1.Evidence-based research on the nutritional and health effects of functional components of tea
Zhijian HE ; Yuping LI ; Fan BU ; Jia CUI ; Xinwen BI ; Yuanjie CUI ; Zhiyuan GUO ; Ming LI
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2025;37(2):190-198
As a traditional nutritional and healthy cash crop in China, tea has certain significance in promoting human health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases. Studies have shown that the nutritional health effect of tea is due to its rich functional components, mainly including tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, theanine, alkaloids and other bioactive substances. At present, researchers from the academic circles have continuously carried out animal and human experiments on the health effects of various functional components of tea, which has accumulated abundant research data and materials. Based on this, this article reviews the literature on the nutritional and health effects of the main functional components of tea, and adopts the method of evidence-based research to screen and extract relevant data for qualitative and quantitative meta-analysis. Subsequently, the nutritional health effects of the five functional components of tea, namely tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, theanine, and alkaloids, are summarized and outlined. Studies have shown that tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, theanine and alkaloids have different health effects and are expected to play their unique roles in promoting human health and preventing and controlling diseases.
2.Effects of long non-coding RNA nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1 on the proliferation,apoptosis and migration of keloid fibroblasts
Yanfeng ZHANG ; Huimin ZHANG ; Xiang HE ; Yuping ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2025;29(2):347-354
BACKGROUND:It has been elucidated that downregulation of nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1(NEAT1)inhibits the progression of keloid fibroblasts,but the exact mechanism is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influences of long non-coding RNA nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1(lncRNA NEAT1)on the proliferation,apoptosis and migration of keloid fibroblasts by regulating the miR-136-5p/ubiquitin-specific protease 4(USP4)axis. METHODS:Keloid fibroblasts were divided into five groups:si-NC group,control check group,si-NEAT1 group,si-NEAT1+miR-136-5p inhibitor group,and si-NEAT1+inhibitor-NC group.qRT-PCR was performed to measure the expressions of NEAT1 and miR-136-5p;cell counting kit-8 assay and EDU staining were performed to measure cell proliferation;flow cytometry was performed to measure apoptosis;scratch-healing experiment was performed to measure cell migration;western blot assay was performed to measure the protein expressions of USP4,p27,Bax,matrix metalloproteinase-9,α-smooth muscle actin,and type I collagen α1 chain;dual-luciferase assay was performed to examine the relationship of NEAT1 with miR-136-5p as well as the relationship of miR-136-5p with USP4. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the si-NC group,the NEAT1 expression,absorbance value at 450 nm,percentage of EDU positive cells,scratch-healing rate,the protein expressions of USP4,matrix metalloproteinase-9,α-smooth muscle actin,and type I collagen α1 chain decreased in the si-NEAT1 group(P<0.05),while the expression of miR-136-5p,apoptosis rate,and the protein expressions of p27 and Bax increased(P<0.05).miR-136-5p inhibitor reversed the effect of silencing NEAT1 on the biological behavior of keloid fibroblasts.There was a targeted regulatory relationship between NEAT1 and miR-136-5p as well as between miR-136-5p and USP4.To conclude,silencing NEAT1 may inhibit the proliferation and migration of keloid fibroblasts and induce apoptosis by regulating the miR-136-5p/USP4 axis..
3.Auxiliary diagnostic value of IMA and CK index in acute ischemic stroke
Yuping FU ; Feng FU ; Ya ZHU ; Zhenshuai LIAN ; Sha YAN ; Dandan LI ; Zhi'an HE
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2024;45(22):2716-2720
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of ischemia-modified albumin(IMA)and the crea-tine kinase(CK)index in acute ischemic stroke(AIS).Methods According to the inclusion and exclusion cri-teria,totally 149 newly diagnosed and untreated AIS patients hospitalized in Henan Provincial People's Hospi-tal from October 2021 to October 2022 were selected as the AIS group.Additionally,156 healthy people who underwent the physical examination during the same period were selected as the control group.Activity levels of IMA,CK,creatine kinase-MB(CK-MB),lactate dehydrogenase(LDH)and hydroxybutyrate-dehydrogen-ase(HBDH)were measured using the Abbott C1600 biochemical analyzer,and the CK index(ratio of CK-MB to CK)was calculated.Relative risk factors were analyzed,receiver operating characteristics(ROC)curve was constructed,data were analyzed using SPSS27.0.1,graphs were plotted using GraphPad Prism 9.4.1,and differences in area under the curve(AUC)were compared using MedCalc(version 20.0.22).Results The AIS group exhibited significantly higher levels of IMA,CK-MB,and the CK index,and significantly lower levels of CK compared to the control group(all P<0.05).Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that both IMA and the CK index were risk factors for AIS(both P<0.001).After adjusting for gender and age in a multivariate binary logistic regression analysis,IMA emerged as an independent risk factor for AIS(OR=1.901,95%CI:1.649-2.190,P<0.001).IMA,CK-MB and CK index in the AIS group were significantly higher than those in the control group,and CK levels were significantly lower than those in the control group,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).Univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that IMA and CK index were risk factors for AIS(P<0.001).After adjusting for sex and age in multivariate binary Logistic regression analysis,IMA was an independent risk factor for AIS(OR=1.901,95%CI:1.649-2.190,P<0.001).The ROC curve demonstrated that AUC,the sensitivity and the specificity of sin-gle detection for IMA were 0.922,81.2%,and 90.4%,respectively.There was no significant difference compared to combined detection using IMA+CK index or IMA+CK index+CK(all P>0.05).Conclusion IMA is an independent risk factor for AIS,which has strong diagnostic value and is worthy of clinical application.
