Adolescent ; Endoscopy ; Ethmoid Sinus ; Frontal Sinus ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Osteoma ; surgery ; Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms ; surgery

Hematologic Neoplasms ; genetics ; Humans ; Mutation ; RNA ; genetics ; RNA Splicing ; Spliceosomes ; genetics

Objective To investigate the effects ofviaminate on the proliferation and differentiation of HaCaT cells,a human keratinocyte cell line.Methods Cultured HaCaT cells were treated with various concentrations (2,5,10,15,20,25 and 30?g/mL) of viaminate for various durations.The cell proliferation was assessed by MTT method,the changes of cell cycle and apoptosis rate by flow cytometry,the changes of keratin 10 and involucrin mRNA expressions by semi-quantitative reverse transcription PCR.Results The proliferation of HaCaT cells was inhibited by the treatment with viaminate of≥2?g/mL for 48 h,and the inhibition rate was raised with the increase of treatment time and dosage.The viaminate of 30?g/mL inhibited the proliferation of HaCaT cells by 57.67% and 82.00% at 48 and 72 h after the incubation respectively,and elevated the mRNA expression of involucrin from 40.80% to 156.12%,decreased the mRNA expression of keratin 10 from 96.46% to 14.60%.The mRNA expression of involucrin increased with the elevation of viarninate dosage.Under the treatment with viaminate for 48 h,the cell population at G_1 phase significantly increased,that at S and G_2 phases decreased;the switching of G_1 to G_2 was inhibited;but the cell apoptosis was not affected.Conclusion Viaminate could inhibit the proliferation and induce the differentiation of keratinocytes.

BACKGROUND:High expression of stem cell transcription factors, Sox2 and Oct4, has been confirmed to be closely related to the occurrence of lung cancer.OBJECTIVE:To explore the expression of Sox2 and Oct4 in lung cancer tissues and its correlation with microvascular generation and clinical-pathologic features.METHODS:The expression levels of Sox2 and Oct4 and microvessel density (MVD) in lung cancer tissues (60 cases) and normal tissues (60 cases) were examined by immunohislochemistry. Then, the correlation of the expression of Sox2 and Oct4 and MVD value with clinical-pathologic features in lung cancer was analyzed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The positive expression of Sox2 and Oct4 was 46.67% (28/60) and 71.67% (43/60) in lung cancer tissues, respectively, while Sox2 and Oct4 were negatively expressed in normal tissues, and there was a significant difference between lung cancer and normal tissues (P < 0.001). The MVD value was 16.22±2.18 in lung cancer tissues, which was significantly higher than that in normal tissues (4.36±2.07) (P < 0.001). Expression of Sox2,Oct4 and MVD value were correlated with TNM stage, differentiation degree, ymph node metastasis, vessel invasion,and liver metastasis (all P < 0.05), but not with the patient's age and gender (both P > 0.05). The MVD value with Sox2 and Oct4 positive expression was significantly higher than that with Sox2 and Oct4 negative expression (P < 0.001).Spearmen analysis results showed that there was no correlation between Sox2 and Oct4 in lung cancer tissues (r=2.752,P > 0.05). To conclude, the high expression of Sox2 and Oct4 has a high correlation with the initiation and progression of lung cancer, and has positive correlation with the MVD, both of which are significantly concerned with the microvascular generation, invasion and hematogenous metastasis of lung cancer.

