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Filter by:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequently encountered cardiac arrhythmia. Emerging data suggests that common genetic variants are associated with the development of AF. The main feature of the structural remodelling in AF is atrial fibrosis and is considered the substrate for AF perpetuation. Genome-wide association studies suggest that AF-susceptibility variants may modulate atrial fibrosis. However, the association between atrial fibrosis and genetic polymorphisms in humans has not yet been specifically investigated. In this study, we plan to investigate the relationship between genetic polymorphisms, atrial fibrosis and other components of thrombogenic substrate in patients with non-valvular AF. Primary objectives of this study are to assess associations between (i) polymorphic genetic variants and atrial fibrosis (detected by magnetic resonance imaging), (ii) polymorphic genetic variants and components of thrombogenic substrate (inflammation, endothelial function, prothrombotic state, atrial functions).
We plan to carry out a prospective, randomized, open phase III clinical trial which sponsored by the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and Institute. The primary aim is to evaluate pCR of DT and ET regimen as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of HER2 negative Luminal B breast cancers and the correlation of pCR respectively with the susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics. For patients with pCR, the association between the 5 year DFS and susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics will be evaluated. All Non-pCR patients will receive NX chemotherapy for 4 cycles, and to evaluate correlations between 5 year DFS of these patients respectively with susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics, and to evaluate the safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and sequential adjuvant NX regimen therapy. Meanwhile, we will verify susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein identified by proteomics are significant predictors of HER2 negative Luminal B breast cancer chemotherapy sensitivity and prognosis, and explore the feasibility of susceptible gene mutation scores and differential protein in clinical application.
Participants will be consented into the study after they are found to meet the study inclusion criteria. The clinical staff will schedule a tissue biopsy and a blood draw for the participant to give NGS(Next-generation Sequencing).One is according to the germline mutation data to screen susceptible gene in SCLC(Small Cell Lung Cancer); two is to explore the extensive consistency detection of blood and tissues in patients with SCLC gene mutation information; three is to conduct dynamic monitoring of blood ctDNA(circulating tumor DNA) in patients with SCLC during treatment, by changing the types of mutations / abundance (for example: the clonal evolution of typical samples analysis) and change of tumor load, , investigating the patients treatment effect , for the significant change of mutations, to study whether it can be used as molecular marker; four is to analyze of the molecular typing of SCLC, according to the clinical and pathological features of patients.
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality among adults worldwide. The incidence rates of lung cancer among never smoking females in some parts of East Asia are among the highest in the world. The adenocarcinoma of lung being the most frequently identified histological type is more weakly associated with smoking, and often occurs in females and never-smokers. Although family history of lung cancer has been associated with histological subtypes, the inherited susceptibility factors that affect specific histology are unknown. Genetic factors that determine individual predisposition to lung cancer have been identified via genome-wide association studies. These known common loci, however, explain only a small fraction of the familial risk of lung cancer. The hypothesis of this study is that there are genetic factors that confer inherited susceptibility among patients with primary non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Follicular lymphoma is the second most common adult B-cell lymphoma. The acquisition of the t(14;18) translocation is the genetic hallmark of Follicular lymphoma. However, 50% to 70% of healthy individuals harbor low levels of circulating t(14;18)-positive cells but will never develop Follicular lymphoma. It was observed that individuals who developed Follicular lymphoma showed a higher t(14;18) frequency than controls (Roulland et al., J Clin Oncol 2014). High t(14;18) frequency in blood from healthy individuals could be a predictive biomarker for Follicular lymphoma development. Genetic instability of those t(14;18)+ B-cells as well as failure of the micro-environment to control the proliferation of these cells are proposed mechanisms linking these lymphoma precursors to true lymphoma cells. The prognosis of Follicular lymphoma patients has been significantly improved mainly with the development of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies, with a current median overall survival over 15 years. However, this lymphoma remains an incurable disease. The most commonly used tool for prognostication of patients with Follicular lymphoma is the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) based on conventional clinical and pathology parameters. Although it has clinical utility, the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index does not reflect the biologic heterogeneity of Follicular lymphoma. First-degree relatives of Follicular lymphoma had a fourfold increased risk of Follicular lymphoma suggesting a genetic etiology. Using the Genome wide association studies (GWAS) approach on Follicular lymphoma cohorts of 1,565 patients, the project plan to identify new prognostic markers. These markers will then be analyzed to decipher the impact of host genetics on somatic alterations and tumor biology, using public or matched patient data. The investigators also plan to analyze the influence of single-nucleotide polymorphisms on circulating t(14;18) levels in 318 healthy individuals included in EPIC cohort that will develop Follicular lymphoma later on, and assess if these biomarkers are helpful to refine the identification of high-risk Follicular lymphoma individuals.
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which infects about 50% of the global population, has been recognized as a main risk factor of multiple gastric pathologies, especially non-cardiac gastric cancer. Strongly evidence supports that H. pylori eradication is an effective approach to reduce the incidence of those pathologies.
The purpose of this study is to make nationwide registry for antimicrobial resistance of Helicobacter pylori using single method with agar dilution in Korea.
Strongly evidence supports that H. pylori eradication is an effective approach to reduce the incidence of those pathologies. However, due to the increasing resistance rates to antibiotics, failures of H. pylori eradication get more and more common. Thus, rescue therapy for persistent H. pylori infection is becoming a grand challenge the investigators have to face.
Susceptibility to breast cancer is related to the combination of genetic, hormonal and multiple other environmental risk factors, such as mutations in the BRCA gene and excess exposure to exogenous estrogen, respectively. BRCA is a nuclear protein that maintains genome stability, by acting as a key player in the DNA repair complex. Recently, evidence has emerged that BRCA mutation heterozygosis itself enhances aborted DNA repair and can contribute to breast cancer initiation after exposure to irradiation. In our preliminary results on short-term lymphocyte cultures, we found additional evidence that healthy heterozygous BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers have a different response to DNA damage than do non-carriers. The main aim of our ongoing project is to identify the transcriptional modulation and transformation potential of normal BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation heterozygous epithelial breast cells following irradiation and to examine how it is affected by exposure to estrogen. Our hypotheses will be investigated by RNA-seq and microRNA-seq in order to identify a unique molecular expression profile of the estrogen exposed cells following ionizing irradiation. Understanding the role of BRCA heterozygosity in cell response to exposure to estrogen and to irradiation may facilitate the development of more appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for these individuals.
Environmental carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were reviewed as the major risk factors for lung cancer development. In this proposal, the investigators collected fifteen kinds of major PAHs and the investigators would like to perform the following studies: 1. Study the gene expression and subcellular localization of GNMT in the normal-tumor tissue pairs of lung cancer patients. 2. Study the associations of the polymorphisms of GNMT in lung cancer patients and the susceptibility to lung cancer; 3. To assess the allelic loss at GNMT and determined the LOH rate of GNMT in the normal-tumor tissue pairs of lung cancer patients. 4. Study the associations of the copy number variation (CNV) of GNMT and the susceptibility to lung cancer; 5. Study the interaction between GNMT and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in lung cancer cell lines.