双吲哚马来酰亚胺衍生物L6诱导白血病细胞凋亡机制的研究

目的探讨双吲哚马来酰亚胺衍生物L6诱导白血病细胞的凋亡作用及其分子机制。方法采用MTT比色法检测L6对白血病细胞HEL、K562、KG1a的杀伤作用。流式细胞术检测L6对HEL细胞凋亡、周期和分化的影响。Western blotting法检测细胞凋亡相关蛋白的表达。通过体内实验研究L6治疗小鼠白血病的作用效果。结果 MTT比色法结果显示L6对HEL、K562、KG1a细胞具有比阳性对照米哚妥林(PKC412)更显著的抑制活性,半数抑制浓度(IC50)分别为(0.05±0.03)、(0.32±0.01)、(0.19±0.10)μmol/L。L6可以诱导HEL细胞发生凋亡和G2/M期阻滞,诱导HEL细胞向巨核细胞方向分化,且呈剂量效应。Western blotting检测结果表明L6主要通过激活Caspase-3执行细胞凋亡。小鼠肝组织苏木精-伊红(HE)染色显示肝组织内HEL细胞浸润有所减轻,但L6组减轻的效果更明显,表明其可延缓白血病细胞的转移,且效果优于米哚妥林。结论双吲哚马来酰亚胺衍生物L6有较强的抗白血病活性,为新型白血病药物的研发提供参考。     

Chest radiography in acute aortic syndrome: pearls and pitfalls

Acute aortic syndrome is a group of life-threatening diseases of the thoracic aorta that usually present to the emergency department. It includes aortic dissection, aortic intramural hematoma, and penetrating aortic ulcer. Rare aortic pathologies of aorto-esophageal fistula and mycotic aneurysm may also be included in this list. All these conditions require urgent treatment with complex clinical care and management. Most patients who present with chest pain are evaluated with a chest radiograph in the emergency department. It is important that maximum diagnostic information is extracted from the chest radiograph as certain signs on the chest radiograph are extremely useful in pointing towards the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome.     

Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Pattern Hair Loss

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a solution derived from whole blood that is enriched in the platelet fraction. Platelets serve as a reservoir of growth factors and cytokines. When platelets are activated in vivo, signaling molecules are released into the immediate microenvironment and activate receptors for various pathways. Historically, PRP has been applied to wound beds to promote healing of complex wounds. Over the last decade, it has served as a valuable therapeutic tool in various specialties such as maxillofacial surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine. Only recently has PRP been utilized for dermatologic purposes, more specifically, for the treatment of male and female pattern hair loss. In this review, we discuss molecular and cellular pathways upregulated by PRP important in hair folliculogenesis, and examine clinical evidence from all previously published studies involving the use of PRP for pattern hair loss.     

Tumor-Stroma-Interaktionen im Harnblasenkarzinom

Die Urologie - Der histopathologische Aufbau maligner Tumoren schließt zwei Kompartimente ein – das Tumorparenchym mit den transformierten Zellen selbst und jene Strukturen, die deren...     

Disaster Preparedness and Awareness of Patients on Hemodialysis after Hurricane Sandy

Background and objectives

Patients with ESRD on dialysis live in a complex sociomedical situation and are dependent on technology and infrastructure, such as transportation, electricity, and water, to sustain their lives. Interruptions of this infrastructure by natural disasters can result in devastating outcomes.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Between November of 2013 and April of 2014, a cross-sectional survey was conducted of patients who received maintenance hemodialysis before and after the landfall of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 in lower Manhattan, New York. The primary outcome was the number of missed dialysis sessions after the storm. Dialysis-specific and general disaster preparedness were assessed using checklists prepared by the National Kidney Foundation and US Homeland Security, respectively.

Results

In total, 598 patients were approached, and 357 (59.7%) patients completed the survey. Participants were 60.2% men and 30.0% black, with a median age of 60 years old; 94 (26.3%) participants missed dialysis (median of two sessions [quartile 1 to quartile 3 =1–3]), and 236 (66.1%) participants received dialysis at nonregular dialysis unit(s): 209 (58.5%) at affiliated dialysis unit(s) and 27 (7.6%) at emergency rooms. The percentages of participants who carried their insurance information and detailed medication list were 75.9% and 44.3%, respectively. Enhancement of the dialysis emergency packet after the hurricane was associated with a significantly higher cache of medical records at home at follow-up survey (P<0.001, Fisher’s exact test). Multivariate Poisson regression analysis showed that dialysis-specific preparedness (incidence rate ratio, 0.91; 95% confidence interval, 0.87 to 0.98), other racial ethnicity (incidence rate ratio, 0.34; 95% confidence interval, 0.20 to 0.57), dialysis treatment in affiliated units (incidence rate ratio, 0.69; 95% confidence interval, 0.51 to 0.94), and older age (incidence rate ratio, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.97 to 0.99) were associated with a significantly lower incidence rate ratio of missed dialysis.

Conclusions

There is still room to improve the preparedness for natural disasters of patients with ESRD. Provider- or facility-oriented enhancement of awareness of the disease and preparedness should be a priority.     

Unusual Complication of Toxic Megacolon in Typhoid Colitis

Colitis is a rare manifestation of enteric fever in children. Toxic megacolon complicating typhoid colitis is even rarer and requires early recognition and aggressive management due to the high mortality associated with this condition. The authors report a rare case of Toxic megacolon secondary to typhoid colitis in a seven-year-old girl.