Epigenetics consists of DNA methylation,post-translational modification of histon,microRNA and long non-coding RNA,which regulate angiogenesis by acting on different targets.Epigenetics has become potential targets of anti-angiogenesis in tumor.

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an important member of the STAT family of signaling pro-teins. STAT3 is widely expressed in different types of cells and tissues and is involved in many physiological and pathological process-es, including cell growth, proliferation, apoptosis, and malignant transformation. Over recent years, increased attention has been given on the role of STAT3 in tumor angiogenesis and radiation sensitivity. Studies show that on the one hand, following activation, STAT3 promotes angiogenesis by directly regulating the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and then causes radiation resistance. On the other hand, STAT3 indirectly promotes angiogenesis by activating hypoxia-inducible factor-1α(HIF-1α), thus producing radio-therapy tolerance. Moreover, STAT3 can directly or by HIF-1αindirectly regulate CyclinD1 expression, thus rapidly promoting cell pro-gression through G1 into the S phase of the cell cycle and enhancing cell proliferation. In addition to regulating the cell cycle, CyclinD1 plays a key role in radiation sensitivity. Results suggest that STAT3 plays a role in tumor angiogenesis and radiation resistance via di-rect and indirect mechanisms. In this review, we summarize recent research advances on the role of STAT3 in regulating tumor angio-genesis and radiation sensitivity.

Objective To improve the quality of medical image and enhance the image in range of frequency area.Methods Images were enhanced by adopting the arithmetic of Laplacian and Sobel,and using image multiplication and addition.The effects were compared.Results After being transformed in Laplacian,the interior frame of original image turned to be obvious and the original image was led into much noise simultaneously.In comparison with the former one,the image would be more smooth after being transformed by Sobel.Treated by average filter,the influence of noise and tiny detail would be reduced.Conclusion The toolbox of Matlab can simplify the program work,which provides a method for medical image processing.

Malignant tumor therapy has entered a new era ofprecise treatment.Nowadays, targeted anti-angiogenic agents have become a popular research topic that continues to attract increasing interest. Tumor immune escape plays an indispensable role in therapeutic resistance. Anti-angiogenic therapies not only prevent the tumor angiogenesis and suppress tumor growth but also neu-tralize tumor escape from a host's immune system by reducing the immunosuppressive cells and increasing the number of tumor-infil-trating lymphocyte (TIL) and cytotoxic lymphocte (CTL). This paper aims to review the mechanism underlying the manner by which an-ti-angiogenesis enhances immunity by influencing tumor microenvironment.

Hypoxia results from long-term anti-angiogenic therapy and can stimulate hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). HIF-induced hy-poxia signaling is involved in various steps in tumor invasive-metastatic cascade. On the one hand, HIFs regulate epithelial-mesenchy-mal transition. On the other hand, the characteristics of pericytes around vessels and the links among endothelial cells can change;thus, tumor cells can more easily intravasate into blood vessels, survive in peripheral blood, and then reach specific organs, ultimately resulting in metastasis. This review discusses the emerging mechanisms of long-term anti-angiogenic therapy and the occurrence of metastasis.

The mature Wistar rats were fed with high lipid diet for 8 weeks together with 3 levels (30, 60, or 120mg/day) of dl-?-tocopheryl acetate supplementation. At the end of the experiment, serum vitamin E and lipids were measured by fluorescence analysis and enzymologic method, liver crude fat was measured by Soxhlet method, liver glycogen content and fat accumulation in parenchymal cells were estimated by histo-chemical procedure and liver lipid peroxidation was evaluated by fluorescence analysis respectively. The results showed that the high lipid diet induced hypercholesterolemia and fatty liver associated with a decrease in serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol and an increase in liver peroxidation. Overall vitamin E caused no significant decrease in serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels and no significant increase in high density lipoprotein cholesterol level, except serum vitamin E level had a positive correlation with serum cholesterol level, but could inhibit the neutral fat accumulation in liver cells and liver peroxidation in rats.The levels of serum cholesterol, or the serum vitamin E and VE/CHO were higher in females than those in males significantly when dl-a-tocopheryl acetate was given to the rats fed with high lipid diet.

