Up-regulation of circular RNA hsa_circ_01844 induces apoptosis and suppresses proliferation and migration of glioblastoma cells.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that various circular RNAs are involved in the malignant proliferation of cancers, such as liver cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and others. The potential role of circular RNAs in glioblastoma, however, is still uncertain. In this study, we aimed to study the potential role of hsa_circ_01844 in glioblastoma.

Parenchymal-sparing versus extended hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: To assess the safety and efficacy of parenchymal-sparing hepatectomy (PSH) as a treatment of colorectal liver metastases (CLM).

Methods: A comprehensive medical literature search was performed. Perioperative and long-term survival outcomes were pooled.

Feasibility of using marginal liver grafts in living donor liver transplantation.

Liver transplantation (LT) is one of the most effective treatments for end-stage liver disease caused by related risk factors when liver resection is contraindicated. Additionally, despite the decrease in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) over the past two decades, the absolute number of HBsAg-positive people has increased, leading to an increase in HBV-related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Consequently, a large demand exists for LT.

The choose of different surgical therapies of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: A single-center retrospective case-control study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate different surgical therapies for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in different clinical stages.We analyze the clinical data of 115 patients who received surgical treatment in West China Hospital from January 2004 to June 2016. Among these patients, 77 cases underwent radical hepatic resection (group A, n = 77); 17 cases underwent palliative resection (group B, n = 17), and 21 cases underwent liver transplantation (group C, n = 21) with 12 cases of orthotopic liver transplantation and 9 cases of liver autotransplantation.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with or without sorafenib for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and TACE in combination with sorafenib (TACE-sorafenib) have shown a significant survival benefit for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Adopting either as a first-line therapy carries major cost and resource implications. The objective of this study was to estimate the relative cost-effectiveness of TACE against TACE-sorafenib for unresectable HCC using a decision analytic model.

Two-stage hepatectomy for multiple giant alveolar echinococcosis.

Alveolar echinococcosis is a chronically progressive and potentially fatal disease. Patients with multiple giant alveolar echinococcosis have a poor prognosis when radical resection cannot be achieved, but curative resection can be limited by low future remnant liver volumes. In these cases, 2-stage liver resection may be a better choice: after a first-stage hepatectomy with partial resection, liver regeneration is allowed in the residual liver before proceeding to the second-stage hepatectomy.

[A Preliminary Study on Portal Vein Hemodynamic Changes and Liver Regeneration in Rats after 70% Partial Hepatectomy].

Objective: To explore portal vein hemodynamic changes and liver regeneration in rats after 70% partial hepatectomy (PH).

Methods: Rats were randomly subjected into sham operation group and 70% PH group. A 5-12 MHz high-frequency linear transducer was applied to measure the portal vein diameter (PVD) and the maximum portal vein velocity (PVV) before and after operation on day 1, 3, 7, 14.

Second Hepatectomy Improves Survival in Patients With Microvascular Invasive Hepatocellular Carcinoma Meeting the Milan Criteria.

Microvascular invasion (MVI) is a strong risk factor for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) meeting the Milan criteria and who have received curative hepatectomy. The relevance of a second hepatectomy in patients with MVI-positive recurrent HCC remains controversial. We had 329 cases of HCC hepatectomy meeting the Milan criteria and compared data on patient demographics, liver function, and tumor pathology between MVI-positive and MVI-negative group.

Microvascular invasion patterns affect survival in hepatocellular carcinoma patients after second hepatectomy.

Background: Microvascular invasion (MVI) is an important risk factor for survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after hepatectomy. However, its impact on patients with recurrent HCC who receive a second hepatectomy is unknown.

Methods: We enrolled 167 patients with HCC who underwent a second hepatectomy because of intrahepatic recurrences.

Ultrasonic integrated backscatter in assessing liver steatosis before and after liver transplantation.

Background: Liver steatosis affects 20%-30% of adults. Because of the increasing gap between graft supplies and demands, livers with steatosis are frequently used in liver transplantation. But severely steatotic liver grafts are associated with a high risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications.

Risk factors associated with early and late recurrence after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a single institution's experience with 398 consecutive patients.

Background: Surgical resection is an important curative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, some patients experience an unexpected recurrence even after hepatectomy. The present study aimed to investigate risk factors and predictive criteria for early and late recurrence of HCC after resection.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 398 Chinese patients who received curative resection for HCC was conducted.

Tissue engineered esophagus scaffold constructed with porcine small intestinal submucosa and synthetic polymers.

Acellular porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) has been successfully used for reconstructing esophagus with half circumferential defects. However, repairing full circumferential esophageal defects with SIS has been restricted due to the latter's poor mechanical properties. In the present study, synthetic polyesters biomaterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHHx) and poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) have been used to improve the mechanical properties of SIS.

An accurate predictor of liver failure and death after hepatectomy: a single institution's experience with 478 consecutive cases.

Aim: To establish a reliable definition of postoperative liver failure (PLF) and allow the prediction of outcomes after hepatectomy.

Methods: The clinical data of 478 consecutive patients who underwent hepatectomy were retrospectively analyzed. The examined prognostic factors included the ratio of total bilirubin (TBIL) on postoperative day (POD) X to TBIL on POD 1 (TBIL-r1) and the ratio of the international normalized ratio (INR) on POD X to the INR on POD 1 (INR-r1) for PODs 3, 5 and 7.

Risk factors and criteria predicting early graft loss after adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation.

Background: Because deceased liver donors are scarce, adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is considered a suitable alterative. However, LDLT grafts are usually partial, resulting in a higher risk of early graft loss (EGL). The aim of the present study was to identify the risk factors and criteria predicting EGL after LDLT.

