Objective To summarize the clinical manifestations,pathological character,diagnosis and treatment of aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM).Methods A computer-based online search of PubMed database and CHKD database was undertaken for literature about AAM published from all the relevant documents with the key words of aggressive angiomyxon.According to the condition 210 articles were analyzed.All the articles were analyzed about natural history,clinical manifestation,diagnosis,pathological character,treatment and prognosis of AAM.Results A total of 282 cases in well-documented articles had been reported,among which 64 were male and 218 were female,with male to female ratio of 1:3.4.The age of the patients from 1 to 83 years(mean 40.38 years).The most common sites were the perineum,genital tract and soft tissue in pelvic cavity in females and the scrotum,spermatic cord and groin in males.None of the cases could be accurately diagnosed as AAM preoperatively.The minimum diameter of the tumors was 1 cm,and the maximum was 60 cm.All the specimens showed typical pathological features of AAM as reported previously.Immunohistochemistry indicated that AAM tended to be strongly positive for vimentin,CD34,Desmin,estrogen receptor,progesterone receptor but mostly negative for S-100 and Ki-67 and Actin.The medical history was from 1 month to 20 years.The recurrence of the postoperative follow-up was 2 months to 20 years.The diagnosis depended on pathological examination.Conclusions AAM is a sort of unusual soft connective tissue tumor.It is a kind of unknown cause,slow progression,locally invasive,easy to recur after tumor resection.Long-term follow-up is quite necessary because of the high rate of local recurrence.

In order to better control the quality of Flos Puerariae(FP),qualitative and quantitative analyses were initially performed by using chemical fingerprint and chemometrics methods in this study.First,the fingerprint of FP was developed by HPLC and the chemical markers were screened out by similarity analysis(SA),hierarchical clustering analysis(HCA),principal components analysis(PCA),and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis(OPLS-DA).Next,the chemical constituents in FP were profiled and identified by HPLC coupled to Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry(HPLC-FT-ICR MS).Then,the characteristic constituents in FP were quantitatively analyzed by HPLC.As a result,31 common peaks were assigned in the fingerprint and 6 of them were considered as qualitative markers.A total of 35 chemical constituents were detected by HPLC-FT-ICR MS and 16 of them were unambiguously identified by comparing retention time,UV absorption wavelength,accurate mass,and MS/MS data with those of reference standards.Subsequently,the contents of glycitin,genistin,tectoridin,glycitein,genistein,and tectorigenin in 13 batches of FP were detected,ranging from 0.4438 to 11.06 mg/g,0.955 to 1.726 mg/g,9.81 to 57.22 mg/g,3.349 to 41.60 mg/g,0.3576 to 0.989 mg/g,and 2.126 to 9.99 mg/g,respectively.In conclusion,fingerprint analysis in combination with chemometrics methods could discover chemical markers for improving the quality control standard of FP.It is expected that the strategy applied in this study will be valuable for further quality control of other traditional Chinese medicines.

Objective To investigate the effect and underlying mechanism of lncRNA MEG3 on the radiosensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.Methods this experiment,overexpression control group,MEG3 overexpression group,miR-NC inhibition group,miR-7-5p inhibition group,overexpression control+4 Gy group,MEG3 overexpression+4 Gygroup,miR-NC inhibition+4 Gy group,miR-7-5p inhibition+4 Gy group,MEG3 overexpression + miR-NC overexpression group,MEG3 overexpression + miR-7-Sp overexpression group were established.The expression of miR-7-5p and MEG3 was detected by qRT-PCR.The radiosensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells was measured by clone formation assay.Cell apoptosis was assessed by flow cytometry.The fluorescence activity was evaluated by dual luciferase reporter assay.Results MEG3 was lowly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues and cells.Overexpression of MEG3 and inhibition of miR-7-5p expression increased the radiosensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells and promoted radiation-induced cell apoptosis.MEG3 could targetedly regulate the miR-7-5p expression.Overexpression of miR-7-5p reversed the effect of overexpression of MEG3 on the sensitization of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells and the promotion of apoptosis induced by radiation exposure.Conclusions Overexpression of MEG3 increases the radiosensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells and promotes radiation-induced cell apoptosis.The mechanism may be related to the down-regulation of miR-7-5p expression.