1.Current Situation, Problems and Countermeasures of Experimental Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine Regulating PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway in Rats with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Pengxuan YAN ; Yiqing LIU ; Nanxing XIAN ; Linjing PENG ; Kun LI ; Jingchun ZHANG ; Yukun ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(1):259-266
Polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) and its resulting infertility is one of the common diseases of gynecology and reproductive endocrinology. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B(PI3K/Akt) signaling pathway is relatively well-studied in the development of intervention in PCOS, and the experiments on PCOS in rats conducted by traditional Chinese medicine through this signaling pathway is also the main direction of mechanistic research. In this paper, 20 articles published in academic journals in the past 5 years were selected through the corresponding criteria, and the objective situation and existing problems of the selected research projects were analyzed from five aspects, namely, baseline data, modeling and treatment, grouping, evaluative indexes, and pharmacodynamic indexes. It is found that there were different degrees of problems in each research project, such as the observation indicators of modeling, criteria for judging the success of the model, the treatment period, the calculation of dosage of prescription/active ingredients and specific dosage were not clearly defined, which could easily lead the bias of the results or reduce the validity of experimental data. Based on this, the list of PCOS rat experimental research operations was formed, involving five categories of experimental rats, model construction, study implementation, outcome measures and analysis and report with a total of 21 operation lists, with a view to provide a reference for the subsequent PCOS experiments related to scientific research and helping to form high-quality results.
2.Construction and Validation of a Large Language Model-Based Intelligent Pre-Consultation System for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Yiqing LIU ; Ying LI ; Hongjun YANG ; Linjing PENG ; Nanxing XIAN ; Kunning LI ; Qiwei SHI ; Hengyi TIAN ; Lifeng DONG ; Lin WANG ; Yuping ZHAO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(9):895-900
ObjectiveTo construct a large language model (LLM)-based intelligent pre-consultation system for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to improve efficacy of clinical practice. MethodsA TCM large language model was fine-tuned using DeepSpeed ZeRO-3 distributed training strategy based on YAYI 2-30B. A weighted undirected graph network was designed and an agent-based syndrome differentiation model was established based on relationship data extracted from TCM literature and clinical records. An agent collaboration framework was developed to integrate the TCM LLM with the syndrome differentiation model. Model performance was comprehensively evaluated by Loss function, BLEU-4, and ROUGE-L metrics, through which training convergence, text generation quality, and language understanding capability were assessed. Professional knowledge test sets were developed to evaluate system proficiency in TCM physician licensure content, TCM pharmacist licensure content, TCM symptom terminology recognition, and meridian identification. Clinical tests were conducted to compare the system with attending physicians in terms of diagnostic accuracy, consultation rounds, and consultation duration. ResultsAfter 100 000 iterations, the training loss value was gradually stabilized at about 0.7±0.08, indicating that the TCM-LLM has been trained and has good generalization ability. The TCM-LLM scored 0.38 in BLEU-4 and 0.62 in ROUGE-L, suggesting that its natural language processing ability meets the standard. We obtained 2715 symptom terms, 505 relationships between diseases and syndromes, 1011 relationships between diseases and main symptoms, and 1 303 600 relationships among different symptoms, and constructed the Agent of syndrome differentiation model. The accuracy rates in the simulated tests for TCM practitioners, licensed pharmacists of Chinese materia medica, recognition of TCM symptom terminology, and meridian recognition were 94.09%, 78.00%, 87.50%, and 68.80%, respectively. In clinical tests, the syndrome differentiation accuracy of the system reached 88.33%, with fewer consultation rounds and shorter consultation time compared to the attending physicians (P<0.01), suggesting that the system has a certain pre- consultation ability. ConclusionThe LLM-based intelligent TCM pre-diagnosis system could simulate diagnostic thinking of TCM physicians to a certain extent. After understanding the patients' natural language, it collects all the patient's symptom through guided questioning, thereby enhancing the diagnostic and treatment efficiency of physicians as well as the consultation experience of the patients.
