1.A study of suctioning flexible ureteroscopy with intelligent pressure-control in treating patients with urogenic sepsis after drainage at different times
Wei MENG ; Feng LYU ; Huajun ZHANG ; Bo CHEN ; Shuaijiang LU ; Ningning LI ; Bo CAI ; Limin MA ; Yangbo GUAN
Journal of Modern Urology 2024;29(2):126-129
【Objective】 To investigate the safety and effectiveness of suctioning flexible ureteroscopy with intelligent pressure-control at different times after drainage for patients with urogenic sepsis complicated with upper urinary tract stones. 【Methods】 Clinical data of 59 patients treated in the Department of Urology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University during May 2022 and May 2023 were collected.The patients were divided into early lithotripsy (≤1 week) group (n=27) and late lithotripsy (>1 week) group (n=32).Baseline data, imaging data and postoperative data of the two groups were compared. 【Results】 There were no significant differences between the two groups in the stone-free rate, total incidence of complications, incidence of high-grade complications, length of stay after lithotripsy, hospitalization costs after lithotripsy and total hospitalization costs (P>0.05). 【Conclusion】 Both early lithotripsy (<1 week) and late lithotripsy (>1 week) are safe and effective in the treatment of urogenic sepsis after drainage.
2.Efficacy of Wuling capsules combined with low-dose quetiapine in the treatment of oldest-old patients with insomnia accompanied by anxiety and depression
Chuanyun CAI ; Xin HU ; Huajun ZHU ; Wenzhu LIU ; Zixing WU ; Wei JIANG
China Pharmacy 2024;35(12):1517-1521
OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy and safety of Wuling capsules combined with low-dose quetiapine in the treatment of oldest-old patients with insomnia accompanied by anxiety and depression. METHODS The clinical data of 96 oldest- old patients (aged≥80 years) with insomnia accompanied by anxiety and depression who were attending outpatient clinics or hospitalized in our hospital from June 2020 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the different drug treatments, the patients were divided into Wuling capsules group (0.99 g, tid, 34 cases), quetiapine group (25-50 mg, qn, 30 cases) and combination group (using Wuling capsules and quetiapine simultaneously, same as the single drug groups, 32 cases). Before and after 8 weeks of treatment, the patients of three groups were compared in terms of photoplethysmography sleep monitoring indexes (total sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep latency, and the number of awakening), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) score, 14-item Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA-14) score, 17-item Hamilton depression scale (HAMD-17) score, mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score, and serum levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α); the therapeutic effects and adverse drug reactions of the three groups were observed and compared. RESULTS Compared with before treatment, the total sleep time, sleep efficiency and MMSE scores of the three groups were significantly longer or higher after treatment (P<0.05), while the sleep latency, number of awakening, PSQI score, HAMA-14 score, HAMD-17 score, serum IL-1β and TNF-α levels were significantly shorter or lower after treatment (P<0.05). Sleep latency, number of awakening, HAMA-14 score, HAMD-17 score and serum TNF-α level in quetiapine group were significantly shorter or lower than Wuling capsules group after treatment (P<0.05). Moreover, the above indexes in the combination group were significantly better than quetiapine group and Wuling capsules group (P<0.05). The total effective rate of treatment in the combination 1731786794@qq.com group was significantly higher than the other two groups (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of mail:2408797210@qq.com adverse drug reactions among the three groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS The therapeutic effect of Wuling capsules combined with low-dose quetiapine is better than that of individual drugs for oldest-old patients with insomnia accompanied with anxiety and depression, not increasing the risk of adverse reactions.
3.Total flavonoids of Salvia miltiorrhiza alleviate acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in mice by suppressing hepatocyte ferroptosis via activating the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway
Huajun CAI ; Zhiqi CHEN ; Wenting HU ; Wei TAN ; Hao WU ; Chao WANG
Journal of Southern Medical University 2024;44(11):2201-2208
Objective To investigate the protective effect of total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum extract against acetaminophen(APAP)-induced acute liver injury(ALI)and its molecular mechanism.Methods The main chemical constituents of total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum were obtained through literature search,and their pharmacological mechanisms were predicted using bioinformatics analysis.In a mouse model of APAP-induced ALI,the protective effects of 100,200 and 400 mg/kg total flavonoids of Salvia miltiorrhiza and 150 mg/kg bifidus were evaluated by observing changes in blood biochemistry and liver histopathology and detecting expressions of the key proteins in the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway.Results Network pharmacology analysis suggested that the main active components in total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum for regulating APAP-induced liver injury included quercetin,lignocerol,caruric acid,and kaempferol,for which GO function enrichment analysis yielded 632 GO entries,including 472 involving biological processes,42 involving cellular composition,and 118 involving molecular function.KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum regulated APAP-induced liver injury mainly through ferroptosis-related signaling pathway.In mice with APAP-induced ALI,treatment with the total flavonoids significantly lowered ALT and AST levels,improved liver histopathology and inflammatory cell infiltration,reduced iron deposition in liver tissues,improved lipid peroxidation-related indexes,promoted the expressions of Nrf2,HO-1,SLC7A11,and GPX-4 proteins,and inhibited the expression of keap1 protein.Conclusion The total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum alleviate APAP-induced ALI in mice possibly by suppressing hepatocyte ferroptosis via activating the Nrf2/SLC7A11/GPX-4 signaling pathway.
