This paper aims to investigate the value of diffusiion weighted imaging (DWI) and different apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) methods to predict the curative effects of neoadjuvant chempotherapy (NAC) for breast cancer. From March 2010 to December 2012, seventy-one patients were pathologically confirmed invasive breast cancer by needle puncture biopsy received before surgery, and underwent magnetic resonance before and after NAC, the ADC were measured by mean ADC method and lower ADC method. The pathologic response after NAC was divided to major histological response (MHR) group and non-major histological response (NMHR) group according to Miller & Payne system. Results displayed that ADC values obtained before NAC, at the end of the second cycle of NAC, and after whole course of treatment, had good correlations between mean and lower ADC methods (the Pearson's correlation=0.699, 0.749 and 0.895, respectively). Significant difference in ADC obtained both with mean and lower ADC methods could be found between MHR and NMHR groups after the second cycle of NAC (P< 0.05). After the second cycle of NAC, significant difference in the change rate of ADC could be found between MHR and NMHR groups by using lower ADC method (P<0.05), but not be found by using mean ADC method (P >0.05). In conclusion, DWI could monitor the pathologic changes of breast cancer after NAC, and the lower ADC method might be used to evaluate the curative effect of NAC with the change rate of ADC.
Breast Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Female ; Humans ; Neoadjuvant Therapy

Objective To systematically investigate the efficacy and safety of sublingual immunotherapy( SLIT) in the treatment of a-dults with seasonal allergic rhinitis( SAR) .Methods Literature was retrieved online in CNKI,CBM,VIP,Wanfang data,PubMed,EMBase, Medline,Cochrane Library,et al.After screening literature,data collection and assessment quality,randomized controlled trials relevant to our study were selected independently based on inclusion and exclusion criteria by two researchers.Statistical analyses were conducted by RevMan 5.2 software.Results A total of 13 RCTs were enrolled.The meta-analysis revealed that SLIT provided a significant improvement in aspect of reducing Symptom Scores(SS) and Medication Scores (MS)of adults with SAR,the difference had statistical significance(P<0.000 01). Compared to placebo,SLIT could increase the rate of adverse events( AEs) in the treatment of adults with SAR compared to placebo.The fre-quently reported AEs during clinical trials were oral pruritus,tongue edema,ear pruritus,throat irritation,et al.Conclusion Sublingual im-munotherapy could improve the symptoms significantly and reduce the SS and MS in the treatment of adults with SAR.And its safety could be well tolerated.

Objective:To evaluate the effects of 2 kinds of fiber posts with different optical conductivity on the polymerization of resin cement in deep root canal.Methods:16 human premolars with single root were decoronated and randomly divided into 2 groups(n=8),which were restored using fiber posts with and without optical conductivity(i-TFC optical fiber post and Panavia post) respectively.Fiber posts were luted with light-curing resin cement and light cured.3 dentin slabs with fiber posts located at cervical,middle and apical 1/3 were harvested from each root.Knoop microhardness(HK) of the resin cement in each slab was measured using microindentation and the relative curing rate (RCR) was also examined,data were submitted to two-way ANOVA.Results:As the depth in the canal increased,the HK and RCR of the resin cement was decreased in both groups.At the cervical and middle 1/3 HK and RCR were not statistically different between the 2 groups(P＞0.05).At the apical 1/3 of the optical and Panavia group,the RCR of the resin cement was 69.89％ and 50.05％ (P＜0.05),the HK was 33.25 ± 3.04 and 23.08 ± 5.93 (P＜0.05),respectively.Conclusion:The optical fiber post is useful in promoting the polymerization of the resin cement in deep root canal.

