1.Association of poor sleep characteristics with coexistence of negative emotions and overweight/obesity among college students
ZHANG Lisha*, LI Huihua, ZHANG Lifang, SONG Yongjing, SONG Jiancai, HUANG Bo
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(8):1160-1165
Objective:
To analyze the association between poor sleep characteristics and the coexistence of negative emotions and overweight/obesity among college students, so as to provide a scientific basis for improving their physical and mental health.
Methods:
From November to December 2023, a convenience sampling method was used to survey 6 600 college students from nine universities in Jiangxi, Hunan, and Hubei provinces. The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and physical examinations were employed to assess negative emotions, poor sleep characteristics, and overweight/obesity. Chi square test and Logistic regression were used to analyze the impact of poor sleep characteristics on the coexistence of negative emotions and overweight/obesity.
Results:
The coexistence rates of different categories of negative emotions (depression, anxiety, stress) and overweight/obesity were 6.1% ( n= 405), 8.0% ( n =529), and 3.3% ( n =217), respectively. Gender, grade level, major, maternal education level, annual family income, physical activity level, only child status, and carbonated beverage consumption were statistically associated with the coexistence rates of different categories of negative emotions and overweight/obesity ( χ 2=4.01-35.18, all P <0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting for gender, grade level, major, only child status, maternal education level, annual family income, physical activity level, and carbonated beverage consumption, poor sleep characteristics were significantly associated with an increased risk of the coexistence of negative emotions and overweight/obesity ( OR =1.41-6.65); moderate and poor sleep quality levels were significantly associated with an increased risk of the coexistence of different categories of negative emotions and overweight/obesity among female students ( OR =1.99-4.71) (all P <0.05).
Conclusions
Poor sleep characteristics are associated with the coexistence of negative emotions and overweight/obesity among college students. Greater attention should be paid to sleep issues in this population, and sleep education should be actively promoted to reduce the risk of comorbid negative emotions and overweight/obesity.
2.Cannabidiol inhibits neuronal endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis in rats with multiple concussions by regulating the PERK-eIF2α-ATF4-CHOP pathway.
Yujia YANG ; Lifang YANG ; Yaling WU ; Zhaoda DUAN ; Chunze YU ; Chunyun WU ; Jianyun YU ; Li YANG
Journal of Southern Medical University 2025;45(6):1240-1250
OBJECTIVES:
To explore the effects of cannabidiol on endoplasmic reticulum stress and neuronal apoptosis in rats with multiple concussions (MCC).
METHODS:
SD rats were randomized into sham group, MCC group, 1% tween20 (TW) treatment group, and low-dose (10 mg/kg) and high-dose (40 mg/kg) cannabidiol treatment groups. In all but the sham group, MCC models were established using a metal pendulum percussion device, after which the rats received daily intraperitoneal injections of the corresponding agents for 2 weeks. The expressions of PERK, eIF2α, ATF4, CHOP, TRIB3, p-Akt and pro-caspase-3 in the brain tissue of the rats were detected with qRT-PCR, Western blotting and immunofluorescence staining. The core targets of cannabidiol in treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) were identified by network pharmacology analysis, and molecular docking was carried out to simulate the interaction of cannabidiol with the factors related to endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis.
RESULTS:
Compared with the sham-operated rats, the rat models of MCC showed significantly increased mRNA expressions of PERK, eIF2α and CHOP and protein expressions of PERK, eIF2α, ATF4, CHOP, TRIB3, p-AKT and pro-caspase-3 in the cerebral cortex. CBD treatment, especially at the high dose, obviously increased the expression of p-Akt and lowered the expression levels of the other factors tested in the rat models. Network pharmacology analysis indicated interactions of the core targets of CBD with the factors related to endoplasmic reticulum stress and TBI, and molecular docking study showed a high binding energy of CBD with multiple factors pertaining to endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis.
CONCLUSIONS
MCC induce endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis in rat brain tissues, for which CBD, especially at a high dose, provides neuroprotective effects by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell apoptosis.
