1.Correlation between the expression of hsa_circ_0001785 in triple negative breast cancer and the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Ming LI ; Yunxia LIU ; Liping WANG ; Lixin DUAN ; Jingjing BI
Journal of Clinical Surgery 2024;32(11):1157-1160
Objective To investigate the correlation between the expression of hsa_circ_0001785 in triple negative breast cancer(TNBC)and the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC).Methods A total of 129 patients with triple negative breast cancer who were admitted to our hospital from October 2021 to February 2023 were regarded as the study group,and 125 patients with benign breast lesions who underwent surgery in our hospital were served as the control group.The influencing factors of NAC efficacy in TNBC patients were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression model;receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was applied to analyze the predictive value of hsa_circ_0001785 level for NAC efficacy in triple negative breast cancer patients.Results Compared with the control group(1.05±0.16),the expression level of hsa_circ_0001785 in the study group(2.47±0.39)increased(P<0.05);compared with the effective group(2.34±0.35),the expression level of hsa_circ_0001785 in the ineffective group(3.48±0.56)increased(P<0.05);hsa_circ_0001785 was highly expressed in triple negative breast cancer patients with tumor diameter>2 cm,lymph node metastasis and high tissue grade(P<0.05);high expression of hsa_circ_0001785,tumor diameter>2 cm,occurrence of lymph node metastasis and high histological grade were risk factors for NAC efficacy in triple negative breast cancer patients(P<0.05).Hsa_circ_0001785 level has certain predictive value for NAC efficacy in TNBC patients.Conclusion Hsa_circ_0001785 is highly expressed in triple negative breast cancer,and the level of hsa_circ_0001785 has a certain predictive value for the efficacy of NAC in patients.
2.Clinical and genetic analysis of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by thickened corpus callosum caused by MAST1 gene mutation
Yanhong WANG ; Lei LIU ; Xiaoge FAN ; Xuan ZHENG ; Zhi LEI ; Linfei LI ; Lixin SONG ; Yongtao DUAN ; Shiyue MEI
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2024;57(5):460-466
Objective:To investigate the clinical and genetic features of the patient with neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by thickened corpus callosum caused by MAST1 gene mutation. Methods:Clinical data and auxiliary examination of a child with neurodevelopmental disorders caused by MAST1 gene mutation who was admitted to Henan Children′s Hospital in September 2022 were collected, and whole exome sequencing technology was applied to analyze the genetics of the child. Results:The patient was a 2 years and 8 months old male, with a clinical phenotype including intellectual, motor, and speech development disorders. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed thickened corpus callosum, nodular heterotopia of the left ventricle body.Whole exome sequencing showed the MAST1 gene with c.578T>G(p.Met193Arg) heterozygous missense variant, which was a unreported de novo pathogenic variant and both of his parents were wild-type. Conclusions:Diseases caused by MAST1 gene mutations are relatively rare, the main clinical features are neurodevelopmental disorders and brain structural abnormalities, and MRI shows an enlarged corpus callosum.The heterozygous missense variant c.578T>G(p.Met193Arg) of the MAST1 gene is the genetic cause of this case.
3.Comparison of two analysis methods of opioid consumption sum in medical institutions
Wen JI ; Ruigang HOU ; Zhiqiang MENG ; Zhong WANG ; Lixin WANG ; Bei WU ; Wei ZHAO ; Hongzhen DUAN ; Ping SHI ; Xiaoling HU
China Pharmacy 2023;34(5):620-624
OBJECTIVE To compare the similarities and differences of the two methods in analyzing the use of opioids in third grade class A medical institutions and provide a reference for the management of opioids in medical institutions. METHODS Two methods, Defined Daily Dose (DDD) and Oral Morphine Equivalent (OME), were used to count the opioid prescription data of five comprehensive medical institutions of third grade class A (named H1-H5) in Shanxi province in 2020, calculate consumption sum of opioid, annual per capita consumption sum, patient cost burden and drug consumption sum ratio, compare the index results presented by the two analysis methods, and explore the application scenarios of the advantages of each of the two evaluation methods. RESULTS The ranking of consumption sum of opioid and patient cost burden calculated by the two methods was the same in the five sample medical institutions, but the ranking of per capita consumption sum was different. Taking the 5 medical institutions as a whole, the top 4 rankings of consumption sum ratio for each species of opioid compared by both methods were the same, i. e. remifentanil>sufentanil>oxycodone>morphine. The ratio of remifentanil was close to 50%. When comparing the ranking of consumption sum ratio in each medical institution, the ranking calculated by the two methods was different for those medical institutions except for H1 medical institutions. The consumption sum ratio of fentanyl calculated by DDD method was significantly higher than that of OME method; whereas consumption sum ratio of remifentanil calculated by OME method was significantly higher than that of DDD method. Perioperative patients had the highest consumption sum ratio, about 50%. The consumption sum ratio of critically ill patients in H3 jwsydey@163.com medical institutions and inpatient patients with cancer pain and other patients in H5 medical institutions calculated by DDD method was significantly higher than that by OME method. There were differences in the order of cost burden of different types of patients calculated by two methods. CONCLUSIONS DDD method can accurately reflect the dosage of opioid drugs and facilitate the monitoring and management of the dosage; OME method can more reflect the analgesic effect and compare the cost burden of patients.
