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Chem Biodivers ; : e202401218, 2024 Sep 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39275987

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In this research, the essential oils (EOs) from different parts of Ocimum gratissimum var. suave were chemically characterized and evaluated for insecticidal activity, especially against two common storage pests of Chinese herbal medicines: Tribolium castaneum and Liposcelis bostrychophila. Ocimum gratissimum is a plant with several medicinal values in traditional Chinese medicine. In the study, EOs were successfully extracted from inflorescences (OGI) and stem-leaf (OGLS) parts of O. gratissimum by steam distillation and 16 compounds were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), of which eugenol was the major constituent in both extracts. In fumigation toxicity tests against both pests, the EOs showed limited toxicity against T. castaneum but showed better toxicity against L. bostrychophila. Contact toxicity tests showed that OGLS had better insecticidal potential than OGI, while the insecticidal effect of eugenol sometimes exceeded that of EOs. In addition, repellency experiments showed that O. gratissimum EOs repelled the pests to varying degrees, with the effect being influenced by concentration and exposure time. The results suggest that O. gratissimum EOs could be a promising alternative to synthetic insecticides for sustainable utilization.

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Cell Commun Signal ; 22(1): 401, 2024 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39148095

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TP53 mutation (TP53-mut) correlates with inferior survival in many cancers, whereas its prognostic role in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is still in controversy. Therefore, more precise risk stratification needs to be further explored for TP53-mut DLBCL patients. A set of 2637 DLBCL cases from multiple cohorts, was enrolled in our analysis. Among the 2637 DLBCL patients, 14.0% patients (370/2637) had TP53-mut. Since missense mutations account for the vast majority of TP53-mut DLBCL patients, and most non-missense mutations affect the function of the P53 protein, leading to worse survival rates, we distinguished patients with missense mutations. A TP53 missense mutation risk model was constructed based on a 150-combination machine learning computational framework, demonstrating excellent performance in predicting prognosis. Further analysis revealed that patients with high-risk missense mutations are significantly associated with early progression and exhibit dysregulation of multiple immune and metabolic pathways at the transcriptional level. Additionally, the high-risk group showed an absolutely suppressed immune microenvironment. To stratify the entire cohort of TP53-mut DLBCL, we combined clinical characteristics and ultimately constructed the TP53 Prognostic Index (TP53PI) model. In summary, we identified the truly high-risk TP53-mut DLBCL patients and explained this difference at the mutation and transcriptional levels.


Subject(s)
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology , Humans , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics , Prognosis , Mutation, Missense/genetics , Mutation/genetics , Tumor Microenvironment/genetics , Male , Female , Risk Factors , Middle Aged
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Chem Biodivers ; : e202400818, 2024 Aug 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39110524

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Insect infestations continually endanger stored goods, underscoring the significance of discovering eco-friendly insecticides for pest management. Essential oils (EOs) from different parts of Toddalia asiatica (leaf, fruit and branch) were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. Carvene, p-cymene and muurolene are the principal compounds of T. asiatica leaf (TAL), T. asiatica fruit (TAF) and T. asiatica branch (TAB) EO respectively. Our work aimed to assess the contact toxicity and repellent effects of EOs on two storage pests, Tribolium castaneum and Lasioderma serricorne. All tested EOs exhibited obvious contact toxicity, especially, TAL EO against T. castaneum (33.48 µg/adult) and TAF EO against L. serricorne (16.42 µg/adult). Repellency tests revealed that TAL and TAF EOs, at a concentration of 78.63 nL/cm2, achieved nearing 100% efficiency against T. castaneum. These results suggest that EOs of T. asiatica could be used as effective botanical insecticides for managing stored-product insects.

