AIM: To study the discrepancy and it's significance of ATP binding cassette transporter(ABC1) and CD36 mRNA expression while activate nuclear receptor RRAR?,LXR?,RXR? in THP-1 cells. METHODS: Cultured THP-1 cells were induced to become macrophage by PMA at concentration of 40 ?g/L for 48 hours. Troglitazone, 22(R)-hydrocholesterol and 9-cis-retinoid acid(9-CRA),activators for PPAR?,LXR? and RXR? respectively, were incubated with the macrophage for 24 hours. Total RNA of these cells were abstracted and reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction were performed to inspect the expression of ABC1 and CD36 mRNA in the cells. RESULTS: Expression of ABC1 mRNA increased in the presence of troglitazone, 22(R)-HC and 9-CRA. CD36 mRNA also increased while PPAR? activated. Activation of LXR? showed almost no effect on CD36 mRNA expression, and expression of CD36 mRNA was decreased by 9-CRA.CONCLUSION: The discrepancies existing in ABC1 and CD36 mRNA expression while activate nuclear receptors PPAR?,LXR?,RXR? in THP-1 cells implyed that LXR?,RXR? were better targets to deal with to improve cholesterol reverse transportation.

Objective To explore the leaves water extract on the liver human hepatocellular carcinoma xenografts and protein expression of Bcl-2 and HSP70 .Methods From cell morphology and DNA agarose gel electrophoresis the observation leaves water extract the characteristics of the material role in human hepatoma cells ,further use of immunocytochemistry agent Western blotting analysis method oncogene Bcl-2 and tumor suppressor genes HSP70expression .Results After the processing of the the 60 mg/mL leaves water extract of liver cancer cells after 12 h ,liver cells showed severe shrinkage ,pyknosis ,highlight the cell plasma mem-brane ,immunohistochemistry and Western blotting analysis showed that during the experiment along with the oncogene Bcl-2 ex-pression weakened(P<0 .05) ,while the expression of tumor suppressor genes HSP70 had no obvious change(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Water extract of the leaves can be induced in vitro human liver cancer cell apoptosis ,and the apoptotic process may be followed by the oncogene Bcl-2 ,tumor suppressor gene expression of HSP70 relationship .

objective: To observe the variations of stress magnitude in the cervical vertebra exerted by vertical traction force from various angles and different points. Methods: The cervical vertebra model was produced by using elastic material of light (polycarbonate) and silica rubber(1:1). By calculating the arithmetical progression of interference fringe. The author judged the stress magnitude in the posterior edge of the C4-7 vertebral bodies when different kinds of pulling force acted on. Result: The interference pattern was seen clearly on the screen while the force acted on the model. When the pulling force acted on C1 or C2, the force was acting at an angle of 150the maximum of the stress presented in C4-5 and when the force acted at an angle of 25° the maximum stress presented in C5-6 and C6-7. Conclusion: The stress distributed upon the posterior edge of the vertebral joints is closely related to the points that the force aced on and the direction of the force． Appropriate points and direction of the pull should be selected according to the change of the lesion joints when manual manipulation is used for the treatment of cervical vertebral disease.

Objective To evaluate the value of bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP) in predicting the severity and prognosis of acute pancreatitis (AP) by comparison with traditional scoring systems.MethodsFour hundred ninety-seven patients of AP admitted into Wuxi People's Hospital from January 2005 to December 2010 were studied retrospectively.BISAP,APACHE Ⅱ,Ranson and Balthazar CT (CTSI) scores were calculated,respectively,in order to evaluate the severity.The AUC of ROC was used to evaluate the ability of BISAP and the other scoring systems in predicting the severity of AP and the occurrence of pancreatic necrosis,organ failure and mortality.Results Among 497 patients,mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) was identified in 396 patients and severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in 101 patients.The gender,age and etiological factors between MAP and SAP were not statistical different.The BISAP,APACHE Ⅱ,Ranson scores of the 4 9 7 patients were 1.08 ± 1.01,5.79 ± 4.00,1.69 ± 1.59,and the scores were intercorrelated(r =0.612,0.568,0.577,P ＜0.001).In addition,the BISAP,APACHE Ⅱ,Ranson scores of SAP patients were significantly higher than those in MAP patients.The AUC of BISAP for SAP was 0.762(95％ CI 0.722 ～0.799),when the cutoff value was 2,the sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value (PPV),negative predictive value ( NPV ) were 63.39％,83.08％,48.1％,89.4％ ; the AUC of BISAP for pancreatic necrosis was 0.711 (95％ CI 0.612 ～ 0.797),when the cutoff value was 2,the sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV were 84.6％,46.7％,35.5％,89.7％ ; the AUC of BISAP for organ failure was 0.777( 95％ CI0.683 ～ 0.854),when the cutoff value was 2,the sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV were 93.1％,51.4％,43.5％,94.9％ ; the AUC of BISAP for mortality was 0.808(95％ CI 0.718 ～0.880),when the cutoff value was 3,the sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV were 83.3％,67.4％,25.6％,96.8％.In the cases of SAP,the ability of BISAP and the other scoring systems in predicting the prognosis showed no statistical difference.ConclusionsThe BISAP has the prediction ability for AP severity and prognosis similar to other scoring systems,and it consists of only 5 parameters and can be completed in the fast 24 h of admission,therefore it can be used for early predication of SAP,which is worth of clinical application.

