1.Effect and mechanism of Jingangteng capsules in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease based on gut microbiota and metabolomics
Shiyuan CHENG ; Yue XIONG ; Dandan ZHANG ; Jing LI ; Zhiying SUN ; Jiaying TIAN ; Li SHEN ; Yue SHEN ; Dan LIU ; Qiong WEI ; Xiaochuan YE
China Pharmacy 2025;36(11):1340-1347
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect and mechanism of Jingangteng capsules in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS Thirty-two SD rats were randomly divided into normal group and modeling group. The modeling group was fed a high-fat diet to establish a NAFLD model. The successfully modeled rats were then randomly divided into model group, atorvastatin group[positive control, 2 mg/(kg·d)], and Jingangteng capsules low- and high-dose groups [0.63 and 2.52 mg/(kg·d)], with 6 rats in each group. The pathological changes of the liver were observed by hematoxylin-eosin staining and oil red O staining. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to determine the serum levels of triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-18. 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing and metabolomics techniques were applied to explore the effects of Jingangteng capsules on gut microbiota and metabolisms in NAFLD rats. Based on the E-mail:591146765@qq.com metabolomics results, Western blot analysis was performed to detect proteins related to the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB)/NOD-like receptor family protein 3 (NLRP3) signaling pathway in the livers of NAFLD rats. RESULTS The experimental results showed that Jingangteng capsules could significantly reduce the serum levels of TG, TC, LDL-C, AST, ALT, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-18, while increased the level of HDL-C, and alleviated the hepatic cellular steatosis and inflammatory infiltration in NAFLD rats. They could regulate the gut microbiota disorders in NAFLD rats, significantly increased the relative abundance of Romboutsia and Oscillospira, and significantly decreased the relative abundance of Blautia (P<0.05). They also regulated metabolic disorders primarily by affecting secondary bile acid biosynthesis, fatty acid degradation, O-antigen nucleotide sugar biosynthesis, etc. Results of Western blot assay showed that they significantly reduced the phosphorylation levels of NF-κB p65 and NF-κB inhibitor α, and the protein expression levels of NLRP3, caspase-1 and ASC (P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Jingangteng capsules could improve inflammation, lipid accumulation and liver injury in NAFLD rats, regulate the disorders of gut microbiota and metabolisms, and inhibit NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway. Their therapeutic effects against NAFLD are mediated through the inhibition of the NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway.
2.Study on the differences in active components, characteristic components and therapeutic functions between Hedysari Radix and Astragali Radix
Huilong FENG ; Difei TANG ; Bing ZHAO ; Hong LI ; Taoping LIU ; Xiaochuan LUO
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;47(12):1732-1738
Objective:To explore the differences in active components between Hedysari Radix and Astragali Radix; To explore the material basis and therapeutic functions of Hedysari Radix in promoting blood circulation and nourishing blood.Methods:The research materials used in this study were Hedysari Radix and Astragali Radix from Wudu District, Longnan City, Gansu Province. The contents of seven resource-based components-total sugars, total polyphenols, total flavonoids, crude proteins, total saponins, total alkaloids, and total dietary fiber were measured according to standard methods. Additionally, an HPLC method was established to quantify 21 active compounds. In vitro antioxidant experiments were conducted to assess the scavenging ability of DPPH and ABTS free radicals.Results:The contents of resource-based components in Hedysari Radix were higher than in Astragali Radix. Among the 21 active components, the characteristic active components of Astragali Radix, such as calycosin, formononetin, calycosin glucoside and so on, were high in contents. The contents of paeoniflorin and Medicinol in Astragali Radix were low or not detected, and the contents in Hedysari Radix were 98.828 μg/g and 103.986 μg/g, and the antioxidant capacity was also better than Astragali Radix.Conclusions:The basic components of Hedysari Radix for promoting blood circulation and nourishing blood are paeoniflorin, Medilac, vanillic acid, ferulic acid and formononetin, which can provide a scientific basis for the determination of the characteristic components and the improvement of the main functions of Hedysari Radix.
