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Abstract Purpose: To investigate whether GDF11 ameliorates myocardial ischemia reperfusion (MIR) injury in diabetic rats and explore the underlying mechanisms. Methods: Diabetic and non-diabetic rats subjected to MIR (30 min of coronary artery occlusion followed by 120 min of reperfusion) with/without GDF11 pretreatment. Cardiac function, myocardial infarct size, creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) 15-F2tisoprostane, autophagosome, LC3II/I ratio and Belcin-1 level were determined to reflect myocardial injury, oxidative stress and autophagy, respectively. In in vitro study, H9c2 cells cultured in high glucose (HG, 30mM) suffered hypoxia reoxygenation (HR) with/without GDF11, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) treatment, cell injury; oxidative stress and autophagy were assessed. Results: Pretreatment with GDF11 significantly improved cardiac morphology and function in diabetes, concomitant with decreased arrhythmia severity, infarct size, CK-MB, LDH and 15-F2tisoprostane release, increased SOD activity and autophagy level. In addition, GDF11 notably reduced HR injury in H9c2 cells with HG exposure, accompanied by oxidative stress reduction and autophagy up-regulation. However, those effects were completely reversed by H2O2 and 3-MA. Conclusion: GDF11 can provide protection against MIR injury in diabetic rats, and is implicated in antioxidant stress and autophagy up-regulation.
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Animals , Male , Autophagy/drug effects , Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/metabolism , Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/drug therapy , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism , Growth Differentiation Factors/pharmacology , Reference Values , Superoxide Dismutase/analysis , Cardiotonic Agents/pharmacology , Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/pathology , Up-Regulation/drug effects , Cell Line , Blotting, Western , Reproducibility of Results , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Streptozocin , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism , Hemodynamics/drug effects , Antioxidants/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the relationship between the grey scale ultrasonographic feature and estrogen receptor(ER),progesterone receptor(PR)or human epidermal growth factor receptor-2(HER-2)expression in infiltrating ductal cancer(IDC)of breast.Methods Seventy-three patients with IDC confirmed pathologically were involved in this study.The specimens wete examined immunohistochemistically to judge the expression of the related factors.ER,PR and HER-2 expression of the mastectomy specimens were determined with immunohistochemical staining technique.The correlation between the ultrasonographic features and ER,PR or HER-2 positive expression was analyzed. Results The ER positive rate in lesions with the spicule sign,echogenic halo or posterior shadowing were higher than in lesions without the spicule sign,echogenic halo or posterior shadowing(P<0.01).The HER-2 positive rate in lesion with the calcifications and lymphadenectasis in axillary was higher than that in lesions without calcifications,or lymphadenectasis in axillary(P<0.05).Conclusions A certain correlation exists between the ultrasonographic features and ER,HER-2 expression in patients with IDC.
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Objective To discuss estrogen receptor(ER),progesterone receptor(PR),neu oncoprotein(HER-2),P-glycoprotein(P-gp) and glatathione S-transferase pi(GST-?) in the carcinoma of breast give voice to and clinical significance.Methods The expressions of estrogen receptor,progesterone receptor,neu oncoprotein,P-glycoprotein and glatathione S-transferase pi manifold medicine were determined by immunity histochemistry technology in 85 cases of breast carcinoma.Results The 85 cases estrogen receptor masculine quotiety became 52%,progesterone receptor masculine quotiety became 51%,neu oncoprotein shadow quotiety became 54%,P-glycoprotein examine became (-)~(+) 85% and glatathione S-transferase pi examine became (-)~(+) 69% give voice to of masculine sign in the carcinoma of breast and clinical warfare had pertinence.Conclusion The estrogen receptor,progesterone receptor,neu oncoprotein,P-glycoprotein and glatathione S-transferase pi unite give voice to and of the carcinoma of breast warfare osculation pertinence.Jerque ER,PR,HER-2,P-gp and GST-? have important significance in instituting chems program of breast carcinoma.
