Clinical prognostic evaluation of immunocytes in different molecular subtypes of breast cancer.

To retrospectively analyze the relationship between preoperative blood parameters and postoperative clinical outcomes in patients with different molecular subtypes of breast cancer (BC), a cohort of 601 patients with BC in the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, was retrospectively reviewed. They were categorized into four subtypes according to the expression of ER, PR, HER-2, and KI-67%. White blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, basophil, and platelet counts, the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), the neutrophil-to-monocyte ratio (NMR), the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were recorded. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the relationship between parameters and ratios and disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). Luminal subtypes of BC had smaller tumor volume, better differentiation degree of invasive ductal carcinoma, less lymph node metastasis, and better clinical outcome than the HER-2 overexpression and triple-negative BC (TNBC) subtypes. In multivariate analysis, age and LMR were the independent prognostic factors of DFS in patients with luminal A (age, p = 0.005; LMR, P = 0.026); PLR in patients with luminal B (DFS; p = 0.032; OS, p= 0.012); LMR in patients with HER-2 overexpression (DFS; p = 0.008; OS, p = 0.017); and NLR for DFS (p = 0.014); and WBC for OS (p = 0.008) in patients with TNBC. LMR was the benign predictor of luminal A and HER-2 overexpression. PLR was the adverse predictor of luminal B. WBC and NLR were the adverse predictors of TNBC. Therefore, these peripheral blood parameters can play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with different molecular subtypes of BC.

Effect of Huazhi Rougan Granules on insulin resistance in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis / 中成药

AIM To observe the clinical efficacy of Huazhi Rougan Granules (Artemisiae scopariae Herba,Cassiae Semen,Rhei Radix et Rhizoma,etc.) in the treatment of damp-heat accumulation type non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and its influence on insulin resistance.METHODS During January 2014-January 2016,a total of one hundred and twenty patients with damp-heat accumulation type NASH,given diet and exercise guidance,were randomly and equally divided into control group (polyene phosphatidylcholine) and treatment group (Huazhi Rougan Granules),administrated for twelve weeks.The levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotranferase (AST),gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT),total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),γ-glutamyl transpeptadase (GGT),fasting plasma glucose (FPG),fasting insulin (FINS),HOMA-IR index,adiponectin (ADPN) and leptin,body mass index (BMI) and uhrasound examination were detected before and after the treatment,respectively.These data were compared in two groups.RESULTS Compared with the control group,the serum ALT,AST,GGT,TC,TG,FPG,FINS and HOMA-IR of the patients in the treatment group decreased significantly,and liver fat were effectively reduced,while serum adiponectin increased markedly (P ＜ 0.05).After the treatment,remarkable reductions in the levels of BMI,leptin were observed in both groups (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION Huazhi Rougan Granules combined with lifestyle modulation can effectively improve the syndrome of damp-heat accumulation type NASH by lowing insulin resistance.

Neurological and cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 effects of butylphthalide for treating of brain hemorrhage / 中国综合临床

Objective To investigate the neurological and cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 effects of butylphthalide on brain hemorrhage.Methods Ninety cerebral hemorrhage patients in principle based on a random draw were equally divided into the treatment group (45 cases) and the control group (45 cases).Two groups were given basic treatment, the control group were treated with nimodipine tablets adjuvant therapy, the treatment group were treated with butylphthalide soft capsules adjuvant therapy, all patients were treated for 30 days.Results After treatment, the national institutes of health stroke scale (NIHSS) score was shown significant downward trend in the two groups((9.45±0.44) to (2.09±0.45) scores;(9.44±0.21) to (4.58±0.65) scores) and compared with pre-treatment differences were significant (t=16.983, P=0.000;t =8.112, P =0.000), and the NIHHS score in treatment group was significantly lower than in control group(P =0.000).The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score and activities of daily living (ADL) scores were shown significant upward trend in the two groups,compared with pre-treatment differences were significant(P ＜0.05).MMSE score(26.98±3.91) and ADL scores(34.29±6.42) scores in the treatment group were significantly lower in the control group((23.09±5.33) scores, (30.28±5.33)scores) after treatment(t =6.498, P =0.000;t =8.123, P =0.000).After treatment, the values cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression in the two groups were significantly reduced (P ＜ 0.05), while the value of cerebrospinal fluid IL-6 expression in the treatment group were significantly lower than the control group ((45.38 ± 13.02) ng/L vs (122.87± 17.42) ng/L, t =18.334, P =0.000).The adverse reactions of the two groups were mild, and were significantly improved after symptomatic treatment.Conclusion Butylphthalide adjuvant treatment of cerebral hemorrhage can improve nerve function, cognitive function and activities of daily living, its safety is also better.It plays its role may related to effectively reduce the IL-6 expression.

Allotransplantation of fetus parathyroid after radiated with 60Co and cultured in nude rats / 中华器官移植杂志

Allotransplantation with fetus parathyroids was performed in 4 cases of hypoparathyroidism after the grafts had been radiated with 6 Gy of 60Co and cultured in Balb/c nude rats for 14 davs.The recipients took 4 days of cyclosporine A(dose of 20～25mg·kg-1/d),one day preoperation and 3 days postoperation.The patients were followed up for 5～60 months.Traced observation on the patients'clinical symptoms and signs,the changes in the doses of Calcium and Vitamine D and in the levels of serum Calcium and parathyroid hormone was conducted to determine the grafts'survival.The results were satisfactory with all cases surviving for the follow-up period.It is considered that this method is much better than any we did previously.