1.Identification and pedigree study of a case with McLeod phenotype caused by XK gene c. 107G>A mutation
Yan ZHANG ; Yunxiang WU ; Fei WANG ; Aijing LI ; Hua WANG ; Minghao LI ; Demei ZHANG ; Luyi YE
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2025;38(9):1253-1258
Objective: To identify the phenotypes, antibodies and explore the molecular mechanisms of a patient who carries antibodies to RBC high-frequency antigens and his family members. Methods: The antibody identification test was performed for the proband by serological methods, and targeted NGS was subsequently used to detect mutations that occurred in blood group genes. Blood samples were collected from the proband and his family members. Sanger sequencing was used to verify the mutation of the XK gene. The expression of Kell blood group antigens was detected by serological methods and flow cytometry. K
cells were used to detect the antibody specificity of the proband. The morphology of red blood cells was detected by the scanning electron microscopy. The serum creatine kinase levels of the proband and his family members were analyzed by colorimetric methods. Results: The results of the antibody identification test suggested that the proband might have antibodies to high-frequency antigens. NGS results suggested a homozygous mutation (c. 107G>A) in exon 1 of the XK gene in the proband, resulting in a truncated XK protein. The Sanger sequencing results of the proband were consistent with the NGS results, and the mutation was not found in other family members. The expression of Kell blood group antigens of the proband was not found by serological methods and flow cytometry. The results of the antibody specificity test showed that the proband had anti-Km antibodies. Spike-like changes were identified on red blood cells, and serum creatine kinase level was elevated in the proband. Conclusion: In this study, the McLeod phenotype caused by homozygous mutation (c. 107G>A) of XK gene was identified in Chinese individuals for the first time by the phenotype and molecular mechanism studies. The results of genotyping and phenotyping suggested that the McLeod phenotype caused by the mutation was compatible with the phenotypes of McLeod and K
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2.Unveiling the metabolic fate of drugs through metabolic reaction-based molecular networking.
Haodong ZHU ; Xupeng TONG ; Qi WANG ; Aijing LI ; Zubao WU ; Qiqi WANG ; Pei LIN ; Xinsheng YAO ; Liufang HU ; Liangliang HE ; Zhihong YAO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(6):3210-3225
Effective annotation of in vivo drug metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) remains a formidable challenge. Herein, a metabolic reaction-based molecular networking (MRMN) strategy is introduced, which enables the "one-pot" discovery of prototype drugs and their metabolites. MRMN constructs networks by matching metabolic reactions and evaluating MS2 spectral similarity, incorporating innovations and improvements in feature degradation of MS2 spectra, exclusion of endogenous interference, and recognition of redundant nodes. A minimum 75% correlation between structural similarity and MS2 similarity of neighboring metabolites was ensured, mitigating false negatives due to spectral feature degradation. At least 79% of nodes, 49% of edges, and 97% of subnetworks were reduced by an exclusion strategy of endogenous ions compared to the Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) platform. Furthermore, an approach of redundant ions identification was refined, achieving a 10%-40% recognition rate across different samples. The effectiveness of MRMN was validated through a single compound, plant extract, and mixtures of multiple plant extracts. Notably, MRMN is freely accessible online at https://yaolab.network, broadening its applications.
