Research Progress of Efficacy Biomarkers Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors / 肿瘤防治研究

In recent years, immunotherapy with immune checkpoint as the target has made revolutionary breakthroughs in the treatment of a variety of advanced solid tumors. Notwithstanding the impressive long-term therapeutic benefits, their efficacy is limited to a small subset of cancer patients. Some patients experienced drug resistance and immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) primarily include antibodies targeting CTLA-4 and antibodies targeting PD-1 and its ligands. Thus, it is of utmost importance to screen potential biomarkers in populations that may benefit from immunotherapy, to maximize therapeutic benefits. This review summarizes the mechanism of ICIs and its related efficacy biomarker, to better guide the application of immunotherapy in clinical practice.

Research Progress of PD-L1 Expression in Circulating Tumor Cells in Malignant Tumors / 肿瘤防治研究

In recent years, with the in-depth study of PD-1 and PD-L1 and the development of immunotherapy, the first problem is how to screen the beneficiaries. Recent clinical studies have shown that the expression level of PD-L1 in circulating tumor cells (CTC) can be used as a potential biomarker to play a guiding role in immunotherapy of malignant tumors. This article reviews the latest clinical research progress on the expression of PD-L1 in circulating tumor cells in various solid tumors.

The safety and effectiveness of the Da Vinci robot "3+ 2" mode in radical gastrectomy / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective@#To explore the safety, feasibility and advantages of Da Vinci robot "3+ 2" mode in radical gastrectomy.@*Methods@#Clinical data of 30 patients received radical gastrectomy at our department under the "3+ 2" mode of Da Vinci robot from Jan. 2018 to Oct. 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. 30 patients who received classical robot mode in the same period were randomly selected as control group.@*Results@#Compared with the control group, the observation group had a shorter operative time (174±16)min vs.(197±19)min, t=-3.275, P<0.01) , a lower operation costs[(22 794±3 660)yuan vs.(29 307±3 220)yuan, t=-3.316, P<0.01; and inhospital costs (70 910±6 399)yuan vs.(78 180±6 636)yuan), t=-7.316, P<0.01].@*Conclusion@#The "3+ 2" mode of Da Vinci robot in radical gastrectomy is beneficial to enhance the exposure of the surgical field, improve the cooperation of assistants, reduce the costs of surgery, shorten the operative time and the learning curves. In addition, it has similar clinical efficacy to radical gastrectomy under the classical robot mode.

The safety and effectiveness of the Da Vinci robot "3 +2" mode in radical gastrectomy / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective To explore the safety,feasibility and advantages of Da Vinci robot "3 + 2" mode in radical gastrectomy.Methods Clinical data of 30 patients received radical gastrectomy at our department under the "3 + 2" mode of Da Vinci robot from Jan.2018 to Oct.2018 were retrospectively analyzed.30 patients who received classical robot mode in the same period were randomly selected as control group.Results Compared with the control group,the observation group had a shorter operative time (174 ± 16) min vs.(197 ± 19) min,t =-3.275,P ＜ 0.01),a lower operation costs [(22 794 ± 3 660)yuan vs.(29 307 ±3 220)yuan,t =-3.316,P ＜0.01;and inhospital costs (70 910 ±6 399) yuan vs.(78 180 ±6 636)yuan),t =-7.316,P ＜0.01].Conclusion The "3 +2" mode of Da Vinci robot in radical gastrectomy is beneficial to enhance the exposure of the surgical field,improve the cooperation of assistants,reduce the costs of surgery,shorten the operative time and the learning curves.In addition,it has similar clinical efficacy to radical gastrectomy under the classical robot mode.

Alterations of Treg cells, Th17 cells and some related cytokines in peripheral blood of patients with hand-foot-mouth disease / 中华微生物学和免疫学杂志

Objective To investigate the alterations of Treg cells , Th17 cells and related cyto-kines in peripheral blood of patients during the early stage of hand-foot-mouth disease ( HFMD) .Methods Flow cytometry was performed to analyze the percentages of Treg cells ( CD4+CD25+Foxp3 T cells) and Th17 cells ( CD3+CD8-IL-17+T cells) in peripheral blood samples collected from 49 patients with severe HFMD , 26 patients with common HFMD and 30 healthy children.The levels of IL-6, IL-10, IL-17, IL-23 and TGF-β1 in serum samples were measured by ELISA .Results The percentages of Treg cells , ratios of Treg/Th17 cells, serum levels of TGF-β1 and IL-10 in patients with HFMD were significantly decreased as compared with those of control group (F=5.580, 6.205, 0.000, 0.014, respectively, P0.05).The levels of IL-6 in serum samples from severe disease group were obviously increased as compared with those of common HFMD group and control group (F=7.318, P<0.05).Conclusion The results of this study demonstrated that the levels of Treg , Th17 cells and some related cytokines were varied in peripheral blood of patients dur-ing the early stage of HFMD .Inflammatory responses were enhanced to promote anti-virus activities by sup-pressing Treg cells and stimulating Th17 cells.