1.Analysis of the clinical characteristics of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related hypophysitis
Zhixiao WANG ; Yun SHI ; Min SUN ; Xuqin ZHENG ; Tao YANG ; Min SHEN
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine 2025;32(4):529-535
Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-related hypophysitis. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients diagnosed with ICI-related hypophysitis and treated at the Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, between January 2020 and March 2025. Clinical manifestations and prognosis of patients were analyzed. Results Eleven patients with ICI-related hypophysitis were included. The average age was (62.27±7.63) years, and 9 patients (81.82%) were male. The median time to onset was 9.1 months, and the median number of treatment cycles received was 5. The primary initial symptoms were fatigue and anorexia. Hyponatremia was present in 3 patients (27.27%). Evaluation of anterior pituitary function revealed adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency as the most common manifestation (90.91%, 10/11), followed by hyperprolactinemia (81.82%, 9/11). Posterior pituitary function remained normal in all patients. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging showed no abnormality in 4 patients (44.44%). Thyroid dysfunction was observed in 6 patients (54.55%), one of whom (9.09%) also exhibited pancreatic endocrine dysfunction. The average follow-up duration was 36.5 months. Eight patients (72.73%) were alive at the last follow-up. None of the patients recovered their pituitary hormone function. Conclusions Endocrine adverse events induced by ICIs can involve multiple glandular systems. Clinicians should be highly vigilant for the possibility of ICI-induced hypophysitis in patients receiving ICIs who present with symptoms such as fatigue, anorexia, and hyponatremia.
2.Co occurrence of campus bullying and suicidal tendency and its correlation with addictive behavior among middle and high school students in Hainan Province
SHAO Zhixiao, GENG Xiulai, ZOU Jinting, WANG Wenhao, ZHANG Dongxian
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(4):565-569
Objective:
To investigate the correlation between campus bullying and suicidal tendency symptoms comorbidity with addictive behavior among middle and high school students in Hainan Province, so as to provide a theoretical basis for health education and behavioral intervention in schools.
Methods:
In July 2023, an anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among 6 654 middle and high school students in Hainan Province, selected by probability proportional sampling and stratified cluster random sampling method. Campus bullying, suicidal tendency and addictive behavior were determined according to the relevant items in the questionnaire on health related behaviors of Chinese students health status and influencing factors questionnaire, and self designed questionnaire. The co occurrence of campus bullying and suicidal tendency among students was analyzed. The binary Logistic regression method was used to analyze the correlation between the co occurrence of campus bullying and suicidal tendency and the addictive behavior of middle school students.
Results:
The report rate of campus bullying among middle and high school students in Hainan Province was 28.48%, the suicidal tendency was 15.25%, and the co occurrence of campus bullying and suicidal tendency was 8.00%. The results of Logistic regression analysis showed that middle school students and left behind students were prone to campus bullying and suicide tendency ( OR =1.55, 1.52, P <0.05), while Internet addiction, gambling and current smoking showed significant positive correlation with comorbidity of campus bullying and suicide tendency ( OR =3.14, 2.18, 2.07, P < 0.05 ).
Conclusions
Middle and high school students with addictive behavior have a higher possibility of comorbidity of campus bullying and suicidal tendency. The comprehensive intervention of addictive behavior can reduce the incidence of co occurrence of campus bullying and suicidal tendency, so as to improve health and wellbeing of middle school students.
3.A case of Coffin-Siris syndrome type 1 due to 6q25.3 deletion
Daoqi MEI ; Shiyue MEI ; Yibing CHENG ; Li WANG ; Yuan WANG ; Guohong CHEN ; Jinghui KONG ; Bo ZHANG ; Zhixiao YANG ; Yaodong ZHANG ; Xiuan YANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2022;55(2):164-168
Clinical data and genetic mutation characteristics of a patient with Coffin-Siris syndrome by 6q25.3 deletion were summarized. The child was a 7-year and 6-month old girl who had feeding difficulties, repeated infection, language and motor retardation, low intelligence, laryngeal cartilage dysplasia, thick eyebrows, sparse teeth, hairy back, hyperactivity and aggressive behavior, seizures and ataxia. There was no abnormality in chromosomal karyotype analysis by proband; genomic copy number variant sequencing (CNV-seq) indicated approximately 4.27 Mb heterozygous deletion in chromosome 6q25.3 region, with 17 genes including ARID1B gene, father maternal CNV-seq showing no abnormalities. Trio-whole-exome sequencing showed the proband missed all exons 1-20 of the ARID1B gene, with wild-type parents. The proband had severe clinical symptoms and haplodose insufficiency which was the genetic etiology.
