Guided by the theories of yin-yang and collateral disease， this paper identifies the dysregulation of yang qi ascent and descent as the core pathomechanism of hypertension. Based on clinical experience， a treatment approach centered on the method of raising yang and promoting descent was proposed. Clinically， three major syndrome types were identified. Firstly， deficiency of zong qi （ancestral qi） with blood stasis， obstruction of phlegm-turbidity and blood stasis， and hyperactivity of liver yang. Corresponding empirical formulation， Yizong Huoxue Decoction （益宗活血汤） was applied to tonify zong qi， invigorate blood， and raise yang. Secondly， Lizong Huoxue Decoction （理宗活血汤） was used to resolve phlegm， promote yang qi circulation， and regulate qi and blood. Thirdly， Qinggan Tongluo Decoction （清肝通络饮） was used to clear the liver， dredge collaterals， and subdue hyperactive yang. For special types such as non-dipper hypertension， time-specific syndrome differentiation and treatment can be applied based on a thorough understanding of the underlying pathomechanism， aiming to provide new insights into clinical diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.

Chronic heart failure （CHF） is a complex clinical syndrome that the cardiac output is not enough to meet the metabolic needs of the body， or depends on the increase of filling pressure to compensate. Its high morbidity and mortality pose a serious threat to human health， necessitating attention and active intervention. At present， western medicine treatment of CHF is mainly based on diuretics， intravenous vasodilators， intravenous positive inotropic drugs， etc.， which， however， have problems such as long medication cycles， serious side effects， and limited applicable population. Recent studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicine can act in a multi-pathway， multi-component， and multi-target manner， showing unique advantages in the prevention and treatment of CHF. Buyang Huanwutang has the effects of tonifying Qi， activating blood， and dredging collaterals. Clinical and mechanism studies have confirmed that this prescription is effective in treating CHF and its syndromes. The clinical studies can be classified into two categories. Studies of the first category use simple modern medical diagnostic criteria as the inclusion criteria for CHF patients， which can improve the scientificity and objectivity. Studies of the second category uses modern medicine combined with traditional Chinese medicine disease diagnostic criteria for the screening of CHF patients， which helps to improve the accuracy of efficacy evaluation. However， there are problems such as the lack of unified research standards and the insufficiency of mechanism research. In addition， the available studies remain to be classified or summarized. This study systematically sorted out the clinical and mechanism studies of Buyang Huanwutang in the treatment of CHF in recent years to review the research status. In clinical treatment， Buyang Huanwutang can be used alone， or modified， or combined with other prescriptions or Western medicine. The mechanism studies predict that Buyang Huanwutang can ameliorate CHF by regulating the calcium balance， protecting the mitochondrial structure and function， and regulating intestinal flora. This review aims to provide a theoretical basis and practical guidance for the clinical application and optimization and subsequent in-depth study of Buyang Huanwutang in the treatment of CHF.

Objective:To investigate the effectiveness of detecting MC B/P in PB by FCM for EBV+PTLD screening.Methods:481 patients with fever and large lymph nodes after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ALLO-SCT) in Ludaopi Hospital from 2018 to 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The results of post-transplantation days, viral load (EBV, CMV) and MCB/P were detected. To evaluate the value of MC B/P in the diagnosis of PTLD by the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive. Logistic regression was used to analyze the clinical influencing factors of EBV-associated PTLD. The median fellow-up time was 449 days (range: 184 days to 700 days).Results:The diagnosis of PTLD was established in 51 patients. 55 patients who detecting MC B/P by FCM were positive. There were significant differences between the PTLD negative and positive groups in lymph node enlargement, age, EBV, CMV, monoclonal B cells, and monoclonal plasma cells ( P<0.05). Monoclonal plasma, monoclonal B and days after transplantation are important relationship with the diagnosis of PTLD, which have good diagnostic value for EBV-associated PTLD. Conclusion:FCM screening peripheral blood MC B/P has good diagnostic performance for EBV-associated PTLD. Monoclonal B, monoclonal plasma and the number of days of PTLD after transplantation were correlated with EBV-associated PTLD.

