[Vitamins and Immune System Health].

Keeping the immune system healthy forms an effective way to fight infections. Past experience has shown that, in addition to effective interventions including vaccination, drug therapy, and non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI), dietary nutrition and mental health are also key factors in maintaining immune system health and combating emerging and sudden outbreaks of infections. As the main dietary nutrients, vitamins are active regulators of the immune response and exert a critical impact on the immunity of the human body.

Primary peritoneal serous papillary carcinoma: a clinical and pathological study.

Primary peritoneal serous papillary carcinoma (PPSPC) is a rare primary tumor of the peritoneum that found predominantly in elderly and post-menopausal women. The aim of our study is to review the clinical and pathologic information of 22 patients, and then try to summarize clinical behavior and pathological characteristics of PPSPC, in order to be better recognized of this entity in future. We retrospectively reviewed the data from 22 patients with PPSPC treated at our hospital from 1992 to 2008.

[Lower limb deep vein ultrasonography and blood biochemistry in women after full-term delivery].

Objective: To observe the postpartum changes in lower limb deep vein ultrasonography and blood biochemistry in women 2-5 days after full-term delivery.

Methods: A total of 212 women at high risk of thrombosis underwent high-resolution color Doppler ultrasound (CDU) of the lower limb deep veins 2-5 days after full-term delivery (Group A). Sixty-one healthy women 2-5 days after full-term delivery (Group B) and 42 healthy non-pregnant women (Group C) were recruited as the controls.

[Inhibitory effects of RNA interference on MMP-24 expression and invasiveness of ovarian cancer SKOV(3) cells].

Objective: To investigate the inhibitory effect of RNA interference (RNAi) on MMP-24 expression and invasiveness of ovarian cancer SKOV(3) cells.

Method: Two pairs of small interfering RNA (siRNA) specific to MMP-24 mRNA were designed and transfected into SKOV(3) cells. RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to detect the mRNA and protein expressions of MMP-24, and the cell invasiveness was assessed using an in vitro invasion test.

[Expression of ZNF217 in human ovarian cystadenocarcinoma and its clinical significance].

Objective: To explore the correlation of ZNF217 expression to the carcinogenesis and progression of human ovarian cancer.

Methods: Immunohistochemistry and real-time RT-PCR were used to detect ZNF217 expression in human ovarian cystadenocarcinoma, ovarian cystadenoma and normal ovary tissues.

Results: The expression levels of ZNF217 protein and mRNA in ovarian cystadenocarcinoma was significantly higher than those in matched ovarian cystadenoma and normal tissues (P<0.

[Ultrasonic study of deep-vein diameter and blood flow spectrum changes in full-term pregnant women].

Objective: To explore the changes in lower limb deep vein diameters, blood flow velocity and blood biochemistry in full-term pregnant women for early diagnosis and treatment of prothrombotic state.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-eight full-term pregnant women at high risk of thrombosis (Group A), 61 healthy full-term pregnant women (Group B), and 42 healthy non-pregnant women (Group C) underwent high-resolution color Doppler ultrasound (CDU) for examining the deep veins of the lower limbs. The hematological indexes such as D-D, PLT, HGB, HCT, TT, APTT, PT, and FbgC were also observed in these 3 groups.

[A clinicopathologic study of dysembryoplstic neuroepithelial tumor].

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE To study the clinicopathologic features, radiologic findings, treatment modalities and prognosis of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT).

Methods: The clinical features, histopathologic findings, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of 18 cases of DNT were analyzed. Results Among the 18 cases studied, 14 were males and 4 females.

[Study on the properties of a novel glycine amino peptidase from Actinomucor elegans].

The glycine amino peptidase of Actinomucor elegans was studied in this work. For the enzyme production Actinomucor elegans was cultured with an enzyme producing medium. Then the cells were collected and subjected to enzyme purification.

Basaloid squamous carcinoma of esophagus:a clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of sixteen cases.

AIM:To further clarify the clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic features, and prognostic aspect of basaloid squamous carcinoma (BSC), a rare esophageal carcinoma.METHODS:We reviewed 763 documented cases of esophageal malignancies from year (1977-1996) from our hospital, and discovered 16 (2.1%) cases of BSC.