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects*
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Apoptosis/drug effects*
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Activating Transcription Factor 4/metabolism*
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Transcription Factor CHOP/metabolism*
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Rats
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Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/metabolism*
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Signal Transduction/drug effects*
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eIF-2 Kinase/metabolism*
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Cannabidiol/pharmacology*
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Neurons/metabolism*
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Brain Concussion/metabolism*
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Male
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Molecular Docking Simulation
3.Dentate Gyrus Morphogenesis is Regulated by an Autism Risk Gene Trio Function in Granule Cells.
Mengwen SUN ; Weizhen XUE ; Hu MENG ; Xiaoxuan SUN ; Tianlan LU ; Weihua YUE ; Lifang WANG ; Dai ZHANG ; Jun LI
Neuroscience Bulletin 2025;41(1):1-15
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are reported as a group of neurodevelopmental disorders. The structural changes of brain regions including the hippocampus were widely reported in autistic patients and mouse models with dysfunction of ASD risk genes, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we report that deletion of Trio, a high-susceptibility gene of ASDs, causes a postnatal dentate gyrus (DG) hypoplasia with a zigzagged suprapyramidal blade, and the Trio-deficient mice display autism-like behaviors. The impaired morphogenesis of DG is mainly caused by disturbing the postnatal distribution of postmitotic granule cells (GCs), which further results in a migration deficit of neural progenitors. Furthermore, we reveal that Trio plays different roles in various excitatory neural cells by spatial transcriptomic sequencing, especially the role of regulating the migration of postmitotic GCs. In summary, our findings provide evidence of cellular mechanisms that Trio is involved in postnatal DG morphogenesis.
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Dentate Gyrus/metabolism*
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Mice
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Morphogenesis/physiology*
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Neurons/pathology*
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Cell Movement
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Autism Spectrum Disorder/pathology*
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Mice, Knockout
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Neural Stem Cells
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Male
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Neurogenesis
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Autistic Disorder/genetics*
5.Integrating explainable deep learning with multi-omics for screening progressive diagnostic biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma covering the "inflammation-cancer" transformation.
Saiyu LI ; Yiwen ZHANG ; Lifang GUAN ; Yijing DONG ; Mingzhe ZHANG ; Qian ZHANG ; Huarong XU ; Wei XIAO ; Zhenzhong WANG ; Yan CUI ; Qing LI
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2025;15(9):101253-101253
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6.Construction and application of critical care system based on regional coordination.
Yongguang YANG ; Xinliang LIANG ; Jingge ZHAO ; Jianpeng JIAO ; Erdan HUANG ; Jing LI ; Lei QI ; Lifang ZHANG
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2025;37(7):671-675
In the context of continuously deepening medical and health system reforms and comprehensively promoting the "Healthy China" strategy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital has established a regional collaborative and vertically integrated critical care service structure and network. This initiative aims to enhance information empowerment, strengthen regional collaboration, improve the insufficient primary medical services, and ensure timely and effective treatment for critically ill patients. By establishing a comprehensive dispatch service platform for regional collaborative critical care, building a "top-down" remote medical collaboration network, and forming a cross-regional specialty alliance for critical care, the hospital has improved the efficiency of medical services and enhanced regional capabilities for treating critically ill patients. Simultaneously, for critically serious patients and those with complex diseases at primary medical institutions, a one-stop consultation and referral service has been implemented. This service adopts a "three specialists" approach and a multidisciplinary consultation mechanism within the hospital, constructs a multi-dimensional critical care transfer mode integrating air, ground, and the internet, creates a regional collaborative rescue mode, and implements full-cycle treatment for critically serious patients. The comprehensive, flexible, and efficient service pathway for regional collaborative critical care established by this system ensures timely and safe treatment for critically ill patients, promotes the distribution of high-quality medical resources, and effectively addresses issues such as uneven distribution of high-quality medical resources and varying levels of critical care capabilities. It has facilitated the formation of a new tiered diagnosis and treatment order characterized by "first diagnosis at the primary level, two-way referral, separate treatment for acute and chronic diseases, and vertical integration". This approach has enhanced the diagnostic and comprehensive service capabilities of primary medical institutions. Currently, by strengthening information empowerment and sharing, creating a full-process critical care diagnosis and treatment model, providing medical assistance and cultivating primary-level critical care talent, and promoting appropriate technologies, the hospital has gradually overcome challenges such as barriers to information exchange and sharing between hospitals, overloaded critical care teams, high pressure on patient reception and transfer, and limited critical care capabilities at primary medical institutions. This article summarizes the construction and practical application of this regionally coordinated critical care system, aiming to provide a reference for the management of critical care treatment.