Intracisternal administration of SB203580, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor, attenuates cerebral vasospasm via inhibition of tumor-necrosis factor-α.

Tumor-necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is critical to the development of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Hence, therapeutic strategies targeting TNF-α can attenuate cerebral vasospasm. This study investigated the effects of SB203580, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor, on TNF-α concentration in the cerebral arteries and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after SAH and on subsequent cerebral vasospasm.

Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure in China.

Aim: To investigate the long-term outcome of recipients and donors of adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation (AALDLT) for acute liver failure (ALF).

Methods: Between January 2005 and March 2010, 170 living donor liver transplantations were performed at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. All living liver donor was voluntary and provided informed consent.

Evaluation outcomes of donors in living donor liver transplantation: a single-center analysis of 132 donors.

Background: Donor safety has always been a major concern, and potential risk to the donor must be balanced against recipient benefit. However, lack of a standardized and uniform evaluation of perioperative complications is a serious limitation of the evaluation of donor morbidity. This study was designed to evaluate the outcomes of donors in adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using the newer Clavien classification system in a single center in China.

[Expression of vigilin in cell lines and human hepatocellular carcinoma].

Objective: To explore the expression status of Vigilin (high density lipoprotein binding protein) in various cell lines and human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues.

Methods: The expression of Vigilin was measured semiquantitatively with western blot in hepatic cancer, cervical cancer and normal cell lines. The samples of 59 hepatocellular carcinoma tissues, 59 adjacent liver tissues and 33 distant non-tumor liver tissues were collected, Vigilin expression in the above samples was detected by immunohistochemistry.

Potential contribution of nuclear factor-kappaB to cerebral vasospasm after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits.

Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) plays a key role in inflammation, which is involved in the development of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In the present study, we assessed the potential role of NF-kappaB in regulation of cerebral vasospasm. Nuclear factor-kappaB DNA-binding activity was measured in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) treated with hemolysate and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC, 80 micromol/L), an inhibitor of NF-kappaB.

Comparison between one- and two-hemorrhage models of cerebral vasospasm in rabbits.

Injection of blood into the cisterna magna is one of the most frequently used methods to produce subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) models in animals. Although the two-hemorrhage model of vasospasm is frequently used in canine and rat models, most studies with rabbits only use the one-hemorrhage model. In the present study, we accomplished a side-by-side comparison between one- and two-hemorrhage models in rabbits.

Genetic variation of porcine prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) gene and its association with reproductive traits in an Erhualian x Duroc F2 population.

Identification of major genes that genetically impact female fertility is important for successful selection of high prolificacy pig lines. Because it is the rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins (PGs), which are important for ovulation, fertilization, implantation, decidualization and parturition, prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 gene (PTGS2) is a potential candidate gene affecting porcine reproductive traits. In this study, a PCR-RFLP was used to genotype a total of 1 031 animals, including 661 from twelve Chinese local pig breeds, 190 from three Western pig breeds and 180 F2 sows from Nanchang pig resource family.

[Studies of microsatellite isolation from porcine PAC clone].

A novel microsatellite DNA was isolated from a single porcine PAC clone by sequencing the PAC clone directly with (CA)n repeat motif anchored primer. The specific primer pairs flanking the (CA)n repeat region were used to amplify the genomic DNA of 40 individuals from 8 pig breeds, which detected three alleles with the fragment length of 305 bp, 307 bp and 309 bp. The PCR product sequencing results of homozygous animals representing three alleles revealed that those three alleles contained 12,13 and 14 CA dinucleotide repeats respectively.

[Polymorphism analysis of porcine myogenin gene by PCR-RFLP].

The polymorphisms of porcine myogenin gene in 561 pigs including Duroc, Landrace, Large Yorkshire, Nanchang white pig, Erhualian, Meishan, Yushan black pig, Leping spotted pig, Jinhua black head-hind pig and Shanggao black head-hind pig were detected by PCR-RFLPs with three different pairs of primers,and the PCR products were digested by MspI. The results showed that most of the Duroc, Landrace, Large Yorkshire, Nanchang white pigs presented as AA genotype, while more animals of the six Chinese local pig breeds except for Leping spotted pig presented as BB genotype at PCR1 MspI-RFLP site. The six Chinese local breeds presented as MM genotype except that one Yushan black pig presented as MN genotype, while more swines of the exotic breeds including Duroc, Landrace, Large Yorkshire presented as NN genotype, and Nanchang white pig appeared to be closer to the exotic breeds at PCR2 MspI-RFLP site.

[Studies of the relationship of melanocortin receptor 1(MC1R) gene with coat color phenotype in pigs].

Although coat color in pigs has no direct relation with economic traits, it affects economic benefit significantly, coat color selection are widely used in pig breeding and production. PCR-Acc II-RFLP, PCR-BspH I-RFLP and PCR-SSCP were used in combination to analyze genotype at MC1R locus among individuals from 16 full-sib pedigrees and 6 Chinese native breeds including Jinhua, Jiaxing Black, Yushan Black, Leping Spotted, Shanggao Spotted and Shengxian Spotted pig. It was found that the Chinese native pig breeds carry a dominant black allele at MC1R at high frequency, this ED1 allele was suggested to be the major allele controlling black coat color in Chinese native pig breed.

Untraceable partially blind signature based on DLOG problem.

This paper proposes a new untraceable Partially Blind Signature scheme which is a cross between the traditional signature scheme and the blind signature scheme. In this proposed scheme, the message M that the signer signed can be divided into two parts. The first part can be known to the signer (like that in the traditional signature scheme) while the other part cannot be known to the signer (like that in the blind signature scheme).