1.Spectral CT for predicting regional lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer
Shuiqing ZHUO ; Yadan LIU ; Linling JIANG ; Shuwen ZHENG ; Jin FU ; Lizhi LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2024;40(9):1366-1370
Objective To observe the value of spectral CT for predicting regional lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer(CRC).Methods Totally 73 patients with CRC confirmed by postoperative pathology were retrospectively enrolled and divided into positive group(n=29)and negative group(n=44)based on the presence or absence of regional lymph node metastasis.The lymph node short diameter,CT value of 120 kV conventional image(CT value120 kV),CT values of 40 keV and 70 keV virtual single energy images(CT value40 keV and CT value70keV),iodine density(ID),effective atomic number(Zeff)and spectral curve slope(λHU).The above parameters and clinical indicators were compared between groups.After excluding those with variance inflation factor greater than 10,model 1 was constructed based on carbohydrate antigen 19-9(CA19-9)and carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),model 2 based on conventional CT parameters(lymph node short diameter,CT value120 kV),model 3 based on spectral CT parameters(CT value70 keV,ID,Zeff,λHU),and model 4 based on conventional CT parameters and spectral CT parameters.The efficacy of 4 models for predicting regional lymph node metastasis of CRC were analyzed.Results Significant differences in patients'gender,carbohydrate antigen 19-9(CA1 9-9),carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),lymph node short diameter,CT value120 kV,CT value40 keV,CT value70 keV,ID,Zeff and λHU were found between 2 groups(all P<0.05).The area under the curve(AUC)of model 1-4 for predicting regional lymph node metastasis of CRC was 0.734,0.752,0.996 and 0.995,respectively,and significant differences were found between model 1 and 3,model 1 and 4,model 2 and 3,as well as model 2 and 4(all P<0.001).Conclusion Enhanced venous phase spectral CT could effectively predict regional lymph node metastasis of CRC.
2.Hearing loss and microvascular complications in diabetes
Mingyu LIU ; Jia LI ; Wenbin TAN ; Yongxin LU ; Pengxin ZHANG ; Huang CHEN ; Hongmei LI ; Shuwen LI ; Kaixuan ZHU ; Liu YANG ; Xuesong JIANG ; Jiaqi XI
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2024;40(8):654-659
Objective:To investigate the correlation between hearing loss and microvascular complications in diabetes.Methods:This cross-sectional study conducted the data from 572 patients with diabetes hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department of the General Hospital of Southern Theater Command from September 2022 to July 2023. All participants underwent electrical audiometry and acoustic immittance in the ENY department. Based on the audiometric results, participants were categorized into normal hearing group and hearing loss group. Additionally, 572 non-diabetic patients from the outpatient department were enrolled as the non-diabetic group. The general information and laboratory results were collected and compared using t test, rank sum test or χ2 test. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association of diabetic hearing loss with diabetic kidney disease(DKD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Results:Among 572 patients with diabetes, 429 suffered from hearing loss and 143 were normal. χ2 test showed significant differences in combined DKD and DPN between two groups, but not in DR. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis identified DKD and DPN as risk factors for hearing loss, but no correlation was found with DR. Conclusion:Diabetic patients with DKD or DPN should be monitored for potential hearing loss. Early screening and treatment are crucial to prevent severe hearing impairment.
3.Inhibitory Effect and Mechanism of Sishenwan-containing Serum on Aerobic Glycolysis in Human Colon Cancer Cells
Yifang JIANG ; Ya HUANG ; Chong XIAO ; Shuwen ZHOU ; Lili ZHENG ; Fengming YOU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(19):26-33
ObjectiveTo explore the effect and mechanism of Sishenwan-containing serum on aerobic glycolysis in human colon cancer HCT116 cells. MethodCell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) was used to detect the cell viability of colon cancer HCT116 cells after treatment with Sishenwan-containing serum (2.5%, 5%, and 10%) for 24, 48, 72 h. The concentration of lactic acid, the content of intracellular glucose, and the activity of hexokinase (HK) and fructose-6-phosphate kinase (PFK) in the cell culture medium were detected by the micro-method. The content of glucose transporter 1 (GluT1) mRNA was detected by Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR). The protein expression of GluT1 and methyltransferase-like 3 (MettL3) was detected by Western blot. The expression of GluT1 in cells was detected by immunofluorescence and the level of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation was detected by colorimetry. ResultCompared with the normal serum, 2.5%, 5%, and 10% Sishenwan-containing serum had no significant effect on the viability of HCT116 cells at 24 h, while 10% Sishenwan-containing serum showed a significant inhibitory effect on the viability of HCT116 cells at 48 h (P<0.05). Hence, 10% Sishenwan-containing serum was used in subsequent experiments, and the intervention time was 48 h. Compared with the normal serum, 10% Sishenwan-containing serum could reduce lactate production (P<0.05), down-regulate glucose uptake (P<0.05), and blunt the activities of HK and PFK, the key rate-limiting enzymes of glycolysis (P<0.05). Meanwhile, 10% Sishenwan-containing serum could decrease the expression of GluT1 protein (P<0.01) and mRNA (P<0.05) and reduce the proportion of cells expressing GluT1 (P<0.01). Compared with the normal serum, Sishenwan-containing serum also decreased the protein content of MettL3 (P<0.05) and the methylation level of m6A RNA (P<0.01). ConclusionSishenwan can inhibit glycolysis in colon cancer cells, and its inhibitory mechanism may be related to reducing MettL3 overexpression, inhibiting m6A RNA methylation, and down-regulating GluT1 and the activities of intracellular aerobic glycolysis-related enzymes such as HK and PFK.
