Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of ?-catenin and COX-2 in human colorectal carcinoma. Methods [WTBZ]The expression of ?-catenin and COX-2 in 153 colorectal tissue specimens was examined by immunohistochemical technique, and their clinical significance and correlation were statistically analyzed. Results In colorectal adenocarcinoma, the loss of ?-catenin in the cytomembrane was significantly correlated with the differentiated degree, lymph node metastasis and Dukes' stages, while COX-2 overexpression was associated with the Dukes' stages,lymph node metastasis and infiltrating depth. The ectopic expression of ?-catenin was not associated with the COX-2 overexpression. [WTHZ] Conclusion COX-2 and ?-catenin may play a role in the pathogenesis of colorectal adenocarcinoma. The ectopic expression of ?-catenin may be not the main reason of the COX-2 overexpression in colorectal adenocarcinoma. Detection of ?-catenin and COX-2 expression may be helpful for Dukes' staging and evaluating the risk of lymph node metastasis in colorectal adenocarcinoma.

Objective To investigate the correlation between immediate postoperative platelet count with liver failure after partial hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 71 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent liver resection at the Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Department of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital from July 2013 to August 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by pathology of the resected specimens.Based on postoperative platelet count within 2 h,the patients were divided into the low platelet count (PLT ＜ 100 × 109/L) group (n =24,33.8％) and the normal platelet count (PLT ≥ 100 × 109/L) group (n =47,66.2％).The correlations between immediate postoperative platelet count with serum indexes including serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotransferase (AST),total bilirubin (TBil) and direct bilirubin (DBil) were analyzed,and the incidences of posthepatectomy liver failure was also evaluated in these two groups.Results There was no re-operation and perioperative death in this study.Among the 71 patients,25 patients (35.2％) developed postoperative complications (grade Ⅰ to Ⅲ),and 8 patients (11.3％) suffered from postoperative liver failure (grade A).When compared with the normal platelet count group,the low platelet count group had significantly increased risks of postoperative liver failure (29.2％ vs 2.1％,X2 =11.618,P ＜ 0.05),increased postoperative peaks of ALT,AST,TBil and DBil levels [(462.5 ±135.7)U/L vs (307.9 ± 192.6) U/L,(440.0 ± 163.3) U/L vs (265.8 ± 155.8) U/L,(29.5 ±9.1) μmol/L vs (17.9 ±8.8) μ mol/L,t =3.507,4.385,5.129,P ＜0.05,respectively] and longer normalization time of liver function.Multiple Logistic regression analyses revealed that an immediate postoperative low platelet count was an independent risk factor of posthepatectomy liver failure.Conclusions The platelet count was associated with the incidence of postoperative liver failure after partial liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.Patients with an immediate postoperative low platelet count suffered from a high incidence of posthepatectomy liver failure and delayed liver function recovery.

Objective To investigate the expression of stathmin and evaluate its influence to anti-microtubule adjuvant chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC).Methods The clinical data and survival status of 78 NSCLC patients were collected,and their paraffin-embedded tissue were detected immunohistochemically with a rabbit anti-human stathmin polyclonal antibody.The clinical significance of stathmin expression and its influence to overall survival rate were analyzed statistically between patients who received paclitaxel or vinblastine adjuvant chemotherapy.Results The positive expression of stathmin could only be observed in the cytoplasm of cancer cells.Among 78 patients,40 (51.3 ％ ) patients were stained stathmin-positive.The positive rate of stathmin was significantly higher in male than female,in central type than peripheral type,in pleura-involved than non-involved,and in dead patients than survival patients ( P ＜ 0.05 ),but showed no significant differences in patients with different age,differentiated grade,pathological type,clinical stage,or lymph-node metastasis status.The expression of stathmin had a significant influence to overall survival rate(x2 =4.348,P ＜0.05 ),and those stathmin-negative patients showed a longer survival time.In stathmin-negative patients,those who received adjuvant chemotherapy with vinblastine exhibited a shorter survival time than those with paclitaxel,but the P =0.06.In stathmin-positive patients,the survival rate or time showed no difference between groups with paclitaxel and vinblastine.The differentiated grade,metastasis to lymph node and expression of stathmin were independent risk factors influencing survival rate.The positive expression of stathmin could only be observed in the cytoplasm of cancer cells.Among 78 patients,40 (51.3 ％ )patients were stained stathminpositive.The positive rate of stathmin was significantly higher in male than female,in central type than peripheral type,in pleura-involved than non-involved,and in dead patients than survival patients ( P ＜ 0.05 ),but showed no significant differences in patients with different age,differentiated grade,pathological type,clinical stage,or lymph-node metastasis status.The expression of stathmin had a significant influence to overall survival rate(x2 =4.348,P ＜ 0.05 ),and those stathmin-negative patients showed a longer survival time.In stathmin-negative patients,those who received adjuvant chemotherapy with vinblastine exhibited a shorter survival time than those with paclitaxel,but the P =0.06.In stathmin-positive patients,the survival rate or time showed no difference between groups with paclitaxel and vinblastine.The differentiated grade,metastasis to lymph node and expression of stathmin were independent risk factors influencing survival rate.Conclusion Our study suggested that the detection of stathmin in resected NSCLC tumor tissues may be helpful for prediction of prognosis,but helpless for making a choice between paclitaxel and vinblastine.NSCLC patients with stathmin-negative,no metastasis to lymph node or good-differentiated grade may have a better prognosis.

