1.Review on the Origin and the Development Process of Medicine from the Perspective of Medical Anthropology
Chinese Medical Ethics 2017;30(7):901-907
Medicine is related to people's wellbeing,which is an eternal topic that all mankind concern.Studying on the process from the origin to the development of medicine can figure out the development rules of medicine,gain experience from it,and provide guidance for better development of medicine in the future.Medical anthropology is a new discipline which focuses on the study of disease and culture.From this special perspective,studying on the process from the origin to the development of medicine can help us to have a profound and comprehensive understanding of medicine.This paper reviewed the relevant concepts of medical anthropology and the research status and research characteristics of the origin and development of Chinese and Western Medicine,providing a reference for the colleagues.
2.The expression of TLR2 and TLR4 in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis mice
Hongdan LUO ; Jinhui LIU ; Dandan DAI ; Kai LONG ; Xiaomei XIE
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2008;28(8):685-689
Objective To study the roles of TLR2 and TLR4 in the progress of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis(IPA) in experimental mice.Methods The mice were divided into three groups including the group of normal mice,the group of normal mice infected with A.fumigatus and the group of IPA mice.The mice were sacrificed at four time points(8 h,24 h,48 h and 72 h) after infection.The lung tissues from each group were collected for pathological analysis and RT-PcR for detecting the expression level of,TLR2,TLR4 and β-tublin.The ratio of density value of band of each PCR product on electrophoresis to the density value of β-tublin was used to evaluate the expression level of each gene like TLR2.TLR4 and TNF-α.Re-suits The pathological analysis showed the normal structure and no inflananatory reaction in the lungs in the group of normal mice.The infiltration of inflammatory cells,weak injuries and no germination of spore into hypha in the lungs of normal mice infected with A.fumigatus,and serious injuries like destruction of alveolar structure,bleeding,infiltration of inflammatory cells and germination of spore into hypha in the lungs of IPA mice.The expression level of TLR4 at 8 h,24 h,48 h and TNF-α at 24 h and 48 h were lower in IPA mice than that in healthy mice with infection(P<0.05).Conclusion There was low expression of TLR4 and TNF-α in IPA mice lung tissues.Typical pathological injuries in the lungs and germination of spore into hy-pha in IPA mice were observed by the microscope.
3.Inhibiting Effect of Ultra-micro Powder Qiweibaizhusan on Bacteria in Vitro
Jie JIANG ; Kangxiao GUO ; Ling LONG ; Dandan LI ; Zhoujin TAN ; Zhenyi YUAN
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2013;(11):28-30
Objective To observe the bacteriostatic effect of single herbs, traditional complex prescription and ultra-micro powder of Qiweibaizhusan. Methods The inhibiting zone and MIC of single herb and compound of Qiweibaizhusan on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Eubacterium aerofaciens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella sp, Saccharomyces cerevisiaes and Candida glabrata were measured by filter paper method. Results The growth of the tested bacteria and yeast except Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella sp were inhibited by ginseng. The antibacterial effect of licorice was the best, and only Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s growth was not inhibited by licorice. The growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Eubacterium aerofaciens were inhibited by Agastache rugosa. The growth of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Eubacterium aerofaciens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were inhibited by Poria cocos. Only Eubacterium aerofaciens’s growth was inhibited by Radix aucklandiae and fried Atractylodes macrocephala. The growth of all the bacteria and yeast were not inhibited by Radix puerariae. The growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Eubacterium aerofaciens and Salmonella sp were inhibited by the traditional decoction and ultra-micro powder of complex prescription of Qiweibaizhusan, and all the MIC of ultra-micro powder were smaller than the traditional decoction. Conclusion The main antibacterial component of Qiweibaizhusan was ginseng and licorice. The inhibiting effect of ultra-micro powder on bacteria was better than traditional decoction of Qiweibaizhusan in vitro.
