1.Mechanism of Electroacupuncture Alleviating Inflammatory Pain in Rats by Regulating ErbB Subtypes in the Spinal Dorsal Horn
Yuxin WU ; Shuxin TIAN ; Zhengyi LYU ; Dingru JI ; Xingzhen LI ; Yue DONG ; Binyu ZHAO ; Yi LIANG ; Jianqiao FANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(1):69-78
ObjectiveTo observe the changes in the levels of different subtypes of epidermal growth factor receptor (ErbB), namely ErbB1, ErbB2, ErbB3, and ErbB4, in the spinal dorsal horn of inflammatory pain model rats, and to explore their mechanism of mediating hyperalgesia as well as the intervention mechanism of electroacupuncture at "Zusanli (ST 36)" and "Kunlun (BL 60)". MethodsThe study was divided into five parts. In experiment 1, 14 Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into control and inflammatory pain group (7 rats each group) to observe the pain behavior and the protein expression of different ErbB receptor subtypes in the spinal dorsal horn. In experiment 2, 30 rats were randomly divided into control group 1, inflammatory pain group 1, and low-, medium-, and high-concentration TX1-85-1 groups, with 6 rats in each group, to observe the effect of inhibiting spinal ErbB3 on inflammatory pain. In experiment 3, 12 rats were randomly divided into control virus group and ErbB3 knockdown virus group, with 6 rats in each group, to observe the effect of knocking down ErbB3 in the spinal dorsal horn on inflammatory pain. In experiment 4, 44 rats were randomly divided into control group 2, inflammatory pain group 2, electroacupuncture group, and sham electroacupuncture group, with 11 rats in each group, to observe the effect of electroacupuncture. In experiment 5, 40 rats were randomly divided into control group 3, inflammatory pain group 3, electroacupuncture group 1, and electroacupuncture + NRG1 group, with 10 rats in each group, to observe the effect of activating ErbB3 on electroacupuncture. A rat model of inflammatory pain was established by subcutaneous injection of 100 μl of complete Freund's adjuvant into the sole of the unilateral hind foot of SD rats. Rats in the low-, medium-, and high-concentration TX1-85-1 groups were intrathecally injected with ErbB3 inhibitor TX1-85-1 on day 5 to day 7 after modeling. Rats in the ErbB3 knockdown virus group were injected with ErbB3 knockdown virus packaged with adenovirus vector-based short hairpin RNA (shRNA) into the spinal dorsal horn in situ 3 weeks before modeling. Rats in each electroacupuncture group received electroacupuncture at bilateral "Zusanli (ST 36)" and "Kunlun (BL 60)" from day 1 to day 7 after modeling, with dense-sparse waves at a frequency of 2 Hz/100 Hz and a current of 0.5-1.5 mA for 30 minutes once a day. Rats in the electroacupuncture + NRG1 group were intrathecally injected with ErbB3 ligand recombinant human neuregulin-1 (NRG1) after electroacupuncture intervention from day 5 to day 7 after modeling. The mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency of rats were measured on day 1, 3, 5, and 7 after modeling to evaluate behavior, and Western Blot was used to detect the protein and phosphorylation levels of each ErbB subtype in the spinal dorsal horn. ResultsCompared with the control group, rats in the inflammatory pain group showed decreased mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency of rats, and increased expression of phosphorylated ErbB3 (p-ErbB3) protein in the spinal dorsal horn on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 after modeling (P<0.01). On day 5 and day 7 after modeling, compared with the inflammatory pain group 1, the mecha-nical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency of rats in the medium- and high-concentration TX1-85-1 groups increased, and the expression of p-ErbB3 protein decreased (P<0.05). On day 1, 3, 5, and 7 after modeling, compared with the control virus group, the mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency of rats in the ErbB3 knockdown virus group increased (P<0.05). On day 5 and day 7 after modeling, compared with the inflammatory pain group 2 and the sham electroacupuncture group, the mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency of rats in the electroacupuncture group increased, and the expression of p-ErbB3 protein decreased (P<0.05). On day 5 and day 7 after modeling, compared with the electroacupuncture + NRG1 group, the mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency of rats in the electroacupuncture group 1 increased (P<0.05). ConclusionThe p-ErbB3 in the spinal dorsal horn involved in hyperalgesia in rats with inflammatory pain, and electroacupuncture at "Zusanli (ST 36)" and "Kunlun (BL 60)" can alleviate inflammatory pain by inhibiting the expression of p-ErbB3 protein in the spinal dorsal horn of rats.
