1.Current status, opportunities, and challenges of CAR-NK cell therapy for solid tumors
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2025;32(1):1-8
[摘 要] 嵌合抗原受体自然杀伤细胞(CAR-NK细胞)疗法作为一种新兴的细胞免疫治疗策略,凭借其高安全性和“现货化”制备的独特优势,展现出比CAR-T细胞疗法更为广阔的临床应用潜力。本文深入论述了CAR-NK细胞的抗肿瘤机制,详细剖析了其靶向识别机制、固有杀伤活性,以及通过特异性受体优化以增强其在肿瘤微环境中的适应能力的最新进展。对CAR-NK细胞的多种细胞来源,包括外周血、脐带血、诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)及NK-92细胞等的优势与挑战进行了深入讨论,并总结了其在肿瘤免疫微环境中面临的持久性不足、免疫抑制,以及抗原异质性等主要瓶颈,提出了CAR-NK细胞治疗实体瘤的优势、局限性及未来发展与临床应用的方向。
2.Identification of active ingredients and possible mechanisms of Yijing Decoction in treating diabetic retinopathy based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and network pharmacology
Limei LUO ; Ting HUANG ; Yanfang CHENG ; Yuhe MA ; Lin XIE ; Jianzhong HE ; Guanghui LIU ; Yongzheng ZHENG
International Eye Science 2025;25(8):1219-1226
AIM: To identify the primary active components and underlying mechanisms of Yijing Decoction(YJD)in treating early diabetic retinopathy(DR)based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and network pharmacology.METHODS: Active components of YJD were characterized through LC-MS. Components with optimal ADME(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion)properties were selected as key bioactive candidates. Network pharmacology approaches were employed to predict YJD-DR therapeutic targets. Protein-protein interaction(PPI)networks, gene ontology(GO)enrichment analysis, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)pathway analysis were subsequently conducted to predict core targets and networks. Critical targets and pathways were experimentally validated through Western blot.RESULTS: Ten core therapeutic targets were identified, including TNF, Alb, EGFR, STAT3, PTGS2, ESR1, PPAR, MMP9, TLR4, and MAPK. YJD was related to cancer-related signaling, fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis, and neurodegenerative diseases, encompassing key biological processes such as inflammatory response regulation, programmed cell death activation, and enhanced cell migration. Furthermore, Western blot analysis confirmed that YJD significantly inhibited high glucose-induced phosphorylation of STAT3(P-STAT3/STAT3)and ERK(P-ERK/ERK)in rat retinal microvascular endothelial cells.CONCLUSION: This study revealed YJD's pharmacodynamical basis and its multi-component, multi-target, and multi-paths pharmacology. YJD exerts therapeutic effects on DR by coordinately regulating critical signaling pathways and alleviating intraocular inflammation, thus preserving retinal vascular endothelial cells, maintaining blood-retinal barrier integrity, and facilitating retinal neurovascular repair.
