Publications by authors named "Gaochenxi Zhang"

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Acquired resistance to osimertinib limits its clinical efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR mutations. The widespread recognition of Taxus chinensis var. Mairei (Lemée et Lévl) Cheng et L.

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Immune-related cutaneous adverse events (ircAEs) will undermine the patients' quality of lives, and interrupt the antitumor therapy. A clinical proved recipe for external use of clearing heat and removing dampness (Qing-Re-Li-Shi Formula, hereinafter referred to as "QRLSF") is beneficial to the treatment of ircAEs in clinical practice. Our study will elucidate the mechanism of QRLSF against ircAEs based on network pharmacology and molecular docking.

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Jixueteng, the vine of the bush Dunn., is widely used to treat irregular menstruation and arthralgia. Yinyanghuo, the aboveground part of the plant Maxim.

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Background: Cancer vaccines are an important component of tumour immunotherapy. An increasing number of studies have shown that cancer vaccines have considerable clinical benefits. With the development of tumour precision medicine, cancer vaccines have become important because of their individualised targeting effects.

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Objective: In China, grade 2 to 3 immune-related rash will probably lead to the interruption of immunotherapy. Corticosteroid (CS) is the main treatment, but not always effective. The external application of clearing heat and removing dampness, which is represented by Qing-Re-Li-Shi Formula (QRLSF), has been used in our hospital to treat immune-related cutaneous adverse events (ircAEs) for the last 5 years.

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Immune-related cutaneous adverse events (irCAEs) in patients treated with programmed cell death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) checkpoint inhibitors may be associated with better clinical outcomes. However, the extent to which these results can be extrapolated to all tumour types remains unclear. Herein, we conducted a meta-analysis of patients with cancer receiving anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, to determine the cumulative incidence of irCAEs and their association with survival.

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Background: Precision cancer medicine-related rashes are a kind of skin and mucous lesions caused by precision therapy. More and more evidences indicated that such events should not be ignored in the course of anti-tumor therapy. Since cancer treatment entered the "Precision Era", there has been a rapid increase in this field.

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Immunoglobulin protein CD47 is overexpressed in malignant tumor cells, allowing them to evade host immunity mainly by inhibiting macrophage-mediated phagocytosis. Taxus chinensis var. mairei (TC) exhibits high antitumor efficacy with low toxicity and notable cost-effectiveness.

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Context: Yang-Yin-Jie-Du Decoction (YYJDD) was used to improve gefitinib efficacy in our clinical practice, but its mechanism remains unclear.

Objective: This study explored if YYJDD could reverse gefitinib resistance.

Materials And Methods: H1975 cells were exposed to control, 10 μM gefitinib, 3.

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Background: Lung cancer has a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate, and patients may develop multidrug resistance. Sparganii Rhizoma-Curcumae Rhizoma (HCSC), the classic herbal drug combination of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is commonly used in treating tumors, but its molecular mechanism is still unclear.

Method: We explored the possible mechanisms underlying the antitumor effect of HCSC using network pharmacology.

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Taxus chinensis var. mairei (TC) is a traditional Chinese ornamental and medicinal plant, the leaves and twigs of which are used in anti-tumor therapy in southern China. However, the mechanism and role of aqueous extract of TC (AETC) in promoting apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines has remained unclear.

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β,β-Dimethylacrylshikonin (DMAS), an active ingredient of Lithospermum erythrorhizon and Arnebia euchroma, possess anti-neoplasm properties. Recently, DMAS was reported to stimulate autophagy in lung adenocarcinoma cells. However, the mechanisms by which DMAS modulates autophagy.

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β,β-Dimethylacrylshikonin (DMAS) is an anti-cancer compound extracted from the roots of Lithospermum erythrorhizon. The present study aims to investigate the effects of DMAS on human lung adenocarcinoma cells in vitro and explore the mechanisms of its anti-cancer action. We showed that DMAS markedly inhibited cell viability in a dose- and time-dependent way, and induced apoptosis as well as autophagy in human lung adenocarcinoma cells.

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