1.Interventional Effect of Active Ingredients of Chinese Medicine and Compound Formulas on Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer: A Review
Shanshan SONG ; Min JIANG ; Xinxin LIU ; Bozhen HUANG ; Siyi MA ; Guoyu WANG ; Wanqing WANG ; Luyao WANG ; Liang WANG ; Ruiqing BO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2026;32(6):336-346
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and tumor metastasis is a key factor contributing to the mortality of most lung cancer patients. Aberrant activation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a major driver of lung cancer progression and metastasis. EMT is characterized by the loss of apical-basal polarity and intercellular adhesion in highly differentiated, polarized, and organized epithelial cells, which acquire motility, migratory potential, and invasive properties. During this process, cells undergo cytoskeletal remodeling and transform into a mesenchymal phenotype, accompanied by associated changes in cellular markers. The EMT process is highly complex and is tightly regulated by intricate networks involving multiple transcription factors, post-translational controls, epigenetic modifications, and non-coding RNAs. Therefore, therapies targeting the mechanisms of malignant transformation and their associated pathways in lung cancer are of significant clinical importance. In recent years, EMT has attracted increasing attention as a potential target for cancer therapy. Chinese medicine, with its characteristics of multi-target action, low side effects, and good therapeutic efficacy, has demonstrated an important role in anticancer treatment. A series of studies have investigated the role of Chinese medicine in inhibiting EMT in lung cancer. Active ingredients of Chinese medicine, including flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, terpenoids, saccharides, and alkaloids, as well as Chinese medicine compound formulas, have shown significant regulatory effects on EMT. Their mechanisms mainly involve multiple pathways, targets, and links, including signaling pathways, exosomes, microRNAs (miRNAs), and the tumor-associated immune microenvironment. This article summarizes the mechanisms by which EMT promotes malignant tumor progression and reviews the current research on how Chinese medicine active ingredients, monomers, and compound formulas inhibit EMT and suppress lung cancer cell migration and invasion. This study is expected to provide comprehensive theoretical information for basic and translational research on lung cancer.
2.The efficacy and cost of ambulatory and hospitalized surgical resection in patients with lung tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Shanshan JIANG ; Yue WANG ; Haiping MA
Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2026;33(01):132-140
Objective To compare the cost and efficacy of ambulatory versus hospitalized surgery for lung tumor patients. Methods Two researchers independently conducted a computer search on February 14, 2025, in databases including CNKI, PubMed, Web of Science, Ovid Medline, Cochrane Library, and Wanfang Database, with the search period covering from the inception of these databases to February 2025. The outcome indicators were postoperative complication rate, length of hospital stay, hospitalization costs, et al. For the included randomized controlled trials and non-randomized controlled trials, we used the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool and the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) respectively to evaluate the quality of the literature, and extracted data from the included studies for meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 18.0. Results A total of 12 researches were ultimately included, consisting of 2 randomized controlled trials, 2 prospective cohort studies, and 8 retrospective cohort studies, involving a total of 76 403 patients. All researches were evaluated as high-quality. Meta-analysis showed that the ambulatory surgery group had advantages over the hospitalized surgery group in terms of operation time [MD=−21.07, 95%CI (−30.55, −11.58), P<0.001], length of hospital stay [MD=−2.17, 95%CI (−3.25, −1.09), P<0.001], hospitalization costs [SMD=−1.22, 95%CI (−2.18, −0.26), P=0.01], and overall postoperative complications [OR=0.48, 95%CI (0.32, 0.74), P<0.001]. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of postoperative hoarseness [OR=0.62, 95%CI (0.24, 1.61), P=0.33] and postoperative chylothorax [OR=0.27, 95%CI (0.07, 1.07), P=0.06]. Conclusion Compared to conventional hospitalized lung tumor resection, ambulatory lung tumor resection can significantly reduce the patient’s surgery and hospital stay time, decrease hospitalization costs, and reduce the incidence of postoperative complications. Ambulatory surgery can improve hospital efficiency while reducing the economic burden on patients. It is worthy of further promotion and application.
