Objective To observe the effect of X-ray radiation on NF-κB-HIF-1α pathway activation in three malignant lymphoma and to explore the mechanism of radioresistance mediated by this pathway.Methods Expression levels of p-P65,IKK and HIF-1α in Namalwa,Ramos and Raji cells were determined by Western blot 1,4,10 and 20 h after 5 Gy X-ray irradiation.The effect of QNZ on HIF-1α expression was also observed.Results Expression level of IKK protein was up-regulated 4 h after irradiation in the 3 lymphoma cell strains( t = 8.01,5.14,5.42,P ＜ 0.01 ),followed by up-regulation of p-P65 protein expression level at 10 h and HIF-1α at 10-20 h after X-ray irradiation (t = 11.25,17.43,22.09,P ＜ 0.01 ).Pretreatment of QNZ 24 h before X-ray irradiation significantly reduced the upregulation of HIF-1α protein expression induced by simple ion radiation ( t = 18.69,19.35,12.26,P ＜0.01 ).Conclusion NF-κB - HIF-1α pathway was activated in human lymphoma cells after ion radiation and may be involved in the mechanism of radioresistance.

Objective: To analyze the relationship of the expression level of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2, c-erbB-2) of breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) with ultrasonographic characteristics. Methods: Totally 104 patients with IDCs confirmed pathologically were involved in this study. ER, PR and c-erbB-2 expression in the IDC specimens was determined by immunohistochemical staining technique. The correlation between the ultrasonographic features and the positive expression of ER, PR or c-erbB-2 was analyzed. Results: The positive expression rate of ER and PR in the group with tumor spiculation sign and posterior acoustic attenuation was higher than that in the group without. The positive expression rate of ER differed significantly (P < 0.05) while that of PR did not (P>0.05). The over-expression rate of c-erbB-2 in the group of microcalcification, sufficient blood flow and axillary lymph node metastasis was higher than that in the group of non-microcalcification, deficient blood flow or without axillary lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). The expression of ER, PR and c-erbB-2 was not related to the size of tumor (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The expression of ER and c-erbB-2 is closely related to the ultrasonographic characteristics of IDC, which may, to some extent, reflect the expression level of ER and c-erbB-2.

Objective: To analyze the relationship of the expression level of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2, c-erbB-2) of breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) with ultrasonographic characteristics. Methods: Totally 104 patients with IDCs confirmed pathologically were involved in this study. ER, PR and c-erbB-2 expression in the IDC specimens was determined by immunohistochemical staining technique. The correlation between the ultrasonographic features and the positive expression of ER, PR or c-erbB-2 was analyzed. Results: The positive expression rate of ER and PR in the group with tumor spiculation sign and posterior acoustic attenuation was higher than that in the group without. The positive expression rate of ER differed significantly (P < 0.05) while that of PR did not (P>0.05). The over-expression rate of c-erbB-2 in the group of microcalcification, sufficient blood flow and axillary lymph node metastasis was higher than that in the group of non-microcalcification, deficient blood flow or without axillary lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). The expression of ER, PR and c-erbB-2 was not related to the size of tumor (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The expression of ER and c-erbB-2 is closely related to the ultrasonographic characteristics of IDC, which may, to some extent, reflect the expression level of ER and c-erbB-2.

Objective To investigate the mechanism of xCT on tumor metastasis in breast cancer cell MDA-MB-231. Methods Wound scratch assay and Transwell assay were performed to evaluate the effect of disruption and knockdown of xCT on cell migration and cell invasion in breast cancer cell MDA-MB-231 .Western Blot and RT-PCR were used to detect the expression levels of autophagy and EMT related markers in breast cancer cell MDA-MB-231 after treatment with sulfasalazine (SASP), an inhibitor of xCT activity and SLC7A11-RNAi.Results Both the scratch assay and the transwell migration assay showed that inhibition of xCT reduced the motility of MDA-MB-231 .The expression level of autophagy related protein LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰwas elevated, the protein level of transcription factor Snail was down-regulated, while the mRNA level of Snail did not change in xCT inhibited MDA-MB-231 cells compared with MDA-MB-231 cells.Epithelial marker E-cadherin was up-regulated but mesenchymal marker Vimentin was down-regulated when xCT was deficient.Con-clusion Our current studies show that xCT is an endogenous regulator of tumor growth and metastasis in MDA -MB-231 and the expression level of xCT determines the phenotypes of MDA-MB-231 cells in invasion and migration in vitro.Inhibition of xCT can activate autophagy , induce the degradation of Snail ,and attenuate the EMT process in highly metastatic MDA-MB-231 cells.

