1.Current Status and Prospective of Research on Disease-Syndrome Integrated Animal Models of Spleen and Stomach Diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Jiaqi ZHANG ; Lihui FANG ; Yongtian WEN ; Shan LIU ; Zhuo SHI ; Xintong WANG ; Xinyi DAI ; Meiling SHE ; Lanshuo HU ; Yangxi FU ; Zheng WANG ; Fengyun WANG ; Xudong TANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(5):510-516
Animal model research on spleen and stomach diseases in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is of great significance for elucidating the nature of diseases and syndromes and for revealing the mechanisms of action of Chinese herbal medicinals. At present, studies on classical TCM syndrome models of spleen and stomach diseases mainly focus on spleen deficiency syndrome, liver constraint syndrome, and damp-heat syndrome. Model construction is mostly based on the etiological and pathophysiological characteristics of syndrome, and model evaluation primarily involves macroscopic manifestations and physicochemical indicators. This paper summarizes the current research status of animal models integrating disease and syndrome for seven common spleen and stomach diseases, including chronic gastritis and gastric precancerous lesions, gastroesophageal reflux disease, functional dyspepsia, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, functional constipation, and functional diarrhea. The modeling methods and characteristics of disease-syndrome combined animal models for each disease are analyzed. It is proposed that future research on disease-syndrome integration in spleen and stomach diseases should move toward syste-matic, precise, and integrative development, and that interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research approaches should be adopted to enhance the predictive value and application efficiency of disease-syndrome combined animal models.
2.Preliminary study on the characterization of exosomes in cryoprecipitate
Yingyi TANG ; Dawei CHEN ; Ailing TAN ; Xintong LI ; Yujian LIU ; Huibin ZHONG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2026;39(6):718-723
Objective: To explore the types and levels of exosomes in cryoprecipitate from donors of different blood types, genders, and age groups, and to preliminarily characterize their specific proteins. Methods: Exosomes were extracted from cryoprecipitate using the polymer precipitation method. The exosomes were identified by particle size analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and Western blot. Finally, the specific proteins CD63, CD81, CD9, Cytochrome C, Syntenin-1, and VLA-4 of exosomes were characterized using Luminex. Results: The purified exosomes exhibited a double-membrane vesicle structure under microscopy, appearing saucer-shaped or as hemispheres with a concave side. They specifically expressed the CD63 and TSG101 proteins, while the endoplasmic reticulum protein Calnexin was not expressed. The particle sizes(nm) of exosomes from blood types A, B, O, and AB were 119.6±47.5, 120.5±47.4, 133.3±54.1 and 103.1±35.3, respectively. Taking the exosomal specific protein CD63 as an example, its expression levels(pg/mL) in cryoprecipitate from female and male donors were 128.22±63.52 and 117.39±40.84, respectively; the expression(pg/mL) levels in the 20-40 and 40-60 age groups were 114.20±37.28 and 131.41±64.98, respectively; and the expression levels(pg/mL) in the four blood types A, B, O, and AB were 109.58±37.79, 127.45±44.46, 131.89±40.59, and 122.29±78.68, respectively. The expression levels of CD63 in exosomes from different blood types, genders, and age groups were similar, with no statistically significant differences (all P>0.05). The distribution of the other five exosomal-specific proteins was also comparable among the normal blood donors. Conclusion: The expression levels of exosomal-specific proteins in cryoprecipitate from normal blood donors are not associated with blood type, gender, and age group.
