Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Sinusitis ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome

Humans ; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ; complications ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Thrombosis ; complications

Biomedical Research ; Dental Research ; Humans ; Taste ; Taste Buds ; cytology

Objective To evaluate the predictive value of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) level on prognostic of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome by dynamic monitoring ANP levels.Methods Ninety-eight patients admitted to the intensive care unite were classified into survival group(n =78) and death group (n =20).The level of plasma ANP,procalcitonin,C-reactive protein and lactic acid were measured.Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) Ⅱ score were recorded.Results The plasma ANP level of patients in the death group was 0.40 (0.26) μg/L,significantly higher than that in the survival group(0.22(0.12) μg/L,P =0.000).Along with treatment scheme,the plasma ANP level decreased in survival group,and there were significant difference among three times (0.22 (0.12) μg/L,0.17 (0.09) μg/L,0.13 (0.11) μg/L,P =0.000).But there was no difference in ANP level of patients in death group along with the disease developing (0.38 (0.30) μg/L,0.39 (0.23) μg/L,0.39 (0.22) μg/L,P =0.99).ICU hospitalized time in survive group associated with APACHE Ⅱ score,ANP and PCT(r =0.735,0.628,0.487 respectively,P =0.000,0.001,0.021).Conclusion ANP is proved to be a good clinical index in prognostic evaluation of patients with sepsis.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Oral Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Parotid Neoplasms ; surgery ; Young Adult

Female ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; pathology ; Humans ; Infant ; Teratoma ; pathology

Objective To explore the relationship between structure and function in the diseases of posterior visual pathways as well as the anatomic mechanism of the abnormal visual responses.Methods Eleven cases of diseases of posterior visual pathways(3 gliomas,4 meningiomas,3 metastasis,1 stroke) involving either cortical or subcortical visual pathways were investigated by combining fMRI and DTI.fMRI was performed by using flashing checkerboard at 8 Hz.For imaging processing,fMRI analysis was performed with SPM99,and DTI and tractography with DTVⅡ.Fractional anisotropy(FA) of optic radiations and activated volume(VOXELs) of primary visual cortices(V1 and V2) were measured and analyzed at the affected side and the contralateral side.Relative FA(rFA) and relative activated volume(rVOXELs) were also calculated.3D tractography of optic radiations was performed successfully in 11 patients.Results In the patients with brain tumors,FA values in the affected side of optic radiations were significantly different with the contralateral side(P

Objective To investigate the effect of microRN-206 (miR-206) on the expression of Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and Cyclin G-associated protein kinase (GAK), and the growth of prostate cancer cells.Methods Prostate cancer cell lines DU-145 and PC-3 were transfected with miR-NC (the control group) or miR-206 (the experimental group).The expressions of CDK4 and GAK mRNA were detected by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR).The expressions of CDK4 and GAK protein were detected by Western blotting.Cell cycle distribution was detected by flow cytometry.EdU proliferation assay and colony forming assay were used to analyze the cell proliferation ability.Results In DU-145 and PC-3 cells, the expressions of CDK4 mRNA in miR-NC group were 1.00±0.09, 1.00±0.10, the expressions of GAK mRNA were 1.00±0.05, 1.00±0.06.The expressions of CDK4 mRNA in miR-206 group were significantly decreased in DU-145 (0.36±0.18;t=6.572, P=0.001) and PC-3 cell lines (0.43±0.17;t=5.794, P=0.001).The expressions of GAK mRNA were also significantly decreased in DU-145 (0.23±0.04;t=22.420, P<0.001) and PC-3 cell lines (0.32±0.08;t=14.500, P<0.001).Western blotting results were consistent with qRT-PCR results.The results of flow cytometry showed that compared with the miR-NC group of DU-145 and PC-3 cell lines, the percentage of cells in S phase (23.60%±5.68% vs.32.53%±4.52%, t=2.462, P=0.049;22.09%±4.35% vs.30.96%±4.86%, t=2.720, P=0.035) and G2-M phase (16.28%±7.12% vs.26.63%±4.33%, t=2.484, P=0.048;14.60%±1.62% vs.24.68%±7.13%, t=2.758, P=0.033) decreased after transfection of miR-206, and the percentage of cells in G0-G1 phase (60.13%±5.82% vs.40.84%±5.37%, t=4.872, P=0.003;63.31%±3.27% vs.44.36%±3.82%, t=7.533, P<0.001) increased.The results of EdU proliferation assay showed that the proliferation abilities were significantly attenuated after transfection of miR-206 (22.56±3.81 vs.38.90±8.51, t=3.503, P=0.013;25.12±6.42 vs.48.45±8.92, t=4.244, P=0.005).The results of colony formation experiments showed that the numbers of colonies formed by DU-145 and PC-3 in miR-NC group were 218.66±44.59 and 177.35±24.49, respectively.The numbers of colonies formed in miR-206 group were 125.38±32.80 (t=3.370, P=0.015) and 82.65±14.05 (t=6.708, P=0.001), suggesting that cell proliferation ability in miR-206 group was reduced.Conclusion miR-206 significantly inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells by interfering with the expressions of CDK4 and GAK, suggesting that miR-206 may be a molecular targeted therapy tool for prostate cancer.

Objective To investigate the effect of dsP21-555 transfection on the expression of tumor suppressor gene p21 in renal clear cell carcinoma cell lines ACHN and 786-O.Methods Renal clear cell carcinoma cells were transfected with dsControl and dsP21-555 with Lipofectamine 3000 respectively.Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting were used to detect the expression of p21 mRNA and protein.Cell cycle distribution was detected by flow cytometry (FCM).Cell viability and proliferation were analyzed by cell viability assay (MTS method) and colony culture assay.Results In ACHN and 786-O cells, the expressions of p21 mRNA in dsP21-555 group (2.86±0.33, 1.96±0.35) were significantly higher than those in dsControl group (1.05±0.34, 1.01±0.14), which were increased to 2.72 times (t=7.640, P<0.001) and 1.95 times (t=5.058, P=0.002).Western blotting showed that the expressions of P21 protein were up-regulated in both renal cell lines, which was consistent with p21 mRNA up-regulation.The result of FCM showed that the cell cycle was blocked in G0-G1 phase (57.08%±5.66% vs.46.06%±4.60%, t=3.023, P=0.023;61.58%±6.23% vs.42.25%±6.08%, t=4.444, P=0.004) after transfection of dsP21-555 in renal clear cell carcinoma cells.MTS result showed that the vitality of both cell lines after transfection of dsP21-555 decreased compared with dsControl group, their absorbance values were 0.85±0.20 vs.1.27±0.13, t=3.410, P=0.014;1.04±0.25 vs.1.55±0.10, t=3.758, P=0.009.Colony culture experiments showed that the numbers of colonies formed by ACHN and 786-O in the dsControl group were 110.91±26.21 and 129.99±22.87 respectively, and the numbers of colonies formed in the dsP21-555 group were 59.37±14.23 (t=3.456, P=0.014) and 71.26±21.38 (t=3.745, P=0.010), indicating that the proliferation of cells in the dsP21-555 group was significantly reduced.Conclusion dsP21-555 can up-regulate the expression of p21 gene in renal clear cell carcinoma cells and inhibit the growth of carcinoma cells, suggesting that dsP21-555 may become a new gene therapy tool.