1.Discovery and investigation of six polio vaccine derived viruses in Guangzhou City
Min CUI ; Chunhuan ZHANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Jun LIU ; Jialing LI ; Jianxiong XU ; Wenji WANG ; Qing HE ; Lihong NI ; Xuexia YUN ; Huanying ZHENG
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine 2025;36(2):22-25
Objective To understand the surveillance situation of poliovirus in Guangzhou from 2011 to 2024, and to further strengthen polio surveillance and ensure the continued maintenance of a polio-free status. Methods An analysis was conducted on the discovery and investigation results of six cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) detected in Guangzhou. Results A total of 6 VDPV incidents were reported in Guangzhou from 2011 to June 2024, among which 5 incidents were from sewage sample testing in the Liede Sewage Treatment Plant in Guangzhou, all of which were confirmed as VDPV, with 1 for type I, 1 for type II, and 3 for type III. In addition, one confirmed HFMD case was identified as a type VDPV II carrier. No presence of any wild poliovirus (WPV), VDPV cases, or circulating VDPV (cVDPV) was reported. Conclusion Guangzhou City has maintained a high level of vigilance and effectiveness in the monitoring and prevention of polio. Continuously strengthening the construction of the polio monitoring network, optimizing vaccination strategies, and comprehensively improving public health awareness are still the focus of the prevention and control work in the future.
2.TCM-HIN2Vec: A strategy for uncovering biological basis of heart qi deficiency pattern based on network embedding and transcriptomic experiment
Lihong Diao ; Xinyi Fan ; JIang Yu ; Kai Huang ; Edouard C Nice ; Chao Liu ; Dong Li ; Shuzhen Guo
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences 2024;11(3):264-274
Objective:
To elucidate the biological basis of the heart qi deficiency (HQD) pattern, an in-depth understanding of which is essential for improving clinical herbal therapy.
Methods:
We predicted and characterized HQD pattern genes using the new strategy, TCM-HIN2Vec, which involves heterogeneous network embedding and transcriptomic experiments. First, a heterogeneous network of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) patterns was constructed using public databases. Next, we predicted HQD pattern genes using a heterogeneous network-embedding algorithm. We then analyzed the functional characteristics of HQD pattern genes using gene enrichment analysis and examined gene expression levels using RNA-seq. Finally, we identified TCM herbs that demonstrated enriched interactions with HQD pattern genes via herbal enrichment analysis.
Results:
Our TCM-HIN2Vec strategy revealed that candidate genes associated with HQD pattern were significantly enriched in energy metabolism, signal transduction pathways, and immune processes. Moreover, we found that these candidate genes were significantly differentially expressed in the transcriptional profile of mice model with heart failure with a qi deficiency pattern. Furthermore, herbal enrichment analysis identified TCM herbs that demonstrated enriched interactions with the top 10 candidate genes and could potentially serve as drug candidates for treating HQD.
Conclusion
Our results suggested that TCM-HIN2Vec is capable of not only accurately identifying HQD pattern genes, but also deciphering the basis of HQD pattern. Furthermore our finding indicated that TCM-HIN2Vec may be further expanded to develop other patterns, leading to a new approach aimed at elucidating general TCM patterns and developing precision medicine.
3.Safety evaluation of free bivalent human papilloma virus vaccine among junior middle school girls in Jiangxi Province
ZHAO Hongping, LIU Lihong, ZHENG Min, WU Fengyun, GUO Shicheng, LIU Jie
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(9):1251-1254
Objective:
To evaluate the safety of free bivalent human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine for junior middle school girls in Jiangxi Province, so as to provide the reference for HPV vaccination.
Methods:
The number of free inoculation of bivalent HPV vaccine for junior middle school girls in Jiangxi Province from August 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 were collected by Jiangxi Provincial Immunization Planning Information System, and the cases of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) were collected by China Disease Prevention and Control Information System. A descriptive analysis was conducted to assess the incidence of AEFI among middle school girls who received free bivalent HPV vaccine.
Results:
Junior middle school girls in Jiangxi Province were vaccinated with free bivalent HPV vaccine for 1 061 023 doses, and 67 cases of AEFI were reported. Among the 67 cases, there were 50 cases of general reaction, 7 cases of abnormal reaction, 8 cases of psychogenic reaction and 2 cases of coupling syndrome. The reported incidence of AEFI, adverse reactions and psychogenic reactions were 6.31/100 000, 5.37/100 000 and 0.75/100 000 respectively. Adverse reactions were primarily general reactions (87.72%), with abnormal reactions counting for 12.28%. All AEFI cases were cured or improved, and no death or disability cases were reported.
Conclusion
The free vaccination of bivalent HPV for junior high school girls in Jiangxi Province is identified as highly safe, low adverse reaction reporting rate, and mainly general reactions, but attention should be paid to the prevention of psychogenic reactions in adolescents.