3.Analyzing the monitoring results of occupational hazard factor in the workplace of key industries in Shaoguan City, 2021 to 2024
Xintong DAI ; Zhenshi LIU ; Bo YANG ; Aiping CHEN ; Shaohua LIU ; Lingkai FAN ; Weifeng RONG ; Guowei CHEN
China Occupational Medicine 2026;53(2):227-232
Objective To analyze the monitoring results of occupational hazard factors (OHF) in the workplace of key industries in Shaoguan City from 2021 to 2024. Methods A total of 486 enterprises of key industries in Shaoguan City, selected from the "Occupational Diseases Hazardous Items Reporting System" and the "Guangdong Provincial Occupational Health Quality Control Platform" from 2021 to 2024, were used as the research subjects. Data on the declaration of occupational hazard projects, the exposure to OHF and the occupational medical examinations for workers, the usage of protective equipment and the setup of protection facilities in enterprises, and the monitoring results of OHF were analyzed. Results From 2021 to 2024, a total of 486 enterprises of key industries in Shaoguan City were monitored, and the detection rate of OHF exceeding national standard was 57.0%. The exceedance rates in medium/large enterprises and small/micro enterprises were 67.1% and 55.0%, respectively. A total of 51 771 worker-exposures to OHF were recorded, with an exposure rate of 55.8%. Training coverage for enterprise managers, occupational health personnel, and workers were 96.7%, 97.1%, and 98.7%, respectively. Abnormal rates in occupational medical examinations were 3.3%, 0.2%, and 0.8% among workers exposed to noise, dust, and chemical factors, respectively. Provision rates of dust respirators, chemical respirators, hearing protection devices (earplugs and earmuffs) were 93.2%, 85.4% and 86.8%, respectively, with wearing compliance rates of 98.7%, 98.8% and 97.1%. Installation rates of dust control, chemical hazard control, and noise control facilities were 97.2%, 90.3%, and 69.9%, respectively, and all facilities were 100.0% effective. Exceedance rates for OHF and noise increased annually (all P<0.05), whereas those for dust and chemical factors decreased (all P<0.05). The exceedance rates of work position from high to low were dust (18.1%), noise (17.1%) and chemical factors (6.4%). Lead-related position had the highest exceedance rate (31.9%). Industries with higher exceedance rates included metal products manufacturing (27.3%), ferrous metal smelting and rolling (24.1%), and non-metallic mineral products manufacturing (23.7%). Conclusion Workplaces in key industries of Shaoguan City face relatively high risks of occupational hazards. It is essential to focus on noise management, with efforts to strengthen occupational health supervision and guidance for small/micro enterprises as well as industries with severe occupational hazards, promoting the standardization of occupational health management.
4.Comparative study on the clinical effect of uterine artery embolization and high intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of mild and severe cesarean scar pregnancy
Xintong SHI ; Ting LIU ; Jian YANG
Journal of Practical Radiology 2025;41(8):1370-1374
Objective To compare the efficacy of uterine artery embolization(UAE)combined with dilation and curettage(D&C)versus high intensity focused ultrasound(HIFU)combined with D&C in patients with cesarean scar pregnancy(CSP).Methods A total of 106 CSP patients treated at Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital were selected.They were divided into the UAE group(n=55)and the HIFU group(n=51)according to the treatment methods.The general clinical data,operation duration,and blood loss during D&C procedure were statistically compared using t-test or Mann-Whitney U test.Results Overall analysis revealed that the operation duration and blood loss were lower in the UAE group than that in the HIFU group(P<0.05).Stratified analysis showed no significant difference in operation duration during D&C between the UAE group and the HIFU group for patients with mild CSP(type Ⅰ)(P=0.552).The blood loss of D&C in the UAE group was less than that in the HIFU group(P=0.030).In severe CSP patients(types Ⅱ and Ⅲ),both operation duration and blood loss during D&C were significantly lower in the UAE group than those in the HIFU group.Conclusion UAE may be more advantageous in treating patients with severe CSP(types Ⅱ and Ⅲ)due to shorter operative time and less bleeding.
