1.Guidelines for vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients in China
Jian Zhang ; Jun Lin ; Weijie Zhang ; Xiaoming Ding ; Xiaopeng Hu ; Wujun Xue
Organ Transplantation 2025;16(2):177-190
In order to further standardize the vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients in China, the Branch of Organ Transplantation of Chinese Medical Association has organized experts in kidney transplantation and infectious diseases. Based on the "Vaccination of Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice", and in combination with the clinical reality of infectious diseases and vaccination after organ transplantation in China, as well as referring to relevant recommendations from home and abroad in recent years, these guidelines are formulated from aspects such as epidemiology, types of vaccines, vaccination principles, target population, and specific vaccine administration. The "Guidelines for Vaccination of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients in China" aims to provide theoretical reference for medical workers in the field of kidney transplantation in China, regarding the vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients. It is expected to better guide the vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients, reduce the risk of postoperative infection, and improve survival outcomes.
2.Impact of non-optimal temperature on 120 emergency call volume for acute alcohol intoxication: A time-series study in Wuxi City
Chao YANG ; Wanjun ZHANG ; Xiuzhu LI ; Xuhui ZHANG ; Xinliang DING ; Weijie ZHOU ; Chuncheng LU ; Pengfei ZHU
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2025;42(10):1155-1161
Background Non-optimal temperatures pose significant threats to public health. Analyzing the association between temperature exposure and the number of emergency cases of acute alcohol intoxication can provide evidence for optimizing emergency resource allocation and response strategies. Objective To analyze the overall impact and lag effects of non-optimal temperatures on the number of 120 emergency calls for acute alcohol intoxication in Wuxi, and to assess the attributable risk, in order to provide empirical evidence for formulating climate-adaptive public health strategies. Methods Call records of acute alcohol intoxication from Wuxi's 120 emergency service, concurrent air pollutant data, and meteorological data (including daily mean temperature) were collected from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2020. Distributed lag nonlinear modeling was used for time-series analysis, with cross-basis functions to capture the nonlinear relationship and lag effects between temperature and emergency volume. Confounding factors such as long-term trends, humidity, pollutants [ultimately including ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5)], day of the week, and holidays were controlled. The maximum lag period was set to 14 days. Single-day lag and cumulative lag effects of extreme temperatures were analyzed, followed by sensitivity analysis. Effects were quantified using relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI), and attributable fractions and numbers for different temperature ranges were calculated. Results A total of
3.Off-the-shelf human umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cell product in acute-on-chronic liver failure: A multicenter phase I/II clinical trial.
Lina CUI ; Huaibin ZOU ; Shaoli YOU ; Changcun GUO ; Jundong GU ; Yulong SHANG ; Gui JIA ; Linhua ZHENG ; Juan DENG ; Xiufang WANG ; Ruiqing SUN ; Dawei DING ; Weijie WANG ; Xia ZHOU ; Guanya GUO ; Yansheng LIU ; Zhongchao HAN ; Zhibo HAN ; Yu CHEN ; Ying HAN
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(18):2347-2349
4.A novel anti-ischemic stroke candidate drug AAPB with dual effects of neuroprotection and cerebral blood flow improvement.
Jianbing WU ; Duorui JI ; Weijie JIAO ; Jian JIA ; Jiayi ZHU ; Taijun HANG ; Xijing CHEN ; Yang DING ; Yuwen XU ; Xinglong CHANG ; Liang LI ; Qiu LIU ; Yumei CAO ; Yan ZHONG ; Xia SUN ; Qingming GUO ; Tuanjie WANG ; Zhenzhong WANG ; Ya LING ; Wei XIAO ; Zhangjian HUANG ; Yihua ZHANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(2):1070-1083
Ischemic stroke (IS) is a globally life-threatening disease. Presently, few therapeutic medicines are available for treating IS, and rt-PA is the only drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US. In fact, many agents showing excellent neuroprotection but no blood flow-improving activity in animals have not achieved ideal clinical efficacy, while thrombolytic drugs only improving blood flow without neuroprotection have limited their wider application. To address these challenges and meet the huge unmet clinical need, we have designed and identified a novel compound AAPB with dual effects of neuroprotection and cerebral blood flow improvement. AAPB significantly reduced cerebral infarction and neural function deficit in tMCAO rats, pMCAO rats, and IS rhesus monkeys, as well as displayed exceptional safety profiles and excellent pharmacokinetic properties in rats and dogs. AAPB has now entered phase I of clinical trials fighting IS in China.
