1.Pending problems and their solutions for hospital evaluation
Zhijun QIU ; Zhaoshui SUN ; Rongfang HAN
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 1996;0(02):-
The work of hospital management and evaluation began in 1991 in Shangtung.Up till 1995,the first phase has basically ended.From the three years of hospital evaluation,we find the prob- lems of superficial understanding of evaluation rules,hasty preparation of materials,etc.To solve the- seproblems,relevant documents must be well studied and hurried work avoided.Key points must be grasped with the guiding principle kept in mind.Defunct ideas must be scrapped with new ideas put into practice.A scientific evaluation is to render the evaluation conclusions authoritative and viable.Super- vision must be tightened.The point for evaluation is quality to.solve the problems of quality control and the monitoring of case history and illness specification.
2.MLL4 Regulates the Progression of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Regulating the PI3K/AKT/SOX2 Axis
Yang YANG ; Rongfang QIU ; Qiaoyou WENG ; Ziwei XU ; Jingjing SONG ; Siyu ZHAO ; Miaomiao MENG ; Dengke ZHANG ; Chunli KONG ; Hailin WANG ; Min XU ; Zhongwei ZHAO ; Jiansong JI
Cancer Research and Treatment 2023;55(3):778-803
Purpose:
Mixed-lineage leukemia protein 4 (MLL4/KMT2D) is a histone methyltransferase, and its mutation has been reported to be associated with a poor prognosis in many cancers, including lung cancer. We investigated the function of MLL4 in lung carcinogenesis.
Materials and Methods:
RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) in A549 cells transfected with control siRNA or MLL4 siRNA was performed. Also, we used EdU incorporation assay, colony formation assays, growth curve analysis, transwell invasion assays, immunohistochemical staining, and in vivo bioluminescence assay to investigate the function of MLL4 in lung carcinogenesis.
Results:
We found that MLL4 expression was downregulated in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues compared to adjacent normal tissues and tended to decrease with disease stage progression. We analyzed the transcriptomes in control and MLL4- deficient cells using high-throughput RNA deep sequencing (RNA-seq) and identified a cohort of target genes, such as SOX2, ATF1, FOXP4, PIK3IP1, SIRT4, TENT5B, and LFNG, some of which are related to proliferation and metastasis. Our results showed that low expression of MLL4 promotes NSCLC cell proliferation and metastasis and is required for the maintenance of NSCLC stem cell properties.
Conclusion
Our findings identify an important role of MLL4 in lung carcinogenesis through transcriptional regulation of PIK3IP1, affecting the PI3K/AKT/SOX2 axis, and suggest that MLL4 could be a potential prognostic indicator and target for NSCLC therapy.