1.OCT4's role and mechanism underlying oral squamous cell carcinoma
DAI YUWEI ; WU ZIQIONG ; CHEN YITONG ; YE XINJIAN ; WANG CHAOWEI ; ZHU HUIYONG
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2023;24(9):796-806
Oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC),a common malignancy of the head and neck,ranks sixth worldwide in terms of cancers with the most negative impact,owing to tumor relapse rates,cervical lymphnode metastasis,and the lack of an efficacious systemic therapy.Its prognosis is poor,and its mortality rate is high.Octamer-binding transcription factor 4(OCT4)is a member of the Pit-Oct-Unc(POU)family and is a key reprogramming factor that produces a marked effect in preserving the pluripotency and self-renewal state of embryonic stem cells(ESCs).According to recent studies,OCT4 participates in retaining the survival of OSCC cancer stem cells(CSCs),which has far-reaching implications for the occurrence,recurrence,metastasis,and prognosis of oral carcinogenesis.Therefore,we summarize the structure,subtypes,and function of OCT4 as well as its role in the occurrence,progression,and prognosis of OSCC.
2.HPV vaccination in China based on website platform information
Yangfang TAI ; Ziqiong WANG ; Peng ZAN ; Juan WU ; Ying GUO ; Junhui WANG ; Yueqin CAI
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(11):1111-1117
ObjectiveTo analyze the online public Q&A texts on HPV vaccine, focus on the important issues related to HPV vaccination and cervical cancer prevention in China, and propose strategies and suggestions. MethodsThe latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic model was employed to extract key topics of 15 565 Q&A texts related to HPV vaccines from the social Q&A platform "Zhihu". The Baidu AI sentiment analysis tool was used to analyze the emotional tendencies of the texts corresponding to each topic, and the topics were classified based on the strategic coordinate method. ResultsOnline users focused on eight topics about HPV vaccine information. Among them, vaccination knowledge, HPV vaccination hesitation, and HPV vaccine development and marketing belonged to the low positivity-high negativity emotional topics, HPV infection and high-risk factors belonged to the low positivity-low negativity emotional topics, and HPV vaccine appointment channels, comparison between domestic and imported vaccines, HPV vaccines and cervical cancer prevention, and HPV vaccine types and selection were grouped under high positivity-low negativity emotional topics. ConclusionPublic concerns regarding HPV vaccines can be classified into three major dimensions: health knowledge, health beliefs, and health behaviors. Overall, the public's views and attitudes towards vaccine-related issues are not optimistic. Strengthening science publicity and education, enhancing vaccine supervision, and encouraging enterprises’ innovative research and development capability are effective strategies to improve public awareness of cervical cancer prevention and accelerate the full HPV vaccination coverage.