The nervous system not only affects the core processes of tumors such as proliferation, metastasis and angiogenesis, but is also closely related to symptoms such as tumor-related pain and cachexia. Meanwhile, tumor cells can invade adjacent tissues through nerve pathways to induce perineural invasion, which promotes tumor development. This article reviews the research progress in role of the nervous system in tumor occurrence and development from perspectives of tumor perineural invasion, neurotrophic factors, autonomic and sensory nerves, and influence of the neuroimmune system in tumors, in order to provide new perspective and method for tumor treatment.

Objective:To analyze the color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) features of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) at different stages.Methods:A retrospective study. A total of 104 patients with 201 eyes from Department of Ophthalmology of Beijing Tongren Hospital who were hospitalized for fundus examination and diagnosed with FEVR from 2018 to 2022 were included. There were 69 male cases with 133 eyes and 35 female cases with 68 eyes. The age was ranged from 2 months to 11 years, with a mean age of 2.9 years. Fundus and CDFI examination were performed in both eyes. Fluorescein fundus angiography was performed in 72 cases (144 eyes). FEVR staging was conducted according to literature standards. The presence of avascular areas in the peripheral retina or abnormal retina neovascularization was stage 1; the presence of retinal neovascularization at the vitreoretinal interface in the avascular area was stage 2; partial retinal detachment without macula involvement was stage 3; partial retinal detachment involving the macula was stage 4; complete retinal detachment was stage 5. The CDFI ultrasound features of FEVR at different stages were analyzed. The CDFI image features of FEVR patients in different stages were observed.Results:Among the 104 patients, 97 (93.3%, 97/104) cases were binocular and 7 (6.7%, 7/104) cases were monocular. In 201 eyes, stages 1 to 5 of FEVR were 49 (24.4%, 49/201), 23 (11.4%, 23/201), 39 (19.4%, 39/201), 71 (35.3%, 71/201), and 19 (9.5%, 19/201) eyes, respectively. CDFI examination showed no abnormality or mild vitreous opacity in 49 eyes vitreous body at stage 1. Vitreous opacities were observed in all 23 eyes in stage 2, and the echo of the temporal ballwall was not smooth. In 39 eyes at stage 3, the anterior globular cluster echo in temporal peripheral eyes was observed in 17 eyes and partial retinal detachment was observed in 13 eyes. In 71 eyes at stage 4, 51 eyes had temporal or infratemporal retinal folds, and 20 eyes had temporal retinal detachment. All the 19 eyes in stage 5 had total retinal detachment, of which 15 eyes had closed "funnel-shaped" retinal detachment. Among the patients with retinal folds, 13 had bilateral folds, and the fellow eyes of the other 25 patients with unilateral folds all had vitreous opacity or clump echo in front of the temporal spherical wall. Blood flow signals could be detected on the retinal folds with Doppler imaging.Conclusions:The CDFI manifestations of FEVR patients at different stages have different characteristics. The possibility of FEVR should be considered when the temporal or infratemporal retinal folds of both eyes are present, as well as the retinal folds of one eye, the contralateral vitreous body opacity, or the anterior temporal peribulbar cluster echoes are present.

