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Objective:To evaluate the effect and possible mechanism of B-cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus insertion site 1(BMI-1) on the radiosensitivity of pancreatic cancer SW1990 cell line.Methods:According to our previous study results, 4 Gy X-ray and down-regulation of BMI-1 expression were adopted as intervention conditions. The effect on the proliferation of SW1990 cells was assessed by clony formation assay. The effect on cell apoptosis and cell cycle was evaluated by flow cytometry. The effect upon the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) was determined by Western blot.Results:Clony formation assay and flow cytometry found that the lowest cell proliferation ability and the highest apoptotic rate were obtained after BMI-1 down-regulation and 4 Gy X-ray compared with other groups (all P<0.05). Flow cytometry revealed that the proportion of G 0/G 1 phase was significantly decreased, whereas the G 2/M phase was remarkably increased in pancreatic cancer stem cells treated with 4 Gy X-ray compared with the control group (both P<0.05). Nevertheless, opposite results were obtained after down-regulation of BMI-1 expression. Western blot showed that the expression of E-cadherin was up-regulated, whereas that of Vimentin was down-regulated following 4 Gy X-ray (both P<0.05). Conclusion:Downregulation of BMI-1 expression can enhance the radiosensitivity of pancreatic cancer SW1990 cells, and its mechanism may be related to cell cycle and EMT.
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To investigate the effects of thanatos-associated protein 11 (THAP11) on the proliferation and apoptosis of esophageal cancer cell and the underlying mechanism. Methods: Expression of THAP11 in human esophageal epithelial cells (Het-1A) and esophageal cancer cells (Eca109, TE-1, Ec 9706) were detected by Western blotting. Esophageal cancer TE-1 cells were divided into 3 groups: a normal control (NC) group, a negative control (LV-NC) group and a THAP11 (LV-THAP11) group. Then the cell proliferation were detected by MTT assay, cell apoptosis were detected by flow cytometry, caspase-3 and caspase-9 levels were detected by caspases kits. Ubiquitination of p53 was determined in esophageal cancer TE-1 cells. Results: Expression of THAP11 was reduced in esophageal cancer cells compared with human esophageal epithelial cells (P<0.05). After transfection with LV-THAP11 in TE-1 cells, cell viability was reduced (P<0.05), while apoptosis rate and caspase-3 and caspase-9 levels were increased (P<0.05), indicating that THAP11 inhibited growth of esophageal cancer cells. In addition, the THAP11 increased the levels of p53 (P<0.05) and inhibited the ubiquitination of p53 regulated by MDM2. Conclusion: THAP11 may inhibit the proliferation of esophageal cancer cells by inhibiting ubiquitination of p53.
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Humans , Apoptosis , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Proliferation , Esophageal Neoplasms , Repressor Proteins , Metabolism , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 , UbiquitinationABSTRACT
Objective To assess the current status of HIV test during the past year and related factors in men who have sex with men (MSM) in college students in China.Methods Based on a MSM website,a cross-sectional study was conducted in 500 MSM in college students aged 18-25 years,who were selected based on the estimated HIV detection rate of 50％ in this population,by means of mobile phone questionnaire survey.x2 test and non-conditional multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted to identify the factors related with HIV test,respectively.Results The mean age of MSM in college students was 20.99 (± 0.04) years and the HIV test rate during the past year was 47.1％ (652/1 384).Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that active factors associated with HIV test included awareness of HIV test (OR=6.37,95％CI:3.592-11.300),willing to receive regular HIV testing (OR=2.64,95％CI:1.191-2.631) well-knowing or not knowing of the HIV infection statues of their regular sex partners (OR=3.58,95％ CI:2.138-5.996),(OR=2.25,95％ CI:1.479-3.422),respectively.The negative factors associated with HIV test included believing their regular sex partners not being infected with HIV (OR=0.65,95％CI:0.445-0.938),having only one regular sex partner during the past year (OR=0.37,95％CI:0.232-0.589).Conclusion The survey indicated that the HIV test rate in MSM in college students during the past year was low.The MSM in college students are usually sexual active,but less of them received HIV test due to the trust between them and less number of sexual partners.Close attention should be paid to the AIDS intervention in this population.
