1.Platinum Resistance in Ovarian Cancer:Limitations of PFI Binary Classification and Potential Improvements
Xiaoyu LI ; Nan ZHANG ; Wen DI
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment 2024;51(10):813-819
Ovarian cancer is a common gynecologic malignancy.In clinical practice,recurrent ovarian cancer is mainly classified into two categories on the basis of platinum-free interval,platinum-resistant and platinum-sensitive,corresponding to different treatment modalities and prognoses.The treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer is challenging.Some scholars have pointed out limitations in the binary classification of platinum-free interval.In this article,the classification of recurrent ovarian cancer,the treatment challenges of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer,the limitations of the platinum-free interval binary classification,and new classification perspectives were reviewed to help physicians enhance their understanding on the research progress in ovarian cancer classification and develop more effective treatment strategies.
2.Research progress on cell subpopulations of white and brown adipose tissue stromal vascular fraction based on single-cell sequencing technology
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2024;40(6):587-593
In recent years, the rise of single-cell sequencing technology has led to a new era in the study of the heterogeneity of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) in adipose tissue, revealing many previously undiscovered cell subsets. Based on single-cell sequencing technology, this paper reviews the research progress of SVF cell subsets in white and brown adipose tissue.
3.Classification and characteristics of adipose tissue
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2024;40(9):1041-1046
In recent years, advances in the study of adipose tissue have driven new breakthroughs in nutritional metabolism, tissue engineering, tumor prevention and treatment, and other related fields. Currently, there are a variety of classifications for adipose tissue, and this paper provides an overview of five different types of adipose tissue(white adipose tissue, brown adipose tissue, beige adipose tissue, yellow adipose tissue, pink adipose tissue) and their respective properties.
4.Environmental and occupational health move forward together to create a new era of health: Minutes of the Eighteenth National Postgraduates Symposium on Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Yunjia ZHAO ; Yuan WANG ; Jiao CHEN ; Chenchen ZHANG ; Xinyi GU ; Di YI ; Xiaoyu WANG
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2024;41(11):1297-1300
The 18th National Postgraduate Symposium on Environmental and Occupational Medicine, co-sponsored by the Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine and the School of Public Health of Sun Yat-sen University, was successfully held on August 22 to 25, 2024 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Adhering to the theme of “Research and practice: Healing the schism”, the symposium aims to enliven academic thinking, expand research horizons, encourage innovation, enhance inter-university exchanges, and strengthen talent cultivation, especially to promote the close integration of academic research and public health practice. A total of 105 papers were received from 38 universities. The symposium also gathered about 160 participants, mainly authors postgraduates from universities and experts and professors in the field of environmental and occupational medicine. All the participants discussed the latest research advances and future development trends of environmental and occupational medicine, and endeavor to apply the research results in public health practice.
5.Classification and characteristics of adipose tissue
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2024;40(9):1041-1046
In recent years, advances in the study of adipose tissue have driven new breakthroughs in nutritional metabolism, tissue engineering, tumor prevention and treatment, and other related fields. Currently, there are a variety of classifications for adipose tissue, and this paper provides an overview of five different types of adipose tissue(white adipose tissue, brown adipose tissue, beige adipose tissue, yellow adipose tissue, pink adipose tissue) and their respective properties.
6.Research progress on cell subpopulations of white and brown adipose tissue stromal vascular fraction based on single-cell sequencing technology
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2024;40(6):587-593
In recent years, the rise of single-cell sequencing technology has led to a new era in the study of the heterogeneity of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) in adipose tissue, revealing many previously undiscovered cell subsets. Based on single-cell sequencing technology, this paper reviews the research progress of SVF cell subsets in white and brown adipose tissue.
7.Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Adenylyl Transferase 2 Inhibition Aggravates Neurological Damage after Traumatic Brain Injury in a Rat Model
Xiaoyu GU ; Haibo NI ; XuGang KAN ; Chen CHEN ; Zhiping ZHOU ; Zheng DING ; Di LI ; Bofei LIU
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2023;66(4):400-408
Objective:
: Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl transferase 2 (NMNAT2) is a crucial factor for the survival of neuron. The role of NMNAT2 in damage following traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains unknown. This study was designed to investigate the role of NMNAT2 in TBI-induced neuronal degeneration and neurological deficits in rats.