4.Recent advance in calcium-regulated autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases
Zhixiao ZHANG ; Xiaofang LIU ; Li WANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2022;21(1):81-86
Imbalance of calcium homeostasis and abnormal autophagy are important pathogenesis mechanisms for neurodegenerative diseases, as PD, AD, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); and correlation is noted between imbalance of calcium homeostasis and abnormal autophagy. A number of studies have reported that different calcium storage compartments of cells can affect autophagy via calcium channels or Ca 2+-related signal proteins, such as cytoplasm calcium release-activated calcium modulator 1 (Orai1) and transient receptor potential canonical channel (TRPC), endoplasmic reticulum calcium channel inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (IP3R), mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) related to Ca 2+ uptake, lysosomal calcium channel transient receptor potential channel mucolipin 1(TRPML1) and two-pore channels, cytoplasmic Ca 2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase β (CaMKKβ)/AMP-activated protein kinase(AMPK) pathway. This review summarizes the research progress on autophagy regulated by Ca 2+ in intracellular calcium storage compartments and cytoplasm in neurodegenerative diseases, with a view to further understand the pathogenesis of these diseases.
5.Human parvovirus B19 infection in blood donors: a meta-analysis
Zhixiao WANG ; Beibei ZHOU ; Na ZHANG ; Haiyan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2022;35(2):171-175
【Objective】 To analyze the current situation of human parvovirus B19 infection in blood donors in different regions of China, so as to provide basis for formulating reasonable screening programs of B19 virus for blood donors in various cities and regions. 【Methods】 The literatures related to human parvovirus B19 infection in whole blood and plasma donors published from 1998 to 2021 were searched in the database, and meta-analysis of literatures that satisfied the inclusion criteria was conducted by R4.1.0 software. 【Results】 A total of 35 literatures were obtained, 20 literatures involving 56 846 blood donor samples and 8 literatures involving 1 608 pooled raw plasma samples were subjected to Meta analysis of the positive rates of B19 DNA; 17 literatures involving 12 308 blood sample were subjected to the Meta analysis of the positive rate of B19 IgG antibody.The positive rates of B19 DNA in blood donors(I2=96%, τ2=0.026 0, P<0.01)and pooled raw plasma (I2=98%, τ2=0.124 5, P<0.01), as well as the positive rate of B19 IgG antibod (I2=98%, τ 2 =0.021 0, P < 0.01) presented significant heterogeneity between regions. The combined positive rate of B19 DNA was estimated to be 2.0% (95%-CI: 0.007~0.039), that of pooled raw plasma for production was 66.6% (95%-CI: 0.476~0.832), and that of B19 IgG antibody was 30.2% (95%-CI: 0.246~0.357). 【Conclusion】 Low HPV B19 infection rate and high positive rate of IgG antibody were found in blood donors. Therefore, the risk of B19 virus infection due to blood transfusion is low, but B19 infections in blood donors varied significantly between regions. Domestic cities and regions should reasonably evaluate their own B19 virus infection status to formulate appropriate B19 virus screening programs for blood donors, so as to reduce blood transfusion transmitted risk of B19 virus. In addition, the infection rate of B19 virus in pooled plasma for production is somewhat high. Recipients should be screened for B19 virus antibodies, and appropriate blood transfusion schemes should be formulated for blood recipients lacking neutralizing B19 IgG antibodies to reduce the exposure of B19 virus.
