Treatment evolution and improved survival in multiple myeloma in Taiwan

Annals of Hematology - The incidence of multiple myeloma (MM) is increasing worldwide, but the rate of increase is greatest in Asia. Few data describe the epidemiology and treatment of MM in Asia....     

The prognostic significance of ΔSUVmax assessed by PET/CT scan after 2 cycles of chemotherapy in patients with classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Annals of Hematology - The objective of this study is to investigate the prognostic value of the percentage change of maximum standardized uptake value (ΔSUVmax) assessed by PET/CT scan after...     

皮肤晚期糖基化终产物无创检测技术在社区糖尿病早期筛查中的应用价值

目的评估皮肤晚期糖基化终产物(AGEs)无创检测技术在社区糖尿病早期筛查中的应用价值。方法于2018年1月至2019年1月选取社区健康体检、既往无糖尿病病史者701例,根据口服葡萄糖耐量试验(OGTT)结果分为正常糖耐量组443例、糖调节受损组198例和初诊糖尿病组60例。采用糖尿病无创检测技术对各组患者上臂皮肤AGEs进行检测,同时测定空腹血糖(FPG)、餐后2 h血糖(2 hPG)、糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)、胰岛素、C肽、总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)、肌酐、尿素等指标。另将研究对象分为<45岁、45~59岁、≥60岁三个年龄段,比较不同糖调节状态人群在不同年龄段AGEs水平的变化。采用单因素方差分析比较各组间一般资料、生化指标及皮肤AGEs水平差异,并进行Pearson相关性分析和logistic回归分析。结果<45岁、45~59岁、≥60岁糖尿病前期和糖尿病患者AGEs值均高于正常糖耐量者(P<0.05)。皮肤AGEs水平与FPG和HbA1c相关(r=0.215、0.233,P<0.01)。AGEs是糖尿病前期和糖尿病风险的独立危险因素[优势比(95%可信区间):1.054(1.025~1.084)、1.116(1.071~1.163)]。糖尿病无创检测技术识别糖尿病的受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线下面积为0.721(95%可信区间:0.658~0.783),灵敏度为73.3%,特异度为61.3%;糖尿病无创检测技术识别糖尿病前期的ROC曲线下面积为0.601(95%可信区间:0.551~0.652),灵敏度为35.4%,特异度为87.1%。结论皮肤AGEs无创检测对评估糖尿病风险有一定应用价值,但可能不完全适用于糖尿病早期筛查。     

Prospective observation: Clinical utility of plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA load in EBV-associated gastric carcinoma patients

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinomas (EBVaGCs) may account for 8–9% of all gastric cancer (GC) patients. All previous reports on EBVaGC were retrospective. Prospective study is warranted to evaluate the exact role of EBV status in predicting the prognosis of GC. It is of special interest to figure out whether dynamic detection of plasma EBV-DNA load could be a feasible biomarker for the monitor of EBVaGC. From October 2014 to September 2017, we consecutively collected GC patients (n = 2,760) from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center for EBER examination. We detected EBV-DNA load in plasma and tissue samples of EBVaGC patients at baseline. Subsequently, plasma EBV-DNA load was dynamically monitored in EBVaGC patients. The overall prevalence of EBVaGC is 5.1% (140/2,760). The incidence rate of EBVaGC decreased with advanced AJCC 7th TNM stage (p < 0.001), with the corresponding percentages of 9.3, 9.9, 6.7 and 1.4% for Stage I, II, III and IV patients. EBVaGC patients were predominately young males with better histologic differentiation and earlier TNM stage than EBV-negative GC (EBVnGC) patients. EBVaGC patients were confirmed to had a favorable 3-year survival rate (EBVaGC vs. EBVnGC: 76.8% vs. 58.2%, p = 0.0001). Though only 52.1% (73/140) EBVaGC patients gained detectable EBV-DNA and 43.6% (61/140) reached a positive cutoff of 100 copies/ml, we found the plasma EBV-DNA load in EBVaGC decreased when patients got response, while it increased when disease progressed. Our results suggested that plasma EBV-DNA is a good marker in predicting recurrence and chemotherapy response for EBVaGC patients.     

