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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has the features of high incidence rate, low survival rate, poor treatment outcome, and complex pathogenesis. In recent years, many studies have shown that long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MALAT1 is upregulated in HCC and can promote the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of HCC cells, and it can also guide the diagnosis, prognostic evaluation, and treatment of HCC in clinical practice. This article reviews the current status of research on lncRNA MALAT1 in HCC and discusses its expression pattern, mechanism of action, and clinical significance in predicting and monitoring the progression of HCC, so as to gain a deep understanding of the role of lncRNA MALAT1 in the progression of HCC. It is pointed out that lncRNA MALAT1 is expected to become a potential biomarker for the diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of HCC and may be used as a therapeutic target in clinical practice.
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Objective To understand infection and drug resistance of bacteria in respiratory tract of senile inpa-tients with multiple acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). Methods An analysis of the common culture of sputum specimens and drug sensitive experiment in 399 senile inpatients with acute exacer-bation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) who were hospitalized more than or equal to two times. Results 172 strains of bacteria were isolated, and gram negative bacilli accounted for 86. 05% and the top three were A. baumanii, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae. Drug sensitive experiment showed that extensively drug-resist-ant (XDR) rate of A. baumanii decreased and XDR rate of P. aeruginosa and K. pneumoniae increased in 2014 compared with that in 2013, but no significant difference was detected. A. baumanii was all resistant to ampicillin, cefazolin and cefotaxime. P. aeruginosa was seriously resistant to more than one drug, and the resistance to mero-pene increased significantly in 2014. The sensitivity of K. pneumoniae to more than one drug decreased markedly in 2014. Conclusion Gram negative bacilli are the main bacteria in respiratory tract of senile patients with AECO-PD, hospitalized more than or equal to two times, and antibiotic resistance is serious. Understanding the distribu-tion and drug resistance of common bacteria may be helpful to guide the rational use of antibiotics before the drug sensitivity test.
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BACKGROUND: With the development of biotechnology, the electrophysiology of repairing heart tissues of myocardial infarction or myocardial hypertrophy by using bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell has become a hot spot. OBJECTIVE: To overview the research progress of cardiac electrophysiological characteristics after transplantation of induced differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes. METHODS: The databases of PubMed, Springer Link, Science Direct and CNKI were retrieved for papers published from January 2000 to October 2010 with the key words of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, cardiac/heart, electrophysiology/electrophysiological characteristics. The relevant articles concerning cardiac electrophysiological characteristics of induce differentiation and transplantation of bone marrow stem cells were collected. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Totally 208 papers have been searched. Preliminary screening by reading abstracts to exclude 162 papers that study purpose do not coincident with this review either contents duplicated, and internalized 46 papers at last. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells after induced differentiation and transplantation could improve heart function of animal experimental model and myocardial infarction or myocardial hypertrophy patients. Although the cardiomyocyte-like cells from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells could help to improve heart function, the cardiac electrophysiological characteristics may be influenced by them.
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BACKGROUND: Previous research has demonstrated that bone marrow mesenchymal stem calls (BMSCs) differentiate into varying mesoderm-derived mesenchymal cells, such as myocardial cells.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of construction of engineered myocardial tissues with polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) olymer and cardiomyocyte-like cells derived from BMSCs in vitro.METHODS: BMSCs were isolated from bone marrow of SD rats by density gradient cantrifugation. The third passage cells were induced with the culture medium including 5-aza for 4 weeks. After successful induction, the cells were trypsinized and suspended, then the cell suspension was added to the polylactic-co-glycolic acid square slowly and cultured in the incubator for 14 days. The morphological changes were observed before and after induction under phase contrast microscope. The cardiomyocyte-like cells were identified by immunofluorescanca staining. The naked eyes were used to observe the morphology of engineered myocardial tissues. The ultrastructures of the engineered myocardial tissues were viewed with a transmission electron microscope.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: BMSCs of primary culture formed cell colonies at 14 days. The passaged cells were larger than those of primary culture. After induction by 5-aza, the cells presented long spindle and aligned in parallel. The expression of specific proteins of cardiac troponin Ⅰ (cTnl) in induced BMSCs was positive. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the engineered myocardial tissues had myofilaments, Z line-like substances. With PLGA and cardiomyocyte-like cells derived from BMSCs, the engineered myocardial tissues which resemble native cardiac tissues can be successfully constructed in vitro.