Translational medicine-based reference service in academic library / 中华医学图书情报杂志

In order to improve the reference service, the necessity to provide reference service for translational medicine in academic library was analyzed and the translational medicine-based reference service in Library of Qingdao University was elaborated from the aspects of its contents and ways with the existing problems and weaknesses summarized.

The value of hepatic ischemic preconditioning in hepatectomy with a prospective randomized controlled study / 中华外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the value of ischemic preconditioning in clinical hepatectomy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 48 unselected patients undergoing liver resection were analyzed by randomized controlled trial from December 2004 to June 2006. Forty-eight unselected patients were randomized into two groups: IP group (5 minutes of ischemia followed by 5 minutes of reperfusion) and control group (received Pringle's maneuver no and no IP was given). Postoperative days 1, 3 and 7, the liver function were checked. Perioperative mortality, morbidity and hospitalized days were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In IP group, ischemic times were 5 - 80 min, mean 31 min, hospitalized days were 13 - 50 days, mean 20 days. In control group, ischemic times were 10 - 60 min, mean 27 min, hospitalized days were 10 - 33 days, mean 17 days. Forty-seven patients were satisfactory with postoperative recovery, except one patient died of chronic liver dysfunction after 3 months postoperatively. Postoperative days 1, 3 and 7, the ALT, AST, TBIL, ALB levels in two groups were not statistically significant (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The clinical use of IP through 5 minutes of warm ischemia in this technique of hepatectomy does not protect the liver from hepatic injury induced by the IRI.</p>

Expression of nm23 and KAI1 and their clinical significance in gallbladder adenocarcinoma / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression of two tumor metastasis suppressor genes nm23 and KAI1 in gallbladder adenocarcinoma, and their clinicopathological significance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Specimens and clinical data from 31 gallbladder adenocarcinoma patients were collected. Histopathological grading and the expression of nm23 and KAI1 were detected by HE and immunohistochemical staining, respectively. All cases were followed up for at least three years.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Immunohistochemical staining showed that the positive rate of nm23 and KAI1 proteins was 71.0% (22/31) and 61.3% (19/31), respectively. The positive expression rates of nm23 and KAI1 proteins in the early stage carcinomas were significantly higher than those in the moderate and advanced stage ones (P exact = 0.0051 and P exact = 0.0084), and both had an negative correlation with clinicopathologic stage (P trend = 0.0047 and P trend = 0.0058). There was a significant difference in the expression of nm23 and KAI1 proteins among well, moderately and poorly differentiated carcinomas (P exact = 0.0328 and P exact = 0.0020). The expression of nm23 and KAI1 was positively correlated with histopathological grade (P trend = 0.0086 and P trend = 0.0006). There was also a significant difference in the expression of nm23 and KAI1 proteins between 17 survival and 14 dead patients (P exact = 0.0038 and P exact = 0.0001 ). A synergistic effect of nm23 and KAI1 protein on the survival was observed , and seemed to be more important than any individual gene alone (P exact = 0.0005).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The expressions of nm23 and KAI1 proteins are negatively correlated with clinical stage, but positively with histopathological grade in gallbladder adenocarcinoma. These two tumor metastasis suppressor genes may act synergistically to inhibit the tumor metastasis.</p>

Effects of macrophages on T lymphocyte proliferation after closed trauma in mice / 第三军医大学学报

A murine closed trauma model was used to study the modulating effects of macrophages on T lymphocyte proliferation and the mechanism.It was found that the T lymphocyte transformation was significantly lower than the control on the 1st,2nd,4th,7th and 10 day posttrauma and the suppression of macrophages on T lymphocytes was augmented especially on the 1st,2nd and 4th day posttrauma.Interleukin 1 production of macrophages was not obviously changed while tumor necrosis factor and prostaglandin E2 synthesis were significantly increased.Indomethacin 1?g/ml could block the suppression of macrophages on T cell transformation and mitomycin-C 25?g/ml could stop the synthesis of cytokine but could not block completely the suppression on T cell transformation.These findings suggest that closed trauma induced suppression on T cell transformation results from macrophages through the release of large amounts of prostaglandin E2 and direct cell to cell contact.