Diphosphonates ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Osteonecrosis ; chemically induced

Purpose Glioblastoma and metastasis are the common and aggressive type of brain tumors in adults,and a definitive diagnosis has an important guiding significance to the clinical practice.Our purpose is to investigate the value of post contrast-enhanced T1WI-based histogram analysis in the differential diagnosis of glioblastoma and solitary brain metastasis.Materials and Methods Sixty-eight consecutive patients with glioblastoma or solitary metastasis confirmed pathologically or surgically at Meizhou People's Hospital between January 2012 and November 2015 were included in the study.Glioblastoma was diagnosed in 34 patients and solitary brain metastasis was diagnosed in the rest 34 patients.All patients had undergone routine brain MR examination before surgical resection and the imaging data were retrospectively analyzed.The ROIs were manually placed in enhanced solid parts of the tumors on the maximal cross-sectional post contrasted-enhanced T1WI by Image J.Then the mean,standard deviation (SD),minimum,maximum,skewness and kurtosis were calculated respectively.Results Kurtosis of post contrast-enhanced T1WI of metastasis (1.260 ± 1.271) was statistically higher than that of glioblastoma (0.071 ± 0.667)(P＜0.05).When the optimal threshold criterion ofkurtosis was set at 0.736,the areas under ROC curve of kurtosis was 0.792 (95％ CI:0.676-0.881),and the sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value at the optimum cutoff value were 76.47％,88.24％,80.65％,78.38％,respectively.Conclusion Kurtosis of post contrastenhanced T 1 WI-based histogram is valuable in differential diagnosis of glioblastoma and brain metastasis,and thus provides reliable and objective basis for differentiating the two kinds of tumors.

Objective To investigate the expression of Jagged1 in human epithelial ovarian carcinoma tissues and the effect of Jagged1 on growth of xenograft in nude mice. Methods (1) Forty-eight cases of ovarian cancer and 30 cases of patients with benign epithelial ovarian tumor in the Henan Province Xinxiang Central Hospital during Feb. 2011 to Mar. 2014 were enrolled in this study. The mRNA expression of Jagged1, Notch1 and the downstream target genes Hes1, Hey1 were analyzed by using realtime PCR method. (2) The ovarian cancer xenograft models in nude mice were constructed by injecting SKOV3 cells in axillary subcutaneouswere. The nude mice were randomly divided into Jagged1 interference group, blank plasmid group and control group. Each group had 10 mice. They were transfected with pcDNA3.1(+)-siRNA-Jagged1, blank plasmid pDC3.1 and phosphate buffer, respectively. The tumor volumes and tumor masses were measured 14 days after transfection and the inhibition rate was calculated. The relative mRNA expression of Jagged1, Notch1, Hes1 and Hey1 in xenograft tissues after transfection in each group was detected by using realtime PCR technique and the relative protein expression of Jagged1, Notch1, Hes1 and Hey1 in xenograft tissues was detected by utilizing western blot method. Results (1) The relative mRNA expression of Jagged1, Notch1, Hes1 and Hey1 in ovarian cancer tissues were higher than benign ovarian tumor tissues, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.01). (2) The tumor volume was (491 ± 68) mm3 and tumor mass was (2.6±0.4) g in Jagged1 interference group, which were significantly lower than that in the blank plasmid group [(842 ± 88) mm3 and (4.4 ± 0.8) g, respectively] and that in the control group [(851 ± 90) mm3 and (4.5 ± 0.9) g, respectively;P<0.05], the tumor inhibition rate was 42.2% in Jagged1 interference group, which was significantly higher than that in the blank plasmid group and that in the control group (2.2%and 0, respectively), the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The relative mRNA and protein expression of Jagged1, Hes1 and Hey1 in xenograft tissues of nude micein Jagged1 interference group were lower than that in the other two groups, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). There were no differences of relative mRNA and protein expression of Notch1 in xenograft tissues of nude mice among the three groups (P>0.05). Conclusions Jagged1 is highly expressed in epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Jagged1 gene interference in xenograft tumor can inhibit ovarian cancer cell growth and improve tumor suppressor rate, which probably play roles by inhibiting Notch1 signaling pathway.

