1.Differentiation and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder from the Perspective of Deficiency,Stasis and Stagnation
Kangning ZHOU ; Meifang LI ; Yurou YAN ; Yuan LI ; Xi CHEN ; Wei LI ; Hongsheng YANG ; Junhong WANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(10):1111-1114
The core pathogenesis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) lies in deficiency, stasis and stagnation. Deficiency arises from kidney essence depletion and spleen dysfunction in transportation and transformation, leading to inadequate nourishment of the marrow sea. Stasis caused by qi deficiency leads to obstruction in channels and collaterals, resulting in obstructed marrow transport. Stagnation is associated with the excess of the five minds transforming into fire, which scorches the brain orifices and leads to loss of control over marrow utilisation. Based on this, a "supplementation-unblocking-regulation" therapeutic approach is proposed. For deficiency, the focus is on supplementing kidney and fortifying spleen, and replenishing the marrow sea. For stasis, the priority is to unblock and open the orifices, and clear the marrow channels. For stagnation, the core is to clear fire and contain the mind, regulate and restore vital activity. In clinical practice, it is necessary to identify the primary and secondary pathogenic mechanisms and apply dynamic, combined treatment, integrating Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, and guiding exercises throughout the process, aiming to provide a reference for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD with traditional Chinese medical.
2.Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Comorbid Tic Disorder in Children from the Perspective of Ministerial Fire Scorching Yin and Internal Stirring of Deficient Wind
Hongsheng YANG ; Junhong WANG ; Meifang LI ; Wei LI ; Zhenhua YUAN ; Rui ZHAI ; Yuan LI ; Kangning ZHOU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(1):79-82
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often accompanied by tic disorder. The core pathogenesis is considered to be ministerial fire scorching yin and internal stirring of deficient wind, which leads to disharmony between the body and spirit, resulting in clinical manifestations. The treatment principles emphasize nourishing yin fluids, calming ministerial fire, and extinguishing endogenous wind (内风). The method of nourishing yin fluids is applied throughout the entire treatment process, commonly using ingredients such as Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Gouqizi (Lycii Fructus), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), and Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen). These are combined with approaches to harmonize the zang-fu organs, primarily including extinguishing liver wind, clearing heart fire, nourishing kidney water, and strengthening spleen earth, thereby stabilizing ministerial fire and extinguishing endogenous wind. Additionally, emotional regulation and smoothing emotional constraint are essential to improve clinical symptoms in children with ADHD comorbid with tic disorder.
3.Clinical Advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Childhood Simple Obesity: Insights from Expert Consensus
Qi ZHANG ; Yingke LIU ; Xiaoxiao ZHANG ; Guichen NI ; Heyin XIAO ; Junhong WANG ; Liqun WU ; Zhanfeng YAN ; Kundi WANG ; Jiajia CHEN ; Hong ZHENG ; Xinying GAO ; Liya WEI ; Qiang HE ; Qian ZHAO ; Huimin SU ; Zhaolan LIU ; Dafeng LONG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2026;32(6):238-245
Childhood simple obesity has become a significant public health issue in China. Modern medicine primarily relies on lifestyle interventions and often suffers from poor long-term compliance, while pharmacological options are limited and associated with potential adverse effects. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a long history in the prevention and management of this condition, demonstrating eight distinct advantages, including systematic theoretical foundation, diversified therapeutic approaches, definite therapeutic efficacy, high safety profile, good patient compliance, comprehensive intervention strategies, emphasis on prevention, and stepwise treatment protocols. Additionally, TCM is characterized by six distinctive features: the use of natural medicinal substances, non-invasive external therapies, integration of medicinal dietetics, simple exercise regimens, precise syndrome differentiation, and diverse dosage forms. By combining internal and external treatments, TCM facilitates individualized regimen adjustment and holistic regulation, demonstrating remarkable effects in improving obesity-related metabolic indicators, regulating constitutional imbalance, and promoting healthy behaviors. However, challenges remain, such as inconsistent operational standards, insufficient high-quality clinical evidence, and a gap between basic research and clinical application. Future efforts should focus on accelerating the standardization of TCM diagnosis and treatment, conducting multicenter randomized controlled trials, and fostering interdisciplinary integration, so as to enhance the scientific validity and international recognition of TCM in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
4.Major changes in the United Kingdom Serious Hazards of Transfusion System (Part 2): promoting learning from continuing excellence in transfusion
Yongjian GUO ; Hongjie WANG ; Junhong YANG ; Xia HUANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2026;39(2):294-304
As the second part of this series, this article summarizes and synthesizes the key aspects of UK Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT), SHOT’s continuous promotion of learning from excellent daily transfusion events over the past six years. This summary is based on an introduction to the holistic approach to improving patient safety—proactively learning from both failures and successes. The covered topics include an overview, definitions, case studies, implementation methods, safety culture, psychological safety in the workplace, civility in work, the use of neutral language, leading and lagging indicators, and compassionate governance. It is hoped that this article will assist domestic colleagues in understanding and studying the strategic significance of the transformation of transfusion safety governance in the UK, and inspire reflection on the strategic development direction of transfusion safety governance in China.
