Implication of XPC rs2228001 polymorphism on the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer who were treated with capecitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapy / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

Nucleotide excision repair was a complex biochemical process that involved in the repair of many kinds of DNA damage. Previous study suggested that xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) gene played an important role in the process of DNA damage repair. This study aimed to explore the influence of XPC gene polymorphism on the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) who were treated with capecitabine-related adjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS: A total of 158 patients with CRC who received surgical resection and capecitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapy were included in this study consecutively. Baseline clinical characteristics of patients were collected and analyzed. Additionally, peripheral blood specimens of the patients were collected for polymorphism analysis of XPC gene and mRNA expression of XPC, respectively. The association analysis between XPC polymorphism and prognosis and mRNA expression was performed. Cox regression analysis was used for multivariate adjustment. RESULTS: Prognostic data in the 158 patients with CRC who received capecitabine-based adjuvant chemotherapy was collected retrospectively. The median follow-up duration of the patients was 5.0 years (range: 0.25-7.5 years). The median DFS and OS of the 158 patients with CRC was 4.5 years and 5.7 years, respectively. XPC polymorphism analysis suggested that rs2228001 was of clinical significance. The prevalence of rs2228001 polymorphism among CRC patients was: TT genotype 86 cases (54.4%), TG genotype 60 cases (38.0%) and GG genotype 12 cases (7.6%), resulting in a minor allele frequency of 0.27, which was in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P=0.733). TG and GG genotypes were merged in the subsequent analysis. The prognostic results exhibited that the median DFS of patients with TT genotype and TG / GG genotype was 4.5 and 5.7 years, respectively (c

Cutinase promotes dry esterification of cotton cellulose.

Cutinase from Thermobifida fusca was used to esterify the hydroxyl groups of cellulose with the fatty acids from triolein. Cutinase and triolein were pre-adsorbed on cotton and the reaction proceeded in a dry state during 48 h at 35°C. The cutinase-catalyzed esterification of the surface of cotton fabric resulted in the linkage of the oleate groups to the glycoside units of cotton cellulose. The superficial modification was confirmed by performing ATR-FTIR on treated cotton samples and by MALDI-TOF analysis of the liquors from the treatment of the esterified cotton with a crude cellulase mixture. Modified cotton fabric also showed a significant increase of hydrophobicity. This work proposes a novel bio-based approach to obtain hydrophobic cotton.

An epidemiologic study on tinnitus in aged population of Jiangsu province / 中华老年医学杂志

0. 05). Conclusions Tinnitus is a common problem in the older population. With the aging of population, the problem will become more and more severe. More research is urgently needed on prevention and treatment of tinnitus in elderly people.

Effects of Taurine on dysfunction of myocardial nuclear calcium transport in rat myocardial injury induced with isoproterenol / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

Aim To observe the dysfunction of myocardial nuclear calcium transport in rat myocardial injury and effects of taurine on it . Methods The model of myocardial damage was induced by subcutaneous injection of isoproterenol (ISO,5 mg?kg-1?d-1). Myocardial nuclei were purified with Sucrose density centrifugation and identified zymologically. The activity of Ca2+_ATPase was measured zymologically and calcium uptake was assayed with 45Ca2+ isotope.Results Compared with the control, the Ca2+_ATPase activity of myocardial nuclear in ischemia group was decreased by 18.1%(P

Effects of Liqustrazin on respiratory enzymes in the myocardial mitochondria of the ischemia-reperfusion rats / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM: To study the effects of Liquestrazin on succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) and cytochrome oxidase (CCO) in the myocardial mitochondria of the ischemia-reperfusion rats and its mechanism. METHODS:Model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury was produced by coronary artery ligation . The rats were devided into sham operation control (SC), ischemia-reperfusion (IR) and ischemia-reperfusion protected with Liqustrazin (IR+L) group . Activity of SDH,CCO,SOD and GSH?PX and contents of malondialdehyde (MDA),Cyt aa 3,Cyt c and phospholipid(PL) were observed respectively . RESULTS: As compared with ischemia-reperfusion group (IR), IR+L group showed significantly increased activity of SDH, CCO,SOD and GSH?PX (P