目的:探讨PCSK9和MIF在乳腺癌中的水平及其临床意义。方法:选取从2021年1月至2022年12月在我院就诊的139例乳腺癌患者和125健康体检人员。测定血清及组织PCSK9和MIF水平,分析在乳腺癌中的相关性。结果:乳腺癌患者的血清PCSK9和MIF水平...目的:探讨PCSK9和MIF在乳腺癌中的水平及其临床意义。方法:选取从2021年1月至2022年12月在我院就诊的139例乳腺癌患者和125健康体检人员。测定血清及组织PCSK9和MIF水平,分析在乳腺癌中的相关性。结果:乳腺癌患者的血清PCSK9和MIF水平明显高于对照组(P Objective: To investigate the relationship between the level of PCSK9 and MIF and breast cancer. Methods: From January 2021 to December 2022, 139 breast cancer patients after surgery and 125 health people as control group were elected. The levels of propotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) and macrophage migration inhibitory factors (MIF) were measured, and analyzed the relationship in breast cancer. Results: The serum levels of PCSK9 and MIF in breast cancer patients was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05). The tissue levels of PCSK9 and MIF in breast cancer patients was significantly higher than breast fibroma patients, but the difference was not statistically significant. PCSK9 levels correlated positively with MIF levels in breast cancer tissue. Conclusion: The levels of PCSK9 and MIF were related to breast cancer, and PCSK9 levels correlated positively with serum MIF levels. Through monitoring the levels of PCSK9 and MIF, the methods should provide a new theoretical basis for early diagnosis and screening of breast cancer and accurate treatment.展开更多
Background Four-chambered stomach including the forestomachs(rumen,reticulum,and omasum)and abomasum allows ruminants convert plant fiber into high-quality animal products.The early development of this four-chambered ...Background Four-chambered stomach including the forestomachs(rumen,reticulum,and omasum)and abomasum allows ruminants convert plant fiber into high-quality animal products.The early development of this four-chambered stomach is crucial for the health and well-being of young ruminants,especially the immune development.However,the dynamics of immune development are poorly understood.Results We investigated the early gene expression patterns across the four-chambered stomach in Hu sheep,at 5,10,15,and 25 days of age.We found that forestomachs share similar gene expression patterns,all four stomachs underwent widespread activation of both innate and adaptive immune responses from d 5 to 25,whereas the metabolic function were significantly downregulated with age.We constructed a cell landscape of the four-chambered stomach using single-cell sequencing.Integrating transcriptomic and single-cell transcriptomic analyses revealed that the immune-associated module hub genes were highly expressed in T cells,monocytes and macrophages,as well as the defense-associated module hub genes were highly expressed in endothelial cells in the four-stomach tissues.Moreover,the non-immune cells such as epithelial cells play key roles in immune maturation.Cell communication analysis predicted that in addition to immune cells,non-immune cells recruit immune cells through macrophage migration inhibitory factor signaling in the forestomachs.Conclusions Our results demonstrate that the immune and defense responses of four stomachs are quickly developing with age in lamb's early life.We also identified the gene expression patterns and functional cells associated with immune development.Additionally,we identified some key receptors and signaling involved in immune regulation.These results help to understand the early life immune development at single-cell resolution,which has implications to develop nutritional manipulation and health management strategies based on specific targets including key receptors and signaling pathways.展开更多
Background:Glioblastoma is one of the most common primary intracranial tumors of the central nervous system in adults.Although chemotherapy is an important component of glioblastoma treatment,its effectiveness remains...Background:Glioblastoma is one of the most common primary intracranial tumors of the central nervous system in adults.Although chemotherapy is an important component of glioblastoma treatment,its effectiveness remains unsatisfactory.Due to multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms,glioblastoma immunotherapy has not been effective in treating many patients as a result of the clinical breakthroughs in the field.Therefore,the development of cancer immunotherapy relies on the understanding of how tumors interact with the immune system and the analysis of their molecular determinants.This study identified the key interactions between immune cells in the glioma microenvironment using RNA microarrays and single-cell sequencing.Methods:First,we screened differentially expressed genes in tumor and control samples from GSE29796 and GSE50161 datasets using GEO2R.All differentially expressed genes were used to perform enrichment analysis and construct protein-protein interaction topological analysis to analyze the interaction between proteins.Using single-cell RNA sequencing data from the GSE162631 database,we identified immune cell types within the glioblastoma microenvironment,and validated the hub gene expression in these cells.In addition,based on the GEPIA and TIMER databases,hub genes were investigated and compared with immune infiltration to determine differential expression.Finally,CellChat was used to visualize the gene expression distribution and cell-to-cell communication analysis of the proteins between different types of cells.Results:We found that monocytes/macrophages may communicate with each other in the tumor microenvironment through MIF-(CD74+CXCR4)and MIF-(CD74+CD44).In addition,our study indicated that celastrol has the ability to inhibit inflammatory factors expression by MIF/CD74 signaling pathway in U87 cells.Conclusion:This study improved the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy strategies and developed new ideas for immunotherapy that can be applied to glioblastoma.展开更多
