1.Research progress of CD4+T cells in influenza virus infection-induced cytokine storm and acute lung injury
Jiawang HUANG ; Xinyue MA ; Mengchen ZHU ; Weirong LIU ; Yulu CHEN ; Ling LI
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2023;39(12):2666-2671
As the main weapon of cellular immunity,CD4+ T cells play a vital role in controlling and eliminating infections,and are an important barrier for the body to resist infections.Respiratory tract infectious diseases caused by influenza virus infection have extremely high infectivity,morbidity and mortality.The infection mechanism is relatively complicated and has not been fully ex-plained.The exuberant immune response induced by the body after influenza virus infection is described as a"cytokine storm"which is related to pro-inflammatory cytokines and tissue damage,which may eventually lead to acute lung injury.Therefore,this article sum-marizes the current research progress,focusing on the mechanism of CD4+T cells in the cytokine storm induced by influenza virus in-fection and the impact of acute lung injury,providing relevant ideas and theoretical guidance for follow-up research,with a view to the disease caused by influenza virus bring new and effective methods of diagnosis and treatment.
2.Exploring mechanism and experimental validation of Gubiao Fanggan Modified Formula in preventing influenza virus in immunosuppressive mice based on network pharmacology
Xinyue MA ; Jiawang HUANG ; Mengchen ZHU ; Zhuolin LIU ; Ziye XU ; Fangguo LU ; Ling LI
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2024;40(7):1447-1453,中插2-中插5
Objective:To invastigate the targets and signaling pathways of Gubiao Fanggan Modified Formula in regulating the defense against influenza A virus in immunosuppressed mice by network pharmacology,and the key targets were verified by immuno-suppressive mice model.Methods:TCMSP database was used to search the active ingredients of Gubiao Fanggan Modified Formula,and GeneCard,OMIM,PharmGkb databases were used to obtain the potential targets of the active ingredients to prevent influenza,and take their intersection targets were taken;STRING11.5 database was used to make protein-protein interaction network analyzed and finded the core targets;Cytoscape3.8.1 was used to build a traditional Chinese medicine-ingredient-disease target network,and GO enrichment analysis and KEGG enrichment analysis were performed.Intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide was used to construct a mouse model of immune function suppression,normal group,model control group,Gubiao Fanggan Modified Formula group and oseltamivir group were set up,followed by prophylactic administration,and influenza virus intervention was performed on the fourth day.After 7 days of intragastric administration,the key targets were verified by mouse spleen index,HE staining,RT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry.Results:There were 82 active ingredients in five traditional Chinese medicines in Gubiao Fanggan Modi-fied Formula,and 72 common targets of drugs and diseases such as IL-6,TNF-α,IL-2,etc,mainly involving IL-17,TNF and AGE-RAGE signaling pathway.Gubiao Fanggan Modified Formula could increase spleen index and significantly reduce mRNA and protein expressions of IL-6 and TNF-α in spleen tissue of mice(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion:Gubiao Fanggan Modified Formula may regulate body's immune function through targets such as IL-6 and TNF-α,thereby preventing influenza virus infection.
3.Effects of hypoalbuminemia and human albumin supplementation on patients with acute kidney injury after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Shuijing QIU ; Zhansong HU ; Ying TU ; Yu LIU ; Yao ZHANG ; Mengchen ZHU ; Lijuan CHEN
China Pharmacy 2022;33(14):1759-1763
OBJECTIVE To investigate the eff ects of hypoalbuminemia and human albumin supplementation on patients with acute kidney injury (AKI)after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG). METHODS From December 2018 to January 2020,clinical information of 484 patients with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease who underwent selective OPCABG in Tianjin Chest Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. The basic data ,American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)grading,the number of coronary artery bypass grafting ,amount of intraoperative bleeding ,use of artificial colloid ,minimum value of hemoglobin within 7 days after operation ,hypoalbuminemia occurred after operation ,monitoring time in postoperative intensive care unit ,drainage volume of thoracic catheterization ,perioperative blood transfusion ,amount of human albumin after operation were summarized. All patients were divided into non-AKI group (414 cases)and AKI group (70 cases)according to the occurrence of AKI. The differences of the above indexes between the two groups were compared. Multiple Logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the risk factor of AKI when selecting the indexes with P<0.1. According to whether hypoalbuminemia occurred after operation ,all patients were divided into normal protein group (347 cases)and hypoalbuminemia group (137 cases). Hierarchical analysis was carried out to explore the correlation between human albumin supplementation and AKI. RESULTS The results of multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that there was no significant effect on AKI in postoperative hypoalbuminemia (P>0.05),but there were significant effect in body mass index and the dosage of postoperative human serum albumin (P<0.05). The risk of AKI would increase by 12.7% every time the body mass index increases by 1 unit;the risk of AKI increased by 17.3% for every 10 g increase in the dosage of human albumin. Stratified analysis showed that the risk of AKI would increased by 26.9% for every 10 g increase in postoperative human albumin supplementation in normal protein group and 14.0% for every 10 g increase in postoperative human albumin supplementation in hypoalbuminemia group. CONCLUSIONS Hypoalbuminemia is not a risk factor fo r the development of AKI after OPCABG ,but human albumin supplementation is a risk factor for AKI after OPCABG.