Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics and prognosis between hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma(viral HCC) and non-B, non-C HCC(NBC-HCC) among Uyghur patients in Xinjiang province, China...Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics and prognosis between hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma(viral HCC) and non-B, non-C HCC(NBC-HCC) among Uyghur patients in Xinjiang province, China. Methods: Between 01/01/2000 and 31/12/2012, 319 Uyghur HCC patients were treated at the Cancer Centre of The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. The data for the patients were obtained from a retrospective review of the patients' medical records. A total of 18 patients were excluded from the study because of incomplete information. The patients were classified into two groups: viral HCC and NBC-HCC. The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors were statistically analysed.Results: For all 301 patients, gender(P=0.000), area of residence(P=0.002), diabetes mellitus(P=0.009), BMI(P=0.000), cirrhosis(P=0.000), tumour stage(P=0.004), Child-Pugh class(P=0.000), the TBIL level(P=0.000), and the alpha-fetoprotein(AFP) level(P=0.000) were significantly different between the NBC-HCC and viral HCC groups. The NBC-HCC patients tended to be diagnosed at advanced stages; however, the NBC-HCC patients exhibited lower Child-Pugh scores than the viral HCC patients. In all patients examined, the 0.5-, 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival(OS) rates were 35.6%, 20.3%, 12.6% and 4.5%, respectively. No significant difference in OS was observed between the two groups(P=0.124). Cox multivariate analysis revealed that age(RR =1.539, P=0.001), TNM stage(RR =12.708, P=0.000), portal vein tumour thrombus(PVTT)(RR =2.003, P=0.000), Child-Pugh class(RR =1.715, P=0.000), and TACE + radiotherapy/RFA(RR =0.567, P=0.000) were significant independent prognostic factors for HCC patients. Conclusions: The clinical characteristics differ between Uyghur patients with NBC-HCC and viral HCC. HCC in the Xinjiang region displays specific regional characteristics. Age, TNM stage, PVTT, Child-Pugh class and TACE + radiotherapy/RFA are significant risk factors that influence patient survival.展开更多
There are cases of hepatitis involving occult hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection in which,even though the HB surface antigen(HBsAg)is negative,HBV-DNA is detected by a polymerase chain reaction(PCR).We con-ducted a seque...There are cases of hepatitis involving occult hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection in which,even though the HB surface antigen(HBsAg)is negative,HBV-DNA is detected by a polymerase chain reaction(PCR).We con-ducted a sequence analysis of the entire HBV region in a case of non-B non-C chronic hepatitis in a 46-yearold female.A diagnosis of non-B non-C chronic hepatitis was made.Although HBV markers,such as HBs antibody(anti-HBs),anti-HBc,HBeAg and anti-HBe,were negative,HBV-DNA was positive.Nested PCR was performed to amplify the precore region of HBV-DNA and all remaining regions by long nested PCR.Sequence analysis of the two obtained bands was conducted by direct sequencing.Compared with the control strains,the ATG(Methionine)start codon in the X region had mut ated to GTG(Valine).It is assumed that a mutation at the start codon in the X region may be the reason why HBV markers are negative in some cases of hepatitis that involve occult HBV infection.展开更多
AIM To investigate the prevalence, clinicopathological characteristics and surgical outcomes of occult hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection(OBI) in patients with non-B, non-C(NBNC) hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).METHODS Th...AIM To investigate the prevalence, clinicopathological characteristics and surgical outcomes of occult hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection(OBI) in patients with non-B, non-C(NBNC) hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).METHODS This study retrospectively examined the cases of 78 NBNC patients with curative resection for HCC for whom DNA could be extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. OBI was determined by the HBV-DNA amplification of at least two different sets of primers by TaqM an realtime polymerase chain reaction. Possibly carcinogenetic factors such as alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) were examined. Surgical outcomes were evaluated according to diseasefree survival(DFS), overall survival(OS) and diseasespecific survival(DSS).RESULTS OBI was found in 27/78 patients(34.6%) with NBNC HCC. The OBI patients were significantly younger than the non-OBI cases at the time of surgery(average age 63.0 vs 68.1, P = 0.0334) and the OBI cases overlapped with other etiologies significantly more frequently compared to the non-OBI cases(P = 0.0057). OBI had no impact on the DFS, OS or DSS. Only tumorrelated factors affected these surgical outcomes.CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that OBI had no impact on surgical outcomes. The surgical outcomes of NBNC HCC depend on early tumor detection; this reconfirms the importance of a periodic medical examination for individuals who have NBNC HCC risk factors.展开更多
Satellite swarm coordinated flight(SSCF)technology has promising applications,but its complex nature poses significant challenges for control implementation.In response,this paper proposes an easily solvable adaptive ...Satellite swarm coordinated flight(SSCF)technology has promising applications,but its complex nature poses significant challenges for control implementation.In response,this paper proposes an easily solvable adaptive control scheme to achieve high-performance trajectory tracking of the SSCF system subject to actuator efficiency losses and external disturbances.Most existing adaptive controllers based on the certaintyequivalent(CE)principle show unpredictability and nonconvergence in their online parameter estimations.To overcome the above vulnerabilities and the difficulties caused by input failures of SSCF,this paper proposes an adaptive estimator based on scaling immersion and invariance(I&I),which reduces the computational complexity while improving the performance of the parameter estimator.Besides,a barrier Lyapunov function(BLF)is applied to satisfy both the boundedness of the system states and the singularity avoidance of the computation.It is proved that the estimator error becomes sufficiently small to converge to a specified attractive invariant manifold and the closed-loop SSCF system can obtain asymptotic stability under full-state constraints.Finally,numerical simulations are performed for comparison and analysis to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method.展开更多
