1.Interstitial Lung Disease With CA19-9 Elevation After Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine Adjuvant Therapy for Ileocecal Carcinoma:Report of One Case.
Wen-Jing YANG ; Guo-Wang YANG ; Ying LI ; Hao WANG ; Lin YANG ; Wei-Ru XU
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2025;47(4):660-665
Both carcinoembryonic antigen and CA19-9 are considered as predictive markers of intestinal cancer recurrence and metastasis.In addition,CA19-9 elevation is considered as a predictive marker of connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease.The incidence of oxaliplatin and capecitabine-associated interstitial lung disease is low,and there is no report about CA19-9 as a predictive marker of oxaliplatin and capecitabine-associated interstitial lung disease.This paper reports a case of interstitial lung disease with CA19-9 elevation caused by oxaliplatin and capecitabine adjuvant therapy for ileocecal carcinoma.The change trend of serum carcinoembryonic antigen in this patient was consistent with tumor recurrence and metastasis,and that of serum CA19-9 was consistent with the severity of interstitial lung disease.Therefore,CA19-9 elevation after intestinal cancer surgery does not necessarily indicate the tumor recurrence and metastasis,and attention should be paid to the possibility of oxaliplatin and capecitabine-associated interstitial lung disease.
Humans
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CA-19-9 Antigen/blood*
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Capecitabine
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Cecal Neoplasms/drug therapy*
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Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
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Deoxycytidine/administration & dosage*
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Fluorouracil/administration & dosage*
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial/blood*
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Organoplatinum Compounds/administration & dosage*
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Oxaliplatin
2.Diagnostic significance of serum chemokine CXCL-10 and Krebs von den lungen-6 level in patients with rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease.
Rui YAN ; Dan KE ; Yan ZHANG ; Li LI ; Huanran SU ; Wei CHEN ; Mingxia SUN ; Xiaomin LIU ; Liang LUO
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2024;56(6):956-962
OBJECTIVE:
To detect the serum level of chemokine CXC motif chemokine 10 (CXCL-10) and Krebs von den lungen-6 (KL-6) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), and to analyze their correlation with RA-ILD, as well as the significance in RA-ILD.
METHODS:
A total of 169 RA patients were enrolled in the study. According to imaging findings of with and without ILD in high-resolution computed tomography scans of chest, the subjects were divided into RA-ILD group and RA-non-ILD group. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 80 patients in each of the two groups were finally selected. Two groups were matched according to the 1 ∶ 1 ratio using propensity score matching (PSM). The serum CXCL-10 and KL-6 levels were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The clinical features, laboratory data and medications between the two groups were compared after PSM and the correlation between serum levels and clinical parameters were analyzed. Binary Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of ILD in the RA patients, and the predictive value of CXCL-10 and KL-6 in RA-ILD was evaluated.
RESULTS:
In this study, 49 patients with RA-ILD and 49 patients with RA-non-ILD were selected by PSM. The levels of CXCL-10 and KL-6 in the RA-ILD group [64.36 (34.01, 110.18) ng/L, 360.70 (236.35, 715.05) U/mL] were significantly higher than those in the RA-non-ILD group [29.80 (16.89, 40.55) ng/L, 210.69 (159.98, 255.50) U/mL] (all P < 0.001). The results of correlation analysis showed that the level of serum CXCL-10 was positively correlated with the Warrick score on chest CT (r=0.378, P=0.007) and negatively correlated with the percentage of forced vital capacity to the predicted value (FVC%, r=-0.338, P=0.018). And the level of KL-6 was positively correlated with rheumatoid factor (RF, r=0.296, P=0.039) and negatively correlated with FVC% (r=-0.436, P=0.002) and the percentage of diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide to the predicted value (DLCO%, r=-0.426, P=0.002). Both univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that CXCL-10 and KL-6 were positively correlated with ILD, the values of OR were 1.035 and 1.023 in CXCL-10 and those were 1.004 and 1.005 in KL-6 respectively (P < 0.05). The ROC curves were plotted with CXCL-10 and KL-6. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.770 and 0.752 respectively. The AUC of combined detection increased to 0.800.
CONCLUSION
Serum levels of CXCL-10 and KL-6 are significantly elevated in patients with RA-ILD and correlated with the severity of ILD. The combined estimate of them helps to improve the effectiveness of diagnosis.
