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Objective To identify the role of miR-873, which may regulate the expression of survivin,in human pros-tate cancer PC3 cells invasion.Methods PC3 cells were cultured in vitro, and changes of cellular morphology were ob-served by phase contrast microscope.miR-873,which might regulate the expression of survivin,was predicted by bioinforma-tics and identified using dual luciferase report system.Expressions of miR-873 and survivin were determined using real-time quantitative PCR( qRT-PCR) and Western blotting after transfection of miR-873 mimics.The invasion of PC3 cells was de-tected in vitro by Transwell chamber.Results The expression of survivin was positive by immunofluorescence cytochemis-try.Using dual luciferase reporter system, miR-873 could inhibit the expression of survivin by binding to its mRNA 3′UTR.Results of qRT-PCR and Western blotting showed that overexpression of miR-873 down-regulated the expression of survivin.The invasion of PC3 cells was suppressed by over-expression of miR-873.Conclusion MiR-873 may negatively regulate the expression of survivin in human prostate cancer PC3 cells and inhibit cell invasion.
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Objective To improve the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic adrenal pheochromocytoma. Method The clinical data of 33 patients with asymptomatic adrenal pheochromocytoma were reviewed. Results All the patients were not preut with typical signs and symptoms of pheochromocytoma, 16 patients were found adrenal mass by routine physical examination, 15 patients presented with superior abdominal or flank pain, 1 patient was fever and 1 patient was diarrhea. Most of patients were prent with round mass with low density in the center of the tumor,5 patients had elevated level of plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine (16% ,5/31),24 hours urine CA and VMA were elevated in 6 patients (24%, 6/25) and 5 patients (20%, 5/25) respectively, 26 patients who were suspected pheochromocytoma preoperatively were treated with α-adrenergic blockade (prazosin) to control the blood pressure or with intravenous colloid fluids and blood transfusion to expand intravascular volume before operation. The tumors were removed successfully in 32 patients, and biopsy was done in 1 patient because of the serious invasion to the vena cava by the tumor. All the patients were diagnosed pheochromocytoma histopathologically,and followed up for 1 month to 7 years, no tumor recurrence. Conclusions The patients with asymptomatic adrenal pheochromocytoma have lower catecholamine excretion in their plasma and urine. Combination of modem imaging examinations are useful methods to diagnose asymptomatic adrenal pheochromocytoma. To lower the risk of operation, the control of blood pressure and the expanding of intravascular volume are important for the patients with huge adrenal mass or typical suspected appearance of pheochromocytoma.
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Objective To study the immunoreactivity of fascin and Ki-67 proteins in bladder carcinoma and the correlation between their expression and the pathological features.Methods The immunohistochemistry of fascin and Ki-67 proteins were detected in 111 cases of bladder carcinoma and 42 cases of normal bladder tissues.The correlation between their expression and the pathological features were analyzed statistically.Results There was no expression of fascin and Ki-67 in normal bladder tissues.The immunoreactivities of fascin and Ki67 were detected respectively in 94 and 92 of 111 bladder carcinomas.The immunoreactivity of fascin was correlated with TNM staging and the size of the tumor(P0.05).The expression of fascin was positively correlated with the expression of Ki-67 in bladder carcinoma(P<0.01).Conclusion Fasicn and Ki-67 were expressed in bladder carcinoma.The combined detection of fascin and Ki-67 expression might be helpful to assess the prognosis of bladder carcinoma.Targeting the fascin and Ki-67 pathway could be a novel therapeutic strategy of bladder carcinoma.