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Purpose To identify the role of tyrosine kinase receptor Axl for anti-apoptosis which was induced by cisplatin (DDP) and methotrexate (MTX) chemotherapy and to analyze the relationship between P-Axl and apoptosis-related proteins in osteosarcoma.Methods Osteosarcoma cell lines MG63,143B and U2OS were used in apoptosis assays,Axl siRNA transfection,cytotoxicity assays,cell cycle analysis,etc.A total of 41 cases of osteosarcom patients were included for immunohistochemistry of EnVision two-step staining and clinico-pathological relative analysis.TUNEL assay was performed in ten cases for apoptosis detection.Results Among the osteosarcoma cell lines,Gas6/Axl could obviously protect tumor cells from apoptosis induced by DDP and MTX (P ＜ 0.05).Axl siRNA transfection enhanced cell apoptosis,whereas Gas6 prone to function upon previous knockdown by Axl siRNA.Among the 41 cases,the positive rate of P-Axl,BCL-2,and Bax was 85.4％,70.7％,and 36.6％,respectively.In contrast,the positive rate of them was 22.2％,11.1％,and 11.1％ in osteofibrous dysplasia,respectively.The expression levels of these apoptosisrelated factors were significantly higher in osteosarcoma than in osteofibrous dysplasia (P ＜ 0.05).Through clinico-pathological analysis,there were significant relationships between the survival status and BCL-2 or Bax expression (P ＜ 0.05).Pearson correlation analysis demonstrated that BCL-2 was positively correlated to P-Axl with statistical significance (r =0.842,P ＜ 0.0001).By Cox univariate analysis,BCL-2 or Bax was correlated with the patients' prognosis.TUNEL assay also demonstrated that P-Axl high expression inhibited apoptosis in osteosarcoma tissues.Conclusion Gas6/Axl protects osteosarcoma cells from the apoptosis induced by DDP and MTX chemotherapy and inhibits apoptosis in osteosarcoma tissue,possibly through the regulation of apoptosis-related protein BCL-2.
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Objective To investigate the clinical significance of the expression of microvessel density and adhesion molecules in the tissue of chronic gastritis and gastric cancer. Methods Fifty-six patients with chronic superficial gastritis (chronic superficial gastritis group), 55 cases of gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis (gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group) and 57 patients with gastric cancer and lymph node metastasis (gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group) were included in this study. Gastric pathology paraffin blocks was studied using immunohistochemical Envision method. Microvessel density CD34 and cell adhesion molecule Syndecan-1 expression was examined. In 112 gastric cancer patients, 47 patients were highly differentiated, and 65 patients were poorly differentiated. Results Microvessel density CD34 results:in chronic superficial gastritis group was (13 ± 10)/HP,in gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group was (27 ± 11 VHP, in gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group was (28 ± 10)/HP. There were significant differences between chronic superficial gastritis group and gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group,and between chronic superficial gastritis group and gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group (t = 7.044,7.908, P ＜0.05), but there was no significant difference between gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group and gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group (t = 0.506,P ＞ 0.05). In chronic superficial gastritis group, gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group and gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group, Syndecan-1 positive expression ratewas 96.43%(54/56),45.45%(25/55),24.56%(14/57),and there was significant difference between chronic superficial gastritis group and gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group,and between chronic superficial gastritis group and gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group (x2 = 163.560,17.197,P＜ 0.01). There was significant difference between gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis group and gastric cancer with lymph node metastasis group (x2 = 5.340, P ＜ 0.05). Conclusions Microvessel density is related with the occurrence of gastric cancer;adhesion molecule Syndecan-1 expression reduces the incidence of gastric cancer development, and might further promote the metastasis of gastric cancer. Detecting the expression changes of microvessel density CD34 and cell adhesion molecule Syndecan-1 facilitates the diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer.
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Objective To investigate the expression of CD44v3 and VEGF-C in human gastric cancers and the clinical significance. Methods The expression of CD44v3 and VEGF-C was detected by immunohistochemistry SP method in 92 gastric cancer tissues. Results Positive immunohistochemical stain for CD44v3 was identified in 27.2% of gastric cancer tissues. There was no correlation found among the expression of CD44v3 with sex, location,depth of invasion, WHO type, Lauren type as well as distant metastasis (all P ＞ 0. 05 ). The expression of CD44v3 was positively correlated with lymph node metastasis and tumor differentiation( all P ＜ 0. 05 ). Positive immunohistochemical stain for VEGF-C was identified in 48.9% of gastric cancer tissues. There was no correlation found among the expression of VEGF-C with sex,location, tumor differentiation, depth of invasion, WHO type, as well as distant metastasis ( all P ＞ 0. 05 ). The expression of VEGF-C was positively correlated with lymph node metastasis and Lauren type ( all P ＜0. 05). Cox-Regression reflected that only the lymphatic metastasis situation correlated with the life ratio( P =0. 015). Conclusion The expression of CD44v3 and VEGF-C could suggest the progression and metastatic potential value of gastric cancer,but didnt correlate with the life ratio. There was no cooperation between CD44v3 and VEGF-C in promoting gastric cancer metastasis.
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Objective To characterize the manifestations of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in nervous system with in-flammation-like presentation. Methods We reviewed clinical and laboratory data obtained from 3 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in nervous system with inflammation-like presentation.Those data include clinical manifestations,CSF examina-tions neuroimaging,pathology of biopsies,treatment and prognosis.Results The clinical manifestations of NHL in nervous system were variable and the findings of cerebrospinal fluid and imaging were not characteristic.Parital relief of symptoms by steroid cortisone could be achieved in some cases which maght further increased the difficulty in differentiating NHL from CNS inflammation.Several signs including no evidence of CNS inflammation,multiple organ involyements,especially the organ involvements outside CNS,and deterioration after a transient relief of symptoms by steroid cortisone,strongly suggest the possibility of NHL.Condusions We should increase physicians'awareness to NHL to reduce the misdiagnosis even though the final diagnosis relies on pathological examination.
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AIM:To study the expression of metastasis suppressor gene KAI1 mRNA in osteosarcoma tissue and osteosarcoma cell lines,and the relationship between it and the biological behavior of the tumor cells.METHODS:RT-PCR was used to detect KAI1 mRNA in 18 cases of resected fresh osteosarcoma samples and three cultured osteosarcoma cell lines.The proliferative rate,the adhesive and invasive abilities of the 3 cell lines were detected.The results were treated by analysis system of images and analyzed with t test.RESULTS:The relative amount of KAI1 mRNA in osteosarcomas with lung metastasis was 0.80?0.50,while that was 1.48?0.64 in osteosarcomas without lung metastasis,the former was significantly lower than the latter(P