1.Research advances on severe burn infection and cytokine storm
Zhongyi CHEN ; Shiqiang HU ; Dewu LIU ; Hongyan ZHANG ; Guanghua GUO ; Yuangui MAO
Chinese Journal of Burns 2023;39(4):391-395
Mortality due to severe burns has always been at a high level. A large number of studies have shown that the rapid onset of infectious symptoms and rapid progression of severely burned patients are closely related to the occurrence of cytokine storm. However, in clinical practice, cytokine storm monitoring, early warning, and symptomatic treatment are still in exploratory stage. This article reviews the cytokine storm and its related cytokines, the mechanism, early warning, and treatment of cytokine storm induced by burn infection, aiming to provide clinical references for reducing infection and mortality in severely burned patients.
2.Advances in post-operative thyroid scar control
Weihua FENG ; Wanyue HE ; Zhongyi TANG ; Zhiwei HU ; Wangge LI ; Mingyang FANG ; Peiqiang LIU ; Lei GUO
Chinese Journal of Endocrine Surgery 2023;17(4):504-507
Postoperative thyroid scar not only causes itching, pain, and pulling, but also seriously affects the patient’s aesthetics, so it is important to study the prevention and treatment of postoperative thyroid scar. In the past 20 years, clinicians have made many innovative researches to alleviate postoperative thyroid scar growth, and the following progresses have been made: firstly, thyroid surgery methods and surgical accesses have been improved to a certain extent, resulting in more concealed and less traumatic accesses; secondly, the use of lasers and silicone and other drugs has significantly improved the scar treatment effect; thirdly, the concept of "cosmetic" is gradually gaining popularity, and related technical means are used throughout the treatment of postoperative scarring of the thyroid gland, and multiple treatment modalities are used "early" and "in combination" to "prevent" scar growth after surgery. The use of multiple treatment modalities to prevent scar growth in the early postoperative period has achieved twice the result with half the effort.
3.Visualization and hotspots analysis of research on adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junc-tion based on Web of Science
Lin LIU ; Zhongyi WANG ; Chuyin HUANG ; Yanfeng HU ; Jiang YU ; Guoxin LI ; Hao CHEN
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2023;22(10):1243-1254
In recent years, the incidence of adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction (AEG) has increased gradually. Due to the unique anatomical location and the different biological features from esophageal cancer and gastric cancer, AEG cannot be simply equated with esophageal cancer or gastric cancer, and the definition, classification and treatment methods of AEG are still controversial. As a result, the study of AEG is becoming increasingly important. Using bibliometrics, the authors search English literatures from the Web of Science Core Collection database from the establishment to December 31, 2022, with the keyword adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junc-tion. To systematically review the international literatures on AEG, EndNote and Excel are used to manage literatures and perform statistical analysis, and VOSviewer and CiteSpace are used to analyze the social network, time series of countries, institutions, authors and keywords, the co-citation of authors and the citation bursts of keywords. The authors summarize the research status and hot trends in this field, hoping to provide reference for future research.
4.Current status of positive psychological qualities among voluntary blood donors in college
Huisu CHEN ; Min HU ; Caini SONG ; Lihua LIU ; Quanbin HOU ; Zhongyi WU ; Furong CHEN
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(5):439-444
【Objective】 To explore the current status of positive psychological qualities among college students who had participated in voluntary blood donation in Changsha area, so as to demonstrate that scientific blood donation can promote mental health. 【Methods】 From May to June 2022, 1 440 college students in Changsha was selected as the research subjects by stratified random sampling method. They were divided into groups based on their experience of blood donation. A questionnaire survey was conducted using the General Information Questionnaire, the Chinese College Student Positive Psychological Product Quality Scale, and the Repeated Blood Donation Behavior Survey Scale. 【Results】 There were differences in the six dimensions of positive psychological quality among different family and friends in terms of their support for blood donation, blood donation status among different family members, understanding of voluntary blood donation knowledge (P<0.05). There were differences in positive psychological qualities among different levels of blood reimbursement experiences (cognitive dimension, moderation dimension, transcendence dimension), different blood donation times (moderation dimension, interpersonal dimension), different blood donation volumes (moderation dimension, fairness dimension), different comprehensive blood donation experiences (moderation dimension, transcendence dimension, interpersonal dimension, emotional dimension) and reasons for blood donation (cognitive dimension, moderation dimension, interpresonal dimension, emotional dimension, fairness dimension)(P<0.05). The positive psychological quality of college students was positively correlated with their intention to repeat blood donation behavior (P<0.01), and the difference was statistically significant. 【Conclusion】 The positive psychological quality of college students with blood donation experience in Changsha surpassed those without blood donation experience, and their positive psychological quality was positively correlated to their intention to repeated blood donation. Therefore, it is recommended to encourage voluntary blood donation among college students.
