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Fibulin protein family is a class of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins that are widely expressed in various tissues and plays an important role in the formation and stabilization of ECM. More and more studies have found that Fibulin protein family can play a role in tumor suppression or tumor promotion in different tumor tissues, which affects tumor proliferation, invasion and metastasis and is closely related to tumor chemotherapy resistance. Furthermore, Fibulin protein family is expected to be the target of inhibiting and reversing tumor chemotherapy resistance. This article reviews the role, target and molecular mechanism of Fibulin protein family in tumor development, progression and chemotherapy resistance, aiming to find a new research direction for tumor chemotherapy resistance.
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N6-methyladenine(m6 A),a major RNA methylation modification,affects the development and progression of hu-man cancer through a variety of mechanisms. The m6 A modification also affects multiple aspects of RNA metabolism,ranging from RNA processing,nuclear export,RNA translation to decay. In this review,the basic concepts of m6 A methylation,regulation of m6 A methyltransferase complex and m6 A demethylases in several cancers and some m6 A performed the biological function of the modifica-tion as m6 A-binding proteins are introduced. In addition,the dual role of m6 A methylation and its potential in clinical application are summarized in this review.
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AIM: To investigate the value of ultrasonography in diabetic retinopathy ( DR) .?METHODS: Totally 103 cases ( 103 eyes ) of type 2 diabetes mellitus were selected from May 2015 to May 2017 in our hospital, there were 32 patients 32 eyes with non diabetic retinopathy ( NDR) , 40 patients 40 eyes with non proliferative diabetic retinopathy ( NPDR ) , and 31 patients 31 eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), 40 healthy volunteers (40 eyes) were selected as control group, the maximum systolic blood flow velocity ( PSV ) , end diastolic velocity ( EDV ) and resistance index (RI) of the central retinal artery (CRA), posterior ciliary artery ( PCA ) and ophthalmic artery ( OA ) were detected by color Doppler ultrasound.?RESULTS:The difference of PSV, EDV and RI of CRA, PCA and OA in each group was statistically significant (P<0. 05). The PSV of CRA, PCA and OA in NDR group were 12. 38 ± 2. 10cm/s, 13. 36 ± 2. 55cm/s and 32. 04 ± 6. 07cm/s, significantly higher than that of NPDR group (9.70±1.67cm/s, 12.20±2.01cm/s and 27.40±4.32cm/s) and PDR group ( 7. 13 ± 1. 40cm/s, 10. 31 ± 1. 82cm/s and 22.10±3.51cm/s) (P<0. 05). EDV were 4. 67±1. 20cm/s, 5. 61 ± 1. 25cm/s and 8. 40 ± 1. 51cm/s, significantly higher than that of NPDR group (3. 52±1. 19cm/s, 5. 01±1. 30cm/s and 6.61±1. 67cm/s) and PDR group (2. 48±1. 02cm/s, 4. 11±1.04cm/s and 4. 01±1. 52cm/s) (P<0. 05). And RI were 0. 63 ± 0. 07, 0. 60 ± 0. 04 and 0. 77 ± 0. 05, was significantly lower than that of NPDR group (0. 72±0. 06, 0. 67±0. 05 and 0. 81 ± 0. 03) and PDR group (0. 80 ± 0. 09, 0. 74±0. 06 and 0. 86±0. 04) (P<0. 05).?CONCLUSION: Color Doppler ultrasound monitoring the hemodynamic changes of ocular blood vessels in diabetes can provide evidence for early detection of diabetic retinopathy.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>This study is to examine the influence of familiarity on energy intake, eating behavior, and concentration of the plasma gut hormones in lean and overweight young male subjects.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty-eight lean and twenty-eight overweight participants were recruited. Their food consumption was documented and analyzed when they had a test meal while they were paired with friends or strangers at the same weight stature. Their eating behavior was recorded with cameras hidden in the carton, and postprandial plasma gut hormone concentration were measured.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with overweight strangers (OS), overweight friends (OF) had increased food consumption, prolonged and decreased number of chews per 10 g food. Compared with OS, postprandial plasma concentration of cholecystokinin-8 was significantly lower in OF group at 30, 60, and 90 min, whereas the concentration of glucagon-like peptide 1 was significantly lower at 60 and 90 min. Plasma ghrelin concentration was significantly higher in the OF group than that in the OS group at 90 and 120 min. No significant differences in gut hormone concentration were observed between lean strangers (LS) and lean friends (LF) groups at all time points.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Familiarity plays an important role in increasing energy intake and in changing of postprandial gut hormone concentration in overweight individuals.</p>
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Objective@#To investigate the relationship of preoperative lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR) and the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).@*Methods@#Clinical data of 364 cases of EOC patients with initial treatment were collected in Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital from 2005-2011 and analyzed retrospectively.The optimal cut-off points of preoperative LMR to predict the postoperative survival period of EOC patients were determined by the establishment of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The patients were divided into low LMR group and high LMR group according to the optimal cut-off points, and the relationship of LMR and the clinicopathological factors and prognosis of EOC patients were analyzed.@*Results@#The best cut-off point of preoperative LMR to predict the postoperative survival period of EOC patients was 3.84. The preoperative LMR of EOC patients was significantly associated with the postoperative FIGO stage, ascites and CA125 level (all P<0.05). The median follow-up time was 37 months, the median progression-free survival (PFS) time of low LMR group was 56 months, significantly shorter than 88 months of high LMR group (P<0.01). And the median overall survival (OS) time of low LMR group was 69 months, significantly shorter than 100 months of high LMR group (P<0.01). The univariate analysis showed that the postoperative FIGO stage, pathological grade, ascites, lymph node metastasis, CA125 level, adjuvant therapy, preoperative LMR were all significantly associated with PFS (all P<0.05). In addition, the age, postoperative FIGO stage, pathological grade, ascites, lymph node metastasis, CA125 level, adjuvant therapy, preoperative LMR were all significantly associated with OS (all P<0.05). Cox multivariate analysis showed that postoperative FIGO stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ, low differentiation, positive lymph node metastasis, without postoperative adjuvant therapy and LMR≤3.84were independent risk factors of PFS and OS of EOC patients (P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#The preoperative LMR is an independent influence factor of PFS and OS of EOC patients, and can be used to evaluate the prognosis of patients with EOC.
