Objective:To investigate the cause and preventive measures of chemotherapy-related death from human malignant neoplasms.Methods:A retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the clinical data of 15 patients with chemotherapy-related death of human neoplasms in 2008.The cause,treatment,survival time after chemotherapy and preventive measures were analyzed.Results:The average age of the 15 patients was 52.4 years,and 5 of them were treated with docetaxel.The mean survival time after chemotherapy was 16.8 days.5 cases presented severe sehematological toxicity, and 2,breath failure.Conclusion:Chemotherapy-related death from human malignant neoplasms was correlated with disease history,age and chemotherapeutic agents,etc.;therefore,no use of docetaxel for patients aged over 60 years or with hepatic and lung diseased history could decrease the chemotherapy-related death.

Objective Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R),similar to insulin receptor,is one of the families of re- ceptor tyrosine kinases.,which has been found to be overexpressed in a variety of cancer.It is the main proliferation and survival sig- nal molecule in cancer cell and plays an important role in cancer growth and progress.Blocking signal transduction of IGF-1R by vari- ous strategies can suppress tumor growth and induce regression of established tumor.This study is to construct the siRNA expression vector targeting IGF-1R and to evaluate its ability to induce cell apoptosis in human lung cancer cells.Methods Two siRNA expres- sion vector,pENTR/U6-shRNA-1 and pENTR/U6-shRNA-2 targeting IGF-1R,were constructed using pENTR/U6 vector,and a vector targeting hieiferase gene,pENTR/U6-shRNA-Iuc,was constructed as control.After vectors were transfected into A549 for 48h, knockdown of IGF-1R mRNA and protein and Akt phosphorylation were accessed,and DNA ladder and flow cytometry were used for cell apoptosis.Results siRNA expression vectors targeting IGF-1R were successfully constructed,which was confirmed by PCR and DNA sequencing,pENTR/U6-shRNA-1 and pENTR/U6-shRNA-2 demonstrated the expression were (22.1?2.5) % and (80.1? 3.9) % in IGF-1R mRNA level,(15.2?3.1)% and (47.1?4.1)% in protein level,respectively,compared with pENTR/U6- shRNA-luc.Suppression of IGF-1R by pENTR/U6-shRNA-1 blunted Akt phosphorylation,increased cell apoptosis induced by 3% ethanol,and retained 77.5 % A549 cells in the G0/G1 phase.Conclusion siRNA expression vector targeting IGF-1R can effectively suppress the expression of IGF-1R expression in A549.This study suggests that DNA vector-based RNAi has the potential to be effec- tive and practical cancer gene therapy strategy.

Objective:To review effects of functional electrical stimulation(FES) on paralyzed or paretic muscles,and introduce the progress of functional electrical stimulation repairing spinal cord injury.Methods:A computer-based search was conducted in CNK/and MEDILINE for articles related to functional electrical stimulation repairing spinal cord injury from November 1990 to November 2009 with the Keywords of spinal cord injury and electrical stimulation.Data were check firstly.Articles related to functional electrical stimulation repairing spinal cord injury were selected and looked for full-texts.The articles were analyzed and summarized.Results:Functional electrical stimulation (FES) can activate paralyzed or paretic muscles to generate functional or therapeutic movements with constant frequency.FES can improve the impaired motor function of muscles stimulated.Functional electrical stimulation technique could repair part of motor function following spinal cord injury.Conclusions:Functional electrical stimulation is a new and promising technique in modem rehabilitation engineering.Functional electrical stimulation (FES) can activate paralyzed or paretic muscles to generate functional or therapeutic movements.FES can improve the impaired motor function of muscles stimulated.

Objective To establish classification and regression tree (CART) for differentiating benign from malignant solitary pulmonary nudules (SPN).Methods One hundred and sixteen consecutive cases with 116 solitary pulmonary nodules,which finally were pathologically proven 54 malignant nodules and 62 benign nodules,were prospectively registered in this research.Twelve clinical presentations and 22 CT findings were collected as predictors.A classification tree was established to distinguish benign SPNs from malignant ones.In the observer test,two groups (one made of junior radiologists and one of senior radiologists) were independently presented with clinical information and CT images without knowing the pathologic and machine-learning results.Performance of observers and CART were compared by receiver operating characteristic analysis.Results Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed areas under the curve of CART,senior radiologists and junior radiologists respectively were 0.910±0.029,0.827±0.038,0.612±0.052. Difference between areas (DBF) between CART and junior radiologists was 0.297 (P＜0.01).DBF between CART and senior radiologists was 0.083(P＜0.05).DBF between senior and junior radiologists was 0.214(P＜0.01).CART showed a best diagnostic efficiency,followed by junior radiologists,and then senior radiologists.Conclusion Our data mining techniques using CART prove a high accuracy in differentiating benign from malignant pulmonary nodules based on clinical variables and CT findings.It will be a potentially useful tool in further application of artificial intelligence in the imaging diagnosis.