3.Prospective Study on Tooth Loss and Risk of Esophageal Cancer Among Residents of A Natural Village in Wenfeng District, Anyang City, Henan Province
Jingjing WANG ; Ruihua XU ; Yanfang ZHANG ; Xueke ZHAO ; Qiang ZHANG ; Xin SONG ; Mengxia WEI ; Junfang GUO ; Xuena HAN ; Yaru FU ; Bei LI ; Junqing LIU ; Lingling LEI ; Min LIU ; Qide BAO ; Lidong WANG
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment 2025;52(7):548-553
Objective To investigate the relationship between tooth loss and the occurrence of esophageal cancer in a natural village in Wenfeng District, Anyang City, Henan Province. Methods A prospective cohort study was conducted to observe the occurrence of tooth loss and esophageal cancer among the asymptomatic residents of the natural village for 16 years from January 2008 to July 2024. Data were analyzed by chi-square test, binary logistic regression, and restricted cubic spline. Results Among the total population of 711 cases, 136 cases were lost to follow-up and 575 cases were included in the final statistics, including 45 cases with esophageal cancer. Significant statistical difference was found between esophageal cancer patients with and without tooth loss (P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that tooth loss was associated with the occurrence of esophageal cancer (OR=3.977, 95%CI: 1.543-10.255). After the adjustment for confounders, tooth loss
4.Prospective Study of Disease Occurrence Spectrum in Asymptomatic Residents in Areas with High Incidence of Esophageal Cancer: 16-year Observation of 711 Cases in Natural Population
Qide BAO ; Fangzhou DAI ; Xueke ZHAO ; Jingjing WANG ; Xin SONG ; Zongmin FAN ; Yanfang ZHANG ; Zhuo YANG ; Junfang GUO ; Kan ZHONG ; Qiang ZHANG ; Junqing LIU ; Min LIU ; Lidong WANG
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment 2025;52(8):656-660
Objective To understand the disease spectrum of a natural village in an area with high incidence of esophageal cancer to provide a reference for precise prevention and control. Methods From 2008 to 2024, 711 asymptomatic people over the age of 35 years in a natural village with high incidence of esophageal cancer in China were surveyed, and 171 of them were subjected to gastroscopy, biopsy, and pathological examination. All participants were followed up for a long time, and their disease history was recorded. Results A total of 16 years of follow-up were performed, and 703 people were effectively followed up. In 2008, 171 people underwent gastroscopy, and 160 people had biopsy and pathological results in endoscopic screening. By 2024, 76 people had been diagnosed with malignant tumors of 12 different types, and among these people, 45 had esophageal cancer. Conclusion Esophageal cancer remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality from malignant tumors in this region. Biopsy and pathological examination should be strengthened during gastroscopy, and follow-ups and regular check-ups should be given high importance to reduce the incidence and mortality rates of esophageal cancer.
5.Consensus on low-altitude transport and delivery services for emergency medicines via drones (2025 edition)
Qinshui WU ; Yanfang CHEN ; Tao LIU ; Xiaoyan LI ; Yumin LIANG ; Xin LI ; Zhong LI ; Rong LI ; Xiaoman WANG ; Shuyao ZHANG ; Huishu TIAN
China Pharmacy 2025;36(18):2221-2225
OBJECTIVE To promote the application of drones in emergency rescue and related fields, expand “low-altitude+ medical” rescue services, and advance the standardization of “low-altitude+medical” distribution services. METHODS The Consensus on Low-altitude Transport and Delivery Services for Emergency Medicines via Drones (2025 Edition) (hereinafter referred to as the Consensus) was jointly initiated by the Division of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Chinese Pharmacological Society and the Expert Committee on Precision Medication of the Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association. Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital served as the leading unit, organizing 53 multidisciplinary experts nationwide to participate in drafting and reviewing. A nominal group technique was employed to discuss and finalize the consensus outline, resulting in a preliminary draft. Delphi method was employed, and 11 external review experts were invited to conduct the evaluation. After the experts’ opinions were analyzed and integrated, the Consensus was finalized. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS The finalized Consensus includes its purpose, principles, and applicable scenarios, basic requirements, and operational procedures for low-altitude transport and delivery of emergency medications; distribution requirements and precautions for controlled substances, fragile medications, and temperature-sensitive medications; and recommendations for emergency medications supplies suitable for the low-altitude transportation and distribution. The release of this Consensus is expected to provide guidance and support for the standardization of “low-altitude+medical” distribution services and the application of low-altitude economy in the healthcare sector.
6.Ethical considerations and coping strategies for growth hormone therapy in children with short stature
Yahong LIU ; Fei WANG ; Lijuan ZHANG ; Hongxiao ZHANG ; Yanfang ZHU
Chinese Medical Ethics 2025;38(10):1246-1251
Height, as one of the crucial indicators for assessing children’s growth and development, has consistently been a global focus. With economic development and improvements in social living standards, the clinical management needs for children with short stature have been increasingly growing. While growth hormone brings hope to children with short stature, it also triggers ethical challenges such as medical standardization, expansion of indications, equitable accessibility, and informed consent. To avoid the ethical issues related to the use of pediatric growth hormone, multidimensional and comprehensive clinical management should be implemented for children with short stature, including strictly adhering to medical standards and ethical guidelines, enhancing public awareness, and promoting the standardized development of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy and ethics.
