1.Prenatal ultrasonographic manifestations and genetic diagnosis of nine fetuses with 7q11.23 duplication syndrome
Pengyun LI ; Jing GUO ; Jia CHE ; Fangying CUI ; Yuexia LYU ; Hua ZHANG ; Ying LI ; Ling LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2024;41(3):266-270
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To analyze ultrasonographic manifestations and genetic etiology of nine fetuses with 7q11.23 duplication syndrome.Methods:Ultrasonographic finding, pregnancy outcome and follow-up of nine fetuses detected at the Prenatal Diagnosis Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2017 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:The fetuses were found to harbor a duplication in the 7q11.23 region by chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA). Among these, five had shown ventriculomegaly, including four syndromic and one non-syndromic. For the remainders, one had ventricular septal defect and mild tricuspid regurgitation, one had echogenic intracardiac focus, whilst another two were normal. Five couples had accepted parental verification, and the results confirmed that the 7q11.23 duplication carried by their fetuses were de novo in origin. Following genetic counseling, seven couples had opted to terminate their pregnancies. Two fetuses were delivered at full term, and follow-up had found no abnormalities. Conclusion:Prenatal ultrasonographic manifestations of fetuses with 7q11.23 duplication syndrome are variable. CMA can provide assistance for their diagnosis and genetic counseling.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.Prenatal diagnosis of a fetus with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Jia PENG ; Bo YANG ; Handuo WANG ; Zhiying ZHANG ; Fangying CUI ; Haiyu LI ; Yueshu ZHAO ; Ling LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2024;41(8):973-976
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics and variant of CREBBP gene in a fetus with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS). Methods:A fetus with RSTS diagnosed at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in August 2022 was selected as the study subject. Clinical data, amniotic fluid sample of the fetus and peripheral blood samples of its parents were collected for whole exome sequencing (WES). Candidate variant was verified by Sanger sequencing.Results:Foot malformation, cerebellar vermis agenesis, brain agenesis, polysyndactyly of the big toes and other phenotypes were found by prenatal ultrasound. WES revealed that the fetus has harbored a heterozygous c. 4684G>T (p.E1562*) variant in exon 28 of the CREBBP gene (NM_004380.3), which was de novo in origin. Based on the guidelines from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), the variant was predicted to be pathogenic (PVS1+ PS2_Moderate+ PM2_Supporting). After genetic counseling, the couple had opted to terminate the pregnancy and refused autopsy for the fetus. Conclusion:The c. 4684G>T (p.E1562*) variant of the CREBBP gene probably underlay the RSTS in this fetus. The newly discovered variant has enriched the mutational spectrum of the CREBBP gene and illustrated that WES is an efficient tool for the prenatal diagnosis of RSTS.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
3.Visualization Analysis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Long Noncoding RNA Research Based on CiteSpace
Fangying CAI ; Hongli WANG ; Xiaoxue YANG ; Juntong LI ; Yanmin DONG ; Deliang LIU ; Shufang CHU
Herald of Medicine 2024;43(12):2003-2008
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective This study aims to discuss the research hotspot and development trend in the field of polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS)through bibliometric statistics and visual analysis of long noncoding RNA(lncRNA)related studies.Methods Utilizing the Web of Science core database as the literature data source,we searched for PCOS lncRNA-related literature from 2015 to 2023.CiteSpace software was used to conduct a visual analysis,including the annual distribution,citation trends,countries,institutions,funding sources and key words,as well as co-occurrence and cluster analysis of key words.Results The visual analysis of 108 PCOS lncRNA literature revealed that China was the country with the highest number of publications.The first contributing institution was the Shandong University.The national natural science fund of China gave the biggest funding.The keyword cluster analysis suggested that PCOS lncRNA signal pathway regulation,related receptor activators,and the expression of regulatory factors were the research hotspots in ovary syndrome lncRNA research.Conclusion LncRNA related regulatory factors,bioinformatics analysis,and gene transcription in PCOS are new targetsfor PCOS treatment,providing valuable insights for clinical therapy and new strategies for the development of PCOS-related pharmaceuticals.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
4.Spatial distribution pattern of local tumor progression analysis after microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma based on three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging
Fangying FAN ; Wenzhen DING ; Fangyi LIU ; Zhigang CHENG ; Zhiyu HAN ; Xiaoling YU ; Ping LIANG ; Jie YU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2024;32(3):208-213
