1.Research advances in the gut microbiota-gut-brain axis in migraine
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2025;42(7):583-587
Migraine is a complex chronic central nervous system disorder with a gradually increasing prevalence rate around the world, causing a significant healthcare burden.Recent studies have shown that gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the pathophysiological process of migraine through the bidirectional communication network of the gut-brain axis. This article systematically reviews the association and mechanisms between the gut microbiota-gut-brain axis and migraine, in order to provide new perspectives for in-depth research and clinical prevention and treatment of migraine.
2.BMP7 expression in mammalian cortical radial glial cells increases the length of the neurogenic period.
Zhenmeiyu LI ; Guoping LIU ; Lin YANG ; Mengge SUN ; Zhuangzhi ZHANG ; Zhejun XU ; Yanjing GAO ; Xin JIANG ; Zihao SU ; Xiaosu LI ; Zhengang YANG
Protein & Cell 2024;15(1):21-35
The seat of human intelligence is the human cerebral cortex, which is responsible for our exceptional cognitive abilities. Identifying principles that lead to the development of the large-sized human cerebral cortex will shed light on what makes the human brain and species so special. The remarkable increase in the number of human cortical pyramidal neurons and the size of the human cerebral cortex is mainly because human cortical radial glial cells, primary neural stem cells in the cortex, generate cortical pyramidal neurons for more than 130 days, whereas the same process takes only about 7 days in mice. The molecular mechanisms underlying this difference are largely unknown. Here, we found that bone morphogenic protein 7 (BMP7) is expressed by increasing the number of cortical radial glial cells during mammalian evolution (mouse, ferret, monkey, and human). BMP7 expression in cortical radial glial cells promotes neurogenesis, inhibits gliogenesis, and thereby increases the length of the neurogenic period, whereas Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) signaling promotes cortical gliogenesis. We demonstrate that BMP7 signaling and SHH signaling mutually inhibit each other through regulation of GLI3 repressor formation. We propose that BMP7 drives the evolutionary expansion of the mammalian cortex by increasing the length of the neurogenic period.
Animals
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Mice
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Humans
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Ependymoglial Cells/metabolism*
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Hedgehog Proteins/metabolism*
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Ferrets/metabolism*
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Cerebral Cortex
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Neurogenesis
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Mammals/metabolism*
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Neuroglia/metabolism*
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7/metabolism*
3.Clinical characteristics and risk factors for death of respiratory syncytial virus infection in adult patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Yao LI ; Feng ZHANG ; Chang LIU ; Xiaosu ZHAO ; Xiaodong MO ; Fengrong WANG ; Chenhua YAN ; Zhidong WANG ; Jun KONG ; Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Fengmei ZHENG ; Yang LIU ; Leqing CAO ; Daoxing DENG ; Xiaojun HUANG ; Xiaohui ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2024;45(10):916-922
Objective:To summarize the clinical features associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in patients following the hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and exploring the risk factors for death.Methods:Patients who had RSV infection after undergoing HSCT from October 2023 to January 2024 in the hematology department of Peking University People’s Hospital were enrolled in the study. The clinical characteristics of the participating patients were summarized. The clinical characteristics of the surviving and the dying patients were compared, and the risk factors of death were analyzed by binary logistic regression.Results:Among the 43 RSV-positive HSCT patients, 20 (46.5%) were hypoxemic, six (14.0%) were admitted to the ICU for further treatment, four (9.3%) required tracheal intubation assisted ventilation, and seven patients (16.3%) died. A comparison of the clinical features of the surviving patients and the deceased patients demonstrated that the deceased patients had a lower PLT when infected with RSV [74.5 (8.0-348.0) ×10 9/L vs 15.0 (10.0-62.0) ×10 9/L, P=0.003], a higher incidence of simultaneous bacterial infections (85.7% vs 41.7%, P=0.046), and a higher rate of hematological recurrence (71.4% vs 13.9%, P=0.004). Hematological recurrence ( OR=15.500, 95% CI 2.336-102.848, P=0.005), influenza A viral infection ( OR=14.000, 95% CI 1.064-184.182, P=0.045), and low PLT at the time of RSV infection ( OR=0.945, 95% CI 0.894-0.999, P=0.048) were the factors associated with death following HSCT. Conclusion:Patients infected with RSV after undergoing HSCT have a poor prognosis, and active prevention and treatment of RSV in the autumn and winter requires urgent attention.
4.Mutagenesis mechanism-based FLT3 length mutation typing and the clinical significance deserve attention
Yang ZHANG ; Xiaosu ZHOU ; Hongxing LIU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2024;33(6):329-333
FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations are common in acute myeloid leukemia and show an important significance in guiding prognostic stratification and targeted therapy. With the widespread application of high-throughput sequencing technology and the increased ability to analyze mutation sequences, it has been found that more than half of FLT3-ITD mutations are not just tandem duplications but are also accompanied by some complex situations such as the addition of non-template sequences. Recent studies have revealed the sequence characteristics, mutagenesis mechanisms and related clinical prognostic significance of FLT3 length mutations (FLT3-LM). FLT3-LM with added non-template sequences is formed by abnormally activated terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. These patients show different treatment responses and prognosis when treated with chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which provides a new perspective to understand FLT3-LM mutations more accurately and provides proposals for FLT3-LM typing based on the mutagenesis mechanism. The new typing rules can better reflect the differences in biological characteristics of the disease and more accurately guide the prognostic stratification and development of individualized treatment for patients with FLT3-LM mutations.
