ObjectiveTo investigate the role and underlying mechanism of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in the process of Xiaojinwan （XJW）-containing serum interfering with endothelial-mesenchymal transition （EMT） in human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells. MethodsXJW-containing serum was prepared by intragastric administration of XJW （4 g·kg^-1） to SD rats. MDA-MB-231 cells were cultured in vitro. β-Catenin overexpression and knockdown plasmids were constructed and transfected into MDA-MB-231 cells. The optimal XJW-containing serum （4 g·kg^-1） according to previous studies was used for β-catenin intervention and overexpression experiments. The groups for intervention/overexpression experiments included intervention/overexpression blank group， β-catenin intervention/overexpression group， intervention/overexpression blank + XJW group， and β-catenin intervention/overexpression + XJW group. Cell morphology was observed under a microscope. Flow cytometry was used to detect and record apoptosis rates. Western blot was performed to measure apoptosis-related proteins ［B-cell lymphoma 2 （Bcl-2）， Bcl-2-associated X protein （Bax）， and active-Caspase-3］ and EMT-related proteins （E-cadherin， N-cadherin， and vimentin）. Real-time polymerase chain reaction （Real-time PCR） was used to detect β-catenin mRNA expression levels in different groups. ResultsIntervention experiment results showed that compared with the intervention blank group， the β-catenin intervention group and the intervention blank + XJW group showed increased apoptosis rates （P<0.05， P<0.01）， elevated protein levels of Bax， active Caspase-3， and E-cadherin （P<0.05， P<0.01）， and decreased protein levels of Bcl-2 and Vimentin （P<0.05， P<0.01）. β-catenin mRNA expression was reduced in the β-catenin intervention group （P<0.05， 0.63 ± 0.15） and the intervention blank + XJW group （P<0.05， 0.79 ± 0.33）. Compared with the β-catenin intervention group， the β-catenin intervention + XJW group exhibited an increased apoptosis rate （P<0.01）， elevated Bax and active Caspase-3 protein levels （P<0.05， P<0.01）， and decreased Bcl-2， N-cadherin， and Vimentin protein levels （P<0.05）. β-catenin mRNA expression was further reduced in the β-catenin intervention + XJW group （P<0.01， 0.22 ± 0.08）. Compared with the intervention blank + XJW group， the β-catenin intervention + XJW group showed an increased apoptosis rate （P<0.01）， elevated Bax， active Caspase-3， and E-cadherin protein levels （P<0.05， P<0.01）， and decreased Bcl-2， N-cadherin， and vimentin protein levels （P<0.05， P<0.01）. β-catenin mRNA expression was also reduced （P<0.05）. Overexpression experiment results showed that compared with the overexpression blank group， the β-catenin overexpression group exhibited a reduced apoptosis rate （P<0.01）， while the overexpression blank + XJW group showed an increased apoptosis rate （P<0.05）. In the β-catenin overexpression and β-catenin overexpression + XJW groups， Bax and E-cadherin protein levels decreased （P<0.05， P<0.01）， while Bcl-2， N-cadherin， and vimentin levels increased （P<0.05）. In the overexpression blank + XJW group， Bax and E-cadherin levels increased （P<0.05， P<0.01）， while Bcl-2， N-cadherin， and vimentin levels decreased （P<0.05， P<0.01）. β-catenin mRNA expression increased in the β-catenin overexpression group （P<0.01， 7.26 ± 1.03） but decreased in the overexpression blank + XJW group （P<0.05， 0.73 ± 0.14）. Compared with the β-catenin overexpression group， the β-catenin overexpression + XJW group showed an increased apoptosis rate （P<0.01）， elevated Bax and E-cadherin levels （P<0.05）， and decreased N-cadherin and vimentin levels （P<0.05）. β-catenin mRNA expression was reduced （P<0.05， 4.65 ± 1.02）. Compared with the overexpression blank + XJW group， the β-catenin overexpression + XJW group exhibited a reduced apoptosis rate （P<0.01）， decreased Bax and E-cadherin levels （P<0.01）， and increased Bcl-2， N-cadherin， and Vimentin levels （P<0.05）. β-catenin mRNA expression increased （P<0.01）. ConclusionXJW-containing serum inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation by suppressing EMT， which is associated with the regulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