4.Change Profiles and Functional Targets of MicroRNAs in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Obesity
Guanhua LU ; Huanhuan GAO ; Zhiyong DONG ; Shuwen JIANG ; Ruixiang HU ; Cunchuan WANG
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal 2023;47(4):559-570
Background:
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) exert an essential contribution to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to investigate the differences of miRNAs in the presence and absence of T2DM in patients with obesity, as well as before and after bariatric surgery in T2DM patients with obesity. Characterization of the common changes in both was further analyzed.
Methods:
We enrolled 15 patients with obesity but without T2DM and 15 patients with both obesity and T2DM. Their preoperative clinical data and serum samples were collected, as well as 1 month after bariatric surgery. The serum samples were analyzed by miRNA sequencing, and the miRNAs profiles and target genes characteristics were compared.
Results:
Patients with T2DM had 16 up-regulated and 32 down-regulated miRNAs compared to patients without T2DM. Improvement in metabolic metrics after bariatric surgery of T2DM patients with obesity was correlated with changes in miRNAs, as evidenced by the upregulation of 20 miRNAs and the downregulation of 30 miRNAs. Analysis of the two miRNAs profiles identified seven intersecting miRNAs that showed opposite changes. The target genes of these seven miRNAs were substantially enriched in terms or pathways associated with T2DM.
Conclusion
We determined the expression profiles of miRNAs in the obese population, with and without diabetes, before and after bariatric surgery. The miRNAs that intersected in the two comparisons were discovered. Both the miRNAs discovered and their target genes were closely associated with T2DM, demonstrating that they might be potential targets for the regulation of T2DM.
5.Discussion on the mechanism of Jiangtang Xiaoke Granules for diabetes mellitus based on network pharmacology and molecular docking
Wenhua ZHANG ; Weiyu JIA ; Mingxue ZHOU ; Shuwen ZHANG ; Churan WANG ; Yijia JIANG ; Yanbing GONG ; Sihua GAO
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;45(10):1293-1299
Objective:To predict the possible targets and signaling pathways of Jiangtang Xiaoke Granules in the treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM) using computer network pharmacology and molecular docking technology.Methods:The active components and targets of Jiangtang Xiaoke Granules were collected by ETCM; the targets of DM were searched from the databases of DisGeNET and GeneCards, and the intersections of the two were taken to draw a Venny diagram; String database was used for gene transformation and network interaction analysis; the network diagram was constructed with Cytoscape3.6.0; the predicted results were supported by molecular docking technology; GO and KEGG analysis was performed through Metascape database.Results:A total of 128 active components of Jiangtang Xiaoke Granules were screened, with 607 corresponding targets, 1 240 DM related targets, and 53 core targets. Molecular docking showed that the active components had good binding energy with the core targets. GO analysis yielded 46 functional items and KEGG analysis yielded 15 pathways.Conclusion:Jiangtang Xiaoke Granules regulate glucose homeostasis by participating in a variety of biological processes through multiple components, and multiple targets, including affecting lipids and atherosclerosis, Alzheimer disease, AMPK signaling pathway, Apelin signaling pathway, and glucagon signaling pathway.
