BACKGROUND: Whether nerve root is involved or not in cervical spondylosis of nerve root type is related not only to stenosis of bone canal and inflammatory disorder and swelling in peripheral soft tissues, but also to the relevant size of external diameter of nerve root.OBJECTIVE: To probe into the anatomical factors of cervical spondylosis of nerve root type with occurrence rate of involved cervical nerve in cervical intervertebral foramen and sulcus of spinal nerve.DESIGN: Single sample observation was designed.SETTING: Department of Anatomy of Chengde Medical College.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 120 sides of 60 adult corpses were employed with formaldehyde fixation (28 cases of male and 32 cases of female).METHODS: Sixty adult corpses were measured with the vernier of 0.02 mm spinal nerve and the transverse diameter of anterior branch (A-diameter) of superoinferior diameter (S - I diameter) of cervical intervertebral foramen and its spinal nerve root. The ratios were calculated between A-diameter cervical nerve and E-diameter of the corresponding sulcus of spinal nerve and between A - P diameter and S - I diameter of spinal nerve root and those of corresponding intervertebral foramen respectively. The rates of occurrence were concluded for those cervical nerves whose A-diameter larger than or equal to E-diameter of sulcus of spinal nerves and for those spinal nerve roots whose rations larger than or equal to those of corresponding intervertebral foramens.cervical nerve in C3-6 larger than or equal to E-diameter of sulcus of spinal nerve roots in C3-6 larger than or equal to those of corresponding intervertebral foramens.RESULTS: Totally 120 sides of 60 corpses were measured (56 cases of male wedge pressure in intervertebral foramen of cervical nerve root for both male and female, of which, that of female was remarkably superior to the male was 6. 3% for wedge pressure of anterior branch of cervical spinal nerve in sulcus in spinal nerve for both male and female, of which, that of male was remarkably superior to the female(8.9%, 3.9%, χ2 = 6.65, P ＜ 0. 01 ).CONCLUSION: The involvement of cervical nerve is related not only to the stenosis of bone canal but also to the injury of peripheral soft tissues. By the ratios between E-diameter of nerve root and intervertebral foramen and between A-diameter of cervical nerve and E-diameter of sulcus of spinal nerve, those ≥ 1 can be obtained directly as the rate of occurrence of nerve compression.

The carcinogenesis and development is a progress of multi-gene alterations in the human gastric cancer (HGC)．In order to determine the relation between the aberration of these genes and gastric cancer，we chose c-met (7q31)、hMLH1 (3p21)、E-cadherin (16q22.1) and HLA loci DQA1、DR2、DR3、DR4、DR7、DR9 and detected their changes in 32 tumor specimens of intestinal type HGC and 4 cell lines of gastric cancer by performing analysis of SSP/PCR、PCR/SSCP and MSI technigues．Our data show that none point mutation was detected in c-met gene．We examined two microsatellites loci D3S1298 and D3S1561 in hMLH1 gene and detected that 6 cases retain MSI (Microsatellite Instability) and 2 cases of LOH (Loss of Heterozygosity) at D3S1298 and 2 cases of MSI at D3S1561．We also examined E-cadherin gene at two microsatellites loci D16S3083 and D16S3095 close to the gene and detected that 5 cases retain MSI and 1 case of LOH at D16S3083 and no change at D16S3095．The point mutation incidence of HLA-DR4 loci is 9/20 (45%)，higher than the other loci in HLA-Ⅱ．High frequent deletion，expression deregulation and methylation of mts1/p16 gene were detected in cell lines and solid tumors from human gastric cancer patients． 　　Our data showed that the point mutation of c-met gene is not the main pattern of alteration in intestinal type HGC that is consistent with the previous results．E-cadherin and hMLH1 are related to intestinal type HGC but whether they are susceptibility gene still need further study．The point mutation of the HLA-Ⅱ loci DR4 is closely related to intestinal type HGC．Methylation of mts1/p16 gene 5 CpG island might be plays an important role in the carcinogenesis in HGC．

