OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of Kanglaite combined with chemical therapy on advanced non-small cell lung cancer.METHODS:70 patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group(n=35).Both groups were given GP regime of chemical therapy.Treatment group were additionally treated with Kanglaite.Clinical efficacy,quality of life and adverse reactions of 2 groups were observed.RESULTS:Recent response rate were 54.29% for treatment group and 37.14% for control group,there were statistical significance in difference between 2 groups(P

Objective To establish a radioresistant human cell line from esophageal squamous car-cinoma cells and detect the marker expression of cancer stem cells (CSCs). Methods A radioresistant hu-man esophageal squamous carcinoma cell line KYSE-150R was established by fractionated irradiation. Mor-phological changes from KYSE-150 to KYSE-150R were observed by phase- contrast microscopy. Karyotype analysis was performed by G-banding. The radiosensitivity of these two cell lines was assessed by colony for-marion assays. The cell cycle distribution was assayed by flow cytometry. CSCs markers of β-catenin and In-tegrin-β_1 were measured by Western Blot. Results The population doubling time of KYSE-150 and KYSE-150R were (23.62±0.23) hrand (25.90±0.55) hr, respectively (t =6.62,P=0.00). The numbers of chromosomes in KYSE-150R cells were increased and chromosome aberrations were observed. The SF_2, D_0, D_q and N values of KYSE-150R were all higher than those of KYSE-150. The ratio of D_0 values was 1.21. After irradiation, the number of S-phase cells of KYSE-150 increased from 45.35%±4.03% to 55.09%± 1.70% (t = -3.86,P=0.02) and G2/M phase cells decreased from 9.91%±3.83% to 1.15%±0.32% (t = 3.95, P = 0.02). However, no apparent change of cell cycle distribution for KYSE- 150R was observed. The expression levels of CSCs markers, β-catenin and Integrin-β_1 in KYSE-150R were about 2 times of those in KYSE-150. Conclusions The new cell line KYSE-150R is more radioresistant than its parental cell line KYSE-150. The CSCs in KYSE-150R is more than those in KYSE-150, which may suggest that CSCs is re-lated with the radioresistance.

Purpose:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the box-shape field technique of radiotherapy for postoperative gastric carcinoma.Methods:Thirty-two patients of gastric carcinoma after subtotal or total gastrectomy with an extensive (D2) lymph-node dissection were irradiated with a total dose of 46～50Gy Gy of external box-shape field technical in 23-25 fractions by linac with 6-MV photons. All patients received concomitant chemotherapy which two cycles of paclitaxel (135mg/m~2 ) and cisplatin (70mg/m~2) in d1-3 and d29-31.Results:The overall survival,the relapse free survival of two years of all patients was 87.50% and 16.67%, respectively. 32 patients with treatment failure had recurrent disease, 4 (6.3%)in the liver,2(6.3%) in the peritoneum, 2(12.5%) in the anastomosis ,respectively. the plan of box-shape fields were evaluated with dose-volume histogram of three-dimensional therapy plan system, The 90% isodose line included the whole clinical target volume,and the dose of organat at rist was under the tolerance dose, except the dose of left kidney.Conclusions:The box-shape field technique of radiotherapy for postoperative gastric carcinoma were a technique which the dose distribution of clinical target volume was satisfaction ,and well tolerated with no severe side effects.[

Purpose:To study the expression and significance of Fas/FasL in lung cancer.Methods:The expression of Fas/FasL was detected in 42 cases of non-small-cell lung cancer by immunohistochemistry. Results:Out of 42 cases, Fas was positive in 22 cases (52.3%) and FasL was positive in 24 cases(57.1%), there was no correlation between the expression of Fas and FasL. The expression of Fas/FasL was not different in squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. The stage of lung cancer had a positive correlation with the expression of FasL, while was no correlation with Fas expression.Conclusions:The expression of Fas/FasL in lung cancer may play an important role in the escape of tumor cells from immune function and FasL is worthy of further research in metastasis of lung neoplasms.

Objective To investigate the linkage between the mutation of IL 4R ? chain gene and susceptibility of asthma and atopy in Wuhan. Methods Thirty five samples from asthmatic children,twenty five samples from adult patients with asthma, twenty samples from health adult and children respectively, were analyzed. A coding region 1205 1928 of IL 4R ? chain gene was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction/Single Strand conformation polymorphism/Sequence. Result 57.8% cases from asthmatic children, one polymorphism (1902 A→G), were found exist in the IL 4R ? chain gene and only 8% cases from asthmatic adults and 5% cases from control have this mutation. Conclusion The SNP of IL 4R ? chain coding area 1902 correlates with susceptibility of asthma in Wuhan asthmatic children (? 2=12.54, P 0.05, ?=0.05). There may be another mutations in IL 4R ? chain coding area except 1902 or another changes in other gene related with allergy.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of concurrent systemic routine dose of paclitaxel/ cisplatin combined with conventional thoracie irradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC).Methods Forty-two unresectable stage ⅢA and ⅢB NSCLC patients were entered into this study.All patients received conventional thoracic irradiation to a total dose of 60Gy within 6 weeks,with concurrent paclitaxel 135mg/m~2,d1,and cisplatin 75mg/m~2 in the first and fourth week of radiotherapy.Results The complete response(CR) and partial response(PR) was 2/42,and 30/42 patients,with an overall response rate of 76.2% and a median survival time of 18 months.The 1-,2-,and 3-year survival rate was 64.3%,30.2%,12.0%,respectively.The 1-,2-,and 3-year progression-free survival rates was 48.1%,21.4%,5.7%,with a median progression-free survival of 12 months.Fourteen patients failed only locoregionally,10 in distant metastastasis only and 5 in both.The locoregional/distant failure rate was higher in stageⅢB than in stage ⅢA(P

