Objective:To evaluate the different effect of TACE and TACE combined with PEI and RF in treating liver metastasis.Methods:67 patients with liver metastasis were classified as group TACE(46 cases)and combined group including TACE+PEI(7 cases) and group TACE+RF(14 cases).All patients were analyzed after treatment by follow-up、CT and their blood biochemical tests.Results:The rate of tumor shrinkage and necrosis was 46.8% and 20.7%,while the contrast group was 78.9%,49.2% respectively(P

Notch signal pathway can regulate the morphogenesis,apoptosis and cellular proliferation of normal tissues and organs,which plays an important role in regulating hematopoietic cells proliferation and differentiation in bone marrow microenvironment.The occurrence and development of multiple myeloma(MM)are closely related to the bone marrow microenvironment in which many signal pathways are involved.Recent studies show that Notch signal pathway promotes the development and progression of many cancers including MM,which plays key roles in tumor invasion and drug resistance.This review focus on the recent findings on Notch signal pathway in MM,and reveals that Notch signal pathway will be identified as a potential new therapeutic target in MM.

Recently numerous studies have demonstrated that Notch signaling pathway plays a critical role in regulating cell proliferation and differentiation in hematopoietic microenvironment,which is associated with MM occurrence and the drug resistance.The latest researches show that there are close relations between hypoxia and Notch signaling pathway in tumor occurrence and progression.Exploring the interactions of microenvironment of hypoxia,HIF-1α and Notch signaling pathway will provide theoretical basis for MM targeted therapy.

Objective To investigate the role of cytokines combined with CLIF Consortium organ failure score (CLIF-COFs) in determining the prognosis of liver transplant in hepatitis B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (HB-ACLF) patients.Methods Thirty-seven cases of HB-ACLF patients undergoing liver transplantation were divided into HB-ACLF patients with complications group (n =15) and those without complications (n =22).Plasma were prospectively collected immediately before LT and on the 1st,3rd,5th,7th day after LT in HB-ACLF patients.The serum levels of twenty-seven cytokines were determined by 200 LUMINEX liquid chip technology.Cytokines and CLIF-COFs were analyzed with logistic regression and the receiver operating characteristic to confirm the correlation with the total complications post-LT.Results The serum levels of post-transplant G-CSF and MCP-1 in HB-ACLF patients with complications were higher than those of without complications (P ＜ 0.05).The COX analysis indicated that MCP-1 and CLIF-COFs were predictors of post-LT complications [A UC:0.821,95％ CI:0.668-0.974;AUC:0.738,95％ CI:0.578-0.898].The discriminatory power of MCP-combined with CLIF-COFs [AUC:0.839,95％ CI:0.703-0.975] was better than that of either.Conclusions MCP-1 combined with CLIF organ failure score can better predict the short-term outcomes of liver transplantation in HB-ACLF patients.

Hypoxia environment plays an important role in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma such as stimulating angiogenesis,increasing bone destructiong,epithelial-mesenchymal transition and drug resis-tance.Thus,there are many therapeutic strategies targeting the hypoxic environment of multiple myeloma,such as hypoxia-activated prodrug and molecular targeting inhibitors.Targeting the hypoxic environment is a promis-ing therapy for multiple myeloma in the future.

ObjectiveTo access the predictive value in Postoperative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG) by seven different Risk scoring system.MethodsTo collect the clinical information of patients undergoing CABG in our department.SinoSCORE,Additive EuroSCORE,Logistic EuroSCORE,OPR,Cleveland model,Parsonnet score,QMMI was used to predict postoperative mortality for all patients,and calculate the mean predictive postoperative mortality.To devided the patients to six group:group Ⅰ (0 - 1.99％ ),group Ⅱ (2.00％ - 3.99％ ),group Ⅲ (4.00％ - 5.99％ ),group Ⅳ ( 6.00％ - 7.99％ ),group Ⅴ (8.00％ - 9.99％ ),group Ⅵ ( ＞ 10％ ) by predictive postoperative mortality.Access the performance of risk scoring system predict the mortality through compare the predictive mortality and the observed mortality in different Risk stratification.To use Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test access the calibration.Discrimination was tested by determining the area under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve(AUG).ResultsThe overall mean baseline age was ( 62.8 ± 8.8 ) years.The observed mortality in all our study patients was 1.99 ％ ( 22/1103 cases).The predictive mortality calculated by SinoSCORE,Additive EuroSCORE,Logistic EuroSCORE,OPR,Cleveland model,Parsonnet score and QMMI were 3.01％,4.38％,3.83％,1.69％,4.42％,6.71％ and3.71％.And the most closest is OPR,SinoSCORE,QMMI.Group tests confirmed Logistic EuroSCORE Overestimated the mortality in all the group.Predicted mortality calculated by Additive EuroSCORE was lower than the actual mortality in group Ⅵ and higher than the observed mortality in other group.SinoSCORE、Cleveland model、Parsonnet score、QMMI Overestimated the mortality in all the group expect group Ⅰ.OPR forecast a lower mortality Compared with observed mortality in group Ⅰ and group Ⅳ and a Slightly higher mortality in group Ⅱ,group Ⅲ.To use Hosmer - Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test access the calibration.The text proved all the risk scoring system had a good calibration for postoperative mortality (P ＞ 0.05 ).Discrimination was tested by ROC,only SinoSCORE ( AUC =0.751 ＞ 0.70) showed high discriminatory ability in predicting mortality.ConclusionSinoSCOBE have a good forecast performance for the postoperative mortality in the patients undergoing CABG in our department in seven different Risk scoring system.And SinoSCORE could be used in preoperative risk assessment.

