Differentiated cells can be induced into pluripotent stem cell by reprogramming with defined fators. The new method of stem cell technology marks a major breathrough. This paper reviews the establishment, identification and research progress about induction of pluripotent stem cell.

Objectives:This study was to evaluate the role of nasogastric feeding as early nutritional support in geriatric patients with brain injury. Methods:Thirty one geriatric patients with brain injury were randomly assigned to two groups,one supported with enteral nutrition(16 cases) and another with parenteral nutrition(15 cases).The serum glucose level,liver function and serum albumin levels were determined.The relative complications were recorded daily. Results:In early enteral nutrition group,there were less complications. Conclusions:The early enteral nutrition is well tolerated in the geriatric patients with brain injury.

The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) is a cooperative group to conduct clinical trials in breast and colorectal cancer research. In this article, we review NSABP breast cancer clinical trials.

Objective: To observe the differential expression of epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and renal cell carcinoma marker (RCC-Ma) in early renal carcinoma and corresponding adjacent (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 cm) tissues, so as to estimate the safe margin of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal tumors. Methods: Tissue microarrys, including 44 tissues of clear cell renal cell carcinoma[A] and normal renal cortex tissues of different distances to the tumor: 0.5 cm[B], 1.0 cm[C] and 2.0 cm [D], were constructed. The expression of EMA and RCC-Ma was examined by immunohistochemical staining in the four groups. Results: Intensive membranous and (or) cytoplasmic staining of EMA and RCC-Ma was observed in the cancer and adjacent tissues. The positive rate in group A was significantly higher than those of the other three groups (A [15.91%/ 18.18%], B[84.09%/79.55%], C[86.36%/77.27%] and D[79.55%/75.00%], P<0.01). The positive rates of EMA and RCC-Ma expression were not significantly different between the group B, C, and D(P>0.05). Conclusion: Our data denote that, when laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is done for early renal carcinoma, at least 5 mm of normal parenchyma tissue beyond the pesudocapsule should be excised with the tumor.

Cancer development is a complex process that involves multiple genetic changes and multiple signaling pathways . Recent findings show that the GRIM-19 is a novel apoptosis regulation gene , and its gene mutations and loss of protein expression have been observed in many tumor types such as urinarysystem tumor , digestive system neoplasm , which are closely related to cancer devel-opment.Thus, GRIM-19 may be a potential target for gene therapy .Pro-apoptotic mechanisms of GRIM-19 and its related proteins such as STAT3,GW112,p16INK4aare overviewed in this article.

Objective To observe the effect of rutin on growth and proliferation of human hepatic cancer line(HepG2).Methods HepG2 cells were cultured in vitro,then cocultured with 50 to 250 ?mol/L rutin for 24 h.The inhibition rate of rutin on growth and proliferation of HepG2 was determined by MTT,~(3)H-TdR,and apoptotic cells were observed in fluorescent staining by Olympus fluorescent microscopy,and cell cycle was analysed by flow cytometry.Results Rutin inhibited HepG2 cells from growth and proliferation,and evoked apoptosis.Flow cytometry showed that 50 to 250 ?mol/L rutin caused an increase at G_(0)/G_(1) phase and a decrease at G_(2)/M phase and arrest at G_(0)/G_(1) phase in the cell cycle.Conclusion Rutin markedly inhibits the proliferation of HepG2 cells and induces apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner.

Objective To study on the diagnosis methodology of breast cancer using integrated analysis of proteomics and metabonomics approach.Methods The serum samples from the 14 breast cancer patients and 7 healthy people were analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis in order, to find differential expressed proteins. On the other hand, an HPLC-based urinary metabonomics profiling was employed to pick out chemical patterns between breast cancer patients and healthy people.Results Glutathione S-transferase M5 was found highly expressed in the breast cancer patients′serum.The concentration pattern of S-Adenosylmethionine, Orotidine, 1-Methyladenosine and N2-Methylguanosine in patients′ urine were peculiarly different from that in the healthy people.Conclusion There are peculiar chemical pattern differentiae between the body fluid of breast cancer patients and the body fluid of healthy people. Synthetic study of cancer proteomics and metabonomics can contribute not only to prognosis of cancer but also to the pathogenesis of cancer.

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Purpose: To study the influence of estrogen on the proliferation of human carcinoma cells. Methods: Treated with different concentrations of estrogen, the influence of estrogen on MCF7 was detected by MTT test. Several proteins related with cell cycle, tumor suppressor, proliferation and apoptosis were detected by the method of Western blot. Results: MTT test showed that estrogen could promote the proliferation of MCF7. Cyclin Dl was increased at the same time. But the protein level of PTEN, a tumor suppressor gene, was not changed by estrogen. Furthermore, as an anti -apoptotic protein, PKB protein level was also unchanged. Conclusions: Estrogen can promote the proliferation of human carcinoma cells by certain pathways including cyclin Dl, but not including PKB.

Objective To explore the underlying mechanism of potential effect of sildenafil on porcine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (SMCs) proliferation induced by serotonin. Methods Porcine pulmonary artery SMCs at 3-5 passages were randomly divided into 4 groups: control group (CON), 5-HT group (HT), sildenafil group (SIL) and sildenfil-5HT combined group (S-HT). Pulmonary artery SMCs at exponential growth phase were serum starved with 0.2% FBS for 72 h, followed by sterile PBS, serotonin (10 μmol/L) and sildenafil (1 μmol/L) incubation in CON group, HT group and SIL group, respectively. In combined group (S-HT): pulmonary artery SMCs were serum starved and then exposed to sildenafil for 20 min, followed by serotonin incubation for indicated time. The phosphorylation of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK1/ERK2) was measured by Western blot at indicated time points. Flow active cell sorting (FACS) was used to evaluate the ratio of S phase cells in the cell cycle after 24 h of treatment. MTT color metric method was used to analyze SMCs proliferative index after 72 h of treatment. Results Compared with CON group, the phosphorylation of ERK1/ERK2, the percentage of cells in S phase, and the cell proliferation index increased remarkably after incubation with 5-HT (P<0.05). Preincubation with sildenafil followed by serotonin enhanced the phosphorylation of ERK1/ERK2 (p-ERK1/ERK2) and further elevated the percentage of cells in S phase and the cell proliferation index compared with that of HT group. While the total ERK1/ERK2 (t-ERK1/ERK2) was not statistically different among these groups. Conclusions Sildenafil potentiates the proliferative effect of serotonin on pulmonary arterial SMCs via upregulating phosphorylation of ERK1/ERK2.