Objective This study aims to explore the complex relationship between social engagement and depressive symptoms among older adults in China,focusing particularly on the moderating role of marital status. Methods This study used data from the latest Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey(CLHLS).The analysis used the latent class analysis to delineate personality clusters and hierarchical linear regression,supplemented by the PROCESS macro,to investigate the effects of social engagement and marital status on depressive symptoms. Results The analysis encompassed 7,789 respondents(mean age:82.53[s=11.20]years),with 54%female.The personality analysis categorized participants into four clusters,with the majority(77.60%)classified as Confident Idealists,who exhibited the lowest levels of depressive symptoms.Hierarchical linear regression analysis yielded several significant findings:Higher levels of social engagement were significantly associated with fewer depressive symptoms(t=-7.932,P<0.001,B=-0.463).Marital status was a significant factor;married individuals reported fewer depressive symptoms compared to their unmarried counterparts(t=-6.368,P<0.001,B=-0.750).There was a significant moderating effect of marital status on the relationship between social engagement and depressive symptoms(t=-2.092,P=0.037,B=-0.217). Conclusion This study demonstrates that,among Chinese older adults,both social engagement and marital status significantly influence depressive symptoms.Higher social engagement,particularly in other activities like doing household chores,gardening,reading newspapers or books,and playing cards or Mahjong,is associated with fewer depressive symptoms,especially among married individuals.

Objective: To design the proficiency testing (PT) project (No. NIFDC-PT-183) for assays of bismuth potassium citrate capsules and organize to assess the proficiency of complexometric titration in laboratories, and provide some technical analyses and advices.
Methods: Two groups of samples with different concentration were prepared. The uniformity was evaluated with one-way analysis of variance and the stability was confirmed with t-test, whose results all conformed the requirements. The samples with three combinations were randomly distributed to 279 laboratories. The determination was performed according to the assays of bismuth potassium citrate capsules in Volume Ⅱ of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015. The median value and normalized interquartile range (NIQR) of robust statistical analysis was adopted and Z-scores were used to evaluate the results from each of laboratories.
Results: Among 279 laboratories, 240 laboratories results were satisfactory, 23 were questionable, and the other 16 were unsatisfied. The satisfaction rate was 86.0%.
Conclusion: The overall capacity of national laboratories for assays of bismuth potassium citrate capsules is good while a portion of participants require further improvement.

