1.A Case of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex with Multiple Organ Involvement Caused by TSC2 Gene Mutation
Hongli ZHANG ; Jiayuan DAI ; Yan WANG ; Weihong ZHANG ; Wenbin MA ; Hanhui FU ; Chunxia HE ; Jun ZHENG ; Wenda WANG ; Wei ZUO ; Yaping LIU ; Min SHEN
JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES 2026;5(1):60-67
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder primarily caused by pathogenic variants in the
2.Effects of Electroacupuncture with "Tonifying the Kidney and Dispelling Stasis" Acupoint Prescription on Sexual Function and Penile Vascular Endothelial Function in Diabetic Erectile Dysfunction Model Rats
Mingxi YAN ; Mengze LI ; Pingyu GE ; Chunxia LU ; Caihong XIAO ; Jin CUI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(12):1265-1272
ObjectiveTo observe the effects of electroacupuncture with "tonifying the kidney and dispelling stasis" acupoint prescription on sexual function in diabetic erectile dysfunction (DMED)model rats, and to explore its possible mechanism of action. MethodsSPF male SD rats were randomly divided into 10 each in blank group, model group, Tadalafil group, and electroacupuncture group. DMED rat model was prepared by high glucose and high fat diet combined with intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin. After successful modelling, rats in the electroacupuncture group were given electroacupuncture intervention of "tonifying the kidney and dispelling stasis" acupoint prescription once every other day; Tadalafil group was given Tadalafil solution 0.5 mg/kg·d by gavage, and the blank group, model group and electroacupuncture group were given 10 ml/kg pure water by gavage once a day. Each group was intervened for 30 days. The body mass and blood glucose level of the rats were detected on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd days and at the end of the intervention, respectively. At the end of the intervention, the penile erection of the rats was observed by using the apomorphine test; the level of plasma endothelial cell microparticles (EMPs)was detected by flow cytometry; the histopathological morphology of the penile cavernous body was observed by HE staining, and the pathological morphology of the endothelial cells of the penile vasculature was observed by electron microscopy. Serum sex hormones including testosterone (T), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinising hormone (LH) and vascular endothelial function-related factors including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), endothelin-1 (ET-1), lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1), soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin), and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) were measured by ELISA method. ResultsCompared with blank group, the model group, Tadalafil group, and electroacupuncture group all had lower body mass and higher blood glucose levels at each time of testing (P<0.01). Compared with the blank group, the number of penile erections reduced in the model group, the level of CD31+ EMPs increased, the levels of serum T, FSH, LH, and VEGF reduced, and the levels of serum ET-1, LOX-1, sE-selectin, and sICAM-1 increased (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the Tadalafil group and the electroacupuncture group showed an increased number of penile erections decreased level of CD31+ EMPs, increased levels of serum T, FSH, LH, and VEGF, and decreased levels of serum ET-1, LOX-1, sE-selectin, and sICAM-1 (P<0.01). Compared with the Tadalafil group, serum T, FSH, LH, VEGF levels increased and ET-1, LOX-1 levels decreased in the electroacupuncture group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). HE staining and electron microscopic observation revealed that there was severe pathological damage to the cavernous tissue of the penis and vascular endothelial cells of the rat in the model group, which was ameliorated to a certain degree in both Tadalafil group and electroacupuncture group. ConclusionThe electroacupuncture prescription of "tonifying the kidney and dispelling stasis" can improve the erectile dysfunction of DMED rats, which is comparable to the effect of Tadalafi. Its mechanism of action may be related to the regulation of vascular endothelial function.
