1.Treatment of Adolescent Bipolar Disorder Based on the Opening-Closing-Pivot Theory
Xiang LI ; Xue BAI ; Ruijing ZHANG ; Yanli MENG ; Xia CUI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(14):1556-1559
Based on the opening-closing-pivot theory, this paper proposes that adolescent bipolar disorder is closely associated with taiyin (太阴), shaoyang (少阳), and jueyin (厥阴) channels. The principal pathogenesis involves dysfunction of the opening function of taiyin, impaired pivot function of shaoyang, and failure of the closing function of jueyin. Accordingly, the therapeutic principles include regulating taiyin to restore the ascending and descending movement of qi, harmonizing shaoyang to facilitate the pivot mechanism, and balancing yin and yang to reinforce the closing and storing function of jueyin. In clinical practice, Yihuang Powder (益黄散) and Tongxie Important Formula (痛泻要方) are commonly prescribed to regulate the qi movement of taiyin and restore its ascending and transporting functions, while Xiaochaihu Decoction (小柴胡汤) and Sini Powder (四逆散) are used to regulate the shaoyang pivot, and Wumei Pill (乌梅丸), Danggui Sini Decoction (当归四逆汤), and Huanglian Ejiao Decoction (黄连阿胶汤) combined with Shaoyao Gancao Decoction (芍药甘草汤) are employed to harmonize the jueyin closing mechanism. In addition, traditional daoyin (导引) exercise yi jin jing (易筋经) is incorporated to simultaneously regulate the body and mind by guiding internal regulation through external movement, thereby calming the body and tranquilizing the mind.
2.Treatment of Adolescent Bipolar Disorder Based on the Opening-Closing-Pivot Theory
Xiang LI ; Xue BAI ; Ruijing ZHANG ; Yanli MENG ; Xia CUI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(14):1556-1559
Based on the opening-closing-pivot theory, this paper proposes that adolescent bipolar disorder is closely associated with taiyin (太阴), shaoyang (少阳), and jueyin (厥阴) channels. The principal pathogenesis involves dysfunction of the opening function of taiyin, impaired pivot function of shaoyang, and failure of the closing function of jueyin. Accordingly, the therapeutic principles include regulating taiyin to restore the ascending and descending movement of qi, harmonizing shaoyang to facilitate the pivot mechanism, and balancing yin and yang to reinforce the closing and storing function of jueyin. In clinical practice, Yihuang Powder (益黄散) and Tongxie Important Formula (痛泻要方) are commonly prescribed to regulate the qi movement of taiyin and restore its ascending and transporting functions, while Xiaochaihu Decoction (小柴胡汤) and Sini Powder (四逆散) are used to regulate the shaoyang pivot, and Wumei Pill (乌梅丸), Danggui Sini Decoction (当归四逆汤), and Huanglian Ejiao Decoction (黄连阿胶汤) combined with Shaoyao Gancao Decoction (芍药甘草汤) are employed to harmonize the jueyin closing mechanism. In addition, traditional daoyin (导引) exercise yi jin jing (易筋经) is incorporated to simultaneously regulate the body and mind by guiding internal regulation through external movement, thereby calming the body and tranquilizing the mind.
3.Correlation between depressive symptom and traditional Chinese medicine constitution among school aged children and adolescents
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(9):1222-1225
Objective:
To explore the correlation between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution and depressive symptom among school aged children and adolescents, so as to provide evidences for informing constitution based regulation and prevention of depressive symptom.
Methods:
From June to December 2024, a total of 4 729 students aged 6-14 were recruited by cluster random sampling from 10 primary schools in Baoding (Hebei Province), Heze and Liaocheng (Shandong Province). General information, TCM constitution and depressive symptom were collected. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) models were used to analyze related factors and threshold effects of depressive symptom. Binary Logistic regression was applied to examine the association between depressive symptom and TCM constitution, with subgroup analyses conducted.
Results:
The detection rate of depressive symptom among the included children and adolescents was 25.82%. RCS analyses indicated non linear associations between depressive symptom and age (inflection point at 10 years old), bedtime (inflection point at 22:00), and wake up time (inflection point at 6:30 ) (all P non linearity <0.01). Linear associations were observed with body mass index (BMI) and sleep duration (all P non linearity > 0.05 ). After adjusting for covariates such as age, BMI and sleep status, binary Logistic regression analyses showed that Yin deficient constitution ( OR =1.26, 95% CI =1.09-1.45) and Phlegm-dampness constitution ( OR =1.42, 95% CI =1.11-1.82) were significantly associated with depressive symptom among children and adolescents (all P <0.05).
Conclusions
Depressive symptom among school aged children and adolescents is primarily associated with Yin deficiency and Phlegm dampness constitutions in TCM constitution. Active attention should be paid to susceptible TCM constitution among children and adolescents. Targeted health guidance and interventions should be implemented to improve TCM constitution health status for preventing the occurrence of depressive symptom.