The importance of gait assessment in the rehabilitation of cancer patients is gradually being recognized. However, quantitative analysis of balance ability in cancer patients is still limited. A total of 102 cancer patients meeting the inclusion criteria were recruited from Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Their balance ability was evaluated using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). Gait data were collected by an electronic walkway and an IMU sensor system, including spatial-temporal and kinematic gait features such as step length, cadence, support time, and range of motion. Recursive feature elimination was used for feature selection. Ridge, Elastic Net, SVR, RF, and AdaBoost models were used to predict balance ability scores. Five-fold cross-validation was used to evaluate the performance of these models. Results show that the SVR model achieves the best performance with fifteen features (RMSE=3.22, R ²=0.91), followed by Ridge (RMSE=3.63, R ²=0.89). A method for evaluating balance ability based on gait features is proposed, providing a quantitative tool for personalized rehabilitation interventions in cancer patients.
Humans ; Postural Balance ; Neoplasms/rehabilitation* ; Gait ; Gait Analysis ; Biomechanical Phenomena ; Female

Background and Aims:Papillary thyroid carcinoma(PTC),the most common type of thyroid cancer,has been rapidly increasing in incidence worldwide,posing a serious threat to individual health and public healthcare systems.Exposure to low-to-moderate doses of ionizing radiation is more relevant to the daily lives of the general population and,therefore,raises greater public health concerns.It has also been widely recognized as a potential factor in immune system remodeling.This study was conducted to investigate the impact of low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation on the tumor immune microenvironment of PTC,aiming to reveal the potential hazards of such radiation exposure in PTC patients.Methods:Two datasets(GSE29265 and GSE35570)containing RNA-seq data and corresponding clinical information were retrieved and downloaded from the GEO database.These datasets included thyroid cancer samples from patients exposed to ionizing radiation due to the Chernobyl disaster,as well as sporadic thyroid cancer cases.After data cleaning,merging,batch effect correction,differential gene expression analysis,functional enrichment analysis,immune cell infiltration analysis,and tumor microenvironment analysis were performed using R language.Results:In tumor samples,the radiation-exposed group exhibited significant differential gene expression compared to the sporadic group,with three genes upregulated and 27 genes downregulated.These differentially expressed genes were primarily enriched in biological functions closely related to immune responses,including chemokine activity,immune cell chemotaxis,and tumor immunity.Immune cell infiltration analysis indicated that radiation exposure had a limited impact on immune cell infiltration in normal samples.However,in tumor samples,the immune and ESTIMATE scores were significantly lower in the radiation-exposed group than in the sporadic group.Further analysis revealed that total T cells,CD4+T cells,CD8+T cells,B cells,and cytotoxic lymphocytes exhibited significantly lower infiltration levels in the tumor microenvironment of the radiation-exposed group than the sporadic group.Conclusion:Although low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation has a relatively minor impact on normal thyroid tissue,it significantly reduces the infiltration of various immune cell subtypes in the PTC tumor microenvironment.This reduction in immune infiltration may have important implications for disease progression.

Background and Aims:Papillary thyroid carcinoma(PTC),the most common type of thyroid cancer,has been rapidly increasing in incidence worldwide,posing a serious threat to individual health and public healthcare systems.Exposure to low-to-moderate doses of ionizing radiation is more relevant to the daily lives of the general population and,therefore,raises greater public health concerns.It has also been widely recognized as a potential factor in immune system remodeling.This study was conducted to investigate the impact of low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation on the tumor immune microenvironment of PTC,aiming to reveal the potential hazards of such radiation exposure in PTC patients.Methods:Two datasets(GSE29265 and GSE35570)containing RNA-seq data and corresponding clinical information were retrieved and downloaded from the GEO database.These datasets included thyroid cancer samples from patients exposed to ionizing radiation due to the Chernobyl disaster,as well as sporadic thyroid cancer cases.After data cleaning,merging,batch effect correction,differential gene expression analysis,functional enrichment analysis,immune cell infiltration analysis,and tumor microenvironment analysis were performed using R language.Results:In tumor samples,the radiation-exposed group exhibited significant differential gene expression compared to the sporadic group,with three genes upregulated and 27 genes downregulated.These differentially expressed genes were primarily enriched in biological functions closely related to immune responses,including chemokine activity,immune cell chemotaxis,and tumor immunity.Immune cell infiltration analysis indicated that radiation exposure had a limited impact on immune cell infiltration in normal samples.However,in tumor samples,the immune and ESTIMATE scores were significantly lower in the radiation-exposed group than in the sporadic group.Further analysis revealed that total T cells,CD4+T cells,CD8+T cells,B cells,and cytotoxic lymphocytes exhibited significantly lower infiltration levels in the tumor microenvironment of the radiation-exposed group than the sporadic group.Conclusion:Although low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation has a relatively minor impact on normal thyroid tissue,it significantly reduces the infiltration of various immune cell subtypes in the PTC tumor microenvironment.This reduction in immune infiltration may have important implications for disease progression.