Humans
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China
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Critical Care/organization & administration*
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Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration*
7.Detection of Free T4 in Cerebrospinal Fluid Predicts Autism-like Behaviors in Offspring Rats Induced by Hypothyroidism during Pregnancy
Lifang LI ; Jiaqi ZHANG ; Junhua YANG ; Yuxin MA ; Guoying LI
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2025;46(6):1029-1040
ObjectiveTo investigate the potential value of thyroid hormones in cerebrospinal fluid in predicting autism-like behaviors induced by hypothyroidism in pregnant rats. MethodsTwelve pregnant Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control group and a hypothyroidism group (hypothyroidism model group). Offspring from both groups had serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), total triiodothyronine (TT3), total thyroxine (TT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), and free thyroxine (FT4) levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Ultrasonic vocalization tests were conducted on postnatal day 2 (P2), day 7 (P7), and day 14 (P14), while behavioral tests using the three-box social interaction test were performed on day 21(P21). ResultsCompared with the control group, free T4 (FT4) levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of the hypothyroidism group were significantly reduced during the developmental period (P0-P21; P2: P<0.05; P7: P<0.05; P14: P<0.01; P21: P<0.01), with no statistical difference between the two groups only at P0 (P>0.05). In the ultrasonic vocalization (USV) tests, the number and duration of USVs in offsprings from the hypothyroidism group were significantly reduced compared with those of the control group on P2, P7 and P14: for USV counts (P2: P<0.05; P7: P<0.001; P14: P<0.01); for USV duration (P2: P<0.05; P7: P<0.001; P14: P<0.001). In the three-box social tests, offsprings of the hypothyroidism group showed significantly reduced sniffing time with unfamiliar rats at P21 compared to the control group (all P<0.001). The FT4 levels in cerebrospinal fluid had a significantly positive correlation with USV counts (P7: r=0.883, P<0.05; P14: r=0.902, P<0.05) and sniffing time with unfamiliar rats (r=0.814, P<0.01). ConclusionMeasuring free T4 in cerebrospinal fluid can predict autism-like behaviors in offsprings of rats induced by hypothyroidism during pregnancy.
8.Roflumilast alleviates lung injury in rats with pneumococcal pneumonia
Lifang HUANG ; Yanyu LI ; Yao LIN ; Yao HUANG
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(10):1400-1406
Objective To investigate the effect of roflumilast on pulmonary injury induced by Streptococcus pneu-monia(SP)in rat model.Methods Rats were randomly divided into control group,pneumonia model group,roflu-milast low dose group,high dose group and roflumilast high dose plus Colivelin(STAT3 activator)intervention group.The level of PaO2,PaCO2,IL-1β,IL-8,IL-10 and TNF-α were detected.Lung tissue wet/dry ratio(W/D),MDA content,MPO and SOD activity were examined.HE staining microscopy was used to observe the pathological injury of lung tissue.Apoptosis,cleaved caspase-3,IL-6,and p-STAT3/STAT3 protein expression were detected.Results Compared with the control group,the lung tissue of animals in the model group showed obvious damage;blood PaO2,oxygenation index(OI),lung tissue IL-10 level,and SOD activity were all significantly reduced;the level of blood PaCO2,lung tissue IL-1β,IL-8,TNF-α and W/D values,MDA content,MPO activity,cell apoptosis rate,cleaved caspase-3,IL-6,and p-STAT3/STAT3 protein expression were significantly increased(P<0.05).Compared with the model group,the lung tissue damage of rats in the low and high dose groups of roflumilast was obviously reduced;the level of blood PaO2,OI and,lung tissue IL-10,and SOD activity were obviously increased,the level of blood PaCO2,lung tissue IL-1β,IL-8,TNF-α and,W/D values,MDA content,MPO activity,cell apoptosis rate,cleaved caspase-3,IL-6,and p-STAT3/STAT3 protein expression were significantly reduced(P<0.05);Colivelin was able to partially reverse the improvement effect of roflumilast on lung injury in rats with SP pneumonia(P<0.05).Conclusions Roflumilast may inhibit inflammatory response,oxidative damage and ap-optosis of SP-induced pneumonia in rats resulting in an improvement of lung function.