4.Syndrome and Treatment Law of TCM in Treating Pediatric Pneumonia Convalescence Based on Data Mining
Lixiu GE ; Xia CUI ; Jianning GUO ; Xue BAI ; Huifang LI ; Yixin SHI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;32(9):40-47
Objective To explore syndrome and treatment law of TCM in treating pediatric pneumonia convalescence;To provide references for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment.Methods The relevant literature about TCM in treating pediatric pneumonia convalescence was retrieved from CNKI,SinoMed,VIP,Wanfang Data and PubMed from the establishment of the databases to December 31,2024.Diagnostic basis,syndrome elements and TCM prescription information were extracted.Excel 2021 was used for frequency statistics,SPSS Modeler 18.0 was used for association rule analysis,Gephi 0.10.1 was used to complete complex network analysis,and Origin 2025 was used for data visualization.Results A total of 171 articles were included.Diagnosis basis predominantly involved symptoms,signs and course of the disease.TCM syndrome element distribution predominantly involved the lung,spleen,qi deficiency,yin deficiency,phlegm,dampness,blood stasis and heat,often presenting as a mixture of deficiency and excess patterns.A total of 98 prescriptions were collected,with high-frequency herbs primarily including tonifying and deficiency-replenishing herbs,and phlegm-resolving and antitussive herbs.The herbal properties and tastes were mainly warm,neutral,slightly cold,and sweet,bitter,pungent,primarily associated with the lung and spleen meridians.Complex network analysis identified three core patterns of syndrome-herb interactions.Conclusion The diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia convalescence relies on symptoms,signs and course of the disease as key criteria.The syndrome is often characterized by a deficiency-excess complex.Treatment should integrate the dynamic interactions among syndrome elements and adjust the balance between reinforcing healthy qi and eliminating pathogens based on the proportional weight of deficiency and excess.For deficiency patterns,it is necessary to focus on tonifying qi and nourishing yin.For concurrent syndromes or pathological factors,additional methods such as resolving phlegm,clearing heat,regulating qi,drying dampness,promoting digestion,cooling blood,and activating blood circulation may be incorporated.
5.Research progress of molecular imaging in Parkinson disease
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2025;45(5):317-320
Parkinson disease is a widespread progressive neurodegenerative disease. Clinical diagnostic methods are not sufficient to provide an early and accurate diagnosis before a significant loss of dopaminergic neurons. Molecular imaging techniques can be used for early diagnosis of Parkinson disease through a variety of imaging agents. In this paper, the research progress of molecular imaging in the diagnosis of Parkinson disease is reviewed from the aspects of imaging agents and imaging methods.
6.Concordance and pathogenicity of copy number variants detected by non-invasive prenatal screening in 38,611 pregnant women without fetal structural abnormalities.
Yunyun LIU ; Jing WANG ; Ling WANG ; Lin CHEN ; Dan XIE ; Li WANG ; Sha LIU ; Jianlong LIU ; Ting BAI ; Xiaosha JING ; Cechuan DENG ; Tianyu XIA ; Jing CHENG ; Lingling XING ; Xiang WEI ; Yuan LUO ; Quanfang ZHOU ; Ling LIU ; Qian ZHU ; Hongqian LIU
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(4):499-501
7.Application of motor behavior evaluation method of zebrafish model in traditional Chinese medicine research.
Xin LI ; Qin-Qin LIANG ; Bing-Yue ZHANG ; Zhong-Shang XIA ; Gang BAI ; Zheng-Cai DU ; Er-Wei HAO ; Jia-Gang DENG ; Xiao-Tao HOU
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2025;50(10):2631-2639
The zebrafish model has attracted much attention due to its strong reproductive ability, short research cycle, and ease of maintenance. It has always been an important vertebrate model system, often used to carry out human disease research. Its motor behavior features have the advantages of being simpler, more intuitive, and quantifiable. In recent years, it has received widespread attention in the study of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)for the treatment of sleep disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, fatigue, epilepsy, and other diseases. This paper reviews the characteristics of zebrafish motor behavior and its applications in the pharmacodynamic verification and mechanism research of TCM extracts, active ingredients, and TCM compounds, as well as in active ingredient screening and safety evaluation. The paper also analyzes its advantages and disadvantages, with the aim of improving the breadth and depth of zebrafish and its motor behavior applications in the field of TCM research.