OBJECTIVETo compare therapeutic effects of clavicular hook-plate fixation and modified Weaver-Dunn surgery combined with clavicular hook-plate fixation in treating Tossy type III acromioclavicular joint dislocation.

METHODSForty-one patients with Tossy type III acromioclavicular dislocation treated by operation were retrospectively analysis from January 2012 to January 2014. The patients were divided into clavicular hook-plate fixation group (group A) and modified Weaver-Dunn surgery combined with clavicular hook-plate fixation (group B) according to surgical procedures. In group A, there were 15 males and 6 females aged from 17 to 51 years old with an average of (31.60 ± 12.58) years old, preoperative Constant-Murley score was 40.25 ± 9.80, and treated with clavicular hook-plate fixation. In group B, there were 13 males and 7 females aged from 18 to 48 years old with an average of (29.40 ± 11.27) years old, preoperative Constant-Murley score was 41.45 ± 8.81, and treated with modified Weaver-Dunn surgery combined with clavicular hook-plate fixation. Operative time, blood loss, imaging changes before and after operation, postoperative complications were compared; Constant-Murley score at 3, 6 and 12 months after operation were evaluated.

RESULTSIn group A, operative time was 40.50 ± 24.36) min, blood loss was (75.30 ± 30.36) ml; In group B, operative time was (60.10 ± 23.55) min, blood loss was (100.70 ± 40.12) ml. Twenty-one patients in group A were followed-up from 12 to 18 months with an average of (14.8 ± 3.1) months; 20 patients in group B were followed-up from 12 to 14 months with an average of (13.6 ± 1.5) months. There were no significant differences in operative time, blood loss and follow-up time between two groups. Complications were in six patients of group A and 3 patients of group B, and there were no significant meaning between two groups. At 6 months after operation, Constant-Murley score in group A was 88.85 ± 4.23, 92.15 ± 3.82 in group B; and had significant meaning between two groups (t = -2.56, P = 0.022 < 0.05). While there were no differences in Constant-Murley score in other times.

CONCLUSIONBoth of clavicular hook-plate fixation and modified Weaver-Dunn surgery combined with clavicular hook-plate fixation are effective operative methods for the treatment of Tossy type III acromioclavicular dislocation. Clavicular hook-plate fixation has advantage of less trauma, while modified Weaver-Dunn surgery combined with clavicular hook-plate fixation could reconstruct coracoclavicular ligament more stronger, clavicular hook plate could take out earlier, also improve shoulder joint function earlier.

Acromioclavicular Joint ; injuries ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Bone Plates ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Shoulder Dislocation ; surgery

In order to obtain high yield of the HrpNEcc protein with a lower total cost,fermentation and lactose induction conditions for recombinant E.coli BL21(DE3)/pET30a(+)hrpN Ecc were optimized in flasks and the recombinant E.coli was fermentated in 7L fermenter.The optimized incoulum concentration was 5% and the optimized nutrient medium was TB medium.The HrpNEcc protein yield reached 417.60mg/L by adding 3g/L exogenous inducer lactose in the growth prophase of log-phase for the recombinant E.coli.The HrpNEcc protein yield was higher 36.73% than that of the case of no any inducer,and was higher 16.85% than that of the case of adding IPTG.The wet weight of cell pellet of the recombinant E.coli reached 57.24g/L after fermentation in 7L fermenter,the HrpNEcc protein reached 3.29g/L,about 50.2% of total cellular protein.

