Objective To investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of serum miR-155 for pancreatic cancer.Methods A total of 110 pancreatic cancer patients,70 chronic pancreatitis and 58 healthy individuals who admitted to the First People's Hospital of Hefei between January 2009 and August 2013 were prospectively enrolled.Their serum miR-155 levels were detected by real-time PCR.The receiver operating characteristic curve was employed to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of miR-155 for pancreatic cancer.Correlations between miR-155,carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) and TNM stages were analyzed.The Kap1an-Meier approach and the Cox model were used to assess the prognostic value of miR-155 for pancreatic cancer.Results Pancreatic cancer patients had significantly higher serum miR-155 when compared either with chronic pancreatitis patients or healthy individuals (P ＜ 0.05 for both).The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve were 0.82 (95％ CI:0.75 ～ 0.88) for miR-155,and 0.88 (95％ CI:0.82 ～0.93) for miR-155 combined with CA19-9.MiR-155 increased as the TNM stages advanced,and it was positively correlated with CA 19-9 (R2 =0.22,P ＜ 0.05).MiR-155 ≥ 1.46 △CT was independently associated with pancreatic cancer mortality,with a hazard ration of 2.88 (95％ CI:1.26 ～ 6.58).Conclusion Serum miR-155 is a useful biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of pancreatic cancer.

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Objective investigate the correlation between plasma soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (sRAGE) and arterial stiffness in patients with different types of metabolic syndrome (MS).Methods A total of 180 subjects were drawn from a epidemiologic follow-up study,including 60 cases non-metabolic syndrome (NMS),60 cases metabolic syndrome without diabetes mellitus (NDMMS),60 cases metabolic syndrome with diabetes mellitus (DMMS).Carotid femoral arterial pulse wave velocity (CFPWV) was assessed by the French KangPuLe atherosclerosis measurement instrument,and plasma sRAGE levels were measured by ELISA.Comparison of mean in multiple groups was conducted by analysis of variance.Multivariate analysis was done with multiple linear stepwise regression analysis.P ＜ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant difference.Results Compared with NMS group,plasma sRAGE levels were significantly lower in DMMS and NDMMS groups [(635.07 ± 229.20) pg/mL vs.(671.17 ± 358.16) pg/mL vs.(992.99 ± 427.83) pg/mL,P =0.001].CFPWV of DMMS group was significantly higher than that of NMDMS and NMS groups (14.22 ±3.14) m/s vs.(12.15 ±2.79) m/s vs.(11.66 ± 2.52) m/s,P =0.002).Plasma sRAGE level was negatively correlated with CFPWV (r =-0.278,P =0.005).(3) Multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that age (β =-0.091,95％ CI-0.096 ～-0.095,P =0.031),HDL-C (β =1.295,95％ CI 1.231 ～ 1.360,P =0.022) and sRAGE (β =0.119,95％ CI 0.118 ～ 0.130,P =0.032) had a significant effect on CFPWV.Conclusions The increased arterial stiffness is closely related to the discreased plasma sRAGE levels in MS.Plasma sRAGE maybe a novel target for vascular disease prevention and treatment in patients with metabolic syndrome.

AIM:To investigate the pooled association between estrogen receptor α( ESRα) rs2234693 poly-morphism and prostate cancer risk .METHODS:A systematic literature search was performed to identify the related stud-ies (up to April 2014) in several online databases including PubMed , the CNKI and Wanfang online libraries .Odds ratios with 95%confidence intervals were used to calculate the strength of association in the random effect model .RESULTS:A total of 20 studies including 4 623 cases and 9 850 controls were enrolled in the final meta-analysis.The results indicated that ESRαrs2234693 polymorphism was significantly associated with prostate cancer risk (P<0.05) in a dominant genetic model.In the subgroup analysis by ethnicity , there were significant associations between ESRαrs2234693 polymorphism and prostate cancer risk in Caucasians ( P<0.05 ) , but not in Asians and Africans ( both P>0.05 ) .CONCLUSION:This meta-analysis suggests that ESRαrs2234693 polymorphism is significantly associated with prostate cancer risk , espe-cially in Caucasians .