BACKGROUND: Nerve root could be directly or indirectly entrapped due to lateral backward prolapse of nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disc, as well as parenchymal inflammatory tumefaction of the soft tissues in nerve root tube. But the factors and their severity related to cervical nerve entrapment at cervical intervertebral foramen and spinal nervous sulcus still need further studies.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between the occurrence rate of cervical nerve entrapment at cervical intervertebral foramen and spinal nervous sulcus and the severity of cervical syndrome.DESIGN: A single sample study.SETTING: Department of Anatomy, Department of Geriatrics of the Affiliated Hospital, and Department of Teaching Affairs, Chengde Medical College.PARTICIPANTS: The research was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, Chengde Medical College. Totally 120 sides of 60 cadavers(28 males and 32 females) were provided by the Department of Anatomy.METHODS: The outside diameters of cervical intervertebral foramen and spinal nerve root, as well as the width of external opening of spinal nerve sulcus and transverse diameter width of the anterior branch of intra-spinal nerve were measured, and the data were dealt with statistically.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The ratio of transversal diameter of the forepart of cervical nerves to the width of spinal nerve sulcus; the ratio of the peripheral diameter of cervical nerve roots to the size of intervertebral foramen; the occurrence rate where the ratio was ≥ 1.RESULTS: The ratio between cervical nerve root and intervertebral foramen was significantly larger than that between spinal nerve root and spinal nerve sulcus( t = 2.66, P ＜ 0.01 ). The occurrence rate of cervical nerve entrapment at the intervertebral foramen(24.6% ) was higher than that in spinal nerve sulcus(6.3% ), and the difference had a considerable statistical significance(x2 =6.95, P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION: It is suggested that the spinal nerve may be entrapped in the cervical intervertebral foramen and the spinal nervous sulcus, and the spinal nerve lesions in the cervical intervertebral foramen was more serious than in the spinal nervous sulcus. Therefore, in clinic, when diagnosing and treating cervical spondylosis, while nerve entrapment at the intervertebral foramen is fully considered, the possibility of nerve entrapment at the spinal nervous sulcus should not be neglected.

As an important incentive for cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases, obesity after cardiovascular disease and cancer has been listed as the third largest threat to human health by World Health Organization. Recent research has shown that obesity is associated with colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, endometrial cancer, however, it has not been fully disclosed that the mechanism could lead to an increased risk of tumors. Leptin and adiponectin are a kind of hormone secreted by adipose tissue, which involve in the energy metabolism, and play an increasing significant role in the tumors' affecting factors.

Objective To investigate the effects of signal pathway inhibitors PD98059 and LY294002 on cell proliferation, apoptosis, expressions of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulared kinase (p-ERK) and phosphorylated protein kinase B ( p-Akt) in endometrial carcinoma xenografts. Methods Human endometrial carcinoma Ishikawa cells were cultured in vitro. The effects of PD98059 and LY294002 on proliferation, apoptosis, and cell cycle distribution of endometrial cancer cells were detected by monotetrazolium ( MTT) assay and fluorescence-activated cell sorting technique. The models of xenografted tumor were established by the subcutaneous inoculation in 24 nude mice, and then they were randomly divided into 4 groups ( n = 6) , normal saline group, PD98059 group (PD group) , LY294002 group ( LY group) or PD98059 + LY294002 group ( PD + LY group) by intraperitoneal injections, respectively. The anti-tumor efficacy was evaluated by measuring tumor volume and tumor growth status. The histopathological change of tumor specimens was observed using HE staining and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferasemediated dUTP-digoxigen in nick and labeling method (TUNEL) testing and the expression levels of p-ERK and p-Akt were detected by immunohistochemistry method. Results ( 1) The proliferation of Ishikawa cells were suppressed after treated by PD98059 and ( or) Y294002, in which A570 values of cells decreased showing both time-dependent and concentration-dependent manner ( LY294002: Fgroup = 9. 801, P = 0. 002; Ftime = 10. 398, P = 0. 001. PD98059: Fgroup= 8. 213, P = 0. 015; Ftime = 6. 839, P = 0. 036). Cell cycle distribution analysis revealed that percentage of Ishikawa cells at G0/G1 phase(Ftime =35.049, P= 0.004; Fgroup = 32. 024, P ＜0. 01) increased and percentage of S phase cells (Ftime = 7. 789, P = 0. 049; Fgroup = 30. 132, P ＜0. 01) decreased significantly. The percentage of apoptotic cells increased significantly among PD group, LY group and PD + LY group, in which there were significant difference [(63. 3 ±0.5)% vs (30. 7 ± 20. 1) % vs(40. 8 ± 1. 3) % ; F = 621. 059, P ＜ 0. 01]. (2) Compared with the control group, the increasing of transplanting tumor volume in the treated groups were obviously ( F = 23. 545 , P ＜ 0. 01) , and the inhibited rate of the tumor was higher in PD + LY group than that in PD group or LY group [(68 ± 9 ) % vs ( 32 ± 16 ) % or ( 38 ± 17 ) % ; F = 10. 283 , P ＜ 0. 05]. ( 3 ) HE staining shown that there were different degrees of necrosis for endometrial carcinoma cell in different groups. The apoptosis of tumor cells were significantly increased in treated groups by TUNEL testing [(13. 7 ± 1. 5)% , ( 14. 1 ± 1. 2)% , (29. 0 ± 1. 8 ) % ; F = 320. 344, P ＜ 0. 01]. Immunohistochemistry results demonstrated that the expressions of p-ERK and p-Akt in treated groups were lower than that in control group, of which LY + PD group was the lowest one. Conclusion The signal pathway inhibitors PD98059 and LY294002 could inhibit the growth of human endometrial carcinoma in vivo and in vitro, in which may induce cell apoptosis.

