A case report of wandering spleen with pedicle torsion and splenic infarction being misdiagnosed as organ inversion complicated with acute appendicitis.

Wandering spleen is a rare disease that is easily misdiagnosed. When combined with splenic pedicle torsion and even splenic infarction, wandering spleen is a rare and critical cause of surgical acute abdomen. We report an 18-year-old male patient with abdominal organ inversion diagnosed as acute appendicitis before operation.

Exploratory laparoscopy as first choice procedure for the diagnosis of giant peritoneal loose body: a case report.

Peritoneal loose body (PLB) is an extremely rare clinical entity, and its preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. We report a case of giant PLB (GPLB) confirmed by exploratory laparoscopy. A 46-year-old man was admitted to hospital with an abdominal mass and urinary frequency.

Gold nano-particles (AuNPs) carrying miR-326 targets PDK1/AKT/c-myc axis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Abnormal expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) contributes to tumour growth and invasion. MiR-326 expression often down-regulates in several kinds of cancer and low expression of miR-326 is linked with poor prognosis in cancer patients. In the present study, we aimed to explore the modulatory mechanism of miR-326 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

LINC01287 regulates tumorigenesis and invasion via miR-298/MYB in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Recently, it was reported that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) participated in promoting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) initiation and progression. Herein, we reported that the expression level of LINC01287 was elevated in HCC cell lines and tissues. LINC01287 down-regulation inhibited HCC cells growth and invasion both in vitro and in vivo.

LINC01287/miR-298/STAT3 feedback loop regulates growth and the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition phenotype in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Background: The long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have participated in the promotion of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) initiation and progression. Nevertheless, the biological role and underlying mechanism of LINC01287 in HCC has never been reported.

Methods: The TGCA database was used to explore the abnormal expression of lncRNAs in HCC.

[Study on the relationship between passive smoking and blood lipids, fibrinogen and viscosity among women who never smoke].

Objective: To determine whether blood lipids profile, fibrinogen and viscosity were associated with passive smoking (i. e. environmental tobacco smoke, ETS) in Chinese women who never smoke.

[Study on mortality, incidence and risk factors of stroke in a cohort of elderly in Xi'an, China].

Objective: To prospectively study the relationship between risk factors and stroke incidence and mortality in the Chinese elderly.

Methods: An analytic study in a cohort population of 1,268 male retired cadres in a military setting. A health-screening program was carried out for all cadres aged 55 years or older in Xi'an in February 1987.

[A prospective study on smoking, quitting and mortality in a cohort of elderly in Xi'an, China].

Objective: To prospective examine the relationship between smoking, quitting and mortality in older Chinese men by in Xi'an, China.

Methods: The design was a cohort analytic study. One thousand two hundred and sixty-eight retired male military veterans aged 60 or older were examined in 1987.