Objective: To explore the correlation between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution and depressive symptom among school aged children and adolescents, so as to provide evidences for informing constitution based regulation and prevention of depressive symptom. Methods: From June to December 2024, a total of 4 729 students aged 6-14 were recruited by cluster random sampling from 10 primary schools in Baoding (Hebei Province), Heze and Liaocheng (Shandong Province). General information, TCM constitution and depressive symptom were collected. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) models were used to analyze related factors and threshold effects of depressive symptom. Binary Logistic regression was applied to examine the association between depressive symptom and TCM constitution, with subgroup analyses conducted. Results: The detection rate of depressive symptom among the included children and adolescents was 25.82%. RCS analyses indicated non linear associations between depressive symptom and age (inflection point at 10 years old), bedtime (inflection point at 22:00), and wake up time (inflection point at 6:30 ) (all P non linearity <0.01). Linear associations were observed with body mass index (BMI) and sleep duration (all P non linearity > 0.05 ). After adjusting for covariates such as age, BMI and sleep status, binary Logistic regression analyses showed that Yin deficient constitution ( OR =1.26, 95% CI =1.09-1.45) and Phlegm-dampness constitution ( OR =1.42, 95% CI =1.11-1.82) were significantly associated with depressive symptom among children and adolescents (all P <0.05). Conclusions Depressive symptom among school aged children and adolescents is primarily associated with Yin deficiency and Phlegm dampness constitutions in TCM constitution. Active attention should be paid to susceptible TCM constitution among children and adolescents. Targeted health guidance and interventions should be implemented to improve TCM constitution health status for preventing the occurrence of depressive symptom.

Glioma, the most prevalent primary tumor of the central nervous system (CNS), is also the most lethal primary malignant tumor. Currently, there are limited chemotherapeutics available for glioma treatment, necessitating further research to identify and develop new chemotherapeutic agents. A significant approach to discovering anti-glioma drugs involves isolating antitumor active ingredients from natural products (NPs) and optimizing their structures. Additionally, targeted drug delivery systems (TDDSs) are employed to enhance drug solubility and stability and overcome the blood-brain barrier (BBB). TDDSs can penetrate deep into the brain, increase drug concentration and retention time in the CNS, and improve the targeting efficiency of NPs, thereby reducing adverse effects and enhancing anti-glioma efficacy. This paper reviews the research progress of anti-glioma activities of NPs, including alkaloids, polyphenols, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, quinones, and their synthetic derivatives over the past decade. The review also summarizes anti-glioma mechanisms, such as suppression of related protein expression, regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, control of apoptosis signaling pathways, reduction of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression, blocking of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and reversal of immunosuppression. Furthermore, the functions and advantages of NP-based TDDSs in anti-glioma therapy are examined. The key information presented in this review will be valuable for the research and development of NP-based anti-glioma drugs and related TDDSs.
Humans ; Glioma/metabolism* ; Biological Products/therapeutic use* ; Animals ; Brain Neoplasms/genetics* ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use* ; Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism* ; Apoptosis/drug effects*

Objective:To survey the status quo of family doctor work mode in Shanghai Xuhui district.Methods:Semi-structured and structured in-depth interviews were conducted in Shanghai Xuhui district from April to June 2021, 11 directors, 12 deputy directors in charge and 30 family doctors from 12 community health service centers participated in the survey and completed two stages and four sessions of interviews on the development of the integrated and high-quality family doctor work mode and the ways to realize and the challenges to face. The records of interviews were transcribed, sorted and analyzed using the Colaizzi 7-step analysis method.Results:The survey showed that the family doctor contracting was carried out in a large team mode in the whole district, mainly for the elderly, and most of contracted residents were not included in health management and follow-up services. The team was composed of family doctors and assistants, and the routine outpatient service was the main work pattern, and the regular services also included the chronic disease follow-up and health check-up for elderly. On the issue of how to output high-quality integrated services, the majority of doctors (12/13) believed that the contracted individual should be taken as the unit of fine service, carrying out overall health assessment, optimizing medication plan, lifestyle guidance, one-stop service in hospital, etc.; only one doctor suggested that the family should be the management unit. For upgrading the working mode and service quality, insufficient time and energy were the main obstacle. Public health work occupied a lot of working time, but it seemed not be transformed into favorable resources and conveniences in health management and services. The professional assistants should carry out some responsibility to save family doctor′s time. The survey suggests that informatization, service space, and sufficient drug supply are the keys for ensuring high-quality and high-efficiency integrated services.Conclusion:The organizational structure of the family doctor team in Shanghai Xuhui district is relatively mature, but the integrated and high-quality service output has not yet reached. It is necessary to make regional overall planning and increase efforts to achieve the integration of medical treatment and prevention, so as to gain time for family doctors to carry out high-quality services. At the same time, it is also necessary to cultivate effective family doctor assistants, provide an information work platform that matches the work attributes and goals of family doctors, open up an integrated health management service space, and ensure the full range supply of drugs.