5.Protective effect of melatonin on formaldehyde exposure-induced acute lung injury in rats through modulation of the Nrf2 pathway
Bihong Wang ; Xiaoyu Nie ; Weijie Ding ; Jiating Zhou ; Beiqi Xu ; Ying Zhang ; Jianguo Lv ; Yanling Sun
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(1):23-28
Objective :
To investigate the protective effect of melatonin (MT) on formaldehyde (FA) inhalation-in- duced acute lung injury (ALI) in rats and its mechanism through the regulation of nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling pathway.
Methods :
Fifty female Wistar rats were randomly divided into Control group ,FA group,FA + MT 5 mg / kg group,FA + MT 10 mg / kg group and FA + MT 20 mg / kg group,with 10 rats in each group.Except for the Control group,all other groups inhaled 3 mg / m3 FA daily for 21 d consecutively to construct the tainted model,and then treated with different MT doses for 14 d.The tainting was continued during the MT treatment.Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining was used to observe the histopathological changes in lung tissue,lung water content and lung coefficient were weighed and measured,glutathione ( GSH) ,superoxide dismutase (SOD) and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine ( 8-OHdG) levels were measured by absorbance photometric method ,and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was used to measure the levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) ,in- terleukin (IL) -6,and IL-1 β concentrations,Western blot to detect the protein expression levels of Nrf2,heme ox- ygenase-1 (HO-1) ,nuclear factor-κB ( NF-κB) ,and phosphorylated nuclear factor-κB ( p-NF-κB) in lung tis- sues,and quantitative polymerase chain reaction(qPCR) to detect the Nrf2,HO-1,and Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) mRNA expression levels.
Results :
Compared with the control group,lung injury was obvious in rats in the FA group ; lung tissue GSH and SOD levels were reduced ,and 8-OHdG levels were elevated ( P < 0. 05) ; alveolar lavage fluid TNF-α , IL-6,and IL-1 β levels were elevated (P<0. 05) ; Nrf 2 and HO-1 protein expression levels were reduced in the lung tissue (P<0. 05) ,and p-NF-κB protein expression levels were was ele- vated (P<0. 05) ; the relative mRNA expression of Nrf2 and HO-1 in lung tissue was decreased,and the relative mRNA expression of Keap1 was elevated (P<0. 05) .Compared with the FA group,the lung injury of rats in the MT group was improved ; the levels of GSH and SOD in the lung tissue were increased (P<0. 05) ,and the level of 8-OHdG was decreased (P<0. 05) ; the levels of TNF-α , IL-6,and IL-1 β in the alveolar lavage fluid were de- creased (P<0. 05) ; and the expression levels of the Nrf2 and HO-1 proteins in the lung tissue were increased (P <0. 05) .p-NF-κB protein expression level was decreased (P <0. 05) ; the relative mRNA expression levels of Nrf2 and HO-1 in lung tissues were increased (P<0. 05) ,and the relative mRNA expression level of Keap1 was decreased (P<0. 05) in lung tissues,and all of them were in a dose-dependent manner.
Conclusion
MT can al- leviate oxidative stress and inflammatory responses and mitigate FA exposure-induced acute lung injury by regula- ting the Nrf2 / Keap1 / HO-1 signaling pathway.