2.Analysis of knowledge awareness and associated factors of chikungunya fever among medical college students in Baise City
Chinese Journal of School Health 2026;47(3):347-350
Objective:
To understand the awareness of chikungunya fever knowledge and its related factors among medical college students in Baise City, so as to provide a scientific basis to offer relevant courses and special education.
Methods:
From July to August 2025, 7 286 enrolled medical students were selected by a sampling method from a medical college in Baise City to participate in the questionnaire survey. The questionnaire covered epidemiological characteristics, clinical symptoms, and prevention/control knowledge of chikungunya fever. Statistical analyses including the Chi quare test and multivariate Logistic regression models were performed.
Results:
The overall awareness rate of chikungunya fever knowledge among the medical students was 18.89%. Among the knowledge items, the awareness rate of "the high incidence season" was the highest (84.05%), while that of "the infectious period" was the lowest (17.80%). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that medical students with female (a OR= 1.37 , 95%CI =1.20- 1.57 ), the age for over 25 years old (a OR=1.76, 95%CI =1.05-2.93), whose father had a middle school educational level (a OR=1.18, 95%CI =1.05-1.31), and majored in preventive medicine (a OR=1.54, 95%CI =1.10-1.67) had relatively higher awareness rates of chikungunya fever knowledge (all P <0.05). In contrast, students of Zhuang ethnicity (a OR= 0.87 , 95%CI =0.76-0.98) and majoring in nursing (a OR=0.74, 95%CI =0.61-0.91) or pharmacy (a OR=0.70, 95%CI =0.52-0.95) had relatively lower awareness rates (all P <0.05).
Conclusions
The awareness rate of chikungunya fever related knowledge among medical college students in Baise City is relatively low. Schools should take targeted publicity measures to improve medical students awareness.
3.Joint Relation Extraction of Famous Medical Cases with CasRel Model Combining Entity Mapping and Data Augmentation
Yuxin LI ; Xinghua XIANG ; Hang YANG ; Dasheng LIU ; Jiaheng WANG ; Zhiwei ZHAO ; Jiaxu HAN ; Mengjie WU ; Qianzi CHE ; Wei YANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2026;32(2):218-225
ObjectiveTo address the challenges of unstructured classical Chinese expressions, nested entity relationships, and limited annotated data in famous traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) case records, this study proposes a joint relation extraction framework that integrates data augmentation and entity mapping, aiming to support the construction of TCM diagnostic knowledge graphs and clinical pattern mining. MethodsWe developed an annotation structure for entities and their relationships in TCM case texts and applied a data augmentation strategy by incorporating multiple ancient texts to expand the relation extraction dataset. A cascade binary tagging framework for relation triple extraction(CasRel) model for TCM semantics was designed, integrating a pre-trained bidirectional encoder representations from transformers(BERT) layer for classical TCM texts to enhance semantic representation, and using a head entity-relation-tail entity mapping mechanism to address entity nesting and relation overlapping issues. ResultsExperimental results showed that the CasRel model, combining data augmentation and entity mapping, outperformed the pipeline-based Bert-Radical-Lexicon(BRL)-bidirectional long short-term memory(BiLSTM)-Attention model. The overall precision, recall, and F1-score across 12 relation types reached 65.73%, 64.03%, and 64.87%, which represent improvements of 14.26%, 7.98%, and 11.21% compared to the BRL-BiLSTM-Attention model, respectively. Notably, the F1-score for tongue syndrome relations increased by 22.68%(69.32%), and the prescription-syndrome relations performed the best with the F1-score of 70.10%. ConclusionThe proposed framework significantly improves the semantic representation and complex dependencies in TCM texts, offering a reusable technical framework for structured mining of TCM case records. The constructed knowledge graph can support clinical syndrome differentiation, prescription optimization, and drug compatibility, providing a methodological reference for TCM artificial intelligence research.