0.05). Results The median survival of patients with splenectomy and without (splenectomy) was (507.4?318.6) days and (849.4?672.9) days,respectively.The patients without splenectomy survived (significantly) longer than those with splenectomy(P=0.046).The 1-year,3-year and 5-year survival rates of patients with splenectomy and without splenectomy were 61.18%, 8.23%, (0%) and (81.56%), 48.28%, 30.62%, respectively. Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that (only ) (splenectomy) was an independent prognostic factor (P=0.007). Conclusions The rates of postoperative complications and tumors recurrence were not influenced by splenectomy. Splenectomy did not prolong the survival time of patients with proximal gastric carcinoma who underwent radical total gastrectomy. Preservation of the spleen can prolong postoperative survival time and improve the survival rate in these patients.Splenectomy might only be (appropriate) for patients with direct invasion of the spleen.

Objective To evaluate the injury of unilateral testicular torsion on the contralateral testes with contrast-enhanced ultrasound.Methods Twenty-eight male rabbits were enrolled in this study.They were randomly divided into the control group,the detorsion after 3 hours group,the detorsion after 6 hours group,the detorsion after 24 hours group and the permanent torsion group.There were 8 rabbits in the control group,and 5 rabbits in each of the other groups.Just before torsion,immediately after torsion,just before detorsion,immediately after detorsion,and delay(6-12 hours after detorsion.the permanent torsion group was also at the corresponding time),contrast-enhanced ultrasound was used to observe the perfusion of contralateral testes.The control group was also performed contrast-enhanced ultrasound just before the shame operation and immediately after that.The time-intensity curves were draw according to the contrastenhanced ultrasound images.The parameters including arrival time(AT),time to peak intensity(TTP),peak intensity(PI),half time of descending peak intensity(HT)were yielded automatically,and the changes of them were analyzed.Results①There was no significance of enhancement AT,TTP,PI,and HT between pre-operation and post-operation in the control group(P＞0.05).②When the parameters of immediately after torsion compared with those of before torsion in the groups of torsion,the perfusion was increased significantly displaying by PI increasing(P＜0.05).③The longer time the duration of unilateral testicular torsion,the more obviously the perfusion of the contralateral testes increased.Conclusions The timeintensity curve of contrast-enhanced ultrasound is valuable in assessing of the injury of unilateral testicular torsion on the contralateral testis.

Objective To assess the value of early evaluation of left ventricular global systolic function in patients with metabolic syndrome(MS) by three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3D-STI).Methods 33 healthy subjects and 41 MS subjects who didn't have the left ventricular remodeling were recruited in this study,and the myocardial motions were tracking by 3D-STI.The parameters of left ventricular global longitudinal peak systolic strain(LS),circular peak systolic strain(CS),radial peak systolic strain(RS) and area peak systolic strain (AS) and the values of body mass index (BMI),waist circumference,waist-to-hip ratio and biochemical indicators were compared between the two groups.Results Compared with controls,LS of MS group was significantly decreased (P ＜ 0.01),while no significantly differences were found in CS,RS,and AS(P ＞0.05).The BMI,waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were positive correlated with LS (r =0.559,0.617,0.681,P ＜0.01).Conclusions 3D-STI could early evaluate the changes of left ventricular global systolic function for metabolic syndrome patients,and longitudinal peak systolic strain could be the most sensitive index.

