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ObjectiveTo observe the expression of nephrin in hepatitis B virus-associated membranous nephropathy (HBV-MN),and investigate the impairment and significance of podocyte in HBV-MN.MethodsThe protein expression of nephrin in renal biopsy specimens in 35 patients,who were diagnosed as HBV-MN by renal biopsy,was determined by immunohistochemistry and tested by semiquantitative method.The relationship between the expression of nephrin and clinicopathological data was analyzed.Results Among the 35 cases with HBV-MN,6 were in MN phase Ⅰ,20 in MN phase Ⅱ and 9 in MN phase Ⅲ.A strong intensity expression of nephrin in normal glomerulus was found along capillary loop of glomerulus,while its expression in HBV-MN patients decreased obviously.There was no significantly difference in the expression of nephrin among the different stages of HBV-MN ( P ＞ 0.05 ).The expression of nephrin in different clinical types was significantly different ( P ＜ 0.05 ).The expression of nephrin in patients with nephrotic syndrome was significantly lower than that in patients without nephrotic syndrome (P ＜0.01 ).The expression of nephrin in different grades of 24-hour urinary protein excretion quantity was significantly different( P ＜ 0.05 ).There was negative correlation between the expression of nephrin and 24-hour urinary protein excretion quantity(r = -0.378,P ＜ 0.05).In the patients with HBV-MN phase Ⅱ,the expression of nephrin in patients with nephrotic syndrome was also significantly lower than that in patients without nephrotic syndrome( P ＜ 0.01 ).Conclusions The damage of podocytes emerge in the early stage of HBV-MN and the expression of nephrin in HBV-MN patients,especially in patients with nephrotic syndrome,are significantly down regulated.The descended expression of nephrin in HBV-MN patients may promote the production of proteinuria.
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ObjectiveTo study the amplification and expression of HER-2 gene and protein in breast cancer and to investigate the relationship between HER-2 gene and Ki-67 、P53 、ER、PR、lymph node metastasisandTNMstaging.MethodsFluorescenceinsituhybridization(FISH) and immunohistochemistry(IHC) method were used to detect the amplification and expression of HER-2 and the expression of Ki-67、P53、ER、PR in 150 cases of breast cancer. Results49 out of 150 cases were amplificated,positive rate of HER-2 gene was 32.68％.In the 32 patients whose expression of HER-2 protein was ( + + + ),HER-2 gene was expressed in 28 cases.In The 46 patients whose expression of HER-2 protein was ( + + ),HER-2 was expressed in 16 cases.In the 26 patients whose expression of HER-2 protein was ( + ),HER-2 was expressed in 3 cases.In the 47 cases that the expression of HER-2 protein was negative,there were 45 cases that the expression HER-2 gene was negative.The expression of HER-2 was correlated with ER,PR expression and TNM staging,but not significantly related with age,Ki-67,P53 and lymph node metastasis.ConclusionsFISH and IHC correlate well with each other in the determination of HER-2 gene amplication and protein expression in cases of invasive breast cancer.
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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effect of intranasal glucocorticoids treatment on the expression of c-fos and c-myc nasal polyps.@*METHOD@#Immunohistochemistry method was used to determine c-fos and c-myc expression in nasal polyps from patients with topical steroids treatment for 10-12 weeks and untreated patients.@*RESULT@#The rate of c-fos expressing cases was 15% and the rate of c-myc expressing cases was 20% in nasal polyps from topical steroid treated patients, but in untreated patients, the rate of c-fos expressing cases was 80% and the rate of c-myc expressing cases was 85%. There were significant differences between two groups (P < 0.01). The c-fos and c-myc expression was remarkably downregulated in nasal polyps from topical steroid treated patients compared to untreated patients.@*CONCLUSION@#The results show that glucocorticoids may induce cell apoptosis in nasal polyps by depressing the c-fos and c-myc expression.