6.Effects of flame retardant tributyl phosphate on early development of zebrafish
Yao LI ; Jingying ZHU ; Yao LI ; Limei CHEN ; Pengfei ZHU ; Xinliang DING ; Weijie ZHOU
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2024;41(12):1376-1383
Background Tributyl phosphate (TBP) is widely used as an organophosphate flame retardant. However, there are limited studies on the toxicity of TBP to aquatic organisms at low levels of exposure. Objective To investigate the effects of TBP on early development of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Methods Zebrafish embryos were randomly divided into four groups at 2 h post-fertilisation (2 hpf), namely, the 0.01% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) control group and TBP exposure groups (0.02, 0.2 and 2 μg·L−1). The exposure time was from 2 hpf to 120 hpf and the hatching rate, malformation rate, heart rate and body length of zebrafish embryos at 72 hpf, the frequency of tail curling at 24-29 hpf, the locomotor ability at 96 hpf and the survival rate at 120 hpf were evaluated, respectively. The whole-body triiodothyronine (T3) and tetraiodothyronine (T4) levels of juvenile fish were measured by enzyme immunoassay at the end of the infection, and the expression levels of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (HPT) and neurodevelopmental-related genes were detected by quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR). Results The heart rates of zebrafish embryos were significantly decreased in all TBP-treated groups (P<0.001), the survival rates of the 0.02 and 2 μg·L−1 TBP groups were significantly decreased (P<0.05), and the malformation rate of the 2 μg·L−1 treated group was significantly increased (P<0.05), which was mainly manifested by pericardial oedema. The frequency of tail curling of zebrafish embryos in all groups reached the highest at 25 hpf, which was significantly lower (P<0.001) in all exposure groups than in the control group (P<0.001). In the locomotor behaviour experiments, the swimming speed of zebrafish larvae in the dark cycle was significantly decreased in the 0.02 and 0.2 μg·L−1 TBP groups (P<0.05), and similar results were found for the light cycle in the 0.2 and 2 μg·L−1 TBP groups (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the T3 level of zebrafish juveniles in the 0.2 μg·L−1 TBP group increased significantly (P<0.05). The q-PCR results showed that the expression levels of HTP axis-related genes [thyroid hormone receptors (trα,
7.Construction and validation of a risk prediction model for PICC related bloodstream infections in elderly acute leukemia patients during chemotherapy
Juan GUO ; Weijie CAO ; Suping ZHANG ; Na LIU ; Yihong DING
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(11):1489-1496
Objective:To explore the risk factors for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) related bloodstream infections in elderly acute leukemia patients during chemotherapy, and construct and validate relevant predictive models.Methods:This study selected 291 patients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to December 2020 as the modeling group, and 277 patients from January 2021 to December 2022 as the validation group. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors for PICC related bloodstream infections during chemotherapy in elderly acute leukemia patients, and a prediction model was constructed and validated based on the analysis results.Results:The incidence of PICC related bloodstream infections in the modeling group was 8.2% (24/291). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that chemotherapy frequency, single catheterization puncture frequency, whether catheterization maintenance frequency was standardized, and catheterization retention time were risk factors for PICC related bloodstream infections in elderly acute leukemia patients during chemotherapy. Based on this result, a prediction model was constructed, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve ( AUC) of the modeling group's prediction model was 0.798 [95% CI (0.734, 0.869) ], while the AUC of the validation group's prediction model was 0.745 [95% CI (0.712, 0.844) ]. The calibration curves of the modeling and validation groups showed that the prediction model had high predictive performance. Conclusions:A prediction model for PICC related bloodstream infections in elderly acute leukemia patients during chemotherapy is constructed based on the results of multiple factor analysis, and the predictive performance of the model is verified. Nursing staff can quantify the risk of PICC related bloodstream infections in patients based on this prediction model and implement targeted nursing measures.
