1.Clinical features of tumor-induced acute pancreatitis and construction of a machine learning prediction model
Chenhui DU ; Yuqian GAO ; Shuo ZHANG ; Tieying HE ; Xinling CAO
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2026;42(7):1661-1669
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical features of tumor-induced acute pancreatitis (TIAP), to construct and validate a predictive model for TIAP, and to provide help for early identification in clinical practice. MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 3 051 patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) who were admitted to The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January 2020 to January 2026, among whom there were 72 patients with TIAP. To reduce class imbalance, 216 patients with non-tumor-related AP (2 979 patients) were randomly selected as conventional group using sex-stratified sampling, resulting in a cohort of 288 patients, and this cohort was randomly divided into a training set with 201 patients and a test set with 87 patients at a ratio of 7∶3. The two groups were compared in terms of general information and laboratory markers. The independent-samples t test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between two groups, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between two groups; the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups. Recursive feature elimination and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression were used for screening of characteristic variables, and five machine learning models were constructed, i.e., logistic regression model, random forest model, support vector machine model, extreme gradient boosting model, and light gradient boosting machine model. The receiver operating characteristic curve and the precision-recall curve were used to assess model performance; the calibration curve was used to assess goodness of fit; decision curve analysis was used to evaluate clinical applicability and practicality; Shapley additive explanations were used to assess model interpretability. ResultsIn the training set of 201 patients, there were 52 patients (25.9%) in the TIAP group, and in the test set of 87 patients, there were 20 patients (23.0%) in the TIAP group. Compared with the conventional group, the TIAP group had a significantly higher proportion of patients with pancreatic duct dilatation (χ2=79.474, P<0.05), a significantly higher age (Z=-5.838, P<0.05), and significantly lower levels of white blood cell count (Z=5.630, P<0.05), amylase (Z=2.606, P<0.05), hemoglobin (Z=5.038, P<0.05), and neutrophil percentage (Z=5.269, P<0.05), as well as a lower level of direct bilirubin (Z=0.936, P>0.05). The five machine learning models constructed based on these seven variables had a certain predictive ability, among which the logistic regression model had the best performance in the test set, with an area under the curve of 0.893 (95% confidence interval: 0.821 — 0.953), an average precision of 0.654 in the precision-recall curve, good calibration, and good clinical benefits based on the decision curve analysis. ConclusionThe predictive model for TIAP based on pancreatic duct dilatation, age, white blood cell count, amylase, hemoglobin, neutrophil percentage, and direct bilirubin shows good predictive performance and can provide important guidance for the early diagnosis of TIAP.
2.Relationship between carboxymethyl lysine and type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with sarcopenia
Jianfen WEI ; Xiao ZHANG ; Jie REN ; Minghui CHENG ; Yuqian JIN ; Naijun WU ; Fangfang KAN ; Lijing JIAO
Clinical Medicine of China 2025;41(1):14-19
Objectives:To explore the relationship between carboxymethyl lysine (CML) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with myopenia, so as to provide some clinical reference for clinical prevention and early intervention of myopenia.Methods:A case-control study was conducted, selecting 142 T2DM patients admitted to the Endocrinology Department of the Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Science and Technology from November 2022 to November 2023. According to the diagnostic criteria of the 2019 consensus of experts on the diagnosis and treatment of sarcopenia, the patients were divided into a case group (T2DM with sarcopenia, 58 cases) and a control group (T2DM without sarcopenia, 84 cases). Collect and compare general information, serological data, and body composition data of two groups of patients. Two independent sample t-test is used for inter group comparison of metric data that conforms to normal distribution; Non parametric tests are used for inter group comparisons of non normally distributed quantitative data; The comparison of count data between groups is conducted using χ2 test. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between carboxymethyl lysine and type 2 diabetes with myopenia. Draw receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and analyze the efficacy of carboxymethyllysine in diagnosing T2DM with muscle atrophy. Results:Univariate analysis showed the BMI ((21.59±3.04) kg/m 2), FINS (4.49 (1.85,9.03) U/L), and FCP ((1.45±0.96) mg/L) levels of the patients in the case group were lower than those in the control group(27.32±3.74) kg/m 2, 6.91 (3.74, 11.99) U/L, (2.64±1.23) mg/L), while age, ((64.67±6.75) years old) of disease duration(12.16±6.69) years, and CML (5.70±2.14 μg/L) were higher than those in the control group ((62.23±7.33) years old, (8.70±8.01) years, (2.38±0.73) μg/L), and the differences were statistically significant (Statistical values were t=9.66, Z=2.86, t=6.46, t=2.02, t=2.70, t=13.17; P values were <0.001, 0.004, <0.001, 0.046, 0.008, <0.001). Multifactorial binary logistic regression analysis showed that CML ( OR(95%CI):3.242 (1.933-5.437)) and BMI ( OR(95%CI):0.636 (0.505-0.801)) were associated with T2DM combined with sarcopenia (all P<0.001). The results of the ROC curve showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of CML was 0.934, and the corresponding optimal cut-off value was 3.038 μg/L. The diagnostic efficacy of CML for the diagnosis of T2DM combined with myasthenia gravis was high, and the diagnostic results were in good agreement with the actual results. Conclusions:Carboxymethyl lysine is associated with T2DM combined with muscle atrophy. CML has a high diagnostic efficacy in diagnosing T2DM combined with muscle atrophy, and it has certain practical value in diagnosing T2DM combined with muscle atrophy.