4.Total flavonoids of Salvia miltiorrhiza alleviate acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in mice by suppressing hepatocyte ferroptosis via activating the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway
Huajun CAI ; Zhiqi CHEN ; Wenting HU ; Wei TAN ; Hao WU ; Chao WANG
Journal of Southern Medical University 2024;44(11):2201-2208
Objective To investigate the protective effect of total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum extract against acetaminophen(APAP)-induced acute liver injury(ALI)and its molecular mechanism.Methods The main chemical constituents of total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum were obtained through literature search,and their pharmacological mechanisms were predicted using bioinformatics analysis.In a mouse model of APAP-induced ALI,the protective effects of 100,200 and 400 mg/kg total flavonoids of Salvia miltiorrhiza and 150 mg/kg bifidus were evaluated by observing changes in blood biochemistry and liver histopathology and detecting expressions of the key proteins in the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway.Results Network pharmacology analysis suggested that the main active components in total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum for regulating APAP-induced liver injury included quercetin,lignocerol,caruric acid,and kaempferol,for which GO function enrichment analysis yielded 632 GO entries,including 472 involving biological processes,42 involving cellular composition,and 118 involving molecular function.KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum regulated APAP-induced liver injury mainly through ferroptosis-related signaling pathway.In mice with APAP-induced ALI,treatment with the total flavonoids significantly lowered ALT and AST levels,improved liver histopathology and inflammatory cell infiltration,reduced iron deposition in liver tissues,improved lipid peroxidation-related indexes,promoted the expressions of Nrf2,HO-1,SLC7A11,and GPX-4 proteins,and inhibited the expression of keap1 protein.Conclusion The total flavonoids of Salvia divinorum alleviate APAP-induced ALI in mice possibly by suppressing hepatocyte ferroptosis via activating the Nrf2/SLC7A11/GPX-4 signaling pathway.
5.Association between preconception oral microbiome and fetal overgrowth
Qiuli XIAO ; Xushan CAI ; Lifeng ZHANG ; Fengyun YANG ; Xingying LI ; An CHEN ; Huajun ZHENG ; Hong JIANG
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2024;27(6):457-467
Objective:To analyze the association between the pre-pregnancy oral microbiota of women and fetal overgrowth, and the possible mechanisms involved.Methods:A nested case-control study design based on a pre-pregnancy cohort was used to select 51 mothers who delivered macrosomia and/or large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants from the population recruited at the Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Jiading District in Shanghai from October 2016 to December 2021 as the case group. A control group was formed by selecting 204 mothers who delivered infants with normal birth weight and appropriate for gestational age during the same period, in a 1:4 ratio. The LGA subgroup consisted of 48 mothers who delivered LGA infants from the total population, and a corresponding control group of 192 was randomly selected from the remaining mothers who delivered non-LGA infants in a 1∶4 ratio for the LGA subgroup analysis. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing technique was utilized to detect pre-pregnancy saliva samples to compare the characteristics of the oral microbiota, differential microorganisms, and differential functional pathways between groups. Nonparametric Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, two independent samples t-tests, or Chi-square (or Fisher's exact) tests were used for statistical analysis. Factor analysis was conducted on the pre-pregnancy diet data of women, and the primary dietary pattern of each study subject was identified based on the highest score of the dietary pattern factors. For microbiota count data, α and β diversity indices were calculated using R and QIIME2 software, and the corresponding microbiota functional count data were acquired through PICRUSt2. Results:(1) General data: There was no significant difference in the time interval from pre-pregnancy sampling to pregnancy and from sampling to delivery between the two groups. In the case group, there were three cases of macrosomia and 48 cases (94.1%) of LGA. The