1.A neuroimaging study of motoric cognitive risk syndrome in patients with cerebral small vessel disease
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2026;43(1):40-46
摘要
目的 探讨脑小血管病(CSVD)患者中运动认知风险综合征(MCR)与神经影像学标志物之间的关系,并评估MCR相关的影像学标志物及比较其与轻度认知功能障碍(MCI)的影像学标志物是否不同。方法 研究回顾性选取了河北医科大学第三医院自2023年4月—2024年11月收治的187例脑小血管病患者。根据是否诊断MCR及MCI进行分组。收集患者的临床资料和影像学数据,使用单变量和多因素Logistic回归分析探讨CSVD患者MCR的影像学特征。结果 CSVD患者中MCR阳性组在体重指数(BMI)、男性比例、高血压、存在腔隙、严重的脑白质高信号(WMH)、严重的基底节区扩大的血管周围间隙(EPVS)和严重CSVD总负荷方面患者比例比MCR阴性组更高(P<0.05)。多因素Logistic回归分析显示,WMH总体积是CSVD患者MCR的独立危险因素(OR=1.038,95%CI 1.003~1.075,P=0.033)。以MCI、MCR两个指标分组显示,MCI+/MCR+较其他组比较,高血压病比例更高(其中MCI-/MCR+组较MCI+/MCR-组比高血压病比例更高),WMH总体积、严重的脑深部及脑室旁WMH、严重的EPVS比例更高(P<0.05)。其中单纯MCR阳性组(MCI-/MCR+)与单纯MCI阳性组(MCI+/MCR-)比较,脑室旁及深部WMH有更高的分级(2级、3级高于MCI+/MCR-组)及更大的总体积(P<0.05)。CSVD总负荷方面差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论 WMH是CSVD患者合并MCR的独立危险因素。MCR与更大的WMH体积相关。本研究强调了MCR的脑白质异常,运动评估在早期痴呆风险分层中的潜力。
Abstract
Objective To investigate the association between motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) and neuroimaging markers in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), to assess the imaging markers associated with MCR, and to compare the differences in imaging markers between MCR and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods A retrospective study was conducted among 187 patients with CSVD who were admitted to Department of Neurology, Hebei Medical University Third Hospital, from April 2023 to November 2024, and they were divided into groups based on whether they were diagnosed with MCR or MCI. Clinical and imaging data were collected, and the univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the imaging features of CSVD patients with MCR. Results Compared with the MCR-negative group, the MCR-positive group had significantly higher BMI, proportion of male patients,and proportion of patients with hypertension, lacunar infarcts, severe white matter hyperintensity (WMH), severe enlarged perivascular space (EPVS) in the basal ganglia, and high CSVD total burden (P<0.05). The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the total volume of WMH was an independent risk factor for MCR in CSVD patients(OR=1.038,95%CI 1.003‒1.075,P=0.033). Stratification by MCI,MCR showed that compared with the other groups, the MCI+/MCR+ group had a significantly higher proportion of patients with hypertension (the MCI-/MCR+ group had a higher proportion of patients with hypertension than the MCI+/MCR- group), a significantly higher total volume of WMH, a significantly higher proportion of patients with severe deep brain and paraventricular WMH, and a significantly higher proportion of patients with severe EPVS(P<0.05).Compared with the MCI+/MCR-group, the MCI-/MCR+ group had significantly higher grades (a significantly higher proportion of patients with grade 2 or 3 WMH than the MCI+/MCR- group) and total volume of periventricular and deep WMH(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in CSVD total burden between groups(P>0.05). Conclusion WMH is an independent risk factor for MCR in patients with CSVD. MCR is associated with a larger volume of WMH.This study highlights white matter abnormalities in MCR and the potential of motor function assessment in early risk stratification for dementia.
