Objective: To study the adjustment amplitude of blood pressure in patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage and the guiding significance in clinical practice in monitoring the changes of cerebral hemodynamics by transcranial Doppler (TCD). Methods: The blood pressures of sixty-four hospitalized patients with intracerebral hemorrhage were monitored dynamically within 10 hours after the onset. Among them, 38 patients had intracranial hematoma puncture and tube drainage within 24 hours of hospitalization (operation group), and 18 patients had conservative treatment (conservative group). Patients were monitored with TCD at the time of hospitalization on day 1, 4, 7, and 14. Another 8 unoperated patients (antihypertensive group) were monitored with TCD before and after antihypertensive treatment, and they were compared with the TCD parameters of 26 simple hypertensive patients (control group) before and after antihypertensive treatment. Results: There was no significant difference in TCD parameters in the control group before and after antihypertensive treatment, however, the blood flow velocity of bilateral middle cerebral arteries (MCA) decreased, and the pulsatility index (PI) increased after antihypertensive treatment in the antihypertensive group. The blood pressure in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage decreased gradually during the treatment, while the blood flow velocity of bilateral MCA decreased first, and then increased. The PI values of bilateral MCA increased first, and then decreased. The blood flow velocity in the conservative group decreased within the first week of the onset. It began to increase at week two and the changes of PI values were contrary to it. The blood flow velocity of MCA increased on day 7 and PI values decreased in the operation group, and there was significant difference between the 2 groups on day 14. The blood pressure decreased more significant in the operation group than that in the conservative group, and there were significant differences in systolic pressure between the 2 groups on day 14 (P

Background and purpose:About 80%patients with oral and maxillofacial malignant tumor are oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). OSCC is one of the most common cancers in the world with less than 50%survival rate over 5 years. This experiment aimed to explore the effect of stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) on apoptosis, proliferation, migration and invasion of OSCC cell. Methods:RNA interference (RNAi) vector pLKO.1-shSTC2 was constructed and transfected into KB cells. Cell proliferation and cell apoptosis were then assessed by CCK8, APC Annexin V/7-AAD and lfow cytometry. Differences of migration and invasion between KB scr and KB STC2i were examined by cell scratch and transwell tests. Finally, this study detected the apoptosis-associated proteins and metastasis-associated proteins by Western blot. Results:STC2 down-regulation plasmid was constructed and transfected into KB cells. CCK8 prolifera-tion assay revealed that the STC2 down-regulation inhibited KB cells proliferation. By treating with cisplatin, this study found that STC2 silence could facilitate cell apoptosis signiifcantly. With the knock down of STC2 gene, the expressions of Bcl-2, Caveolin-1 andβ-catenin were decreased but the expression of bax was obviously increased. Conclusion:These data suggest that STC2 may be involved in the apoptosis, proliferation, migration and invasion of OSCC KB cells. Simultaneously, it can signiifcantly weaken the sensitivity of KB cells to chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin.

Purpose:We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of p53 antibodies (p53-Ab) as a preoperative tumor marker and as a prognosis marker in colorectal cancer patients and we also investigated whether p53-Ab production is dependent on p53 protein overexpression in tumor tissue.Methods:Serum samples from 178 colorectal cancer patients and 40 healthy controls were tested for the presence of p53-Ab by using an ELISA kit. Expression of p53 protein in tumors was determined using mouse anti-human p53-Ab.Results:Serum p53-Ab was detected in 18.54% of patients while all controls were negative. A strong correlation between p53-Ab production and p53 protein expression was observed: 69.7%of p53-Ab positive cases had tumors positive for p53 vs 30.3%of p53-Ab negative cases. There was also a significant predominance of p53-Ab positive cases in Dukes ’ stages B (16/71,22.54%), C (12/55,21.82%)and D(5/30,16.67%)over stage A. No difference in patients’ age, sex and localization was found between the p53-Ab positive and negative groups. Recurrence of cancer did not differ between p53-Ab positive and negative patients after a median follow-up of 13.5 months and also median survival time did not vary significantly.Conclusions:There was a significant correlation between p53-Ab production in serum and p53 protein expression in tumor tissue. Because of their low sensitivity (18.54%) p53-Ab are not suitable as a preoperative tumor marker. However, their high specificity (100%) and their potential for early diagnosis of a tumor relapse makes them valuable for postoperative monitoring during follow-up in p53- Ab positive patients.[

