1.Research advances in radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint blockade
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2017;26(3):348-351
Immune checkpoint blockade can promote the tumor?specific cytotoxic T?lymphocyte ( CTL) response. However, only a small proportion of patients have good response to immune checkpoint blockade. It has been reported that radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint blockade can promote antigen presentation, which further enhances the tumor?specific CTL response;moreover, the combined therapy achieves better treatment outcomes than radiotherapy alone or immune checkpoint blockade alone. The latest study has shown that radiotherapy combined with dual immune checkpoint blockade has better efficacy than radiotherapy combined with CTLA?4 blockade in patients with melanoma. Therefore, radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint blockade will become a new approach for treating tumor. This paper reviews the research advances in the combined therapy.
2.Effects of circadian rhythm in regulating immune function
Military Medical Sciences 2017;41(3):233-236
Circadian rhythms are endogenous 24 h variations found in virtually all physiological processes and behaviors, which are controlled by the transcriptional translational oscillator that consists of a series of core clock genes (bmal1, clock, cry and per) and clock controlled genes (rev-erbα, rorα, dbp, tef and hlf).Clock genes exist in immune organs, tissues and cells, leading to the immune cell function (migration and chemotaxis, phagocytosis, cytotoxicity and so on) and a variety of immune parameters (factor level of circulating immune cells and subsets of the relative and absolute number of cells) showing circadian rhythm changes, and playing an important role in maintaining immune homeostasis.In addition, some immune related diseases are closely correlated with circadian rhythms abnormalities.This paper will focus on the effect of circadian rhythms on immune functions and their roles in some immune related diseases.
3.WU Polyomavirus Detected by Real-time PCR
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2004;0(10):-
OBJECTIVE To develop a rapid, sensitive and specific real-time PCR assay for the detection of WU polyomavirus.METHODS The VP2 gene of WU polyomavirus was selected as target gene.The specific primers and TaqMan probes according to the principle of the TaqMan real-time PCR were designed and synthesized,we optimized the PCR reaction,and detected 394 clinical samples.The sensitivity,specificity,reproducibility and dynamic range of the methods were determined.RESULTS The real-time PCR was established and applied successfully to detect the WU polyomavirus.The real-time PCR assay showed excellent linearity between the log of target input and CT value,demonstrating that the assay had a dynamic range of at least 8 logs between 1.0?100 and 1.0?107 copies;the coefficient of variation of intra-assay and inter-assay was less than 5%.Among these 394 specimens,3(0.76%) were positive for WU polyomavirus.CONCLUSIONS The real-time TaqMan PCR is a rapid,specific and sensitive method to detect WU polyomavirus.It can be used in screening large numbers of samples at the same time and establish the solid technological base for clinical diagnosis and epidemiology study.
4.Clinical research of ultrasound technology,digital subtraction angiography(DSA) guided liver abscess drainage tube
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2017;24(13):1992-1994
Objective To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of the ultrasonic technology,digital subtraction angiography(DSA) combined guide line of liver abscess drainage tube.Methods 70 patients with liver abscess received ultrasonic technology,DSA joint drainage tube after treatment.Using ultrasound technology and DSA of complementary advantages,enhancement in the operation was good,especially the liver abscess of abdominal pneumatosis was more and more room,enhancement effect was better than that of pure guided by ultrasound.Results 70 patients were all successful puncture and catheter,development was good,all 70 cases cured,without any serious complication.Conclusion Ultrasound technology,DSA joint guided puncture catheter drainage is a safe,minimally invasive treatment,has significant efficacy and important clinical value.
5.Clinical analyses of letrozole treatment in stimulating ovulation for anovulatory infertile women
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2015;14(8):629-631
A total of 130 anvolatory infertile outpatients were divided randomly into 4 groups of LE1 (letrozole 2.5 mg,n =45),LE2 (letrozole 5 mg,n =30),CC1 (clomiphene citrate 50 mg,n =35) and CC2 (clomiphene citrate 100 mg,n =20).The treatments started at day 5 of menstruation and lasted for 5 days.The size and number of ovarian follicles and thickness of endometrium of all 4 groups were measured starting from day 10 of menstruation.8 000-10 000 units of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was injected when ovary follicles were mature.And blood estradiol (E2) was measured at the same day.Ovulation,pregnancy and adverse reaction were also monitored.The pregnancy rate was 33% (n =15) in group LE1 and 14% (n =5) in group CC1 with significant statistical difference (x2 =4.00,P < 0.05).And there were 43 successful ovulation periods in 55 periods with an ovulation rate of 78% in group LE1;28 successful ovulation periods in 52 periods with an ovulation rate of 54% in group CC with significant statistical difference (X2 =4.60,P <0.05).E2 level (pmol/L) in the day of hCG injection in group LE1 was (774.2 ± 126.0) pmol/L and in group CC1 (963.7 ± 108.3) pmol/L,t =3.98 with significant difference (P < 0.01).The number of follicle in group LE1 was 1.20 ± 0.38;CC1 2.28 ± 0.88,t =4.76 with significant difference (P <0.01).The thickness of endometrium in the day of hCG in LE1 was (9.6 ± 1.3) mm;CC1 (5.9 ± 1.1) mm,t =6.20 with significant difference (P < 0.01).No significant statistical differences existed between LE1 and LE2,CC1 and CC2 in pregnancy rate,successful ovulation,number of mature follicles,E2 level and thickness of endometrium at the day of hCG injection.The outcomes of 36 pregnancies were 32 full-term deliveries with neonatal health,2 early abortions and 2 prematures.Mild ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) had a low occurrence rate.
