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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the risk and location of multiple malignancies in patients with hematologic malignancies who were followed up for 9 years in Jiangsu Province Hospital and to evaluate the impact of the second primary malignancy on survival of patients.@*METHODS@#The incidence and survival of multiple malignancies in 7 921 patients with hematologic malignancies from 2009 to 2017 were analyzed retrospectively.@*RESULTS@#A total of 180 (2.3%, 180/7 921) patients developed second malignancy, of whom 58 patients were diagnosed with hematologic malignancies as the first primary malignancy, and 98 patients developed hematologic malignancies as second primary malignancy, and the other 24 cases were diagnosed with the second malignancy within 6 months after the first primary malignancy was diagnosed, which was difined as multiple malignancies occurring simultaneously. In 180 patients, 18 cases developed two hematologic malignancies successively, and 11 patients developed more than 3 primary cancers (among them, 2 female patients were diagnosed with 4 primary cancers). Patients with lymphoma and multiple myeloma (MM) as the second primary malignancy had poorer survival than patients with lymphoma and MM as the first primary malignancy. Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia as the second primary malignancy were also associated with inferior overall survival.@*CONCLUSION@#In this study, 2.3% of hematologic malignancy patients had multiple mali-gnancies, lymphoma and MM as the second primary malignancy had poor survival.
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Humans , East Asian People , Hematologic Neoplasms/complications , Lymphoma/complications , Multiple Myeloma/complications , Neoplasms, Second Primary , Retrospective Studies , Survival AnalysisABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the correlation between the mutational status of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (IGHV) gene with the prognosis of patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM).@*METHODS@#Immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (IGH) clonotypic sequence analysis was carried out to assess the mutational status of IGHV in the blood and/or bone marrow samples from 44 WM patients. The usage characteristics of IGHV-IGHD-IGHJ gene was explored.@*RESULTS@#The most common IGHV subgroup was IGHV3, which was similar to the data from the Institute of Hematology of Chinese Academy of Medical Science. IGHV3-23 (20.45% vs. 15.44%) and IGHV3-74 (11.36% vs. 7.35%) were the main fragments used, which was followed by IGHV4 gene family (15.91% vs. 24.26%). However, no significant correlation was found between the IGHV4 usage and the prognosis of the patients. Should 98% be taken as the cut-off value for the IGHV mutation status, only 5 patients had no IGHV variant, and there was no correlation with the prognosis. Based on the X-tile analysis, 92.6% was re-selected as the cut-off value for the IGHV variant status in such patients. LDH was increased in 26 patients (59.1%) without IGHV variant (P < 0.05), whilst progression-free survival (P < 0.05) and overall survival (P < 0.05) were significantly shorter compared with those with IGHV variants.@*CONCLUSION@#The usage characteristics of IGHV-IGHD-IGHJ in our patients was similar to reported by the Institute of Hematology of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, albeit that no correlation was found between the IGHV4 usage and the prognosis of the patients. Furthermore, 98% may not be appropriate for distinguishing the IGHV variant status in WM patients.
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Humans , Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics , Multigene Family , Mutation , Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/geneticsABSTRACT
After reviewing and evaluating the Discipline History of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in China, the authors concludes that this book has the following characteristics: the scientific research focuses on the combination of internal and external history, and the conclusions are rigorous; the narrative style and structure featured by the division of discipline history of ancient times, modern times and current times are quite characteristic and enlightening; the reference materials are detailed and advanced, which showes profound thoughts and concerns about the difficulties and challenges faced by the development of acupuncture and moxibustion discipline and the internal path selection of acupuncture and moxibustion research. In addition, this book discusses the unique importance of the cultural attribute behind acupuncture and moxibustion technology in the process of theoretical research of acupuncture and moxibustion.
