Objective To understand role of chemokines and their receptors in pathogenesis, progression, and metastasis of gastric cancer, and to provide a better approach for diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer. Method The literatures about the relationship between chemokines and their receptors and gastric cancer were reviewed. Results There were about 50 various chemokines and their receptors abnormally expressed in the tumor microenvironment. The main types related gastric cancer were the CXC, CC and CX3C chemokines and their receptors, which could promote the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of the gastric cancer through several pathways like mTOR pathway, JAK2-STAT3 pathway, etc.. Conclusions Chemokines and their receptors play an important role in occurrence and development of gastric cancer. Further studies on chemokines and their receptors will not only assist in early diagnosis of gastric cancer, as well as estimation of clinical prognosis, but also provide an intervention target for gastric cancer.
CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) is a kind of small molecular polypeptide substance that can move cells towards specific parts. It is widely distributed in heart, skeletal muscle, liver, brain and so on. Current studies believe that CXCL12 plays a role in the formation and progression of cardiovascular diseases by binding to CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) and atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3), but the mechanism is not very clear, and even some contrary experimental results appear. This review mainly discusses the role of CXCL12-CXCR4/ACKR3 axis in atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and myocardial remodeling, in order to explore the inflammatory mechanism in the development of coronary heart disease and provide a basis for further research of clinical drugs.
Neurosyphilis is a group of clinical syndromes in which Treponema pallidum invades the nervous system and causes damage to the meninges, blood vessels, brain parenchyma or spinal cord. At present, there is no highly specific and sensitive method for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis, and its diagnosis mainly depends on clinical manifestations, abnormal cerebrospinal fluid and the comprehensive judgment of clinicians. Current studies show that some cytokines and chemokines are promising for laboratory detection of neurosyphilis. This article reviews the research progress of neurosyphilis from the aspects of traditional laboratory testing, polymerase chain reaction testing, cytokine and chemokine testing, and existing diagnostic criteria for neurosyphilis, in order to provide a reference for clinical testing and follow-up research.
Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of CXCR4 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods Databases including PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, CBM, VIP, CNKI and WanFang Data were searched from inception to April 2012, and the relevant references were also retrieved to collect relevant case-control studies. Two reviewers independently screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and evaluated the quality of the included studies. Then the meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.1 software. Results A total of 5 case-control studies involving 493 ESCC tissues and 136 normal esophageal tissues were included. The results of the meta-analyses showed that, as for the positive rate of CXCR4 expression, it was higher in ESCC tissues rather than normal esophageal tissues (OR=12.03, 95%CI 6.76 to 21.44, Plt;0.000 01), in ESCC tissues with lymph node metastasis rather than those without lymph node metastasis (OR=4.35, 95%CI 2.48 to 7.62, Plt;0.000 01), as well as in moderate and low differentiated ESCC tissues rather than high differentiated ESCC tissues (OR=0.51, 95%CI 0.32 to 0.81, P=0.004); but no significant difference was found between the clinical stage I-II and clinical stage III-IV ESCC tissues. Conclusion The presently limited evidence shows CXCR4 expression is associated with ESCC, lymph node metastasis and degree of cell differentiation, indicating that CXCR4 may take a role in the whole course of carcinogenesis of ESCC. But the relationship between CXCR4 expression and clinical stage of ESCC is still unclear, which needs to be further proved by more large-scale, well-designed and high quality case-control studies.
