[Prevention and treatment of electrical burn injury: much progresses achieved yet further efforts still needed].

Electrical burn injury is very common, including electrical contact burn, electrical arc burn, and lightning burn, etc. Electrical burn patients account for 0.04 to 5 percent of all burn victims in the developed countries, while it hit up to 27 percent in the developing countries, much more than the global average of 4.

Downregulation of liver-intestine cadherin enhances cisplatin-induced apoptosis in human gastric cancer BGC823 cells.

Gastric cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer. Liver-intestine cadherin (CDH17) has been found to be involved in the proliferation and apoptosis of gastric cancer cells. Cisplatin is one of the most widely used antineoplastic agents in the treatment of solid tumor and hematological malignancies.

[Clinical effects of Joint Active System on the treatment of joint dysfunction after deep burn].

To observe the clinical effects of the Joint Active System on the treatment of joint dysfunction after deep burn. Twenty-two patients with joint dysfunction after deep burn were hospitalized in Institute of Burns of Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University & Wuhan Third Hospital from January 2015 to October 2016, involving 18 elbow joints with flexion disorder, 10 wrist joints with dorsal extension disorder, and 12 ankle joints with dorsal extension disorder. They were treated with the elbow joint activity training device, the wrist joint activity training device, and the ankle joint activity training device of the Joint Active System, respectively.

Down-regulation of liver-intestine cadherin enhances noscapine-induced apoptosis in human colon cancer cells.

Background: The aim of the present study was to explore the signaling pathway of noscapine which induces apoptosis by blocking liver-intestine cadherin (CDH17) gene in colon cancer SW480 cells.

Methods: Human colon cancer SW480 cells were transfected with CDH17 interference vector and treatment with 10 µmol/L noscapine. The proliferation and apoptosis of SW480 cells were detected by MTT assay and AnnexinV-FITC/PI flow cytometry kit (BD), respectively.

[Analysis of microRNA expression profile in serum of patients with electrical burn or thermal burn].

To explore the differential expression of microRNAs in the serum among patients with electrical burn or thermal burn and healthy persons and to explore the significance. In this study we included three patients with electrical burn and three patients with thermal burn, conforming to the inclusion criteria and hospitalized in our burn ward from June to August 2015, and three healthy adult volunteers. Their serum samples were separated from whole blood and divided into electrical burn group, thermal burn group, and normal control group.

[Application of laser speckle perfusion imaging in predicting wound healing time of burn patients].

To explore the application effect of laser speckle perfusion imaging (LSPI) in predicting wound healing time of burn patients. LSPI was performed in 84 adult burn patients hospitalized in department of burns of Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University & Wuhan Third Hospital within post injury hour (PIH) 24 to 72 to detect the blood perfusion values of the wounds. The wound healing time was recorded.