1.Clinical observation on improved three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in the treatment of massive type locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Shaochun JI ; Yijuan TENG ; Rongqiang LIU
Cancer Research and Clinic 2013;(1):25-28
Objective To analyze the effection of improved three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) to the dose of target area of local advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and observe the therapeutic efficacy and toxity.Methods 81 patients with local advanced NSCLC were collected and treated.The diameter of tumor exceed 5 cm.52 patients were squamous carcinoma.24 patients were adencarcinoma.5 patients were adenosquamous carcinoma.63 patients were onstage of Ⅲ A,18 patients were Ⅲ B.The patients were randomized into two groups,the first group was unmodified planning of 3D-CRT group (T1 group,39 patients),the second group was modified planning of 3D-CRT group (T2 group,42 patients).The 31 patients of T1 group (79.5 %) received radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Toties quoties was 2 Gy.The fractions were 26-30.The total dose was 52-60 Gy.The 31 patients of T1 group (73.8 %) received radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Toties quoties was 2 Gy.The fractions were 30-35.The total dose was 60-70 Gy.Results The 1-,2-,3-year overall survive rates of T1 group were 56.4 %,33.3 %,28.4 %,the 1-,2-,3-year local control survive rates were 38.4 %,28.2 %,20.5 %,and the median survive time was 17 months.The 1-,2-,3-year overall survive rates of T2 group were 61.9 %,35.7 %,28.5 %,the 1-,2-,3-year local control survive rates were 47.6 %,40.4 %,30.9 %,and the median survive time was 19 months.The significant difference was found for the local control survive rates between T1 and T2 group (P < 0.05).No significant difference was found for the overall survive rates and the median survive time between T1 and T2 group (P > 0.05).Conclution Improved 3D-CRT can advance local control survive rate and living quality to local advanced NSCLC.Meanwhile,it also increases survive rate of 1-year,but can not increase long-time survival rate.
2.Bioinformatic Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in Peripheral Blood of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Tubercle Bacilli Co-infected Patients.
Rongqiang ZHANG ; Qiling LIU ; Na SUN ; Wulin KANG ; Puwei YUAN
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2017;39(3):336-344
Objective To analyze the differentially expressed genes in peripheral blood of human immunodeficiency(HIV)/tubercle bacilli co-infected patients and explore the biological regulatory mechanism and network of key proteins,so as to provide new evidence for early diagnosis and clinical treatment of HIV/TB co-infected patients. Methods Microarray gene chip data of HIV/TB co-infected patients were downloaded from public databases GEO and imported into the analysis software GEO,STRING,PANTHER,and GenClip. The gene expression profiles,protein interaction networks,processes of molecular biology,and gene functions were analyzed. Results The expression profiles of 15 529 genes between the two groups of patients were similar,and gene expression profiles from 44 subjects were highly correlated. The 251 differentially expressed genes had good diagnostic capabilities in the differential diagnosis of HIV/TB infection. RPLP1 might be a key gene in the diagnosis of HIV/TB infection. The differentially expressed genes and positive regulators showed certain functions such as external stimuli,signal transduction pathways in cells,migration of neutrophils,and immunological and other relevant functionalities. Meanwhile,they may also be involved in free radical-related apoptosis,inflammation,and activation pathways. Conclusions A total of 251 differentially expressed genes are found to be able to distinguish simple HIV infection from HIV/TB infection. Protein-protein interaction network of top 40 differential expression genes includes RPLP1 gene,which is possibly associated with HIV/TB co-infection and may be involved in and the positive regulation of external stimuli,signal transduction pathways in cells,migration of neutrophils,and immunological functions. These findings may provide certain evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/TB infection.
