1.Mechanisms of Action of Dendrobium officinale Against Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Base on Its Components in Blood
Jilei ZHANG ; Lei FENG ; Yumei XU ; Heyan YAO ; Yanmei ZHANG ; Shunzhen ZHANG ; Jiao WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(10):168-175
ObjectiveTo investigate the preventive effect and mechanism of Dendrobium officinale (DO) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by network pharmacology and animal experiments. MethodsDO components in blood after administration were identified and analyzed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-electrostatic field orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-QE-HF-MS/MS). Network pharmacology and molecular docking methods were employed to obtain active ingredients and potential targets of DO for NAFLD control. High-fat feeds were used to replicate the NAFLD rat model. Biochemical kits were used for detecting the expression levels of blood lipids, hepatic lipids, and liver functions of rats. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and oil red O staining were employed to observe pathological changes in rat liver, and real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (Real-time PCR) assay was performed to validate potential targets obtained from the network pharmacology analysis. ResultsA total of 13 DO components were identified in blood, including berberine, dihydrosanguinarine, and oxypeucedanin. A total of 14 potential targets were screened through network pharmacology, including Forkhead box protein O1 (FoxO1), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1R), involving pathways such as the advanced glycation end product (AGE)/receptor for AGE (RAGE) signaling pathway, blood lipids and atherosclerosis, insulin resistance, and FoxO signaling. The results of animal experiments showed that the NAFLD rat model was successfully replicated. After the preventive treatment with DO for NAFLD rats, the indexes of blood lipids, hepatic lipids, and liver function were normalized; lipid deposition and lesions in the liver were significantly improved; the expression level of FoxO1 mRNA in the liver was significantly reduced (P<0.05), and the mRNA expression levels of phosphatidylinositide 3-kinases (PI3K), protein kinase B (Akt), EGFR, and IGF-1R were significantly increased (P<0.05). ConclusionDO has a preventive effect on NAFLD rats, and the mechanism of action may be related to the modulation of IGF1R and EGFR targets and activation of the PI3K/Akt/FoxO1 signaling pathway.
2.Clinical observation of enteral immune microecological nutrition combined with ω-3 fish oil fat emulsion for postoperative hepatocellular carcinoma resection
Ming ZHANG ; Huaying YAN ; Dongping XU ; Jingjing WANG ; Licheng ZHANG ; Yumei QI
China Pharmacy 2025;36(8):961-965
OBJECTIVE To study the effects of enteral immune microecological nutrition combined with ω-3 fish oil fat emulsion on postoperative recovery, immune function, liver function and inflammation level in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma resection, as well as the safety of the medication. METHODS A total of 106 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma admitted to our Hospital from June 2020 to December 2023 were selected and divided into control group and study group according to the random number table method, with 53 cases in each group. After undergoing hepatocellular carcinoma resection, control group was given Intacted protein enteral nutrition solution+Enhanced enteral immune microecological nutrition, and the study group was given ω-3 fish oil fat emulsion injection based on the control group. The clinical indicators (postoperative exhaust time, defecation time, postoperative ambulation, and hospital stay), liver function indicators [alanine transaminase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aspartate transaminase (AST)], immune function indexes (CD3+ , CD4+ , CD8+ , CD4+/CD8+), inflammatory factor indexes [tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8], and indicators of intestinal mucosal barrier [D-lactic acid, intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP)] were compared between 2 groups, and the occurrence of ADR was recorded. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the postoperative exhaust time, postoperative defecation time, and hospital stay of the study group were shortened significantly, and postoperative ambulation increased significantly (P<0.05). After treatment, ALT, LDH, AST, CD8+, inflammatory factors, D-lactic acid and I-FABP of 2 groups were significantly lower than before treatment, and the study group was significantly lower than the control group (P<0.05); CD4+, CD3+, and CD4+/CD8+ of two groups were significantly higher than before treatment, and the study group was significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of ADR between 2 groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Enteral immune microecological nutrition combined with ω-3 fish oil fat emulsion injection can shorten the recovery time of patients after hepatocellular carcinoma resection, improve immune function, reduce inflammatory response, and improve liver function with good safety.