5.Summary of best evidence for the management of enteral nutrition with gastric retention in critically ill patients
Jing DU ; Jiao SUN ; Ting LI ; Yang YANG ; Xiaosu ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2023;58(23):2856-2864
Objective To retrieve,evaluate and summarize the best evidence from home and abroad on the management of enteral nutrition complicating gastric retention in critically ill patients,and to provide a reference basis for clinical nursing staff to manage enteral nutrition complicating gastric retention in critically ill patients.Methods We searched websites and databases,including UpToDate,BMJ Best Practice,National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence,Guidelines International Network,Registered Nurses Association of Ontario,Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network,JBI,World Health Organization,Yimaitong guide network,Cochrane Library,PubMed,Embase,Web of Science,Sinomed,CNKI,Nutrition Society website,CINAHL(EBSCO),Wanfang Database,and collected relevant clinical decisions,guidelines,evidence summaries,expert consensuses and systematic reviews.2 researchers independently assessed methodological quality of included papers and extracted data.Results A total of 18 publications were included,including 3 guidelines,4 expert consensuses,4 systematic reviews,5 randomized controlled trials,1 quasi-experimental study,and 1 best evidence summary.18 pieces of the best evidence were summarized in 5 areas,including identification of gastric retention,management of enteral nutrition,management of monitoring,management of threshold determination,and management of treatment.Conclusion This study provides evidence-based evidence for nursing staff to manage enteral nutrition in critically ill patients with concomitant gastric retention,which can help reduce the incidence of gastric retention in critically ill patients.
6.Developmental Origins of Human Cortical Oligodendrocytes and Astrocytes.
Lin YANG ; Zhenmeiyu LI ; Guoping LIU ; Xiaosu LI ; Zhengang YANG
Neuroscience Bulletin 2022;38(1):47-68
Human cortical radial glial cells are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical glutaminergic projection pyramidal neurons, glial cells (oligodendrocytes and astrocytes) and olfactory bulb GABAergic interneurons. One of prominent features of the human cortex is enriched with glial cells, but there are major gaps in understanding how these glial cells are generated. Herein, by integrating analysis of published human cortical single-cell RNA-Seq datasets with our immunohistochemistical analyses, we show that around gestational week 18, EGFR-expressing human cortical truncated radial glial cells (tRGs) give rise to basal multipotent intermediate progenitors (bMIPCs) that express EGFR, ASCL1, OLIG2 and OLIG1. These bMIPCs undergo several rounds of mitosis and generate cortical oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and olfactory bulb interneurons. We also characterized molecular features of the cortical tRG. Integration of our findings suggests a general picture of the lineage progression of cortical radial glial cells, a fundamental process of the developing human cerebral cortex.
Astrocytes
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Cell Differentiation
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Cerebral Cortex
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Humans
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Neuroglia
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Oligodendroglia
7.Fanconi anemia gene-associated germline predisposition in aplastic anemia and hematologic malignancies.
Daijing NIE ; Jing ZHANG ; Fang WANG ; Xvxin LI ; Lili LIU ; Wei ZHANG ; Panxiang CAO ; Xue CHEN ; Yang ZHANG ; Jiaqi CHEN ; Xiaoli MA ; Xiaosu ZHOU ; Qisheng WU ; Ming LIU ; Mingyue LIU ; Wenjun TIAN ; Hongxing LIU
Frontiers of Medicine 2022;16(3):459-466
Whether Fanconi anemia (FA) heterozygotes are predisposed to bone marrow failure and hematologic neoplasm is a crucial but unsettled issue in cancer prevention and family consulting. We retrospectively analyzed rare possibly significant variations (PSVs) in the five most obligated FA genes, BRCA2, FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, and FANCG, in 788 patients with aplastic anemia (AA) and hematologic malignancy. Sixty-eight variants were identified in 66 patients (8.38%). FANCA was the most frequently mutated gene (n = 29), followed by BRCA2 (n = 20). Compared with that of the ExAC East Asian dataset, the overall frequency of rare PSVs was higher in our cohort (P = 0.016). BRCA2 PSVs showed higher frequency in acute lymphocytic leukemia (P = 0.038), and FANCA PSVs were significantly enriched in AA and AML subgroups (P = 0.020; P = 0.008). FA-PSV-positive MDS/AML patients had a higher tumor mutation burden, higher rate of cytogenetic abnormalities, less epigenetic regulation, and fewer spliceosome gene mutations than those of FA-PSV-negative MDS/AML patients (P = 0.024, P = 0.029, P = 0.024, and P = 0.013). The overall PSV enrichment in our cohort suggests that heterozygous mutations of FA genes contribute to hematopoietic failure and leukemogenesis.
