Intestinal perforation secondary to ingested foreign bodies: a single-center experience with 38 cases.

Objective: The aim of this study is to report our experience with patients with intestinal perforation secondary to ingested foreign bodies (FBs) who were treated surgically at our institution.

Methods: Between 2001 and 2015, a total of 38 pediatric patients with the diagnosis of intestinal perforation secondary to FBs were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The series comprised 22 males and 16 females.

Transumbilical Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery in Children with Conventional Instruments: Our Early Experience.

Objective: Laparoscopic surgery is the current accepted approach in most pediatric surgical centers. In an attempt to further minimize the surgical trauma and improve cosmetic outcome, new techniques with a single incision through the umbilicus have been proposed and we believe they will become the standard choices for pediatric surgery. This report describes our initial experience with transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic surgery (TSILS) in children with conventional instruments.

Interleukin (IL)-24 transforms the tumor microenvironment and induces anticancer immunity in a murine model of colon cancer.

Interleukin-24 (IL-24) is a novel tumor suppressor and can mediate the induction of Th1-type cytokines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The individual properties of IL-24 have been previously examined; however, its in vivo immunological consequences and antitumor properties have not been previously evaluated with respect to colon cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in China. Thus, we evaluated whether IL-24 could inhibit the progression of colon cancer in murine models with intact immune competence and explored the mechanisms underlying the immunological effects of IL-24 on colon cancer progression in vivo.

A comprehensive investigation of RHD polymorphisms in the Chinese Han population in Xi'an.

Background: This study is a comprehensive analysis of RHD in D-negative phenotypes in saline, in Xi'an, Shanxi province, central China.

Material And Methods: DCcEe in saline was measured for each blood sample from every donor between January 2008 and June 2012 in the Xi'an Blood Centre, China. D-negative results were confirmed by an indirect antiglobulin test and further investigated by adsorption-elution as required.

[Molecular study of two novel RHD alleles and pedigree analysis].

Objective: To study the segregation of two novel RHD alleles in Chinese pedigrees.

Methods: The Rh antigens of the samples were identified by using monoclonal antibodies. The 10 exons of the RHD gene for the 2 probands and their family members were amplified separately and sequenced.