Objective: To investigate the association between edentulism and the risk of social isolation in middle-aged and elderly populations, provide empirical evidence for formulating social isolation prevention and intervention policies targeting edentulous middle-aged and elderly populations. Methods: Data were derived from the baseline survey (2011) and three follow-ups (2013, 2015, 2018) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Participants were enrolled in the follow-up from the baseline. Those identified as socially isolated in any of the follow-up surveys conducted in 2013, 2015, or 2018 were considered to have reached the endpoint; otherwise, the follow-up was continued until the end of the 2018 survey; 9 870 individuals were ultimately included. Subjects were grouped by edentulism status. Chi-square test and multivariate Cox regression analysis were performed using Stata 17.0. Results: During a median follow-up of 6.54 years, 1 800 cases of social isolation occurred, with an incidence rate of 18.23%（17.47%~18.99%）. Multivariate Cox regression showed that edentulism was associated with an increased risk of social isolation (HR=1.21, 95% CI: 1.03-1.42) after adjusting for confounders. Subgroup analysis revealed population heterogeneity. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the stability of the results. Conclusion Edentulism is associated with an increased risk of social isolation in middle-aged and elderly adults.

To analyze simulated patient studies and their developmental trajectory, a comprehensive review was conducted using VOS viewer software. PubMed and CNKI databases were searched for 4 164 articles related to simulated patients. By creating keyword clouds and comparison tables, the current status and development trends of simulated patient studies at home and abroad were analyzed, and visual analysis was conducted based on these findings. Additionally, the analysis encompassed various metrics such as the number of published articles, journals, authors, and institutions involved. The findings reveal that the simulated patient studies focus on education, examination, and communication. Chinese studies on simulated patients initially demonstrated an upward trend but followed with a decline, whereas English studies have exhibited a steady upward trajectory. The application of simulated patients spans diverse fields including diagnostics, internal medicine, surgery, and medical practitioner exams, thereby greatly contributing to the advancement of medical education. It is anticipated that the number of simulated patient studies will continue to surge in the upcoming years.

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With the advance of the economy and population aging, the acceleration of urbanization and the change of people's lifestyles, the prevalence of chronic diseases has become very serious. However, the etiologies and pathogeneses of the diseases are not yet clear, and the evidence of effective prevention and treatment strategies is lacking. Cohort study is an important method for exploring etiology and pathogenesis. Therefore, based on the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology for precision medicine in 2016, we launched a prospective cohort study of common chronic and non-communicable diseases in three provinces (Hubei, Hunan and Henan) in central China. Three independent and integratable sub-cohorts consisting of 115 424 participants at baseline survey and 107 252 participants in follow up were established, including dynamic measurements in 39 000 subjects in Dongfeng-Tongji prospective cohort. Each participant was asked to complete a questionnaire survey, an anthropometric measurement, a laboratory measurement, and blood and urine samples were collected from them. The cohort study contributes greatly to elucidating the etiologies and pathogeneses of common chronic and non-communicable disease in Chinese population and the development of precision medicine in China. This paper briefly introduces the design concept, basic information, major achievements and progress, and challenges of the prospective cohort study of common chronic and non-communicable diseases in central China.

Objective:To explore the protective effects of Zhenzhu Tongluo Pills on cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in rats.Methods:Totally 15 healthy SD rats were randomly divided into sham-operation group, model group and TCM group according to random number table method, with 5 rats in each group. Except for the sham-operation group, cerebral ischemia models in the other two groups were induced by temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion. After the establishment of ischemia models, the TCM group was administered Zhenzhu Tongluo Pills solutions (1 ml/100 g) intragastrically at a dose of 0.5 g/(kg·d), and the sham-operation group and model group were treated with normal saline, for 14 consecutive days. Neurological deficit score was used to evaluate the degree of neurological deficit in cerebral ischemia rats. TTC staining were used for determining the infarct weights. The nerve cell damage was observed using HE staining method. Immunohistochemistry staining was used to observe the expression levels of GFAP, Nestin, and NeuN.Results:Compared with that at the 3 hours after reperfusion, the Bederson score in the TCM group decreased at the 30 minutes after the last administration ( P<0.05); compared with the model group, the infarction ratio of rats in the TCM group decreased ( P<0.05); the NeuN staining of neurons around the ischemic lesion in the model group rats was light, while Nestin and GFAP staining were deep; the Nestin and GFAP staining of neurons in the TCM group was light, while NeuN staining was deeper. Conclusion:Zhenzhu Tongluo Pills can improve the symptom of neurological deficits, reduce the volume of infarction, and protect neurons from injury in rats with cerebral ischemia.

Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 7 (SRSF7), a known splicing factor, has been revealed to play oncogenic roles in multiple cancers. However, the mechanisms underlying its oncogenic roles have not been well addressed. Here, based on N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) co-methylation network analysis across diverse cell lines, we find that the gene expression of SRSF7 is positively correlated with glioblastoma (GBM) cell-specific m⁶A methylation. We then indicate that SRSF7 is a novel m⁶A regulator, which specifically facilitates the m⁶A methylation near its binding sites on the mRNAs involved in cell proliferation and migration, through recruiting the methyltransferase complex. Moreover, SRSF7 promotes the proliferation and migration of GBM cells largely dependent on the presence of the m⁶A methyltransferase. The two m⁶A sites on the mRNA for PDZ-binding kinase (PBK) are regulated by SRSF7 and partially mediate the effects of SRSF7 in GBM cells through recognition by insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2 (IGF2BP2). Together, our discovery reveals a novel role of SRSF7 in regulating m⁶A and validates the presence and functional importance of temporal- and spatial-specific regulation of m⁶A mediated by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs).
Humans ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Glioblastoma/genetics* ; Methyltransferases/metabolism* ; RNA Splicing Factors/metabolism* ; RNA, Messenger/genetics* ; RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism* ; Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors/metabolism* ; RNA Methylation/genetics*

