1.Synthesis and identification of RGD-modified tumstatin peptide 19 and its inhibitory effect on proliferation, migration, and invasion of liver cancer SK-Hep-1 cells
WANG Shun1a,2 ; YU Jiaqi1b ; HU Yue1a ; ZHAO Zhenglin1a ; NIU Shudong1c ; JIA Di1a ; YANG Chao1a ; YI Tonghui1d ; LI Shuyan1a
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2024;31(9):849-856
[摘 要] 目的:探讨精氨酸-甘氨酸-天冬氨酸(RGD)修饰对肿瘤抑素19肽(T-19)抗肝癌活性的影响,比较分析T-19及RGD修饰的T-19(RGD-T-19)对肝癌SK-Hep-1细胞增殖、侵袭和迁移能力的影响。方法:用Fmoc固相法合成T-19及RGD-T-19,用高效液相色谱仪和质谱进行分离、鉴定。常规培养SK-Hep-1细胞,用0、50、100、150、200、250 mg/mL的T-19及RGD-T-19分别处理细胞,分为0 mg/mL(对照)组、50 mg/mL组、100 mg/mL组、150 mg/mL组、200 mg/mL组、250 mg/mL组。CCK-8法、克隆形成实验、划痕愈合实验和Tanswell小室实验、WB法和qPCR法分别检测SK-Hep-1细胞的增殖、迁移、侵袭能力,以及环氧合酶-2(COX-2)、基质金属蛋白酶-2(MMP-2)、MMP-9、组织基质金属蛋白酶抑制剂-1(TIMP-1)、TIMP-2蛋白和MMP-1、MMP-2 mRNA的表达。结果:经质谱鉴定,用Fmoc固相法合成的T-19及RGD-T-19纯度高。T-19和RGD-T-19均能显著抑制SK-Hep-1细胞的增殖、迁移、侵袭能力,抑制COX-2蛋白、MMP-2和MMP-9蛋白及mRNA的表达、促进TIMP-1、TIMP-2蛋白的表达(P < 0.05, P < 0.01, P < 0.001),RGD-T-19的抑制或促进效应均明显强于T-19(均P < 0.05)。结论:利用Fmoc固相法合成了纯度高、活性好的T-19及RGD-T-19,两种肽均能抑制SK-Hep-1细胞增殖、侵袭和迁移能力,RGD-T-19作用明显强于T-19。
2.Expression of MSI1 and HER2 in mammary Paget's disease and their correlation with clinicopathological features and prognosis.
X W HU ; H LIU ; D S MA ; C X XIANG ; H CHEN ; H T PI
Chinese Journal of Pathology 2023;52(8):832-837
Objective: To investigate the expression of MSI1 and HER2 in mammary Paget's disease, and the correlation between the expression levels of MSI1 and HER2 and the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of the patients. Methods: Clinical data and paraffin-embedded specimens of 34 pairs of mammary Paget's disease and underlying breast cancer were collected at the Department of Pathology, Affiliated Lianyungang Oriental Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University from March 2011 to December 2019. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of MSI1 and HER2 in mammary Paget's disease and the accompanying breast cancer, and to analyze the correlation between the expression levels of MSI1 and HER2 and their clinicopathologic features, as well as their influence on prognosis. Results: In mammary Paget's disease, the positive rate of MSI1 was 91.2% (31/34) and the positive rate of HER2 was 88.2% (30/34); the expression of MSI1 and HER2 was positively correlated (P=0.001, r=0.530). The expression of MSI1 was positively correlated with menopausal status (r=0.372, P=0.030) and lymph node metastasis (r=0.450, P=0.008). HER2 expression was positively correlated with menopausal status (r=0.436, P=0.010), and negatively correlated with ER expression (r=-0.365, P=0.034). The co-expression of MSI1 and HER2 was positively correlated with age (r=0.347, P=0.044) and menopausal status (r=0.496, P=0.003), and negatively correlated with ER expression (r=-0.461, P=0.006). Conclusions: MSI1 and HER2 are highly expressed in mammary Paget's disease and their expression levels are positively correlated. The correlation analysis between clinicopathological features and prognosis suggests that both of them may be involved in the occurrence and development of mammary Paget's disease and are potential therapeutic targets for mammary Paget's disease.
Humans
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Female
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Paget's Disease, Mammary/pathology*
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Breast Neoplasms/pathology*
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Prognosis
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Lymphatic Metastasis
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism*
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RNA-Binding Proteins
3.Application and evaluation of artificial intelligence TPS-assisted cytologic screening system in urine exfoliative cytology.