3.Establishment of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Diagnostic Model Based on Stacking Ensemble Learning:Take Lung Cancer as an Example
Xiaochuan GUO ; Zhenzhen FENG ; Wenrui LIU ; Jiansheng LI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(17):1775-1783
ObjectiveTo explore the method of optimizing the performance of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome diagnostic models using Stacking ensemble learning. MethodsTaking the construction of TCM syndrome diagnostic model for lung cancer as an example, 2598 cases of clinical symptoms and signs from lung cancer patients in 9 hospitals were used as independent variables (i.e., feature variables), TCM syndrome information as dependent variables, and the clinical data were divided into training set and testing set in 8:2 ratio according to random number table method using Python 3.7 software. The stable features of TCM syndrome of lung cancer were screened using chi-square test, Spearman's correlation test, and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) logistic regression analysis; nine machine learning algorithms are trained, including support vector machines (SVMs), k-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm, Random Forest (RF), Extremely Randomized Trees, Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Lightweight Gradient Boosting (LightGBM), Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost), Gradient Boosting (GB) and the multi-layer perceptron (MLP), to obtain 9 basic models. Four models with better performance were screened out from the above basic models and fused to form a fusion model by using the Stacking ensemble learning, and the fusion model was trained twice by the above nine machine learning algorithms and evaluated by accuracy rate, micro-average ROC curves, area under the curve (AUC), and confusion matrix metrics, to screen the optimal diagnostic model. ResultsAfter data processing, 79 stable features and 13 TCM syndromes were obtained. In the basic model training, the comprehensive performance of RF, ExtraTrees, MLP and SVM basic models were better, so the predicted distributions of the syndromes of these four models were used as the secondary training data, and nine fusion models were obtained based on the Stacking ensemble learning (SVM, KNN, RF, ExtraTree, XGBoost, LightGBM, GB, AdaBoost, MLP). Among them, the XGBoost fusion model performed the best, with an accuracy of 0.850 and 0.838 in the training set and test set, respectively, an overfitting difference of 0.012, and an area under the micro-average ROC curve of 0.996. All fusion models showed an improvement in accuracy and area under the micro-average ROC curve compared with the base model in the test set. ConclusionTaking the TCM syndrome information of lung cancer as an example, the XGBoost fusion model has significant advantages in improving the diagnostic performance of TCM syndrome information of lung cancer through Stacking ensemble learning. It can be seen that the advantages of Stacking ensemble learning to integrate multiple models and effectively improve the diagnostic efficiency of TCM diagnostic models, which provided a methodological reference for similar studies.
4.Culture of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Cells and the Effects of CDKN2B on Cancer Cell
Xiaochuan YIN ; Ruiyang YIN ; Ranhua LI ; Fangqi CAI ; Yue CUI ; Tao BI ; Xinghe TONG
Journal of Kunming Medical University 2024;45(1):28-34
Objective To investigate the effects of different culture conditions(RPMI-1640,DMEM and DMEM/F12 medium)on the passage of MPM cells isolated from the tissues of Malignant pleural mesothelioma(MPM),and to study the effects of CDKN2B on the proliferation,invasion and apoptosis of MPM cells.Methods MPM cells were isolated from MPM tissues and cultured in RPMI-1640,DMEM and DMEM/F12 medium,respectively.Cell proliferation was examined by CCK-8,and the nuclei and chromosomes were observed by Wright-Giemsa staining.Fluorescence intensities of Calretinin,CD141,CK5,EMA and WT-1 were conducted by immunofluorescence assay.The mRNA and protein expression of CDKN2B were detected by RT-qPCR and Western blot,respectively.Transwell was used to detect cell invasion and flow cytometry was used to detect cell apoptosis.Results The established MPM cells showed good viability when passaged to the 10th generation in RPMI-1640,DMEM and DMEM/F12 cultures,and the MPM markers Calretinin,CD141,CK5,EMA and WT-1 were all expressed in the cells.The viability of MPM cells in RPMI-1640 culture medium was relatively stable.CDKN2B was downregulated in MPM cells(P<0.05),and overexpression of CDKN2B significantly suppressed the proliferation(P<0.05),invasion(P<0.05)and epithelial interstitial transformation of MPM cells(P<0.01),and promoted the apoptosis(P<0.01).Conclusion The established MPM cells were stably passaged in RPMI-1640 culture medium,and CDKN2B may be a potential target for the diagnosis and treatment of MPM.
