Clinical value of peripheral monocyte and neutrophil count in predicting the response of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer to immunosuppressive checkpoint inhibitors / 肿瘤研究与临床

Objective:To investigate the clinical value of peripheral monocyte and neutrophil count in predicting the response of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) to immunosuppressive checkpoint inhibitors (ICI).Methods:The clinical data of 34 adult mNSCLC patients who received nafulizumab or pabolizumab in Danzhou People's Hospital of Hainan Province from January 2017 to March 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The correlation of the demographic characteristics, clinical data, hematological examination results in the first two weeks before the treatment and two weeks after ICI treatment with prognosis was recorded and observed.Results:The baseline mean monocyte count [(0.52±0.09)×10 9/L vs. (0.60±0.12)×10 9/L] and neutrophil count [(4.27±0.87)×10 9/L vs.(5.39±1.02)×10 9/L] of patients with ICI reaction were lower than those of patients without ICI reaction, and the differences were statistically different ( t = -2.572, -2.727, all P < 0.05). However, there was a negative correlation between the monocyte count of the patients who responded to ICI and the reaction time ( r = -0.507, P < 0.05). The median reaction time in patients with monocyte count >0.70×10 9/L was shorter than that in patients with monocyte count ≤0.70×10 9/L (8 weeks vs. 12 weeks, χ2=4.162, P = 0.041). There was no correlation between monocyte count and time of reaction duration, progression of free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) ( r = -0.214, 0.182, 0.232, all P > 0.05). The decrease rate of neutrophil count in response group was higher than that in non-response group (22% vs. 2%, P < 0.05). After the first administration, cutoff value of neutrophil count was 4.2×10 9/L; the response rate of patients with neutrophil count ≤ 4.2×10 9/L was higher than that of patients with neutrophil count > 4.2×10 9/L [86.7% (13/15) vs. 36.8% (7/19), χ2=6.657, P < 0.05]. Conclusion:Peripheral blood monocyte and neutrophil count can predict the response to ICI therapy in patients with mNSCLC.

Application of China consensus on the protocol of early gastric cancer screening in Guangdong province / 中华消化内镜杂志

Objective:To assess the application value of China consensus on the protocol of early gastric cancer screening in Guangdong province.Methods:A new quantitative scoring system was used in Cantonese residents who underwent early gastric cancer screening from March 2018 to March 2019. According to the scores of initial screening, patients were divided into high-risk, medium-risk and low-risk groups. The detection rates of early gastric cancer, precancerous diseases and precancerous lesions under gastroscopy in each group were compared. Chi-square test was performed for statistical analysis.Results:A total of 545 individuals were selected for gastroscopy, in which 32 cases were classified into high-risk group, 184 into medium-risk group and 329 into low-risk group. The results of gastroscopy examination showed that high-risk group had the highest detection rate of early gastric cancer (12.5%), followed by medium-risk group (1.1%) and low-risk group (0) ( χ2=41.85, P<0.01); the detection rates of precancerous diseases exhibited a similar pattern: high-risk group (60.9%) > medium-risk group (52.4%) > low-risk group (34.3%) ( χ2=18.00, P<0.01). The detection rates of precancerous lesions were 17.9%, 8.8% and 8.8%, respectively, with no significant difference ( χ2=2.58, P=0.28). In terms of the positive rate of endoscopy, high-risk group (71.9%) showed the highest positive rate, followed by medium-risk group (57.1%) and low-risk group (40.1%) ( χ2=21.54, P<0.01). Conclusion:China consensus on the protocol of early gastric cancer screeing is of application value for the screening of early gastric cancer and precancerous lesions in the populations at risk of gastric cancer in Guangdong province.

Chronic liver disease increases with damage to intestinal barrier function / 中华肝脏病杂志

Objective@#To probe into the correlation between chronic liver disease and intestinal barrier function.@*Methods@#1 491 cases of hospitalized patients were enrolled, of which 741 cases were of chronic liver diseases, including 397 cases of fatty liver diseases, 230 cases of chronic hepatitis, 114 cases of liver cirrhosis, and 750 cases of non-hepatic diseases. All admitted patients’ intestinal barrier function like diamine oxidase (DAO), D-lactate, lipopolysaccharide, and biochemical indicators of liver functions were tested. According to different data, statistical analysis was done using t-test, ANOVA, Dunnett’s test, χ 2 test of fourfold table, Pearson’s correlation, and binary logistic regression.@*Results@#The intestinal barrier dysfunction was more likely to occur in the chronic liver disease group than that of non-hepatic disease group [54.15% (379/741) vs. 18.53% (139/750), χ 2 = 193.58, P < 0.001]. The correlation analysis between biochemical indicators of liver function and intestinal barrier function in chronic liver disease group showed that alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), and total bilirubin levels were more susceptible to intestinal barrier dysfunction than those with normal indexes (P < 0.05 ). GGT had stimulated DAO (P < 0.05, OR > 1), D-lactate (P < 0.05, OR > 1), lipopolysaccharide (P < 0.05, OR > 1), ALT and AST.@*Conclusion@#Chronic liver disease increases with damage to intestinal barrier function.

