ObjectiveTo elucidate the latest research progress of Yes-associated protein (YAP) / transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) in regulating tumor drug resistance. MethodThe relevant literature on YAP/TAZ in regulating tumor cell chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy resistance was reviewed and summarized in the databases such as PubMed, CNKI, and so on. ResultsThe YAP/TAZ was involved in the resistance regulation of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy in various human tumors. The YAP/TAZ could interact with various proteins to induce the occurrence of tumor resistance. The imbalance of YAP/TAZ signaling might lead to an important mechanism of tumor cell resistance. ConclusionsThere is a close relation between YAP/TAZ and tumor cell resistance. Studying the mechanism of YAP/TAZ regulating tumor resistance can provide new strategies and targets for addressing tumor resistance.
Influenza A is an acute infectious respiratory disease caused by influenza A virus, with typical signs and symptoms of upper and / or lower respiratory tract involvement, and symptoms of systemic disease such as fever, headache, myalgia and fatigue. Although it is a self-limited disease in the general population, it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in some high-risk populations and often leads serious complications, such as severe acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, as well as other extrapulmonary injuries. The exploration of the mechanisms of lung injury caused by influenza A infection could be helpful to understand the pathogenic mechanisms of other viral pneumonias, such as coronavirus disease 2019.
目的 探讨进展期胃癌联合脏器切除的指征和临床效果。方法 回顾性分析我院1998年6月至2008年6月期间施行联合脏器切除的43例进展期胃癌患者的临床资料,并与同期行姑息性手术的29例进展期胃癌患者相比较。结果 术后1、3及5年生存率联合脏器切除患者分别为65.1% (28/43)、30.2% (13/43)及18.6%(8/43),姑息性手术患者分别为41.4% (12/29)、10.3% (3/29)及0 (0/29),前者明显高于后者(P<0.05)。联合脏器切除组并发症发生率为14.0% (6/43),而姑息性手术组并发症发生率为13.8% (4/29),二者比较差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论 进展期胃癌实施联合脏器切除联合术中腹腔内温热化疗等综合治疗,可提高术后生存率。
目的:探讨鼻内窥镜下下鼻甲成形术加骨折外移术治疗慢性肥厚性鼻炎的临床应用价值。方法: 对符合慢性肥厚性鼻炎的56例患者在00内窥镜下骨折下鼻甲,切除下鼻甲增生肥厚部分外侧面黏膜及其下肥大骨质,内侧的黏膜瓣保留并覆盖在下鼻甲创面上形成新下鼻甲。随访1到2年。结果: 56例中,治愈42例(75.0%),有效13 例(23.2%),无效1例(1.8%),总有效率98.2%,无并发症发生。结论: 鼻内窥镜下下鼻甲成形术加骨折外移术是治疗慢性肥厚性鼻炎较为理想的手术方法。
目的 探讨乳腺癌改良根治术中保留肋间臂神经(ICBN)的临床效果。方法 笔者所在医院2005年3月至2009年3月期间行乳腺癌改良根治术54例,其中保留ICBN 39例,未能保留者15例,术后严密追踪观察。结果 保留ICBN和未能保留ICBN患者术后1个月皮肤感觉异常者分别为5例(12.8%)和13例(86.7%),两者差异有统计学意义(P<0.01);保留ICBN感觉异常者均在术后2~3个月内恢复正常,未保留ICBN感觉异常者3个月后症状稍有改善,有7例6个月后仍未恢复。全部病例均获随访,随访时间6~36个月,平均22个月,无复发。结论 保留ICBN能减少乳腺癌患者术后上肢感觉障碍的发生,提高其生活质量。
目的 探讨复发性结节性甲状腺肿再手术中喉返神经损伤的预防方法。方法 回顾性分析笔者所在单位1996年7月至2009年7月期间再次手术治疗的56例复发性结节性甲状腺肿患者的临床资料,术中行喉返神经解剖31例,未行喉返神经解剖25例。 结果 未行喉返神经解剖者中有3例出现暂时性喉返神经损伤,损伤率为12.0%;行喉返神经解剖者中无一例出现喉返神经损伤,损伤率为0;两者之间差异有统计学意义(χ2=3.931,P<0.05)。 结论 复发性结节性甲状腺肿再手术时解剖喉返神经有助于降低喉返神经的损伤;术中精细的操作和细致的解剖是避免喉返神经损伤的关键。
ObjectiveTo identify genes associated with resistance to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors in colorectal cancer and elucidate their underlying mechanisms using bioinformatics approaches. MethodsGenes expression datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to screen hypoxia-related genes (HRGs) and differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The intersection of HRGs and DEGs was defined as hypoxia-related differentially expressed genes (HDGs). The gene expression data of patients with colorectal cancer from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were analyzed using Pearson correlation to identify the PD-1-related genes, further the STRING analysis (minimum interaction score was greater than 0.7) and Cytoscape were subsequently employed to screen the key PD-1-related genes. The relation between the screened key PD-1-related genes and the prognosis of colorectal cancer patients was analyzed to screen out the target genes. The real-time fluorescence reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze the expression of the target genes in the cancer tissues and their corresponding adjacent tissues of 20 patients with colorectal cancer. The Kaplan-Meier Plotter database and the ROC Plotter database were used to analyze the relation between the high and low expression of the target genes and the prognosis in different patients. The significance level was set as α=0.05. ResultsA total of 651 HRGs and 329 DEGs were screened out. By taking the intersection of these two sets, 37 HDGs were obtained for subsequent analysis. Through Pearson correlation analysis, 25 key PD-1-related genes were screened