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Moxibustion , Acupuncture Therapy , China , Books , HeadABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the effect of supportive-expressive therapy (SET) on fear of progression and resilience in lymphoma patients, to provide reference for clinical nursing care.Methods:A total of 86 patients with lymphoma treated in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from February 2019 to September 2020 were divided into experimental group and control group according to random number table method, with 43 cases in each group. The control group was given conventional nursing, while the experimental group was applied with 6 times SET. Before and after intervention, the Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form (FoP-Q-SF) and Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was evaluated between two groups.Results:Finally, 40 cases were included in the experimental group and 42 cases in the control group. There was no significant difference between each dimension and total score of the two groups before intervention ( P>0.05). After intervention, scores of physiological health dimension, social and family dimension, and total FoP-Q-SF were (14.90 ± 3.96) points, (15.03 ± 4.29) points and (29.93 ± 5.65) points in the experimental group, significantly lower than those in the control group (17.71 ± 3.38) points, (17.29 ± 4.03) points and (35.00 ± 5.57) points ( t=3.47, 2.46, 4.10, all P<0.05); scores of tenacity, strength, optimism dimension and total CD-RISC were (28.08 ± 4.47) points, (21.30 ± 5.58) points, (10.65 ± 2.97) points and (60.03 ± 8.42) points in the experimental group, significantly higher than those in the control group (24.31 ± 4.11) points, (17.98 ± 4.13) points, (9.26 ± 2.47) points and (51.55 ± 5.86) points, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.30-5.27, all P<0.05). Conclusions:SET can effectively alleviate the degree of fear of progression and promote resilience of lymphoma patients.
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To investigate the metabolites of a new synthetic cannabinoid 3,3-dimethyl-2-[1-(4-cyanobutyl)indazole-3-formamimino]methyl butyrate (4CN-MDMB-BUTINACA) in vitro, a human liver microsome incubation model was established to analyze the metabolic biotransformation of synthetic cannabinoids using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry. Nontarget metabolomic results showed that the metabolites of 4CN-MDMB-BUTINACA included hydroxylation, ester hydrolysis, ester hydrolysis with hydroxylation reaction, pentane oxidation and ester hydrolysis with pentane oxidation reaction, among which M1-a, M2 and M4 were potential metabolic markers. The research results provide a theoretical basis and technical support for the biomonitoring and metabolic characterisation of the cannabinoid 4CN-MDMB-BUTINACA.
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Objective:To assess the association between blood pressure and the risks of diabetes mellitus.Methods:Screening and intervention were conducted from 2015 to 2019 for high-risk subjects of cardiovascular diseases in eight counties of Henan. Information on demographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, and anthropometric measurements were obtained via a questionnaire. Fasting blood samples were collected for blood glucose and serum lipids. The R 3.6.3 software was used to analyze the relationship between blood pressure and diabetes mellitus.Results:The detection rate of diabetes mellitus was 23.5% among 120 040 participants aged 35-75 years. The mean fasting blood glucose level was significantly different among normotensive, prehypertensive, and hypertensive patients. Compared to normotensive patients, prehypertension and hypertension had adjusted ORs of 34%( OR=1.34, 95 CI%: 1.30-1.37) and 85%( OR=1.85, 95 CI%: 1.81-1.89). The corresponding ORs were 1.81(1.77-1.85) in controlled and 2.17(2.06-2.28) in uncontrolled patients. A subgroup analysis showed the same trend, where the risk of diabetes increased with blood pressure ( P<0.05). Conclusions:People with elevated BP may increase their risk of diabetes, while the risk declines when BP is under control. Therefore, targeted measures should be taken to reduce the risk.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the correlation of temperament type and mother's emotional state with acute respiratory tract infections in children so as to provide evidence for comprehensive treatment of the infections.@*METHODS@#A total of 200 children aged between 3 and 6 were enrolled in this study from two kindergartens of Guangzhou and Hengyang. The mothers were invited to complete a questionnaire of the children's general information followed by assessment using children's temperament scale and the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale.@*RESULTS@#The total incidence of acute respiratory infection was significantly higher in children with a hard- to-raise temperament than the easy- to-raise children (P < 0.05); the incidences of acute rhinitis, acute pharyngitis, acute laryngitis and acute bronchitis were all significantly higher in the hard-to-raise children (P < 0.05). A significant positive correlation was identified between the total number of episodes of acute respiratory tract infection in children and their mothers' stress and anxiety levels (P < 0.01). Acute rhinitis and acute tracheitis in the children were both positively correlated with the mothers' stress scores (P < 0.05), while acute pharyngitis and acute laryngitis were positively correlated with the mothers' anxiety scores (P < 0.05), while acute bronchitis was positively correlated with the mothers' stress and anxiety scores (P < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis with the factors influencing the types of acute respiratory tract infections in children as the independent variables suggested that the easy-to-raise type of temperament was a protective factor against acute rhinitis in children (P < 0.05), while mothers' anxiety was a risk factor of acute laryngitis in children (P < 0.05); the mothers' stress was a risk factor for acute bronchitis in children (P < 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Acute respiratory tract infection in children is closely related to the temperament type of the children and the emotional state of the mothers, which are important therapeutic targets in comprehensive interventions of acute respiratory tract infection in children.
