Objective:To establish a new and better model to investigate the properties of mast cells that couldbe involved in acupuncture process ***:Connective tissue under the corium at thearea of acupuncture point Zusanli(ST ...
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Objective:To establish a new and better model to investigate the properties of mast cells that couldbe involved in acupuncture process ***:Connective tissue under the corium at thearea of acupuncture point Zusanli(ST 36)from rat was acutely bluntly separated with forceps andscissors,and incubated in bath solution up to several *** cells in slices of that tissue wereirradiated with laser light of 650 nm,and changes in the appearance were observed under *** addition,patch-clamp technique in whole-cell configuration was employed to induce mechano-
AIM: To determine the utility of X-ray in identifying non-metallic foreign body(FB) and assess inter-radiologist agreement in identifying non-metal FB. METHODS: Focus groups of nurses, fellows, and attending physician...
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AIM: To determine the utility of X-ray in identifying non-metallic foreign body(FB) and assess inter-radiologist agreement in identifying non-metal FB. METHODS: Focus groups of nurses, fellows, and attending physicians were conducted to determine commonly ingested objects suitable for inclusion. Twelve potentially ingested objects(clay, plastic bead, crayon, plastic ring, plastic army figure, glass bead, paperclip, drywall anchor, eraser, Lego?, plastic triangle toy, and barrette) were embedded in a gelatin slab placed on top of a water-equivalent phantom to simulate density of a child's abdomen. The items were selected due to wide availability and appropriate size for accidental pediatric ingestion. Plain radiography of the embedded FBs was obtained. Five experienced radiologists blinded to number and types of objects were asked to identify the FBs. The radiologist was first asked to count thenumber of items that were visible then to identify the shape of each item and describe it to a study investigator who recorded all responses. Overall inter-rater reliability was analyzed using percent agreement and κ coefficient. We calculated P value to assess the probability of error involved in accepting the κ ***: Fourteen objects were radiographed including 12 original objects and 2 duplicates. The model's validity was supported by clear identification of a radiolucent paperclip as a positive control, and lack of identification of plastic beads(negative control) despite repeated inclusion. Each radiologist identified 7-9 of the 14 objects(mean 8, 67%). Six unique objects(50%) were identified by all radiologists and four unique objects(33%) were not identified by any radiologist(plastic bead, LegoTM, plastic triangle toy, and barrette). Identification of objects that were not present, false-positives, occurred 1-2 times per radiologist(mean 1.4). An additional 17% of unique objects were identified by less than half of the radiologists. Agreement between radiologi
s. Constitutive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been described in many types of cancers. However, the role of phospho- STAT3 (p- STAT3) at serine residue 727 is in large pa...
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s. Constitutive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been described in many types of cancers. However, the role of phospho- STAT3 (p- STAT3) at serine residue 727 is in large part undetermined. Our purposes of this study were to evaluate the expression patterns of p- STAT3 (ser727) in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)- and to explore its possible role in the progression of cervical cancer. Methods. Paraffin-embedded sections from 56 patients including 20 CIN 1, 10 CIN 2, and 26 CIN 3 were collected in this study. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed, and the expression patterns of p- STAT3 (ser727) were categorized by semiquantitative method and further correlated with the CIN histopathologic grade using the χ 2 test with Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons and with the proliferation marker Ki- 67 expression using Fisher’ s Exact Test. Results. The categorized high p- STAT3 (ser727) expression group in nuclei of dysplastic cells was significantly higher in CIN 3 (76.92% ), in comparison with CIN 1/2 (13.33% , P < 0.001). Moreover, both the nuclear and cytoplasmic p- STAT3 (ser727)- expressions were correlated with Ki- 67 nuclear staining (P < 0.001 and < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions. Our result revealed that aberrant expression levels of p- STAT3 (ser727) were significantly correlated with CIN lesion grade and cell proliferation. Evaluation of p- STAT3 (ser727) expression may provide additional prognostic information for the clinical course of the disease and therefore to be developed as a prognostic indicator for cervical cancer.
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