5.Clinical features,risk factors and treatment of type 2 diabetes melli-tus in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmo-nary disease
Xiaochuan WANG ; Hanchao WANG ; Yu YAO ; Li LI ; Gaoyan HE ; Bo LI ; Tao ZHU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2024;29(4):392-400
AIM:To investigate the clinical fea-tures of acute exacerbation chronic obstructive pul-monary disease(AECOPD)of complicated with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM),and analyze the relat-ed clinical features and risk factors.METHODS:This was a single-center cross-sectional study.From March 2020 to January 2023,479 hospitalized pa-tients with AECOPD in the department of respirato-ry and critical care medicine,Suining Central Hospi-tal were included.There were 215 patients in AE-COPD group and 60 patients in AECOPD with T2DM group.The collected variables included demograph-ic data,complications,blood routine,infection in-dex,random blood glucose,blood gas analysis and lung function.The adoption rate and constituent ra-tio of the basic description classification data were expressed as mean standard deviation for the nor-mal distribution measurement data and median in-terquartile range for the skew distribution measure-ment data.T-test was used for normal distribution and non-parameter test was used for non-normal distribution.The categorical variables were tested by chi-square test.Rank sum test was used for rank variable data.Binary logistic regression model was used to investigate the independent factors associ-ated with T2DM in patients with AECOPD.Finally,the results of logistic regression were verified and visualized by nomogram,validation curve,ROC curve and DCA curve.P<0.05 was a significant sta-tistical difference.RESULTS:Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in body mass index(BMI),essential hypertension,cor-onary heart disease,atrial fibrillation(AF),pulmo-nary function(GOLD stage),blood neutrophil(NS),blood lymphocyte(LYM),arterial blood gas PaCO2,Alanine transaminase(ALT)and random blood glu-cose(RBG)between the two groups(P<0.05).The binary logistic regression model(C-index=0.847)was constructed with the above 10 variables,the results showed that BMI(OR=1.309),Af(OR=8.188),LYM counts(OR=0.474),PaCO2(OR=1.082)and RBG(OR=1.434)were independently associat-ed with type 2 diabetes in patients with AECOPD(all P>0.05).The results of logistic regression were verified and visualized by Nomogram and its-associ-ated ccurves.The MAE and AUC curves were 0.021 and 0.847 respectively,indicating that the model had good prediction consistency and accuracy.The DCA curve showed that Nomogram's risk threshold ranged from 0.01 to 0.99,suggesting that nomo-gram's model had better clinical predictive value.CONCLUSION:Our results showed that increased BMI,PaCO2 and random glucose,decreased blood lymphocyte,and atrial fibrillation is an indepen-dent clinical feature of AECOPD with T2DM.These results suggest that the immune function of pa-tients with AECOPD and T2DM are more severely impaired and more likely to be accompanied by atrial fibrillation,which is a potential cause of poor prognosis in these patients.Meanwhile,this conclu-sion needs to be further verified in multicenter study with large sample size.
6.The Exploration and Practice of Public Hospital Electronic Accounting File Management Based on Intelligent Financial System
Xiaochuan SHI ; Siming LI ; Shuran SUN ; Xuan ZHANG
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(8):84-88,92
With the continuous development of information technology,smart financial systems has gradually become an important tool for financial management in public hospitals.As an important component of the smart financial system,electronic accounting record management is of great practical significance in adapting to the trend of"green and carbon free"economic development,improving the efficiency of financial management in public hospitals,and promoting high-quality development of hospitals.Henan Provincial People's Hospital is taken as an example(hereinafter referred to as the sample hospital)to deeply interpret national policies,explore the difficulties in electronic accounting file management,and combine with the specific situation of the hospital.Guided by the overall strategic goals of the hospital,starting from the top-level design integration,it creates a set of replicable and promotable electronic accounting voucher electronic reimbursement,entry,and archiving progress,so as to provide theoretical and practical experience for the transformation and upgrading of electronic record management in public hospitals,and provide a new template for the development and reform of economic management in public hospitals in China.
