Objective To explore the effects of fluoride with different doses on the expressions of TGF-? and Smad2/3 in fibroblast and osteoblast at different periods.Methods Fibroblasts and osteoblasts were exposed to different concentrations of fluoride(0,0.0001,0.001,0.1,1,10 and 20 mg?L~(-1)).The levels of TGF-? protein and Smad2/3 at 2,4,24,48 and 72 h after treatment were measured by using ELISA method.The expression of TGF-? mRNA was tested with RT-PCR method.Results In fibroblasts,the contents of TGF-? protein were decreased in the groups of 0.001,0.1,1,10 and 20 mg?L~(-1) F~-at the time of 2 h and in the groups of 1.0001,0.001,0.1,10 and 20 mg?L~(-1) at the time of 4 h(P

Objective:To explore the clinical treatment of retinoblastoma (RB) after being treated with vitrectomy (PPV) due to misdiagnosis.Methods:A retrospective case study. From July 2015 to July 2018, 5 cases and 5 eyes of RB children diagnosed by pathological examination at the Eye Center of Beijing Tongren Hospital were included in the study. Among them, there were 3 males with 3 eyes and 2 females with 2 eyes; all of them had monocular disease. The average age was 4.8±1.7 years old. At the first visit, the diagnosis was endophthalmitis in 2 eyes (40%, 2/5); vitreous hemorrhage in 3 eyes (60%, 3/5). All were treated with PPV. All children underwent slit lamp microscopy, orbital MRI and CT, and eye color Doppler ultrasound blood flow imaging. If there was no clear extraocular spread, the eyeball removal combined with artificial orbital implantation was performed; if there was clear extraocular spread, the modified orbital content enucleation operation was performed with part of the eyelid preserved. The average follow-up time after surgery was 34.6±7.9 months.Results:Among the 5 eyes, 2 eyes (40%, 2/5) underwent eyeball enucleation combined with stage I artificial orbital implantation, and 3 eyes (60%, 3/5) with modified orbital content enucleation. There were 2 eyes of endogenous type (40%, 2/5), 1 eye of diffuse infiltration type (20%, 1/5), and 2 eyes of mixed type (40%, 2/5). The orbit spread in 3 eyes, the tumor invaded the optic nerve in 1 eye, and regional lymph node metastasis in 2 eyes. All children received systemic chemical therapy (chemotherapy). During the follow-up period, there were no new metastatic diseases and no deaths.Conclusions:After RB misdiagnosis and PPV, surgical treatment should be performed as soon as possible. If there is no clear extraocular spread, eyeball removal or combined stage I orbital implantation should be performed. If there is clear extraocular spread, the orbital contents should be enucleated; Chemotherapy should be combined after surgery.

Objective To explore the clinical significance of PET-CT in evaluating distant metastasis and M staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC). Methods 257 NPC patients with no prior treatment were investigated with PET-CT and conventional imaging (chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, and bone scan). The findings of PET-CT in diagnosing distant metastasis and M staging were compared with those of conventional imaging according to the results of biopsy and follow-up. Results PET-CT disclosed 34 of 39 patients with distant malignancy compared with 22 patients disclosed by conventional imaging. The false positive rate of PET-CT was 12.8 %. On region-based analyses, PET-CT was more effective than bone scan and chest X-ray for detecting mediastinum metastasis (x2=4.063, P =0.041) and bone metastasis (x2=5.939, P=0.015), respectively. Compared with conventional imaging, PET-CT had an impact on the M staging of 19 patients (7.4 %), of which 15 patients were truly staged and 4 patients incorrectly staged. Conclusion PET-CT is superior to MRI in evaluating distant metastasis and M staging of NPC.

Multiple myeloma is common in the older population and is treated mainly with chemotherapy. However, chemotherapy-related side effects imitate the clinical manifestations of Sheehan's syndrome, which leads to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, particularly for older patients without a clear history of postpartum hemorrhage. Therefore, when older women with malignant myelomas show refractory hyponatremia and gastrointestinal disorders while under chemotherapy, a diagnosis of Sheehan's syndrome should be considered. The early detection of the disorder will guarantee timely individualized treatment.

