Substantial evidence supports the relationship between chronic inflammation and cancer development. Numerous studies suggest that chronic inflammatory disease, such as periodontitis, contributes to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma development. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignant tumor in the oral and maxillofacial regions. Porphyromonas gingivalis, one of the most important pathogens in association with periodontal disease, might have a potential correlation with OSCC. Along with the development of molecular biological techniques, the association between Porphyromonas gingivalis and OSCC has been greatly emphasized in recent years. This review summarizes the association between these variables and the potential mechanisms involved in such relationship.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; pathology ; Humans ; Mouth Neoplasms ; pathology ; Periodontal Diseases ; Periodontitis ; Porphyromonas gingivalis ; Research

Humans ; Metabolic Syndrome

Objective To investigate the changes of the anion gap(AG)in the premature suffered from hyperbilirubinemia,to provide the basis for treatment.Methods The serum electrolyte,the renal function and the liver function in 94 premature babies suffered from hyperbilirubinemia were tested,and then calculated the value of AG,while the arterial blood gas analyses were done in 36 cases.Results 44 cases had high AG(46.81％),44 cases had normal AG(46.81％)and 6 cases had low AG(6.38％).The increase of AG was directly proportional to the concentration of Na+in blood,while was inversely proportion to the concentration of HCO3-.There was no close relationship between the AG and BUN,Scr in the serum.Conclusion The incidence rate of metabolic acidosis poisoning was high in premature suffered from hyperbilirubinemia with high AG,so the routine test of blood electrolyte,renal function and arterial blood gas should be done.Calculate the value of AG to guide the treatment,and to avoid correcting the acid by the alkali blindly.

Objective To investigate the changes and significance of platelet parameters and leucocyte in the children suffered from mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP).Methods The platelet parameters (PLT),the platelet volume(MPV),the platelet distribution width (PDW),and the white blood cell count(WBC) were detected by automatic blood cell analyzer respectively in 300 children with MPP before and after the treatment by macrolides antibiotics for a week as well as in 40 normal children.The comparison was made among them.Results There were 156 cases that suffered from thrombocytosis (PLT ＞ 300 × 109/L) in MPP group,the incidence rate was 52.0％(156/300).While there was 1 case with thrombocytopenia,the incidence rate was 0.3％ (1/300).The WBC,MPV and PDW in MPP group before and after one-week treatment were higher than the control group.And the PLT was higher than the initial stage of hospitalization and the control group.The differences had statistical significance.Conclusion The incidence rate of thrombocytosis was high in the children suffered from MPP.The dynamic observation of platelet parameters and WBC in children with MPP could be used as the elementary basis of judging MP infection.

Objective To investigate awareness of knowledge about iron deficiency anemia (IDA)in patients with it.Methods Patients diagnosed as IDA at their initial visits to Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical School were randomly selected for the study during January 2008 to January 2009 with self-designed questionnaire to investigate their awareness of knowledge about IDA.Results Among 199 patients with IDA investigated, their awareness was lower in general, five percent about its etiologies, 34.2 percent about its clinical manifestations, 18.1 percent about its hazard to health, and two percent about food abundant of iron.For preventive measures of IDA, 50.7 percent (101/199) of them knew that daily diet should be diversified and 43.7 percent (87/199) knew that meals should be prepared with ferric cooking pot.Awareness of knowledge about other preventive measures of IDA was lower in them.No significant difference in awareness of IDA-related knowledge between them at varied ages was found, except for knowledge about etiology and hazard of IDA.Awareness of etiology of IDA differed between them at varied ages (P ＜0.05), and about 75.3 percent (64/85)of patients with IDA aged 30 -45 years were caused by chronic blood loss.There was no significant difference in awareness of IDA-related knowledge between patients with IDA caused by varied etiologies (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions In general, awareness of IDA-related knowledge was lower in patients with IDA.It is necessary to strengthen its popularization, with varied focuses in preventive measures for IDA patients with different etiologies.