corresponding control group for the LGA subgroup consisted of 192 cases. There were no significant differences in dietary patterns between the case group and the control group. (2) α diversity analysis: The species richness index of the case group was lower than that of the control group [(367.27±84.57) vs. (408.71±93.08), multivariate analysis, P=0.009], while no significant differences were found between the two groups in the Shannon and Simpson indices; the species richness index of the LGA subgroup was also lower than that of the corresponding control group [(371.04±83.92) vs. (408.04±94.21), multivariate analysis, P=0.033], with no significant differences in the Shannon and Simpson indices. (3) β diversity analysis: There was a statistically significant difference in the unweighted UniFrac distance of the oral microbiota between the case group and the control group ( R2=0.006, F=1.479, P=0.048). No significant differences were found in the β diversity indices of the oral microbiota between the LGA subgroup and the corresponding control group. (4) Differential microbiota analysis: There were 14 differential microbiotas from phylum to genus between the case group and the control group. At the genus level, members of the G1 genus of the Streptococcaceae were enriched in the case group, while the Lautropia, Dialister, Leptotrichia, and Rothia were enriched in the control group. In the LGA subgroup and its corresponding control group, there were 14 differential microbiota from phylum to genus; at the genus level, Leptotrichia, Rothia, G6 genus of the Saccharibacteria, and Selenomonas were enriched in the control group (all LDA value>2, and all P<0.05). (5) Differential functional analysis: In the case group, metabolic pathways such as nicotinate degradation [log 2 fold change ( FC)=3.510, q=0.005], de novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides (log 2FC=0.078, q=0.005), and L-tyrosine degradation pathway (log 2FC=0.710, q=0.034) were enriched in the oral microbiota of women. In the LGA subgroup, compared to the corresponding control group, metabolic pathways related to nicotinate degradation were enriched in the oral microbiota (log 2FC=3.660, q=0.012). Conclusions:There are differences in the structure of the pre-pregnancy oral microbiota of mothers with overgrown fetuses compared to those with normally grown fetuses, and mothers of normally grown fetuses show higher diversity in their pre-pregnancy oral microbiota. The enrichment of certain pathogenic bacteria and the reduction of symbiotic bacteria in the pre-pregnancy oral microbiota are associated with fetal overgrowth, and this association may be mediated by functional pathways such as nicotinate degradation.
6.Single-dose AAV-based vaccine induces a high level of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques.
Dali TONG ; Mei ZHANG ; Yunru YANG ; Han XIA ; Haiyang TONG ; Huajun ZHANG ; Weihong ZENG ; Muziying LIU ; Yan WU ; Huan MA ; Xue HU ; Weiyong LIU ; Yuan CAI ; Yanfeng YAO ; Yichuan YAO ; Kunpeng LIU ; Shifang SHAN ; Yajuan LI ; Ge GAO ; Weiwei GUO ; Yun PENG ; Shaohong CHEN ; Juhong RAO ; Jiaxuan ZHAO ; Juan MIN ; Qingjun ZHU ; Yanmin ZHENG ; Lianxin LIU ; Chao SHAN ; Kai ZHONG ; Zilong QIU ; Tengchuan JIN ; Sandra CHIU ; Zhiming YUAN ; Tian XUE
Protein & Cell 2023;14(1):69-73
7.Consensus on prescription review of commonly used H 1-antihistamines in pediatrics
Lihua HU ; Lu LIU ; Huiying CHEN ; Heping CAI ; Wentong GE ; Zhiying HAN ; Huijie HUANG ; Xing JI ; Yuntao JIA ; Lingyan JIAN ; Nannan JIANG ; Zhong LI ; Li LI ; Hua LIANG ; Chuanhe LIU ; Qinghong LU ; Xu LU ; Jun′e MA ; Jing MIAO ; Yanli REN ; Yunxiao SHANG ; Kunling SHEN ; Huajun SUN ; Jinqiao SUN ; Yanyan SUN ; Jianping TANG ; Hong WANG ; Lianglu WANG ; Xiaochuan WANG ; Lei XI ; Hua XU ; Zigang XU ; Meixing YAN ; Yong YIN ; Shengnan ZHANG ; Zhongping ZHANG ; Xin ZHAO ; Deyu ZHAO ; Wei ZHOU ; Li XIANG ; Xiaoling WANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2023;38(10):733-739
H 1-antihistamines are widely used in the treatment of various allergic diseases, but there are still many challenges in the safe and rational use of H 1-antihistamines in pediatrics, and there is a lack of guidance on the prescription review of H 1-antihistamines for children.In this paper, suggestions are put forward from the indications, dosage, route of administration, pathophysiological characteristics of children with individual difference and drug interactions, so as to provide reference for clinicians and pharmacists.