4.Study on the improvement effects and mechanisms of Sangbaipi decoction in mice with second-hand smoke-induced pulmonary fibrosis
Runrui WU ; Minghao ZHANG ; Yuxin CHEN ; Run ZHANG ; Qiujin YAN ; Yanwen MAO
China Pharmacy 2026;37(14):1851-1855
OBJECTIVE To investigate the improvement effects and potential mechanisms of Sangbaipi decoction (SBP) on mice with second-hand smoke-induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF). METHODS Using network pharmacology methods, the common targets between the active components of SBP and PF-specific targets were screened, the protein-protein interaction network was constructed, the pathway enrichment analysis was performed using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes, and the molecular docking was conducted. Based on these results, the male Kunming mice were divided into a normal control group, a model control group, an SBP group (1.08 g/kg, calculated by crude drugs), and a pirfenidone group (positive control, 90 mg/kg), with eight mice in each group. Except for the normal control group, all other groups were exposed to second-hand smoke via the static respiratory tract smoking method (30 min of smoking twice daily for 20 consecutive days) to establish a mouse model of PF induced by second-hand smoke. Each drug group was administered the corresponding drug solution via gavage 0.5 h after the second daily smoke exposure; the normal control and model control groups were simultaneously administered an equal volume of water via gavage, once daily for 20 consecutive days. Twenty-four hours after the final administration, pathological changes in lung tissue were observed, and the levels of pro-inflammatory factors, injury markers, and the expression of proteins in related signaling pathways in lung tissue were detected. RESULTS A total of 2 448 common targets were identified, with core targets including protein kinase B1 (AKT1), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), which were enriched in signaling pathways such as phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT. The bin ding energies of AKT1, PI3K, TNF-α, and IL-6 to the active compound chaksine were -11.0, -7.7, -9.0, and -9.4 kcal/mol, respectively. Compared with the model control group, pathological changes such as inflammatory cell infiltration and collagen deposition in lung tissue were alleviated in the administration groups. The expression of collagen Ⅲ in lung tissue was significantly downregulated, and the levels of IL-6, TNF-α, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1, and pulmonary surfactant-associated protein D, as well as the percentage of positive areas with pulmonary fibrosis and protein phosphorylation levels of PI3K and AKT, were all significantly downregulated or reduced ( P <0.05). CONCLUSIONS The role of SBP in improving PF induced by second-hand smoke may be related to the regulation of multiple core targets, including AKT1, and the inhibition of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, thereby alleviating pulmonary inflammation and collagen deposition.
5.Mechanisms of regulating viral replication by the untranslated regions of corona-virus genome
Jingmiao ZHANG ; Haijian HE ; Fan YANG ; Yuxin WU ; Yingshan ZHOU ; Wanyu DONG ; Xiaodu WANG
Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 2025;45(2):379-388,396
Coronavirus is the largest RNA virus with known genome so far,among which porcine coronavirus is an important pathogen causing acute diarrhea in piglets.Due to its highly mutable RNA nature,this virus poses a substantial challenge for disease prevention and control,leading to substantial annual economic losses within China's swine industry.The analysis of the mechanism of RNA synthesis of coronaviruses is helpful for understanding the genetic variation of coronaviruses and screening antiviral drugs.At present,more in-depth studies mainly focus on Murine coronavir-us(MHV)and human Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2).In order to investigate the replication mechanism of porcine coronaviruses,this article takes MHV,SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses as references to summarises the mechanism of regulating viral rep-lication in the non-coding region of porcine coronaviruses such as Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus(PEDV),Transmissible gastroenteritis virus(TGEV),Porcine deltacoronavirus(PDCoV),and Swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus(SADS-CoV).Placed a specific emphasis on the func-tional roles of conserved motifs and secondary structures within the 5'UTR in facilitating viral rep-lication,elucidated how conserved structures in the 3'UTR regulate the same process.The signifi-cance of the interaction between the non-coding region of the virus and the host were discussed,and variations in the viral 5'UTR and 3'UTR were scrutinized,thereby establishing a solid theoret-ical foundation for the development of antiviral drugs that target UTRs and high titer vaccine can-didate strains.
