1.A Brief Exploration of Endogenous Wind (内风) by Tracing Its Origin and Development
Xiaojin QIU ; Min LI ; Fei YU ; Ruiying SHU ; Dandan DING
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(2):197-200
The historical development of endogenous wind (内风) is traced with time as the thread, based on the progression of factors such as syndromes, causes of disease, and pathogenesis. It is believed that the concept of wind syndrome originated in The Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor (《黄帝内经》), encompassing both exogenous wind (外风) and endogenous wind syndrome. Over time, exogenous wind syndrome gradually evolved into mild syndromes and severe syndromes, while endogenous wind syndrome emerged from severe syndromes of exogenous wind. Endogenous wind syndrome has both syndrome and pathogenic attributes, and its theoretical system has gradually become more refined. Based on the theories of ancient and modern medical practitioners, and combining the holistic perspectives with Xiang (象) thinking, it is proposed that endogenous wind has both physiological and pathological distinctions. The physiological endogenous wind refers to the liver's moderate dispersing and regulating function, which helps to distribute qi (气), blood, and body fluids, while pathological endogenous wind arises from abnormal liver dispersal. Therefore, in clinical practice, different treatment methods, such as tonifying, unblocking, and warming, can be applied according to the differentiation of deficiency and excess in the pathogenesis.
2.Effects of quality of life in patients with intermediate and advanced lung cancer undergoing different treatment regimens
WANG Yue ; HUANG Xiaotong ; ZHAO Fei ; Ding Lili ; WU Bingyi
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2025;37(3):272-275
Objective:
To examine the impacts of chemotherapy/radiotherapy, targeted therapy, and combined treatment on the quality of life in patients with intermediate and advanced lung cancer.
Methods:
The patients with intermediate and advanced lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy/radiotherapy, targeted therapy, and combined treatment for the first time were recruited from a tertiary hospital in Weifang City, Shandong Province, using a quota sampling method in September 2023. Basic information was collected using a general information questionnaire, and the quality of life was assessed using the Chinese version of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General. The investigation started on the 7th day of treatment, and the follow-ups were conducted at 3 and 6 months. The quality of life in patients with different treatment regimens and at different treatment time were compared using repeated measure analysis of variance.
Results:
There were 26 chemotherapy/radiotherapy patients, 32 targeted therapy patients, and 95 combination therapy patients. There were no significant differences in age, gender, place of residence, education level, self-rated economic status, medical insurance, pathological type and disease stage among the three treatment regimens (all P>0.05). The repeated measure analysis of variance showed an interaction effect between time and group among patients receiving the three treatment regimens (P<0.05). The quality of life scores of patients receiving combination therapy decreased with extended treatment time (all P<0.05). The quality of life scores of patients receiving targeted therapy at 3 and 6 months were lower than those treated for 7 days (both P<0.05). No significant differences were observed in quality of life scores among chemotherapy/radiotherapy patients with different treatment durations (all P>0.05). At 3 and 6 months, patients receiving combination therapy had lower quality of life scores compared to those receiving chemotherapy/radiotherapy or targeted therapy (all P<0.05).
Conclusion
The decline in quality of life for patients with intermediate and advanced lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy/radiotherapy and targeted therapy is less than that for patients receiving combined therapy.
3.Changes in the body shape and ergonomic compatibility for functional dimensions of desks and chairs for students in Harbin during 2010-2024
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(3):315-320
Objective:
To analyze the change trends in the body shape indicators and proportions of students in Harbin from 2010 to 2024, and to investigate ergonomic compatibility of functional dimensions of school desks and chairs with current student shape indicators, so as to provide a reference for revising furniture standards of desks and chairs.
Methods:
Between September and November of both 2010 and 2024, a combination of convenience sampling and stratified cluster random sampling was conducted across three districts in Harbin, yielding samples of 6 590 and 6 252 students, respectively. Anthropometric shape indicators cluding height, sitting height, crus length, and thigh length-and their proportional changes were compared over the 15-year period. The 2024 data were compared with current standard functional dimensions of school furniture. The statistical analysis incorporated t-test and Mann-Whitney U- test.
