Objective To detect the inhibiting effects of ionizing radiation combined with inhibitors or inducer of autophagy and apoptosis on MCF7 cell line,and to provide the evidence for human breast cancer therapy radiation.Methods MCF7 cells were exposed to X-rays and randomly divided into 4 groups,including 0 Gy,4 Gy,4 Gy+rapamycin,4 Gy+3-MA,and 4 Gy+z-VAD-fmk groups,including 0 Gy,4 Gy,4 Gy+rapamycin,4 Gy+3-MA,and 4 Gy+z-VAD-fmk groups,respectively.The growth doubling time was calculated by MTT method.The specific protein expressions of LC3 autophagy and beclinl were detected by using Western blot and the difference of Drotein contents wasLC3 autophagy and beclinl were detected by using Western blot and the difference of Drotein contents was compared.The percentage of apoptosis of MCF7 cells was measured by flow cytometry (FCM).Resuits The growth doubling time of MCF7 cells in 4 Gy group wag longer than that in O Gy group(t=4.41,P

Objective To search for the method used in enriching caffeates in Cirsium setosum by macroporous adsorption resin, 23 types of macroporous adsorption resin were optimized, which could provide the industrial production of caffeates with the theory basis. Methods The adsorption and elution ratios, product purity and yield, as total indices, were comprehensively evaluatued by 23 types of macroporous adsorption resin in enriching the extracts in C. setosum. Results The product purity and yield of caffeates by the HPD-100 type macroporous adsorption resin were the highest and up to 52.2% and 87.6%. Conclusion The HPD-100 type macroporous adsorption resin shows better comprehensive adsorption property. It is available for the enrichment of caffeates in C. setosum.

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of herbal decoction Kugan Yin for cystic hyperplasia of breast.Methods The 131 cases of cystic hyperplasia of breast in phlegm combining qi stagnation syndrome were randomized into treatment group(68 cases)which was treated by Kugan Yin and control group(63 cases)which was treated by Rupixiao Tablets(Tablets for dissolving breast nodules).The changes of symptoms and signs,level of serum sexual hormone and molybdenum target mammography analysis of two groups were observed for comparison.Results The total effective rate of treatment group was obviously better than that of con- trol group(P

OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical application of the ureteral dilation catheter combined with the balloon catheter under the ureteroscope in the treatment of urethral stricture in men.

METHODSUnder the ureteroscope, 45 male patients with urethral stricture received placement of a zebra guide wire through the strictured urethra into the bladder and then a ureteral dilation catheter along the guide wire, followed by dilation of the urethra from F8 initially to F14 and F16. Again, the ureteroscope was used to determine the length of the strictured urethra, its distance to the external urethral orifice, and whether it was normally located. An F24 balloon catheter and then a metal urethral calibrator was used for the dilation of the strictured urethra. After removal of the F18-F22 urethral catheter at 8 weeks, the urinary flow rate was measured immediately and again at 3 months.

RESULTSAll the operations were successfully performed without serious complications. The maximum urinary flow rate was (13.3-29.9) ml/s (mean [17.7 ± 3.2] ml/s) at the removal of the catheter and (15.2-30.8) ml/s (mean [19.8 ± 3.9] ml/s) at 3 months after it. Smooth urination was found in all the patients during the 6-24 months follow-up.

CONCLUSIONThe application of the ureteral dilation catheter combined with, the balloon catheter under the ureteroscope is a good option for the treatment of male urethral stricture for its advantages of uncomplicatedness, safety, effectiveness, few complications, less pain, high success rate, and repeatable operation.

Catheterization ; Humans ; Male ; Ureteroscopes ; Urethra ; Urethral Stricture ; therapy ; Urinary Bladder ; Urinary Catheters ; Urination