Objective To explore the treatment effect and prognosis of BiPAP non-invasive ventilator of sequential mechanical ventilation for the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) complicated with pulmonary encephalopathy,and to provide the basis for clinical therapy.Methods According to the digital table,62 AECOPD patients with pulmonary encephalopathy were selected and randomly divided into the two groups.And 30 cases in the control group received routine treatment,and 32 cases in the observation group received BiPAP non-invasive ventilator sequential ventilation.The partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2),partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) and oxygen saturation (SaO2) before and after treatment,the changes of heart rate,respiratory rate and average arterial pressure of the two groups and the improvement time were observed.Results PaO2 and SaO2 of the two groups after treatment were higher than those before treatment (t =12.30,10.37,11.42,13.71,all P ＜0.05).PaO2 and SaO2 of the observation group after treatment were (77.14 ±4.16)mmHg and (90.37 ± 2.04) ％,which were higher than the control group after the treatment (72.96 ± 3.22) mmHg and (85.80 ± 1.96) ％(t =6.58,7.14,all P ＜ 0.05).PaCO2 of the two groups after treatment was lower than that before treatment (t =9.25,10.22,all P ＜ 0.05).PaCO2 of the observation group after treatment was (50.12 ± 2.86) mmHg,which was lower than that before treatment (54.27 ± 3.01) mmHg (t =6.29,P ＜ 0.05).The heart rate,respiratory rate and mean arterial pressure of the control group and the observation group after treatment were lower than before treatment (t =10.11,9.43,8.66,11.28,8.56,9.15,all P ＜0.05).The heart rate,respiratory rate and mean arterial pressure of the observation group after treatment were (76.52 ± 4.35) times/min,(20.35 ± 1.08) times/min and (83.26 ±3.07)mmHg,which were lower than those of the control group after treatment (t =6.44,5.82,6.70,all P ＜ 0.05).The blood gas improvement time,ventilation time and hospitalization time of the observation group were (4.06 ±1.17)d,(4.53 ±0.90) d and (16.18 ±2.20) d,which were lower than the control group (t =6.13,7.05,5.97,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The BiPAP non-invasive ventilator sequential ventilation for the treatment of AECOPD with pulmonary encephalopathy has good treatment effect,which can improve the difficult ventilation of patients,avoid hypoxia and CO2 retention,shorten treatment time.

Objective To explore the feasibility and efficacy of windowing middle meatus maxillary sinus and the frontal recess of tears to treat complex maxillary sinus under the nasal endoscope.Methods Clinical data of 22 patients with complex maxillary sinus lesions were analyzed retrospectively,which were adopted by the approach surgical treatment of through windowing middle meatus maxillary sinus and the frontal recess of tears.In which varus papilloma in 11 cases,5 cases of fungal maxillary sinusitis,3 cases of hemorrhagic and necrotic polyps,recurrent nasal polyps in 3 patients.After operation,they were all taken CT or MRI examination.Nasal cavity and other sinus lesions were first removed,the maxillary sinus ostium were opened through the nasal passages.Then,the maxillary sinus lesions were removed by the frontal recess of tears operation.Results Through the treatment of postoperative nasal cavity irrigation,these cases were followed up for 6 to 18 months.All cases incisions were healed completely,sinus cavity epithelium and clinical symptoms disappeared gradually.No injuries of nasolacrimal duct and complications such as facial numbness.Conclusion The method of the nasal passages joint the frontal recess of tears to treat the complex maxillary sinus benign lesions is a worthy selection of surgical procedures.Its eye shot is open and convenient operation,it can remove maxillary sinus lesions thoroughly and has fewer complications.

Objective To investigate the change of insulin-like growth factor Ⅱ(IGF-Ⅱ) and its relation with infection in severely burned patients.Methods RIA method was used to determine the serum IGF-Ⅱ level in patients with severe burn.Results Compared with control group, the level of IGF-Ⅱ was increased significantly at 5 postburn days , and persistent 35 days (P0 05).Conclusion IGF-Ⅱ is involved in the pathogenesis of burn , and closely correlated with the infection after burn.

Objectives: Early postoperative inflammatory ileus(EPII) is a special type of ileus. For its special pathophysiological and clinical characters, EPII is hard to be treated.The combination therapy including total parenteral nutrition(TPN), enteral nutrition(EN), somatostatin and cortin has been used to treat EPII. Methods: From May 2001 to December 2001, 10 EPII patients were treated and the changes of clinical symptoms, serum total protein, albumin, prealbumin and the curative effect were observed. Results: All patients were cured without operation. Two days after treatment, the gastric juice was reduced from (1 377.5?856.8)ml to (484.0?396.3)ml ( P = 0.037 ) but the serum total protein, albumin and prealbumin had no changes. The clinical symptoms subsided quickly. Average TPN time was 21 days and EN time was 9 days. The average time in hospital was 32 days. Conclusions:The combination therapy can obviously alleviate the clinical symptoms, maintain the nutritional status and promote the recovery of intestinal function in EPII patient.