Objective Comparing the clinical efficacy of moxifloxacin and azithromycin in the treatment of Mycoplasmal pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP).Methods MPP patients admitted to our hospital from January 2023 to May 2024 were selected and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group.Both groups were given conventional treatment such as salbutamol and budesonide aerosol inhalation.Additionally,the control group was given azithromycin 0.5 g,ivd,qd,and the observation group was given moxifloxacin 0.4 g,ivd,qd.After one week of treatment,the efficacy,symptom disappearance time and adverse drug reactions occurrence of the two groups were compared.The serum inflammatory markers[white blood cell count(WBC),interleukin-6(IL-6),C-reactive protein(CRP),procalcitonin(PCT)],immunoglobulin indicators(IgA,IgG,IgM),T lymphocyte subset indicators(CD3+,CD4+,and CD4+/CD8+)before and after treatment were compared between the two groups.Results A total of 80 patients were included and each group was 40 patients.After treatment,the total effective rate of observation group(95.00％)was higher than that of control group(75.00％)(P＜0.05).The disappearance time of symptoms(cough,fever,and lung rales)in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group(P＜0.05).After treatment,the levels of CD3+,CD4+,and CD4+/CD8+in both groups significantly increased,while the levels of serum IL-6,CRP,PCT,WBC,IgA,IgM,and IgG significantly decreased(P＜0.05),with the observation group showing better results(P＜0.05).There was no significantiy difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion Moxifloxacin is more effective than azithromycin in the treatment of MPP,which can relieve symptoms,improve immune function,reduce inflammatory response,and has a relatively good safety profile.

Objective Comparing the clinical efficacy of moxifloxacin and azithromycin in the treatment of Mycoplasmal pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP).Methods MPP patients admitted to our hospital from January 2023 to May 2024 were selected and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group.Both groups were given conventional treatment such as salbutamol and budesonide aerosol inhalation.Additionally,the control group was given azithromycin 0.5 g,ivd,qd,and the observation group was given moxifloxacin 0.4 g,ivd,qd.After one week of treatment,the efficacy,symptom disappearance time and adverse drug reactions occurrence of the two groups were compared.The serum inflammatory markers[white blood cell count(WBC),interleukin-6(IL-6),C-reactive protein(CRP),procalcitonin(PCT)],immunoglobulin indicators(IgA,IgG,IgM),T lymphocyte subset indicators(CD3+,CD4+,and CD4+/CD8+)before and after treatment were compared between the two groups.Results A total of 80 patients were included and each group was 40 patients.After treatment,the total effective rate of observation group(95.00％)was higher than that of control group(75.00％)(P＜0.05).The disappearance time of symptoms(cough,fever,and lung rales)in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group(P＜0.05).After treatment,the levels of CD3+,CD4+,and CD4+/CD8+in both groups significantly increased,while the levels of serum IL-6,CRP,PCT,WBC,IgA,IgM,and IgG significantly decreased(P＜0.05),with the observation group showing better results(P＜0.05).There was no significantiy difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion Moxifloxacin is more effective than azithromycin in the treatment of MPP,which can relieve symptoms,improve immune function,reduce inflammatory response,and has a relatively good safety profile.

