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Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a smoking-related cancer disease. Despite improvement in clinical survival, SCLC outcome remains extremely poor. Cisplatin (DDP) is the first-line chemotherapy drug for SCLC, but the choice of second-line chemotherapy drugs is not clear. In this paper, a SCLC cell-based sensor was proposed, and its applications in chemotherapy effects rapid evaluation for anticancer drugs were investigated. SCLC cell lines lung adenocarcinoma cell (LTEP-P) and DDP-resistant lung adenocarcinoma cell (LTEP-P/DDP-1.0) are cultured on carbon screen-printed electrode (CSPE) to fabricate integrated cell-based sensor. Several chemotherapy anticancer drugs, including cisplatin, ifosmamide, gemcitabine, paclitaxel, docetaxel, vinorelbine, etoposide, camptothecin, and topotecan, are selected as experimental chemicals. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) tests are conducted to evaluate chemotherapy drug effects on LTEP-P and LTEP-P/DDP-1.0 cell lines. Electrical cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) responses to anti-tumor chemicals are measured and processed by double-layered cascaded stochastic resonance (DCSR). Cisplatin solutions in different concentrations measurement results demonstrate that LTEP-P cell-based sensor presents quantitative analysis abilities for cisplatin and topotecan. Cisplatin and its mixtures can also be discriminated. Results demonstrate that LTEP-P cell-based sensor sensitively evaluates chemotherapy drugs' apoptosis function to SCLC cells. LTEP-P/DDP-1.0 cell-based sensor responses demonstrate that gemcitabine, vinorelbine, and camptothecin are ideal second-line drugs for clinical post-cisplatin therapy than other drugs according to MTT test results. This work provides a novel way for SCLC second-line clinical chemotherapy drug screening.
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Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Biosensing Techniques/methods , Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor/methods , Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy , Small Cell Lung Carcinoma/drug therapy , Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Adenocarcinoma of Lung , Apoptosis/drug effects , Biosensing Techniques/economics , Biosensing Techniques/instrumentation , Cell Line, Tumor , Cisplatin/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm , Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor/economics , Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor/instrumentation , Equipment Design , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Small Cell Lung Carcinoma/pathology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The rats were assigned to blank control group, classical induction group, and drynaria total flavonoid group. Whole bone marrow culture method was applied to isolate and purify rats bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). Akaline phosphatase activity, calcium nodes, TGF-β1 and BMP-2 secretion in the process of bone mesenchymal stem cells osteogenic differentiation were detected. The results showed that compared to the blank group and classical group, drynaria total flavonoid promoted osteogenic differentiation accompanied with increased TGF-β1 and BMP-2 secretion (all P＜0. 05). Drynaria total flavonoid may promote osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs via upregulating TGF-β1 and BMP-2 expressions, and play an active role in the treatment of osteoporosis.
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Stochastic resonance (SR) is given to a phenomenon that is manifest in nonlinear systems whereby generally feeble input information can be amplified and optimized by the assistance of noise. First, the basic concepts and the characteristic quantities of SR are introduced in this paper. Second, SR in biological system and its applications are reviewed in detail. At last, a summary is presented and the future researches on SR are prospected.
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Animals , Humans , Biology , Models, Theoretical , Nonlinear Dynamics , Stochastic ProcessesABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effects of electrocorticography(ECoG) monitoring in microsurgical treatment of intracranial cavernous hemangiomas(ICH).Methods Fifteen cases of ICH with secondary epilepsy were investigated from 2000 to 2005.They all had been performed ECoG monitoring during operation for determining the precise position and scope of focal epileptogenicity.Results Follow-up visit found 10 cases cured without drugs,4 cases total controlled with 1/4~1/3 quantity of premedicant,1 case had epileptic seizure by chance with drugs.Conclusion ECoG monitoring can provide the direction during the surgical procedure,and controls the postoperative epileptic seizure.
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy of combined various surgical procedures for the treatment of post-traumatic epilepsy.Methods According to the preoperative primary location of epileptogenic focus and the monitoring results of intraoperative electrocorticography and depth electrodes,21 seizure patients were treated with various surgical procedures: 7 cases with epileptogenic focus resection,8 cases with epileptogenic focus resection combined with multiple subpial transection(MST),4 cases with anterior temporal lobectomy combined with amygdalo-hippocampotomy,1 case with selective amygdalo-hippocampotomy under neuronavigation,and 1 case with anterior callosotomy combined with MST and bipolar coagulation on funtional cortexes. Results All the patients were followed up from 3 months to 10 years postoperatively,and the surgical outcomes were such as the followings: satisfactory outcome in 9 cases(42.9%),marked improvement in 7 cases(33.3%),improvement in 3 cases(14.3%),slight improvement in 1 case(4.8%) and no improvement in 1case(4.8%).There was no died cases caused by the surgical procedures.Eight patients had temporary dysfunction after operation,but all recovered in four weeks after surgery.Conclusion The combined various surgical procedures are effective and safe for the treatment of post-traumatic epilepsy.
