1.Therapeutic strategies targeting CD47-SIRPα signaling pathway in gastrointestinal cancers treatment.
Zhengping CHE ; Wei WANG ; Lin ZHANG ; Zhenghong LIN
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2025;15(1):101099-101099
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are prevalent globally, with leading incidence and mortality rates among malignant tumors. Despite notable advancements in surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, the overall survival rates remain low. Hence, it is imperative to explore alternative approaches that enhance patient outcomes. Cluster of differentiation 47 (CD47), serving as an early diagnostic marker, is predominantly overexpressed in GI cancers and associated with poor prognosis. Targeting the CD47-signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα) signaling pathway may provide a novel strategy for GI cancers treatment. This study summarizes current knowledge of the structure and function of CD47 and SIRPα, their roles in signaling pathways, the prognostic significance of CD47, therapeutic strategies targeting the CD47-SIRPα signaling pathway in GI cancer, and highlights key issues for future investigations.
3.HIV-1 genotypes and drug resistance among newly diagnosed young students in Nanjing
Jinjin CHU ; Zhengping ZHU ; Sushu WU ; Xiaoshan LI ; Wei LI ; Pingmin WEI
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2020;40(8):616-621
Objective:To investigate HIV-1 genotypes and drug resistance among newly diagnosed young students in Nanjing in order to provide reference for the prevention and control of AIDS in this group.Methods:This study enrolled 200 newly diagnosed young students with HIV-1 infection in Nanjing from September 2015 to July 2019. Demographic information and blood samples were collected. Through RNA extraction and PCR amplification, 191 pol fragments were successfully obtained and subjected to genotyping and drug resistance analysis. Results:CRF01_AE (41.4%) and CRF07_BC (30.9%) were the predominant genotypes, followed by unique recombinant forms (URFs) (15.7%), CRF55_01B (5.2%), CRF68_01B (3.1%), CRF67_01B (2.6%), and subtype B (1.0 %). The incidence of drug-resistant mutations was 16.8%, and the rate of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) was 4.2%. The rates of TDR in CRF01_AE, CRF07_BC, CRF55_01B, URFs and other genotypes were 2.5%, 1.7%, 10.0%, 10.0% and 7.7%, respectively ( P>0.05). Conclusions:The rapid emergence of recombinant HIV-1 strains in the young students should be taken seriously. The prevalence of TDR was close to the alert level, thus needing to be monitored continuously.
5.Treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis by transforaminal endoscopic debridement combined with allograft and percutaneous internal fixation
Zhengping ZHANG ; Kaijun WANG ; Xiaoming WANG ; Xingang WANG ; Guangru CHEN ; Wanli FENG ; Qinpeng ZHAO ; Tuanjiang LIU ; Hua GUO ; Jianming WEI ; Dingjun HAO
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2018;38(8):468-476
Objective To discuss the feasibility,the advantages and disadvantages,the clinical efficacy and the indications of minimally invasive transforaminal endoscopic debridement combined with allograft and posterial percutaneous internal fixation for thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis.Methods All of 22 patients with thoracolumbar tuberculosis treated in our department from January 2012 to December 2013 were retrospectively reviewed.There are 11 male and female cases separately,with an average age of 54.1 ±10.2 years and with an average disease duration of 5.3 ± 1.9 months.Endoscopic lesion removal and allograft bone grafting combined with posterial percutaneous immobilization were performed on all these cases.The data of these patients were complete,and all patients had been followed up for more than 36 months.The clinical and radiographic results were recorded and analyzed.Results In this group,22 patients were followed-up for 41.9±2.5 months(36-48 months).The spinal kyphosis was not improved 3 months after surgery (t=0.3546,P=0.7029),but the amount of blood loss (30.5±7.9 ml) was less in the operation,the amount of postoperative analgesics(0.3±0.1 g) was low and the bed time(1.5±0.3 days) was short.No recurrence and no internal fixation failure was found after long term follow-up.Good clinical outcomes were achieved with the fusion rate reached above grade 2 in all patients(95.5%) except one.The neuralgia was relieved,and the spinal cord injury was recovered to ASIA E.The VAS score and SF-36 score which were recorded 1 month and 3 months after operative were all improved significantly compared with those before operation,and patients' life quality in the early period after operation was excellent.The incidence of complications was low(9.0%),and the patients were satisfied with the treatment process.Conclusion It may be a potential way to treat spinal tuberculosis with minimally invasive transforaminal endoscopic debridement combined with allograft and percutaneous internal fixation,which could be a powerful supplement to other therapeutic measures,and is worthy of further research and development.