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Ann Hematol ; 2024 Jun 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38886191

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), accounts for 30-40% of newly diagnosed lymphomas, has an overall cure rate of approximately 60%. Despite previous reports suggesting a negative prognostic association between CCND3 mutations and Burkitt lymphoma, their prognostic implications in DLBCL remain controversial. To investigate this, we evaluated CCND3 mutation status in 2059 DLBCL patient samples from four database (integrated cohort) and additional 167 DLBCL patient samples in our center (JSPH cohort). The mutation was identified in 5.5% (113/2059) of the cases in the integrated cohort, with 86% (97/113) found in exon 5. Furthermore, P284, R271, I290 and Q276 are described as CCND3 mutation hotspots. CCND3 mutation was associated with decreased overall survival (OS) in the integrated cohort (P = 0.0407). Further subgroup analysis revealed that patients diagnosed as EZB subtype DLBCL by LymphGen algorithm with CCND3 mutations had poorer OS than patients diagnosed as EZB subtype without CCND3 mutations (P = 0.0140). Using the next-generation sequencing (NGS) in the JSPH cohort, it was found that both cell cycle and DNA replication pathways were highly upregulated in patients with CCND3 mutations. Our results suggest that CCND3 mutations can serve as a novel prognostic factor in DLBCL pathogenesis. Consequently, the development of personalized therapeutic strategies for DLBCL patients with CCND3 mutations might enhance their prognosis.

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Prim Care Diabetes ; 18(4): 427-434, 2024 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38897914

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AIMS: This study aims to explore blood glucose variations before and after short-term intensive exercise in the morning or afternoon of a day and the trend of blood glucose fluctuations during exercise in patients with T2DM (type 2 diabetes, T2DM). METHODS: Blood glucose variations of Fouty during morning exercise 8:00-12:00 hours and twenty during afternoon exercise 14:30-18:30 hours). Patients with T2DM discharged from the hospital were analyzed retrospectively, with the baseline data checked through the medical record system before intervention. We were asked to perform seven times of treadmill aerobic exercise, which lasted for 30 minutes with incremental intensity for each time, for two weeks under the supervision of the Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) and the heart rate armband. The exercise intensity has been adjusted by the clinicians and specialist nurses from the Department of Diabetes Mellitus according to the blood glucose levels and heart rate curves during exercise; data including the height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, in-exercise CGM-measured blood glucose value/min, and after-exercise fingertip blood glucose value of patients with T2DM were collected after the intensive exercise (2 weeks). SPSS 22.0 and GraphPad Prism 7 were adopted for statistical analysis using the T-test and ANOVA. RESULT: No difference was observed in the baseline data between the morning and afternoon exercise groups before intervention; compared to the morning exercise group, the fasting C-peptide value (2.15±0.97 vs. 1.53±0.46) in the afternoon exercise group was higher than that in the morning exercise group, with a superior (p=0.029) effect after two weeks of intervention, exhibiting a significant difference in the results. According to the results of repeated variance ANOVA analysis, the time for the appearance of significant improvement in blood glucose in the afternoon exercise group was 5 minutes earlier (11th minute vs 1 minute)than that in the morning exercise group (15th minute vs 1 min); significant differences were observed in both time (p=0.048 vs p<0.01) between the two groups on exercise days, as revealed by the results of bivariate ANOVA; in comparison to the morning exercise group (7.42±1.68), there was a significant difference (p=0.049)in the mean blood glucose between the two groups 25 min after patients with T2DM in the afternoon exercise group (6.25±1.53) started to exercise; in addition, a significant statistical difference (p=0.021) was revealed in the CGM-measured hourly the mean blood glucose on exercise days between the morning(8.18±1.88) and afternoon exercise (6.75±1.40)groups at 4:00 pm in week one and two w. CONCLUSIONS: Glycaemic improvement in the short-term intensive afternoon exercise group may be superior to that of the morning exercise group, which may be related to greater fasting C-peptide secretion and longer effective exercise duration. The time to exercise is a factor affecting blood glucose variations during exercise. However, significant variations in the level of blood glucose during exercise must be further observed through exercise intervention over a more extended period.


