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Objective@#To investigate the expression and clinical significance of long-chain non-coding RNA brain cytoplasmic RNA 1 (BCYRN1) in serum of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.@*Methods@#74 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) diagnosed and treated in our hospital were selected as the experimental group, and 50 healthy subjects were selected as the control group. The expression of BCYRN1 in serum of NSCLC and control group was detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The patients′ clinical pathology data were collected and followed up. To analyze the relationship between the expression of serum BCYRN1 and clinicopathological parameters of NSCLC patients, and the relationship between BCYRN1 expression in the diagnosis and prediction of NSCLC prognosis.@*Results@#The relative expression of BCYRN1 in serum of NSCLC patients was 2.84±0.95, which was significantly higher than that of healthy controls (1.16±0.50) (P<0.05). The level of serum BCYRN1 in patients with NSCLC with tumor size >3 cm was significantly higher than that in patients with tumor size ≤3 cm (P<0.05). The level of BCYRN1 in patients with tumor node metastasis (TNM) Ⅲ+ Ⅳ was significantly higher than that in patients with stage Ⅰ+ Ⅱ (P<0.05). Patients with low differentiation and positive lymph node metastasis had higher serum BCYRN1 than those with moderate to high grade and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the area under the curve was 0.847 (95% CI: 0.772-0.922, P=0.000), and the sensitivity and specificity were 68.9% and 88.0%, respectively. The median progression free survival (PFS) (15 vs 21 months) and overall survival (OS) (19 vs 28 months) of patients with high and low expression of BCYRN1 were statistically significant (P<0.05). High expression of BCYRN1 was an independent risk factor for overall survival in patients with NSCLC.@*Conclusions@#BCYRN1 is highly expressed in the serum of NSCLC patients, and high expression of BCYRN1 is closely related to the poor prognosis of patients with NSCLC. It can be used as a novel biomarker and diagnostic target for NSCLC.
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Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of long-chain noncoding RNA brain cytoplasmic RNA 1 (BCYRN1) in serum of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.Methods 74 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) diagnosed and treated in our hospital were selected as the experimental group,and 50 healthy subjects were selected as the control group.The expression of BCYRN1 in serum of NSCLC and control group was detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).The patients' clinical pathology data were collected and followed up.To analyze the relationship between the expression of serum BCYRN1 and clinicopathological parameters of NSCLC patients,and the relationship between BCYRN1 expression in the diagnosis and prediction of NSCLC prognosis.Results The relative expression of BCYRN1 in serum of NSCLC patients was 2.84 ± 0.95,which was significantly higher than that of healthy controls (1.16 ± 0.50) (P ＜ 0.05).The level of serum BCYRN1 in patients with NSCLC with tumor size ＞ 3 cm was significantly higher than that in patients with tumor size ≤3 cm (P ＜ 0.05).The level of BCYRN1 in patients with tumor node metastasis (TNM) Ⅲ +Ⅳ was significantly higher than that in patients with stage Ⅰ + Ⅱ (P ＜ 0.05).Patients with low differentiation and positive lymph node metastasis had higher serum BCYRN1 than those with moderate to high grade and lymph node metastasis (P ＜ 0.05).The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the area under the curve was 0.847 (95％ CI:0.772-0.922,P =0.000),and the sensitivity and specificity were 68.9％ and 88.0％,respectively.The median progression free survival (PFS) (15 vs 21 months) and overall survival (OS) (19 vs 28 months) of patients with high and low expression of BCYRN1 were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).High expression of BCYRN1 was an independent risk factor for overall survival in patients with NSCLC.Conclusions BCYRN1 is highly expressed in the serum of NSCLC patients,and high expression of BCYRN1 is closely related to the poor prognosis of patients with NSCLC.It can be used as a novel biomarker and diagnostic target for NSCLC.
