1.Research on the Construction and Optimization of TCM Word Network for TCM-clinical Decision Support System
Shanrong HUANG ; Ling ZHU ; Shaolei TIAN ; Wanting ZHENG ; Yuanyuan TONG ; Jinghua LI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;32(2):58-63
Objective To discuss the method of constructing TCM word network and the subsequent optimization method;To solve the problems of natural language processing in the TCM-clinical decision support system using TCM terminology.Methods This study was based on several national standards and terminology dictionaries of TCM,such as Zhong Yi Lin Chuang Zhen Liao Shu Yu Ji Bing Part and Zhong Yi Yao Xue Zhu Ti Ci Biao,supplemented with related corpus on the Internet,and the framework of TCM word network was constructed with ontology as the guide.Word2Vec was used to load pre-trained models for similarity calculation,statistical and rule-based new word discovery,bibliometric analysis,and other methods to add or delete concept words and synonyms such as symptom terms and prescription terms.Results The TCM word network contained 55 semantic types and 13 semantic relationships,more than 110 000 concept words,and more than 300 000 synonyms.In addition to classifying concept words by semantic types,more detailed semantic classification was carried out in the upper and lower tree structures,in which more than 30 000 concept words had superordinate words,and nearly 2 600 concept words had subordinate words.At the same time,a process-based terminology supplementation mechanism,update review mechanism and cleaning mechanism were created.Conclusion TCM word network can not only be applied to the natural language processing process of TCM-clinical decision support system,but also can be applied to the normalization of data and the automatic construction of knowledge graph.
2.Characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever:a cross-sectional study
Shiying LU ; Danwen ZHENG ; Xintian HONG ; Yuping LIU ; Guangzong LI ; Zhifeng HONG ; Jinghua YANG ; Yan ZHANG ; Banghan DING ; Yuntao LIU ; Yuanyuan WANG ; Xin YIN ; Jingwei SHUI ; Xiaofei FAN ; Hai LAN ; Zhongde ZHANG
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;48(11):1531-1539
Objective To explore the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome characteristics of patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever and to provide empirical data to support the application of TCM in diagnosing and treating Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever.Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect clinical data(sex,age,days since onset,and comorbidity underlying disease conditions)and TCM with four-examination information(symptoms,tongue manifestations,and pulse manifestations)from 255 patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever who visited Lecong Hospital of Shunde,Foshan,the Third People's Hospital of Shunde District of Foshan,Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University Affiliated Chencun Hospital between July 23 and July 29,2025.Factor and cluster analyses were used to summarize TCM syndrome characteristics and analyze core pathogenesis in conjunction with clinical features.Results Among the 255 patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever,131 were male and 124 were female,with a age of(49.05±17.93)years and a disease duration of(3.26±1.78)days.Among the four types of examination information in TCM,35 items exhibited a frequency exceeding 10%.The most prevalent symptoms were arthralgia(180 patients,70.59%),exanthem(153 patients,60.00%),fatigue(99 patients,38.82%),anhidrosis(98 patients,38.43%),pruritus(96 patients,37.65%),and fever(92 patients,36.08%).Tongue and pulse manifestations were primarily white fur(155 patients,60.78%),pink tongue(111 patients,43.53%),slippery pulse(143 patients,56.08%),and greasy fur(134 patients,52.53%).Patients with disease onset≤3 d had a higher incidence of arthralgia,fatigue,fever,aversion to cold,generalized muscle pain,aversion to wind,insomnia,headache,sweating,low-grade fever,poor appetite,loose stool,hyperhidrosis,and red tongue than those with disease onset≥4 d(P<0.05).Patients with disease onset≥4 d had a higher incidence of pink tongue and thick fur than those with disease onset≤3 d(P<0.05).The syndrome elements in patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever predominantly manifested on the defensive exterior,with involvement of the sinew-bone joints,skin-muscle,and spleen.Pathogenic factors were primarily characterized by external winds,dampness,and heat.Factor and cluster analysis result indicated three TCM pathogenesis progression patterns:imbalance of the defensive exterior with wind-dampness conflict and heat transformation;dampness-heat flowing into muscles and meridians causing joint obstruction and qi blood stasis;and dampness-heat congelation resulting in qi mechanism obstruction,consumption of body fluids,and infiltration of the skin.Conclusion Patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever primarily present with fever,joint pain,and rashes.In TCM,this condition falls under the category of"dampness-warmth"syndrome.Its etiology is attributed to pathogens,with transmission occurring through mosquito bites.The core pathogenesis of TCM is the invasion of the defensive exterior and dampness-toxic heat accumulation.The therapeutic principles focus on clearing heat pathogens,resolving dampness pathogens,dispersing wind pathogens,and promoting the resolution of rashes.
