Objective:To investigate the characteristics of color Doppler ultrasound of liver cancer blood test, and explore the microvessel density(MVD) and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) relevance.Methods: 60 cases of primary liver cancer patients confirmed pathologically were selected. All the patients were underwent color Doppler ultrasound examination before the surgical resection. The signal of tumor blood flow was recorded from color Doppler flow imaging(CDFI), and the blood flow was graded. Simultaneously, vascular resistance index(RI) and relative perfusion rate were detected. The tumor tissue biopsy was taken from the postoperative patients and tumor tissue MVD and VEGF were detected by immunohistochemical techniques, in order to observe the relationship between blood flow characteristics and tumor tissue MVD and VEGF expression in liver cancer before intraoperative ultrasound.Results:With the increasing flow grade of liver cancer, the tumor tissue and positive expression rate of VEGF were significantly higher than MVD expression. The difference of VEGF expression and MVD between the different flow grade were significantly(x2=11.673,P<0.05;F=17.892,P<0.05). The positive rate of VEGF(85.0%) and MVD count(51 8±20.5.) in III stage patients were the highest. Spearman analysis showed that flow grade with tumor tissue VEGF and MVD was significantly correlated(x2=11.673,P<0.05). Relative perfusion rate and VEGF expression and MVD were significantly correlated(r=0.38, 0.42,P<0.05), RI and MVD was significantly associated(r=0.47,P<0.05), but there was nothing to do with VEGF expression(r=0.13,P>0.05).Conclusion: Color Doppler ultrasonography which is a non-invasive examination is to detect the hemodynamic characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma, combined with VEGF and MVD. It can give effective evaluation to the state of liver cancer angiogenesis and provide evidence to the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of liver cancer.

Objective To conduct the study and comparative analysis on the performance of foreign hepatitis D virus (HDV) an-tibody test kits .Methods The collected 1 000 serum samples were tested by 3 kinds of different reagent :test reagent ,reference rea-gent and third party reagent .The detection results were processed by the statistical method and the judgement was performed base on the S/Co value .Results The Kappa analysis showed that the Kappa value was 0 .950(P<0 .01) .The specificity was 100% ,the sensitivity was 97 .73% and the area under ROC was 0 .986 .Conclusion The test kit has a relatively high accuracy and high consis-tency compared with the diagnostic reagent kits now widely used in domestic .Increasing the clinical detection rate of HDV can play a helping role on prevention ,early diagnosis and treatment of the disease .

Objective:To assess the clinical value of ultrasonic imaging in combination with McGill thyroid nodules score (MTNS) system in differential diagnosis of nodule size and benign and malignant tumors.Methods: The clinical data of a total of 112 patients with thyroid nodules were analyzed retrospectively. The nidus of the patients was identified by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy, and then the MTNS, nodule size and false negative rate of the patients were calculated, respectively.Results: The MTNS of the 112 cases of patients with thyroid nodules was within the range of 1 to 18, with an average score of (6.83±2.31). 16 cases with malignant nodules(the percent was 14.29%) were finally diagnosed by pathology, and 96 cases were diagnosed with benign nodules(the percent was 85.71%). The MTNS of patients with malignant nodules was significantly higher than that of those with benign nodules. Ultrasonic imaging showed that the nodule diameter was within the range of 1 to 8.9cm, with an average diameter of (4.13±4.13)cm. MTNS was positively correlation with nodule diameter (r=0.146,P<0.05). Besides, the average diameter of benign nodules was (3.67±1.60)cm, and that of malignant nodules was (4.23±1.51)cm. The missed diagnosed malignant nodules mainly were large diameter nodules.Conclusion: Ultrasound imaging in combination with MTNS can better predict the benign or malignant risk of thyroid nodules.

