1.Combined Therapy with Mixed Heat Shock Protein/Peptide Vaccine and Interleukin-12 Results in Enhanced Antitumor Effects
Ge SONG ; Mei YUAN ; Xuemei CUI ; Xiang SUI ; Bin ZHAO ; Shibi LU
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2007;13(3):252-254
Objective To investigate the antitumor immunity induced by tumor derived mixed heat shock protein/peptide(mHSPs),interleukin-12(IL-12)and Cyclophosphamide(Cy).MethodsPurified mixed HSP was prepared from tumor by S180 protein extraction and purification,SDS-PAGE,Western blot and animal experiment were applied for mixed HSPs analysis.ResultsThe proliferation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte(CTL)cocultured in the mHSPs+Cy+IL-12 group was significantly remarkable and the content of CD8+ CTLs was significantly more in comparison with the other groups(P<0.01).To the tumor bearing mice,mHSPs+Cy+IL-12 group showed partial therapeutic efficacy,the averaged survival period was over 60 d,and 90% of the mice in this group got long period tumor free survival(>90d),obvious difference(P<0.05)from the other groups.ConclusionTumor derived mixed HSPs can induce powerful antitumor immune efficacy and show favorable therapeutic efficacy.
2.Development of curriculum integration attitude assessment scale for nursing students
Chunjiao XU ; Xuemei ZHU ; Huifang LI ; Shujie SUI ; Ping LIN ; Guizhi LU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2020;26(1):110-113
Objective:To develop a curriculum integration attitude assessment scale for students in nursing school of China and to test its reliability and validity.Methods:The first draft of scale was developed with the methods of literature review and Delphi technique. From June to November 2018, we selected 575 interns from three nursing schools undergoing curriculum integration in Heilongjiang Province as respondents by convenience sampling. The reliability and validity of this scale were tested.Results:The curriculum integration attitude assessment scale for nursing students included three dimensions and 20 items. The content validity index of the total scale was 0.943 and that of items ranged from 0.8 to 1.0. Exploratory factor analysis extracted three factors including value tendency, participation tendency and emotional tendency with 77.602% for the cumulative variance contribution.The Cronbach's α coefficient of the total scale was 0.928 and that of dimensions ranged from 0.942 to 0.954; the Spearman-Brown coefficient of the total scale was 0.879 and that of dimensions ranged from 0.921 to 0.933; the test-retest reliability coefficient of the total scale was 0.789 and that of dimensions ranged from 0.549 to 0.779.Conclusions:The curriculum integration attitude assessment scale for nursing students has high reliability and validity which can be used to assess nursing students' attitude with curriculum integration so as to provide a scientific basis for further optimize curriculum system and a reference for similar teaching assessment.
3.Visual analysis of professional identity of nursing students in China based on CiteSpace software
Xuemei ZHU ; Han SU ; Shujie SUI ; Ping LIN ; Ningning XIAO ; Hui ZHAI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2022;28(30):4155-4160
Objective:To analyze the current situation of professional identity of nursing students in China, and explore the research hotspots and development trends.Methods:We searched relevant articles in China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP and WanFang Data, and the retrieval time limit was from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2021. CiteSpace software (version 5.8. R2) was used for bibliometric and visual analysis of the number of articles, authors, institutions and keywords.Results:Since 2016, the number of articles increased significantly. At present, there were large numbers of cross-sectional studies, but there were some limitations and lack of longitudinal studies. There was much cooperation between authors and little cooperation between research institutions, and no large-scale cooperation network was formed. The keyword emergence analysis found that the research on nursing students' professional identity and clinical practice had the longest emergence time, and the keyword with the highest emergence in 2020 was "COVID-19".Conclusions:At present, it is a critical period for the development direction of nursing students' professional identity research to change. It is necessary to establish a large cooperation network model, carry out longitudinal investigation and intervention research, so as to improve nursing students' professional identity.