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*
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Disease Models, Animal
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Drug Evaluation, Preclinical/methods*
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Animals
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Sleep Wake Disorders/physiopathology*
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Epilepsy/physiopathology*
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Neurodegenerative Diseases/physiopathology*
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Fatigue/physiopathology*
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Behavior, Animal/physiology*
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Motor Activity/physiology*
8.Screening and validation of tsRNAs associated with lung adenocarcinoma
Chunli LU ; Yifan SHAN ; Weijia XIE ; Tingting XIA ; Ying XIANG ; Na WU ; Long WU ; Li BAI ; Yafei LI
Journal of Army Medical University 2025;47(2):122-131
Objective To explore the roles of transfer RNA-derived small RNAs(tsRNAs)in the oncogenesis and progression of lung adenocarcinoma by analyzing the differential expression of tsRNAs in lung adenocarcinoma and the relationship between the expression levels of tsRNAs in lung adenocarcinoma and the prognosis of patients in order to further screen and validate the tsRNAs associated with lung adenocarcinoma.Methods The differential expression of tsRNAs between lung adenocarcinoma tissues and normal tissues was analyzed based on the database of the Computational Medicine Center.The effects of tsRNAs expression levels on the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma patients were analyzed based on the Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)database(TCGA-LUAD).The target genes were predicted based on TRFtarget2.0 and tRFTar databases.Gene ontology(GO)enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)pathway analysis were performed based on DAVID and KOBA KEGG online websites.The expression levels of target genes in lung adenocarcinoma tissues and normal tissues were analyzed based on the University of ALabama at Birmingham CANcer data analysis Portal(UALCAN)database.In vitro cell proliferation,migration,and invasion assays were performed to investigate the biological functions of tRF-19-69M8LOJX in lung adenocarcinoma cells.Results Compared with the normal tissues,tRF-19-69M8LOJX was up-regulated in lung adenocarcinoma tissues(log2FC=4.28,FDR<0.05).High expression level of tRF-19-69M8LOJX was associated with shorter progression-free survival(HR=1.565,95%CI=1.142-2.145,P=0.005).And its overexpression promoted cell proliferation and migration(P<0.001),and invasion(P=0.009)of A549 cells,and up-regulated COL1A1(P=0.002)and VCAN(P=0.022)significantly in the tRF-19-69M8LOJX overexpression cell model.Conclusion tRF-19-69M8LOJX is up-regulated in lung adenocarcinoma tissues.And its high expression is closely associated with poor prognosis.The tsRNA may play an important role in the pathogenesis and development of lung adenocarcinoma.
9.Construction and accuracy analysis of a malnutrition prediction model for patients after proximal femoral nail anti rotation internal fixation
Lin SHEN ; Xiaojia BAI ; Gang WANG ; Lijuan XUE ; Chunhua ZHANG ; Xia LI
Journal of Army Medical University 2025;47(10):1092-1101
Objective To explore the related factors of postoperative nutritional risk in elderly patients with proximal femoral nail anti rotation(PFNA)internal fixation and establish a prediction model of malnutrition.Methods A total of 574 elderly patients who underwent PFNA internal fixation in the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from January 2021 to June 2024 were included and divided into malnutrition group(n=389)and good nutrition group(n=185).The differences in 39 indicators in aspects of physiological,psychological,social,economic,environmental and medical fields were compared between the 2 groups.Logistic analysis was used to screen the nutritional risk factors,and then a nomogram model was constructed based on these factors.Results Advanced age,lower BMI,higher postoperative Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS)score,less exercise before fracture,being farmers,higher economic pressure,lower preoperative albumin,preprotein and hemoglobin,and lower Barthel index before fracture were independent risk factors for nutritional risk in patients undergoing PFNA internal fixation(P<0.05).The nomogram prediction model based on the above factors had an AUC value of 0.995(95%CI:0.987~1.000)in predicting the risk of malnutrition in these patients.When the threshold probability>0.02,this model could be clinically beneficial in predicting the risk of postoperative malnutrition in patients after PFNA internal fixation.Conclusion Our nutritional risk prediction model based on age,BMI,economic pressure,pre-fracture exercise and preoperative albumin and other indicators is constructed for the elderly patients after PFNA internal fixation,and the model has high accuracy and clinical application value.
10.Neurokinin 1 receptor inhibition alleviated mitochondrial dysfunction via restoring purine nucleotide cycle disorder driven by substance P in acute pancreatitis.
Chenxia HAN ; Lu LI ; Lin BAI ; Yaling WU ; Jiawang LI ; Yiqin WANG ; Wanmeng LI ; Xue REN ; Ping LIAO ; Xiaoting CHEN ; Yaguang ZHANG ; Fengzhi WU ; Feng LI ; Dan DU ; Qing XIA
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(6):3025-3040
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a life-threatening gastrointestinal disorder for which no effective pharmacological treatments are currently available. One of the pharmacological targets that merits further research is the neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R), which is found on pancreatic acinar cells and responds to the neuropeptide substance P (SP) that participates in AP. Although a few studies have stated the involvement of SP/NK1R in neurogenic inflammation in AP development, the regulatory mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we found that following activation of NK1R by SP, β-arrestin1, a scaffold protein of NK1R, down-regulated transcription of Adss, Adsl, and Ampd in the purine nucleotide cycle, thereby inhibiting mitochondrial function through fumarate depletion. Interestingly, we identified magnolol as a new and natural NK1R inhibitor with a non-nitrogenous biphenyl core structure. It exhibited a beneficial effect on AP by restoring purine nucleotide cycle metabolic enzymes and fumarate levels. Our study not only provides new therapeutic strategies, leading compounds, and drug translation possibilities for AP, but also provides important clues for the study of downstream mechanisms driven by SP in other diseases.


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