5.Clinical analysis of five cases of endoscopic and computer navigation-assisted maxillofacial foreign body removal
GUO Junhong ; FANG Songling ; CAI Yongkang ; HE Yilin ; HUANG Zhiquan ; WANG Yan
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2026;34(4):378-384
Objective:
To explore the application method and clinical efficacy of endoscopic and computerized navigation technology in maxillofacial foreign body removal surgery, and to provide a reference for the clinical application of this technology.
Methods:
This study, which was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the hospital, retrospectively analyzed the data of five patients with maxillofacial foreign bodies who were admitted to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University from January 2018 to December 2024. All patients underwent preoperative CT scanning. Intraoperatively, endoscopic and computer navigation techniques were used in combination or separately according to the location, size, and adjacency of the foreign body to important neurovascular vessels. The foreign body was precisely localized by endoscopic magnification and direct visualization, and the optimal surgical path was designed and verified under the real-time guidance of computerized navigation to accurately remove the foreign body. The type of foreign body, location, length and diameter, duration of surgery, length of incision, success rate of foreign body removal, postoperative complications, and follow-up were recorded and analyzed.
Results:
The foreign body was successfully removed in all five patients with a success rate of 100%. The intraoperative computerized navigation system was accurate in positioning, and the alignment stability was not significantly affected by mandibular movement; the endoscope provided good illumination and exposure of the operative field. All surgical incisions were small, and no serious complications, such as foreign body residue, important neurovascular injury, or infection, occurred after surgery. One month after the operation, the patients were followed up and recovered well.
Conclusion
The combination of endoscopy and computer navigation or separately assisted technology can provide a clear field and real-time positioning for maxillofacial foreign body removal, effectively avoiding important anatomical structures, thus realizing safe and complete foreign body removal with minimized trauma. This assistive technology significantly improves the accuracy and safety of the operation and has clinical promotion value.
6.Prediction of p53 Mutation in Endometrial Carcinoma Based on Radiomics Nomogram of Intratumoral and Peritumoral MRI
Hua ZHANG ; Yunze YANG ; Junhong HE ; Mengtong LIU ; Mingjie WANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging 2025;33(5):553-559
Purpose To investigate the value of radiomics nomogram for the prediction of p53 abnormal in patient with endometrial carcinoma based on intratumoral and peritumoral MRI.Materials and Methods A total of 145 female patients were pathologically confirmed endometrial carcinoma who underwent pelvic MRI before treatment in Baoding First Central Hospital from January 2020 to April 2024,including 96 patients with p53 wild type and 49 with p53 abnormal.Radiomics features were extracted from both intratumoral and peritumoral regions(2 mm)in diffusion weighted imaging and equilibrium phase of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI,which were selected using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator.Three machine learning algorithms of random forest,K-nearest neighbors and extra trees were conducted to develop the intratumoral,peritumoral and intratumoral combined peritumoral radiomics models.Multivariate Logistic regression was used to constitute the clinical model and nomogram.The performance of these models was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve,decision curve analysis and calibration curve.Results The K-nearest neighbors model of the intratumoral combined peritumoral regions performed the best in all radiomics models,the area under the curve were 0.921 and 0.773 in the training cohorts and test cohorts.The radiomics nomogram,which was composed of age,apparent diffusion coefficient and radiomics signatures,achieved the best performance with area under the curve of 0.970 and 0.777 in the training cohorts and test cohorts,respectively.Calibration curve analysis and decision curve analysis demonstrated favorable calibration and clinical utility of the nomogram model.Conclusion The nomogram based on intratumoral and peritumoral MRI radiomics yields a favorable diagnostic value for predicting p53 abnormal in patient with endometrial carcinoma.