Objective:To analyze the color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) features of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) at different stages.Methods:A retrospective study. A total of 104 patients with 201 eyes from Department of Ophthalmology of Beijing Tongren Hospital who were hospitalized for fundus examination and diagnosed with FEVR from 2018 to 2022 were included. There were 69 male cases with 133 eyes and 35 female cases with 68 eyes. The age was ranged from 2 months to 11 years, with a mean age of 2.9 years. Fundus and CDFI examination were performed in both eyes. Fluorescein fundus angiography was performed in 72 cases (144 eyes). FEVR staging was conducted according to literature standards. The presence of avascular areas in the peripheral retina or abnormal retina neovascularization was stage 1; the presence of retinal neovascularization at the vitreoretinal interface in the avascular area was stage 2; partial retinal detachment without macula involvement was stage 3; partial retinal detachment involving the macula was stage 4; complete retinal detachment was stage 5. The CDFI ultrasound features of FEVR at different stages were analyzed. The CDFI image features of FEVR patients in different stages were observed.Results:Among the 104 patients, 97 (93.3%, 97/104) cases were binocular and 7 (6.7%, 7/104) cases were monocular. In 201 eyes, stages 1 to 5 of FEVR were 49 (24.4%, 49/201), 23 (11.4%, 23/201), 39 (19.4%, 39/201), 71 (35.3%, 71/201), and 19 (9.5%, 19/201) eyes, respectively. CDFI examination showed no abnormality or mild vitreous opacity in 49 eyes vitreous body at stage 1. Vitreous opacities were observed in all 23 eyes in stage 2, and the echo of the temporal ballwall was not smooth. In 39 eyes at stage 3, the anterior globular cluster echo in temporal peripheral eyes was observed in 17 eyes and partial retinal detachment was observed in 13 eyes. In 71 eyes at stage 4, 51 eyes had temporal or infratemporal retinal folds, and 20 eyes had temporal retinal detachment. All the 19 eyes in stage 5 had total retinal detachment, of which 15 eyes had closed "funnel-shaped" retinal detachment. Among the patients with retinal folds, 13 had bilateral folds, and the fellow eyes of the other 25 patients with unilateral folds all had vitreous opacity or clump echo in front of the temporal spherical wall. Blood flow signals could be detected on the retinal folds with Doppler imaging.Conclusions:The CDFI manifestations of FEVR patients at different stages have different characteristics. The possibility of FEVR should be considered when the temporal or infratemporal retinal folds of both eyes are present, as well as the retinal folds of one eye, the contralateral vitreous body opacity, or the anterior temporal peribulbar cluster echoes are present.

The nervous system not only affects the core processes of tumors such as proliferation, metastasis and angiogenesis, but is also closely related to symptoms such as tumor-related pain and cachexia. Meanwhile, tumor cells can invade adjacent tissues through nerve pathways to induce perineural invasion, which promotes tumor development. This article reviews the research progress in role of the nervous system in tumor occurrence and development from perspectives of tumor perineural invasion, neurotrophic factors, autonomic and sensory nerves, and influence of the neuroimmune system in tumors, in order to provide new perspective and method for tumor treatment.

Acute pancreatitis(AP)is a common and severe digestive disease in dogs,characterized by a high recurrence rate and complications that significantly impact canine health.This study in-vestigates the mechanism by which adipose-derived stem cells(ADSCs)regulate the CHOP/Bcl-2 pathway to mitigate acute pancreatic injury in dogs.Twenty Beagle dogs were randomly divided in-to four groups:a Sham group,an AP model group,an ADSCs treatment group,and a conditioned medium(CM)treatment group.The AP model was established by injecting a mixed solution of trypsin and sodium taurocholate into the AP model group.The ADSCs treatment group received intravenous injections of ADSCs immediately following surgery,while the CM treatment group re-ceived conditioned medium preparations.Pancreatic tissue was collected 24 hours post-surgery,and changes in the CHOP/Bcl-2 pathway were assessed using histopathology,transmission electron microscopy,western blotting,fluorescence quantification,immunofluorescence,and TUNEL stai-ning.The results indicated that AP induced significant interstitial edema,hemorrhage,inflammato-ry cell infiltration,chromatin contraction,and endoplasmic reticulum swelling,the expression lev-els of GRP78 and CHOP were found to be elevated,whereas the expression of Bcl-2 was downreg-ulated.Additionally,the expression levels of BAX,JNK,Caspase-3,and Caspase-12 increased,leading to an increased rate of cell apoptosis.Such changes result in an elevated apoptosis rate and a further decrease in Bcl-2 expression.Both ADSCs and CM therapy were found to alleviate the path-ological damage in pancreatic tissue,resulting in downregulation of CHOP and apoptosis-related markers,upregulation of Bcl-2,and a reduction in the apoptosis rate.The results of this study sug-gest that ADSCs may mitigate acute pancreatic injury induced by trypsin and sodium taurocholate in AP dogs by modulating the CHOP/Bcl-2 pathway.Targeted modulation of the transcriptional activity of CHOP may offer novel therapeutic approaches for AP.