Results:
From 2010 to 2024, average height increased by 1.8 cm for boys and 1.5 cm for girls; sitting height increased by 1.5 cm for both genders; crus length increased by 0.3 cm for boys and 0.4 cm for girls; and thigh length increased by 0.5 cm for both genders. The ratios of sitting height to height, and sitting height to leg length increased by less than 0.1 . The difference between desk chair height and 1/3 sitting height ranged from 0.4-0.8 cm. Among students matched with size 0 desks and chairs, 22.0% had a desk to chair height difference less than 0, indicating that the desk to chair height difference might be insufficient for taller students. The differences between seat height and fibular height ranged from -1.4 to 1.1 cm; and the differences between seat depth and buttock popliteal length ranged from -9.8 to 3.4 cm. Among obese students, the differences between seat width and 1/2 hip circumference ranged from -20.5 to -8.7 cm, while it ranged from -12.2 to -3.8 cm among non obese students.
Conclusion
Current furniture standards basically satisfy hygienic requirements; however, in the case of exceptionally tall and obese students, ergonomic accommodations such as adaptive seating allocation or personalized adjustments are recommended to meet hygienic requirements.
4.Quantitative analysis of 10 components in Compound Dihuang oral solution by UPLC-MS/MS
Hongxia LIU ; Yanwen SUN ; Fei HAN ; Yan ZHOU ; Huajun SUN ; Liqin DING
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Service 2025;43(8):390-394
Objective To develop an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method to simultaneously determine 10 main components, including berberine, phellodendrine, specnuezhenide, mangiferin, loganin, paeoniflorin, geniposide, baicalin, and acteoside in Compound Dihuang oral solution. Methods An UPLC-MS/MS method was established with an ACQUITY UPLC BEH-C18 (2.1 mm×100 mm, 1.7 μm)column and mobile phase of 0.1% formic water(A)-methanol solution(B) in a gradient elution manner. The flow rate of mobile phase was 0.2 ml/min.The temperature of column was 30℃. The injection volume was 2 μl. The MS detection was in MRM mode. Results 10 components in Compound Dihuang oral solution had a good linear relationship within their concentration range,and the precision, repeatability, stability and recovery met the requirements. The contents of berberine, phellodendrine, specnuezhenide, mangiferin, loganin, paeoniflorin, geniposide, baicalin, and acteoside in 7 batches of samples were (89.7-95.6) μg/ml, (164.0-177.7) μg/ml, (540.0-610.0) μg/ml, (408.7-429.0) μg/ml, (726.0-825.0) μg/ml, (503.7-572.0) μg/ml, (
5.The influence of Kruppel-like factor 16 on the proliferation and migration of pancreatic cancer cells
Zhi ZHENG ; Xiaosheng YAN ; Yixuan DING ; Jiongdi LU ; Wentong MEI ; Fei LI
Chinese Journal of Pancreatology 2024;24(5):358-363
Objective:To investigate the influence of Kruppel-like factor 16 (KLF16) on the proliferation and migration of pancreatic cancer cells.Methods:Immunohistochemical images of KLF16 were collected from 171 pancreatic cancer tissues and their matched paracarcinoma normal pancreas tissues and 8 pancreatic cancer tissues only in GEPIA database. The expression of KLF16 protein was detected by immunohistochemical imaging software. The protein and mRNA expressions of pancreatic cancer cell lines AsPC-1 and MIA PaCa-2 KLF16 were detected by Western blot and quantitative fluorescence PCR. By knockdown or exogenous overexpression of KLF16, the two cells were divided into blank control group (NC group), negative control group (siRNA-NC group), downexpression KLF16 group (siKLF16 group), overexpression control group (OE-NC group) and ovexpression KLF16-OE group (KLF16-OE group). CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay and transwell chamber were used to detect cell proliferation and migration.Results:The KLF16 protein expression level (4.02±1.26 vs 1.73±1.07) and positive expression rate (91.6% vs 13.5%) in pancreatic cancer tissues were significantly higher than those in paracancer normal pancreas tissues, with statistical significance ( P<0.05). After downregulating KLF16 expression and culturing for 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours, the A450 values of both AsPC-1 (0.19±0.02 vs 0.23±0.03, 0.24±0.06 vs 0.36±0.06, 0.45±0.09 vs 0.78±0.10, 0.69±0.04 vs 0.88±0.07) and MIA PaCa-2 cells (0.20±0.03 vs 0.22±0.02, 0.29±0.05 vs 0.31±0.04, 0.47±0.06 vs 0.78±0.10, 0.71±0.02 vs 0.90±0.07) and colony counts [(36±4.32) per well vs (118.51±10.01) per well, (13.6±2.62) per well vs (83.1±9.11) per well], and the number of migrated cells [(16.67±2.05) vs (46.67±5.91), (19.67±1.69) vs (55±4.89)] all decreased significantly. However, after up-regulating the expression of KLF16 and culturing for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h, the A450 value of both AsPC-1 (0.21±0.05 vs 0.20±0.04, 0.48±0.03 vs 0.31±0.04, 0.91±0.09 vs 0.72±0.03, 1.28±0.10 vs 1.05±0.02) and MIA PaCa-2 cells (0.20±0.01 vs 0.19±0.05, 0.44±0.03 vs 0.30±0.04, 0.89±0.06 vs 0.72±0.03, 1.19±0.05 vs 1.01±0.10), and the number of cell colonies [(189±6.37)/per hole vs (108±9.62)/ per hole, (141±12.56)/ per hole vs (80.69±10.32)/ per hole]], migration cell numbers [(79±4.89) per hole vs (50.33±4.11) per hole, (79.66±3.85) per hole vs (51±4.08) per hole] all increased significantly. Conclusions:KLF16 is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer. The up-regulated expression of KLF16 in pancreatic cancer cell lines can promote the proliferation and migration of pancreatic cancer cells.
6.Research status of risk prediction model of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis
Zhe-Yu ZHU ; Yi-Yu HU ; Peng CHEN ; Fei-Fan WU ; Si-Yu WANG ; Wei-Min WANG ; Chun-Mu MIAO ; Yun-Bing WANG ; Xiong DING
Journal of Regional Anatomy and Operative Surgery 2024;33(12):1105-1109
Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis(PEP)is one of the most common complications after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP).Numerous PEP prediction models have been established based on different statistical methods at home and abroad.The PEP prediction model,as a tool for evaluating and screening high-risk populations,can provide a basis for medical staff to find high-risk PEP patients early and take effective preventive measures.In recent years,new PEP prediction models have appeared one after another,but there is still a lack of recognized reliable prediction models in clinic.This article reviews the research status of PEP risk prediction models,aim to provide a direction for establishing a more reliable,accurate,and practical PEP risk prediction model in the later period.
7.Evaluation of the Promoter Activity of the CHO Cell Expression System Based on Site-specific Integration
Chen LU ; Zi-Yu WANG ; Yan-Fei CAI ; Yong-Qiang DENG ; Jian JIN ; Xue-Feng DING ; Yun CHEN
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2024;40(10):1400-1408
In industrial production,the expression level of drug proteins in Chinese hamster ovary cells(CHO)is influenced by many factors:the regulatory elements on transcription and translation,the ge-nomic integration sites,and the expression system.Transcription,as the first step of gene expression,largely affects protein expression,and the promoter plays a crucial role in the initiation of transcription.Most of the promoters were screened through transient transfection or random integration,but the presence of unclear copy number or random integration sites makes it difficult to accurately evaluate the promoter activity.To some extent,site-specific integration can reduce the impact of positional effects on exogenous genes and may potentially increase the expression level of exogenous genes.In the early stage of our re-search,multiple sites that can stably express exogenous proteins were identified and verified in the CHO cell genome.In this study,one of these sites(2c6)was selected for the evaluation of promoter activity.The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technique was used to site-specifically integrate the reporter gene(EG-FP)regulated by the simian virus early promoter(SV40),mouse elongation factor-1α(mEF-1α),chicken β-actin(cACTB)promoter,and human phosphoglycerate kinase promoter(hPGK)into the 2c6 site,respectively.The mean fluorescence intensity of the cells was analyzed by flow cytometry,and the mRNA level of EGFP was detected by qPCR to comprehensively evaluate the activity of the promoter.The results showed that the activities of the mEF-1α and mACTB promoters were better than those of SV40 and hPGK.The results of the secondary flow cytometry sorting showed that site-specific integration can more accurately evaluate the activity of the promoter in the CHO cell expression system.