Objective To study the expression of microRNA-301 in pancreatic carcinoma andvalidate the significance of miR-301 in invasion and metastasis of pancreatic carcinoma.Methods miR-301 expression were detected by FQ-PCR in 5 pancreatic cancer eell lines(PANC-1,PaCa-2,AsPC-1,Hs766T.BxPC-3).Further immunohistochemistry in pancreatic cancer tissue microarrays was detected miR-301 expression,which contained 60 pancreatic cancer specimens along with 10 normal adjacent tissues and 10 normal pancreas tissues.After high expression of miR-301 in pancreatic carcinoma being confirmed.the clinical significance of high expression of miR-301 in invasion and metastasis of pancreatic carcinoma were studed.Pancreatic cancer cell lines(PANC-1.PaCa-2)were transfected by 100 nmoml/L miR-301 inhibitor(anti-miR-301)or negative eontrol(Anti-miR~(TM) Negative Control#1).COX-2 and MMP-2 protein expression in pancreatic cancer cell lines were detected by WB.and cell migration assays were performed using transwell technology.Results FQ-PCR resuhs indicated that miR-301 expression was higher in pancreatic cancer cell lines than normal pancreatic cells.The relative level of miR-301 in 5 pancreatic cancer cell lines(PANC-1,PaCa-2,AsPC-1,Hs-766T,BxPC-3)and normal pancreatic cell were 33.09± 4.21,30.76±3.18,47.57±3.56,20.20 ±1.21,76.75±13.51 and 1.00±0.08 respectively.The miR-301 level in all 5 pancreatic cancer cells were significantly higher than those of normal pancreatic cell(t=8.86,9.53,6.39,6.77,11.18,P<0.01).Immunohistochemistry results also showed miR-301 expression was higher in pancreatic carcinoma tissues than those in the cancer adjacent tissues and normal pancreatic tissues.The relative levels of miR-301 in pancreatic carcinoma tissues.normal adjacent tissues and normal pancreas tissues were 0.88±0.09,0.22±0.04 and 0.14±0.05 respectively.The miR-301 levels in pancreatic carcinoma tissues were significantly higher than those of normal adjacent tissues and normal pancreatic tissues(t=15.1,10.6,P<0.01).There was no significant difference between normal adjacent tissues and normal pancreas tissues(t=1.32,P=0.22).After miR-301 inhibitor was introduced into pancreatic cancer cells PANC-1 and PaCa-2.miR-301 levels were reduced while the protein levels of COX-2 and MMP-2.which were invasion and metastasis related factors,were down-regulated.The cell migration assay indicated the numbers of PANC-1 and PaCa-2 cells,which migrated to lower chamber.were 587±27 and 363±13 respectively after miR-301 inhibitor was applied.The numbers of migrated cells were 1091 4-15.737±44 when the netative control was applied.The cell invasion ability was decreased significantly in the inhibitor group compared with the negative group(t=7.89,7.56,P<0.01).Conclusions miR-301 is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer cell lines and pancreatic cancer tissues.Inhibition of miR-301 expression can effectively supress the invasion of pancreatic cancer cells.miR-301 may serve as a new biomarker for early detection of pancreatic cancer and molecular target for early treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Objective:To evaluate the usefulness of fast FLAIR pulse sequence in the MRI of intraspinal canal disease.Methods:Forty-four patients with suspected intraspinal canal disease were imaged with fast FLAIR pulse sequence after routine T1 and T2 weighted imaging in a 0.5 T superconducting MR scaner.The parameters of FLAIR were TR/TI/TE=6000/1500～2000/90～120 ms.Results:There were 26 intraspinal extramedullary tumors,4 intramedullary tumors,11 myelitis,3 localized ischemic necrosis or malacia of spinal cord.The images of FLAIR pulse sequence clearly detected all lesions of the 44 cases.They were superior to routine T2 weighted images in demonstrating the extent of the lesions and their T2 signal character,expecially in inflammatory disease of spinal cord.Conclusion:FLARI is a very useful pulse sequence in the MRI of intraspinal canal disease,it may be use as an important supplement of routine T2 weighted sequence.

Objective:To study the effect of endoscope on the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) combined with biliary tract obstrucition (BTO).Methods:We have analyzed retrospectively the results of twelve patients suffering from HCC combined with BTO from 5,1990 to 5,2000.Among these cases,various reasons were found.5 of them were intrabilitary cancer embolus,7 were billary calculus.7 of them were treated with endoscope and following surgical resection,1 was treated with endoscope、TAE and resection,the 3 rest of them were solely treated with endoscope.Results:Of all the 12 cases,1 died of resection,2 failed to follow the survey,these 3 cases above took 25%;among the rest of 9 cases,2 of them survived for 3 to 6 months,3 for half to 1 year,3 for 1 to 2 year,1 for at least 2 years.Those cases suviving for more than 1 year were received surgical resection.Conclusions:We should have no fixed way but to deal with each patient of HCC combined with BTO on his/her merits.As our recognition towards them began accumulating,we found that,in the early stage of obstruction,active endoscopic treatment would prove to be preferable.If combined with other therapy such as surgical resection and TAE,Endoscopy would improve the curative effect of HCC combined with BTO substantially.