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Objective To assess the current status of HIV test during the past year and related factors in men who have sex with men (MSM) in college students in China.Methods Based on a MSM website,a cross-sectional study was conducted in 500 MSM in college students aged 18-25 years,who were selected based on the estimated HIV detection rate of 50％ in this population,by means of mobile phone questionnaire survey.x2 test and non-conditional multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted to identify the factors related with HIV test,respectively.Results The mean age of MSM in college students was 20.99 (± 0.04) years and the HIV test rate during the past year was 47.1％ (652/1 384).Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that active factors associated with HIV test included awareness of HIV test (OR=6.37,95％CI:3.592-11.300),willing to receive regular HIV testing (OR=2.64,95％CI:1.191-2.631) well-knowing or not knowing of the HIV infection statues of their regular sex partners (OR=3.58,95％ CI:2.138-5.996),(OR=2.25,95％ CI:1.479-3.422),respectively.The negative factors associated with HIV test included believing their regular sex partners not being infected with HIV (OR=0.65,95％CI:0.445-0.938),having only one regular sex partner during the past year (OR=0.37,95％CI:0.232-0.589).Conclusion The survey indicated that the HIV test rate in MSM in college students during the past year was low.The MSM in college students are usually sexual active,but less of them received HIV test due to the trust between them and less number of sexual partners.Close attention should be paid to the AIDS intervention in this population.
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Objective To investigate and analyze clinical analysis of low molecular weight heparin calcium combined with psychological intervention in the treatment of diabetic foot patients. Methods 100 patients with type 2 diabetic foot who were treated in our hospital from February 2015 to November 2016 were selected and randomly divided into the control group and the experimental group, with 50 patients in each group. The patients in the control group and the experimental group were treated with anti infection therapy and insulin hypoglycemic therapy, and the dressing change was carried out. The experimental group was given subcutaneous injection of low molecular weight heparin for psychological intervention, pay attention to the patient's psychological status, strengthen communication with patients, and increase the patient's confidence and treatment compliance. The clinical indexes of the experimental group and the control group were compared and analyzed. Results After the corresponding treatment, 6 cases in the experimental group the wound healing is invalid. The number of ineffective wounds in the control group was 20. The effective rate of treatment in the experimental group was 88.0％, which was significantly higher than that in the control group, and the effective rate was 60.0％, with statistical difference (P<0.05). After treatment, the plasma viscosity and the blood flow velocity of the dorsalis pedis artery in the experimental group were significantly better than those in the control group, with statistical difference (P<0.05). Conclusion Low molecular weight heparin calcium combined with psychological intervention in the treatment of diabetic foot has a good clinical effect, and has the significance of promotion.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy of intravenous iron sucrose combined with psychological intervention in the treatment of gynecological anemia. Methods A total of 76 patients with gynecological anemia admitted in our hospital from September 2000 to March 2017 were randomly divided into study group and control group, 38 cases in each group.The control group and gynecological anemia patients were treated with intravenous sucrose iron, the study group was treated with intravenous iron sucrose, and the corresponding psychological intervention measures were used. Results There was no significant difference in HGB and SF between the two groups before treatment., the study group after treatment HGB, SF detection value is higher than that of control group (P<0.05); study group increased to HGB for normal values of time required significantly less than the control group (P<0.05); two gynecological patients with anemia treatment in the process of research the rate of adverse reactions was 13.16%, the control group is as high as 28.95% (P<0.05). Conclusion Intravenous iron sucrose based treatment combined with psychological intervention can significantly improve the index of gynecological patients with anemia effect, reduce adverse drug reactions, to ensure the effectiveness and safety of patients are of positive significance.
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Duplicate submission of research papers have many negative effects on authors,hospitals,readers,and journals.Reasons for duplicate submission were analyzed.Through strengthening the propaganda and using information management system,duplicate submission of research papers might be eliminated.
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Objective To study the effect of simvastatin on the radiosensitivity of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma .Methods Interrupted radiation was used to induce the radioresistance EC 9706 ,named R‐resistant cell . The effect of simvastatin on the proliferation and radiosensitivity of EC 9706 and R‐resistant cells were examined by Cell Counting Kit‐8 assay and colony formation assay ,respectively .Results The radioresistance EC9706 ,named R‐resistant ,was induced successfully .The results of Counting Kit‐8 assay and colony formation assay indicated that simvastatin could sensitize EC9706 and the radioresistance of R‐resistant to irradiation .Conclusion Simvastatin can sensitize esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to irradiation .