7.Clinical features,risk factors and treatment of type 2 diabetes melli-tus in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmo-nary disease
Xiaochuan WANG ; Hanchao WANG ; Yu YAO ; Li LI ; Gaoyan HE ; Bo LI ; Tao ZHU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2024;29(4):392-400
AIM:To investigate the clinical fea-tures of acute exacerbation chronic obstructive pul-monary disease(AECOPD)of complicated with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM),and analyze the relat-ed clinical features and risk factors.METHODS:This was a single-center cross-sectional study.From March 2020 to January 2023,479 hospitalized pa-tients with AECOPD in the department of respirato-ry and critical care medicine,Suining Central Hospi-tal were included.There were 215 patients in AE-COPD group and 60 patients in AECOPD with T2DM group.The collected variables included demograph-ic data,complications,blood routine,infection in-dex,random blood glucose,blood gas analysis and lung function.The adoption rate and constituent ra-tio of the basic description classification data were expressed as mean standard deviation for the nor-mal distribution measurement data and median in-terquartile range for the skew distribution measure-ment data.T-test was used for normal distribution and non-parameter test was used for non-normal distribution.The categorical variables were tested by chi-square test.Rank sum test was used for rank variable data.Binary logistic regression model was used to investigate the independent factors associ-ated with T2DM in patients with AECOPD.Finally,the results of logistic regression were verified and visualized by nomogram,validation curve,ROC curve and DCA curve.P<0.05 was a significant sta-tistical difference.RESULTS:Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in body mass index(BMI),essential hypertension,cor-onary heart disease,atrial fibrillation(AF),pulmo-nary function(GOLD stage),blood neutrophil(NS),blood lymphocyte(LYM),arterial blood gas PaCO2,Alanine transaminase(ALT)and random blood glu-cose(RBG)between the two groups(P<0.05).The binary logistic regression model(C-index=0.847)was constructed with the above 10 variables,the results showed that BMI(OR=1.309),Af(OR=8.188),LYM counts(OR=0.474),PaCO2(OR=1.082)and RBG(OR=1.434)were independently associat-ed with type 2 diabetes in patients with AECOPD(all P>0.05).The results of logistic regression were verified and visualized by Nomogram and its-associ-ated ccurves.The MAE and AUC curves were 0.021 and 0.847 respectively,indicating that the model had good prediction consistency and accuracy.The DCA curve showed that Nomogram's risk threshold ranged from 0.01 to 0.99,suggesting that nomo-gram's model had better clinical predictive value.CONCLUSION:Our results showed that increased BMI,PaCO2 and random glucose,decreased blood lymphocyte,and atrial fibrillation is an indepen-dent clinical feature of AECOPD with T2DM.These results suggest that the immune function of pa-tients with AECOPD and T2DM are more severely impaired and more likely to be accompanied by atrial fibrillation,which is a potential cause of poor prognosis in these patients.Meanwhile,this conclu-sion needs to be further verified in multicenter study with large sample size.
8.The Exploration and Practice of Public Hospital Electronic Accounting File Management Based on Intelligent Financial System
Xiaochuan SHI ; Siming LI ; Shuran SUN ; Xuan ZHANG
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(8):84-88,92
With the continuous development of information technology,smart financial systems has gradually become an important tool for financial management in public hospitals.As an important component of the smart financial system,electronic accounting record management is of great practical significance in adapting to the trend of"green and carbon free"economic development,improving the efficiency of financial management in public hospitals,and promoting high-quality development of hospitals.Henan Provincial People's Hospital is taken as an example(hereinafter referred to as the sample hospital)to deeply interpret national policies,explore the difficulties in electronic accounting file management,and combine with the specific situation of the hospital.Guided by the overall strategic goals of the hospital,starting from the top-level design integration,it creates a set of replicable and promotable electronic accounting voucher electronic reimbursement,entry,and archiving progress,so as to provide theoretical and practical experience for the transformation and upgrading of electronic record management in public hospitals,and provide a new template for the development and reform of economic management in public hospitals in China.
