1.Cationic liposomes complexed to plasmids encoding endostatin and angiostatin inhibit lewis lung cancer in mice model
Zhenbin LI ; Xiefei QI ; Weihua RAO
Cancer Research and Clinic 2000;0(06):-
Objective To evaluate the inhibitory effect of cationic Liposomes complexed to plasmids encoding endostatin and/or angiostatin on the growth and metastasis of Lewis lung cancer in mice model. Methods C57BL/6j mice were established as mice model. Cationic liposome complexed plasmids encoding angiostatin and endostatin were administrated intratumorally to inhibit the growth and metastasis of the implanted tumor. The size change of the tumor; metastasis in lung, the activity, nourishment, survival period of the mice were observed to evaluate the function of cationic liposome complexed plasmids. Results The treatment group could inhibit the growth and metastasis of the implanted tumor. Comparing with control group, they showed significance in tumor size, metastasis in lung and survival period of the mice (P
2."The building of the ""treatment-care and four linkage combination"" integrated care model"
Zhihong TANG ; Weihua YU ; Xiaolan RAO ; Zaiqiong LUO ; Li WANG
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2017;52(1):40-43
The aim is to explore and build the treatment-care and four linkage combination integrated care model,so as to provide methods and ideas for the medical service practice.By exploring the mechanism and hierarchical management mode of the treatment-care and four linkage combination integrated care model,we have set up a whole process management closed loop in four combined linkage,including hospital,medical care,community and family,raised to solve the medical combination of acute medical treatment and the problems existing in the continuing care.After more than a year of preparation and practice,we have build the social service centered medical combined with four linkage information platform,and have realized the online and offline medical combination of care services in hospital,medical care,community and family.Based on Intemet technology,the building of the treatment-care and four linkage combination integrated care model is the efficient method to solve the difficulties and problems of the health care and the continuation demands among elderly under the current conditions,and the feasible way to realize theslight illness in the community,disease the hospital,care in institutions,pension in the family.
3.Silencing gene of TLR4 down-regulates the effect of TLR2 signal transduction in RAW264.7 cells to anti-Aspergillus fumigatus conidia stimulation
Zhenhua RAO ; Genhua ZHU ; Weihua XIE ; Mingsheng SU ; Kai LONG ; Hongdan LUO ; Xiaomei XIE
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2012;32(2):108-113
Objective To study the role of TLR2 and TLR4 signal transduction in RAW264.7 monocyte-macrophages stimulated by Aspergillus fumigatus conidia,and to investigate the expression of TLR2 signal transduction after silencing gene of TLR4.Methods Macrophages were randomly divided into normal group ( N group),normal+stimulated with Aspergillus fumigatus conidia ( N +Af group ),normal + transfected with TLR4-siRNA [ TLR4 (RNAi) group ],normal+transfected with TLR4-siRNA +stimulated with Aspergillus fumigatus conidia[ TLR4(RNAi) +Af group].RT-PCR and Western blot were used to assay expression levels of TLR2,TLR4,MyD88 mRNA and pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α protein when macrophages were stimulated 12 h by Aspergillus fumigatus conidia after tranfected 24 h with TLR4-siRNA by technology of RNAi.Results ( 1 ) Compared with N group,the expression of TLR2,TLR4,MyD88 mRNA and TNF-αprotein in N+Af group significantly increased before silencing gene of TLR4.(2) Silencing efficiency of macrophates was up to 83% after transfected with TLR4-siRNA.(3)The expression of TLR2,MyD88 mRNA in TLR4 (RNAi) group significantly decreased contrast with normal group.Meanwhile the expression of TLR2,MyD88 mRNA and TNF-α protein also obviously reduced in TLR4(RNAi) +Af group when compared with N +Af group.Compared with TLR4 (RNAi) group,the expression of MyD88 mRNA in TLR4 (RNAi) +Af group significantly increased.However,the expression of TLR2 mRNA and TNF-α protein have no significant change after silencing gene of TLR4.Conclusion Signaling pathway of TLR2 and TLR4 in macrophages was activated by given stimulus of Aspergillusfumigatus conidia and exerted the effect of anti-Aspergillus fumigatus spores stimulation through the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α.Meanwhile,silencing gene of TLR4 down-regulate the effect of TLR2 signal transduction in RAW264.7 cells to anti-Aspergillus fumigatus conidia stimulation,and it found that TLR4 played an more important role by contrast with TLR2.
4.Potential unreliability of ALK variant allele frequency in the efficacy prediction of targeted therapy in NSCLC.
Wei RAO ; Yutao LIU ; Yan LI ; Lei GUO ; Tian QIU ; Lin DONG ; Jianming YING ; Weihua LI
Frontiers of Medicine 2023;17(3):493-502
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is the most common fusion gene involved in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and remarkable response has been achieved with the use of ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (ALK-TKIs). However, the clinical efficacy is highly variable. Pre-existing intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) has been proven to contribute to the poor treatment response and the resistance to targeted therapies. In this work, we investigated whether the variant allele frequencies (VAFs) of ALK fusions can help assess ITH and predict targeted therapy efficacy. Through the application of next-generation sequencing (NGS), 7.2% (326/4548) of patients were detected to be ALK positive. On the basis of the adjusted VAF (adjVAF, VAF normalization for tumor purity) of four different threshold values (adjVAF < 50%, 40%, 30%, or 20%), the association of ALK subclonality with crizotinib efficacy was assessed. Nonetheless, no statistical association was observed between median progression-free survival (PFS) and ALK subclonality assessed by adjVAF, and a poor correlation of adjVAF with PFS was found among the 85 patients who received first-line crizotinib. Results suggest that the ALK VAF determined by hybrid capture-based NGS is probably unreliable for ITH assessment and targeted therapy efficacy prediction in NSCLC.
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology*
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Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase/therapeutic use*
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Crizotinib/therapeutic use*
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Lung Neoplasms/pathology*
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Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology*
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Gene Frequency