Gastrointestinal mucositis is one of the most debilitating side effects of the chemotherapeutic agent irinotecan (CPT-11). Andrographolide, a natural bicyclic diterpenoid lactone, has been reported to possess anti-colitis activity. In this study, andrographolide treatment was found to significantly relieve CPT-11-induced colitis in tumor-bearing mice without decreasing the tumor suppression effect of CPT-11. CPT-11 causes DNA damage and the release of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) from the intestine, leading to cyclic-GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)‒stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-mediated colitis, which was significantly decreased by andrographolide both in vivo and in vitro. Mechanistic studies revealed that andrographolide could promote homologous recombination (HR) repair and downregulate dsDNA‒cGAS‒STING signaling and contribute to the improvement of CPT-11-induced gastrointestinal mucositis. These results suggest that andrographolide may be a novel agent to relieve gastrointestinal mucositis caused by CPT-11.

Objective:To investigate the mid-term clinical outcomes of selective column arthrodesis based on the three-column theory in the treatment of malunion of Lisfranc injury.Methods:The 28 patients with malunion of Lisfranc injury were analyzed retrospectively who had been treated by selective column arthrodesis at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine from January 2011 to January 2020.They were 18 males and 10 females, with an average age of 37.2 years(from 18 to 65 years). Twelve left and 16 right sides were affected. According to Myerson's three-column classification, one case was medial column injury (type A), 4 ones middle column injury (type B), 7 ones medial plus middle columns injury and 16 ones three-column injury. Medial column arthrodesis was conducted in 7, middle column arthrodesis in 4 and medial plus middle columns arthrodesis in 17. The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) midfoot score and visual analogue scale (VAS) were compared between preoperation and the last follow-up to evaluate the improvements in foot function and pain. The operation-related complications were recorded.Results:All patients were followed up for an average of 35.6 months (from 18 to 60 months). The AOFAS midfoot score increased from 43.1±4.1 at pre-operation to 84.1± 7.4 at the last follow-up and the VAS score decreased from 5.7±1.3 at pre-operation to 2.0±0.9 at the last follow-up (both P<0.001). The wounds healed in 28 patients, 3 of whom had postoperative wound exudation but responded to dressing change. There were no such complications as injury to the deep peroneal nerve or deep venous thrombosis. The internal fixation was removed in 5 patients at about one year after arthrodesis. Conclusion:Selective column arthrodesis based on the three-column theory can result in satisfactory med-term clinical outcomes in the treatment of malunion of Lisfranc injury.

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of a machine learning model based on radiomics of brain lesions on T 2WI in differentiating multiple sclerosis (MS) from neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). Methods:Totally 223 MS and NMOSD patients who were treated from January 2009 to September 2018 in Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Donghu Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, and Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University were analyzed retrospectively, and according to the proportion of 7∶3, 223 patients were completely randomly divided into training set (156 cases) and test set (67 cases). A total of 74 patients with MS and NMOSD who were treated in Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University and China-Japan Friendship Hospital of Jilin University from January 2009 to September 2018 and in Xianghu Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from March 2020 to September 2021 were collected as an independent external validation set. All patients underwent brain cross-sectional MR T 2WI, radiomics features were extracted from T 2WI, and features were selected by max-relevance and min-redundancy and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator algorithms. Then various machine learning classifier models (logistic regression, decision tree, AdaBoost, random forest or support vector machine) were constructed to differentiate MS from NMOSD. The area under curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristics was used to evaluate the performance of each classifier model in the training set, test set and external validation set. Results:Based on multi-center T 2WI, a total of 11 radiomics features related to the discrimination between MS and NMOSD were extracted and classifier models were constructed. Among them, the random forest model had the best efficiency in distinguishing MS from NMOSD, and its AUC values for distinguishing MS from NMOSD in the training set, test set and external validation set were 1.000, 0.944 and 0.902, with specificity of 100%, 76.9% and 86.0%, and sensitivity of 100%, 92.1% and 79.7%, respectively. Conclusion:The random forest model based on the radiomic features of T 2WI of brain lesions can effectively distinguish MS from NMOSD.

Objective:To explore effects of the specialist nurse training program of based on the context, input, process, product (CIPP) evaluation model in the training of junior nurses in the Department of Otolaryngology.Methods:From April 2018 to May 2020, convenience sampling method was used to select 80 specialist nurses who received training in the Shandong ENT Hospital as research objects. A total of 40 nurses who received traditional training from April 2018 to March 2019 were divided into a control group. From April 2019 to May 2020, 40 nurses who were trained in a specialist nurse training program based on the CIPP evaluation model were divided into observation groups. This study compared nurses' core competence and training qualification rate.Results:After training, the core competence score of observation group was higher than that of control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The training qualification rate of observation group and control group was 92.50% (37/40) and 70.00% (28/40) respectively, also with a statistical difference ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:The training program for specialist nurses based on the CIPP evaluation model can improve the theoretical knowledge and practical ability of nurses, and then improve the quality of clinical care, and promote the long-term development of the hospital, which is worthy of promotion.