1.Schisandrol B protects intestinal cells against irradiation-induced injury via Nrf2-GPX4 signaling pathway
Ze-Kun WU ; Chang-Kun HU ; Liang-Liang ZHANG ; Ze-Bin LIAO ; Yue GAO
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2024;40(12):2236-2246
Aim To investigate the radio-protective effect of schisandrol B(Sol B)underlying mechanism in alleviating gastrointestinal(GI)toxicity and intesti-nal damage induced by irradiation(IR)exposure dur-ing radiotherapy against abdominal and pelvic malig-nancies or the nuclear accident.Methods The mouse intestinal injury model was established through 4Gy ir-radiation.Immunohistochemistry,immunofluorescence staining,ELISA were used to measure DNA damage,apoptosis,inflammatory reaction,and oxidative stress in the intestine of mice after irradiation.The protective effect of Sol B on intestines injury was evaluated,and the mechanism of the related oxidative stress and in-flammatory response pathway was discussed.Results Sol B significantly improved the survival rates of intes-tinal cells upon IR exposure.The accumulation of DNA damage,apoptosis rate,and inflammatory factors in intestinal tissues were significantly inhibited.The decreased levels of ZO-1 and occludin induced IR inju-ry were rescued by Sol B,indicating the improvement of intestinal structure.The radio-protective activities of Sol B were involved in the stimulation of Nrf2 and the subsequent ferroptosis surveillance.Conclusion Sol B demonstrates a promising agent to ease intestinal in-jury during radiotherapy or nuclear accidents,in which GPX4 related ferroptosis surveillance mediated by Nrf2 is involved in the radio-protective effect of Sol B.
2.Percutaneous pedicle screw anchored vertebral augmentation for the treatment of Kümmell disease without neuro-logical symptoms
Song-Hai CHEN ; Lin-Qiang YE ; Ze-Lin ZHOU ; Guo-Liang LU
China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2024;37(5):470-476
Objective To explore the clinical effect of percutaneous pedicle screw anchored vertebral augmentation(PP-SAVA)in the treatment of asymptomatic Kümmell disease without neurological symptoms.Methods The clinical data of 20 patients with Kümmell disease without neurological symptoms treated with PPSAVA in our hospital from January 2019 to De-cember 2021 were analyzed retrospectively,including 5 males and 15 females,aged 56 to 88(74.95±9.93)years old.and the course of disease was 7 to 60 days with an average of(21.35±14.46)days.All patients were treated with PPSAVA.The time of operation,the amount of bone cement injected and the leakage of bone cement were recorded.The visual analogue scale(VAS),Oswestry disability index(ODI),vertebral body angle(VBA),anterior edge height and midline height of vertebral body were compared among the before operation,3 days after operation and during the final follow-up.The loosening and displace-ment of bone cement were observed during the final follow-up.Results All the 20 patients completed the operation successfully.The operation time was 30 to 56 min with an average of(41.15±7.65)min,and the amount of bone cement injection was 6.0 to 12.0 ml with an average of(9.30±1.49)ml.Bone cement leakage occurred in 6 cases and there were no obvious clinical symp-toms.The follow-up time was 6 to 12 months with an average of(8.43±2.82)months.The VBA,anterior edge height and mid-line height of of injured vertebral body were significantly improved 3 days after operation and the final follow-up(P<0.05),and the VBA,anterior edge height and midline height of of injured vertebral body were lost in different degrees at the final follow-up(P<0.05).The VAS and ODI at 3 days after operation and at the final follow-up were significantly lower than those at preopera-tively(P<0.05),but the VAS score and ODI at the final follow-up were not significantly different from those at 3 d after opera-tion(P>0.05).At the last follow-up,no patients showed loosening or displacement of bone cement.Conclusion PPSAVA is highly effective in treating Kümmell disease without neurological symptoms,improving patients'pain and functional impair-ment,and reducing the risk of cement loosening and displacement postoperatively.
3.Application progress of multi-omics technology in clinical nursing research
Jianmei YANG ; Guiru LIN ; Wanyi OU ; Dongliang CHEN ; Yuanfei WANG ; Aiping WU ; Zumin CHEN ; Ze ZENG ; Xiaomin LU ; Chenli LIN ; Yinji LIANG
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2024;59(16):2044-2048,后插1
The update of multi-omics technology is a key means to promote the rapid development of accurate health model in the whole life cycle.It can formulate dynamic and accurate nursing measures and provide massive data information from the perspective of nursing biology of health and disease.At present,clinical nursing research faces many challenges such as insufficient application and transformation ability of multi-omics technology.This paper introduces the multi-omics technology,reviews the application status of multi-omics technology in cancer nursing,maternal and child nursing,chronic metabolic disease nursing and symptom management,and puts forward the cross integration and prospect of multi-omics technology and nursing research,so as to strengthen the information mining ability of nurses at different levels of health and disease,and provide an important basis for accelerating the clinical transformation of precision nursing.