6.Recent advance in role of Orai1-STIM1-TRPC1 complete functional complex in Parkinson's disease
Xiaofang LIU ; Zhixiao ZHANG ; Li WANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2021;20(8):839-843
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegeneration, and its pathogenesis is related to mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and calcium homeostasis imbalance. In recent years, the relationship between Parkinson's disease and Ca 2+ has become a research hotspot. Calcium homeostasis disorders can lead to Parkinson's disease in different ways. The level of intracellular calcium ion depends on store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), calcium release-activated calcium modulator1 (Orai1), stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) and transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPC1) can form a functional complex to regulate it. PD neurotoxins can selectively damage dopaminergic neurons by reducing the function of Orai1-STIM1-TRPC1 complex and damaging SOCE and its downstream signal pathways. And the complex may affect the development of Parkinson's disease by acting on microglia and endoplasmic reticulum stress, and then regulate neuroinflammation and autophagy. Therefore, restoring the expression and function of Orai1-STIM1-TRPC1 function complex and maintaining calcium homeostasis may be the therapeutic targets of Parkinson's disease.
7.Analysis of erythrocyte agglutination characteristics of different subtypes of avian influenza virus
Zi LI ; Jia LIU ; Xiyan LI ; Lei YANG ; Zhixiao CHEN ; Yuchao WU ; Dayan WANG ; Liqi LIU
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2021;35(1):68-74
Objective:To understand the agglutination characteristics of different subtypes of avian influenza viruses, we selected erythrocytes from different sources to find suitable erythrocytes for influenza environmental sample detection.Methods:Different subtypes of avian influenza viruses, which were isolated from environmental sample between 2009 and 2016 in China, were selected to do hemagglutination assay using 5 animal erythrocytes (chicken, turkey, guinea pig, horse, and sheep). Flow cytometry was used to detect expression level and type of sialic acid receptors of different erythrocytes, and the characteristics of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the viral hemagglutinin protein were analyzed by amino acid sequence.Results:In this study, a total of 28 strains of avian influenza virus including 14 subtypes were detected. The result showed that all viruses could agglutinate with turkey and guinea pig erythrocytes and the rest three erythrocytes were unable to produce agglutination with some viruses; among them, one H9N2 virus (A/environment/Anhui/43762/2015) did not agglutinate with chicken erythrocytes, one H1N1 virus (A/environment/Shandong/76972/2014) and two H9N2 viruses (A/environment/Chongqing/79449/2014 and A/environment/Anhui/43762/2015) did not agglutinate with horse erythrocytes, two viruses of H9N2 (A/environment/Chongqing/79449/2014 and A/environment/Anhui/43762/2015) and two viruses of H13N8 (A/environment/Qinghai Lake/166/2012 and A/environment/Qinghai Lake/13/2012) did not agglutinate with sheep erythrocytes. The result of flow cytometry showed that two sialic acid receptors, α-2, 3 and α-2, 6, were detected on the surface of erythrocytes of turkey, chicken and guinea pig, but the expression ratios of the two receptors were different. Only the expression of α-2, 3 sialic acid receptors was detected in horse and sheep erythrocytes. Sequence analysis suggested that amino acid substitution in key regions of viral hemagglutinin protein RBD may be an important factor affecting the binding properties of different erythrocytes.Conclusions:Our result suggested that turkey and guinea pig erythrocytes are the most sensitive in the hemagglutination test. Receptor expression and type of erythrocytes from different sources can significantly affect the agglutination reaction of different subtypes of avian influenza virus, and the amino acid changes in key regions of RBD can also affect the result of agglutination reaction.
8.Genomic characteristics analysis of imported 2019-nCoV in Gansu province
Baodi LI ; Zhixiao CHEN ; Hongyu LI ; Jianhua CHEN ; Xueying WANG ; Hui ZHANG ; Congshan XU ; Zhongyi JIANG ; Haizhuo WU ; Qian KANG ; Zhe ZHAO ; Huimin ZHANG ; Peng WANG ; Deshan YU ; Xiang ZHAO ; Lei MENG
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2021;35(6):687-693
Objective:To disclose the genome characteristics and mutations of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) strains from the imported cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Gansu province, thereby to provide scientific reference for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Gansu province. Methods:The respiratory tract specimens of imported COVID-19 cases from seven countries in Gansu province in 2020 were collected. The virus genome was sequenced by the second-generation sequencing technology, the whole genome sequences were compared and analyzed, and the MEGA software was used to construct a phylogenetic tree based on the neighbor-joining method.Results:A total of 46 2019-nCoV genome sequences with a length of 29 605~29 903 bp were obtained. Compared with the Wuhan reference strain (GenBank ID: NC_045512.2), it was found that the median (minimum to maximum) number of the nucleotide mutations of the 2019-nCoV genome sequence of the imported cases was 10 (7-24). A total of 134 nucleotide mutation sites were found in all 2019-nCoV genome sequences from 7 entry countries in Gansu province, distributed in 11 open reading frames (ORFs). The top three nucleotide mutations in different proteins: ORF1ab (78), S(20), N(12). Among the 134 nucleotide mutations, 82 caused amino acid mutations, and all of them were missense mutations. No insertions or deletions were seen. Types of deletion mutations, the top three amino acid mutations in different proteins: ORF1ab (46), S(11), N(10); the key sites of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the S protein have not been mutated.Conclusions:No imported cases in Gansu province have been found to carry the reported mutations that can clearly lead to changes in the spread and pathogenicity of 2019-nCoV.