2.Prospective cohort study on the effect of abdominal circumference on the intestinal radiation dose volume and the acute intestinal toxicity in pelvic intensity modulated radiation therapy for rectal cancer patients
Songyou WU ; Gang WANG ; Wenling WANG ; Hongmin DONG ; Weiwei CHEN ; Xiaokai LI ; Wanghua CHEN ; Kai ZUO
Journal of International Oncology 2025;52(9):566-575
Objective:To investigate the effect of abdominal circumference on intestinal radiation dose volume and acute intestinal toxicity in pelvic intensity modulated radiation therapy for rectal cancer.Methods:A total of 150 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) who received adjuvant and neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy at the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University from March 2023 to January 2025 were enrolled, including 82 cases of adjuvant radiotherapy and 68 cases of neoadjuvant radiotherapy. All patients underwent radiotherapy CT simulation positioning in the standard mode of prone position with abdominal board padding and bladder filling. Intestinal toxicity was categorized as a binary variable based on the occurrence of ≥2 grade acute intestinal toxicity. Linear and logistic regression models were used to analyze the factors influencing intestinal radiation dose volumes (V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40) and acute intestinal toxicity in LARC patients. Generalized additive models and piecewise linear and logistic regression analyses were employed to examine the threshold effects of abdominal circumference on intestinal radiation dose volumes and acute intestinal toxicity. The threshold value for abdominal circumference was determined based on the upper limit of the 95% CI for the threshold. A difference test was used to validate the differences in intestinal radiation dose volume and acute intestinal toxicity between small and medium-to-large abdominal circumferences. Results:Univariate analysis showed that, gender, body mass, abdominal circumference, planning target volume (PTV), intestinal volume were all influencing factors for the radiation dose volumes (V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40) of each intestinal segment of patients with LARC undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy (all P<0.05). Body mass, abdominal circumference, intestinal volume were all influencing factors for the radiation dose volumes (V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40) of each intestinal segment of patients with LARC undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy (all P<0.05). Body mass index (BMI), abdominal circumference, intestinal volume and individual intestinal radiation volumes (V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40) were all influencing factors for the acute intestinal toxicity of patients with LARC undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy (all P<0.05). Body mass, BMI, abdominal circumference, multiple intestinal radiation dose volumes (V 20, V 30, V 40) were all influencing factors for the acute intestinal toxicity of patients with LARC undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy (all P<0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that, abdominal circumference (V 10: β=-1.01, 95% CI: -1.68--0.33, P=0.004; V 20: β=-0.94, 95% CI: -1.28--0.60, P<0.001; V 30: β=-0.58, 95% CI: -0.82--0.34, P<0.001; V 40: β=-0.41, 95% CI: -0.60--0.23, P<0.001) was an independent influencing factor for the radiation dose volume of each intestinal segment of patients with LARC undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy. Abdominal circumference (V 10: β=-0.92, 95% CI: -1.62--0.22, P=0.010; V 20: β=-0.84, 95% CI: -1.11--0.57, P<0.001; V 30: β=-0.42, 95% CI: -0.57--0.28, P<0.001; V 40: β=-0.30, 95% CI: -0.41--0.19, P<0.001) was an independent influencing factor for the radiation dose volume of each intestinal segment of patients with LARC undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy. Abdominal circumference ( OR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.78-0.95, P=0.002) was an independent influencing factor for the acute intestinal toxicity of patients with LARC undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy. Abdominal circumference ( OR=0.87, 95% CI: 0.79-0.96, P=0.004) was an independent influencing factor for the acute intestinal toxicity of patients with LARC undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy. The generalized additive model revealed a nonlinear relationship between abdominal circumference and intestinal radiation dose volume and acute intestinal toxicity of adjuvant radiotherapy patients. Further segmented regression analysis results showed that there was a threshold effect between abdominal circumference