1.Current Status and Strategies of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Xuezhi ZHANG ; Xia DING ; Zhen LIU ; Hui YE ; Xiaofen JIA ; Hong CHENG ; Zhenyu WU ; Xudong TANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(1):111-116
This paper systematically reviews the current status of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection, as well as recent progress in clinical and basic research both in China and internationally. It summarizes the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Hp infection management, including improving Hp eradication rates, enhancing antibiotic sensitivity, reducing antimicrobial resistance, decreasing drug-related adverse effects, and ameliorating gastric mucosal lesions. These advantages are particularly evident in patients who are intolerant to bismuth-containing regimens, those with refractory Hp infection, and individuals with precancerous gastric lesions. An integrated, whole-process management approach and individualized, staged comprehensive treatment strategies combining TCM and western medicine are proposed for Hp infection. Future prevention and control of Hp infection should adopt an integrative Chinese-western medical strategy, emphasizing prevention, strengthening primary care, implementing proactive long-term monitoring, optimizing screening strategies, and advancing the development of novel technologies and mechanistic studies of Chinese herbal interventions. These efforts aim to provide a theoretical basis and practical pathways for the establishment and improvement of Hp infection prevention and control systems.
2.Effects of psychological stress on inflammatory bowel disease via affecting the microbiota-gut-brain axis.
Yuhan CHEN ; Xiaofen CHEN ; Suqin LIN ; Shengjun HUANG ; Lijuan LI ; Mingzhi HONG ; Jianzhou LI ; Lili MA ; Juan MA
Chinese Medical Journal 2025;138(6):664-677
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic intestinal inflammatory condition with chronic and relapsing manifestations and is characterized by a disturbance in the interplay between the intestinal microbiota, the gut, and the brain. The microbiota-gut-brain axis involves interactions among the nervous system, the neuroendocrine system, the gut microbiota, and the host immune system. Increasing published data indicate that psychological stress exacerbates the severity of IBD due to its negative effects on the microbiota-gut-brain axis, including alterations in the stress response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the balance between the sympathetic nervous system and vagus nerves, the homeostasis of the intestinal flora and metabolites, and normal intestinal immunity and permeability. Although the current evidence is insufficient, psychotropic agents, psychotherapies, and interventions targeting the microbiota-gut-brain axis show the potential to improve symptoms and quality of life in IBD patients. Therefore, further studies that translate recent findings into therapeutic approaches that improve both physical and psychological well-being are needed.
Humans
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/metabolism*
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Stress, Psychological/microbiology*
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Gastrointestinal Microbiome/physiology*
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Brain/metabolism*
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Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
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Pituitary-Adrenal System
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Animals
3.Analysis of biliary microbiota in experimental pigs before and after enteral extended biliary stents implantation
Xiaofen XU ; Zhuo CHENG ; Xiu'e YAN ; Hong CHANG ; Yaopeng ZHANG ; Wei ZHENG ; Wenzheng LIU ; Yingchun WANG ; Kuo ZHANG ; Yonghui HUANG
Chinese Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2023;40(6):472-477
Objective:To compare the changes of biliary microbiota after enteral extended biliary stents (EEBS) implantation with that of conventional plastic stents in animal experiment, and to preliminarily investigate its possible mechanism in preventing stents occlusion.Methods:A total of 12 healthy Bama minipigs were randomly assigned to the conventional plastic stent group ( n=6) and the EEBS group ( n=6) using simple random method. The bile samples of all pigs were collected before stents implantation and 4 weeks after stents placement. The biliary microbiota composition and diversity before and after different stents implantation were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and compared. Results:No complications including acute cholangitis, perforation, bleeding, or death occurred in 12 pigs. Eight days after stents implantation, stents were out of bile duct in all pigs under endoscopy, while the bile samples were collected again for analysis. The main composition of biliary microbiota at the phylum level were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidota. Alpha-diversities revealed the Shannon ( P=0.004) and Simpson index ( P=0.008) significantly decreased in the conventional stent group after stents placement, and Bata diversity analysis also showed a significant difference in microbial composition (Anosim: R=0.514 8, P=0.011). There was no significant difference in Observed species index ( P=0.095), Chao1 index ( P=0.136), Shannon index ( P=0.353), Simpson index ( P=0.227) or Bata diversity (Anosim: R=0.059 3, P=0.187) in the EEBS group before and after stents placement. LEfSe algorithm indicated Bacteroides_ fragilis and Proteobacteria- Gammaproteobacteria- Enterobacterales- Enterobacteriaceae- scherichia_ Shigella- Escherichia_ coli significantly increased in the conventional stent group, and Desulfobacterota- Desulfovibrionia- Desulfovibrionales- Desulfovibrionaceae- Bilophila significantly increased in the EEBS group after stents placement. Conclusion:The biliary microbiota change slightly after EEBS implantation in the short-term, and EEBS may prevent duodenobiliary reflux by prolonging the reflux path.