This article discussed ZHU Lian's contributions to acupuncture-moxibustion scientific research from three aspects: building the scientific thought of "new acupuncture-moxibustion", constructing the first domestic acupuncture-moxibustion institution and opening the door to modern acupuncture-moxibustion scientific research. ZHU Lian's visionary thought of "new acupuncture-moxibustion" has influenced the following researchers till now. She established the acupuncture-Moxibustion therapeutic institute affiliated to the Ministry of Health, set up the acupuncture-Moxibustion research platforms and teams and made research cooperation. She firstly carried out acupuncture-Moxibustion clinical and basic scientific research, which started the acupuncture-Moxi- bustion scientific research in China. ZHU Lian is the Pioneer of Chinese acupuncture-Moxibustion scientific research.
Acupuncture ; education ; Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; China ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; history

Background and purpose: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a high risk breast cancer characterized by the negative expression of estrogen receptor(ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and Her-2 that have no specific therapy. This study was to analyze clinical pathological characteristics, survival, and prognostic factors of patients with TNBC. Methods: Clinical and pathological as well as follow-up data of TNBC, treated at the Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-sen University from Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2003, were collected and analyzed. Results: A total number of 128 women were identified as having triple negative breast cancer. The median age of these patients was 46 years, and 60.9% of them had stage Ⅰ or Ⅱ disease. The majority of pathological types were invasive ductal carcinomas, and 78.1% of tumors were staged T1 or T2. And 48.4% of these patients were involved in lymph node. Event-free survival, local replase-free survival, distant metastasis-free survival and overall survival at five years were 71.1%, 84.3%, 75.8% and 83.6% respectively. Though lymph node metastasis, tumor masses, stage and lymph-vascular invasion were all found to be related to overall survival, however, only lymph node metastasis and tumor masses affected the overall survival as revealed by the Cox proportional hazard model analysis. Conclusion: Triple negative breast cancer has distinct clinical and pathological characteristics. The patients are usually young, with large masses, lymph node metastasis, family history of breast cancer and poor prognosis; lymph node metastasis and tumor mass are important prognostic factors.

Objective To decrease the p53 gene expression at cellular and animal levels in marmoset using RNA interference technique.Methods The shRNA interference sequences were designed and inserted into the adeno-associated virus vector plasmid after bioinformatics analysis.The plasmids were transfected into African green monkey kidney cos-7 cells.The suppression of p53 mRNA was detected by real-time PCR, and the changes of p53 protein expression were detected by Western bolt.The adeno-associated virus-8 was injected through the hind leg vein.The changes of p53 protein expression in the liver tissue was detected by Western blot and immunohistochemistry.Results We screened two RNA interference effective arget sequences.The expression of p53 mRNA was suppressed ( 82.7 ±8.1 )% and ( 80.7 ± 7.5)%, respectively (P<0.05), and the expression of p53 protein was decreased (77.3 ±11.5)% and (73.7 ± 10.7)%, respectively (P<0.05).The two marmosets after virus infection showed that there were virus distributions in the liver, testes, and neck detected by in vivo fluorescence imaging.The expression of p53 in the marmoset liver was detected by western blot, immunohistochemistry analysis showing no obvious changes.Conclusions In the present study, the decrease of P53 gene expression at cellular level is achieved, however, the liver P53 protein in the marmoset liver is not significantly changes.Further optimization of the way of infection is needed in the future.

Objective To study the role of the transforming growth factor-β-activating kinase 1 (TAK1) poly-ubiquitination in radiation-induced NF-κB activation.Methods FLAG-TAK1 and HA-UbK63 plasmids were transiently transfected into HEK-293T cells.The radiation effect on TAK1 ubiquitination was detected by immunoprecipitation and Western blot,which was further confirmed in FLAG-TAK1 HeLa stable cell line.Results At 1 h after irradiation,Lys 63-1ink TAK1 ubiquitination was induced in the HEK-293T cells with plasmids transfection.This result was further confirmed by using a FLAG-TAK1 stably expressed HeLa cell line.Radiation-induced IKKs and p38 phosphorylation were greatly impaired in MEFs reconstituted with TAK1 K158R mutant compared to ones with wild-type TAK1.Conclusions Lys63-1inked TAK1 poly-ubiquitination at Lys-58 plays a key role in the process of radiation-induced NF-κB activation.