and intestinal radiation dose volume (V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40) and acute intestinal toxicity. The inflection point values between abdominal circumference and intestinal radiation dose volume V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40 in LARC patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy were all 71.9 cm; the inflection point values between abdominal circumference and the intestinal radiation dose volume V 10, V 20, V 30, V 40 in LARC patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy were 69.0, 69.0, 69.0, 68.6 cm, respectively; The inflection point values between abdominal circumference and acute intestinal toxicity in LARC patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy and neoadjuvant radiotherapy were 71.9, 69.0 cm, respectively. Based on the upper limit of the 95% CI threshold, the cutoff values for small and medium-to-large abdominal circumferences for patients undergoing adjuvant and neoadjuvant radiotherapy were set at 76.1, 71.9 cm, respectively. In patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy, the levels of intestinal radiation dose volume V 10 [ (7.65±2.29) cm 3vs. (5.88±2.68) cm 3, t=2.76, P=0.007], V 20 [ (4.28±1.27) cm 3vs. (2.72±1.31) cm 3, t=4.81, P<0.001], V 30 [ (2.42±1.07) cm 3vs. (1.37±0.76) cm 3, t=4.95, P<0.001], V 40 [ (1.69±0.74) cm 3vs. (0.92±0.58) cm 3, t=4.93, P<0.001] in the small abdominal circumference group ( n=22) were significantly higher than those in patients with medium-to-large abdominal circumferences ( n=60) ; In patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy, patients with small abdominal circumferences ( n=11) had significantly higher V 20 [ (3.09±0.84) cm 3vs. (2.28±1.17) cm 3, t=2.17, P=0.033], V 30 [1.44 (1.22, 1.53) cm 3vs. 0.91 (0.56, 1.22) cm 3, Z=-3.04, P=0.002], V 40 [0.93 (0.84, 1.09) cm 3vs. 0.44 (0.30, 0.81) cm 3, Z=-3.19, P=0.001] than patients with medium-to-large abdominal circumferences ( n=57). In patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy and neoadjuvant radiotherapy, there were statistically significant differences in acute intestinal toxicity between patients with small abdominal circumferences and with medium-to-large abdominal circumferences ( χ2=10.46, P=0.001; χ2=8.13, P=0.004) . Conclusions:In the standard mode (prone position with abdominal board padding and bladder filling), abdominal circumference is an independent factor influencing the intestinal radiation dose volume and acute intestinal toxicity in rectal cancer radiotherapy patients. There is a significant non-linear threshold effect between abdominal circumference and different levels of intestinal radiation dose volume and acute intestinal toxicity. The impact of abdominal circumference on intestinal radiation dose volume and toxicity differs significantly before and after the inflection point value. Patients with smaller abdominal circumferences not only fail to achieve the expected benefits under the current standard radiotherapy regimen but also face higher risks of intestinal radiation dose volume and toxicity.
3.Clinical application effect of bypass vein bridging in repairing high-voltage electric burn wounds on the head with free anterolateral thigh flaps
Peipeng XING ; Jidong XUE ; Haina GUO ; Chao MA ; Xiaokai ZHAO ; Zhanling LIANG ; Guoyun DONG ; Haiping DI ; Chengde XIA
Chinese Journal of Burns 2024;40(8):725-731
Objective:To investigate the clinical application effect of bypass vein bridging in repairing high-voltage electric burn wounds on the head with free anterolateral thigh flaps.Methods:This study was a retrospective observational study. From May 2017 to December 2022, 8 patients with high-voltage electric burns on the head who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to Zhengzhou First People's Hospital, including 6 males and 2 females, aged 33 to 73 years. All patients had skull exposure, including 3 cases of large skull defect, 1 case of left eye necrosis, and 3 cases of cerebral hemorrhage. After debridement, the head wound area was from 13 cm×7 cm to 21 cm×15 cm, and the free anterolateral thigh flap with the area of 14 cm×8 cm to 22 cm×16 cm was cut for repair. The main descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery carried by the flap was anastomosed end-to-end with the superficial temporal artery in the recipient area. One accompanying vein of the anastomotic artery of the flap was end-to-end anastomosed with the branch of the external jugular vein via great saphenous vein bridging, and the other accompanying vein was end-to-end anastomosed with the superficial temporal vein in the recipient area. The donor site wounds were directly sutured or closed with medium-thickness skin grafts from inner thigh. The blood supply and survival