9.Analysis of Comorbidity Characteristics Found in Community under Complex Network of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Qingqing YANG ; Hangzhi HE ; Lifang LI
Chinese Journal of Health Statistics 2024;41(2):181-184,189
Objective To explore the comorbidity patterns of different gender patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)and provide theoretical basis for the hierarchical management of COPD patients.Methods The patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from December 2011 to May 2020 in the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University were selected as the study subjects.The cross-sectional diagnostic information of patients was collected to establish a comorbidity network.The community of the comorbidity network was divided by Louvain method,and the comorbidity types,combinations and prevalence rates of patients with different genders were analyzed and compared.Results Our study manifested that there were differences in the prevalence of single chronic disease and comorbidity in patients with different genders.The corresponding comorbidity network and community structure of each patient group were also different.Conclusion The comorbidity network of male patients is more concentrated and complex than that of female patients.The comorbidity pattern of male patients is more complex and diverse than that of female patients,and the relationship between diseases is closer.It verifies that the comorbidity pattern of different gender patients is different.In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,more attention should be paid to male patients in order to reduce the incidence of comorbidity.
10.Efficacy of SedLine Brain Function Monitor-guided total intravenous anesthesia for children undergoing hypospadias surgery
Rui MA ; Yu MAO ; Pei QIN ; Xin LIU ; Chan LI ; Juanning WANG ; Wei DING ; Lifang YANG
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2024;44(11):1361-1365
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of SedLine Brain Function Monitor-guided total intravenous anesthesia for children undergoing hypospadias surgery.Methods:This was a randomized controlled trial. A total of 161 children, aged 1-10 yr, with American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification ⅠorⅡ, scheduled for elective hypospadias surgery, were divided into SedLine group (S group, n=83) and control group (C group, n=78) using a random number table method. In group S, 95% spectral edge frequency (SEF 95) was maintained at 14-18 Hz, and the patient state index (PSI) was maintained at 25-50 during surgery. In group C, mean arterial pressure was maintained at 60-80 mmHg, and heart rate was maintained at 80-110 beats/min during surgery. PSI and SEF 95 were recorded before induction (T 1), at 0, 5 and 10 min after intubation (T 2-4), at the beginning of surgery (T 5), at 30 min and 1 h after surgery (T 6, 7), and at the end of surgery (T 8). The anesthetic duration, operation time, time from withdrawal to extubation, postanesthesia care unit duration, consumption of propofol and remifentanil, intraoperative adverse events, 5-point Likert scale scores, and emergence delirium scores were recorded. Results:Compared to C group, the total anesthesia time, time from withdrawal to extubation and postanesthesia care unit duration were significantly shortened, the consumption of propofol for both induction and maintenance was reduced, the PSI at T 5-8, SEFL 95 at T 2-6, and SEFR 95 at T 2-8 were increased, and the incidence of intraoperative body movement and incidence of emergence agitation were decreased in S group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:SedLine Brain Function Monitor-guided total intravenous anesthesia provides better efficacy when used for the children undergoing hypospadias surgery.


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