Humans
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial/etiology*
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid/complications*
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Chemokine CXCL10/blood*
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Mucin-1/blood*
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Female
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Male
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Risk Factors
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Middle Aged
3.Study on the predictive significance of PLR, SII and RPR in ovarian endometriotic cyst.
Mi Mi LI ; Xin Hua TANG ; Li Ming WANG
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2023;58(9):672-679
Objective: To investigate the predictive value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), red blood cell distribution width to platelet count ratio (RPR) and systemic immune inflammation index (SII) in the staging and postoperative recurrence of ovarian endometrial cysts. Methods: Retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery for ovarian cysts in the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from January 2018 to January 2020. The patients with ovarian endometriosis cyst confirmed by pathology after surgery were the observation group (n=350), and the patients with other benign ovarian cyst were the control group (n=150). The preoperative platelet count, platelet distribution width, absolute number of neutrophils, lymphocyte absolute number, absolute number of monocytes, red blood cell distribution width, and serum cancer antigen 125 (CA125) of the patients in two groups were recorded, and PLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), RPR, SII, and systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) were calculated and analyzed. The general data of all patients and the follow-up data within 2 years after the operation of the observation group were statistically recorded to evaluate the diagnostic value of PLR, RPR and SII for ovarian endometrial cyst, and the predictive value of staging and recurrence within 2 years after the operation. Results: PLR, NLR, SII (median: 147.53, 1.86, and 488.70 respectively) and CA125 (median: 59.41 kU/L) in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group, while RPR (median: 0.16) was lower than that in the control group, with significant differences (all P<0.01). There was no significant difference in SIRI between the two groups (P>0.05). The PLR and SII (median: 122.73, 345.00) of the observation group at stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ were higher than those of patients at stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ, and the RPR was lower than that of patients with stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ, with significant differences (all P<0.001). The PLR, NLR, SII, SIRI (median: 179.63, 2.75, 762.96, and 1.06 respectively) and CA125 (median: 108.83 kU/L) in patients with recurrence were significantly higher than those in patients without recurrence 2 years after the operation, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.001). The area under curve (AUC) of CA125 in the diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis cyst was 0.951, the sensitivity was 85.7%, and the specificity was 93.0%, which were higher than those of PLR and SII; the AUC of PLR+SII+CA125 in the diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis cyst was 0.952. The AUC of RPR predicting the stage of ovarian endometriosis cyst was 0.713, higher than PLR and SII, lower than CA125; the AUC of RPR+SII+CA125 in predicting the stage of ovarian endometriotic cyst was 0.825, with sensitivity of 68.7% and specificity of 85.7%. The AUC predicted by SII for recurrence of ovarian endometriotic cyst within 2 years after the operation was 0.803, higher than NLR, PLR, SIRI and CA125; the AUC of PLR+SII+CA125, sensitivity, specificity was 0.813, 81.5% and 73.0%, higher than SII. Conclusion: PLR, RPR and SII are related to the staging of ovarian endometriotic cyst, and SII has a certain predictive value for the recurrence of ovarian endometriotic cyst after surgery.
Female
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Humans
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Endometriosis/surgery*
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Retrospective Studies
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Lymphocytes
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Neutrophils
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CA-125 Antigen
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Inflammation
4.Cytopathological characterization of ascites for the diagnosis of serous ovarian carcinoma.
