OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of serum tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in breast cancer patients and its clinical value in such cases. METHODS: Altogether 160 subjects (90 patients with breast cancer, 40 with benign breast lesions, and 30 healthy subjects) were enrolled in this study. The serum TPS and CA153 levels were measured by ELISA in all the subjects. RESULTS: The levels and positivity rate of serum TPS and CA153 in breast cancer group were significantly higher than those in the normal subjects group and benign lesion group (P<0.01), and became even higher as the malignancy progressed. High serum TPS level was detected in the cancer patients in stage I. Serum TPS level was the most sensitive to bone metastasis of the malignancy, but its highest levels occurred in cases of lymphoid node metastasis (P<0.05). In patients who responded favorably to the treatment, serum TPS and CA153 levels were significantly reduced (P<0.05), but the reduction in TPS levels tended to be more obvious (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Serum TPS can be used as a very useful and sensitive tumor marker in the diagnosis of breast cancer, especially in case of bone metastasis, and may be of great value in clinical decision-making and assessment of therapeutic effect. 相似文献
Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by vertebral fusions, frequently manifesting as an unsegmented vertebral bar, as well as fusions of the carpal and tarsal bones.
In a study of three consanguineous families and one non-consanguineous family, linkage analysis was used to establish the chromosomal location of the disease gene. Linkage analysis localised the disease gene to chromosome 3p14. A maximum lod score of 6.49 (q = 0) was obtained for the marker at locus D3S3532 on chromosome 3p. Recombination mapping narrowed the linked region to the 5.7 cM genetic interval between the markers at loci D3S3724 and D3S1300. A common region of homozygosity was found between the markers at loci D3S3724 and D3S1300, defining a physical interval of approximately 4 million base pairs likely to contain the disease gene.
Identification of the gene responsible for this disorder will provide insight into the genes that play a role in the formation of the vertebral column and joints.
p-Carboxyphenoxy propane (CPP) prepolymer consisting of 4 units and sebacic acid (SA) prepolymer consisting of about 10 units were synthesized by reacting CPP and SA in the presence of excess acetic anhydride, respectively. Polyanhydride, poly(CPP-SA) copolymers were copolymerized by a melt polycondensation process with a mixture of CPP and SA prepolymer. Copolymers of average molecular weight up to 110,000 g/mol were achieved. The crystallinity of poly(CPP-SA) copolymers was decreased by the addition of the CPP homopolymer segment to SA homopolymer. Poly(CPP-SA) copolymers gradually degraded for period of 10 days. No large difference of weight loss observed according to molecular weight variation of poly(CPP-SA) copolymers. BCNU release from wafers fabricated by poly(CPP-SA) showed a sustained release pattern with no initial burst and delay of drug release. 相似文献
Epididymis is a site of sperm maturation and storage. Limited and
directed-proteolysis regulated by plasminogen activator (PA), plasminogen
activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) and other related factors may play an
essential role in these processes. Our previous studies have demonstrated
that rat epididymis expressed luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR), tissue
type (t) and urokinase type (u)PA, mRNAs, and tPA activity was stimulated
in vitro by human chorionic gonoadotrophin (HCG). In the present study we
further examined localization of mRNAs for tPA, uPA, LHR, androgen receptor
(AR), as well as inhibin subunits alpha, betaA and betaB in rhesus monkey
epididymis. Using in-situ hybridization with digoxygenin-labelled cRNA
probes, we have demonstrated that tPA and PAI-1 mRNAs were localized in
epithelial cells of adult monkey epididymis. uPA mRNA was localized in the
same areas, but to a much smaller extent. tPA, uPA and PAI-1 mRNAs were
greatly expressed in the caput and corpus of adult epididymis than in other
regions. In-vitro experiments showed that both tPA and uPA activities in
epididymal cells were dramatically stimulated by HCG, but not by follicle
stimulating hormone (FSH). LHR (but not FSH receptor) and AR mRNAs were
localized in the epithelial cells of the epididymis. However, LHR mRNA was
detected in both adult and immature infant monkeys, whereas AR was found
only in the adult. Inhibin alpha, betaA and betaB mRNAs were also detected
in this organ, betaA mRNA being more strongly expressed in the caput than
in other regions of the epididymis. We suggest that LH and androgen may be
the key hormones in coordination with the PA-PAI-1 system in regulating
epididymal differentiation and sperm maturation.
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