Objective To investigate effects of ACUMED self-orientated elbow plate system in treatment of comminuted distal humeral fractures (type C) in adults.Methods Thirty-two adult cases of comminuted distal humeral fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation with parallel dual plates from May 2009 to October 2010 were enrolled in the study.There were 17 males and 15 females,at average age of 60 years (range,21-85 years).All cases were subjected to closed fractures,involving left side in 15 cases and right side in 17.Besides,two cases had associated ulnar nerve injury.According to AO classification,there were 12 cases of type C1,12 of type C2 and eight of type C3 fractures.The time from injury to operation averaged 5.6 days.Distal humeri were exposed through posterior median incision of elbow and V shape osteotomy of olecroanon.Muscular contractile and relaxant functional exercise was taken within 24 hours postoperatively.Clinical results were assessed based on Mayo elbow performance score (MEPS) and X-ray films.Results X-ray films showed that all cases obtained primary bone healing in the follow-up (mean 12 months).Three cases of type C3 fractures had heterotopic ossification.All cases had no complications like infections or implant loosening postoperatively.Range of motion in elbow flexion and extension averaged 85° (range,8°-140°).MEPS was average 90 points (range,60-100 points),including excellent outcomes in 13 cases,good in 15,fair in one and poor in three,with excellence rate of 88％.Conclusion ACUMED parallel dual plate fixation technique based on stability theory of arch structure achieves solid fixation of adult comminuted distal humeral fractures,successfully reconstructs bone structure of distal humeri,and effectively restores elbow joint function in response to early rehabilitation exercise.

Objective To investigate the correlation between sperm-nucleporotein transition and sperm parameters and embryo development,also to evaluate the influence of pregnancy out comes of assisted reproductive technology (ART).Methods Sperm-nucleoprotein transition assay of a total of 676 patients underwent ART treatment were detected by aniline blue staining,and the correlation analysis between spermnucleoprotein transition and sperm parameters,DNA damage,acrosin activity,fertilization rate,cleavage rate,quality of early embryo development as well as blastocyst formation rate was performed.Results The sperm concentration,(a+b) ％ sperm,sperm count and acrosin activity was (66.5±4.6) × 109/L,(149.2±9.9)×109/L,(51.2±1.3)％ and (72.2±3.3) mU/106 sperm in abnormal group,and (91.9±2.7) ×109/L,(240.0±8.0) ×109/L,(57.3±0.8)％ and (85.7±1.9) mU/106 sperm in normal group,which reached significant difference (P＜0.01).DNA fragmentation index (DFI) was (17.3± 1.0)％ in abnormal group,which was significantly higher than (14.6±0.5)％ in normal group.The cleavage rate of 95.0％,D3/D5 high quality embryo rates of 34.2％ and 1.28％,D5 blastocyst formation rate and the total rate of blastocyst formation rate of 22.4％ and 38.6％ in abnormal group,which were significantly lower than that in normal group (96.9％,38.2％,2.70％,27.9％ and 46.4％) (P＜0.01).The rate of spontaneous abortion was 12.3％ in abnormal group,which was significantly higher than that in normal group (4.7％) (P＜0.01).However,there was no significant difference in biochemical pregnancy rate and ectopic pregnancy rate between the 2 groups (P＞0.05).Conclusions Sperm-nucleoprotein transition was positively related with sperm parameters,DNA damage,acrosin activity,and also has an adverse effect on embryo development and the outcomes of ART.It is suggested that the sperm-nucleoprotein transition should be detected before ART.

Objective To explore the solution for regional population health information platform based on the involvement of internet plus and big data.MethodsThe objective and contents of the platform were discussed,and its logic structure and deployment architecture were designed.The functions of a platform-based application system and two information integration platforms were described.The key technical links of the system were demonstrated.Results The solution for regional population health information platform based on internet plus completed population health information service system,and laid a foundation for the application of medical big data.Conclusion The solution contributes to the inter-connection and communication between medical fields in some region,promotes healthcare informatizatoin platform and is thus worthy applying practically.

