1.Conflicts Between the Application of Artificial Intelligence and the Inheritance of Traditional Chinese Medicine Academic Thought and the Corresponding Strategies
Jinxiao LIANG ; Rui LI ; Ruixia ZHAO ; Hongyan CUI ; Xing YANG ; Xuehan WANG ; Rui REN ; Zhongqi JIANG ; Mingyi SHAO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(19):2037-2041
Under the current upsurge of cross-disciplinary research between artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the inheritance of academic thought in TCM is confronted with the deep-seated predicament of cognitive paradigm dislocation. The existing AI model is based on the classical reasoning mode of formal logic and statistical probability, which is difficult to adapt to the nonlinear and holistic cognitive logic of TCM with image-based thinking and syndrome-differentiated treatment as the core, resulting in systematic misreading and loss of the core essence in digital inheritance. Based on this, this paper proposes to construct a new cognitive model oriented towards the context of TCM. Its essence is not to have AI imitate the thinking of TCM, but to establish an auxiliary understanding framework based on semantic mapping and relational reasoning. It is advocated that the role of AI should be reconstructed from a knowledge substitute to a clinical interactor, and its application boundary in the inheritance of TCM wisdom should be clarified. By establishing the theoretical framework and practical path of human-computer collaboration, this paper aims to provide a scientific basis for realizing the deep integration of AI technology and the academic thought in TCM.
2.Conflicts Between the Application of Artificial Intelligence and the Inheritance of Traditional Chinese Medicine Academic Thought and the Corresponding Strategies
Jinxiao LIANG ; Rui LI ; Ruixia ZHAO ; Hongyan CUI ; Xing YANG ; Xuehan WANG ; Rui REN ; Zhongqi JIANG ; Mingyi SHAO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(19):2037-2041
Under the current upsurge of cross-disciplinary research between artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the inheritance of academic thought in TCM is confronted with the deep-seated predicament of cognitive paradigm dislocation. The existing AI model is based on the classical reasoning mode of formal logic and statistical probability, which is difficult to adapt to the nonlinear and holistic cognitive logic of TCM with image-based thinking and syndrome-differentiated treatment as the core, resulting in systematic misreading and loss of the core essence in digital inheritance. Based on this, this paper proposes to construct a new cognitive model oriented towards the context of TCM. Its essence is not to have AI imitate the thinking of TCM, but to establish an auxiliary understanding framework based on semantic mapping and relational reasoning. It is advocated that the role of AI should be reconstructed from a knowledge substitute to a clinical interactor, and its application boundary in the inheritance of TCM wisdom should be clarified. By establishing the theoretical framework and practical path of human-computer collaboration, this paper aims to provide a scientific basis for realizing the deep integration of AI technology and the academic thought in TCM.
3.Construction of a Path for Evaluating the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Driven by the Integration of Big Data and Multidisciplinary Technologies
Hongyan CUI ; Yuhan FENG ; Rui LI ; Yanan LIU ; Ruixia ZHAO ; Mingyi SHAO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(20):2149-2154
By systematically analyzing the bottlenecks in current traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) efficacy evaluation, this study addresses the limitations of TCM efficacy assessment methods in terms of individualization, holism, and complexity representation. Drawing on the concepts and methodologies of evidence-based medicine and systems biology, this paper proposes a new evaluation path by integrating multidisciplinary technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), omics techniques, and bioinformatics, and encompassing from foundational data, individualized evaluation, and mechanistic analysis to evidence translation. The path first integrates real-world data, multi-omics profiling, and dynamic monitoring via smart devices to construct a high-dimensional dynamic data foundation. Subsequently, leveraging this foundation, it combines digital twins, dynamic symptom networks, and reinforcement learning to develop a dynamic efficacy evaluation method based on individual self-reference, enabling a shift from group mean comparisons to individual potential outcome comparisons. Furthermore, adopting the systems biology paradigm, it employs dynamic omics monitoring and deep learning models to dissect the synergistic mechanisms of TCM compound prescriptions from network regulation, emergent effects, and dynamic evolution dimensions. Finally, it enhances real-world evidence strength through target trial emulation and causal inference, achieving model iteration via incremental learning. This path aims to advance efficacy evaluation from "point validation" to "systematic characterization" and from "outcome assessment" to "process mechanism elucidation," providing methodological support for the modernization of TCM.