Objective To improve the theoretical basis for the typical hemodynamic changes in subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) patients underwent transcranial doppler (TCD) by detailed hemodynamic analysis.Methods Patients with SSS were examined by transcranial doppler and some patients performed tourniquet test.Flow spectrum,flow velocity and pulsatility index (PI) of vertebral artery,basilar artery and middle cerebral artery (MCA) were recorded.Results The flow spectrum of steal side vertebral artery showed that there were 14 cases with systolic notch,18 cases with systolic reverse flow and 3 cases with flow completely reversed.The flow spectrum showed high resistance spectrum in vertebral artery and basilar artery and ipsilateral basilar artery vortex or turbulence in 32 cases.The PI value was higher in contralateral vertebral artery and basilar artery than in anterior circulation (q =9.56,9.98,both P ＜ 0.01),and there was no difference between contralateral vertebral artery and basilar artery (q=0.416,P＞0.05).The tourniquet test were positive in all 22 patients.Conclusions TCD is a convenient,fast,accurate and non-invasive method for hemodynamic examination,which is the first choice for the diagnosis of SSS.

AIM:To identify and analyze tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins regulated by protein tyrosine phos-phatase-like A domain containing protein 1 ( PTPLAD1) in colon cancer cells by phosphoproteomics.METHODS: The expression of PTPLAD1 in colon cancer cell line HCT-116 was knocked down by small interfering RNAs, and the differenti-al expression of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in response to the konckdown of PTPLAD1 in HCT-116 cells was identified by stable isotope labeling with amino acid in cell culture ( SILAC) , coupled with the tyrosine phosphorylation antibody im-munoprecipitation and LC-MS/MS analysis.The Ingenuity Pathway Analysis ( IPA) software was employed for bioinformat-ics analysis on the differentially-expressed proteins.RESULTS:A total of 20 differentially-expressed tyrosine-phosphoryla-ted proteins were identified by MS, including 8 markedly up-regulated and 10 evidently down-regulated proteins.IPA soft-ware suggested that these proteins were mainly associated with the disease of cancer, tissue development and function, and cell death and survival.CONCLUSION:We successfully identified PTPLAD1-regulated differentially-expressed tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in colon cancer cell line HCT-116.Our analysis suggests that PTPLAD1-regulated proteins in colon cancer are closely correlated with colon cancer.

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[Summary] The theory of fetal origins of adult disease (FOAD) is now widely accepted by researchers who hold the opinion that adult degenerative and metabolism diseases have close relationship with the environment of fetal development inside and outside the womb. Some studies have proved that maternal hypothyroidism can negatively affect the glucose metabolism of their offsprings. However, the whole mechanism is not clear yet. Insufficient thyroid hormone during pregnancy was proved to slow down the formation of fetal pancreatic cytoskeleton, to decrease the proinsulin gene transcription, and to modulate series of cytokines and enzymes which are related to glucose dependent insulin secretion. Thyroid hormone receptor is also considered to be partially responsible for the relation between low thyroid hormone and β cell insufficiency. However, more studies in vivo should be carried out to prove this hypothesis. Epidemiologic studies have suggested that type 2 diabetes and low birth weight can be different phenotypes of the same genotype. The definite mechanism of maternal hypothyroidism in influencing fetal β-cell function should be studied by further investigation.