Objective:To investigate the efficacy and prognostic value of baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolism parameters in patients with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ lung adenocarcinoma before epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) monotherapy. Methods:From January 2012 to June 2020, 61 patients (19 males, 42 females; median age: 64 years) with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ lung adenocarcinoma who underwent baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging before EGFR-TKI monotherapy in 1 month in Beijing Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The clinical data and metabolic parameters including SUV max, SUV max of lean body mass (SUL max), peak of SUV of lean body mass (SUL peak), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) of the hottest lesions on PET were analyzed. Patients were followed up to obtain the efficacy evaluation, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). ROC curve analysis was performed to obtain the optimal cut-off value of metabolic parameters to predict disease remission and prognosis. Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test and Cox proportional risk regression model were used to analyze the prognostic factors. Results:After EGFR-TKI monotherapy, 42.9%(24/56) patients were in disease remission. The optimal cut-off values for predicting disease remission of SUL peak, SUV max, SUL max, MTV, and TLG were 5.9, 13.1, 11.1, 10.6 ml and 99.6 g, respectively. The remission rates of patients with SUV max>13.1, MTV>10.6 ml and TLG>99.6 g were significantly higher than those of patients with SUV max≤13.1(51.2%(21/41) vs 3/15; χ2=4.37, P=0.037), MTV≤10.6 ml (9/12 vs 36.6%(15/41); χ2=5.53, P=0.019) and TLG≤99.6 g (10/13 vs 35.0%(14/40); χ2=6.96, P=0.008). The follow-up period for survival was 0.05-6.80 years, and 10.3%(6/58) patients had no disease progression, and 44.3%(27/61) patients died. The optimal cut-off values of SUL peak, SUV max, SUL max, MTV, and TLG for PFS were 11.2, 17.0, 13.7, 2.7 ml and 14.8 g, and those for OS were 5.6, 14.3, 8.8, 2.8 ml and 37.3 g, respectively. Patients with never-smoking, SUV max≤17.0 and SUL peak≤11.2 had longer PFS ( χ2 values: 3.87-7.37, all P<0.05); never-smoking history (hazard ratio ( HR)=2.29, 95% CI: 1.08-4.87, P=0.031) and SUL peak≤11.2 ( HR=2.67, 95% CI: 1.35-5.27, P=0.005) were independent predictors for PFS. Patients with stage Ⅲ+ ⅣA, SUV max≤14.3, SUL peak≤5.6, SUL max≤8.8 and TLG≤37.3 g had longer OS ( χ2 values: 5.78-8.83, all P<0.05); stage Ⅲ+ ⅣA ( HR=2.81, 95% CI: 1.08-7.32, P=0.034) and SUL max≤8.8 ( HR=9.66, 95% CI: 1.25-74.91, P=0.030) were independent predictors for OS. Conclusions:Baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging has good prospect in clinical application in patients with stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ lung adenocarcinoma before EGFR-TKI monotherapy. The higher baseline metabolic activity of tumor in the 18F-FDG PET/CT, the higher remission rate. Smoking history and SUL peak are independent predictors for PFS; SUL max and stage are independent predictors for OS.

Objective:To investigate the value of left ventricular systolic synchrony assessed by gated myocardial perfusion imaging(GMPI)in predicting major adverse cardiovascular events(MACE)in elderly patients with coronary heart disease(CHD).Methods:In this retrospective study, clinical data from elderly patients who had completed a two-day assessment of resting-loading GMPI between September 2012 and February 2014 in Beijing Hospital were collected, including the summed stress score(SSS)for total ischemic burden, measured by GMPI, left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF), peak filling rate(PFR), phase band width(PBW), phase standard deviation(PSD)and phase entropy(PE).Follow-up of MACE was conducted.Independent risk factors for MACE were analyzed using a multifactorial Cox proportional hazards regression model, and the cumulative MACE incidence was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier survival curve.Results:A total of 427 subjects were enrolled, including 200(46.8%)men, with a mean age of 74.1±6.5(60-92)years and 323(75.6%)aged ≥ 70 years.The median follow-up time was 54.7 months.At the end of follow-up, MACE occurred in 47 patients(11.0%).Compared with the group without MACE, the incidences of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperuricemia were significantly higher( χ2=5.20, 5.62, 3.86, all P<0.05), LVEF and PFR were significantly lower( t=-5.51, -5.23, both P<0.001), and SSS, PSD, PBW, and PE were significantly higher( Z=4.78, t=5.14, 5.78, 5.62, all P<0.001)in the MACE group.The results of Cox proportional hazards regression model analysis suggested that age ≥ 70(hazard ratio: 2.57, 95% CI: 1.08-6.13), abnormal perfusion(hazard ratio: 2.60, 95% CI: 1.31-5.15), increased PSD(hazard ratio: 3.72, 95% CI: 1.72-8.05)and increased PE(hazard ratio: 4.09, 95% CI: 1.94-8.63)were independent risk factors for the occurrence of MACE(all P<0.05).Further analysis on 323 patients ≥ 70 years indicated that abnormal perfusion(hazard ratio: 2.96, 95% CI: 1.40-6.26), increased PSD(hazard ratio: 3.51, 95% CI: 1.56-7.89), and increased PE(hazard ratio: 4.49, 95% CI: 2.08-9.71)were independent risk factors for MACE( P<0.05 for all). Conclusions:Parameters of GMPI systolic synchrony analysis can very well identify the population at high risk of MACE in elderly patients with CHD.

The morbidity and mortality of lung cancer rank first in the world. Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) can significantly prolong survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 18F-FDG PET/CT can evaluate EGFR mutation status and EGFR-TKI efficacy. This article reviews the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in predicting EFGR mutation, the efficacy and survival prognosis evaluation of EGFR-TKI therapy, as well as the development of latest EGFR-TKI PET imaging agents.