1.Explore the causal relationship between the gut microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease based on two-sample Mendelian randomization
Xiaoxu HUANG ; Xiangdang HU ; Qixuan HUANG ; Yang WU
China Modern Doctor 2025;63(30):5-10,84
Objective Two-sample Mendelian randomization(TSMR)was used to explore the causal relationship between inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)and gut microbiota(GM).Methods GM was taken as the exposure factor,and two subtypes of IBD,Crohn's disease(CD)and ulcerative colitis(UC),were selected as the outcome factors.The potential causal relationship between IBD and gut microbiota was screened by TSMR statistical method.Results The results of comprehensive multiple analysis showed that 15 kinds of intestinal microbiota might be related to IBD.Among them,the Gastroenterococcaceae,Eulogicum,Clostridium 1,Agnobacter,Ruminococcus 2 and Ruminococcaceae UCG009 may be potential protective factors for IBD(OR<1,P<0.05);The UCG-011 of the Alfalfa family,the UCG001 of the Clostridium genus,the Actinobacillus genus,the Trichoderma genus,the Rumen genus UCG014,the NB1n order,the Eubacterium genus,the UCG008 of the Trichoderma family and the Clostridium order may be potential risk factors for IBD(OR>1,P<0.05);No pleiotropy or significant heterogeneity of instrumental variables genes was found.Conclusion The intestinal flora may have a dual effect on IBD.It may be a protective factor or increase the risk of IBD.The specific mechanism of action still needs to be further explored.
2.Value of pulmonary transit time by contrast-enhanced echocardiography in evaluating cardiac dysfunction in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction after PCI
Ziqin LIU ; Xin ZHONG ; Yongjun HU ; Huiping YOU ; Xu XIE ; Yutao ZHANG ; Xiangdang LONG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2025;34(8):670-677
Objective:To explore the value of contrast-enhaoced echocardiography for measuring pulmonary transit time(PTT)in assessing heart failure after percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI)patients.Methods:From September 2023 to September 2024,120 patients with STEMI undergoing PCI at Hunan Provincial People's Hospital were prospectively selected and divided into a heart failure group( n=42)and a non-heart failure group( n=78)according to the guidelines. The differences in general clinical data,laboratory parameters,and echocardiographic parameters between the two groups were compared. The diagnostic efficacies of PTT,normalized PTT(nPTT),and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP)were analyzed. Consistency between them and New York Heart Association(NYHA)heart function classification was tested. Results:Compared to the non-heart failure group,the NT-proBNP,PTT,and nPTT values in the heart failure group were significantly increased(all P<0.05). The area under the curve(AUC)of nPTT was 0.944,better than that of PTT and NT-proBNP(AUC=0.871,0.887). After K-means clustering reclassified patients into four levels based on nPTT values,nPTT classification showed moderate consistency with NYHA classification(Kappa=0.580, P<0.001),and nPTT differed significantly across NYHA classifications( P<0.05). Conclusions:PTT,as an echocardiographic index for assessing cardiac function,has similar diagnostic efficacy to NT-proBNP,the nPTT is even better. It shows moderate consistency with the NYHA classification and holds potential for differentiating overlapping NYHA grades. Importantly,it offers a fresh objective way to evaluate cardiac dysfunction after PCI in STEMI patients.
3.Explore the causal relationship between the gut microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease based on two-sample Mendelian randomization
Xiaoxu HUANG ; Xiangdang HU ; Qixuan HUANG ; Yang WU
China Modern Doctor 2025;63(30):5-10,84
Objective Two-sample Mendelian randomization(TSMR)was used to explore the causal relationship between inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)and gut microbiota(GM).Methods GM was taken as the exposure factor,and two subtypes of IBD,Crohn's disease(CD)and ulcerative colitis(UC),were selected as the outcome factors.The potential causal relationship between IBD and gut microbiota was screened by TSMR statistical method.Results The results of comprehensive multiple analysis showed that 15 kinds of intestinal microbiota might be related to IBD.Among them,the Gastroenterococcaceae,Eulogicum,Clostridium 1,Agnobacter,Ruminococcus 2 and Ruminococcaceae UCG009 may be potential protective factors for IBD(OR<1,P<0.05);The UCG-011 of the Alfalfa family,the UCG001 of the Clostridium genus,the Actinobacillus genus,the Trichoderma genus,the Rumen genus UCG014,the NB1n order,the Eubacterium genus,the UCG008 of the Trichoderma family and the Clostridium order may be potential risk factors for IBD(OR>1,P<0.05);No pleiotropy or significant heterogeneity of instrumental variables genes was found.Conclusion The intestinal flora may have a dual effect on IBD.It may be a protective factor or increase the risk of IBD.The specific mechanism of action still needs to be further explored.