of the flap, and the wound healing on the head were observed after operation. The blood flow and lumen filling of the transplanted vein were observed and recorded by using color ultrasound diagnostic system within 2 weeks after operation. The wound repair method and wound healing of the flap donor site were recorded and observed. Patients were followed up to observe the appearance of the flaps and the flap donor sites, the muscle strength of the lower limbs where the flap donor site was located, and whether the patient could complete standing, walking, and squatting using the lower limbs where the flap donor site was located.Results:The flaps of 8 patients survived after operation, and no arterial or venous crisis occurred. The wounds of 5 patients on the head healed after operation, and the wounds of 3 patients on the head healed after second debridement 21 to 35 days after operation due to exudates under the flap 2 weeks after operation. Within 2 weeks after operation, the grafted vein continued to be unobstructed. After the ultrasound probe was pressurized, the grafted vein could be deflated, and the blood vessels were rapidly filled after the probe was released. The wounds of flap donor sites of 3 patients were directly sutured and healed 2 weeks after operation. The wounds of flap donor sites of 5 patients were closed with medium-thickness skin grafts from inner thigh, and all the skin grafts survived 12 days after operation. During follow-up of 6 to 12 months, the head flaps of all patients were slightly bloated without hair growth. Mild linear or patchy scar hyperplasia was left in the donor site. The muscle strength of the lower limbs where the flap donor site was located was normal and did not decrease. The patients could stand, walk, and squat with the lower limbs where the flap donor site was located.Conclusions:When using the free anterolateral thigh flap to repair high-voltage electric burn wounds of various areas and depths on the head, bypass vein bridging can reduce the occurrence of postoperative flap vein crisis and improve the quality of postoperative wound healing without affecting the function of the lower limbs where the flap donor site is located.
4.Relationship between the pelvic bone marrow dose-volume parameters and acute hematologic toxicity in neoadjuvant pelvic intensity-modulated radiotherapy for local advance rectal cancer
Sicheng HUANG ; Gang WANG ; Wenling WANG ; Hongmin DONG ; Weiwei CHEN ; Xiaokai LI ; Wanghua CHEN ; Guodong LI ; Leilei LI ; Juan CHEN
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2023;43(2):94-100
Objective:To analyze the correlation between the volume of irradiated pelvic bone marrow and acute hematologic toxicity (HT), in order to provide clinical data to reduce the risk of acute HT and optimize the radiotherapy plan.Methods:From October 2017 to May 2019, 41 LARC patients who received neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) were retrospectively reviewed in our center. All patients were treated with 5-field intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and the prescription dose delivered to PTV was 45-50.4 Gy in 25-28 fractions. Capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) wasadministered daily 5 days a week during radiotherapy. Different HTswere recorded according to National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria Version 5.0 (NCI-CTC.V5.0) based on laboratory tests. The volume of PBM or each site (coxal, sacrum, femoral) receiving more than x Gy refers to as TVx, CVx, SVx, and FVx, respectively. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the association between the volume of irradiated pelvic bone marrow and different HT. Generalized additive model (GAM) and piecewise regression were used to further analyze the possible nonlinear relationship and threshold effect between them. Results:Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that low-dose of irradiated total pelvic bone marrow volume ( TV5) and coxal bone marrow volume ( CV5, CV10) were significantly correlated with Grade ≥2 leukopenia( P<0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between the sacrum bone marrow volume ( SV5, SV10) and Grade ≥2 leukopenia ( P<0.05). A thresholdeffect has been observed between CV10 and Grade ≥2 leukopenia by Generalized additive model (GAM) and piecewise linear regression. The threshold between CV10 and Grade ≥2 leukopenia was 575 ml, OR (95% CI) was 1.85 (1.08, 3.16). Conclusions:In neoadjuvant IMRT of rectal cancer, CV is a better predictor of acute HT induced by CCRT than TV. The irradiated volume of CV associated with acute HT was mainly low-dose levels ( CV5, CV10). The thresholds of our study ( CV10= 575 ml) could be a good reference for the optimization of the radiotherapy plan.
