By using antr-ras P21 mouse monoclonal (MoAb), SCI-Oncogema 1, the authors examined immunohistochemica! staining in pancreatc adeocarcinoma. The percentage of positive staining was 24/43 (558%). Furthermore it was indicated that the positive staining rate of antr-ras P21 MoAb was related to either histopathological grade or clinical stage. Upon statistical analysis of the correlation between the staining of anti-ras P21 and patient prognosis with Kaplan-Meier curve and Log-rant test, the positive staining cases showed comparatively better prognosis than the negative ones. Our study suggests that ras P21 expression may be important in the early stage of pancreatic carcinoma.

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Objective To assess the contribution of CT perfusion in the quantitative diagnosis of meningiomas Methods The CT perfusion imaging was performed in 13 patients (including 2 recurrent meningiomas) by using Somatom Plus 4 helical CT The color map of relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV), relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and mean transit time (MTT) was obtained by perfusion software, and rCBF, rCBV, and MTT were calculated in different areas Then the perfusion parameters and its mean ratios between tumor and contralateral normal brain tissue (CNBT) in each group of different pathologic types of meningiomas were compared using an unpaired or a paired Student t test Results The rCBV, rCBF, and MTT of meningiomas were significantly higher than those of CNBT [rCBV:(16 125?12 135) ml/100 g vs (2 158?1 345) ml/100 g, P 0 05) The characteristic time density curve (TDC) with high peaks was seen in 5 cases The rCBV and rCBF of 4 cases with peritumor brain edema were significantly lower than those of CNBT Conclusion CT perfusion imaging can not only provide quantitative information of meningiomas blood flow and show characteristic dynamic TDC, but also is useful in assessing pathology of tumor and demonstrating lower perfusion in peritumor brain edema and diagnosis of recurrent meningiomas

Objective To observe the long-term effect of combined intestine/auxiliary liver transplantation in rat.Methods Male Lewis rats were used. Total small bowel and 60 % liver were transplanted en bloc with an aortic segment that contained the celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery ensuring the blood supply to the graft. The end-to-side anastomosis was made between donor infrahepatic vena cava (IHVC) and recipient IHVC. The recipient small bowel was resected and the intestine continuity was restored. Sham control (laporotomy only) and transplantation groups were included. Ten rats in each group were followed-up for 18 months and then sacrificed. Liver function tests, terminal deoxynuleotidyl transferase-mediated 2'-deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate (dUTP) nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) staining of liver tissue were evaluated.Results Sixteen rats survived over the operation. There were no significant differences in liver function tests between the sham control group and transplantation group. The grafted liver was hypertrophic and native liver did not regenerate 18 months following transplantation with an increased liver/body weight ratio. TUNEL-staining showed no significant differences among grafted liver, native liver of the recipient rat in transplantation group and the liver of the rat in control group. PCNA-staining revealed that the native liver in transplantation group had a lower proportion of TUNEL-positive hepatocytes. Conclusion This experimental study confirmed the long-term consequences of combined intestine-auxiliary liver transplantation, and the results suggest that liver/body weight ratio can be increased.

Objective To study the incidence,risk factors and prognosis of stroke-associated infection(SAI) in acute stroke patients.Methods 382 serial acute cerebral stroke patients were retrospectively surveyed.Results The incidence of SAI was 29.3% in all cases,mainly involved lower respiratory tract(63.0%) and urinary tract(28.4%).Escherichia coli,Coagulase negative staph and Streptococcus viridans were the main pathogenic organisms.Developments of SAI were closely related with aging,diabetes mellitus,the application of antimicrobial agents and invasive procedure.The mortality was 10.7%(12/112) in the cases with SAI,but 1.9%(5/270) in the cases without SAI.Conclusion SAI is caused by various factors in acute stroke patients.Controlling SAI can help to succeed in treating stroke.

Objective To detect the expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and Periostin in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR),and to explore its chnical significance.Methods A total of 52 patients with DR (DR group),36 non-DR diabetic patients (non-DR group) and 30 healthy person (normal control group) were enrolled.The 52 cases of DR patients were divided into non-proliferative DR (PDR) group (non-PDR group,24 cases) and PDR group (28 cases).The expressions of serum VEGF and Periostin were detected with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis.Results The serum expressions of VEGF and Periostin were significantly higher in non-DR group and DR group than those in normal control group [(122.63 ±28.74),(163.58 ±42.37) mg/L vs.(91.53 ± 19.58) mg/L,(110.15 ±32.62),(146.51 ± 41.74) mg/L vs.(82.26 ± 21.17) mg/L,P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01].The serum expressions of VEGF and Periostin were significantly higher in DR group than those in non-DR group (P ＜0.05).The serum expressions of VEGF and Periostin were significantly higher in PDR group than those in non-PDR group [(174.15 ±47.31) mg/L vs.(147.66 ±38.25) mag/L,(160.31 ±46.43) mg/L vs.(132.14 ±35.62)mg/L,P ＜ 0.05].The serum expression of VEGF was positively related with Periostin (r =0.415,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion The high-expressions of VEGF and Periostin are found in DR patients,and which maybe play a key role in the early diagnosis and assessment the progression of DR patients.