3.Prevalence of metabolic associated fatty liver disease and its correlation with metabolic components in personnel on tropical islands
Xu DONG ; Yujiao WANG ; Chaoqun WANG ; Yi CHEN ; Deliang KONG ; Aijing XU
Academic Journal of Naval Medical University 2025;46(8):1074-1080
Objective To investigate the prevalence of metabolic associated fatty liver disease(MAFLD)and its correlation with metabolic components among personnel on tropical islands.Methods The data of personnel who received health examination on islands in 2024 were analyzed,and they were grouped with the age limit of 30 years old to compare the detection rates of MAFLD and metabolic components in different age groups.In people aged≥ 30 years old,the age,gender,body mass index(BMI),waist circumference(WC),fasting blood glucose,blood lipids,liver function,kidney function and other indexes were compared between MAFLD and non-MAFLD groups.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were conducted to analyze the factors affecting the occurrence of MAFLD.The effects of various metabolic components on the risk of MAFLD in different age groups were analyzed by subgroup analyses.Results Among 1213 personnel,175(14.4%)cases had MAFLD,of which 141(80.6%)cases were mild,32(18.3%)were moderate,and 2(1.1%)were severe.The detection rates of MAFLD(25.6%[74/289]vs 10.9%[101/924])and overweight/obesity(55.7%[161/289]vs 37.7%[348/924])in age ≥ 30 years old were significantly higher than those in age<30 years old(both P<0.001).In people aged≥ 30 years old,compared with the non-MAFLD group,the BMI,WC,systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,triglyceride(TG),low density lipoprotein-cholesterol,alanine transaminase,aspartate transaminase,gamma glutamyltransferase and uric acid(UA)in the MAFLD group were significantly higher(all P<0.05),and the high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C)was significantly lower(P<0.05).There were no significant differences in age,gender,fast blood glucose,total cholesterol,alkaline phosphatase,total bilirubin,serum creatinine,or blood urea nitrogen(all P>0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that WC was an independent risk factor for MAFLD(odds ratio[OR]=1.101,95%confidence interval[95%CI]1.030-1.176,P=0.004);HDL-C was an independent protective factor for MAFLD(OR=0.071,95%CI0.016-0.323,P=0.001);and BMI ≥24.0 kg/m2 and WC≥90 cm were positively correlated with MAFLD(both P<0.01).In people aged≥30 years old,the risk of MAFLD was increased in those with overweight/obesity,arterial blood pressure≥ 130/85 mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa),TG≥1.7 mmol/L,HDL-C≤1.0 mmol/L and UA>420 μmol/L(all P<0.05),and the risk of MAFLD was most significantly increased in overweight/obesity people(hazard ratio[HR]=5.088,95%CI 2.724-9.504,P<0.001).Among people aged<30 years old,the risk of MAFLD was increased in those with overweight/obesity and UA>420 μmol/L(both P<0.01),and the risk of MAFLD was most significantly increased in overweight/obesity individuals(HR=6.305,95%CI3.973-10.006,P<0.001).Conclusion The detection rates of MAFLD and various metabolic components are higher in the personnel on tropical islands,and the risk of MAFLD is higher in those with overweight/obesity,TG≥1.7 mmol/L and hyperuricemia.
4.Pathogenesis and Treatment of Recurrent Granulomatous Mastitis Based on "Deficiency, Toxin and Blood Stasis"
Aijing CHU ; Yuezhu WANG ; Jieying ZHENG ; Zhongyuan XIA
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(12):1287-1291
To explore the pathogenesis and treatment of recurrent granulomatous mastitis based on "deficiency, toxin and blood stasis". It is believed that the main pathogenesis of recurrent granulomatous mastitis is spleen and stomach deficiency due to chronic illness, and at the same time, the persistent or intermittent presence of various causes makes the residual toxin unclear, which leads to the stagnation of local meridians and collaterals in the breast, accumulation of lumps, and then suppuration. Deficiency of qi and blood in zang-fu organs is the main cause of this disease, and residual toxin is the key factor of this disease. The treatment should focus on promoting therapy, promoting with dispersing, expelling with supplementing, supplementing with warming and dredging, dissolving toxins and releasing stasis, and the prescription is based on modified Tuoli Xiaodu Powder (托里消毒散) or self-prescribed Jiangru No.2 Formula (浆乳2号方). Overall, the treatment should combine deficiency, toxin and blood stasis with different syndrome differentiation and treatment, reinforce healthy qi and express toxin, and activate blood circulation and dredge collaterals with flexibly modification, to promote disease healing.
5.Influencing factors and mechanism of physicians' strategic behavior under the DRG payment system.
Aijing LUO ; Zijian WANG ; Fen JIANG ; Weifu CHANG
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2024;49(11):1828-1839
OBJECTIVES:
Reforming medical insurance payment methods is a key part of deepening the healthcare system reform. Understanding the influencing factors and underlying mechanisms of physicians' strategic behaviors under the diagnosis-related groups (DRG) payment system is crucial for reducing medical resource waste and improving the efficiency of health insurance fund utilization.
METHODS:
Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study used grounded theory to construct a questionnaire encompassing belief, behavioral attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, behavioral intention, and behavior measurement items. Structural equation modeling was then used for empirical analysis.