4.Emotional and behavioral effects of after-school tutoring on school-age children in a district in Shanghai
Xiaoyan QIU ; Jinjin CHEN ; Guanghai WANG ; Yu WANG ; Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Yanyan QIU ; Azhu DUAN ; Guangjun YU
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(8):791-798
ObjectiveTo explore the effects of after-school tutoring for school-age children on their emotions and behaviors, and to provide a basis for developing after-school tutoring and psychological support strategies for school-age children. MethodsFour elementary schools in a district of Shanghai were selected by simple random sampling method. Whole group sampling was conducted by class, and parents of students were surveyed by general questionnaire and the scale of strengths and difficulties. Information was collected on the basic conditions of children and families and the results were compared and analyzed. ResultsThis study showed that 88.26% of children attended extracurricular classes, of which 26.16% attended 3 or more classes, 42.5% attended cultural classes, 28.3% attended sports classes, and 59.8% attended art classes. Children who did not attend classes had higher pro-social scores. Children who attended reading class had lower scores for emotional problems that was a protective factor for emotional problems. Children who chose extracurricular programs in sports and reading also had lower overall scores for difficulties. Excessive use of electronic devices by school-age children on weekdays or weekends had a negative effect on emotional and conduct problem scores regardless of whether they chose extracurricular programs. It appeared that the choice of cultural programs, art programs and different levels of exercise intensity had no effect on children's emotions and behaviors. ConclusionFor children with low pro-social level, extracurricular classes should be carefully selected. For extracurricular classes, more reading and sports-related courses can be considered, which have positive effects on school-age children’s emotions and behaviors. Regardless of the choice of extracurricular classes, try to avoid excessive online classes.
5.Melatonin attenuates bone resorption induced by acute sleep deprivation in growing rats
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023;39(1):42-47
Objective:To explore the changes of bone turnover markers induced by sleep deprivation (SD) and the effect of melatonin supplementation on the bone turnover status.Methods:Six-week-old Wistar male rats were divided into SD, normal control (NC), and melatonin supplementation (SD+ MT) groups. Acute SD model was established using a modified multi-level bench method. The bone turnover markers, corticosterone, and melatonin in serum as well as Cathepsin K(CTSK) mRNA expression in bone tissue were tested.Results:Acute SD disrupted the balance between bone formation and bone absorption evidenced by rapid decreased serum procollagen type Ⅰ N-terminal propeptide (PⅠNP) levels and increased β cross-linked C-telopeptide of type Ⅰ collagen (β-CTX) levels ( P=0.003) from 24 h to 72 h. The exogenous melatonin treatment decreased β-CTX [(512.4±95.8) ng/mL vs (696.0±76.5) ng/mL, P=0.004] and the osteoclast-related gene CTSK mRNA level after 72 h SD. Conclusions:Acute SD accelerates bone resorption, which could be partially alleviated by melatonin supplementation.
6.Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage in adults (version 2023)
Fan FAN ; Junfeng FENG ; Xin CHEN ; Kaiwei HAN ; Xianjian HUANG ; Chuntao LI ; Ziyuan LIU ; Chunlong ZHONG ; Ligang CHEN ; Wenjin CHEN ; Bin DONG ; Jixin DUAN ; Wenhua FANG ; Guang FENG ; Guoyi GAO ; Liang GAO ; Chunhua HANG ; Lijin HE ; Lijun HOU ; Qibing HUANG ; Jiyao JIANG ; Rongcai JIANG ; Shengyong LAN ; Lihong LI ; Jinfang LIU ; Zhixiong LIU ; Zhengxiang LUO ; Rongjun QIAN ; Binghui QIU ; Hongtao QU ; Guangzhi SHI ; Kai SHU ; Haiying SUN ; Xiaoou SUN ; Ning WANG ; Qinghua WANG ; Yuhai WANG ; Junji WEI ; Xiangpin WEI ; Lixin XU ; Chaohua YANG ; Hua YANG ; Likun YANG ; Xiaofeng YANG ; Renhe YU ; Yongming ZHANG ; Weiping ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2023;39(9):769-779
Traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage commonly presents in traumatic brain injury patients, and it may lead to complications such as meningitis, ventriculitis, brain abscess, subdural hematoma or tension pneumocephalus. When misdiagnosed or inappropriately treated, traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage may result in severe complications and may be life-threatening. Some traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage has concealed manifestations and is prone to misdiagnosis. Due to different sites and mechanisms of trauma and degree of cerebrospinal fluid leak, treatments for traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage varies greatly. Hence, the Craniocerebral Trauma Professional Group of Neurosurgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association and the Neurological Injury Professional Group of Trauma Branch of Chinese Medical Association organized relevant experts to formulate the " Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage in adults ( version 2023)" based on existing clinical evidence and experience. The consensus consisted of 16 recommendations, covering the leakage diagnosis, localization, treatments, and intracranial infection prevention, so as to standardize the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leakage and improve the overall prognosis of the patients.
