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Objective To investigate the expression of EphA8 in colon cancer and its clinical significance.Methods Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot were respectively used to assess the expressions of EphA8 mRNA and protein in normal colon mucosa cell line and colon cancer cell lines.Immunohistochemistry for EphA8 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were performed in 98 cases of colon cancer and 12 matched normal mucosa tissues.CD31 immunohistochemical staining was used for microvascular density (MVD) counting.The relationships between the expression of EphA8 and the expression of VEGF and MVD,the clinical pathological significance,and the prognosis of patients were analyzed by statistical methods.Results EphA8 mRNA expressions were significantly higher in colon cancer cell lines than those in normal mucosa cell line (t =11.98,13.54,P ＜0.001).EphA8 protein expressions were significantly higher in colon cancer cell lines than those in normal mucosa cell line (t =4.63,P =0.006;t =4.92,P =0.004).The high expression of EphA8 was closely related to tumor size (x2 =22.97,P＜0.001),TNM stage (P＜0.001),differentiated degree (P =0.007)and lymph node metastasis (P＜0.001),distant metastasis (x2 =6.97,P =0.008) and poor survival rote (x2 =17.3,P ＜0.001).But it was not associated with the gender and age (x2 =1.36,P =0.30; x2 =0.83,P=0.44).Besides,EphA8 had positive correlation with the VEGF and MVD (r =0.434,P ＜0.001; r =0.584,P ＜0.001).Conclusion EphA8 may play important roles in the development and metastasis of colon cancer,which has potential clinical values in the therapeutic intervention and prognosis of colon cancer.
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Objective To identify the Banna viruses isolated in northwestern part of Yunnan prov-ince in order to make the difference clear between the isolates and other Banna viruses isolated in other parts of Yunnan. Methods Three isolates of Banna vires isolated in 2005 and 2006 were identified by morpholo-gy, RNA-PAGE profile and molecular biologic method. Nueleotide and amino acid sequences of segment 12 of the 3 isolates were sequenced and analyzed. Results Three Banna viruses were isolated from mosquitoes collected in northwestern part of Yunnan during 2005 and 2006. Electron microscopy study showed that they are spherical with a diameter of 70 nm, no envelope but two layers of eapsid. It was found that the genome of the 3 isolates composes of 12 segments presenting band profile of 6-6 in RNA-PAGE. Nueleotide acid se-quence analysis about segment 12 showed that the identity was 99% between the 3 new isolates, 98% and 90% between the 3 isolates and the strains isolated in other parts of Yunnan, China and Indonesia, respec-tively. Phylogenetie analysis based on segment 12 gene showed that 3 new isolates clnstered in the same branch with the viruses isolated in other parts of Yunnan. The same difference of amino acids was found between Banna viruses isolated in China and Indonesia strains in the analysis of segment 12. Conclusion Banna virus strains were firstly isolated from mosquitoes collected in northwestern part of Yunnan province. Nueleotide acid sequence analysis of the 3 new isolates showed higher identity with strains isolated in other parts of Yunnan.