1.Quality of life measurement instrument for thyroid cancer and its application
Ting WANG ; Yanjun REN ; Jingxia KONG ; Qingmin LIU ; Chengjian CAO ; Hongmei WANG
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015;31(12):1074-1077
[Summary] The study was to introduce quality of life measurement instruments for thyroid cancer,as well as the application of these scales.(1) Quality of life scales such as generic scale SF-36,tumor-specific scale EORTC QLQ-C30 were used in previous studies.(2) In these studies,the quality of life assessment was mainly used for measurement of quality of life in patients with thyroid cancer,comparative effectiveness research and specific psychological intervention evaluation,analysis of relevant factors affecting quality of life in patients with thyroid cancer.
2.Effects of Shenfuhuang Formula (参附黄配方) on Potential Targets of Action in the Brain Tissue of Sepsis Model Mice:Transcriptomics-Based Exploration
Yuchen WANG ; Xuerui WANG ; Xiaolong XU ; Jingxia ZHAO ; Jiabo WANG ; Yuan GAO ; Weijun KONG ; Qingquan LIU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(1):65-70
ObjectiveTo investigate the possible mechanism of Shenfuhuang Formula (参附黄配方) in prevention and treatment of epsis-associated encephalopathy from the perspective of brain genomics. MethodsC57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into sham surgery group, sepsis group, and Shenfuhuang group, with 20 mice in each group. The sepsis group and Shenfuhuang group were induced to develop sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) procedure. At 4 hours after modelling, Shenfuhuang group were gavaged with 2.5 g/(kg·d) of Shenfuhuang Formula, 0.5 ml each time, at 12 hours intervals, for a total of 4 times after modelling. Sepsis group and sham surgery group were given 0.5 ml of purified water orally. At 48 hours after modeling, the transcriptome sequencing was used to explore the differential gene expression in the effects of Shenfuhuang Formula on the brain regions of septic mice, and real-time PCR and ELISA were later used to further validate the differential gene and proteins expression. ResultsA total of 4605 genes were differentially expressed in Shenfuhuang group compared with sepsis group, of which 2353 genes were up-regulated and 2252 genes were down-regulated. According to the results of previous publications, six key genes were screened, including serine/threonine-protein kinase (Nek1), myelin-associated glycoprotein (Mag), endothelial cell-specific tyrosine kinase receptor (Tek), a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 20 (Adamts20), lymphocyte antigen 86 (Ly86), and E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase (Traip). Further genetic and protein validation revealed that, compared to the sham surgery group, the mRNA levels and corresponding protein levels of Nek1, Mag, Tek, Adamts20, Ly86, and Traip in the brain tissue of septic mice significantly reduced (P<0.05). In comparison to the sepsis group, Shenfuhuang group showed significantly increased mRNA levels and corresponding protein levels of Nek1, Mag, Tek, Adamts20, Ly86, and Traip (P<0.05). ConclusionThe potential therapeutic targets of Shenfuhuang Formula for treating sepsis-associated encephalopathy may be related to the Nek1, Mag, Tek, Adamts20, Ly86, and Traip genes and their encoded proteins.