Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) preferentially induces apoptosis in tumor cells but not in normal cells. It induces apoptosis in its target cells by interacting with surface death receptors DR4 and DR5,which contain a cytoplasmic region designated as thedeath domain. Clinical use of rhTRAIL and its agonistic antibodies is limited due to partial or completetolerance to TRAIL in human tumor cell lines. As TRAIL binding to its death receptors is the initial and crucial step in initiating apoptosis, the mechanisms of TRAIL-tolerance in tumor cells is closely related to the expression,location,distribution and function of TRAIL receptors . Personalized care combined with other therapies targeting TRAIL receptors may be expected to overcome the TRAIL-tolerance of tumor cells eventually.

Objective To analyze clinical features of patients with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS).Methods Clinical manifestations,response to treatment and prognosis of 89 cases with eosinophilia hospitalized at Peking Union Medical College Hospital(PUMCH)during the past nine years were analyzed retrospectively,including four cases conformed with the diagnostic criteria for EMS set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the US.Results Infection,tumor and other diseases that could cause increased eosinophil count were excluded in all but four cases,with all female,average age of 48.8 years,and mean count of eosinophil of 42.75 percent of blood cells.Multi-organs and systems were involved in the patients,with the most common clinical manifestations of myalgia,skin rash,joint swelling,arthralgias,respiratory symptoms and paresthesia.Patients responded well to prednisone at acute phase of illness,but prognosis was poor as severe pulmonary hypertension occurred.Occurrence of EMS closely associated with environmental factors and special attention should be paid to patient's history of medication and diet in its diagnosis.Conclusion EMS is characterized by the increasing of eosinophils and myalgia,while multi-organs and systems were involved.Glucocorticoid plays an important role in the treatment at acute phase of illness.

Cholestasis ; complications ; Consensus ; Humans ; Liver Diseases ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy ; Practice Guidelines as Topic

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of treating intractable rotavirus enteritis with Wenpi Yiyang Decoction. Methods Sixty cases with intractable rotavirus enteritis were recruited in this study and divided into a treatment group and a control group randomly.Traditional Chinese drugs of warming spleen and invigorating yang were adopted in the treatment group(30 cases).Results The total effective rate was 93% in the treatment group and 49% in the control group.There was no significant statistical difference between two groups(P＜0.05).Conclusion There was good clinical effect of treating intractable rotavirus enteritis with Wenpi Yiyang Decoction.

Objective To map the deletion breakpoint of 9p21 in breast cell line MCF-7 use the inverse PCR .Methods After di-gestion ,ligation and PCR reaction ,the breakpoint was confirmed by sequencing .Results The deletion breakpoint started at chr9 :21819532 and ended at chr9 :21989622 with a small insertion of ACTGG ,which was consistent with the result confirmed by the long range PCR .Conclusion The inverse PCR is one good method for deletion breakpoint mapping and suitable for large sample size detection .

Objective To study the safety and efficacy of the combination of rituximab and DHAP chemotherapy in patients with relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma(NHL). Methods To choose 16 patients with relapsed B-cell NHL as research objects, they were divided into two groups: treatment and control group. The treatment group(8 cases) received the combination of rituximab and DHAP chemotherapy; the control group (8 cases) received combination chemotherapy. The treatment was first infused a dose of rituximab (375 mg/m2) the day before receiving the DHAP chemotherapy, and such treatment being repeated for 4 ~ 6 times every other week. The DHAP chemotherapy lasts 4 ~ 6 cycles and twenty-one days in each cycle. The control group was primitively administrated 4 ~ 6 cycles of CHOP chemotherapy, methotrexate, Ara-C and etoposide as additional drug. Results The complete response and overall response rate were 75 % and 100 % while in the control group were 37.5 % and 62.5 %. The progression-free and overall survival was (18.3?5.4) months significantly higher than that of the control group [(4.7?2.8) months, P

