1.Effect of fibrinogen on the progression of coronary plaque stenosis rate in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Zhijie JIAN ; Xiangrui QIAO ; Haibo LI ; Guolin YAO ; Huafeng GUO ; Hui LIU ; Yue WU ; Jian YANG ; Lele CHENG
Chinese Journal of Arteriosclerosis 2024;32(5):410-414
Aim To investigate the relationship between fibrinogen(FIB)and the progression of coronary plaque stenosis rate in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).Methods Hospitalized T2DM patients who underwent two or more coronary CT angiography(CCTA)examinations in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong U-niversity from January 2015 to December 2020 were included.The subjects were divided into high FIB and low FIB groups according to the median of FIB.The differences in the progression of coronary plaque stenosis rate and other clini-cal characteristics were compared between the two groups,and the relationship between FIB level and the progression of coronary plaque stenosis rate was analyzed by Spearman's correlation analysis and Logistic regression.Results A total of 145 patients were included,73 in the high FIB group and 72 in the low FIB group at baseline,with a median follow-up time of 25(18,40)months between CCTA.The age,proportion of women,and the progression of coronary plaque ste-nosis rate were higher in the high FIB group than those in the low FIB group,and the differences were statistically signifi-cant(P<0.05).FIB level was positively correlated with the change in coronary plaque stenosis rate(r2=0.308,P<0.001).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that FIB level was a risk factor for the progression of coronary plaque stenosis rate in patients with T2DM(OR=5.25,95%CI:1.97~14.02,P<0.001),after adjusting for age,sex and other clinical risk factors.Conclusion High baseline FIB level is an independent risk factor for the progression of coronary plaque stenosis rate in patients with T2DM,and monitoring FIB level is beneficial to cardiovascular risk stratifica-tion in patients with T2DM.
2.Application of Self-assembled Nano-strategies of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Tumor Therapy: A Review
Ju HUANG ; Yu ZHU ; Hang XIAO ; Songtao LI ; Jingwen LIU ; Qiao ZHENG ; Xiangrui MENG ; Jianyuan TANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(24):185-193
Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-strategies(CSAN) is to utilize the self-assembly property of Chinese medicine components, so that the Chinese medicine components can self-assemble to form structurally stable nano-preparations through non-covalent interactions. The formation of Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-preparations is often a synergistic result of a variety of non-covalent interactions, and many Chinese medicine monomers are susceptible to self-assembly due to their structural characteristics, and the phenomenon of self-assembly of Chinese medicine is also common in the decoction of single or compound Chinese medicine, which has attracted the attention of researchers. It is found that CSAN can improve the solubility and bioavailability of active components in Chinese medicine, which is of positive significance for the development and application of insoluble components of Chinese medicine. The self-assembly phenomenon of Chinese medicine decoction is closely related to the therapeutic efficacy, and the study of self-assembly phenomenon of Chinese medicine will bring a new perspective for the explanation of the mechanism of Chinese medicine decoction. At the same time, traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has unique advantages in the field of anti-tumor. The application of CSAN in the field of oncology can not only exert the anti-tumor effect of the active components of Chinese medicine directly, but also act as a natural nano-carrier to carry chemotherapy drugs for combination chemotherapy, improve the targeting of drugs, enhance the anti-tumor efficacy, and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, which has excellent anti-tumor potential. The preparation method of Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-preparations is simple, low cost, and has better safety than traditional nano-preparations, which is conducive to the promotion of the clinical transformation of nano-preparations, and also helps to provide new strategies and perspectives for promoting the modernization of TCM. Therefore, based on a large number of researches in this field in recent years, this paper reviewed the formation mechanism, different assembly forms, formation conditions and stability of Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-preparations by searching databases such as China national knowledge infrastructure(CNKI), PubMed, WanFang data and VIP, and summarized the application of CSAN in different tumor therapies, providing a reference for further research on CSAN.