Significance of TSLC1 gene methylation and TSLC1 protein expression in the progression of cervical lesions / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the expression and significance of tumor suppressor in lung cancer 1 (TSLC1) gene methylation, the expression of TSLC1 protein in cervix cancer and precancerous lesions as well as their relationship with HR-HPV DNA infection.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinicopathological data of 92 cases of different cervical lesions during March 2011 to August 2012 treated in our hospital were collected. There were pathologically confirmed 10 cases of normal cervix, 26 cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) I, 20 cases of CIN II, 15 cases of CIN III, and 21 cases of cervical cancer. Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) was used to detect the TSLC1 gene methylation status in cervical lesions, immunohistochemistry (SP) was used to detect the expressions of TSLC1 protein in cervical lesions, and the second generation hybrid capture (HC2) method was used to detect the high-risk HPV in cervical lesions.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression rate of TSLC1 gene methylation in normal cervical tissue, CIN I, CIN II, CIN III and SCC were 10.0%, 30.8%, 55.0%, 60.0%, 66.7%, respectively, showing a statistically significant difference (P = 0.004). The positive expression rate of TSLC1 protein in normal cervical tissue, CIN I, CIN II, CIN III and SCC were 100.0%, 80.8%, 65.0%, 33.3%, and 23.8%, respectively, with a significant difference (P = 0.004). In the progression from CIN to invasive cervical cancer, there was no significant correlation between TSLC1 gene methylation and HR-HPV DNA infection (P = 0.919), TSLC1 protein expression and HR-HPV DNA infection (P = 0.664). The correlation analysis showed a negative correlation between TSLC1 gene methylation and TSLC1 protein expression (r = -0.674, P < 0.001).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>TSLC1 gene promoter methylation may be an early event in the cervical carcinogenesis, become an early sensitive marker, and serve the early prevention and prognostic prediction for cervical cancer.</p>

Biomechanical study of the stability function of lower cervical spinal Luschka joint / 中国矫形外科杂志

[Objective]To study the stability function of Luschka Joint(LJ) of lower cervical spine.[Method]C_(3、4) and C_(5、6) as a funtional spinal unit(FSU) were taken from 16 fresh adult cadavers and randomly divided into experimental group,its LJ was cut out and in control group,LJ was maintained.The FSU of C_(3、4) and C_(5、6)was loaded and tested on the AG-10 AT automatic electronic versatile machine in normal,flexion ≤10? and extension ≤7.5? positions.Data of sigattal horizontal displacement(SHD),rotational angulation(RA) and coronary laterral displacement(CLD) were collected,counted and 3-dimesionally analyzed by computer.[Result]The SHD,RA and CLD of FSU experimental group were significantly different with that of control group(P