6.Summary of the best evidence on non-pharmacologic management in improvement of dental treatment compliance in children
Yanru LONG ; Yuxin WU ; Qiong YIN ; Wenjing ZHANG ; Lilin ZHAN
Modern Clinical Nursing 2025;24(4):63-70
Objective To summarise the best evidence on non-pharmacological management in children and to provide evidence-based guidelines for clinical practice.Methods With the 6S evidence pyramid model,a comprehensive and systematic search across multiple databases was conducted,including UpToDate,BMJ Best Practice,Joanna Briggs Institute of Australia's Centre for Evidence-based Health Care Database(JBI),National Guideline Clearing-house(NGC),Guidelines International Network(GIN),The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence(NICE)website,Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network(SIGN),American Dental Association,Canadian Dental Association,Cochrane Library,CINAHL,Embase,PubMed,SinoMed,CNKI and Wanfang Data.The search focused on literature pertaining to the improvement of non-pharmacological strategies for compliance with paediatric oral treatment,encompassing clinical decisions,evidence summaries,clinical guidelines,systematic reviews,expert consensus,best practices,and randomised controlled trials.The literature search encompassed all available publications from the inception of databases up to 5th November,2023.A quality assessment of the literature was independently conducted by four researchers trained by evidence-based nursing courses,while evidence extraction and summarisation were handled by two researchers.Results A total of 16 papers were included,comprising 2 clinical decisions,2 evidence summaries,3 guidelines,5 systematic evaluations,1 best practice,2 expert consensus and 1 randomised controlled trial.Nineteen pieces of evidence were extracted and classified into six categories:outpatient setting,assessment and management of children,pre-treatment non-pharmacological management,in-treatment non-pharmacological management,post-treatment non-pharmacological management and training and assessment.Conclusion This study summarises the best evidences for non-pharmacological management aiming to improve the oral treatment compliance in children.Healthcare providers can facilitate the translation of this evidence into clinical practice by considering the specific clinical context as well as factors such as the age and psychological characteristics of children.
7.Study on the Improvement Effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine and Its Active Components on Inflamma-tory Response in Acute Lung Injury
Yanqing XU ; Xinzhi WANG ; Xiaobing CUI ; Yuxin GU ; Qianlin CHEN ; Shengjun CHEN ; Song LI ; Hao WU ; Hongli YU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(8):1055-1065
OBJECTIVE To investigate the ameliorative effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine and its effective components on inflammatory response in mice with acute lung injury(ALI).METHODS A mice model of acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide(LPS)was used as the in vivo animal model.The levels of inflammatory factors TNF-α,IL-6,and IL-1β,the total protein concentration,the number of inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid,the ratio of lung wet weight to dry weight,and the pathological damage of lung tissues were taken as the evaluation indexes.RAW264.7 macrophages induced by LPS were used as the in vitro experimental model,with the mRNA levels of intracellular inflammatory factors TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 as indicators,systematic solvent extraction and silica gel column chromatography were used to separate and screen the effective parts and components of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine for treating acute lung injury.The component composition of the effective fractions was analyzed by mass spectrometry,the content of cyclic dipeptide components in the effective fraction was determined,and the anti-in-flammatory activity of cyclic dipeptides was verified in vitro.RESULTS The ethyl acetate extraction fraction obtained by extracting the supernatant of water extraction and ethanol precipitation of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine(referred to as the ethyl acetate fraction for short)significantly improved the inflammatory response in mice with acute lung injury and significantly reduced the mRNA levels of TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells induced by LPS.The Fr.1 fraction isolated from the ethyl acetate frac-tion by silica gel column chromatography had anti-inflammatory effects in vitro.Mass spectrometry determined the content of two main cyclic dipeptide components,cyclo-(Pro-Phe)and cyclo-(Pro-Val),in the Fr.1 fraction.After mixing these two cyclic dipeptide components in the molar ratio in the Fr.1 fraction and administering them in vitro,the results showed that the combination of these two cyclic dipeptide components could significantly inhibit the mRNA expression levels of TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells induced by LPS.CONCLUSION Cyclic dipeptide component is one of the main material basis categories for the anti-inflammatory effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine.