6.Pesticide exposure assessment and its effect on apoptosis of white blood cell in floriculture farmers.
Qing-song CHEN ; Ping LIU ; Jie XING
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2009;27(3):169-171
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7.The effects of allopurinol in different dose on the heart function of chronic heart failure rats induced by adrimycin
Haiyan XING ; Liping SONG ; Nan XUN
Clinical Medicine of China 2009;25(6):625-628
Objective To study the effects of allopurinol in different dose on the cardiac function of chronic heart failure rats induced by adrimycin. To explore dose-dependency of allopurinol in improving blood vessel endothe-lium function and cardiac ventricle remodeling of the rats heart, as to supply evidence and new sight in clinical treat-ment of congestive heart failure. Methods 40 Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into four groups: normal control group (group A)、model control group (group B)、low-dose allopurinol group (group C)、high-dose allopurinol group (group D). The heart failure model was made by administering adriamycin to rats. After the model myocardial pathological changes were detected. Results Compared with the normal control group, the weight and heart weight of rats in model control group and allopurinol groups were obviously lessen (group A=(300.10± 9.85)g,group B=(200.67±9.91)g, group C=(233.14±9.42)g,group D=(248.25±13.34) g;group A= (828.30±50.97) nag, group B=(681.50±16.97) mg, group C=(743.00±17.20) nag, group D=(784.88± 36.83) mg,P<0.05). Heart weight indexes were all incerased ( group A=(2.76±0.15) mg/g, group B=(3.41± 0.17) mg/g, group C=(3.26±0.76) mg/g, group D=(3.11±0.65) mg/g, P<0.05). The hemedynamics resuh showed that myocardial contractile force were enhanced in drug groups. The level of NO, SOD were increased in the allopurinol groups compared with the model control group (group B: NO=(41.55±6.28) μmol/L, group C: NO= (52.47±5.59) μmoL/L,group D:NO=(61.04±4.26) μmoL/L; group B:SOD=(63.83±6.40) U/ml,group C: SOD=(76.29±7.99) U/ml, group D: SOD=(100.13±7.43) U/ml, P<0.05) and MDA levels were obviously decreased (group B: MDA=(9.70±1.08) μmol/L, group C: MDA=(6.64±0.34) μmol/L, group D: MDA= (5.72±0.71)p.moVL,P<0.05). The level of NO, SOD were obviously increased in the allopurinol of high-dose group compared with low-dose allopurinol group(P<0.05). MDA levels were obviously decreased(P<0.05). The myocardial pathological changes were relieved obviously in the allopufinol groups. Conclusion Allopurinol improves blood vessel endothelium function dose-dependently. High-dese allopurinol obviously decreases MDA, improve NO, SOD, thereby can improve the cardiac function of heart failure.
8.Three cases of parathyroid crisis and a literature review
Lulu SONG ; Jinping ZHANG ; Xiaoyan XING
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2014;13(7):592-594
To explore the clinicopathological characteristics of parathyroid crisis.The data of 3 cases from our hospital and 125 cases reported domestically were retrospectively analyzed.All 3 cases were male.And their disease course was 3 months to 10 years.The serum calcium ranged from 3.72 to 5.19 mmol/l.Among 177 retrieved cases,125 had complete basic data.The male/female ratio was 1∶ 1.17,average age (46 ± 14) (15-75) years and average serum calcium (4.30 ± 0.58) (3.75-7.28) mmol/L.There was no difference between genders or benign and malignant pathological types.Among 117 eases with pathological diagnosis,the most common type was adenoma (74.4%).The ratio of parathyroid carcinoma was higher in males than that in females (33.3% vs.11.7%).Misdiagnosis rate was 25.0% upon initial presentations.Case fatality rate stood at 9.4% (17/180) and half of them died preoperatively.
9.A randomized controlled trail about whether to use antibiotics in tension-free inguinal hernia re-pair
Yanzhuo SU ; Bin SONG ; Jianpeng XING
Journal of Clinical Surgery 2015;(6):449-450
Objective To explore whether antibiotic prophylaxis is beneficial in tension-free in-guinal hernia repair Method A perspectiverandomized controlled study was conducted which included 1 28 patients who underwent tension-free inguinal hernia repair from July 201 1 to August 201 3.In the anti-biotic prophylaxis group,antibiotic was intravenously administrated within 30 minutes before surgery.In the control group,no preoperative antibiotic wasadministrated.The incidence of incision infection was com-pared between groups.Result Incision infectiondeveloped in onepatient of the antibiotic prophylaxis group and two patientsin the placebo group,indicating no significant difference between the groups(P >0.05).Conclusion Before tension-free repair,there is no real need to apply prophylactic antibiotics reg-ularlyfor inguinal hernia without high risk factors.
10.Prehension and interpretation of cultural information is essential method for learning classics of Chinese medicine and Yijing
Xing SONG ; Yuan LIU ; Liping CHEN
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy 2005;0(02):-
This article points out that the key of studying classics of Chinese medicine and Yijing is to precisely comprehend cultural information in these books. There are 3 key points about prehension and interpretation. The first one is correct identification and differentiation of specific cultural connotation as basic carrier of ancient cultural information,such as language,characters,symbols and figures. The second one is comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship among infiltrated cultural information of encyclopedia. The third one is accurate master of cultural information during the process of academic development.