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OBJECTIVES@#Clarifying the expression of breast cancer receptor is the key to clinical treatment for breast cancer. This study aims to explore the correlation between X-ray and clinical characteristics of 4 molecular subtypes and their receptor types of breast cancer.@*METHODS@#A total of 439 breast cancer patients who confirmed by pathology and performed X-ray examination were enrolled. The X-ray and clinical characteristics of 4 molecular subtypes and the expression of their receptors were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#Luminal A type showed the highest proportion of spiculate masses, and the lowest calcification score, showing significant difference with other 3 subtypes (all @*CONCLUSIONS@#Four molecular subtypes of breast cancer and their receptor expressions are correlated with X-ray and clinical characteristics, which can provide a basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
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Female , Humans , Biomarkers, Tumor , Breast Neoplasms/genetics , Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics , Receptors, Estrogen , Receptors, Progesterone , X-RaysABSTRACT
RNA binding proteins (RBPs) play a key role in genome regulation. Here we report the post-transcript regulation of IGF2BP3, which belongs to the insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein family. We used iRIP-seq and RNA-seq to analyze the transcript regulation and alternative splicing on IGF2BP3 treated with overexpression cells and control. Overexpressed IGF2BP3 has broadly increased genes expression which involved in G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway, positive regulation of cell proliferation, and signal transduction. IGF2BP3 regulated alternative splicing of multiple genes mainly clustered at response to hypoxia, negative regulation of transcription, and embryonic development. This study first provides alternative splicing analysis on transcription level of IGF2BP3 regulation, which laid the foundation for later research on IGF2BP3 critical functions.
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Objective To discuss the prognostic value of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to neutrophils ratio index (ANRI) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after receiving transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).Methods The clinical data of 107 HCC patients,who were admitted to authors' hospital to receive treatment during the period from January 2008 to June 2011,were retrospectively analyzed.TACE was successfully performed in all patients.Based on the 5-year overall survival rate,ROC curve was drawn and the cutoff value was determined.Preoperative ANRI,AST-lymphocytes ratio index (ALRI),AST-platelet count ratio index (APRI),neutrophil-lymphocytes ratio index (NLR),platelet count-lymphocytes ratio index (PLR) and other clinical pathological parameters were calculated.Univariate analysis,multivariate Logisitc regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis were used to assess the value of the above indexes in prejudging the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).Results ANRI bore a close relationship to the presence of HBsAg,AST,presence of cirrhosis,tumor size,portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) and recurrence of tumor (P＜0.05).Univariate analysis showed that ANRI,ALRI,APRI,NLR and PLR were significantly correlated with DFS and OS in HCC patients after receiving TACE (P＜0.05).Logisitc regression analysis revealed that ANRI was independent factor influencing DFS and OS (P＜0.05).Kaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that the prognosis after TACE was poor in patients whose preoperative ANRI ＞7.8.Conclusion Preoperative ANRI level is an independent and effective predictor for judging the prognosis of HCC patients.A high preoperative ANRI level usually suggests a poor prognosis after TACE.
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Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of hemodialysis (HD) patients complicated with arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO) of lower extremity,and to discuss the factors that influence the curative prognosis of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).Methods The clinical data of 211 patients with ASO of lower extremity receiving HD or not receiving HD,who were admitted to authors' hospital during the period from January 2008 to October 2015,were retrospectively analyzed.PTA was successfully accomplished in all patients.Results The median follow-up time was 2.24 years.Theamputation-free survival of HD group was significantly lower than that of non-HD group (P＜0.000 1),and the postoperative artery patency rate of HD group was also obviously lower than that of non-HD group (P＜0.000 4).The factors influencing the survival rate without amputation of the two groups were different.The independent influence factor in HD group was diabetes mellitus,while in non-HD group the independent influence factors were Fontaine stage and hyperlipidemia.The infection mortality of HD group was 55.5％ (10/18),which was higher than 22.2％(6/26) of non-HD group,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).Conclusion In treating ASO of lower extremity,the curative effect of PTA is poorer in HD patients than in non-HD patients,and the presence of diabetes mellitus may be an independent factor influencing prognosis.
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Methacrylate resin-based dentin adhesives and root canal sealers used for bonding of filling materials inside the root canal system are cytotoxic and result in reduction in cell proliferation to a variable extent. An in vitro study to examine the detoxifying effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on four commercial adhesive systems on adhesive-induced cytotoxicity and cell survival was conducted so that the use of methacrylate resin-based materials for filling root canals could be optimized. The finding that NAC co-treatment protected the cells from adhesive-induced toxicity by increasing cellular proliferation, attenuating cell cycle arrest, and reducing cell death suggests the null hypothesis that NAC has no effect on dentin adhesive-induced cell death and cell cycle arrest should be rejected.