AIM To analyzed the correlation between smoking status and surgical outcomes in patients with non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma(NBNC-HCC), and we investigated the patients' clinicopathological characteristics a...AIM To analyzed the correlation between smoking status and surgical outcomes in patients with non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma(NBNC-HCC), and we investigated the patients' clinicopathological characteristics according to smoking status.METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the consecutive cases of 83 NBNC-HCC patients who underwent curative surgical treatment for the primary lesion at Saga University Hospital between 1984 and December 2012. We collected information about possibly carcinogenic factors such as alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, obesity and smoking habit from medical records. Smoking habits were subcategorized as never, ex- and current smoker at the time of surgery. The diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) was based on both clinical information and pathological confirmation.RESULTS Alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, obesity and NASH had no significant effect on the surgical outcomes. Current smoking status was strongly correlated with both overall survival(P = 0.0058) and disease-specific survival(P = 0.0105) by multivariate analyses. Subset analyses revealed that the current smokers were significantly younger at the time of surgery(P = 0.0002) and more likely to abuse alcohol(P = 0.0188) and to have multiple tumors(P = 0.023).CONCLUSION Current smoking habit at the time of surgical treatment is a risk factor for poor long-term survival in NBNC-HCC patients. Current smokers tend to have multiple HCCs at a younger age than other patients.展开更多
Hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection is one of main causes of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)and the prevalence of HCV-associated HCC is on the rise worldwide.It is particularly important and helpful to identify potential ma...Hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection is one of main causes of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)and the prevalence of HCV-associated HCC is on the rise worldwide.It is particularly important and helpful to identify potential markers for screening and early diagnosis of HCC among high-risk individuals with chronic hepatitis C,and to identify target molecules for the prevention and treatment of HCV-associated-HCC.Small noncoding RNAs,mainly microRNAs(miRNAs),and long non-coding RNAs(lncRNAs)with size greater than 200nucleotides,are likely to play important roles in a variety of biological processes,including development and progression of HCC.For the most part their underlying mechanisms of action remain largely unknown.In recent years,with the advance of high-resolution of microarray and application of next generation sequencing techniques,a significant number of non-coding RNAs(ncRNAs)associated with HCC,particularly caused by HCV infection,have been found to be differentially expressed and to be involved in pathogenesis of HCVassociated HCC.In this review,we focus on recent studies of ncRNAs,especially miRNAs and lncRNAs related to HCV-induced HCC.We summarize those ncRNAs aberrantly expressed in HCV-associated HCC and highlight the potential uses of ncRNAs in early detection,diagnosis and therapy of HCV-associated HCC.We also discuss the limitations of recent studies,and suggest future directions for research in the field.miRNAs,lncRNAs and their target genes may represent new candidate molecules for the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of HCC in patients with HCV infection.Studies of the potential uses of miRNAs and lncRNAs as diagnostic tools or therapies are still in their infancy.展开更多
Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer, which in turns accounts for the sixth most common cancer worldwide.Despite being the 6 th most common cancer it is the second leading caus...Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer, which in turns accounts for the sixth most common cancer worldwide.Despite being the 6 th most common cancer it is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths. HCC typically arises in the background of cirrhosis, however,about 20% of cases can develop in a non-cirrhotic liver. This particular subgroup of HCC generally presents at an advanced stage as surveillance is not performed in a non-cirrhotic liver. HCC in non-cirrhotic patients is clinically silent in its early stages because of lack of symptoms and surveillance imaging; and higher hepatic reserve in this population. Interestingly, F3 fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections are associated with high risk of developing HCC. Even though considerable progress has been made in the management of this entity, there is a dire need for implementation of surveillance strategies in the patient population at risk, to decrease the disease burden at presentation and improve the prognosis of these patients. This comprehensive review details the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features,diagnosis and management of HCC in non-cirrhotic patients and provides future directions for research.展开更多
基金supported by a grant from the Urumqi Science and Technology Project Foundation of China(No.H111313001)