Objective:To assess the discrepancy between preoperative needle biopsy (NB)Gleason score and pathological specimen Gleason score (GS)after radical prostatectomy,and to explore the risk factors of postoperative upgrading of GS.Methods:We retrospectively evaluated 160 patients who suf-fered from biopsy proved prostatic carcinoma and performed radical prostatectomy.Age of the patients was 57 -82 years,with the average age of 71.6;prebiopsy prostate specific antigen (PSA)was 0.31 -40.32 μg/L,with the average PSA of 11.29 μg/L;body mass index (BMI)was 16.41 -32.04 kg/m2 , with the average BMI of 23.63 kg/m2;prostate volume (PV)was 9.52 -148.46 mL,with the average PV of 40.19 mL.All the patients included in the study had complete information for clinical variables, including age,BMI,prebiopsy PSA level,PV,number of biopsy cores obtained,percentage,clinical stage,and biopsy GS.Grading of NB Gleason score was compared with their corresponding radical pros-tatectomy specimens,and the discrepancy between the NB and prostatectomy specimens GS assessed. Upgrading was defined as any increase in the pathological GS over that of the biopsy GS as a total sum of primary and secondary grades or a change in the order of primary and secondary grades towards higher ones.Univariable and multivariable Logistic regression analyses were used to identify predictors of patho-logical grading changes.Results:Of the 160 patients,the specimen GS was upgraded in 49 (30.6%) patients and remained with no change in 82 (51.3%)patients.Univariate and multivariate regression analysis showed that prostate volume and biopsy GS were independent predictors with postoperative upgra-ding of GS.Age,BMI,PSA before needle biopsy,clinical stage and needle number showed no statistical significance (P >0.05).Conclusion:Lower biopsy GS and smaller prostate volume are increased risks for clinically upgrading of GS after radical prostatectomy.This fact should be kept in mind when deciding on therapy decisions for patients with prostate cancer.

Objective To know the quality of iodized salt and the current situation of the salt coverage in Tibet,and to provide scientific basis for proposing proper prevention and control measures to Iodine dificiency disorders(IDD). Methods In 2008, according to the "Sampling Methods of the Main Products in the Salt Industry",one batch fifteen salt samples were collected in iodized salt processing factory in Tibet. Five townships were chosen in each county based on 5 different directions of east, south, west, north and center. If the monitoring county has less than five townships, then all of the townships were sampled. In each township, four villages were selected withrandom sampling and importance sampling. In each township, 15 households were selected for salt collection. Results A batch of 15 salt samples in a salt processing plant were tested, and all of them were qualified with salt iodine(34.6±1.58) mg/kg. A total of 21 107 edible salt samples were tested, and 11 203 of them were qualified iodized salt. These results meant that the provincial iodized salt coverage rate was 53.08%. Shannan iodized salt coverage rate was 94.31% (3395/3600) which was the highest in Tibet. Those of Nagqu, Changdu, Ngari were lower, they were 29.84% (897/3006), 24.94% (823/3300) and 17.08% (205/1200), respectively. Conclusions The quality of iodized salt in Tibet is up to the national standard, but the coverage rate of iodized salt is very low.We suggest that the strategy should be carried out according to the national overall program strategy and supplement iodized oil capsule for special groups.

Objective To investigate the influence of IL-8 on the tight junction of vascular endothelial cells.Methods Immunofluorescence was used to observe the modality and the distribution of three tight junction proteins (occludin,claudin-5 and ZO-1) of the EA.hy926 cells treated with IL-8 under different concentrations and different times.RT-PCR was used to measure the mRNA expression of these three proteins.Results The results demonstrated that IL-8 could change the distribution of occludin,claudin-5 and ZO-1 in EA.hy926 cells,and the mRNA expression of occludin,claudin-5 and ZO-1 decreased with the increase of IL-8 concentration and treated time.Conclusion The effects of IL-8 on the distribution and the expression of occludin,claudin-5 and ZO-1 are dose and time-dependent.

Objective　To study the similarities and differences on in vitro replication and expression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) between human fetal hepatocytes (HFH) and 7721 cell line. Methods　Human fetal hepatocytes and a hepatoma cell line 7721 were incubated with a serum from hepatitis C patient. After incubation, the presence of HCV RNA, the expression of HCV NS3 antigens in cells and/or supernatant were examined by RT-PCR, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, respectively. Results　It was found that: ①The intracellular HCV RNA was first detected on d 2～3 post-incubation and then could be intermittently detected in cells and/or supernatant subsequently (HCV RNA could be detected in 7721 cells during a period of at least 66 days. In HFH, HCV RNA could be detected up to 25 days after incubation); ②HCV-NS3 antigen could be expressed in infected cells; ③Minus-strand RNA of HCV was mainly located within cytoplasm by in situ hybridization. Conclusion　The results suggest that both the fetal hpatocytes and the hepatoma cell line 7721 are susceptible to HCV, and especially 7721 cell line can stably support HCV replication in vitro and may be used as the target cell for long-term cultures of HCV.