Bile Duct Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic ; Cholangiocarcinoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans

Glypican-3 (GPC3) is an oncofetal protein anchored on the plasma membrane and highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).GPC3 could he used as a biomarker for the diagnosis of HCC and the serum levels of GPC3 in liver cancer patients has a significant role for their prognosis.Moreover, GPC3 in HCC cells is immunoreactive, rendering it a suitable target for the treatment of HCC.Nowadays, several clinical trials targeting GPC3 for HCC therapy have already been conducted: new anti- GPC3 antibodies are generated; the clinical trials about its combination administration with other targeted medicines are being in progress; (tP(3-targeted TRAB, GPC3 vaccines and GPC3-based chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR-T) therapy are under investigation.In this review, we briefly discuss the structure of GPC3, its role in HCC pathogenesis and summarize the recent development in the clinical application of GPC3.We firmly believe that GPC3 would be a promising target for HCC therapy.And further studies focusing on GPC3 should provide us more solid evidence.

Objective To study the role of low-dose glucocorticoids in improving prognosis and adjusting septic shock. Methods A total of 46 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of septic shock were retrospaetivley analyzed. 24 patients without glucocorticoids treatment were taken as control group; 22 patients with glucocorticoids as therapy group (n = 22). The two group received standard treatment for septic shock. Results The percentage of shock reversal on day 7 was higher in therapy group than that in control group (P <0.05). However,there were notstatistical significances in the duration of mechanical ventilation, the length of ICU stay, the incidence of multiple or-gan dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and mortality between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion Low-dose glucocorticoids can effectively accelerate refractory septic shock reversal and vasopreasor withdrawal. This seems to be related to the reduced production of CRP but the beneficial effects of low-dose steroids regimens on long-term outcome have not yet be determined.

Objective To study retrospectively the effects of low-dose glucocorticoids in outcomeof septic shock.Method The present stray was carried out by analysis of septic shock patients treated with norepinephrine or dopamine.A total of 46 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of septic shock admitted from January 2000 to October 2006 were divided into two groups:(1)ghcocorticoids treatment group(n=22),treated with glucocorticoids in addition to conventional treatment from November 2002 to October 2006;(2)conlrol group(n =24),only treated with routine treatment from January 2000 to October 2002.The differences in outcome were compared between the two groups.Results The duration of of vasopressor support was significantly shorter in treatment group com0~ed with control group.The percentage of shock reversal at 7 days was higher in treatment group than that in control group(72.73%vs.41.67%,P=0.034).Furthermore,a reduction in C-reactive protein(CRP)indicated inhibition of inflammatory response due to the effect of glucocorticoids in treatment group within 48-72 hours from admission to ICU(20.05±4.06 mg/dl vs.23.55±4.93 mg/dl,P=0.015).Therefore,APACHE Ⅱ score on 3rd day was significantly lower in treatment group than that in control group(16.76±4.87 vs.21.45±4.02,P=0.001).However,there were no statistical signifieances in the duration of mechanical ventilation,the length of ICU stay,the incidence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS)and hospital-mortality between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusions Tmatmeut with low-dose gheocorticoids could effectively accelerate the recovery from refractory septic shock and the early withdrawal of vasopressor.It seems to be associated with the reduced production of CRP,suggesting the effects of low-dose glucocorticoids on both stabilization of hemodynamics and inhibition of inflammatory response.The beneficial effects of low-dose steroids regimens on long-term outconm of patients with septic shock have not determined.

Acrocephalosyndactylia ; diagnosis ; genetics ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Infant

Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Huntington Disease ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Motor Activity

25 mmHg) had no response to conservative management, and,therefore,had to be decompressed by invasive procedure,including 6 patients performed by decompression laparotomy,2 patients by laparoscopic decompression and 5 patients by ultrasound/computed tomography location and needle paracentesis drainage.These 13 ACS patients had obvious amelioration in physiological variables (hemodynamic,respiratory and tissue perfusion) after 24 hour post-decompression (P

