In this editorial preface, I briefly review cancer bioinformatics and introduce the four articles in this special issue highlighting important applications of the field: detection of chromatin states; detection of SNP-containing motifs and association with transcription factor-binding sites; improvements in functional enrichment modules; and gene association studies on aging and cancer. We expect this issue to provide bioinformatics scientists, cancer biologists, and clinical doctors with a better understanding of how cancer bioinformatics can be used to identify candidate biomarkers and targets and to conduct functional analysis.
Binding Sites ; Chromatin ; genetics ; Computational Biology ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Humans ; Neoplasms ; genetics ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; genetics ; Transcription Factors ; genetics

Objective To investigate the effect of Pudilan combined with ribavirin in treatment of the hand-foot-mouth disease(HFMD). Methods 70 patients were randomly divided into treatment group ( Pudilan combined with ribavirin) and control group (ribavirin only). Results Compared with the control group,the cure rate and the effective rate in treatment group had statistically significant difference ( all P ＜ 0.05 ). Compared with the control group,the rash disappeared time and the fever subsiding time in treatment group were shorter obviously ( all P ＜0. 05 ). The both groups had no obvious side effect. Conclusion Pudilan combined with ribavirin in the treatment of HFMD had a good therapeutic effect and were a safe and effective method.

Objective To determine the toxice effects of nano aluminium oxide (NAOs)to N9 cells in vitro. Methods The morphological changes of N9 cells induced by 0-125 ?g/ml NAOs and nNAOs were observed with phase-control microscope. The viability and apoptosis of N9 cells line after being exposed to 0-500 ?g/ml NAOs and nNAOs 24 h were detected by MTT and Hoechst 33258. Flow cytometry was used to quantify the efficiency of N9 apoptosis induced by 0-200 ?g/ml NAOs. Results After being exposused to NAOs,the morphology of N9 cell changed,and cell apoptosis was observed in a time-and dose-depended manner. The efficiencies of apoptosis induced by 8,100 and 200 ?g/ml aluminium oxide nanoparticles significantly increased compared with control (P

Allotypes and complotypes of Bf, C4A and C4B in 42 families with myasthenia gravis (MG) were determined by means of high voltage agarose gel elect rophoresis of EDTA plasma and subsequent immunofixation, in an attempt to determine whether specific allotypes and/or complotypes were associated with this disease. From the family-data, 108 complotypes were obtained, which could be classified into 28 kinds of complotypes. We found that there are positive linkage disequilibra in S42, S31 and S40,and negative linkage disequilibra in S32 and S41. Compared of these results with those of normal controls, the frequency of S42 is significantly increased in MG(P 0.05).Furhter analysis showed that the MG associated S42 may result from that C4A4 is strongly associated with MG, while C4A4 is in linkage disequilibrium with Bf S and C4A2. Preliminary association mechanism between C4A4 and MG was analysed and discused.

With special biochemical methods, low—antigenic porcine bone matrix gelatin (PBMG) containing bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and from which antigenic components were extracted was prepared. The article introduces the applied method and some experiences in treating fractures and bone defects with it. We believe that PBMG could improve fracture healing and replace autograft.

Guinea pigs were used to make superficial dermatophytosis models. Fluconazole (FCZ), ciclopirox olamine (CPOM) and terbinafine(TBF) were administered jointly or singly to study the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the course of treatment. The results showed that combined drug therapy can remarkably prevent drug resistance and shorten the course of treatment.

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Objective To investigate the clinical effect of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in prevention of bile duct injury during operation.Methods From December 2014 to December 2015,39 cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy were selected as the control group.From January 2016 to January 2017,26 patients with acute cholecystitis were selected as the observation group.The two groups were treated with gallbladder excision operation.The causes of bile duct injury in control group were analyzed and developed targeted preventive measures.and the preventive measures were implemented in the observation group.The incidence of bile duct injury,hospitalization time,operation time were observed in the two groups.Results The observation group had no bile duct injury,the incidence rate of bile duct injury in the control group was 7.69%,the difference between the two groups was significant(x2=3.90,P<0.05).The operation time,hospitalization time of the observation group were(68.91±3.44)min,(4.65±1.66)d,which were less than those of the control group(t=9.59,2.03,all P<0.05).Conclusion For patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy,the implementation of effective measures have better effect in prevention of bile duct injury.

Objective To explore the distribution and drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria causing postoperative infections in gastrointestinal surgical inpatients during 2011-2015 in order provide the basis for clinical rational use of antibacterial drugs .Meth‐ods The bacterial species identification and drug susceptibility test were performed by adopting the BacT/ALERT3D automatic culture system and VITEK‐2 system .The analysis was performed by using the WHONET5 .6 statistical software .Results Among 1 140 specimens ,753 strains of pathogenic bacteria were detected .The specimens sources were mainly blood ,sputum ,abdominal drainage fluid ,pus and urine (77 .7% ) .In pathogenic bacteria ,537 strains (71 .3% ) were Gram‐negative bacteria(G-) ,198 strains (26 .3% ) were Gram positive bacteria(G+ ) and 18 strains (2 .4% ) were fungi .The top five detected pathogenic bacteria were E . coli (32 .3% ) ,klebsiella pneumoniae (11 .4% ) ,pseudomonas aeruginosa (10 .0% ) ,staphylococcus aureus (8 .1% ) and acinetobact‐er baumannii (5 .8% ) .E .coli ,klebsiella pneumoniae and pseudomonas aeruginosa had higher resistance to second and third genera‐tion cephalosporin antibacterials ,but had lower resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam and imipenen ,acinetobacter baumannii had higher resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents (> 50% ) ,no vancomycin‐resistant positive staphylococcus strain was found;Gram‐positive staphylococcus aureus had higher resistance to quinolones (>40% ) and traditional antibiotics of penicillin and eryth‐romycin(>50% );enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium were highly sensitive to vancomycin and linezolid .Conclusion Strengthening the bacterial drug resistance surveillance and reducing the generation and spread of drug‐resistant bacteria is of great significance to improve the effect of gastrointestinal surgical infection treatment .