1.Progress on Dupilumab treatment for type 2 asthma in children
International Journal of Pediatrics 2025;52(6):395-399
In recent years,the prevalence of asthma in children has been on the rise,affecting children's physical and mental health and placing a burden on families and society. As the in-depth study of asthma phenotypes and endotypes progresses,targeted therapy for asthma has become a new treatment strategy. Dupilumab,a drug targeting IL-4 and IL-13,is used treating patients with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe type 2 asthma. It has been approved for use in children aged 6-11 years with moderate-to-severe asthma in the United States and Europe,but there are fewer reports on the treatment of type 2 asthma in children in China. Therefore,this article aims to review the research progress of Dupilumab in the treatment of type 2 asthma in children,in order to provide reference for the clinical treatment of asthma in children.
2.Expression of ceruloplasmin in Down syndrome babies and their mothers
Bin YU ; Bin ZHANG ; Ye SHI ; Shihe SHAO ; Ruiping HUANG ; Fang CAO ; Xiaoqing ZHANG ; Qiuwei WANG
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2011;14(12):720-723
ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between ceruloplasmin expression and Down syndrome (DS). MethodsDifferential protein expression in serum of six mothers with DS fetuses and six mothers with healthy fetuses was detected by two-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-mass spectrum,the results were confirmed by Western blot.The levels of serum ceruloplasmin in 11 mothers with DS fetuses,10 mothers with healthy fetuses,11 DS newborns and 10 healthy babies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.The difference between the two groups was compared by two-independent samples t test. ResultsTwenty-nine differential proteins were found in the serum of the mothers with DS fetuses; among which ceruloplasmin increased significantly compared with that in mothers with healthy fetuese with density ratio of 5.43 (t=2.7102,P<0.05).Western blot results showed that the expression of ceruloplasmin in maternal serum with DS fetuses (0.95 ± 0.24) was higher than that of normal mothers (0.37±0.14) (t=2.9521,P<0.05) ; while the expression of ceruloplasmin in DS babies' serum (0.74±0.03) was lower than that of normal newborns (0.89±0.06)(t=-2.9515,P<0.05).The expression of ceruloplasmin in serum of mothers with DS fetuses [(346.5± 111.8) ng/ml] was higher than that of normal mothers [(248.6478.3) ng/ml] (t=2.301,P<0.05) ; while the expression of ceruloplasmin in DS babies' serum [(166.1 ±55.0) ng/ml] was lower than that of normal newborns [(244.0±36.0) ng/ml] (t=-3.873,P<0.01). ConclusionsAbnormal maternal and neonatal serum ceruloplasmin level might relate to DS.

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