Minimally invasive treatment combined with cytokine-induced killer cells therapy lower the short-term recurrence rates of hepatocellular carcinomas.

The recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after minimally invasive therapy is frequent. Adoptive immunotherapy is thought to be an effective method to lower recurrence and metastasis rates of malignant tumors. Therefore, 85 HCC patients after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation therapy were randomized to immunotherapy group and no adjuvant therapy group.

[Reversal of drug resistance in human ovarian cancer cells by wild-type PTEN gene and its mechanisms].

Objective: To examine expression of PTEN gene in ovarian cancer cisplatin-sensitive cell line OV2008 cells and cisplatin-resistant cell line C13K cells, and evaluate the effect of wild-type PTEN gene on reversing cisplatin-resistance of C13K cells and underlying mechanisms.

Methods: The expression of PTEN mRNA and protein in OV2008 and C13K cells were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and western blot. Recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid containing human wild-type PTEN gene was transfected into C13K cells by lipofectamine 2000.

Low pH hydrothermal synthesis and properties of lanthanide-organic frameworks with (4(10),6(5))(4(9),6(6)) topology constructed from Ln-Hbptc building blocks.

Two novel lanthanide-organic frameworks (LnOFs) with (4(10),6(5))(4(9),6(6)) topology, [Ln(Hbptc)(H(2)O)](n) (Ln = Eu(1), Gd(2); H(4)bptc = 3,3',4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid) were synthesized via the hydrothermal in situ reaction between lanthanide salts and 3,3',4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (bpta) under low pH conditions. In complexes 1 and 2, homohelix bundles with opposite chirality are assembled alternately and result in pillar-like 3D extended networks incorporated with coordinated water molecules, which show high thermal stability. The luminescence properties are illustrated by the Eu(III) complex (1) and its Gd-doped compound, which are intensive red emitters.

Increased polycomb-group oncogene Bmi-1 expression correlates with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Purpose: Recent studies have identified polycomb-group gene Bmi-1 as oncogene in the generation of mouse pre-cell lymphomas, and overexpression of Bmi-1 has been found in several human tumor with the disease progress and poor prognosis of the cancer patients.

Methods: In present study, we investigated Bmi-1 expression and its prognostic significance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by performing immunohistochemical analysis, using a total of 137 HCC clinical tissue samples.

Results: High Bmi-1 expression (Bmi-1 2+ or 3+) was shown in 29.

Adjuvant adenovirus-mediated delivery of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase administration improves outcome of liver transplantation in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Purpose: Previous poor results of liver transplantation (LT) have been confirmed in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Adenovirus-mediated delivery of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (ADV-TK) therapy is an established adjuvant treatment in cancer, and we evaluated its potential as an adjuvant treatment for HCC patients who underwent LT.

Experimental Design: Forty-five HCC patients with tumors >5 cm in diameter participated in the study over a follow-up period of 50 months.

The relationship between the down-regulation of DNA-PKcs or Ku70 and the chemosensitization in human cervical carcinoma cell line HeLa.

The aim of this study was to clarify the function of non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) in tumorigenesis and chemoresistance, and to explore the potential of DNA-PK as a target of reversal of chemoresistance and enhancing the sensitivity of cells to chemotherapeutic agents. Plasmid vectors pSIREN-Ku70shRNA and pSIREN-DNA-PKcssh-RNA, which coded small interfering RNA of Ku70 and DNA-PKcs, were constructed and transfected into human cervical cancer cell line HeLa. The relationship between the down-regulation of Ku70 or DNA-PKcs and tumor cell proliferation and the sensitivity of cells to chemotherapeutic agents were analyzed.

[Diesel emission control technologies: a review].

The authors reviewed the researches on diesel emission control for both new engine technologies and aftertreatment technologies. Emphases were focused on the recent advancements of the diesel particulate filter (DPF) and the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO(x). In addition, it was explored for the future development in this field.

Heat shock proteins and p53 play a critical role in K+ channel-mediated tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis.

Plasma membrane potassium (K+) channels are required for tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis. However, the signal transduction mechanisms underlying K+ channel-dependent tumor cell proliferation or apoptosis remains elusive. Using HeLa and A2780 cells as study models, we tested the hypothesis that apoptotic proteins are linked with K+ channel-dependent tumor cell cycle and apoptosis.

VEGF-C, VEGFR-3, and COX-2 enhances growth and metastasis of human cervical carcinoma cell lines in vitro.

The study was conducted to clarify the expression and biological significance of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 in human cervical cancer cell lines and to investigate the correlation between VEGF-C and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in these cells. Flow cytometry, Western blotting, RT-PCR, cell immunochemistry assay, cell proliferation assay, in vitro invasion assay and cell immunochemistry assay were used to detect the gene expression and to evaluate the biological features in test cell lines. VEGF-C expression was low while VEGFR-3 was quiet high in all cell lines detected.

Maxillary removable prostheses retained by telescopic crowns on two implants or two canines.

Precision telescopic attachments allow for rigid connection between removable prostheses and abutments. However, it is still unknown whether implants can bear similar long-term loading forces as teeth when telescopic crowns are used as retention devices. It was the aim of this prospective clinical study to observe maxillary removable partial dentures that were retained by telescopic crowns on two endosseous implants in the canine regions.

[GFAAS determination of trace amount cadmium in shark liver after microwave digestion].

In the present work, a method was developed for the determination of cadmium in shark liver by means of graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with microwave digestion, and a systematic study was carried out by selection of the most appropriate working conditions and optimization of the sample mass. The samples were digested by microwave with mixed acid of HF-HCIO4 (1:2). Trace amount cadmium was determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) with Pd(NO3)2 as a matrix modifier.