Background:Gastric cancer is one of the malignant tumors with highest morbidity and mortality,and the early change of molecular marker in gastric mucosal lesion is the hot spot of gastric cancer study. Aims:To investigate the expressions and clinical significance of trefoil factor 2(TFF2),claudin 18(CLDN18),mucin 5AC(MUC5AC)in gastric mucosal lesions. Methods:Gastroscopy biopsies and surgery specimens from Dec. 2008 to May 2009 at Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital were collected,including 20 normal gastric mucosal tissues,20 intestinal metaplasia tissues,11 dysplasia tissues and 20 gastric cancer tissues. The protein expressions of TFF2, CLDN18, MUC5AC were determined by immunohistochemical SP method. Results:The positive expression rates of TFF2,CLDN18 and MUC5AC in normal gastric mucosal tissues were all 100% ,and were gradually decreased in the order of intestinal metaplasia,dysplasia and gastric cancer tissue,the differences were statistically significant(P < 0. 01). Conclusions:Expressions of TFF2,CLDN18 and MUC5AC protein are closely related to the degree of malignancy of gastric mucosal lesions,and can be considered as a potential biological marker for predicting the development and prognosis of gastric cancer.

Objective To investigate the value of three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging(3D-STI) in assessment of left ventricular regional systolic function in acute myocardial infarction model of dogs.Methods Left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery was ligated in 24 adult beagle dogs.Longitudinal strain(LS) of every left ventricular segment before ligation and 180 min after ligation,and the time for acquisition and analysis were obtained using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI) and 3D-STI.After the experiment,left ventricular myocardium were determined by TTC staining and divided into two groups:infarcted myocardial segments and non-infarcted myocardial segments.Results Experimental model of acute myocardial infarction was established successfully in 20 dogs.After ligation,both LS of 2D-STI and 3D-STI in infarcted myocardial segments were significantly lower (P ＜ 0.01).The time for acquisition and analysis of the images by 3D-STI were significantly shorter than that by 2D-STI (P ＜0.01).The area under the ROC curve of 3D-STI was larger than that of 2D-STI.A cut-off value of-12.56％ for LS of the 3D-STI had 77.9％ sensitivity and 88.2％ specificity in predicting acute myocardial infarction.Conclusions 3D-STI is a convenient,accurate method for evaluating left ventricular regional systolic function.

