Retinoblastoma is the most common pediatric retinal tumor initiated by biallelic inactivation of the retinoblastoma gene ( RB1 ) , affecting roughly 1 in 15000 children with 1100 new cases each year.In China, RB remains a potentially devastating disease while lack of early diagnosis and aggressive treatment strategies.Moreover, RB patients individually show a variety of drug response to regular systemic chemotherapy since intensive chemotherapy and long-term follow-up are not as readily available.The majority of patients with advanced diseases require enucleation which affects the future quality of children life.Recent studies showed that alterations in genomics and epigenomics of RB play very important roles in RB progress and therapy.We thereby review current understanding changes of genomics and epigenomics in RB as potential prognostic and therapeutic targets.

With the recent understanding of cancer biology, physiopathology, and cancer genetics& genomics, new treatments and methodologies are constantly developed, including on the development and application of molecular targeted drugs for cancer therapy have been widespread concerned.Antibody-based drugs targeting over-expressed oncogenes or other functional proteins in cancer with its high specificity, less side-effects and significant clinical efficacy became rapidly the hot-spot of anti-tumor drug research.Currently, there are already more than 20 of anti-tumor antibody-based drugs approved for clinical application, and achieved remarkable results.This article summarizes the development and current situation of monoclonal antibody-based drug research for cancer therapy, as well as their anti-tumor mechanism of action.At the same time summarizes the new advances in cancer research in the field of monoclonal antibody drugs made,and its prospects as well as shortcomings were outlined.

Objective To investigate angiographic manifestations and interventional treatment of non-acquired renal arterio-venous fistula.Methods Images of 13 cases of renal angiography were studied.Results The diagnosis of renal arteriovenous fistula was achieved,the rich findings were discussed.Conclusion Renal angiography is belived to be the best diagnostic method of the disease.Superselective renal arterial thrombosis is safe and effective and become the first choice in treatment.

Objective To evaluate subclavicular angiography with brachial-axillary artery externally and temporally occluded in depicting hemoptysis-related ectopic arteries originating from shoulder, neck and chest wall in the interventional treatment of hemoptysis. Methods A retrospective analysis of the medical records and angiograms of 103 patients who underwent transarterial procedures for hemoptysis was carried out. The arteries originating from the subclavicular arteries supplying the shoulder, the neck and the chest wall, ectopic bronchial arteries (EBA) as well as non bronchial systemic arteries (NBSA), were depicted by subclavicular angiography with brachial-axillary artery externally and temporally occluded. The number and distribution of the responsible aberrant arteries were investigated. Results Of the hemoptysis-related arteries(n=372) depicted and embolized in the studies, 51.9% was normally-originated bronchial arteries(n=193),6.7% was ectopic bronchial arteries (n=25),41.4% was NBSA(n=154).Both anomalous and NBSA arising from subclavicular-axillary area(n=80) were accounted for 21.5% (80/372) of all aberrant arteries, and 44.7%(80/179) of all anomalous and NBSA (n=25+154=179).Of those arising from subclavicular-axillary arteries,56.3%(45/80) were found to be originated from the internal thoracic artery (n=45),98.2%(112/114)of responsible internal thoracic arteries and their distal branches were well depicted by subclavicular angiography with brachial-axillary artery externally and temporally occluded. Conclusion Subclavicular-axillary artery is a very important vessel where EBA and NBSA originate. Subclavicular angiography with brachial-axillary artery externally and temporally occluded could help to determine the abnormal arteries in the region quickly. The method should be taken as a routine procedure for interventional treatment of hemoptysis.

Objective To investigate the renal angiographic manifestations of severe hemorrhage following minimally invasive pereutaneous nephrostolithotomy (MPCNL), and to evaluate the technique of super-selective renal arterial embolization in treating the condition. Methods Forty-eight cases of severe hemorrhage following MPCNL treated with super selective renal arterial embolization in our department were retrospectively reviewed. The angiographic findings, results and complications of embolization procedures were analyzed. Results Two cases were of acute hemorrhage immediately after MPCNL, and the other 46 cases were of delayed hemorrhage 2 to 7 days after MPCNL. Of these 48 cases, 25 (52.1%) showed simple pseudo-aneurysms, 6 (12.5%) pseudo-aneurysms accompanied with arterial-venous shunts, 1 (2.1%) pseudo-aneurysm with extravasated contrast medium, 11 (22.9%) arterial-venous fistulas, 2 (4.2%) extravasated contrast medium from arterial branches, 1 (2.1%) renal capsular branches varix, 2 (4.2%) no lesion detected. Successful super-selective embolization was achieved in all 46 positive cases, and renal hemorrhage was stanched consequently. Polyvinyl alcohol foam embolization particles (PVA), gelfoam and coils were used in the procedures (PVA in 18 procedures, PVA +coil in 5, gelfoam in 10, geffoam + coil in 11, PVA + gelfoam + coil in 2). Post-embolization syndrome of various degrees were seen in all treated patients. A slight rise in blood creatinine levels was observed in 12 cases. Conclusion Super selective renal arterial angiography and embolization is the treatment of choice in patients who suffered severe hemorrhage due to MPCNL.

