1.Analysis on Menghe physician Ma Peizhi's medication rule in prescriptions for impediment syndrome based on knowledge-discovery in database
Jiarui WU ; Weixian GUO ; Xiaomeng ZHANG ; Mengdi ZHAO ; Xiuqin HUANG ; Bing ZHANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;36(2):141-144
Objeetive To analyze the experiences for impediment syndrome of Ma Peizhi of Menghe Medical Genre by using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) inheritance support system.Method The prescriptions for impediment syndrome of Ma Peizhi were collected and inputted to TCM inheritance support system,from which we can get the frequency of drug usage and the relationship between drugs based on the association rules and clustering algorithm.Results In the 61 prescriptions,the drugs that used most frequently were Chinese Angelica,Largeleaf Gentian Root,and Twotoothed Aehyranthes Root,and the drug combinations that used most frequently were Largeleaf Gentian Root-Chinese Angelica,Chinese Angelica-Largeleaf Gentian Root,Chinese Angelica-Mulberry Twig.And there were also 26 core combinations and 13 new prescriptions mined from the database.Conclusion Ma Peizhi of Menghe Medical Genre was well experienced impediment syndrome by dispelling wind and removing dampness,and promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis,from which we can make a conclusion that TCM inheritance support system can be used to analyze the doctors' clinical experiences.
2.Analysis on the principle of the drug use ofMenghe physiciansMa-Peizhi based on apriori and clustering algorithm
Weixian GUO ; Jiarui WU ; Xiaomeng ZHANG ; Bing YANG ; Mengdi ZHAO ; Xiuqin HUANG ; Bing ZHANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(10):916-919
Objective To analyze the principle of the drug use ofMenghe PhysiciansMa-Peizhi by using the Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)inheritance support system.Methods The prescriptions for the commonly encountered diseases that used byMa-Peizhi were collected to build a database, and analyze by the unsupervised data mining methods, such as apriori algorithm, entropy clustering complex systems, from which we could get the frequency of the drugs, the association rules between drugs, the core drug combinations, and so on.Results Based on the analysis of 745 prescriptions, the most frequently used drugs were tuckahoe, chiretta, paenoiae alba, dried orangepeel and dioscoreae. The core drug combinations were “radix rehmanniae recen- salivia chinensis-ophiopogon root”, “teasel root-viscum album-achyranthes”, “menispermaceae-heracleum hemsleyanum michaux-gentiana macrophylla”, and “mulberry leaf-periostracum cicadae-the root of balloon flower”. The new prescriptions were “mulberry leaf-viter rotundifolia-batryticated silkworm-periostracum cicadae-the root of balloon flower”, “teasel root-viscum album- achyranthes- ramulus mori- periplocae”, and so on.ConclusionMenghe PhysiciansMa-Peizhi was well experienced in treating the commonly encountered diseases by agile diagnosis and treatment, and addition or subtraction of changes based on the classical prescriptions.
3.Self-perception of profile among orthodontic patients: a preliminary study
Yuanyuan WANG ; Chunbo HAO ; Tian'an LIAO ; Baicheng BAO ; Mengdi HUANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2019;25(2):147-149
Objective To make a preliminary study on self-perception of profile among orthodontic patients.Methods A total of 226 orthodontics patients (79 males and 147 females with average age of 19.3 years) were enrolled in this study.All the patients were treated in the Department of Orthodontics,Sun Yat-sen University Hospital of Stomatology during May to August 2016.Self-perception of profile was investigated in the patients.They were asked whether they had ever noticed their own profile and to choose from among various photos the one that most resembled their own profile.Then profile photos of patients were taken and measured.Differences between self-perception profile and actual profile were compared using paired t test.Results There were 147 patients (41 males and 106 females) answered that they had noticed their own profile.Difference was significant between patients' actual profile and self-perception profile (P<0.05).Difference was significant between male patients' actual profile and self-perception profile (P <0.05).Difference was not significant between female patients' actual profile and self-perception profile (P > 0.05).Compared with male patients,difference was smaller between female patients' actual profile and self-perception profile.Conclusions Compared with male patients,female patients put more emphasis on their own profile.Patients' self-perception of their own profile is not accurate.Female patients' self-perception of their own profile is more accurate than male patients.
