1.Era value and new directions of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing and treating osteoporosis from perspective of "bone health program".
Yi-Li ZHANG ; Chuan-Rui SUN ; Kai SUN ; Ai-Li XU ; Hao SHEN ; He YIN ; Ling-Hui LI ; Li-Guo ZHU ; Xu WEI
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2025;50(3):569-574
Facing the requirements of promoting the healthy China initiative and improving people's health, the "bone health program" was proposed in 2024. In-depth development of a traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) prevention and control system is of strategic significance to the implementation of the "bone health program". Focusing on osteoporosis(OP), a representative disease affecting people's bone health, this paper concludes that accelerating the research on the prevention and control of OP by TCM is conducive to enhancing the knowledge and awareness of OP among the public, and it is beneficial to revealing the evolutionary pattern of OP and improving the understanding and management of this disease. Additionally, it can provide an overall framework for and strengthen the systematicity and completeness of the research on the prevention and treatment of OP by TCM. Meanwhile, it can help to explore new research paradigms and optimize the existing research model, so as to promote innovative breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment of bone health-related diseases by TCM. Under the overall layout of the "bone health program", importance should be attached to the early prevention and the innovation of very early diagnosis and intervention of OP. Emphasis should be put on the discovery of the target network of disease and treatment mechanism for revealing the core pathogenesis of OP and the therapeutic mechanism of TCM. In addition to local lesions of the bone and its clinical outcomes, attention should be paid to the development of multiple metabolic complications. The fusion of advanced interdisciplinary technologies should be promoted for OP and its complications, and thus a research and development system based on clinical application scenarios and driven by big data can be built. The measures above will facilitate the progress in the prevention and treatment of OP and other bone diseases by TCM and provide new momentum for enriching and deepening the research connotation of the "bone health program".
Osteoporosis/therapy*
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Humans
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional/methods*
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*
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China
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Bone and Bones/drug effects*
2.Research progress of chitosan-based materials applied in oral mucosal drug delivery systems
Rui-kai ZHU ; Kai-dian YANG ; Kai ZHAO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(12):3232-3241
Administration oral mucosal drug delivery has the advantages of high patient acceptance, rapid onset of action, convenient, etc., and it can avoid the first-pass effect of the drug in the liver. Nevertheless, the design of oral mucosal drug delivery systems is inherently challenging due to the distinctive physicochemical properties of certain drugs and the specific physiological environment of the oral cavity. Natural polysaccharide chitosan-based materials exhibit favorable characteristics, including non-toxicity or low toxicity and biodegradability. These materials can effectively inhibit bacterial growth, enable controlled drug release, and enhance mucosal adhesion. Consequently, chitosan-based materials have been the subject of extensive research in the field of oral mucosal drug delivery systems. This paper offers a comprehensive overview of oral mucosal drug delivery systems, reviews relevant studies on chitosan-based materials, and discusses future prospects for their application.
3.Treatment of degenerative mitral regurgitation with China-made JensClip transcatheter repair system:a case report
Jia-Qi DAI ; Kai-Rui YANG ; Da ZHU ; Shou-Zheng WANG ; Xiang-Bin PAN
Chinese Journal of Interventional Cardiology 2023;31(11):877-880
Mitral regurgitation(MR)is a common valvular heart disease in China,the prevalence of which increases with age,and most patients present with a wide range of cardiac or non-cardiac comorbidities.Transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair(TEER)has become a guideline-recommended,safe and effective treatment option for patients with severe primary or secondary mitral regurgitation.With the rapid development of TEER technology in China,relevant devices have been developed and approved for clinical trials,including the self-designed and manufactured JensClip system,which adopts a unique slider locking design to realize the innovation of mitral clip locking mode.Here we reported a case of JensClip device in treatment of a patient with degenerative mitral regurgitation(DMR).