5.Construction and application of AI course in Medical Immunology
Yuan LIU ; Ming CHU ; Na WANG ; Xintong ZHANG ; Yuedan WANG ; Yintong XUE ; Lijun WANG ; Yan LI ; Jie HAO ; Xiang GAO
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2025;41(6):1294-1300,中插2
Under the background of rapid development of artificial intelligence(AI),this paper systematically proposes AI-based education(AIBE).It empowers the teaching process,learning process,research process,and teaching management with AI,and constructs an AI-based educational paradigm,including AI-based teaching(AIBT),AI-based learning(AIBL),AI-based re-search(AIBR),and AI-based management(AIBM).Taking the AI course of immunology teaching as an example,this paper deeply analyzes the practices and explorations of implementing AIBT,AIBL,AIBR and AIBM based on the AI course,so as to accelerate the promotion of the transformation of the fourth generation of medical education.
6.Construction of a new mitochondria-associated gene set model based on transcriptomic sequencing data to assess hepatocellular carcinoma immune, prognosis, and therapeutic characteristics
Ting TANG ; Yubo LI ; Xintong ZHANG ; Yanfen HU ; Hao WU ; Jianjun ZHU ; Li LI ; Ming LIU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2025;45(1):53-63
Objective:To construct a model of mitochondria-related genes (Mito-RGs) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and predict the immune, prognostic and therapeutic characteristics of HCC based on the model, so as to provide a new idea for the diagnosis and treatment of HCC.Methods:The expression profiles of HCC and corresponding clinical information were obtained from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Univariate Cox regression, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression and multivariate Cox regression were used to construct a prognostic model of HCC based on Mito-RGs, and the International Cancer Genome Consortium-Liver Cancer-RIKEN-Japan ICGC-LIRI-JP dataset were used for validation. GO and KEGG analyses were performed to investigate the signaling pathways enriched for differentially expressed genes in the high- and low-risk groups. Immune infiltration was assessed using CIBERSORT. Single-cell data were used to study the proportion of immune cells in high- and low-risk groups of HCC samples and the relationship with cell proliferation. Cellminer was used to assess the relationship between risk score models and drug sensitivity.Results:A risk-prognostic model of HCC containing seven Mito-RGs ( DTYMK, ACADS, HMGCS2, CYP27A1, TOMM40L, STOM, and AKR1B10) was constructed. High-risk HCC patients had a worse prognosis. Genes upregulated in the high- and low-risk groups of differentially expressed genes were enriched in cell cycle and metabolism-related pathways. Single-cell data showed higher proportions of CD8 + T cells, macrophages and monocytes, and proliferating cells in the high-risk group. CIBERSORT analysis suggested that Treg cells and M0 macrophages were more abundant in the high-risk group, whereas CD8 + T cells and CD4 + memory T cells were less abundant. Patients in the high-risk group were more sensitive to myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 inhibitor, vincristine, phosphatidylinositol kinase beta subunit inhibitor, and aurora kinase A, while trametinib, selumetinib, extracellular regulated protein kinase, and mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase were more effective in the low-risk group. Conclusion:The constructed Mito-RGs model is capable of providing a more accurate assessment of the prognosis and the degree of immune cell infiltration in HCC patients.
