AIM: To compare the gadolinium-enhanced multiphase dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multiphase multirow-detector helical CT (MDCT) scanning for detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: M...AIM: To compare the gadolinium-enhanced multiphase dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multiphase multirow-detector helical CT (MDCT) scanning for detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: MDCT scanning and baseline MRI with SE T1-WI and T2-WI sequence combined with FMPSPGR sequence were performed in 37 patients with 43 small HCCs. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to analyze the results for modality. RESULTS: The areas below ROC curve (Az) were calculated. There was no statistical difference in dynamic enhancement MDCT and MRI. The detection rate of small HCC was 97.5%-97.6% on multiphase MDCT scanning and 90.7%-94.7% on MRI, respectively. The sensitivity of detection for small HCC on MDCT scanning was higher than that on dynamic enhancement MRI. The sensitivity of detection for minute HCC (tumor diameter ≤ 1 cm) was 90.0%-95.0% on MDCT scanning and 70.0%-85.0% on MRI, respectively. CONCLUSION: MDCT scanning should be performed for early detection and effective treatment of small HCC in patients with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis during follow-up.展开更多
Objective: To detect the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in human renal carcinoma tissues and cultured ACHN cells by using quantum dots-tagged fluorescence technology and its significance. Methods: Usi...Objective: To detect the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in human renal carcinoma tissues and cultured ACHN cells by using quantum dots-tagged fluorescence technology and its significance. Methods: Using the fluorescence property of quantum dots, indirect immunofluorescence method and immunocytochemical method were used to detect the expression of HSP70 tagged by quantum dots in renal carcinoma tissues and ACHN cells cultured in vitro. Results: Confocal fluorescence microscopy showed that HSP70 were significantly expressed in renal carcinoma tissues and ACHN cells cultured in vitro characterized by homogeneous distribution of intensive salmon pink fluorescence. Compared with FITC tagging, quantum dots tagged fluorescence had good specificity and signal to background. There was no notable quenching after excitation by quantum dots for 30 rain. Conclusion: Quantum dots can be used to label subcellular proteins and have obvious advantages compared with the traditional fluorescence methods. The quantum dots-tagged fluorescence could be applied as a new method for clinical labeling detection.展开更多
Labelling and identification of proliferating cells is important for the study of physiological or pathological processes in high-content screening (HCS) assays. Here we describe ethynyl deoxyuridine (EdU) as a biomar...Labelling and identification of proliferating cells is important for the study of physiological or pathological processes in high-content screening (HCS) assays. Here we describe ethynyl deoxyuridine (EdU) as a biomarker for the assessment of cell proliferation and clearly demonstrate the feasibility of the EdU-labelling method for use in HCS assays. EdU detection is highly robust, reproducible, technically simple, and well suited for automated segmentation, which provides an excellent al- ternative for setting up multiplexed HCS assays of siRNA, miRNA and small-molecule libraries.展开更多
基金a financial assistance from Zhuhai Technology Bureau, No. PC20052025
文摘AIM: To compare the gadolinium-enhanced multiphase dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multiphase multirow-detector helical CT (MDCT) scanning for detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: MDCT scanning and baseline MRI with SE T1-WI and T2-WI sequence combined with FMPSPGR sequence were performed in 37 patients with 43 small HCCs. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to analyze the results for modality. RESULTS: The areas below ROC curve (Az) were calculated. There was no statistical difference in dynamic enhancement MDCT and MRI. The detection rate of small HCC was 97.5%-97.6% on multiphase MDCT scanning and 90.7%-94.7% on MRI, respectively. The sensitivity of detection for small HCC on MDCT scanning was higher than that on dynamic enhancement MRI. The sensitivity of detection for minute HCC (tumor diameter ≤ 1 cm) was 90.0%-95.0% on MDCT scanning and 70.0%-85.0% on MRI, respectively. CONCLUSION: MDCT scanning should be performed for early detection and effective treatment of small HCC in patients with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis during follow-up.
文摘Objective: To detect the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in human renal carcinoma tissues and cultured ACHN cells by using quantum dots-tagged fluorescence technology and its significance. Methods: Using the fluorescence property of quantum dots, indirect immunofluorescence method and immunocytochemical method were used to detect the expression of HSP70 tagged by quantum dots in renal carcinoma tissues and ACHN cells cultured in vitro. Results: Confocal fluorescence microscopy showed that HSP70 were significantly expressed in renal carcinoma tissues and ACHN cells cultured in vitro characterized by homogeneous distribution of intensive salmon pink fluorescence. Compared with FITC tagging, quantum dots tagged fluorescence had good specificity and signal to background. There was no notable quenching after excitation by quantum dots for 30 rain. Conclusion: Quantum dots can be used to label subcellular proteins and have obvious advantages compared with the traditional fluorescence methods. The quantum dots-tagged fluorescence could be applied as a new method for clinical labeling detection.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870535 and 90913017) (B. Zhang) Introduced Innovative R&D Team Program of Guangdong Province (Gene Silencing Technology and Therapeutics)
文摘Labelling and identification of proliferating cells is important for the study of physiological or pathological processes in high-content screening (HCS) assays. Here we describe ethynyl deoxyuridine (EdU) as a biomarker for the assessment of cell proliferation and clearly demonstrate the feasibility of the EdU-labelling method for use in HCS assays. EdU detection is highly robust, reproducible, technically simple, and well suited for automated segmentation, which provides an excellent al- ternative for setting up multiplexed HCS assays of siRNA, miRNA and small-molecule libraries.