8.Analysis of risk factors for fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome-associated encephalitis
Jinqiu RAN ; Yuxin CHEN ; Chao WU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2025;43(8):596-601
Objective To analyze the risk factors for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome(SFTS)-associated encephalitis and the risk factors for mortality in patients with SFTS-associated encephalitis.Methods The general data and laboratory indicators of 266 SFTS patients hospitalized at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital from October 2010 to October 2022 were retrospectively collected.Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors for the occurrence of encephalitis in SFTS patients and the risk factors for the death of SFTS-related encephalitis patients,and a nomogram graph model was constructed to predict the risk of encephalitis in SFTS patients based on the results of multifactorial logistic regression analysis.Results Among the 266 SFTS patients included,84(31.6%)devel-oped encephalitis.Logistic regression analysis of general data and laboratory indicators indicated that age,gamma-glutamyl γ-transpep-tidase(GGT),and low levels of platelets(PLT)were the independent risk factors for the occurrence of encephalitis in SFTS patients.Among the 84 SFTS patients with encephalitis,47 cases(56.0%)died.Logistic regression analysis showed that activated partial thromboplastin time(APTT)was the independent risk factors for mortality in SFTS-related encephalitis patients.A nomogram model for predicting the occurrence of encephalitis in SFTS patients was constructed based on the above three independent risk factors.The area under the ROC curve(AUCROC)for the training and validation sets under the model was 0.755 and 0.778,respectively,suggesting good predictive performance.Conclusion Age,GGT,and low PLT levels were the independent risk factors for the occurrence of en-cephalitis in SFTS patients,and APTT was the independent risk factors for mortality in SFTS-related encephalitis patients.The nomo-gram model constructed based on the independent risk factors for the occurrence of encephalitis in the patients with SFTS demonstrated high predictive efficacy.
9.Current status and influencing factors of malnutrition in elderly stroke patients: a scoping review
Qi JIANG ; Yuxin WANG ; Chenli LIANG ; Jiaqi SHI ; Jiani LUO ; Shanyu WU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2025;31(3):388-397
Objective:To conduct a scoping review on the current status, assessment tools and influencing factors of malnutrition in elderly stroke patients, so as to provide new ideas for the development of individualized nutritional intervention programs.Methods:Studies related to malnutrition in elderly stroke patients were searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP, WanFang Data, China Biology Medicine disc, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Clinical Trial Registration Center. The search period was from the establishment of the database to January 2024. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted information based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and finally categorized and reported the findings.Results:A total of 33 papers were included. In elderly stroke patients, the prevalence of malnutrition varied between studies. There was a wide range of tools to assess the nutritional status of patients, but there was an overall lack of multidimensional and specific tools. Commonly used was the Short-form Mini-nutritional Assessment. Factors influencing malnutrition in patients included general demographic, disease-related and lifestyle factors, physiologic and biochemical indicators, functional correlates, nutrient literacy-related factors, psychological and supportive factors.Conclusions:Malnutrition in elderly stroke patients is influenced by a variety of factors and seriously affects patient prognosis. Standardized assessment tools should be adopted to detect timely and accurately, take targeted measures for each factor, and carry out personalized intervention programs to promote benign changes in the nutritional status of elderly stroke patients.
10.Latent profile analysis and its influencing factors of health promotion behavior of patients after PCI
Yuxin LI ; Jijun WU ; Xiaoli ZHONG ; Fangming ZHOU ; Ping DAI ; Yuting FAN ; Lin HE
Modern Clinical Nursing 2025;24(6):32-41
Objective To explore the potential cross-sectional categories of health promotion behaviors in patients after PCI and analyze their influencing factors,so as to provide a reference for formulating targeted interventions to improve health promotion behaviors in patients after PCI.Methods A total of 242 patients who underwent PCI surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of a tertiary hospital in Sichuan Province from February to May 2024 were selected by convenience sampling method.The general information questionnaire,the health promotion lifestyle scale,the health literacy scale for patients with chronic diseases,and the perceived social support scale were used to conduct the survey.The potential profile analysis of health promotion behaviors in patients after PCI was carried out,and the influencing factors were explored by univariate analysis and multiple logistic regression analysis.Results A total of 230 patients after PCI completed the study.The results of potential profile analysis showed that the health promotion behaviors of patients after PCI could be divided into three potential profiles:"low health promotion-poor behavior group"(n=71,30.9%),"medium health promotion behavior group"(n=53,23.0%),and"high health promotion-positive behavior group"(n=106,46.1%).Logistic regression analysis showed that medical payment methods,the number of chronic diseases,whether they had received chronic disease-related knowledge guidance,health literacy,and social support were the influencing factors of the potential profile of health promotion behaviors of patients after PCI(all P<0.05).Conclusion The health promotion behaviors of patients after PCI have obvious categorical characteristics.Nursing staff should formulate personalized intervention strategies according to the characteristics and influencing factors of each category,improve the health literacy and comprehension of social support of patients after PCI,and then improve their health promotion behaviors.


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