L ZHU ; M L JIN ; S R HE ; H M XU ; J W HUANG ; L F KONG ; D H LI ; J X HU ; X Y WANG ; Y W JIN ; H HE ; X Y WANG ; Y Y SONG ; X Q WANG ; Z M YANG ; A X HU
Chinese Journal of Pathology 2023;52(12):1223-1229
Objective: To explore the application of manual screening collaborated with the Artificial Intelligence TPS-Assisted Cytologic Screening System in urinary exfoliative cytology and its clinical values. Methods: A total of 3 033 urine exfoliated cytology samples were collected at the Henan People's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Liquid-based thin-layer cytology was prepared. The slides were manually read under the microscope and digitally presented using a scanner. The intelligent identification and analysis were carried out using an artificial intelligence TPS assisted screening system. The Paris Report Classification System of Urinary Exfoliated Cytology 2022 was used as the evaluation standard. Atypical urothelial cells and even higher grade lesions were considered as positive when evaluating the recognition sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence-assisted screening systems and human-machine collaborative cytologic screening methods in urine exfoliative cytology. Among the collected cases, there were also 1 100 pathological tissue controls. Results: The accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the AI-assisted cytologic screening system were 77.18%, 90.79% and 69.49%; those of human-machine coordination method were 92.89%, 99.63% and 89.09%, respectively. Compared with the histopathological results, the accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of manual reading were 79.82%, 74.20% and 95.80%, respectively, while those of AI-assisted cytologic screening system were 93.45%, 93.73% and 92.66%, respectively. The accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of human-machine coordination method were 95.36%, 95.21% and 95.80%, respectively. Both cytological and histological controls showed that human-machine coordination review method had higher diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity, and lower false negative rates. Conclusions: The artificial intelligence TPS assisted cytologic screening system has achieved acceptable accuracy in urine exfoliation cytologic screening. The combination of manual screening and artificial intelligence TPS assisted screening system can effectively improve the sensitivity and accuracy of cytologic screening and reduce the risk of misdiagnosis.
Humans
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Artificial Intelligence
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Urothelium/pathology*
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Cytodiagnosis
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Epithelial Cells/pathology*
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Urologic Neoplasms/urine*
4.Development and validation of a prognostic prediction model for patients with stage Ⅰ to Ⅲ colon cancer incorporating high-risk pathological features.
K X LI ; Q B WU ; F Q ZHAO ; J L ZHANG ; S L LUO ; S D HU ; B WU ; H L LI ; G L LIN ; H Z QIU ; J Y LU ; L XU ; Z WANG ; X H DU ; L KANG ; X WANG ; Z Q WANG ; Q LIU ; Y XIAO
Chinese Journal of Surgery 2023;61(9):753-759
Objective: To examine a predictive model that incorporating high risk pathological factors for the prognosis of stage Ⅰ to Ⅲ colon cancer. Methods: This study retrospectively collected clinicopathological information and survival outcomes of stage Ⅰ~Ⅲ colon cancer patients who underwent curative surgery in 7 tertiary hospitals in China from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. A total of 1 650 patients were enrolled, aged (M(IQR)) 62 (18) years (range: 14 to 100). There were 963 males and 687 females. The median follow-up period was 51 months. The Cox proportional hazardous regression model was utilized to select high-risk pathological factors, establish the nomogram and scoring system. The Bootstrap resampling method was utilized for internal validation of the model, the concordance index (C-index) was used to assess discrimination and calibration curves were presented to assess model calibration. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot survival curves after risk grouping, and Cox regression was used to compare disease-free survival between subgroups. Results: Age (HR=1.020, 95%CI: 1.008 to 1.033, P=0.001), T stage (T3:HR=1.995,95%CI:1.062 to 3.750,P=0.032;T4:HR=4.196, 95%CI: 2.188 to 8.045, P<0.01), N stage (N1: HR=1.834, 95%CI: 1.307 to 2.574, P<0.01; N2: HR=3.970, 95%CI: 2.724 to 5.787, P<0.01) and number of lymph nodes examined (≥36: HR=0.438, 95%CI: 0.242 to 0.790, P=0.006) were independently associated with disease-free survival. The C-index of the scoring model (model 1) based on age, T stage, N stage, and dichotomous variables of the lymph nodes examined (<12 and ≥12) was 0.723, and the C-index of the scoring model (model 2) based on age, T stage, N stage, and multi-categorical variables of the lymph nodes examined (<12, 12 to <24, 24 to <36, and ≥36) was 0.726. A scoring system was established based on age, T stage, N stage, and multi-categorical variables of lymph nodes examined, the 3-year DFS of the low-risk (≤1), middle-risk (2 to 4) and high-risk (≥5) group were 96.3% (n=711), 89.0% (n=626) and 71.4% (n=313), respectively. Statistically significant difference was observed among groups (P<0.01). Conclusions: The number of lymph nodes examined was an independent prognostic factor for disease-free survival after curative surgery in patients with stage Ⅰ to Ⅲ colon cancer. Incorporating the number of lymph nodes examined as a multi-categorical variable into the T and N staging system could improve prognostic predictive validity.