3.Characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever:a cross-sectional study
Shiying LU ; Danwen ZHENG ; Xintian HONG ; Yuping LIU ; Guangzong LI ; Zhifeng HONG ; Jinghua YANG ; Yan ZHANG ; Banghan DING ; Yuntao LIU ; Yuanyuan WANG ; Xin YIN ; Jingwei SHUI ; Xiaofei FAN ; Hai LAN ; Zhongde ZHANG
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;48(11):1531-1539
Objective To explore the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome characteristics of patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever and to provide empirical data to support the application of TCM in diagnosing and treating Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever.Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect clinical data(sex,age,days since onset,and comorbidity underlying disease conditions)and TCM with four-examination information(symptoms,tongue manifestations,and pulse manifestations)from 255 patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever who visited Lecong Hospital of Shunde,Foshan,the Third People's Hospital of Shunde District of Foshan,Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University Affiliated Chencun Hospital between July 23 and July 29,2025.Factor and cluster analyses were used to summarize TCM syndrome characteristics and analyze core pathogenesis in conjunction with clinical features.Results Among the 255 patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever,131 were male and 124 were female,with a age of(49.05±17.93)years and a disease duration of(3.26±1.78)days.Among the four types of examination information in TCM,35 items exhibited a frequency exceeding 10%.The most prevalent symptoms were arthralgia(180 patients,70.59%),exanthem(153 patients,60.00%),fatigue(99 patients,38.82%),anhidrosis(98 patients,38.43%),pruritus(96 patients,37.65%),and fever(92 patients,36.08%).Tongue and pulse manifestations were primarily white fur(155 patients,60.78%),pink tongue(111 patients,43.53%),slippery pulse(143 patients,56.08%),and greasy fur(134 patients,52.53%).Patients with disease onset≤3 d had a higher incidence of arthralgia,fatigue,fever,aversion to cold,generalized muscle pain,aversion to wind,insomnia,headache,sweating,low-grade fever,poor appetite,loose stool,hyperhidrosis,and red tongue than those with disease onset≥4 d(P<0.05).Patients with disease onset≥4 d had a higher incidence of pink tongue and thick fur than those with disease onset≤3 d(P<0.05).The syndrome elements in patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever predominantly manifested on the defensive exterior,with involvement of the sinew-bone joints,skin-muscle,and spleen.Pathogenic factors were primarily characterized by external winds,dampness,and heat.Factor and cluster analysis result indicated three TCM pathogenesis progression patterns:imbalance of the defensive exterior with wind-dampness conflict and heat transformation;dampness-heat flowing into muscles and meridians causing joint obstruction and qi blood stasis;and dampness-heat congelation resulting in qi mechanism obstruction,consumption of body fluids,and infiltration of the skin.Conclusion Patients with Chikungunya hemorrhagic fever primarily present with fever,joint pain,and rashes.In TCM,this condition falls under the category of"dampness-warmth"syndrome.Its etiology is attributed to pathogens,with transmission occurring through mosquito bites.The core pathogenesis of TCM is the invasion of the defensive exterior and dampness-toxic heat accumulation.The therapeutic principles focus on clearing heat pathogens,resolving dampness pathogens,dispersing wind pathogens,and promoting the resolution of rashes.