Objective To establish a three-dimensional finite element model of thoracolumbar fractures treated by mono-segmental instrumentation in the fractured part for testing effect of such fixation mode on adjacent segments.Methods CT scanning data of T10-L2 were used to build a normal model at T10-L2 region,a fracture model at T12 segment as well as a mono-segment fixation or short-segment fixation model.Stress of discs and vertebral body adjacent to the fixed vertebrae were tested in axial compression,anteflexion,extention,lateroflexion,and axial rotation.Results The fracture model presented significant increase concerning stress of nucleus pulposus and annular fibrosus at T10-T11 segments and annular fibrosus at L1-L2 segments in anteflexion,extention,and lateroflexion when compared with the normal model.General raise range of the stress reached around 75％,but was dropped to 23％ after short-segment fixation and to 18％ after mono-segmental fixation.And again,stress of nucleus pulposus at L1-L2 segments was increased by 46％ or so,which was declined to 12％ after short-segment fixation and to 8％ after mono-segmental fixation.Stress at lower endplate of T10 and at upper endplate of L2 in the fracture model group were increased by 24％ and 43％ respectively when compared to the normal model,but both presented a notable drop after internal fixation.The latter was decreased to a level slightly higher than that of model group,namely 8％ more after short-segmental fixation and 4％ more after mono-segmental fixation; the former was decreased to a level even lower than that of control group,namely 2％ less after short-segmental fixation and 8％ less after mono-segmental fixation.Conclusion Mono-segmental fixation reduces adjacent disc stress in contrast to conventional short-segmental fixation and hence is an effective alternative treatment of monosegmental thoracolumbar fractures.

Objective To observe the destroyed architecture of splenic lymphoid follicles in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum by immunohistochemistry. Methods The mice infected with S. japonicum(20 cercariae/mouse)for 8 weeks were sacrificed,and the splenic samples were paraffin embedded and sliced. The sections were first stained by hematoxylin and eosin to observe the massive structure of splenic lymphoid follicles,and then B cells,follicular dendritic cells(FDC)and germinal center cells were labeled with anti-B220,anti-CD21 or anti-Ki67 antibodies respectively by immunohistochemistry to observe the distribution of the specific cells of lymphoid follicles. Results The results of HE staining showed that the structure of lym-phoid follicles in spleens of infected mice was blurred,the number and area of follicles were significantly reduced compared to those of the normal mice. The immunohistochemical staining showed that the splenic T/B lymphocyte segregation ,FDC network and germinal centers of the infected mice all disappeared. Conclusion The structure of splenic lymphoid follicles in the mice infected with S. japonicum is obviously damaged.

Objective To understand and identify the molecules related to the natural resistance to Schistosoma japonicum infection in Mirotus fortis. Methods Sera from Mirotus fortis without schistosome infection were collected. The S.japonicum adult worm cDNA library was immunologically screened with the sera. The positive recombinants were identified, cloned, sequenced and analysed with software and internet. Results Seven genes encoding antigens relevant to sera antibodies in Mirotus fortis were cloned and sequenced. These antigens included glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), serine protease inhibitors(SERPIN), 70 kDa heat shock protein(HSP70), 22\^6 kDa membrane-associated antigen, paramyosin (Sj97), cytochrome C and cathepsin B. Conclusion Many protein molecules might have been involved in natural resistance to \{S.japonicum\} infection in Mirotus fortis. The above 7 kinds of molecules may be identified as new candidates of vaccine against \{S.japonicum\} infection.

The sperm antigens were examined using the method of ELISA and specific monoclonal antiboby against human sperm.The results of ELISA method of 10 fresh seminal fluid samples and 15 seminal stains showed 100% positive rate. Even diluted the fresh seminal fluid to 10~6 times of seminal stains extract to 51?0~5 times,both were positive also.However,it was negtive for testing other specimens such as saliva stains,urine stains,colostrum stains,sweat stains, vaginal secretion stains and human seminal stains after vesoligation. The result certificate that using specific antibody to the sperm,the ELISA method is high sensitive and specific for the sperm antigen assay.