Objective To explore the effects of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] on memory CD4+T cells of focal proliferative IgA nephropathy (IgAN)patients.Methods (1) Total of twenty incipient focal proliferative IgAN patients (Lee classification:Ⅲ level) were chosen as IgAN group and 20 healthy volunteers were chosen as healthy control group.The level of serum 1,25(OH)2D3 was measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA).Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were separated by the method of Ficoll density gradient centrifugation and were stimulated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 in the absence or presence of various concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D3,Dexamethasone(DEX) and 1,25(OH)2D3and DEX combined.PBMCs were cultured for 72 hours and the levels of IFN-γ,IL-4,IL-17A,Foxp3 were measured by flow cytometry(FCM),standing for the levels of Th1,Th2,Th17,Treg.(2) IgAN group was divided into two subgroups (proteinuria ＜ 1 g/24 h subgroup,proteinuria≥ 1 g/24 h subgroup),then the serum levels of 1,25(OH)2D3,IFN-γ,IL-4,IL-17A,Foxp3 were compared.Results Compared with healthy control group,serum 1,25(OH)2D3 level of IgAN group was significantly lower (P ＜ 0.05).Serum 1,25(OH)2D3 level in proteinuria≥ 1 g/24 h subgroup was significantly lower than proteinuria ＜ 1 g/24 h subgroup and healthy control group (P ＜ 0.05).The level in proteinuria ＜ 1 g/24 h subgroup was lower than healthy control group,but the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).(2) The levels of IFN-γ and IL-17A and the ratios of IFN-γ/IL-4,IL-17A/Foxp3 in IgAN group increased significantly compared with healthy control group (all P ＜ 0.05),and the level of Foxp3 decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).The level of IL-4 also increased,but the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).The levels of IFN-γand IL-17A and the ratio of IL-17A/Foxp3 in proteinuria≥ 1 g/24 h subgroup increased significantly,and the level of Foxp3 decreased significantly,compared with urinary protein ＜ 1 g/24 h subgroup and healthy control group (P ＜ 0.05).The ratio of IFN-γ/IL-4 in proteinuria≥1 g/24 h subgroup and proteinuria ＜ 1 g/24 h subgroup all increased,compared with healthy control group,and the ratio in proteinuria≥ 1 g/24 h subgroup increased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the level of IL-4 among all groups.(3) After treatment with 1,25(OH)2D3,the levels of IFN-γ and IL-17A and the ratios of IFN-γ/IL-4 and IL-17A/Foxp3 decreased significantly,and the level of Foxp3 increased significantly (P ＜ 0.05),and these effects were more obvious as the increase of the drug concentration.The level of IL-4 did not change significantly.The combination of 1,25(OH)2D3 and DEX had a synergistic inhibition on the production of IFN-γ,IL-4,IL-17A,and the ratios of IFN-γ/IL-4 and IL-17A/Foxp3,and had a synergistic promotion on the production of Foxp3.Conclusions There is a certain extent of vitamin D deficiency in focal proliferative IgAN patients,which may be associated with the severity of proteinuria.The disorder of immunomodulatory effects of memory CD4+ T cell might exist in the patients of focal proliferative IgAN.1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 might have beneficial effects on the immunoregulation of memory CD4+T cells of focal proliferative IgAN patients.

Objective To explore the risk factors in children with epilepsy and their effects on attack rate of epilepsy.Methods One hundred and sixty epilepsy patients(patient group,88 boys and 72 girls)and 150 healthy children(control group,72 boys and 78 girls)were selected.All children conformed epilepsy at the west China second hospital were consecutively included in the study for 6 months period.The range of age was from 1 month to 16 years[(7.0?4.7)years old] of patient group children.All children with epilepsy had no-causation seizure for more than twice time and were diagnosed by electroencephalogram.Neurologically normal children in same period,matched for age and sex,visiting the health care clinic were selected as controls.The range of age was from 2 month to 16 years [(6.3?4.5)years old] of control group children.The risk factors examined were febrile convulsions,head trauma,central nervous system infections,abnormal perinatal history,family history of epilepsy and parental consanguinity.The data of patients and controls were obtained from a questionnaire through personal interviews.Details on the patient,family history,and parental age at the time of childbirth were included.Medical records were then reviewed.According to the data type,the statistics were performed with ?2 test and the significance level was the P

To facilitate the expression of GL 7 ACA acylase gene in a recombinant E coli , a fragment of the gene, in which the signal peptide was deleted by PCR method, was inserted into a prokaryotic expression vector, pET 28a By colony PCR method screening, a recombinant plasmid pET ACY was obtained and then transformed into the expression host BL21 (DE3) The influences of induction conditions such as IPTG concentration, the time of induction and the induction temperature on the expression of the recombinant protein were investigated Under optimal condition, the enzyme activity could reach 266 U/L Finally, the recombinant GL 7 ACA acylase can be easily isolated to a purity of about 80% by a simple anion ion exchange chromatography with enzyme activity recovery of 50%

OBJECTIVETo study the effect of substrate stiffness on proliferation, migration of fibroblast and integrin β(1) expression in fibroblast.