AIM: Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox gene 1(pdx-1) is a crucial transcription factor in pancreatic islet development and differentiation. This study was conducted to evaluate whether pdx-1 delivered by adeno-associated virus (AAV) could induce liver cells to differentiate into insulin-producing cells in diabetic rats and thus provide more information for cell replacement therapy for diabetes. METHODS: Recombinant AAV vector was employed to deliver pdx-1to STZ-induced diabetic rats via portal vein (4×1011). Blood glucose and body weight were monitored. Gene expression of pdx-1 and insulin were determined by RT-PCR and immunocytotochemistry (ICC) at the 6th week after the injection. RESULTS: AAV-pdx-1 group showed obvious gene expression of pdx-1 and insulin by RT-PCR analysis and the presence of more insulin-positive cells by ICC. Hyperglycemia was partially ameliorated and body weight was also increased in AAV-pdx-1 treated diabetic rats, though still significantly different from those in the non-diabetic group. CONCLUSION: The data indicate that AAV-pdx-1 can induce more rat liver cells into insulin-producing cells in vivo, thereby ameliorate hyperglycemia. Further experiments are needed to explore which subpopulation of liver cells responds to this development shift and the mechanism of this development shift induced by pdx-1 in order to improve the differentiation efficiency.

BACKGROUND:Chronic ankle instability can cause traumatic joint disease and secondary adhesive capsulitis, and even result in permanent dysfunction.
OBJECTIVE: To explicit the forming reason of chronic ankle instability and to investigate the diagnosis and treatment methods of chronic ankle instability based on the biomechanical analysis of the ankle joint.
METHODS: PubMed and Wanfang databases were retrieved for review and basic research papers about the anatomy, biomechanics, diagnosis and treatment of chronic ankle instability published from January 1990 to December 2014. The keywords were “chronic ankle instability, anatomy of ankle joint, biomechanics, therapy, research” in English and Chinese, respectively. After screening, 40 papers were included to summarize the anatomical structure of the ankle joint, mechanism and classification, diagnostic methods, and treatment methods of chronic lateral ankle instability.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Diagnostic methods of chronic ankle instability include ankle varus stress test, ankle anterior drawer test, ultrasonic test, modern imaging detection; and therapeutic methods for chronic ankle instability can be divided into conservative treatment and surgical treatment, and the surgical treatment can be subdivided into non-anatomic reconstruction and anatomical repair of the damaged ligament. Early diagnosis and effective treatment are recommended for patients with chronic ankle instability, and the treatment programs should be determined based on comprehensive analysis of ankle anatomical structure, biomechanical characteristics, pathogenesis, and diagnostic results.

Objective To evaluate the significance of suPAR,SCC-Ag in plasma and HPV16,18 in cervical secretion for monitoring pathogenetic condition and prognosis in patients with cervical cancer.Methods 206 cervical cancer patients blood and cervical secretion were collected.Plasma level of suPAR and SCC-Ag were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in health women and patients with cervical cancer.The expression of HPV16,18 of cervical secretion in control group and patients with cervical cancer were detected by fluorescence quantitative PCR.The correlations of the three indexes were analyzed.Results The plasma level of suPAR and SCC-Ag,the expression of HPV16,18 of cervical secretion in cervical cancer patients were obviously higher than those in health controls with statistical significance ((1.072 5±0.305 2) ng/ml vs (0.501 7±0.179 3) ng/ml,(0.980 6±0.162 7) μg/ml vs (0.261 4± 0.006 3) μg/ml and 53.89 ％ (90/167),46.15 ％ (18/39) vs 6.67 ％ (4/60),P ＜ 0.05).There was a positive correlation between plasma suPAR level and SCC-Ag level in invasive carcinoma of cervix patients (r =0.564,P ＜ 0.05).The plasma level of suPAR between in HPV16,18 positive group and in HPV16,18 negative group did not show difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions In invasive carcinoma of cervix patients,there is a positive correlation between plasma suPAR level and SCC-Ag level.But it's not yet to conclude that plasma suPAR level of cervix invasive carcinoma patients is related to infection of HPV16,18.