4.Research on the Construction and Optimization of TCM Word Network for TCM-clinical Decision Support System
Shanrong HUANG ; Ling ZHU ; Shaolei TIAN ; Wanting ZHENG ; Yuanyuan TONG ; Jinghua LI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;32(2):58-63
Objective To discuss the method of constructing TCM word network and the subsequent optimization method;To solve the problems of natural language processing in the TCM-clinical decision support system using TCM terminology.Methods This study was based on several national standards and terminology dictionaries of TCM,such as Zhong Yi Lin Chuang Zhen Liao Shu Yu Ji Bing Part and Zhong Yi Yao Xue Zhu Ti Ci Biao,supplemented with related corpus on the Internet,and the framework of TCM word network was constructed with ontology as the guide.Word2Vec was used to load pre-trained models for similarity calculation,statistical and rule-based new word discovery,bibliometric analysis,and other methods to add or delete concept words and synonyms such as symptom terms and prescription terms.Results The TCM word network contained 55 semantic types and 13 semantic relationships,more than 110 000 concept words,and more than 300 000 synonyms.In addition to classifying concept words by semantic types,more detailed semantic classification was carried out in the upper and lower tree structures,in which more than 30 000 concept words had superordinate words,and nearly 2 600 concept words had subordinate words.At the same time,a process-based terminology supplementation mechanism,update review mechanism and cleaning mechanism were created.Conclusion TCM word network can not only be applied to the natural language processing process of TCM-clinical decision support system,but also can be applied to the normalization of data and the automatic construction of knowledge graph.
5.Targets and mechanisms of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against Dengue virus.
Zheng CHENG ; Jinghua YAN ; Xiaonan HAN
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2024;40(12):4311-4323
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, with its prevalence expanding due to increased global travel. The dengue virus, the causative agent of dengue fever, often co-circulates in the form of four distinct serotypes. Cross-reactive antibodies generated during a primary infection pose a significant risk during secondary infections with different serotypes, and fully protective vaccines and antiviral drugs are yet to be developed. Over the past decade, advances in antibody technology have led to the isolation of numerous monoclonal antibodies against dengue virus, with their neutralizing epitopes elucidated through structure-based analyses. This review highlights the key epitopes associated with neutralizing antibodies against dengue virus and discusses their potential applications in vaccine design and therapeutic antibody development. This review helps systematically summarize the progress in dengue virus neutralizing antibody research, providing a theoretical foundation and technical guidance for the development of novel vaccines and antibody therapeutics.
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6.Establishment and application of drug use evaluation criteria of argatroban
Hengfen DAI ; Caiyun ZHENG ; Yunchun LIU ; Hong ZHANG ; Maobai LIU ; Jinghua ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology 2024;33(2):121-127
Objective To establish the argatroban drug use evaluation(DUE)criteria and provide reference for the rational use of argatroban in clinical practice.Methods Based on the domestic and foreign drug instructions of argatroban,referring to relevant guidelines and literature,the DUE standard rules were established by expert consultation.Using the established standard rules,the medical records of argatroban in the Fuzhou First Hospital Affiliated with Fujian Medical University from August 2020 to August 2022 were evaluated for the rationality of medication.Results A total of 368 medical records were included,the rational rate of drug use was 48.64%,and the irrational drug use was mainly without indications(46.19%)and inappropriate combination of drugs(4.35%).Conclusion The rational rate of argatroban clinical use in the hospital is not high,and the problems mainly include off-indication drug use and unreasonable combination drug use.Through the establishment and clinical application of DUE standard rules,the clinical use of argatroban can be further standardized and the ability of rational drug use can be improved.