Acute pancreatitis(AP)is a common and severe digestive disease in dogs,characterized by a high recurrence rate and complications that significantly impact canine health.This study in-vestigates the mechanism by which adipose-derived stem cells(ADSCs)regulate the CHOP/Bcl-2 pathway to mitigate acute pancreatic injury in dogs.Twenty Beagle dogs were randomly divided in-to four groups:a Sham group,an AP model group,an ADSCs treatment group,and a conditioned medium(CM)treatment group.The AP model was established by injecting a mixed solution of trypsin and sodium taurocholate into the AP model group.The ADSCs treatment group received intravenous injections of ADSCs immediately following surgery,while the CM treatment group re-ceived conditioned medium preparations.Pancreatic tissue was collected 24 hours post-surgery,and changes in the CHOP/Bcl-2 pathway were assessed using histopathology,transmission electron microscopy,western blotting,fluorescence quantification,immunofluorescence,and TUNEL stai-ning.The results indicated that AP induced significant interstitial edema,hemorrhage,inflammato-ry cell infiltration,chromatin contraction,and endoplasmic reticulum swelling,the expression lev-els of GRP78 and CHOP were found to be elevated,whereas the expression of Bcl-2 was downreg-ulated.Additionally,the expression levels of BAX,JNK,Caspase-3,and Caspase-12 increased,leading to an increased rate of cell apoptosis.Such changes result in an elevated apoptosis rate and a further decrease in Bcl-2 expression.Both ADSCs and CM therapy were found to alleviate the path-ological damage in pancreatic tissue,resulting in downregulation of CHOP and apoptosis-related markers,upregulation of Bcl-2,and a reduction in the apoptosis rate.The results of this study sug-gest that ADSCs may mitigate acute pancreatic injury induced by trypsin and sodium taurocholate in AP dogs by modulating the CHOP/Bcl-2 pathway.Targeted modulation of the transcriptional activity of CHOP may offer novel therapeutic approaches for AP.

To promote the development of extracellular vesicles of herbal medicine especially the establishment of standardization, led by the National Expert Committee on Research and Application of Chinese Herbal Vesicles, research experts in the field of herbal medicine and extracellular vesicles were invited nationwide with the support of the Expert Committee on Research and Application of Chinese Herbal Vesicles, Professional Committee on Extracellular Vesicle Research and Application, Chinese Society of Research Hospitals and the Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Chinese Herbal Vesicles. Based on the collation of relevant literature, we have adopted the Delphi method, the consensus meeting method combined with the nominal group method to form a discussion draft of "Consensus statement on research and application of Chinese herbal medicine derived extracellular vesicles-like particles (2023)". The first draft was discussed in online and offline meetings on October 12, 14, November 2, 2022 and April and May 2023 on the current status of research, nomenclature, isolation methods, quality standards and research applications of extracellular vesicles of Chinese herbal medicines, and 13 consensus opinions were finally formed. At the Third Academic Conference on Research and Application of Chinese Herbal Vesicles, held on May 26, 2023, Kewei Zhao, convenor of the consensus, presented and read the consensus to the experts of the Expert Committee on Research and Application of Chinese Herbal Vesicles. The consensus highlights the characteristics and advantages of Chinese medicine, inherits the essence, and keeps the righteousness and innovation, aiming to provide a reference for colleagues engaged in research and application of Chinese herbal vesicles at home and abroad, decode the mystery behind Chinese herbal vesicles together, establish a safe, effective and controllable accurate Chinese herbal vesicle prevention and treatment system, and build a bridge for Chinese medicine to the world.

Objective:There are significant differences in the distribution of gut microbiota among different populations in different regions.This study mainly explores the structure and distribution of gut microbiota between cow's milk protein allergy（CMPA）children and healthy children in Xiamen,Fujian,and further explores the correlation between gut microbiota and the occurrence and development of CMPA.Methods:Fecal samples have been collected from 30 children with CMPA diagnosed at Xiamen Children’s Hospital from June 2022 to March 2023,and fecal samples from 30 healthy children of the same age have also been collected.The structure and distribution of gut microbiota between the two groups were analyzed using 16S rDNA gene sequencing and bioinformatics analysis.Results:The structure and distribution of gut microbiota between CMPA children and healthy children were quite different.There were no significant differences in α diversity index between groups（ P>0.05）.The analysis of similarities test results showed that there was a significant difference in the distribution of gut microbiota between two groups（ R=0.037, P<0.05）.The β diversity index from PCA showed that there was a significant difference in bacterial community structure between two groups（ P<0.05）.Compared with healthy children,the abundance of Akkermansia in CMPA children was significantly decreased and the abundance of Corynebacterium was significantly increased in CMPA children.LEfSe showed that Proteobacteria were mainly enriched in CMPA children,while Lachnospiraceae were mainly enriched in healthy children.In addition,KEGG analysis showed that the top enrichment of 20 pathways,such as Fructose and mannose metabolism,was significantly decreased in CMPA children（ P<0.05）.COG analysis showed that the enrichment of pathways such as Galactose mutarotase and related enzymes was significantly decreased in CMPA children（ P<0.05）,while the enrichment of pathways including Predicted metal-sulfur cluster biosynthetic enzyme and other two pathways was significantly increased（ P<0.05）. Conclusion:There are significant differences in the structure and distribution of gut microbiota between CMPA children and healthy children,suggesting that a strong correlation between the occurrence and development of CMPA and the gut microbiota.