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To understand that whether initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) would impact on the change and its reasons regarding the HIV-related high risk behaviors among HIV-positive clients who attending the methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>In-depth interviews were conducted among 34 MMT clients in Yunnan province who were under ART. The related contents would include information on general demographic charicteristics, HIV infection,MMT, number of sexual partners before and after ART, sexual behavior and frequency of condom use, drug use, needle sharing, changes in risk behaviors before and after the ART, reasons for high-risk behavior, of the clients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The average age of the interviewees was 38.5 years, and most of them were male (70.6%). The clients under this study all admitted that the frequencies of unsafe sex and needle sharing did not increase after the ART initiation, with the main reasons as increasing HIV related awareness, the use of methadone, high accessibility of free condoms and access to clean needles etc. However, 12 of 34 reported being relapsed and 3 reported inconsistent condom use. The interaction of ART and dosage of methadone were connected to the episodes of relapsing and the ART optimism would result in inconsistent condom use.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>No evidence supported that the ART initiation would increase the risk behaviors among the HIV-infected MMT clients. However, attention needs to be paid to the new challenges caused by high expectation of ART.</p>
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , China , Epidemiology , Condoms , HIV Infections , Epidemiology , Methadone , Therapeutic Uses , Needle Sharing , Opiate Substitution Treatment , Qualitative Research , Risk-Taking , Safe Sex , Sexual Behavior , Sexual Partners , Substance-Related Disorders , Drug Therapy , Unsafe SexABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate two methods of selecting region of interest (ROI)to measure the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)of breast lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).Methods MRI findings (including plain MRI,dynamic contrast-en-hanced MRI and DWI)of 5 3 cases with breast mass confirmed by pathology were analyzed retrospectively.Two observers independ-ently measured the ADC of breast lesions by the method of fixed ROI with the size of 10 mm2 ±2 mm2 and the routine method.The mean ADCs of benign and malignant breast lesions were compared between two methods and two observers by using paired samples T-test.The values of ADC diagnosing breast cancer were compared between the two methods by using the receiver operating charac-teristic (ROC)curve.Results Among 62 lesions of 53 cases,33 lesions were malignant,and 29 lesions were benign.For the first observer,the mean ADCs of benign and malignant lesions were (1.647±0.359)×10-3 mm2/s and (1.136±0.227)×10-3 mm2/s measured by the fixed ROI method,respectively.The area under the ROC was 0.897.The mean ADCs of benign and malignant le-sions were (1.603±0.415)×10-3mm2/s and (1.251±0.237)×10-3 mm2/s measured by the routine method,respectively.The area under the ROC was 0.768.For another observer,the mean ADCs of benign and malignant lesions were (1.647±0.357)× 10-3 mm2/s and (1.130±0.250)×10-3 mm2/s measured by the fixed ROI method,respectively.The mean ADCs of benign and malignant lesions were (1.590± 0.390)×10-3 mm2/s and (1.250±0.237)×10-3 mm2/s measured by the routine method,respec-tively.There was no significant difference for the mean ADC of benign lesions between the two methods.However,there was sig-nificant difference for the mean ADC of malignant lesions between the two methods.The diagnostic value of ADC measured by the fixing method was better than that of the routine method (P=0.008).There were no significant differences for ADCs of benign and malignant lesions between the two observers.Conclusion DWI has an important value for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions.The measurement of ADC by the fixed and smaller ROI is better than that by the routine ROI for dis-tinguishing malignant from benign breast lesions.
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Animal experiment is indispensable for biomedicine research,and contributes much to the development of biomedicine.With the development of society and advance of human civilization,the welfare of experimental animals and ethical issues of animal researches are drawing extensive attention.The current study investigated the application of experimental animals in the hospital researches,explored the relationship between animal experiment and ethics of animal welfare,and analysed the status of ethics of animal welfare.Further it discussed how to strengthen ethical review of animal experiment so as to promote the ethics management of hospital researches.