4.Study on influencing factors for falls risks score in the elderly
Sihang FANG ; Dizhi LIU ; Chunyuan JIA ; Danni GAO ; Liang SUN ; Xiaoquan ZHU ; Qi ZHOU ; Ze YANG ; Wei XU ; Yuan LYU ; Guofang PANG ; Caiyou HU ; Huiping YUAN
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2024;43(11):1481-1485
Objective:To investigate the factors influencing fall risk scores in elderly individuals.Methods:A total of 4 419 individuals were randomly selected using the cluster sampling method from Beijing, Nanning(Guangxi), and Yinchuan(Ningxia).Data on demographic characteristics and fall-related incidents were gathered and analyzed for their correlation with fall risk scores.Results:The fall risk score showed significant associations with various factors, such as the history of falls within one year( β=-3.607, 95% CI: -3.881 to -3.332), care methods( β=2.442, 95% CI: 2.226 to 2.658), exercise( β=0.714, 95% CI: 0.443 to 0.986), retirement( β=-0.585, 95% CI: -0.819 to -0.351), age( β=0.173, 95% CI: 0.159 to 0.187), and use of walking aids( β=-3.737, 95% CI: -4.054 to -3.421). Conclusions:Fall risk scores in older adults are influenced by a variety of factors.Factors such as no history of falls within the past year, living independently, engaging in physical activity, and being employed may contribute to lower fall risk scores in older adults.
5.Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women with advanced maternal age in Tangshan City
Ze-Liang LIU ; Xin-Yi GONG ; Xiao HAN ; Xue-Qi JIANG ; Bei-Bei MIAO ; Shuang MENG ; Ai-Ying DONG ; Juan LI
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2024;23(10):1199-1205
Objective To analyze the antimicrobial susceptibility,molecular types,serotypes,virulence factors and resistance mechanisms of Streptococcus agalactiae(S.agalactiae)isolated from pregnant women with ad-vanced maternal age in Tangshan City,and provide basic data for the treatment,prevention and control of S.aga-lactiae infection.Methods 42 strains of S.agalactiae isolated from pregnant women with advanced maternal age in North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital as well as Tangshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital were collected.Detection of antimicrobial susceptibility and whole genome sequencing of 13 antimi-crobial agents were performed.Results The percentage of tetracycline,erythromycin,levofloxacin,and chloram-phenicol concurrently resistant strains was 7.1%,35.7%of the strains presented multidrug resistance to erythro-mycin,clindamycin,and levofloxacin.The carriage rates of resistance genes ermB and tetM were 66.7%and 47.6%,respectively.29 strains(69.0%)exhibited mutations in both gyrA and parC fluoroquinolone resistance determi-nants.42 strains of S.agalactiae belonged to 4 serotypes,namely ⅠB(35.7%),Ⅲ(33.3%),Ⅴ(26.2%),andⅠA(4.8%);and 11 sequence types(STs),with the highest proportion being ST10(35.7%)and ST19(31.0%);as well as 6 clonal complexes(CCs),among which CC19(42.9%)and CC12(35.7%)had the highest proportion.All S.agalactiae carried virulence factor-encoding genes of cfb,cylE,and pavA.Conclusion The molecular types and serotypes of S.agalactiae carried by pregnant women with advanced maternal age in Tangshan City pre-sent polymorphism,with obvious multidrug resistance,and carry multiple types of drug resistance genes and viru-lence genes.
6.To explore the feasibility of Qingfei Paidu decoction in the prevention and treatment of sudden epidemic pulmonary infection from the perspective of"Jue heat overcomes the complex,Yin and Yang are complicated"
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care 2024;31(1):1-5
Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating epidemic diseases.Numerous references are available.As early as the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine-Su Wen Chapter mentioned:"the five epidemics are all similar,regardless of their size,and the symptoms are similar".In the prevention and treatment of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),Chinese medicine has shown its unique advantages.Pulmonary infection is one of the most common diseases associated with sudden epidemic diseases,which is mostly induced by various infectious factors such as epidemic bacteria or viruses.If the patient has a history of chronic lung disease,it will further aggravate the clinical symptoms,and is easy to develop into severe pneumonia,with high mortality,rapid progress,long course of treatment,poor prognosis,and many complications,and the general antibiotic application is not as effective as desired."Jue heat overcomes the complex,Yin and Yang are complicated"comes from the chapter of Jueyin disease in Shanghan Lun(Treatise on Febrile Diseases),which is one of the typical features of fever occurring from illness to Jueyin.To explore the correlation between Jueyin disease and the pathogenesis of severe pneumonia from multiple angles,analyze the mechanism of Qingfei Paidu decoction in the treatment of Jueyin fever,better understand the essence of Zhang Zhongjing's prescription,and provide new ideas for the syndrome differentiation process of patients with pulmonary infection caused by epidemic diseases.At present,the prevention and control mechanism of COVID-19 in China has been gradually improved,the number of patients with COVID-19 has been gradually reduced,and the epidemic situation is easing.However,even so,it is still impossible to predict whether sudden and major epidemic diseases similar to COVID-19 will break out again in the future.