Objective To investigate the effects of loop electrosurgical excision procedure(LEEP) on preg- nancy and delivery outcome in patients with CIN3.Methods Fifty-eight patients with CIN3 who were considering future pregnancies underwent LEEP from January 2003 to December 2006,and their following reproductive perfor- mances and delivery outcomes were observed.Results The mean time of the follow-up survey was 21 months(range from 6～42 months).There were 34 cases getting intrauterine pregnancies and 4 cases getting ectopic pregnancies. Among the 34 cases of intrauterine pregnancies,4 terminated by induced abortion and 1 by delayed abortion in early stage.21 cases delivered termed baby vaginally and 7 underwent cesarean section.No cervical dystocia had been re- ported.No disease recurrence had been found until the end of follow-up survey.Conclusion Loop electrosurgical ex- cision procedure is a safe and effective treatment for patients with CIN3.It will not effect the pregnancy and delivery outcome after LEEP.

Objective To analyze sputum culture results in pneumoconiosis patients ,to provide reference for the prevention , treatment and rational drug use of pneumoconiosis .Methods A total of 122 sputum samples from pneumoconiosis patients were collected to do sputum bacterial culture and drug sensitive test .Results The infection rates of Ⅱ ,Ⅲ pneumoconiosis patients were significant higher than that of Ⅰ pneumoconiosis patients (P< 0 .05) .The infection rates of pneumoconiosis associated with tuber‐culosis was significant higher than that of patients only with pneumoconiosis (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion It is necessary to use drug ra‐tionally to eliminate or avoid the abuse of antibiotics ,in order to improve the treatment effect of pneumoconiosis .

Objective To investigate the utilization of liver enhancement in hepatobiliary phase of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced MRI for liver function evaluation.Methods Fifty-five patients who received enhanced MRI with Gd-EOB-DTPA were retrospectively analyzed.Images were obtained before injection and in hepatobiliary phase (5,10,and 20 minutes after Gd-EOB-DTPA injection).The patients were assigned into two subgroups according to individual liver function (n =35 in Group 1:normal liver and Child-Pugh class A; n =20 in Group 2:Child-Pugh class B and C).The relative liver enhancement (RE) was calculated at different time point.The general data (age,sex) and relevant laboratory results were recorded.Independent sample t-test was conducted to compare the RE between two groups at different time point.ROC curve was used to determine the best time point and RE threshold that can reflect the differences between two groups.Univariate analyses was performed to analyze the relationship between RE at the best time point and laboratory results.Multivariate analyses was performed to screen the independent influencing factor for RE at the best time point.Results The differences of RE between two groups were statistically significant at all time points (P ＜ 0.0001).10 minutes was the best time point for detecting the differences of liver function between two groups.When an RE cutoff value (＞ 1.52) was applied,normal or Child-Pugh class A could be predicted with sensitivity of 74.3％ and specificity of 90％.RE at the best time point was significantly related with total serum bilirubin level (TBil),serum albumin level (Alb) and prothrombin time (PT).And TBil was an independent influencing factor.Conclusion RE can be used to evaluate the liver function,and 10 minutes is the best time point that can be used to differentiate patients with normal or mild liver damage from those with moderate or severe liver damage.

Objective To investigate the correlation between hope and medical coping styles among patients with diabetic foot ulcer.Method Fifty-four inpatients and outpatients with diabetic foot ulcer were investigated by the demographic questionnaire,the Herth hope index(HHI)and medical coping modes questionnaire(MCMQ)to investigate the status of their hope and coping styles and the correlation between them.Results The average score of hope was(36.50±5.06),which was at the high level.Confrontation was lower than the norm in coping styles(all P<0.05)and the differences between avoidance,acceptance-resignation and norm were not statistically significant(P>0.05).The average score on hope was positively correlated with confrontation but negatively correlated with avoidance(all P<0.05),and there was no significant correlation with acceptance-resignation(all P>0.05).Conclusions The hope of patients with diabetic foot is high.It is positively correlated with confrontation and negatively correlated with acceptance-resignation in coping styles.Nurses should instruct the patients to adopt positive coping styles,avoid negative coping styles and keep them at a higher level of hope.