7.Unlocking the potential of amorphous calcium carbonate: A star ascending in the realm of biomedical application.
Han LIU ; Zhiyang WEN ; Zihan LIU ; Yanfang YANG ; Hongliang WANG ; Xuejun XIA ; Jun YE ; Yuling LIU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2024;14(2):602-622
Calcium-based biomaterials have been intensively studied in the field of drug delivery owing to their excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability. Calcium-based materials can also deliver contrast agents, which can enhance real-time imaging and exert a Ca2+-interfering therapeutic effect. Based on these characteristics, amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), as a brunch of calcium-based biomaterials, has the potential to become a widely used biomaterial. Highly functional ACC can be either discovered in natural organisms or obtained by chemical synthesis However, the standalone presence of ACC is unstable in vivo. Additives are required to be used as stabilizers or core-shell structures formed by permeable layers or lipids with modified molecules constructed to maintain the stability of ACC until the ACC carrier reaches its destination. ACC has high chemical instability and can produce biocompatible products when exposed to an acidic condition in vivo, such as Ca2+ with an immune-regulating ability and CO2 with an imaging-enhancing ability. Owing to these characteristics, ACC has been studied for self-sacrificing templates of carrier construction, targeted delivery of oncology drugs, immunomodulation, tumor imaging, tissue engineering, and calcium supplementation. Emphasis in this paper has been placed on the origin, structural features, and multiple applications of ACC. Meanwhile, ACC faces many challenges in clinical translation, and long-term basic research is required to overcome these challenges. We hope that this study will contribute to future innovative research on ACC.
8.Yishi Therapy for the Treatment of Primary Tinnitus:A Long-Term Efficacy Follow-up of 496 Cases
Yanfang CHEN ; Peng LIU ; Wenzhi LIN ; Jinguang LIU ; Jieheng LIU ; Haixin ZHANG ; Weiping HE
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(24):2558-2564
ObjectiveTo demonstrate the long-term effect of Yishi Therapy for primary tinnitus and analyze the factors affecting the effectiveness. MethodsWe conducted long-term follow-ups of primary tinnitus cases treated with Yishi Therapy during 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2023 by face-to-face, online and telephone between 1 July 2023 and 31 January 2024, to understand the final regression of primary tinnitus and lifestyle changes. We retrospectively analysed the basic data of patients before treatment, and statistically analysed the recovery rate and overall effective rate of tinnitus treated by the Yishi Therapy, and the factors affecting the effectiveness such as lifestyle, age, duration of disease, gender, tinnitus location, severity of tinnitus, accompanying symptoms and complications on the overall effective rate. ResultsA total of 496 cases of primary tinnitus completed follow-ups successfully, and the total Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire (TEQ) at follow-up was significantly lower than that before treatment (P<0.001). Among the 496 cases, 101 (20.36%) cases cured, 189 (38.10%) cases showed significant improvement, 116 (23.39%) cases were effective, 90 (18.15%) cases were ineffective, and the overall effect rate was 81.85% (406/496). At follow-up, the score of lifestyle was higher than that before treatment (P<0.001). Grouped by the score of lifestyle at follow-up, the effective rates of better lifestyle group and poor lifestyle group were 97.53% (237/243) and 66.80% (169/253), respectively, with statistical significance (P<0.001). Grouped by the mean value of the difference in lifestyle scores before and after treatment, the effective rates of the group with greater lifestyle adjustment and the group with smaller adjustment were 97.55% (239/245) and 66.53% (167/251), respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.001). Binary logistic regression showed that the better lifestyle, the greater lifestyle adjustment and the severity of tinnitus were positively correlated with the total effective rate of tinnitus (P<0.001), while older and hearing loss were negatively correlated with the total effective rate of tinnitus (P<0.05). ConclusionYishi Therapy on primary tinnitus shows good long-term effect, lifestyle, severity of tinnitus, hearing loss or not, age are the relevant factors affecting the efficacy of tinnitus, lifestyle is the main factor affecting clinical efficacy.