目的 探讨新辅助化学疗法（化疗）对结直肠癌手术患者炎症因子水平的影响。 方法 回顾2008年1月－2009年12月诊断为结直肠癌的487例患者的临床资料，剔除不符合研究条件者后，共390例，以是否接受过新辅助化疗分为术前化疗组（化疗组）156例与对照组234例进行研究。分别比较两组在入院时、术前、术后的炎症因子水平。 结果 入院时两组外周血白细胞、C反应蛋白（CRP）、纤维蛋白原、血清淀粉样蛋白水平差异均无统计学意义（P＞0.05）；术后化疗组CRP水平[（64.09 ± 60.24）mg/L]低于对照组[（87.80 ± 61.54）mg/L]，差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）；其余炎症因子组间差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。 结论 新辅助化疗不会刺激机体产生免疫反应，且有一定的安全性。
ObjectiveTo observe the concentration of the inflammatory cytokines in vitreous of severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) after intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IVR). MethodsA total of 80 PDR patients (80 eyes) were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomly divided into vitrectomy group (group A) and IVR combined with vitrectomy group (group B), 40 eyes in each group. The differences of sex (χ2=0.05), age (t=0.59), duration of diabetes (t=0.36), HbA1c (t=0.13) and intraocular pressure (F=0.81) between two groups were not significant (P>0.05). The eyes in group B received 0.5 mg (0.05 ml) ranibizumab injection at 7 days before operation. The vitreous samples (0.4 ml) were obtained before operation. The concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. ResultsThe concentration of VEGF and ICAM-1 were (10.70±3.60), (224.64±90.32) pg/L in group B and (72.38±23.59), (665.61±203.34) pg/L in group A. The differences of VEGF and ICAM-1 concentration between two groups was significant (t=16.34, 12.53; P<0.001). The concentration of IL-6 and IL-8 were (210.64±80.27), (156.00±57.74) pg/L in group B and (45.78±33.82), (41.07±13.82) pg/L in group A. The differences of IL-6 and IL-8 concentration between two groups was significant (t=11.97, 12.24; P<0.001). There was no difference of CTGF concentration between two groups (t=1.39, P=0.17). The CTGF/VEGF in group B was higher than that in group A (t=14.75, P<0.001). ConclusionsOne week after IVR, the concentration of VEGF and ICAM-1 are decreased, while IL-6 and IL-8 increased. There is no obvious change in CTGF, but CTGF/VEGF is increased.
Objective To investigate the expression of chemokine receptor CXCR7 and the relation between its expression and clinicopathologic characteristics in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Method The expressions of CXCR7 in 79 cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma and their paracancerous tissues，and 33 cases of benign thyroid lesion tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. Results The positive expression rates of CXCR7 were 0（0/79），65.8%（52/79），and 30.3%（10/33） in the paracancerous tissues，papillary thyroid carcinoma tissues，and benign thyroid lesions tissues，respectively. The positive expression rate of CXCR7 in the papillary thyroid carcinoma tissues was significantly higher than that in the paracancerous tissues （P＜0.05） or benign thyroid lesion tissues（P＜0.05）. The expression of CXCR7 was correlated with lymph node metastasis （P＜0.05）. Conclusion CXCR7 might take part in tumorigenesis，progression，and lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
ObjectiveTo investigate the expressions of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and chemokine receptor-4 (CXCR4) in local tissues of perianal abscess and their relationships with clinicopathological features and prognosis of patients.MethodsA total of 47 patients with perianal abscess (perianal abscess group) and 58 patients with mixed hemorrhoids (mixed hemorrhoids group) were selected for the study. The tissues were collected during the operation. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expressions of SDF-1 mRNA and CXCR4 mRNA in local tissues of the two groups, the positive expressions of SDF-1 protein and CXCR4 protein in local tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry, and the relationships between the expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 protein and the clinical characteristics, prognosis of patients were analyzed.ResultsThe expression levels of SDF-1 mRNA and CXCR4 mRNA in the perianal abscess group were higher than those in the mixed hemorrhoids group, and the positive rates of SDF-1 protein and CXCR4 protein in the perianal abscess group were higher than those in the mixed hemorrhoids group too (P<0.05). The expressions of SDF-1 protein and CXCR4 protein in perianal abscess tissues were both not related to sex, age, location of abscess, and course of disease (P>0.05), but was related to abscess diameter, healing time, and anal fistula (P<0.05). The non-recurrence rates of SDF-1 protein-negative group and CXCR4 protein-negative group were lower than those of SDF-1 protein-positive group and CXCR4 protein-positive group respectively (P<0.05).ConclusionSDF-1 and CXCR4 molecular are up-regulated in the local tissues of perianal abscess, which are related to the size of abscess, healing time, anal fistula, and recurrence of patients.