The differential diagnosis of malignant and benign ascites plays an important role in the treatment of diseases.There have been lots of clinical biochemical parameters for the differentiation of malignant and benign ascites,including fibronectin,lactic dehydrogenase,cholesteral,total protein,adenosine deaminase,serum ascites albumin gradient,free fatty acid,carcinoma embryo antigen,thymidine kinase,pseudouridine,telomerase,?1-antitrypsin,glucose,and pH.The diagnosis efficacy of these biochemical parameters is reviewed in this article.

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Objective To investigate the levels of interleukin 1? (IL 1?) and tumor necrosis factor ? (TNF ?) in both serum and CSF in patients with Alzheimer's disease Methods Eleven patients with Alzheimer's disease,13 patients with vascular dementia (VD) and 13 healthy controls were analyzed by using commercial ELISA kits Results The average serum level of IL 1? was found higher in AD patients(60 13?17 81 pg/ml) than in VD patients(38 51?14 39 pg/ml) and in healthy controls(33 98?16 31 pg/ml)( P

Objective: This work aimed to construct stable MCF-7 cell sublines from which staphylococcal nuclease domain con-taining 1 (SND1) expression was interfered to analyze the effect of SND1 silencing on the proliferation and metastasis of MCF-7 cells. Methods: The lentivirus that could mediate SND1 silencing was prepared. MCF-7 cells were infected with the lentiviruses to construct stable sub-cell lines. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis were employed to determine SND1 ex-pression level. MTS, wound healing, and transwell assays were applied to analyze the effect of SND1 silencing on the proliferation, mi-gration, and invasion of MCF-7 cells. Results: A lentivirus expression vector that contains sequences encoding shRNAs targeting SND1 and an shRNA negative control were successfully established. The lentiviruses (LV-SH1, LV-SH2, LV-SH3, and 和 LV-NC) were then collected and packaged. Stabilized MCF-7 sublines were prepared through infection with lentiviruses. The most efficient MCF-7 stable cell subline, MCF-SH3, was selected for SND1 silencing. Compared with the control cell, the proliferation, migration, and inva-sion potential of MCF-SH3 were significantly decreased. Conclusion: SND1 could promote the proliferation, migration, and invasion of breast cancer cells. Thus, silencing SND1 expression will inhibit such proliferation, migration, and invasion. These results indicated that the unusual expression of SND1 is associated with breast cancer and may participate in cancer progression by affecting prolifera-tion, migration, and invasion.

Objective To study the relationship between serum leptin and thyroid function by investigating the change of serum leptin concentration in children with abnormal thyroid function (hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism).Methods The levels of serum leptin was determined by radio-immunoassay(RIA) in 20 cases of hyperthyroidism, 17 cases of hypothyroidism, 25 cases of normal controls, respectively .Meanwhile, the serum levels of free triiodothyronine(FT 3), free thyroxine(FT 4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH) were measured by micro-particle-chemiluminescence immunoassay.Results The levels of serum leptin in hypothyroidism group before treatment was significantly lower than that of normal control groups (P0.05).Conclusions The levels of serum leptin in hypothyroidism markedly descend and no change in the hyperthyroidism. Thyroid hormone can promote the secretion of serum leptin eligibly.

Environmental Microbiology is an important basic course of Environmental Engineering.Its characteristic is content broad,quick development and strong practicality,thus this curriculum's teaching has certain degree of difficulty.Some suggestions and concrete measures about teaching reform,which included curriculum's course content,teaching method,experiment teaching and assessment methods were proposed in this paper.

Objective Based on animal model of left ventricular pressure overload induced cardiac fibrosis,to investigate the specific role and molecular mechanism of KLF15 gene in this process.Methods To establish rat animal model of pressure overload induced cardiac hypertrophy by aortic coarctation under non artificial ventilation conditions,and then release the constriction,to observe the rat heart color Doppler images,myocardial interstitial fibrosis features and protein expression level changes of KLF15、Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) 、Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF)、Myocardin-related transcription factor A(MRTF-A) in overload-unload corresponding time points.Results We successfully completed aortic banding and debanding operations by use of SD rats without artificial ventilation.Through color Doppler echocardiography detection,from images to know:the effect of constriction and loosening is definite.The expression of collagen type Ⅰ,collagen type Ⅲ,TGF-β,CTGF,MRTF-A were significantly higher and myocardial hypertrophy was aggravated but the KLF15 protein expression level was significantly lower in pressure overloaded rats than in Sham rats(all P ＜ 0.05).All values were in an increasing tendency with the constrictive time prolonged (P ＜ 0.05).The response to unloading was opposite,the sooner to loose the better to the recovery to normal.The differences of indicators are very notable (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion By feedback regulation TGF-β,KLF15 inhibited the effect of CTGF and MRTF-A,reducing myocardial interstitial fibrosis.