out and 10 and 14 key PD-1-related genes were screened out by the MCC algorithm and the MCODE algorithm respectively. By taking the intersection of these three sets, 3 key PD-1-related genes were obtained, then survival analysis, the Aurora kinase A (AURKA) gene was finally screened out as the target gene. The expression level of the AURKA gene in the pan-cancer patients who responded to PD-1 inhibitor treatment was significantly higher than that in non-responders (P<0.001), and was significantly lower in the six colorectal cancer cells treated with hypoxia than in six colorectal cancer cells treated with normoxia (P<0.001). The AURKA expression in the colorectal cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in the corresponding adjacent colorectal tissues (P=0.008). The overall survival of pan-cancer patients with high AURKA expression was better than that of those with low AURKA expression [HR (95%CI)=0.67 (0.49, 0.93), P=0.015]. Among the colorectal cancer patients with MMR deficiency, the patients with low AURKA gene expression had worse overall survival [HR (95%CI)=2.596 (1.028, 6.332), P=0.043] and recurrence-free survival [HR (95%CI)=4.201 (1.092, 16.150), P=0.037] as compared with those with high AURKA gene expression. The low AURKA expression was associated with significantly worse overall survivals in the colorectal cancer patients harboring wild-type or mutant TP53, BRAF, and KRAS as compared with high AURKA expression (P<0.05), while no statistically significant difference was found in the overall survival of the normal MMR patients between with high AURKA expression and low AURKA expression (P=0.307). ConclusionThe results of this bioinformatics analysis suggest that hypoxia down-regulated AURKA expression, and low AURKA expression is associated with worse prognosis in colorectal cancer patients, and worse reactivity and prognosis in patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors.
Objective To observe the effect of resveratrol on retinal vasculopathy in diabetic rats. Methods Forty-five Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into the resveratrol group, treatment control group and the normal control group, 15 rats in each group. Diabetic rat models were induced with streptozotocin injection in resveratrol group and treatment control group. The same volume of sterile saline solution was injected into the rats of the normal control group. The rats of resveratrol group and treatment control group were feed with highfat diet. The rats of resveratrol group received oral gavage of resveratrol (75 mg/kg) twice a day for four months. The same volume of sterile saline solution was given by gavage in rats of treatment control group twice a day for four months. 2 ml femoral vein blood and 50 mu;l aqueous fluid of anterior chamber of the eye from rats of three groups were collected to detect fasting blood glucose, aqueous fluid glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride. The retinal vascular permeability was test by labeling with evans blue. Whole retina was isolated to detect the pericyte number. Total protein was extracted from retina to test the level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Results The fasting blood glucose, aqueous fluid glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride in treatment control group were higher than those in normal control group, also higher than those in resveratrol group except cholesterol. The differences among the three groups were statistically significant (F=152.809, 65.230, 3.861, 15.059; P<0.05). The retinal vascular permeability in treatment control group was higher than that in normal control group, while it in resveratrol group was lower than that in treatment control group. The differences among the three groups was statistically significant (F=11.626,P<0.05). The pericyte number in treatment control group decreased as compared to normal control group, while it in resveratrol group increased as compared to treatment control group. The differences among the three groups was statistically significant (F=43.284, P<0.05). The VEGF expression in treatment control group increased as compared to normal control group, while it in resveratrol group decreased as compared to treatment control group. The differences among the three groups was statistically significant (F=14.017, P<0.05). Conclusion Resveratrol can improve abnormal retinal vasculopathy structure and function, down-regulated level of fasting blood glucose, aqueous fluid glucose, triglyceride and VEGF may be the mechanism.