1.Augmented Central Pain Processing Occurs after Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures and Is Associated with Residual Back Pain after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
Kaiwen CHEN ; Tian GAO ; Yu ZHU ; Feizhou LYU ; Jianyuan JIANG ; Chaojun ZHENG
Asian Spine Journal 2024;18(3):380-389
Methods:
Preoperatively, all 160 patients with OVCFs underwent pressure-pain threshold (PPT), temporal summation (TS), conditioned pain modulation (CPM), and imaging assessments. Pain intensity and pain-related disability were evaluated before and after PVP.
Results:
Preoperatively, patients with OVCFs had lower PPTs in both local pain and pain-free areas and lower CPM and higher TS in pain-free areas than healthy participants (p<0.05). Unlike patients with acute fractures, patients with subacute/chronic OVCFs showed higher TS with or without lower CPM in the pain-free area compared with healthy participants (p<0.05). Postoperatively, RBP occurred in 17 of 160 patients (10.6%). All preoperative covariates with significant differences between the RBP and non-RBP groups were subjected to multivariate logistic regression, showing that intravertebral vacuum cleft, posterior fascia edema, numeric rating pain scale scores for low back pain at rest, and TS were independently associated with RBP (p<0.05).
Conclusions
Augmented central pain processing may occur in patients with OVCFs, even in the subacute stage, and this preexisting CS may be associated with RBP. Preoperative assessment of TS in pain-free areas may provide additional information for identifying patients who may be at risk of RBP development, which may be beneficial for preventing this complication.
2.Relationship between serum sRAGE, 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3, NLRP3 and cognitive impairment in patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage
Jinbo WU ; Chunlan YANG ; Zhenxing YAO ; Kaiwen ZHENG ; Bozhi ZHONG ; Wenjia LIN
Journal of Chinese Physician 2021;23(10):1492-1495,1500
Objective:To investigate the relationship between serum 25 hydroxyvitamin-D3, soluble advanced glycation end product receptor (sRAGE), nucleotide binding oligomerization domain like receptor 3 (NLRP3) mRNA and cognitive impairment in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH).Methods:143 patients with HICH treated in the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University from July 2016 to July 2019 were selected as the research objects. Among the 143 patients with HICH, there were 68 patients with cognitive impairment (cognitive impairment group) and 75 patients without cognitive impairment (control group). The age, gender, amount of intracerebral hemorrhage, bleeding site, blood pressure, blood glucose and blood lipid of the two groups were counted, and the mRNA levels of 25 hydroxyvitamin-D3, sRAGE and NLRP3 were detected. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors of cognitive impairment in patients with HICH.Results:There were no significant differences in age, gender, smoking, education, bleeding site, diabetes rate, triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) between cognitive dysfunction group and control group ( P>0.05); There were significant differences in bleeding volume and neurological function defect score (NIHSS) score between cognitive impairment group and control group ( P<0.05); The level of 25 hydroxyvitamin-D3 in cognitive impairment group was lower than that in control group ( P<0.05), and the expression level of NLRP3 mRNA was higher than that in control group ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in sRAGE between the two groups ( P>0.05); Logistic regression analysis showed that the decrease of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 level, the increase of bleeding volume and NIHSS score were independent risk factors for cognitive impairment in HICH patients ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Decreased serum 25 hydroxyvitamin-D3 levels may increase the risk of cognitive impairment in patients with HICH.
3.Mechanisms of tumorigenesis and therapeutic strategies based on gut microorganisms
ZHENG Kaiwen ; CUI Jiuwei ; LI Wei
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2022;29(7):613-622
[摘 要] 肠道微生物是存在于人体内的庞大生态系统,它与机体形成一个相互关联的共存体。近年来得益于分子生物技术的蓬勃发展,肠道微生物组学研究表明,肠道微生物在很大程度上左右了肿瘤的发生与发展,除了微生物本身的直接作用之外,由它们引起的宿主炎症免疫系统、代谢功能方面的改变也间接发挥了重要作用,而这些变化对于后续抗肿瘤治疗也产生一定影响。基于肠道微生物的重要作用,在此基础上开发出来的微生态制剂在抗肿瘤治疗中的临床应用价值也逐渐显现,可为今后的抗肿瘤治疗提供辅助作用。本文从肠道微生物的地位、肠道微生物影响肿瘤发展的机制和对抗肿瘤治疗的影响,以及肠道微生物的临床应用等四个方面展开论述,为基于肠道微生物的抗肿瘤制剂技术的研发和临床应用提供新的思路和启示。
4.The value of urine protein kinase Y-linked gene promoter site methylation in early diagnosis of prostate cancer
Weifeng LIU ; Zheng DAI ; Yibin ZHOU ; Kaiwen FENG ; Kai WEI ; Gule SUN ; Dongrong YANG ; Jin ZHU
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2024;40(5):688-694
Objective To explore the clinical value of methylation at promoter sites of urine protein kinase Y-linked(PRKY)gene in the early diagnosis of prostate cancer(PCa).Methods Urine samples were collected from 50 suspected PCa patients.After extracting DNA,the methylation levels of the PRKY gene promoter sites cg05163709,cg08045599,and cg05618150 were detected using quantitative methylation-specific PCR(qMSP).Simultaneously,the patients were divided into the benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH)group and the PCa group.The differences in clinical indicators between the two groups were analyzed,as well as the methylation status of the PRKY gene promoter sites in the urine of the two groups of patients.The receiver operating charac-teristic(ROC)curve of PRKY promoter sites methylation was established,and the area under the curve(AUC)was calculated to analyze the diagnostic value of PRKY promoter sites methylation in PCa,and to perform com-bined diagnosis with clinical indicators.Results The methylation rates of cg05163709 and cg05618150 in urine specimens of PCa patients were significantly higher than those of BPH patients.The AUC for cg05163709 methyla-tion in diagnosing PCa was 0.762,with a sensitivity of 86.70%.It showed better performance in early screening for PCa compared to total prostate specific antigen(tPSA),percentage free prostate specific antigen(f/tPSA)and prostate specific antigen density(PSAD)index.We found that the AUC for cg05618150 methylation in conjunc-tion with PSAD in diagnosing PCa was 0.787,with a sensitivity of 86.70%.The AUC of cg05163709 methylation and PSAD in the joint diagnosis of PCa was 0.855,and the specificity could reach 95.00%.Conclusion The methylation of urine PRKY gene promoter sites cg05163709 and cg05618150 shows high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing PCa,making them promising biomarkers for early detection of PCa.