1.Effect of transplanted human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on behavioral changes of cerebral ischemic rats
Junji WEI ; Lifen ZENG ; Renzhi WANG ; Chunhua ZHAO ; Ming FENG ; Yu WANG ; Guilin LI ; Wanchen DOU ; Yanguo KONG
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2006;0(11):-
Objective Investigate the behaviors of cerebral ischemic rats after treatment with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs).Methods Bone marrow was collected and BMSCs were separated and cultivated.Twenty-four adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were performed transient(2 hours) middle cerebral arterial occlusion(MCAO) and then divided into treated group(n=12) and control group(n=12).All rats received corresponding behavioral training before surgery,15 ?L hBMSCs(2?1010cells/L) and D-hanks(15 ?L) were injected into the brain cortex after 24 h of MCAO.Morris water maze test,NSS,Rotarod test and adhesive-removal test were performed serially and cyclically from the 4th day after transplantation.Results Since the 8th day after transplantation,the mean escape time and the mean swimming distance of treated group significantly are shorter than control's in Morris water maze test(P
2.Association of Immune-Related Adverse Events and the Efficacy of Anti–PD-(L)1 Monotherapy in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Adjusting for Immortal-Time Bias
Ying YU ; Ning CHEN ; Sizhe YU ; Wanji SHEN ; Wanchen ZHAI ; Hui LI ; Yun FAN
Cancer Research and Treatment 2024;56(3):751-764
Purpose:
The association between immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and survival outcomes in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with programmed death-(ligand) 1 [PD-(L)1] inhibitors remains controversial, partly due to variations in dealing with immortal-time bias (ITB).
Materials and Methods:
We retrospectively enrolled 425 advanced NSCLC patients who received anti–PD-(L)1 monotherapy between January 2016 and June 2021, stratifying them into irAE (n=127) and non-irAE (n=298) groups. The primary endpoint was to assess the impact of irAEs on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Landmark (2-, 3-, 6-, and 9-month) and time-dependent Cox analyses were performed to eliminate ITB.
Results:
With a median follow-up of 38.8 months, the occurrence of overall irAEs was significantly associated with superior PFS (11.2 vs. 3.4 months, p < 0.001) and OS (31.4 vs. 14.0 months, p < 0.001), which persisted in landmark and time-dependent Cox analyses. For the main organ-specific irAEs, skin, thyroid, and hepatic irAEs, respectively, showed significantly improved survival compared to the non-irAE group, whereas pneumonitis did not. Single-organ irAEs had the best outcomes compared with multi-organ or no irAE, which also held across subgroups of skin, thyroid, and hepatic irAEs. Moreover, severe grade irAEs and immunotherapy discontinuation had a detrimental effect on survival, systemic steroid therapy showed little effect, while immunotherapy resumption had tolerable safety and a trend of improved survival.
Conclusion
After adequately adjusting ITB, the occurrence of overall irAEs predicts for favorable efficacy of anti–PD-(L)1 monotherapy in NSCLC, with better outcomes observed in patients with skin, thyroid, or hepatic irAEs, particularly those with single-organ involvement.
3.Meta-analysis of the prognosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma patients with biochemical recurrence and the determination of optimal cut-off value of calcitonin for predicting postoperative structural recurrence
Yuyi ZHU ; Wanchen ZHANG ; Xiuping LI ; Zhiwei XU ; Hongmei YU ; Weiwei SU ; Mengqi XU ; Jiajie XU
Cancer Research and Clinic 2022;34(5):375-381
Objective:To summarize the prognosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) patients with biochemical recurrence (the increase of postoperative calcitonin and no abnormal imaging) and to investigate the optimal cut-off value of calcitonin for postoperative structural recurrence (with imaging abnormality).Methods:Literature retrieval was conducted for PubMed, CNKI, EMbase, Web of Science, Cochrane and other databases, and literatures related to the increase of calcitonin after MTC surgery were included. Review Manager 5.4 software was used for Meta-analysis of the recurrence and death. SPSS 23.0 software was used and receiving operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the rising folds of postoperative calcitonin level in comparison with the maximum value of experiment detection, and to predict the outcome of biochemical recurrence transforming to structural recurrence, and then the optimal cut-off value could be worked out.Results:A total of 7 studies including 1 005 MTC patients (276 cases of biochemical recurrence and 542 cases of biochemical cure). Meta-analysis showed that structural recurrence rate in postoperative biochemical recurrence group [40.6% (112/276) vs. 2.2% (12/542); OR = 27.99, 95% CI 14.57-53.78, P < 0.001] and mortality [10.0% (19/190) vs. 0.96% (3/312); OR = 7.26, 95% CI 2.42-21.84, P < 0.001] were higher than those in the biochemical cure group (normal postoperative calcitonin level and no disease state). The data of 89 MTC patients with biochemical recurrence were collected in another 4 studies. ROC curve analysis showed that area under the curve of the rising folds of postoperative calcitonin level in predicting structural recurrence was 0.825; according to the cut-off value at all sections, the optimal cut-off value of the increased postoperative calcitonin was 50 times, the sensitivity was 66. 7%, the specificity was 88.6%. Conclusions:MTC patients with postoperative biochemical recurrence have higher structural recurrence rate and mortality compared with patients with normal postoperative calcitonin. The postoperative elevation of calcitonin more than 50 times the maximum value of the laboratory detection can be taken as the critical diagnostic value, when more than 50 times is prone to structural recurrence.
4.Prescription Rules for the Prescriptions Containing Coptis chinensis-Zingber ojjicinale Couplet Medicine Based on TCM Inheritance Support Platform
Guangzhi LUO ; Xuming JI ; Ting MA ; Cheng’en HAN ; Wanchen YU ; Shijun WANG ; Chengbo ZHANG
China Pharmacy 2019;30(1):99-103
OBJECTIVE: To provide a theoretical basis for the development of the following products of Coptis chinensis- Zingiber ojjicinale couplet medicine (“Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale” for short) prescription. METHODS: The prescriptions containing Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale were collected from the Dictionary of TCM Prescription and input into TCM inheritance support platform software (V2.5) to establish the database. The frequency of major diseases and compatibility medicinal materials were analyzed statistically. The core combination of medicinal materials in the prescriptions containing Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale were analyzed statistically with association rule Apriori algorithm (support degrees were 15%, 20%, 25%, confidence was 0.90). Top 2 main diseases in the list of frequency, compatibility medicinal materials for dispelling internal cold and medicine for clearing heat with highest compatibility frequency were selected and analyzed in respect of prescription rules. RESULTS: A total of 492 prescriptions containing Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale were screened, 9 kinds of major diseases (frequency≥15), such as dysentery, diarrhea, accumulation, fullness. There were 21 commonly used compatibility medicinal materials (frequency≥55), including Angelica sinensis-Panax ginseng, Magnolia officinalis, Aconitum carmichaelii, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. There were 19 commonly used medicinal materials combinations, including Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale-Panax ginseng, Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale- Magnolia officinalis, Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale-Angelica sinensis. There are 5 kinds of core medicinal materials commonly used in treating dysentery with Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale,and 9 kinds of core medicinal materials for treating dysentery. There are 8 kinds of core medicinal materials in Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale compatible with medicine for dispelling internal cold Aconitum carmichaelii prescription.and 7 core medicinal materials in compatible with medicine for clearing heat Scutellaria baicalensis prescription. CONCLUSIONS: The major diseases treated with prescriptions containing Coptis chinensis-Zingiber ojjicinale are mainly digestive tract diseases. It can treat different diseases being compatible with different medicinal materials, this study aslo can provide theoretical basis for the development of subsequent products.