The aim of the study was to develop a simple, rapid and accurate LC-MS/MS method for the determination of digoxin.Digoxin-d3 was taken as the internal standard (IS), and sample preparation was achieved by liquid-liquid extraction.Chromatographic separation was performed on a Kinetex C18 column (2.1 mm × 50 mm, 2.6 μm; Phenomenex) using an isocratic elution with merely 2 min for each sample.The mobile phase consisted of water and acetonitrile solutions, both containing 1 mmol/L ammonium acetate and 1 mmol/L formic acid (55∶45).The detection was conducted on a TripleQuadTM 4500MD mass spectrometer coupled with electrospray ionization interface under positive-ion multiple reaction monitoring mode.The transitions were m/z 798.5 → 651.3 and m/z 801.6 → 654.4 for digoxin and digoxin-d3, respectively.Results showed that the method was linear over the range of 0.100-20.0 ng/mL.The selectivity, accuracy and precision, recovery and stability of the method were all within the acceptable limits with no matrix effect.This method was successfully applied to a girl treated with digoxin with substantial improvement of therapeutic effect and elimination of toxic reaction, so it can provide valuable fuidance and reference for individualized medication in clinical practice.

Objective To explore the effects of ultrasound-exposed microbubbles (UM) on the expression of CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and the mechanisms involved.Methods Mesenchymal stem cells were isolated from bone marrow taken from male Sprague-Dawley rats.They were divided into a control group,an ultrasound (US) group,an ultrasound-exposed microbubbles (UM) group,a UM plus catalase (UMC) group,a UM plus AMD3100 (UMA) group,and a UM plus anti-CXCR4 antibody (UMCX) group.The control group was not given any treatment.The US group was treated with 1 MHz ultrasound at 1 Watt per square centimetre for 30 seconds.The UM group was treated with ultrasound plus microbubbles.The UMC group was treated with catalase,microbubbles and ultrasound.The UMA group was treated with AMD3100,microbubbles and ultrasound.The UMCX group was treated with anti-CXCR4 antibody,microbubbles and ultrasound.Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and Western blotting were performed to determine the levels of CXCR4 mRNA transcription and the expression of BMSCs in the control,US,UM and UMC groups.Immediately,5 minutes and 15 minutes after the intervention,fluorescence intensities were observed in the cells labeled with Fluo-4/AM of the control group,US group and UM group under a fluorescence microscope.Migration assays were conducted to determine the chemotactic ability of the BMSCs with respect to stromal-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) in all six groups.Results No significant differences were found in the levels of CXCR4 mRNA transcription and protein expression between the US and control groups(P＞0.05),but the levels in those groups and the UMC group were lower than those observed in the UM group.Fluorescence intensity in the cells of the US group was not significantly different from that in the control group (P＞0.05),but those levels were both significantly lower than that in the UM group (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the number of cells migrating to the SDF-1α between the US (22.4±2.2) and control group (20.5±2.3).However,the number of cells migrating to SDF-1α in the UM group (53.1±3.8) was significantly larger than that in the US group,the control group,the UMC group (35.2+3.1),the UMA group (32.5±2.8) and the UMCX group (30.7+2.9) (P＜ 0.05).Conclusion UM can increase mRNA transcription and the expression of CXCR4 protein in BMSCs,and promote BMSCs migration to SDF-lα.This may in part be mediated by an increase in calcium influx.