6.Incidence of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency after severe traumatic brain injury and its correlations with prognosis
Xiaoqin LIU ; Hao WANG ; Qiang CHEN ; Bin SUN ; Li WEI ; Ying XU ; Zhengping YANG ; Sirong WU
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2017;33(8):714-718
Objective To observe the incidence of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI) after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) and investigate the relationship between CIRCI and prognosis.Methods This prospective cohort study enrolled 89 sTBI patients (68 males and 21 females;at age range of 15-80 years) hospitalized within 24 hours after sTBI from June 2014 to December 2015.The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) was ≤8 points.The causes of injury included extensive contusion of brain (44 cases),subdural hematoma (21 cases),epidural hematoma (11 cases),primary brain stem injury (8 cases) and diffuse axonal injury (5 cases).Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation tests were done within 36 hours after sTBI to identify CIRCI patients.The patients were divided into CIRCI group (50 cases) and non-CIRCI group (39 cases).Moreover,the patients were categorized into survival group (62 cases) and death group (27 cases) based on survival status.The GCS score,mechanical ventilation time,cerebral hernia,survival time and mortality within 28 days were observed in two groups.Results The incidence of CIRCI in sTBI patients was as high as 56% (50/89).Compared with the non-CIRCI group,the CIRCI group had lower GCS [(5.3 ± 1.7) points vs.(6.1 ± 1.4) points,P < 0.05],and sTBI patients with CIRCI were mechanically ventilated for a longer period of time [(9.9 ± 2.8) days vs.(7.5 ± 1.6) days,P < 0.05].In comparison with non-CIRCI patients,the incidence of brain herniation in sTBI patients with CIRCI was higher (58% vs.21%,P <0.01).The total fatality rate within 28 days was 30% (27/89).The survival time of CIRCI group was significantly shorter than that of non-CIRCI group (P < 0.05).The fatality rate in the CIRCI group was significantly higher than that of the non-CIRCI group [40% (20/50) vs.18% (7/39),P <0.05].The incidence of CIRCI in death group was significantly higher than that of the survival group [74% (20/27) vs.48% (30/62),P < 0.05].Conclusions The incidence of CIRCI in STBI patients is high.The sTBI patients with CIRCI has significantly higher incidence of brain hernia,longer mechanical ventilation time,higher 28-day mortality and shorter survival time compared with non-CIRCI patients.
7.A roadside observation study of unsafe riding acts among electric bicycle riders in a city of Anhui Province
Xiuya XING ; Wei XU ; Yeji CHEN ; Zhirong LIU ; Zhengping BIAN ; Yasheng LIU
Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention 2017;21(9):943-946,952
Objective To understand the prevalence of unsafe riding practice among electric bicycle riders,and to provide scientific basis for intervention strategies in Ma'anshan city of Anhui Province.Methods Observational method was used to observe electric bicycle riders' behavior of running red light,wearing a helmet,and manned act.The radar speed measuring instrument was used to measure the speed of electric bicycle.Results The rate of electric bicycle riders' running red light was 13.09% (1 285/9 815),helmet wearing rate was 5.90% (1 510/25 576),and manned rate was 20.28% (5 187/25 576).The average speed was 24 ki/h,and the electric bicycles whose speed were > 20 km/h accounted for 74.60%.There were significant differences in the running red light rate,helmet wearing rate and the average speed of travel among different time periods and dates (all P < 0.05).More running the red light occurred during 13:30-14:30 and 15:00-16:00.Less helmet wearing occurred during 10:00-11:00 and 08:30-09:30.The periods with highest average speed were at07:00-08:00,08:30-09:30,11:30-12:30,and 13:30-14:30,which was 24 km/h.The helmet wearing rate of females (6.54%) was higher than that of males(5.46%),the men's average speed (24 km/h) was higher than women's (23 ki/h),and the differences were both statistically significant(all P < 0.001).Conclusion The electric bicycle riders in Ma'anshan city of Anhui Province have the dangerous behavior of running red lights,not wearing a helmet,manned act and speeding.Targeted interventions should be taken to reduce the occurrence of related risk behaviors.
