Publications by authors named "Tian-Zhu Long"
Background: The microenvironment within solid tumors has often been shown to exhibit an acidic extracellular pH. Although the morphologic and functional differences in natural killer (NK) cells of the liver and spleen have been reported previously under physiological conditions, the difference under acidic conditions is still unclear. This study was to investigate the differences in the morphological and functional characteristics between rat liver and spleen NK cells under normal and acidic conditions in vitro.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a rare case of duodenal pseudolymphoma without any symptoms. The lesion located in front of the head of the pancreas was found accidentally during a medical examination. The findings of computed tomography and positron emission tomography-computed tomography suggested a stromal tumor or malignant lymphoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh incidence of biliary complications in rat liver transplantation: can we avoid it?
World J Gastroenterol
July 2011
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to identify methods for decreasing biliary complications during rat orthotopic liver transplants by testing various surgical techniques on 165 male Wistar rats.
- - The rats were divided into three primary groups based on the type of surgical procedure performed, with further sub-groupings to assess the impact of artery reconstruction on biliary complications, and results were evaluated 14 days post-operation or upon significant complication occurrence.
- - Findings revealed a high success rate for transplants overall (98.3%), but notable differences in biliary complication rates among groups, with the "duct-duodenum reconstruction" showing the highest risk and deeming traditional methods less effective for minimizing complications in this model.
Donor liver natural killer cells alleviate liver allograft acute rejection in rats.
Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int
August 2011
Background: Liver enriched natural killer (NK) cells are of high immune activity. However, the function of donor liver NK cells in allogeneic liver transplantation (LTx) remains unclear.
Methods: Ten Gy of whole body gamma-irradiation (WBI) from a 60Co source at 0.