4.Entity Recognition in Famous Medical Records Based on BRL Neural Network Model
Hang YANG ; Yehui PENG ; Wei YANG ; Jiaheng WANG ; Zhiwei ZHAO ; Wenyuan XU ; Yuxin LI ; Yan ZHU ; Lihong LIU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(24):167-173
ObjectiveIn order to improve the recognition accuracy of named entities in medical record texts and realize the effective mining and utilization of medical record knowledge, a Bert-Radical-Lexicon(BRL) neural network model is constructed to recognize medical record entities with respect to the characteristics of medical record texts. MethodWe selected 408 medical records related to hypertension from the the Complete Library of Famous Medical Records of Chinese Dynasties and constructed a dataset consisting of 1 672 medical records by manually labeling. Then, we randomly divided the dataset into three subsets, including the training set(1 004 cases), the testing set (334 cases) and the validation set(334 cases). Based on this dataset, we built a BRL model that fused various text features of medical records, as well as its variants BRL-B, BRL-L and BRL-R, and a baseline model Base for experiments. During the model training phase, we trained the above models using the training set to reduce the risk of overfitting. We continuously monitored the performance of each model on the validation set during training and saved the model with the best performance. Finally, we evaluated the performance of these models on the testing set. ResultCompared with other models, the BRL model had the best performance in the medical records named entity recognition task, with an overall recognition precision of 90.09%, a recall of 90.61%, and the harmonic mean of the precision and recall(F1) of 90.35% for eight types of entities, including disease, symptom, tongue manifestation, pulse condition, syndrome, method of treatment, prescription and traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). Compared with the Base model, the BRL model improved the overall F1 value of entity recognition by 5.22%, and the F1 value of pulse condition entity increased by 6.92%, which was the largest increase. ConclusionBy incorporating a variety of medical record text features in the embedding layer, the BRL neural network model has stronger named entity recognition ability, and thus extracts more accurate and reliable TCM clinical information.
5.Modern Thinking on the Indications of Daoyin (导引) based on the Theory of "Wei (痿) Diseases should be Treated by Daoyin"
Yan YU ; Xueyin CHEN ; Lihong YANG ; Shaonan LIU ; Yu CHEN ; Lixiang LIU ; Ping YUE ; Jinpeng WU ; Xinfeng GUO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(11):1170-1173
It has been proposed by Basic Questions On Proper Therapies for Different Diseases Geographically (《素问·异法方宜论篇》) that "wei (痿) diseases should be treated by Daoyin (导引)". Furthermore, it is clarified that the indications of Daoyin are those conditions related to spleen and dampness caused by dampness pathogen, excessive food intake and less exercise, and mainly manifested as heavy limbs, fatigue and flaccidity, which is similar to the metabolic imbalance in the early stage of glucose or lipid metabolism disorder in modern medicine. Based on modern clinical and basic research evidence, Daoyin can inhibit the response of inflammation, alleviate oxidative stress, regulate intestinal microbiota, and modulate gene expression to improve metabolic abnormalities, and this will provide ideas for researches on the indications of Daoyin.
6.Endoplasmic reticulum stress induced cell autophagy in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis rats
Jing LI ; Jing LIU ; Lihong WANG ; Xiaoli YANG
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2024;39(2):105-111
Objective:To study the effects of endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and autophagy mechanisms in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).Methods:A total of 39 newborn SD rats were randomly assigned into 3 groups: the NEC group (NEC model: artificial feeding+hypoxic stimulation+intragastric injection of lipopolysaccharides), the ERS antagonist group (NEC model+intraperitoneal injection of 4-phenylbutyric acid) and the ERS inducer group (NEC model+intraperitoneal injection of tunicamycin). After successful modeling, the rats were sacrificed and intestinal tissues were obtained. The intestinal pathology was observed using electronic microscope. Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) was detected using ELISA. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to examine mRNA levels of glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) and oxygen-regulated protein 150 (ORP150). Western-blot was used to detect p62 and autophagy-related proteins (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)Ⅱ and LC3Ⅰ) and LC3Ⅱ/LC3Ⅰ ratio was calculated.Results:(1) For all 3 groups, the pathological scores of rat intestines were≥2. (2) The ERS inducer group showed significantly higher clinical score, pathological score, I-FABP level, GRP78 and ORP150 mRNA levels and LC3Ⅱ/ LC3Ⅰ ratio than the NEC group and ERS antagonist group, and the NEC group higher than the ERS antagonist group ( P<0.05). The p62 level in the ERS inducer group was significantly lower than the NEC group and the ERS antagonist group, and the NEC group lower than the ERS antagonist group ( P<0.05). (3) The LC3Ⅱ/ LC3Ⅰ ratio was positively correlated with clinical score, pathological score and I-FABP level ( P<0.05). The p62 level was negatively correlated with clinical score, pathological score and I-FABP level ( P<0.05). The mRNA levels of GRP78 and ORP150 were positively correlated with clinical score, pathological score and I-FABP level ( P<0.05). LC3Ⅱ/ LC3Ⅰ ratio was positively correlated with the mRNA levels of GRP78 and ORP150 ( P<0.05). The p62 level was negatively correlated with the mRNA levels of GRP78 and ORP150 ( P<0.05). Conclusions:ERS is associated with the pathogenesis of NEC. Inhibition of ERS can reduce autophagy and improve intestinal barrier function and clinical symptoms of NEC.