Objective To determine the effect of cetuximab(C225)on the radioresistant human esophageal squamous carcinoma eell line KYSE-150R.Methods A radioresistant human esophageal squamous carcinoma cell line KYSE-150R was established by fractionated irradiation.Morphological changes from KYSE-150 to KYSE-150R were observed by phase-contrast microscopy.Karyotype analysis was performed by G-banding.The radiosensitivities were analyzed by colony formation assays.Results The population doubling time of KYSE-150 and KYSE-150R were(23.6±0.2)h and(25.9±0.6)h (t=6.6,P<0.01),respectively.The chromosome number of KYSE-150R was increased and chromosome aberrations were observed from(69.3±1.9)h to(73.7±1.2)h(t=-8.83,P<0.01).The SF2,D0,Dq and N values of KYSE-150R were all higher than those of KYSE-150.After 5μg/ml of C225 added,the SF2,D0,Dq and N values were significantly decreased as compared to the control.After C225 treatment,the G0/G1 and G2/M phase cells were increased,while S-phase cells decreased(t=-4.478-4.308,P<0.05).Conclusion Cetuximab can enhance the radiosensitivity of radioresistant human esophageal squamous carcinoma cell line KYSE-150R.

Aim To study the effects of dexamethasone(DXM)and peroxisome-proliferation activated receptor?(PPAR?)agonist pioglitazone on intracellular cytokines expression of T_H1/T_H2 and the mechanism of that in asthma model,and compare the difference between two drugs.Methods 24 Balb/c mice were divided into 4 groups randomly: control group,asthma group,DXM group,and pioglitazone group,with 6 mice in each group.The expression of T-bet and GATA3 of lung were detected using western blot,and the intracellular cytokines interluekin 4 and interferon ? expressions of CD~(4+)Tcell were measured using flowcytometry.Results Compared with control group,the level of the expression of T-bet of lung in asthma group increased significantly(P0.05),while both of GATA3 and T-bet decreased after DXM treatment,and the decreasing degree of GATA3 was more than that of T-bet.The results of flowcytometry indicated that the ratio of intracellular cytokines IL-4/IFN? of CD~(4+) T cell in asthma group was much higher than that of control group(P

AIM: To study the effects of dexamethasone (DXM) on intracellular expression of TH1/TH2 cytokines and the mechanism of that during the development of asthma. METHODS: Eighteen BALB/c mice were divided into 3 groups at random: control group, asthma group, and DXM treated group, with 6 mice in each. The expressions of T-box expressed in T cells (T-bet) and GATA-binding protein-3 (GATA-3) in lung tissue were detected by Western blotting. The expressions of intracellular cytokines interleukin-4 and interferon-? in CD4+ T cell were measured by flowcytometry.RESULTS: The results of flow cytometry indicated that the ratio of intracellular cytokines IL-4/IFN-? in CD4+ T cells in asthma group was much higher than that in control group (P

Aim To study the effect of Astragalus injection on tumor growth inhibition of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell strain CNE2 xenograft in BALB/c nude mice,and explore the possible mechanisms.Methods CNE2 cells were injected subcutaneously into nude mice to establish model of transplanted tumor.Twenty one model nude mice were divided randomly into three groups treated with intraperitoneal injection,viz the model group given normal saline 10 ?l?(g?d)~-1,the positive control group given Cisplatin 30 mg?m~-2 every fourteen days and given normal saline sodium 10 ?l?(g?d)~-1 in other days,and the treatment group given Astragalus injection 10.40 mg?(g?d)~-1.The above administrations for groups lasted 4 weeks.The inhibitory effect of Astragalus injection on the growth of tumors in nude mice was observed,and the inhibitory rate and the relative tumor proliferation rate were calculated.The expression levels of p53 mRNA in tumor tissues were determined by FQ-PCR.Results After four weeks′treatment,the volumes of tumors in nude mice from the model group,the Cisplatin group,the Astragalus injection group were(1.51?0.25)cm~3,(0.91?0.35)cm~3 and(1.04?0.51)cm~3 respectively.Compared with the model group,the tumor volumes in the Cisplatin group and in the Astragalus injection group were smaller(P0.05).Conclusions The results suggest that Astragalus injection shows inhibitory effect on the growth of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell strain CNE2 xenograft in BALB/c nude mice,while it can not be claimed that Astragalus injection may affect the expression level of p53 mRNA in transplanted tumor tissue.