3.Construction and practice of outpatient drug traceability codes management system based on quality problem analysis and fine management model
Shanshan LU ; Benjun YANG ; Mingying DENG ; Shao CHEN ; Xu CHENG ; Zhaolin CHEN ; Xiangrui MA ; Dejun OU ; Liqin TANG
China Pharmacy 2026;37(19):2496-2500
OBJECTIVE To provide references for medical institutions’ outpatient pharmacies to increase the scanning rate, scanning efficiency and scanning accuracy of drug traceability codes.METHODS A total of 4 157 unscanned traceability code records from the first two‑week period of June 2025 were selected from the outpatient pharmacy of our hospital. Pareto chart was adopted to analyze the reasons for unscanned codes, and the Objective-Rules-Training-Check-Culture (ORTCC) model was utilized to carry out fine management. The traceability code scanning rate, pharmacists’ work efficiency (number of prescriptions dispensed per pharmacist per hour, number of drug boxes dispensed per pharmacist per hour), patients’ medication-waiting time and dispensing errors were compared among four periods: before scanning implementation (June 2024), before management intervention (June 2025), the first phase after management (September 2025), and the second phase after management (December 2025), so as to evaluate the management effects.RESULTS The traceability code scanning rates in the first phase and second phase after management were remarkably higher than those before management ( P <0.05), and the scanning rate in the second phase after management was obviously higher than that in the first phase after management ( P <0.05). Compared with the period before scanning implementation, the number of prescriptions dispensed per pharmacist per hour, the number of drug boxes dispensed per pharmacist per hour, decreased significantly and patients’ medication-waiting time prolonged markedly before management ( P <0.05). In the second phase after management, both the number of prescriptions dispensed per pharmacist per hour and the number of drug boxes dispensed per pharmacist per hour increased significantly, and patients’ medication-waiting time shortened greatly in contrast with the status before management ( P <0.05). Besides, no statistically significant differences were found in the number of drug boxes dispensed per pharmacist per hour and patients’ medication-waiting time between the second phase after management and the period before scanning implementation ( P >0.05).After the implementation of traceability-code scanning management, dispensing errors presented a gradually declining trend in each stage.CONCLUSIONS The fine management system for outpatient drug traceability codes constructed based on Pareto chart and ORTCC model can improve the traceability code scanning rate and pharmacists’ work efficiency of outpatient pharmacies, and reduce drug dispensing errors.
4.Effect of macrophage lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor deficiency on a mouse model of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
Hang MENG ; Qianfeng JIA ; Shanshan DU ; Jiashu XU ; Yongfeng GONG ; Cai MA
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2026;42(9):2093-2105
ObjectiveTo investigate whether macrophage lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor (LSR) deficiency affects the progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) by activating the Yes-associated protein (YAP) signaling pathway. MethodsMale wild-type (WT) mice and macrophage-specific Lsr knockout (LsrMφKO, KO) mice, with an age of 8 weeks and similar body weights, were selected and fed with a normal diet, a high-fat diet (HFD), or a high-fat high-cholesterol (HFHC) diet for 30 weeks. HE staining and oil red O staining were used to evaluate liver pathological changes; immunofluorescent staining was used to measure the expression levels of F4/80 and α-smooth muscle actin; RT-qPCR and Western blot were used to measure the levels of markers associated with lipid metabolism, inflammation, and fibrosis. Bone marrow transplantation rescue experiments (WT→KO vs KO→KO groups) were conducted to explore the functional role of LSR in macrophages. At the cellular level, hepatic macrophages were isolated from WT and KO mice to measure the expression levels of YAP signaling pathway-related proteins and their downstream target genes, and in addition, these cells were treated in vitro with verteporfin (VP), a specific inhibitor of YAP, to verify the regulatory effect of this pathway on the expression of inflammatory factors. The independent samples t-test was used for comparison of normally distributed measurement data between two groups, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed measurement data. ResultsUnder the condition of normal diet, there were no significant differences in hepatic indicators between WT and KO mice. KO mice fed an HFD or HFHC diet showed a significant increase in hepatic lipid droplet accumulation, accompanied by lipid metabolism disorder and significant increases in the levels of indicators associated with inflammation and fibrosis (P<0.05). Bone marrow transplantation experiments confirmed that compared with the KO→KO group, the WT→KO group had significant alleviation of liver injury (P<0.05). Mechanistic studies showed that there were significant reductions in the levels of phosphorylated large tumor suppressor kinase 1 (LATS1) and phosphorylated YAP and significant increases in the expression levels of total YAP protein and its downstream target genes in hepatic macrophages of KO mice (P<0.05). In vitro VP intervention significantly inhibited the expression levels of inflammatory factors in hepatic macrophages isolated from KO mice (P<0.05). ConclusionMacrophage LSR deficiency activates the YAP signaling pathway by inhibiting LATS1/2 kinase activity and promotes the expression of inflammatory factors, thereby accelerating the progression of liver injury in a mouse model of MASH.
5.Association between dietary components and gut microbiota: a Mendelian randomization study
CHEN Haimiao ; MA Yan ; LIU Mingqi ; MA Shanshan ; LI Jun ; XU Laichao
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2025;37(1):73-76,81
Objective:
To explore the causal association between dietary components (carbohydrate, fat, protein, and sugar) and 119 genera of known gut microbiota using Mendelian randomization (MR) methods.