Objective To understand the current situation of college students' knowledge, attitude and practice of new infectious diseases, to explore the influencing factors, and to provide references for the prevention and control of new infectious diseases among college students. Methods During the epidemic period, questionnaire on college students' knowledge, attitude and practice of new infectious diseases was used to conduct an online survey of college students nationwide. Results There were significant differences in the scores of knowledge among the students of different gender, major and province (F values were -8.26, 15.30, P < 0.01); The compliance rates of wearing masks and washing hands among the students of different gender were different (P < 0.01); The score of cognition level outside Hubei Province was higher than that in Hubei Province (P < 0.01); The compliance rates of wearing masks among the students with or without suspected cases were different (P < 0.05); There was a significant difference in the compliance rate of home quarantine between Hubei Province and other provinces (P < 0.01); There was a significant difference in the belief scores of college students of different majors (P < 0.01); The sources of Covid-19 knowledge included microblog, Wechat, QQ, and major forums, accounting for 95.1%, TV, radio, and newspaper, accounting for 89.5%, news website, accounting for 86.4%, family or friends, accounting for 64.50%, and community Village Committee propaganda, accounting for58.50%. College Students' knowledge and belief were positively correlated with behaviors (β = 0.079, 0.076, P < 0.05). Conclusion In view of the different characteristics of college students, different publicity plans should be formulated. The key to improve their prevention and control behavior is to strengthen the publicity of new infectious diseases knowledge and enhance their belief.

Objective:To explore the significance of plasma homocysteine (Hcy) as a new biomarker for the differential diagnosis of postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and suspected myocarditis in children.Methods:A total of 24 children diagnosed with POTS and 21 children diagnosed with suspected myocarditis treated in the Pediatrics Department of the Peking University First Hospital from July to December 2016 were included in the study.Plasma Hcy levels were measured in each subject and compared between children with POTS and suspected myocarditis.The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were depicted for assessing the diagnostic potential of Hcy in distinguishing POTS from suspected myocarditis.Results:Plasma Hcy level in the POTS group was significantly higher than that in the suspected myocarditis group [(14.25±8.09) μmol/L vs.(8.99±3.19) μmol/L], which was also significantly higher than that of the mean levels in Beijing children [(8.82±5.58) μmol/L] (all P<0.05). When the cut-off was 9.36 μmol/L, the area under the ROC curve was 0.76, and the sensitivity and specificity for distinguishing POTS from suspected myocarditis were 71% and 68%, respectively. Conclusions:Plasma Hcy levels are helpful in the differential diagnosis of POTS and suspected myocarditis in children.

Objective:To study the clinicopathologic features and the key points of differential diagnosis of appendiceal diverticulosis (AD) and low-grade mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) to avoid over-diagnosis.Methods:The clinical data, pathologic features and follow-up information of 20 patients with AD, who were diagnosed in the Peking University Third Hospital from January 2010 to November 2019 were collected and compared with 44 cases of LAMN which were diagnosed during the same period.Results:Among the 20 cases of AD, hypermucinous epithelium, filiform villi or undulating epithelium and mucosa atrophy were observed in 10 (50.0%), 4 (20.0%) and 14 (70.0%) cases, respectively, however, focally loss of lamina propria and mucosa/submucosa fibrosis were observed only in 1 (5.0%) and 4 (20.0%) cases, respectively. Extramural mucin deposits were seen in 11 (55.0%) cases, all were acellular mucin. Mucosal Schwann cell hyperplasia were present in 12 (60.0%) cases. Nine (45.0%) and 5 (25.0%) cases were associated with acute diverticulitis or acute suppurative appendicitis, respectively. In comparison with AD, LAMN cases more frequently showed hypermucinous epithelium (42/44, 95.5%), filiform villi or undulating epithelium (43/44, 97.7%), loss of lamina propria (43/44, 97.7%) and fibrosis and hyalinization of appendiceal wall (44/44, 100.0%), whereas mucosal atrophy (4/44, 9.1%) and Schwann cell hyperplasia(11/44, 25.0%) were less frequently seen ( P<0.05). Follow-up information was available for 10 AD patients and 27 LAMN patients; all were alive without evidence of recurrence. Conclusions:Epithelial hyperplasia, loss of lamina propria, fibrosis of the appendiceal wall and extramural mucin deposits may occur focally in AD and should be distinguished from LAMN. The preservation of normal appendiceal mucosa architecture, lack of diffuse appendiceal wall fibrosis and hyalinization, and no definite neoplastic epithelium are the key point for preventing over-diagnosis.