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Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Bronchitis , Laryngitis , Mothers/psychology , Pharyngitis , Rhinitis , TemperamentABSTRACT
The concept of spread through air spaces (STAS) was first proposed in the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumors of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart (version 2015). STAS is defined as the micropapillary clusters, solid nests or single cells of tumor that exist in the air spaces of the surrounding lung parenchyma beyond the edge of the main tumor. Meanwhile, apart from the traditional invasion modes of lung adenocarcinoma (interstitial, visceral pleura and lym-phovascular invasion), STAS has been identified as the fourth invasion mode of lung adenocarcinoma. In recent years, the research on STAS has been a hot spot in the field of lung adenocarcinoma. The existence of STAS is related to lung cancer histopathology, gene mutation and other factors, and many studies have also confirmed that it can be used as an independent factor for tumor recurrence and prognosis. However, according to some studies, human factors can cause morphological artifacts of STAS, which still needs to be distinguished in clinical work. This paper reviews the research progress of STAS classification, related pathological features, genetic status changes, and human factors that may cause STAS artifacts. .
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Humans , Adenocarcinoma of Lung/pathology , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local , Neoplasm Staging , Prognosis , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has shown impressive efficacy in treating B-cell malignancies. A single-center phase I dose-escalation study was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of T cells transduced with CBM.CD19 CAR, a second-generation anti-CD19 CAR bearing 4-1BB costimulatory molecule, for the treatment of patients with refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Ten heavily treated patients with refractory DLBCL were given CBM.CD19 CAR-T cell (C-CAR011) treatment. The overall response rate was 20% and 50% at 4 and 12 weeks after the infusion of C-CAR011, respectively, and the disease control rate was 60% at 12 weeks after infusion. Treatment-emergent adverse events occurred in all patients. The incidence of cytokine release syndrome in all grades and grade ⩾ 3 was 90% and 0, respectively, which is consistent with the safety profile of axicabtagene ciloleucel and tisagenlecleucel. Neurotoxicity or other dose-limiting toxicities was not observed in any dose cohort of C-CAR011 therapy. Antitumor efficacy was apparent across dose cohorts. Therefore, C-CAR011 is a safe and effective therapeutic option for Chinese patients with refractory DLBCL, and further large-scale clinical trials are warranted.
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Humans , Antigens, CD19/adverse effects , China , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/therapy , Receptors, Chimeric Antigen , T-LymphocytesABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on fear of hypoglycemia and self-management behavior of patients with steroid diabetes mellitus.Methods:A total of 76 patients with steroid diabetes mellitus from August 2018 to October 2019 in the First Affilated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were selected and divided into experimental group and control group according to the admission time, and each group contained 38 cases. The control group recieved routine therapy and nursing care, on the basis of this, the experimental group was given cognitive-behavioral therapy for 8 weeks. Before and after 8 weeks of intervention, the effects were assessed by Chinese version Hypoglycemia Fear Surgey-Worry Scale(CHFSⅡ-WS) and Sumary of Diabetes Self Care Activities (SDSCA), respectively.Results:There was no significant difference in the score of CHFS Ⅱ-WS, SDSCA before intervention between the two groups( P>0.05). After 8 weeks of intervention, the scores of worry & fear and total CHFS Ⅱ-WS scores were (6.61±1.66), (8.75±1.73) points in the experimental group and (7.60±1.44), (9.69±1.77) points in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.678, 2.247, P<0.05); in addition, the scores of diet, exercise, blood sugar testing, medications in SDSCA were (20.36±1.91), (11.86±2.27), (7.19±1.56), (6.86±0.99) points in the experimental group, and (18.51±1.50), (9.89±2.29), (5.71±1.45), (5.31±1.18) points in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 3.644-5.983, P<0.05). Conclusions:Cognitive-behavioral therapy can effectively alliviate fear of hypoglycemia and promote self-management behavior of steroid diabetes mellitus patients.
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an oncologic disease with clonal proliferation of lymphocytes. In recent years, great advances have been made in the basic and clinical research of CLL. The 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in 2020 presented a detailed report on the latest advance in basic research on these diseases, providing a deeper understanding of how CLL occurs and develops, and playing a guidance role in the clinical treatment.