3.Bibliometric analysis of research trends and hotspots in medication literacy researches
Chaoyue SUN-LI ; Chunxia MAN ; Suying YAN ; Hua LIU ; Guanchun WANG ; Qing XIE
Adverse Drug Reactions Journal 2025;27(7):422-427
Objective:To analyze the current situation and hotspots of medication literacy research at home and abroad, and provide references for medication literacy research in China.Methods:The literature related to medication literacy in the Web of Science Core Collection Database, Scopus and China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database were retrieved (up to May 31, 2024). The CiteSpace software was used to analyze the number of published papers, countries, institutions, journals, authors and keywords, etc.Results:A total of 604 literature were included (361 in Chinese and 243 in English). The literature related to medication literacy were first seen in 2000, and the number grew slowly, which showed rapid growth after 2016, and reached a peak in 2023. The country with the largest number of published English literature was China (69 articles), followed by the United States (66 articles). The literature from the United States were cited 3 623 times, and those from China were cited 2 523 times. Central South University and the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were tied for the first place in terms of the number of published articles as institutions (both 15 articles). The top 5 institutions in terms of the number of Chinese publications were Xiangya Third Hospital of Central South University, Central South University, Yanbian University, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, and Tianjin Chest Hospital. The discipline with the largest number of published English literature was pharmacology/pharmacy (107 articles), followed by public environmental occupational health (88 articles) and general internal medicine (39 articles); the discipline with the largest number of Chinese published articles was clinical medicine (124 articles), followed by research on medical and health policies and regulations (56 articles), and medical education and marginal medical disciplines (34 articles). Keyword cluster analysis showed that the top 3 keywords in the English literature were medication errors, health education, and community pharmacy, while those in the Chinese literature were health literacy, self-management, and health education.Conclusions:Research on medication literacy has rapidly developed in recent years. China and the United States are the main countries for research related to medication literacy. Health education and medication errors are the mainstream of the research. Future research can focus on personalized assessment and intervention measures of medication literacy, so as to develop high-quality assessment tools for medication literacy.
4.Current status and prospects of public health nursing development at home and abroad
Chunxia HE ; Jiali ZHANG ; Jimei ZHANG ; Lingli YAN ; Jia YIN ; Qian YAO ; Xiuying HU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2025;31(31):4321-4328
This paper conducts a systematic literature review to analyze and summarize the current status, admission standards, practical scope, competency requirements, and talent cultivation of public health nursing teams both domestically and internationally, in order to provide reference for the development of public health nursing in China and assist in the improvement of the public health talent team.
5.Bibliometric analysis of research trends and hotspots in medication literacy researches
Chaoyue SUN-LI ; Chunxia MAN ; Suying YAN ; Hua LIU ; Guanchun WANG ; Qing XIE
Adverse Drug Reactions Journal 2025;27(7):422-427
Objective:To analyze the current situation and hotspots of medication literacy research at home and abroad, and provide references for medication literacy research in China.Methods:The literature related to medication literacy in the Web of Science Core Collection Database, Scopus and China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database were retrieved (up to May 31, 2024). The CiteSpace software was used to analyze the number of published papers, countries, institutions, journals, authors and keywords, etc.Results:A total of 604 literature were included (361 in Chinese and 243 in English). The literature related to medication literacy were first seen in 2000, and the number grew slowly, which showed rapid growth after 2016, and reached a peak in 2023. The country with the largest number of published English literature was China (69 articles), followed by the United States (66 articles). The literature from the United States were cited 3 623 times, and those from China were cited 2 523 times. Central South University and the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were tied for the first place in terms of the number of published articles as institutions (both 15 articles). The top 5 institutions in terms of the number of Chinese publications were Xiangya Third Hospital of Central South University, Central South University, Yanbian University, Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University, and Tianjin Chest Hospital. The discipline with the largest number of published English literature was pharmacology/pharmacy (107 articles), followed by public environmental occupational health (88 articles) and general internal medicine (39 articles); the discipline with the largest number of Chinese published articles was clinical medicine (124 articles), followed by research on medical and health policies and regulations (56 articles), and medical education and marginal medical disciplines (34 articles). Keyword cluster analysis showed that the top 3 keywords in the English literature were medication errors, health education, and community pharmacy, while those in the Chinese literature were health literacy, self-management, and health education.Conclusions:Research on medication literacy has rapidly developed in recent years. China and the United States are the main countries for research related to medication literacy. Health education and medication errors are the mainstream of the research. Future research can focus on personalized assessment and intervention measures of medication literacy, so as to develop high-quality assessment tools for medication literacy.
