Expression of Paxillin is Correlated with Clinical Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of Paxillin in colorectal carcinoma and its significance in clinical prognosis.

Material And Methods: Tissue specimens from 242 colorectal cancer patients who underwent radical resection were collected in Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital from 2010 to 2014. The mRNA levels of Paxillin in colorectal cancer tissue and tissue adjacent to carcinoma of 62 patients were measured by quantitative real-time PCR.

Updated meta-analysis of pancreatic stent placement in preventing post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.

Aim: To investigate the efficacy and safety profile of pancreatic duct (PD) stent placement for prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP).

Methods: We performed a search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library to identify randomized controlled clinical trials of prophylactic PD stent placement after ERCP. RevMan 5 software provided by Cochrane was used for the heterogeneity and efficacy analyses, and a meta-analysis was performed for the data that showed homogeneity.

Admission glucose and risk of early death in non-diabetic patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis.

Background: Impaired admission glucose (AG) is considered to significantly increase risk on both early and late death of the patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), especially for non-diabetic patients; however, some reports contradict the relationship. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to clarify this issue.

Material/methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched to identify all related prospective cohort studies.