Application of esophageal irradiation stents coated with 125I particles in advanced esophageal cancer.

Purpose: The current study was designed to investigate the primary efficacy of esophageal irradiation stents coated with 125I particles in the treatment of elderly patients with advanced esophageal cancer.

Methods: Forty-three elderly patients with advanced esophageal cancer were treated with esophageal stents in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University between September 2009 and December 2010. Patients were randomly divided into group A (N=18), treated with irradiation stents, and group B (N=25), treated with ordinary stents.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Bos taurus coreanae (Korean native cattle).

Korean native cattle is one of the famous native breeds in Korean. In the present work, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Korean native cattle for the first time. The total length of the mitogenome was 16,339 bp with the base composition of 33.

RNA interference targeting adrenomedullin induces apoptosis and reduces the growth of human bladder urothelial cell carcinoma.

Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a potent, long-lasting angiogenic peptide that was originally isolated from human pheochromocytoma. ADM signaling is of particular significance in endothelial cell biology because the peptide protects cells from apoptosis, and ADM has been shown to be pro-tumorigenic in that it stimulates tumor cell growth and angiogenesis. ADM may be involved in micro-vessel proliferation and partially in the release of hypoxia in solid tumors, contributing to the proliferation of tumor cells as well as local tumor invasion and metastasis.

[Application of the cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in Le Fort I osteotomy].

Objective: To improve the accuracy and safety of the Le Fort I osteotomy.

Methods: Eighty-four patients underwent CBCT scan before maxillary orthognathic surgery. The anatomic structures of maxilla were marked and measured.

[Three-dimensional finite element analysis for external midface distraction after different osteotomy in patients with cleft lip and palate].

Objective: To study three-dimensional finite element analysis for external midface distraction after different osteotomy in patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP).

Methods: Three-dimensional FEM models of Le Fort I, II and III osteotomy in CLP patients were established. External midface distraction were simulated.

[Biomechanical study of internal midface distraction after different types of maxillary osteotomy in patients with cleft lip and palate].

Objective: To investigate the biomechanical changes of internal midface distraction after different types of maxillary osteotomy in patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP).

Methods: 3-D finite element (FEM) analysis was used. 3-D models of Le Fort I, II, III osteotomy and soft tissue were established.

Heterologous boosting of recombinant adenoviral prime immunization with a novel vesicular stomatitis virus-vectored tuberculosis vaccine.

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious health problem worldwide. Effective vaccination strategies are needed. We report the development of a novel TB vaccine using vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) as a viral vector system to express Ag85A.