7.Predictive value of cardiac MR feature tracking for adverse left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Junlei MA ; Chunxue ZHOU ; Cheng LI ; Chaofan WANG ; Tongda XU ; Dongye LI ; Junhong CHEN
Journal of Practical Radiology 2025;41(9):1482-1486
Objective To investigate the predicting value of cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking(CMR-FT)for adverse left ventricular remodeling(ALVR)in patients with acute anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI).Methods The clinical data and cardiac magnetic resonance(CMR)images of 161 acute anterior wall STEMI patients within 1 week and 6 months after emergency percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)were retrospectively analyzed.ALVR was defined as an increase of left ventricular end-diastolic volume(LVEDV)over 20%at the second CMR examination compared to the baseline.The CMR parame-ters were analyzed by CVI42 post-processing software.The logistic regression analysis was used to screen the independent predictors of ALVR,and the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to evaluate the predictive efficiency of ALVR.Results The incidence of ALVR at 6 months was 21.7%(35/161).The logistic regression analysis showed that the left ventricular global circumferential strain(LVGCS)and right ventricular global longitudinal strain(RVGLS)at baseline were independent predictors for ALVR(P<0.001).When LVGCS was-13.89%and RVGLS was-15.07%at baseline,the sensitivity of predicting ALVR was 0.714 and 0.743,the specificity was 0.833 and 0.810,and the area under the curve(AUC)was 0.806 and 0.835,respectively.The sensitivity of LVGCS combined with RVGLS in predicting ALVR was 0.802,the specificity was 0.952,and the AUC was 0.888.The DeLong test showed that the AUC of LVGCS com-bined with RVGLS in predicting ALVR was significantly higher than that of individuals,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion The LVGCS and RVGLS at baseline are independent predictors for ALVR in patients with acute anterior wall STEMI,their combination can significantly improve the pre-dictive efficiency of ALVR in these patients.
8.Regulation of methyltransferase METTL3 on radiotherapy sensitivity of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells
Qingzhe MENG ; Junhong HUANG ; Xinjie YANG ; Huan LI ; Zihui YANG ; Jun WANG ; Yahui LI ; Rong LIU ; Jianhua WEI
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2025;41(2):206-213
Objective:To study the influence of methyltransferases like 3(METTL3)on the radiosensitivity of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells(OSCCs).Methods:The apoptosis level of OSCCs CAL27,SCC9 and SCC15 treated with X-ray radiation doses of 2,4 and 8 Gy respectively was compared by flow cytometry,the expression of methylated gene RNA and protein in the cells were examined by qRT-PCR and Western blot.m6A in the cells was quantified by LC/LC-MS method.qRT-PCR and Western blot were used to investigate the expression of methylated gene RNA and protein in the cells.Flow cytometry was used to examine the cell apoptosis level of CAL27 and SCC15 cells treated with METTL3 overexpression and knockdown respectively.The clone forma-tion of CAL27 and SCC15 cells after knockdown and overexpression of target genes followed by radiation treatment was observed by clonogenic assays.Results:The apoptosis rate of all the cell lines increased with the increase dose of radiation at each dose,CAL27 cells showed the highest and SCC15 showed the lowerst apoptosis rate.The RNA and protein expression levels of METTL3 in CAL27 were significantly lower than those of SCC15.m6A quantification showed that the methylation modification in CAL27 cells was lower than that in SCC15.The expression of METTL3 was increased in CAL27 and SCC15 cells after radiation treatment.Knockdown of METTL3 increaced the apoptosis rate and decreased the clonogenesity,overession of METTL3 the decreaced the ap optosis rate and increased the clonogenecity of the cells.Conclusion:Regulation of METTL3 can affect the radiotherapy sensitivity of OSCCs,METTL3 may become a new target for radiosensitization of OSCCs.