4.Effects of PBL combined with CBL in health education of insulin injection for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Jingjing HE ; Lixia HUANG ; Yuping WANG ; Hongli ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(4):521-526
Objective:To explore the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) combined with case-based learning (CBL) in insulin injection patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) .Methods:From August to October 2022, convenience sampling was used to select 120 patients with T2DM treated with insulin injection from the Endocrinology Department of Yiwu Central Hospital as the study subject. According to the admission time, patients were divided into a control group and an intervention group, with 60 cases each. The 60 patients admitted from August 1st to 31st were in the control group and received routine health education, and 60 patients admitted from October 1st to 31st were included in the intervention group and received PBL combined with CBL. This study analyzed and compared the awareness rate of insulin injection knowledge and assessment scores of insulin injection between two groups of patients, and counted the passing rate and improvement rate of assessment scores after intervention. Before and after three months of intervention, this study evaluated the patient's blood glucose status [fasting blood glucose (FPG), 2-hour postprandial blood glucose (2hPG), and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ], and counted the incidence of insulin injection related complications.Results:After four weeks of intervention, the overall awareness rate of insulin injection knowledge in the intervention group was higher than that in the control group, with a statistically significant difference ( P<0.05). The insulin injection assessment score (90.35±4.68), passing rate of assessment score 91.67%, and improvement rate of assessment score (35.48±6.84) % in the intervention group were higher than those [ (84.69±6.72), 75.00%, and (26.28±5.46) %] in the control group, and the differences were statistical ( P<0.05). After three months of intervention, the FPG, 2hPG, and HbA1c of the intervention group patients were lower than those of the control group, with statistically significant differences ( P<0.05). Within three months after intervention, the total incidence of complications in the intervention group was lower than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:PBL combined with CBL for insulin injection patients can help to increase their knowledge and operational level of insulin injection, improve blood glucose control, and reduce insulin injection related complications.
5.Solute carrier family 2 member 12 intervenes in uric acid-induced renal tubular cell injury
Yi HE ; Xiaolin LI ; Jinke HE ; Xiangju JIANG ; Meiting LIANG ; Wujin CHEN ; Yuena CUI ; Yuping SUN
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2024;28(13):2076-2081
BACKGROUND:In recent years,the incidence of hyperuricemia caused by purine metabolism disorders has been increasing,which can induce inflammatory responses and lead to renal injury. OBJECTIVE:To explore the role and mechanism of solute carrier family 2 member 12(SLC2A12)in hyperuricemia-related renal injury. METHODS:Renal tubular cells(HK2 cells)were divided into five groups:HK2 group,HK2+uric acid group,HK2+uric acid+NC group,HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group,and HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12+MK-2206 group.HK2 cells were treated with uric acid and transfected with siRNA SLC2A12,followed by MK-2206 treatment to inhibit AKT expression.Cell proliferation was detected by CCK-8 assay.Apoptosis was detected by TUNEL assay.qRT-PCR and western blot assay were used to detect fibrogenic factors as well as activation of the AKT/FOXO3a pathway.The concentrations of inflammatory cytokines were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)Uric acid treatment inhibited cell proliferation and promoted cell apoptosis in the HK2+uric acid group compared with the HK2 group.The proliferative ability of cells in the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group was further decreased and apoptotic cells were further increased compared with the HK2 group.Compared with the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group,the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12+MK-2206 group showed an increase in cell proliferation and a decrease in apoptotic cells.(2)Compared with the HK2 group,the connective tissue growth factor(CTGF),α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA)and transforming growth factor beta(TGF-β)expressions increased in the HK2+uric acid group;CTGF,α-SMA and TGF-β expression further increased in the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group.Compared with the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group,the CTGF,α-SMA and TGF-β expressions decreased.