Relationship between GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotypes and renal cell carcinoma risk: a meta-analysis.

The results from the published studies on the relationship between GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotypes and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) risk are still conflicting. This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between GSTM1/GSTT1 null genotypes and RCC susceptibility. Association studies were identified from the databases of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and CBM-disc (China Biological Medicine Database) on 1 February 2012, and eligible investigations from 1950 to 2012 were synthesized using meta-analysis method.

[Experimental research on the effects of Chinese herb drugs on immune dysfunction in severely scalded rats].

Objective: To observe the modulation effect of a concoction of Chinese herb drugs on immune dysfunction in severely burned rats.

Methods: One hundred healthy Wistar rats were randomly divided into A group (n = 30, with Chinese herb drug feeding after burns), B group (n = 30, with bouillon feeding after burns), C group (n = 30, with ordinary feeding after burns), and D group (n = 10, with sham burns as normal controls). The rats in A, B and C groups were subjected to 30% TBSA full-thickness burns and received conventional treatment.