7.Survey on Status and Development Needs of Evidence-Based Medicine Capability in Ethnic Minority Medicine
Ruifang YU ; Genghang CHEN ; Xueyin CHEN ; Jiaqi LAI ; Qian HUANG ; Lihong YANG ; Yuwei LIU ; Xinfeng GUO ; Shaonan LIU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(15):1559-1564
ObjectiveTo investigate the current status and development needs of evidence-based medicine (EBM) capability in ethnic minority medicine, and explore effective strategies to enhance EBM capability in this field. MethodsThe questionnaire survey was conducted in various ethnic minority medical institutions and research organisations. The questionnaire covered three dimensions, firstly, perceptions and attitudes towards evidence-based medicine; secondly, advantages and challenges in the development of ethnic minority medicine; thirdly, demands and recommendations for enhancing evidence-based medicine capability in ethnic minority medicine. ResultsA total of 501 valid questionnaires were collected, of which 103 questionnaires were collected by re-sending to minority medicine regions with insufficient participation. The questionnaires included 354 responses (70.66%) from practitioners of minority medicine, including Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine, Uyghur medicine, Zhuang medicine, and Korean medicine. Among the 501 questionnaires, 146 respondents (29.14%) indicated that they knew about EBM, 355 respondents (70.86%) had either a "general understanding" or had "not heard about" EBM before, and 469 respondents (93.61%) believed that introducing ECM could promote the development of ethnic minority medicine. The primary challenge in promoting EBM in the field of ethnic minority medicine is the lack of professionals in EBM and a lack of understanding of how to apply it into clinical practice (442 respondents, 88.22%). In the 9-point importance rating for enhancing evidence-based abilities, high scores were achieved in standardization of clinical practice guidelines (7.50±1.90) and methods for sample sizes in clinical research (7.45±1.90). Regarding the demand for improving clinical research literacy, expert academic lectures, and experience sharing (404 respondents, 80.64%) and evidence-based methodology monographs on ethnic minority medicine (401 respondents, 80.04%) were emphasized. ConclusionsPractitioners in ethnic minority medicine hold a positive attitude towards integrating EBM. However, there remains substantial room for the education and dissemination of EBM. Enhancing evidence-based capabilities can be achieved through specific measures such as cultivating or recruiting talents in EBM, establishing evidence-based support platforms for clinical research, organizing regular academic lectures and exchanges, and strengthening the construction of theoretical frameworks and evaluation systems tailored to ethnic minority medicine, thereby following a path of evidence-based practices aligned with the unique characteristics of ethnic minority medicine.
8.Influence of peripheral blood NLR,MLR and PLR in prognosis of patients with multiple myeloma
Xinlan XIA ; Die LIU ; Lihong AN ; Yan LI ; Peng ZHAO ; Yan ZHANG ; Mengxing LI ; Jishi WANG ; Yinghao LU
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(15):2261-2268
Objective To investigate the influence of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR),monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) on the prognosis in the patients with multiple myeloma (MM).Methods A total of 159 newly diagnosed MM admitted and treated in the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University from January 2019 to May 2023 were selected as the study subjects.The general clinical data,blood biochemical and marrow routine detection results before the in-itial treatment were collected.NLR,MLR and PLR were calculated.The univariate and multivariate Cox-re-gression model was adopted to analyze the influencing factors.The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive value.The Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Log-Rank test were used to conduct the survival analysis.Results The ROC curve showed that the critical values of NLR,MLR and PLR were 2.682,0.317 and 147.786 respectively.The patients were divided into the high/low NLR groups (n=61,n=98),high/low MLR group (n=76,n=83) and high/low PLR groups (n=59,n=100).The pro-portions of blood calcium<2.5 mmol/L and creatinine<177 μmmol/L in the low NLR group in the low NLR group were higher compared with the high NLR group (P<0.05);the blood calcium,creatinine and DS stage had statistical differences between the low MLR group and high MLR group (P<0.05);blood calcium had statistical difference between the low PLR group and high PLR group (P<0.05).After 3 treatment courses,the complete remission rate in the high NLR group,high MLR group and high PLR group was significantly lower than that in the corresponding low group (P<0.05).The multivariate Cox-regression analysis results showed that hemoglobin<100 g/L and high PLR were the independent risk factors affecting the progress free survival (PFS) stage in the patients with MM (P<0.05).The age>60 years old was the independent risk factors affecting the overall survival (OS) in the patients with MM (P<0.05).Conclusion NLR,MLR and PLR could serve as the assisted tool to evaluate the prognosis in the patients with MM.