ObjectiveTo detect the Alu expression in the stool of patients with pancreatic cancer and investigate its value in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.MethodsStool samples were obtained from patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) ( n =41 ),chronic pancreatitis (CP) ( n =27 ) and healthy subjects ( n =23 ),the DNA was extracted from the stool and the expression of Alu repetitive sequences was subjected to quantitative analysis by the real-time PCR.ResultsThe expressions of Alu repetitive sequences in PC,CP,and healthy subjects were (5.17 ± 0.99 ),( 3.79 ± 0.94),(0.28 ± 0.35 ) rig/g,and the difference among the three groups was statistically significant (P ＜0.05).The AUC of PC was 74.8％ with the 95％ CI 0.661 ～0.835,and the sensitivity,specificity was 75.6％ and 67.1％,respectively.ConclusionsAlu repetitive sequences are highly expressed in the stool of patients with pancreatic cancer,and it is of value in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Objective To study the efficacy of intra-tumoral injection of different concentrations of ethanol for nude mice with implanted pancreatic cancer and provide evidence for choosing appropriate concentration of ethanol for clinical treatment of pancreatic cancer.Methods A subcutaneous xenograft mouse model of human pancreatic cancer SW1990 was established.Forty-eight nude mice with similar tumor size were randomly divided into 20％,40％,60％,80％,95％ ethanol injection groups and saline injection group.The longest (a) and the shortest diameters (b) of tumor of nude mice were measured.Tumor volume (TV),relative tumor volume (RTV) and the relative rate of tumor proliferation (T/C％) were calculated.Eight days later the nude mice were sacrificed.The tumor tissue was harvested for pathologic examinations.Results RTV in 20％ ethanol injection group was similar that of saline injection group (P =0.212).RTV in 40％,60％,80％ and 95％ ethanol injection groups were significantly lower than that in saline injection group (P ＜ 0.01).RTV was less than 1 and T/C％ was less than 30％ in 60％,80％ and 95％ ethanol injection groups.The values of RTV and T/C％ decreased with the increase of ethanol concentration.RTV in 80％ and 95％ ethanol injection groups were significantly lower than that of 60％ ethanol injection group (P =0.003 and P =0.009).RTV was similar in 80％ and 95％ ethanol injection groups (P =0.819).The pathologic examinations showed no tumor necrosis in saline injection group,while small amounts of necrosis in implanted pancreatic cancer was observed in 20％ and 40％ ethanol injection groups,while a large area of coagulation necrosis could be found in 60％,80％ and 95％ ethanol injection groups.Conclusions Intra-tumoral injection of 80％ ethanol is feasible therapy method for nude mice with human pancreatic cancer xenografts.

Objective:To investigate whether the omental-adipose stromal cells (O-ASCs) exposing to gastric cancer-conditioned medi-um (CM) could be inducted to differentiate into carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and the effect of ERK signaling pathway in the process. Methods: We identified O-ASCs by examining their ability to differentiate osteogenic and adipogenic lineages and through flow cytometry. O-ASCs were co-cultured with MGC803 and SGC7901CM. The expression of CAFs markers (α-SMA, FSP-1, and vimentin) and paracrine factors (VEGFA, TGF-β1, FAP, and SDF-1) were evaluated by RT-PCR and Western blot. In vitro cultures of O-ASCs were divided into three groups:the control, SGC7901-CM, and SGC7901-CM+U0126 groups. Cells were collected after 12 h. West-ern blot was performed to evaluate the expression ofα-SMA, FSP-1, ERK, and p-ERK1/2. Results:The primary cells were O-ASCs. The expression levels of CAFs markers (α-SMA, FSP-1, and vimentin) and O-ASC paracrine factors (VEGFA, TGF-β1, FAP, and SDF-1) clearly in-creased (P<0.05). In comparison with the control, the expression of ERK in SGC7901-CM group did not change (P>0.05), while the ex-pression of p-ERK1/2,α-SMA, and FSP-1 significantly improved (P<0.05). Comparison of SGC 7901-CM+U0126 and SGC 7901-CM groups showed that the expression levels of ERK had no statistical difference (P>0.05), while the expression levels of p-ERK1/2,α-SMA, and FSP-1 decreased (P<0.05). Conclusion:O-ASCs participate in the peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer through differentiation by CAF and paracrine factors. The ERK signaling pathway is important in the differentiation of O-ASCs towards CAFs.

Objective To review and analyze the clinical effect of combined posterior mini-invasive fixation with anterior debridement via small incision for the treatment of single segment lumbar vertebral tuberculosis. Methods Totally 31 cases with single segment lumbar tuberculosis (both borderline tuberculosis) without attachment involvement underwent one-stage anterior debridement, interbody fusion and posterior mini-invasive fixation from July 2010 to July 2015. Among these patients, 19 were male and 12 were female. The average age was (36.1±17.8) years old (ranged 21-61 years old). The average course of disease was 11(9, 12) months (ranged from 2 to 16 months). All were single segment involvement, and the involved segment was L2-3 in 7 cases, L3-4 in 10 cases, L4-5 in 6 cases, and L5-S1 in 8 cases. The clinical manifestations included lumbar back pain in 31 cases with an average pain visual analog score (VAS) of 7(6, 8) points. ASIA grade of spinal cord injury was E in 25 cases and D in 6 cases. Paravertebral abscess occurred in 22 cases and iliac fossa gravity abscess appeared in 9 cases. Kyphosis was observed in 12 cases and the average Cobb angle was 21° ± 6° . Quadruple anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy was used for at least 2 weeks preoperatively. Posterior mini-invasive fixation was fulfilled on prone position, including mini-invasive percutaneous screws in 18 cases and pedicle screw fixation via Wiltse approach in 13 cases. Posterior distraction and deformity correction were performed simultaneously for patients with kyphosis. Then the patients were changed to lateral position for anterior debridement, bone grafting and/or titanium mesh fusion. Results The average operation time was (204±54) min (ranged 160-240 min) in 31 patients, and the mean blood loss was (168±73) mL (ranged 100-300 mL). Delayed healing of anterior incision occurred in 1 case and the incision healed after two-week dressing of wound. The incision healed well in the rest 30 cases. No complications such as nerve function, blood vessel injury were found in patients. The VAS scores of the 3 days after operation were 1.3 ± 0.3 and 2.1 ± 1.4 in percutaneous group and Wiltse approach group, respectively, and the difference between them was statistically significant ( P<0.05). The VAS score of low back pain was 2(1, 3) points in all the 31 patients three months after operation, which was significantly lower than that before surgery (P<0.05). The six patients with neurological symptoms recovered to E grade after operation. The average Cobb angle correction was 15°±5° in 12 patients with kyphosis (P<0.05), which was significantly decreased compared with that before surgery (P<0.05). All patients were followed up for an average of (36.8 ± 9.3) months (ranged from 12 to 72 months). The clinical healing of tuberculosis was achieved at the final follow-up in all the 31 patients. No complications were observed, such as lumbar kyphosis, internal fixation loosening and breakage, dislocation and titanium mesh subsidence. Conclusion Mini-invasive posterior internal fixation and anterior debridement via small incision is effective for the treatment of single segment lumbar vertebral tuberculosis in lesion debridement and spine stability reconstruction by short segment fixation. This technique can reduce fused segments, surgical trauma of anterior approach and related complications.

