OBJECTIVE: To review clinical application and research progress of different types of intelligent responsive hydrogels in repairing articular cartilage injury. METHODS: The animal experiments and clinical studies of different types of intelligent responsive hydrogels for repairing articular cartilage injury were summarized by reviewing relevant literature at home and abroad. RESULTS: The intrinsic regenerative capacity of articular cartilage following injury is limited. Intelligent responsive hydrogels, including those that are temperature-sensitive, light-sensitive, enzyme-responsive, pH-sensitive, and other stimuli-responsive hydrogels, can undergo phase transitions in response to specific stimuli, thereby achieving optimal functionality. These hydrogels can fill the injured cartilage area, promote the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes, and expedite the repair of the damaged site. With advancements in cartilage tissue engineering materials research, intelligent responsive hydrogels offer a novel approach and promising potential for the treatment of cartilage injuries. CONCLUSION Intelligent responsive hydrogel is a kind of flexible, controllable, efficient, and stable polymer, which has similar structure and functional properties to articular cartilage, and has become one of the important biomaterials for cartilage repair. However, there is still a lack of unified treatment standards and simple and efficient preparation technology.
Hydrogels/therapeutic use* ; Cartilage, Articular/injuries* ; Tissue Engineering/methods* ; Humans ; Animals ; Chondrocytes/cytology* ; Biocompatible Materials/chemistry* ; Tissue Scaffolds/chemistry*

Sertoli cells play an important role in the process of spermatogenesis, and the abnormalities in spermatogenesis are closely related to disruptions in glycolipid metabolism. The metabolic environment of Sertoli cells is hypoxic, with glycolysis and fatty acid β-oxidation being the primary metabolic pathways. In Sertoli cells, glycolysis produces lactate to provide energy for spermatogenic cells, while fatty acid β-oxidation generates ATP. Currently, the relationship between glycolipid metabolism in Sertoli cells and spermatogenic cell development, as well as the interplay between glucose and lipid metabolism remain unclear. Various hormones, including sex hormones, can affect glucose metabolism in Sertoli cells by endocrine regulation. The activation or inhibition of signaling pathways such as AMPK, mTOR, and Akt can alter the expression levels of glycolysis-related transporter genes and the synthesis of fatty acids, thereby affecting glycolipid metabolism in Sertoli cells. Some transcription factors such as PPARγ can regulate downstream fatty acid metabolism-related genes by directly binding to their response elements and promoting the oxidation of fatty acids in Sertoli cells. In this article we elaborate on the key factors influencing glycolipid metabolism in Sertoli cells and their interconnections, as well as their potential clinical implications, offering new insights for precisely targeted treatments of male infertility.
Sertoli Cells/cytology* ; Male ; Glycolipids/metabolism* ; Spermatogenesis/physiology* ; Humans ; Lipid Metabolism ; Animals ; Fatty Acids/metabolism* ; Signal Transduction ; Glycolysis

Ferroptosis of chondrocytes is a significant contributor to osteoarthritis (OA), for which there is still a lack of safe and effective therapeutic drugs targeting ferroptosis. Here, we screen for anti-ferroptotic drugs in Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug library via a high-throughput manner in chondrocytes. We identified a group of FDA-approved anti-ferroptotic drugs, among which vitamin K showed the most powerful protective effect. Further study demonstrated that vitamin K effectively inhibited ferroptosis and alleviated the extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation in chondrocytes. Intra-articular injection of vitamin K inhibited ferroptosis and alleviated OA phenotype in destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) mouse model. Mechanistically, transcriptome sequencing and knockdown experiments revealed that the anti-ferroptotic effects of vitamin K depended on growth arrest-specific 6 (Gas6). Furthermore, exogenous expression of Gas6 was found to inhibit ferroptosis through the AXL receptor tyrosine kinase (AXL)/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT serine/threonine kinase (AKT) axis. Together, we demonstrate that vitamin K inhibits ferroptosis and alleviates OA progression via enhancing Gas6 expression and its downstream pathway of AXL/PI3K/AKT axis, indicating vitamin K as well as Gas6 to serve as a potential therapeutic target for OA and other ferroptosis-related diseases.