RESULTS:
Physicians' behavioral intention had the most significant impact on their strategic behavior (β=0.606, P<0.001). Physician's attitude toward strategic behavior (β=-0.159, P<0.01), subjective norm (β=-0.093, P<0.05), and perceived behavioral control (β=-0.120, P<0.05) were major influencing factors of behavioral intention. Physicians' behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, and control beliefs were significantly correlated with behavioral attitude (β=0.554, P<0.001), subjective norm (β=0.383, P<0.001), and perceived behavioral control (β=0.274, P<0.001), respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
Behavioral intention is the primary predictor driving physicians to engage in strategic behavior. Attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control all significantly affect physicians' behavioral intentions.
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6.Inhibitory Effect of Hederasaponin B on Gastric Cancer HGC-27 Cells and Its Mechanism Based on Bioinformatics
Yangfei WEI ; Shuo WANG ; Tao CHEN ; Shuping YAN ; Peipei LI ; Hongmei LI ; Cheng SHEN ; Yumei MA ; Zhibo SONG ; Aijing LI ; Yulin LI
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2022;28(16):50-58
ObjectiveTo investigate the inhibitory effect of hederasaponin B on gastric cancer HGC-27 cell and the mechanism. MethodMethyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay, hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindote (DAPI) staining, colony formation assay, scratch assay, and flow cytometry were employed for the analysis of apoptosis and cell cycle. Thereby, the inhibitory effect of hederasaponin B on gastric cancer HGC-27 cell was investigated. Then the Pharm Mapper, UniProt, Swissdock, STRING, and Metascape were used for target screening, gene annotation, molecular docking, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network construction, Gene Ontology (GO) term and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis to explore the mechanism. ResultHederasaponin B (15, 30, 60, 120 μmol·L-1) can significantly reduce the survival rate of HGC-27 cell (P<0.01) in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner compared with the blank group. It had no significant toxicity to normal GES-1 cell at concentration below 120 μmol·L-1. Compared with the blank group, hederasaponin B (30, 60, 120 μmol·L-1) induced cytoplasmic vacuolization, and nuclear deformation and karyopyknosis, inhibited the migration of HGC-27 cell (P<0.01), and brought about the apoptosis (P<0.05, P<0.01) and cell cycle arrest of HGC-27 cell (P<0.05, P<0.01). Hederasaponin B (10, 20, 30 μmol·L-1) also suppressed the independent survival ability and proliferation ability of HGC-27 cell (P<0.01). The possible action targets were kinesin-like protein KIF11, cGMP-specific 3,5 cyclic phosphodiesterase, caspase-3, serine/threonine protein kinase Chk1, proto-oncogene tyrosine protein kinase, epidermal growth factor receptor, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) 8. The mechanism may be related to MAPK signaling pathway (pathways in cancer), adhesion connection, focal adhesion and proteoglycans in cancer (epithelial cell signaling pathways in Helicobacter pylori infection). ConclusionHederasaponin B exerts significant inhibitory effect on gastric cancer HGC-27 cell through multiple targets and multiple pathways.
7.Mental health status of adolescents with adverse childhood experience and the influencing factors.
Ping MAO ; Lulu WANG ; Minghui TAN ; Wenzhao XIE ; Aijing LUO ; Jia GUO
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2021;46(11):1298-1305
Adverse childhood experience (ACE) is potentially negative experience that occurs between 0 and 18 years old. The ACE adolescents have prominent mental health problems such as emotional regulation disorder, unstable interpersonal relationship, poor coping ability, and cognitive dysfunction. Until now, the factors affecting the mental health of ACE adolescents are not clear, but it is certain that the ecosystem in which ACE adolescents life affects their mental health. Specifically, the parent-child relationship, the school environment, the peer relationship in the micro-system, and the interaction between the parent-child relationship and other interpersonal relationship in the meso-system have been confirmed to be significantly related to the mental health of ACE adolescents. In the appearance system, the neighborhood cohesion, the level of family income, the educational level of parents and the different social and cultural background in the macro-system all have different degrees of impact on the development of ACE adolescents' psychological behaviors. In the diachronic system, the time and frequency of suffering from ACE have different effects on the mental health regarding the ACE adolescents.