7.The mechanism of polygonatum polysaccharide inducing the differ-entiation of tendon stem cells into chondrocytes through TGF-β3/Smad2 signaling pathway
Junjie CHEN ; Dujiang YANG ; Jiayang HE ; Xintong YUAN ; Yingqi LIU ; Jiexiang YANG ; Guoyou WANG ; Teng PENG ; Huarui SHEN
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2025;30(10):1374-1382
ABSTRCT AIM:To verify the effect of polygona-tum polysaccharide(PSP)combined with TGF-β3 in inducing the differentiation of rat tendon-derived stem cells(TDSCs)into chondrocytes by activating the TGF-β3/Smad2 pathway.METHODS:TDSCs were extracted from rat tail tendons using enzyme digestion,purified,passaged,and identified via flow cytometry.TDSCs were treated with different concentrations of PSP,and the optimal growth con-centration was determined using the CCK-8 assay.TDSCs were divided into four groups:PSP,TGF-β3,PSP+TGF-β3,and Control for differentiation induc-tion.Chondrogenic differentiation was evaluated using morphological observations,toluidine blue staining,immunofluorescence staining,and West-ern blot analysis to detect COLⅡ,SOX9,and AGG.Western blot was also used to measure the expres-sion levels of Smad2 and p-Smad2 to evaluate the activation of the TGF-β3/Smad2 pathway after chondrogenic induction.RESULTS:Flow cytometry analysis showed that TDSCs highly expressed CD90 and CD29,while CD11b and CD45 expression was low.The CCK-8 assay indicated that 5 μmol/L PSP was the optimal intervention dose.Toluidine blue staining revealed that the blue staining area in the PSP,PSP+TGF-β3,and TGF-β3 groups was larger compared to the Control group.Immunofluores-cence analysis demonstrated that COLⅡ expression was significantly increased in the PSP,TGF-β3,and PSP+TGF-β3 groups,with the highest expression in the PSP+TGF-β3 group(P<0.05).Western blot analy-sis showed that the levels of p-Smad2/Smad2,COLⅡ,SOX9,and AGG were elevated in the PSP,TGF-β3,and PSP+TGF-β3 groups,with the highest ex-pression in the PSP+TGF-β3 group(P<0.05).Compared to the Control group,the TGF-β3 and PSP groups also showed significantly increased expression(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:PSP promotes the proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation of TDSCs,possibly by activating the TGF-β3/Smad2 pathway.
8.Establishment of an indirect ELISA method for bovine respiratory syncytial virus rG protein
Hong LI ; Guanxin HOU ; Chihuan LI ; Siping ZHU ; Chao REN ; Xintong ZHU ; Xiaochen LIU ; Yulai DONG ; Qiumei SHI ; Zhiqiang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 2025;45(9):1878-1887
In order to establish a serological method for the detection of bovine respiratory syncytial virus,the prokaryotic expression of four proteins of BRSV,G,F,P,and M was carried out,and the most suitable coating antigen was screened to establish an indirect ELISA detection method.The results showed that the four recombinant proteins of BRSV,rG,rF,rP and rM were successfully expressed.The results of checkerboard screening showed that the P/N value of rG protein was the largest,which was determined to be the best coating antigen established by indirect ELISA meth-od.The optimal reaction conditions for indirect ELISA were as follows:the mass concentration of rG protein coating was 1 mg/L,37℃ for 2 h;3%BSA 37℃ block for 1 h;Serum was diluted 1∶50 and incubated at 37℃ for 1h;Secondary antibody 1∶5 000 dilution,37℃ for 30min;The color development conditions of the substrate were 37℃ for 15 min;Thirty negative sera were selected,and the cut-off value was determined to be 0.63 by the established indirect ELISA method.The re-sults of the specificity test showed that the indirect ELISA method established in this test only recognized BRSV-positive serum,and did not react with IBRV,BCoV,and BPIV3-positive serum.The results of repeatability test showed that the method had good repeatability,and the coefficient of variation within and between batches was less than 10%.The results of the sensitivity test showed that the BRSV-positive serum was still positive when diluted to 1∶8 192.The indirect ELISA method established in this experiment was used to detect 100 clinical serum samples at the same time,and the total coincidence rate of the two reached 90.48%,the positive coincidence rate was 93.42%,and the negative coincidence rate was 82.75%.The indirect ELISA established in this test can be used for the detection of bovine respiratory syncytial virus in clinical practice.
