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简介：Objective:Toinvestigatethepost-transcriptionalregulationofp21WAF1/CIP1byp53.Methods:TheMDA-MB-468cellshaveendogenousmutantp53andtheMCF7cellslineshavewtp53.Recombinantp53expressionandp21WAF1/CIP1inductionweredetectedbyWesternblotanalysis.Northernblotanalysiswascarriedouttoexaminewhetherchangesinp21WAF1/CIP1proteinlevelsinMCF7cellstreatedwithAdCMVp53arereflectedatthemRNAlevel.FlowcytometricanalysisofMCF7cellsfollowingoverexpressionofrecombination.Results:Theratioofp53:p21WAF1/CIP1wasbelow1attheearlystagesofAdCMVp53infection,butincreasedto1.6byday3andto9.7byday5post-infection.Asexpected,p21WAF1/CIP1expressionwasnotdetectableinMDA-MB-468cellsdespitethepresenceofhighlevelsofmutantp53protein.TheG1/SratiosinuntreatedcontrolsandAdCMVβgalinfectedMCF7cellswere1.10and1.35,respectively.ByNorthernblotanalyzingthep21WAF1/CIP1:GAPDHratiosatdifferenttimepointsagainsttheratioattimepoint0,amaximum3-foldinductionofp21WAF1/CIP1mRNAexpressionrelativetountreatedcontrolwasobservedonday1post-infection.TheflowcytometricanalysisindicatedthatMCF7cellsinfectedwithAdCMVp53undergoG1arrestatbothtimepointsstudied,withG1/Sratiosrangingfrom5.54atday1to5.65atday7.TheG1/SratiosinuntreatedcontrolsandAdCMVβgalinfectedMCF7cellswere1.10and1.35,respectively.Conclusion:Thisstudydemonstratedthatp53couldregulatep21WAF1/CIP1geneexpressionatboththetranscriptionalandpost-transcriptionallevelsinMCF7cells.Thelattermechanismmaybeinvolvedinorberesponsiblefor,theinductionofcellcyclearrestbytranscription-defectivemutantsofp53.

简介：Astodeterminetheeffectofpost-remissiontherapyinprolongingsurvivalanddurationofremissionaftercompleteremission,50patientswithAPLIncompleteremissionInducedbyretinolcacid(RA)weredividedintothreegroupsrandomly:(A)30cases,treatedbyalternatechemotherapywithRA;(B)10cases,withRAalone;(C)10cases,onlywithchemotherapy.ThesurvivalcurvesshowedmatGroupAhadthesurvivaltimemorethan1yearIn87.4%,morethan2yearin80.7%.26/30casesweresurvivalandstillinremission,thesurvivalcurvetendtobeaplateauat16months.InGroupBmorethan1yearin45.7%.InGroupC,morethan1yearIn50%.(Keplan-Melerx2=8.93P<0.01).ThisresultshowedthatthealternatechemotherapywithRAforpost-InductionremissiontherapycouldbeusefultoImprovelong-termsurvivorsandtoprolongthedurationofremission.

简介：Objective:Toclarifytheprognosticvalueofpost-treatment18F-fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG)positronemissiontomography(PET)/computedtomography(CT)inpatientswithadvancedheadandnecksquamouscellcarcinoma(HNSCC)aftercombinedintra-arterialchemotherapyandradiotherapy(IACR).Methods:Thirty-sixpatientswithHNSCCwhounderwentIACRwererecruited.TheperiodfromtheendofIACRtothelastpost-treatment18F-FDGPET/CTexaminationwas8-12weeks.Bothpatient-basedandlesion-basedanalyseswereusedtoevaluatethePET/CTimages.Forlesion-basedanalysis,36regions(12lesionsofrecurrencesand24scarsatprimarysites)wereselected.TheKaplan-Meiermethodwasusedtoassesstheoverallsurvival(OS)stratifiedby18F-FDGuptakeorvisualinterpretationresults.Results:TwelvepatientswithrecurrencewereidentifiedbysixmonthsafterIACR.Thesensitivityandspecificityinthepatient-basedanalysiswere67%(8/12)and88%(21/24),respectively.ThemeanOSwasestimatedtobe12.1months(95%CI,6.3-18.0months)forthehighermaximumstandardizeduptakevalue(SUVmax)group(n=7)and44.6months(95%CI,39.9-49.3months)forthelowerSUVmaxgroup(n=29).OSinthehigherSUVmaxgroup(cut-offpoint,6.1)orpositivevisualinterpretationgroupwassignificantlyshorterthanthatinthelowerSUVmaxornegativevisualinterpretationgroup(P<0.001andP<0.05,respectively).Conclusions:TheSUVmaxandvisualinterpretationofHNSCConpost-IACR18F-FDGPET/CTcanprovideprognosticsurvivalestimates.