enhancing postoperative recovery of patients.

Background Although remarkable progress has been made in microsurgery, surgery of intracranial aneurysm still encounters various complications. Cerebral ischemia and postoperative disorders of nervous system could be induced by various specific operation procedures. To improve the outcomes in intracranial aneurysm surgery and to minimize the occurrence of postoperative ischemic complications, it is necessary to perform real-time monitoring on ischemic damages for the corresponding functional areas. To elevate the sensitivity of Eps changes for the detection of cerebral ischemia induced by operation, we monitored Motion Evoked Potential ( MEPs), Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEPs)and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAEPs) in microsurgical operations of intracranial aneurysms. And then the correlation between Eps changes and clinical outcome was investigated.Methods MEPs, SSEPs, and BAEPs were recorded intra-operatively for 25 cases in intracranial aneurysms. Monitored results and clinical outcome were analyzed in a prospective observational design.Results The MEPs in 5 of 21 cases, the SSEPs in 5 of 25 cases and the BAEPs in 1 of 3 cases showed inadequate temporary clipping, inadvertent occlusion, inadequate retraction, vasospasm, or compromise to perforating vessels. 3 patients developed advanced weakness, which showed abnormal SSEPs in only one patient while showed abnormal MEPs in all 3 cases.Conclusions The MEPs is more sensitive than SSEPs in monitoring the motor ischemic impairments. The monitoring results were correlated to the clinical outcome closely. Monitoring Eps in keyhole microsurgery of intracranial aneurysms could improve the sensitivity in detecting insufficient distal collateral flow. And then successful completion of potentially hazardous maneuvers would be attained.

This study was aimed to show the extraction research of cpDNA in Gentiana straminea Maxim. and G. crassicaulis Duthie ex Burk., which will increase the knowledge about the chloroplast genome sequence characteris-tics, understand its genetic diversity and improve the efficiency of breeding schemes. G. straminea Maxim. and G. crassicaulis Duthie ex Burk. were taken as study objects. The improved sucrose-gradient centrifugation and purifica-tion methods were used to obtain the cpDNA, measure the concentration, detect the OD value, and amplify the ITS2 sequence to verify the nucleus pollution. The results showed that the high quality and purity cpDNA (0.1 - 0.4 μg/10 g) was demonstrated without other pollution after ITS2 sequence amplification, which met to the subsequent effi-cient sequencing of chloroplast genomes. The purity and mass have an important influence on the accuracy and cred-ibility of the cp genome sequencing. It was concluded that this study improved the sucrose-gradient centrifugation and purification with great effect of the purity and mass of cpDNA, and guaranteed the obtaining of complete cpDNA of Gentiana.

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OBJECTIVE:To establish the method for simultaneous determination of 14 kinds of isoflavones in Pueraria radix. METHODS:LC-MS/MS was adopted to detect 14 kinds of isaflavones in 14 batches of P. radix(P. radix:PL-1 to PL-7,P. thomsonii:PT-1 to PT-7). The determination was performed on Extend C18 with mobile phase consisted of methanol-water(gradient elution)at the flow rate of 0.8 mL/min. The column temperature was set at 22℃. The sample size was 5μL. Ion source was ESI source. The detection mode was negative ion detection. Scanning mode was MRM with jet voltage of -4500 V;ion source temperature was set at 600 ℃, and atomization gas was 60 psi. The auxiliary gas was 60 psi,collision gas was 7 psi,air curtain gas was 30 psi. SIMCA 13.0 software wasused for cluster analysis of above batches. RESULTS:The linear range of 14 kinds of isoflavones ranged 10-1000 ng/mL(puerarin of 10-5000 ng/mL,r>0.9900). RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 5％. The recoveries were 95％-105％(RSD were 0.8％-4.5％,n=6). The total content of isoflavones were different significantly between P. radix and P. thomsonii. The contents of isoflavones in P. radix from different origins were different significantly. Among 14 kinds of isoflavones, the content of puerarin was the highest. Results of cluster analysis showed that 14 batches of P. radix could be clustered into 4 categories,including PL-2 as Ⅰ category,PL-3 and PL-4 as Ⅱ category,PL-5,PL-6 and PL-7 as Ⅲ category,other as Ⅳcategory. CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple and reproducible. It can be used for content determination of 14 kinds of isoflavones in P. radix and quality control.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate radial artery (RA) and internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts in coronary artery bypass and the use of color Doppler ultrasound in the peri-operative evaluation of IMA and radial-ulnar collateral circulation.

METHODSFrom June 1998 to June 2000, sixty cases of coronary bypass revascularization with RA and IMA were performed. Preoperatively, the radial-ulnar collateral circulation was evaluated with the modified Allen's test, color Doppler ultrasound and noninvasive oxygen saturation measurement. The IMA lumen and blood flow were measured at the first intercostal space with color Doppler ultrasound preoperatively and postoperatively.

