1.Status and progress of partial cystectomy in the treatment of myometric invasive bladder cancer
Jiaxi HE ; Dihao DENG ; Zeen HE ; Yi ZHANG ; Sining LI ; Jian WANG
Clinical Medicine of China 2021;37(4):317-322
Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in the urinary system, and the current standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer(MIBC) is radical cystectomy combined with pelvic lymphadenectomy.However, radical cystectomy is a surgical method with serious damege and high incidence of perioperative complications, leading to a low postoperative quality of life for patients.In recent years, with the improvement of chemotherapy regimens and the development of radiotherapy techniques, bladder preservation comprehensive therapy based on partial cystectomy(PC) has attracted the attention of domestic and foreign scholars again.This article reviews the current application and treatment progress of PC.
2.Single-nuclear RNA sequencing reveals the distinct cellular composition and gene expression characteristics of human adrenocortical adenoma
Zhu WANG ; Qiong DENG ; Jianwen ZHANG ; Yulin LAI ; Dihao DENG ; Hui LIANG
Journal of Modern Urology 2024;29(10):916-922
[Objective] To explore the cellular composition and gene expression characteristics of adrenocortical adenoma (ACA) based on single-nuclear RNA sequencing. [Methods] The postoperative resection samples of 2 ACA cases treated at our hospital during Jul.and Aug.2022 were collected.The cellular composition was isolated and identified with single-nuclear RNA sequencing, the adrenal cortical subgroups were subdivided with specific cortical cell subgroup markers, and the characteristic gene expression profile was studied. [Results] The main components of ACA were adrenal cortical cells (78.62%), endothelial cells (1.91%), fibroblasts (3.09%), macrophages (14.34%), and T cells (2.05%). Subdivision of cortical cells revealed a group of undefined cells (1.08%), in addition to zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells (1.77%), zona fasciculata (ZF) cells (94.98%), and zona reticularis (ZR) cells (2.17%). These undefined cells were characterized by high expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1, growth arrest and DNA damage inducing proteins β, tumor necrosis factor α inducing protein 3 and CD36 molecules.According to correlation analysis of the gene expression, these undefined cells were similar to the ZF cells.DEGs enrichment analysis indicated that the metabolic process enrichment index was the highest in biological processes.Reactome GO enrichment analysis revealed that the immune system cytokine signaling response was the most significant.KEGG signaling pathway analysis showed that Th17 cell differentiation pathway was the mostly enriched.DEGs were found to be most closely related to viral infection by DO enrichment analysis. [Conclusion] This study reveals for the first time the gene expression profile characteristics of cell subset in ACA, which can provide reference to explore the mechanism of ACA.