1.Investigation and analysis of the current situation of pharmaceutical care demand and payment willingness of inpatients in Hubei Province
Xiaochun YE ; Chengcheng LI ; Lulu LI ; Tiying DENG ; Yangcong LIU ; Di LI ; Shaohui ZHANG
China Pharmacy 2025;36(18):2226-2231
OBJECTIVE To provide empirical basis for promoting the dynamic adjustment of the pharmaceutical care catalogue and the formulation of policies such as hierarchical payment of medical insurance. METHODS A multicenter cross- sectional survey method was adopted to conduct a questionnaire survey among 424 inpatients in 22 tertiary medical institutions in 12 prefecture-level cities of Hubei Province to evaluate their demand for pharmaceutical care, willingness to pay and preference for service forms. Combined with univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis, the influencing factors and key factors that affect patients’ willingness to pay for pharmaceutical care were identified. RESULTS Only 39.86% of the patients were aware of pharmaceutical care or pharmacists, and 89.62% of the patients hope to receive pharmaceutical care. Among the 16 types of pharmaceutical care, the patients surveyed had a relatively high recognition rate for guidance on drug usage and dosage, notification of medication precautions, and the identification, prevention and handling of adverse drug reactions. 96.70%, 95.30%, and 94.12% respectively expressed strong approval and approval. The demand for services such as insurance-related policy consultation, popular science on the mechanism of drug action, and assessment of the combined use of traditional Chinese and Western medicines was relatively low, with 61.65%, 68.47%, and 68.47% expressing strong approval and approval respectively. The positive influencing factors of willingness to pay were household monthly income > 5 000 yuan (OR=1.742), awareness of pharmaceutical care or pharmacists (OR=3.620), and the desire to receive pharmaceutical care (OR=4.686) (P<0.05), while self-rating health as “good” (OR=0.390) was a negative influencing factor (P<0.05). Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (54.48%) and antihypertensive drugs (45.05%) were the service scenarios that the surveyed patients most hope to be covered. 85.14% of the patients preferred “service when xiaochnye@126.com needed”, with a single service duration of less than 10 minutes being appropriate (84.43%), and the willingness to pay within 20 yuan being the main type (85.38%). CONCLUSIONS Based on the characteristics of patients’ needs and payment behaviors, it is suggested that our country could consider establishing a hierarchical payment mechanism for pharmaceutical care, and focus on differentiated design in combination with diseases and medication situations. At the same time, the rights, responsibilities and service standards of resident pharmacists in the links such as medication reorganization and medical order review should be further clarified to comprehensively enhance the clinical value and policy operability of pharmaceutical care.
2.Systemic comparison of molecular characteristics in different skin fibroblast senescent models.
Xiaokai FANG ; Shan ZHANG ; Mingyang WU ; Yang LUO ; Xingyu CHEN ; Yuan ZHOU ; Yu ZHANG ; Xiaochun LIU ; Xu YAO
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(17):2180-2191
BACKGROUND:
Senescent human skin primary fibroblast (FB) models have been established for studying aging-related, proliferative, and inflammatory skin diseases. The aim of this study was to compare the transcriptome characteristics of human primary dermal FBs from children and the elderly with four senescence models.
METHODS:
Human skin primary FBs were obtained from healthy children (FB-C) and elderly donors (FB-E). Senescence models were generated by ultraviolet B irradiation (FB-UVB), D-galactose stimulation (FB-D-gal), atazanavir treatment (FB-ATV), and replication exhaustion induction (FB-P30). Flow cytometry, immunofluorescence staining, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, co-culturing with immune cells, and bulk RNA sequencing were used for systematic comparisons of the models.
RESULTS:
In comparison with FB-C, FB-E showed elevated expression of senescence-related genes related to the skin barrier and extracellular matrix, proinflammatory factors, chemokines, oxidative stress, and complement factors. In comparison with FB-E, FB-UVB and FB-ATV showed higher levels of senescence and expression of the genes related to the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), and their shaped immune microenvironment highly facilitated the activation of downstream immune cells, including T cells, macrophages, and natural killer cells. FB-P30 was most similar to FB-E in terms of general transcriptome features, such as FB migration and proliferation, and aging-related characteristics. FB-D-gal showed the lowest expression levels of senescence-related genes. In comparisons with the single-cell RNA sequencing results, FB-E showed almost complete simulation of the transcriptional spectrum of FBs in elderly patients with atopic dermatitis, followed by FB-P30 and FB-UVB. FB-E and FB-P30 showed higher similarity with the FBs in keloids.
