Objective To analyze the clinical feature and prognostic predictors of disseminated herpes zoster.Methods A retrospective study was carried out on 76 patients with disseminated herpes zoster collected from 2005 to 2012 in the Department of Dermatology,Anhui Provincial Hospital.Statistical analysis and comparisons were done.Results The incidence rate of disseminated herpes zoster was highest in the three age groups:70-79 years,30-39 years,and 60-69 years.Of these patients,59.21％ suffered from complications,and 44.74％ from postherpetic neuralgia.Logistic regression analysis showed that the occurrence of complications was significantly associated with age and impaired cellular immune function,and the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia with age,impaired cellular immune function and presence of underlying diseases.Conclusions There is a high incidence of complications in patients with disseminated herpes zoster,and impaired cellular immune function may be an important factor affecting its prognosis.

It has been estimated that approximately 75% of the human genome is transcribed into RNA, 74% of which would be transcribed into non-coding RNA (ncRNA).The ncRNA can be divided into 2 major groups including small RNA and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA).There is increasing evidence that the dysregulation of lncRNA is closely associated with the occurrence and progression of many tumors.The lncRNA taurine up-regulated gene 1 (TUG1) is originally detected in a genomic screen for genes in response to taurine treatment of developing mouse retinal cells.According to research reports, dysregulation of TUG1 participates in the progression of a variety of tumors.Therefore, the regulatory effects of lncRNA TUG1 on tumorigenesis are summarized in this article.

Tumor progression locus 2 (Tpl2) is a crucial three-stage kinase of the mitogen-activited protein kinase (MAPK) family,which plays an important role in MAPK pathway and other signaling pathways.In recent years,a large number of studies have found that aberrant expressing Tpl2 is involved in tumorigenesis and development of various cancers,and is expected to serve as a new biomarker and therapeutic target.Therefore,to reveal the mechanism of Tpl2 will provide a feasible theoretical basis and potential interventional target for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers.

Objective To analyze the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of neurosyphilis. Methods Clinical data on and laboratory findings in 18 cases with neurosyphilis collected in the Affiliated Provincial Hospital, Anhui Medical University from 2006 to 2008 were retrospectively studied.Results Among the 18 patients, 3 sufferred from asymptomatic neurosyphilis, 1 from meningeal syphilis, 7 from meningovascular syphilis, 5 from paralytic dementia, and 2 from intracranial space-occupation. Toluidine red unheated serum reagin test (TRUST) and Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test (TPPA) of sera were positive in all the patients; cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) TRUST was positive in 16 patients, and CSF TPPA in all patients. An increase was observed in CSF leukocyte count in 7 patients and in CSF protein in 13 patients.The findings on cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) mainly included demyelination, brain atrophy,cerebral infarction, etc. All the patients, except 2 with a TRUST titer of 1:4, experienced a 4-fold decrease in TRUST titer within a 3-month follow up. Clinical symptoms of neurosyphilis improved in all patients except 1 with paralytic dementia. Conclusions The diversity of clinical manifestations usually leads to the misdiagnosis of neurosyphilis, which should be diagnosed based on comprehensive analysis of clinical characteristics as well as laboratory and imaging findings. Early diagnosis and treatment are beneficial to its prognosis.

Colon cancer associated transcript 2 (CCAT2) is found recently an important member of cancer-related long non-coding RNA (lncRNA).Dysregulation of CCAT2 plays a pivotal role in tumor pathophysiological processes,especially in tumourigenesis and progression of digestive system neoplasms,thus,CCAT2 likely represents a novel cancer biomarker or therapeutic target.Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of CCAT2 will provide a feasible theoretical basis and potential interventional target for the diagnosis and treatment of malignancies.The present review summarizes current evidences of CCAT2 in digestive system neoplasms.

With the advance of biology technology, non-coding RNA (ncRNA) has been confirmed to be closely associated with the occurrence and development of the cancer. The ncRNA can be divided into two groups by length, including microRNA (miRNA) and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA). As a member of lncRNA,LINC00152(long intergenic non-protein-coding RNA 152)has been taken into cancer research, which can regulate the activity of miRNA and involve the regulation of gene transcription of gene transcription and protein generation. The characteristics of LINC00152 that correlate with many clinical manifestations and can be detected in liquid biopsies make it becoming new biomarkers of cancer diagnosis. This paper reviews the current progress of LINC00152 in gastrointestinal cancer.

As the crucial member of noncoding RNA family,there is increasing evidence that long noncoding RNA has participated in numerous physiological and pathological processes of organisms.HOXA distal transcript antisense RNA is a long noncoding transcript located at the 5'tip of HOXA.According to research reports,the up-regulation of HOTTIP is closely associated with occurrence and progression of multiple digestive system cancers and promotes the carcinogenesis.The regulatory effect of long noncoding RNA HOXA distal transcript antisense in digestive system neoplasms will be summarized in this article.

HOXD-AS1 is a recently discovered pivotal cancer-related long non-coding RNA(lncRNA) .Abnormal expression of HOXD-AS1 exhibits a regulatory role in the occurrence and development of tumors,and is expected to become a new tumor marker.Clarifying the mechanism of HOXD-AS1 will provide a feasible theoretical basis and potential intervention targets for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors.This article reviews the current research status of HOXD-AS1 in tumors.

Circular RNA is a kind of single-stranded RNA ring without 5'capping and 3'polyadenylation.As a new member of non-coding RNA, circular RNA is evolutionally conserved, relatively stable,highly specific and enormously abundant.Instead of liner RNA,circular RNA became the research hotspot.So far,cerebellar degeneration-related protein 1 antisense(CDR1as)is a molecule that has garnered intense research.CDR1as harbors 74 conventional miRNA-7 binding sites.Expression of CDR1as efficiently tethers micro RNA-7, resulting in reduced micro RNA-7 activity and increased levels of micro RNA-7 targeted transcripts consistent with the micro RNA sponge and competing endogenous RNA(ceRNA)hypothesis.Moreover,CDR1as can restore micro RNA-7 and release it at right time.CDR1as can be stabilized in the exosomes.And its level has correlation with many clinical characteristics.

OBJECTIVETo observe the effectiveness and safety of electrothermal acupuncture in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in the cancerous patients of phlegm-stasis interaction in cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.

METHODSSixty cases of phlegm-stasis interaction in cisplatin-containing chemotherapy were randomized into a trial group and a control group, 30 cases in each one. In the control group, the intravenous drip of granisetron hydrochloride injection was adopted, 3 mg before and after cisplatin-containing chemotherapy 30 min, continuously for 3 days. 43 to 45℃ electrothermal acupuncture at zusanli(ST 36) for 30 min was used on the basis of the treatment as the control group in the trial group,once a day for 3 days. CINV, anti-nausea effects, Karnofsky score, the syndrome score of phlegm-stasis interaction, and relevant indices of safety were observed on the 1st and 7th days of cisplatin-containing chemotherapy separately.

RESULTS1.Regarding CINV and anti-nausea effect, CINV did not occur before chemotherapy in the patients of the two groups. On the 1st and 7th days of chemotherapy, CINV in the trial group were milder than those in the control group (both<0.05).The anti-nausea effects in the trail group were better than those of the control group.2.Regarding Karnofsky score and the syndrome score of phlegm-stasis interaction, the improvements on the 7th days of chemotherapy in the trial group were better than those in the control group, indicating the significant differences (both<0.05). 3.Regarding the safety indies, there was no adverse reaction during the treatment in the two groups.

CONCLUSIONSThe electrothermal acupuncture effectively relieves CINV, and improves self-care dbility and the symptoms of phlegm-stasis interaction.