5.Bioinformatics analysis of sterol O⁃acyltransferase 1 gene related to hepatocellular carcinoma
CHENG Ri na ; WANG Xiao⁃yu ; MA Qing ; KONG Ling⁃hua ; ZHANG Yu⁃qi ; QIN Kai⁃li ; ZHAO Ying⁃zhu ; SU Dan ; GONG Tao ; GUO Rui
Chinese Journal of Biologicals 2023;36(1):26-31
Abstract:Objective To predict the structure and function of sterol O⁃acyltransferase 1(SOAT1)related to hepatocellular
carcinoma(HCC)by using bioinformatics tools,in order to understand its mechanism as the marker and therapeutic target
of S⁃Ⅲ subtype. Methods The structure,function and protein interaction of SOAT1 were predicted and analyzed by using
databases or softwares such as NCBI,STRING,Protscale,SignalP,TMHMM,PSORT,SOPMA,SWISS ⁃ MODEL,
NetNGlyc,NetOGlyc,Netphos and ProtParam. Results The protein encoded by SOAT1 was a hydrophobic protein with
good stability,which was a nonclassical pathway protein with 8 transmembrane regions,mainly distributed among the
cell membrane. SOAT1 was expressed in many tissues,while most of them in the adrenal gland,which showed multiple
phosphorylation sites and was mainly involved in the synthesis and catabolism of cholesterol. Conclusion Bioinformatics
analysis of structure and function of SOAT1 showed that SOAT1 lipid synthesis and catabolism pathways played an important
role,and lipid expression was closely related to the development of cancer,indicating that the treatment of HCC may be
achieved by regulating the expression of SOAT1 gene.
6.Characteristics of new corneal biomechanical parameters in different degrees of myopia
Ya-Ping ZHU ; Kai-Ye DONG ; Shu-Guang SUN ; Cai-Rui LI
International Eye Science 2023;23(4):704-708
AIM: To study the characteristics of new corneal biomechanical parameters in different degrees of myopia and analyze the correlation of the new parameter stress-strain index(SSI).METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 366 adult patients(718 eyes)with different degrees of myopia who received treatment at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University from October 2021 to November 2021, aged 18-50 years, and the spherical equivalent(SE)was -0.50~-16.75D. The axial length(AL)of the eye was measured by IOL master, and the new corneal biomechanical parameters, central corneal thickness(CCT)and intraocular pressure(IOP)were measured by corneal visualization Scheimpflug technology(Corvis ST). The subjects were categorized into low myopia, moderate myopia and high myopia groups according to SE. The data were analyzed by ANOVA and Pearson correlation.RESULTS: The ratio of the thinnest corneal thickness to horizontal thickness change rate(ARTh)and SSI were statistically significant(P<0.001), while the remaining parameters were not statistically significant(P>0.05). SSI was positively correlated with age(r=0.102, P=0.006), SE(r=0.361, P<0.001), IOP(r=0.175, P<0.001), CCT(r=0.098, P=0.009), SPA1(r=0.182, P<0.001), negatively correlated with AL(r=-0.331, P<0.001), IR(r=-0.545, P<0.001)and had no correlation with other corneal biomechanical parameters(P>0.05).CONCLUSION: With the increase of myopia degree and the elongation of the axial length, the SSI value becomes smaller and the corneal hardness decreases. SSI may be a helpful corneal biomechanical indicator for future research on myopia.
7.Bendamustine plus rituximab as first-line treatment in patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma : a real-world study in China.
Kai Xin DU ; Hao Rui SHEN ; Li WANG ; Jin Hua LIANG ; Jia Zhu WU ; Yue LI ; Yi XIA ; Hua YIN ; Jian Yong LI ; Wei XU
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2023;44(4):333-336
8.The value of cardiac MRI in the risk stratification in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Jia Xin WANG ; Shu Juan YANG ; Xuan MA ; Shi Qin YU ; Zhi Xiang DONG ; Xiao Rui XIANG ; Zhu Xin WEI ; Chen CUI ; Kai YANG ; Xiu Yu CHEN ; Min Jie LU ; Shi Hua ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2023;51(6):619-625
Objective: To explore the value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in the risk stratification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Methods: HCM patients who underwent CMR examination in Fuwai Hospital between March 2012 and May 2013 were retrospectively enrolled. Baseline clinical and CMR data were collected and patient follow-up was performed using telephone contact and medical record. The primary composite endpoint was sudden cardiac death (SCD) or and equivalent event. The secondary composite endpoint was all-cause death and heart transplant. Patients were divided into SCD and non-SCD groups. Cox regression was used to explore risk factors of adverse events. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to assess the performance and the optimal cut-off of late gadolinium enhancement percentage (LGE%) for the prediction of endpoints. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank tests were used to compare survival differences between groups. Results: A total of 442 patients were enrolled. Mean age was (48.5±12.4) years and 143(32.4%) were female. At (7.6±2.5) years of follow-up, 30 (6.8%) patients met the primary endpoint including 23 SCD and 7 SCD equivalent events, and 36 (8.1%) patients met the secondary endpoint including 33 all-cause death and 3 heart transplant. In multivariate Cox regression, syncope(HR=4.531, 95%CI 2.033-10.099, P<0.001), LGE% (HR=1.075, 95%CI 1.032-1.120, P=0.001) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (HR=0.956, 95%CI 0.923-0.991, P=0.013) were independent risk factors for primary endpoint; Age (HR=1.032, 95%CI 1.001-1.064, P=0.046), atrial fibrillation (HR=2.977, 95%CI 1.446-6.131, P=0.003),LGE% (HR=1.075, 95%CI 1.035-1.116, P<0.001) and LVEF (HR=0.968, 95%CI 0.937-1.000, P=0.047) were independent risk factors for secondary endpoint. ROC curve showed the optimal LGE% cut-offs were 5.1% and 5.8% for the prediction of primary and secondary endpoint, respectively. Patients were further divided into LGE%=0, 0
Humans
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Female
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Adult
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Middle Aged
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Male
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Contrast Media
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Retrospective Studies
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Stroke Volume
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Gadolinium
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Ventricular Function, Left
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/diagnostic imaging*
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Death, Sudden, Cardiac
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Risk Assessment
9.New antibacterial depsidones from an ant-derived fungus Spiromastix sp. MY-1.
