Chemotherapeutic nanomaterials in tumor boundary delineation: Prospects for effective tumor treatment

Accurately delineating tumor boundaries is key to predicting survival rates of cancer patients and assessing response of tumor microenvironment to various therapeutic techniques such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This review discusses various strategies that have been deployed to accurately delineate tumor boundaries with particular emphasis on the potential of chemotherapeutic nanomaterials in tumor boundary delineation. It also compiles the types of tumors that have been successfully delineated by currently available strategies. Finally, the challenges that still abound in accurate tumor boundary delineation are presented alongside possible perspective strategies to either ameliorate or solve the problems. It is expected that the information communicated herein will form the first compendious baseline information on tumor boundary delineation with chemotherapeutic nanomaterials and provide useful insights into future possible paths to advancing current available tumor boundary delineation approaches to achieve efficacious tumor therapy.

Complete plastid genome of Suriana maritima L. (Surianaceae) and its implications in phylogenetic reconstruction of Fabales

The present paper reports for the first time the characteristics of the complete plastid genome of Surianaceae (Suriana maritima L.) in the order Fabales. The circular complete plastid genome is 163,747 bp in length with a typical quadripartite organization containing 115 unique genes, of which 80 are protein-coding genes, 31 tRNA genes and four rRNA genes. The plastid genome of S. maritima is characterized by absence of intron in the atpF gene, which has never been reported for any other species of the Fabales. The gene content and their orders in the plastid genome of Surianaceae are similar to the basal lineages of the legume family (Cercidoideae, Detarioideae) and Quillajaceae, supporting a likely common ancestor for the three families. Phylogenetic analysis supported the sister relationship between Surianaceae and Leguminosae, with strongly supported by Bayesian method and moderately supported by likelihood method. The complete plastid genome of Surianaceae could provide potential benefit in resolving the long-standing unresolved interfamily relationships of Fabaleswhen a more comprehensive sampling from Polygalaceae and Leguminosae is available for future studies.

Application of thrombelastography in antithrombotic therapy of ischemic cerebrovascular disease / 国际脑血管病杂志

The condition and prognosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease(ICVD)are closely associated w ith the w hole blood coagulation status and the reactivity of antiplatelet agents of patients. Thromboelastography ( TEG ) is a reliable means to detect the w hole blood coagulation and fibrinolytic capacity. Its overal results of the evaluation can be used in the coagulation monitoring, efficacy of antiplatelet therapy, and prognostic evaluation in patients w ith ischemic cerebrovascular disease. In recent years, the detection methods of TEG have been improved continuously. The research reports for its clinical application are gradual y increasing. This article review s the clinical application of TEG in the diagnosis, treatment, and prognostic evaluation in ischemic cerebrovascular disease.