Yan Hua CHANG ; Bing Qing ZOU ; Ying CAI ; Shu Dong YANG ; Yang ZHANG ; Jia Bei LIANG ; Cong LI
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2023;45(5):424-432
Objective: To investigate the cytomorphological and immunocytochemical features of tumor cells in the ascites of ovarian plasmacytoma (SOC). Methods: Specimens of serous cavity effusions were collected from 61 tumor patients admitted to the Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2015 to July 2021, including ascites from 32 SOC, 10 gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas, 5 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas, 6 lung adenocarcinomas, 4 benign mesothelial hyperplasia and 1 malignant mesothelioma patients, pleural effusions from 2 malignant mesothelioma patients and pericardial effusion from 1 malignant mesothelioma. Serous cavity effusion samples of all patients were collected, conventional smears were made through centrifugation, and cell paraffin blocks were made through centrifugation of remaining effusion samples. Conventional HE staining and immunocytochemical staining were applied to observe and summarize cytomorphological characteristics and immunocytochemical characteristics. The levels of serum tumor markers carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) were detected. Results: Of the 32 SOC patients, 5 had low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (LGSOC) and 27 had high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC). 29 (90.6%) SOC patients had elevated serum CA125, but the difference was not statistically significant between them and patients with non-ovarian primary lesions included in the study (P>0.05); The serum CEA was positive in 9 patients with gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma and 5 patients with lung adenocarcinoma, and the positive rate was higher than that in SOC patients (P<0.001); The serum CA19-9 was positive in 5 patients with gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma and 5 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and the positive rate was higher than that in SOC patients (P<0.05). The serum CA125, CEA and CA19-9 were within the normal range in 4 patients with benign mesothelial hyperplasia. LGSOC tumor cells were less heterogeneous and aggregated into small clusters or papillary pattern, and psammoma bodies could be observed in some LGSOC cases. The background cells were fewer and lymphocytes were predominant; the papillary structure was more obvious after making cell wax blocks. HGSOC tumor cells were highly heterogeneous, with significantly enlarged nuclei and varying sizes, which could be more than 3-fold different, and nucleoli and nuclear schizophrenia could be observed in some cases; tumor cells were mostly clustered into nested clusters, papillae and prune shapes; there were more background cells, mainly histiocytes. Immunocytochemical staining showed that AE1/AE3, CK7, PAX-8, CA125, and WT1 were diffusely positively expressed in 32 SOC cases. P53 was focally positive in all 5 LGSOCs, diffusely positive in 23 HGSOCs, and negative in the other 4 HGSOCs. Most of adenocarcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract and lung had a history of surgery, and tumor cells of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tend to form small cell nests. Immunocytochemistry can assist in the differential diagnosis of mesothelial-derived lesions with characteristic "open window" phenomenon. Conclusion: Combining the clinical manifestations of the patient, the morphological characteristics of the cells in the smear and cell block of the ascites can provide important clues for the diagnosis of SOC, and the immunocytochemical tests can further improve the accuracy of the diagnosis.
Female
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Humans
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Carcinoembryonic Antigen
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Ascites
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CA-19-9 Antigen
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Mesothelioma, Malignant/diagnosis*
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Hyperplasia
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Adenocarcinoma/pathology*
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Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/diagnosis*
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Biomarkers, Tumor
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Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology*
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Carbohydrates
5.HSDL2 overexpression promotes rectal cancer progression by regulating cancer cell cycle and promoting cell proliferation.
Yang CHENG ; Xuxu HE ; Lian WANG ; Yibo XU ; Mengdi SHEN ; Wenjing ZHANG ; Yongsheng XIA ; Jie ZHANG ; Min ZHANG ; Yijun WANG ; Jianguo HU ; Jun HU
Journal of Southern Medical University 2023;43(4):544-551
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the expression of hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase like 2 (HSDL2) in rectal cancer tissues and the effect of changes in HSDL2 expression level on proliferation of rectal cancer cells.
METHODS:
Clinical data and tissue samples of 90 patients with rectal cancer admitted to our hospital from January 2020 to June 2022 were collected from the prospective clinical database and biological specimen database. The expression level of HSDL2 in rectal cancer and adjacent tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry, and based on the median level of HSDL2 expression, the patients were divided into high expression group (n=45) and low expression group (n=45) for analysis the correlation between HSDL2 expression level and the clinicopathological parameters. GO and KEGG enrichment analyses were performed to explore the role of HSDL2 in rectal cancer progression. The effects of changes in HSDL2 expression levels on rectal cancer cell proliferation, cell cycle and protein expressions were investigated in SW480 cells with lentivirus-mediated HSDL2 silencing or HSDL2 overexpression using CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry and Western blotting.