4.Exploring the Differences in the Application of Classic Prescriptions between Modern and Traditional Contexts Based on Xi-aochaihu Decoction
Pingping REN ; Yuxuan FANG ; Ruixia ZHAO ; Yanan LIU ; Qian BI ; Hongyan CUI ; Shoucheng WANG ; Mingyi SHAO
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(5):615-621
Taking Xiaochaihu Decoction as an example,the application differences of classical prescriptions in modern medical context and Chinese medicine practice are compared and analyzed from the aspects of clinical application scope,understanding of pre-scription connotation,dosage specification,dosage form and decoction method.Strategies to solve the differences in efficacy are pro-posed:integrating the wisdom of classical prescriptions and reshaping the framework of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment;transforming the results of modern pharmacology and exploring the principles of classical prescriptions;controlling drug quality stand-ards and exploring new uses and dosages of classical prescriptions;keeping pace with the times in Chinese medicine decoction and strengthening management and control to ensure efficacy.It is believed that combining the essence of Chinese medicine with modern technology can make the application of classical prescriptions maintain traditional characteristics while meeting modern clinical require-ments.This can not only improve the adaptability of classical prescriptions to modern complex diseases,but also provide a reference for the modernization of traditional medicine.
5.Exploring the Differences in the Application of Classic Prescriptions between Modern and Traditional Contexts Based on Xi-aochaihu Decoction
Pingping REN ; Yuxuan FANG ; Ruixia ZHAO ; Yanan LIU ; Qian BI ; Hongyan CUI ; Shoucheng WANG ; Mingyi SHAO
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(5):615-621
Taking Xiaochaihu Decoction as an example,the application differences of classical prescriptions in modern medical context and Chinese medicine practice are compared and analyzed from the aspects of clinical application scope,understanding of pre-scription connotation,dosage specification,dosage form and decoction method.Strategies to solve the differences in efficacy are pro-posed:integrating the wisdom of classical prescriptions and reshaping the framework of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment;transforming the results of modern pharmacology and exploring the principles of classical prescriptions;controlling drug quality stand-ards and exploring new uses and dosages of classical prescriptions;keeping pace with the times in Chinese medicine decoction and strengthening management and control to ensure efficacy.It is believed that combining the essence of Chinese medicine with modern technology can make the application of classical prescriptions maintain traditional characteristics while meeting modern clinical require-ments.This can not only improve the adaptability of classical prescriptions to modern complex diseases,but also provide a reference for the modernization of traditional medicine.
6.Research Ideas on Human Experience in Medical Cases of Classic Formulas Based on Evidence-Based Concept
Hongyan CUI ; Mingyi SHAO ; Ruixia ZHAO ; Rongrong ZHANG ; Lanqing LYU ; Yuxuan FANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(22):2310-2315
The amount of data generated by the human experience in medical cases of classic formulas is large and the research value is high, but how to extract valuable information from these massive data is an important problem of researches on classical formulas. It is concluded that there are many problems in the current study of human experience in classical formulas, such as large amount of data, uneven quality, weak extrapolation and clinical application, which seriously affected the evidence strength of human experience in classical formulas and the contribution to experience accumulation and theoretical support. Therefore, from the structural perspective of the research questions, this paper proposed the research ideas of human experience in medical cases of classic formulas: firstly, according to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) cases, based on the PICO model, which refers parti-cipants (P), intervention (I), comparisons (C), and outcomes (O), a TCM medical record evaluation tool in line with the evidence-based concept was constructed to evaluate the quality of medical cases; secondly, constructing a standardized database of human experience in classical formulas and using data mining algorithms to explore the deep relationship hidden in human experience; finally, the clinical value evaluation is carried out to verify the effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment rules of classical formulas to achieve clinical transformation.