9.Clinical features,risk factors and treatment of type 2 diabetes melli-tus in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmo-nary disease
Xiaochuan WANG ; Hanchao WANG ; Yu YAO ; Li LI ; Gaoyan HE ; Bo LI ; Tao ZHU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2024;29(4):392-400
AIM:To investigate the clinical fea-tures of acute exacerbation chronic obstructive pul-monary disease(AECOPD)of complicated with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM),and analyze the relat-ed clinical features and risk factors.METHODS:This was a single-center cross-sectional study.From March 2020 to January 2023,479 hospitalized pa-tients with AECOPD in the department of respirato-ry and critical care medicine,Suining Central Hospi-tal were included.There were 215 patients in AE-COPD group and 60 patients in AECOPD with T2DM group.The collected variables included demograph-ic data,complications,blood routine,infection in-dex,random blood glucose,blood gas analysis and lung function.The adoption rate and constituent ra-tio of the basic description classification data were expressed as mean standard deviation for the nor-mal distribution measurement data and median in-terquartile range for the skew distribution measure-ment data.T-test was used for normal distribution and non-parameter test was used for non-normal distribution.The categorical variables were tested by chi-square test.Rank sum test was used for rank variable data.Binary logistic regression model was used to investigate the independent factors associ-ated with T2DM in patients with AECOPD.Finally,the results of logistic regression were verified and visualized by nomogram,validation curve,ROC curve and DCA curve.P<0.05 was a significant sta-tistical difference.RESULTS:Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in body mass index(BMI),essential hypertension,cor-onary heart disease,atrial fibrillation(AF),pulmo-nary function(GOLD stage),blood neutrophil(NS),blood lymphocyte(LYM),arterial blood gas PaCO2,Alanine transaminase(ALT)and random blood glu-cose(RBG)between the two groups(P<0.05).The binary logistic regression model(C-index=0.847)was constructed with the above 10 variables,the results showed that BMI(OR=1.309),Af(OR=8.188),LYM counts(OR=0.474),PaCO2(OR=1.082)and RBG(OR=1.434)were independently associat-ed with type 2 diabetes in patients with AECOPD(all P>0.05).The results of logistic regression were verified and visualized by Nomogram and its-associ-ated ccurves.The MAE and AUC curves were 0.021 and 0.847 respectively,indicating that the model had good prediction consistency and accuracy.The DCA curve showed that Nomogram's risk threshold ranged from 0.01 to 0.99,suggesting that nomo-gram's model had better clinical predictive value.CONCLUSION:Our results showed that increased BMI,PaCO2 and random glucose,decreased blood lymphocyte,and atrial fibrillation is an indepen-dent clinical feature of AECOPD with T2DM.These results suggest that the immune function of pa-tients with AECOPD and T2DM are more severely impaired and more likely to be accompanied by atrial fibrillation,which is a potential cause of poor prognosis in these patients.Meanwhile,this conclu-sion needs to be further verified in multicenter study with large sample size.
10.The Exploration and Practice of Public Hospital Electronic Accounting File Management Based on Intelligent Financial System
Xiaochuan SHI ; Siming LI ; Shuran SUN ; Xuan ZHANG
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(8):84-88,92
With the continuous development of information technology,smart financial systems has gradually become an important tool for financial management in public hospitals.As an important component of the smart financial system,electronic accounting record management is of great practical significance in adapting to the trend of"green and carbon free"economic development,improving the efficiency of financial management in public hospitals,and promoting high-quality development of hospitals.Henan Provincial People's Hospital is taken as an example(hereinafter referred to as the sample hospital)to deeply interpret national policies,explore the difficulties in electronic accounting file management,and combine with the specific situation of the hospital.Guided by the overall strategic goals of the hospital,starting from the top-level design integration,it creates a set of replicable and promotable electronic accounting voucher electronic reimbursement,entry,and archiving progress,so as to provide theoretical and practical experience for the transformation and upgrading of electronic record management in public hospitals,and provide a new template for the development and reform of economic management in public hospitals in China.

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