The role of ROS in microcystin-LR-induced hepatocyte apoptosis and liver injury in mice.

Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) produced by cyanobacteria in diverse water systems is a potent specific hepatotoxin and has been documented to induce hepatocyte apoptosis and liver injury; however, the mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. In the present study, we investigated whether MC-LR stimulated ROS generation in the liver of mice and the role of ROS in the pathogenesis of MC-LR-induced liver injury in vivo. MC-LR treatment (60 microg/kg of body weight) for 12h prompted large amount of ROS generation in mice liver, upregulated the expression of Bax and Bid, caused the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) loss and hepatocyte apoptosis as well as liver injury.

Knock-down of P-glycoprotein reverses taxol resistance in ovarian cancer multicellular spheroids.

We previously established that multicellular ovarian cancer spheroids develop intrinsic multidrug resistance with the appearance of quiescent cell areas. p27 protein is a determinant of such resistance. However, the precise molecular basis of such resistance remains unknown.

The 2003 revised TNM staging system for breast cancer: results of stage re-classification on survival and future comparisons among stage groups.

Background: Changes to TNM staging criteria for breast cancer, introduced in 2003, have resulted in stage re-classification for some tumors. The most frequently implemented change has resulted in tumors associated with more than three positive axillary nodes being upstaged. We hypothesize these TNM staging changes would result in more TNM Stage IIB, IIIA, and IIIB tumors and that disease-specific survival estimates would change under the new staging system.

A data model to predict HER2 status in breast cancer based on the clinical and pathologic profiles of a large patient population at a single institution.

Recently published clinical trial data have produced compelling evidence for increased survival when Herceptin is administered to patients whose tumors are HER2 amplified. Therefore, the accuracy of HER2 status is essential to determine which patients should or should not receive Herceptin. Although HER2 results obtained by FISH and IHC are often in agreement, there is a persistent group of cases in which results are discordant, particularly among tumors with intermediate results.

Identification of a new target region on the long arm of chromosome 7 in gastric carcinoma by loss of heterozygosity.

Aim: To define the common deleted region on the long arm of haman chromosome 7q linked to primary gastric carcinomas in Chinese by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and its clinical significance.

Methods: Nine microsatellite markers distributed over chromosome 7q with an average marker density of 10cM were used to examine 70 primary gastric carcinomas for LOH by PCR amplification. The PCR products were separated by electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel.

Effect of mechanical and antiseptic therapy on peri-implant mucositis: an experimental study in monkeys.

Objectives: This experiment was performed to evaluate clinically and histologically the effect of mechanical therapy with or without antiseptic therapy on peri-implant mucositis lesions in nine cynomolgus monkeys.

Material And Methods: Two ITI titanium implants were inserted into each side of the mandibles. After 90 days of plaque control and soft tissue healing, a baseline clinical examination was completed.

Loss of heterozygosity analysis of a candidate gastric carcinoma tumor suppressor locus at 7q31.

Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies in Asia. Although the allelic deletion of 7q has been reportedly associated with primary gastric carcinoma tumorigenesis, no predisposing genes in this region have been identified so far. Here, we report the results of genotype and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis on 7q in this tumor.

Prognostic significance of residual breast disease and axillary node involvement for patients who had primary induction chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer.

Background: We performed this study to determine the prognostic significance of clinical tumor size, pathologic measurement of residual tumor, and number of positive axillary nodes in the surgical specimen relative to overall survival for patients who underwent primary induction chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer.

Methods: Data, collected prospectively between 1997 and 2002, included clinical tumor-node-metastasis stage, age at diagnosis, hormone receptor status, type of preoperative chemotherapy, histological type, surgical procedure, pathologic measurement in centimeters of residual breast tumor, and the number of positive axillary nodes in the surgical specimen. Univariable correlates of residual breast disease were assessed by using the chi2 test.

[Determination of mercury in shark liver by cold atom fluorescence spectrometry after microwave dissolution].

The conditions for the determination of mercury in shark liver by cold atom fluorescence spectrometry (CAFS) with microwave dissolution were studied. After being dried completely, the method employed 2 mol x L(-1) HNO3-4 mol x L(-1) HCl as an oxidant, and with catalysis by V2O5, the samples were digested in a microwave oven. The mercury in absorption solution was reduced by SnCl2, and then was determined by CAFS at wavelength of 253.

[Effect of silencing epidermal growth factor receptor expression by RNA interference on the growth of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell 5-8F].

Objective: To observe the growth and cell cycle changes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell 5-8F in response to silencing of the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with RNA interference (RNAi), and explore the possible relationships between EGFR and the occurrence, differentiation and progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Method: Three EGFR-specific small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) were obtained by in vitro transcription and synthesis and were transiently transfected into 5-8F cells. The EGFR expression levels in the transfected cells were detected by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and Western blotting, respectively.

[Stress analysis of the post and core system under loading].

Purpose: To analyze the stress of the post and core system by using finite element analysis and study the influence of the "crown materials" on the analytic results.

Methods: Three groups of 3D finite element models of maxillary incisors were established according to the fabricating standard of the post and core system by using I-DEAS finite element analysis software. Group A was consisted of the cast metal post and core, the tooth structure after preparation and the periodontal structure.

[Microsatellite marker linked with stripe rust resistant gene Yr9 in wheat].

SSR analysis was performed using a wheat near-isogenic line (NIL) Taichuang29 * 6/ Lovrin13, which carried the resistance gene Yr9 against wheat stripe rust and its recurrent parent Taichung29 as materials. After screening with 32 SSR primers on 1B chromosome, reproducible polymorphic DNA fragment amplified by Xgwm582 was identified. Genetic linkage was tested in 177 segregating F2 plants.