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BACKGROUND: Hippocampus is one of an important brain areas related with memory,and plays a critical role in associative memory function.Hippocampal CA3 is one of the most important regions to form associative memory.CA3 is functionally divided into autoassociative and heteroassociative memories,and memory formation and retrieval require the development of detailed models of hippocampal function.OBJECTIVE: To establish a detailed model of hippocampal CA3 function according to CA3 structure.METHODS: The model was a three-layered Hopfield-like neural network and was constituted by 280 Izhikevich artificial neurons,and is modulated by Hebbian rules.The model was simulated using MATLAB under the condition of adding the Gaussian white noise to its input.In the simulation,memories were represented by synchronous firing sequences.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The simulating results show that the third layer of model had heteroassociative memory function;the first and the second layer of the model could implement autoassociative memory.The model implemented well the memory functions of three subregions of hippecampal CA3.But it is impossible to understand the functions and dynamics of a real biological neural network by constructing a simple model.The model proposed has 280 neurons,which are far less than the real number of neurons.It suggests that there is a big gap between the properties of the model and a real biological neural network of CA3.

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with septic arthritis.Methods Twelve SLE patients with septic arthritis admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 1990 to December 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.Results The median duration from onset of SLE to septic arthritis was 8.5 months (ranged from 1 to 120 months).All patients had received higher doses of steroid therapy (equal to prednisolone 1 mg ·kg-1 ·d-1) and immunosuppressant,and 5 of them had received methylprednisolone pulse therapy.The infectious manifestations included joint pain (all cases),swelling (5 cases),reduced joint function (8 cases) and fever (10 cases).All patients were oligo-arthritis.The hip and knee joints were most commonly involved.Three patients were infected by Salmonella,4 patients were infected by S.aureus,and 3 patients were infected by tuber culosis.Conclusion When SLE patients with long term steroid and immunosuppressant therapy developedacute joint pain and swelling,septic arthritis should be considered.Synovial fluid Gram stain,culture,blood culture and arthroscopy should be performed promptly.Appropriate antibiotics should be administered,and early treatment can improve the outcomes.

Objective To master the prevalence of H unan Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),hepatitis C virus (HCV)and syphilis (RPR)infection and influencing faictors in Liucheng County,Guangxi Province,provided scientific basis for reducing the infection rate among drug users.Methods Analysis of 2011-2015 surveillance data of AIDS sentinel population.Results Male infection is more than female.The ratio of male to female is 1:0.072;The number of male infected with 2011-2015 in each year is 10 times that of female.The affect people between 20 to49 years old was higher than that of others,accounted for 93.66 ％ of the total number of infections.The ntmber of HIV and the number of HCV were downgrade year by year.The number of RPR was at the same level each year.HIV infection between 20 to 29 years old was lower than that of between 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 years old in HIV-infected people.HIV infection between 30 to 39 years old was lower than that of between 4(to 49 years old.The difference was statistically significant(P＜0.01).HCV infection between 20 to 29 years old was lower than that of between 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 and 50 to 59 years old in HCV-infected people.The difference was statistically significant(P＜0.01).RPR infection between 20 to 29 years olt was lower than that of between 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 years old in RPR-infected people.The difference was statistically significant(P＜0.01).Conclusion To strengthen the detection of drug users and behavior intervention,reduce the harm of AIDS,protect the health and safety of the people,is an important way to curb the prevalence of AIDS.

Glioma is the most common malignant brain tumor with high malignancy and lethality.The specific potential radiolabeled nanoparticles have been applied in the glioma research for non-invasive,dynamic,real-time and quantitative evaluation.Furthermore,radiolabeled nanoparticles have shown great potential in targeted therapy of glioma.The up-to-date application of radiolabeled nanoparticles in SPECT imaging,PET imaging,multimodality imaging and theranostics in glioma are reviewed in this article.

Objective　To establish the method of alloantigen-specific T lymphocyte clones. Methods　PBMC of the recipient was stimulated by donor splenocytes for twice and the stimulated T lymphocytes were cloned by limited dilution. Results　Three clones of T lymphocytes were obtained. By analysis of immunohistochemistry, two of the three clones were CD3+CD4-CD8+, another one was CD3+CD4-CD8-. The latter was analyzed by flowcytometry and CD3+ was 98.87%, CD4- 97.05%, CD8- 97.14%. Antigen specificity of the cloned T lymphocytes was determined by stimulation of donor splenocytes and non-related individual splenocytes. When stimulated by donor splenocytes, the cloned T lymphocytes proliferated and did not show proliferative role when stimulated by non-related individual splenocytes. Conclusion　Our method of cloning alloantigen-specific T lymphocytes is successful.