3.Scientific Research Paradigm and Technological Layout Ideas Based on Clinical Dominant Disease of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Allergic Rhinitis)
Lili LIU ; Zheng GONG ; Linjing ZHANG ; Haiyang ZHANG ; Xiaoxiao ZHANG ; Zhanfeng YAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(20):241-251
To implement the instructions and directives of General Secretary Xi Jinping on important documents related to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), adhere to the equal emphasis on TCM and Western medicine, and promote mutual complementarity, win-win cooperation, and coordinated development between TCM and Western medicine, the China Association of Chinese Medicine has organized seminars on the clinical dominant diseases of TCM in multiple professional fields, achieving a series of results. The aim is to implement the research on dominant diseases of TCM described in the Law of the People's Republic of China on Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Inheritance, Innovation and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine, thus serving the construction of advantageous specialties, clinical talent cultivation, national scientific and technological layout, and academic innovation leadership. In the field of otolaryngology, the China Association of Chinese Medicine and many Chinese and Western medicine experts across the country have conducted multiple in-depth discussions and research. At the 10th Clinical Dominant Disease Series Youth Salon, they have elaborated and demonstrated the basic and specific suggestions and consensus on the clinical advantages of TCM and integrated TCM and Western medicine in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR), making great progress. However, there is still a lack of detailed research paths. Under the guidance of the China Association of Chinese Medicine and based on the TCM Dominant Disease Series Salon for AR, this study analyzed the difficulties encountered in AR diagnosis and treatment according to the occurrence and development law of AR. Based on the advantages and characteristics of AR diagnosis and treatment by TCM and integrated TCM and Western medicine, it explored the research paradigm and technological layout points of AR and put forward suggestions. The layout involved four aspects: Optimization of the AR diagnosis and treatment system, prevention and control of comorbidities, management of chronic diseases, and a platform for TCM inheritance. Additionally, suggestions for layout and research directions, expected goals and values, and priority levels for funding were proposed. The study is expected to provide a theoretical basis and development ideas for the future prevention and treatment of AR with TCM and integrated TCM and Western medicine and promote the high-quality development of TCM.
4.Application of microfluidics in anti-infectious immunity
Boyang LIU ; Linjing ZHU ; Fang FANG ; Yan QI ; Xueling CUI
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2024;44(1):34-38
The immune response against infection is a multifaceted process encompassing the activation and migration of diverse immune cells, as well as the clearance of pathogens. The behaviors of immune cells and the identification of pathogens play pivotal roles as indicators for disease diagnosis and prediction. In recent years, the utilization of microfluidic chip technology has gained substantial attention within the areas of biology, pharmacology, and clinical research and diagnosis. This is primarily attributed to the numerous advantages it offers, including miniaturization, enhanced throughput, heightened sensitivity, expedited analysis, and reduced sample consumption. As a result, microfluidic technology has facilitated the development and utilization of immune cell behavioral assays, bacterial growth studies, and drug-screening assays. This paper is to review the application of microfluidic technology in the field of anti-infection immunity research, focusing on the analysis of migratory behavior of innate immune cells, deformation of their nuclei, and rapid identification of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The primary objective of this review is to advance the application of microfluidic technology in research on both anti-infection immunity and clinical diagnosis.
5.Clinical efficacy of electrophysiological monitoring for patients with cancer-induced brachial plexus injury treated with 125I seeds therapy
Xiaolu PEI ; Zhen GAO ; Linjing SONG ; Yan DI ; Lijuan ZHANG ; Zezhou LIU ; Hongtao ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2024;44(9):545-548
Objective:To explore the clinical efficacy of 125I seeds implantation in treating cancer-induced pain and motor dysfunction caused by brachial plexus compression through neurophysiological monitoring. Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on 8 patients (4 males, 4 females; age 58-63 years) who underwent 125I seeds therapy for cancer-induced brachial plexus injury at Hebei Provincial People′s Hospital from January 2021 to August 2023. Pain severity was assessed by using the numerical rating scale (NRS) and motor function was evaluated by using the Fugl-Meyer (F-M) assessment. Electrophysiological monitoring was used to assess changes in sensory and motor branch conduction velocity (CV) of the musculocutaneous nerve, axillary nerve, median nerve, ulnar nerve, and radial nerve before and 3 months after treatment. Paired t-test was used for data analysis. Results:All 8 patients had moderate to severe pain (6 had motor dysfunction). The preoperative and postoperative NRS scores was 5.9±1.0 and 3.3±1.7, respectively ( t=4.93, P=0.002), while F-M scores was 44.8±7.6 and 54.8±5.7, respectively ( t=-3.52, P=0.017). Electrophysiological results showed that 7 patients had lesion involvement in the lower trunk of the brachial plexus, and 1 patient had involvement in the upper trunk. The preoperative and postoperative motor branch CV of the ulnar nerve was (47.2±2.6) and (59.7±8.2) m/s, respectively ( t=-3.17, P=0.034), while the sensory branch CV was (41.8±1.2) and (56.0±5.7) m/s, respectively ( t=-5.82, P=0.001). The nerve CV increased compared to the preoperative ones. Conclusions:125I seeds implantation has good clinical efficacy in treating cancer-related pain and motor dysfunction caused by brachial plexus compression. Changes in electrophysiology can quantitatively monitor the recovery of sensory and motor functions of the brachial plexus.
