miR-106a promotes growth and metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer by targeting PTEN.

MicroRNAs are a class of small non-coding RNAs that play essential roles in cancer development and progression. Recent studies suggested that abnormal expression of miRNAs occurs frequently in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues compared to adjacent normal tissues. In this study, we investigated the expression and the biological roles of miR-106a in non-small cell lung cancer.

LncRNA HMlincRNA717 is down-regulated in non-small cell lung cancer and associated with poor prognosis.

Introduction: Long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged recently as major players in tumor biology and may be used for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and potential therapeutic targets. The lncRNA HMlincRNA717, a newly identified lncRNA, was demonstrated to be down-regulated in gastric cancer. However, little is known about its role in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition as a strategy for treating gastric adenocarcinoma.

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) has been proven to play critical roles in inflammation as well as in cancer. Some studies have shown that the anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive and anti-arthritic effects of celecoxib are mainly attributed to the inhibition of COX-2 expression. The present study aimed to investigate the function of COX-2 in human gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC).

Arecoline suppresses HaCaT cell proliferation through cell cycle regulatory molecules.

Betel nut chewing is the most common cause of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF). Arecoline is the main component of the betel nut, and is associated with the occurrence and development of OSF through cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and DNA damage. Similar types of stimuli elicit differential responses in different cells.

[Self-assembled film of gold nanoparticles at a air/water interface used as a SERS substrate to detect melamine].

Self-assembled monolayer film of gold nanoparticles (55 nm) was formed at air-water interface by the driving force of wettability-shift of gold nanoparticles from hydrophilic property to hydrophobic property when encapsulated with 1-dodecanethiol. SEM image shows that the structure of the surface is nearly monolayer with closed arrays of uniform particle size when the film is transferred onto Si wafer. The substrate can be used for SERS substrate to realize semiquantitative analysis of melamine and the detection limit can reach l x 10(-9) g x L(-1).

Minimally invasive Nuss technique allows for repair of recurrent pectus excavatum following the Ravitch procedure: report of 12 cases.

This work aimed to determine the efficacy of recurrent pectus excavatum repair using a minimally invasive Nuss procedure. We performed a secondary repair in 12 patients with recurrent pectus excavatum by using the minimally invasive Nuss procedure. Prior repairs had been performed using the Ravitch procedure in all cases.

Detection of survivin-expressing circulating cancer cells (CCCs) in peripheral blood of patients with gastric and colorectal cancer reveals high risks of relapse.

Background: We previously demonstrated that the detection of circulating cancer cells (CCCs) expressing survivin mRNA could provide valuable information for predicting metastasis and recurrence in breast cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not the detection of survivin expression in the peripheral blood could also have significant effects on the clinical outcomes of patients with gastric and colorectal cancer.

Methods: Survivin-expressing CCCs in peripheral blood samples obtained from 55 gastric cancer patients, 86 colorectal cancer patients, and 87 healthy volunteers were quantitatively examined by using a RT-PCR ELISA.

Clinical significance of detecting survivin-expressing circulating cancer cells in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

We previously demonstrated that the detection of circulating cancer cells (CCC) expressing survivin mRNA could provide valuable information for predicting metastasis and recurrence in breast cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate the significance of detecting survivin-expressing CCC on the clinical outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Peripheral blood samples collected from 143 NSCLC patients and 177 healthy volunteers were quantitatively evaluated using a technique developed in our laboratory that detected reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) products based on a hybridisation-enzyme linked immunosorbant essay (ELISA), which we called RT-PCR ELISA.

[Detonation temperature measurement of epoxypropane using instantaneous spectrum method].

After solving the problems of synchronization of the measuring system and the avoidance of false trigger signal, the instantaneous emission spectrum of epoxypropane with an exposure time of 2 micros and a resolution of 0.2 nm was acquired from a side window of a shock tube at the very moment when the epoxypropane transformed from deflagration to detonation. The measuring system consists of an advanced intensified charge-coupled-device spectroscopic detector, a digital delay generator DG535, an explosion shock tube and optical fibers.

[Using instantaneous spectra to determine dominant species in the DDT process of epoxypropane].

After solving problems of weak light detection, the calibration of the spectral sensitivity of the measuring system, and the synchronization of the measuring system, instantaneous emission spectra of epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) with the exposure time of 2-8 micros and the resolution of 0. 2 nm were acquired from six different side windows of an explosion shock tube. Using the corrected spectral data, curves of the optical radiant intensity of main reaction products versus the DDT distance from the ignition point were obtained.

[Determination of reaction products of epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition by emission spectroscopy].

After solving problems of the synchronization of the measuring system, the detection of weak light, and the avoidance of false trigger signal, the instantaneous emission spectra of epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) with the exposure time of 1-16 micros and the resolution of 0.2 nm were measured. The spectra were acquired from side windows of an explosion shock tube 0.

[The measurement and analysis of visible-absorption spectrum and fluorescence spectrum of lycopene].

Using ICCD spectral detection system, the absorbency of lycopene-carbon bisulfide solution with different concentration was measured, and the result shows that in a specified range the absorption rule of lycopene solution agrees with Lambert-Beer Law. Absorption spectral wavelength shifts were measured respectively when lycopene was dissolved in acetone, normal hexane, petroleum ether, benzene, ethyl acetate, and carbon bisulfide, and comparing to acetone, different red-shift appeared when lycopene was dissolved in benzene, ethyl acetate, and carbon bisulfide when water was added in lycopene-acetone solution, t he absorbency of lycopene dropped, the fine structure of absorption spectrum became indistinct, and a new absorption peak appeared in UV. The reason for these phenomena is that the solvent molecule had different effect on lycopene molecule when lycopene was dissolved in different solvent.

[Study of adenovirus-mediated vascular endothelial growth factor 165 gene transfer into bone marrow stromal cells and its expressive product promoting proliferation of endothelial cells].

Objective: To study transcription, expression, and bioactivity of expressive protein of vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF(165)) gene, after bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) were transferred by VEGF(165) gene mediated by adenovirus vector ex vivo.

Methods: BMSCs were Isolated and cultured by gradient centrifugation method. The cells cultured are transferred by recombinant adenovirus vector that carry VEGF(165) gene.

[Instantaneous emission spectra of epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition].

Using an intensified CCD spectroscopic detector (Princeton Instruments, ICCD PI-Max 1024 RB) which can be gated in as little as 5 ns, the synchronization of the measuring system was controlled by a digital delay generator (Stanford Research Systems, DG535), the DG535 was triggered externally by a lab-made electrical pulse generator which transformed the optical trigger signal to an electrical signal, and the light signal from the end window of an explosion shock tube was delivered by an 1 mm in diameter plastic optical fiber to the entrance slit of the spectrometer (grating of 150 g x mm(-1) , central wavelength of 550 nm). The spectrum measurement of the epoxypropane in the process of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) was then made. The instantaneous emission spectra of epoxypropane at different time of the DDT process with an exposure time of several microseconds were acquired.