Methods:
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for dietary components were collected from the DietGen, while GWAS data for gut microbiota were collected from the MiBioGen. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci associated with the four dietary components were used as instrumental variables, and 119 known gut microbiota genera were used as the outcomes. MR analysis was performed using inverse variance weighted (IVW) method. Heterogeneity was evaluated using Cochran's Q test, horizontal pleiotropy and exclude outliers were tested using MR-Egger regression and MR-PRESSO test. Common genetic pleiotropic genes between dietary components and gut microbiota were identified by MAGMA and PLACO analyses.
Results:
The MR analysis revealed causal associations between carbohydrates and 4 gut microbiota genera, fats and 14 genera, proteins and 14 genera, and sugars and 11 genera (all P<0.05). The MR-Egger regression analysis showed no horizontal pleiotropy among the selected SNPs, and the MR-PRESSO test did not identify any outliers (all P>0.05). The MAGMA and PLACO analyses revealed that 74.42% (32/43) of the causal associations had pleiotropic genes, with 1 to 10 pleiotropic genes identified. Multiple causal association groups shared the same pleiotropic genes.
Conclusion
There are potential genetic and causal associations between dietary components and gut microbiota.
6.Association among childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery heart disease: a Mendelian randomization study
CHEN Haimiao ; MA Yan ; LIU Mingqi ; MA Shanshan ; LI Jun ; FANG Yirong
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2025;37(3):307-311
Objective:
To investigate the association between childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as well as coronary artery heart disease (CHD).
Methods:
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for childhood obesity were collected from the ECG consortium, encompassing information on children aged 2 to 18 years, including 18 613 cases and 12 696 controls. GWAS data for T2DM were collected from the DIAGRAM consortium, including 242 283 cases and 1 569 734 controls. GWAS data for CHD were collected from the CARDIoGRAMplusC4D consortium, including 10 801 cases and 137 371 controls. Pleiotropic genes associated with both T2DM and CHD were analyzed using the MAGMA, PLACO and conditional false discovery rate (cFDR) methods. Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed using inverse variance weighted (IVW) method, exploring the causal relationships among childhood obesity, T2DM and CHD. Heterogeneity was evaluated using Cochran's Q test, horizontal pleiotropy and exclude outliers were tested using MR-Egger regression and MR-PRESSO test. The mediating variables among the three diseases were investigated by using a mediation analysis.
Results:
The results of MAGMA, PLACO and cFDR analyses identified 80 pleiotropic genes associated with both T2DM and CHD, primarily distributed on chromosomes 3, 17 and 19. The MR analysis revealed that childhood obesity increased the risk of T2DM (OR=1.151, 95%CI: 1.033-1.283) and CHD (OR=1.158, 95%CI: 1.068-1.255), T2DM increased the risk of CHD (OR=1.182, 95%CI: 1.139-1.227), and CHD increased the risk of T2DM (OR=1.124, 95%CI: 1.055-1.198). The MR-Egger regression analysis showed no horizontal pleiotropy, and the MR-PRESSO test did not identify any outliers (all P>0.05). Mediation analysis indicated that childhood obesity directly increased the risk of CHD (effect value=0.096, 95%CI: 0.012-0.180) and indirectly increased the risk of CHD through T2DM (effect value=0.023, 95%CI: 0.005-0.041), with the mediation effect accounting for 15.65% of the total effect.
Conclusions
There are potential causal associations between childhood obesity and T2DM as well as CHD, with a bidirectional causal relationship between T2DM and CHD. T2DM also plays a mediating role in the association between childhood obesity and CHD.
7.Acquisition of the standard for intubation and maintenance of nasointestinal tube in adult patients among 1 350 nurses:a cross-sectional study
Haiyan SHI ; Zhongyan HAN ; Xiao MA ; Yu DING ; Dan NIE ; Lijuan ZHANG ; Shanshan YANG ; Aixia REN ; Yanlan MA
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2025;60(13):1617-1623
Objective To investigate the acquisition of the"standard for intubation and maintenance of nasointestinal tube in adult patients"of Chinese Nursing Association,and its influencing factors,so as to provide a basis for targeted training programs.Methods A multi-centered,cross-sectional study was performed in 31 provinces from September to November 2023,and nurses from different departments which use nasointestinal tubes like intensive care units,gastroenterology,neurology,geriatrics were included by a convenient sampling method.The tool was a self-designed questionnaire based on the group standard and the survey was conducted.Multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of nurses'knowledge of nasointestinal tubes intubation and maintenance.Results 1 350 valid questionnaires were collected.Only 61.63%of the respondents knew about the publishing of the standard.The score of knowledge of tube intubation and maintenance was(61.09±13.56).The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed the influencing factors of the score of knowledge of intubation and maintenance were as follows:education level,professional title,job position,intubation experience within half a year,and corresponding achievements(P<0.05).Conclusion The acqui-sition level of nurses for the standard calls for continuous promotion.Nursing managers should establish targeted training programs based on the related influencing factors,so as to advance the implementation of the group standard.