9.The value of three-point localization method for four-chamber view acquisition in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Lihong CHEN ; Tingting QU ; Le CAO ; Yanan LI ; Ganglian FAN ; Bing LIU ; Zhijie JIAN ; Jianxin GUO
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2024;45(3):491-496
Objective To evaluate the application value of the three-point localization method in improving the quality and efficiency of four-chamber view acquisition in cardiac magnetic resonance(CMR)imaging.Methods A total of 215 patients who underwent four-chamber view in CMR imaging from January 2022 to October 2023 were retrospectively enrolled and divided into two groups.The control group(n=109)received traditional localization method while the study group(n=106)received three-point localization method.The image quality of mitral valve,tricuspid valve and cruciform structure in four-chamber view images were assessed by two radiologists using a Likert 4-piont scale.The time-consumption from scout imaging to the finish of four-chamber view imaging was recorded.Constituent data and numeral data were compared by Chi-square test and two-sample t test,respectively.Kappa test was used to analyze the inter-observer consistency.Results There were no significant inter-group differences in gender,age,disease profile,or the radiographers'experience.The mean quality scores of the mitral valve,tricuspid valve and cruciform structure in the control group and the study group were 3.44±0.64 and 3.63±0.49(P=0.023),3.43±0.67 and 3.53±0.60(P=0.202),3.71±0.49 and 3.83±0.35(P=0.047),respectively.The image quality score was higher in the study group than in the control group,with the differences in mitral valve and cruciform structure reaching statistical significance.The time-consumption for obtaining four-chamber view for the control group and the study group was 11.67±3.49 minutes and 7.212±1.83 minutes,respectively,with statistically significant differences(P<0.001).Conclusion Compared with the traditional localization method,the three-point localization method provides better image quality in four-chamber view imaging with shortened imaging time.
10.Gene mutation characteristics of clinical stage ⅠA lung adenocarcinoma and their relations with patients′ long-term prognosis
Li ZHANG ; Mengwen LIU ; Lin LI ; Shuang ZHAO ; Lihong WU ; Zhaohua YIN ; Meng LI ; Yanning GAO ; Ning WU
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2024;46(8):755-763
Objective:To explore the gene mutation characteristics and the relationship between gene mutations and long-term prognosis in clinical stage ⅠA lung adenocarcinoma patients.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 63 clinical stage ⅠA lung adenocarcinoma patients who underwent surgical resection at the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from January 2007 to October 2012, with documented postoperative recurrence or metastasis, as well as those who had a follow-up duration of 10 years or more without recurrence or metastasis. Whole exome sequencing (WES) technology was used to analyze the gene mutation profiles in tumor tissues and univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis were used to clarify the influencing factors for patient prognosis.Results:After long term follow-up, 13 out of the 63 patients (21%) experienced recurrence or metastasis. WES technology analysis revealed that the most common tumor related gene mutations occurred in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), with a mutation rate of 65.1% (41/63), followed by tumor protein p53 (TP53), fatatypical cadherin 1 (FAT1), low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B (LRP1B), mechanistic target of rapamycin (MTOR), phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit gamma (PIK3CG), and SWI/SNF related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily A, member 4 (SMARCA4), with mutation rates of 30.2% (19/63), 20.6% (13/63), 15.9% (10/63), 15.9% (10/63), 15.9% (10/63), and 15.9% (10/63), respectively. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that PIK3CG mutations ( HR=21.52, 95% CI: 3.19-145.01),smoothened (SMO) mutations ( HR=35.28, 95% CI: 3.12-398.39), catenin beta 1 (CTNNB1) mutations ( HR=332.86, 95% CI: 15.76-7 029.05), colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) mutations ( HR=8 109.60, 95% CI: 114.19-575 955.17), and v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B (BRAF) mutations ( HR=23.65, 95% CI: 1.86-300.43) were independent risk factors affecting the prognosis of clinical stage ⅠA lung adenocarcinoma patients. Conclusions:PIK3CG, SMO, CTNNB1, CSF1R, BRAF gene mutations are closely related to long-term recurrence or metastasis in clinical stage ⅠA lung adenocarcinoma. Patients with these gene mutations should be given closer clinical attention.


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