5.Correlation analysis of XRCC1 gene rs25487 polymorphism and effect of concurrent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: a prospective cohort study
Weiwei CHEN ; Wenling WANG ; Gang WANG ; Xiaokai LI ; Guodong LI ; Hongmin DONG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2020;40(10):740-745
Objective:To investigate the correlation between the X-ray cross-complementary gene 1 (XRCC1) rs25487 gene polymorphism and the effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC).Methods:This research was a prospective cohort study consisting of 55 patients with LARC who were treated in the Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University from August 2018 to July 2019. The XRCC1 rs25487 genotype was detected, followed by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. The logistic regression with adjusted confounding factors was used to analyze the relationship between down-staging of T-stage and N-stage and XRCC1 rs25487 gene polymorphism. The stratified analysis was used to explore interactions of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) based on logistic regression.Results:The frequencies of all genotypes were in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. After adjusting confounding factors, compared to patients with AA genotype, patients with GG genotype had lower rate of down-staging of T-stage after neoadjuvant radiotherapy ( OR=0.1, P<0.05). However, there was no statistically significant difference between GA and AA genotypes ( P>0.05). There was interactions between AA/GA genotypes and NLR, which affected the down-staging of T-stage after radiotherapy. Conclusions:XRCC1 rs25487 gene polymorphism is associated with the efficacy of neoadjuvant radiotherapy and concurrent system chemotherapy in patients with LARC, which may be used as a predictor of the efficacy of neoadjuvant intensive therapy.
6.Research of immunogenicity of mycobacteriophage D29 toward tuberculosis therapy
Wenhui YANG ; Zhanbo WEN ; Jingsong LI ; Lingfei HU ; Long YU ; Keyang LIU ; Jie WANG ; Na LI ; Xiaokai DONG
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2012;30(2):81-84
Objective To investigate the immunogenicity of mycobacteriophage D29 (phage D 29) in guinea pig models with different delivery routes,and provide information for the application of phages in tuberculosis (TB) therapy.Methods Hartley guinea pigs were administrated with phage D29 through inhalation,intranasal drop or subcutaneous injection for 6 times within 35 days.7H9 broth aerosol inhalation and 0.85 % NaCl solution aerosol inhalation were set as solvent and negative controls,respectively.Anti-phage D29 neutralizing antibodies in sera collected weekly were measured by phage reduction neutralizing test (PRNT) and cytokine levels (interleukin-2,interleukin-4 and interferon-γ) were detected at day 35 by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The data were analyzed by ANOVA and nonparametric test.ResultsNeutralizing antibodies were both negative in two control groups,while low-titer neutralizing antibodies (below 1 ∶ 100) appeared in inhalation and intranasal drop groups only at day 7 and day 14. Nevertheless, neutralizing antibodies were continuously detected in subcutaneous injection group,which increased rapidly and reached 1∶ 16 365.6 at day 35. After 35 days of experiments,serum concentrations of interleukin-2 (x2 =2.7605,P>0.05),interleukin-4 (F=2.17,P>0.05) and interferon-γ(F=0.75,P>0.05) among three treatment groups and two control groups were all not significantly different.ConclusionsThe titer of anti-phage 29 neutralizing antibodies induced by inhalation or intranasal drop administration of phage D29 are both significantly lower than subcutaneous injection.Phage D29 administration doesn’t change the levels of cytokines,which indicates that it may not break the helper T cell (Th)1/Th2 balance.

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