Background: The incidence of multiple primary carcinomas (MPC) varies greatly, ranging from 0.73% to 11.70% in foreign countries, with duo-duplex carcinoma being the most common, trio-duplex carcinoma and above being rare, and simultaneous multigenic carcinoma being even rarer, accounting for 18.
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February 2024
Background: Advancements in laparoscopic technology and a deeper understanding of intrahepatic anatomy have led to the establishment of more precise laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) techniques. The indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence navigation technique has emerged as the most effective method for identifying hepatic regions, potentially overcoming the limitations of LH. While laparoscopic left hemihepatectomy (LLH) is a standardized procedure, there is a need for innovative strategies to enhance its outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the local efficacy, safety, and long-term outcomes of combined radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and multipronged ethanol ablation (EA) in the treatment of unfavorable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to determine the prognostic factors for survival.
Methods: Between August 2009 and December 2017, 98 patients with 110 unfavorable HCC nodules who underwent combined RFA and multipronged EA were retrospectively enrolled in the study. Unfavorable HCC was defined as a medium (3.
Patient Prefer Adherence
January 2023
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression in middle-aged and elderly patients with diabetes in China, determine the risk factors of depression in these patients, and explore the internal relationship between influencing factors and depression by constructing a pathway model.
Methods: Data were collected from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHRLS). We included 1743 patients with diabetes who were assessed using the CES-D10, which is used to measure depressive symptoms in Chinese older adults.
Background: Carcinoma of the head of pancreas has a high malignant degree and the 5-year survival rate at 5%. For unresectable pancreatic cancer, the 5-year survival rate is even lower. The clinical diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is difficult, and surgical indications are difficult to grasp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe metastasis of osteosarcoma is a major threat to both adolescents and young adults. Identifying novel targets that may prevent osteosarcoma metastasis is critical in developing advanced clinical therapies for treating this cancer. The present study aimed to explore the mechanism of microRNA (miR)-545-5p in the metastasis of osteosarcoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn unprecedented 19-membered allenic macrolide archangiumide () was discovered from the myxobacterium SDU8 by integrating NMR-based metabolic profiling and genome mining. Its biosynthesis pathway was proposed based on the architectural analysis of the encoding -AT PKS genes and validated by isotope labeling. The methodology of combing 2D NMR-based metabolic profiling and bioinformatics-aided structure prediction, as exemplified by this study, is anticipated to improve discovery efficiency of a broader range of microbial "dark matter".
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the characterization and usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for diagnosing solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas (SPTP) and compare the enhancement patterns with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT).
Methods: Forty-three SPTP lesions proved by pathologic findings in 42 patients examined with CEUS and CECT were included in this study. The enhancement characteristics and typical CEUS features of the tumors were investigated.
Objectives: To investigate the combined use of ultrasound together with clinical features to differentiate infantile hepatic hemangioma (IHH) from other focal liver lesions (FLLs) in children and to compare the efficacy of the combined method to that of CECT/MRI.
Methods: The location, number, size and appearance of the tumors were evaluated in 45 children with IHH. Another 45 children with FLL were randomly selected as a control group.
Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
May 2014
Objective: To study the prevalence of 16S rRNA methylase genes in extended-spectrum-lactamascs (ESBLs)-producing Enterobacteriacea, and the correlations of 16S rRNA methylase genes with anminoglycoside resistnace.
Methods: Seventy-four ESBLs-producing Enterobacteriacea stains were isolated from urinary tract infections. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 5 aminoglycosides against the ESBLs-producing Enterobacteriacea were detected by two-fold agar dilution method.
Objective: To study separation and purification of flavonids with ethanol/phosphate aqueous two-phase system.
Method: The diversity of phase separation ability and the distribution of target products in various systems were taken as indicators to analyze aqueous two-phase extraction systems and phase diagrams formed by ethanol and some common salts, screen out EtOH/ K2HPO4 system as the optimla system for extracting total flavonids, and study the impact of proportion of components in EtOH/K2 HPO4 system on the partition coefficient and phase ratio of flavonids.
Result And Conclusion: The EtOH/K2 HPO4 system with omegaEtOH 36.
Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue
October 2011
Purpose: This study was to compare the marginal adaptation of single crown made of 3 different all-ceramic systems (IPS e.max, In-Ceram alumina, Kavo Everest) in vitro using a light-body silicone supported by a heavy-body silicone material.
Methods: The crowns were made for 1 extracted maxillary premolar prepared with a 0.
Objective: To understand the changing trends of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 1998 to 2008.
Methods: A stratified-cluster random sampling based cross-sectional NCDs survey was carried out in 2008, and using the data of NCDs from the health service surveys in 1998 and 2004, in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The prevalence rate of NCDs was standardization according to age proportion of the population being surveyed in 1998.
Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi
October 2008
A high efficient protocol of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Musa acuminata cv. Mas (AA), a major banana variety of the South East Asia region, was developed in this study. Male-flower-derived embryogenic cell suspensions (ECS) were co-cultivated in liquid medium with Agrobacterium strain EHA105 harboring a binary vector pCAMBIA2301 carrying nptII and gusA gene in the T-DNA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, we described the direct somatic embryogenesis from both immature cotyledon cuts and nucelli in the same mango cultivar (Mangifera indica L. var Zihua), studied the effect of growth conditions of embryogenic cultures (EMs) on cryopreservation and compared the cryopreservation response of EMs induced from these two different explants. Histological studies demonstrated that EMs derived from nucelli could be induced directly from epidermal cells of both sides of nucelli, whereas EMs derived from cotyledon cuts were induced only from epidermal cells of the adaxial side of the cotyledons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
February 2007
Dissoluble manganese supramolecule containing rhodamine 6G luminescent particles (M2) are synthesized, based on dissoluble manganese supramolecule (M1) doping rhodamine 6G (R.6G), by crystalline method. The particle diameters of M1 and M2 determined by ETM are both of micron degree.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo novel three-dimensional complexes formulated as [M(3)(bime)2(mu3-OH)2(HO-BDC)2]n (M = Co, 1; Cu, 2) [bime = 1,2-bis(imidazol-1'-yl)ethane, HO-H2BDC = 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid] have been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized. Both 1 and 2 exhibit similar structural frameworks resulting from one-dimensional metal/oxygen chains extended by HO-BDC, but the bridging modes of HO-BDC and coordination environments of metal centers are different. Complexes 1 and 2 crystallize in the orthorhombic system, space group Pbcn, a = 18.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao
January 2004
Auxin-responsive elements (AuxRE) interact with a new class of plant-specific transcription factors, auxin response factors (ARFs). Some of ARFs have been shown to repress or activate expression of genes with an AuxRE promotor element. In Arabidopsis, ARFs play important roles in early embryo development and vascular strand formation (ARF5), floral patterning (ARF3) and photo- and gravitropic responses (ARF7).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao
January 2005
Conventional breeding for dual resistance of disease and pest of Musa cultivars remains a difficult endeavor, as the plant is polyploidic and high in sterility. Biotechnological techniques, eg., genetic engineering, in vitro mutation breeding, or protoplast fusion, may overcome the difficulties and improve the germplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhi Wu Sheng Li Yu Fen Zi Sheng Wu Xue Xue Bao
April 2004
Two cut surfaces of mango cotyledon (distal and proximal cut surfaces) showed different capability of adventitious root formation, only proximal cut surface could be induced to form the roots and the distal cut surface did not. cDNA fragments related to adventitious root formation from the cut sections were isolated with suppressive subtractive hybridization. The forward substracted cDNA library was constructed using the cDNAs of distal (non-rooting) cut surface as driver and the cDNAs of proximal (rooting) cut surface as tester.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree techniques were compared for cryopreserving embryogenic masses (EMs) sampled from mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Zihua embryogenic cultures: (i) encapsulation/dehydration; (ii) pregrowth/dehydration; and (iii) vitrification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in the levels of ethylene, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), 1-(malonylamino)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (MACC) and polyamines were simultaneously investigated during the early phases of alfalfa somatic embryogenesis. These included the period of induction and subculture of callus, and 3- and 7-day suspension cultures for the induction of somatic embryogenesis. The polyamines contained in the embryogenic callus were found to include putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm), but the level of Spm was much less than that of Put and Spd.
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