BACKGROUND:The homing ability of mesenchymal stem cells after transplantation can decrease along with culture and passage in vitro. And the decline of homing abilities can further influence the implantation of mesenchymal stem cells in the target tissue, thus seriously affecting the repair effect.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect and its related mechanisms by which in vitro culture and passage affect the homing ability of mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS:Mesenchymal stem cells were isolated from the bone marrow using Ficol density gradient centrifugation, and then purified using adhesion method. The mesenchymal stem cells were cultured into the seventh generations with the normal cultural condition, and the morphological features of the 3rd, 5th and 7th generations of mesenchymal stem cells were observed. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide chromatometry was used to detect the growth feature of the 3rd, 5th and 7th generations of mesenchymal stem cells, and the growth curve was drawn. Real-time PCR was used to detect the expression of CXCR4, CXCR6, CXCL12, CD44 in the 3rd, 5th and 7th generations of mesenchymal stem cells, 2-△△Ct was calculated to get the relative value of each target gene, and the differences in expression of CXCR4, CXCR6, CXCL12, CD44 between different generations were compared.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Mononuclear cells could be obtained from the bone marrow by using Ficol density gradient centrifugation. High-purity mesenchymal stem cells could be obtained using adherent method. The ability of in vitro growing was strong, but fol owing the passage, the cellmorphology became wider and shorter. And the proliferation rate, the overal proliferated multiple and the expression of homing related factors decreased fol owing the passage. The expression of CXCR4, CXCR6, CXCL12 and CD44 of mesenchymal stem cells decreased fol owing the passage. The homing ability of mesenchymal stem cells was decreased fol owing the passage, and may be relevant with the lower expression of CXCR4, CXCR6, CXCL12 and CD44 in cultured mesenchymal stem cells.

Objective: To analyze the diagnosis and therapy for double-hit lymphoma (DHL) and triple-hit lymphoma (THL). Methods:This study involves three patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) that transformed into DHL or THL. These patients were ad-mitted to our hospital between January 2011 and December 2012. All patients were diagnosed by immunohistochemistry and fluores-cence in situ hybridization (FISH). Results:One FL patient transformed into THL and died after 3 months. The other two FL patients who transformed into DHL and who received R-CHOP and R-ESHAP regimens still failed to achieve complete remission. Conclusion:DHL is a rare type of lymphoma that usually involves the bone marrow and central nervous system. This condition is highly resistant to intensive chemotherapy. Part of the DHL cases result from FL. FISH is important for diagnosis. However, a standard treatment for this type of lymphoma remains lacking.

The efficacy of multiple myeloma (MM) treatments, particularly novel medicines and transplantation, has improved rapidly in the last ten years, with increasing rates of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). However, complete response (CR) is not enough as prognostic indicator guidance. Therefore, methods have been developed to monitor minimal residual disease (MRD), such as serum free light chain (sFLC), flow cytometry, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), next generation sequencing (NGS), and PET-CT. This article reviewed the current situation of the application of those methods in MM patients after stem cell transplantation.

Objective:To compare the efficacy between chemotherapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and chemo-therapy with G-CSF and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for the mobilization of peripheral blood hemato-poietic stem cells and hematological recovery post-transplantation in patients with malignant lymphoma. Methods:Autologous pe-ripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell mobilization data of 61 malignant lymphoma patients who were treated with chemotherapy plus G-CSF or chemotherapy plus G-CSF and GM-CSF from May 2008 to October 2016 were included in this study. The mobilization effi-cacy and hematopoietic recovery were analyzed. Results:During mobilization, White blood cells (WBC) of all patients decreased to 1.0×109/L and platelets (PLT) dropped to 40×109/L. The successful mobilization rates of CD34+cell are 52.5%in chemotherapy plus G-CSF group and 90.5%in chemotherapy plus G-CSF+GM-CSF group (P=0.003). All patients successfully underwent hematopoietic recon-struction without transplantation-related mortality. Conclusion: Although chemotherapy with G-CSF+GM-CSF can significantly in-crease the effect of autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, the reconstruction of hematopoietic function after transplantation and side reaction between the two groups are the same. Thus, chemotherapy with G-CSF+GM-CSF is not superior to chemotherapy with G-CSF in mobilizing autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells.

