1.Correlation between serum oxidative stress indicators and cognitive dysfunction in patients with sleep disorders accompanied by anxiety and depression
Jing ZHANG ; Helei ZHU ; Wen ZHANG ; Yingxin XU ; Qianqian CHEN
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2025;29(1):61-65
Objective To analyze the correlation between serum oxidative stress indicators and cog-nitive dysfunction in patients with sleep disorders accompanied by anxiety and depression.Methods A total of 196 patients with sleep disorders accompanied by anxiety and depression in the hospital from A-pril 2021 to April 2023 were selected as research objects,and serum malondialdehyde(MDA),total superoxide dismutase(T-SOD),interleukin-6(IL-6)and γ-glutamyltransferase(γ-GGT)levels were measured in all the patients.Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale(MoCA)was used to evaluate pa-tients'cognitive function,and based on MoCA score,they were divided into cognitive dysfunction group(n=80)and non-cognitive dysfunction group(n=116).Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the correlations of serum MDA,T-SOD,IL-6 and γ-GGT levels with Pittsburgh Sleep Quali-ty Index(PSQI)score.Spearman rank correlation analysis was used to explore the correlations of ser-um MDA,T-SOD,IL-6 and γ-GGT levels with cognitive dysfunction in patients with sleep disorders accompanied by anxiety and depression.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to evaluate the values of serum MDA,T-SOD,IL-6 and γ-GGT in assessing cognitive dysfunction in patients with sleep disorders accompanied by anxiety and depression.Results Serum MDA,IL-6 and γ-GGT levels as well as PSQI score were significantly higher in the cognitive dysfunction group than those in the non-cognitive dysfunction group,while the T-SOD level was significantly lower in the cognitive dysfunction group(P<0.05).Pearson correlation analysis results showed that serum MDA,IL-6 and γ-GGT levels were positively correlated with PSQI score(r=0.128,r=0.317,r=0.261,P=0.037,P<0.001,P<0.001,respectively),while serum T-SOD level was nega-tively correlated with PSQI score(r=-0.145,P=0.021).Spearman rank correlation analysis re-sults showed that serum MDA,IL-6 and γ-GGT levels were positively correlated with the occurrence of cognitive dysfunction(r=0.322,0.554,0.441,P<0.001),while serum T-SOD level was negatively correlated with the occurrence of cognitive dysfunction(r=-0.330,P<0.001).ROC curve analysis results showed that the areas under the curve(AUCs)for the individual and com-bined assessment of serum MDA,T-SOD,IL-6 and γ-GGT in patients with sleep disorders accompa-nied by anxiety and depression for cognitive dysfunction were 0.689,0.694,0.825,0.759 and 0.955 respectively,with cut-off values of 9.6 mmol/L,71.6 U/L,5.2 μg/L and 48.8 U/L,sen-sitivities of 50.00%,77.50%,71.25%,73.75%and 91.25%respectively,and specificities of 84.48%,62.93%,81.90%,70.69%and 88.79%respectively.Conclusion Cognitive dys-function in patients with sleep disorders accompanied by anxiety and depression is closely related to serum MDA,T-SOD,IL-6 and γ-GGT,and early measurement of these indicators can provide a ref-erence for the clinical assessment of cognitive dysfunction.
2.Progress in self-renewal signal pathways of liver cancer stem cells and potential targets for therapy
Helei XU ; Chunqi WU ; Yansheng DONG ; Man LI ; Lihua XIE ; Quanjun WANG ; Xisha WANG
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2016;30(9):967-974
There is emerging evidence from clinical studies that the existence of liver cancer stem cells(CSCs)or tumor initiating cells is responsible for the high recurrence rates of tumor,generation of metastasis,and resistance to therapeutic regimens after therapy. Here,the characteristics of liver CSCs,clinical manifestation,molecular signaling Wnt/β-catenin,signal transducers and activators of transcription 3,NANOG,annexin A3/c-Jun N-terminal kinase,and chapter four-transmembrane 4 L six family member 5/CD44 in liver CSC self-renewal were briefly reviewed. In addition,potential targets for drug therapy were analyzed,providing some reference for drug discovery that selectively target liver CSC self-renewal signals.

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