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Objective To study the influence of Ivor-Lewis surgery on lung function and quality of life of elderly patients with esophageal cancer .Methods 122 elderly patients with esophageal cancer were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group ,61 cases in each group .The control group was given Sweet surgery , observation group was given Ivor-Lewis surgery.The operative time,blood loss,number of lymph node dissection , drainage and hospitalization time were observed .Postoperative lung function 3 days after operation and life quality of patients 3 months after operation were compared between the two groups .Results The operative time,blood loss, drainage,and hospital stay in the observation group were (162.4 ±30.4) min,(260.1 ±33.7) mL,(1 254.1 ± 311.2)mL,(11.2 ±3.1)d,which were significantly lower than (201.6 ±33.6)min,(315.2 ±41.3)mL,(1 928.3 ± 346.1)mL,(17.6 ±3.6)d in the control group (t=3.627,4.662,2.716,3.772,all P<0.05).The number of lymph node dissection in the observation group was more than the control group (t=9.062,P<0.05).Before treat-ment,FEV1,FVC and PEF had no significant differences (t=0.612,0.301,0.772,all P>0.05).After treatment for 3 days,FEV1 of the control group and observation group were (1.89 ±0.47)L,(2.18 ±0.42)L;FVC were (2.44 ± 0.31)L,(2.87 ±0.25)L.PEF were (4.01 ±0.26)L/s,(4.52 ±0.29)L/s.After treatment for 3 days,FEV1,FVC and PEF in the control group were significantly decreased (t=4.162,3.997,5.012,all P<0.05).In the observation group,FEV1,FVC before and postoperative 3 days had no significant differences (t=1.032,0.924,all P>0.05), 3 days after treatment,PEF of the observation group was significantly decreased (t=3.128,P<0.05).After treat-ment for 3 days,FEV1 ,FVC and PEF of the observation group were significantly higher than those of the control group (t=5.186,3.017,3.112,P<0.05).Before surgery,scores of life quality in the control group and observation group were (5.41 ±1.83)points and (5.31 ±1.77)points.After surgery were (7.01 ±2.16)points and (8.35 ±2.27) points.Quality of life in two groups were improved after operation .Life quality of the observation group was significantly higher than the control group (t=2.864 4,P<0.05).Conclusion Ivor-Lewis surgical procedures can significantly improve lung function and quality of life in elderly patients with esophageal cancer .

Objective To investigate the synergistic proliferation-inhibiting and apoptosis-inducing effects of recombinant human-derived interleukin-24 (rhIL-24) and recombinant human-derived decorin (rhDCN) on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells HepG2.Methods Cellular growth and morphological changes of HepG2 cells were observed under the inverted microscope at 48 h after being transiently transfected with pcDNA3.1 (+)-IL-24 and pcDNA3.1 (+)-DCN by Lipofectamine.The proliferation-inhibiting effects of IL-24 and DCN on HepG2 cells,respectively and jointly,were observed with MTT assay at 24 h,48 h and 72 h post-transfection.Apoptosis and cell-cycle of HepG2 cells were analyzed by flow cytometry at 48 h post-transfection.Results Compared to control groups,the cells of target gene groups presented typically changes of proliferation inhibition and apoptotic morphology,which occurred obviously in co-transfection group.The results of MTT assay showed that at 48 h and 72 h post-transfection,the profiferation-inhibiting rates in the group of cells co-transfected with IL-24 and DCN were (31.88±6.57) ％ and (36.83±3.76) ％,respectively,displaying significant difference with those of other groups (P ＜ 0.01).The results of flow cytometry showed that IL-24 and DCN can induce HepG2 cells apoptosis to some extent.Compared to the early apoptosis rate of cells of control groups,plasmid (2.98±0.72) ％,blank cell (3.50±0.92) ％,IL-24 (20.01±1.08) ％ and DCN (22.20±0.91) ％,a statistically remarkable apoptosis rate,(32.56±0.90) ％,can be seen in the group of cells treated with IL-24 and DCN jointly (P ＜ 0.01).The result of cell cycle analysis revealed that,compared to control groups,the proportion of cells was higher in the phase of G2/M in the IL-24 group (11.24±0.35) ％ and in the phase of G0/G1 in the DCN group (77.93±0.67) ％.The proportions of cells in the phases of G2/M increased to (71.36±0.60) ％ and that of G0/G1 statistically increased to (10.39±0.67) ％ in the group of cells co-transfected with IL-24 and DCN (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Combinatorial treatment of HepG2 cells with IL-24 and DCN can exert stronger synergistic proliferation-inhibiting effect and apoptosisinducing activity-in comparison to single therapies.IL-24 and DCN can induce cell cycle arrest on HepG2 cells,occurred in the phase of G2/M and G0/G1,respectively.Promoting effect of cell cycle arrest in the phase of both G2/M and G0/G1 can be seen on HepG2 cells co-transfected with IL-24 and DCN,which maybe the possible mechanism of the synergistic proliferation-inhibiting and apoptosis-inducing effect.