4.Anti-tumor experimental study of mouse multi-subtype heat shock protein/peptide vaccine combined with PD-L1 immunological checkpoint inhibitor
Haojiang LI ; Zhenyong WANG ; Shi SHEN ; Chao GAO ; Bin ZHANG ; Zeha WANG ; Xiang SUI ; Xuemei CUI ; Mei YUAN ; Shuoyun LIU ; Quanyi GUO ; Guiqin WANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019;46(6):278-283
Objective: To evaluate the anti-tumor activity of mouse multi-subtype heat shock protein/peptide (mHSP/P) vaccine in combination with a programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor in mouse sarcoma. Methods: Immunohistochemical staining and en-zyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to quantitatively identify the expression of heat shock proteins (HSP70, HSP90, Grp94) in the sarcoma cell line MCA207. From the protein suspension prepared, mHSP/P and Grp94/peptide (Grp94/P) sarcoma vac-cines were isolated using chromatography and were identified by Western blot (WB). Flow cytometry was used to determine their cy-totoxic effects. The levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) produced upon mHSP/P and Grp94/P stimulation were measured by Elisa. The effect of sarcoma vaccines on the growth and survival of sarcoma was evaluated in mice. The expression of PD-L1 on the surface of MCA207 sarcoma cells was evaluated by immunofluorescent staining. The effect of IFN-γ treatment on the expression of PD-L1 was determined by WB. Animal experiments explored the effects of PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with mHSP/P treatment on tumors. Results: Tumor tissue carries a variety of HSP subtypes (HSP70, HSP90, Grp94). We successfully isolated sarco-ma tissue-derived mHSP/P and Grp94/P tumor vaccines, which were identified by WB; flow cytometry analysis demonstrated their cy-totoxicity. The levels of IFN-γ and TNF-α cytokines upon mHSP/P stimulation were significantly higher than that observed upon Grp94/P stimulation (P<0.05). The expression of PD-L1 on the surface of sarcoma cells increased with IFN-γ treatment. Animal experiments demonstrated that PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with mHSP/P significantly increased the immune response against tumor (P<0.05). Conclusions: Tumor-derived mHSP/P and Grp94/P can be used as tumor vaccines in animal models. The mHSP/P can elicit a stronger anti-tumor immune response than Grp94/P. IFN-γ stimulates the expression of PD-L1 in sarcoma cells, which results in immune eva-sion. The PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with mHSP/P increased the anti-tumor effect in the tumor microenvironment.
5.Analysis of ND4 gene mutations in acute myelogenous leukemia.
Chun QIAO ; Chen ZHOU ; Sujiang ZHANG ; Rui GUO ; Fan ZHANG ; Sixuan QIAN ; Yahong HUAN ; Yanzhi SONG ; Haiying LIAO ; Cuiping LI ; Suqin XIA ; Xuemei SUI ; Yinglian LU ; Jianyong LI ; Dong LI
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2014;35(8):708-712
OBJECTIVETo investigate the relationship of the mutational status of the ND4 gene and the clinical features of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients with ND4 mutations.
METHODSUsing PCR combined with directly sequencing, we identified somatic mutations of ND4 in 121 primary AML patients to couple with their clinical features.
RESULTSThere were 58 male patients and 63 female patients (median age 49 years, 10-86 years). Eight of 121 patients (6.6%) with de novo AML were found harboring missense mutation of ND4 gene, including 3 patients with A131V (3/8, 37.5%), 2 patients with A404T (2/8, 25%), 1 patient with F149L (1/8, 12.5%), 1 patient with G242D (1/8, 12.5%) and 1 patient with Y409H (1/8, 12.5%), respectively. Patients with ND4 mutations were associated with good karyotype (P=0.049), regardless of gender, age, white blood cell, hemoglobin, platelet, blast cells of bone marrow or immunophenotype (P>0.05). There were no statistical significance in mutations of FLT3-ITD, NPM1, CEBPA, c-KIT and DNMT3A between patients with ND4 mutation and wild-type (wt) ND4 (P>0.05). The median overall survival of patients with ND4 mutations and wt ND4 were all not reached. The median relapse-free survival were not reached and 29(2-53) months, respectively (P>0.05). There was no significance in the ratio of CR and RR patients between wt ND4 and ND4 mutated groups (P>0.05).
CONCLUSIONIt was concluded that novel ND4 mutations could be found in de novo AML patients, especially in patients with good karyotype. Thus, ND4 mutations might play an important role in AML prognosis. However, whether the mitochondria dysfunction contribute to leukemogenesis needs to be further investigated.
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