Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. In ad-dition to genetic alterations, epigenetic inactivation of (tumor suppressor) genes has been recognized as an important and alternative mechanism in tumorigenesis. In recent years, increasing evidence has shown that ep-igenetic silencing of those genes is essential to carcinogenesis and metastasis. Epigenetics include two main forms: histone acetylation and DNA methylation, histone acetylation and DNA hypomethylation can promote gene expression,otherwise, they will inhibit gene expression. It is important to the methylation especially the hypermethylation of the tumor suppressor gene during the hepatocarcinogencsis. The study of epigenetics will be proved valuable for early diagnosis and disease monitoring at hepatocell.

OBJECTIVE： Evaluating clinical efficacy of ceftriaxone in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections METHODS： Applying meta－ analysis to evaluation of clinical efficacy of ceftriaxone， cefotaxime and cefuroxime in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections RESULTS ＆ CONCLUSION： Ceftriaxone is worthy of popularization and application in clinical practice because of its better efficacy and lower cost

To investigate the changes in the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1(ICAM 1) ,tumor necrosis factor ?(TNF ?) mRNA and MPO activity in rat liver after burns and the effects of escharectomy during burn shock stage on the expression of these parameters. One hundred and seventy six Wistar rats with 30% TBSA full thickness thermal injury were used. The mRNA expression of ICAM 1 and TNF ? were detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT PCR) in liver tissues at various intervals after burns with or without escharectomy during shock stage. Both expression of ICAM 1 and TNF ?mRNA in rat liver after burns began to increase at 4h postburn and peaked at 12h and 24h, respectively. Afterwards in groups of escharectomy at 8h and 24h postburn, the expressions of both ICAM 1 and TNF ? increased again, though the expression values were lower than the first peak values, and they returned to normal range at 96h postburn. But in groups of burn control and escharectomy at 96h postburn, their expressions still remained high on 7d postburn. In addition, MPO activity returned to normal levels at 96h postburn in groups with escharectomy during shock stage, while in groups burn control and escharectomy at 96h postburn, a high value of MPO activity persisted till 7d postburn. Our findings suggest that eschar could induce the production of inflammatory mediators such as ICAM 1 and TNF ? which damaged endothelial cells. Therefore, escharectomy as early as possible may play an important role in preventing the expression and release of adhesion molecules and the development of systemsc lnflammatory response syndrome.

Nine known compounds were isolated from the chlorofrom soluble fraction of ethanolic extract of Belamcanda chinensis(L. )DC.. Their structures were identified as irigenin(Ⅰ),dichotomitin(Ⅱ),irisflorentin (Ⅱ),3-stigmastenol (Ⅳ), apocynin (Ⅴ), tectoridenin (Ⅵ), ?-sitosterol (Ⅶ), 3', 4', 5, 7-tetrahydroxy-8-methoxyisoflavone (Ⅶ)and polyoctapenten (Ⅹ) by spectorscopic methods (UV, IR, EIMS, 1HNMR, 13CNMR). Compounds Ⅱ, Ⅳ, Ⅹ and Ⅻ were obtained for the first time from the plant.

OBJECTIVE:Evaluating clinical efficacy of ceftriaxone in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections METHODS:Applying meta-analysis to evaluation of clinical efficacy of ceftriaxone,cefotaxime and cefuroxime in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections RESULTS & CONCLUSION:Ceftriaxone is worthy of popularization and application in clinical practice because of its better efficacy and lower cost

Objective To observe the characteristics of hemorheologic changes of hyperlipidemia rats at an early stage and to explore the mechanism of myocardial ischemic injury.Methods Seventy-two SD rats which were fed with high cholesterol diet(cholesterol+lard+pig bile salt) to result in hyperlipidemia model fell into HC group.Thirty-six SD rats which were fed with common diet fell into control group.The rats were fed for 10 to 90 d.At an interval of 10 d,9 time points were set.Therefore the 2 groups were randomly divided into 9 subgroups.At each time point,the changes of plasma lipids,cTnI,hemorheologic parameters,and pathological change of the rats’ myocardium and coronary vessel were assayed.Results The main characteristic of our models was hypercholesterolemia and high low-density-lipoproteins(LDL).With the extension of feeding time,plasma viscosity of HC group increased significantly,and erythrocyte deformability decreased.After fed with cholesterol for 50 d,myocardial ischemic injury occurred in the HC group.Correlation analysis revealed that the incidence of myocardial ischemic injury in hyperlipidemia rats was closely related with hypercholesterolemia and high low-density-lipoproteins.Conclusion The abnormal change of hemorheologic characteristics of hypercholesterolemia is a cause of myocardial ischemic injury.

Objective To investigate the methods how to improve condition of procreative health of childbearing disabled women for planned parenthood and good procreation and good education.Methods The method of whole flock sampling of many stages and many layers were taken and the questionnaire and group interview were performed to collect the data of quantity and analyze the affect factors of disabled women about their marriage,procreation,procreative health,and knowledge about procreative health.Results There were 4 380 cases of validity questionnaire.62.33% of them married.In 3 005 procreated women,45.49% had one baby,45.49% had two babies and 8.95% had three babies or more.46.54% of them denied that they had infection of reproductive system.63.19% of them had been examined in department of gynecology.63.17% of them took birth control measure.29.70% of them were lost in taking birth control measure.50.24% of them could say three methods of birth control.37.39% of them could say three ways about AIDS infection.Conclusion Childbearing disabled women have some troubles in birth control,procreative health,and their knowledge about procreative health.

Twenty-seven cases of simple type 2 diabetes mellitus,30 cases of coronary heart disease,and 32 cases of type 2 diabetes with coronary heart disease were enrolled in this study according to the results of coronary angiography.Meanwhile,32 healthy subjects were taken as a control group.The serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and other clinical and laboratory parameters were determined.The results showed that serum MMP-9 may play a minor role in the progression of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients.

To study the status and patterns of the drug utilization in the diseases of lower respiratory tract, the drug utilization for 290 inpatients with respiratory tract diseases in a Shanghai hospital druing 1993-1997 was analyzed by using Acute Physiology, Age, Chronic Health Evaluation(APACHE) and index of defined daily dose numbers(DDDs). The relativity between APACHE and DDDs was studied. It was found that most common drugs was anti-infection agents and expectorants, accounting for 39.06% and 38.38 %, respectively. The quantitative relationship between drug consumption and disease severity was not observed. It is concluded that the status of the drug utilization can't be demonstrated by analyzing the frequency of drug use by using DDDs.

Objective:To make an ideal model for liver transplantation. Methods:On the basis of cuff technique,we carried out 62 cases of orthotopic liver transplantation in 3 months. In the transplantation,we anastomosed the portal vein and subhepatic vena cava with cuff and conneted the suprahepatic vena cava to the recipient's diaphragm with 9-0 running suture. Results:The average time of acquiring donor liver was 32 minutes, reqairing liver was 12 minutes,unhepatic phase was 18 minutes.62 liver transplantation operations were carried out ,in which the operation success rate in late 30 cases was 90%. Conclusion:The results show that the model is stable and can be used in the experiment of liver transplantation.