8.Ultrastructural changes and HSP70 expression in mice liver after microwave irradiation with lethal dose
Xiaohua WANG ; Mingshu LIU ; Shufang LIU ; Yingxue HUANG ; Ruichun WANG ; Wei JIANG ; Zao YANG ; Hongji QI ; Zhou ZHOU ; Zhengping YU
Journal of Regional Anatomy and Operative Surgery 2016;25(8):555-557,558
Astract:Objective To investigate the ultrastructural changes and HSP70 expression in liver of mice after microwave irradiation with lethal dose and to explore the application of these indexes as the basis of medical identification in microwave irradiation induced death. Methods The mice were divided into the control group and the irradiation group. Mice of the irradiation group were induced death by whole body exposure to 129 W/cm2 microwave irradiation for 30 minutes. The ultrastructure of liver was observed by transmission electron micro-scope;changes of the HSP70 mRNA and protein expression in liver were detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) and Western blotting respectively. Results Liver cytoplasm was observed dissolved with points and sheets and there were mitochondri-al crest and membrane solution in the irradiation group. And the HSP70 mRNA and protein expression level increases significantly compared with the control group with statistically significant difference (P<0. 01). Conclusion Death induced by microwave irradiation could lead to liver cytoplasm dissolution, mitochondria damage, mRNA and protein expression of HSP70 up-regulation, which may be used as important diagnostic indicators of microwave irradiation induced death.
9.Research progress in mitochondria-targeted antioxidants
Pengcheng FAN ; Yue GE ; Wei JIANG ; Linlin JING ; Huiping MA ; Zhengping JIA
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice 2015;(1):1-4,8
Mitochondria are the main places of cellular respiration as well as the citric acid cycle and oxidative phospho‐rylation .It plays an important role in controlling the life and death of cells .Mitochondrial dysfunction leads to a series of human diseases such as ischemia‐reperfusion injury ,sepsis and diabetes .Mitochondrial become an attractive target for drug transporters strategy and therapeutic targets for neurodegeneration .Although the molecular mechanisms responsible for mitochondria media‐ted disease processes are not fully elucidated yet ,the oxidative stress appears to be critical .Accordingly ,strategies are being de‐veloped for the targeted delivery of antioxidants to mitochondria .The prospect of development of mitochondrial targeted drugs with anti‐oxidative stress protection is tempting .Mitochondrial targeting antioxidants were the antioxidant drugs which took mi‐tochondria as the target site .In this review ,weintroduced the conception and classification of mitochondrial targeted antioxidants and the research progress of disease treatment by mitochondrial targeted antioxidants .
10.Relationship between women menopausal period and risk of metabolic syndrome
Xiaoyu LI ; Zhengping FENG ; Huacong DENG ; Hua QU ; Hang WANG ; Huili WEI ; Min DENG
Chongqing Medicine 2014;(26):3471-3473,3477
Objective To explore the relationship between the women menopausal period and metabolic syndrome (MS) .Meth-ods The female residents of Chongqing urban areas above 40 years were selected as the investigation group ,all the subjects were performed the questionnaire survey and the physical examination ,at the same time the biochemical indexes were detected .Finally , 1402 women of natural menopause were included in this study .The study subjects were divided into different groups according to the menopausal period of <5 years ,5- <10 years ,10- <15 years and ≥15 years .The Logistic regression analysis was adopted to analyze the relationship between the menopausal period with MS and its components .Results The MS prevalence in this group was 40 .87% ,and the menopausal period of the women with MS was significantly higher than that without MS (P<0 .05) .The MS prevalences of postmenopausal women in the menopause period of <5 years ,5 - <10 years ,10 - <15 years and ≥15 years were 29 .37% ,34 .29% ,45 .30% and 49 .13% respectively (P<0 .05) .After adjustment for age and BMI (except central obesity ) ,the MS risk in the menopausal period of 10- <15 years and was 1 .54 times of that in the menopausal period of <5 years .The Logis-tic regression analysis showed that BMI and menopausal period were the influence factors of MS .Conclusion Post-menopausal women are the high-risk group of MS and the menopausal period is correlated to MS .

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