1. The mechanism of Annexin A1 regulating the proliferation, apoptosis and migration of bladder cancer cells
Tao WANG ; Peide BAI ; Shunqiang XIE ; Anran SUN ; Jinchun XING ; Bin CHEN
Chinese Journal of Urology 2019;40(12):932-936
Objective:
Explore the function and regulatory mechanism of Annexin A1 (ANXA1) in bladder cancer cell proliferation, apoptosis and migration.
Methods:
From February 2018 to June 2019, we use T24 cells as the model and divide it into over-expression control group (ctrl), ANXA1 over-expression group (ANXA1), knockdown control group (shctrl), ANXA1 knockdown group 1 (shANXA1-1), ANXA1 knockdown group 2 (shANXA1-2) and ANXA1 knockdown group 3 (shANXA1-3). 24 hours after the culture, the cells were collected and the mRNA expression level of ANXA1 was detected by Real-Time quantitative PCR. The cell activity was detected by CCK-8; the cell apoptosis and cycle were detected by flow cytometry. The cell migration was detected by Transwell assay.
Results:
The Real-Time quantitative PCR showed that the expression of ANXA1 in the over expression group was significantly higher than that in the over expression control group (15 369.00±874.20 and 1.00±0.07,
2.Epidemiological characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and diagnostic value of IL-6 and PCT detection in 1 122 pneumonia patients in Nanjing,China
Anran XIE ; Zhihui DONG ; Hongpan XU ; Han SHEN
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2024;42(8):624-627
Objective To analyze the characteristics and epidemic trends of Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP)infection among the pa-tients in our hospital,and explore the diagnostic values of interleukin-6(IL-6)and procalcitonin(PCT)detection for MP infection.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the test results of MP nucleic acid and clinical data,including age,gender,sam-pling date,and treatment category of the 1 122 pneumonia patients in our hospital from September 1,2022,to August 31,2023.The positive detection rate of MP nucleic acid was analyzed in different genders,ages,visit categories,and seasons.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves were plotted to analyze the diagnostic value of IL-6 and PCT levels,and their ratio values in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP).Results Among the 1 122 pneumonia patients,the overall positive detection rate of MP was 24.96%.The positive detection rates of MP nucleic acid in male and female patients were 23.28%and 27.29%,respectively,with no statistical-ly significant difference(P>0.05).The median age of MP nucleic acid-negative patients was 37 years,while that of MP nucleic acid-positive patients was 7 years,showing a statistically significant difference(P<0.01).MP nucleic acid-positive patients were mainly concentrated in the age groups of 1 to 2 years(20.37%),3 to 5 years(25.60%),and 6 to 8 years(67.40%).The positive detection rates of MP nucleic acid among 913 inpatients and 209 outpatients were 22.45%and 35.89%,respectively,with statistically significant difference(P<0.01).The highest MP nucleic acid positive detection rate was observed in autumn(42.47%).MP could be co-infected with five other respiratory pathogens in which human rhinovirus(HRV)was the most common(17 cases).ROC curve analysis showed that the IL-6/PCT ratio had the best diagnostic performance for MP infection in the patients with all ages,with an area under the curve(AUCROC)of 0.746,superior to IL-6 and PCT alone.For MP-susceptible patients aged 6 to 8 years,IL-6 had the highest predictive value for MP infection,with an AUCROC of 0.767.Conclusions MPP tends to be epidemic in autumn,with children aged 6 to 8 years being the main susceptible population.The IL-6/PCT ratio is expected to become an auxiliary diagnostic and prognostic evaluation indi-cator for MPP.IL-6 levels have the highest predictive value for MP infection in the susceptible population.
3.Etiological analysis of single small subcortical infarction with different imaging features
Conghui LIU ; Yuan GAO ; Weizheng XIE ; Ke SUN ; Anran WANG ; Caixia XIAO ; Jiangang ZHANG ; Yusheng LI
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2023;56(1):48-54
Objective:To investigate the etiological mechanism in single small subcortical infarction (SSSI) with different imaging features.Methods:The patients registered in a database of ischemic stroke in the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2016 to December 2019 were analyzed. According to the lowest slice (LS) and the total number of involved slices (TNS) on diffusion-weighted imaging, the SSSI was divided into 3 types: proximal SSSI (pSSSI; LS≤2), distal and large SSSI (dl-SSSI; LS>2, TNS>2) and distal and small SSSI (ds-SSSI; LS>2, TNS≤2). The clinical and imaging features among 3 different lesion patterns were compared by using χ 2 test, Kruskal-Wallis H test and multiple Logistic regression analysis, etc. Results:In the 3 groups of ds-SSSI ( n=205), dl-SSSI ( n=157) and pSSSI ( n=166), the prevalences of parent artery disease (PAD)[10.7% (22/205) , 19.1% (30/157) , 42.8% (71/166), respectively, χ 2=54.89, P<0.001], coronary artery disease [8.3% (17/205), 14.0% (22/157), 16.9%(28/166), respectively, χ 2=6.44, P=0.040] and severe white matter hyperintensities (sWMHs)[58.0% (119/205), 43.3% (68/157), 41.0% (68/166), respectively, χ 2=12.94, P<0.001], the level of serum homocysteine (Hcy)[18.01 (13.54, 25.56), 16.03 (12.50, 21.09), 14.72 (11.12, 19.14) μmol/L, respectively, H=19.36, P<0.001], and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score[2(1, 3), 3(1, 4), 3(2, 6), respectively, H=39.53, P<0.001] showed statistically significant differences. Multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with dl-SSSI patients, the lesion pattern of patients with higher proportion of PAD ( OR=3.12, 95% CI 1.86-5.24, P<0.001) was closer to pSSSI; the lesion pattern of patients with higher serum Hcy level ( OR=1.02, 95% CI 1.00-1.04, P=0.046) or higher proportion of sWMHs ( OR=1.79, 95% CI 1.12-2.86, P=0.015) was closer to ds-SSSI, and the lesion pattern of patients with higher proportion of PAD ( OR=0.50, 95% CI 0.27-0.93, P=0.029) or higher NIHSS score ( OR=0.84, 95% CI 0.77-0.92, P<0.001) was closer to dl-SSSI. Conclusions:The pathogenesis of ds-SSSI tends to be cerebral small vessel disease. The pathogenesis of pSSSI is related to atherosclerosis. The patients with dl-SSSI have the intermediate characteristics of pSSSI and ds-SSSI and may be unstable.