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the continuous expression of keratinocyte growth factor(KGF)and keratinocyte growth factor receptor(KGFR)in external auditory canal skin adjacent to tympanic membrane perforation and analyze the role of KGF and KGFR in the different turnover of chronic otitis media.METHODS The external auditory canal skin adjacent to tympanic membrane perforation from 20 cases with cholesteatoma otitis media and the corresponding cholesteatoma tissue and normal external ear skin were examined by immunohistochemical S-P method and quantitative analysis.The positive rate was compared with 20 cases of non-cholesteatom otitis media's external auditory canal skin adjacent to tympanic membrane perforation.RESULTS The staining for KGF and KGFR in cholesteatoma otitis media's external auditory canal skin adjacent to tympanic membrane perforation was consistently stronger than that in non-cholesteatoma otitis media.The positive rates of the two tissue was(33.135?6.364)% and(19.965?10.570)%,(19.380?2.827)% and(13.145?7.935)% respectively,revealing a significant difference.CONCLUSION The activity of hyperproliferation of the external auditory canal skin adjacent to tympanic membrane perforation in cholesteatoma otitis media is stronger than that of non-cholesteatoma otitis media.KGF and KGFR may play a more important role for hyperproliferation of cholesteatoma.
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0.05).These receptors were distributed evenly in all layers of epidermis in nor-mal controls,while intensively in granular layer of lesional skin.The significant overexpression of the recep-tors mainly presented in the papillary dermal microvessels of lesional skin compared to that of normal con-trols(P
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Placental development requires extensive angiogenesis and the invasion of the maternal decidua by the trophoblasts. Adequate and organized interaction of vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF), placenta growth factors (PlGF), and their receptors are essential for a normal development and function of the placenta. In this study, we evaluated the expressions of PlGFs and their receptors, mRNAs by Northern blotting, in situ hybridization and RT-PCR in the normal and pregnancy-induced hypertensive (PIH) placentas. The expression level of PlGF-2 mRNA was lower in the PIH placentas compared to control as assessed by Northern blotting and in situ hybridization. PlGF mRNA was mainly localized to the vasculosyncytial membrane of placental villi and villous stroma. The expression of PlGF receptor-1 (PlGFR-1) was significantly increased in the PIH placentas compared to the normal ones. These results suggest that the alteration of PlGF-2 and PlGFR-1 mRNA expressions in the placenta are related to the pathogenesis of PIH.
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Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Gene Expression , Hypertension/physiopathology , In Situ Hybridization , Placenta/physiology , Pre-Eclampsia/physiopathology , Pregnancy Proteins/genetics , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/genetics , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/geneticsABSTRACT
To investigate the correlation between the expression of vascular growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor KDR and angiogenesis in human colorectal cancer. VEGF and KDR were detected in 68 cases colorectal cancer by immunohistochemical SABC technique. Microvessel density was determined by immunostaining for factor Ⅷ related antigen. Results showed that the positive rate of VEGF was 55 9% (38/68) in 68 cases of colorectal carcer, and VEGF was mainly located at the cytoplasm or the membrane of the colorectal cancerous cell; KDR positive rate was 45 6% (31/68), and KDR was located in the vascular endothelial cell of colorectal cancer tissues and their related Peri Cancerous tissues but also in the cytoplasm or the membrane of the colorectal cancerous cell. VEGF was closely related to Dukes stage. Microvessel density (MVD) was significantly higher in VEGF positive tumor than in VEGF negative tumor ( P
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Objective To observe the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (KDR)in human cervical carcinomas, to clarify the relationship between the expression and invasion, metastasis, prognostic value in human cervical carcinoma. Methods KDR was stained immunohistochemically in 80 cases of human cervical carcinoma. Results The expression of KDR in the endothelial cells of tumor vasculature is: the high KDR expression rate of clinical cancer stages ≤Ⅰb and Ⅱa~Ⅲa was 21 4% and 60 6% (P