文摘目的:探讨PCSK9和MIF在乳腺癌中的水平及其临床意义。方法:选取从2021年1月至2022年12月在我院就诊的139例乳腺癌患者和125健康体检人员。测定血清及组织PCSK9和MIF水平,分析在乳腺癌中的相关性。结果:乳腺癌患者的血清PCSK9和MIF水平明显高于对照组(P Objective: To investigate the relationship between the level of PCSK9 and MIF and breast cancer. Methods: From January 2021 to December 2022, 139 breast cancer patients after surgery and 125 health people as control group were elected. The levels of propotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) and macrophage migration inhibitory factors (MIF) were measured, and analyzed the relationship in breast cancer. Results: The serum levels of PCSK9 and MIF in breast cancer patients was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05). The tissue levels of PCSK9 and MIF in breast cancer patients was significantly higher than breast fibroma patients, but the difference was not statistically significant. PCSK9 levels correlated positively with MIF levels in breast cancer tissue. Conclusion: The levels of PCSK9 and MIF were related to breast cancer, and PCSK9 levels correlated positively with serum MIF levels. Through monitoring the levels of PCSK9 and MIF, the methods should provide a new theoretical basis for early diagnosis and screening of breast cancer and accurate treatment.
基金partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(Award number:D21C170001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Award number:31973000)。
文摘Background Four-chambered stomach including the forestomachs(rumen,reticulum,and omasum)and abomasum allows ruminants convert plant fiber into high-quality animal products.The early development of this four-chambered stomach is crucial for the health and well-being of young ruminants,especially the immune development.However,the dynamics of immune development are poorly understood.Results We investigated the early gene expression patterns across the four-chambered stomach in Hu sheep,at 5,10,15,and 25 days of age.We found that forestomachs share similar gene expression patterns,all four stomachs underwent widespread activation of both innate and adaptive immune responses from d 5 to 25,whereas the metabolic function were significantly downregulated with age.We constructed a cell landscape of the four-chambered stomach using single-cell sequencing.Integrating transcriptomic and single-cell transcriptomic analyses revealed that the immune-associated module hub genes were highly expressed in T cells,monocytes and macrophages,as well as the defense-associated module hub genes were highly expressed in endothelial cells in the four-stomach tissues.Moreover,the non-immune cells such as epithelial cells play key roles in immune maturation.Cell communication analysis predicted that in addition to immune cells,non-immune cells recruit immune cells through macrophage migration inhibitory factor signaling in the forestomachs.Conclusions Our results demonstrate that the immune and defense responses of four stomachs are quickly developing with age in lamb's early life.We also identified the gene expression patterns and functional cells associated with immune development.Additionally,we identified some key receptors and signaling involved in immune regulation.These results help to understand the early life immune development at single-cell resolution,which has implications to develop nutritional manipulation and health management strategies based on specific targets including key receptors and signaling pathways.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82204663)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2022QH058).
文摘Background:Glioblastoma is one of the most common primary intracranial tumors of the central nervous system in adults.Although chemotherapy is an important component of glioblastoma treatment,its effectiveness remains unsatisfactory.Due to multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms,glioblastoma immunotherapy has not been effective in treating many patients as a result of the clinical breakthroughs in the field.Therefore,the development of cancer immunotherapy relies on the understanding of how tumors interact with the immune system and the analysis of their molecular determinants.This study identified the key interactions between immune cells in the glioma microenvironment using RNA microarrays and single-cell sequencing.Methods:First,we screened differentially expressed genes in tumor and control samples from GSE29796 and GSE50161 datasets using GEO2R.All differentially expressed genes were used to perform enrichment analysis and construct protein-protein interaction topological analysis to analyze the interaction between proteins.Using single-cell RNA sequencing data from the GSE162631 database,we identified immune cell types within the glioblastoma microenvironment,and validated the hub gene expression in these cells.In addition,based on the GEPIA and TIMER databases,hub genes were investigated and compared with immune infiltration to determine differential expression.Finally,CellChat was used to visualize the gene expression distribution and cell-to-cell communication analysis of the proteins between different types of cells.Results:We found that monocytes/macrophages may communicate with each other in the tumor microenvironment through MIF-(CD74+CXCR4)and MIF-(CD74+CD44).In addition,our study indicated that celastrol has the ability to inhibit inflammatory factors expression by MIF/CD74 signaling pathway in U87 cells.Conclusion:This study improved the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy strategies and developed new ideas for immunotherapy that can be applied to glioblastoma.