Objective: To investigate the expression of integrin α5 in cervical cancer, and to explore its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics of patients with cervical cancer. Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of integrin α 5 in cervical cancer tissues of 60 cases and normal cervical paraffin-embeded tissues of 20 cases of benign uterine lesions undergoing hysterectomy from Qingdao Municipal Hospital between January 2014 and December 2017. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the mRNA expression level of integrin α5 in 20 fresh cervical cancer tissues and 20 normal cervical tissues collected from benign cervical lesions in Qingdao Municipal Hospital between January 2018 and July 2018. The relationship between the expression of integrin α5 and the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with cervical cancer was analyzed. Results: The positive expression rate of integrin α5 protein in cervical cancer and normal cervical tissues was 63.3% (38/60), 35.0% (7/20), respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (χ ² = 4.893, P < 0.05). The expression of integrin α5 mRNA in cervical cancer was 1.6±0.4 times as high as that in normal cervical tissues (t = 5.529, P < 0.01). The positive expression of integrin α5 protein was associated with lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer patients (Z = -2.636, P = 0.008). Conclusion The high expression of integrin α5 is related to lymph node metastasis of cervical cancer, and integrin α5 may be a new potential target for treatment of cervical cancer.

Objective: To explore the correlation between hemoglobin and blood pressure. Methods: This study adopted the cross-sectional design method. Participants were recruited from grade 2 in primary school, grade 1 from junior and senior high school taking physical examination, including the hemoglobin test, organized by the Guangzhou Municipal Primary and Secondary School Health and Health Promotion Center from January to December in 2015. Correlation between blood pressure and hemoglobin and determinants of blood pressure were analyzed. Results: A total of 34 752 samples participated including 17 414 boys and 17 338 girls. Hemoglobin was negatively associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) among girls with anemia(P<0.01). Hemoglobin was positively associated with SBP and DBP among boys and girls with normal hemoglobin level(P<0.01). With each tertile increase in blood pressure, hemoglobin level increased by 1 mmHg. Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with peers from same grade with hemoglobin level lower than P25, the risk of suffering from pre-hypertension and hypertension among students from grade 2 with hemoglobin level greater than or equal to P75, and those from junior high and senior high schools with hemoglobin level higher than or equal to P50. Conclusion Among students without anemia population, a positive correlation between hemoglobin and SBP and DBP is observed.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of metabolic disorder among the high school students in Guangzhou. Methods: A cross-sectional study among 4 620 high school students selected with stratified cluster sampling was conducted in Guangzhou. Height, weight, blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and serum lipid of TC, TG were measured. Household socioeconomic status, medical history, physical activities as well as personal diet and study habits were acquired with structured questionnaire. Results: The prevalence of central obesity was 11.5%. The overall prevalence of IFG and DM was 6.9%. The overall prevalence of both hypercholesteremia and hypertriglyceridemia was 13.4%. The prevalence of hypertension was 11.6%. With multivariable logistic regression, the results showed that: fast eating was associated with increased risk of central obesity (OR=1.79, 95%CI=1.47-2.18) and hypercholesteremia/hypertriglyceridemia (OR=1.27，95%CI=1.04-1.54). While students who ate slow had low risk of central obesity (OR=0.47, 95%CI=0.33-0.68), hypercholesteremia/hypertriglyceridemia(OR=0.71, 95%CI=0.54-0.94) and hypertension (OR=0.65, 95%CI=0.49-0.88). Students with sugar-sweetened beverages once a day or more had higher risk of central obesity (OR=1.60, 95%CI=1.08-2.38) while students without sugar-sweetened beverages consumption had low risk of IFG/DM (OR=0.57, 95%CI= 0.43-0.77) than those who consumed 1-2 times/week. Students without eating out habit had lower risk of hypercholesteremia /hypertriglyceridemia than those with eating out for 1-2 times/week (OR=0.78, 95%CI=0.62-0.98), and students who had lunch out of home or canteen had higher risk of hypercholesteremia /hypertriglyceridemia than those who ate at canteen (OR=1.38，95%CI=1.06-1.81). Conclusion The prevalence of metabolic disorder among high school students in Guangzhou is at a relatively high level. High eating speed, heavy sugared beverages intake and frequently eating out habits are associated with risk of metabolic disorder.

Insulin resistance refers to a decrease in the physiological utilization of normal concentrations of insulin by target organs such as liver and adipose tissue.Insulin resistance is central to a variety of metabolic diseases caused by obesity.FGF21 is a novel regulator of glycolipid metabolism,which has the effects of improving insulin resistance,reducing body weight,regulating blood lipids,promoting fatty acid oxidation,and increasing energy consumption.Metabolic surgery is effective in the treatment of obesity and insulin resistance,and the level of FGF21 changes after surgery.This article will review the possible mechanisms of metabolic surgery to mediate FGF21 to improve insulin resistance.