1.LI Yuanwen's Experience in Treating Children's Atopic Dermatitis from Liver and Spleen
Xinnan ZHAO ; Xue LI ; Xuewen REN ; Huishang FENG ; Lingling CAI ;
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;64(18):1857-1861
This paper summarized LI Yuanwen's clinical experience in treating children with atopic dermatitis. It is considered that the core pathogenesis of children's atopic dermatitis is liver constraint and spleen deficiency, for which the main treatment methods are soothing the liver and fortifying the spleen, regulating blood and extinguishing wind, and self-made Jiawei Guomin Decoction (加味过敏煎) can be used. In clinical practice, children with atopic dermatitis are mainly divided into six types including heart fire hyperactivity, blood heat and exuberant toxin, damp pathogen congestion, disharmony of spleen and stomach, blood deficiency and wind-dryness, and yang deficiency and blood stasis. Jiawei Guomin Decoction with modifications in accordance with differentiated syndromes is recommended together with external used Qingshi Zhiyang Ointment (青石止痒软膏).
2. Chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of medicinal plants from Rosa genus
Yansheng WANG ; Xinnan LIU ; Dailin LIU ; Yansheng WANG ; Jingze ZHANG ; Dailin LIU ; Yanmin ZHAO ; Jingyang LI
Chinese Herbal Medicines 2022;14(2):187-209
The genus Rosa (Rosaceae family) includes about 200 species spread in the world, and this genus shows unique advantages in medicine and food. To date, several scholars concentrated on compounds belonging to flavonoids, triterpenes, tannins, polysaccharide, phenolic acids, fatty acids, organic acids, carotenoids, and vitamins. Pharmacological effects such as antineoplastic and anti-cancer properties, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, liver protection, regulate blood sugar, antimicrobial activity, antiviral activity, as well as nervous system protection and cardiovascular protection were wildly reported. This article reviews the chemical constituents, pharmacological effects, applications and safety evaluations of Rosa plants, which provides a reference for the comprehensive utilization of medicine and food resources and gives a scientific basis for the development of medicinal plants of the genus Rosa.
3. The preliminary development of reference values of carotid artery intima-media thickness in children aged 6-11 years
Liu YANG ; Xinnan ZONG ; Qin LIU ; Yaping HOU ; Min ZHAO ; Bo XI
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;53(7):696-700
Objective:
To develop the reference values of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in Chinese children aged 6-11 years.
Methods:
A convenient cluster sampling method was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey from November 2017 to January 2018 in a primary school in Huantai County, Zibo City, Shandong Province. A total of 1 033 children aged 6-11 years (excluding children with obesity or hypertension) were included. Percentile curves for cIMT were drawn using the lambda, mu and sigma (LMS) method.
Results:
This study developed the cIMT reference values (
4. Development and validation of a simplified height-specific blood pressure cutoffs table for screening hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents
Yaping HOU ; Qin LIU ; Liu YANG ; Min ZHAO ; Xinnan ZONG ; Bo XI
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;53(7):701-705
Objective:
To develop and validate a simplified height-specific blood pressure cutoffs table for screening hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents.
Methods:
We developed a simplified height-specific blood pressure cut offs table according to Chinese Blood Pressure Reference for Children and Adolescents aged 7-18 years (WS/T 610-2018) (hereafter referred to as "complex definition"). Populations from Early Warning, Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Cardiovascular Disease Project ("Ji′nan sample") and Shandong Children Cardiovascular Cohort Study Project ("Zibo sample") were used as validation populations for evaluating the screening effect of the simplified table for elevated blood pressure and hypertension in children and adolescents.
Results:
We developed simplified height-specific blood pressure cutoffs table including 7 height groups and 28 cutoffs. Both Ji′nan and Zibo samples were selected by convenient sampling method, and the former included 7 233 participants aged 7 to 17 years, among whom 3 790 (52.4%) were boys. Latter population included 1 277 participants aged 7 to 11 years, among whom 681 (53.3%) were boys. The simplified table performed well for identifying elevated blood pressure in Ji′nan sample, with values of area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) (95
5.Outcomes of patients awaiting lung transplantation after the implementation of donation after brain death at a single Chinese center.
