1.Prognostic factors for diabetic foot ulcer
Chuanbo LIU ; Yao HUANG ; Junna YE ; Pengwen NI ; Shuliang LU
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2014;30(4):291-297
Objective To identify the factors related to prognosis of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).Methods A total of 186 patients with type Ⅱ DFU from a single diabetic foot center was included in this prospective study.Follow-up of the final outcome (healing,major amputation or death) was made in 6 months.Influence of patient demographics and clinical data on outcome was detected using multivariate Logistic regression analysis.Results Follow-up was performed in 172 patients,of whom 147 were cured (55 cases cured after minor amputations),3 underwent major amputations,6 died,and 16 were not yet cured at the final follow-up.In multivariate Logistic regression analysis,the outcome was independently correlated with ischemia (P <0.01),infection (P < 0.05),ulcer number (P < 0.01) and peripheral neuropathy (P < 0.05) ; the risk of poor outcome increased with ischemia [odds ratio (OR) =10.8],infection (OR =211.4),ulcer number (OR =39.5),and peripheral neuropathy (OR =181.1).Conclusion Prognosis of DFU is associated with ischemia,infection,ulcer number,and peripheral neuropathy.
2. Perspective on computer aided drug discovery for anti-SARS-CoV-2
Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 2020;33(0):E003-E003
Objective:
To explore theresearch progress of the computer aided drug discovery for SARS-CoV-2 drugs.
Methods:
Comprehensively searching internetresour-ces including news report,research papers in scientific journals and academic preprint websites.
Results:
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, researchers in China and all over the world rapidly start to search drugs for anti-SARS-CoV-2and some progresses were made. This paper reviewed the progress of computer aided discovery of SARS-CoV-2 drugs.
Conclusions
Both docking and bioinformatics based methods had achievements and a number of candidate drugs have been identified, but more novel targets should be considered in the future.
3.Anti-fatigue effect of arginyl fructosyl glucose from red ginseng in mice
Baoliang HUANG ; Chuanbo DING ; Jiaqi WANG ; Yinan ZHENG ; Wencong LIU ; Jing ZHANG ; Xiaohua XU
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2017;43(5):897-902
Objective:To investigate the anti-fatigue phenomenon induced by forced swimming in the mice,and to explore the anti-fatigue effect of argininyl fructoyl glucose (AFG) from red ginseng in the mice and its mechanism.Methods:The AFG was extracted from red ginseng.The ICR mice were divided into blank control group,low dose of AFG group (100 mg · kg-1),middle dose of AFG group (200 mg · kg-1) and high dose of AFG group (400 mg · kg-1) (n=20).The mice mere given a forced swimming test after continuous gavage for 28 d.The weights,organ indexes,time of forced swimming,contents of lactic acid (LD),blood urea nitrogen (BUN),hepatic glycogen (Gly) and expressing levels of PGC-1α in gastrocnemius of the mice in various groups were detected.Results:Compared with blank control group,the weights and organ indexes of the mice in low,middle and high doses of AFG groups had no significant differences (P> 0.05).Compared with blank control group,the time of forced swimming,contents of Gly and expressing levels of PGC-1α of the mice in low,middle and high doses of AFG groups were significantly increased (P<0.05 or P<0.01) in a dose-dependent manner.Compared with blank control group,The contents of LD and BUN in serum of the mice in low,middle and high doses of AFG groups were significantly decreased (P<0.01).Conclusion:AFG has anti-fatigue effect in mice,and its mechanism may be related to energy metabolism.