Objective To research the effect of postoperative intervention on the quality of life of cervical cancer patients, in order to provide the basis for improve the quality of life of patients after operation. Methods 86 cases of cervical cancer were divided into control group and intervention group by simple random grouping method, each group contained 43 cases. The postoperative interventions were used in the intervention group after 3 months, including psychological assessment, individual education, pelvic floor rehabilitation therapy, open patient service hotline and regular follow-up. Before and after 6 months of surgery, the quality of life of cervical cancer patients were investigated. Results The index score of social relations [(48.84±4.63) scores vs. (40.72±3.74) scores], psychological field [(73.72±2.84) scores vs. (64.07±4.06) scores], environmental field [(64.07±4.08) scores vs. (55.70±4.86) scores], physiological index [(44.77±4.22) scores vs. (36.53±4.29) scores], independence [(64.81 ±5.85) scores vs. (53.95±5.91)], quality of life [(88.30±5.75) scores vs. (76.65±5.21) scores] in cervical cancer patients were lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the understanding degree of cervical cancer, radiotherapy and chemical therapy after surgery, postoperative complications, caregivers care in place and psychological intervention had correlation with the quality of life of patients in intervention group (all P<0.05), while retain ovarian and education degree had no correlation with the quality of life of patients after operation (both P>0.05). Conclusions The quality of life of cervical cancer patients after surgery is poor, and it is affected by many factors. The targeted interventions should be used in clinical works, which can significantly improve the quality of life of patients.

AIM: To establish a PCR method for investigating the expression of clock genes in cultured rattus cardiac myocytes. METHODS: PCR was carried out using 3 primer pairs based on the published sequences of dbp, bmal1 and per2 genes of rattus. The conditions of PCR were optimized and the specificity of amplication was tested. RESULTS: In a volume of 20 ?l, the optimal PCR mixture of bmal1 gene contains 0.5 U Taq polymerase, 0.006 ?mol dNTP and 0.035 ?mol Mg 2+; the annealing temperature being 57 ℃; and circle times being 30. In a same volume, the optimal PCR mixture of dbp gene contains 0.5 U Taq polymerase, 0.006 ?mol dNTP and 0.03 ?mol Mg 2+; the annealing temperature being 58 ℃; and circle times being 32. The optimal PCR mixture of per2 gene contains 0.5 U Taq polymerase, 0.006 ?mol dNTP and 0.05 ?mol Mg 2+; the annealing temperature being 57 ℃; circle times being 30. The specificity of amplication was very high. CONCLUSION: The PCR method can successfully detect mRNA expression of clock genes in cultured rattus cardiac myocytes.

Objective To investigate the effect of intermedin (IMD) on tubular cells apoptosis induced by renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and its associated mechanism.Methods A total of twenty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (control group, I/R group, empty plasmid group and IMD group). One week after the removal of right kidney, ultrasound plasmid was used to transfect empty or IMD plasmid into the left kidney. Renal I/R model was made by clasping the left renal artery for 45 minutes. Tubular cell apoptosis was determined by TUNEL. Expression of Bax, Bcl-2, Fas was detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR.Activity of caspase-8 and caspase-9 was evaluated with commercially available kits respectively.Protein level of caspase-3 was measured by Western blotting analysis. Results Compared with control group, apoptosis of tubular epithelial cells, expression of Bax and Fas, activities of caspase-8 and caspase-9, as well as protein level of caspase-3 were all significantly increased in I/R group (all P＜0.05). IMD pre-treatment significantly inhibited all these effects (all P＜0.05). There were no differences of above parameters between empty plasmid group and I/R group. Conclusion IMD pre-treatment protects against renal I/R injury by inhibion of tubular epithelial cell apoptosis.

Purpose To discuss the TCR gene rearrangements in the diagnosis of T-cell lymphomas. Methods Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples including 30 cases of T-cell lymphomas and 30 cases of reactive lymphoid hyperplasia were chosen for ex-tracting genomic DNA and PCR amplification using 56 BIOMED-2 primers. PCR products were analyzed by heteroduplex and polyacryl-amide gel electrophoresis. Results In all 30 cases of T-cell lymphomas, 25 cases (83. 3%) showed TCRβ gene monoclonal rear-rangements, 28 cases (93. 3%) of TCRγ gene monoclonal rearrangements, 4 cases (13. 3%) of TCRδ gene monoclonal rearrange-ments. 29 cases (96. 7%) with TCRβ+TCRγ+TCRδ gene monoclonal rearrangements were detected. but no clonal TCR gene rear-rangements were found in 30 cases of reactive lymphoid hyperplasia. Conclusions The detection of TCR gene rearrangements using BIOMED-2 primers is a useful assistant method for the diagnosis of T-cell lymphomas.