3.Characteristics of three dimensional reconstruction of the portal vein systems of patients with portal hypertension
Chihua FANG ; Rongqiang YE ; Nan XIANG ; Yingfang FAN ; Jianxin CHEN ; Xingxing LIU
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2012;11(2):143-147
With the development of modern imaging technologies,three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction techniques based on the computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data has been gradually applied in clinical diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary diseases.In order to study the characteristics of the 3 D model of portal branches and collateral circulation in various types of portal hypertension,the data of 64-slice spiral CT scan of5 patients with portal hypertension were collected and imported to the abdominal medical image three-dimensional visualization system (MI-3DVS) for sequence segmenting and 3D reconstruction,and then the results of 3D models were compared with operation findings.The 3D models were vividly,visually and clearly displayed the portal system and the collateral circulation,which is helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of the portal hypertension.
4.Research on genetic characteristics in the HA1 of influenza A(H1N1) viruses isolated in Taian City
Peiqiang HOU ; Huili YANG ; Juanjuan LU ; Rongqiang ZHANG ; Dayong TIAN ; Yunqiang LIU
Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention 2009;0(02):-
Objective To analyze the data of influenza A(H1N1) viruses surveillance and genetic characteristics from Taian City during 2005-2008,so a scientific basis can be provided for the prevention and treatment of influenza.Methods The specimens from Influenza-Like Illness(ILI) were collected.The viruses were isolated with MDCK cell and identified with HAI and RT-PCR.The product of PCR were sequenced.Then the sequences were analyzed through biometric software.Results A total of 121 influenza strains were obtained from 615 specimens,and 4 of them were identified as A(H1N1) subtype.There were 3 strains mutated on several sites.Compared with strains isolated in 2005,there were 5 and 8 mutations in the amino acid sequences of virus strains isolated in 2007 and 2008 respectively.And there were a total of 22 amino acid mutations compared with A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1).Conclusions Influenza type A(H1N1) are detected in Taian City.There are several mutations in the amino acid sequences of virus strains isolated in Taian. The antigenic drift of virus strains is due to accumulation of amino acid substitutions
5.Association of occupational heat and noise exposure with hypertension
Xiangwen LI ; Yongbin WANG ; Qiling LIU ; Na SUN ; Rongqiang ZHANG ; Xinghui LI ; Juxiang YUAN
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;31(12):1189-1192
Objective:
To explore the influence of heat and noise exposure on the risk of hypertension in workers,and to provide evidence for prevention of hypertension in occupational population.
Methods:
Cluster sampling method was used to recruit 2 130 steel workers from four factories(north iron-making,long steel,cold steel and power department)of some steel company. A cross-sectional study was conducted to collect physical examination results,heat and noise exposure. Logistic regression models were used to analyze the effects of noise,heat and their interaction on hypertension.
Results:
Totally 1 971 valid questionnaires were collected,and the response rate was 92.54%. There were 654 workers suffering from hypertension,with a prevalence rate of 33.18%. There were 1 006 workers exposed to noise,accounting for 51.04%;and 853 workers exposed to heat,accounting for 43.28%. The prevalence rates of hypertension in workers exposed to noise and heat were higher than those in workers without the above exposure(P<0.05). The prevalence rates of hypertension increased with the increase of age and working years(P<0.05). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that noise(OR=1.711,95%CI:1.380-2.121),heat(OR=1.721,95%CI:1.394-2.125)were risk factors for hypertension;the interaction between noise and heat on hypertension was not statistically significant(P>0.05),while the interaction between noise and age(OR=1.086,95%CI:1.057-1.115),between heat and age(OR=1.087,95%CI:1.059-1.115)both increased the risk of hypertension.
Conclusion
Occupational exposure to heat and noise are risk factors for hypertension. These two occupational hazards also interact with age,which can increase the risk of hypertension in workers.