In this study, N-terminal site-specific mono-PEGylation of the recombinant lidamycin apoprotein (rLDP) of lidamycin (LDM) was prepared using a polyethyleneglycol (PEG) derivative (M w 20 kDa) through a reactive terminal aldehyde group under weak acidic conditions (pH 5.5). The biochemical properties of mPEG-rLDP-AE, an enediyne-integrated conjugate, were analyzed by SDS-PAGE, RP-HPLC, SEC-HPLC and MALDI-TOF. Meanwhile, in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity of mPEG-rLDP-AE was evaluated by MTT assays and in xenograft model. The results indicated that mPEG-rLDP-AE showed significant antitumor activity both in vitro and in vivo. After PEGylation, mPEG-rLDP still retained the binding capability to the enediyne AE and presented the physicochemical characteristics similar to that of native LDP. It is of interest that the PEGylation did not diminish the antitumor efficacy of LDM, implying the possibility that this derivative may function as a payload to deliver novel tumor-targeted drugs.

Since December 2019, Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), a new emerging infection disease occurred in Wuhan, has spread in 27 countries and regions. The clusters of many cases were reported with the epidemic progresses. We collected currently available information for 377 COVID-19 clusters (1 719 cases), excluded the hospital clusters and Hubei cases, during the period from January 1, 2020 to February 20, 2020. There were 297 family clusters (79%), case median 4; 39 clusters of dining (10%), case median 5; 23 clusters of shopping malls or supermarkets (6%), case median 13; 12 clusters of work units (3%), case median 6, and 6 clusters of transportation. We selected 325 cases to estimate the incubation period and found its range is 1 to 20 days, median was 7 days, and mode was 4 days. The analysis of the epidemic situation in a department store in China indicates that there is a possibility of patients as the source of infection during the incubation period of the epidemic. From February 5, 2020 to February 21, 2020, 634 persons were infected in the Diamond Princess Liner. All persons are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. The older, patients during the incubation period and the worse environment may be the cause of the cases rising. The progress of the two typical outbreaks clearly demonstrates the spread of the early cases in Wuhan. Whatever happens, screening and isolating close contacts remains essential except for clinical treatment during the epidemic. Especially for the healthy people in the epidemic area, isolation is the key.

BACKGROUND: Previous research demonstrated that a homozygous mutation of g.136372044G>A (S12N) in caspase recruitment domain family member 9 ( CARD9 ) is critical for producing Aspergillus fumigatus -induced ( Af -induced) T helper 2 (T H 2)-mediated responses in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). However, it remains unclear whether the CARD9S12N mutation, especially the heterozygous occurrence, predisposes the host to ABPA. METHODS: A total of 61 ABPA patients and 264 controls (including 156 healthy controls and 108 asthma patients) were recruited for sequencing the CARD9 locus to clarify whether patients with this heterozygous single-nucleotide polymorphisms are predisposed to the development of ABPA. A series of in vivo and in vitro experiments, such as quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, flow cytometry, and RNA isolation and quantification, were used to illuminate the involved mechanism of the disease. RESULTS: The presence of the p.S12N mutation was associated with a significant risk of ABPA in ABPA patients when compared with healthy controls and asthma patients, regardless of Aspergillus sensitivity. Relative to healthy controls without relevant allergies, the mutation of p.S12N was associated with a significant risk of ABPA (OR: 2.69 and 4.17 for GA and AA genotypes, P = 0.003 and 0.029, respectively). Compared with patients with asthma, ABPA patients had a significantly higher heterozygous mutation (GA genotype), indicating that p.S12N might be a significant ABPA-susceptibility locus ( aspergillus sensitized asthma: OR: 3.02, P = 0.009; aspergillus unsensitized asthma: OR: 2.94, P = 0.005). The mutant allele was preferentially expressed in ABPA patients with heterozygous CARD9S12N , which contributes to its functional alterations to facilitate Af -induced T H 2-mediated ABPA development. In terms of mechanism, Card9 wild-type ( Card9WT ) expression levels decreased significantly due to Af -induced decay of its messenger RNA compared to the heterozygous Card9S12N . In addition, ABPA patients with heterozygous CARD9S12N had increased Af -induced interleukin-5 production. CONCLUSION Our study provides the genetic evidence showing that the heterozygous mutation of CARD9S12N , followed by allele expression imbalance of CARD9S12N , facilitates the development of ABPA.
Humans ; Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary/complications* ; Aspergillus fumigatus/genetics* ; Asthma/genetics* ; Aspergillus ; Mutation/genetics* ; CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins/genetics*