Yuling YANG ; Xinnan XU ; Ming LIU ; Yanfeng ZHAO ; Yongmei YU ; Xiaogang LIU ; Chang CHEN ; Gening JIANG ; Wenxin HE
Frontiers of Medicine 2022;16(5):760-765
Voluntary contribution has become the only source of donor lungs in China since 2015. To elaborate the outcomes of patients awaiting lung transplantation (LTx) after the implementation of donation after brain death, we performed a retrospective study that encompassed 205 patients with end-stage lung disease who registered for LTx at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2021. A total of 180 patients were enrolled in the study. The median waiting time was 1.25 months. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) (103/180, 57.2%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (56/180, 31.1%) were the most common diseases in our study population. The mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) of patients in the died-waiting group was higher than that of the survivors (53.29±21.71 mmHg vs. 42.11±18.58 mmHg, P=0.002). The mortality of patients with ILD (34/103, 33.00%) was nearly twice that of patients with COPD (10/56, 17.86%) while awaiting LTx (P=0.041). In the died-waiting group, patients with ILD had a shorter median waiting time than patients with COPD after being listed (0.865 months vs. 4.720 months, P=0.030). ILD as primary disease and mPAP > 35 mmHg were two significant independent risk factors for waitlist mortality, with hazard ratios (HR) of 3.483 (95% CI 1.311-9.111; P=0.011) and 3.500 (95% CI 1.435-8.536; P=0.006). Hence, LTx is more urgently needed in patients with ILD and pulmonary hypertension.
Humans
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Brain Death
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Retrospective Studies
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China
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Lung Transplantation
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/surgery*
6.Impact of Hypoxia Microenvironment on Breast Cancer and Intervention Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Xinnan WANG ; Wenxiu HU ; Shuo SUN ; Wenjie ZHANG ; Yi ZHAO ; Youzhi SUN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(12):232-241
The tumor microenvironment includes blood vessels, lymph, nerves, non-malignant cells, and their metabolites at and near the tumor lesion site, which interact with cancer cells and promote cancer progression. Rapid proliferation of cancer cells increases oxygen consumption, or abnormalities in the structure and function of blood vessels in solid tumors lead to a decrease in oxygen supply, forming a hypoxia microenvironment. The existence of a hypoxia microenvironment is a typical pathophysiological feature of locally advanced solid tumors, widely present in various types of human malignant tumors. Hypoxia microenvironment is a sign of tumor microenvironment and an important and complex system in the breast tumor microenvironment. Its formation and development are closely related to the growth of breast cancer, occupying an important position in the research and treatment of breast cancer. With its advantages of multiple pathways and multiple targets, the effective monomer and compound of traditional Chinese medicine can better regulate the hypoxia microenvironment of breast cancer, inhibit the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of breast cancer cells in the hypoxia environment, induce apoptosis, reverse their drug resistance, intervene in the metabolic reprogramming of breast cancer cells in the hypoxia environment, and inhibit their angiogenesis, thereby improving the quality of life of patients to a certain extent and prolonging the survival cycle of patients. This paper first summarized and discussed the effects of hypoxia microenvironment on proliferation, invasion, metastasis, drug resistance, immune function, metabolic reprogramming, non-coding RNA, iron death, and autophagy of breast cancer cells, which affected the occurrence and development of breast cancer, and it elaborated the mechanism behind it. Then, the paper elucidated the regulatory effect and mechanism of targeting the hypoxia microenvironment based on the two modes of effective monomer and compound of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to analyze and extract the deficiencies and directions of traditional Chinese medicine in regulating the hypoxia microenvironment and provide a theoretical reference for the effective treatment of breast cancer.