Objective To study the clinical efficacy of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCABG) in the patients who have left main coronary artery stenosis and three-vessel lesion with low ejection fraction.MethodsFrom January 2010 to December 2010,28 cases with low ejection fraction,left main coronary artery stenosis and three-vessel lesion and received OPCABG were analyzed retrospectively.All cases underwent OPCABG under general anesthesia.The Hb,PLT,ALT,AST,BUN and Cr count before and 3 days after operation were recorded.LVEF andLVEDbeforeand 3monthsafter operationwererecorded.Thedata were compared.Results one case died of respiratory failure caused by pulmonary infection.The mortality rate was 3.75 ％.The value of six parameters are: Hb ( [ 137.94 ± 19.40 ],[ 111.06 ± 12.71 ] g/L),PLT ( [ 210.43 ±48.26 ] × 109/L,[ 148.4 ± 52.20 ] × 109/L),ALT ( [ 27.66 ± 11.51 ] U/L,[ 29.02 ± 16.40 ] U/L),AST ([26.55 ± 10.12] U/L,[27.75 ±8.14] U/L),BUN([6.51 ± 1.00] mmol/L,[6.88 ± 2.53] mmol/L),Cr ([96.35 ± 15.25]μmol/L,[95.11 ± 24.38 ] μmol/L).Comparison of the values showed that Hgb and PLT were different significantly before and 3 days after operations.There was no significant difference in the levels of ALT,AST,BUN and Cr before and after the treatment.Three months later,LVEF and LVED were significantly different from that before treatment ( P ＜ 0.05 ),with LVEF of( [ 36.23 ± 3.41 ] ％,[ 47.23 ± 5.13 ] ％ ) and LVED of( [62.23 ±5.93]mm,[58.08 ±5.02] mm).ConclusionOPCABG produces a satisfactory outcome in the patients who have left main coronary artery stenosis and three-vessel lesion combined with low ejection fraction.There is limited impact of OPCABG on the other organs.The long-term effect and prognosis are still need to be followed-up and analyzed.

Objective To analyze the benefits and risks of preoperative aspirin treatment in elderly patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) grafting.Methods From January 2010 to June 2014 in Tianjin Chest Hospital,1 501 consecutive patients aged ＞65 years with mean age (71.1 ± 4.2) years who underwent selective first-time isolated off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery were included in this research.They were divided into 2 groups:aspirin group (longterm use of entericcoated aspirin tablets within 5 days before operation,n =369) and aspirin withdrawal group (aspirin withdrawal for 5 days and over before operation,n=1 132).Univariate analysis and a logistic regression were used to compare the postoperative events between the two groups.To adjust for the remaining differences between groups,propensity score was enrolled into the logistic regression model.Results There were no significant differences between the two groups in all-cause in-hospital mortality,postoperative myocardial infarction,cerebrovascular events,postoperative renal failure,blood dialysis and reoperation for bleeding (all P＞＞ 0.05),but more frequency of red blood cell transfusions were found in aspirin group than in aspirin withdrawal group [74.0％(273/369)vs.62.5％(707/1 132),adjusted OR=1.50,95％CI:1.13-2.00,P＜0.01].Conclusions Preoperative aspirin treatment can increase the incidence of red blood cell transfusion,but cannot increase the incidence of reoperation for bleeding,and has no effect on the postoperative outcomes such as all-cause in-hospital mortality,cerebrovascular events,postoperative myocardial infarction,postoperative renal failure or blood dialysis in patients undergoing selective isolated OPCAB.

Objective To investigate the effect of hypoxic preconditioning on the biological function of bone mar-row-derived endothelial progenitor cells (BM-EPCs). Methods Mononuclear cells were collected by density gradient cen-trifugation from the bone marrow of rats. The isolated cells were cultivated in dishes coated with the vitronectin from rat plas-ma,filled with the endothelial cell basal medium-2. Cells were then cultured under the conventional culture conditions (37℃and 5%CO2). The cultured cells were divided into control group and hypoxia training group after four-day culture. Cells of the control group were cultured in previous conditions for another three days. However, cells of the hypoxia training groups were cultured in previous conditions for 0, 1 and 2 days,and then under the hypoxic condition (1%O2+5%CO2+94%N2) for another 72 hours, 48 hours and 24 hours, respectively. After seven days,cells in all of groups were collected for the following study. The immunofluorescence labeling and cell analyzer were used to indentify BM-EPCs. The tube formation of BM-EPCs was tested by Matrigel assay. Annexin V/PI antiapoptotic assay was used to detect the apoptotic rate of BM-EPCs. Results The early apoptotic rate of BM-EPCs was increased obviously with extended hypoxia. There was no significant dif-ference in the early apoptotic rate of BM-EPCs between control group (0.89±0.20)%and hypoxic 24-h group (1.33±0.07)%(P>0.05). There was significant increase in the early apoptotic rate of BM-EPCs in hypoxic 48-h group (3.25±0.12)%and hypoxic 72-h group (7.48 ± 1.53)%(P<0.05). Compare with control group, the tube formation ability was significantly in-creased in hypoxic 24-h group (P<0.01), but the tube formation ability was significantly decreased in hypoxic 48-h group and hypoxic 72-h group (P<0.01). Conclusion After hypoxic preconditioning for 24 hours, the apoptotic rate was not obvi-ous in BM-EPCs, but the tube formation ability was markedly increased.

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCC) is a rare tumor with a poor prognosis.With the development of high definition imaging technology,improvement of surgical instruments,optimization of perioperative surgical strategies and accumulation of surgical experiences,the radical resection rate of HCC is significantly improved.Operation is the main method of treatment for HCC,and radical resection is important for a long-term survival of HCC patients.The clinical data of 66 patients with HCC who were admitted to the Beijing Youan Hospital from April 2004 to April 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.The key points in surgical procedure and prognosis of patients were investigated.