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Postnatal corticosteroids are commonly used to treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We aimed to show whether S100 calcium-binding B (S100B), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), Tau protein or microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT), and glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) levels would provide any evidence of early neurological damage in premature infants receiving postnatal low dose dexamethasone therapy for BPD treatment.

In this cohort study, 136 preterm infants diagnosed with BPD at ?32 weeks of gestation formed the study group and 64 preterm infants formed the control group. NSE, S100B, GFAP, and MAPT levels were first measured before the postnatal corticosteroid treatment in both the patient and the control group on the 28th day and, for a second time, after treatment termination in the patient group.

There were significant differences between the measured GFAP, MAPT, and NSE values of the BPD and control groups on the 28th day, whereas there was no significant difference between the measured S100B values of the two groups. There were a statistically significant difference between the NSE values measured on the 28th day and after the treatment within the BPD group, whereas no significant difference existed between the GFAP, MAPT, and S100B values.

NSE levels, which indicate brain damage in the early period, increased in preterm babies with BPD who had been administered postnatal dexamethasone.
NSE levels, which indicate brain damage in the early period, increased in preterm babies with BPD who had been administered postnatal dexamethasone.
Chitotriosidase (ChT) is an enzyme secreted by activated macrophages and neutrophils in response to proinflammatory signals. There is growing evidence indicating that ChT activity reflects the systemic inflammatory status. This study aimed to investigate whether serum ChT activity increased in patients with psoriasis and related comorbidities.

This cross-sectional study included 53 (28 with associated comorbidities and 25 without comorbidities) patients with psoriasis and 52 healthy volunteers. All participants underwent laboratory investigations for serum ChT levels, complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and serum lipid levels.

The patients with psoriasis showed significantly higher levels of ChT activity as compared to the healthy controls (23.5 ± 11.4 vs. 17.5 ± 10.4 ?mol/mL/hour; p = 0.015). Additionally, the ChT activity was significantly higher in patients with comorbidities than in those without (p = 0.042).

Our data support the pathogenetic role of inflammatory processes induced by macrophage activation in patients with psoriasis and related comorbidities. Lixisenatide We believe that high ChT activity in patients with psoriasis may serve as an early prediction of the possible related comorbidities.
Our data support the pathogenetic role of inflammatory processes induced by macrophage activation in patients with psoriasis and related comorbidities. We believe that high ChT activity in patients with psoriasis may serve as an early prediction of the possible related comorbidities.
To assess the relationship between breast milk intake and speech functions in children with cerebral palsy.

We performed a cross-sectional, observational study of children with cerebral palsy aged over 4 years. The clinical features and the variables regarding breast milk intake were abstracted from medical records and mothers rewievs. The Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and the Viking Speech Scale (VSS) were used to categorize children based on motor and speech functions.

A total of 251 children with cerebral palsy were included. The mean duration of exclusive breast milk intake was 56.9 (range, 0-180) days. The mean duration of total breast milk intake was 7.4 (range, 0-36) months. Forty-three children (17%) received no breast milk. There was a weak positive correlation between birth weight and the level of VSS, indicating better speech function in children with lower birth weight. The preterm-born children presented significantly lower levels of VSS than term-born children. There was a negative moderate correlation between the duration of exclusive breast milk intake and the total duration of breast milk intake with the level of VSS.

