ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effect of Dahuang Ling Xian Capsules(DLXC) on miRNAs in bile duct cells at inflammatory state. Methods The cultured well-grown bile duct cells at logarithmic phase were chosen for the experiment. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS , 5 μg/mL) was used to induce the model of bile duct cells at inflammatory state, and then DLXC (1 mg/mL) was added. After co-culturing for 72 h, the total RNA of bile duct cells was collected for miRNA chip detection and bioinformatics analysis. Results DLXC showed regulatory effect on the expression of 30 miRNAs in bile duct cells at inflammatory state, through which to affect biological processes involving with bile duct cell signal transduction, organic compound reaction and hypoxia stress, cell components such as cytoplasm , endoplasmic reticulum and membrane rafts , molecular biological functions of signal transduction activity , DNA binding in transcription regulation region and voltage-gated potassium channel activity , and multiple pathways of hypoxia-inducible factor-1(HIF-1) signaling pathway , uanosine 3 ' , 5 '-cyclic monophosphate-protein kinase C (cGMP-PKG) signaling pathway , tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) signaling pathway, chemokine signaling pathway, apoptosis signaling pathway, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt signaling pathway and Toll-like signaling pathway. Conclusion DLXC exert the multidimensional regulation of bile duct cells at inflammatory state with miRNAs as targets.
ABSTRACT
Objective: To observe the short-term curative effect of radiofrequency ablation with active electrode cooling in the treatment of hepatocarcinoma. Methods: Radiofrequency ablation therapy was targeted to 117 tumor bodies of 43 patients with hepatocarcinoma using cooled-tip radiofrequency energy delivery machine (HG-3000). The change of tumor size was observed using CT and type B ultrasonic examination. The level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), the liver function were recorded and compared with pretreatment. Results: Radiofrequency ablation therapy significantly inhibited the growth of 117 tumor bodies. The AFP value obviously decreased compared with pretreatment (P<0.05); the CEA value had the tendency to continually increase. The CEA value had significant difference after 3-, 4-, and 5-month therapy compared with pretreatment (P<0.05). The liver function had obvious changes after 1- or 2-week therapy and recovered to the primary value before treatment after 4 to 5 weeks. Conclusion: The radiofrequency ablation with active electrode cooling may achieve satisfactory efficacy and has little complications.