RESULTS:
The expressions of HSDL2 and Ki67 were significantly higher in rectal cancer tissues than in the adjacent tissues (P < 0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that the expression of HSDL2 protein was positively correlated with Ki67, CEA and CA19-9 expressions (P < 0.01). The rectal cancer patients with high HSDL2 expressions had significantly higher likelihood of having CEA ≥5 μg/L, CA19-9 ≥37 kU/L, T3-4 stage, and N2-3 stage than those with a low HSDL2 expression (P < 0.05). GO and KEGG analysis showed that HSDL2 was mainly enriched in DNA replication and cell cycle. In SW480 cells, HSDL2 overexpression significantly promoted cell proliferation, increased cell percentage in S phase, and enhanced the expression levels of CDK6 and cyclinD1 (P < 0.05), and HSDL2 silencing produced the opposite effects (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION
The high expression of HSDL2 in rectal cancer participates in malignant progression of the tumor by promoting the proliferation and cell cycle progress of the cancer cells.
Humans
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CA-19-9 Antigen
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Ki-67 Antigen/metabolism*
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Prospective Studies
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Proliferation/genetics*
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Rectal Neoplasms/genetics*
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Cell Cycle
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Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
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Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases/metabolism*
6.Application of preoperative serum CYFRA 21-1 level in the prognosis of colorectal cancer.
Wen Qi HU ; Hui CONG ; Rong Hua FANG ; Wen Tao YUAN ; Chun Yan MAO ; Jie Rong WANG ; Ying WANG ; Xiu Ying SHI
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;57(10):1613-1619
To explore the predictive value of preoperative serum CYFRA 21-1 in colorectal cancer (CRC) resection patients. In this retrospective study, 456 patients with CRC who received surgical treatment in the Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University from January 2016 to February 2018 were analyzed. Preoperative CYFRA 21-1, CEA, CA19-9 and pathological data of the study subjects were collected. Determine the cut-off value of CYFRA 21-1 based on the X-tile. Chi-square test or Fisher exact probability test were used to compare clinicopathological features in different CYFRA 21-1 level groups. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of factors affecting 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to analyze 5-year differences in OS and DFS in CRC patients with different levels of CYFRA 21-1, CEA and CA19-9. Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) was adopted. ROC curves were used to analyze the prognostic efficacy of CYFRA21-1 for CRC, and nomogram maps were used to predict 1, 3, and 5-year survival rates. The results showed that the optimal cut-off values of serum CYFRA 21-1, CEA and CA19-9 were 4.9 ng/ml, 29.2 ng/ml and 72.8 U/ml, respectively. Different gender, tumor size, location, degree of differentiation, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis and tumor node metastasis (TNM) classification stage were significantly different between the two groups with high and low CYFRA 21-1, the P-values were 0.018,<0.001,<0.001,<0.001, 0.002, 0.001, 0.003, respectively. CYFRA 21-1 (≥4.9 ng/ml) was an independent risk factor for 5-year OS (HR: 4.008, 95%CI: 2.309-6.958, P<0.001) and DFS (HR: 3.75, 95%CI: 2.227-6.314, P<0.001) in CRC patients. CYFRA 21-1 predicts a 5-year AUC of 0.725 and 0.720 for OS and DFS, respectively, and 0.804 and 0.827 for the combination of CEA and CA19-9. Based on the results of multivariate Cox regression analysis, nomogram graphs of OS and DFS were established, the C-indexes were 0.799 and 0.803, respectively. In conclusion, preoperative serum CYFRA 21-1 level may be an independent risk factor affecting the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer. The prognostic model established by CYFRA 21-1 combined with CEA, CA19-9 and TNM stages may provide references for the prevention of CRC recurrence and clinical decision-making.
Humans
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Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology*
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CA-19-9 Antigen
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Retrospective Studies
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Neoplasm Staging
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology*
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Biomarkers, Tumor
7.Application of preoperative serum CYFRA 21-1 level in the prognosis of colorectal cancer.