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To investigate the spatial distribution pattern of local tumor progression (LTP) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ≤5 cm after microwave ablation.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on 169 HCCs with matched MRI before and after ablation from December 2009 to December 2019. A tumor MRI was reconstructed using three-dimensional visualization technology. LTP was classified as contact or non-contact, early or late stage, according to whether LTP was in contact with the edge of the ablation zone and the occurrence time (24 months). The tumor-surrounded area was divided into eight quadrants by using the eight-quadrant map method. An analysis was conducted on the spatial correlation between the quadrant where the ablative margin (AM) safety boundary was located and the quadrant where different types of LTP occurred. The t-test, or rank-sum test, was used for the measurement data. 2-test for count data was used to compare the difference between the two groups.Results:The AM quadrant had a distribution of 54.4% LTP, 64.2% early LTP stage, and 69.1% contact LTP, suggesting this quadrant was much more concentrated than the other quadrants ( P ?0.001). Additionally, the AM quadrant had only 15.2% of non-contact type LTP and 17.1% of late LTP, which was not significantly different from the average distribution probability of 12.5% (100/8%) among the eight quadrants ( P = 0.667, 0.743). 46.6% of early contact type LTP was located at the ablation needle tip, 25.2% at the body, and 28.1% at the caudal, while the location distribution probabilities of non-early contact LTP were 34.8%, 31.8%, and 33.3%, respectively. Conclusion:LTP mostly occurs in areas where the ablation safety boundary is the shortest. However, non-contact LTP and late LTP stages exhibit the feature of uniform distribution. Thus, this type of LPT may result from an inadequate non-ablation safety boundary.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
5.Summary of best evidence and practice recommendations for nonpharmacological interventions of urinary incontinence in elderly women
Biyan JIANG ; Shulan YANG ; Lei YE ; Rongrong HU ; Feifei LI ; Huiling ZHENG ; Yanhong XIE ; Fangying LI ; Xiaowei XU ; Caixia LIU
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2023;17(5):385-391
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To integrate the best evidence of non-drug intervention of urinary incontinence in elderly women and to formulate practical recommendations.Methods:In this systematic review study, using “elderly woman”,“urinary incontinence”,“bladder training”,“pelvic floor muscle training”,“enuresis”,“leakage of urine” as the key words, the 6S evidence resource pyramid model was used to search in British Medical Journal best practice, Uptodate, World Health Organization, Guidelines International Network, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Chinese Medical Association, Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Cochrane Library, The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), New Zealand Guidelines Group, Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, PubMed, Embase, Medline, Web of Science, SinoMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, etc. The evidence retrieved included evidence-based knowledge base resources, clinical practice guidelines, expert consensus, systematic review, etc. Data were retrieved from January 1, 2017 to May 1, 2022, and collated from May 2, 2022 to May 25, 2022. Two researchers independently evaluated the quality of literature and extracted data using the AGREE Ⅱ and JBI evidence-based health care center assessment tools. The JBI evidence-based health care center′s evidence pre-rating system and evidence recommendation rating system were applied to rank the evidence; and under the guidance of the evidence structure of JBI, the strength of evidence recommendation was determined and the best evidence was extracted and summarized in combination with the study group discussion and expert opinion.Results:A total of 9 articles were retrieved, including 7 guidelines and 2 systematic reviews; and 6 guidelines were classified as Grade A and 1 as grade B; both 2 systematic reviews were rated as Grade A; 84% (27/32) of the items were evaluated as “Yes”. Evidence were summarized as 34 pieces of best evidence from 6 dimensions, including “overall recommendation, evaluation of type and degree of urinary incontinence, lifestyle change, behavioral therapy, prevention of precipitating factors, intervention in special population”; the flow chart of screening, evaluation, special symptoms, life style and behavior therapy was combed, and the practical suggestions were formed.Conclusions:The overall quality of the literature on non-drug intervention of urinary incontinence in elderly women is high, and the level of evidence is high. Early identification of urinary incontinence types and assessment of disease severity, lifestyle changes, avoidance of predisposing factors and behavioral therapy are the key to non-drug treatment of urinary incontinence in those patients.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
6.Primary assessment of the diversity of Omicron sublineages and the epidemiologic features of autumn/winter 2022 COVID-19 wave in Chinese mainland.
