Some hormones and glucocorticoid in chronic strss feedback are demonstrated to have significant effects on cancer progression.Recently,as a typical neuropeptide,gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) could mediate chronic stress to promote carcinogenesis through four conceivable mechanisms,such as regulating circadian rhythms,suppressing immunity system,acting as a mitogenic effect and mediating cancer-related psychiatric disorders,et al.

OBJECTIVE:To discuss the effect of Ethinylestradiol and cyproterone acetate tablet combined with metformin on ovulation induction of patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome(PCOS). METHODS:184 PCOS patients were randomly divided into control group(92 cases)and observation group(92 cases). Control group orally received 1 Ethinylestradiol and cyproterone ac-etate tablet in 5 d of menstruation,once a day,it stopped after 21 d,the next cycle of treatment was started on the 5th of with-drawal bleeding. Observation group additionally received 3 Metformin tablet,once a day,without drug withdrawal during menstrua-tion,and lasted for 3 menstrual cycles. After 3 menstrual cycles,all patients received ovulation induction treatment [(50-100 mg clomiphene was orally given from the 5th day of the 4th menstrual cycle,for 5 days,or 75-150 U postmenopausal gonadotropin by intramuscular injection,when the dominant follicle diameter was(19.0±2.0)mm,10 000 U human chorionic gonadotropin(HCG) was intramuscularly injected,the ovulation was continuously monitored and whether there was ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)was observed]. Body mass index(BMI),follicle estrogen(FSH),luteinizing hormone(LH),prolactin(PRL),estradiol (E2)and testosterone(T)before and after treatment,fasting plasma glucose(FPG),fasting insulin(FINS),insulin resistance in-dex(HOMA-IR),pregnancy rate,ovulation rate and the incidences of OHSS and adverse reactions in 2 groups were observed.RE-SULTS:Before treatment,there were no significant differences in the BMI,FSH,LH,PRL,E2,T,FPG,FINS and HOMA-IR between 2 groups(P>0.05). After treatment,BMI,LH,PRL,E2,T,FPG,FINS and HOMA-IR in observation group and LH, E2 and FINS in control group were significantly lower than before,and BMI,PRL,E2,T,FPG,FINS and HOMA-IR in observa-tion group were lower than control group,the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). The pregnancy rate and ovulation rate in observation group was significantly higher than control group,the incidence of adverse reactions was significantly lower than control group,the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). And there was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between 2 groups(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Ethinylestradiol and cyproterone acetate combined with metfor-min can effectively improve insulin resistance of POCS patients,recovery sex hormone secretion,promote ovulation and improve pregnancy rate,with good safety.

Objective To investigate the increased cytotoxicity induced by luteolin and cisplatin cotreatment and validate its mechanism.Methods HepG2 cells were pretreated with luteolin for 1 hour or remained untreated and followed by exposure to cisplatin.Cells were stained with Hoechst,and Caspase-3 activity was detected by spectrophotometry.Cell death was detected by LDH release assay.Phosphated C-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and total JNK1 were detected by Western blot.Results Luteolin significantly enhanced Caspase-3 activity and HepG2 cells apoptosis by cisplatin.The cell death rates by co-treatment with different concentration of luteolin (0-20 μmol/L) and cisplatin (10 μg/ml) were much higher than cisplatin or luteolin alone treatment.Combined treatment of luteolin (20 μmol/L) with cisplatin (10 μg/ml) killed 47.66 ％ of HepG2 cells.There were significant differences on cell death between combination group and single reagent group (F =535.48,P ＜ 0.01).Combination group showed better efficacy than single reagent group.The Caspase-3 activity of HepG2 cells treated by luteolin (20 μmol/L),cisplatin (10 μg/ml) or luteolin (20 μmol/L)plus cisplatin (10 μg/ml) were 1.94,1.74 and 8.12 times of negative control group respectively.Combination treatment induced sustained activation of JNK signaling pathway.Conclusions Enhancing cisplatin-induced JNK activation by luteolin leads to increased cytotoxicity in HepG2 cells.The combination of luteolin and cisplatin is an effect apporch for improving the anticancer value of cisplatin,which has implications in cancer prevention and therapy.

Memory T cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of tumors as a result of the long term of tumor immunity and the heterogeneity of T cells. Great progress in the studies on the generation, classification, mechanism of maintenance and function of memory T cells in tumor immunity have been made in recent years, which may facilitate our understanding of immunological memory and the clinical therapy of tumor.