6.Correlation of KRAS gene mutation and programmed death receptor ligand 1 expression with prognosis of first-line concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Xiangyi CHEN ; Zhixing KUANG ; Rongqiang LIU
Cancer Research and Clinic 2023;35(6):434-438
Objective:To investigate the relationship between KRAS gene mutation, programmed death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression and prognosis of first-line concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.Methods:The clinical data of 50 patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer who were admitted to Nanping First Hospital from January 2018 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were treated with first-line concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Tissue samples of patients were obtained and paraffin embedded before treatment. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the type of KRAS gene mutation in tissues before treatment, and the expression of PD-L1 was determined by immunohistochemistry (the percentage of positive cells in tumor cells ≥1% was positive), and the relationship between KRAS gene status, PD-L1 expression and clinical characteristics and short-term efficacy of patients was analyzed. Patients were followed up for 1 year, and progression-free survival (PFS) curves were plotted by Kaplan-Meier method, and log-rank test was used for comparison. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to analyze the influencing factors of PFS.Results:Among the 50 patients, 11 (22.00%) were KRAS mutant, and 36 (72.00%) were PD-L1 positive. Among the 11 patients with KRAS mutation, there were 2 cases of codon 13 mutation and 9 cases of codon 12 mutation in exon 2. The objective response rate (ORR) and clinical control rate (DCR) were 76.00% (38/50) and 86.00% (43/50). There were no significant differences in patients' age, pathological type, TNM stage, ORR and DCR between KRAS mutant group and KRAS wild type group (all P > 0.05). The proportions of male patients [72.73% (8/11) vs. 38.46% (15/39)], patients with smoking history [90.91% (10/11) vs. 20.51% (8/39)] and patients with PD-L1 positive expression [100.00% (11/11) vs. 64.10% (25/39)] in KRAS mutant group were higher than those in KRAS wild type group (all P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in patients' age, pathological type, gender, smoking history, TNM stage, ORR and DCR between PD-L1 positive group and PD-L1 negative group (all P > 0.05). The median PFS time of patients in KRAS mutant group and wild type group was 8.75 and 11.32 months, and the difference in PFS between the two groups was statistically significant ( P = 0.039). The median PFS time of patients with PD-L1 positive and negative was 10.19 and 11.16 months, and there was no statistical significance in PFS between the two ( P = 0.116). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that KRAS gene mutation was an independent risk factor for PFS in patients with locally advanced NSCLC after first-line concurrent chemoradiotherapy ( HR = 1.449, 95% CI 1.071-1.196, P = 0.017). PD-L1 expression, smoking history and gender were not independent influencing factors for PFS (all P > 0.05). Conclusions:KRAS gene status is closely related to the prognosis of patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line concurrent chemoradiotherapy, while PD-L1 expression is not.
7.Clinical effect of recombinant human endostatin combined with three dimensional conformal radiotherapy on treatment of local advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2014;(16):75-77
Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of recombinant human endostatin (en-dostar)combined with three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT)on treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods 78 patients with NSCLC in phase ⅢA ~ⅢB by histopathology and cytology were randomly divided into control group (treated with single 3D-CRT) and experiment group (treated with endostar and 3D-CRT),39 cases in each group.Clinical efficacy and adverse responses were evaluated after two cycles of treatment and survival time was observed until the end of follow-up.Results The objective remission rate (RR)and disease control rate (DCR)in experiment group were 69.2% and 89.7% respectively,which were evidently higher than the 33.3%and 71.8% in control group (P <0.05 or P <0.01).The main adverse responses in both groups were anemia,nausea and vomiting,leukopenia and radioactive lung injury and all were tolerable.Until the end of follow-up,the medium progression free survival time and medium survival time in experimental group were 8 and 13 months,and in control group were 5 and 9 months respectively.Conclusion Endostar combined with 3D-CRT are superior to single 3D-CRT without increasing adverse responses in the treatment of NSCLC.
8.Clinical effect of recombinant human endostatin combined with three dimensional conformal radiotherapy on treatment of local advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2014;(16):75-77
Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of recombinant human endostatin (en-dostar)combined with three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT)on treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods 78 patients with NSCLC in phase ⅢA ~ⅢB by histopathology and cytology were randomly divided into control group (treated with single 3D-CRT) and experiment group (treated with endostar and 3D-CRT),39 cases in each group.Clinical efficacy and adverse responses were evaluated after two cycles of treatment and survival time was observed until the end of follow-up.Results The objective remission rate (RR)and disease control rate (DCR)in experiment group were 69.2% and 89.7% respectively,which were evidently higher than the 33.3%and 71.8% in control group (P <0.05 or P <0.01).The main adverse responses in both groups were anemia,nausea and vomiting,leukopenia and radioactive lung injury and all were tolerable.Until the end of follow-up,the medium progression free survival time and medium survival time in experimental group were 8 and 13 months,and in control group were 5 and 9 months respectively.Conclusion Endostar combined with 3D-CRT are superior to single 3D-CRT without increasing adverse responses in the treatment of NSCLC.