CONCLUSIONS
Each senescent FB model exhibited different characteristics. In addition to showing upregulated expression of natural senescence features, FB-UVB and FB-ATV showed high expression levels of senescence-related genes, including those involved in the SASP, and FB-P30 showed the greatest similarity with FB-E. However, D-galactose-stimulated FBs did not clearly present aging characteristics.
Humans
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Fibroblasts/drug effects*
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Cellular Senescence/physiology*
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Skin/metabolism*
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Child
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Transcriptome/genetics*
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Aged
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Ultraviolet Rays
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Cells, Cultured
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Galactose/pharmacology*
4.Dynamic gait parameters reveal long-term compensatory characteristics in knee joint function recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A retrospective cohort study.
Qitai LIN ; Zehao LI ; Meiming LI ; Yongsheng MA ; Wenming YANG ; Yugang XING ; Yang LIU ; Ruifeng LIANG ; Yixuan ZHANG ; Ruipeng ZHAO ; Wangping DUAN ; Pengcui LI ; Xiaochun WEI
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(22):3016-3018
5.Adaptive immunity in the neuroinflammation of Alzheimer's disease.
Hanchen LIU ; Yun CHEN ; Jing ZHANG ; Xiaochun CHEN
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(17):2116-2129
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is a growing public health challenge. Neuroinflammation has been proposed as a prominent pathological feature of AD and has traditionally been attributed to the innate immune system. However, emerging evidence highlights the involvement of adaptive immunity, particularly T and B lymphocytes, in the neuroinflammatory processes of AD. It remains unclear how adaptive immune responses, originally intended to protect the body, contribute to chronic inflammation and neuronal dysfunction in AD. Here, we review the roles of adaptive immunity, cellular composition, and niches and their contribution to AD development and progression. Notably, we synthesize the crosstalk between adaptive immunity and the innate immune system of the central nervous system (CNS), which is mainly mediated by glial cells and myeloid cells, and their interrelationships with amyloid-β (Aβ)/Tau pathology. We hypothesized that the alterations observed in innate immunity in AD mirror age-related immune alterations, whereas the dysregulation of adaptive immunity contributes more accurately to disease-specific immune responses. Targeting adaptive immunity in the context of neuroinflammation may provide new insights into potential therapeutic strategies designed to modulate immune responses, thereby facilitating the diagnosis, intervention, and treatment of AD.
Alzheimer Disease/metabolism*
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Humans
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Adaptive Immunity/physiology*
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Immunity, Innate/immunology*
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Animals
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Neuroinflammatory Diseases/immunology*
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Inflammation/immunology*
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Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism*
6.Teaching evaluation of the traditional Chinese medicine course by medical students from the reform pilot class in clinical medicine at Peking Union Medical College
Dan YANG ; Qunli WU ; Xiaochun LIANG ; Hua SUN ; Mengren ZHANG ; Weixin HAO ; Yi LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(8):1194-1197
Objective To evaluate the teaching performance of the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)course for the first three grades of the"4+4"reform pilot class in clinical medicine at Peking Union Medical College.Methods An anonymous survey was conducted using Questionnaire Star and the responses from TCM Teaching Questionnaire completed by students were statistically analyzed and summarized.Results Most students expressed interest in TCM and deemed it necessary to study TCM course.They believed that teachers well prepared for teach-ing performance and the teaching content was well-aligned with the textbooks,syllabus,and lecture slides.The teaching content was closely integrated with clinical practice,and students were satisfied with the teaching methods and approaches.Conclusions Teaching evaluations help teachers to summarize their teaching experiences and im-prove the teaching quality of the TCM course.