ObjectiveTo explore new targets and herbal medicines of total ginsenosides in ameliorating alcoholic hepatitis （AH） by data mining and experimental validation and to provide new directions for the clinical treatment of AH. MethodGSE28619 was selected as the test set from the GEO database and GSE83148 and GSE103580 were selected as the validation sets. The limma package and weighted gene co-expression network analysis （WGCNA） were employed to identify the AH-related differentially expressed genes and modular genes， and Venny was used to extract the common genes. The protein-protein interaction （PPI） network was constructed and the enrichment analysis was carried out. The hub genes were further screened and evaluated for their diagnostic value. After validation with the datasets， new potential targets of AH and traditional Chinese medicine were predicted. Molecular docking between the targets and active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine was performed， and the results were validated by experiments. Eight out of 48 SD rats were randomly selected into a blank group and received an equal amount of normal saline. The rest rats were subjected to modeling with ethanol by gavage and then randomized into low- （10 mg·kg^-1）， medium- （20 mg·kg^-1）， and high-dose （40 mg·kg^-1） total ginsenosides， model， and positive control （metadoxine， 117 mg·kg^-1） groups. After 3 weeks of gavage， serum samples were collected for the measurement of aspartate aminotransferase （AST） and alanine aminotransferase （ALT） levels， and liver samples were collected for hematoxylin-eosin （HE） staining. Western blot and Real-time PCR were employed to determine the protein and mRNA levels， respectively， of potential targets in the liver tissue. ResultData mining predicted the potential genes： Proto-oncogene FOS and collagen type Ⅰ alpha 2 （COL1A2）. Experimental validation showed that the liver injury was alleviated after drug administration compared with that after modeling. The serum AST and ALT levels were reduced after drug administration. The protein and mRNA levels of FOS were significantly up-regulated， while those of COL1A2 were down-regulated after drug administration. ConclusionTotal ginsenosides ameliorate HA via FOS and COL1A2.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect and safety of Jiuxin Pill （救心丸） on exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with stable angina pectoris （SAP）. MethodsA randomised， double-blind， placebo-controlled， multicentre study design was used to enroll 170 patients of SAP from nine centres， which were divided into 85 patients each in the trial group and control group with 1∶1 ratio. Both groups maintained the original western medicine treatment plan， and added Jiuxin Pill or placebo respectively， 2 pills （0.05 g） each time twicely for 28 days. The main outcomes were total exercise time （TED） in the exercise treadmill test and Seattle Angina Questionnaire （SAQ） scores including physical limitation （PL）， angina stability （AS）， angina frequency （AF）， treatment satisfaction （TS）， and disease perception （DP）. The secondary outcomes were exercise treadmill test indicators including heart rate recovery in 1 min （HRR1）， metabolic equivalents （METs）， maximum magnitude of ST-segment depression， and the Borg rating of perceived exertion scale， the average number of angina attacks per week， withdrawal and reduction rate of nitroglycerin， traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores， incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events. Safety indicators were evaluated and the occurrence of adverse events during the trial was recorded. Data was collected before treatment， day 28±2 in treatment period， and follow-up at day 56 which is 28±2 days after treatment period finished. ResultsEighty-four and eighty-five patients respectively from trial group and control group were included to the full analysis set （FAS） and safety analysis set （SS）. Compared with the group before treatment and with the control group after treatment， the trial group had higher TED， HRR1， and METs， and lower maximum magnitude of ST-segment depression and Borg rating of perceived exertion scores after treatment （P＜0.01）. Compared with the group before treatment and with the control group after treatment and at follow-up， the total SAQ score and scores of AS， AF， TS and DP of the trial group after treatment and at follow-up elevated， while the average number of angina attacks per week and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores reduced （P＜0.01）. There was no statistically significant difference in the withdrawal and reduction rate of nitroglycerin between groups （P＞0.05）. Major adverse cardiovascular events occurred in 1 case （1/84， 1.19%） in the trial group and 1 case （1/85， 1.18%） in the control group， and the difference between groups was not statistically significant （P＞0.05）. A total of 3 cases of adverse events occurred in the trial group （3/84， 3.57%）， and a total of 6 cases of adverse events occurred in the control group （6/85， 7.06%）， and there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of adverse events between groups （P＞0.05）. ConclusionIn the treatment of SAP， Jiuxin Pill combined with conventional western medicine can further enhance exercise tolerance， improve quality of life， and demonstrate great safety.

OBJECTIVES: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) and middle ear cholesteatoma (MEC) are the 2 most common chronic middle ear diseases. In the process of diagnosis and treatment, the 2 diseases are prone to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis due to their similar clinical manifestations. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) can clearly display the fine anatomical structure of the temporal bone, accurately reflect the middle ear lesions and the extent of the lesions, and has advantages in the differential diagnosis of chronic middle ear diseases. This study aims to develop a deep learning model for automatic information extraction and classification diagnosis of chronic middle ear diseases based on temporal bone HRCT image data to improve the classification and diagnosis efficiency of chronic middle ear diseases in clinical practice and reduce the occurrence of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. METHODS: The clinical records and temporal bone HRCT imaging data for patients with chronic middle ear diseases hospitalized in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital from January 2018 to October 2020 were retrospectively collected. The patient's medical records were independently reviewed by 2 experienced otorhinolaryngologist and the final diagnosis was reached a consensus. A total of 499 patients (998 ears) were enrolled in this study. The 998 ears were divided into 3 groups: an MEC group (108 ears), a CSOM group (622 ears), and a normal group (268 ears). The Gaussian noise with different variances was used to amplify the samples of the dataset to offset the imbalance in the number of samples between groups. The sample size of the amplified experimental dataset was 1 806 ears. In the study, 75% (1 355) samples were randomly selected for training, 10% (180) samples for validation, and the remaining 15% (271) samples for testing and evaluating the model performance. The overall design for the model was a serial structure, and the deep learning model with 3 different functions was set up. The first model was the regional recommendation network algorithm, which searched the middle ear image from the whole HRCT image, and then cut and saved the image. The second model was image contrast convolutional neural network (CNN) based on twin network structure, which searched the images matching the key layers of HRCT images from the cut images, and constructed 3D data blocks. The third model was based on 3D-CNN operation, which was used for the final classification and diagnosis of the 3D data block construction, and gave the final prediction probability. RESULTS: The special level search network based on twin network structure showed an average AUC of 0.939 on 10 special levels. The overall accuracy of the classification network based on 3D-CNN was 96.5%, the overall recall rate was 96.4%, and the average AUC under the 3 classifications was 0.983. The recall rates of CSOM cases and MEC cases were 93.7% and 97.4%, respectively. In the subsequent comparison experiments, the average accuracy of some classical CNN was 79.3%, and the average recall rate was 87.6%. The precision rate and the recall rate of the deep learning network constructed in this study were about 17.2% and 8.8% higher than those of the common CNN. CONCLUSIONS The deep learning network model proposed in this study can automatically extract 3D data blocks containing middle ear features from the HRCT image data of patients' temporal bone, which can reduce the overall size of the data while preserve the relationship between corresponding images, and further use 3D-CNN for classification and diagnosis of CSOM and MEC. The design of this model is well fitting to the continuous characteristics of HRCT data, and the experimental results show high precision and adaptability, which is better than the current common CNN methods.
Algorithms ; Ear Diseases ; Humans ; Neural Networks, Computer ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods*

