Mood and malignancy: head and neck cancer and depression

Head and neck cancer patients have been reported to show high rates of depression. However, it is important to differentiate between depressive symptoms and a depressive disorder. This review critically examines the relationship between head and neck cancer and depression. There appears to be little evidence for depression leading to an increased risk of developing cancer and although depressive symptoms in head and neck cancer patients are common, very few studies have investigated depressive disorders. The studies that investigated the incidence of a comorbid depressive disorder report a prevalence very close to that of the general population, implying that major depression is not a normal response to cancer. Finally, the evidence suggests that comorbidity of depression with cancer has a negative impact on morbidity and mortality. Both psychosocial and biological factors could account for this. Dysregulation of the stress hormone axis and increased inflammation are common in depressive disorders and have been suggested as underlying pathological mechanisms and are both markers of poor prognosis in cancer. This evidence suggests that a relatively small number of patients develop a depressive disorder following a diagnosis of cancer, but for those that do it may have a substantial impact on their prognosis.     

低氧和自噬与肿瘤的发生发展

自噬作为真核生物的一种应激调控机制,既可以促进肿瘤的发生发展,又可以抑制肿瘤的增殖。在肿瘤局部低氧的微环境下,低氧诱导因子-1α、哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白信号转导通路抑制、内质网应激均可促进自噬的发生。在肿瘤快速地发生发展过程中,肿瘤的糖代谢功能增强、活性氧族增多、窖蛋白1下调以及上皮间质转化的激活均诱导了自噬的发生并促进肿瘤的局部浸润、侵袭转移和耐药,因此,抑制自噬可能为肿瘤治疗提供一种新的策略。     

Survey of Australian and New Zealand Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery trainees and recent specialists--education and experience

This study examined the demographic characteristics, educational background and attitudes toward training of all recent OMS specialists and all current trainees in Australia and New Zealand in 1996. The early nineties is a key period as it marks the transition from an essentially dentally based speciality (85% dental degree in 1990); to recent specialists with an increasing number with both medical and dental degrees (33% dual degree 1990-1996); to predominantly dual degree training (84.4% dual in 1996). Current trainees had more extensive experience in pathology, preprosthetic and reconstructive surgery. They were also strongly critical of the length and cost of training.     

Open bite and and therapeutic strategy

Anterior open bites can be divided into two categories: skeletal and dento-alveolar. The etiology, basically affecting dento-alveolar structures, is functional or mechanical such as the rotation of the first higher molars, the exaggerated curve of Spee and the incisor supraclusion and the simple orthodontic treatment can bring a therapeutic success but functional rehabilitation remains the guaranty of such a stability of our treatment. The purpose of this work is to make a teaching article which puts the point on the interest of the elements of the diagnosis and the orthodontic treatment indicated in certain clinical situations of anterior open-bite; this by detailing biomechanics of correction of this anomaly requiring various therapeutic strategies. Functional rehabilitation remains always the guaranty of such a therapeutic stability. For the teaching aspect, we want to attach stereotypic forms and also to present clinical cases treated in the service of consultation and dental treatment in order to answer such a request.     

补体与牙周炎发生发展及其治疗

在牙周炎这一慢性炎症反应过程中,补体不仅可以调解机体防御反应,保护宿主,还可直接作用于免疫细胞或通过调控信号转导通路,协助病原菌进一步感染和破坏牙周组织,最终导致免疫病理性的损伤反应。在免疫炎症反应中,补体不仅可刺激白细胞分泌白细胞介素、肿瘤坏死因子和粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子,调节辅助性T细胞和巨噬细胞,促进细胞免疫和T细胞依赖的抗体分泌,增强免疫效应的调节,提高机体免疫力;亦可引起的炎症反应可对组织造成损伤,引起牙周炎。以补体受体拮抗剂干扰补体受体-Toll样受体信号转导通路,有利于机体清除病原菌,达到防治牙周炎的目的。理解补体在牙周炎发生发展中的作用,可为牙周炎治疗探索新途径。     

Nonspecific immunity and head and neck cancer: blastogenesis reviewed and revisited

The present study suggests a correlation between concanavalin A-driven blastogenesis and the clinical course of head and neck cancer. Blastogenesis assays were conducted on peripheral blood lymphocytes from controls and from patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. Our results indicated that 3H-thymidine incorporation in response to concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin stimulation were significantly lower for patients' than for controls' lymphocytes, whereas PWM stimulation was not statistically different in these two groups. Differences between patients and controls were most notable with concanavalin A stimulation. Five of seventeen patients had a response to concanavalin A stimulation that was in the normal range when expressed as relative to control values. The clinical course of these five patients seems to point to a better prognosis than that of the remaining patients who had below-normal mitogenic responses.     

VEGF及受体在颌面部血管瘤和血管畸形中表达及意义

目的 检测细胞因子血管内皮生长因子(VEGF),血管内皮生长因子受体(VEGFR/KDR)及VEGF mRNA在颌面部血管瘤和血管畸形中的表达,探讨VEGF及其受体与血管瘤发病机制的关系。方法 采用二步EnVision免疫组织化学方法,分别检测27例血管瘤和15例血管畸形组织中VEGF和VEGF/KDR表达;同时采用原位杂交Gene Point法检测VEGF mRNA的表达。结果 VEGF和VEGFR/KDR在血管瘤中高表达,而在血管畸形组中低表达,两者有显著差异(P<0.01);VEGF和VEGF mRNA在血管瘤细胞及周围间质细胞明显表达,VEGFR/KDR主要表达于血管瘤中内皮细胞膜上。结论 VEGF可通过自分泌和旁分泌的形式影响血管瘤内皮细胞的增殖,可能与血管瘤发生、发展和退化有密切相关。     

透明质酸及其在口腔颌面外科领域的研究应用

透明质酸是一种酸性粘多糖,有独特的分子结构和理化性质,生理功能多样,可润滑关节,调节血管壁的通透性,调节蛋白质、水电解质扩散及运转,促进创伤愈合等。目前,透明质酸已广泛应用于临床各科室,该文将对透明质酸的结构、合成与代谢、在口腔颌面外科中的应用作一综述。