Imaging Findings of Ovarian Fibrothecoma / 中国医学科学院学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To summarize the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of ovarian fibro the coma and to compare them with the pathological findings.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>CT and MRI features of 25 patients with pathologically proved ovarian fibrothecoma were retrospectively analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of these 25 patients,the tumors were single in 23 patients and bilateral in 2 patients. The tumors were round or oval in 16 cases and lobulated in 11 cases. CT plate scanning showed that both the solid masses and the solid components of the cystic and solid masses had slightly lower densities than that of the myometrium, and gradual and mild enhancement could be found in the arterial phase and delay phase after enhanced scan. MRI showed iso-low signal on T1-weighted imaging, slightly low or high signal on T2-weighted imaging of fat suppression sequences, slightly high signal on diffusion weighted imaging and the enhance characteristics as the well as CT after enhanced scan.Pelvic cavity effusion was seen in 3 cases.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Ovarian fibrothecoma have certain imaging characteristics,which are helpful to improve the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of this disease and lower the misdiagnosis rate before operation.</p>

Upregulation of miR-1280 expression in non-small cell lung cancer tissues / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a prolific and high-mortality disease with few effective treatments. Although the detection and surgical techniques for NSCLC continue to advance, the survival rate for the patients with NSCLC remains poor. Enhanced predictive biomarkers such as microRNAs (miRNAs) are needed at the time of diagnosis to better tailor therapies for patients. This study focused on the expression of miR-1280 in NSCLC tissues and distal normal tissues in order to explore the association between miR-1280 expression and NSCLC.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 72 newly diagnosed primary NSCLC patients were enrolled in this study. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to identify the expression level of miR-1280 in the NSCLC tissues and distal normal tissues of these patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The miR-1280 expression was significantly higher in the NSCLC tissues (0.084 ± 0.099) than distal normal tissues (0.014 ± 0.015, P = 0.009). In 54 patients (75%), the miR-1280 expression in the NSCLC tissues was upregulated (2-ΔΔct > 2), and no case showed a downregulation of miR-1280 expression.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The expression level of miR-1280 could be regarded as a biomarker for NSCLC.</p>

Correlation between androgen receptor expression and hepatitis B virus X protein and its clinical significance in hepatocellular carcinoma / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression of androgen receptor (AR) and hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and analyze the relationship between AR and HBx expressions.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Tumor tissues and peritumoral tissues of 83 HBV-associated HCC cases were investigated in this study. Fourteen cases of HBV-negative HCC and 13 cases of hemangioma peritumoral tissues were considered as control. AR and HBx mRNA levels were determined by quantitative fluorescence real-time RT-PCR and their protein levels were assayed by Western blot. The expression of AR and HBx proteins in tissues were examined with EnVision immunohistochemical staining. The methylation status of AR promoter was determined using methylation-specific PCR (MSP).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Both expression levels of AR mRNA and protein of the peritumoral tissues were significantly higher (0.17) than that of tumor tissues (0.09) in HBV-associated HCC (P < 0.01), but such a difference was not found in HBV-negative HCC (0.06 vs. 0.07, P > 0.05). The level of AR expression in peritumoral tissues was associated with tumor differentiation in HBV-associated HCC. AR mRNA and protein levels of peritumoral tissues in HBV-associated HCC were significantly higher than that in HBV-negative HCC and hemangioma (all P < 0.05). In the tumor tissues, HBV-associated HCC had significantly higher AR expression than HBV-negative HCC at mRNA level (P < 0.05), but not at protein level. Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that the AR mRNA or AR protein levels were positively correlated with HBx in both tumor and peritumoral tissues in HBV-associated HCC, but the expressions of AR and HBx were not associated with AR promoter methylation status. The relative expression levels of AR mRNA and protein in the HBV-associated peritumoral tissues were negatively correlated with tumor differentiation (r = -0.213, P < 0.05; r = -0.313, P < 0.05), the higher the AR expression, the poorer differentiation. But this correlation of AR mRNA and protein was not shown in the hepatocellular carcinoma tissues.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>HBx may enhance AR expression in HBV-associated HCC, but AR promoter demethylation maybe not been involved in its main mechanism. An increased AR expression is probably an early event during the development and progression of HBV-associated HCC, and AR expression in the peritumoral tissue is correlated with HBV-associated HCC differentiation. AR may play different roles in HBV-associated HCC and HBV-negative HCC.</p>

Clinicopathologic and prognostic implications of progranulin in breast carcinoma / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Progranulin is a newly discovered 88-kDa glycoprotein originally purified from the highly tumorigenic mouse teratoma-derived cell line PC. Its expression is closely correlated with the development and metastasis of several cancers. However, no immunohistochemical evidence currently exists to correlate progranulin expression with clinicopathologic features in breast carcinoma biopsies, and the role of progranulin as a new marker of metastatic risk and prognosis in breast cancer has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathologic and prognostic implications of progranulin expression in breast carcinoma and its correlation with tumor angiogenesis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Progranulin expression was determined immunohistochemically in 183 surgical specimens from patients with breast cancer and 20 tissue samples from breast fibroadenomas. The tumor angiogenesis-related biomarker, vascular endothelial growth factor was assayed and microvessel density was assessed by counting vascular endothelial cells in tumor tissues labeled with endoglin antibody. The relationship between progranulin expression and the clinicopathologic data were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Progranulin proteins were overexpressed in breast cancer. The level of progranulin expression was significantly correlated with tumor size (P = 0.004), lymph node metastasis (P < 0.001) and TNM staging (P < 0.001). High progranulin expression was associated with higher tumor angiogenesis, reflected by increased vascular endothelial growth factor expression (P < 0.001) and higher microvessel density (P = 0.002).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Progranulin may be a valuable marker for assessing the metastasis and prognosis of breast cancer, and could provide the basis for new combination regimens with antiangiogenic activity.</p>

Expression characteristics of nuclear factor kappa B in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues / 中华肝脏病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression characteristics of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues and its correlation with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and clinical pathological features.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty liver specimens from HCC patients were collected by self-control method. The localization and expression of NF-kappaB in HCC and their surrounding tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. And the levels of TNF alpha in these tissues were analyzed by ELISA.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expressed NF-kappaB was localized in nucleus and cytoplasm in HCC, whereas only in cytoplasm in the surrounding tissues. The expression level and density of NF-kappaB in HCC tissues were obviously higher than those in the surrounding tissues (P < 0.01), which was positively correlated with increased TNF alpha in HCC tissues (r = 0.964, P < 0.01). No positive correlation was found between NF-kappaB expression and histological differentiation grade, number of tumor, size of tumor, and HBsAg positive (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The expression and localization of NF-kappaB in HCC tissues are obviously different from those in the surrounding normal liver tissues, and the level of nucleoprotein NF-kappaB in HCC tissues is correlated with expressed TNF alpha, suggesting that TNF alpha can activate NF-kB, the activated NF-kB then translocates to the nucleus and plays important role in the carcinogenesis of HCC.</p>

Expressions of midkine mRNA(MKmRNA)in breast carcinoma and its significance / 肿瘤研究与临床

0.05).Conclusion MK mRNA overexpresses in the breast cancer tissues.It might be considered to be a reference indicator for deter- mining the angiogenesis and invasion of breast carcinoma.