RESULTSOne patient (1.7%) died of serious cardiac arrhythmia on the fourth postoperative day. There were no arterial graft harvest related complications. Before harvesting, the ulnar artery blood flow was 30.78 +/- 9.71 ml/min, and it increased to 43.36 +/- 13.98 ml/min (40.87% increase, P < 0.01) after the operation. Compared with the baseline, there was no obvious change of IMA blood flow postoperatively (P > 0.05), but the systolic/diastolic flow ratio markedly decreased from 8.57 +/- 3.98 ml/min to 3.41 +/- 4.87 ml/min (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSArterial grafts can be safely used for coronary bypass revascularization with good results. The ulnar artery blood flow can increase compensatively after RA harvesting. The diastolic blood flow of grafted IMA markedly increased postoperatively. Color Doppler ultrasound was very helpful both in evaluating the radial-ulnar collateral circulation before RA harvesting and in assessing the patency of the grafted IMA after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Adult ; Aged ; Coronary Artery Bypass ; methods ; Coronary Circulation ; Humans ; Mammary Arteries ; transplantation ; Middle Aged ; Radial Artery ; transplantation

Background and objective Different histologies of lung cancer vary in occurrence and prognosis. hTis study aims to analyze the incidence and occurrence trend of lung cancer and investigate the survival rate and its inlfuential fac-tors among lung cancer patients with different histologies. Methods Permanent residents were recruited between 2002 and 2009 in Pudong New Area (former Nanhui Area and former Pudong Area), Shanghai, China. Annual percent changes were estimated by a linear regression of the logarithm on the incidence rates for eight years. Survival rates were calculated and com-pared by using life-table analysis and Log-rank test, respectively. Results hTe standardized incidence rates of lung cancer were 52.28 and 18.86 per 100,000 in males and females, respectively. hTe median survival time was 410.72 days for speciifc classiifed lung cancer. hTe incidence rates of adenocarcinoma ranked the highest and showed an upward tendency (P<0.05). Patients with small cell lung cancer showed the worst survival condition. hTe survival condition in males with squamous cell lung can-cer living in former Nanhui Area was better compared with those living in former Pudong Area. Conclusion Lung cancers with different histologies demonstrated different occurrence trends and survival rates. Gender, age, and living area inlfuence the sur-vival rates of lung cancer with different histologies.

Objective To study the cytomorphologic features of anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK )-rearranged pulmonary adenocarcinoma.Methods The morphologic features in 153 pulmonary adenocarcinoma cytology specimens encountered during the period from September, 2011 to April, 2015 in Shanghai Cancer Hospital were retrospectively reviewed.Fluorescence in-situ hybridization ( FISH) and/or immunohistochemistry ( Ventana D5F3) for ALK gene rearrangement were carried out.The samples studied included 34 pleural effusion specimens, 40 endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirates ( EBUS-TBNA) and 79 fine needle aspirates of palpable masses on body surface.Results Thirty-nine cases (25.5%) of ALK-rearranged samples were identified by FISH and/or immunohistochemistry, including 3 cases diagnosed by FISH and 36 cases by both technologies.The median age of the ALK-positive group was 50 years, significantly younger than that of the ALK-negative group (60 years old,P=0.002) .Only 4 of the ALK-positive patients were smokers, which was significantly less than that of the ALK-negative group (P<0.01).In ALK-positive group, 3 cases showed cribriform pattern with prominent nucleoli, 3 cases showed cribriform pattern with mucin-rich cells and 8 cases showed extracellular mucus with mucin-rich cells.The above cytomorphologic patterns were significantly less common in ALK-negative tumors ( P <0.01 ) . Conclusions ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma is associated with certain distinctive morphologic patterns, including cribriform architecture, presence of prominent nucleoli, mucin-rich cells and extracellular mucus, which can be observed in cytology specimens ( including conventional smears and cell block sections) .These findings, when combined with clinical features, may give clues to detection of ALK-positive cases.

OBJECTIVETo study the cytomorphologic features of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-rearranged pulmonary adenocarcinoma.

METHODSThe morphologic features in 153 pulmonary adenocarcinoma cytology specimens encountered during the period from September, 2011 to April, 2015 in Shanghai Cancer Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) and/or immunohistochemistry (Ventana D5F3) for ALK gene rearrangement were carried out. The samples studied included 34 pleural effusion specimens, 40 endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirates (EBUS-TBNA) and 79 fine needle aspirates of palpable masses on body surface.

RESULTSThirty-nine cases (25.5%) of ALK-rearranged samples were identified by FISH and/or immunohistochemistry, including 3 cases diagnosed by FISH and 36 cases by both technologies. The median age of the ALK-positive group was 50 years, significantly younger than that of the ALK-negative group (60 years old, P = 0.002). Only 4 of the ALK-positive patients were smokers, which was significantly less than that of the ALK-negative group (P < 0.01). In ALK-positive group, 3 cases showed cribriform pattern with prominent nucleoli, 3 cases showed cribriform pattern with mucin-rich cells and 8 cases showed extracellular mucus with mucin-rich cells. The above cytomorphologic patterns were significantly less common in ALK-negative tumors (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma is associated with certain distinctive morphologic patterns, including cribriform architecture, presence of prominent nucleoli, mucin-rich cells and extracellular mucus, which can be observed in cytology specimens (including conventional smears and cell block sections). These findings, when combined with clinical features, may give clues to detection of ALK-positive cases.

Adenocarcinoma ; genetics ; pathology ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; China ; Gene Rearrangement ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Lung Neoplasms ; genetics ; pathology ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ; genetics ; Retrospective Studies