6.Doxycycline-moxifloxacin sequential therapy for Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis/cervicitis: a clinical observation
Sai LI ; Huazhong XUE ; Shuwen ZHANG ; Juan JIANG ; Shuzhen QI ; Yuanyuan ZHAO ; Jinping ZHANG ; Zhong SHA ; Wenjing LE ; Biwei WANG ; Shixuan ZHAO ; Xiaofeng ZHU ; Xiaohong SU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2022;55(12):1092-1095
Objective:To investigate outcomes and safety of doxycycline-moxifloxacin sequential regimen in the treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis/cervicitis. Methods:From June 2019 to December 2020, patients with Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis/cervicitis confirmed by nucleic acid amplification testing were successively recruited at Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Hospital of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and received sequential therapy with oral doxycycline for 7 days followed by oral moxifloxacin for 7 days. Clinical and/or etiological assessment was conducted 2 to 3 weeks after the end of treatment. Fisher′s exact test was used to analyze factors influencing the treatment outcome. Results:Totally, 36 eligible subjects were enrolled, including 30 males and 6 females. Among them, 18 (50%) patients completed post-treatment etiological assessment, which showed that 12 achieved microbiological cure, and treatment failures occurred in 6; another 18 patients achieved clinical cure. The overall response rate to doxycycline-moxifloacin sequential therapy was 83.3% (30/36, 95% confidence interval[ CI]: 70.5%, 96.1%) . The treatment outcome showed no significant association with the patients′ age, gender, marital status, number of sexual partners in the past 1 month, history of sexually transmitted diseases, history of antibiotic use in the past 1 month, or co-infections (all P > 0.05) . Conclusion:The efficacy of doxycycline-moxifloacin sequential regimen is limited in the treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium infections in Nanjing area, and clinicians should be alerted to the possibility of treatment failure in clinical practice.
7.Survey on anxiety and depression among the third-year junior high school students in Nanning city
Jian WEN ; Shuwen WEN ; Minzhen JIANG ; Xiaojie LI ; Junlin WU ; Wenzhi HE
Sichuan Mental Health 2022;35(3):277-280
ObjectiveTo study the anxiety and depression status of the third-year junior high school students in Nanning city, and to discuss their relationships with test anxiety, so as to provide references for targeted psychological intervention for students. MethodsFrom May to June, 2021, a simple random sampling method was adopted to randomly enroll three classes of third-grade students from one junior high school in each district and county of Nanning city. The selected students were assessed using Test Anxiety Scale (TAS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS). Thereafter, Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to explore the correlation among each scale score. ResultsA total of 2 080 students participated in the survey, and 1 826 (87.79%) valid questionnaires were collected. Among them, 999 students (54.71%) felt uncomfortable due to the test. Anxiety and depression were detected in 577 (31.60%) and 830 (45.45%) students, respectively. TAS score of female students was higher than that of male students [(16.75±6.78) vs. (15.08±6.97), t=-5.136, P<0.01], SAS score of female students was higher than that of male students [(46.05±10.43) vs. (44.16±10.87), t=-3.769, P<0.01], and SDS score of female students was higher than that of male students [(52.34±12.44) vs. (49.98±12.17), t=-4.039, P<0.01]. Correlation analysis showed that SAS and SDS scores were positively correlated with TAS score (r=0.574, 0.531, P<0.01), and the correlation still existed after further controlling for age and gender (r=0.570, 0.526, P<0.01). ConclusionThe third-year junior high school students in Nanning city suffer a high prevalence rate of anxiety and depression, and the two psychological states have positive relations with TAS. Furthermore, both anxiety and depression are more severe in female students than in male students.