9.Effect of threshold inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary rehabilitation in postoperative lung cancer patients:a meta-analysis
Yingnan ZHAO ; Xintong ZHENG ; Junling LIU ; Zidan WANG ; Hongyue WU ; Bing LI ; Yan LI
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2025;31(10):1164-1171
Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of threshold inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary rehabilitation in postoperative lung cancer patients,with a focus on exploring the difference in efficacy under different interven-tion modes.Methods Randomized controlled trials on the effect of threshold inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary rehabilitation in postoperative lung cancer patients were retrieved from PubMed,Cochrane Library,Embase,Web of Science,CNKI,Wanfang data,VIP and China Biomedical Literature Database.Meanwhile,gray literature from ProQuest and clinicaltrials.gov was searched as supplements.The retrieval period was from the establishment of each data-base to May 9,2025.Cochrane 5.1.0 was used to evaluate the quality of literature,and a meta-analysis was per-formed using RevMan 5.4.Results Twelve studies involving 701 patients were included,all of which were of moderate to high quality.Threshold inspiratory muscle training could reduce the pulmonary complications of postoperative lung cancer patients(OR=0.45,95%CI 0.29 to 0.68,P<0.001),shorten the hospital stay(MD=-1.85,95%CI-3.29 to-0.42,P=0.010),improve the inspiratory muscle strength(MD=5.84,95%CI 0.96 to 10.71,P=0.020),enhance their ex-ercise endurance(SMD=0.40,95%CI 0.10 to 0.71,P=0.010),and did not increase the risk of pulmonary air leakage(OR=0.88,95%CI 0.47 to 1.63,P=0.680).Subgroup analysis revealed that shortening of hospital stay(MD=-2.98,95%CI-5.87 to-0.09,P=0.040)and the improvement in exercise endurance(SMD=0.57,95%CI 0.14 to 1.00,P=0.009)were significant only when threshold inspiratory muscle training was combined with aerobic exercise.However,standalone threshold inspiratory muscle training showed no statistical signifi-cance in these two outcomes.Conclusion Threshold inspiratory muscle training can effectively reduce postoperative pulmonary complications and im-prove inspiratory muscle strength in postoperative lung cancer patients with good safety.Threshold inspiratory muscle training could shorten hospital stay and improve exercise endurance only when combining with aerobic exercise.
10.Influencing factors for sarcopenia in elderly hospitalized patients and construction and validation of a risk prediction model
Yilin ZHOU ; Qingqing FAN ; Peng PENG ; Xintong LIU ; Hong JIANG ; Pingfeng HE ; Dan DENG
Journal of Chongqing Medical University 2025;50(10):1434-1441
Objective:To investigate the influencing factors for sarcopenia in hospitalized patients,to construct a risk prediction model for sarcopenia in elderly hospitalized patients,and to provide a quantitative tool for early screening and intervention of sarcopenia based on the integration of multi-dimensional indicators.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed for the data of 2105 elderly patients who were hospitalized in The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from March 2016 to June 2023.The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator analysis was used for the screening of variables,and the logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the influencing factors for sarcopenia.A predictive model was constructed,and internal and external validation was performed.The Shapley additive explanations model was used to analyze feature contributions,and a nomogram model was constructed to visualize and interpret the results.Results:The 1259 patients from March 2016 to December 2020 were randomly divided into a training set with 882 patients and an internal test set with 377 patients at a ratio of 7∶3,and the 846 patients from January 2021 to June 2023 were established as the external validation set.A total of 489 cases of sarcopenia(55.44%)were detected in the training set.The logistic regression analysis based on the training set showed that asthenia,dependence on Activity of Daily Living,malnutrition,and in-creasing age were risk factors for sarcopenia(odds ratio[OR]>1,P<0.05),and male sex,normal body mass index,and overweight were protective factors against sarcopenia(OR<1,P<0.05).The model had an AUC of 0.876(95%CI=0.854-0.899)in the training set,0.883(95%CI=0.849-0.918)in the internal test set,and 0.750(95%CI=0.717-0.783)in the external validation set,suggesting that the model had good performance.The decision curve analysis showed that the nomogram model had a good clinical value.Conclu-sion:The predictive model for sarcopenia has good performance and holds promise for clinical application.

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