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of high-dose methotrexate in Chinese adult patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a population analysis

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - High-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is widely used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), but the pharmacokinetic properties of HD-MTX in Chinese adult...     

MicroRNA‐375‐3p enhances chemosensitivity to 5‐fluorouracil by targeting thymidylate synthase in colorectal cancer

Resistance to chemotherapy is a major challenge for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Previous studies have found that microRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in drug resistance; however, the role of miRNA‐373‐3p (miR‐375‐3p) in CRC remains unclear. The current study aimed to explore the potential function of miR‐375‐3p in 5‐fluorouracil (5‐FU) resistance. MicroRNA‐375‐3p was found to be widely downregulated in human CRC cell lines and tissues and to promote the sensitivity of CRC cells to 5‐FU by inducing colon cancer cell apoptosis and cycle arrest and by inhibiting cell growth, migration, and invasion in vitro. Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) was found to be a direct target of miR‐375‐3p, and TYMS knockdown exerted similar effects as miR‐375‐3p overexpression on the CRC cellular response to 5‐FU. Lipid‐coated calcium carbonate nanoparticles (NPs) were designed to cotransport 5‐FU and miR‐375‐3p into cells efficiently and rapidly and to release the drugs in a weakly acidic tumor microenvironment. The therapeutic effect of combined miR‐375 + 5‐FU/NPs was significantly higher than that of the individual treatments in mouse s.c. xenografts derived from HCT116 cells. Our results suggest that restoring miR‐375‐3p levels could be a future novel therapeutic strategy to enhance chemosensitivity to 5‐FU.     

氩离子凝固术加黏膜下药物注射治疗放射性肠炎初步临床分析

目的 初步探讨内镜下氩离子凝固术(APC)联合黏膜下去甲肾上腺盐水注射治疗放射性肠炎的临床疗效,尤其是对难治性放射性肠炎的疗效评估。方法 回顾分析22例患者临床资料,分别采用改良内镜评分法(A)和Sherman′s classification (B)对患者进行严重程度评分。治疗成功的标准是临床症状的改善或便血停止(或仅有少量便血不需要进一步干预)。结果 22例患者疗后均达到临床症状改善,其中18例(82%)便血完全停止。A评估法:轻度肠炎15例(68%),重度肠炎7例(32%)。B评估法:轻度9例(41%),重度13例(59%)。采用A评估法进行相关分析发现,治疗次数与内镜等级(或内镜评分)有很好的相关性(r=0.86,P<0.001)。结论 初步证明内镜下APC联合黏膜下去甲肾上腺盐水注射治疗放射性肠炎不仅对轻-中患者有效,对难治性放射性肠炎同样可维持长久疗效。A评估法更适合在临床中推广。     

The effect of acetylation on the protein stability of BmApoLp‐III in the silkworm,Bombyx mori

Acetylation is an important, reversible posttranslational modification to a protein. In a previous study, we found that there were a large number of acetylated sites in various nutrient storage proteins of the silkworm haemolymph. In this study, we confirmed that acetylation can affect the stability of nutrient storage protein Bombyx mori apolipophorin‐III (BmApoLp‐III). First, the expression of BmApoLp‐III could be upregulated when BmN cells were treated with the deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat (LBH589); similarly, the expression was downregulated when the cells were treated with the acetylase inhibitor C646. Furthermore, the increase in acetylation by LBH589 could inhibit the degradation and improve the accumulation of BmApoLp‐III in BmN cells treated with cycloheximide and MG132 respectively. Moreover, we found that an increase in acetylation could decrease the ubiquitination of BmApoLp‐III and vice versa; therefore, we predicted that acetylation could improve the stability of BmApoLp‐III by competing for ubiquitination and inhibiting the protein degradation pathway mediated by ubiquitin. Additionally, BmApoLp‐III had an antiapoptosis function that increased after LBH589 treatment, which might have been due to the improved protein stability after acetylation. These results have laid the foundation for further study on the mechanism of acetylation in regulating the storage and utilization of silkworm nutrition.     