8.Recommendations for prescription review of commonly used anti-seizure medications in treatment of children with epilepsy
Qianqian QIN ; Qian DING ; Xiaoling LIU ; Heping CAI ; Zebin CHEN ; Lina HAO ; Liang HUANG ; Yuntao JIA ; Lingyan JIAN ; Zhong LI ; Hua LIANG ; Maochang LIU ; Qinghong LU ; Xiaolan MO ; Jing MIAO ; Yanli REN ; Huajun SUN ; Yanyan SUN ; Jing XU ; Meixing YAN ; Li YANG ; Shengnan ZHANG ; Shunguo ZHANG ; Xin ZHAO ; Jie DENG ; Fang FANG ; Li GAO ; Hong HAN ; Shaoping HUANG ; Li JIANG ; Baomin LI ; Jianmin LIANG ; Jianxiang LIAO ; Zhisheng LIU ; Rong LUO ; Jing PENG ; Dan SUN ; Hua WANG ; Ye WU ; Jian YANG ; Yuqin ZHANG ; Jianmin ZHONG ; Shuizhen ZHOU ; Liping ZOU ; Yuwu JIANG ; Xiaoling WANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2023;38(10):740-748
Anti-seizure medications (ASMs) are the main therapy for epilepsy.There are many kinds of ASMs with complex mechanism of action, so it is difficult for pharmacists to examine prescriptions.This paper put forward some suggestions on the indications, dosage forms/routes of administration, appropriateness of usage and dosage, combined medication and drug interaction, long-term prescription review, individual differences in pathophysiology of children, and drug selection when complicated with common epilepsy, for the reference of doctors and pharmacists.
9.Recommendations for prescription review of antipyretic-analgesics in symptomatic treatment of children with fever
Xiaohui LIU ; Xing JI ; Lihua HU ; Yuntao JIA ; Huajun SUN ; Qinghong LU ; Shengnan ZHANG ; Ruiling ZHAO ; Shunguo ZHANG ; Yanyan SUN ; Meixing YAN ; Lina HAO ; Heping CAI ; Jing XU ; Zengyan ZHU ; Hua XU ; Jing MIAO ; Xiaotong LU ; Zebin CHEN ; Hua CHENG ; Yunzhu LIN ; Ruijie CHEN ; Xin ZHAO ; Zhenguo LIU ; Junli ZHANG ; Yuwu JIANG ; Chaomin WAN ; Gen LU ; Hengmiao GAO ; Ju YIN ; Kunling SHEN ; Baoping XU ; Xiaoling WANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2022;37(9):653-659
Antipyretic-analgesics are currently one of the most prescribed drugs in children.The clinical application of antipyretic-analgesics for children in our country still have irrational phenomenon, which affects the therapeutic effect and even poses hidden dangers to the safety of children.In this paper, suggestions were put forward from the indications, dosage form/route, dosage suitability, pathophysiological characteristics of children with individual differences and drug interactions in the symptomatic treatment of febrile children, so as to provide reference for the general pharmacists when conducting prescription review.
10.Effect of integrated traditional chinese and western medicine on hyperthyroidism and on blood glucose metabolism disorder
Juanfei WU ; Dingjun CAI ; Huajun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(1):110-112
Objective To explorer effect of integrated traditional chinese and western medicine on hyperthyroidism and on blood glucose metabolism disorder. Methods 70 cases of patients with hyperthyroidism during March 2014 to March 2016 were randomly divided into two groups with 35 cases respectively ,and control group were treated with propylthiouracil,while observation group were treated with traditional chinese medicine on the basis of the control group.Before and after treatment,serum thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH), triiodothyronine(FT3), thyroxine(FT4 ) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) , 2 hours postprandial blood glucose(2hPG)were detected respectively,the curative effect and adverse reactions were observed. Results After treatment,the levels of TSH,FT3 and FT4 of the both two groups were significantly ameliorative (P<0.05),and FT3 ,FT4 of the observation group were significantly more ameliorative than the control group (P<0.05).The levels of FPG,2hPG of two groups were significantly depressed (P<0.05),and those of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05).The clinical effective rate of the observation group was significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05).Adverse reactions of two groups were not significantly different. Conclusion The treatment of hyperthyroidism with traditional chinese and western medicine can significantly improve the clinical curative effect and regulate the blood glucose metabolism, and the safety is high.

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