Optical mapping of the membrane potential with voltage-sensitive dyes is an advanced approach that involves in many theories such as molecular photonica, physiology and computer science. Compared with the conventional techniques of membrane patch-clamp and microelectrode, the optical mapping system can measure not only the changes of a single membrane potential from multiple sites simultaneously but also the conduction properties of the cell populations. So this technique provides an important method for studying the electrophysiology of the small cell, the tiny neurite and the cardiac arrhythmia, etc. Because this technique can also avoid the electromagnetic interferences, it uniquely provides an ideal means for studying the mechanisms such as cardiac defibrillation. In this paper the principles and the system structure of the optical mapping are introduced, its applications and future developments are also presented at the same time.
Animals ; Brain ; physiology ; Electrodes ; Electrophysiology ; methods ; Fluorescent Dyes ; Humans ; Membrane Potentials ; physiology ; Myocytes, Cardiac ; physiology ; Optics and Photonics

OBJECTIVETo observe the treatment and prognosis of optic nerve invasion in retinoblastoma (RB).

METHODThe children who had been diagnosed with unilateral RB and had received enucleation from January 2006 to December 2013 in our hospital were recruited. Tumor extension into the optic nerve were disclosed. Optic nerve involvement was classified into four grades according to the degree of invasion. Grade I is superficial invasion of the optic nerve head only, grade II is involvement up to and including the lamina cribrosa, grade III is involvement beyond the lamina cribrosa, and grade IV is involvement up to and including the surgical margin. Grade I and II are called invasion of the optic nerve before the sieve plate. Grade III and IV are called invasion of the optic nerve after the sieve plate. Other high-risk factors included extensive invasions of the choroid, sclera, anterior chamber, iris, and ciliary body. They were divided into two groups according to whether the merger of other high histopathologic risk factors. Treatment was delivered accordingly, and the prognosis of different degrees of optic nerve invasion was observed. The subjects were followed up for 6 months to 7 years (average: 43 months).

RESULTThere were 465 subjects in this study, including 279 boys and 186 girls. The right eye was affected in 260 patients and the left eye in 205 patients. The average time from onset of symptoms to visit was 2.7 months (range 1 day-24 months). Twenty-five patients died, resulting in an overall survival rate of 94.6%. The mortality rate of patients with optic nerve involvement with grade I was 0.4%, grade II was 1.0%, grade III was 8.7% was and grade IV was 60.9%. Of the 338 with invasion of the optic nerve before the sieve plate, two died of recurrence, with a survival rates of 99.4% (336/338). Of the 127 patients who had invasion of the optic nerve after the sieve plate, twenty-three died of recurrence, with a survival rate of 81.9% (104/127) , the difference was statistically significant (χ² = 52.299, P = 0.000). A total of 379 patients did not have any other merged pathology high-risk factors, 8 died, the mortality rate was 2.1%. Of the 86 patients who had complicated with other high-risk factors, 17 died, the mortality rate was 19.8%, the difference was statistically significant (χ² = 42.955, P = 0.000). Of the 338 patients, 304 had invasion of the optic nerve before the sieve plate had not merged other pathology high-risk factors, none died, of the 34 patients who had complicated with other pathology high-risk factors, 2 had died, the mortality rate was 5.9%, the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.010). Of the 127 patients with invasion of the optic nerve after the sieve plate, 76 had not complicated with other pathological high-risk factors, 9 of whom had died, the mortality rate was 11.8%, 51 had complicated with other pathological high-risk factors, 14 of whom had died, the mortality rate was 27.5%, outcomes did significantly differ between the two subgroups (χ² = 5.014, P = 0.025). Cox multivariate analysis showed that invasion of the retrolaminar optic nerve, surgical margin of the optic nerve and sclera were influential factors of colorectal cancer.

CONCLUSIONPatients with optic nerve invasion have an excellent outcome with current therapy. But for those whose resection margin was invaded, which has a high incidence of recurrence, chemotherapy is recommended for patients with postlaminar optic nerve involvement.

Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Multivariate Analysis ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Optic Nerve Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Prognosis ; Retinoblastoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Rate