外周血miR-150-5p、SOCS1 mRNA对类风湿关节炎“病”“证”诊断意义的初步探讨＊

目的 探讨类风湿关节炎患者外周血miR-150-5p、细胞因子信号抑制因子1（suppressor of cytokine signaling 1，SOCS1）mRNA的表达及对类风湿关节炎（Rheumatoid Arthritis，RA）疾病诊断、中医证型判断的意义。方法 纳入符合诊断标准的RA患者57例及健康对照组19例，根据《22个专业95个病种中医诊疗方案》有关RA的中医证候诊断标准，判断RA的中医证型。qPCR检测RA患者及健康对照组miR-150-5p、SOCS1mRNA的相对表达水平，同时检测血常规、肝功能、肾功能等常规指标。双荧光素酶分析方法判断两者是否存在靶向关系。统计分析miR-150-5p、SOCS1 mRNA对RA疾病的诊断意义及其与中医证型的相关性。结果 RA患者外周血miR-150-5p的相对表达水平下调，低于正常人群（t = -19.019，P < 0.05）；其表达水平随疾病活动度升高，有下降趋势；患者外周血SOCS1 mRNA的相对表达水平上调，低于正常人群（t = 5.333，P < 0.05）；其表达水平随疾病活动度升高，有上升趋势。MiR-150-5p与SOCS1 mRNA有靶向结合关系（P < 0.05）。通过AUC曲线比较，miR-150-5p的相对表达水平区分RA的敏感性及特异性分别为98.1%、92.1%（AUC = 0.972，P < 0.05）；SOCS1 mRNA的相对表达水平无法区分RA（AUC = 0.472，P > 0.05）。RA患者中miR-150-5p的相对表达水平低于3.06，RA患者风湿痹阻证、寒湿痹阻证的相对风险分别为8.33、250.00（P < 0.05）。结论 miR-150-5p、SOCS1 mRNA在RA患者中有差异性表达，且有靶向结合关系。miR-150-5p可能是RA的疾病诊断及中医风湿痹阻证、寒湿痹阻证证型诊断的潜在生物标志物。     

感音神经性聋患儿伴分泌性中耳炎同期人工耳蜗植入效果分析

目的探讨伴分泌性中耳炎的感音神经性聋患儿同期植入人工耳蜗术后的听觉言语康复效果。方法回顾性分析安徽医科大学第一附属医院2015年1月到2017年12月期间伴分泌性中耳炎同期植入人工耳蜗的感音神经性聋患儿30例(A组)的临床资料,并与同期不伴分泌性中耳炎的感音神经性聋患儿30例(B组)比较。所有患儿均采用面隐窝入路植入人工耳蜗,术后随访24个月,采用听觉行为分级(categories of auditory performauce-Ⅱ,CAP-Ⅱ)和言语可懂度分级(speech intelligibility rating,SIR)评估并比较两组患儿的听觉言语康复效果。结果 A组患儿同期植入人工耳蜗后均未出现术后并发症,术前A组CAP-II评分为0.87±1.07分,SIR评分为1.07±0.37分,术后分别为5.07±0.91和3.73±0.87分,术后较术前明显提高(P<0.01)。B组术前CAP-II评分为0.93±1.17分,SIR评分为1.10±0.40分,术后分别为5.23±0.77和3.77±0.73分,术后较术前明显提高(P<0.01)。A组与B组之间术前、术后CAP-II和SIR评分差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论感音神经聋患儿伴分泌性中耳炎患儿同期人工耳蜗植入安全可行,且分泌性中耳炎对术后听觉言语康复效果无明显影响。