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic intestinal disease with painful clinical manifestations and high risks of cancerization. With no curative therapy for IBD at present, the development of effective therapeutics is highly advocated. Drug delivery systems have been extensively studied to transmit therapeutics to inflamed colon sites through the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect caused by the inflammation. However, the drug still could not achieve effective concentration value that merely utilized on EPR effect and display better therapeutic efficacy in the inflamed region because of nontargeted drug release. Substantial researches have shown that some specific receptors and cell adhesion molecules highly expresses on the surface of colonic endothelial and/or immune cells when IBD occurs, ligand-modified drug delivery systems targeting such receptors and cell adhesion molecules can specifically deliver drug into inflamed sites and obtain great curative effects. This review introduces the overexpressed receptors and cell adhesion molecules in inflamed colon sites and retrospects the drug delivery systems functionalized by related ligands. Finally, challenges and future directions in this field are presented to advance the development of the receptor-mediated targeted drug delivery systems for the therapy of IBD.

Objective:To explore the clinical efficacy of dual-kidney transplantation from infant donors to adult recipients.Methods:From December 2012 to November 2020 in Organ Transplant Center First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University, rertrospective reviews were conducted for clinical data of 25 pairs of infant donors and adult recipients. The survival rates were calculated for both recipients and transplanted kidneys at Year 1/3/5 post-transplantation. And the postoperative recovery status and the postoperative incidence of adverse events of recipients were observed.Results:The survival rates of recipients were all 95.8% at Year 1/3/5 and those of transplanted kidney and dealth-cancelling transplanted kidney all 87.2%. One case died due to acute inferior-wall cardiac infarction while three others lost renal functions for vascular thrombosis, ureteral stenosis and urinary fistula. Except for loss of renal function and death, the postoperative estimated golmerular fitration rate was (99.35±21.78), (103.11±29.20) and (114.99±28.55) ml/(min·1.73 m 2) at Year 1/2/3 respectively. Conclusions:Selecting proper recipients, standardizing donor acquisition and surgical procedures and strengthening perioperative managements may expand the donor pool. The overall outcomes are excellent for adult recipients with dual-kidney transplantation from donations after infants' death.