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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a relatively common subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in China. PTCL is clinically highly aggressive, and it progresses rapidly. The current treatment methods are ineffective and the overall prognosis is poor. The 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting reported on the progress of PTCL molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy, including programmed death receptor 1/programmed death receptor ligand 1 antibodies, JAK inhibitors, brentuximab vedotin, etc. These novel drugs bring a better prospect for patients.
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Objective:To investigate the effect of Roy adaptation model-based intervention on fatigue and posttraumatic growth in patient with malignant lymphoma during chemotherapy.Methods:A total of 110 malignant lymphoma patients who undergoing chemotherapy were randomly divided into study group and control group, with 59 cases in each group. The control group received routine nursing method, the study group carried out Roy adaptation model-based intervention. The post-traumatic growth inventorynventory (PTGI) and the revised piper fatigue scale (PFS-R) was evaluated the effect of intervention, respectively.Results:Before and after chemotherapy, the new possibilities, relating to others, personal strength, appreciation of life, spiritual change and total PTGI scores were (8.90±1.00), (17.27±3.66), (15.11±2.63), (15.23±4.19), (4.16±0.87), (60.45±6.49) and (9.64±1.38), (21.49±4.43), (17.78±4.17), (19.31±5.82), (4.95±0.89), (73.16±8.85), in addition, those index scores in the control group were [(8.74±1.40), (17.13±3.86), (15.46±3.55), (15.80±2.81), (4.26±1.15), (61.43±6.93) and (9.14±1.86), (18.44±4.31), (16.34±2.77), (17.97±3.18), (4.74±1.07), (66.63±6.68)]. There was no significant difference in PTGI scores between study group and control group ( P>0.05), however, relating to others, personal strength and total PTGI scores were significantly increased in the study group compared to the control group ( P<0.05). Before and after chemotherapy, the sensory, emotional, knowledge, behavioral and total PFS-R scores were (5.68±0.82), (4.80±1.06), (4.27±0.81), (4.16±0.47), (5.05±0.74) and (2.43±0.73), (4.27±0.61), (2.44±0.45), (4.07±0.73), (3.89±0.77), in addition, those index scores in the control group were [(5.73±1.23), (4.85±0.64), (4.37±0.74), (4.17±0.38), (4.98±0.82) and (4.48±0.72), (4.90±0.75), (3.45±0.53), (4.23±0.81), (4.60±0.57)]. There was no significant difference in PFS-R scores between study group and control group ( P>0.05), however, sensory, emotional, knowledge and total PFS-R scores were significantly decreased in the study group compared to the control group ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Roy adaptation model-based intervention can effectively alleviate fatigue and promote post-traumatic growth in patient with malignant lymphoma during chemotherapy.
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Objective:Analyze the epidemiological data and the clinical data of local foodborne botulism, summarize the influencing factors and clinical characteristics of the foodborne botulism, mitigate future misdiagnosis.Methods:An epidemiological investigation was conducted to a local outbreak with botulism, which involved 24 individuals consuming homemade bean curd and 14 cases with foodborne botulism through analyzing the influencing factors of the poisoning. For 14 patients with botulism, their clinical manifestations, first laboratory test and imaging data, treatment and prognosis, were documented and explored.Results:All 14 cases were diagnosed as type A foodborne botulism, of which 2 were misdiagnosed. The incidence of the foodborne botulism was reduced by 81.7% in alcoholic drinkers ( P=0.009). The median incubation period of the 14 patients with botulism was 2.0 (1.0~3.0) days. The initial clinical symptom of 10 patients was diplopia, while that of the other 4 patients was blurred vision. Nine patients subsequently suffered from paralysis of oropharyngeal muscles, leading to dysphagia, speech impairment, etc. Four patients progressed to dyspnea and chest tightness due to respiratory muscle involvement. All of the patients had clear consciousness without sensory abnormalities, no fever and abdominal symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. There were no obvious abnormal findings in 14 patients with laboratory tests and cranial CT/MRI assessment. 14 patients with the poisoning were relieved after injection of botulinum antitoxin for 8.0 (7.0~8.5) days. Follow-up of all the patients 6 months later found that 9 patients still had slight blurred vision. Conclusions:The typical clinical manifestation of foodborne botulism was symmetric descending flaccid paralysis. Drinking liquor could reduce the incidence of foodborne botulism. Botulinum antitoxin was effective in the treatment of botulism and should be used as early as possible.