4.Clinical features of talaromycosis marneffei in human immunodeficiency virus negative and human immunodeficiency virus positive patients
Linman LI ; Jianning JIANG ; Mengfeng JIANG ; Jinni HUANG ; Dandan LIANG ; Shiyu LONG ; Guozhen DONG ; Minghua SU
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2021;39(6):328-332
Objective:To compare the similarities and differences of clinical characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative and HIV-positive patients with talaromycosis marneffei (TSM).Methods:The clinical data of 175 inpatients diagnosed with TSM in First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from May 2012 to April 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into HIV-positive group and HIV-negative group according to the results of HIV confirmation test. The clinical manifestations, laboratory examination indicators (white blood cell count, hemoglobin, albumin, CD4 + T lymphocyte count and C-reactive protein (CRP)) between the two groups were compared. Mann-Whitney U test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. Results:Among 175 TSM patients, 85 were HIV-positive and 90 were HIV-negative patients. The main clinical manifestations of fever and lymphadenopathy in the HIV-positive group and HIV-negative group were 71 (83.53%) cases and 73 (81.11%) cases, 50 (58.82%) cases and 47 (52.22%) cases, respectively, and there were both no statistical differences ( χ2=0.175 and 0.771, respectively, both P>0.05), while respiratory symptoms, weight loss and subcutaneous masses were 62 (72.94%) cases and 81 (90.00%) cases, 73 (85.88%) cases and 56 (62.22%) cases, one (1.18%) case and 16 (17.78%) cases, respectively, the differences were all statistically significant ( χ2=8.514, 12.630 and 13.737, respectively, all P<0.01). Hemoglobin in HIV-positive group and HIV-negative group were 90.50 (77.00, 113.95) g/L and 88.65 (72.85, 99.93) g/L, respectively. The difference was statistically significant ( Z=2.023, P=0.043). The ratios of albumin<30 g/L, CRP>10 mg/L in the two groups were 69.41%(59/85) and 60.00%(54/90), 94.37%(67/71) and 94.19%(81/86), respectively, and the differences were both not statistically significant ( χ2=1.693 and 0, respectively, both P>0.05). The ratios of cases with white blood cell counts >10×10 9/L and CD4 + T lymphocyte count<50/μL in the positive and negative groups were 3.53%(3/85) and 81.11%(73/90), 80.77%(63/78) and 1.75%(1/57), respectively, the differences were both statistically significant ( χ2=107.095 and 82.467, respectively, both P<0.01). Conclusions:In TSM patients, HIV-negative with subcutaneous masses, and increased white blood cell counts are common. Decreased body weight and CD4 + T lymphocyte count<50/μL in HIV-positive patients are more common than HIV-negative patients.
5.High-content screen assay for studying hepatotoxicity mechanisms of ethanol extract of Radix Polygoni Multiflori and Radix Polygoni Multiflori Praeparata
Dandan LI ; Xianglin TANG ; Long LONG ; Longlong XU ; Hongling TAN ; Qiande LIANG ; Chengrong XIAO ; Yuguang WANG ; Zengchun MA ; Lili WANG ; Yue GAO
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2017;31(6):626-635
OBJECTIVE To investigate the hepatotoxicity mechanisms of ethanol extract of Radix Polygoni Multiflori (RPM) and Radix Polygoni Multiflori Praeparata (RPMP) by high-content screen assay.METHODS HepG2 cells were treated with RPM (10,25,50,100,200 and 300 mg·L-1) and RPMP (10,50,100,300,600 and 1200 mg· L-1) for 3-24 h,respectively.The cell viability was detected by a CellTiter-GloTM luminescent cell viability assay kit.Cell count,reactive oxygen species (ROS),mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP),glutathione (GSH),superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2),activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4),apoptosis,and cell cycles were investigated by high-content screen assay.Besides,SOD2 and ATF4 levels were confirmed by Western blotting.RESULTS RPM 300 mg· L-1 showed nearly 48 % reduction in cell viability compared with cell control (P<0.01),while RPMP had no significant effect at the same concentration.Both RPM and RPMP decreased the level of MMP (P<0.05) but incresed levels of GSH,ROS,SOD2 and ATF4 significantly (P<0.05).Besides,RPM 200 mg· L-1 significantly increased the expression of SOD2 (P<0.05) at 3 h by high-content screen assay,and the enhanced expression of ATF4 was shown at 6 h (P<0.05).RPMP 300 mg· L-1 markedly increased the expression of ATF4 at 6 h (P<0.05),while the expression of SOD2 significantly increased at 24 h (P<0.05).CONCLUSION Both RPM and RPMP have some cytotoxicity,and the cytotoxicity of RPM is stronger than that of RPMP.The hepatotoxicity mechanisms of RPM and RPMP may be related to cell apoptosis caused by long-term oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress.