The full name of the polycystic liver disease is autosomald ominant polycystic liver disease.Surgical treatment is the main method to deal with it at present.With the deep study of the polycystic liver disease into the molecular genetic level,it is possible for molecular diagnostics to achieve presymptomatic and prenatal diagnosis.The article mainly introduce the research progress of the polycystic liver disease's etiology,pathogenesis,diagnosis,treatment,and so on.

AIM:To put forward the suggestions for standardizing the pharmacoeconomic research.METHODS:The background of formulation and main points of Canadian Guidelines for the Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation were introduced and its recent development was described.At the same time,we put forward our tentative plan about establishing Chinese guidelines for the pharmacoeconomic evaluation.RESULTS ＆ CONCLUSION:A series of guidelines for the pharmacoeconomic evaluation should be established,which is approved by departments of social safeguard,drug supervision and public health administration,to standardize the pharmacoeconomic research.The goverment should make corresponding policy publicized and make pharmacoeconomic evaluation connect with drug price,clinically rational drug use,catalog of classified management of drugs and catalog of drugs in medical insurance.A pharmacoeconomic framework,which conforms China's national conditions and is controlled by goverment,will established.

It is important to reduce blood loss and protect the function of reserved liver during hepatectomy.Selective hepatic vascular occlusion can keep the blood supply of reserved liver and make blood loss less than other methods of blood occlusion, so it helps more to the recovery of liver function.In summary, promotion and application of this technology is worth while.This article reviews the developing progress and the latest studies of selective hepatic blood occlusion to introduce the latest advancement in this area.

Objective To study the effects of nitrobenzene on macrophage function and lymphocyte proliferation in mice. Methods ICR mice were divided into groups and treated with nitrobenzene by gavage,once a day,at doses of 2,20 and 200 mg/kg respectively,for 21 consecutive days.The mice were killed after 21 days of treatment and then the effects of nitrobenzene on the organs index,the maerophage function and the lymphocyte proliferation were determined.Results The maerophage function and the lymphocyte proliferation decreased as the increase of the dose of nitrobenzene.Conclusion The results of the present paper show that nitrobenzene may inhibit the immunity function of mice.

Plastic and Aesthetic surgery is a science which creates beauty by combining know-ledge and art. Combined with the professional characteristics of plastic surgery, we reformed the cur-riculum content and teaching mode of continuous education, including a established interactive theoret-ical learning model based on Journal club, the strengthening of clinical practice integrated with multiple related disciplines, the expanding the knowledge of Sociology, Psychology and Ethics, and the construc-tion of a long-term platform of network resources. Therefore, a comprehensive and specialized continu-ous education model in the department of plastic and aesthetic surgery was ultimately formed, whose preliminary assessment was favorable, and could be helpful in the cultivation of high-quality plastic and aesthetic surgeons in the future.

Ten compounds were isolated from the 70% ethanol extract of linseed meal (Linum usitatissimum L) through a combination of various chromatographic techniques, including silica gel, macroporous adsorbent resin, Sephadex LH-20, and preparative HPLC. On the basis of spectroscopic data analysis, they were elucidated as 1-methylethyl-2-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1" --> 6')-beta-D-glucopyanoside (1), linustatin (2), neolinustatin (3), lotaustralin (4), linamarin (5), deoxyguanosine (6), deoxyadenosine (7), (+)-pinoresinol-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (8), 4-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylvanillyl alcohol (9) and tachioside (10), separately. Among them, compound 1 is a new compound, and compounds 6, 8 and 10 were isolated from the linseed meal for the first time.

This study was aimed to elucidate the 5-HT3R molecular mechanism of Radix Paeoniae Albaextract (RPAE) as drug intervention in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) model rats with liver-qi depression pattern.PMS model rats with liver-qi depression pattern were prepared.And then,the model was treated with RPAE.The protein distribution of 5-HT3AR and 5-HT3BR in the frontal lobe was evaluated by the immune fluorescence technology and western blot.The results showed that there were positive expressions of 5-HT3AR and 5-HT3BR in frontal lobe of rats in each group.Compared with the normal group,the 5-HT3AR and 5-HT3BR protein expression levels of the frontal lobe in the model group increased significantly (P < 0.05).Compared with the model group,the 5-HT3AR protein expression level in the frontal lobe decreased significantly after RPAE treatment (P < 0.05).In conclusion,RPAE regulated the protein expressions of 5-HT3AR and 5-HT3BR in frontal lobe,which may be one of the mechanisms for its treatment of PMS with liver-qi depression pattern.