Objective: To quantitatively compare five occupational health risk assessment models in assessing silica dust hazard risk in small open pits, so as to provide the reference for the research of occupational health risk assessment methodology Methods : Seven small open pits were selected as the evaluation sites. The models from Singapore, the United Kingdom's Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Essentials ( COSHH Essentials ), Australia, Romania, and the International Council on Mining and Metals ( ICMM ) were applied to assessing the occupational health risk of the workers exposed to silica dust. The risk ratios ( RRs ) were calculated, and the parallelism, accuracy and correlation of the evaluation results of the five models were compared. Results : The RRs of the Singaporean model, COSHH model, Romanian model, Australian model and ICMM model were 0.8, 1.0, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8, respectively. The Singaporean model and the Australian model were able to distinguish transport drivers from sprinkler drivers in the health risk exposed to silica dust, which was consistent with the actual risk of the two posts. Except for COSHH model, the RRs of the other four models were positively correlated ( P<0.05 ); the RRs were all positively correlated with concentration ratios ( CRs ) ( P<0.05 ), and the correlation coefficient between RRs and CRs of the Singaporean model was the largest (0.801). Conclusion Among the five models, the Singaporean model can more accurately evaluate the hazard risk of silica dust in posts of open pits, and has a good correlation with the other models.

Objective To investigate the effect of different doses of pralidoxime chloride on clinical outcome including recovery rate and mortality in patients with acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning.Methods According to the total amount of pralidoxime chloride administered over the first 24 hours or entire duration of hospitalization,a cohort of 163 organophosphorus pesticide poisoning patients,admitted from February 2004 to December 2014 were assigned to different groups followed by a retrospective analysis.Comparisons of recovery rate,mortality rate,mean length of hospital stay,and duration of mechanical ventilation were made among groups.SPSS 18.0 was used to analyze categorical variables between the data of groups with x2 test/Fisher exact probability method and numerical variables with t test or One-way ANOVA,and statistical significance was set as P ＜ 0.05.Results According to the amount of pralidoxime chloride given over the first 24 hours,the recovery rate and the mortality rate were significantly improved in the experimental group (pralidoxime chloride ＞ 2 g) than in the control group (pralidoxime chloride ＜ 2 g) (P =0.04).There was no significant difference in mean length of hospital stay between the experimental group and the control group (P =0.171),and there were statistically significant differences in recovery rate and mortality rate among the four dose-response subgroups (total dosage administered in 24 hours in group A ＜ 1 g,in group B ＜2 g,in group C ＜4 g and in group D ＞4 g) (P =0.034).Based on the total amount of pralidoxime chloride prescribed in the entire duration of hospital stay,the recovery rate and mortality rate were significantly better in the experimental group than those in control group (P =0.002),and among the three dose-response subgroups,the significant difference in recovery rate and mortality rate were also observed (P =0.006).Conclusions Increased amounts of pralidoxime chloride prescribed in the first 24 hours and in the whole hospitalized period can improve the recovery rate and reduce the mortality rate in organophosphorus pesticide poisoning patients.

AIM: To compare the effectiveness of botulinus toxin of type A and complete resection of the periorbital muscle on idiopathic blepharospasm.
● METHODS: Patients with idiopathic blepharospasm and having undergone either of two procedures from Dec. 2010 to Jun. 2015 were selected ( 60 patients ) . Among them, group A (30 patients, 60 eyes) underwent botulinus toxin of type A, group B (30 patients, 60 eyes) underwent complete resection of the periorbital muscle.
●RESULTS: ln group A, the patients with complete response, obvious response, partial response, and no response were 36(60. 0%), 20(33. 3%), 2(3. 3%) and 2 (3. 3%) cases respectively. ln group B, the patients with complete response, obvious response, partial response, and no response were 16(26. 7%), 24(40. 0), 12(20. 0%) and 8 ( 13. 3%) cases respectively. The difference was statistically significant ( Z = - 2. 968, P = 0. 003 ). The relapse rate of group A and group B were 93. 3% and 20. 0% after 6mo, the difference was statistically significant (χ2=32. 851, P<0. 001).
●CONCLUSION: The botulinus toxin injection of type A is effective for idiopathic blepharospasm. But recurrence rate is high after 6mo. Complete resection of the periorbital muscle have long-term efficacy for idiopathic blepharospasm. It′s a supplementary therapy after idiopathic blepharospasm recurrence.