Objective To determine the role of SCN1A gene variation in the development of familial febrile seizures (FS).Methods Clinical data were collected from 8 familial FS pedigrees, and peripheral venous blood samples were collected from the probands and other available family members. All 26 coding exons and exon-intron boundaries at least 50 bases of the human SCN1A gene were amplifled by polymerase chain reaction, the products were subsequently sequenced. To novo variation, other family members were screened for the corresponding exons. Two hundred age-matched healthy children were served as normal controls. ResultsA total of 33 variations in the SCN1A gene were identifled in these families. Of these variations, one was a missense mutation; the remaining 32 variations were previously submitted as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A c.2650G>A heterozygous missense mutation in exon 15 of the SCN1A gene found in the proband of family 4 was inherited from his father who had seizures with fever in early childhood. The c.2650G>A mutation was absent in the 400 alleles of normal controls. To the best of our knowledge, the SCN1A c.2650G>A mutation has neither been reported in the NCBI SNP database nor in the literature to date. The c.2650G>A mutation changes a glycine at amino acid 884 in the SCN1A protein to a serine (p.Gly884Ser). Protein sequence analysis showed that the p.Gly884Ser is located at a highly conserved region between the 4th and 5th transmembrane segment of the homologous domain Ⅱ of voltage-gated sodium channel 1 subunit (DIIS4-S5). ConclusionsThe pathogenesis of familial febrile seizures was related to the SCN1A variation, the mutation outside the region of the voltage sensor (S4) and ion channel pore (S5-S6) of the voltage gated sodium channelα-subunit may be an important factor to cause mild phenotype epilepsy syndrome.

0.05).The exclusion probability of Gc is 34.8% and discrimination probability of Gc is 79.44%.There are not any significant difference of the distribution of Gc subtypes between the Hun population in Chengdu and those in Hong Kong and Japanese.The difference of the distribution of Gc subtypes between the Han population in Chengdu and those in Malaysia,Indonesia,India as well as the American caucasians,Belgians,Icelander and West German are sig- nificant. The phenotyping of Gc in 11 bloodstain samples kept in room temperature for twenty weeks were carried out successfully also using PAGIF followed by immunofixation method.

The effect of the opiate receptor antagonist naloxone on myocardial contractility and relaxation after acute coronary occlusion in rabbits and the relationship between its effect and ?-adrenergie receptor were observed. The results showed that during the early stage of acute coronary occlusion myocardial contractility and relaxation were significantly increased and cardiac function was improved by naloxone; The action of naloxone can be abolised by ?-adrenergic receptor blocker propranolol. These results indicated that there was a close correlation between the action of naloxone on myocardial contractility and relaxation and the adrenergic nerve activity.

An irreversible hemorrhagic shock model was produced on dog. The effect of external counterpulsation on systemic circulation and microcireulation was observed by using a model CN-1821 colour microscopic TV set (Hitachi Denshia Ltd.) and a YKMICAS multiple parameters computer analysis system of microcirculation image. It was shown that 10 min after external counterpulsation treatment the decreased central venous pressure and mean arterial pressure during hemorrhagic shock rose and 120 min after treatment the microcirculatory disorder of conjunctiva in shock state, including vessel diameter, blood velocity, and blood flow, nearly returned to normal. Half of the animals survived more than 3 days. These results indicated that the application of external counterpulsation could improve the circulatory disturbance markedly in hemorrhagic shock, which led to increased survival rate.

BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that methylation modification using CARM1-catalyzed histone H3R17/R26 can maintain the stemness of embryonic stem cel s. However, mechanism underlying CARM1 effect on the stemness of amniotic fluid-derived stem cel s is stil unclear.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the function and underlying molecular mechanism of CARM1 to maintain stemness in the amniotic fluid-derived stem cel s.
METHODS:Amniotic fluid-derived stem cel s from term pregnancy were isolated and cultured. RT-PCR was used to identify the stem cel mark and CARM1 gene expression. CARM1 expression in amniotic fluid-derived stem cel s was knocked down by using two shRNA. RT-qPCR was used to detect the silencing efficiency, and western blot employed to examine the methylation level of Arginines 17 at N terminus of histone 3 (H3mR17). Moreover, the expression of embryonic stem cel markers, including OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG, were detected.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Amniotic fluid-derived stem cel s from term pregnancy could express CARM1 and stem cel markers, including OCT4, SOX2, Nanog and KLF4. Both of the shRNAs could knock down the expression of CARM1 efficiently. When CARM1 was knocked down, the H3mR17 level was decreased and OCT4, SOX2 expression was also reduced, but NANOG expression had no change. Al these indicate that CARM1 is required for amniotic fluid-derived stem cel s to maintain stemness through regulating OCT4 and SOX2 expression.