文摘Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics and prognosis between hepatitis virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma(viral HCC) and non-B, non-C HCC(NBC-HCC) among Uyghur patients in Xinjiang province, China. Methods: Between 01/01/2000 and 31/12/2012, 319 Uyghur HCC patients were treated at the Cancer Centre of The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University. The data for the patients were obtained from a retrospective review of the patients' medical records. A total of 18 patients were excluded from the study because of incomplete information. The patients were classified into two groups: viral HCC and NBC-HCC. The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors were statistically analysed.Results: For all 301 patients, gender(P=0.000), area of residence(P=0.002), diabetes mellitus(P=0.009), BMI(P=0.000), cirrhosis(P=0.000), tumour stage(P=0.004), Child-Pugh class(P=0.000), the TBIL level(P=0.000), and the alpha-fetoprotein(AFP) level(P=0.000) were significantly different between the NBC-HCC and viral HCC groups. The NBC-HCC patients tended to be diagnosed at advanced stages; however, the NBC-HCC patients exhibited lower Child-Pugh scores than the viral HCC patients. In all patients examined, the 0.5-, 1-, 3- and 5-year overall survival(OS) rates were 35.6%, 20.3%, 12.6% and 4.5%, respectively. No significant difference in OS was observed between the two groups(P=0.124). Cox multivariate analysis revealed that age(RR =1.539, P=0.001), TNM stage(RR =12.708, P=0.000), portal vein tumour thrombus(PVTT)(RR =2.003, P=0.000), Child-Pugh class(RR =1.715, P=0.000), and TACE + radiotherapy/RFA(RR =0.567, P=0.000) were significant independent prognostic factors for HCC patients. Conclusions: The clinical characteristics differ between Uyghur patients with NBC-HCC and viral HCC. HCC in the Xinjiang region displays specific regional characteristics. Age, TNM stage, PVTT, Child-Pugh class and TACE + radiotherapy/RFA are significant risk factors that influence patient survival.
文摘There are cases of hepatitis involving occult hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection in which,even though the HB surface antigen(HBsAg)is negative,HBV-DNA is detected by a polymerase chain reaction(PCR).We con-ducted a sequence analysis of the entire HBV region in a case of non-B non-C chronic hepatitis in a 46-yearold female.A diagnosis of non-B non-C chronic hepatitis was made.Although HBV markers,such as HBs antibody(anti-HBs),anti-HBc,HBeAg and anti-HBe,were negative,HBV-DNA was positive.Nested PCR was performed to amplify the precore region of HBV-DNA and all remaining regions by long nested PCR.Sequence analysis of the two obtained bands was conducted by direct sequencing.Compared with the control strains,the ATG(Methionine)start codon in the X region had mut ated to GTG(Valine).It is assumed that a mutation at the start codon in the X region may be the reason why HBV markers are negative in some cases of hepatitis that involve occult HBV infection.
文摘AIM To investigate the prevalence, clinicopathological characteristics and surgical outcomes of occult hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection(OBI) in patients with non-B, non-C(NBNC) hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).METHODS This study retrospectively examined the cases of 78 NBNC patients with curative resection for HCC for whom DNA could be extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. OBI was determined by the HBV-DNA amplification of at least two different sets of primers by TaqM an realtime polymerase chain reaction. Possibly carcinogenetic factors such as alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) were examined. Surgical outcomes were evaluated according to diseasefree survival(DFS), overall survival(OS) and diseasespecific survival(DSS).RESULTS OBI was found in 27/78 patients(34.6%) with NBNC HCC. The OBI patients were significantly younger than the non-OBI cases at the time of surgery(average age 63.0 vs 68.1, P = 0.0334) and the OBI cases overlapped with other etiologies significantly more frequently compared to the non-OBI cases(P = 0.0057). OBI had no impact on the DFS, OS or DSS. Only tumorrelated factors affected these surgical outcomes.CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that OBI had no impact on surgical outcomes. The surgical outcomes of NBNC HCC depend on early tumor detection; this reconfirms the importance of a periodic medical examination for individuals who have NBNC HCC risk factors.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2020JQ-132)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M683571)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(62103336,11972026,U2013206)Funds for the Central Universities(3102019HTQD007)。
文摘Satellite swarm coordinated flight(SSCF)technology has promising applications,but its complex nature poses significant challenges for control implementation.In response,this paper proposes an easily solvable adaptive control scheme to achieve high-performance trajectory tracking of the SSCF system subject to actuator efficiency losses and external disturbances.Most existing adaptive controllers based on the certaintyequivalent(CE)principle show unpredictability and nonconvergence in their online parameter estimations.To overcome the above vulnerabilities and the difficulties caused by input failures of SSCF,this paper proposes an adaptive estimator based on scaling immersion and invariance(I&I),which reduces the computational complexity while improving the performance of the parameter estimator.Besides,a barrier Lyapunov function(BLF)is applied to satisfy both the boundedness of the system states and the singularity avoidance of the computation.It is proved that the estimator error becomes sufficiently small to converge to a specified attractive invariant manifold and the closed-loop SSCF system can obtain asymptotic stability under full-state constraints.Finally,numerical simulations are performed for comparison and analysis to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method.
