1.Advances in the role and mechanisms of proton beam therapy in tumor immune modulation
Yarui CHEN ; Ziying DAI ; Hongxin SU ; Juntao RAN
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2025;34(12):1245-1250
The role of radiotherapy in activating antitumor immune responses has attracted growing attention. Proton beam therapy (PBT), owing to its unique physical and biological properties, holds great potential in cancer immunotherapy. PBT not only directly kills tumor cells but also induces immunogenic cell death, remodels the tumor microenvironment, and modulates immune cell functions. Moreover, PBT shows distinct advantages in inducing systemic immune responses and establishing immune memory. Recent studies have demonstrated that PBT offers unique benefits over conventional photon radiotherapy in activating antitumor immunity and exhibits marked synergistic effects when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). This review systematically summarizes recent advances in understanding the role and mechanisms of PBT in tumor immune modulation, discusses the prospects of its combination with immunotherapy, and provides new insights and theoretical evidence for comprehensive cancer treatment.
2.Advances on multiple environmental factors affecting type 1 diabetes
Shuang WANG ; Hanxue WANG ; Xiaotong MENG ; Xiaoshuang ZHU ; Yarui WANG ; Yun CHEN
Chongqing Medicine 2025;54(5):1255-1259
In recent years,the incidence rate of type 1 diabetes is on the rise.The causes of the disease are extremely complex,and the pathogenesis has not yet been fully clarified.Different types of studies have confirmed that the occurrence and evolution of type 1 diabetes is a typical process of polygene,multifactor,multi-stage and multi-channel,which is considered to be caused by the combined effect of genetic and environ-mental factors.At present,it is believed that environmental factors are related to the interaction of infection factors,diet factors,early exposure events,intestinal flora,immune factors,other factors and genetic factors.This article reviews the research on environmental factors of type 1 diabetes in recent years.
3.Protective effects of maternal mindfulness on social withdrawal in young children
Yuanyuan XU ; Yarui ZHANG ; Tianyong CHEN
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2025;39(1):43-48
Objective:To explore the protective effects of maternal mindfulness on social withdrawal in young children and the possible mediating effects of mindful parenting,parent-child relationships and moderating effect of approach or withdrawal temperament in it.Methods:Totally 605 mothers of kindergarteners were recruited.They were assessed with the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale(MAAS),Child Social Preference Scale(CSPS),Inter-personal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale(IM-P),Child-Parent Relationship Scale(CPRS),Parent Temperament Questionnaire(PTQ)for maternal mindfulness,social withdrawal behavior,mindful parenting,parent-child relation-ship and approach or withdrawal temperament respectively.Results:The CSPS scores were negatively correlated with the scores of MAAS,IM-P,CPRS,PTQ(r=-0.65--0.16,Ps<0.01).IM-P scores and CPRS scores played a chain mediating role between MAAS scores and CSPS scores(β=-0.05,P<0.01),and CPRS scores played a partial mediating role between MAAS scores and CSPS scores(β=-0.04.P<0.01).The PTQ scores moderated the relationship between MAAS scores and IM-P scores(β=0.11,P<0.01).Conclusion:It suggests that not only maternal mindfulness but also the chain mediating effect of mindful parenting and parent-child rela-tionship could affect social withdrawal behavior in young children.The approach or withdrawal temperament could mediate the relationship between maternal mindfulness and mindful parenting.
4.Protective effects of maternal mindfulness on social withdrawal in young children
Yuanyuan XU ; Yarui ZHANG ; Tianyong CHEN
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2025;39(1):43-48
Objective:To explore the protective effects of maternal mindfulness on social withdrawal in young children and the possible mediating effects of mindful parenting,parent-child relationships and moderating effect of approach or withdrawal temperament in it.Methods:Totally 605 mothers of kindergarteners were recruited.They were assessed with the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale(MAAS),Child Social Preference Scale(CSPS),Inter-personal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale(IM-P),Child-Parent Relationship Scale(CPRS),Parent Temperament Questionnaire(PTQ)for maternal mindfulness,social withdrawal behavior,mindful parenting,parent-child relation-ship and approach or withdrawal temperament respectively.Results:The CSPS scores were negatively correlated with the scores of MAAS,IM-P,CPRS,PTQ(r=-0.65--0.16,Ps<0.01).IM-P scores and CPRS scores played a chain mediating role between MAAS scores and CSPS scores(β=-0.05,P<0.01),and CPRS scores played a partial mediating role between MAAS scores and CSPS scores(β=-0.04.P<0.01).The PTQ scores moderated the relationship between MAAS scores and IM-P scores(β=0.11,P<0.01).Conclusion:It suggests that not only maternal mindfulness but also the chain mediating effect of mindful parenting and parent-child rela-tionship could affect social withdrawal behavior in young children.The approach or withdrawal temperament could mediate the relationship between maternal mindfulness and mindful parenting.