7.Effects of sleep deprivation on coronary heart disease
Ran WEI ; Xiaoye DUAN ; Lixin GUO
The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2022;26(5):297-305
The presence of artificial light enables humans to be active 24 h a day.Many people across the globe live in a social culture that encourages staying up late to meet the demands of various activities, such as work and school. Sleep deprivation (SD) is a severe health problem in modern society. Meanwhile, as with cardiometabolic disease, there was an obvious tendency that coronary heart disease (CHD) to become a global epidemic chronic disease. Specifically, SD can significantly increase the morbidity and mortality of CHD. However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for the effects of SD on CHD are multilayered and complex. Inflammatory response, lipid metabolism, oxidative stress, and endothelial function all contribute to cardiovascular lesions. In this review, the effects of SD on CHD development are summarized, and SD-related pathogenesis of coronary artery lesions is discussed. In general, early assessment of SD played a vital role in preventing the harmful consequences of CHD.
8.TM9SF2 promotes proliferation and metastasis of triple negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231
Lixin WANG ; Xiubo JIANG ; Qiaozhen GUO ; Zicheng WANG ; Bo WANG ; Yuxia WANG ; Wensheng QU ; Xiaotao DUAN
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2021;52(5):609-613
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of transmembrane 9 superfamily protein member 2 (TM9SF2) in proliferation and migration of triple negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231.The expression of TM9SF2 in triple negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 and nontumorigenic mammary epithelial cell line MCF-10A were measured by Western blot. MDA-MB-231 cells were treated with siRNA-TM9SF2 to knock-down the expression of TM9SF2. The effect of silencing TM9SF2 was measured with Western blot.The proliferation of cells was tested by MTS,and the migration was measured with Transwell and wound-healing assay.Proteins related to proliferation (PI3K,AKT,SRC and ERK) and migration (Snail,Slug and N-cadherin) were measured with Western blot.Protein expressions of TM9SF2 was better improved in triple negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cell line than MCF-10A.Compared with the control group, the siRNA-TM9SF2 infected group had lower expressions of PI3K, Snail, Slug and N-cadherin, and at the same time phosphorylation of AKT was decreased. The results suggest TM9SF2 can promote the proliferation and metastasis of triple negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cell line.
9.Comparison of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome and sporadic ovarian cancer in ovarian cancer BRCA mutations
Rongrong DUAN ; Lixin SUN ; Hongwei ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021;56(11):788-795
Objective:To study the difference between BRCA gene mutations in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) and in sporadic ovarian cancer (SOC).Methods:This study was for exploratory research, the inclusion criteria were 284 patients with ovarian cancer admitted at Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital from November 2018 to December 2019, with high-throughput DNA sequencing including the full coding regions and exon-intron link regions of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene. Pathogenic mutations in the BRCA gene of patients with ovarian cancer were collected and mutation site analysis was performed to compare phenotypic differences in pathogenic mutations between HBOC syndrome and SOC patients.Results:(1) Of the 284 ovarian cancer patients, seventy-seven had BRCA pathogenic mutations with a mutation rate of 27.1% (77/284), with BRCA1 mutation rate of 19.7% (56/284), BRCA2 gene 6.7% (19/284) and BRCA1/2 common mutation rate of 0.7% (2/284). Of the 284 patients with ovarian cancer, the pathogenic mutation rate in the BRCA gene in HBOC syndrome patients was 43.8% (32/73), which were significantly higher than that in SOC patients [21.3% (45/211); χ2=13.905, P<0.01]. Among BRCA1 gene mutation, the mutation rate in HBOC syndrome was higher than that of SOC [87.5% (28/32) vs 62.2% (28/45)], the BRCA2 gene mutation rate in patients with HBOC syndrome was lower than that in SOC patients [6.2% (2/32) vs 37.8% (17/45)], and there were statistically significant differences (all P<0.05). Two of the 77 patients with pathogenic mutations in the BRCA gene were multisite mutations, including one simultaneous two site mutation, one simultaneous three site mutation. There were 80 mutation sites with frameshift deletion mutations (55.0%, 44/80) and nonsense mutations (31.2%, 25/80). (2) Of the 73 patients