Objective:To investigate the clinical effect on bridging replantation of defective severed fingers with the anterior tibial artery perforator bone-skin flap.Methods:In the Department of Hand and Foot Microsurgery of Dongguan Chang’an Xin’an Hospital, 6 cases of finger defect were repaired and replanted utilizing proximal tibial artery perforator bone-skin flap from March, 2015 to December, 2019. There were 5 males and 1 female with an average age of 35.8 years (range, 16-55 years). Among them, there were 2 cases with crush injury, 1 case with wringer injury, 1 case of with thermal crush injury, 1 case with power saw injury and 1 case of traffic accident injury. Of which, 3 cases of middle phalanx defect and 3 cases of proximal phalanx defect. 1 case of thumb and ring finger, respectively, 2 cases of index and middle finger. 2 cases of left hand and 4 cases of right hand/side. There were 6 cases with tendon defect and 3 cases with other finger injury. Soft tissue defect area: 5.5 cm × 2.0 cm to 6.0 cm × 3.0 cm. The length of phalangeal defect: 1.5 cm to 2.2 cm. The area of flap: 6.5 cm × 2.0 cm to 7.0 cm × 3.0 cm. The size of bone-flap: 1.8 cm × 1.0 cm × 0.8 cm to 2.2 cm × 1.0 cm × 1.0 cm. The donor site was either directly sutured or covered by transposing local flap. Follow-up plan was setafter operation. All patients were followed-up by outpatient service telephone, wechat and home visit etc. The dimensions of follow-up included the appearance, function, living and working conditions regarding the injured finger after operation. The evaluation was carried out according to the evaluation criteria of the society of hand surgery, Chinese Medical Association and the Michigan hand function evaluation criteria.Results:All the flaps survived. The flaps were followed-up for 9 to 24 months, with a small amount of pigmentation, good texture, moderate thickness and the two-point discrimination of the flaps ranged from 8 to 11 mm. There was no functional effect on the lower leg. The healing time of transplanted bone flaps ranged from 2.0 to 4.0 months, with an average of 2.6 months. According to the evaluation criteria of upper limb function of Hand Surgery Society of Chinese Medical Association, the results were as follows: excellent 3 fingers, good 3 finger, excellent rate was 100%. According to Michigan Hand Function Evaluation Criteria, 6 fingers scored from 71.5 to 91.8 points, with an average of 80.6 points.Conclusions:Using the anterior tibial artery perforator bone-skin flap to bridge the defect and replantation can restore the appearance and function of the fingers to a large extent, with little damage to the donor site. It is an effective surgical method to repair bone-skin defects and restore the length in the replantation of defective severed fingers.

Objective:To investigate the clinical effect of free anterior tibial artery proximal periosteal perforator bone-skin flap for repairing phased thumb defect.Methods:Eight patients of phased defect of thumb were repaired from March, 2013 to January, 2019 utilizing proximal tibial artery periosteal perforator bone and skin flap. Of which, 2 cases suffered defects at interphalangeal joint of thumb, 3 in proximal phalanx, and 3 at thenar muscle and metacarpale. There were 4 cases with tendon defect, 6 cases with other finger injuries.The areas of soft tissue defect was 4.5 cm×2.5 cm to 7.2 cm×4.0 cm, and the length of metacarpale bone defect was 1.2 to 2.5 cm. The flap size ranged from 5.0 cm×3.0 cm to 7.5 cm×4.5 cm, and the bone flap size was 1.2 cm×1.0 cm×0.8 cm to 2.5 cm×1.0 cm×1.0 cm. Six cases received direct suture or local skin metastasis in anterior tibial region and 2 cases with skin grafting. All patients were followed-up by clinic visits, telephone or WeChat reviews, and home visits.Results:All the flaps survived after surgery. A 6 to 24 months followed-up showed that the flaps were normal in colour with good texture and moderate thickness. TPD of the flaps ranged from 7 to 10 mm. The donor site of the shank had good appearance and were in normal function, and the walking were not affected. Healing time of transplanted bone flaps ranged from 2.0 to 4.0 months, with an average of 2.6 months. According to the Evaluation Criteria of Upper Limb Function of the Hand Surgery Society of Chinese Medical Association, the results were excellent in 7 thumbs and good in 1 thumb. According to Michigan Hand Function Evaluation Criteria, 8 thumbs scored 81.3 to 91.8 points, with an average of 83.6 points.Conclusion:The reconstruction of phased defect of thumb with proximal tibial artery periosteal perforator bone-skin flap can restore the appearance and function of thumb to the greatest extent, and the affect to donor site is minimum. It is an effective surgical method for repairing phased defect of thumb.

Long-term primary culture of mammalian cells has been always difficult due to unavoidable senescence. Conventional methods for generating immortalized cell lines usually require manipulation of genome which leads to change of important biological and genetic characteristics. Recently, conditional reprogramming (CR) emerges as a novel next generation tool for long-term culture of primary epithelium cells derived from almost all origins without alteration of genetic background of primary cells. CR co-cultures primary cells with inactivated mouse 3T3-J2 fibroblasts in the presence of RHO-related protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor Y-27632, enabling primary cells to acquire stem-like characteristics while retain their ability to fully differentiate. With only a few years' development, CR shows broad prospects in applications in varied areas including disease modeling, regenerative medicine, drug evaluation, drug discovery as well as precision medicine. This review is thus to comprehensively summarize and assess current progress in understanding mechanism of CR and its wide applications, highlighting the value of CR in both basic and translational researches and discussing the challenges faced with CR.