简介:Objective:MicroRNA-21(miR-21)hasbeenshowntobeakeyregulatorofcarcinogenesis.TherewerefewreportsaboutthecomparisonofserummiR-21withconventionaltumormarkers.ThisstudyaimedtoexplorethediagnosticvalueofcirculatingmiR-21asatumormarkerinbreastcancer(BC)andcompareitwithCA153andcarcinoembryonicantigen(CEA).Methods:CirculatingmiR-16andmiR-21wereamplifiedandquantitativelydetectedbyreal-timePCRin89BCpatientsand55healthycontrols.ThelevelsofCA153andCEAweremeasuredthroughelectrochemiluminescenceassays.ThenthesensitivityindiagnosisofBCwascomparedamongmiR-21,CA153andCEA.Results:ThelevelofserummiR-21wassignificantlyhigherinBCpatientsthancontrols(P<0.001).ThesensitivityandspecificityofmiR-21were87.6%and87.3%,respectively,whereasthesensitivitiesofCEAandCA153wereonly22.47%and15.73%.Conclusions:ComparedwithCEAandCA153,serummiR-21hasahighersensitivityindiagnosisofBC.AlthoughnotcorrelatedwiththestatusofER,PRandclinicalstages,serummiR-21maybeapotentialdiagnosticindicatorforBC,especiallyfortheearlystage.
简介:Objective:Thisworkaimedtostudythesafetyandefficacyofpreoperativeintestinalstentdecompressioncombinedwithlaparoscopicsurgerytotreatleft-sidedcolorectalcancerwithobstruction(LCCO).Methods:Retrospectiveanalysiswasconductedondataobtainedfrom21LCCOpatientsadmittedtoTheFirstAffiliatedHospitalofZhejiangChineseMedicineUniversityduringMarch2008andDecember2011.Toremovetheintestinalobstruction,preoperativeintestinalstentplacementundercolonoscopicguidancewasperformed.Approximately7to10daysaftertheoperation,laparoscopicradicalsurgeryofcolorectalcancerwasconducted.Results:Amongthe21casesstudied,laparoscopicsurgerywassuccessfulin20patients.Emergentlaparotomywasconductedinonepatientbecauseoftumorinvasionintheureter.Thedurationoftheoperationrangedfrom180to320min,andtheaveragetimewas220min.Therecoverytimeforbowelfunctionrangedfrom2to5dayswithanaveragetimeof3days.Postoperativeinfectionoftheincisionoccurredinonecase.Noanastomoticleakagewasobservedinanyofthecases.Conclusion:Preoperativeintestinalstentdecompression,combinedwithprimarystagelaparoscopicsurgery,isasafeandeffectivemethodforthetreatmentofLCCO.
简介:Theacquisitionofsecondarychromosomalaberrationsinchronicmyeloidleukemia(CML)patientswithPhiladelphiachromosome-positive(Ph+)karyotypesignifiesclonalevolutionassociatedwiththeprogressionofthediseasetoitsacceleratedorblasticphase.Therefore,theseaberrationshaveclinicalandbiologicalsignificance.T(3;12)(q26;p13),whichisarecurrentchromosomalaberrationobservedinmyeloidmalignancies,istypicallyassociatedwithdysplasiaofmegakaryocytes,multilineageinvolvement,shortdurationofanyblasticphase,andextremelypoorprognosis.Wehaveidentifiedarecurrentreciprocaltranslocationbetweenchromosomes3and12withdifferentbreakpointatbands3q21inthemalignantcellsfroma28-year-oldman.ThepatientwasinitiallydiagnosedashavingPh+CMLinthechronicphase.Thet(3;12)(q21;p13)translocationoccurred4yearsafterthepatientwasfirstdiagnosedwithCMLwhileundergoingtyrosinekinaseinhibitortherapy.Weconfirmedthet(3;12)(q21;p13)translocationviafluorescenceinsituhybridizationassaybyusingwhole-chromosomepaintprobesforchromosomes3and12.Ourfindingsdemonstratethat,similartootherrecurrenttranslocationsinvolving3q26suchast(3;3)andt(3;21),thet(3;12)(q21;p13)translocationisimplicatednotonlyinmyelodysplasticsyndromeandacutemyeloidleukemiabutalsointheprogressionofCML.Thesefindingsextendthediseasespectrumofthiscytogeneticaberration.