METHODSFibroblasts were inoculated on silicon substrate with stiffness of (16.2 ± 0.5), (19.8 ± 1.1), and (200.1 ± 2.6) kPa. After being cultured for 5 days or 6 days, cells were counted and cell proliferative activities (recorded as absorbance value) were assessed with methyl thiazolyl blue (MTT). After being cultured for 3 days, cell cycle was detected and proliferation index (PI) was calculated. The cell scratch test was used for determination of cell migration rate on post scratch day (PSD) 0 (the day of scratch), 1, 2, and 3. After being cultured for 2 days, the expression of integrin β(1) was determined by flow cytometry with fluorescence. Data were processed with one-way analysis of variance.

RESULTS(1) The proliferative speed and proliferative activity of fibroblasts were all increased along with the increase in substrate stiffness. PI of fibroblasts inoculated on silicon substrate with stiffness of (16.2 ± 0.5), (19.8 ± 1.1), and (200.1 ± 2.6) kPa was respectively 24.8%, 27.4%, 32.4%. On PSD 2, migration rate of fibroblasts inoculated on silicon substrate with stiffness of (19.8 ± 1.1) and (200.1 ± 2.6) kPa was respectively (91.4 ± 5.1)%, (100.0 ± 1.3)%, which were higher than that of fibroblasts inoculated on silicon substrate with stiffness of (16.2 ± 0.5) kPa [(55.8 ± 6.8)%, with F value respectively 3.5, 4.0, P values all below 0.01]. (3) The expression rate of integrin β(1) in fibroblasts inoculated on silicon substrate with stiffness of (16.2 ± 0.5) kPa was the lowest (43.22%), and that in fibroblast inoculated on silicon substrate with stiffness of (200.1 ± 2.6) kPa was the highest (81.26%).

CONCLUSIONSSubstrate stiffness may have a great effect on proliferation and migration of fibroblast during the process of wound healing and scar formation, which can be related to regulation of integrin β(1) expression.

Cell Movement ; Cell Proliferation ; Cells, Cultured ; Fibroblasts ; cytology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Integrin beta1 ; metabolism ; Mechanical Phenomena ; Silicon

Digital Image Communication in Medicine (DICOM) defines a standard method to store and transmit digital medical image information, in which there is a piece of implemented protocol named DICOM-RT that specially addresses both the transmission of radiation therapy image data and the ancillary data. In this paper, we firstly introduce the DICOM-RT with the emphases on its components, relationship with radiotherapy and how to produce the DICOM-RT object that refer to some certain radiotherapy information. Then we expatiate on the impact that benefits from applying DICOM-RT to radiotherapy, with an aid to accelerate its application in China.
Automatic Data Processing ; Computer Communication Networks ; Humans ; Radiology Information Systems ; standards ; Radiotherapy ; standards ; trends ; Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

AIMTo analyze sequences of the nuclear ribosomal RNA small subunit (18S rRNA) gene and the chloroplast matK gene of crude drug Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) in order to provide molecular evidence for identification of Patchouli drug.

METHODSTo sequence the entire 18S rRNA gene and partial matK gene of Patchouli from Guangzhou and its substitute Wrinkled Gianthyssop (Agastache rugosa) from Sichuan using PCR direct sequencing and to detect the homology of two gene sequences between these two crude drugs.

RESULTSThe complete 18S rRNA gene sequence is 1,805 bp in length for Patchouli from Guangzhou whereas 1,794 bp for Wrinkled Gianthyssop from Sichuan. The 3'-end sequence of matK gene is 521 bp (747-1,268 nt from upstream of matK gene) for these two crude drugs. Based on multiple sequence alignment, it is found that there are 18 variable sites and 11 aligned gap sites in 18S rRNA sequence, 49 variable sites in 3'-matK sequence between these two crude drugs. The homology is 98.4% for 18S rRNA and 90.6% for 3'-matK between two crude drugs, respectively.

CONCLUSIONDNA sequencing can provide an accurate and reliable tool in the crude drug identification of Patchouli and its substitute Wrinkled Gianthyssop.

Agastache ; genetics ; Base Sequence ; DNA, Plant ; analysis ; Drug Contamination ; Lamiaceae ; classification ; genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Plant Stems ; genetics ; Plants, Medicinal ; genetics ; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S ; analysis ; genetics ; Sequence Alignment ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Sequence Homology ; Species Specificity