6.Study on impulsivity and cognitive function in patients with manic episodes of bipolar Ⅰ disorder
Jiajia ZHANG ; Qinqin RUI ; Long WANG ; Chunyan ZHU ; Dandan LI ; Xiaoqin ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2019;28(5):407-411
Objective To explore the role of impulsivity in manic episodes of bipolar I disorder and cognitive impairment. Methods Sixty-one patients with bipolar I manic-episode ( study group) and 43 healthy volunteers (control group) were included in the study,and the cognitive function and impulsivity of the subjects were assessed using the MATRICS consensus cognitive battery (MCCB) and BIS-11 impulsivity scale (BIS-11). The differences in impulsivity and cognitive function between the study group and control group were compared. Partial correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between impulsivity and cognitive function in patients with bipolar I manic episode. Results ( 1) The scores of several cognitive function in study group,were significantly lower than those in healthy control group including information pro-cessing speed,attention alertness,word learning,visual learning,working memory,reasoning and problem sol-ving (all P<0. 01). (2)The total score,motor factor score and cognitive factor score of BIS-11 impulse scale in study group were significantly higher than those in control group (58. 39±15. 77 vs 48. 02±11. 16,62. 09± 19. 01 vs 44. 24±21. 09,56. 97±16. 57 vs 50. 06±13. 87,all P<0. 05). Increased overall scores on the bis-11 impulse inventory may be a risk factor for bipolar I episodes( OR=1. 204,95% CI=1. 032-1. 404). (3) In study group,the total score of BIS-11 was negatively correlated with the speed of information processing, working memory,word learning,reasoning and problem solving,and the total score of MCCB(r=-0. 417,-0. 360,-0. 294,-0. 348,-0. 348,P<0. 05). The score of unplanned factor was negatively correlated with the speed of information processing,word learning,the total score of MCCB(r=-0. 397,-0. 302,-0. 358,P<0. 05). The score of cognitive factor was negatively correlated with the speed of information processing,work-ing memory,word learning,reasoning and problem solving,and the total score of MCCB(r=-0. 327,-0. 351,-0. 374,-0. 391,-0. 463,P<0. 05). The score of motor factor was negatively correlated with working memo-ry and the total score of MCCB(r=0. 370,r=0. 389,P<0. 05). Conclusion High impulsivity is a risk factor for manic episodes of bipolar I disorder and may be associated with cognitive impairment in patients with ma-nic episodes of bipolar I disorder.
7.Status quo and influencing factors of self-advocacy in young female breast cancer patients
Suwei DUAN ; Aifang LONG ; Jingjing DOU ; Lingfang QIAO ; Dandan WANG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2023;39(28):2218-2224
Objective:To understand the level of self-advocacy in young female breast cancer patients and analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide reference for clinical intervention.Methods:A total of 250 young female breast cancer patients from Puyang People′s Hospital and Puyang Oilfield General Hospital from May 2021 to June 2022 were selected as research objects by convenience sampling method. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using the general information questionnaire, Female Self-Advocacy in Cancer Survivorship, Cancer Distress Scales for Adolescent and Young Adults and Family Resilience Assessment Scale. Multiple stepwise linear regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of self-advocacy in young women with breast cancer.Results:A total of 235 young female breast cancer patients completed the survey. The total score for self-advocacy was (77.04 ± 12.76) points, the total score of psychological distress was (108.25 ± 18.36) points, and the total score of family resilience was (112.93 ± 25.20) points. Self-advocacy was negatively correlated with psychological distress ( r=-0.548, P<0.001), and positively correlated with family resilience ( r=0.596, P<0.001). Education level, personality type, family monthly income, perceived economic pressure, work status, fertility, intimate relationship, diagnosis time, psychological distress and family resilience were the influencing factors of self-advocacy of young female breast cancer patients ( R2=0.595, F=35.31, P<0.01). Conclusions:The level of self-advocacy of young female breast cancer patients should be further improved. Medical staff should take targeted measures according to influencing factors to improve their self-advocacy level.