(3)Compared with the HK2 group,the expression of p-AKT,FOXO3a,and p-FOXO3a elevated in the HK2+uric acid group;the expression of p-AKT further increased,while the expression of FOXO3a and p-FOXO3a decreased in the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group.Compared with the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group,p-AKT expression decreased;FOXO3a and p-FOXO3a expression increased in the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12+MK-2206 group.(4)Compared with the HK2 group,interleukin-6,interleukin-1 β,and tumor necrosis factor α levels increased in the HK2+uric acid group;interleukin-6,interleukin-1 β,and tumor necrosis factor α levels further increased in the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group.Compared with the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12 group,interleukin-6,interleukin-1 β,and tumor necrosis factor α levels diminished in the HK2+uric acid+siSLC2A12+MK-2206 group.(5)These findings indicate that SLC2A12 may protect against hyperuricemia-induced renal injury by counteracting uric acid-induced tubular fibrosis and inflammation through activation of the FOXO3a pathway.
6.A Review of the Application of Propensity Scoring Method in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research
Xi CHEN ; Yuping YANG ; Kelin HE
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(21):2269-2274
Propensity score can improve the efficiency and accuracy of clinical trials, and has been widely used in many fields such as comparison of efficacy evaluation, exploration of disease occurrence factors, and monitoring of adverse drug reactions. At present, the propensity scoe has application prospects in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) monotherapy intervention, complex intervention and integrated Chinese and Western medicine intervention research, and it is a good auxiliary tool for real-world study. By analysing the cha-racteristics of clinical research in TCM, the authors believed that, firstly, the application of propensity score can acce-lerate the progress of clinical efficacy evaluation research in TCM, contribute to the collection of high-level clinical evidence, and promote the development and promotion of TCM therapies; Secondly, under the background of big data resources, propensity score has good application prospects in assisting TCM prescription analysis, drug safety and adverse reaction monitoring, and large-scale cohort studies in TCM; thirdly, in the process of clinical practice, propensity scoring method may face problems such as inappropriate method selection, incorrect judgement or measurement of confounding factors, and unreasonable interpretation or extrapolation of results.
7.Comparison of efficacies among different doses of vitamin D supplementation in preterm infants with vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency
Min WANG ; Fei HE ; Qin CHANG ; Kuilin LYU ; Yuping ZHANG
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(19):3008-3012
Objective To compare the effects of different doses of vitamin D supplementation on vita-min D deficiency and insufficiency in premature infants.Methods A total of 126 premature infants hospital-ized in the pediatrics department of this hospital from March 25,2021 to December 30,2022 were selected as the study subjects and began to supplement different doses of vitamin D on 3 d after birth under the intestinal tract tolerance.They were divided into 500,900 and 2 100 IU/d groups according to vitamin D supplementary dose.The differences in vitamin D levels at beginning and after supplementation were compared among the groups.Results Among 126 premature infants,there were 52 cases of vitamin D deficiency and 74 cases of vi-tamin D insufficiency.Compared with vitamin D insufficiency,the proportion of vitamin D supplementation in the mothers of the premature infants with vitamin D deficiency was lower(P<0.05).The serum calcium,phosphorus,alkaline phosphatase and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels after birth had no statistical difference a-mong 3 groups(P>0.05).The 25-hydroxyvitamin D level after supplementation had statistical difference a-mong 3 groups(P<0.05),moreover the 500 IU/d group was lower than the 2 100 IU/d group(P<0.05).The longest duration of vitamin D supplementation in the 2 100 IU/d group was 90 d,its highest 25-hydroxyvitamin D level after supplementation was 48.3 ng/mL,no vitamin D poisoning condition appeared,there were still 40 cases(85.1%)of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency after supplementation in the 900 IU/d group,and 17 cases(25.8%)in the 2 100 IU/d group.Conclusion Giving vitamin D 2 100 IU/d in pre-term infants is recommended after birth to prevent the vitamin D deficiency.