4.Effect of early gradual diet on reducing delirium in elderly patients after hip arthroplasty
Xiaoling LIANG ; Yexiang YANG ; Qiuyue XIE ; Peipei LUO ; Shiju HUANG ; Chunjie ZHAI ; Xinhuan LI ; Mei′e WU ; Tian HUANG ; Mengdi DENG ; Xiaolan HE
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2021;37(14):1047-1050
Objective:To investigate the effect of early gradual diet on reducing delirium in elderly patients with hip arthroplasty.Methods:From January 2018 to January 2020, 74 cases of hip arthroplasty patients aged over 65 years old who were treated in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were selected as the observation objects. They were randomly divided into experimental group and control group with 37 cases in each group. The experimental group was given early gradual diet on the basis of routine postoperative care, while the control group was given routine postoperative diet on the basis of routine postoperative care. The incidence of postoperative delirium, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), patient satisfaction rate, average hospitalization days and average hospitalization expenses were used to evaluate the effect of early gradual diet on reducing delirium in elderly patients with hip arthroplasty.Results:The incidence of delirium in the experimental group was 2.70% (1/37) and 16.22% (6/37) in the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 value was 3.945, P<0.05); the hospitalization days of the experimental group were (10.68±5.13) d, (13.62±7.19) d in the control group. The difference of hospitalization days was statistically significant ( t value was 2.877, P<0.01). The incidence of difficulty in falling asleep and the satisfaction rate of the experimental group were 8.11% (3/37) and 94.59% (35/37) respectively, and those in the control group were 29.73% (11/37) and 78.38% (29/37) respectively, and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2 value was 5.638, 4.163, P<0.05). Conclusions:Early gradual diet after operation can reduce the incidence of delirium in elderly patients with hip arthroplasty, shorten the average hospitalization days, reduce the incidence of difficulty in falling asleep, improve patients' satisfaction, and help patients to pass through the perioperative period more safely and comfortably.
5.Effects of Acupuncture on Gut Microbiota and Central Iinflammation in Rat Model of Migraine based on"Gut-Brain"Theory
Mingsheng SUN ; Xingyu CHEN ; Mengdi ZHOU ; Yi LIU ; Yuqi ZHENG ; Siying HUANG ; Dingjun CAI ; Ling ZHAO
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;25(8):2726-2734
Objective Based on the theory of"gut-brain",this study explored the effect of acupuncture on the gut microbiota and central inflammation in migraine model rats,in order to explore the mechanism of acupuncture in the treatment of migraine from the perspective of"gut-brain".Methods The migraine rat model was established by subcutaneous injection of nitroglycerin.They were randomly divided into a model group and an acupuncture group,with 6 rats in each group,and a control group with 6 rats for conventional binding and fixation.Before modeling and on the 1st,5th,and 9th days after modeling,each group used electronic VonFrey to measure the plantar mechanical pain threshold of rats.After the experiment,Elisa was used to detect the expression levels of inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-α in the central trigeminal spinal nucleus of the rats in each group.Three-generation Pacbio full-length microbial diversity sequencing was used to perform 16S full-length rDNA sequencing on each group of fecal samples to detect the operational taxonomic unit(OTU)clustering and its abundance,Alpha diversity index,Beta diversity index,species among the samples in each group.differences in abundance.Results In migraine model rats,plantar mechanical pain threshold was significantly decreased(P<0.01),central IL-6 and TNF-α contents were significantly increased(P<0.01),and the structure and abundance of gut microbiota were abnormal.change(P<0.01).Continuous acupuncture treatment can significantly increase the plantar mechanical pain threshold in migraine rats(P<0.01),regulate the diversity of gut microbiota in migraine rats,increase Lactobacillus murine,and reduce the abundance of Lactobacillus enterobacteriaceae.degree(P<0.05),and decreased the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in the central nervous system of migraine model rats(P<0.01).Conclusion Acupuncture can exert the"gut-brain"anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect of acupuncture in the treatment of migraine by regulating the gut microbiota structure and the expression of central IL-6 and TNF-α inflammatory factors in migraine model rats.