5.Experience of multi-disciplinary team mode in 40 tertiary public hospitals in China
Linghe YANG ; Zhongyi WEN ; Meicen LIU ; Chenyang PEI ; Zirui LIAO ; Linlin HU ; Jing MA ; Yuanli LIU
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2021;37(6):505-508
Objective:To analyze the practice and experience of " patient-centered, popularizing multi-disciplinary team(MDT) mode" in medical institutions, and to put forward reasonable suggestions and opinions for medical institutions to further improve and popularize MDT mode.Methods:Based on the evaluation of China Healthcare Improvement Initiative, 40 typical cases of MDT in medical institutions were collected, and descriptive analysis and textual analysis were carried out on the cases.Results:There were more specialized hospitals carrying out MDT, the application scope of MDT services was constantly expanding, and the management system and diagnosis and treatment process were constantly optimized.Conclusions:The mode of MDT in China is in the stage of exploration and development. In the promotion process, it is necessary to give full play to the role of information means, establish scientific and reasonable cost measurement and charge standard, and improve the enthusiasm of medical institutions and medical personnel to participate in MDT.
6.Global Profiling of the Lysine Crotonylome in Different Pluripotent States
Lv YUAN ; Bu CHEN ; Meng JIN ; Ward CARL ; Volpe GIACOMO ; Hu JIEYI ; Jiang MENGLING ; Guo LIN ; Chen JIEKAI ; A.Esteban MIGUEL ; Bao XICHEN ; Cheng ZHONGYI
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 2021;19(1):80-93
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can be expanded in vitro in different culture conditions, resulting in a spectrum of cell states with distinct properties. Understanding how PSCs transition from one state to another, ultimately leading to lineage-specific differentiation, is important for devel-opmental biology and regenerative medicine. Although there is significant information regarding gene expression changes controlling these transitions, less is known about post-translational modifi-cations of proteins. Protein crotonylation is a newly discovered post-translational modification where lysine residues are modified with a crotonyl group. Here, we employed affinity purification of crotonylated peptides and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) to systematically profile protein crotonylation in mouse PSCs in different states includ-ing ground, metastable, and primed states, as well as metastable PSCs undergoing early pluripotency exit. We successfully identified 3628 high-confidence crotonylated sites in 1426 proteins. These crotonylated proteins are enriched for factors involved in functions/processes related to pluripotency such as RNA biogenesis, central carbon metabolism, and proteasome function. Moreover, we found that increasing the cellular levels of crotonyl-coenzyme A (crotonyl-CoA) through crotonic acid treatment promotes proteasome activity in metastable PSCs and delays their differentiation, consis-tent with previous observations showing that enhanced proteasome activity helps to sustain pluripo-tency. Our atlas of protein crotonylation will be valuable for further studies of pluripotency regulation and may also provide insights into the role of metabolism in other cell fate transitions.
7.UPLC characteristic fingerprint and chemical pattern recognition of Angong Niuhuang Pills.
Yu-Shuang CHAI ; Hu-Hu ZENG ; Yuan-Feng HE ; Xiao SHANG ; Ting WAN ; Zhen YIN ; Chun-Lin FAN ; Wen-Cai YE
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2020;45(3):565-571
To establish the UPLC fingerprint of Zhongyi Angong Niuhuang Pills, in order to evaluate its quality by chemical pattern recognition. The method was developed on a column of Poroshell 120 EC-C_(18), with methanol-0.1% formic acid solution as the mobile phase for gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.4 mL·min~(-1). The column temperature was 30 ℃,and the detective wavelength was 254 nm. The similarity of 24 batches of Angong Niuhuang Pills was compared by using Traditional Chinese Medicine Chromatographic Fingerprint Similarity Evaluation System(2004 A). Hydrophobic cluster analysis,principal components analysis and partial least squares discriminant analysis were conducted by using SIMCA 13.0 software to investigate different components among these products. The UPLC characteristic fingerprint was established in this study. And 17 common peaks were identified by standard reference and UPLC-MS. The similarity of 24 batches samples were above 0.980,which can be classified into three categories for pattern recognition. Baicalin,berberine,jatrorrhizine,wogonin and wogonoside were identified as the main markers that cause differences of various batches. The method is simple,rapid,accurate and reproducible,and can provide scientific basis for improving the quality standard of Zhongyi Angong Niuhuang Pills.
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Tandem Mass Spectrometry
8.Inhibition of Rac1-dependent forgetting alleviates memory deficits in animal models of Alzheimer's disease.