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Biomarkers , Blood Glucose , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Humans , Blood Glucose/metabolism , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/physiopathology , Male , Female , Time Factors , Retrospective Studies , Middle Aged , Biomarkers/blood , Exercise/physiology , Treatment Outcome , Aged , Glycated Hemoglobin/metabolism , Glycemic Control , Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring , Exercise Therapy/methods , Adult , Circadian Rhythm , Heart Rate
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Leukemia ; 38(7): 1541-1552, 2024 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38750139

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The clinical implications of CSF-ctDNA positivity in newly diagnosed diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ND-DLBCL) remains largely unexplored. One hundred ND-DLBCL patients were consecutively enrolled as training cohort and another 26 ND-DLBCL patients were prospectively enrolled in validation cohort. CSF-ctDNA positivity (CSF(+)) was identified in 25 patients (25.0%) in the training cohort and 7 patients (26.9%) in the validation cohort, extremely higher than CNS involvement rate detected by conventional methods. Patients with mutations of CARD11, JAK2, ID3, and PLCG2 were more predominant with CSF(+) while FAT4 mutations were negatively correlated with CSF(+). The downregulation of PI3K-AKT signaling, focal adhesion, actin cytoskeleton, and tight junction pathways were enriched in CSF(+) ND-DLBCL. Furthermore, pretreatment CSF(+) was significantly associated with poor outcomes. Three risk factors, including high CSF protein level, high plasma ctDNA burden, and involvement of high-risk sites were used to predict the risk of CSF(+) in ND-DLBCL. The sensitivity and specificity of pretreatment CSF-ctDNA to predict CNS relapse were 100% and 77.3%. Taken together, we firstly present the prevalence and the genomic and transcriptomic landscape for CSF-ctDNA(+) DLBCL and highlight the importance of CSF-ctDNA as a noninvasive biomarker in detecting and monitoring of CSF infiltration and predicting CNS relapse in DLBCL.


Subject(s)
Biomarkers, Tumor , Circulating Tumor DNA , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse , Mutation , Humans , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/cerebrospinal fluid , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis , Female , Male , Middle Aged , Biomarkers, Tumor/cerebrospinal fluid , Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics , Aged , Adult , Circulating Tumor DNA/cerebrospinal fluid , Circulating Tumor DNA/genetics , Circulating Tumor DNA/blood , Prognosis , Aged, 80 and over , Young Adult , Prospective Studies
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Cancer Lett ; 591: 216877, 2024 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38615930

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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an incurable and aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma. Increased lipid uptake, storage, and lipogenesis occur in a variety of cancers and contribute to rapid tumor growth. However, no data has been explored for the roles of lipid metabolism reprogramming in MCL. Here, we identified aberrant lipid metabolism reprogramming and PRMT5 as a key regulator of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism reprogramming in MCL patients. High PRMT5 expression predicts adverse outcome prognosis in 105 patients with MCL and GEO database (GSE93291). PRMT5 deficiency resulted in proliferation defects and cell death by CRISPR/Cas9 editing. Moreover, PRMT5 inhibitors including SH3765 and EPZ015666 worked through blocking SREBP1/2 and FASN expression in MCL. Furthermore, PRMT5 was significantly associated with MYC expression in 105 MCL samples and the GEO database (GSE93291). CRISPR MYC knockout indicated PRMT5 can promote MCL outgrowth by inducing SREBP1/2 and FASN expression through the MYC pathway.


Subject(s)
Cell Proliferation , Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I , Lipid Metabolism , Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell , Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc , Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/genetics , Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/metabolism , Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/pathology , Humans , Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/genetics , Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics , Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I/metabolism , Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1/metabolism , Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1/genetics , Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2/metabolism , Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2/genetics , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Animals , Mice , Male , Prognosis , Female , Cholesterol/metabolism , CRISPR-Cas Systems , Metabolic Reprogramming
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Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi ; 32(2): 450-457, 2024 Apr.
Article in Chinese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38660851