4.Value of pulmonary transit time by contrast-enhanced echocardiography in evaluating cardiac dysfunction in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction after PCI
Ziqin LIU ; Xin ZHONG ; Yongjun HU ; Huiping YOU ; Xu XIE ; Yutao ZHANG ; Xiangdang LONG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2025;34(8):670-677
Objective:To explore the value of contrast-enhaoced echocardiography for measuring pulmonary transit time(PTT)in assessing heart failure after percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI)patients.Methods:From September 2023 to September 2024,120 patients with STEMI undergoing PCI at Hunan Provincial People's Hospital were prospectively selected and divided into a heart failure group( n=42)and a non-heart failure group( n=78)according to the guidelines. The differences in general clinical data,laboratory parameters,and echocardiographic parameters between the two groups were compared. The diagnostic efficacies of PTT,normalized PTT(nPTT),and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP)were analyzed. Consistency between them and New York Heart Association(NYHA)heart function classification was tested. Results:Compared to the non-heart failure group,the NT-proBNP,PTT,and nPTT values in the heart failure group were significantly increased(all P<0.05). The area under the curve(AUC)of nPTT was 0.944,better than that of PTT and NT-proBNP(AUC=0.871,0.887). After K-means clustering reclassified patients into four levels based on nPTT values,nPTT classification showed moderate consistency with NYHA classification(Kappa=0.580, P<0.001),and nPTT differed significantly across NYHA classifications( P<0.05). Conclusions:PTT,as an echocardiographic index for assessing cardiac function,has similar diagnostic efficacy to NT-proBNP,the nPTT is even better. It shows moderate consistency with the NYHA classification and holds potential for differentiating overlapping NYHA grades. Importantly,it offers a fresh objective way to evaluate cardiac dysfunction after PCI in STEMI patients.
5.Clinical characteristics of 118 cases of complex anal fistulas in infants and types of traditional chinese medicine syndromes
Chaoqun ZENG ; Yuan ZHAO ; Ning DING ; Xiangdang HU
China Modern Doctor 2024;62(5):25-29
Objective To retrospectively analyse the clinical characteristics of complex anal fistula and the distribution of TCM syndrome in infants and young children.Methods The clinical data of 118 children with complex anal fistula who were hospitalised in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from 1 January 2019 to 1 January 2023 were retrospectively analysed for gender,age,fistula,internal and external orifices,and distribution of TCM syndrome.Results Totally 115 cases(97.5%)were male and 3 cases(2.5%)were female among the 118 cases,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05);they occurred within 1 year of age;among them,there were 93 cases(78.8%)of low complex anal fistula,and 25 cases(21.2%)of high complex anal fistula;there were 2 fistulas(76.3%),followed by 3 fistulas(21.2%)and 4 fistulas(2.5%);the relationship between the number of internal and external orifices was dominated by external orifices = internal orifices(71.2%),and the internal and external orifices were mostly located at the 3 and 9 points(truncation);dampness-heat pouring downward was the most common syndrome(58.5%),followed by foetal toxin(23.7%),and spleen deficiency and dampness(17.8%).Conclusion Complex anal fistula in infants and young children occurred in male children less than 1 year old,and most of them were low complex anal fistula with two fistulas,and the internal and external orifices were mostly distributed in the 3 and 9 points(truncation),and dampness-heat pouring downward was the main TCM syndrome.
6.Safety of warfarin therapy in children with coronary aneurysm due to Kawasaki disease
Xuehua HE ; Qianli ZHU ; Yonghua YUAN ; Xiangdang LONG ; Xiaohui XIA ; Sheng WANG ; Can HU
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2021;59(2):95-100
Objective:To investigate the safety of warfarin for Kawasaki disease (KD) with coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) and its prognosis.Methods:Twenty one children with KD complicated with giant CAA, multiple CAA in one coronary artery or thrombosis in coronary artery were enrolled in this prospective study. Warfarin was used to control the goal international normalized ratio (INR) ranging from 2.0 to 3.0. The CAA diameter, number, location and thrombus in coronary artery were recorded at the beginning of treatment, 1, 2, 3, 4 weeks and 2, 3, 6, 12 months after treatment, as well as the influence on INR, electrocaroliogram, creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), troponin I. Standardized warfarin bleeding risk training and management was implemented. Children were divided into implementation group and non-implementation group according to the status of actual implementation of their parents. The incidence of bleeding events was compared between the two groups. Comparisons between groups were performed using a Rank sum test and a Fisher exact test.Results:In the 21 patients (15 males and 6 females), the age of onset ranged from 2 months to 6 years. There were 4 cases with grade Ⅱ, 7 cases with grade Ⅲ, 7 cases with grade Ⅳ and 3 cases with grade Ⅴ according to the severity of coronary arterial lesions before treatment. The time of clinical detection of thrombus in 10 children with thrombosis ranged from the fourth day to the fourth month. The dose distribution of warfarin was 0.06-0.10 mg/(kg·d), and the INR was 1.80-2.59. Among the 10 cases with thrombus, 8 cases had disappearance of thrombi and 2 cases with grade Ⅴ had thrombus organization to different degree. After treatment, the coronary artery ectasia of the 4 cases with grade Ⅱ all returned to normal. Among the 7 cases with grade Ⅲ, 3 cases of coronary artery aneurysms returned to normal, and 4 cases did not change. Among the 7 cases with grade Ⅳ , 5 cases of coronary artery aneurysms shrank to grade Ⅲ, and 2 cases remained unchanged. Three cases with grade Ⅴ lesions had no changes in aneurysm. Neither new thrombus nor new CAA was detected during the treatment. There was no significant change in electrocardiogram before and after treatment. No statistically significant difference was found regarding the troponin I (0.07 (0-3.01) vs. 0.04 (0-0.29) μg/L, Z=0.932, P>0.05) and CK-MB (20.6 (11.2-58.2) vs. 29.0 (16.7-47.0) U/L, Z=1.906, P>0.05) before and after treatment. The incidence of bleeding events in the implementation group was significantly lower than that in the non-implementation group (2/15 vs. 4/6, Fisher=5.689, P=0.031). Conclusions:The application of goal INR of 2.0-3.0 and adjustment of warfarin dose according to the severity of CAA combined with standardized and strict warfarin bleeding risk training and management, can increase the safety of warfarin therapy in children with KD, improve the prognosis of coronary artery lesions, promote the dissolution of thrombi, prevent new thrombosis, and effectively reduce the incidence of bleeding complication.

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