with HBOC syndrome, 32 cases had pathogenic mutations in BRCA gene, including 28 cases in BRCA1, mainly in exon 11 and 24 (9 and 7 cases, respectively), and only two cases in BRCA2, both in exon 11; another two had multiple locus mutations. Of the 211 patients with SOC, 45 cases had pathogenic mutants in BRCA gene, including 28 cases in BRCA1, mainly in exon 11 and 24 (15 and 2 cases, respectively), and 17 cases in BRCA2, mainly in exon 11 (11 cases). (3) Thirty-four pathogenic mutation sites in BRCA gene were found newly, twenty of them were located in the BRCA1 gene, including a locus located on the intron 6, 301+1G>A, and the remaining 19 sites were located on the exons, including 283_286delCTTG, 68_69delAG, 132C>T, 514_547+3del37, 742delA, 1126_1129delAATA, 1196delA, 1352_1364del, 1465G>T, 2171delC, 2341G>T, 3359_3363delTTAAT, 4085_4086ins11, 4161_4162delTC, 4165_4166delAG, 4258G>T, 4338_4339del8insAGAA, 4468G>T, and 4783delA; fourteen sites were located in the BRCA2 gene, including a locus located on the intron 7, 631+1G>A, and the remaining 13 sites were located on the exons, including 2648delT, 2914A>T, 2950_2951insG, 4357+1G>A, 5054C>T, 5257A>T, 5291_5292insTC, 5913delT, 3593delA, 6091_6092insA, 6135_6136delTT, 7452delT, 9097_9098insA. A tal of 28 repeat mutations were located in the BRCA1 gene; among them, the site 5470_5477del8 was repeated 6 times, while 3 times in 981_982delAT. Conclusions:Patients with HBOC syndrome have a significantly higher rate of pathogenic mutation in the BRCA gene than that in patients with SOC. BRCA gene pathogenic mutation sites in HBOC syndrome patients occur commonly in exon 11 and 24 of BRCA 1 gene, while SOC patients occur mainly in exon 11 and 24 of BRCA1 gene and exon 11 of BRCA2 gene. The two loci of BRCA1∶5470_5477del8, BRCA1∶981_982delAT may be ancestor mutations in Chinese ovarian cancer patients, and 34 newly discovered pathogenic mutations in the BRCA gene, enriching the BRCA gene mutation spectrum in the Chinese population.
10.Disciplinary development of global health academic degree programs in China
Sun LIXIN ; Zhao DUAN ; Xiong SHANGZHI ; Renne ANGELA ; Zheng ZHI-JIE ; Xiang HAO ; Guo XIAOKUI ; Tang KUN ; Hao YUANTAO ; L.Yan LIJING
Global Health Journal 2021;5(2):102-111
This study aims to provide a brief overview of the history and development of global health education (GHE) as academic degree programs worldwide,and to identify GHE's development opportunities and obstacles in China.This is a state-of-the-art review of published and unpublished information that described and evaluated disci-plinary development of global health degree programs worldwide,written in English,and published or shared be-tween 1990 and 2020.Data were derived from official websites of leading global health institutions,like "Google Scholar","PubMed",and unpublished information such as presentation files and unpublished manuscripts col-lected from knowledgeable leaders in the field.We retrieved and reviewed a total of 35 articles and a large amount of unpublished information or sources on the internet.Global Health emerged as a new discipline around the end of the last millennium and proliferated in the last two decades in developed nations,especially the United States and the United Kingdom.The development of China's GHE programs was built on China's increasing engagement in global health affairs and research.In 2012,Wuhan University established the first official global health de-partment in China.Several universities such as Peking University and Duke Kunshan University subsequently set up departments or programs to offer undergraduate and postgraduate majors and degrees.The first school-level global health unit was established in Shanghai in 2019.The Consortium of Chinese Universities for Global Health(CCUGH) grew from 10 founding members in 2013 to 25 in 2020.Major desirable attributes "unique" to stu-dents majoring in global health include global-mindedness,health interests,compassion,intercultural sensitivity,and adventurous spirit.Graduates from GHE programs have a diverse set of career choices spanning research,government,not-for-profit,and private sector occupations.We identified a number of strengths,weaknesses,opportunities,and threats to the future development of GHE in China.To ensure sustainable future growth,we advocate addressing the following key aspects:(1) clearer disciplinary distinctions;(2) multidisciplinary col-laborations;(3) public-sector investments;and (4) non-public sectors participation.Amidst China's increasing engagement in health affairs globally and the proliferation of GHE programs in developed nations,China has experienced fast growth in GHE degree programs since 2012 while a number of challenges remain for its future development.

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