5.Advances in the role and mechanisms of proton beam therapy in tumor immune modulation
Yarui CHEN ; Ziying DAI ; Hongxin SU ; Juntao RAN
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2025;34(12):1245-1250
The role of radiotherapy in activating antitumor immune responses has attracted growing attention. Proton beam therapy (PBT), owing to its unique physical and biological properties, holds great potential in cancer immunotherapy. PBT not only directly kills tumor cells but also induces immunogenic cell death, remodels the tumor microenvironment, and modulates immune cell functions. Moreover, PBT shows distinct advantages in inducing systemic immune responses and establishing immune memory. Recent studies have demonstrated that PBT offers unique benefits over conventional photon radiotherapy in activating antitumor immunity and exhibits marked synergistic effects when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). This review systematically summarizes recent advances in understanding the role and mechanisms of PBT in tumor immune modulation, discusses the prospects of its combination with immunotherapy, and provides new insights and theoretical evidence for comprehensive cancer treatment.
6.Two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization for analyzing the causal effect between gastroesophageal reflux disease and migraine headaches
Jiaxin MA ; Yuanzhi ZHOU ; Wenwen CHEN ; Yahan ZHAO ; Xu ZHANG ; Yarui LI ; Shuixiang HE ; Yan ZHAO
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2024;45(2):262-270
【Objective】 To explore the causal association between the onset of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and migraine and to provide genetic evidence, a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) method was used in this study. 【Methods】 Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) information for both samples was obtained from publicly available genome-wide association study (GWAS) databases, in which the appropriate SNPs were selected as instrumental variables, and then bidirectional MR analysis used five MR analysis methods including inverse variance weighting (IVW), MR-Egger regression, weighted median, weighted mode and simple mode methods, followed by sensitivity analysis. 【Results】 IVW showed positive results of forward MR analysis with GERD as exposure [OR=1.398 7, 95%CI (1.181 7-1.655 6), P=9.59×10-5] , while no positive significance of reverse MR analysis results with migraine as exposure (P>0.05). The same results were obtained in methods other than MR-Egger method. Meanwhile, none of the instrumental variables were found to be horizontally polytomous (P=0.92, P=0.64), and the results were robust after the leave-one-out method to exclude single SNPs. 【Conclusion】 There may be a unidirectional causal association between GERD and migraine, and GERD is a risk factor for migraine development.
7.Research Progress of Antibody-drug Conjugates in Small-cell Lung Cancer
Jing HAN ; Yarui CHEN ; Song WANG ; Quanlin GUAN
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment 2023;50(11):1139-1144
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are novel drugs consisting of monoclonal antibodies targeting tumor-specific or tumor-associated antigens coupled with different numbers of payloads via linkers. ADCs have shown promising clinical benefits in the treatment of a variety of malignancies. Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a hypo-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor with an extremely high degree of malignancy. Although SCLC is sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, it has a poor prognosis due to characteristics such as early susceptibility to metastasis and recurrence. Progress in the treatment of SCLC is very limited, and more durable and effective therapies should be developed to improve prognosis. However, the progress of SCLC-related therapeutic agents has been limited by the lack of specific molecular targets. This article reviews the basic principles and mechanisms of ADCs, highlights the research progress of relevant drugs against some targets in SCLC, and summarizes new targets that may be developed as targeted drugs.