4.Analysis of an outbreak of influenza A in a primary school in Jing an District, Shanghai
NI Xiaofen, CHEN Hong, ZHOU Zhou, CAI Mingyi, YAO Huijie
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(4):602-605
Objective:
To investigate the epidemiological data of an outbreak of influenza A in a primary school in Shanghai, to provide reference for targeted prevention and control measures.
Methods:
A field epidemiological method was used to investigate and collect the data of influenza A outbreak in a primary school in Jing an District from November 8 to December 6, 2022, through on site follow up and telephone return visit to health teachers and cases. The distribution characteristics of the epidemic were analyzed by descriptive epidemiology.
Results:
The first case developed symptoms of cough, sore throat, and fever on the morning of November 8th 2022, with a maximum body temperature of 38.6 ℃. Later, the clinical diagnosis was influenza A. The total number of influenza like cases reported in this outbreak is 99, including 92 students and 7 teachers. The total incidence rate was 9.45%. The clinical symptoms of all cases were fever, sore throat, and cough; 27 cases of influenza A were diagnosed by hospital rapid diagnostic reagents. The second grade students had the highest case incidence rate(24.46%), and there was a statistically significant difference in case incidence rates among students of different grades ( χ 2=48.28, P <0.01). The case incidence rate on the second floor was the highest (23.47%), and there was a statistically significant difference between the case incidence rates on different floors ( χ 2=52.38, P < 0.01 ). Etiological testing showed that the influenza virus causing this outbreak was type A H3N2 virus.
Conclusion
This outbreak is a campus cluster outbreak caused by influenza A (H3N2) virus. The health and education departments should strengthen cooperation to effectively implement prevention and control measures of infectious diseases, and timely identify the source of infection and cut off the transmission route.
5.Path analysis of influence of coping style and self-consistency on stigma among bipolar disorder depression patients
Juyi PENG ; Yali HU ; Xiaofen FAN ; Tianmin ZHANG ; Yan REN ; Yanli FAN ; Hong YANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2020;26(10):1306-1310
Objective:To explore the correlations among coping style, self-consistency and stigma in bipolar disorder depression patients.Methods:From June 2017 to December 2018, this study selected 217 bipolar disorder depression inpatients of Department of Mental Health at a Class Ⅲ Grade A hospital in Taiyuan by convenience sampling. All of them were investigated with the general information questionnaire, Perceived Devaluation-Discrimination Scale (PDD) , Self-Consistency and Congruence Scale (SCCS) and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) . Amos 22.0 was used to path analysis.Results:The scores of PDD, SCSQ and positive coping style and negative coping style were (30.92±6.41) , (101.54±16.99) , (21.63±6.46) and (13.36±5.03) respectively. Pearson correlation analysis showed that positive coping style of patients had negative correlations with the self-consistency and stigma ( r=-0.748, -0.655; P<0.01) ; negative coping style had positive correlations with the self-consistency and stigma ( r=0.553, 0.742; P<0.01) ; self-consistency had a positive correlation with the stigma ( r=0.763, P<0.01) . Mediating effect test showed that self-consistency only had partial mediating role between the negative coping style and stigma and the mediating effect accounted for 40.54% of the total effect. Conclusions:The negative coping style not only has a direct impact on the stigma in bipolar disorder depression patients, but also has an indirect impact on stigma by self-consistency. Medical staff can carry out intervention based on this path to reduce the stigma of bipolar disorder depression patients.