8.A CRISPR activation screen identifies genes that enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Fei FENG ; Yunkai ZHU ; Yanlong MA ; Yuyan WANG ; Yin YU ; Xinran SUN ; Yuanlin SONG ; Zhugui SHAO ; Xinxin HUANG ; Ying LIAO ; Jingyun MA ; Yuping HE ; Mingyuan WANG ; Longhai TANG ; Yaowei HUANG ; Jincun ZHAO ; Qiang DING ; Youhua XIE ; Qiliang CAI ; Hui XIAO ; Chun LI ; Zhenghong YUAN ; Rong ZHANG
Protein & Cell 2023;14(1):64-68
9.The application and effect of "Trinity" emergency chain in the management of patients with epidemic respiratory tract infection under the coordination of multi-branches
Xiaoyan Tu SHEN ; Meijuan LAN ; Qian LI ; YuPing ZHANG ; Yuwei WANG ; Junfeng HE ; Yan XIANG ; Lizhu WANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2023;32(4):497-501
Objective:To summarize the application and effect of "Trinity" emergency chain in the management of patients with epidemic respiratory tract infection under the cooperation of multiple hospitals and districts, and to provide a reference for medical institutions to improve the risk response ability.Methods:Based on the collaborative management of multi-branches, the "Trinity" emergency chain of pre-hospital-emergency-critical care, identification-triage-treatment, expansion-training-dispatch was implemented to optimize and integrate medical resources.Results:During the two months, 43,000 patients were admitted to the fever clinic, with an increase of 36.08%. The average waiting time for treatment was 19.83 min, and the average admission time to ICU was 25.35 min.Conclusions:The "Trinity" emergency chain treatment scheme under the coordination of multi-branches can effectively deal with the public health events of respiratory tract infectious diseases, improve the efficiency of rescue and treatment, and enhance the risk response ability of medical institutions.
10.Efficacy and safety of bendamustine-rituximab combination therapy for newly diagnosed indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and elderly mantle cell lymphoma: a multi-center prospective phase II clinical trial in China
Hui WANG ; Qiang HE ; Dan LIU ; Xiuzhi DENG ; Ji MA ; Linna XIE ; Zhongliang SUN ; Cong LIU ; Rongrong ZHAO ; Ke LU ; Xiaoxia CHU ; Na GAO ; Haichen WEI ; Yanhua SUN ; Yuping ZHONG ; Lijie XING ; Haiyan ZHANG ; Hao ZHANG ; Wenwei XU ; Zengjun LI
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2023;44(7):550-554
Objectives:This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of bendamustine in combination with rituximab (BR regimen) for the treatment of newly diagnosed indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-iNHL) and elderly mantle cell lymphoma (eMCL) .Methods:From December 1, 2020 to September 10, 2022, a multi-center prospective study was conducted across ten Grade A tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province, China. The BR regimen was administered to evaluate its efficacy and safety in newly diagnosed B-iNHL and eMCL patients, and all completed at least four cycles of induction therapy.Results:The 72 enrolled patients with B-iNHL or MCL were aged 24-74 years, with a median age of 55 years. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status scores of 0-1 were observed in 76.4% of patients, while 23.6% had scores of 2. Disease distribution included follicular lymphoma (FL) (51.4% ), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) (33.3% ), eMCL (11.1% ), and the unknown subtype (4.2% ). According to the Ann Arbor staging system, 16.7% and 65.3% of patients were diagnosed with stage Ⅲ and stage Ⅳ lymphomas, respectively. Following four cycles of BR induction therapy, the overall response rate was 98.6%, with a complete response (CR) rate of 83.3% and a partial response (PR) rate of 15.3%. Only one eMCL patient experienced disease progression during treatment, and only one FL patient experienced a relapse. Even when evaluated using CT alone, the CR rate was 63.9%, considering the differences between PET/CT and CT assessments. The median follow-up duration was 11 months (range: 4-22), with a PFS rate of 96.8% and an OS rate of 100.0%. The main hematologic adverse reactions included grade 3-4 leukopenia (27.8%, with febrile neutropenia observed in 8.3% of patients), grade 3-4 lymphopenia (23.6% ), grade 3-4 anemia (5.6% ), and grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia (4.2% ). The main non-hematologic adverse reactions such as fatigue, nausea/vomiting, rash, and infections occurred in less than 20.0% of patients.Conclusion:Within the scope of this clinical trial conducted in China, the BR regimen demonstrated efficacy and safety in treating newly diagnosed B-iNHL and eMCL patients.

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