1.miR-149 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells
Zhaohui LUO ; Liyang ZHANG ; Zheng LI ; Chen JIANG ; Yafei DAI ; Xiaoping LIU ; Ying ZHENG ; Haibo YU ; Juanjuan XIANG ; Guiyuan LI
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2011;36(7):604-609
Objective To investigate the function and mechanism of miR-149 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).Methods The expression of miR-149 was examined by real-time PCR and calculated by 2-△△Ct method. The cell proliferation was analyzed by MTT assay. The cell migration and invasion were shown by the wound healing assay and transwell migration assay, and the expression of E-cadherin was detected by Western blot. Results The expression of miR-149 was higher in NPC cell lines 5-8F and 6-10B than that in normal immortalized nasopharyngeal epithelial NP69. MTT assay showed that miR-149 promoted the proliferation of NPC cell lines. The wound healing assay showed miR-149 promoted the mobility and invasion of NPC cell lines. Inhibition of miR-149 reduced the ability of NPC cell lines to proliferate and invade. miR-149 downregulated the expression of E-cadherin, whereas antagomir which mediated knockdown of miR-149 significantly upregulated the expression of E-cadherin. Conclusion miR-149 might be involved in the invasion and metastasis of NPC through regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
2.Fusion mutation of ALK gene and its relationship with tumorigenesis and development
ZHANG Liyang ; LI Jingjing ; XIANG Rong
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2018;25(9):950-954
间变性淋巴瘤激酶(anaplastic lymphoma kinase,ALK)是一种受体型酪氨酸激酶,被认为是肿瘤的驱动基因,它的变异会 改变自身激酶活性,进而激活下游信号分子,使细胞增殖调控出现紊乱,从而导致肿瘤的发生。ALK的体细胞变异主要有融合和 突变两类,ALK融合在肺癌中已有较多研究,并已研发出相关小分子靶向药物, 而ALK突变则在神经胶质瘤中研究相对较多。本 文将阐述ALK融合及突变的研究现状及其与肿瘤发生发展的关系,为个性化医疗及靶向药物的研发提供一定的理论线索。
3.The Effects of the Intelligent Hearing-assistive System on Hearing Benefits to Cochlear Implant Recipients
Liyang XIANG ; Juanjuan LI ; Yan HAN ; Jinjian WANG ; Dian YANG ; Tingjun YANG ; Li YIN ; Sui HUANG
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2024;32(1):43-48
Objective To study the effects of the intelligent hearing-assistive system incorporated in Nuro-tron cochlear implants(CI),including the autonomic acoustic scene recognition(ASR),intelligent strategy config-uration as well as the objective and subjective hearing improvements on recipients.Methods ① To evaluate the per-formance of the ASR matule,in a sound-proof room,the preset five kinds of test audios,including speech,noise,speech in noise,pure music(without human voice)and non-pure Music(with human voice)were played.Each type of scenes included 6 to 9 5 min test files.The prediction accuracy and scene switching times were calculated.② In order to evaluate the noise-reduction performance of the ABeam technology in the speech enhancement module,13 Nurotron? CI recipients were recruited and their speech recognition rate when ABeam was"ON"and"OFF"with noise coming from 90°,180°or 270°were tested,individually.Also,their subjective hearing feedback was evaluated through visual analogue scale(VAS)evaluation.Results The ASR module achieved high prediction performance,with prediction accuracy 99%±4%,96%±9%,94%±12%,94%±15%,92%±13%for speech,noise,noisy speech,pure music and non-pure music,respectively.The scene transation times for each individual scene were 1.1 ±0.3,1.4±0.7,1.3±0.5,1.4±0.8 and 1.3±0.5,indicating that the prediction was also stable.When noise came from the sides and behind of recipients and speech signal from the front,the adaptive dual microphone noise re-duction algorithm ABeam significantly increased the speech recognition score(SRS)in 5 dB signal-to-noise(SNR)environment(P<0.001),with an average increase of 15.92%.Especially when the noise came from 180 degree backward,the SRS increased 28.68%when ABeam was"0N",which was significantly higher than when ABeam was"OFF"(P<0.01).Conclusion The intelligent hearing-assistive system can help CI recipients automatically configure appropriate SPSs under different environments,improving the speech intelligibility and hearing comfort.
4.Impact of therapeutic plasma exchange intervention timing and liver injury periodization on the prognosis of patients with exertional heat stroke
Zongzhong HE ; Min WANG ; Yuan ZHUANG ; Jie LIN ; Leiying ZHANG ; Liyang ZOU ; Lingling LI ; Chunya MA ; Xiaomin LIU ; Xiang QUAN ; Ying JIANG ; Mou ZHOU ; Hongjun KANG ; Yang YU
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2024;37(7):728-733
【Objective】 To explore the prognostic impact and clinical application value of therapeutic plasma exchange(TPE) intervention timing and liver injury periodization in patients with exertional heat stroke(EHS). 【Methods】 Data of 127 EHS patients from the First Medical Center of the General Hospital of the People′s Liberation Army from January 2011 to December 2023 were collected, then divided into the death group and the survival group based on therapeutic outcomes and into 5 stages according to the dynamic changes of ALT, AST, TBIL and DBIL. According to propensity score matching analysis, 11 patients in the survival group and 12 patients in the death group were included in the statistical analysis, and 20 of them were treated with TPE. The changes in indicators and clinical outcomes before and after TPE were observed, in order to evaluate the impact of intervention timing on prognosis. 【Results】 Among the 23 patients, 14 had no liver injury or could progress to the repair phase, resulting in 3 deaths(with the mortality rate of 21.43%), while 9 patients failed to progress to the repair phase, resulting in 9 deaths(with the mortality rate of 100%), with significant differences(P<0.05). The mortality rate of the first TPE intervention before the third stage of liver injury was 23.08%(3/13), while that of intervention after reaching or exceeding the third stage was 85.71%(6/7), and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 TPE should be executed actively in EHS patients combined with liver injury before the third phase to lock its pathological and physiological processes, thereby improving prognosis and reducing mortality.