3.Ethical challenges and solution paths of medical artificial intelligence technology based on intelligent algorithms
Chinese Medical Ethics 2025;38(9):1127-1132
Intelligent algorithms, as the core element of artificial intelligence (AI), have played an irreplaceable and key role in fields such as medical AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, they have also presented new features such as the complexity of interdisciplinary integration, the conflict of ethical convergence in science and technology, the duality of risks and benefits coexistence, and the concealment of algorithm black box calculations. These features lead to numerous ethical challenges, such as algorithm bias, data security, and difficulty in tracing responsibility. Therefore, it is urgent to break through these challenges by establishing a micro-ethical institutional system for intelligent medical algorithms, setting up an ethical supervision mechanism for the operation of intelligent medical algorithms, improving ethical norms for data security protection of intelligent medical algorithms, and strengthening ethical standards for the identification of the main responsibility of intelligent medical algorithms.
4.Exploration of legal regulations of investigator-initiated trials
Hongjing WANG ; Shuhui SUN ; Yumei XU ; Jiyin ZHOU
Chinese Medical Ethics 2025;38(10):1306-1314
The investigator-initiated trials (IIT), as a widely existing form of clinical research both domestically and internationally, have attracted the attention of governments around the world due to the potential legal risks and issues they may cause, and the trend of legal supervision has gradually strengthened. The legal regulation of IIT in China is still in its early stages, with numerous legal issues that need to be clarified and sorted out. Based on the domestic and international legal reviews of IIT, this paper systematically sorted out the current situation of legal supervision of IIT in China and examined the existing issues, including weak legislative rules, incomplete regulatory systems, imperfect protection rules for research participants and informed consent systems, inadequate regulation of conflicts of interest management, and lax legal supervision of ethical review. Furthermore, this paper proposed suggestions for legal regulation of IIT from three perspectives, including strengthening legislation and emphasizing regulation, improving the mechanism for protecting research participants’ rights and interests, and balancing the legalization of IIT and the scientific development of clinical research, with a view to providing references for legal regulatory paths of IIT in China.
5.Associations between statins and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events among peritoneal dialysis patients: A multi-center large-scale cohort study.
Shuang GAO ; Lei NAN ; Xinqiu LI ; Shaomei LI ; Huaying PEI ; Jinghong ZHAO ; Ying ZHANG ; Zibo XIONG ; Yumei LIAO ; Ying LI ; Qiongzhen LIN ; Wenbo HU ; Yulin LI ; Liping DUAN ; Zhaoxia ZHENG ; Gang FU ; Shanshan GUO ; Beiru ZHANG ; Rui YU ; Fuyun SUN ; Xiaoying MA ; Li HAO ; Guiling LIU ; Zhanzheng ZHAO ; Jing XIAO ; Yulan SHEN ; Yong ZHANG ; Xuanyi DU ; Tianrong JI ; Yingli YUE ; Shanshan CHEN ; Zhigang MA ; Yingping LI ; Li ZUO ; Huiping ZHAO ; Xianchao ZHANG ; Xuejian WANG ; Yirong LIU ; Xinying GAO ; Xiaoli CHEN ; Hongyi LI ; Shutong DU ; Cui ZHAO ; Zhonggao XU ; Li ZHANG ; Hongyu CHEN ; Li LI ; Lihua WANG ; Yan YAN ; Yingchun MA ; Yuanyuan WEI ; Jingwei ZHOU ; Yan LI ; Caili WANG ; Jie DONG
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(21):2856-2858
6.A novel anti-ischemic stroke candidate drug AAPB with dual effects of neuroprotection and cerebral blood flow improvement.