9.Biological Functions of Selenoprotein Iodothyronine Deiodinase and its Expression in Osteoarthritis
Ren XIAOMEI ; Zhang LI ; Xin BAO ; Liu QILING ; Qian WENWEN ; Zhang RONGQIANG
Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 2022;37(2):142-150
Objective Iodothyronine deiodinases (DIOs) are important selenoproteins that play a key role in the bone and joint diseases. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease especially in elders. This bioinformatic analysis was performed to explore the role of DIOs in OA pathogenesis. Methods The biological functions of selenoprotein DIOs were analyzed by bioinformatic techniques, including GenCLip 3.0, Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID), STRING, Cytoscape, and Network Analyst. The expression of DIOs in the healthy individuals and OA patients was determined by mining OA-related microarray data in the gene expression omnibus (GEO) database of National Center for Biotechnology Information and performing a Meta-analysis of the data with Review Manager 5.3. Results Cluster analysis revealed that the function of the DIOs was associated with thyroid hormone receptor and iodothyronine; GO analysis showed that DIOs were mainly involved in biological processes, such as ethanol metabolism and phenol-containing compound metabolism and primarily involved in the cytochrome P450 metabolism of exogenous organisms and thyroid hormone signaling; SULT1A1 was the core node of the PPI network; miRNAs and thyroid hormones had some iterations with DIO1 and DIO2; Meta-analysis showed that DIO3 expression was significantly up-regulated in OA patients (SMD = 0.31, 95%CI: 0.03, 0.59, P = 0.03). Conclusions The main biological functions of DIOs were closely associated with the regulation of thyroid hormone. And the up-regulated expression of DIO3 may have crucial impact on the occurrence of OA.
10.Effect of Nrf2 overexpression on anti-hypoxia and anti-apoptotic ability of mesenchymal stem cells
Rongqiang LIU ; Zenan YUAN ; Xiaocai WU ; Wei LIU ; Guoying WANG
Organ Transplantation 2018;9(2):110-115
Objective To investigate the effect of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2(Nrf2) on the anti-hypoxia and anti-apoptotic ability of mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs). Methods Human embryonic kidney cells(293FT) were transfected with recombinant plasmid which overexpressed Nrf2 and helper plasmid. High-titer lentivirus which overexpressed Nrf2 were obtained. MSCs were transfected with lentivirus with Nrf2 overexpression and empty lentiviral vector to establish Nrf2-MSCs which stably overexpressed Nrf2 (Nrf2 overexpression group) and green fluorescent protein (GFP)-MSCs(control group). The expression of green fluorescent in 2 groups was observed by fluorescence microscope. The expression level of Nrf2 protein in 2 groups was measured by Western Blot. The anti-hypoxia ability of 2 groups was observed by light microscope. The anti-apoptotic ability of 2 groups was measured by flow cytometry. Results Nrf2-MSCs which stably overexpressed Nrf2 were successfully established. Western Blot analysis revealed that the expression level of Nrf2 protein in the Nrf2 overexpression group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P<0.01). After 15 h hypoxia treatment, the cell activity in the Nrf2 overexpression group was significantly higher than that in the control group. Flow cytometry showed that the apoptosis rate in the Nrf2 overexpression group was (30.9±1.4)%, significantly lower than (61.3±1.3)% in the control group(P<0.05). Conclusions Nrf2-MSCs which can stably overexpress Nrf2 possess certain anti-hypoxia and anti-apoptotic ability in hypoxia environment.