Male
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Female
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Humans
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Prognosis
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Neoplasm Staging
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Retrospective Studies
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Nomograms
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Lymph Nodes/pathology*
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Risk Factors
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Colonic Neoplasms/surgery*
5.Discussion of grading method of small opacity profusion of pneumoconiosis on CT scans and the corresponding reference images.
R C ZHAI ; N C LI ; X D LIU ; S K ZHU ; B F HU ; A N ZHANG ; X TONG ; G D WANG ; Y J WAN ; Y MA
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2021;39(6):453-457
7.Ablation of Akt2 and AMPKα2 rescues high fat diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis through Parkin-mediated mitophagy
Shuyi WANG ; Jun TAO ; Huaguo CHEN ; Machender R KANDADI ; Mingming SUN ; Haixia XU ; Gary D LOPASCHUK ; Yan LU ; Junmeng ZHENG ; Hu PENG ; Jun REN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2021;11(11):3508-3526
Given the opposing effects of Akt and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) on metabolic homeostasis, this study examined the effects of deletion of Akt2 and AMPKα2 on fat diet-induced hepatic steatosis. Akt2–Ampkα2 double knockout (DKO) mice were placed on high fat diet for 5 months. Glucose metabolism, energy homeostasis, cardiac function, lipid accumulation, and hepatic steatosis were examined. DKO mice were lean without anthropometric defects. High fat intake led to adiposity and decreased respiratory exchange ratio (RER) in wild-type (WT) mice, which were ablated in DKO but not Akt2−/− and Ampkα2−/− mice. High fat intake increased blood and hepatic triglycerides and cholesterol, promoted hepatic steatosis and injury in WT mice. These effects were eliminated in DKO but not Akt2−/− and Ampkα2−/− mice. Fat diet promoted fat accumulation, and enlarged adipocyte size, the effect was negated in DKO mice. Fat intake elevated fatty acid synthase (FAS), carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein (CHREBP), sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPARα), PPARγ, stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD-1), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), glucose 6-phosphatase (G6Pase), and diglyceride O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1), the effect was absent in DKO but not Akt2−/− and Ampkα2−/− mice. Fat diet dampened mitophagy, promoted inflammation and phosphorylation of forkhead box protein O1 (FoxO1) and AMPKα1 (Ser485), the effects were eradicated by DKO. Deletion of Parkin effectively nullified DKO-induced metabolic benefits against high fat intake. Liver samples from obese humans displayed lowered microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B (LC3B), Pink1, Parkin, as well as enhanced phosphorylation of Akt, AMPK (Ser485), and FoxO1, which were consolidated by RNA sequencing (RNAseq) and mass spectrometry analyses from rodent and human livers. These data suggest that concurrent deletion of Akt2 and AMPKα2 offers resilience to fat diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis, possibly through preservation of Parkin-mediated mitophagy and lipid metabolism.
8.Progress in research of family-based cohort study on common chronic non-communicable diseases in rural population in northern China.
M Y WANG ; X TANG ; X Y QIN ; Y Q WU ; J LI ; P GAO ; S P HUANG ; N LI ; D L YANG ; T REN ; T WU ; D F CHEN ; Y H HU
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2018;39(1):94-97
Family-based cohort study is a special type of study design, in which biological samples and environmental exposure information of the member in a family are collected and related follow up is conducted. Family-based cohort study can be applied to explore the effect of genetic factors, environmental factors, gene-gene interaction, and gene-environment interaction in the etiology of complex diseases. This paper summarizes the objectives, methods and results, as well as the opportunities and challenges of the family-based cohort study on common chronic non-communicable diseases in rural population in northern China.