Inflammatory Changes in Paravertebral Sympathetic Ganglia in Two Rat Pain Models / 神经科学通报·英文版

Injury to peripheral nerves can lead to neuropathic pain, along with well-studied effects on sensory neurons, including hyperexcitability, abnormal spontaneous activity, and neuroinflammation in the sensory ganglia. Neuropathic pain can be enhanced by sympathetic activity. Peripheral nerve injury may also damage sympathetic axons or expose them to an inflammatory environment. In this study, we examined the lumbar sympathetic ganglion responses to two rat pain models: ligation of the L5 spinal nerve, and local inflammation of the L5 dorsal root ganglion (DRG), which does not involve axotomy. Both models resulted in neuroinflammatory changes in the sympathetic ganglia, as indicated by macrophage responses, satellite glia activation, and increased numbers of T cells, along with very modest increases in sympathetic neuron excitability (but not spontaneous activity) measured in ex vivo recordings. The spinal nerve ligation model generally caused larger responses than DRG inflammation. Plasticity of the sympathetic system should be recognized in studies of sympathetic effects on pain.

Surveillance of bacterial resistance in the People′s Hospital of Dongguan in 2013 / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To understand the drug resistance situation of pathogenic bacteria clinically isolated in Dongguan Munici-pal People′s Hospital during 2013.Methods The drug sensitivity test were performed by adopting the associated reagent strip of the VITEK2-compact microbial analyzer from French bioMerieux company,including AST-GN test,AST-GP33 test,AST-GP68 test and K-B method (only for Haemophilus influenzae).The data were analyzed by the Whonet5.5 software.Results In 2013,to-tally 7 543 strains of pathogens were detected out,including 6 031 strains(79.9%)of Gram negative bacteria,1512 strains(20.1%) of Gram positive bacteria.The detection rates of ESBL in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were 46.9% and 28.1%,re-spectively.The detection rates of MRSA and MRCNS in Staphylococcus were 16.8% and 77% respectively.The detection rate of multidrug resistant strains was 21.5%.The resistant rate of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae to ampicillin and cefazolin were greater than 60%;which of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ampicillin,furosemide,trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole,ceftriaxone,ce-fotetan and cefazolin was more than 80%;which of Baumanii to imipenem was still 61.2%,which to aztreonam,ceftriaxone,cefotet-an,cefazolin was more than 98%.The resistance rate of Enterococcus faecium to vancomycin was 6.2%.No vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain was detected out.Conclusion The detected pathogenic bacteria in 2013 were dominated by Gram-neg-ative bacilli,the multidrug resistant bacterial strains had the higher detection rate,the drug resistance of Baumanii was serious.The resistance of Enterococcus faecium to vancomycin showed the increasing trend.Monitoring the bacterial drug resistance every year and understanding the change of pathogenic drug resistance can provide the basis for the rational selection of antimicrobial drugs in clinic.

Tat-NBD peptide inhibits inflammation effects related to NF-kB on AR42J cell / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To investigate the effects of Tat-NBD(NEMO-binding domain,NBD)peptide on LPS-stimulated AR42J acinus cells inflammatory response.Method Lipopolysaccharide(LPS)was added to culture media at doses of 10 mg/kg for 24 hours to stimulate the AR42J cells.For pretreatment.cells were incubated with different peptides for 2 hours before LPS stimulation.The expression of TNF-α mRNA WaS conducted using a semi-quantitative RT-PCR method.TNF-α protein in culture medium were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).The expression and translocation of the NF-kB-p65 protein of AR42J was determined by Strept Actividin-Biotin Complex(SABC)method.Results LPS(10 mg/L)resulted in an increase of TNF-αmRNA and TNF-αprotein,whereas significant inhibitory effects were observed when cells were incubated with Tat-NBD(WT)just on dose of 0.1 me/L(P＜0.05).The Tat-NBD(WT)peptide decreased inflammatory cytokine expression by a dose-dependent manner and its peak role was on dose of 100 mg/L.Consisting with TNF-α expression decrease,NF-kB-p65 expression signitieantly decreased in Tat-NBD(WT)pretreatment group,especially on the largest dose.NO significant changes in the control peptide group.Conclusions Tat-NBD(WT)peptide can inhibit the inflammation of acinus simulated by LPS.

Effects of NF-κB essential modifier binding domain peptides on rats with acute necrotizing pancreatitis / 中华胰腺病杂志

n of IL-6 and TNF-alpha,alleviate the inflammation of ANP.