9.Correlation between 131I uptake and therapeutic efficacy in metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter study
Renfei WANG ; Zairong GAO ; Wei OUYANG ; Wenxin CHEN ; Cen LOU ; Zhixiao WEI ; Yansong LIN ; Jian TAN ; Ruiguo ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020;40(6):334-338
Objective:To investigate the correlation between 131I uptake and therapeutic efficacy in metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Methods:The clinical data of 138 patients with metastatic DTC (42 males, 96 females, age range: 8-74 years) treated with 131I in nuclear medicine departments of 31 centers all over China were retrospectively analyzed. The lesional 131I uptake was quantitatively analyzed with target-to-nontarget (T/NT) ratio through the regions of interest in metastatic lesions confirmed by either planar or tomographic 131I SPECT/CT imaging. The efficacies of 131I treatment on the metastatic DTC were divided into complete remission (CR), partial remission (PR), stable disease (SD) and progress disease (PD) based on the change of the lesion diameter before and after the treatment. Factors which may affect therapeutic efficacy were assessed by the univariate (Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test, χ2 test and one-way analysis of variance) and binary logistic regression analyses. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of lesional T/NT ratio to predict the ineffectiveness of 131I therapy was performed. Results:A total of 1 165 efficacies were evaluated. The planar imaging results ( n=653) showed that there was no statistically significant difference of T/NT ratio among CR, PR, SD and PD groups ( χ2=4.15, P>0.05). The tomographic imaging results ( n=512) suggested CR, PR, SD and PD in 7.6%(39/512), 65.8%(337/512), 22.9%(117/512), and 3.7%(19/512) of individuals, respectively, and the T/NT ratio among the four groups was significantly different ( χ2=30.46, P<0.01). The univariate analysis also showed that age, stimulated thyroglobulin(sTg), 131I dose were the factors affecting therapeutic efficacy ( F or χ2 values: 2.561, 7.095 and 8.799, all P<0.05). Furthermore, binary logistic regression analysis revealed that older patients (odds ratio ( OR)=1.034, P=0.022) or patients with lower lesional T/NT ( OR=1.086, P=0.006) had a higher probability of ineffectiveness. The area under ROC curve for T/NT ratio to predict ineffectiveness was 0.726, and the cut-off value was 6.2, with a sensitivity of 78.7%(107/136) and a specificity of 73.1%(275/376). Conclusions:131I therapy is an effective treatment for metastatic DTC. The age at the time of metastatic diagnosis and the lesional T/NT ratio are independent influential factors for ineffectiveness of 131I therapy. When the leisonal T/NT ratio is lower than 6.2, the inefficiency of 131I is higher.
10. Practice and evaluation of integrated course in clinical oncology
Chungang WANG ; Zhixiao CHEN ; Jingjue WANG ; Honghua DING ; Qi LI
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2019;18(11):1091-1094
Because clinical oncology course for undergraduates is related to many clinical specialties, traditional teaching of this course is likely to lead to repetition and contradiction of knowledge. Clinical medical college carried out integrated curriculum in clinical oncology for three years during the implementation of teaching reform to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages. Teaching and research sections related to clinical oncology were horizontally integrated under the guidance of teaching affairs office; On the premise of meeting the requirements of teaching outlines, the clinical oncology in internal medicine, surgery and gynecology was systematically improved in accordance with cognitive laws. Following the previous year, PBL teaching program in clinical oncology still focused on the integration of theoretical course and probation course. After integration, the sub-specialty teacher team was gradually shaped, the teaching quality was significantly improved and the clinical thinking of medical students was enhanced.


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