Background::Although overnight fasting is recommended prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the benefits and safety of high-carbohydrate fluid diet (CFD) intake 2 h before ERCP remain unclear. This study aimed to analyze whether high-CFD intake 2 h before ERCP can be safe and accelerate patients’ recovery.Methods::This prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial involved 15 tertiary ERCP centers. A total of 1330 patients were randomized into CFD group ( n = 665) and fasting group ( n = 665). The CFD group received 400 mL of maltodextrin orally 2 h before ERCP, while the control group abstained from food/water overnight (>6 h) before ERCP. All ERCP procedures were performed using deep sedation with intravenous propofol. The investigators were blinded but not the patients. The primary outcomes included postoperative fatigue and abdominal pain score, and the secondary outcomes included complications and changes in metabolic indicators. The outcomes were analyzed according to a modified intention-to-treat principle. Results::The post-ERCP fatigue scores were significantly lower at 4 h (4.1 ± 2.6 vs. 4.8 ± 2.8, t = 4.23, P <0.001) and 20 h (2.4 ± 2.1 vs. 3.4 ± 2.4, t= 7.94, P <0.001) in the CFD group, with least-squares mean differences of 0.48 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.26–0.71, P <0.001) and 0.76 (95% CI: 0.57–0.95, P <0.001), respectively. The 4-h pain scores (2.1 ± 1.7 vs. 2.2 ± 1.7, t = 2.60, P = 0.009, with a least-squares mean difference of 0.21 [95% CI: 0.05–0.37]) and positive urine ketone levels (7.7% [39/509] vs. 15.4% [82/533], χ2 = 15.13, P <0.001) were lower in the CFD group. The CFD group had significantly less cholangitis (2.1% [13/634] vs. 4.0% [26/658], χ2 = 3.99, P = 0.046) but not pancreatitis (5.5% [35/634] vs. 6.5% [43/658], χ2 = 0.59, P = 0.444). Subgroup analysis revealed that CFD reduced the incidence of complications in patients with native papilla (odds ratio [OR]: 0.61, 95% CI: 0.39–0.95, P = 0.028) in the multivariable models. Conclusion::Ingesting 400 mL of CFD 2 h before ERCP is safe, with a reduction in post-ERCP fatigue, abdominal pain, and cholangitis during recovery.Trail Registration::ClinicalTrials.gov, No. NCT03075280.

Objective:To investigate the efficacy and safety of prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) (aspirin + clopidogrel) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for more than 12 months.Methods:1 900 patients who received CABG treatment in Tianjin Chest Hospital from January 2019 to October 2020 were continuously included, and 1 528 patients were finally identified according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. According to whether the patients continued to take DAPT treatment 12 months after discharge, they were divided into the extended DAPT group and the standard DAPT group. Cox multivariate regression and propensity score matching (PSM) analysis were performed on major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events (MACCE) and clinically related bleeding events in the two groups during 12-24 months after discharge to evaluate the efficacy and safety of extended DAPT treatment for more than 12 months. Results:Of the 1 528 patients, 624 (40.8%) continued to take DAPT 12 months after discharge. Compared with patients receiving standard DAPT, patients receiving extended DAPT had a lower incidence of MACCE within 12 to 24 months ( HR=0.597, 95% CI: 0.399-0.892, P=0.012); ( HR=0.519, 95% CI: 0.338-0.798, P=0.003), and there was no significant increase in clinically relevant bleeding risk ( HR=1.209, 95% CI: 0.522-2.798, P=0.658), ( HR=1.112, 95% CI: 0.452-2.737, P=0.817). At the same time, prolonged DAPT treatment also brought a good net benefit. Conclusion:Prolonged DAPT treatment after CABG for more than 12 months significantly reduced the risk of ischemia at 12-24 months after surgery, and did not significantly increase the risk of bleeding at 12-24 months after surgery. It may be beneficial for patients treated with CABG to continue DAPT (aspirin+ clopidogrel) on the basis of intensive DAPT therapy for 1 year.