6.Current status and prospects of public health nursing development at home and abroad
Chunxia HE ; Jiali ZHANG ; Jimei ZHANG ; Lingli YAN ; Jia YIN ; Qian YAO ; Xiuying HU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2025;31(31):4321-4328
This paper conducts a systematic literature review to analyze and summarize the current status, admission standards, practical scope, competency requirements, and talent cultivation of public health nursing teams both domestically and internationally, in order to provide reference for the development of public health nursing in China and assist in the improvement of the public health talent team.
7.Characteristics of electrocardiogram in fulminant myocarditis
Yongcui YAN ; Meiyan DAI ; Luyun WANG ; Daowen WANG ; Chunxia ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2024;52(8):914-921
Objective:To investugate the unique electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristics of fulminant myocarditis (FM) patients and provide important clues for the diagnosis of FM.Methods:This was a retrospective study. Patients diagnosed with acute myocarditis at Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology from February 2017 to April 2022 were enrolled and divided into fulminant myocarditis group (FM) and non-fulminant myocarditis group (NFM) according to clinical diagnosis. A total of 246 healthy people who underwent physical examination in the Health examination Center of Tongji Hospital at the same period were selected as the control group. The clinical data and ECG characteristics of the above 3 groups were analyzed and compared. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influence of ECG parameters on left ventricular ejection fraction in FM patients. Receiver operating curves were constructed to evaluate the predictive value of different ECG parameters for FM.Results:A total of 180 patients were included in this study (FM group: n=123; NFM group: n=57), with an age of (35.0±16.2) years and 106 males (58.89%). Compared with NFM group, ECG was significantly abnormal in FM group, with a higher incidence of sinus tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, escape rhythm, right bundle branch block, third degree atrioventricular block, ST-segment elevation, low voltage, prolonged QTc interval, and widened QRS wave in the FM group (all P<0.05). The ECG parameters showed that the amplitude of the full lead QRS wave in FM group was lower than that in NFM group ( P<0.01). The average heart rate and QTc interval of FM group were significantly higher than those of NFM and control groups (all P<0.05). Although ST-segment elevation had a higher incidence in the FM group, ECG parameters showed that except for leads Ⅲ and aVF, the ST segment levels in all leads in the FM group were lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in some ST segment changes between FM and NFM groups, while there was no statistical difference between the NFM and control groups. Multivariate regression analysis showed that widened QRS wave and increased heart rate were the influencing factors for left ventricular systolic dysfunction in FM patients ( OR=16.914, 95% CI: 1.367-209.224, P=0.028; OR=1.026, 95% CI: 1.010-1.042, P=0.001). Receiver operating curve analysis showed that heart rate>86.90 beat/min, QTc>431.50 ms, and RV5+SV1<1.72 mV had certain predictive value for FM diagnosis. Conclusions:FM patients displayed marked and severe ECG abnormalities, and characteristic changes in ECG can provide important first clues for the diagnosis of FM.
8.Research progress in roles of circular RNA in brain function regulation and drug addiction
Xixi YANG ; Feifei GAO ; Xiaoyu YANG ; Jingqi GAO ; Yuxiang ZHANG ; Chunxia YAN
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2024;38(1):46-55
Circular RNA(circRNA)is an emerging class of endogenous non-coding RNA,which is widely expressed in the brain and plays an important role in a variety of biological processes.Research has shown that circRNA plays a key role in physiological and pathological processes of the brain,such as neurodevelopment,synaptic plasticity and neurodegenerative diseases through a variety of mecha-nisms such as adsorption of microRNA,binding to proteins and translation of peptides.In the field of drug addiction,the expression of circRNA is significantly changed in animal models and brains of addicts,and the regulation involves neural adaptation in brain regions that form the reward circuit such as the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex.Additionally,addiction-related circRNAs are closely associated with neurotransmitter systems,signaling pathways,and neuroinflammatory responses,and they influ-ence the formation and maintenance of drug addiction by modulating gene expression networks related to drug addiction.Here,the biogenesis and regulatory mechanism of circRNA as well as its important role in brain function and drug addiction are reviewed in order to provide a new perspective for explora-tions of the pathological mechanism of drug addiction.
