Experimental Study on Treatment of Gastric Cancer with New Recombinant Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Infection Combined with Immune Effective Cells and Immune Checkpoint Blocking / 肿瘤防治研究

Objective To explore the significance of the combined strategy of oncolytic virus infection, immune effector cell supplement, and immune checkpoint blocking in the treatment of gastric cancer. Methods A tumor-bearing nude mouse model of gastric cancer was treated with recombinant oncolytic vaccinia virus carrying the CXCL9 gene of T lymphocyte chemokine and IL-7gene (VV-IL7-CXCL9) obtained in previous experiments. We established a triple-intervention group of recombinant oncolytic vaccinia virus intratumoral injection+cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)+immune checkpoint blocker (PD-1 monoclonal antibody), a single-intervention group of three measures, a dual-intervention group, and a blank control group. After the intervention, tumor-growth curve method, tumor-inhibition rate method, and bioluminescence method were used to detect the tumor treatment effect. ELISA was used to detect CXCL9 and IL-7 molecule concentration in the serum and tissue homogenate of animals in each group. Results The therapeutic results of animal models showed that the tumor growth in the triple-intervention group of recombinant oncolytic poxvirus+CTL+immune checkpoint blocker (PD-1 monoclonal antibody) was significantly slower than those in the other intervention and the blank control group. Conclusion The combination of recombinant oncolytic poxvirus intratumoral injection+CTL+immune checkpoint blocker (PD-1 monoclonal antibody) exert a strong antitumor effect in intervention experiments on gastric-cancer animal models.

Research Progress in Exosomes in the Pathogenesis of Bronchial Asthma / 中国医学科学院学报

Bronchial asthma is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease involving multiple immune cells and structural cells.It is characterized by airflow limitation,airway hyperresponsiveness,and airway remodeling,with complex pathogenesis.In recent years,the research on exosomes has developed rapidly.Exosomes are small vesicles secreted by a variety of cells and are naturally found in various biological fluids,with stability and biocompatibility.Exosomes from different cells are involved in pathophysiological processes such as airway inflammation,remodeling,and hyperresponsiveness through specific mechanisms and play a regulatory role in multiple links in bronchial asthma.This review focuses on the role of exosomes from different cells in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma.

Chronic psychological stress and immunity / 中国免疫学杂志

With the rapid development of our country,people are facing more and more psychological problems.It has been demonstrated that persistent stress and depression,which leads to continuously elevated levels of stress hormones,might eventually compromise host defenses against bacterial or viral infection while increasing the reoccurance of autoimmunity and the incidence of malignancy/metastasis.Even though the molecular mechanisms by which chronic psychological stress inhibits the effector subsets in the immune system have been partially disclosed,it remains elusive whether chronic psychological stress also affects the regulatory subsets and if yes,what are the underlying mechanisms.Here,we review the findings in this field.