Objectives To calculate the rate of pathological underestimation for core needle biopsy (CNB)- diagnosed intraductal papillary tumors, to analyze the clinical and imaging data of patients and to dis-cuss factors for underestimation. Methods A retrospective analysis of patients undergoing core needle biopsy and subsequent surgical excision was performed. 1359 female patients undergoing CNB from Jan. 2010 to Feb. 2013 in Comprehensive Breast Health Center of Ruijin hospital were analyzed. Clinical, radiological and histo-logical variables were assessed using the Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and a binary logistic regression model in order to predict pathological underestimation for tumors. Results There were 50 patients with CNB-di-agnosed intraductal papillary tumors. The overall underestimation rate was about 44%(22/50). CNB-diagnosed atypical papillary lesions (OR=15.164, 95% CI 1.49-170.443) and BI-RADS 5 by MRI (OR=26.766, 95% CI 2.409-297.440)were significantly related to underestimation in these patients. Conclusions Considering the high underestimation rate in CNB-diagnosed intraductal papillary tumors, routine surgical excision should be per-formed to avoid potential malignancy, especially for patients with high risk factors. MRI is helpful in these pa-tients to predict underestimation.

Objective To explore the effects of pretreatment of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) by ultrasound-exposed microbubbles (UM) on both homing to ischemic myocardium and cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Methods Rats of AMI model established by ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery were divided into four groups randomized:phospho-buffered saline (PBS) group,stem cells treatment (SCT) group,ultrasound and stem cells treatment (USCT) group,and UM stem cells treatment (UMSCT) group,and each group was injected with PBS,stem cells,US-pretreated stem cells and UM-pretreated stem cells through the caudal veins after AMI respectively.Homing of BMSCs to the ischemic myocardium was examined by confocal microscopy at 48 h after implantation,and cardiac function was examined by ultrasonic cardiogram (UCG) after 4 weeks.Masson staining was used to examine the changes of local ischemic cardiac tissues,and immunohistochemistry was used to detect the density of local neo-capillaries (CD31).Results 1) The numbers of CM-Dil-positive cells counted under confocal microscopy in the ischemic myocardial tissues of each groups 48 hours after implantation were not the same:there was no significant difference of the numbers of positive cells between USCT group (19.67 ±2.08) and SCT group (18.67 ± 2.08).However,the number of positive cells in the UMSCT group (39.33 ±3.06) was larger than that in USCT group and SCT group (P ＜0.05).2) UCG examinations showed that there was no significant difference of left ventricular systole function between the USCT group [LVEF (44.92 ± 2.77)％,LVFS (22.83 ± 1.79)％] and SCT group [LVEF (42.28 ± 2.82)％,LVFS (21.52 ±1.88) ％,P ＞0.05],but both were better than that in PBS group [LVEF (20.52 ± 1.88)％,LVFS (9.55 ±0.85) ％,P ＜0.05].The left ventricular systolic function in UMSCT group [LVEF (61.85 ± 3.15)％,LVFS (32.74± 2.45)％] was significantly higher than that in USCT group and SCT group (P ＜0.05),while which was still significantly lower than that in pseudo-surgery group [LVEF (75.88± 4.52)％,LVFS (42.76 ± 2.88)％,P ＜0.05].3) Pathological examinations showed the percentages of AMI areas in the USCT group (35.9 ± 1.1％) were not different compared with that in SCT group [(36.5 ± 1.3)％,P ＞0.05],while both were significantly smaller than that in PBS group [(45.2± 1.4)％,P ＜0.05].The percentages of AMI areas in the UMSCT group [(25.8 ± 1.0)％] were significantly smaller than that in USCT group and SCT group (P ＜0.05).The density of neo-capillaries (25.9 ± 1.3) in USCT groups had no difference compared with that in SCT group (25.2 ± 1.3),while both were significantly higher than that in PBS group (17.6 ± 1.1,P ＜0.05);the density of neo-capillaries (33.2 ± 1.6) was significantly higher in UMSCT group than that in both USCT group and SCT group (P ＜0.05),which were examined by immunohistochemistry.Conclusions Homing to ischemic myocardium of BMSCs transplanted intravenously could be promoted by UM pretreatment,which stimulates development of capillaries,reduces AMI areas,and improves the cardiac function after AMI.