9.Intratumoral and peritumoral CT radiomics combined with clinical and imaging features for predicting renal capsule invasion of clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Chenyang ZHANG ; Junhong HE ; Pengfei WANG ; Cong ZHANG ; Jinwu REN
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2025;41(3):447-451
Objective To observe the value of intratumoral and peritumoral ROI-based CT radiomics combined with clinical and imaging features for preoperatively predicting renal capsule invasion of clear cell renal cell carcinoma(ccRCC).Methods Totally 105 ccRCC patients were retrospectively collected and divided into invasion group(n=70)and non-invasion group(n=35)according to post operation pathology,also divided into training set(n=84,including 56 cases of invasion group and 28 of non-invasion group)and test set(n=21,including 14 cases of invasion group and 7 of non-invasion group)at a ratio of 8∶2.A clinical-imaging model was constructed based on clinical and CT features being significantly different between groups.Radiomics features related to renal capsule invasion were extracted and selected from intratumoral and of 1-6 mm peritumoral ROI on unenhanced phase(UP),corticomedullary phase(CMP)and nephrographic phase(NP)CT images,respectively.The optimal algorithm was selected among 6 machine learning algorisms based on CMP intratumoral ROI.With the optimal and selected features,single intratumoral or peritumoral models,combined intratumoral and peritumoral models within the same phase and combined pairwise models within the same range across different phases images were established.The best performing radiomics model was chosen and integrated with clinical and imaging features to form a combined model.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves were drawn,the area under the curve(AUC)was calculated to evaluate the efficacy of model for predicting renal capsule invasion of ccRCC,which were compared using DeLong's test.Results Hypertension,presence of clinical symptoms and high enhancement degree on CMP images were all independent predicting factors for renal capsule invasion of ccRCC,which were used to establish clinical-imaging model.Support vector machine(SVM)was the optimal algorithm.CMP peritumoral 3 mm model,CMP intratumoral model,NP peritumoral 4 mm model,NP intratumoral+peritumoral 4 mm model and CMP peritumoral 3 mm+NP peritumoral 3 mm model showed higher performance than the others,with AUC being not significantly different(all P>0.05).CMP peritumoral 3 mm model was the optimal radiomics model,with the highest AUC(0.898)in test set.The combined model demonstrated superior AUC(0.979)in training set compared to both clinical-imaging model and the optimal radiomics model alone(both P<0.05),while in test set(AUC 0.918)showed comparable performance with the latter two(both P>0.05).Conclusion CT-based peritumoral radiomics models were equally effective for preoperatively predicting renal capsule invasion of ccRCC.Combining with clinical and imaging features might further enhance diagnostic performance.
10.Clinical characteristics and genetic research of a child with Spastic Paraplegia 52 caused by AP4S1 gene variant and a Literature review
Li YANG ; Zihao ZHU ; Ran HUA ; Baotian WANG ; Junhong JIANG ; Jiulai TANG ; De WU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2025;42(9):1106-1113
Objective:To explore the clinical phenotype and genetic characteristics of a child with hereditary Spastic paraplegia type 52 (SPG52) due to variant of AP4S1 gene. Methods:A child diagnosed with SPG52 at the Department of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in May 2010 was selected as the study subject. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was carried out for the child and his parents. Candidate variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Pathogenicity of the candidate variant was interpreted according to the guidelines from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital (Ethics No.: PJ2024-04-56).Results:The child had presented with global developmental delay from infancy, and featured progressive lower limb spasticity, contractures, talipes equinovarus, and muscle weakness, but with no significant facial dysmorphism. His first febrile seizure occurred before one year of age, followed by several afebrile seizures. The seizures had remitted after 3 to 4 years of antiepileptic therapy, and electroencephalography was normal. However, he had severe intellectual disability, and MRI revealed reduced white matter. WES identified a homozygous AP4S1 c. 289C>T (p.Arg97*) variant in the child, for which both of his parents were heterozygous carriers. The variant was rated as pathogenic based on the ACMG guidelines. Literature review has identified 8 publications on SPG52, involving 18 patients from 12 pedigrees. Combined with our case, 14 had carried homozygous variants of the AP4S1 gene, 3 had compound heterozygous variants, and 2 had heterozygous variants, involving 12 distinct variant sites. The cohort included 7 males and 12 females. All patients exhibited progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness as the primary feature, with certain loss of independent ambulation. Most patients had intellectual disability, some had distinctive facial features, though febrile seizures or epilepsy were common. Electroencephalography often showed increased slow-wave activity. Brain MRI frequently demonstrated ventriculomegaly, a thin corpus callosum, and reduced white matter. Conclusion:The homozygous c. 289C>T (p.Arg97*) variant of the AP4S1 gene probably underlay the pathogenesis of SPG52 in this child. Above discovery has expanded the mutational spectrum of AP4S1 and provided valuable insights for the genetic diagnosis, counseling, and clinical management of SPG52.


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