6.Serum proteomic-based analysis identifying autoantibody against ENO1 as a potential diagnostic biomarker in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Xiaofen ZHAN ; Xuefen WENG ; Shihuang YANG ; Yiwei XU ; Yuhui PENG ; Hong GUO
Journal of International Oncology 2020;47(9):513-517
Objective:To screen and identify autoantibody biomarker to diagnose patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).Methods:Candidate autoantibodies against tumor-associated antigens were identified from NPC CNE2 cells using serological proteome analysis. Levels of candidate autoantibody biomarkers were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 50 patients with NPC and 80 normal controls recruited from the Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College between July 2014 and January 2015. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was employed to evaluate diagnostic efficacy.Results:Serological proteome analysis showed that sera from patients with NPC yielded a positive spot, of which was identified as enolase 1 (ENO1). ELISA results showed that the level of serum autoantibody against ENO1 in patients with NPC was significantly higher than that in normal controls [0.165 (0.088, 0.378) vs. 0.100 (0.054, 0.117), Z=4.077, P<0.001]. With the optimum diagnostic cutoff of 0.164, ROC curve showed the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of autoantibodies against ENO1 were 52.0% and 90.0%, respectively. Measurement of autoantibody against ENO1 demonstrated a positive rate of 75.0% for early stage NPC. Conclusion:Autoantibody against ENO1 may be a potential diagnostic biomarker for NPC.
7.Effects of glycyrrhizin on alcoholic fatty liver cells incluced in vitro and its mechanism
Xiaofen BU ; Jun LI ; Hong ZHU
Chongqing Medicine 2018;47(4):436-438,445
Objective To investigate the effects of glycyrrhizin on the cell model of alcoholic fatty liver(AFL) induced in vitro and its possible mechanism.Methods The in vitro induced AFL cells were divided into the control group,separating ethanol group,glycyrrhizin group and continuous induction group.The levels of intracellular triglyceride(TG) and leakage amounts of ALT and AST,cell cycle change and protein and mRNA expressions of PPAR-γ,SREBP-1 and SCAP were measured.Results Glycyrrhizin could obviously reduce the apoptosis occurrence;compared with the control group,the level of intracellular TG and the leakage amounts of ALT and AST,and the protein and mRNA expressions of PPAR-γ,SREBP-1 and SCAP were significantly decreased(P<0.05).Conclusion Glycyrrhizin may alleviate the fat change of in vitro induced AFL cells by down-regulating expressions of PPAR-γ,SREBP-1 and SCAP.
8.The protective mechanisms of MEK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 on ox-LDL induced injury of HUVEC and the influence on the expression of LOX-1
Shan SUN ; Hongling HU ; Xiaoyu DUAN ; Qinqin WU ; Yingxia HE ; Xiaofen BU ; Xiaoyan MING ; Fengqin YAN ; Hong ZHU
Chongqing Medicine 2018;47(13):1727-1730
Objective To investigate the protective mechanism of MEK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 on ox-LDL induced injury of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC),and its influence on the expression of LOX-1.Methods HUVEC damage models were established by using ox-LDL and were treated with PD98059 later,divided into the negative control group,the ox-LDL group,the positive control group and the PD98059+ox-LDL group.The effect of inhibition of MEK1/2 on ox-LDL induced HUVEC damage was measured.Results Compared with the negative control group,the levels in the ox-LDL group of LOX-1,pMEK1/2,RhoA,ROCK1,ROCK2,TNF-α and IL-6 were increased significantly,the proliferations of HUVEC and the productions of NO were decreased (P<0.05).Compared with the ox-LDL group,the levels in the positive control group and the PD98059+ox-LDL group of pMEK1/2,RhoA,ROCK1,ROCK2,TNF-α and IL-6 were decreased,the proliferation of HUVEC and the production of NO were increased (P<0.05).Conclusion PD98059 inhibit the MEK1/2 signaling pathway to suppress the ox-LDL induced damage of HUVEC by decreasing the expression of LOX-1.
9.Operation Coordination for the da Vinci Robot Surgical System
Xiaofen YU ; Zhifei WANG ; Min HONG
Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 2015;(6):570-573
[Summary] This paper reported the surgical cooperation in 72 cases of da Vinci robot operations between September 2014 and December 2014 in this hospital .All the 72 cases of total laparoscopic operation by using the da Vinci robot assistance were successfully completed, without robot faults caused by mismatch and nursing complications caused by improper nursing .We believe that nurse training with robot surgical system and qualification certification , preoperative patient visits , reasonable arrangement of operation room , careful observation with skilled coordination with the robot , proper postoperative placement of the robot , and maintenance and disinfection of the machine are crucial to a successful surgery .
10.Application of cotton rolls as protective sleeves of endodontic files
Xiaofen LIU ; Yilin WANG ; Hong SHAN
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2014;(5):711-712,713
The effects of cotton roll and the traditional gauze wrapper in the protection of endodontic files were observed.Cotton roll showed firm protection and feasible operation advantages,it was more effective than gauze wrapper in the protection of endodontic files(P<0.01).


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