9.Sestrin1 is involved in the regulation of gluconeogenesis in mouse liver cells
Yanfang GUO ; Chao GENG ; Xianghong XIE ; Enhui CHEN ; Zeyu GUO ; Minglong ZHANG ; Xiaojun LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(2):141-146
Objective To investigate the role and regulatory mechanism of stress-inducing protein 1(SESN1)in liver gluconeogenesis of fasting mice.Methods RT-qPCR was used to detect mRNA expression of SESN1 in liver tissues of C57BL/6J mice and primary mouse hepatocytes treated with forskolin(Fsk)and dexamethasone(Dex).HepG2 cells were transfected with plasmids and the effects of SESN1 overexpression on mRNA expression of gluconeogenesis related genes PGC-1α,PEPCK and G6Pase was detected by RT-qPCR.The effect of SESN1 on the promoter activity of PGC-1α in HepG2 cells was studied using a dual luciferase reporter system.The effect of SESN1 on PGC-1α deacetylation was detected by overexpression of SESN1 and inhibition of SIRT1 expression.By knocking down SIRT1 expression,we detected whether it mediated the changes in mRNA levels of SESN1 in-duced gluconeogenesis related genes.Results The mRNA expression of SESN1 was significantly increased in liver tissues of starved C57BL/6J mice and in primary hepatocytes treated with Fsk and Dex(P<0.001).Over-expression of SESN1 in HepG2 cells promoted mRNA expression of PGC-1α,PEPCK and G6Pase(P<0.001)and promoter activity of PGC-1α(P<0.001).Over-expression of SESN1 decreased the acetylation level of PGC-1α in primary hepatocytes.Sirt family inhibitors NAM and shRNA adenovirus interfered with SIRT1 expression respective-ly,and antagonized the deacetylation effect of SESN1 on PGC-1α.The expression of PGC-1α,PEPCK and G6Pase induced by SIRT1 was also significantly impaired(P<0.000 1).Conclusions SESN1 regulates liver gluconeogene-sis in mice with a SIRT1-dependent mechanism.
10.Nutlin-3a regulates mouse adipose function by inhibition of CIDEC expression
Enhui CHEN ; Jiahui YANG ; Wei ZHAO ; Xianghong XIE ; Yanfang GUO ; Xiaojun LIU ; Li YAN
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(2):154-158
Objective To investigate the effect of Nutlin-3a,a mouse double minute 2 homolog(MDM2)inhibitor,on lipid metabolism of mouse adipose.Methods High-fat diet-induced obesity(DIO)C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into a control group injected with DMSO and an experimental group injected with Nutlin-3a.Then we conducted glucose tolerance(GTT)and insulin tolerance(ITT)tests.The epididymal white adipose tissue(eWAT),inguinal white adipose tissue(iWAT)and brown adipose tissue(BAT)of animals were isolated and microscopy of WATs with hematoxylin-eosin(HE)staining was performed to observe the morphological changes of adipocytes.The expression of lipid metabolism related gene cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector C(CIDEC)in eWAT were detected by qPCR and Western blot.Results Compared with the control group,Nutlin-3a was found to promote the body weight(P<0.001),but no effect on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in DIO mice.Nutlin-3a treatment decreased the size of adipocytes and fat deposition in adipose tissue and downregulated the mRNA and protein levels of CIDEC in eWAT.Conclusions Nutlin-3a inhibits the formation of lipid droplets by downregulating expression of CIDEC in white adipose tissue.

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