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression and clinical significance of CD30 in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 124 cases of primary DLBCL diagnosed at Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical University from January 2018 to July 2020. The expression of CD30 in patients with DLBCL was detected by immunohistochemical method, and the clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed and compared between CD30+ and CD30- groups. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used for survival analysis. The relationship between CD30 expression and clinical features and prognosis were analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 124 patients with DLBCL, 19 patients expressed CD30, and the positive rate is 15.32%. The clinico-pathological characteristics of CD30+ in patients with DLBCL were characterized by low age, more common in males, fewer extranodal lesions, lower international prognostic index (IPI), GCB type being more common in Hans subtype, and achieving better therapeutic effects (P < 0.05). However, there were no significant statistical differences in B-symptoms (P =0.323), Ann Arbor staging (P =0.197), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score (P =0.479), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (P =0.477), and the involvement of bone marrow (P =0.222). There were significant differences in OS and PFS between the CD30+ and CD30- groups (χ2=5.653, P =0.017; χ2=4.109,P =0.043), the CD30+ group had a better prognosis than that of the CD30- group. The results of subgroup analysis showed that the CD30+ group in the IPI score=1-2, LDH elevated group had a better prognosis (P < 0.05). In the subgroups of Ann Arbor staging III-IV (P =0.055) and non GCB type (P =0.053), the CD30+ group had a good prognosis trend, but the difference was not statistically significant. The results of univariate analysis showed that the good prognosis of DLBCL patients was closely related to CD30+ expression, no B-symptoms, early Ann Arbor staging, low ECOG score, normal LDH, low IPI score, fewer extranodal involvement, and obtaining the best therapeutic effect as CR (all P <0.05). COX multivariate regression analysis showed that the presence of B-symptoms and achieving the best therapeutic effect as Non-CR were independent risk factors affecting the prognosis of DLBCL patients (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The CD30+ expression in DLBCL patients indicates a good prognosis and has certain diagnostic value in evaluating the prognosis of DLBCL patients.


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Ki-1 Antigen , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse , Humans , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/metabolism , Ki-1 Antigen/metabolism , Retrospective Studies , Male , Female , Prognosis , Middle Aged , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Clinical Relevance
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Clin. transl. oncol. (Print) ; 26(3): 720-731, mar. 2024.
Article in English | IBECS | ID: ibc-230801

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Purpose The International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG) score is widely used in clinical practice to stratify the risk of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) patients. Our study aims to confirm and improve the IELSG score in PCNSL patients based on Chinese populations. Materials and methods A total of 79 PCNSL patients were retrospectively analyzed. All patients treated with high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX)-based therapy collected clinical data. The receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the optimal cut-off values for the factors in IELSG score. Progression of disease (POD) at the most landmark time point was determine by Epanechnikov kernel and the area under the ROC curve (AUROC). Kaplan–Meier and multivariable regression methods were used to analyze survival data. Nomogram was generated for calculating the weight of each selected factor. Results The traditional IELSG score had no significant difference on OS and PFS except ECOG ≥ 2 and could not stratify the risk groups in PCNSL. The improved IELSG scoring system was established, which incorporated age ≥ 54 years, ECOG ≥ 2, deep brain structure, elevated CSF protein, and LDH/ULN > 0.75. On the other hand, POD18 was identified as a new powerful prognostic factor for PCNSL. In multivariate analysis, POD18 and the improved IELSG scoring system were independent prognostic factors for OS. Nomogram including the two significant variables showed the best performance (C-index = 0.828). Conclusions In this study, the IELSG score was improved and a new prognostic indicator POD18 was incorporated to construct a nomogram prognostic model, thereby further improving the predictive ability of the model (AU)


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Humans , Middle Aged , Composite Lymphoma/drug therapy , Composite Lymphoma/metabolism , Methotrexate/therapeutic use , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , Brain/metabolism , Prognosis
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Chem Biodivers ; 21(4): e202301711, 2024 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38372187

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Stored products are constantly infested by insects, so finding eco-friendly bioinsecticides for insect management is important. The work aimed to assess the insecticidal and repellent activity of essential oil (EO) from Hedychium glabrum S. Q. Tong, Hedychium coronarium Koen., and Hedychium yunnanense Gagnep. against Tribolium castaneum, Lasioderma serricorne, and Liposcelis bostrychophila. Results showed that 88 chemical components were identified in the extracted Hedychium EOs, indicating that they exhibited diversity in components. According to principal component analysis (PCA), the composition of the EO from the H. yunnanense stem and leaf (EOHYSL) was significantly different from other EOs due to the different organs and species. The biological activity also varied continuously with plant species and organs. Only the EO of H. yunnanense (EOHY) showed strong fumigant toxicity. While in the contact tests, EOHGR showed the strongest toxicity effect on L. bostrychophila, with a LC50 value of 71.76 µg/cm2, which was closest to the positive control (Pyrethrin). All EOs had remarkable repellent activities against the three target insects, and repellency increased with concentration. According to the results of the comprehensive score, EOHY had the highest potential, which ranged from 0.7999 to 0.8689. Thus, Hedychium EOs possess potential biorational traits to be biological insecticides.


