Two-dimensional correlation infrared spectroscopy study on vanadoborate anionic skeleton regulated by countercations.

Two novel vanadoborate compounds, [Cu(en)][Li(HO)][Li(HO)][VBO(OH)(HO)]·33.5HO (1) and (Hen)[Li(HO)][VBO(OH)(HO)]·14HO (2), were synthesized via hydrothermal synthesis under identical conditions except for temperature. Structural analysis revealed that although both contain [VBO] cluster anion, the different countercations potentially lead to variations in the [VBO] cluster anion skeletons.

Impact of deep muscle invasion on nodal status and survival in patients with pT2 esophageal squamous cancer.

Background: Whether T2 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma should be subclassified remains controversial. We aimed to investigate the impact of the depth of muscularis propria invasion on nodal status and survival outcomes.

Methods: We identified patients with pT2 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent primary surgery from January 2009 to June 2017.

Limited-stage small cell carcinoma of the esophagus treated with curative esophagectomy: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of surgery in the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the esophagus (SCCE) and explore potential prognostic factors.

Methods: We screened patients with SCCE who underwent esophagectomy from 2010 to 2018 at three institutes. Differences in survival were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test.

Surgical Treatment for Persistent Cervical Anastomotic Fistulas With Sinus Formation.

A refractory cervical anastomotic fistula with sinus formation will seriously impede a patient's return to normal life. It is necessary to find ways to shorten the recovery time for such patients. We used a multilayered, pursestring inverted suture-embedding method for 7 patients, 6 of whom recovered; 1 patient with severe anastomotic stricture and failed.

Surgical Treatment for an Esophageal Carcinoma With a Pancreatic Pseudocyst.

The challenge for surgical management of a pancreatic pseudocyst during esophagectomy is not only to preserve the gastric wall, but also to avoid forming a pancreatic fistula. We report a case of a 54-year-old man with an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who had a synchronous pancreatic pseudocyst. Roux-en-Y cystojejunostomy was performed during a McKeown esophagectomy to enable drainage of the pancreatic pseudocyst through the jejunum.

Abnormal DNA Methylation in Thoracic Spinal Cord Tissue Following Transection Injury.

BACKGROUND Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious disease with high disability and mortality rates, with no effective therapeutic strategies available. In SCI, abnormal DNA methylation is considered to be associated with axonal regeneration and cell proliferation. However, the roles of key genes in potential molecular mechanisms of SCI are not clear.

Polycaprolactone electrospun fiber scaffold loaded with iPSCs-NSCs and ASCs as a novel tissue engineering scaffold for the treatment of spinal cord injury.

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic disease of the central nervous system, accompanied with high incidence and high disability rate. Tissue engineering scaffold can be used as therapeutic systems to provide effective repair for SCI.

Purpose: In this study, a novel tissue engineering scaffold has been synthesized in order to explore the effect of nerve repair on SCI.

iTRAQ-based proteomics profiling of Schwann cells before and after peripheral nerve injury.

Objectives: Schwann cells (SCs) have a wide range of applications as seed cells in the treatment of nerve injury during transplantation. However, there has been no report yet on kinds of proteomics changes that occur in Schwann cells before and after peripheral nerve injury.

Materials And Methods: Activated Schwann cells (ASCs) and normal Schwann cells (NSCs) were obtained from adult Wistar rat sciatic nerves.

Differential expression of miRNAs in Osborne's ligament of cubital tunnel syndrome.

Cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS) is the second most common peripheral nerve compression disease, however, the pathogenesis and pathology of CuTS remain to be fully elucidated. The aim of the present study was to compare the expression pattern of microRNAs (miRNAs) in pachyntic Osborne's ligament with that in control tendinous tissue, and select meaningful miRNAs for further investigation of the clinical pathological mechanism underlying CuTS. A microarray assay was performed to examine the expression profiles of miRNAs in the Osborne's ligament and control tendinous tissues.