China/epidemiology*
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Chronic Disease/ethnology*
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Cohort Studies
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Female
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Gene-Environment Interaction
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Noncommunicable Diseases/ethnology*
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Research Design
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Rural Population
9.Association between fatty liver and type 2 diabetes in the baseline population of Jinchang Cohort.
Y B MA ; N CHENG ; Y B LU ; H Y LI ; J S LI ; J DING ; S ZHENG ; Y L NIU ; H Q PU ; X P SHEN ; H D MU ; X B HU ; D S ZHANG ; Y N BAI
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2018;39(6):760-764
Objective: To explore the association between fatty liver and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the baseline-population of Jinchang cohort study. Methods: Data from all the participants involved in the baseline-population of Jinchang cohort study was used, to compare the risks of T2DM in fatty liver and non fatty liver groups and to explore the interaction between family history or fatty liver of diabetes and the prevalence of T2DM. Results: Among all the 46 861 participants, 10 574 were diagnosed as having fatty liver (22.56%), with the standardized rate as 20.66%. Another 3 818 participants were diagnosed as having T2DM (8.15%) with standardized rate as 6.90%. The prevalence of T2DM increased in parallel with the increase of age (trend χ(2)=2 833.671, trend P<0.001). The prevalence of T2DM in the fatty liver group was significantly higher than that in the non-fatty liver group, both in men or women and in the overall population. Compared with the group of non-fatty liver, the risks of T2DM in fatty liver group were seen 1.78 times higher in males, 2.33 times in women and 2.10 times in the overall population, after adjustment for factors as age, levels of education, smoking, drinking, physical exercise, BMI, family history of diabetes and some metabolic indicators (pressure, TC, TG, uric acid, ALT, AST, gamma-glutamyl transferase). Date from the interaction model showed that fatty liver and family history of diabetes present a positive additive interaction on T2DM (RERI=1.18, 95%CI: 0.59-1.78; AP=0.24, 95%CI: 0.14-0.34; S=1.43, 95%CI: 1.21-1.69). Conclusions: Fatty liver could significantly increase the risk of T2DM and a positive additive interaction was also observed between fatty liver and family history of diabetes on T2DM. It was important to strengthen the prevention program on T2DM, in order to effectively control the development of fatty liver.
China/epidemiology*
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Cohort Studies
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ethnology*
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Fatty Liver/ethnology*
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/epidemiology*
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
10.Age-related modification effect on the association between body mass index and the risk of hypertension: A Cohort Study on Chinese people living in the rural areas.
D D ZHANG ; X J LIU ; B Y WANG ; Y C REN ; Y ZHAO ; F Y LIU ; D C LIU ; C CHENG ; X CHEN ; L L LIU ; Q G ZHOU ; Q H XU ; Y H XIONG ; J L LIU ; Z Y YOU ; M ZHANG ; D S HU
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2018;39(6):765-769
Objective: To study the modification effect of age on the association between body mass index and the risk of hypertension. Methods: People age ≥18 years old were selected by clusters, from a rural area of Henan province. In total, 20 194 people were recruited at baseline during 2007 and 2008, and the follow-up study was completed from 2013 to 2014. Logistic regression model was used to assess the risk of incident hypertension by baseline BMI and age-specific BMI. Results: During the 6-year follow-up period, 1 950 hypertensive persons were detected, including 784 men and 1 166 women, with cumulative incidence rates as 19.96%, 20.51%, and 19.61%, respectively. Compared with those whose BMI<22 kg/m(2), the RRs of hypertension were 1.09 (0.93-1.27), 1.17 (1.01-1.37), 1.34 (1.14-1.58) and 1.31 (1.09-1.56) for participants with BMI as 22-, 24-, 26- and ≥28 kg/m(2), respectively. In young and middle-aged populations, the risk of hypertension gradually increased with the rise of BMI (trend P<0.05). However, in the elderly, the increasing trend on the risk of hypertension risk was not as significantly obvious (trend P>0.05). Conclusion: The effect of BMI on the incidence of hypertension seemed to depend on age. Our findings suggested that a weight reduction program would be more effective on young or middle-aged populations, to prevent the development of hypertension.
Adolescent
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Age Factors
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Aged
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Asian People/statistics & numerical data*
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Body Mass Index
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Cohort Studies
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Hypertension/ethnology*
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Incidence
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Logistic Models
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Risk Factors
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Rural Population

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