Objective:To construct evaluation indicators for the effectiveness of curriculum ideology and politics education in medical colleges and universities based on the Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) model.Methods:Based on the CSE-based theoretical framework of "needs evaluation, program evaluation, formative evaluation, and summative evaluation", semi-structured interviews were conducted to select indicators. The Delphi method was used to conduct two rounds of questionnaire-based consultation with 29 experts to establish a set of indicators for evaluating the effects of curriculum ideology and politics teaching of medical colleges and universities. The priority diagram was used to calculate and determine the weight of each index.Results:The authority coefficient of the 29 experts included in this study was 0.85. The Kendall's coefficients of concordance for the two rounds of expert consultation were 0.361 and 0.577 ( P<0.05), respectively. Finally, an evaluation system for the effectiveness of curriculum ideology and politics teaching was formed, including 4 first-level indicators, 9 second-level indicators, and 18 evaluation observation points. The 4 first-level indicators were "implementation objectives", "implementation plans", "implementation process", and "implementation effects". Conclusions:The CSE model is suitable as a theoretical framework for constructing the evaluation system of curriculum ideology and politics teaching in medical schools, which employs scientific indicator construction methods, follows the basic principles of course evaluation, and conforms to the current concept of ideological and political construction of medical curricula, showing certain feasibility and guiding significance.

TCM believes that spleen deficiency is the root cause of emotional abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and clinical treatment often involves the heart, liver and kidney. TCM therapy has a significant efficacy in CFS emotional abnormalities. It is mostly treated with oral administration of TCM, acupuncture, moxibustion and massage therapy. It may play a therapeutic role by improving oxidative stress and immune inflammation, regulating nerve-endocrine, controlling energy metabolism and other ways. It is suggested to establish the syndrome differentiation standard of CFS emotional abnormality in the future, so as to improve the accuracy of syndrome differentiation and treatment; form a perfect treatment guide or expert consensus to guide the standardized application of various internal and external treatment methods; explore objective indicators based on the pathogenesis, and focus on the morphological and functional changes of disease target brain regions with the help of neuroimaging techniques, so as to improve the diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of CFS; based on the guidance of TCM theory, improve the CFS emotional abnormal animal modeling method.

TCM functional exercises are the important means of TCM to prevent and cure diseases. By adjusting the bones and muscles externally, adjusting the heart and organs internally, promoting blood circulation, improving sleep disorders, enhancing metabolism and immune capacity, the aim of preventing and treating diseases, prolonging life span, and strengthening the body is achieved. TCM exercises have a significant effect on the treatment of various types of fatigue such as chronic fatigue syndrome, Exercise-induced fatigue, post-stroke fatigue, and cancer-related fatigue.

Objective:To explore the relationship between social exclusion, rumination, executive function and mobile phone addiction among college students.Methods:From November to December 2023, a total of 516 college students were investigated by social exclusion questionnaire for undergraduate, ruminative responses scale, the Geurten-questionnaire of executive functioning in Chinese college students and mobile phone addiction tendency scale. SPSS 26.0 statistical software was used for common method bias test, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and PROCESS 3.5 macro program was used to test the mediation effect.Results:Social exclusion (31.21±12.69), rumination (42.85±12.38), executive function (71.46±9.41), and college students' mobile phone addiction tendency (43.53±11.74) were all significantly and positively correlated with each other ( r=0.299-0.500, all P<0.01). The direct effect of social exclusion on mobile phone addiction was significant (effect size=0.138, 95% CI=0.048-0.228), accounting for 37.91%(0.138/0.364) of the total effect. Rumination had a mediating effect between social exclusion and mobile phone addiction (effect size=0.053, 95% CI=0.001-0.112), accounting for 14.56%(0.053/0.364) of the total effect. Executive function mediates the relationship between social exclusion and mobile phone addiction (effect size=0.137, 95% CI=0.091-0.188), accounting for 37.64%(0.137/0.364) of the total effect.Rumination and executive function has a chain mediating effect between social exclusion and mobile phone addiction (effect size=0.036, 95% CI=0.016-0.061), accounting for 9.89%(0.036/0.364) of the total effect. Conclusion:Social exclusion can directly affect mobile phone addiction in college students and can also influence mobile phone addiction in college students through the independent mediating effects of rumination and executive function, as well as the chain mediating effect of rumination and executive function.

