AIM: To investigate the expression of Survivin in pancreatic cancer and its correlation to the expression of Bcl-2.METHODS: Survivin and Bcl-2 expressions were examined by immunohistochemistry in 42 tissue samples fro...AIM: To investigate the expression of Survivin in pancreatic cancer and its correlation to the expression of Bcl-2.METHODS: Survivin and Bcl-2 expressions were examined by immunohistochemistry in 42 tissue samples from pancreatic cancer and 10 from normal pancrease.RESULTS: No survivin expression was detected in the tissue samples from normal pancrease, while it was detected in 34 of 42 tissue samples from pancreatic cancer (81.95%).There was a correlation between survivin expression and differentiation and stages of pancreatic cancer. Survivin positive cases were strongly correlated to Bcl-2 expression(28/30 vs6/12, P<0.05).CONCLUSION: Overexpression of survivin plays an important role in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer, and correlates to the expression of Bcl-2.Survivin expression can be used as a prognostic factor.展开更多
AIM: To evaluate whether cell apoptosis and regeneration were existed in normal liver cells adjacent to carcinoma after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).METHODS: Fifty rabbits with hepatic carcinoma were divided...AIM: To evaluate whether cell apoptosis and regeneration were existed in normal liver cells adjacent to carcinoma after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).METHODS: Fifty rabbits with hepatic carcinoma were divided into 5 groups at random: group A (control group),groups B and C (TACE treatment groups), groups D and E (partial hepatectomy groups). There were 10 rabbits in each group. Rabbits in groups B-E were treated by transartedal chemoembolization (TACE) and partial hepatectomy (PH) respectively. The changes of S-phase cell fraction (SPF),proliferation index (PI) and cell apoptosis in the normal liver tissue were determined with flow cytometry (FCM) after operations on the first and third days. We determined the mitosis index (MI) with histo-pathological method and the apoptosis index (AI) with TUNEL method at the same time.RESULTS: Twenty-four hours after operations, compared with control group, the rabbits in TACE group had much higher index of SPF, PI and MI (MI: t=-4.89, P<0.001; SPF:t=-5.27, P<0.001; PI: ~4.87, P<0.001). Moreover, the proliferation of liver cells in TACE group was much weaker than that of the cells treated by partial hepatectomy, and the differences were significant (MI: t=7.02, P<0.001; SPF:t=-4.06, P<0.001; PI: t=2.70, P<0.05). Seventy-two h after operations, FCM showed a small sub-G1 peak in TACE group and PH group, compared with the control group, but there was no difference between them (t=0.41, P>0.05).TACE showed that AI in the treated rabbits was higher than that in control group (t=-3.07, P<0.05), and there were no differences between TACE group and PH group, either(t=0.93, P>0.05).CONCLUSION: Cell apoptosis and regeneration exist in rabbit liver tissues after TACE in some degree, which may be associated with the selective embolization of iodised oil, chemotherapeutic drug and free radical damage.展开更多
文摘AIM: To investigate the expression of Survivin in pancreatic cancer and its correlation to the expression of Bcl-2.METHODS: Survivin and Bcl-2 expressions were examined by immunohistochemistry in 42 tissue samples from pancreatic cancer and 10 from normal pancrease.RESULTS: No survivin expression was detected in the tissue samples from normal pancrease, while it was detected in 34 of 42 tissue samples from pancreatic cancer (81.95%).There was a correlation between survivin expression and differentiation and stages of pancreatic cancer. Survivin positive cases were strongly correlated to Bcl-2 expression(28/30 vs6/12, P<0.05).CONCLUSION: Overexpression of survivin plays an important role in the development and progression of pancreatic cancer, and correlates to the expression of Bcl-2.Survivin expression can be used as a prognostic factor.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province,No.2002AB130
文摘AIM: To evaluate whether cell apoptosis and regeneration were existed in normal liver cells adjacent to carcinoma after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).METHODS: Fifty rabbits with hepatic carcinoma were divided into 5 groups at random: group A (control group),groups B and C (TACE treatment groups), groups D and E (partial hepatectomy groups). There were 10 rabbits in each group. Rabbits in groups B-E were treated by transartedal chemoembolization (TACE) and partial hepatectomy (PH) respectively. The changes of S-phase cell fraction (SPF),proliferation index (PI) and cell apoptosis in the normal liver tissue were determined with flow cytometry (FCM) after operations on the first and third days. We determined the mitosis index (MI) with histo-pathological method and the apoptosis index (AI) with TUNEL method at the same time.RESULTS: Twenty-four hours after operations, compared with control group, the rabbits in TACE group had much higher index of SPF, PI and MI (MI: t=-4.89, P<0.001; SPF:t=-5.27, P<0.001; PI: ~4.87, P<0.001). Moreover, the proliferation of liver cells in TACE group was much weaker than that of the cells treated by partial hepatectomy, and the differences were significant (MI: t=7.02, P<0.001; SPF:t=-4.06, P<0.001; PI: t=2.70, P<0.05). Seventy-two h after operations, FCM showed a small sub-G1 peak in TACE group and PH group, compared with the control group, but there was no difference between them (t=0.41, P>0.05).TACE showed that AI in the treated rabbits was higher than that in control group (t=-3.07, P<0.05), and there were no differences between TACE group and PH group, either(t=0.93, P>0.05).CONCLUSION: Cell apoptosis and regeneration exist in rabbit liver tissues after TACE in some degree, which may be associated with the selective embolization of iodised oil, chemotherapeutic drug and free radical damage.