7.Effect of CTRP13 regulates high glucose-induced autophagy dysfunction of primary rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells through the AMPK/mTOR pathway
Jing YU ; Qi ZHANG ; Jing LIU ; Zibing QIAN ; Limin TIAN ; Peiyun ZENG ; Ruixia YANG ; Jie YANG ; Rui CUI ; Zhengping CHANG
Chinese Journal of Diabetes 2023;31(12):929-937
Objective To investigate the effect of C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 13 protein(CTRP13)on the autophagy function of primary rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells(rLSECs)induced by high glucose through AMP-activated protein kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin complex(AMPK/mTOR)pathway.Methods After isolation,identification and culture,original rat liver sinusoid endothelial cells(rrLSECs)were divided into normal control(NC)group,high glucose(HG)group,HG +LV-CTRP13 group,HG+ lentiviral empty vector(LV-Con)group(HG+LV-Con).CTRP13 lentivirus over expression vector(LV-CTRP13)and lentivirus empty vector(LV-Con)were constructed and transfected into rrLSECs.According to the intervention methods of AMPK inhibitor Compound C,mTOR inhibitor Torin1 and autophagy inhibitor 3MA,the transfected cell were divided into normal control(NC)group,high glucose(HG)group,HG+LV-CTRP13 group,HG+lentiviral empty vector(LV-Con)group(HG+ LV-Con).qRT-PCR and western blot were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression levels of CTRP13,autophagy related protein Beclin1,human microtubule-associated protein light chain 3II(LC3II),human plasma membrane membrane vesicle association proteins(PLVAP)and p-AMPK and p-MTOR in rat rLSECs of each group.Results Compared with NC group,the number of autophagosome was decreased in HG and HG+LV-CTRP13 group(P<0.05).Compared with HG group,the number of autophagosome bodies was increased in HG +LV-CTRP13 group(P<0.05).The CTRP13 mRNA and protein expression was higher in NC and HG + LV-CTRP13 groups than in HG and HG + LV-Con groups(P<0.05).In HG+LC-CTRP13 group,Beclin1,LC3II,p-AMPK,and AMPK mRNA,Beclin1,LC3II/LC3I protein expression were higher than HG and HG + LV-Con group(P<0.05),PLVAP,p-mTOR,mTOR mRNA,and PLVAP protein expression were lower than HG and HG+LV-Con group(P<0.05).Comparison with HG + LV-CTRP13,p-mTOR protein expression in HG+LV-CTRP13+Compound C group increased(P<0.05),while expressions of CTRP13,Beclin1 and LC3II/LC3I protein decreased(P<0.05);the protein expressions of p-AMPK,Beclin1 and LC3II/LC3I were increased in HG+LV+ CTRP13+Torin1 group(P<0.05),while CTRP13 and p-mTOR protein expression was decreased(P<0.05);protein expressions of p-AMPK,p-mTOR and LC3II/LC3I were higher in HG+LV-CTRP13 + 3MA group(P<0.05),while LC3II/LC3I protein expression was lower(P<0.05).Conclusion CTRP13 overexpression activates AMPK/mTOR-autophagy signaling pathway,which may play a protective role in the function of rLSECs anddelay liver sinusoid capillarization.
8.Research advances in abnormal activation and secretion of pancreatic enzymes in acute pancreatitis
Tianyu CUI ; Ruixia LIU ; Chenghong YIN
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2022;38(5):1198-1202
Abnormal activation and secretion of pancreatic enzymes in pancreatic acinar cells is one of the important pathogeneses of acute pancreatitis (AP) and can directly damage the pancreatic tissue to accelerate disease progression and induce severe AP. At present, the drugs inhibiting the abnormal activation and secretion of pancreatic enzymes tend to have an unsatisfactory effect in clinical practice, and therefore, it is of great importance to search for new therapeutic targets. This article summarizes the pathological events of abnormal activation and secretion of pancreatic enzymes (cytoplasmic calcium overload, colocalization of lysosomes and zymogen granules, organelle injury, obstructed apical secretion of trypsin, and increased basal secretion of trypsin), collects the molecular mechanisms of related events, and discusses the role of abnormal activation and secretion of pancreatic enzymes in the early stage of AP, so as to provide ideas for the development of targeted drugs in the future.