8.Probing the anti-rheumatoid arthritis synovial neovascularization of alcoholic extracts of the Miao medicinal plant helleborus thibetanus franchon in rats based on the VEGF/VEGFR2 signaling pathway
Lei HOU ; Yunmei ZHOU ; Dong DING ; Zizhen LI ; Zhigang ZHU ; Wenting SHAN ; Xia LIU ; Fei AI
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2024;32(10):1233-1242
Objective This project aimed to study the Miao medicine helleborus thibetanus franchon,including investigating its anti-inflammatory activity in collagen-induced arthritis CIA rats and its mechanism of VEGF/VEGFR2/P38 MAPK pathway regulation.Methods Sixty female Wistar rats were randomly divided into six groups:normal;model;positive drug;and low,medium,high dose groups,with 10 rats in each group.Bovine type Ⅱ collagen solution was injected into the tail of rats to construct the rheumatoid arthritis model,and the positive drug group was given MTX2.0 mg/(kg·d)by gavage once every other day.The three groups of helleborus thibetanus franchon low,medium,and high dose were gavaged with helleborus thibetanus franchon ethanol extract at 0.25,0.5 and 1 g/(kg·d)once a day.The normal and model groups were given an equivalent volume of NaCl solution,with continuous administration lasting for 28 days.During treatment,the general condition of the rats was observed,body weight changes recorded,and foot thickness measured.After treatment and euthanasia,the rats'hind limbs were removed for Micro-CT to detect bone destruction;hematoxylin and eosin staining for pathological investigattion of the synovial membrane;immunohistochemistry to observe neovascularization in the synovium;quantitative reverse-transcription PCR to detect mRNA levels of VEGF-A,VEGFR2,TNF-α in the synovial tissue;and Western Blot to detect the expression of VEGF,VEGFR2,p-P38,p-AKT.The analyses were used to explore the potential mechanisms of action of the Miao medicine helleborus thibetanus franchon in treating rheumatoid arthritis.Results Compared with the normal group,the model group showed significant weight loss(P<0.01),increased foot swelling(P<0.01),visible proliferative synovial tissue with inflammatory cell infiltration,erosive lesions on bone surfaces,increased neovascularization in the synovium,and significant bone destruction in Micro-CT,with reduced bone percentage,trabecular thickness,and bone density.The levels of VEGF-A,VEGFR2,TNF-α mRNA and VEGF-A,VEGFR2,p-P38,p-AKT proteins were significantly elevated(P<0.01).Compared with the model group,the helleborus thibetanus franchon ethanol extract-treated groups showed improvements in these conditions in a dose-dependent manner,with the high-dose group receiving the best effect.There was a significant increase in the rats'body weight(P<0.05);reduction in foot swelling(P<0.05);amelioration of synovial and erosive bone lesions;reduction in neovascularization in the synovium;and significantly lower levels of VEGF-A,VEGFR2,and TNF-α mRNA,and VEGF-A,VEGFR2,p-P38,and p-AKT protein(P<0.01).Conclusions The Miao medicine plant helleborus thibetanus franchon may alleviate joint inflammatory damage in CIA rats by modulating the VEGF/VEGFR2 signaling pathway,thereby exerting therapeutic effects on rheumatoid arthritis.
