Research progress on the role of oxidative stress in ischemia-reperfusion injury of marginal donor liver transplantation / 器官移植

Common marginal donor liver mainly consists of fatty donor liver, elderly donor liver, small volume donor liver and liver graft from donation after cardiac death (DCD), etc. The application of marginal donor liver may resolve the severe shortage of donor liver to certain extent. Nevertheless, marginal donor liver yields a higher risk of ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and causes more severe IRI than normal donor liver, which is a main cause for the failure of transplantation. In addition, oxidative stress is a major risk factor causing IRI of marginal donor liver. Therefore, how to mitigate oxidative stress and alleviate IRI of marginal donor liver has become a hot spot in clinical practice. Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated oxidative stress occurs throughout the whole process of IRI. In this article, the role of oxidative stress in IRI of marginal donor liver transplantation and the ROS-targeted prevention and treatment were reviewed, aiming to provide reference for clinical practice.

Expression of Sema4D and Ki67 in pancreatic carcinoma and its relationship with clinicopathological features / 临床肝胆病杂志

Objective To investigate the expression of Sema4 D and Ki67 in pancreatic carcinoma and its relationship with clinicopathological features. Methods The expression of Sema4 D and Ki67 in 40 pancreatic carcinoma tissues and 10 adjacent tissues was measured by immunohistochemistry, and its relationship with the clinicopathological features of pancreatic carcinoma was analyzed. Comparison of categorical data between two groups was made by chi-square test. Spearman's rank correlation analysis was used to identify the correlation between these variables. Results Sema4 D and Ki67 were detected in 19 (47. 5％ ) and 18 (45. 0％ ), respectively, of the 40 pancreatic carcinoma tissues, with significantly higher positive rates than the adjacent tissues (χ2= 10. 040 and 10. 000, P = 0. 020 and 0. 022) . The abnormal expression of Sema4 D and Ki67 differed significantly between patients with different tumor stages and between patients with and without lymph node metastasis (χ2= 6. 352, 4. 912, 12. 031, and 6. 465, P = 0. 013, 0. 028, 0. 001, and 0. 025) . Sema4 D expression was positively correlated with Ki67 expression (r = 0. 347, P = 0. 028) . Conclusion The expression of Sema4 D and Ki67 is elevated in pancreatic carcinoma compared with the adjacent tissue. Their expression is positively correlated with each other and is associated with tumor staging and lymph node metastasis.