7.Efficiency analysis of digital three-dimensional reconstruction model of pelvic CTA in judging the origin of female giant pelvic mass
Ruolan CHEN ; Xiaochun HUANG ; Wenjuan MA ; Xia ZUO ; Qing LIU ; Panpan WANG ; Kuiwei ZHANG ; Peng LYU ; Chunlin CHEN ; Ping LIU
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(4):565-570
Objective To explore the value of pelvic CT angiography(CTA)digital three-dimensional reconstruction model(abbreviated as"three-dimensional model")in the diagnosis of female pelvic mass.Methods A total of 98 patients with pelvic mass who were hospitalized and operated in Xi'an People's Hos-pital(Xi'an Fourth Hospital)from January 2021 to April 2023 were selected.All patients underwent B-ultra-sound and CTA examination before operation,and the original data of CTA were collected.The digital three-dimensional model of pelvic mass was established by three-dimensional reconstruction software,and the source of pelvic mass was judged according to the blood supply of pelvic mass.Taking postoperative pathological di-agnosis as the gold standard,the coincidence rate between different preoperative diagnosis methods(B-ultra-sound,CTA examination and three-dimensional model)was compared.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was plotted to evaluate the efficacy of different preoperative diagnostic methods in judging the ovarian origin of pelvic tumors.Results A total of 130 pelvic masses were included in 98 patients,and the average maximum diameter of the mass was(71.61±3.03)mm,including 83 ovarian masses and 47 non-ovarian masses.Taking postoperative pathological diagnosis as the gold standard,the diagnostic coincidence rate of the preoperative three-dimensional model was 72.31%,which was higher than that of B-ultrasound(58.46%)and CTA(52.31%),and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.001).The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,accuracy,Kappa value,and area under the ROC curve were 79.51%,91.49%,94.29%,71.67%,83.85%,0.67 and 0.855,respectively,when the three-dimensional model showed that the blood supply of the mass originated from ovarian artery or uterine artery-ovarian branch.Conclusion The three-dimensional model of pelvic CTA can directly display the blood supply source,characteristics of mass,and the relationship between mass and adjacent organs,which can guide the clinical treatment.It has certain clinical value to judge the ovarian origin of pelvic mass by using ovarian artery and uterine artery-ovarian branch.
8.Genetic Diversity Analysis and Molecular ID Card Construction of Pinellia ternata Based on Phenotypic Traits and SSR Markers
Yike XU ; Shuang LI ; Peiwen KOU ; Changle LIU ; Xiaochun SUN ; Wenjing HUANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(5):134-142
ObjectiveTo study the genetic diversity and genetic relationship of Pinellia ternata germplasm resources and provide the basis for germplasm identification, variety breeding, and resource conservation. MethodIn this study, 27 P. ternata were used as experimental materials to determine seven phenotypic characters, such as plant height, leaf length, and leaf width. Simple sequence repeats (SSR) primers were designed based on P. ternata transcriptome data, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification was performed on 27 P. ternata samples. The genetic diversity of P. ternata germplasm was analyzed by POPGENE32, PowerMarker V3.25, and NTSYS-PC 2.10e software. ResultA total of 10 pairs of highly polymorphic primers (PIC>0.5) and four pairs of moderately polymorphic primers (0.25
9.Value of multi-slice spiral CT enhanced scanning combined with CT texture analysis in preoperative International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging of ovarian cancer
Qiang YUE ; Jian'an WEI ; Shijie LIU ; Xiaochun HU
Journal of Xinxiang Medical College 2024;41(8):776-782
Objective To investigate the value of multi-slice spiral CT enhanced scanning combined with CT texture analysis in preoperative International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics(FIGO)staging of ovarian cancer.Methods A total of 126 ovarian cancer patients admitted to the Tongzhou District Maternal and Child Health Hospital and Beijing Friendship Hospital,Capital Medical University from March 2021 to September 2023 were selected as the research subjects.All patients underwent multi-slice spiral CT enhanced scanning,and their CT values were measured.Kinetics software was employed for CT texture analysis,and the texture feature-related parameters,including skewness,kurtosis,variance,entropy,and inverse difference,were calculated.The CT values and CT texture feature-related parameters among patients with different FIGO stages were compared.The diagnostic efficacy of CT enhanced scanning,CT texture analysis,and their combination in preoperative FIGO staging of ovarian cancer was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve,and the consistency between the diagnosis of FIGO stage of ovarian cancer based on CT enhanced scanning,CT texture analysis,and their combination and the pathological