Jianbing WU ; Duorui JI ; Weijie JIAO ; Jian JIA ; Jiayi ZHU ; Taijun HANG ; Xijing CHEN ; Yang DING ; Yuwen XU ; Xinglong CHANG ; Liang LI ; Qiu LIU ; Yumei CAO ; Yan ZHONG ; Xia SUN ; Qingming GUO ; Tuanjie WANG ; Zhenzhong WANG ; Ya LING ; Wei XIAO ; Zhangjian HUANG ; Yihua ZHANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(2):1070-1083
Ischemic stroke (IS) is a globally life-threatening disease. Presently, few therapeutic medicines are available for treating IS, and rt-PA is the only drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US. In fact, many agents showing excellent neuroprotection but no blood flow-improving activity in animals have not achieved ideal clinical efficacy, while thrombolytic drugs only improving blood flow without neuroprotection have limited their wider application. To address these challenges and meet the huge unmet clinical need, we have designed and identified a novel compound AAPB with dual effects of neuroprotection and cerebral blood flow improvement. AAPB significantly reduced cerebral infarction and neural function deficit in tMCAO rats, pMCAO rats, and IS rhesus monkeys, as well as displayed exceptional safety profiles and excellent pharmacokinetic properties in rats and dogs. AAPB has now entered phase I of clinical trials fighting IS in China.
7.Research progress on the role and mechanism of PANoptosis in lung diseases.
Yumei KANG ; Tao YANG ; Ling DING ; Lei WANG ; Licheng GENG ; Jiangang XU
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2025;37(7):688-692
PANoptosis is a newly defined type of programmed cell death (PCD), which is triggered by a variety of stimuli and covers three known forms of PCD: apoptosis, pyroptosis and necroptosis. In physiological state, cell death plays an important protective role against pathogen invasion, but its over-activation may aggravate inflammatory response and cause tissue damage. Studies have shown that the occurrence and progression of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases are closely related to PANoptosis. The purpose of this review is to deeply explore the molecular mechanism of PANoptosis and its regulatory factors in lung diseases, in order to discover potential therapeutic targets and provide new targets and innovative ideas for clinical treatment for lung diseases.
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8.Investigation and analysis of the training needs of scientific research ethics among medical graduate students in the context of science and technology ethics governance
Chinese Medical Ethics 2024;37(5):535-541
Objective:To investigate the training needs of knowledge of scientific research ethics and ethical review among medical graduate students in Shandong Province,and provide targeted suggestions for carrying out education and training on scientific research ethics for medical graduate students.Methods:A random sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 807 medical graduate students from 7 medical colleges and universities in Shandong Province.The data were statistically described and analyzed,and Pearson's chi-squared test and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the influencing factors.Results:There were 94.1%of medical graduate students believed that they"need"to receive training on knowledge of scientific research ethics.Their training needs were ranked as ethical principles of science and technology(75.5%),the content of ethical review(68.5%),ethical review process(68.3%),ethical issues that may be involved in frontier fields(63.6%),ethics committee system(58.1%),applied ethical regulation for medical scientific research(55.8%),and interpretation of relevant ethical documents(42.4%).The training forms and methods were,in order,online knowledge lectures(67.4%),academic conferences organized by relevant ethical review organizations(60.3%),the teaching methods in traditional classrooms(48.8%),learning by tutors or research groups(48.5%),conducted by the unit during the internship and work period(26.4%),and other forms(2.6%).The results of the regression analysis showed that medical graduate students with experience in project application and ethics course learning have a higher willingness for training needs in scientific research ethics(P<0.05).Conclusion:The education and training on scientific research ethics among medical graduate students still need improvement,and graduate students have an urgent need for training on scientific research ethics.Schools and hospitals should overall plan and set up a perfect science and technology ethics curriculum system,strengthen the practical training of medical research ethical review,and diversify the ways of scientific research ethics training for medical graduate students,to accelerate the improvement of research ethics literacy of them.