Wenjuan WU ; Shuwen DU ; Wei SHI ; Yunlong LIU ; Ying HU ; Zuolei XIE ; Xinsheng YAO ; Zhenyu LIU ; Weiwei MA ; Lin XU ; Chao MA ; Yi ZHONG
Protein & Cell 2019;10(10):745-759
Accelerated forgetting has been identified as a feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the therapeutic efficacy of the manipulation of biological mechanisms of forgetting has not been assessed in AD animal models. Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1), a small GTPase, has been shown to regulate active forgetting in Drosophila and mice. Here, we showed that Rac1 activity is aberrantly elevated in the hippocampal tissues of AD patients and AD animal models. Moreover, amyloid-beta 42 could induce Rac1 activation in cultured cells. The elevation of Rac1 activity not only accelerated 6-hour spatial memory decay in 3-month-old APP/PS1 mice, but also significantly contributed to severe memory loss in aged APP/PS1 mice. A similar age-dependent Rac1 activity-based memory loss was also observed in an AD fly model. Moreover, inhibition of Rac1 activity could ameliorate cognitive defects and synaptic plasticity in AD animal models. Finally, two novel compounds, identified through behavioral screening of a randomly selected pool of brain permeable small molecules for their positive effect in rescuing memory loss in both fly and mouse models, were found to be capable of inhibiting Rac1 activity. Thus, multiple lines of evidence corroborate in supporting the idea that inhibition of Rac1 activity is effective for treating AD-related memory loss.
9.Application of early administration of high-dose amino acids in parenteral nutrition for low body weight infants of prematurity
Zhongyi SUN ; Yue LI ; Bingjie LI ; Xinxin BU ; Yanyan LUO ; Shujun LI ; Yuhua HU ; Xiaoqing CHEN
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2018;33(2):124-129
Objective To explore the effect of early administration of high-dose amino acids in parenteral nutrition for low birth weight infants of prematurity.Methods A total of 191 prematures admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from June 2015 to December 2016 were selected,and they were randomly divided into the study group (n =110) and the control group (n =81).The starting amino acid dose was 1.8-2.5 g/(kg · d)and 1.0-1.5 g/(kg · d) in the study group and the control group,respectively.Lipids,glucose,and electrolytes in parenteral nutrition were applied according to standard protocol of the guideline.And the start of enteral feeding,the recovery of birth weight,the duration of parenteral nutrition,the time before total enteral nutrition,duration of hospital stay,incidence of respiratory distress syndrome,duration of mechanical ventilation and incidence of kaliopenia were compared between the 2 groups.Results The start of enteral feeding,the recovery of birth weight,the duration of parenteral nutrition,the time before total enteral nutrition in the study group were earlier than those in the control group [(3.83 ±3.15) d vs.(5.53 ±5.63) d,(15.47±10.54) d vs.(19.47 ± 14.57) d,(16.46 ± 10.33) d vs.(21.41 ±18.00) d,(6.36 ± 4.88) d vs.(8.48 ± 9.27) d],and the differences were all statistically significant (t =2.455,2.097,2.217,2.041,P =0.016,0.038,0.029,0.043).The duration of hospital stay was shorter and the hospitalization expenses were lower in the study group than those in the control group,but the differences were not significant (all P > 0.05).The incidence of respiratory distress syndrome in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group[20.91% (23/110 cases) vs.35.80% (29/81 cases)],and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =5.223,P =0.022).The duration of mechanical ventilation in study group was shorter than that in control [(1.12 ± 2.62) d vs.(3.31 ± 8.13) d],and the difference was statistically significant (t =2.231,P =0.028).The incidence of kaliopenia in the study group was higher than that in the control group [30.91% (34/110 cases)vs.17.28% (14/81 cases)],and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =4.603,P =0.032).There were not significant differences in terms of complications of necrotizing enterocolitis,sepsis,extrauterine growth retardation,hospital infection,metabolic acidosis,hyperglycemia,glucopenia,patent ductus arteriosus and respiratory distress syndrome between 2 groups (all P > 0.05).Conclusions Early administration of high-dose amino acids in parenteral nutrition for preterm infants can result in earlier enteral nutrition,shorter parenteral nutrition duration without increasing incidence of complications and hospitalization expenses.
10.Discussion on Non-polluted Standardized Planting Technology of Anoectochilus
Shuaijun HU ; Xingyu ZHU ; Xiangxiao MENG ; Han GAO ; Xia LIU ; Zhongyi ZHANG
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2018;20(11):2082-2087
Anoectochilus, the fresh or dry whole grass of Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl., has the effects of cooling blood, dispelling wind, dispelling dampness and resolving toxin, resulting in a wide range of clinical applications and large market demand. However, in the planting process, there are problems such as irregular planting management, excessive addition of pesticides, irregular processing links, even the phenomenon of selling adulteration, which seriously affects the quality of the medicine. In order to guarantee the quality and productivity of Chinese herbal medicines, this paper developed the standard operating procedures for the non-pollution Anoectochilus, including the non-pollution cultivation environment of Anoectochilus, planting methods, field management, pest control and quality control, etc., which provides guidance to promote the healthy development of the Anoectochilus industry.

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