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Coleoptera , Insect Repellents , Insecticides , Oils, Volatile , Tribolium , Zingiberaceae , Animals , Oils, Volatile/toxicity , Oils, Volatile/chemistry , Insecta , Insecticides/chemistry , Insect Repellents/pharmacology , Insect Repellents/chemistry
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Cancer Lett ; 583: 216616, 2024 Feb 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38211650

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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (EBV+ DLBCL) predicts poor prognosis and CD30 expression aggravates the worse consequences. Here, we reported that CD30 positivity was an independent prognostic indicator in EBV+ DLBCL patients in a retrospective cohort study. We harnessed CRISPR/Cas9 editing to engineer the first loss-of-function models of CD30 deficiency to identify that CD30 was critical for EBV+ DLBCL growth and survival. We established a pathway that EBV infection mediated CD30 expression through EBV-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), which involved NF-κB signaling. CRISPR CD30 knockout significantly repressed BCL2 interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) expression and co-IP assay indicated a binding between CD30 and BNIP3. Moreover, silencing of CD30 induced mitochondrial dysfunction and suppressed mitophagy, resulting in the accumulation of damaged mitochondria by depressing BNIP3 expression. Additionally, CRISPR BNIP3 knockout caused proliferation defects and increased sensitivity to apoptosis. All the findings reveal a strong relationship between mitophagy and adverse prognosis of EBV+ DLBCL and discover a new regulatory mechanism of BNIP3-mediated mitophagy, which may help develop effective treatment regimens with anti-CD30 antibody brentuximab vedotin to improve the prognosis of CD30+ EBV+ DLBCL patients.


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Epstein-Barr Virus Infections , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse , Mitochondrial Diseases , Humans , Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/complications , Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics , Retrospective Studies , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics , Mitophagy , Mitochondrial Diseases/complications , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
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Ann Hematol ; 103(5): 1675-1685, 2024 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38228775

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a severe non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Life expectancy has improved with rituximab, but cause-specific mortality data is lacking. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to study 27,449 individuals aged 20-74 years diagnosed with primary DLBCL who received chemotherapy between 2000 and 2019, we calculated standardized mortality rate (SMR) and excess absolute risk (EAR) and examined the connection between age, sex, time after diagnosis, and cause of death. Based on 12,205 deaths, 68.7% were due to lymphoma, 20.1% non-cancer causes, and 11.2% other cancers. Non-cancer mortality rates (SMR 1.2; EAR, 21.5) increased with DLBCL compared to the general population. The leading non-cancer death causes were cardiovascular (EAR, 22.6; SMR, 1.6) and infectious (EAR, 9.0; SMR, 2.9) diseases with DLBCL. Risks for non-cancer death and solid neoplasms are highest within the first diagnosis year, then decrease. Among socioeconomic factors, being white, being married, and having a higher income were favorable factors for reducing non-cancer mortality. To improve survival, close surveillance, assessment of risk factors, and early intervention are needed.


Subject(s)
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin , Humans , Cause of Death , SEER Program , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/epidemiology , Rituximab/therapeutic use
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Clin Transl Oncol ; 26(3): 720-731, 2024 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37558851

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PURPOSE: The International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG) score is widely used in clinical practice to stratify the risk of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) patients. Our study aims to confirm and improve the IELSG score in PCNSL patients based on Chinese populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 79 PCNSL patients were retrospectively analyzed. All patients treated with high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX)-based therapy collected clinical data. The receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the optimal cut-off values for the factors in IELSG score. Progression of disease (POD) at the most landmark time point was determine by Epanechnikov kernel and the area under the ROC curve (AUROC). Kaplan-Meier and multivariable regression methods were used to analyze survival data. Nomogram was generated for calculating the weight of each selected factor. RESULTS: The traditional IELSG score had no significant difference on OS and PFS except ECOG ≥ 2 and could not stratify the risk groups in PCNSL. The improved IELSG scoring system was established, which incorporated age ≥ 54 years, ECOG ≥ 2, deep brain structure, elevated CSF protein, and LDH/ULN > 0.75. On the other hand, POD18 was identified as a new powerful prognostic factor for PCNSL. In multivariate analysis, POD18 and the improved IELSG scoring system were independent prognostic factors for OS. Nomogram including the two significant variables showed the best performance (C-index = 0.828). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, the IELSG score was improved and a new prognostic indicator POD18 was incorporated to construct a nomogram prognostic model, thereby further improving the predictive ability of the model.