3.Evaluation and Analysis of Animal Model of Bone Compartment Syndrome Based on Clinical Disease Characteristics of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
Yuqian LIU ; Jia WANG ; Lujin ZHANG ; Feipeng ZHU ; Mingsan MIAO
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;27(3):809-814
Osteofascial compartment syndrome(OCS)is a serious complication frequently occurring in the orthopedic department,and delayed treatment may result in irreversible limb damage.With the increase of traffic trauma accidents in modern times,the incidence and disability risk of OCS have increased,so it has been widely concerned by medicine.Based on the clinical characteristics of OCS in traditional Chinese and Western medicine,this paper summarized the commonly used animal models of OCS by referring to CNKI and PubMed literature,and evaluated the data of the animal models'coincidence in combination with clinical diagnostic criteria,analyzed the comprehensive characteristics of the models,and provided a feasible reference for the animal models in the treatment of OCS in modern traditional Chinese and Western medicine.The results showed that the most commonly used OCS model was the rabbit model,which was constructed with pressure damage.Most of the methods are provided by foreign research institutes,but there is no research on the model of combining disease and syndrome of OCS with traditional Chinese and Western medicine,which brings certain obstacles to disease research.Therefore,this study summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the existing model of OCS through a large number of literature analysis,and put forward suggestions for the preparation of the model of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine with fundamental theories of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
4.Exploration of the Etiology,Pathogenesis and Syndrome Differentiation in the Treatment of Liver Cancer by Renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Changquan Ling from the Perspective of"Dispersing Qi and Fortifying the Body Resistance"
Mingxing ZHU ; Yuqian WANG ; Jue YANG ; Yufei ZHANG ; Jiaojiao CHEN ; Yujun LUO ; Huiling ZHOU ; Rui HAN
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;27(3):717-723
Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),as the most common type of liver cancer,poses a significant threat to global public health due to its high incidence and mortality rates.This paper delves into the etiology,pathogenesis,and syndrome differentiation of liver cancer from the perspective of"dispersing qi and fortifying the body resistance",based on the clinical experience of renowned traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)practitioner,Prof.Changquan Ling.Prof.Ling believes that the development of liver cancer is closely related to the disruption of liver qi flow,the accumulation of blood stasis over time,and the generation of toxin from long-term stagnation,accompanied by pathological changes such as imbalance of yin and yang,deficiency of the body's vital qi and accumulation of pathogenic factors,and internal blazing of cancer toxins.In terms of treatment,he emphasizes the principles of dispersing qi and fortifying the body resistance,addressing both the root cause and symptoms.This is achieved by regulating the functions of viscera,improving the stagnation of qi flow,and supplemented by methods such as clearing heat and detoxifying,and softening and dispersing hard masses,aiming to break the vicious cycle of qi stagnation,deficiency of vital qi,and pathogenic factor generation,thereby promoting the recovery from the disease.Through detailed analysis of clinical cases,this paper demonstrates Prof.Ling's unique insights and significant efficacy in treating liver cancer through"dispersing qi"to"fortify the body resistance",ultimately achieving"tumor suppression".This provides new references and perspectives for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer in TCM.
5.Characteristics of articles published in Chinese Journal of Trauma from 1985 to 2024
Mingchao ZHANG ; Yuqian YAO ; Xiaozhong ZHOU ; Guodong LIU
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2025;41(9):858-863
Objective:To analyze the characteristics of articles published in Chinese Journal of Trauma (hereinafter referred to as the "Journal") from 1985 to 2024, so as to provide insights for further clarifying its academic orientation and improving its quality. Methods:Data of articles published from 1985 to 2024 in the Journal were retrieved and extracted from the Wanfang Database (retrieval cut-off date: April 10, 2025). Statistical analysis was performed on the publication count, total citation frequency, number of cited articles, number of highly cited articles, proportion of fund-supported articles and their citation rate, distribution of article categories, author distribution, and keyword frequency.Results:Over the 40-year period, the Journal published a total of 10 687 articles, with the total citation frequency of 45 242. Among them, 7 497 articles (70.15%) were cited and 389 (3.64%) were highly cited. A total of 2450 articles (22.93%) were supported by research funds, with a citation rate of 80.29%. The clinical researoh column showed the largest number of publications, accounting for 7 996 articles (74.82%). First authors were distributed across 31 provincial-level regions, contributing 5 878 articles and 29 583 total citations. Thirty-five corresponding authors published more than 30 articles each, 17 of whom were from medical institutions in Chongqing Municipality. A total of 20 686 keywords were identified, with the top 5 being "fracture fixation, internal" (421 times), "craniocerebral injury" (395 times), "diagnosis" (359 times), "brain injury" (354 times), "spinal cord injury" (314 times).Conclusion:Over the 40-year period, the Journal has been characterized by a high overall academic influence despite a relatively low proportion of highly impactful publications, a substantial rate of fund-supported articles, a broad geographical distribution of first authors, with the most significant contributions coming from Chongqing Municipality, and a strong academic foundation in specialized disciplines such as orthopedics and neurosurgery.