7. Dimethyl fumarate inhibits NLRP3/AIM2 inflammasomes to prevent spleen radiation injury ZHANG
Liang-Liang ZHANG ; Ze-Kun WU ; Yue GAO ; Liang-Liang ZHANG ; Chang-Kun HU ; Ze-Kun WU ; Zi-Qiao YAN ; Ze-Bin LIAO ; Yue GAO ; Chang-Kun HU ; Zi-Qiao YAN
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2024;40(3):521-528
Aim To investigate the protective effect of dimethyl fumarate on spleen injury induced by gamma radiation in mice and the related mechanism. Methods C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into the blank control group, radiation model group and DMF administration group, which were administered once at 12 h before irradiation and once at 0. 5 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after irradiation. The 30-day survival rate, body weight and pathological injury of spleen were measured after a one-time total body irradiation of Co 7 rays (8 Gy). TUNEL staining was used to detect apoptosis of spleen cells. Enzyme-linked immunoassay ( ELISA) was applied to detect the contents of TNF-a, IL-1 p, IL-6, IL-18, NLRP3 and AIM2 in spleen. Western blot test and immunofluorescence staining test was employed to verify the changes of NLRP3 and AIM2 contents in spleen tissue after irradiation. Results DMF could obviously improve the survival rate of irradiated mice, improve the weight loss of irradiated mice, re-duce the pathological injury of spleen, and inhibit the apoptosis of spleen cells after irradiation. ELISA results showed that DMF could significantly inhibit the increase of spleen inflammatory cytokines TNF-a, IL-lp, IL-6, IL-18 and inflammasome components NL-RP3 and AIM2 induced by irradiation. Western blot and tissue immunofluorescence staining also confirmed that DMF could inhibit the increase of NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasome protein levels caused by irradiation. Meanwhile, NLRP3 agonist and AIM2 agonist could antagonize the radiation protection effect of DMF on spleen cells. Conclusion DMF can ameliorate spleen injury of Co 7-ray injured mice, and its mechanism is closely related to NLRP3/AIM2 inflamma-somes, which can be used as a potential protective drug for radiation injury.
8.Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Prognosis Model of Complications in Patients with Influenza A/B or COVID-19
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(19):144-153
ObjectiveBased on real-world clinical data of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a Cox proportional hazards model was built to predict the risk factors of complications in patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or influenza A/B, and the cumulative occurrence function graph was used to present the prediction output. MethodThe medical records of the patients with respiratory infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and influenza A/B, treated in the First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine from November 2022 to October 2023 were collected. The data from the electronic medical record system were integrated into a data warehouse. The information of the patients with respiratory diseases caused by influenza A and B viruses and SARS-CoV-2 from November 2022 to October 2023 was retrospectively collected. The information involved age, gender, disease course, past medical history, laboratory test results, tongue manifestation, pulse manifestation, TCM syndrome, and main therapeutic drugs. The outcome indicators of whether complications occurred were obtained by telephone follow-up and review of readmission records. The data was divided into a training set and a validation set in a ratio of 70% and 30%, respectively. In the training set, the Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify the key factors affecting patient complications. Then, the combination of variables was optimized by stepwise elimination method, and an efficient complication risk assessment model was constructed, which was visualized in the form of histogram. The C-index, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calibration error graph, and decision curve analysis were employed to comprehensively measure the prediction performance of the model. ResultThe history of chronic lung diseases [hazard ratio (HR) 4.46, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) 1.79-11.12], Qi deficiency (HR 5.74, 95%CI 2.14-15.39), thready and weak pulse (HR 4.45, 95%CI 1.88-10.50), hormone use history (HR 4.57, 95%CI 2.04-10.23), procalcitonin (PCT>10 μg·L-1) (HR 1.23, 95%CI 0.06-0.86), serum amyloid A (SAA)>100 mg·L-1 (HR 9.80, 95%CI 7.24-59.75), and platelet (PLT)>303×109 /L (HR 5.66, 95%CI 2.01-16.00) were the risk factors for complications. Chinese medicine intervention (HR 0.20, 95%CI 0.06-0.70) was the protective factor for complications. Based on the above risk factors, the prediction model was constructed. In the training set, the C-index was estimated to be 0.765, and the CI was within the range of 0.667 to 0.859. In the validation set, the C-index was 0.804, and the CI varied within the range of 0.773 to 0.855. The temporal variation graph of C-index was then described. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) at 5, 10, 15 months was 0.61, 0.72, and 0.79 in the training set and 0.60, 0.67, and 0.62 in the validation set, respectively. In addition, calibration and decision curves were drawn for 5, 10, 15 months for both training and validation sets, which showed that the model had good calibration performance and was effective in clinical practice. ConclusionThe history of chronic lung diseases, Qi deficiency, thready and weak pulse, hormone use history, PCT>10 μg·L-1, SAA>100 mg·L-1, and PLT>303×109 /L were risk factors for complications in patients with COVID-19 or influenza A/B, while Chinese medicine intervention was a protective factor. The prediction model was established based on the indicators above. The model showcased excellent distinguishing performance, calibration performance, and clinical practicability, providing scientific support for the prevention and control of complications caused by respiratory viral infections.
9.Variation rules of main secondary metabolites in Hedysari Radix before and after rubbing strip
Xu-Dong LUO ; Xin-Rong LI ; Cheng-Yi LI ; Peng QI ; Ting-Ting LIANG ; Shu-Bin LIU ; Zheng-Ze QIANG ; Jun-Gang HE ; Xu LI ; Xiao-Cheng WEI ; Xiao-Li FENG ; Ming-Wei WANG
Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine 2024;46(3):747-754
AIM To investigate the variation rules of main secondary metabolites in Hedysari Radix before and after rubbing strip.METHODS UPLC-MS/MS was adopted in the content determination of formononetin,ononin,calycosin,calycosin-7-glucoside,medicarpin,genistein,luteolin,liquiritigenin,isoliquiritigenin,vanillic acid,ferulic acid,γ-aminobutyric acid,adenosine and betaine,after which cluster analysis,principal component analysis and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis were used for chemical pattern recognition to explore differential components.RESULTS After rubbing strip,formononetin,calycosin,liquiritigenin and γ-aminobutynic acid demonstrated increased contents,along with decreased contents of ononin,calycosin-7-glucoside and vanillic acid.The samples with and without rubbing strip were clustered into two types,calycosin-7-glucoside,formononetin,γ-aminobutynic acid,vanillic acid,calycosin-7-glucoside and formononetin were differential components.CONCLUSION This experiment clarifies the differences of chemical constituents in Hedysari Radix before and after rubbing strip,which can provide a reference for the research on rubbing strip mechanism of other medicinal materials.
10.A Case Report of Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Treatment of a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Multi-Organ Involvement
Hua ZHENG ; Yunfei ZHI ; Lujing YING ; Lan ZHU ; Mingliang JI ; Ze LIANG ; Jiangshan WANG ; Haifeng SHI ; Weihong ZHANG ; Mengsu XIAO ; Yushi ZHANG ; Kaifeng XU ; Zhaohui LU ; Yaping LIU ; Ruiyi XU ; Huijuan ZHU ; Li WEN ; Yan ZHANG ; Gang CHEN ; Limeng CHEN
JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES 2024;3(1):79-86
Tuberous sclerosis complex(TSC)is a rare genetic disease that can lead to benign dysplasia in multiple organs such as the skin, brain, eyes, oral cavity, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and bones. Its main symptoms include epilepsy, intellectual disabilities, skin depigmentation, and facial angiofibromas, whilst incidence is approximately 1 in 10 000 to 1 in 6000 newborns. This case presents a middle-aged woman who initially manifested with epilepsy and nodular depigmentation. Later, she developed a lower abdominal mass, elevated creatinine, and severe anemia. Based on clinical features and whole exome sequencing, the primary diagnosis was confirmed as TSC. Laboratory and imaging examinations revealed that the lower abdominal mass originated from the uterus. CT-guided biopsy pathology and surgical pathology suggested a combination of leiomyoma and abscess. With the involvement of multiple organs and various complications beyond the main diagnosis, the diagnostic and therapeutic process for this patient highlights the importance of rigorous clinical thinking and multidisciplinary collaboration in the diagnosis and treatment of rare and challenging diseases.

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