7.A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, and Placebo-parallel Controlled Trial of Tibetan Medicine Ruyi Zhenbaowan in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Chunquan SUN ; Yanming XIE ; Jinghua GAO ; Weiheng CHEN ; Lianxin WANG ; Shangquan WANG ; Xiangdong TIAN ; Zujian XU ; Yuxin ZHENG ; Mingwang ZHOU ; Chungen LI ; Zhanwang XU ; Jiayi GUO ; Shuangqing DU ; Qigang CHEN ; Quan JI ; Zhiqiang BAI ; Jing XIAO ; Wanli QI ; Weiyi YANG ; Jingxiao ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(24):57-67
ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Ruyi Zhenbaowan(RYZBW)in the treatment of initial and early knee osteoarthritis (KOA) through a prospective multicenter,randomized,double-blind,and placebo-parallel controlled trial. MethodFrom October 13th, 2021 to December 25th, 2021, 240 KOA subjects meeting the acceptance criteria were enrolled in 15 sub-centers including Wangjing Hospital, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and they were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 120 cases in each group. The intervention measures for the observation group were RYZBW + health education, and the intervention measures for the control group were RYZBW placebo + health education. The intervention period in both groups was four weeks, and they were followed up for four weeks after the intervention. The primary outcome measure was the total score of Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index score (WOMAC score), and the secondary outcome measures were the response rate of visual scale (VAS) pain score, WOMAC sub item scores (joint pain, joint stiffness, and joint function), quality of life (SF-12) score, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score. Result(1) Efficacy evaluation. The marginal model results showed that the observation group was better than the control group in improving the WOMAC total score and WOMAC pain score in the treatment of KOA with RYZBW, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the two groups in improving VAS score response rate, WOMAC function score, WOMAC stiffness score, SF12-PCS (quality of life-physical health) score, SF12-MCS (quality of life-mental health) score, and TCM syndrome score. (2) Subgroup analysis. ① In terms of VAS score response rate, the response rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group for subjects with baseline VAS score of (4, 5], and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). ② In terms of TCM syndrome score, for subjects aged [56, 60] and [61, 65], the decrease in total TCM syndrome score in the observation group was better than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). ConclusionTibetan medicine RYZBW has good clinical efficacy in improving WOMAC total score, VAS score response rate, WOMAC pain score, WOMAC function score, and TCM syndrome score for patients with initial and early KOA, which can fill the lack of Tibetan medicine RYZBW in the treatment of KOA and make a demonstration study for the inheritance and development of ethnic medicine.
8.Construction and Application of Cloud Intelligent TCM Outpatient System for Primary Medical Care
Shaolei TIAN ; Ling ZHU ; Yinghui WANG ; Zhulyu ZHANG ; Qi YU ; Tong YU ; Yang WU ; Wanting ZHENG ; Jinghua LI
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;25(7):2287-2296
Outpatient information management system is an important part of hospital information system,which plays an important role in hospital management,patient treatment,medical insurance reimbursement and settlement.This study integrated the application modes of big data,cloud computing,Internet of things and other cutting-edge technologies of artificial intelligence,focused on the intelligent decision support and whole-process simplified management of the diagnosis and treatment behavior of clinical TCM physicians,and developed a cloud intelligent TCM outpatient system for primary medical care.The system has intelligent medical functions such as intelligent prescription monitoring driven by the rule engine and intelligent recommendation of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge.It seamlessly connects with the intelligent four-diagnosis instrument for information collection and medical order input,and realizes the cloud storage,computing,distribution,management,service and outpatient process,multi-directional and convenient management mode.
9.Influence of nursing organization atmosphere on clinical nurses' workplace loneliness: the mediating role of psychological capital
Xiangyun ZHENG ; Jiangxia LI ; Xuefei REN ; Jinghua TANG ; Xiaoli ZHENG ; Juan FENG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2021;27(18):2437-2441
Objective:To explore the influence of nursing organization atmosphere on clinical nurses' workplace loneliness, verify and analyze the mediating role of psychological capital between nursing organization atmosphere and workplace loneliness.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional survey, using the convenience sampling to select clinical nurses from two Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals in Shanxi Province from October to December 2019 as the research object. The survey was conducted using the General Information Questionnaire, Organizational Climate Scale for Nursing, Questionnaire about Workplace Loneliness, and Psychological Capital Scale. The structural equation model was used to analyze the mediating effect of psychological capital between nursing organization atmosphere and workplace loneliness. A total of 1 035 questionnaires were collected in this study, with 963 valid questionnaires, and the effective response rate was 93.04%.Results:Among 963 clinical nurses, the total scores of Organizational Climate Scale for Nursing, Questionnaire about Workplace Loneliness, and Psychological Capital Scale were (88.08±10.08) , (30.42±5.23) and (83.21±12.62) respectively. The structural equation model showed that the nursing organization atmosphere had a direct and indirect predictive effect on nurses' workplace loneliness, and the path coefficients were -0.27 and -0.22 respectively. Psychological capital had a mediating effect between the nursing organization atmosphere and workplace loneliness.Conclusions:Psychological capital plays a mediating role between nursing organization atmosphere and workplace loneliness. Nursing managers should take effective measures to create a good organizational atmosphere, improve the level of psychological capital of clinical nurses, and reduce nurses' workplace loneliness.