Methods:
: The TBI model was established in Sprague-Dawley rats by a weight-dropping method. Real-time polymerase chain reaction, western blot, immunofluorescence, Fluoro-Jade C staining, and neurological score analyses were carried out.
Results:
: NMNAT2 mRNA and protein levels were increased in the injured-side cortex at 6 hours and peaked 12 hours after TBI. Knocking down NMNAT2 with an injection of small interfering RNA in lateral ventricle significantly exacerbated neuronal degeneration and neurological deficits after TBI, which were accompanied by increased expression of BCL-2-associated X protein (Bax).
Conclusion
: NMNAT2 expression is increased and NMNAT2 exhibits neuroprotective activity in the early stages after TBI, and Bax signaling pathway may be involved in the process. Thus, NMNAT2 is likely to be an important target to prevent secondary damage following TBI.
8.Study on the mental health status and its influencing factors among middle school students in Yi nationality areas: a case study of Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Zhihong WU ; Jiayi WANG ; Hexiang BAI ; Yixian QIN ; Xiaoyu FENG ; Xing GAO ; Baofeng DI ; Chunping TAN ; Aoyi TANG ; Panpan GAO ; Bili DUAN ; Jiahe LIU ; Wei SHI
Sichuan Mental Health 2023;36(2):131-136
ObjectiveTo explore the mental health status and its influencing factors among middle school students in Xide County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and to provide references for mental health interventions for local middle school students. MethodsUsing a cross-sectional study design, one junior middle school and one senior middle school in Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, were randomly selected on September 16, 2021, and two classes per grade in each school involving 288 students were recruited. Subjects were assessed using Patients' Health Questionnaire Depression Scale-9 item (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 item (GAD-7), PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-3). Then the scores of above scales were compared among middle school students with different demographic characteristics, and binary Logistic regression analysis was conducted to screen the influencing factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. ResultsAmong the respondents, 17.71% (95% CI: 0.133~0.221), 8.68% (95% CI: 0.054~0.120), 2.78% (95% CI: 0.009~0.047) and 45.83% (95% CI: 0.400~0.516) were reported to have symptoms of depression, anxiety, PTSD and loneliness, respectively. Students in senior middle school scored lower on PCL-5 and ULS-3 than those in junior middle school [(6.46±8.91) vs. (8.87±9.42), t=2.202, P<0.05; (4.67±1.65) vs. (5.60±1.88), t=4.431, P<0.01]. Regression analysis denoted that depressive symptoms (OR=7.630, P<0.05) and anxiety symptoms (OR=3.789, P<0.01) were risk factors for PTSD symptoms among middle school students. ConclusionThe middle school students in Xide County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture suffer a high prevalence rate of depressive symptoms and loneliness, and those in junior middle school are more likely to feel a sense of strong loneliness, furthermore, depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms are risk factors for PTSD symptoms.
9.Effects of orlistat on the viability of human gallbladder cancer cells
Haihong CHENG ; Yuxin SUN ; Xiaopeng YU ; Shouhua WANG ; Jun DING ; Di ZHOU ; Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Jiandong WANG ; Weibin SHI ; Fei MA
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2023;22(5):636-641
Objective:To investigate the effects of orlistat on the viability of human gall-bladder cancer (GBC) cells.Methods:The experimental study was conducted. The human GBC NOZ cells with high expression of FSAN was screened out through in vitro cultivating human GBC-SD, SGC-996 and NOZ cells. The cell proliferation assay, clone formation assay and protein detection experiment were used to analysis of the effects of orlistat on the viability of human GBC cells. Cell grouping: NOZ cells cultured with medium were set as the control group, cultured with medium + 10 μmol/L orlistat were set as the low-dose orlistat group, cultured with medium + 100 μmol/L orlistat were set as the high-dose orlistat group, respectively. Observation indicators: (1) expression of FASN protein in human GBC cells; (2) effects of orlistat on the proliferation of human GBC NOZ cells; (3) effects of orlistat on apoptosis of human GBC NOZ cells. Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as Mean± SD, the ANOVA test was used for comparison between groups and the least significant difference method was used for pairwise comparison. Results:(1) Expression of FASN protein in human GBC cells. Results of western blot showed that the relative expression of FASN protein in human GBC NOZ, GBC-SD and SGC-996 cells was 0.57±0.06, 0.12±0.04 and 0.10±0.02, respectively, showing a significant difference among them ( F=115.67, P<0.05). There were significant differences between the NOZ cells and the GBC-SD or the SGC-996 cells ( P<0.05), and there was no significant difference between the GBC-SD cells and the SGC-996 cells ( P>0.05). (2) Effects of orlistat on the proliferation of human GBC NOZ cells. ① Results of cell proliferation assay showed that the absorbance value of NOZ cells was 2.34±0.12, 1.57±0.08 and 1.07±0.13 in the control group, low-dose orlistat group and high-dose orlistat group, respectively, showing a significant difference among them ( F=205.88, P<0.05). ② Results of clone formation assay showed that the number of NOZ cells clones was 257±23, 153±11 and 83±11 in the control group, low-dose orlistat group and high-dose orlistat group, respectively, showing a significant difference among them ( F=92.64, P<0.05). ③Results of western blot showed that the relative expression of Cyclin-D1 protein of NOZ cells was 2.31±0.10, 1.52±0.05 and 1.23±0.11 in the control group, low-dose orlistat group and high-dose orlistat group, respectively, showing a significant difference among them ( F=120.73, P<0.05). The relative expression of CDK-4 protein of NOZ cells was 1.58±0.04, 1.21±0.02 and 1.19±0.04 in the control group, low-dose orlistat group and high-dose orlistat group, respectively, showing a signifi-cant difference among them ( F=110.45, P<0.05). (3) Effects of orlistat on apoptosis of human GBC NOZ cells. Results of western blot showed that the relative expression of Bcl-2 protein of NOZ cells was 1.07±0.03, 0.36±0.03 and 0.15±0.02 in the control group, low-dose orlistat group and high-dose orlistat group, respectively, showing a significant difference among them ( F=1 242.93, P<0.05). The relative expression of Bax protein of NOZ cells was 0.51±0.03, 0.38±0.05 and 1.38±0.04 in the control group, low-dose orlistat group and high-dose orlistat group, respectively, showing a signifi-cant difference among them ( F=583.51, P<0.05). Conclusion:Orlistat can inhibit the growth of human GBC NOZ cells and promote their apoptosis.
10.Clinical characteristics of elderly-onset gouty arthritis and risk factors for tophi
Shuting DI ; Hong YE ; Shizhe ZHOU ; Lidan MA ; Aichang JI ; Xiaoyu CHENG ; Tian LIU ; Min YANG ; Yajie YU ; Ying CHEN
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023;39(11):944-949
Objective:To analyze the clinical characteristics of elderly-onset gouty arthritis and risk factors of tophi.Methods:A total of 1 239 gout patients were retrospective selected in the outpatient department of the Gout Clinical Medical Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from 2016 to 2022. According to age of onset, they were divided into the young and middle-aged group(aged<60) consisted of 826 cases, and the elderly group(aged≥60) consisted of 413 cases. Compare the clinical characteristics of elderly with Young and Middle-aged patients.Results:The systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, creatinine, regular exercise, comorbidities, and tophi in the elderly group was higher than that in the middle-aged and young group. The proportion of diastolic blood pressure, serum triglycerides, eGFR, serum uric acid, alcohol consumption rate, and family history of gout was lower than that of young and middle-aged group( P<0.05); In the elderly-onset group, the initial site of arthritis was commonly observed in the first metatarsophalangeal joint. The proportion of the first attack with the upper limb joint was higher in old age group than in young and middle age group( P<0.05). Renal underexcretion type was the main subtype in the elderly group, and the proportion of overproduction type was higher than that of the young and middle-aged group( P<0.05). The logistic regression analysis showed that age, urea nitrogen, disease duration≥10 years and family history of gout were risk factors for tophi in elderly patients( P<0.05). Conclusion:The elderly-onset gout has unique clinical characteristics, characterized by a higher prevalence of tophi, a higher rate of complications. An initial site of arthritis commonly observed in the first metatarsophalangeal joint and the predominant type of uric acid excretion is renal excretion impairment. Early diagnosis and treatment, control of blood uric acid levels, smoking cessation and alcohol, regular exercise should be applied to prevent or delay the formation of tophi.

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