9.Study on the Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes of 800 Children with Alopecia Areata Based on Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis
Ying XIE ; Yanping WANG ; Mingyue ZHUANG ; Meijiao DU ; Yonglong XU ; Yumei YANG ; Dingquan YANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(4):388-394
ObjectiveTo study the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of children with alopecia areata, and provide evidence for TCM differentiation and treatment in clinic. MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 800 children with alopecia areata admitted to the Hair Medicine Center of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2021. The clinical data of the children were collected using a four-examination information questionnaire, including clinical characteristics (age of consultation, age of onset, course of disease, family history, severity grading), alopecia areata-related factors (triggers), and four-examination information (including sleep, diet, emotions, bladder and bowel function, etc.). Descriptive frequency analyses, rank sum tests, factor analyses and cluster analyses were performed, and the distribution of the major TCM syndromes was summarised with the clinical data. ResultsThere were 800 children with alopecia areata, including 449 males and 351 females; 8 cases (1.00%) were in infancy, 36 cases (4.50%) were in early childhood, 180 cases (22.50%) were in preschool, 380 cases (47.50%) were in school age, and 196 cases (24.50%) were in puberty at the time of consultation; the average age of consultation was 8.31±3.86 years, the average age of onset of disease was 5.40±3.82 years, and the average duration of disease was 2.94±2.77 years; 527 children (65.87%) with severe alopecia areata; 85 children (13.56%) had a family history of alopecia areata; 772 children (96.50%) had unknown triggers for their first alopecia areata, and 28 children (3.50%) reported the presence of obvious triggers, including fright (9 cases), high fever (5 cases), allergic reactions (4 cases), micronutrient (zinc, iron, etc.) deficiencies (4 cases), inappropriate diet (2 cases), environmental factors (1 case, new house renovation), atopic dermatitis (1 case), atopic asthma (1 case), and pneumonia (1 case). A total of 40 four-examination information items were collected, among which the frequency of kicking quilts was the highest with 380 cases (47.50%), followed by picky eating (369 cases, 46.13%), sleeplessness (334 cases, 41.75%), irritability (334 cases, 41.75%), partiality towards certain foods (306 cases, 38.25%), impulsiveness (297 cases, 37.13%), dry stools (233 cases, 29.13%), yellow urine (215 cases, 26.88%), nail biting (213 cases, 26.63%), bad breath (211 cases, 26.38%). According to factor analysis and cluster analysis, five types of TCM syndromes were obtained, in order as qi and blood deficiency syndrome (110 cases, 13.75%), spleen deficiency syndrome (114 cases, 14.25%), kidney essence deficiency syndrome (140 cases, 17.50%), dietary stagnation syndrome (150 cases, 18.75%), and liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome (286 cases, 35.75%). Patients in each age group and SALT grading are mainly liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome. ConclusionThe TCM symptoms of children with alopecia areata are mainly based on qi and blood deficiency syndrome, spleen deficiency syndrome, kidney essence deficiency syndrome, dietary stagnation syndrome, and liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome, of which liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome is the most common type at different ages and stages of the disease.
10.Analysis on the Problems of Nurses'Labor Cost Accounting from the Perspective of Management Accounting and Industry Finance Integration
Peiyong XIA ; Xun XU ; Jia YIN ; Yumei SHI
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(3):85-87
Nurses not only focus on nursing fees,but also participate in other medical fees,which is an important part of the hospital's medical services for patients.For the main resource consumption-labor cost in medical service project cost accounting,the labor cost of doctors(including medical and technical staff)and nurses is the most important part,but the labor cost accounting of nurses has not been paid enough attention for a long time.From the perspective of management accounting and the integration of industry and finance,it analyzes the characteristics of nurses'labor cost and accounting,and studies and discusses some problems of medical service project cost accounting based on nurses'labor cost,hoping to provide references for hospitals to carry out nurses'labor cost accounting in medical service projects more scientifically and reasonably.

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