Prospective study of the association between fasting glucose concentrations and liver cirrhosis risk / 中华肝脏病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the association between concentration levels of fasting serum glucose and liver cirrhosis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A nested case-control study was carried out based on the sample cohort from the Nutrition Intervention Trials previously conducted in one country in Henan province. Using an automatic biochemical analysis system and enzyme-linked immunoassay, baseline serum samples from 310 liver cirrhosis patients and 620 healthy controls were tested for fasting glucose concentration, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc), and hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV). Baseline demographic information was collected by questionnaire. The serum glucose values were divided into quintiles and applied to a logistic regression model to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The mean fasting blood glucose level was significantly higher in cases (4.5+/-1.8 mmol/L) than in controls (4.2+/-2.1 mmol/L) (t=-2.414, P=0.016). The individuals in the highest quintile had a significantly higher risk of disease than those in the lowest quintile [OR=1.672 (1.080, 2.588)]. Moreover, increase in glucose level was accompanied by increased risk, and the relation showed statistically significant linearity (P=0.002). The statistical significance of risk remained after adjustment for potential confounders, including sex, age, HBsAg, anti-HBc, and residence running water status [OR=1.96 (1.216, 3.157), P=0.001].</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Elevated serum fasting glucose concentration was an independent risk factor of cirrhosis.</p>

Evaluation of cobas 4800 high-risk HPV test as a tool in cervical cancer screening and cytology triage / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of cobas 4800 HPV test for cervical cancer screening and cytology referral.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>cobas 4800 HPV test and hybrid capture 2 (HC-2) were used to detect high risk HPV DNA in 670 specimens of liquid-based cytology collected from three hospitals. The agreement between cobas and HC-2 tests was assessed. HPV PCR detection (HybriBio) and gene sequencing were used for genotyping, and the agreement of HPV16 and 18 genotyped by cobas and HybriBio was evaluated. Histological diagnosis was considered as a gold standard to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of cobas vs. HC-2 in detecting CIN2(+) in cervical lesions.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The crude agreement between cobas and HC-2 tests was 89.40%, the Kappa value was 0.778, the positive concordance rate was 86.42%, and the negative concordance rate was 91.36%. The crude agreement rates between cobas and HybriBio on HPV16 and 18 were 88.89% and 94.94%, the Kappa values were 0.777 and 0.753, the positive concordance rates were 98.91% and 100.00%, and the negative concordance rates were 78.41% and 94.44%, respectively. HPV PCR detection (HybriBio) and gene sequencing were considered as adjusted standard: the high risk HPV positive concordance rate was 100%, negative coincidence rate was 94.42%, HPV16 and 18 positive concordance rates were both 100%, and negative concordance rates were 82.35% and 94.44%, respectively. Regarding the detection of CIN2(+), the sensitivity and specificity were 91.07% and 70.97% for cobas, and 93.75% and 71.33% for HC-2, with a non-significant difference between the results of the two tests (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>cobas4800 HPV test has good screening sensitivity and specificity in correct detection of HPV16 and 18 and other high-risk HPV virus types.</p>

Inhibition of A549 cells by polybutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles loaded with antisense oligodeoxynucleotide of hTERT mRNA / 药学学报

<p><b>AIM</b>To investigate the effect of nanoparticles for antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ASODN) of hTERT mRNA on A549 cells.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The cationic polybutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by an emulsion polymerization process in the presence of DEAE-dextran. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides were loaded on the particles by adsorption. The cytotoxicity of NPs and proliferation of A549 cells were detected by MTT assay. Intracellular fluorescence intensity after transfecting the 5'-FITC-labelled ASODN (FASODN) and cell cycles were determined by flow cytometry (FCM). Inverse microscope was used to observe the modality of A549 cell transfected by NPs for ASODN. The protein expression of hTERT was measured by immunocytochemistry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cytotoxicity increased evidently with the increasing concentration of NPs over 2.5 g x L(-1). The intracellular fluorescence in FASODN-NP group was obviously stronger than that in FASODN group (NPs free) after transfection for 24 h (P < 0.01). The inhibitory rate for cell modality change and proliferation after the treatment with ASODN-NP at 72 h reached peak , 62.4% , 44.6% and 36.4% for ASODN1-NP group, ASODN2-NP group and ASODN3-NP group, respectively; The cell cycle in ASODN-NP group varied observably compared with control group and sense oligodeoxynucleotide-nanoparticle (SODN-NP) group and the cell cycle was blocked in G1 phase, the cell number in S phase decreased obviously (P < 0.01); The hTERT protein expression of ASODN-NP group reduced clearly.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>ASODN-NP of hTERT can inhibit the proliferation of A549 cells effectively and cause the change of cell cycle, restraint of protein expression of hTERT and cell viability.</p>