8.Causal relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and ankylosing spondylitis:A two-way Mendelian randomization study
Lang XIONG ; Zong JIANG ; Weiya LAN ; Fang TANG ; Wukai MA ; Xueyong CHEN ; Shanshan CAI ; Haixia TU ; Yuqing DAI ; Shanyan CAI
China Modern Doctor 2025;63(19):1-5
Objective To explore causal relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D[25(OH)D]and ankylosing spondylitis(AS).Methods Genetic data of 25(OH)D and AS were extracted from the genome-wide association study.The causal effect of 25(OH)D on AS was estimated by MR-Egger regression method,weighted median,inverse variance weighted(IVW),simple mode and weighted mode,and sensitivity analysis was conducted for verification.Results The IVW results indicated that there was a causal relationship between 25(OH)D concentration and AS(OR=0.805,95%CI:0.686-0.944,P=0.008),and the maximum likelihood ratio(OR=0.799,95%CI:0.678-0.940,P=0.007)showed consistent results.The IVW results of the reverse Mendelian randomization study showed that there was no causal relationship between the two(OR=1.019,95%CI:0.995-1.043,P=0.110).In addition,MR-Egger intercept,Cochran Q test,"leave-one-out"and MR-PRESSO analysis showed no horizontal pleipotency or heterogeneity.Conclusion There may be a genetic causal relationship between the concentration of 25(OH)D and the onset of AS.AS cannot cause changes in the concentration of 25(OH)D in the body.
9.Development of one kind of rapidly integrated detection vehicle for emergency
Juan JIAO ; Yongchang YANG ; Shanshan LI ; Jiali MA ; Minjie ZHANG ; Jie LIU
China Medical Equipment 2025;22(3):154-156
Frequent occurrence of disaster rescue and public health emergencies has increased demand for rapidly and efficiently emergent medical rescue.This study modified a closed van which equipped a rapid testing module for physiological indicators,clinical blood transfusion module,detection and sampling module of etiology,and module for health and epidemic prevention.This research designed one kind of emergent vehicle for rapidly comprehensive detection,which integrated test vehicle,blood transfusion vehicle,biosafety testing vehicle,and vehicle for health and epidemic prevention in one vehicle.This vehicle can meet various demands of emergently medical rescue and other tasks in clinical test,which can improve the response capability and emergency handling capability for disasters and public health emergencies,at the same time,it also can save manpower.
10.Application of long-read sequencing based haplotype construction in preimplantation genetic testing for a patient with Incontinentia pigmenti
Wenjie MA ; Min XIE ; Kai KANG ; Mengnan GU ; Lulu YAN ; Shanshan WU ; Haibo LI ; Jiangyang XUE
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2025;42(5):518-524
Objective:To provide preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) for a patient with Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) due to IKBKG gene variant but without family samples through construction of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based haplotype by Long-read sequencing (LRS) technology. Methods:A female IP patient with a heterozygous IKBKG c. 1167dup variant but without family genetic data who sought genetic counseling at Women and Children′s Hospital of Ningbo University in November 2021 was selected as the study subject. The IKBKG gene has a highly homologous pseudogene IKBKGP1. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples from the couple, and LRS was used to obtain informative SNP loci flanking the variant locus, enabling the construction of SNP haplotype with a long segment spanning from the non-homologous region of IKBKG to the variant site. Trophoblast cells were biopsied from blastocysts fertilized through intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to determine the SNP information of the embryos. Linkage analysis with the parental SNP haplotypes was conducted to detect the carrier status of the embryos and exclude chromosomal aneuploidies. Sanger sequencing was carried out to validate the result. A euploid embryo without the pathogenic variant was selected for transfer. Prenatal diagnosis was carried out by amniocentesis at mid-trimester to verify the result of PGT, and follow-up was conducted after the baby was born. This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Women and Children′s Hospital of Ningbo University (Ethics No. EC2023-094). Results:In total seven blastocysts were tested, and PGT results indicated that two embryos were euploid and did not carry the pathogenic variant. One euploid embryo was transferred, which resulted in a singleton pregnancy. Amniocentesis at 24 weeks of gestation confirmed that the status of fetal IKBKG gene, and its chromosomal status was consistent with the PGT results. A healthy male infant was born at 38 + 6 weeks of gestation. Conclusion:For IP patients with de novo mutation or without family samples, PGT with LRS can directly construct the SNP-based haplotype while avoiding interference from pseudogenes, providing an effective strategy for PGT.


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