Objective To construct an eukaryotic expression vector of human telomerase reverso transcriptase (hTERT) gene specific shRNA, and investigate the effect of pshRNA-hTERT combined with γ-irradiation on telomerase activity and DNA damage. Methods The recombinant expression plasmid pshRNA-hTERT was constructed and transfected into Hep-2 cells. The telomerase activity was examined by the PCR-hased telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP). DNA single-stranded break (SSB) and the DNA double-stranded break (DSB) were detected by Comet assay. The xenograft model of human laryngeal carcinoma with the same genetic background and different radiosensitivity (Hep-2 and Hep-2R) was established in nude mice. The mixture of pshRNA-hTERT and liposome was injected to the transplanted tumor to observe the inhibition of the tumor growth. The cell apoptosis was detected by TUNEL. The hTERT protein expression was determined by streptavidin-peroxidase conjugated method (AP). Results Recombinant expression plasmid pshRNA-hTERT was successfully constructed and transfected into Hep-2 cells. The hTERT expression inhibition rate reached 60.78 %. pshRNA-hTERT not only inhibited telomerase activity of Hep-2 inehiding the increase of telomerase activity induced by γ-irradiation, but also inhibited the repair of the SSB and DSB induced by irradiation in the human laryngeal carcinoma xenograft in nude mice with the same genetic background and different radiosensitivity. The pshRNA-hTERT combined with γ-irradiation could inhibit the growth of transplanted tumor (Hep-2: EPO = 1.79; Hep-2R: EPO = 2.01) with reduced telomerase activity and hTERT protein expression. Conclusions The eukaryotic expression vector pshRNA-hTERT could enhance the radiosensitivity of Hep-2 cells in vitro and the human laryngeal carcinoma xenograft in nude mice which had the same genetic background with different radiosensitivity.

Objective To investigate iodine nutrition and thyroid health status among residents in Zhoushan archipelago, and to analyse their relationship.Methods A total of 3 284 residents in Zhoushan archipelago were surveyed by questionnaire and their thyroids were examined by B-mode ultrasound.The levels of urinary iodine and thyroid function were detected.Results The median level of urinary iodine in 3 284 residents was 226.0 μg/L, being 320.7 μg/L in citizens, 188.9 μg/L in farmers, 122.2 μg/L in salt-makers, 193.6 μg/L in fishers, and 271.7 μg/L in buddhist.The prevalence of diffuse goiter, nodular goiter, colloid goiter, thyroid adenoma, thyroid carcinoma, hyperthyroidism, subclinical hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism, and positve rate of TPOAb were 1.7% ,25.3% ,8.7% ,0.2% ,0.4% ,0.5% ,0.8% ,0.03%,1.0% ,and 9.5% repectively.The prevalence of thyroid diseases was increasing with aging, and higher in women than in men (P＜0.05).There was no significant relationship of the thyroid diseases with seafood, smoking,drinking, and tea (P＞0.05).Conclusions The citizens of Zhoushan archipelago have adequate iodine intake.It is pertinent to discuss Universal Salt Iodization.Excessive iodine intake may contribute to the high prevalence rate of thyroid diseases in Zhoushan.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the distribution of allergen tested by skin prick test (SPT) in about 5,843 allergic rhinitis patients in south Shanghai. METHOD: SPT test was conducted in 5,843 allergic rhinitis patients who came to our clinic from January 2007 to August 2012. The result was analyzed by age, sex and year. RESULT: The top three allergens by percentage are dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, dermatophagoides culinae and fungus among 15 common allergens. Incidence rate between male and female in each year had statistical significance, both of which showed no increasing trend with year. Incidence rates among different age groups aging from 6 to 17 years' old had no statistically significant difference, but statistically significant difference among different age groups existed in other age groups. Incidence rate showed increasing trend with year in age group of 40-65, which was not observed in other groups. The incidence rate showed decreasing trend with age in male and female, while the incidence rate in male was always higher than female. CONCLUSION In south Shanghai, primary allergens causing allergic rhinitis are dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, dermatophagoides culinae and fungus. Statistically significant difference about allergic rhinitis existed in age and sex. SPT has important significance in diagnosis of allergens.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Allergens ; immunology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; immunology ; Skin Tests ; Young Adult

Objective: To discuss the surgical method and clinical effect of applying the facial artery perforator-based nasolabial para-nasal advanced flap to repair the medial canthus and inner lower eyelid skin defects. Methods: The advance nasolabial para-nasal perforator flap supplied by facial artery, was used to repair the medial canthus and inner lower eyelid skin defects, caused by dermatoma excision. Results: All 18 flaps completely survived. The detects in the medial canthus andinner lower eyelid, and the donor sites in the nasolabial fold were primary healed.The medial canthus and inner lower eyelid were recovery satisfactorily.The flaps were not bloated, and the contour and texture of flaps were similar to adjacent tissue, with no need of secondary repair.The donor site was successfully hidden in the nasolabial dermatoglyph. Conclusions Nasolabial para-nasal perforator flap is easily obtained, reliable in blood supply, and flexible in transfer. It has a wide range of movement and is easy to advance, so as to repair medial canthus andinner lower eyelid defect. With above advantages, this flap is worthy towidely popularize.