Objective:To investigate the anxious and despondent emotion in patients suffering from chronic eczema,and its influence factor thereof.Methods:The patients suffering from chronic eczema were investigated with self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),self-rating depression scale(SDS)and evsenck personality questionnaire(EPQ).The healthy persons were investigated with SAS and SDS.The severity of pruritus and skin rash in patients suffering from chronic eczema was assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS)and eczema area severity index (EASI).Results:The scores of SAS and SDS were significantly higher in patients with chronic eczema than that of healthy persons(P＜0.01).The multivariate stepwise regression analysis result demonstrated that the factors influencing anxious emotion were in turn severity of pruritus,disease position and stability of emotion introverted-extroverted disposition.The factors influencing despondent emotion were in turn disease position,course of disease,concealing,stability of emotion and severity of pruritus.Conclusion:There was obvious anxious and despondent emotion in patients with chronic eczema.These emotions were closely correlated with psychosocial factors,severity of pruritus and skin rash.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the antimicrobial-resistant genes in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA).METHODS Forty strains of MRSA were clinically isolated.Nine kinds of antimicrobial-resistant genes were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction(PCR).RESULTS The positive rates of mecA,aac(6′)/aph(2′)and tetM were all 100.0%.The positive rates of ermA/B/C,aph(3′)-Ⅲ,qacA/B,PVL and ant(4′,4″) were 82.5%,67.5%,45.0%,10.0% and 2.5%,respectively.CONCLUSIONS There are higher positive percentages of relevant resistance genes in MRSA isolates clinically.MRSA can induce clone transmition in hospital which should pay,and attention to the disinfection and isolation.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the ?-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from the elderly patients.METHODS We had an observation on 20 strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae about 15 kinds of ?-lactamase gene test(blaTEM,blaSHV,blaLEN,laOKP,blaCTX-M-1 group,blaCTX-M-2 group,blaCTX-M-9 group,blaOXA-1 group,blaOXA-2 group,blaOXA-10 group,blaGES,blaPER,blaVEB,blaDHA,and blaACT-1).RESULTS Six kinds of ?-lactamase genes had been found out from these 20 strains of K.pneumoniae,namely,blaTEM,blaSHV,blaCTX-M-1 group,blaCTX-M-9 group,blaOXA-1 group,and blaDHA.Their positives were 95%,30%,50%,5%,5% and 15%.Among these 20 strains of K.pneumoniae,there were 19 ones of K.pneumoniae which at least contained 1 kind of ?-lactamase genes.Fifteen strains of K.pneumoniae were found containing more than 2 kinds of ?-lactamase genes,at the same time.Some were even tested out having 4 kinds of ?-lactamase genes.CONCLUSIONS The resistance of ?-lactamase antibiotics of these 20 strains of K.pneumoniae has a close relative to the number of ?-lactamase.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the chloramphenicol-resistant gene in Escherichia coli strains isolated from the old patients.METHODS Twenty strains of E.coli were clinically isolated.The resistance genes were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) and verified by DNA sequencing.RESULTS The positive rates of catB and cmlA were 20% and 20%,respectively.Two strains of E.coli were found containing catB gene and cmlA gene.CONCLUSIONS The resistance to chloramphenicol in these 20 strains of E.coli has a close relation to antimicrobial-resistance gene existed,and the genes of catB and cmlA in E.coli are all firstly found and reported in China.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim(SXT)-resistance genes and drug resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from the old patients.METHODS Drug resistance of 20 E.coli strains were analyzed.The SXT-resistance genes(sul1,dfrA1,dfrA12 and dfrA17)were detected by polymerase chain reaction(PCR).The PCR products were purified and sequenced.RESULTS In 20 E.coli strains,95.0% were SXT resistant.The positive rate of genes of sul1,dfrA12 and dfrA17 were 80.0%,20.0% and 65.0%.Gene of dfrA1 was not detected out,17 strains of E.coli were found dfrA gene.The SXT-resistance gene dfrA or sul1 was detected in 18 of the 20 strains.CONCLUSIONS The SXT resistance of E.coli can be caused mainly by gene expression of dfrA and sul1,and the genes of sul1,dfrA12 and dfrA17 are all firstly found and reported in China.

AIM:To study the correlation of serum uric acid ( UA) level with carotid plaques and arterial stiff-ness in the patients with essential hypertension ( EH) , and to explore the predictive value of serum UA for evaluating EH preclinically .METHODS:A total of 92 patients with EH and 30 healthy individuals were enrolled .The value of UA and other indicators were detected .B-mode ultrasound examination was performed to measure the common carotid artery intima -media thickness ( IMT) and the sites of plaque in the internal carotid-artery, external carotid artery and carotid bifurca-tions.Carotid-femoral arterial pulse wave velocity ( CFPWV) was assessed by Complior?atherosclerosis measurement in-strument.RESULTS:The serum level of UA in the patients with EH was higher than that in control group [(361.51 ± 83.81) μmol/L vs (317.03 ±62.22) μmol/L, P<0.05].The mean value and abnormal rate of IMT between hyperten-sion group and control group were significant difference [(0.69 ±0.14) mm vs (0.60 ±0.12) mm, 42.39%vs 10.00%, P<0.05].In 92 EH patients, 45 cases had carotid plaques .These 45 cases were divided into 3 groups according to the plaque severity, among which the serum UA level had statistically significant differences [(285.25 ±78.41) μmol/L, (341.19 ±63.99) μmol/L and (401.33 ±88.49) μmol/L, P<0.05].Compared with rigid plaque group ( n=34), the serum UA level in soft plaque group (n=11) was significantly higher [(389.00 ±69.45) μmol/L vs (323.03 ± 72.71) μmol/L, P<0.05].A stepwise multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that age ( r=0.414), systolic blood pressure (r=0.224), pulse pressure (r=0.270) and uric acid (r=0.219) were predisposed factors for higher CFP-WV (P<0.05).CONCLUSION:UA is one of the risk factors causing hypertension .Serum UA level may reflect the sever-ity and stability of carotid plaques .The increased arterial stiffness is closely related to the increased serum UA level in EH .