We found that the duration of breast milk intake might reflect oromotor function and predict speech performance in children with cerebral palsy.
We found that the duration of breast milk intake might reflect oromotor function and predict speech performance in children with cerebral palsy.Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a dynamic network distributed around tumor cells. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), as an important component of the TME, are not only closely related to normal fibroblasts, but also can secrete a variety of substances to participate in the regulation of the TME. Exosomes, one of the substances from CAFs, can promote the formation and development of lung cancer, including promoting the formation of TME, increasing pulmonary tumor cell invasion and metastasis, mediating pulmonary tumor immunosuppression and participating in radiotherapy and chemotherapy resistance. This article reviews the current research status and progress of cancer associated fibroblasts-derived exosomes in lung cancer.
.Immunotherapy is one of the main strategies of anti-tumor therapy at present, in which immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are the most widely used drug. ICIs resistance is mediated by a variety of cytokines and immune cells, and the mechanism is complex, which is the main reason for the failure of immunotherapy in cancer patients. Histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi), as a class of epigenetic regulatory drugs, plays an important role in regulating cell cycle, proliferation, differentiation, and activity. In recent years, Studies have found that HDACi can not only regulate cell biological characteristics, but also closely related to the improvement of tumor ICIs drug resistance. Therefore, the study on how HDACi enhances the efficacy of ICIs is of great significance to tumor immunotherapy. This article will review the research progress of HDACi combined with ICIs in treating malignant tumors and their related mechanism.
.Lung cancer has the highest incidence rate and mortality in China, even in the world, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about 85%. The growth and metastasis of tumor depend on the generation of blood vessels, and anti-angiogenic therapy is playing an increasingly important role, however, no significant improvement was observed in the underwent anti-angiogenic agents used for patients alone. In recent years, the application of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) has significantly improved the prognosis of some lung cancer patients, however, the objective response rate of patients receiving ICI alone is low. While anti-angiogenic agents and ICI both regulate the tumor immune microenvironment and have a potential synergistic mechanism, showing a bright prospect in the combined application of anti-tumor therapy. In this review, we focused on the research and application of anti-angiogenic agents in combination with ICI in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.With the development of precise medicine, targeted therapy has greatly improved the survival and prognosis of patients in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with oncogenic drivers. However, no matter which kinds of targeted therapy are inevitable to develop therapeutic resistance, treatment options upon exhaustion of targeted therapies are limited. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can bring long-term survival to some patients with advanced NSCLC because of its unique long tailing effect. More and more studies have shown that ICIs can also benefit NSCLC patients with oncogenic drivers. However, the timing of ICIs intervention, the therapeutic regimen and the predictive biomarkers are actually debated, underscoring the need to explore the potential interest of ICIs in these populations.
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The aim of this study is to investigate the changes of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets before and after treatment with pembrolizumab for non-small cell lung cancer and its clinical significance.

A total of 32 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who received pembrolizumab treatment in The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University and Weifang People's Hospital of Shandong Province from January 2015 to December 2020 were selected as the observation group, and 30 healthy people during the same period were selected as the control group. Before treatment and in cycles 1, 2 and 4 after treatment, fluid cytometry was used to detect changes in the levels of lymphocyte subsets in the peripheral blood of patients.

The CD3⁺, CD4⁺, CD4⁺/CD8⁺ indexes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer before the treatment were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05), and the CD8⁺ level was significantly increased (P<0.05); After 1 cycle of pembrolizumab treatment, there was no significant ion of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and pathological types have no obvious influence on the effect of immunotherapy. Multi-factor analysis shows that it is more meaningful to observe the changes of CD3⁺, CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ at the same time to predict the effect of immunotherapy.

Pembrolizumab can regulate the changes of T lymphocyte subsets in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, improve the immune status of the patients, and there is no obvious adverse reaction. At the same time, monitoring the changes of lymphocyte subsets during treatment can predict the effect of immunotherapy.
Pembrolizumab can regulate the changes of T lymphocyte subsets in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, improve the immune status of the patients, and there is no obvious adverse reaction. At the same time, monitoring the changes of lymphocyte subsets during treatment can predict the effect of immunotherapy.
Lung cancer is one of the malignant tumors. Gene mutations associated with cellular immune function and regulating the activation and proliferation of immune cells. Several publications have explored the relationship between cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) +49 adenine (A)/guanine (G) polymorphism and susceptibility of lung cancer, but the results remain controversial. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to derive a more comprehensive estimation of the relationship.

All articles addressed lung cancer and polymorphisms of CTLA-4 were searched from the PubMed, EMBASE databases published up to June 29, 2019. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the strength of association. Publication bias of relevant studies was examined via Begg's test and funnel plots.

The meta-analysis included 8 case-control studies covering 4,430 lung cancer patients and 5,198 healthy controls from September 2008 to April 2020. The overall eligible data indicated that CTLA-4 +49A/G polymorphisms did not correlate with the elevated lung cancer risk in all genetic comparison models (dominant model OR=1.037, 95%CI 0.925-1.161; recessive model OR=0.968, 95%CI 0.888-1.055; allele model OR=0.992, 95%CI 0.933-1.054; homozygous model OR=0.980, 95%CI 0.857-1.121; heterozygous model OR=1.023, 95%CI 0.906-1.154). In further stratified analyses, CTLA-4 +49A/G polymorphism was found to be significantly associated with susceptibility to NSCLC in these models (dominant model OR=1.404, 95%CI 1.074-1.836; allele model OR=1.273, 95%CI 1.034-1.565; homozygous model OR=1.553, 95%CI 1.044-2.310; heterozygous model OR=1.308, 95%CI 1.062-1.611).

CTLA-4 +49A/G polymorphism were not associated with the risk of lung cancer but might be a risk factor only in NSCLC.
CTLA-4 +49A/G polymorphism were not associated with the risk of lung cancer but might be a risk factor only in NSCLC.
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