文摘AIM To analyzed the correlation between smoking status and surgical outcomes in patients with non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma(NBNC-HCC), and we investigated the patients' clinicopathological characteristics according to smoking status.METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the consecutive cases of 83 NBNC-HCC patients who underwent curative surgical treatment for the primary lesion at Saga University Hospital between 1984 and December 2012. We collected information about possibly carcinogenic factors such as alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, obesity and smoking habit from medical records. Smoking habits were subcategorized as never, ex- and current smoker at the time of surgery. The diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) was based on both clinical information and pathological confirmation.RESULTS Alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, obesity and NASH had no significant effect on the surgical outcomes. Current smoking status was strongly correlated with both overall survival(P = 0.0058) and disease-specific survival(P = 0.0105) by multivariate analyses. Subset analyses revealed that the current smokers were significantly younger at the time of surgery(P = 0.0002) and more likely to abuse alcohol(P = 0.0188) and to have multiple tumors(P = 0.023).CONCLUSION Current smoking habit at the time of surgical treatment is a risk factor for poor long-term survival in NBNC-HCC patients. Current smokers tend to have multiple HCCs at a younger age than other patients.
基金Supported by A grant from the NIH/NHLBI,No.HL117199Institutional funds from the Carolinas Health Care Foundation and Carolinas Medical Center
文摘Hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection is one of main causes of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)and the prevalence of HCV-associated HCC is on the rise worldwide.It is particularly important and helpful to identify potential markers for screening and early diagnosis of HCC among high-risk individuals with chronic hepatitis C,and to identify target molecules for the prevention and treatment of HCV-associated-HCC.Small noncoding RNAs,mainly microRNAs(miRNAs),and long non-coding RNAs(lncRNAs)with size greater than 200nucleotides,are likely to play important roles in a variety of biological processes,including development and progression of HCC.For the most part their underlying mechanisms of action remain largely unknown.In recent years,with the advance of high-resolution of microarray and application of next generation sequencing techniques,a significant number of non-coding RNAs(ncRNAs)associated with HCC,particularly caused by HCV infection,have been found to be differentially expressed and to be involved in pathogenesis of HCVassociated HCC.In this review,we focus on recent studies of ncRNAs,especially miRNAs and lncRNAs related to HCV-induced HCC.We summarize those ncRNAs aberrantly expressed in HCV-associated HCC and highlight the potential uses of ncRNAs in early detection,diagnosis and therapy of HCV-associated HCC.We also discuss the limitations of recent studies,and suggest future directions for research in the field.miRNAs,lncRNAs and their target genes may represent new candidate molecules for the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of HCC in patients with HCV infection.Studies of the potential uses of miRNAs and lncRNAs as diagnostic tools or therapies are still in their infancy.
文摘Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer, which in turns accounts for the sixth most common cancer worldwide.Despite being the 6 th most common cancer it is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths. HCC typically arises in the background of cirrhosis, however,about 20% of cases can develop in a non-cirrhotic liver. This particular subgroup of HCC generally presents at an advanced stage as surveillance is not performed in a non-cirrhotic liver. HCC in non-cirrhotic patients is clinically silent in its early stages because of lack of symptoms and surveillance imaging; and higher hepatic reserve in this population. Interestingly, F3 fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections are associated with high risk of developing HCC. Even though considerable progress has been made in the management of this entity, there is a dire need for implementation of surveillance strategies in the patient population at risk, to decrease the disease burden at presentation and improve the prognosis of these patients. This comprehensive review details the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features,diagnosis and management of HCC in non-cirrhotic patients and provides future directions for research.