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Purpose@#Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with elevated cancer risk and poor survival outcome in malignancies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of preexisting DM in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). @*Materials and Methods@#Six hundred and thirty-three subjects with newly-diagnosed CLL between 2007 and 2016 were recruited. Propensity score-matched method was performed to balance baseline characteristics and eliminate possible bias. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses screened the independent risk indicators for time-to-first-treatment (TTFT) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of CLL. Receiver operator characteristic curves and the corresponding areas under the curve assessed the predictive accuracy of CLL–International Prognostic Index (IPI) together with DM. @*Results@#The results showed that 111 patients had pre-existing DM. In the propensity-matched cohort, DM was correlated with inferior TTFT and CSS in CLL patients, and it was an independent prognostic factor for both CSS and TTFT. Pre-diabetics also shared undesirable prognostic outcome compared with patients with no diabetic tendency, and a positive association between longer diabetic duration and poorer prognosis of CLL was identified. DM as one additional point to CLL-IPI had larger area under the curve compared with CLL-IPI alone in CSS prediction and could improve the prognostic capacity of CLL-IPI. @*Conclusion@#Pre-existing DM was found to be a valuable prognostic predictor and could help predict life expectancy and build refined prognostication models for CLL.
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Purpose@#The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic impact of Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)–microRNA (miRNA, miR)-BHRF1-1 with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as wellas role of EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 in p53 gene. @*Materials and Methods@#Quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction and western blotting wereused to quantify EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 and p53 expression in cultured CLL. @*Results@#p53 aberration was associated with the higher expression level of EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 (p <0.001) which was also an independent prognostic marker for overall survival (p=0.028;hazard ratio, 5.335; 95% confidence interval, 1.193 to 23.846) in 97 newly-diagnosed CLLpatients after adjusted with International Prognostic Index for patients with CLL. We identifiedEBV-miR-BHRF1-1 as a viral miRNA regulator of p53. EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 repressedluciferase reporter activity by specific interaction with the seed region within the p53 3-untranslated region. Discordance of p53 messenger RNA and protein expression wasassociated with high EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 levels in CLL patients and cell lines. EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 inhibition upregulated p53 protein expression, induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosisand decreased cell proliferation in cell lines. EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 mimics downregulated p53protein expression, decreased cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, and induced cell proliferationin cell lines. @*Conclusion@#This study supported the role of EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 in p53 regulation in vitro. Our resultssupport the potential of EBV-miR-BHRF1-1 as a therapeutic target in EBV-associated CLLwith p53 gene aberration.
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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the prognosis prediction value of PET/CT in DLBCL patients treated with CAR-T therapy.@*METHODS@#The effects of PET/CT were retrospectively explored on 13 R/R DLBCL patients who were treated with CAR-T therapy. Parameters reflecting tumor metabolic burden, such as metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) were measured before and after CAR-T treatment.@*RESULTS@#Patients with larger baseline MTV or longer sum of longest diameters showed shorter overall survival (OS) time than those with low tumor burden. Patients achieved complete remission (CR), partial remission (PR) and minor remission (MR) determined by response evaluation criteria in lymphoma (RECIL) in 12 weeks showed progression-free survival and OS time superior to those of patients with no remission. In addition, it was found that 2 patients with residual masses classified as PR by contrast-enhanced CT of patients were evaluated as complete metabolic response by PET/CT imaging.@*CONCLUSION@#PET/CT shows a great value in the evaluation of prognosis and response in CAR-T-treated R/R DLBCL patients.