Objective To analyse the correlation between hepatitis B virus infection in mother and immune effect of hepatitis B vaccine in infant so as to explore ways to prevent mother-to-infant transmission.Methods 8 022 aged from 7 months to 2 years old children and their mothers were selected.The children's HepB immunization were investigated.The serological investigation of mother and children were tested by the colloidal gold tripes and ELISA methods.The HBV genotype were detected among HBsAg positive mother.Results The mother's carry rate of HBsAg was 2.43% while the children's was 0.45%.The protect rate of HepB was 81.48%.127 genotype C were detected among 146 HBsAg positive mothers.There were 26 pair of mothers and their children whose's HBsAg were both positive.Nine of the mother's HBeAg and HBcAb were positive.While five of the mother's HBeAb and HBcAb were positive,and ten of the mother's HBcAb were positive.The differences of the three were statistically significant (?2=6.03,P

Objective To develop an HPLC method for the measurement of n-3 fatty acid index of serum cholesteryl esters.Methods Serum triglycerides were hydrolyzed with ethanolic sodium hydroxide and cholesteryl esters (CEs) were extracted with hexane.The extracted CEs were analyzed by reversed phase HPLC with a UV detection at 205 nm.Cholesteryl eicosapentaenoate and docosahexaenoate ( major n-3 fatty acid cholesteryl esters) were identified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and cholesterol in each CE fraction was measured.Peak areas of CEs were corrected for cholesterol and CE n-3 index was calculated using the corrected peak area and expressed as the percentage of n-3 fatty acid CEs in total CEs.Results The HPLC analysis can be finished in 6 minutes.Triglycerides which interfere with the determination of n-3 fatty acid index, were hydrolyzed with ethanolic sodium hydroxide (4 mol/L) in 30 seconds.The within-run and total CVs for CE n-3 index averaged 0.66% and 0.90%, respectively.CE n-3 indexes of 70 volunteers and 36 coronary heart disease patients apparently healthy subjects and patients with coronary heart disease in Beijing Hospital appeared to be positively skewed and leptokurtic distribution ( skewness = 1.25, kurtosis = 1.70 ).The median of n-3 indices were 0.98% ( 0.37% - 2.40% ).The logarithm of n-3 index appeared to be normal distribution and the average is 0.003 7% with standard deviations of 0.15.The distribution of n-3 indices of gender groups was similar with the total.The medians of females and males were 1.08% (0.60% -2.40%) and 0.95% (0.37% -2.11%) respectively, and the former were significantly higher than the latter( t = - 3.021, P = 0.003 ).Conclusion A new method for the measurement of n-3 index of serum cholesteryl esters by HPLC has been established.It is simple and precise and can be used in predicting cardiovascular diseases risks and monitoring dietary intake of n-3 fatty acids.

Objective To identify biomarkers associated with the differentiated phenotype based on gene expression profiling of gastric cancer. Methods Two bioinformatic methods, BAGEL and k-TSP, were used to identify featured genes associated with differentiation in gastric cancer samples based on the Oligo gene chip data, and ROC curves were used to verify the classification sensitivity and specificity of the identified genes. Finally, a total of 30 gastric cancer samples with different differentiation levels were collected for laboratory validation using real-time PCR analyses. Results A total of 121 differentially expressed genes were identified using the BAGEL algorithm, the criterion were FC ＞ 2. 0 and P ＜ 0. 001.Then, the k-TSP algorithm for feature selection based on this differential expression data were used, and 3 groups of featured genes which had potential to classify poor and well differentiation gastric cancer samples were identified, including MYLIP and TMPRSS3, ZNF266 and TM4SF1, SNAI2 and CNFN. To define the featured gene groups that had the highest classification capability, ROC curves to calculate the classification sensitivity and specificity of each gene group were used. The results showed that the combination of SNAI2and CNFN as a classifier had the highest classification sensitivity and specificity. Real-time PCR results showed that 18 of 22 poor differentiation samples were found with high expression of SNAI2 and low expression of CNFN (82%); 6 of 8 well differentiation samples were of low expression of SNAI2 and high expression of CNFN (75%). Conclusion The results indicate that SNAI2 and CNFN are constantly expressed in poor or well differentiation gastric cancer samples, and the expression pattern of these two genes is opposite. These results indicate that SNAI2 and CNFN have the potential for the identification of the differentiation level of gastric cancer.