Anemia, Aplastic/genetics*
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Epigenesis, Genetic
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Fanconi Anemia/genetics*
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Germ Cells
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Hematologic Neoplasms/genetics*
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Humans
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Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics*
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Retrospective Studies
8.Identification of TCF3-ZNF384 fusion by transcriptome sequencing in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its laboratory and clinical characteristics.
Qisheng WU ; Fang WANG ; Junfang YANG ; Xue CHEN ; Xiaoli MA ; Panxiang CAO ; Yang ZHANG ; Daijing NIE ; Jiaqi CHEN ; Xiaosu ZHOU ; Jiancheng FANG ; Mingyue LIU ; Min ZHANG ; Ping WU ; Tong WANG ; Hongxing LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2021;38(4):351-354
OBJECTIVE:
To detect fusion gene with pathological significance in a patient with refractory and relapsed acute B cell lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and to explore its laboratory and clinical characteristics.
METHODS:
Transcriptome sequencing was used to detect potential fusion transcripts. Other laboratory results and clinical data of the patient were also analyzed.
RESULTS:
The patient was found to harbor TCF3 exon 17-ZNF384 exon 7 in-frame fusion transcript. The minimal residual disease (MRD) has remained positive after multiple chemotherapy protocols including CD19-, CD22- targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells immunotherapy. The patient eventually achieved complete remission and sustained MRD negativity after allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).
CONCLUSION
Transcriptome sequencing can effectively detect potential fusion genes with clinical significance in leukemia. TCF3-ZNF384 positive B-ALL has unique laboratory and clinical characteristics, may not well respond to chemotherapy and immunotherapy, and is more likely to relapse. Timely allo-HSCT treatment may help such patients to achieve long-term disease-free survival. TCF3-ZNF384 positive B-ALL is not uncommon in pediatric patients but has not been effectively identified.
B-Lymphocytes
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Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics*
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Child
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Humans
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Laboratories
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/therapy*
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Trans-Activators/genetics*
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Transcriptome
9. Decoding Cortical Glial Cell Development
Xiaosu LI ; Guoping LIU ; Lin YANG ; Zhenmeiyu LI ; Zhuangzhi ZHANG ; Zhejun XU ; Yuqun CAI ; Heng DU ; Zihao SU ; Ziwu WANG ; Yangyang DUAN ; Haotian CHEN ; Zicong SHANG ; Yan YOU ; Qi ZHANG ; Miao HE ; Zhengang YANG ; Bin CHEN
Neuroscience Bulletin 2021;37(4):440-460
Mouse cortical radial glial cells (RGCs) are primary neural stem cells that give rise to cortical oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and olfactory bulb (OB) GABAergic interneurons in late embryogenesis. There are fundamental gaps in understanding how these diverse cell subtypes are generated. Here, by combining single-cell RNA-Seq with intersectional lineage analyses, we show that beginning at around E16.5, neocortical RGCs start to generate ASCL1
10.Pathogenic infection spectrum revealed by metagenomics high-throughput next-generation sequencing in patients with hematological diseases after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Lili YUAN ; Fang WANG ; Xue CHEN ; Yang ZHANG ; Xiaoli MA ; Daijing NIE ; Panxiang CAO ; Xiaosu ZHOU ; Yincheng TAN ; Qisheng WU ; Ming LIU ; Mingyue LIU ; Jianping ZHANG ; Mangju WANG ; Hongxing LIU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2020;29(6):326-330
Objective:To investigate the infection spectrum revealed by metagenomics high-throughput next-generation sequencing (mNGS), and to provide a reference for infection diagnosis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Methods:A total of 64 patients who developed systemic or local infection symptoms after allo-HSCT in Hebei Yanda Lu Daopei Hospital from January 2018 to November 2018 were enrolled. Gene sequences of pathogenic microorganisms in blood, cerebrospinal fluid and bronchoalveolar fluid specimens were detected by using mNGS. The pathogenic microorganisms or suspected pathogens were determined based on the clinical manifestations of patients.Results:There were 97 samples of mNGS detection for 64 patients who underwent allo-HSCT. The most common gram-positive bacteria were staphylococcus haemolyticus (19 times) and staphylococcus (14 times), and the most common gram-negative bacterium was acinetobacter baumannii (8 times). The most common viruses were cytomegalovirus, EB virus and Torque teno virus (35, 22 and 23 times, respectively), and the most common fungi were malassezia globus (14 times) and candida parapsilosis (8 times). There were 3 mycobacterium tuberculosis complexes detected in 3 patients with acute myeloid leukemia who received allo-HSCT. Mycoplasma orale was detected in one patient's sputum, and none parasite was detected.Conclusion:mNGS can comprehensively reveal the infection spectrum of hematologic diseases after allo-HSCT, especially for pathogenic microorganisms that are rare or difficult to cultivate, and it can effectively help the diagnosis of clinically infectious pathogens.

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