简介:结肠癌转移相关基因1(metastasis.associatedincoloncancer-1,MACC1)是通过对结肠癌的研究新发现并证实的基因,近年来对MACC1与多种恶性肿瘤的相关研究逐渐受到关注,并取得一定成果,本文就此进行综述。
简介:Objectiveandbackground:Althoughp21rashasbeenreportedtobeupregulatedinhepatocellularcarcinomacomplicatingchronichepatitisCtypeI,p21rashasadifferentroleinadvancedstages,asithasbeenfoundtobedownregulated.Thegoalofthisstudywastoinvestigatethestatusofp21rasinearly-stage/low-gradeandlate-stage/high-gradehepatocellularcarcinomaanditspossiblelinktoapoptosis.Materialandmethods:Thirty-fivecaseseachofchronicHCVhepatitistype4(groupI)andcirrhosiswithhepatocellularcarcinoma(HCC)complicatingchronicHCVhepatitis(groupsIIandIII)wereimmunohistochemicallyevaluatedusingap21raspolyclonalantibody.Theapoptoticindexwasdeterminedinhistologicsectionsusingtheterminaldeoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediatedd-UTPbiotinnickendlabeling(TUNEL)assay.Results:Significantdifferences(P=0.001)weredetectedinp21rasproteinexpressionbetweenthethreegroups.Anear2-foldincreaseinp21rasstainingwasobservedinthecirrhoticcasescomparedtothehepatitiscases,andp21rasexpressionwasdecreasedintheHCCgroup.p21rasexpressioncorrelatedwithstage(r=0.64,P=0.001)andgrade(r=-0.65,P=0.001)intheHCCgroupandgradeintheHCVgroup(r=0.44,P=0.008).Bothp21rasexpressionandTUNEL-LIweresignificantlylowerinlargeHCCscomparedtosmallHCCs(P=0.01each).TheTUNELvalueswerenegativelycorrelatedwithstageintheHCCgroup(r=-0.85,P=0.001).TheTUNELvalueswerealsonegativelycorrelatedwithgradeinboththeHCVandHCCgroups(r=0.89,P=0.001andr=-0.53,P=0.001,respectively).Thep21rasscoresweresignificantlycorrelatedwiththeTUNEL-LIvaluesintheHCCgroup(r=0.63,P=0.001)andHCVgroup(r=0.88,P=0.001).Conclusions:p21rasactsasaninitiatorinHCCcomplicatingtype4chronicHCVandisdownregulatedwithHCCprogression,whichmostlikelypromotestumorcellsurvivalbecauseitfacilitatesthedownregulationofapoptosiswithtumorprogression.
简介:Chronicalcoholconsumptionisamajorriskfactorworldwideaffectingsignificantlybothmortalityandyearsoflifelost(YLL)(1).Ca.5%ofthewesternworldshowriskyalcoholconsumptionandinsomecountriessuchasChinaaregionalyearlyincreaseofalcoholconsumptionofover400%hasbeenobservedrecently(2,3).Theliveris
简介:目的:构建并制备能够有效表达EB病毒BHRF1基因的重组慢病毒载体,观察BHRF1表达对人胚肺成纤维细胞(KMB17)凋亡的影响。方法:采用RT-PCR法,从B95-8细胞扩增EBVBHRF1基因,克隆至pWPIGW慢病毒载体上,与pVSVG及pSPAX质粒共转染人胚肾293T细胞,包装出重组慢病毒。将纯化后的重组慢病毒直接感染293T和KMB17细胞,荧光显微镜、实时定量RT-PCR、免疫印迹等方法检测BHRF1在细胞中的表达水平。流式细胞仪检测BHRF1表达对凋亡诱导剂或无血清培养诱发KMB17细胞凋亡的影响。结果:重组慢病毒介导BHRF1在293T和KMB17细胞内获得表达,能有效地抑制KMB17细胞的凋亡。结论:成功构建了表达BHRF1基因的重组慢病毒载体。
简介:目的探讨PHLPP1蛋白在癌旁正常胃黏膜、胃癌原发灶和淋巴结转移灶中的表达差异,分析PHLPP1蛋白表达与患者临床病理特征及预后的关系。方法应用免疫组化方法检测30例癌旁正常胃黏膜、157例胃癌原发灶和96例淋巴结转移灶中PHLPP1的蛋白表达情况,分析PHLPP1蛋白表达与胃癌临床病理特征的关系及其对患者生存预后的影响。结果患者癌旁正常胃黏膜、胃癌原发灶和淋巴结转移灶中的PHLPP1蛋白阳性表达率分别为:96.7%、61.8%和36.5%,组间差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。PHLPP1蛋白表达与肿瘤分化程度、T分期、N分期及TNM分期显著相关,与患者年龄、性别、肿瘤大小、术前CEA水平无关。PHLPP1蛋白阳性表达患者总体5年总体生存率为68%,显著高于阴性表达患者34%(P=0.001)。Cox多因素回归分析结果表明T分期、N分期、PHLPP1蛋白低表达是胃癌的独立预后因素(P=0.027)。结论胃癌组织中PHLPP1蛋白缺失表达可能对胃癌发生、发展起促进作用。PHLPP1蛋白阴性表达可作为胃癌患者预后不佳的指标。