Wen Qi HU ; Hui CONG ; Rong Hua FANG ; Wen Tao YUAN ; Chun Yan MAO ; Jie Rong WANG ; Ying WANG ; Xiu Ying SHI
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;57(10):1613-1619
To explore the predictive value of preoperative serum CYFRA 21-1 in colorectal cancer (CRC) resection patients. In this retrospective study, 456 patients with CRC who received surgical treatment in the Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University from January 2016 to February 2018 were analyzed. Preoperative CYFRA 21-1, CEA, CA19-9 and pathological data of the study subjects were collected. Determine the cut-off value of CYFRA 21-1 based on the X-tile. Chi-square test or Fisher exact probability test were used to compare clinicopathological features in different CYFRA 21-1 level groups. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of factors affecting 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to analyze 5-year differences in OS and DFS in CRC patients with different levels of CYFRA 21-1, CEA and CA19-9. Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) was adopted. ROC curves were used to analyze the prognostic efficacy of CYFRA21-1 for CRC, and nomogram maps were used to predict 1, 3, and 5-year survival rates. The results showed that the optimal cut-off values of serum CYFRA 21-1, CEA and CA19-9 were 4.9 ng/ml, 29.2 ng/ml and 72.8 U/ml, respectively. Different gender, tumor size, location, degree of differentiation, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis and tumor node metastasis (TNM) classification stage were significantly different between the two groups with high and low CYFRA 21-1, the P-values were 0.018,<0.001,<0.001,<0.001, 0.002, 0.001, 0.003, respectively. CYFRA 21-1 (≥4.9 ng/ml) was an independent risk factor for 5-year OS (HR: 4.008, 95%CI: 2.309-6.958, P<0.001) and DFS (HR: 3.75, 95%CI: 2.227-6.314, P<0.001) in CRC patients. CYFRA 21-1 predicts a 5-year AUC of 0.725 and 0.720 for OS and DFS, respectively, and 0.804 and 0.827 for the combination of CEA and CA19-9. Based on the results of multivariate Cox regression analysis, nomogram graphs of OS and DFS were established, the C-indexes were 0.799 and 0.803, respectively. In conclusion, preoperative serum CYFRA 21-1 level may be an independent risk factor affecting the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer. The prognostic model established by CYFRA 21-1 combined with CEA, CA19-9 and TNM stages may provide references for the prevention of CRC recurrence and clinical decision-making.
Humans
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Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology*
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CA-19-9 Antigen
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Retrospective Studies
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Neoplasm Staging
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology*
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Biomarkers, Tumor
8.Analysis of related factors of prognosis after surgical treatment of patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer and construction of a normagram prediction model.
Shu Xia LIU ; Lei ZHANG ; Yuan Kai SHI ; Xiao Hong HAN
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2022;44(2):167-172
Objective: To investigate the postoperative prognostic factors of non-metastatic colorectal cancer (non-mCRC), and construct a prognostic prediction model. Methods: A total of 846 patients with colorectal cancer who were admitted to the Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 were included in the study. There were 314 patients in the metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) group and 532 patients in the non-mCRC group. The data of clinical characteristics, preoperative blood routine and common serum tumor markers for CRC tests were collected retrospectively. The disease-free survival time (DFS) data of patients in non-mCRC group were obtained by follow-up. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to clarify the independent risk factors of DFS, and then these factors were included to construct a nomogram prediction model. The concordance index (C index), receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and calibration curve were used to evaluate the performance of the model. Results: Platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and carbohydrate antigen 242 (CA242) in the mCRC group were higher than those of the non-mCRC group, while the lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR) was lower than that of the non-mCRC group (P<0.05). ROC analysis showed that the area under curve (AUC) of CEA, CA19-9, CA242, NLR, LMR and PLR for the diagnosis of mCRC were 0.775, 0.716, 0.712, 0.607, 0.591 and 0.556, respectively. Multivariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that age, perineural invasion, pN stage and preoperative CA242 level were independent risk factors for DFS of non-mCRC patients (P<0.05). Based on this, a nomogram prediction model predicting 3 years of DFS for non-mCRC patients was constructed, its C index and AUC for non-CRC prognostic prediction were 0.710 and 0.733, respectively, higher than 0.696 and 0.701 of AJCC 7th edition TNM staging system. The calibration curve of nomogram showed that the predicted DFS rate was consistent with the actual DFS rate. Conclusions: Age, perineural invasion, pN stage and preoperative CA242 level are independent risk factors for 3-year DFS of non-mCRC patients. The nomogram prediction model constructed based on these four indictors has a good predictive performance and may provide prognosis evaluation reference for the patients with non-mCRC.
CA-19-9 Antigen
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Colorectal Neoplasms
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Humans
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Lymphocytes
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Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
9.Experimental study on effects of berberine combined with 6-shogaol on intestinal inflammation and flora in mice with ulcerative colitis.