Objective To discuss application value of intestinal electromyography in patients with hepatic cirrhosis and to observe intestinal myoeletric activity.Methods There were 65 cases of hepatic cirrhosis in expermental group and 30 cases in control group. All the cases were recorded body surface intestinal electromyography using gastrointestinal myoelectric analyzer(WCDF-4B, Hefei , P.R.China). The parameters included average peak range-Ap, main frequency-Fp, average over zero frequency-Fz and special wave form were surveyed.Results Sharp higher Fz abnormal rate and emergence rate of special wave form in hepatic cirrhosis group were higher than in control group,P0 05.Conclusions In hepatic cirrhosis group,Fz was much higher than that in control group. And the intestinal myoelectric activity increased in the patients with hepatic cirrhosis,which represented by appearance of characteristic wave form that was frequent micromigration wave as well as load wave. Those changes accounted for heighten and irregularity of excitability intestinal myoelectric activity. Moreover, it will increase for the incidence of abnormality of intestinal myoelectric activity along with damage degree of hepatic function. Intestinal electromyography is a reliable method to judge intestinal myoelectric activity, the method has characteristics of harmless,free pain, convenient, safty and steady.

Objective To investigate the changes and clinical significance of the plasma growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) in patients with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF). Methods A total of 100 patients with CHF were in?cluded in this study (CHF group), and 30 healthy persons were used as control group. CHF group was divided into heart func? tionⅡgrade (n=35),Ⅲgrade (n=32),Ⅳgrade (n=33) groups in accordance with New York Heart Association (NYHA). And CHF group was also divided into left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)<0.4 grade (n=52) and LVEF≥0.4 grade (n=48) groups in accordance with LVEF of patients. The plasma GDF-15 and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were detected by ELISA. The values of LVEF, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDd), left ventricular systolic diameter (LVDs) and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) were detected by echocardiography. The correlation of GDF-15, NYHA classifi?cation, BNP and index of echocardiography was analyzed between groups. Results Compared with control group, the levels of BNP, GDF-15, LVDd and LVDs were significantly higher in heart failure group, and values of LVEF and LVFS were sig?nificantly lower (P<0.05). The plasma levels of BNP, GDF-15, LVDd and LVDs were in turn increased in control group, LVEF≥0.4 grade group and LVEF<0.4 grade group. The plasma levels of LVFS were in turn decreased, in control group, LVEF≥0.4 grade group and LVEF<0.4 grade group (P<0.05). There were positive correlations between the plasma levels of GDF-15 and BNP, NYHA, LVDd and LVDs (r=0.524, 0.286, 0.453 and 0.531, P<0.05). The plasma level of GDF-15 was negatively correlated with LVEF and LVFS (r=-0.592,-0.587,P<0.05). Conclusion The plasma level of GDF-15 can be used as a new marker for diagnosis, treatment and prognosis in patients with chronic congestive heart failure.

Adenoma ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Renal Cell ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney Neoplasms ; pathology ; Middle Aged

Cortisone ; therapeutic use ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous ; therapeutic use ; Immunomodulation ; Integrative Medicine ; methods ; Phytotherapy ; Sepsis ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome ; drug therapy ; immunology

Objective To explore the metastasis rules of the lymph node in the colorectal cancer.Method Analyze the metastasis of the lymph node in 94 cases after D 3 radical resection.Results The lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer was related with the position of tumor,the depth of tumor invasion and the differentiation of tumor cells,but not with patients's sex,age and the size of the tumor.The metastasis rate of the lymph node in rectal cancer was higher than that in colon cancer (P

Objective To discuss the value in quality improvement and continuous improvement through the way for determina-tion of target uncertainty in chemical quantitative detection project and regular evaluation of measurement uncertainty in different phase.Methods Based on the biological variability of quality specification and CNAS-TRL-001:CNAS technical report,to compare the five kinds of determination of target uncertainty.Method 1:the fundamental way(calculate the different levels of target impre-cision and bias);Method 2:biological variation of different grades of total allowable error;Method 3:the relative expanded uncer-tainty evaluation value based on target imprecision and bias;Method 4:the target relative expanded uncertainty based on biological variation of different grades;Method 5:the target relative expanded uncertainty based on the quality index of analysis.We used un-certainty evaluate index(UEI)to review the changes of uncertainty in different phase.Results The 14 conventional chemistry tests in 2013 with metrological traceability and participate in the Ministry of health EQA were as the target.There was no significant difference among the 2,3,4 method,the ratio of which reached the ideal value of uncertaninty target were not significantly different. In method 5,9 projects achieved the target of uncertainty requirements,accounted for 64.3%.TP,ALT,BUN,UA,CK,these5 pro-jects′UEI were less than 0,accounted for 35.7%;other 9 projects′UEI were more than 2.0%.Conclusion Method 5:the target relative expanded uncertainty based on the quality index of analysis which is based on WS/T403-2012 can give consideration to the quality standard of repeatability precision and bias in the laboratory at the same time,and is easy to be accepted for laboratory;method 4:the target relative expanded uncertainty based on biological variation of different grades is in the same way with the eval-uation of test results uncertainty,is better than method 2 and 3;method 1 is the fundamental way,can give the specific reasons when the test results cannot get the target uncertainty.Use UEI to assess the changes of uncertainty in different phase is more sensitive to changes of the test results′accuracy and its usefulness needs to be confirmed in practice.