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Objective To explore the immune characteristic of a patient with hypogammaglobulinaemia and low natural killer(NK)cell numbers. Methods Case histories were analyzed repeatedly to grasp important characteristics of the disease. A routine blood examination and peripheral blood immunological detection was done. Complete neutrophil function test,lymphocyte proliferation ability and cytokine profile were evaluated. Results A 3-year-old boy was referred to the hospital because of fever and abdominal pain as well as partial intestinal obstruction. Laboratory examination revealed low immunoglobulin,reduced absolute numbers of B and NK cells and deficient B cell function of lower IFN-γ and IL-12 production. The patient also had mesenteric lymphadenopathy and a caecal mass with histology suggestive of ileocecal junctional tuberculosis. The patient was infected with cytomegalovirus(CMV)and fungus,which are not common in simple antibody deficiencies. The patient was followed for four years and during this period the patient had recurrent periodontitis resulting in the loss of one tooth. Conclusions Although the precise mechanism of the defect is unclear,we speculate that the case may cast new light on primary immunodeficiencies predominantly with antibody deficiency.(J Clin Pediatr,2011,29(7):601-608)
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Objective To investigate the effects of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection on apoptosis of cord blood monocytes-derived dendritic cells (DC) in neonates. Methods Cord blood monocytes were induced into DC by 50 ng/mL recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor(rhGM-CSF)and 10 ng/mL recombinant human interleukin-4 (rhIL-4),and DC were divided into three groups:①4G group:rhGM-CSF and rhIL-4 were added separately on the day of cell separation;②4G+0d EBV group:rhGM-CSF,rhIL-4 and B95.8 cell supernatants were added simultaneously on the day of cell separation;③4G+5d EBV group:hGM-CSF and rhIL-4 were added on the day of cell separation,and B95.8 cell supernatants were added on the 5th day.Percents of DC apoptosis were measured using Annexin V-FITC and PI staining by flow cytometry.The expression of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) was detected by Western Blot.Results Percent of DC apoptosis in 4G+0d EBV group was significantly higher than that in 4G group on the 6th to 14th day(P<0.05),and percent of DC apoptosis in 4G+5d EBV group was significantly higher than that in 4G group on the 7th to 14th day(P<0.05).The effects of EBV infection on percent of DC apoptosis had relations with infection time points.The expression of XIAP in DC decreased significantly after EBV infection. Conclusion EBV promotes apoptosis of cord blood monocytes-derived DC,which is associated with the differentiation and maturation status of DC.
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Objective To observe the differential gene expression in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell line with different radiosensitivity by cDNA microarray analysis. Methods A radioresistant cell line, CNE-2R, was established from a human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells line CNE-2 by repeated X-ray irradiation. The differential gene expression of CNE-2 and CNE-2R was screened with cDNA microarray by BioStarH-141s profile gene chip. Results There were expressed 308 genes to be screened out between CNE-2R cell line with different radiosensitivity and its parental CNE-2 cell line, while 176 up-regulated genes in CNE-2R cells and 132 down-regulated genes were found. In them, there were 40 up-regulated ones and 36 down-regulated ones whose ratios were higher than 6.0 or lower than 0.1. The different genes included DNA damage- and repair-related genes; cell cycle-related and cytoskeleton-related proteins; and apoptosis-related genes. Conclusion The radioresistant CNE-2R cells were isolated from the CNE-2 cell line by repeated X-ray irradiation. The stable radioresistance is the result of co-effect by polygene and multiple factors, which provide several gene targets to sensitize the radioresistant cells for improving the radiocurability of NPC.
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Objective To develop a flow cytometrie assay to for diagnosis of X-Linked Hyper.1gM Syndrome(XHIM).Methods Heparinized peripheral blood obtained from patient,mother and a healthy control was diluted with RPMI- 1640(unstimulated control)or with RPMI-1640 containing 15μl PMA(1 rig/μl)and 6 trl ionomycin(50 ng/μl)(stimulated cell).Using directly labeled antibodies,we have examined CD40 ligand levels on CD3+ CD8- lymphocyte surface,and CD69 levels on CD;lymphocyte Surface to determine whether the cells were activated.Results CD69 levels on CD3+ lymphocyte surface from stimulated group and from unstimulated group were above 96% and below 3%,respectively.CD40L levels Oil CD3 CDs-T lymphocyte surface from stimulated group were 0.8% (patient),60.04%(mother) and 62.87%(healthy contr01).CD40L levels on CD3+ CD8-T lymphocyte surface from unstimulated group were 0.88% (patient),4.15%(mother)and 5.51%(healthy contr01).Conclusion This flow cytometric assayis accurate and convenient,which Can be used in neonatal screening.
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Objective To explore the expression of livin and survivin and its correlation with caspase-3 and clinicopathology in breast cancer. Methods We examined paraffin-embedded archival specimens from 76 cases of malignant breast tumor and 17 cases of benign breast disease for the expression of livin,survivin and caspase-3 with immunohistochemistry. The relationship of livin and survivin expression with caspase-3 and clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed. Results The positive rates of livin and survivin protein expression were increased gradually in normal breast tissues,livin and survivin proliferating disease,preinvasive carcinoma and invasive breast carcinoma,while the caspase-3 protein expression was significantly decreased. The expression of livin and survivin was negatively correlated with that of caspase-3 in the four groups (P0.05). The expression of survivin was related to lymph node metastasis and tumor size (P0.05). Conclusion Livin and survivin may play an important role in accelerated tumor proliferation by inducing caspase-3 to inhibit apoptosis in breast carcinoma. Livin may be more correlated with carcinogenesis in young patients while survivin may promote metastasis and invasion in breast carcinoma.