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Objective To investigate the gene mutations of Chinese patients with pancreatic cancer in the coastal regions of Eastern China, and to provide a basis for individualized treatment. Methods A total of 40 patients who were admitted and diagnosed with malignant pancreatic tumor after surgical treatment in The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Yantaishan Hospital, and Yantai Sino-France Friendship Hospital from January 2017 to June 2019 were enrolled. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to detect gene mutations in tumor tissue and somatic cells, and the map of gene mutations was plotted to analyze genomic alterations. The chi-square test or the Fisher's exact test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot survival curves, and the log-rank test was used for comparison between groups. Results Among the 40 patients, 34 (85.0%) had pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, 3 (7.5%) had solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas, 1 (2.5%) had pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, and 2 (5.0%) had unclear typing. KRAS (80.0%, 32/40), TP53 (70.0%, 28/40), CDKN2A (32.5%, 13/40), SMAD4 (17.5%, 7/40), and AKT2 (17.5%, 7/40) were the most common mutations, and there was no significant difference in survival time between the patients with these five common gene mutations (all P > 0.05). Conclusion NGS technology can provide comprehensive and accurate information of genomic alterations and may provide novel potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and precise treatment of pancreatic cancer. The analysis of mutant genes also lays a foundation for the individualized treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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Objective, accurate and noninvasive assessment of the condition and prognosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in the early stage is the basis of TBI treatment. Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is the most common clinical method for assessing trauma condition. However, when patients are sedated, intubated or have language or movement disorders, it is often impossible to make an accurate assessment by GCS. In addition, GCS cannot provide direct evidences of pathological damage in brain tissues. The CT scoring system has emerged in recent years and is a non-invasive evaluation system based on CT images. The evaluation process can objectively reflect the severity of brain tissue damage without being interfered by sedation or intubation. The authors review the progress of researches on CT scoring systems to assess the prognosis of patients with craniocerebral injury, so as to provide a reference for clinicians to choose appropriate injury assessment methods and make clinical decisions.
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Objective To analyze the effects of mild traumatic brain injury ( mTBI) on functional brain network parameters and to study the properties of small world of patients. Methods Ten patients with mild traumatic brain injury and 13 healthy controls matched by age and sex were collected from the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Resting functional magnetic resonance images of all subjects were collected. Functional networks were constructed and brain network properties were analyzed. Results The brain injury group and the healthy control group had small world at-tributes in the selected sparseness range. The global efficiency of patients with mTBI patients was significantly reduced compared to healthy control group (0. 174±0. 141 vs 0. 184±0. 062),t=2. 417,P=0. 025),and the shortest path length was increased compared to healthy control group (0. 797±0. 930 vs 0. 734±0. 488),t=-2. 083,P=0. 048). Conclusion The functional brain network of patients with mTBI patients has small world attributes,and the parameters of functional brain network of patients have changed.
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Objective To explore significance and impact of hypoxia inducible factor 1α,metastasis associated with colon cancer 1 and transcription factor FOXO4 in gastric carcinoma and clinical pathological characteristics and prognosis .Methods 110 samples diagnosed as gastric carcinoma and 46 samples diagnosed as pericarcinomatous tissue which was 5 cm far away from cancer were collected in first affiliated hospital of Anhui medical university from December 2006 to May 2008 .Immunohistochemical stai-ning was performed in these samples to detect the expressions of HIF-1α,MACC1 and FOXO4 .And the correlation between devel-opment of gastric carcinoma and expressions of HIF-1α,MACC1 and FOXO4 was analyzed with the help of patients′messages .Ka-plan-Meier method and Cox regression were used to analyze patients′5 years survival rate and the factors .Results The expression levels of HIF-1α(P<0 .001) and MACC1(P<0 .001) in gastric carcinoma tissues were significantly higher than pericarcinomatous tissues ,however the expression levels of FOXO4(P<0 .001) was significantly decreased in gastric carcinoma tissues .Statistical a-nalysis revealed that the expressions of HIF-1αand MACC1 were apparently increased with the lower degree of cell differentiation , the greater degree of tumor infiltration ,accompanied with lymph node metastasis and higher TNM scores ,but lowered the expres-sion of FOXO4 factor .There were significant correlations between expressions of the three factors in gastric carcinoma .The expres-sions of HIF-1α,MACC1 and FOXO4 had an apparent influence on the patients′5 years survival rate .And they were independent factors on the prognosis of gastric carcinoma .Conclusion HIF-1α,M ACC1and FOXO4 are abnormal expression in gastric cancer tissue ,and the clinical pathological features of gastric cancer and the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer are closely related .
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The poor chemical stability and solubility, easy volatile and other shortcomings of TCM volatile oils can be improved after they are included by cyclodextrin. Therefore, cyclodextrin inclusion technology is widely used in the preparation process of volatile oil. This article reviewed the domain of cyclodextrin inclusion of volatile oils, the types of cyclodextrin, inclusion technologies, characterization for inclusion, components changes before and after inclusion, and dissolution characteristics of cyclodextrin inclusion.
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Objective To evaluate the application value of hip joint traction device in treating serious developmental dysplasia of the hip. Methods From April 2006 to October 2008, 6 cases Crowe Ⅳ hip dysplasia and 1 case dysplasia of acetabulum in coxa vara underwent arthroplasty. There were 2 males and 5 females with an average age of 30 years (range, 12-45). All patients were admitted to the hospital for the distraction, which was 1.0-2.0 cm on the first day and 1 mm/d thereafter, until slowly pulling femur head to the real acetabulum. Changing to the skin distraction with 3 kg, arthroplasty was performed after pin sites healing. Results Seven femur heads of 5 cases and two greater trochanters of 1 case were pulled into the real acetabulum, average distraction length was 4.45 cm, and average time was 43 d, no nerve injury and infection of pin sites. Soft tissue release and femur shortening were not required in arthroplasty. One case accelerated pulling speed to 1.25 mm/d when left femur head was distracted to 6.0 cm, so that the partial left deep peroneal nerve injury happened after 12 h. Ending distraction, bilateral THA was undergone by stages and femur shortening 3 cm in operation, nerve injury restored after half year. All patients were followed up for average 2.5 years (range, 1.5-3.0). In all patients, two limb lengths were equal, middle gluteal muscle myodynamia improved about 1-2 grades. The mean Harris hip score improved from 56.2 to 92.2 one year after operation. Conclusion The hip joint traction device could pulled femoral head to the real acetabulum rotating center, as a result, femur shortening and soft tissue release were not required while performing arthroplasty, and through which wound and operative time were decreased, middle gluteal muscle function was improved. However, we should strictly pulled the femur head at 1 mm/d to avoid nerve injury.
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A gas chromatographic method was established for the analysis of fatty acid composition of oils. After methlation of the samples, the retention time of the fatty acid esters in the glass capillary coated with crosslin-ked methyl silicone was closely related to the number of carbon atoms.The reproducibity of this method was satisfactory. The relative standard deviation was 0.4-1.5%. Six kinds of vegetable oils were analyzed by this method, and the results were consistent with those reported by Canadian Cereal Association. For analysis of the free fatty acid composition of becte-ria, the results were comparable with those obtained from thin layer chroma-tography and chemical analysis.