The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is a promising advancement in the field of regenerative medicine. Previous studies have indicated that the teratoma-forming propensity of iPSCs is variable; howe...The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is a promising advancement in the field of regenerative medicine. Previous studies have indicated that the teratoma-forming propensity of iPSCs is variable; however, the relationship between tumorigenic potential and genomic instability in human iPSCs (HiPSCs) remains to be fully elucidated. Here, we evaluated the malignant potential of HiPSCs by using both colony formation assays and tumorigenicity tests. We demonstrated that HiPSCs formed tumorigenic colonies when grown in cancer cell culture medium and produced malignancies in immunodeficient mice. Furthermore, we analyzed genomic instability in HiPSCs using whole-genome copy number variation analysis and determined that the extent of genomic instability was related with both the cells′ propensity to form colonies and their potential for tumorigenesis. These findings indicate a risk for potential malignancy of HiPSCs derived from genomic instability and suggest that quality control tests, including comprehensive tumorigenicity assays and genomic integrity validation, should be rigorously executed before the clinical application of HiPSCs. In addition, HiPSCs should be generated through the use of combined factors or other approaches that decrease the likelihood of genomic instability.展开更多
To investigate whether alcohol and tea con-sumption has an etiological association with nasophar-yngeal carcinoma(NPC)in a high-incident population,a large scale case-control study was conducted.The study included 284...To investigate whether alcohol and tea con-sumption has an etiological association with nasophar-yngeal carcinoma(NPC)in a high-incident population,a large scale case-control study was conducted.The study included 2846 individuals in Guangdong Province,China,with 1387 newly diagnosed cases of NPC and 1459 frequency-matched controls.Exposure histories of alcohol and tea consumption were obtained via personal inter-views.Information regarding socio-demographic charac-teristics(age,sex,education,dialect and household type),family history of NPC,Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)infection,dietary habits and other potential confounding factors was also studied.An analysis was performed using uncondi-tional logistic regression to calculate odds ratios(OR)and 95%confidence intervals(CI).The risk of NPC was found to be associated with habitual alcohol consumption and tea consumption.Tea consumption has been associated with a decreased occurrence of NPC(OR=0.62),while con-sumption of alcohol was associated with a complex effect.Specifically,moderate consumption of alcohol was associated with decreased risk of NPC,while overuse,especially strong distillate spirits,appeared to be a risk factor.展开更多
基金supported by Key Laboratory for Ecological Metallurgy of Multimetallic Mineral (Ministry of Education) Open Subjectthe National Natural Science Foundation of China-China Baowu Steel Group Joint Research Fund for Iron and Steel (No.U1860203)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.U1760109)。
基金supported by grants from the Chinese National 973 Program (No.2006CB910104 and No.2010CB912201)the Chinese National 863 Program (No.2006AA02A404)+1 种基金the Guangdong Province-National Natural Science Foundation of China Cooperation Program (No.u0732005)Ministry of Education of China (the academic award for excellent doctoral student,2010)
文摘The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is a promising advancement in the field of regenerative medicine. Previous studies have indicated that the teratoma-forming propensity of iPSCs is variable; however, the relationship between tumorigenic potential and genomic instability in human iPSCs (HiPSCs) remains to be fully elucidated. Here, we evaluated the malignant potential of HiPSCs by using both colony formation assays and tumorigenicity tests. We demonstrated that HiPSCs formed tumorigenic colonies when grown in cancer cell culture medium and produced malignancies in immunodeficient mice. Furthermore, we analyzed genomic instability in HiPSCs using whole-genome copy number variation analysis and determined that the extent of genomic instability was related with both the cells′ propensity to form colonies and their potential for tumorigenesis. These findings indicate a risk for potential malignancy of HiPSCs derived from genomic instability and suggest that quality control tests, including comprehensive tumorigenicity assays and genomic integrity validation, should be rigorously executed before the clinical application of HiPSCs. In addition, HiPSCs should be generated through the use of combined factors or other approaches that decrease the likelihood of genomic instability.
基金the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Ferrometallurgy,China(No.SKLASS2019-11)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52104305).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.30671798 and 30471487)the National Science and Technology Support Program of China(No.2006BAI02A11)the National Major Basic Research Program of China(863 Program)(No.2006AA02A404).
文摘To investigate whether alcohol and tea con-sumption has an etiological association with nasophar-yngeal carcinoma(NPC)in a high-incident population,a large scale case-control study was conducted.The study included 2846 individuals in Guangdong Province,China,with 1387 newly diagnosed cases of NPC and 1459 frequency-matched controls.Exposure histories of alcohol and tea consumption were obtained via personal inter-views.Information regarding socio-demographic charac-teristics(age,sex,education,dialect and household type),family history of NPC,Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)infection,dietary habits and other potential confounding factors was also studied.An analysis was performed using uncondi-tional logistic regression to calculate odds ratios(OR)and 95%confidence intervals(CI).The risk of NPC was found to be associated with habitual alcohol consumption and tea consumption.Tea consumption has been associated with a decreased occurrence of NPC(OR=0.62),while con-sumption of alcohol was associated with a complex effect.Specifically,moderate consumption of alcohol was associated with decreased risk of NPC,while overuse,especially strong distillate spirits,appeared to be a risk factor.