Objective To discuss the influence of framing information and time window information upon risk decision making about thrombolysis therapy in patients with cerebral infarction or their relatives in the scenarios of thrombolytic therapy for acute cerebral infarction.Methods Inpatients and outpatients with cerebral infarction or their relatives(n=327) were randomly divided into positive framing group(n=187) and negative framing group(n=140).Every participant underwent risky messages about thrombolytic treatment in three different time windows:0-90 minutes,91-180 minutes and 181-270 minutes.Results In any thrombolytic time window condition,there was no significant difference in thrombolytic tendency of participants between the positive framing group and the negative framing group (0-90 min:x2=1.24,P＞ 0.05;91-180 minutes:x2 =0.35,P＞0.05;181-270 minutes:x2 =0.07,P＞ 0.05).In a negative framework conditions,compared with the participants receiving thrombolytic information in 181-270 minutes time window,subjects receiving thrombolytic information in 0-90 minutes window were more tolerant of thrombolytic treatment (69.3 ％ vs 51.5 ％,P＜ 0.0125).Conclusion There are mutual effects of time window and framing information upon participants' preferences for thrombolysis.Different thrombolytic information are presented according to their corresponding time windows.

Objective To observe the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on c-Jun amino terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway and inflammatory cytokines interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in substantia nigra (SN) cells of rotenone-induced rats model of Parkinson's disease (PD),and explore the underlying mechanism of EA on PD.Methods A total of 32 male Sprague-Dawley mice were randomly and evenly divided into a normal group,a shamoperation group,a model group and an EA group.Model group and EA group were injected intradermally with rotenone (1 mg/kg,dissolved in DMSO and saline,concentration:O.25 mg/ml) on the nape of neck.Sham-operation group was injected the same dose of DMSO and saline.Normal group had no intervention.EA group was applied to Fengfu (DU16) and Taichong (LR3) acupoints after the establishment of PD model in rats.Behavioral assessment was conducted after the treatments,the rats were sacrificed for sampling substantia nigra tissue to detect the expressions of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH),p-c-Jun amino terminal kinase (p-c-Jun) and interferon-γ(IFN-γ) protein with Western blotting (WB).Results Model rats showed significant PD syndrome characteristics,comparing with normal group and sham group,the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).The results of open box test showed that the scores of model group rats decreased significantly in terms of the horizontal movement [(19.12 ±2.34) points] and vertical locomotor activity [(5.27 ± 1.04) points] when compared with normal group and sham group,the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).After EA treatment,locomotor activity of rats increased significantly when compared with model group (P ＜ 0.05),however,the normal group and sham group was not statistically and significantly different in locomotor activity (P ＞ 0.05).Compared with normal group,the expression of TH protein in (0.183 ± 0.0213) reduced significantly and the expressions of p-c-Jun (0.388 ± 0.0283) and IFN-γ protein(0.453 ± 0.0332) increased significantly in model group,the difference was statistically significant (P ＜0.05).Compared with normal group,the expression of TH protein(0.324 ± 0.0538) reduced and the expressions of p-c-Jun(0.207 ± 0.0592) and IFN-γ protein (0.239 ± 0.0215) increased in EA group,the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).Compared with model group,the expression of TH protein increased significantly in EA group(P ＜ 0.05),the expressions of p-c-Jun and IFN-γ protein reduced significantly in EA group(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion EA therapy may reduce the expression of IFN-γ protein in SN of PD rats model by regulating the expression of JNK/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway,which may delay the process of PD.