8.Status and influencing factors of stigma in patients with pituitary adenoma
Aifeng WANG ; Yuejuan LIU ; Qing ZHANG ; Dongmei ZHOU ; Chen ZHANG ; Weijie WANG ; Jian JIANG ; Mengshi ZHONG ; Lianmu DING
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2023;29(17):2316-2319
Objective:To explore the status and influencing factors of stigma in patients with pituitary adenoma.Methods:From January 2020 to May 2021, a total of 106 patients with pituitary adenoma in the Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People 's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were selected using the convenience sampling method. Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness, Medical Coping Style Questionnaire and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale were used to investigate them. Binary Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the influencing factors of stigma in patients with pituitary adenoma. Results:Among 106 patients with pituitary adenoma, 87 (82.08%) had stigma. The stigma score of patients with pituitary adenoma was (2.58±0.61) . Binary Logistic regression analysis results showed that family monthly income, coping style and mental elasticity were the influencing factors of stigma in patients with pituitary adenoma ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Stigma is common in patients with pituitary adenoma. Medical staff should take targeted intervention measures according to the influencing factors of stigma in patients with pituitary adenoma, so as to help patients reduce stigma.
9.Research progress in application of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in bone and joint injury and related complications
Weijie YANG ; Ling WANG ; Yanbin ZHU ; Qi ZHANG ; Kai DING ; Haicheng WANG ; Wei CHEN
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2022;24(4):364-368
The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), the ratio of inflammatory cell counts in the blood, reflects the changes of neutrophils and lymphocytes in the inflammatory system in the peripheral blood. More and more scholars have found that NLR increases in patients with bone and joint injury, which can be used to predict postoperative mortality, infection, deep vein thrombosis, pain and other complications. This article is intended to review the application of NLR in bone and joint injury and related complications, providing reference for clinical application of NLR.
10.A randomized controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of early conversion to a low-dose calcineurin inhibitor combined with sirolimus in renal transplant patients
Xiang ZHENG ; Weijie ZHANG ; Hua ZHOU ; Ronghua CAO ; Zhangfei SHOU ; Shuwei ZHANG ; Ying CHENG ; Xuchun CHEN ; Chenguang DING ; Zuofu TANG ; Ning LI ; Shaohua SHI ; Qiang ZHOU ; Qiuyuan CHEN ; Gang CHEN ; Zheng CHEN ; Peijun ZHOU ; Xiaopeng HU ; Xiaodong ZHANG ; Ning NA ; Wei WANG
Chinese Medical Journal 2022;135(13):1597-1603
Background::The calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based immune maintenance regimen that is commonly used after renal transplantation has greatly improved early graft survival after transplantation; however, the long-term prognosis of grafts has not been significantly improved. The nephrotoxicity of CNI drugs is one of the main risk factors for the poor long-term prognosis of grafts. Sirolimus (SRL) has been employed as an immunosuppressant in clinical practice for over 20 years and has been found to have no nephrotoxic effects on grafts. Presently, the regimen and timing of SRL application after renal transplantation vary, and clinical data are scarce. Multicenter prospective randomized controlled studies are particularly rare. This study aims to investigate the effects of early conversion to a low-dose CNI combined with SRL on the long-term prognosis of renal transplantation.Methods::Patients who receive four weeks of a standard regimen with CNI + mycophenolic acid (MPA) + glucocorticoid after renal transplantation in multiple transplant centers across China will be included in this study. At week 5, after the operation, patients in the experimental group will receive an additional administration of SRL, a reduction in the CNI drug doses, withdrawal of MPA medication, and maintenance of glucocorticoids. In addition, patients in the control group will receive the maintained standard of care. The patients’ vital signs, routine blood tests, routine urine tests, blood biochemistry, serum creatinine, BK virus (BKV)/cytomegalovirus (CMV), and trough concentrations of CNI drugs and SRL at the baseline and weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, and 104 after conversion will be recorded. Patient survival, graft survival, and estimated glomerular filtration rate will be calculated, and concomitant medications and adverse events will also be recorded.Conclusion::The study data will be utilized to evaluate the efficacy and safety of early conversion to low-dose CNIs combined with SRL in renal transplant patients.Trial registration::Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR1800017277.


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