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Objective To investigate the clinical significance of peripheral blood metastasis in breast cancer and its relationship with the metastasis suppressor gene BRMS1.Methods Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of micrometastatic marker hMAM-RNA in the peripheral blood of 149 cases of invasive breast carcinoma.Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of BRMS1 protein in breast cancer tissues after surgery.The recurrence was followed up.SPSS19.0 statistics software was used to analyze the data.Results Among the 149 cases of invasive breast carcinoma patients with preoperative peripheral blood,expression of hMAM-RNA was found in 71 cases,and the micrometastasis rate was 47.65％.Peripheral blood micrometastasis rate in breast cancer was closely related to tumor TMN stage,lymph node metastasis and postoperative recurrence (P＜0.05);while it had nothing to do with patients' age,tumor size,pathological types or tumor tissue typing (P＞0.05).The expression of BRMS1 in postoperative breast cancer tissue was detected in 56 cases,and the positive rate was 37.58％.For BRMS1 positive cases,16 cases had peripheral blood micrometastasis (the positive rate was 28.57％);For BRMS1 negative cases,55 cases had peripheral blood micrometastasis (the positive rate was 51.93％).The difference had statistical significance and the two showed a significant negative correlation(r=-0.296,P＜0.01).With the gradual increase of positive staining intensity of BRMS1 protein,the micrometastasis rate of peripheral blood of breast cancer showed a significant decrease (P＜0.05).At the same time,among patients with positive peripheral blood micrometastasis,the recurrence rate of patients with positive BRMS1 (12.5％) was significantly lower than that of patients with negative BRMS1 (43.64％),and the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusions BRMS 1 expression and breast cancer micrometastasis in peripheral blood is closely related.BRMS1 can also be used as an important molecular marker for determining micrometastasis in peripheral blood of breast cancer.Routine detection of BRMS1 expression in breast cancer tissue is helpful for clinical understanding of breast cancer patients,peripheral blood micrometastasis and postoperative recurrence,thus guiding clinical individualized treatment and prognosis.
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Objective To study the effects of dichloroacetate (DCA) on cell colony-forming,cell invasion and cell migration of the bladder cancer cells and to study the underlying mechanism.Methods The bldder cancer cells T24 were randomly divided into two groups:the observation group and the control group.Cells in the observation groups were treated with 5 mmol/L,10 mmol/L and 20 mmol/L dichloroacetate,and the control group was treated with the same amount of dimethyl sulfoxide.Colony formation assays were detected with Giemsa staining.Cell wound scratch assay and Transwell assay were applied to evaluate the ability of the T24 cell invasion and migration.Realtime PCR and Western blot were applied to detect the expression of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related marker,including E-cadherin,N-cadherin,vimentin,Snail and Slug.Results Compared with the control group,the colony formation assays of T24 cells constantly decreased along with the increased doses in the observation group(P ＜ 0.01).The cell wound scratch assay showed that the scratch width of the observation groups were significantly higher along with the increased doses and prolonged time than that in the control group (P ＜ 0.01).The transwell assay showed that the invasion ability of the observation groups were significantly discreased along with the increased doses than that in the the control group (P ＜ 0.01).The expression levels of E-cadherin mRNA and protein in combination the control group were higher than those in the the observation groups (P ＜ 0.05).However,the expression levels of N-cadherin,vimentin,Snail and Slug mRNAs and proteins in combination the control group were lower than those in the the observation groups (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Dichloroacetate can inhibit the colony-forming,invasion and migration of bladder cancer T24 cells,and its mechanism may inhibit the expression of epithelial mesenchymal transition in T24 cells by down-regulating the expression of nuclear transcription factor Snail and Slug.
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Objective To evaluate left ventricular diastolic and systolic function of the dogs during different status of acute myocardial ischemia with velocity vector imaging (VVI). Methods Six healthy mongrel dogs were enrolled. Home-made artery constrictor was placed in the proximal coronary artery after opening the chest of dogs to produced different grades of coronary artery stenosis. Mean of peak diastolic velocity (Em), peak strain rate of diastole (Esr), mean of peak systolic velocity (Sm), peak strain rate of systole (Ssr), ejection fraction (EF) and left ventricular pressure were measured. Results There was good linear correlation between Em and Esr by VVI and left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) (r=-0.834, P＜0.001 and r=-0.703, P＜0.001, respectively). Em and LVEDP had better correlation than that between Esr and LVEDP (P=0.032). Sm, Ssr or EF had significant correlation with +dp/dt_(max) (r=0.883, P＜0.001, r=0.772, P＜0.001 and r=0.647, P＜0.001, respectively). Significant difference was observed for correlation coefficient between Em and Esr and EF (P＜0.001). Conclusion Em and Sm are sensitive echocardiography indexes to evaluate left ventricular diastolic and systolic function, and are better than EF, Esr and Ssr.
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Objective To determine the efficacy and safety of Chinese Medicine Jiaweidingchuan Soup in the treatment of asthma.MethodsPatients(n =32)with mild-to-moderate asthma were treated with Chinese Medicine Jiaweidingchuan Soup for 4 weeks.We measured the FVC、FEV1、PEF、IL-6 and IFN-? level.ResultsAfter treatment,the FVC、FEV1 and PEF values and the expression of IFN-? in patient with asthma increased significantly(P
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Most of the CHD patients reveal string pulse, mainly due to damage of heart function, lowering of arterial compliance and increase of total peripheral resistance. The common pulse in patients of blood diseases reveal frequent, tiny, string and slippery characteristic, mostly due to the increase of compensatory pumping action of the heart, shortening of ejection time of the left heart, with better vessel compliance and hemorheology, low total peripheral resistance.