10.Study on the mechanism of death related protein kinase 3 deficiency and inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress to alleviate vascular calcification
Zheng WU ; Wenzheng LI ; Ze ZHENG ; Jinghua LIU
Clinical Medicine of China 2020;36(4):295-302
Objective:To investigate whether the deficiency of death associated protein kinases (DAPK) 3 can reduce vascular calcification by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress.Methods:The method of prospective cohort study was used to observe and analyze the cell culture in vitro.Human aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) were cultured in F10K Kaighn′s modified medium, and divided into calcified group and non-calcified group according to whether β-phosphoglycerin (10 mmol/L) was added into the medium.The cells in calcified group and non calcified group were divided into DAPK3 inhibition group and its control group, endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibition group and its control group, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation group and its control group, DAPK3 inhibition + AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) inhibition and blank control group, respectively. DAPK3 mRNA and protein concentration, calcium content, alkaline phosphatase, protein concentration of VSMC differentiation marker genes (SM22α, α-SMA), osteogenic differentiation transcription factor (Runχ2, bone morphogenetic protein-2, BMP-2), endoplasmic reticulum stress markers (AFT4, GRP78, GRP94 and CHOP) and p-PAMK protein expression were measured.Results:The mRNA level(highest value was 15.24±0.72 on the 14th day ) and protein level(highest value was 11.31±0.38 on the 14th day) of DAPK3 were significantly higher than those in non calcified cells(5.63±0.62, 2.59±0.33, respectively). The difference was statistically significant ( P< 0.001). In the calcified cells, calcium content (86.54±8.21) mmol/g in dapk3 deficient group was significantly lower than that in control group (194.63±8.54) mmol/g ( t=22.35, P<0.001), alkaline phosphatase activity was significantly decreased((96.27±10.28) IU/g vs.(224.67±10.94) IU/g, t=20.951, P<0.001), the expression of the VSMC differentiation marker genes (SM22α, α-SMA) were upregulated significantly (SM22α: (0.82±0.14) vs.(0.44±0.13), t=4.872, P=0.001; α-SMA: (0.95±0.18) vs.(0.56±0.13), t=4.303, P=0.002), the level of bone differentiation transcription factor (Runχ 2, BMP2) was significantly decreased (Runχ 2: (1.12±0.28) vs.(2.21±0.35), t=5.957, P<0.001; BMP2: (0.82±0.12 ) vs.(1.26±0.16), t=5.39, P<0.001), MAPK level was up-regulated (DAPK3 inhibited group 0.74±0.12 of calcified cells, 1.04±0.14 of non calcified cells, higher than the control group 0.44±0.10 of calcified cells, 0.78±0.12 of non calcified cells, t=4.704, P=0.001; t=3.454, P=0.006), and the inhibited calcium content of ESR calcified cells significantly reduced (after inhibition of AMPK pathway, cells transfected with shRNA group 150.21±11.98, cells transfected with shRNA group 83.21±12.12 were lower than those transfection blank control group 164.82±12.34, P<0.001). The activity of alkaline phosphatase was significantly reduced (226.54±16.57) IU/g protein in the shRNA group and (112.34±15.96) IU/g protein in the shRNA group were significantly lower than 242.32±16.32 in the blank control group, P<0.001); calcium content and ALP activity in the calcified MAPK cells were significantly reduced ( P<0.001). Conclusion:DAPK3 deficiency can inhibit endoplasmic reticulum stress through AMPK signaling pathway to slow down VSMC calcification.

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