Objective To analyze the metastatic rule of common hepatic artery lymph node of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,and to investigate the strategies of common hepatic artery lymph node dissection.Methods The clinical data of 682 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who were admitted to the Cancer Hospital of Fudan University from May 2005 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.The locoregional lymph node metastasis of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,relationship between metastatic rates of common hepatic artery lymph node and clinicopathological factors and the postoperative complications were analyzed.The enumeration data were analyzed using the chi-square test.Results A total of 18 277 lymph nodes were dissected (27 lymph nodes per patient).The lymph node metastatic rate was 55.87％ (381/682),and the metastatic lymph node ratio was 7.87％ (1438/18 277).Lymph nodes adjacent to the cardia of stomach,laryngeal nerve,lesser curvature of stomach,cervical esophagus,left gastric artery had a higher metastatic rate,while common hepatic artery lymph node had a lower metastatic rate.All the common hepatic artery lymph node metastasis was accompanied with locoregional metastasis.A total of 1480 common hepatic artery lymph nodes were dissected (2 common hepatic artery lymph nodes per patient).Twenty-four patients had common hepatic artery lymph node metastasis,with the metastatic rate of 3.52％ (24/682) and the lymph node ratio of 2.16％ (32/1480).The common hepatic artery lymph node metastatic rates of upper,middle and lower esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were 2.33％ (1/43),3.76％ (16/425) and 3.27％ (7/217),with no significant difference (x2 =0.295,P ＞ 0.05).The common hepatic artery lymph node metastatic rates of patients in T1,T2 and T3 stages were 2.35％ (2/85),5.46％ (10/183) and 2.90％ (12/414),with no significant difference (x2 =2.850,P ＞ 0.05).The common hepatic artery lymph node metastatic rates of patients with high,moderate and poor differentiated esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were 0(0/63),3.50％ (16/457) and 4.94％ (8/162),with no significant difference (x2=3.259,P ＞ 0.05).The common hepatic artery lymph node metastatic rates of patients with diameter of tumor under 3 cm,3-5 cm and above 5 cm were 2.59％ (6/232),3.02％ (11/364) and 8.14％ (7/86),with significant difference (x2 =6.267,P ＜ 0.05).The common hepatic artery lymph node metastatic rates of patients in N0,N1,N2,N3 stages were 0(0/301),2.53％ (5/198),5.65％ (7/124) and 20.34％ (12/56),with significant difference (x2 =62.368,P ＜ 0.05).The common hepatic artery lymph node metastatic rates of patients in stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ were 0(0/62),1.78％ (6/337),5.06％ (13/257) and 19.23％ (5/26),with significant difference (x2=25.959,P ＜0.05).Two hundred and twenty-eight patients had postoperative complications with the complication rate of 33.43％ (228/682).The incidence of anastomotic fistula was the highest,which was 11.58％(79/682).Conclusions The metastatic rates of common hepatic artery lymph node in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is the lowest.For patients suffered from esophageal cancer in stage I or the tumor diameter under 5 cm,the dissection of common hepatic lymph node can be ommitted in surgery.

Objective To optimize purification technology of total flavonoids in Callicarpa nudiflora Hook. et Arm. by macroporous adsorption resin. Methods Macroporous resin models including AB-8, D-101, HP-20, HP2MG, were optimized by static adsorption and desorption experiments regarding to adsorption rate and desorption rate of total flavonoids. Purification technology parameters of total flavonoids were optimized by single factor test. Results HP-20 macroporous resin presented the best purification efficiency,the optimum purification conditions were that taking 4. 46 mg·mL-1 of total flavonoidsat pH 3. 0, loading at 3 BV·h-1, washed with 3BV of water at 3 BV·h-1,then eluted with 4 BV 75% ethanol at 2 BV·h-1, finally obtaining the total flavonoids from the dry extract of Callicarpa nudiflora Hook. et Arn. with the purity of 47. 4%. Conclusion HP-20 macroporous resin is suitable for preliminary purification of total flavonoids in Callicarpa nudiflora Hook. et Arn.