8.Effect of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide A on the malignant biological behavior of hepatocellular carcinoma cells and its mechanism
YAO Menglin ; WANG Ruhua ; CUI Xiaomeng ; CHEN Yifei ; GUO Dan ; HE Shuixiang ; LI Yarui
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2023;30(12):1074-1081
[摘 要] 目的:探究小核核糖核蛋白多肽A(SNRPA)在肝细胞癌(HCC)组织和细胞中的表达及其调控HCC细胞HepG2和Hep3B恶性生物学行为的作用及其机制。方法: 数据库分析SNRPA在泛癌组织中的表达及其与病理分期、HCC患者预后的相关性。常规培养HepG2和Hep3B细胞,将si-NC,si-SNRPA#1、si-SNRPA#2转染HepG2和Hep3B细胞,实验分为si-NC组、si-SNRPA#1组和si-SNRPA#2组;将SNRPA-vector和SNRPA-oe载体转染LO2细胞,分为SNRPA-vector组和SNRPA-oe组。qPCR法检测正常肝细胞和肝癌细胞以及转染各组HepG2和Hep3B细胞中SNRPA mRNA的表达,MTT法、Transwell法和WB法分别检测转染后各组HepG2和Hep3B细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭能力以及EMT相关蛋白表达的变化。结果: 数据库分析显示,SNRPA mRNA在多数肿瘤组织中均呈高表达(均P<0.001)且与病理分期有关联(P<0.05或P<0.01)。SNRPA在HCC组织和细胞中均呈高表达(P<0.05或P<0.01),且与HCC患者的预后有关联(P<0.01)。敲减SNRPA表达明显抑制HepG2和Hep3B细胞增殖(P<0.05或P<0.01)而过表达SNRPA则能促进LO2细胞增殖(P<0.01),敲减SNRPA表达明显抑制HepG2和Hep3B细胞的迁移和侵袭能力(均P<0.01),明显促进E-cadherin的表达上调(P<0.01),而抑制N-cadherin、vimentin的表达(P<0.01)。结论: SNRPA在HCC组织及细胞中呈明显高表达,其可能通过调控上皮间质转化(EMT)进程进而促进HepG2和Hep3B细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭。
9.Correlation between blood lipid level and gastric cancer
Wei JI ; Quanlin GUAN ; Yarui CHEN ; Fuzhi JIAO ; Qianwen LUO
Journal of International Oncology 2023;50(3):183-185
Patients with gastric cancer often have different degrees of dyslipidemia, and the level of lipid changes is closely related to the occurrence, development and prognosis of gastric cancer. The mechanism of lipid metabolism in gastric cancer has also attracted much attention, and it may be related to the reverse cholesterol transport function, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. In addition, statins may reduce the risk of gastric cancer and associated mortality. Further research on the correlation between blood lipid levels and gastric cancer is aimed to provide new ideas for the future prevention and precision diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer.
10.Mechanism of sinomenine in regulating M2 macrophage polarization induced by gastric cancer cells
Yifei CHEN ; Mudan REN ; Xinlan LU ; Guifang LU ; Dan ZHANG ; Yan ZHAO ; Yarui LI ; Dan GUO ; Shuixiang HE
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2022;43(3):436-443
【Objective】 To study the role and mechanism of sinomenine in the macrophage polarization induced by gastric cancer cells. 【Methods】 Sinomenine was added to gastric cancer cells BGC-823 and MKN-45, cell viability was measured by CCK-8, cell proliferation was measured by colony formation experiment, Co-culture and Transwell cell migration experiments were used to evaluate the recruitment and polarization of macrophages by sinomenine, flow cytometry was used to evaluate the polarization of macrophages, and qRT-PCR and Western blot were used to detect the expression of gene RNA and protein levels. 【Results】 Sinomenine could inhibit the proliferation of gastric cancer cells and the recruitment of gastric cancer cells to macrophages, thus promoting macrophage M2 polarization. It simultaneously inhibited the expression of STAT6 as well as the expression and phosphorylation of C/EBPβ. When STAT6 is overexpressed, it could reduce these inhibitory effects of sinomenine on gastric cancer cells. Further research found that STAT6 mediated the secretion of IL-6 by gastric cancer cells, which was the cause of sinomenine-mediated macrophage recruitment and M2 polarization. 【Conclusion】 The natural drug sinomenine has a good tumor-suppressing ability against gastric cancer, directly inhibits the survival and migration of gastric cancer cells, and inhibits the expression of IL-6 and the M2 phenotype in the tumor microenvironment, reshapes the tumor environment, and reduces the risk of M2 type macrophages for gastric cancer tumors.

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