1.Approach to the patient with pregnancy-associated fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus
Weixia JIAN ; Xueru CHEN ; Weixing WANG ; Jie JIN ; Qing SU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2013;29(8):719-721
One case with fulminant type 1 diabetes during the third trimester of pregnancy was reported.If a patient manifests abrupt onset of hyperglycemia,nausea,vomiting,and bellyache during pregnancy or immediately after delivery,fulminant type 1 diabetes should be considered.
2.Effects of advanced glycation end products on cell viability and level of reactive oxygen species(ROS)in MIN6 cells
Shichun DU ; Ning LIN ; Qinmin GE ; Weixia JIAN ; Yan DONG ; Qing SU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011;27(2):152-154
To explore the effect of advanced glycation end-products(AGEs)on cell viability and level of reactive oxygen species(ROS)in MIN6 cells. After intervention of various concentrations(100,200, and 400 mg/L)of AGEs for some time, cell viability was detected by MTT assay. 2', 7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate(DCFH-DA)was used as a reactive oxygen species capture agent. The fluorescent intensity of 2', 7'-dichlorofluorescein(DCF), which was the product of cellular oxidation of DCFH-DA, was detected by flow cytometry. The level of ROS and insulin secretion was thus measured. Viability of MIN6 cells was inhibited by AGEs in a dose and time dependent manner(P<0.05).Intracellular fluorescent intensity of DCF was markedly elevated in the AGEs groups as compared with that in the control group(P<0.05).Insulin secretion was decreased in the AGEs groups than that in the control group(P>0.05). The results suggest that AGEs inhibit the viability and induce oxidative stress in MIN6 cells by overproduction of ROS.
3.Approach to the patient with vitamin D-deficient osteomalacia due to X-linked agammaglobulinemia
Xueru CHEN ; Yixin NIU ; Weixia JIAN ; Qing SU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2019;35(8):711-714
Osteomalacia is a metabolic bone disease characterized by impaired mineralization of bone matrix. VitaminD deficiency contributes to a decrease in the efficiency of intestinal calcium and phosphorus absorption, resulting in secondary hyperparathyroidism and an inadequate calcium-phosphorus product, thereby causing osteomalacia. We present a patient who was diagnosed as vitamin D-deficient osteomalacia due to X-linked agammaglobulinemia ( XLA) , and the genetic analysis of the BTK gene revealed a missense mutation ( c.82C>T) . It should be attached great importance to etiological analysis of osteomalacia, and XLA may also be a cause of vitamin D deficiency.
4.Comparison of Efifcacy and Safety of Different Therapeutic Regimens as Second-line Treatment for Small Cell Lung Cancer
LI ZHIHUA ; LIU XIAOQING ; LI JIANJIE ; GAO HONGJUN ; TANG CHUANHAO ; LI XIAOYAN ; GUO WANFENG ; QIN HAIFENG ; WANG WEIXIA ; QU LILI ; CHEN JIAN
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer 2015;(5):280-288
Background and objective Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease for which the mainstay of treatment is cytotoxic chemotherapy. Despite good initial responses most patients will relapse or progress atfer the ifrst-line therapy. hTe evidence of a beneift from second-line chemotherapy is limited in patients with relapsed/advanced SCLC. Some drugs are recommended by guidelines, but more regimens are formulated based on experience in clinical. So we conducted this retrospective study in order to compare the effcacy and safety of different second-line treatment regimens. Methods We totally analyzed 309 patients received second-line treatment in our retrospective study. 157 patients received best supportive care (BSC), and the rest 152 patients received second-line chemotherapy. hTe Kaplan-Meier method survival curves and Log-rank test were used to analysis the differences among different groups. hTe endpoints were objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Results Patients administered second-line chemotherapy lived signiifcantly longer, with a total OS from ifrst-line therapy of 11.5 mo compared to 6.0 mo in patients with best supportive care alone (P<0.001), and the ORR, DCR, PFS and OS of the former (including the sensitive dis-ease and resistance/refractory disease patients) were obviously better than that of the latter. hTe ORR and DCR of the patients who received second-line chemotherapy is 39.5%and 59.2%, respectively. hTe median PFS and OS from second-line chemo-therapy were 3.3 mo and 5.3 mo. hTe patients who received second-line chemotherapy were divided by types of second-line regimens. hTe sensitive disease patients were from group A (VP-16-based rechallenge) and group B1 (CPT-11-based regimen). hTe ORR of the two groups were 48.6%and 35.3%, and the DCR were 68.6%and 58.8%, respectively. hTere was no statistically signiifcant difference (P=0.264;P=0.400). hTe median PFS from second-line chemotherapy of the two groups were 4.0 mo and 3.0 mo, and the second-line median OS were 6.5 mo and 4.5 mo. hTere was no statistic difference (P=0.432;P=0.508). hTe resistance/refractory disease patients were divided into group B2 (CPT-11-based regimen), group C (PTX/DXL-based regi-men) and group D (TPT-based regimen). hTere was no statistic difference in second-line ORR, DCR and median PFS among the three groups (P value is 0.521, 0.528 and 0.775, respectively);hTe median OS from second-line chemotherapy of the group D is longer than that of group B2 and group C, with statistical difference (P=0.043;P=0.030). hTe differences of grade III-IV hematologic toxicities among the four subgroups were not statistically different. hTe incidence of diarrhea in non-hematologic toxicities in patients who received irinotecan as second-line chemotherapy was higher than other three subgroups (P=0.029). Conclusion Patients who progressed atfer the completion of ifrst-line chemotherapy can gain survival beneift. hTe response and the PFS of the different second-line chemotherapies were similar. hTe patients who received the TPT-based regimen may gain longer overall survival than other resistance/refractory disease patients.