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8.Evaluation on the effect of Clinical Medicine PBL Comprehensive Course
Li ZANG ; Shaoqing WANG ; Hui GU ; Aijing HUANG ; Nan MAO ; Fang GAO ; Jing ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2020;19(11):1292-1295
Objective:To evaluate the effect of web-based problem-based learning software on the Clinical Medicine PBL Comprehensive Course. Methods:Thirty-eight students from the pilot class of undergraduate excellent doctors in clinical medicine were selected as the research objects. Based on the test scores of web-based problem-based learning software before the start of the course, the improvement of scores after passing the training of the Clinical Medicine PBL Comprehensive Course were compared, and the students' clinical thinking were quantitatively evaluated. Results:After all students completed the course, their abilities of expression and communication, teamwork and cooperation, problem analysis and clinical reasoning, and knowledge information management of the students increased steadily with the increase in the number of cases, but it was statistically significant after two PBL case trainings ( P<0.05). Learning intentions and attitudes scored the highest in the second PBL case (acute myocardial infarction), with statistical differences ( P<0.05). After training through the PBL course, diagnostic performance, clinical thinking, treatment scores, and overall performance scores of the students were significantly increased than before, with statistical significance ( P<0.05). The scores of case report writing and knowledge acquisition were not obviously improved. Conclusion:The combination of formative evaluation and web-based problem-based learning software can better evaluate the teaching effect and help students to understand their own shortcomings.
9.High-frequency ultrasound combined with modified Rodnan skin score in systemic sclerosis
Hongyan LI ; Chao SUN ; Lin YANG ; Xiaoping WANG ; Yanru WANG ; Jingjing HE ; Yongxia QIAO ; Fuling SHAO ; Hongtao JIN ; Aijing LIU
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2019;23(4):233-237
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of skin thickening of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) by high-frequecy ultrasound,as well as the value of ultrasound.Methods Thirty-one patients with SSc and 31 age-matched and sex-matched healthy control subjects were enrolled.Skin thickness,modified Rodnan skin score (mRss),disease activity index (DA1) and other clinical parameters within and between groups were compared using SPSS 21 software.Student's t test,x2 test or nonparametric testing was performed to compare between groups.The Pearson or Spearman methods were used to test correlation.Sensitivity and specificity of skin thickness detection by high-frequecy ultrasound were evaluated by using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.Results Total thickness of skin (TST) of patientswith SSc were positively correlated to the total mRss (r=0.416,P=0.020) and DAI (r=0.436,P=0.014).The skin thickness of patients with mRss 0,1,2 was higher than CNT [1.45(0.60),1.70(0.30) mm,1.60 (0.30) mm vs 1.30 (0.35) mm,Z=-3.242,-6.577,-5.090,P<0.01].The cut-off value of TST used as the evaluation of skin change was 7.4 mm by ROC curve analysis,and the sensitivity and specificity of them was 77.40% and 87.10% respectively,and patients with thickened skin were more likely to suffer interstitial lung disease (ILD) (16 vs 1,x2=26.004,P=0.014),higher mRss [10(6) vs 4(5),Z=-2.499,P=0.031],DAI [(5.2±2.4) vs (2.3±1.7),t=-3.104,P<0.01)] and CRP [(8.60 (10.48) mg/L vs 3.52 (4.93) mg/L,Z=-2.276,P=0.038].Conclusion US combined with mRss are helpful to evaluate the changes of skin and disease activity of patients in SSc.US can identify the early and subclinical skin involvement that may precede mRss,providing a more reliable tool for diagnosis,treat efficacy and prediction of organ damage.
10.Visualization analysis for radiomics research based on knowledge mapping.
Aijing LUO ; Shanhu YAO ; Zhichao FENG ; Pengfei RONG ; Yuexiang QIN ; Wei WANG
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2019;44(3):233-243
To illustrate the literature distribution, research power distribution, and research hotspots in the radiomics research by using knowledge mapping analysis, and to provide reference for relevant researchers.
Methods: Bibliographies from literature regarding radiomics in Web of Science database were downloaded. BICOM 2.0.1 and SATI 3.2 were used to clean and caculate the frequency of publication year, journal, author, key word, and research institution. CiteSpace V4.4.R1 was used to build the knowledge map of scientific research collaboration network between countries/regions.Ucinet 6 was used to build the knowledge map of scientific research collaboration network between core authors and institutions. gCLUTO 1.0 was applied to construct high-frequency keywords bi-clustering map.
Results: A total of 700 literature was screened. Since 2012 the number of publications has been growing rapidly year by year. The United States, China, and Netherlands were leaders in this field. There were 5 major scientific research institution cooperative groups and 10 major author cooperative groups. Eight research hotspots were clustered by using high-frequency key word bi-clustering analysis.
Conclusion: Radiomics is a new field and develops very fast. More and more countries, research institutions, and researchers with multidisciplinary background are going to participate in this filed. New terminology and new methods are going to appear in the field.
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