diagnosis of FIGO stage of ovarian cancer was evaluated by Cohen's Kappa coefficient analysis.Results The CT value and entropy value of FIGO stage Ⅳ patients were significantly higher than those of FIGO stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ,and Ⅲpatients,and the CT value and entropy value of FIGO stage Ⅲ patients were significantly higher than those of FIGO stage Ⅰand Ⅱ patients(P<0.05);there was no statistically significant difference in the CT value and entropy value between FIGO stage Ⅰ and stage Ⅱ patients(P>0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in skewness,kurtosis,variance,and inverse difference among patients with different FIGO stages(P>0.05).The ROC curve analysis showed that with reference to FIGO stages Ⅰ and Ⅱ,when the cut-off values of CT value and entropy value were 74.645 and 9.540,respectively,the area under the curve(AUC)of CT value and entropy value in diagnosing FIGO stage Ⅲ was 0.733 and 0.743,respectively,the specificity was 0.760 and 0.800,respectively,and the sensitivity was 0.605 and 0.674,respectively;the area under the curve(AUC)of CT value combined with entropy value in diagnosing FIGO stage Ⅲ was 0.818,the specificity was 0.820,and the sensitivity was 0.721.When the cut-off values of CT value and entropy value were 77.095 and 10.020,respectively,the AUC of CT value and entropy value in diagnosing FIGO stage Ⅳ was 0.817 and 0.797,respectively,the specificity was 0.820 and 0.820,respectively,and the sensitivity was 0.545 and 0.667,respectively;the AUC of CT value combined with entropy value in diagnosing FIGO stage Ⅳ was 0.926,the specificity was 0.900,and the sensitivity was 0.758.The consistency between CT enhanced scanning and pathology in diagnosing FIGO stage of ovarian cancer was moderate(Kappa=0.580,P<0.05),with an accuracy rate of 72.22%(91/126);the consistency between CT texture analysis and pathology in diagnosing FIGO stage of ovarian cancer was moderate(Kappa=0.598,P<0.05),with an accuracy rate of 73.81%(93/126);the combination of CT enhanced scanning and CT texture analysis in the diagnosis of FIGO stage of ovarian cancer had a high consistency with pathological diagnosis(Kappa=0.868,P<0.05),with an accuracy rate of 91.27%.Conclusion Multi-slice spiral CT enhanced scanning and CT texture analysis are both reliable methods for the diagnosis of FIGO stage of ovarian cancer.The combination of CT enhanced scanning and CT texture analysis in the diagnosis of FIGO stage of ovarian cancer has a high consistency with pathological diagnosis.The combination of the two can improve the diagnostic efficiency for FIGO stage of ovarian cancer.
10.Expression of lncRNA SNHG8 in placenta accreta and its effect on trophoblast invasion and migration
Li'na GAO ; Xiaohui LIU ; Yufang ZHANG ; Xiaoling LIU ; Xiaochun HE ; Jing GAO ; Li ZHANG ; Jun SUN ; Xiujuan WANG ; Yan DONG
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2024;40(5):646-652
Objective To investigate the expression of lncRNA SNHG8 in placenta accrete(PA)and its effect on trophoblast invasion and migration.Methods qRT-PCR was used to detect the expression of lncRNA SNHG8 in placenta tissue of 30 cases in PA group and 30 cases in control group,and the correlation between lncRNA SNHG8 expression and prenatal ultrasound score of 30 cases in PA group was analyzed.Transwell and scratch assay were used to detect the effect of lncRNA SNHG8 interference on the invasion and migration of human chorionic trophoblast cells(HTR8/SVneo cells),and western blot was used to detect the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9.The downstream targets of lncRNA SNHG8 were predicted by StarBase software,and the expression of lncRNA SNHG8 was detected in placental tissues of the two groups.Dual luciferase reporter assay was used to detect the targeting relationship between lncRNA SNHG8 and miR-542-3p.Results Compared with that of the control group,the expression of lncRNA SNHG8 was up-regulated in the placenta tissue of the PA group(P<0.05),and it was positively correlated with prenatal ultrasound score.Interference with lncRNA SNHG8 inhibited the invasion and migration of trophoblast cells(P<0.05);the protein expression of MMP-9 and MMP-2 also decreased signifi-cantly(P<0.05).Biological prediction indicates that miR-542-3p had a binding site with lncRNA SNHG8,and miR-542-3p expression was down-regulated in PA placental tissue(P<0.05).Dual luciferase reporter assay confirmed that lncRNA SNHG8 could target miR-542-3p.Compared with si-SNHG8+inhibitor-NC,co-transfection of si-SNHG8 and miR-542-3p inhibitor enhanced the invasion and migration ability of trophoblast cells(P<0.05).Conclusion lncRNA SNHG8 is highly expressed in PA and is related to the severity of PA.LncRNA SNHG8 promotes the invasion and migration of trophoblast by regulating the level of miR-542-3p.The study suggests that lncRNA SNHG8 plays an important role in the invasion and migration of PA trophoblast cells,which is expected to be a clinical diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target.

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