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Humans , Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy , Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse , Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography , Positron-Emission Tomography , Prognosis , Receptors, Chimeric Antigen , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Objective@#To evaluate the relationship between the bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and obesity in children and adolescents with Meta-analysis, and to provide a new idea for prevention and control of obesity.@*Methods@#Reviewer independently searched and screened potentially relevant studies that reported the association between BPA and obesity in children and adolescents through Medline, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, WANFANG DATA and CQVIP to March 7, 2019. Chi-square based Q test and I 2 statistic were used to assess the heterogeneity. Forest plot was used to display results graphically. Potential publication bias was assessed by the Egger and Begg tests and funnel plot.@*Results@#In total, 13 studies with 3 932 participants met the eligibility criteria, 13 articles were indentified involving 1 046 obesity children and 2 886 normal control children. Overall summary estimates indicated significant positive correlation between urinary BPA and obesity ( SMD =0.26，95% CI =0.01-0.51), and a nonsignificant association between serum BPA and obesity ( SMD =0.07，95% CI =-0.44-0.58). Significant heterogeneity was observed in overall estimates ( I 2=87.3%, P <0.01). In additon, a significant positive association was estimated in American ( SMD =0.27, 95% CI =0.16-0.39) and Europe ( SMD =3.76, 95 CI =2.77-4.74). The association between BPA and obesity was not changed in each individual (sensitivity analysis by leaving one out approach). The funnel plots did not reveal severe asymmetry, and both Egger and Begg tests were non-significant ( P >0.05); therefore, publication bias was assessed as “undetected”.@*Conclusion@#The finding from our systematic review and Meta-analysis suggest that children and adolescents exposure to BPA may result in obesity.
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Objective@#To investigate the characteristics of primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging.@*Methods@#From July 2010 to April 2019, 18F-FDG PET/CT images of 27 patients (10 males, 17 females, median age 31 (19-57) years) with pathologically confirmed PMBL from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were retrospectively analyzed. The location, shape, density, presence of necrosis and calcification, and invasion around or beyond the lesions were observed. The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) were measured by automatic segmentation algorithm method. Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between SUVmax or MTV or TLG and the maximum diameter or Ann Arbor staging.@*Results@#The lesions appeared as anterior mediastinal huge masses in 27 patients, and grew in the anterior mediastinal cross-regionally in 25 patients, lobulated at the edge in 24 patients. Low-density necrosis lesions were found in 18 patients. The lesions were surrounded by large blood vessels in 15 patients and tracheae were compressed in 12 patients. Lung tissues were invaded in 3 patients, abdominal lymph nodes and bone marrow were invaded in 1 patient, and no splenomegaly was found in 27 patients. The maximum diameter, SUVmax, MTV and TLG were (11.6±3.7) cm, 21.07 (15.78, 25.09), 190.43 (130.14, 350.75) cm3 and 2 165.54 (1 465.86, 4 185.21) g, respectively. There was no correlation between SUVmax and the maximum diameter of lesions (rs=-0.305, P=0.122), while MTV and TLG were positively correlated with the maximum diameter (rs values: 0.741, 0.532, both P<0.05). The maximum diameter, MTV and TLG were positively correlated with Ann Arbor staging (rs values: 0.394, 0.413, 0.422, all P<0.05), while SUVmax was not (rs=0.031, P>0.05).@*Conclusions@#PMBL mostly presents as large anterior mediastinal mass with the high 18F-FDG uptake in 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging, and the focal necrosis is common, while abdominal lymph nodes, spleen and bone marrow invasion are rare. MTV and TLG of lesions positively correlate with Ann Arbor staging.
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Objective::To investigate the effect of bergapten on the apoptosis of HepG2 and Hep3B cells through phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B(Akt) pathway. Method::Bergamot (5, 50, 200 μmol·L-1) groups and blank group were set up. The effect of bergapten at different concentrations on proliferation of HepG2 and Hep3B cells for 24, 48 h were detected by thiazolyl blue(MTT) assay. Apoptosis was detected by Annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide double staining. Quantitative real-time fluorescence reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) and Western blot assay were used to detect relevant mRNA and proteins expressions. The clone formation rate and the effect of HepG2 and Hep3B cells in each group were evaluated by plate cell clone formation. Result::MTT assay showed that bergapten could significantly inhibit the proliferation activity of HepG2 and Hep3B cells in a time-dependent manner. Flow cytometry analysis showed that bergapten in 200 μmol·L-1 concentration groups had significant pro-apoptotic effect on HepG2 and Hep3B cells after 48 h (P<0.05). Western blot results showed that bergamolactone could up-regulate the protein expressions of Caspase-3, Caspase-8 (P<0.05), and down-regulate protein expressions of B-lymphocytoma-2 (Bcl-2), PI3K (P<0.05). Real-time PCR results showed that mRNA expressions of PI3K and Akt were decreased(P<0.05). The results of plate cell clone formation experiment showed that with the increase of the concentration of bergamolide, the cell clone formation rate of each group showed a decreasing trend, particularly in 200 μmol·L-1 concentration group (P<0.05). Conclusion::Bergapten can inhibit the proliferation of HepG2 and Hep3B cells, which may be induced through the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.