Therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy for gastric cancer metastasis.

Gastric cancer (GC) metastasis is the main cause of poor prognosis for GC patients. In recent years, breakthroughs in immunotherapy have been made in the treatment of many kinds of cancers, providing new hope for patients with GC metastasis. This paper reviews the mechanism of immunotherapy in GC metastasis and its clinical application, and discusses and compares the research and efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with liver metastasis, lung metastasis, peritoneal metastasis and lymph node metastasis of GC.

Prospects in the application of ultrasensitive chromosomal aneuploidy detection in precancerous lesions of gastric cancer.

Gastric cancer (GC) is a prevalent malignant tumor within the digestive system, with over 40% of new cases and deaths related to GC globally occurring in China. Despite advancements in treatment modalities, such as surgery supplemented by adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapeutic agents, the prognosis for GC remains poor. New targeted therapies and immunotherapies are currently under investigation, but no significant breakthroughs have been achieved.

[Estimation of Agricultural Non-point Source TN and TP Export Coefficients Based on Soil Loss].

Taking the Yellow River Delta as a typical research area, we constructed a coastal agricultural TN and TP non-point source pollution estimating model by analyzing the relationship between the surface soil pollutant loss risks and the monitored pollutant flux into the sea. On this basis, TN and TP non-point source export coefficients of paddy fields, irrigated land, and dry land were calculated, and the verification showed that the estimated export coefficients were acceptable. In the study area, the TN and TP export coefficients into the sea of arable land were 18.

Preparative separation of two isomeric antimalaria alkaloids febrifugine and isofebrifugine from Dichroa febrifuga roots by countercurrent chromatography.

Two antimalaria alkaloids, febrifugine and isofebrifugine, were successfully separated from total alkaloids of Dichroa febrifuga roots by one-step preparative countercurrent chromatography with a selected biphasic solvent system. The selected biphasic solvent system was composed of chloroform: methanol: water (2:1:1, v/v) according to partition performance of the two target components. Selection of biphasic solvent system was conducted by high performance liquid chromatography combined with high performance thin layer chromatography, which greatly assisted the screening procedure for biphasic solvent system.

[Mechanisms of tanshinone Ⅱ_A in reducing 4-HNE-induced hepatocyte damage by activating PPARα].

Tanshinone Ⅱ_A( Tan Ⅱ_A),the liposoluble constituents of Salvia miltiorrhiza,can not only ameliorate the lipidic metabolism and decrease the concentration of lipid peroxidation,but also resist oxidation damage,scavenge free radicals and control inflammation,with a protective effect on prognosis after liver function impairment. Therefore,the studies on the exact mechanism of Tan Ⅱ_A in protecting the liver can provide important theoretical and experimental basis for the prevention and treatment effect of Tan Ⅱ_A for liver injury. In the present study,the protective effects and mechanism of Tan Ⅱ_A on 4-hydroxynonenal( 4-HNE)-induced liver injury were investigated in vitro.

Family with Sequence Similarity 83 Member H Promotes the Viability and Metastasis of Cervical Cancer Cells and Indicates a Poor Prognosis.

Purpose: Family with sequence similarity 83 member H (FAM83H) plays key roles in tumorigenesis. However, the specific roles of FAM83H in cervical cancer (CC) have not been well studied.

Materials And Methods: The RNA-seq data of 306 CC tissues and three normal samples downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas were used to analyze the expression of FAM83H.

CXCL10/CXCR3 signaling mobilized-regulatory T cells promote liver tumor recurrence after transplantation.

Background & Aims: Liver graft injury and tumor recurrence are the major challenges of liver transplantation for the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Here, we aimed to explore the role and mechanism of liver graft injury mobilizing regulatory T cells (Tregs), which lead to late phase tumor recurrence after liver transplantation.

Methods: The correlation among tumor recurrence, liver graft injury and Tregs mobilization were studied in 257 liver transplant recipients with HCC and orthotopic rat liver transplantation models.

(22E,24R)-5α-Ergosta-2,22-dien-6-one.

In the title mol-ecule, C(28)H(44)O, two six-membered rings have regular chair conformations, while the six-membered ring containing the C=C double bond exhibits a distorted chair conformation. The five-membered ring adopts an envelope conformation. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions link mol-ecules into chains along the b axis.

(22E,24R)-3α,5-Cyclo-5α-ergosta-22-en-6-one.

In the title mol-ecule, C(28)H(44)O, the two six-membered rings have a chair conformation and the two five-membered rings haveenvelope conformations. The crystal packing exhibits no short inter-molecular contacts. The absolute configuration was assigned to correspond with that of the known chiral centres in a precursor molecule, which remained unchanged during the synthesis of the title compound.

Toxicity of dietary melamine to laying ducks: biochemical and histopathological changes and residue in eggs.

Jinding laying ducks (n = 648) were subjected to one of six dietary treatments (0, 1, 5, 25, 50, or 100 mg of melamine/kg of diet) to investigate the toxicity of melamine and determine the melamine residue in eggs. Ducks were fed melamine-supplemented diets for 21 days followed by a 21 day withdrawal period. Dietary melamine had no adverse effects on laying performance.

The preparation of an elastomer/silicate layer nanocompound with an exfoliated structure and a strong ionic interfacial interaction by utilizing an elastomer latex containing pyridine groups.

A great variety of polymer/layered silicate (PLS) nanocomposites have been reported, however, there are few exfoliated PLS nanocomposites and their inorganic-organic interfaces are still a great problem, especially for the elastomers. In this research, a kind of exfoliated elastomer/silicate layer nanocompound was prepared and proved by XRD and TEM, in which 10 phr Na(+)-montmorillonite was dispersed in butadiene-styrene-vinyl pyridine rubber by latex compounding method with acidic flocculants. Moreover, a dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer (DMTA) suggested a strong interfacial interaction (interaction parameter B(H) = 4.

[Comparison study of different methods for extracting volatile oil from bergamot].

Objective: To test different methods for extracting volatile oil from bergamot.

Methods: The determination of bergapten was carried out by RP-HPLC. Four different ways of organic solvent extraction, steam-input distillation, distillation of the material mixed with water and press extraction were compared.