1.Quality assessment for Chinese systematic reviews/Meta-analysis on immuniza-tion
Shudan LIU ; Qin LIU ; Anran HE
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2014;(6):797-801,813
To assess the methodology and report quality of Chinese systematic reviews /Meta-analysis on immunization.Methods: All literatures of systematic reviews/Meta-analysis on immunization were searched in the four Chinese databases:CNKI,WANFANG Database,VIP and CBM from the establishment date to November 2013.Methodology quality and report quality of included reviews were evaluated by R-AMSTAR scale and PRISMA scale.Results:32 literatures were identified.The main problems of methodology quality were insufficient in a comprehensive literature search , lack of the list of excluded studies and the selection process ,lack of the documented assessment of the scientific quality of included studies and the appropriate use of the scientific quality in forming conclusions , inappropriate dealing with heterogeneity of data , insufficient in control of publication bias.The main problems of report quality were incomplete report in abstract , inclusion and exclusion criteria , data collection and analysis methods , result and discussion.Conclusion: The methodology quality and report quality of included literatures have more or less flaws in different levels.Further improvement of methodological quality and reporting is required in order to increase the quality of these studies .
2.Application of gold nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip for dengue virus detection based on strand-displacement amplification.
Jin ZHAO ; Haixiong XIA ; Yujie LIU ; Pal RAVINDER ; Anran FAN ; Zhixu HE ; Lingwen ZENG
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2018;47(4):405-412
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the rapid and accurate method for the detection of dengue virus (DENV) by using nicking enzyme assisted strand-displacement amplification (SDA) combined with gold nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip.
METHODS:
Total RNA of the virus was extracted by using magnetic beads method and transcribed to cDNA for SDA detection system. Nicking enzyme-assisted method was used for detecting DENV, and agarose gel electrophoresis was used for analyzing the sensitivity of SDA amplification products. A gold nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip was developed based on the principle of nucleic acid base complementary pairing to design the test line and control line. The gold particles were prepared by using sodium citrate reduction method for gold nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip construction.
RESULTS:
The sensitivity of the SDA method was 10 fmol/L, and the sensitivity of gold nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip based on SDA method was also 10 fmol/L. In a linear range from 10 fmol/L to 10 fmol/L, the corresponding linear correlation coefficient () of DENV was 0.98. The specificity of nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip based on SDA for DENV detection was high, which was no crossing with other control groups.
CONCLUSIONS
A gold nanoparticles-based lateral flow strip based on SDA method for DENV detection has been established, which is convenient, fast, and the result is visible to naked eyes.
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3.Application regularity of medicinal and dietary substances for patients during COVID-19 rehabilitation
LUO Binfei ; HE Qingying ; YI Xingqian ; LIU Hongning ; ZHU Weifeng ; WU Diyao ; ZHANG Anran ; ZHANG Xiaoping ; CHEN Xiaofan
Digital Chinese Medicine 2022;5(3):242-252
Objective This study focused on the application regularity of medicinal and dietary substances (MDS) of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diet therapy during rehabilitation, in order to help patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) reduce sequelae and improve their life quality. Methods The official websites of the national and provincial health committees, the website of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the China BioMedical Literature Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), and Wanfang Database were used to search the keywords, such as “coronavirus” “novel coronavirus pneumonia” “COVID-19” “protocol” “guideline” “consensus” and “rehabilitation period”. The search time was from the establishment of databases to July 31, 2022. The prevention and control protocols of various provinces and cities were manually supplemented and screened out. The information on the frequency, property, flavor, meridian tropism, and efficacy of MDS was collected for association rule analysis through the Apriori algorithm. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed using the Euclidean distance and longest distance. Results A total of 18 protocols were screened out, including 56 lists of TCM diet therapy, and 47 kinds of MDS with a frequency of 132 times during the rehabilitation of COVID-19. Among them, six lists of diet therapy were collected from national websites, 26 from local government websites, and 24 from social and academic institution websites. The intended population can be divided into seven categories including normal recovery, lung-spleen Qi deficiency, deficiency of both Qi and Yin, spleen-stomach weakness, deficiency of Yang Qi, kidney Qi deficiency, and blood deficiency. Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma) and Lianzi (Nelumbinis Semen), followed by Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) were used most commonly in MDS, with mainly flat property, sweet flavor, and spleen and lung meridians in meridian tropism. Besides, deficiency-tonifying drugs were commonly used in MDS. Through association rule analysis, 12 groups of association MDS pairs were obtained. The pair of Yiyiren (Coicis Semen) and Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) had the highest Lift value, and Yiyiren (Coicis Semen) was used most frequently in the MDS category for eliminating pathogenic factors. The results of complex network analysis showed that the core MDS were Yiyiren (Coicis Semen), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Fuling (Poria), and Dazao (Jujubae Fructus). Three core categories were classified by cluster analysis, including the category of strengthening spleen, nourishing kidney, and grasping Qi, the category of removing phlegm, abating panting, and regulating Qi, and the category of strengthening the middle-energizer and reinforcing Qi. Conclusion Based on the TCM theory, most patients during the rehabilitation of COVID-19 are in a state of lingering pathogens due to deficient vital Qi. TCM diet therapy is based on the principle of “giving both reinforcing and reducing treatment”, and the MDS combinations focus on both reinforcing the health Qi and eliminating pathogenic factors. The diet therapy mainly uses the MDS with flat property and sweet flavor, which belongs to deficiency-tonifying drugs, adding suitable MDS of pathogen-eliminating drugs according to different situations. The ultimate goal is to promote lung inflammation absorption, improve pulmonary fibrosis, increase immunity, reduce the occurrence of sequelae, and improve life quality.