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Luminex technology,as a new type of biochip emerging,has many advantages,such as excellent repeatability,high flexibility,high sensitivity,etc.It can be used easily,quickly,economically to screen the gene and the protein expression changes,which contribute to the researches of molecular mechanisms involved in the development and progress of gynecological cancer and to provide new ways for the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumor.
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Two female patients with rectal tumor undergoing proctectomy via vagina, namely natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), are reported. The operations were performed on June 8 and August 10, 2010, respectively. No Trocar was used in the abdomen except for the transumbilical incision. There were no visible scars in the abdomen. Tubulovillous adenoma and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma were diagnosed respectively through postoperative pathological examination. Both patients resumed normal work and life at the most recent follow up. Sexual life was satisfactory.
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Lysosomal associated protein transmembrane 4 B (LAPTM4B) is a recently discovered gene with the characteristics of oncogenes. This article presents a preliminary review of the structure, biological function and genetic polymorphisms of LAPTM4B and its role in cancer prognosis.
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Objective To study the value of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of cervical carcinoma. MethodsA clinical prospective study was carried out from Jan.1997 to Dec.2003,118 patients with cervical carcinoma were given two cycles of combined chemotherapy before operation(neoadjuvant chemotherapy group,group A).102 patients accepted surgery alone in our hospital from Jan.1997 to Dec.2003 were chosen as the comparison group(group B).Survival rate and complications were observed and analysed. Results5 year survival rate in group A was significantly higher than that in group B(P＜0.01),The 5 year survival rate was significantly higher in group A than in group B,despite of different pathological types,with or without radiochemotherapy(P＜0.05).The recurrent rate was lower in group A than that in group B,which show significant difference in the 5 year recurrent rate(P＜0.05). ConclusionNeoadjuvant chemotherapy is an effective method for the treatment of cervical carcinoma in early stage.Because of satisfactory short-term control rate,excision rate,long-term survival rate and low recurrent and metastatic rate,neoadjuvant chemotherapy is worth popularizing in clinical treatment.
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Objective To investigate the expression of VEGF-C,CD31 and MVD,in human ovarian epithelial carcinoma tissues,development and metastasis of epithelial ovarian carcinoma by observing their expression and analyzing their correlation.Methods 40 samples of ovarian epithelial carcinoma tissues and 20 samples normal ovary tissues were selected from 2004 to 2005 in the third affiliated hospital of Harbin Medical University,as well as 20 cases of normal ovarian tissues samples as control using immunohisrochemical staining assay,we analyzed the expression of VEGF-C,MVD detected by CD31.The relationship of these three factors with patients age tumor stage,differentiation,pathohistological type,were analyzed.Results 67.5%(27/40)had high expression of VEGF-C,15%(3/14)had low espression.The survival of patients with high VEGF-C expression was significantly worse than that of patients with low and negative expression.Conclusion VEGF-C and CD31 may play an important role in the occurrence and development of epithelial ovarian tumors,while MVD maybe associated with the ivasion and metastasis of carcinoma.The detection of VEGF-C combined with CD31 and MVD can objectively reflect the biological behavior of epithelial ovarian tumor.
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Objective To investigate the clinical value of different treatments of uterine artery and vein in laparoscopic hysterectomy. Methods In 184 patients accepting lapaxoscopie hysterectomy, ligasttre vessel sealing system ,was applied to uterine vessels, while bipolar electric coagulation to coagulate the uterine vessels during the operation. Results Among the groups, women undergoing ligasure hand the smaller amount of estimated blood loss and was associated with shorter operating time, there were statistically significant differences among the two groups( P＜0.01). Conclusion Each of the two operative ways is feasible or laparoacopic hysterectomy. The way of dissociating uteri arteriovenous completely before they were cut off with ligasure in laparoscopic panhysterectomy has many important clinical value such as easy appliance, safety, convenient operation, clear operation field and so on.