9.Bidirectional relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease: Prospective cohort study and genetic analyses
Wenqiang ZHANG ; Li ZHANG ; Chenghan XIAO ; Xueyao WU ; Huijie CUI ; Chao YANG ; Peijing YAN ; Mingshuang TANG ; Yutong WANG ; Lin CHEN ; Yunjie LIU ; Yanqiu ZOU ; Ling ZHANG ; Chunxia YANG ; Yuqin YAO ; Jiayuan LI ; Zhenmi LIU ; Xia JIANG ; Ben ZHANG
Chinese Medical Journal 2024;137(5):577-587
Background::While type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is considered a putative causal risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), the intrinsic link underlying T2DM and CAD is not fully understood. We aimed to highlight the importance of integrated care targeting both diseases by investigating the phenotypic and genetic relationships between T2DM and CAD.Methods::We evaluated phenotypic associations using data from the United Kingdom Biobank ( N = 472,050). We investigated genetic relationships by leveraging genomic data conducted in European ancestry for T2DM, with and without adjustment for body mass index (BMI) (T2DM: Ncase/ Ncontrol = 74,124/824,006; T2DM adjusted for BMI [T2DM adjBMI]: Ncase/ Ncontrol = 50,409/523,897) and for CAD ( Ncase/ Ncontrol = 181,522/984,168). We performed additional analyses using genomic data conducted in multiancestry individuals for T2DM ( Ncase/ Ncontrol = 180,834/1,159,055). Results::Observational analysis suggested a bidirectional relationship between T2DM and CAD (T2DM→CAD: hazard ratio [HR] = 2.12, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.01–2.24; CAD→T2DM: HR = 1.72, 95% CI: 1.63–1.81). A positive overall genetic correlation between T2DM and CAD was observed ( rg = 0.39, P = 1.43 × 10 -75), which was largely independent of BMI (T2DM adjBMI–CAD: rg = 0.31, P = 1.20 × 10 –36). This was corroborated by six local signals, among which 9p21.3 showed the strongest genetic correlation. Cross-trait meta-analysis replicated 101 previously reported loci and discovered six novel pleiotropic loci. Mendelian randomization analysis supported a bidirectional causal relationship (T2DM→CAD: odds ratio [OR] = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.11-1.16; CAD→T2DM: OR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.07-1.18), which was confirmed in multiancestry individuals (T2DM→CAD: OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.10-1.16; CAD→T2DM: OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 1.04-1.13). This bidirectional relationship was significantly mediated by systolic blood pressure and intake of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, with mediation proportions of 54.1% (95% CI: 24.9-83.4%) and 90.4% (95% CI: 29.3-151.5%), respectively. Conclusion::Our observational and genetic analyses demonstrated an intrinsic bidirectional relationship between T2DM and CAD and clarified the biological mechanisms underlying this relationship.
10.Influence of remaining coronal tooth structure and fiber post location on the fracture resistance of restored endodontically treated maxillary premolars
Chunxia CHEN ; Yadong ZHANG ; Yan KE ; Jing MI ; Guifang YANG ; Shaoqing SHI ; Yongsheng WANG
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2024;40(6):860-863
120 extracted maxillary first premolars were endodontically treated and randomly divided into 5 groups(n=24).The teeth in group A had 4 walls of coronal tooth structure,in group B,C,D and E had only 3 walls,missing the palatal,buccal,mesial and distal wall,respectively.The teeth in group A0-E0(n=6)were restored without post,in group A1-E1(n=6)with buccal post,in group A2-E2(n=6)with palatal post,in group A3-E3(n=6)with buccal and palatal post,respectively.The fracture resistance of group A was higher than that of B,C,D and E groups(P<0.05).The fracture resistance of fiber posts placed in the buccal root canal was higher than that in the palatal root canal(P<0.05).The 360° complete ferrule can provide the best fracture resistance,When the ferrule is not complete,it is recommended to place buccal fiber post for repair.

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