Gang LU ; Yun LING ; Minghao JIANG ; Yun TAN ; Dong WEI ; Lu JIANG ; Shuting YU ; Fangying JIANG ; Shuai WANG ; Yao DAI ; Jinzeng WANG ; Geng WU ; Xinxin ZHANG ; Guoyu MENG ; Shengyue WANG ; Feng LIU ; Xiaohong FAN ; Saijuan CHEN
Frontiers of Medicine 2023;17(4):758-767
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			With the recent ongoing autumn/winter 2022 COVID-19 wave and the adjustment of public health control measures, there have been widespread SARS-CoV-2 infections in Chinese mainland. Here we have analyzed 369 viral genomes from recently diagnosed COVID-19 patients in Shanghai, identifying a large number of sublineages of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron family. Phylogenetic analysis, coupled with contact history tracing, revealed simultaneous community transmission of two Omicron sublineages dominating the infections in some areas of China (BA.5.2 mainly in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and BF.7 mainly in Beijing) and two highly infectious sublineages recently imported from abroad (XBB and BQ.1). Publicly available data from August 31 to November 29, 2022 indicated an overall severe/critical case rate of 0.035% nationwide, while analysis of 5706 symptomatic patients treated at the Shanghai Public Health Center between September 1 and December 26, 2022 showed that 20 cases (0.35%) without comorbidities progressed into severe/critical conditions and 153 cases (2.68%) with COVID-19-exacerbated comorbidities progressed into severe/critical conditions. These observations shall alert healthcare providers to place more resources for the treatment of severe/critical cases. Furthermore, mathematical modeling predicts this autumn/winter wave might pass through major cities in China by the end of the year, whereas some middle and western provinces and rural areas would be hit by the upcoming infection wave in mid-to-late January 2023, and the duration and magnitude of upcoming outbreak could be dramatically enhanced by the extensive travels during the Spring Festival (January 21, 2023). Altogether, these preliminary data highlight the needs to allocate resources to early diagnosis and effective treatment of severe cases and the protection of vulnerable population, especially in the rural areas, to ensure the country's smooth exit from the ongoing pandemic and accelerate socio-economic recovery.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
7.Pharmaceutical Care of 1 Case of Neuroleptics-induced Malignant Syndrome and Literature Review
Ying XUE ; Fangying SI ; Shuaibing LIU
China Pharmacy 2020;31(2):234-238
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for individualized treatment of patients with Neuroleptics-induced malignant syndrome(NMS). METHODS :A patient with NMS related to antipsychotics was admitted to our hospital in Sept. 19th 2018. Clinical pharmacists provided pharmaceutical care throughout the whole process ,and put forward suggestions for medication. Through literature review ,clinical pharmacists summarized the clinical manifestations ,risk factors ,pathogenesis,diagnosis and therapeutic drugs of NMS. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS :Based on the history of antipsychotic drug use ,the characteristic clinical manifestations of NMS and laboratory examination ,the clinical pharmacist proposed that the patient suffered from antipsychotic drug-related NMS ,and the doctor adopted the suggestions. In the course of treatment ,the clinical pharmacist suggested that the subhibernating mixture should be stopped ;Bromocriptine mesylate tablets should be used in combination with continuous hypothermia instrument for physical cooling ,and the treatment course should be at least 10 days according to drug use before admission and medication plan after admission. The doctor adopted the suggestion. The symptoms began to relieve on the third day ,and the symptoms basically disappeared on the 10th day ,then the patient was discharged on the 13th day. The clinical manifestations of NMS were high fever ,myotonia,mental state change ,autonomic nervous disorder ,creatine phosphokinase and leukocyte increase etc. ;risk factors included drug factors ,demographic factors ,genetic and etc. ;the pathogenesis may be associated with dopaminergic receptor block and musculoskeletal fiber toxicity ;the identification diagnosis was based on clinical manifestation,including the onset time ,neuromuscalar reactivity ,remission time ,etc.;the commonly used drugs were bromocriptine mesylate and dantraline.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
8. Establishment of Cas9 stably expressed human hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma cell lines
Chunxia ZUO ; Xiaocui BIAN ; Zhenli YANG ; Hailiang FENG ; Fangying ZHOU ; Yuqin LIU
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2018;40(8):572-579
		                        		
		                        			 Objective:
		                        			To facilitate using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system in human liver and gallbladder cancer cells, we established Cas9 stably expressed human liver and gallbladder cancer cell lines, and validated the gene editing activity of Cas9.
		                        		
		                        			Methods:
		                        			Human liver cancer cell lines (Huh7, PLC/PRF/5, HepG2, Hep3b, SK-HEP-1 and Li-7), human cholangiocarcinoma cells (RBE) and human gallbladder cancer cells (GBC-SD) were infected with 3 Cas9-expressing lentivirus vectors (pLv-EF1α-Cas9-Flag-Neo, pLv-EF1α-Cas9-Flag-Puro, Cas9m1.1), respectively, and Cas9 stably expressed colonies were screened and selected. We extracted the genomic DNA and protein, validated the stable expression of Cas9 by using genomic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blot. Three of cell lines were further infected with Lv-EF1α-mCherry. Then mCherry positive cells were sorted by flow cytometry and infected with designed guide RNA (gRNA) vectors which targeted mCherry gene. Subsequently the gene editing activity of Cas9 was detected by genomic PCR, fluorescence microscopic observation and flow cytometry analysis.