Hai-Liang WEI ; Jing-Tao LI ; Zhi-Guo CHEN ; Shu-Guang YAN
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2022;47(16):4418-4427
Cold-heat combination is a common method in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, which is represented by classic drug pair, Coptidis Rhizoma and Zingiberis Rhizoma.The present study explored the synergetic effects of berberine and 6-shogaol, the primary components of Coptidis Rhizoma and Zingiberis Rhizoma, respectively, on intestinal inflammation and intestinal flora in mice with ulcerative colitis to reveal the effect and mechanism of cold-heat combination in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.The ulcerative colitis model was induced by dextran sulfate sodium(DSS) in mice.The model mice were administered with berberine(100 mg·kg~(-1)), 6-shogaol(100 mg·kg~(-1)), and berberine(50 mg·kg~(-1)) combined 6-shogaol(50 mg·kg~(-1)) by gavage, once per day.After 20 days of drug administration, mouse serum, colon tissues, and feces were sampled.Hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining was used to observe histopathological changes in colon tissues.Alcian blue/periodic acid-Schiff(AB/PAS) staining was used to observe the changes in the mucus layer of colon tissues.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was employed to detect the serum content of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), interleukin-1β(IL-1β), and interleukin-6(IL-6).Immunohistochemical method was adopted to detect the protein expression of macrophage surface markers F4/80, mucin-2, claudin-1, and zonula occludens-1(ZO-1) in colon tissues.High-throughput Meta-amplicon library sequencing was used to detect changes in the intestinal flora of mice.The results indicated that the 6-shogaol group, the berberine group, and the combination group showed significantly relieved intestinal injury, reduced number of F4/80-labeled positive macrophages in colon tissues, increased protein expression of mucin-2, claudin-1, and ZO-1, and decreased serum le-vels of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6.Shannon, Simpson, Chao, and Ace indexes of the intestinal flora of mice in the 6-shogaol group and the combination group significantly increased, and Chao and Ace indexes in the berberine group significantly increased.As revealed by the bioinformatics analysis of intestinal flora sequencing, the relative abundance of Verrucomicrobia at the phylum, class, and order levels decreased significantly in all treatment groups after drug administration, while that of Bacillibacteria gradually increased.In the 6-shogaol group and the combination group, Akkermansia muciniphila completely disappeared, but acid-producing bacillus still existed in large quantities.As concluded, both 6-shogaol and berberine can inhibit intestinal inflammation, reduce the infiltration and activation of macrophages, relieve intestinal damage, reduce intestinal permeability, improve the structure of flora, and promote intestinal microecological balance.The combined application of berberine and 6-shogaol has a significant synergistic effect.
Animals
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Berberine/therapeutic use*
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Catechols
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Claudin-1/therapeutic use*
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Colitis/metabolism*
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Colitis, Ulcerative/metabolism*
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Colon
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Dextran Sulfate/metabolism*
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Disease Models, Animal
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology*
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Inflammation/metabolism*
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Interleukin-6/metabolism*
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Mucin-2/pharmacology*
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism*
10.Four-protein model for predicting prognostic risk of lung cancer.
Xiang WANG ; Minghui WANG ; Lin FENG ; Jie SONG ; Xin DONG ; Ting XIAO ; Shujun CHENG
Frontiers of Medicine 2022;16(4):618-626
Patients with lung cancer at the same stage may have markedly different overall outcome and a lack of specific biomarker to predict lung cancer outcome. Heat-shock protein 90 β (HSP90β) is overexpressed in various tumor cells. In this study, the ELISA results of HSP90β combined with CEA, CA125, and CYFRA21-1 were used to construct a recursive partitioning decision tree model to establish a four-protein diagnostic model and predict the survival of patients with lung cancer. Survival analysis showed that the recursive partitioning decision tree could distinguish the prognosis between high- and low-risk groups. Results suggested that the joint detection of HSP90β, CEA, CA125, and CYFRA21-1 in the peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer is plausible for early diagnosis and prognosis prediction of lung cancer.
Antigens, Neoplasm
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Biomarkers, Tumor
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CA-125 Antigen
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Carcinoembryonic Antigen
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology*
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Humans
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Keratin-19
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Lung Neoplasms
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Prognosis

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