6.Wound immersion with weakly alkaline solution after debridement for refractory diabetic foot ulcer
Zhen LIU ; Lijie QIU ; Jie ZHAO ; Linjing ZHANG ; Xuecheng SUN ; Wenming LUO
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2024;23(6):661-664
A total of 44 patients with diabetic foot ulcers were treated in the Traumatic Orthopedics Department of Weifang People′s Hospital from January 2019 to December 2022. After debridement of foot ulcers the wounds were soaked in alkaline water of pH 7.5-8.0 (study group, n=22) or covered with vaseline gauze following iodophor disinfection (control group, n=22). The therapeutic effects of the two methods were compared. Four weeks after debridement, the wound area of study group was smaller than that of control group (3.15 (0, 7.60) vs. 6.75 (3.50, 9.32)cm 2, P<0.05), and the proportion of positive wound bacterial culture was lower than that of control group (40.9% (9/22) vs. 72.7% (16/22), P<0.05). At 12 weeks after surgery, there was no statistically significant difference in the wound healing rate between the two groups (72.7% (16/22) vs. 63.6% (14/22)), but the healing time of the study group was significantly shorter than that of the control group ((6.56±2.68) vs. (9.50±3.87) weeks, P<0.05). It is suggested that immersion of weak alkaline solution is helpful to promote wound healing for patients with diabetic foot ulcers after debridement surgery.
7.Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis with Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Review
Linjing ZHANG ; Yingying ZHAO ; Lili LIU ; Zheng GONG ; Mingsheng ZHANG ; Jianhua LIU ; Zijun DONG ; Jingyi HU ; Xiaoxiao ZHANG ; Zhanfeng YAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(9):268-273
This article reviews the clinical studies about the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in recent years. AR is a common and frequently occurring disease in the department of otolaryngology. The common manifestations of AR include nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, and nasal itching. AR, belonging to the category of rhinitis, is a dominant disease in the TCM treatment of otorhinolaryngologic diseases and head and neck diseases. The ancient literature has laid a solid theoretical basis on the etiology and pathogenesis of AR. According to the ancient literature, the theoretical basis, and their own experience, modern doctors classified the causes of AR into the disorders in Zang-fu organs and six meridians. Most of the explanations focus on the disorders in Zang-fu organs, especially the lung, spleen, and kidney. The clinical studies in this field mainly involve TCM treatment alone, integrated TCM and Western medicine treatment, and TCM external treatment. These therapies have good efficacy in the clinical treatment of AR. Among them, TCM treatment alone has significant advantages in alleviating the symptoms and nasal signs, declining the scores of related scales, and reducing the eosinophil count (EOS) of nasal secretions, with definite long-term efficacy. Integrated TCM and Western medicine treatment can complement with each other. The TCM external treatment methods include acupuncture, moxibustion, acupoint catgut embedding, acupoint application, and nasal irrigation with TCM, which are safe, simple, acceptable by patients and have good therapeutic effect. Finally, the clinical research status of TCM treatment of AR was summarized, and suggestions were put forward from three aspects: standardizing the clinical research protocol of TCM, encouraging pure TCM research, and exploring the mechanism of TCM treatment on the basis of frontier research achievements. This review aims to provide higher-level evidence for subsequent clinical research and promote the research on dominant AR diseases.
8.Discussion on Coronary Microcirculation Disorder after Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Based on “Collaterals-Sweat Pore Qi and Fluid” Theory
Haoyue SHI ; Juju SHANG ; Hongxu LIU ; Shenglei QIU ; Sinai LI ; Wenlong XING ; Yingbing FAN ; Linjing YANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;64(18):1862-1865
Coronary microcirculation disorder after myocardial ischemia reperfusion (MIR) is a prominent problem in the treatment of coronary heart disease. According to the physiological commonality between “collaterals-sweat pore qi and fluid” and coronary microcirculation, and the evolution of the course of MIR, it is believed that “heart collateral stasis obstruction, sweat pore constraint and block” is the cause of coronary microcirculation disorder. The evolution of the pathogenesis can be divided into three periods. During the myocardial ischemia period, the pathogenesis is heart collaterals obstruction and sweat pores empty, while during the ischemia reperfusion period, it is internal formulation of deficiency wind, spasms of collaterals or slight heart collaterals obstruction; in the coronary microcirculation disorder period, sweat pores constraint and block, constraint transforming into heat, qi and fluid failing to diffuse are the pathogenesis. The corresponding treatment principle is assisting dredge with supplementation, and supplementing deficiency to dispel stasis; treating wind and blood simultaneously, and extinguishing wind to arrest convulsion; clearing heat and cooling blood, and diffusing qi and unblocking qi and fluid. Moreover, it is recommended to treat the heart and lungs simultaneously, and regulate the heart and liver at the same time.