8.Clinical comparative observation of continuous and interrupted suture of omentopexy in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Jie GUO ; Wenhui CHEN ; Shuwen JIANG ; Jie ZHU ; Cunchuan WANG ; Zhiyong DONG
International Journal of Surgery 2021;48(11):732-737
Objective:To compare the safety of continuous suture and interrupted suture in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Omentopexy.Methods:The retrospective study include 121 patients who underwent Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Omentopexy in the Department of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University from January 2019 to March 2020.Among the 121 patients, 40 were males and 81 females, with an average age of (30.17±10.16) and (27.10±11.03), respectively. Among them, 70 patients used continuous suture during OP (continuous suture group), and 51 patients used intermittent suture (interrupted suture group). The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative pain score, postoperative complications were compared between the two groups. Normally distributed measurement data were measured as (mean ± standard) deviation ( Mean± SD), and t test was used to count the comparison between the two groups. The χ2 test was used to compare the measurement data between groups. The rank data used Wilconxon rank sum test. Results:(1) Intraoperative conditions: the operative time and intraoperative blood loss in the continuous suture group were (124.89±37.69) min and (7.3±2.5) mL, respectively. In the interrupted suture group, the above indexes were (124.80±35.53) min and (7.0±2.5) mL, respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups ( t=0.012, 0.709, P>0.05). (2) Postoperative conditions: postoperative pain score and postoperative hospital stay in the continuous suture group were: mild pain in 45 cases, moderate pain in 25 cases, painless and severe pain in 0 cases, (9.3±3.2) d, respectively. In the interrupted suture group, the above indicators were 39 cases of mild pain, 12 cases of moderate pain, 0 cases of painless and severe pain, (8.7±2.1) d, and there was no statistical significance between the two groups ( Z=-1.431, P>0.05, t=1.149, P>0.05). In the continuous suture group, postoperative abdominal distension occurred in 8 cases, nausea and vomiting in 32 cases, gastroesophageal reflux in 17 cases by upper digestive tract imaging, contrast agent slowly passed through the residual stomach/anastomotic site in 14 cases, gastric volvulus in 6 cases, and no postoperative infection or anastomotic leakage occurred. In the interrupted suture group, the above indexes were 10 cases, 25 cases, 14 cases, 10 cases, gastric volvulus in 1 cases, and no postoperative infection or anastomotic leakage occurred. There was no significant difference in the above indicators between the two groups ( χ2=1.559, 0.010, 0.155, 0.003, 1.308, P>0.05). Conclusions:In laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and omentopexy, there is no significant difference between the continuous suture and interrupted suture in terms of operation time, intraoperative blood loss and postoperative complications. The surgeon can choose a suitable suture method based on his own judgment and experience.
9.Discuss the unconventional bariatric surgery in China from the revisional bariatric surgery
Ruixiang HU ; Zhiyong DONG ; Shuwen JIANG ; Cunchuan WANG
International Journal of Surgery 2021;48(5):356-360
At present, the formal bariatric surgery approved by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) includes adjustable gastric banding (AGB), sleeve gastrectomy (Sleeve gastrectomy, SG). ), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, RYGB), biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS), mini gastric bypass (Mini-gastric bypass, MGB), single anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) and partial endoscopic surgery. According to the Chinese Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (CSMBS), the Chinese Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Database (COMES Database), and the Chinese Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Database (COMES Database), the Chinese Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (CSMBS) Chinese Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Collaborative, COMES Collaborative), Shanghai Weight Loss and Diabetes Surgery Data Management System, Shandong Province Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Case Registration System, Jiangsu Province Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Data Registration System, Great North China Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Statistics from the clinical data database and the Greater China Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Database. The domestically developed and approved bariatric surgery methods include RYGB, SG, MGB, OAGB, BPD-DS, AGB, combined sleeve gastrectomy (SG Plus), Jejunoileal Bypass (Jejunoileal Bypass, JJB), single stoma duodenal transposition (SADI-S), intragastric balloon (Balloon). However, there are still some irregular bariatric surgeries in China, which will cause some uncommon complications and bring great pain to patients. At the same time, it is also a huge challenge for regular bariatric surgeons who perform corrective surgeries. This article will review the revision surgery after bariatric surgery in China in the past 20 years, discusses a series of problems caused by non-standard bariatric surgery and the development of regular bariatric surgery.
10.Literature analysis of laparoscopic bariatric and metabolic surgery in China in the past 20 years
Cunchuan WANG ; Wenhui CHEN ; Zhiyong DONG ; Shuwen JIANG
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2020;19(11):1140-1144
Laparoscopic bariatric and metabolic surgery in China began in 2000. After 20 years of development, it has realized the transformation from nothing to existence and then to rapid development. In this paper, the number of Chinese and English literatures on weight loss and metabolism published in China in the past 20 years, the source of literature institutions, published journals, literature types, key words and other aspects are analyzed. The results show as follows: the number of published literatures is generally increasing, bariatric surgery has changed from gastric bypass and gastric banding to gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, revisional surgery and intestinal flora have been the focus of research in recent years. However, the development of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in China is still in its infancy, and there is few high-level evidence-based multicenter prospective randomized controlled study. Therefore, the authors suggest that more and larger sample, multicenter, randomized controlled studies should be carried out in the future and it requires to develop guidelines suitable for Chinese population. In order to promote the further development of bariatric and metabolic surgery in China, we should establish national data and register clinical data, strergthon the combination of clinical research and basic research and conduct deeper research based on the database.

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