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Central Nervous System Neoplasms , Lymphoma , Humans , Middle Aged , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/drug therapy , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/pathology , Methotrexate/therapeutic use , Brain/metabolism , Lymphoma/metabolism
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Ann Hematol ; 103(3): 833-841, 2024 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37993586

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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have a poor prognosis, underlying mechanism remains unclear. NOTCH mutations are frequent in CLL and associated with disease progression and drug resistance. It is also reported to be associated with hepatitis infection in lymphoid malignancies. In order to investigate the relation between the NOTCH pathway and HBV-associated CLL, we studied 98 previously untreated HBV-positive CLL patients and 244 HBV-negative CLL. NOTCH mutations were more frequent in HBV-positive CLL subgroup (p = 0.033). By survival analysis, HBV infection was associated with disease progression and poor survival (p = 0.0099 for overall survival (OS) and p = 0.0446 for time-to-treatment (TTT)). Any lesions of the NOTCH pathway (NOTCH1, NOTCH2, and SPEN) aggravated prognosis. In multivariate analysis, NOTCH mutation retained an independent significance for HBV-infected patients (p = 0.016 for OS and p = 0.023 for TTT). However, HBV positive with NOTCH unmutated had no statistical difference in prognosis compared with HBV-negative patients (p = 0.1706 for OS and p = 0.2387 for TTT), which indicated that NOTCH pathway mutation contributed to inferior prognosis in HBV-infected CLL. In conclusion, a cohort of CLL patients with HBV positive displayed a worse clinical outcome and the status of the NOTCH signaling pathway might play a crucial role.


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Hepatitis B , Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell , Humans , Hepatitis B virus , Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology , Prognosis , Mutation , Disease Progression , Receptor, Notch1/genetics
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J Food Prot ; 87(1): 100205, 2024 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38065366

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Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC. (Asteraceae), also known as sambong, is a perennial herb used in China for medicinal purposes. The essential oil (EO) of B. balsamifera was extracted by hydrodistillation. Thirty chemical components of the EO were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and GC, accounting for 88.0% (w/w) of the total oil. The EO of B. balsamifera was mainly composed of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, in which borneol (23.3%), ß-caryophyllene (20.9%) and camphor (11.8%) were the major components. The insecticidal activities of the EO and its three main compounds against Tribolium castaneum, Lasioderma serricorne and Sitophilus oryzae were evaluated. The results of bioassays displayed that the EO of B. balsamifera did not have fumigant toxicity to the three target insects, but exhibited significant contact activity against L. serricorne (LD50 = 12.4 µg/adult) and S. oryzae (LD50 = 44.4 µg/adult). Meanwhile, the EO showed a notable repellent effect on T. castaneum at all testing concentrations and a general repellent effect on S. oryzae at high concentrations (78.63 nL/cm2). ß-Caryophyllene showed the best performance in the contact toxicity bioassays against the three insects. The results indicated that B. balsamifera has the potential to be used as a source of botanical insecticides for the control of stored-product insects.


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Asteraceae , Coleoptera , Insecticides , Oils, Volatile , Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes , Weevils , Animals , Oils, Volatile/pharmacology , Oils, Volatile/chemistry , Insecticides/pharmacology
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Ann Hematol ; 103(2): 565-574, 2024 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37951853