8. Gender Role, But Not Sex, Shapes Humans’ Susceptibility to Emotion
Jiajin YUAN ; Jiemin YANG ; Hong LI ; Dandan ZHANG ; Quanshan LONG ; Tatia M. C. LEE ; Dandan ZHANG ; Dandan ZHANG
Neuroscience Bulletin 2021;37(2):201-216
It is unknown whether the famous sex-related difference in emotion processing is accounted for by biological sex, gender role, or their interaction. To clarify the issue, in Study 1 we recorded event-related potentials in response to negative and positive images of diverse intensities when 47 masculine (26 males) and 47 feminine (22 males) subjects performed a non-emotional task. The occipital P1 and N1 amplitudes were larger in women than in men, while feminine subjects showed larger N1 amplitudes than masculine subjects, regardless of sex. Moreover, feminine subjects showed enhanced frontocentral N2 (210–270 ms) amplitudes for highly and mildly negative than for neutral stimuli, while masculine subjects showed an emotion effect only for highly negative stimuli. The feminine-specific effect for mildly negative stimuli was positively correlated to the feminine score, and this correlation was located to the anterior cingulate and the superior and medial frontal gyri. Furthermore, feminine but not masculine subjects showed enhanced parietal P3 (330–560 ms) amplitudes for highly and mildly positive than for neutral stimuli, an effect positively related to the feminine score and localized to the precuneus, posterior cingulate, and superior temporal gyrus. Machine learning analyses verified that single-trial N2 and P3 amplitudes of feminine subjects reliably discriminated the intensity of negative and positive stimuli, respectively. For ecological considerations, in Study 2 we used an observational approach (n = 300) and confirmed that feminine gender role, rather than biological sex, predicted individual differences in daily experience of emotion-related psychopathological symptoms. These findings provide solid evidence for the critical impact of gender role rather than sex on emotional susceptibility.
9.Relationship between preoperative widespread pain and chronic post-surgical pain following total knee arthroplasty in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Dandan LONG ; Xinlu YANG ; Jicheng HU ; Jieru CHEN ; Jiaqi CHEN ; Wei GAO ; Hai GU ; Di WANG ; Xiaoqing CHAI
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2022;42(8):945-948
Objective:To evaluate the relationship between preoperative widespread pain and chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the patients with knee osteoarthritis.Methods:Two hundred American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ-Ⅲ patients with knee osteoarthritis, aged 40-70 yr, undergoing elective the first unilateral primary TKA under general anesthesia, were enrolled.The widespread pain index, visual analogue scale score, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Central Sensitization Inventory scores were recorded at 1 day before surgery.The patients were divided into CPSP-positive group and CPSP-negative group according to visual analogue scale score at 6 months after surgery.Risk factors for CPSP were analyzed by logistic regression.Results:The results of logistic regression analysis showed that increased preoperative widespread pain index score, Central Sensitization Inventory score and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale score and female were risk factors for CPSP after TKA.Conclusions:Preoperative widespread pain is a risk factor for CPSP following TKA in the patients with knee osteoarthritis.
10.Eye tracking studies related to social attention deficits in autism spectrum disorders
Yifan ZHANG ; Dandan LI ; Long ZHANG ; Kai WANG ; Chunyan ZHU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2022;31(1):89-94
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders.Impaired social functioning is a core characteristic of individuals with ASD.Social attention deficits are important manifestation of their impaired social functioning.And it mainly reflected in the gaze on faces and social interactions.Eye movement technology is an objective and sensitive non-invasive measurement tool.Its application makes the measurement of individual core characteristics of ASD more accurate and objective.A review of recent studies revealed that the type of eye-movement stimuli for social attention in patients with AD gradually shifted from face image processing to social interaction scenes, and developed from static presentation to dynamic presentation.Dimensional embodiment of the progress of eye-movement studies of social attention in individuals with ASD.These studies suggest that individuals with ASD are less likely to gaze at the face region and the eye region of the face.More studies are currently using eye-tracking technology, and the analysis of emotional face gaze reveals that, the reduction in eye gaze in individuals with ASD is due to the discomfort associated with threatening faces.These findings validate the " gaze aversion" hypothesis regarding impaired social attention in individuals with ASD.Related neural mechanism studies have found a general lack of attention to social cues in the environment in individuals with ASD.Brain regions such as the amygdala, cingulate gyrus, superior temporal sulcus and anterior insula are associated with social attention in individuals with ASD.Especially with the superior temporal sulcus, the dorsal and ventral sides of the anterior insula, and so on.Future research should explore the cognitive neural mechanisms of social attention deficits in ASD, and the application of advanced information technology, such as eye-tracking technology, in the rehabilitation of patients with ASD.