9.Effects of multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor Acitinib on liver fibrosis
Sinan LIU ; Zichao HUANG ; Wenchao BI ; Ruixia CUI ; Kai QU ; Chang LIU
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2021;42(4):508-514
【Objective】 To observe the therapeutic effects of Axitinib, a tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor, on liver fibrosis. 【Methods】 In vivo, CCL
10.Efficacy and safety prediction of cephalosporins antibiotics combined with metronidazole for intra-abdominal infections: a Bayesian network meta analysis
Ruixia CUI ; Zi WANG ; Kai QU ; Runchen MIAO ; Jingyao ZHANG ; Jian′an REN ; Chang LIU
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2020;19(10):1076-1082
Objective:To predict the efficacy and safety of cephalosporins antibiotics combined with metronidazole for intra-abdominal infections using Bayesian network meta analysis.Methods:Databases including PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang database, VIP database were searched for literatures from January 1990 to May 2018 with the key words of ( "intraabdominal infections" [MeSH Terms]) AND ( "Cephalosporins*" [MeSH Terms]) AND ( "randomized controlled trial" [MeSH Terms]),腹腔感染,继发性腹膜炎,腹腔脓肿,头孢. The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about comparison of efficacy and safety between cephalosporins antibiotics combined with metronidazole versus other antibiotics for intra-abdominal infections were received and included. Experimental group included patients who received cephalosporins antibiotics combined with metronidazole for intra-abdominal infections, and control group included patients who received other antibiotics for intra-abdominal infections. The primary outcomes were the clinical cure rates, microbial clearance rate and incidence of serious adverse drug reactions. R 3.6.2 software random Bayesian model was used for meta analysis. The Markov Chain Monte Carlo was used for direct evaluation and indirect prediction. The tracing method, density plotting and leverage figure method were used to evaluate the model convergence and stability. No closed loop formed between intervention measures, so there was no need to evaluate consistency.Results:(1) Document retrieval: a total of 18 available RCTs were enrolled. There were 6 792 patients, including 3 402 in the experimental group, 3 390 in the control group. (2) Results of Bayesian network meta analysis. ① The clinical cure rates of the third generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, carbapenems were significantly lower than the fourth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole [ odds ratio ( OR)=0.46, 0.61, 95% confidence interval( CI) as 0.26-0.81, 0.38-0.97, P<0.05]. There was no significant difference in the clinical cure rate between the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole and carbapenems ( OR=1.03, 95% CI as 0.59-1.80, P>0.05). ② The microbial clearance rates of the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, carbapenems were significantly lower than the fourth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole ( OR=0.84, 0.41, 95% CI as 0.73-0.98, 0.23-0.74, P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the microbial clearance rate between the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole and carbapenems ( OR=0.76, 95% CI as 0.27-1.80, P>0.05). ③ The incidence of serious adverse drug reactions was significantly lower for the third generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, the fourth generation cephalosporins antibiotics+ cetronidazole, the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, carbapenems, quinolones+ metronidazole, and tigecycline than for quinolones ( OR=0.13, 0.13, 0.14, 0.13, 0.15, 0.13, 95% CI as 0.03-0.50, 0.02-0.98, 0.02-0.75, 0.02-0.59, 0.02-0.78, 0.02-0.57, P<0.05). Compared with carbapenems, the third generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, the fourth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole had no significant difference in the incidence of serious adverse drug reactions ( OR=0.96, 1.00, 1.10, 95% CI as 0.52-1.60, 0.31-3.50, 0.49-2.30, P>0.05). (3) Ranking of the efficacy and safety. ① The ranking list for clinical cure rates of different therapeutic regimens showed from high to low as quinolones+ metronidazole, the fourth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, synthetic penicillins, the second generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, carbapenems, the third generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, tigecycline, quinolones. The corresponding ranking probabilities of above regimens were 51.73%, 35.72%, 22.57%, 31.37%, 24.98%, 32.82%, 34.69%, 29.05%, 72.36%, respectively. ② The ranking list for microbial clearance rates of different therapeutic regimens showed from high to low as quinolones+ metronidazole, the fourth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, the second generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, synthetic penicillins, the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, carbapenems, the third generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, tigecycline, quinolones. The corresponding ranking probabilities of above regimens were 89.62%, 77.01%, 38.60%, 20.94%, 26.26%, 26.39%, 22.22%, 20.19%, 62.55%, respectively. ③ The ranking list for incidence of serious adverse drug reactions of different therapeutic regimens showed from high to low as quinolones, quinolones+ metronidazole, the fifth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, carbapenems, the third generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole, tigecycline, the fourth generation cephalosporins+ metronidazole. The corresponding ranking probabilities of above regimens were 96.21%, 30.46%, 21.09%, 25.27%, 27.26%, 19.45%, 31.69%, respectively. Conclusion:In the treatment of middle- and low-risk intra-abdominal infections, it is recommended to empirically use cephalosporins+ metronidazole instead of carbapenems.

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