Zhi-Kai GUO ; Wen-Yong ZHU ; Li-Xing ZHAO ; Yan-Chi CHEN ; Sui-Jun LI ; Ping CHENG ; Hui-Ming GE ; Ren-Xiang TAN ; Rui-Hua JIAO
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.) 2022;20(8):627-632
Six new (1-6) and seven known depsidones (7-13) were isolated from the culture of an ant (Monomorium chinensis)-derived fungus Spiromastix sp. MY-1. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis including high resolution MS, 1D and 2D NMR data. The new bromide depsidones were obtained through supplementing potassium bromide in the fermentation medium of Spiromastix sp. MY-1. All isolated compounds showed various bioactivities against the tested phytopathogenic bacteria. Particularly, new bromide compound 4, named spiromastixone S, exhibited the strongest activity against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae with a MIC value of 5.2 μmol·-1.
Animals
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Ants
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Bromides
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Depsides
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Fungi
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Lactones
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Molecular Structure
10.Management and short-term outcomes of neonates born to mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Shu Juan LI ; Lan ZHANG ; Hao YUAN ; Xiao Bo ZHANG ; Chuan Qing WANG ; Gong Bao LIU ; Ying GU ; Tong Ling YANG ; Xiao Ting ZHU ; Xiao Wen ZHAI ; Yu SHI ; Si Yuan JIANG ; Ke ZHANG ; Kai YAN ; Peng ZHANG ; Xiao Jing HU ; Qing LIU ; Rui Wei GAO ; Juan ZHAO ; Jian Guo ZHOU ; Yun CAO ; Zhi Hua LI
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2022;60(11):1163-1167
Objective: To summarize the management and short-term outcomes of neonates delivered by mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 158 neonates born to mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant admitted to the isolation ward of Children's Hospital of Fudan University from March 15th, 2022 to May 30th, 2022. The postnatal infection control measures for these neonates, and their clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes were analyzed. They were divided into maternal symptomatic group and maternal asymptomatic group according to whether their mothers had SARS-CoV-2 symptoms. The clinical outcomes were compared between the 2 groups using Rank sum test and Chi-square test. Results: All neonates were under strict infection control measures at birth and after birth. Of the 158 neonates, 75 (47.5%) were male. The gestational age was (38+3±1+3) weeks and the birth weight was (3 201±463)g. Of the neonates included, ten were preterm (6.3%) and the minimum gestational age was 30+1 weeks. Six neonates (3.8%) had respiratory difficulty and 4 of them were premature and required mechanical ventilation. All 158 neonates were tested negative for SARS-COV-2 nucleic acid by daily nasal swabs for the first 7 days. A total of 156 mothers (2 cases of twin pregnancy) infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, the time from confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection to delivery was 7 (3, 12) days. Among them, 88 cases (56.4%) showed clinical symptoms, but none needed intensive care treatment. The peripheral white blood cell count of the neonates in maternal symptomatic group was significantly higher than that in maternal symptomatic group (23.0 (18.7, 28.0) × 109 vs. 19.6 (15.4, 36.6) × 109/L, Z=2.44, P<0.05). Conclusions: Neonates of mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant during third trimester have benign short-term outcomes, without intrauterine infection through vertical transmission. Strict infection control measures at birth and after birth can effectively protect these neonates from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Pregnancy
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COVID-19
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Mothers
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control*
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Retrospective Studies
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SARS-CoV-2


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