9.Clinical study of central nervous system complications associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Tonglin HU ; Zhen SHANG ; Yang CAO ; Yicheng ZHANG ; Fankai MENG ; Yang YANG ; Jue WANG ; Donghua ZHANG ; Linjing LAI ; Shan LIU ; Hangping GE ; Yi XIAO
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2023;44(11):675-681
Objective:To explore the risk factors and outcomes of central nervous system(CNS)complications associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(HSCT).Methods:A total of 550 recipient after HSCT in the department of hematology of Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from January 1 2019 to August 31 2021were enrolled.According to the occurrence of CNS complications, they were divided into the CNS group(24 cases)and the non CNS group(526 cases). The clinical information and prognosis were compared.We further analyzed the risk factors associated with CNS complications, and conducted multivariate logistic regression on statistically significant indicators.Cox regression analysis is conducted on prognostic factors such as age, gender and risk degree.Results:A total of 550 recipients were enrolled, of which 330 underwent allo-HSCT, and others received auto-HSCT.A total of 24 cases (4.36%)had CNS complications, of which 4 cases had 2 types of CNS complications.The type of CNS complications included intracranial infection(8 cases, 28.57%), transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy(TA-TMA)(6 cases, 21.43%), central tumor invasion(4 cases, 14.29%), intracranial hemorrhage(4 cases, 14.29%), leucodystrophy(2 cases, 7.14%)and unexplained encephalopathy(4 cases, 14.29%). Logistic regression analysis of risk factors related to CNS complications showed that, Platelet implantation time( β=0.084, OR=1.088, P=0.048), CMV infection( β=1.295, OR=3.65, P=0.008)is positively correlated with the occurrence of CNS complications in HSCT recipients but age( β=-0.052, OR=0.949, P=0.004)is negatively correlated with it.Nine of the 24 cases(37.50%)who experienced CNS complications died, including 3 cases of intracranial infection, 3 cases of cerebral hemorrhage, 2 cases of TMA, and 1 case of unexplained encephalopathy.Platelet implantation time is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis of CNS complications in HSCT recipients. Conclusions:Our results indicated that, age, CMV infection and platelet implantation time were associated with the occurrence of CNS complications after HSCT.Platelet implantation time is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis of CNS complications in HSCT recipients.
10.Analysis of risk factors of secondary thoracotomy to stop bleeding after rheumatic heart disease valve replacement
Senyao CAO ; Jianjun GUO ; Liping LIU ; Linjing GUO
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2022;38(12):736-741
Objective:To explore the related risk factors of secondary thoracotomy to stop bleeding after rheumatic heart disease valve replacement.Methods:A retrospective analysis of 373 patients in the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University who underwent rheumatic heart disease valve replacement surgery from December 2013 to October 2020. According to whether or not to perform secondary thoracotomy to stop bleeding after operation, they were divided into two thoracotomy case group and control group. Collect the relevant clinical data of the patients, and analyze the risk factors that affect the second postoperative thoracotomy to stop bleeding through univariate and multivariate Logistic regression.Results:Among the 373 patients, 62 cases (16.62%) were in the secondary thoracotomy group and 311 cases (83.38%) were in the control group. Univariate analysis showed that the patient' s age, gender, prehospital cardiac function classification, pulmonary artery pressure, hemoglobin value (Hb), prothrombin time (PT), operation time, combined hypertension, intraoperative blood transfusion and postoperative two The occurrence of secondary thoracotomy to stop bleeding was related, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). The results of unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that prehospital cardiac function classification, Hb, PT, and hypertension are the risk factors leading to secondary thoracotomy to stop bleeding after rheumatic heart disease valve replacement. Conclusion:Effective control of risk factors can reduce the incidence of secondary thoracotomy after rheumatic heart disease valve replacement, and reduce the risk caused by secondary operations.

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