9.Establishment and Evaluation Strategy of an in Vitro Cell Model of Bone Marrow Microenvironment Injury in Mouse Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Jia-Yi TIAN ; Pei-Lin LI ; Jie TANG ; Run-Xiang XU ; Bo-Feng YIN ; Fei-Yan WANG ; Xiao-Tong LI ; Hong-Mei NING ; Heng ZHU ; Li DING
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2024;32(2):617-624
Objective:To establish a mesenchymal stem cell(MSC)-based in vitro cell model for the evaluation of mouse bone marrow acute graft-versus-host disease(aGVHD).Methods:Female C57BL/6N mice aged 6-8 weeks were used as bone marrow and lymphocyte donors,and female BALB/c mice aged 6-8 weeks were used as aGVHD recipients.The recipient mouse received a lethal dose(8.0 Gy,72.76 cGy/min)of total body γ irradiation,and injected with donor mouse derived bone marrow cells(1× 107/mouse)in 6-8 hours post irradiation to establish a bone marrow transplantation(BMT)mouse model(n=20).In addition,the recipient mice received a lethal dose(8.0 Gy,72.76 cGy/min)of total body γ irradiation,and injected with donor mouse derived bone marrow cells(1 × 107/mouse)and spleen lymphocytes(2 × 106/mouse)in 6-8 hours post irradiation to establish a mouse aGVHD model(n=20).On the day 7 after modeling,the recipient mice were anesthetized and the blood was harvested post eyeball enucleation.The serum was collected by centrifugation.Mouse MSCs were isolated and cultured with the addition of 2%,5%,and 10%recipient serum from BMT group or aGVHD group respectively.The colony-forming unit-fibroblast(CFU-F)experiment was performed to evaluate the potential effects of serums on the self-renewal ability of MSC.The expression of CD29 and CD105 of MSC was evaluated by immunofluorescence staining.In addition,the expression of self-renewal-related genes including Oct-4,Sox-2,and Nanog in MSC was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR).Results:We successfully established an in vitro cell model that could mimic the bone marrow microenvironment damage of the mouse with aGVHD.CFU-F assay showed that,on day 7 after the culture,compared with the BMT group,MSC colony formation ability of aGVHD serum concentrations groups of 2%and 5%was significantly reduced(P<0.05);after the culture,at day 14,compared with the BMT group,MSC colony formation ability in different aGVHD serum concentration was significantly reduced(P<0.05).The immunofluorescence staining showed that,compared with the BMT group,the proportion of MSC surface molecules CD29+and CD 105+cells was significantly dereased in the aGVHD serum concentration group(P<0.05),the most significant difference was at a serum concentration of 10%(P<0.001,P<0.01).The results of RT-qPCR detection showed that the expression of the MSC self-renewal-related genes Oct-4,Sox-2,and Nanog was decreased,the most significant difference was observed at an aGVHD serum concentration of 10%(P<0.01,P<0.001,P<0.001).Conclusion:By co-culturing different concentrations of mouse aGVHD serum and mouse MSC,we found that the addition of mouse aGVHD serum at different concentrations impaired the MSC self-renewal ability,which providing a new tool for the field of aGVHD bone marrow microenvironment damage.
10.Multioxidized polyketides from an endophytic Penicillium sp.YUD17006 associated with Gastrodia elata
Hongtao LI ; Ruining YANG ; Fei XIE ; Tianpeng XIE ; Linhuan TANG ; Hao ZHOU ; Zhongtao DING
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.) 2024;22(11):1057-1064
Three novel,highly oxygenated polyketides,multioketides A-C(1-3),and three previously described multioxidized aromatic polyketides(4-6),were isolated from an endophytic Penicillium sp.YUD17006 associated with Gastrodia elata.Their chem-ical structures were elucidated using extensive spectroscopic data,electronic circular dichroism calculations,and single X-ray diffrac-tion analysis.All metabolites were characterized by a typical α,β-unsaturated ketone fragment and exhibited a high degree of oxidation.Multioketides A and B were identified as a pair of epimers featuring a rare dihydroisobenzofuranone core.Multioketide C possessed a novel 5/6/6/6 heterotetracyclic chemical architecture with unusual 1,4-dioxin functionalities.Plausible biosynthetic pathways for 1-6 were proposed.Additionally,compound 3 demonstrated weak inhibitory activities against both acetylcholinesterase and protein tyr-osine phosphatase 1B.


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