Objective To investigate the expressions of p53, bcl-2 and caspase-3 in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and the clinical significance thereof. Methods The clinical data and paraffin tissue samples of 117 patients with NSCLC confirmed by postoperative pathology were collected. The expressions of p53, bcl-2 and caspase-3 protein in tissues of NSCLC were detected by immunohistochemical method. The correlation between the expres-sions of p53, bcl-2 and caspase-3 protein was analyzed, and the relationship between the expressions of p53, bcl-2 and cas-pase-3 protein and clinicopathological characteristics was explored. Results The positive expression rates of p53, bcl-2 and caspase-3 were 42.74%(50/117), 38.46%(45/117) and 36.75%(43/117) in tissue samples of NSCLC. The positive ex-pression rate of p53 was significantly higher in patients with poor differentiation, central type, lymph node metastasis and squamous carcinoma. The positive expression rate of bcl-2 was significantly higher in patients with high differentiation and lymph node metastasis. The positive expression rate of caspase-3 was significantly higher in patients with high differentia-tion and no lymph node metastasis. There was a positive correlation between expressions of bcl-2 and caspase-3 in NSCLC (r=0.262, P=0.003). Conclusion The expressions of p53, bcl-2 and caspase-3 may play important roles in development and progression of advanced NSCLC in elderly patients, which may serve as predicators for prognosis.

Objective:To evaluate the effects of the flowable resin used as pit and fissure sealant using different etching adhesive systems.Methods:60 caries-free extracted human premolars were randomly divided into 4 groups(n =1 5)and treated by Gluma, NT and 3M-Z350 flowable resin(group A);Clearifil SE Bond adhesive and 3M-Z350 flowable resin(group B),phosphoric acid etching,3M-Z350 flowable resin and phosphoric acid etching(group C)and 3Mconcise sealant(group D)respectively.After pro-cessing the tooth surface the pit and fissue of 1 0 sample in each group were sealed.The microleakage was measured by 1 % methyl-ene blue staining(n =8).The material-enamel interface was observed by SEM(n =2).The shear bond strength of the column-shaped samples with the diameter and the height of 3 mm(n =5)on the mesial or dental surface was examined by a test machine. The sealant cartridges and flowable resin cartridges with the diameter and height of 4 mm were used for the crushing strength exami-nation(n =1 0).Results:There was no significant difference in the microleakage among the 4 groups.SEMobservation showed that the resin tags of group A were long and dense and the resin tags of group B were short and sparse,bubbles and cracks were found on the local site in group A and B.The resin tags of group C were long and thin,but combined with tooth tightly;the resin tags of group D were short and dense;the penetration was poor at the bottom of the fissures in the 4 groups.The shear bond strength of Group A was the highest(P <0.01 ),that of group C was higher than that of group B and D(P <0.05).There was no significantly difference between group B and D(P >0.05).The compressive strength of flowable resin groups was higher than that of fissure seal-ant group(P <0.05).Conclusion:The shear bond strength and compressive strength of all-etching bonding system combined with flowable resin is superior to that of self-etching bonding system combined with flowable resin and the traditional sealant.Using Prime&Bond NT bond after acid etching may improve the shear bonding strength.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the changes of ultrastructure of biliary epithelia with ischemic-type biliary lesion (ITBL) and the protection effect of exogenous growth hormone (GH) in order to provide experimental information for prevention of biliary complication after liver transplantation. METHODS: Rats underwent liver transplantation were randomized into control group, ITBL group and recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) group (n=6, respectively). Each group was given drugs at the same day postoperation. 7 days later, the specimen of bile ducts was collected. The epithelial changes of biliary tract were observed with TEM, and the injury degree of the epithelia was analyzed quantitatively in a specialized image analysis system. The epithelial plane measurement parameters of each group were measured, including the density of area and quantity of epithelia, and the density of area of epithelial microvilli. RESULTS: As compared with control group, in ITBL group the integrity of bile ducts was destroyed, epithelial microvilli became sparse, the epithelial plane measurement parameters were significantly decreased (P