6.Classification and analysis of three types of blood donors based on local resident population
Chengcheng GUO ; Yuxiang CHEN ; Lin WANG ; Yifei WANG ; Mengdi MA ; Huiling MENG ; Ling HOU ; Wen LIU ; Shuanglin XUE ; Yufeng SUN ; Yang CHEN ; Linghua HOU ; Can HUANG ; Xiaoli CAO ; Xia HUANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2022;35(4):372-376
【Objective】 To provide reference for fine management of blood donors by classifying and analyzing different types of blood donors from domestic blood stations. 【Methods】 The resident population of 15 regions in China from 2016 to 2019 were taken as the research object, among which the blood donors were divided into three categories: age-eligible citizens, registered donors and donated donors. The average value and proportion of the three categories were calculated and statistically analyzed. 【Results】 The resident population of the 15 regions varied greatly. The mean 95% CI of the proportion of age-eligible citizens to resident population from 2016 to 2019 was (60.16%, 67.84%); registered donors to age-eligible citizens and resident population was (2.21%, 2.86%) and (1.41%, 1.79%), respectively; donated donors to registered donors, age-eligible citizens and resident population was (84.63%, 91.68%), (1.93%, 2.55%) and(1.23%, 1.59%), respectively. 【Conclusion】 There were differences in the number and proportion of different types of blood donors in different regions. The fine management of blood donors can help blood stations carry out more effective recruitment and retention strategies.
7.UHRF1/DNMT1-MZF1 axis-modulated intragenic site-specific CpGI methylation confers divergent expression and opposing functions of PRSS3 isoforms in lung cancer.
Shuye LIN ; Hanli XU ; Lin QIN ; Mengdi PANG ; Ziyu WANG ; Meng GU ; Lishu ZHANG ; Cong ZHAO ; Xuefeng HAO ; Zhiyun ZHANG ; Weimin DING ; Jianke REN ; Jiaqiang HUANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(5):2086-2106
As confusion mounts over RNA isoforms involved in phenotypic plasticity, aberrant CpG methylation-mediated disruption of alternative splicing is increasingly recognized as a driver of intratumor heterogeneity (ITH). Protease serine 3 (PRSS3), possessing four splice variants (PRSS3-SVs; PRSS3-V1-V4), is an indispensable trypsin that shows paradoxical effects on cancer development. Here, we found that PRSS3 transcripts and their isoforms were divergently expressed in lung cancer, exhibiting opposing functions and clinical outcomes, namely, oncogenic PRSS3-V1 and PRSS3-V2 versus tumor-suppressive PRSS3-V3, by targeting different downstream genes. We identified an intragenic CpG island (iCpGI) in PRSS3. Hypermethylation of iCpGI was mediated by UHRF1/DNMT1 complex interference with the binding of myeloid zinc finger 1 (MZF1) to regulate PRSS3 transcription. The garlic-derived compound diallyl trisulfide cooperated with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine to exert antitumor effects in lung adenocarcinoma cells through site-specific iCpGI demethylation specifically allowing MZF1 to upregulate PRSS3-V3 expression. Epigenetic silencing of PRSS3-V3 via iCpGI methylation (iCpGIm) in BALF and tumor tissues was associated with early clinical progression in patients with lung cancer but not in those with squamous cell carcinoma or inflammatory disease. Thus, UHRF1/DNMT1-MZF1 axis-modulated site-specific iCpGIm regulates divergent expression of PRSS3-SVs, conferring nongenetic functional ITH, with implications for early detection of lung cancer and targeted therapies.