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			One hundred Cas9-expressing human liver and gallbladder cancer cell lines were selected. Among them, 35 cell lines expressed Cas9-Neo, 25 expressed Cas9-puro, and 40 expressed mutant Cas9 (mCas9). We also established 3 cell lines with stable expression of mCherry (Huh7-mCas9-M, PLC/PRF/5-Cas9-M and SK-HEP-1-Cas9-M). The results of genomic PCR and sequencing showed that by lentiviral infection with 2 types of designed gRNA, the long fragment deletion of mCherry gene was found in these 3 cell lines. Moreover, mCherry-EGFP+ cells infected with 2 types of gRNA were observed by fluorescence microscope. The results of flow cytometry showed that mCherry-EGFP+ cells accounted from 0.3% to 93.6%.
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion
		                        			We successfully establish 100 human liver and gallbladder cancer cell lines with stable expression of Cas9 protein and validate their activities of gene editing. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
9.An Analysis of the Common Deafness Gene Mutation from 356 Non-Syndromic Deafness Patients in Guizhou Province
Xue YANG ; Youqin WANG ; Hongyuan GUO ; Li LAN ; Yuqing LIU ; Zuwei CAO ; Fangying TAO ; Kejie YANG
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2017;25(1):9-13
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective The study was to investigate the spectrum and incidence of the hot-spot deafness gene mutations from non-syndromic hearing loss(NSHL)in Guizhou province.Methods Genomic DNAs of 356 patients of NSHI in Guizhou were obtained from peripheral blood and a deafness gene test chip was used to screen nine hot spot mutation in the gene GJB2,SLC26A4,GJB3 and mitochondria 12SrRNA.Results Eighty-eight (24.72%)out of 356 patients were found carrying at least one pathogenic gene mutation.Among them,40 patients with the GJB2 mutations were found(11.24%),including 19 cases(5.34%)of homozygous matutions,5 cases(1.40%)of com-pound heterozygous mutations,and 15 cases(4.21%)of single heterozygous mutations.Twenty-nine patients with the SLC26A4 mutations were found (8.15%),including 9 cases(2.53%)of homozygous mutations and 19 cases (5.34%)of single heterozygous mutations.Homogenic mitochondrial 12SrRNA 1555A>G mutations were in 10 patients(2.81%)and 1494C>T mutations in 10 patients (0.56%),and heterogeneous mitochondrial 12SrRNA 1555A>G mutations in 7 patients(1.97%).GJB3 gene c.538C>T heterozygous mutations was found in 1 patients. Conclusion The mutations of GJB2 and SLC26A4 gene are two major pathogenic genes for patients with NSHL in Guizhou province.Our study provides a theoretical basis for the early diagnosis,genetic counseling and treatment of deafness.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
10. Specific cytotoxicity of a novel HER2-based chimeric antigen receptor modified T lymphocytes against HER2-positive tumor cells
Haijun TANG ; Yuqin LIU ; Xiaocui BIAN ; Hailiang FENG ; Pei GU ; Hao SUN ; Chunxia ZUO ; Fangying ZHOU ; Jing LIU
Chinese Journal of Pathology 2017;46(10):714-720
		                        		
		                        			 Objective:
		                        			To construct the third generation chimeric antigen receptor based on a novel humanized anti-HER2 H1-2 scFv, and to investigate the specific cytotoxicity of H1-2 CAR modified T lymphocytes(CAR-T) against HER2+ tumor cells.
		                        		
		                        			Method:
		                        			The expression cassette of the third generation CAR gene and anti-HER2 H1-2 scFv were constructed and cloned into lentivirus transfer plasmid, and then the third generation H1-2 CAR was transduced into human T lymphocytes using lentivirus.Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the expression of cytokines IL2, and LDH release assay was used to detect the cytotoxic effect of the H1-2 CAR-T.Finally, NOD/SCID mice and HER2+ breast cancer cell line SKBR3 were used to detect the anti-tumor effect of H1-2 CAR-T in vivo.
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			The third generation H1-2 CAR was successfully constructed.H1-2 CAR-T secreted high dose of IL2 after confrontation with HER2+ breast cancer cells.In vitro, the cytolytic rate of H1-2 CAR-T on high expression HER2+ tumor cells was significantly higher than that in low expression HER2 or non-expression HER2 tumor cells. At the efficacy to target ratio of 20, the cytolytic rate of H1-2 CAR-T against breast cancer cell SK-BR-3 could reach (90.1±2.8)%, while the cytolytic rate of H1-2 CAR-T against HER2- breast cancer cell MDA-MB-231 was only (13.5±4.7)%. In the mouse xenograft tumor model, H1-2 CAR-T cells inhibited breast cancer growth in vivo.At the end of the experiments, the average tumor weight in the H1-2 CAR-T cell treatment group was (0.7±0.1) g, the non-transfected T cell therapeutic group was (1.2±0.2) g, and the PBS group was (1.2±0.2) g. There was significant difference between the H1-2 CAR-T therapeutic group and the non-transfected T cell therapeutic group (
		                        		
		                        	
            
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