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The aim of the study was to explore the significance and prognostic value of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-(OH) D) deficiency in peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs). One hundred fifty-six patients of newly diagnosed PTCLs were enrolled in the study. Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed to determine independent risk factors for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted, and corresponding areas under the curve (AUC) were calculated to estimate the accuracy of International Prognostic Index (IPI) plus 25-(OH) D deficiency and Prognostic Index for T-cell lymphoma (PIT) plus 25-(OH) D deficiency respectively in PTCL risk stratification. Our results showed that the 25-(OH) D deficiency was an independent inferior prognostic factor for both PFS (P = 0.0019) and OS (P = 0.005) for PTCLs, especially for AITL and PTCL-not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS). Additionally, adding 25-(OH) D deficiency to PIT indeed has a superior prognostic significance than PIT alone for PFS (P = 0.043) and OS (P = 0.036). Multivariate COX regression analysis revealed that PIT 2‒4, albumin (ALB) ≤ 35 g/L, and 25-(OH) D deficiency were regarded as independent risk factors of PFS and OS. Our results showed that 25-(OH) D deficiency was associated with inferior survival outcome of PTCLs, especially for AITL and PTCL-NOS. PIT plus 25-(OH) D deficiency could better indicate the prognosis for PFS and OS of PTCLs than PIT.


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Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral , Vitamin D Deficiency , Humans , Prognosis , Vitamin D , Progression-Free Survival , Retrospective Studies
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Article in Chinese | WPRIM (Western Pacific) | ID: wpr-1031423

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This paper summarized the characteristics of constitution, disease, and syndrome of five different phenotypes of bronchial asthma including allergic asthma, cough variant asthma, chest tightness variant asthma, psychological stress asthma, and hormone-dependent asthma, and systematically expounds the application of three-dimensional diagnosis and treatment pattern, that is differentiation of constitution, disease and syndromes in the five phenotypes of bronchial asthma. It is considered that the allergic constitution is the main one of bronchial asthma, which is usually combined with the constitutions of qi-deficiency, yin-deficiency, yang-deficiency, qi-stagnation and others. In the treatment of bronchial asthma, constitution, disease and syndromes should all be taken into account but applied flexibly according to the order of the urgency and priority. The three-dimensional diagnosis and treatment pattern can reflect the essential characteristics and clinical panorama of bronchial asthma more comprehensively and objectively and provide effective intervention measures and management programs for the prevention and treatment by traditional Chinese medicine.

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Article in Chinese | WPRIM (Western Pacific) | ID: wpr-1025320

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Objective:To analyze the key points and shortcomings of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)science and technology innovation policy in China,and to provide reference for the subsequent policy optimization.Methods:Searching for TCM science and technology innovation policy texts released at the national level since 2007,and use the two-dimensional analysis framework for quantitative analysis.Results:Among 27 policies,In the X dimension,supply-based,environmental and demand-based policy tools respectively accounted for 48.98%,39.29%and 11.73%.In the Y dimension,the proportion of scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation was the highest(29.03%);Promoting the development of integrated Chinese and Western medicine was the least used(1.08%).Conclusion:There is a structural imbalance in the application of policy tools,the distribution difference of policy objectives is significant,and the internal policy tools'usage is imbalanced regarding policy objectives.Suggestions:Optimize the internal structure of policy tools.Meanwhile,enhance the structure of policy objectives,and facilitate the dynamic integration and application of policy tools to achieve the policy objectives of scientific and technological innovation in TCM.

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Nanotechnology ; 35(16)2024 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38154139

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Preparing Cd3As2, which is a three-dimensional (3D) Dirac semimetal in certain crystal orientation, on Si is highly desirable as such a sample may well be fully compatible with existing Si CMOS technology. However, there is a dearth of such a study regarding Cd3As2films grown on Si showing the chiral anomaly. Here,for the first time, we report the novel preparation and fabrication technique of a Cd3As2(112) film on a Si (111) substrate with a ZnTe (111) buffer layer which explicitly shows the chiral anomaly with a nontrivial Berry's phase ofπ. Despite the Hall carrier density (n3D≈9.42×1017cm-3) of our Cd3As2film, which is almost beyond the limit for the portents of a 3D Dirac semimetal to emerge, we observe large linear magnetoresistance in a perpendicular magnetic field and negative magnetoresistance in a parallel magnetic field. These results clearly demonstrate the chiral magnetic effect and 3D Dirac semimetallic behavior in our silicon-based Cd3As2film. Our tailoring growth of Cd3As2on a conventional substrate such as Si keeps the sample quality, while also achieving a low carrier concentration.

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