With the development of cancer treatment,patient survival rates have substantially improved.But cancer therapies may come along with potential cardiotoxic effects resulting in cardiovascular disease with increased morbidity and mortality.Ultimately,patients may survive their malignancy but die as a result of cancer treatment.It is crucial that being able to identify cardiovascular damage early and develop strategies that may ameliorate the damage secondary.Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging can provide a"one-stop"assessment of cardiac architecture,cardiac function,myocardial tissue characteristics,and cardiac macrovascular hemodynamics,and it is useful in assessing cardiovascular injury,particularly early injury.The objective of this review is to review the application and progress of various cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging methods in the evaluation of cancer treatment-related cardiovascular disease.

Objective:To explore the mediating effect of experiential avoidance and emotional eating between intolerable uncertainty and life satisfaction of college students.Methods:From October to December 2021, a total of 890 college students in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region were tested by the intolerable uncertainty scale (simplified version), the acceptance action scale second edition, the Dutch eating behavior questionnaire and the life satisfaction scale. All data processing and analysis were preformed by SPSS 22.0 software, and the mediating effect was tested by Pearson correlation analysis and Bootstrap analysis.Results:The intolerable uncertainty score was (26.43±7.64), the experiential avoidance score was (22.63±9.67), the emotional eating score was (26.43 ±11.83), and the life satisfaction score was (16.74±6.03). Intolerable uncertainty was significantly and negatively correlated with life satisfaction( r=-0.76, P<0.01), and was significantly and positively correlated with experience avoidance and emotional eating( r=0.66, 0.78, both P<0.01). Experience avoidance was significantly and positively correlated with emotional eating( r=0.70, P<0.01), and was significantly and negatively correlated with life satisfaction( r=-0.62, P<0.01). Emotional eating was significantly and negatively correlated with life satisfaction( r=-0.68, P<0.01). Intolerable uncertainty affects life satisfaction through four paths.The direct effect value of intolerable uncertainty on life satisfaction was -0.53, accounting for 70.23% of the total effect. The separate mediating effect value of experience avoidance was -0.11, accounting for 50.00% of the total indirect effect.The separate mediating effect value of emotional eating was -0.08, accounting for 36.36% of the total indirect effect, and the chain mediating effect value of experience avoidance and emotional eating was -0.03, accounting for 13.64% of the total indirect effect. Conclusion:Intolerable uncertainty can directly affect life satisfaction of college students and indirectly through experiencing avoidance and emotional eating.

Objective:To explore the mediating roles of rumination and avoidance coping between information anxiety and suicidal ideation.Methods:In March 2022, a total of 896 college students were surveyed by the information anxiety scale(IAS), ruminative responses scale(RRS), coping style questionnaire(CSQ)and self-rating idea of suicidal ideation scale(SIOSS). The ANOVA analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and mediating effect analysis were performed by the SPSS 22.0 software.Results:The detection rate of suicidal ideation among college students was 9.15%(82/896). The information anxiety score was(73.84±17.29), the rumination score was(47.73±12.16), the avoidance coping score was(3.76±2.52), and the suicidal ideation score was(5.41±4.09). Information anxiety was significantly positively correlated with rumination, avoidance coping and suicidal ideation( r=0.49, 0.36, 0.37, all P<0.05). Rumination was significantly positively correlated with avoidance coping and suicidal ideation( r=0.42, 0.59, both P<0.05). There was a significantly positive correlation between avoidance coping and suicidal ideation( r=0.45, P<0.05). Information anxiety affected suicidal ideation of college students through four paths.The direct effect value of information anxiety on suicidal ideation was 0.06, accounting for 16.67% of the total effect. The effect values of the separate mediating effect of rumination and avoid coping were 0.22 and 0.04, and accounting for 61.11% and 11.11% of the total effect respectively. The chain mediating effect value of rumination and avoid coping was 0.04, accounting for 11.11% of the total effect. Conclusion:Information anxiety can directly affect suicidal ideation of college students and indirectly affect suicidal ideation through rumination and avoidance coping.