6.Recent advance in synergistic pathogenesis of complement and antibody in Guillain-Barré syndrome and its immunotherapy
Yuqian XUE ; Ailing LIU ; Chengjing FEI ; Yulei LIU ; Minghao DU ; Zeyu ZHANG ; Rong YIN
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2025;24(9):959-964
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune-mediated acute polyradiculoneuropathy. Its key feature is focal segmental demyelination along with inflammatory cell infiltration and axonal damage. In clinical practice, anti-ganglioside antibodies in the body fluid of GBS patients show heterogeneity, and conventional immunotherapy is ineffective in some GBS subtypes. Drawing on treatment options for other neuroimmune diseases, targeted regulation of antibody-complement system has now become an important direction in GBS treatment research. This paper examines the immune response mechanisms involving complement, antibodies and related inflammatory factors, explores new strategy in GBS immunotherapy, so as to provide theoretical basis and research entry points for GBS individualized treatment.
7.Characteristics of basic research articles published in Chinese Journal of Trauma from 1985 to 2024
Yuqian YAO ; Mingchao ZHANG ; Xiaozhong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2025;41(9):888-893
Objective:To analyze the characteristics of basic research articles published in Chinese Journal of Trauma (hereinafter referred to as the "Journal") from 1985 to 2024. Methods:Data of basic research articles published in the Journal from 1985 to 2024 were retrieved from the Chinese Medical Journal Full-text Database. Excel was used to analyze publication volume, number of cited articles, citation rate, citation frequency, funding support, disciplinary distribution, key words, authors and institutional affiliations within 40 yearsResults:There were 10 687 publications in the Journal within 40 years, among which 617 (5.77%) were basic research articles, comprising 0 article in 1985-2000, 72 articles in 2001-2005, 200 articles in 2006-2010, 231 articles in 2011-2015, 84 articles in 2016-2020, and 30 articles in 2021-2024. Among them, 443 articles were cited, with a citation rate of 71.80% and total citations of 1 465. The average citation count per article was 2.37, with a maximum of 22 citations for a single article. Funded articles accounted for 76.67% (473/617) and showed a marginally higher citation rate (71.88%) compared to non-funded articles (71.53%). The top 4 disciplines by publication volume included orthopedics (203 articles, 32.90%), neurosurgery (119 articles, 19.29%), trauma orthopedics (75 articles, 12.16%), and emergency surgery (24 articles, 3.89%). High-frequency key words included "brain injury","spinal cord injury", "neurons", "stem cell", and "tissue engineering", etc. The first authors mainly came from Chongqing Municipality, Shanghai Municipality, Shandong Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Tianjin Municipality; 7 authors published more than 2 articles, 3 of whom were from medical institutions in Chongqing Municipality.Conclusion:Over 40-year period, the basic research articles published in the Journal have demonstrated phased fluctuations, interdisciplinary convergence and shift in hotspots (e.g., from neural injury to regenerative medicine), as well as geographical and institutional disparities in contribution.
8.Retrospective clinical analysis of eculizumab treatment for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy: a report of 11 cases
Xueyi LUO ; Rui MA ; Huifang WANG ; Lu BAI ; Yun HE ; Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Tingting HAN ; Daoxing DENG ; Yuhong CHEN ; Wei HAN ; Xiaohui ZHANG ; Lanping XU ; Yu WANG ; Xiaojun HUANG ; Yuqian SUN
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2025;46(5):431-436
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of eculizumab in treating hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) .Methods:This retrospective study included 11 patients who developed TA-TMA after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and subsequently received eculizumab treatment at Peking University People′s Hospital between June 2018 and May 2024. The incidence of TA-TMA, treatment details, and clinical outcomes were analyzed.Results:Among the 11 included patients [4 males, 7 females; median age: 29 years (range: 9-56) ], underlying diseases were severe aplastic anemia (SAA) in 5 patients, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 3 patients, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 3 patients. The median time to TA-TMA diagnosis was 48 days post-transplantation (range: 4-213 days), and all patients met the diagnostic criteria for high-risk TA-TMA. The median interval from TA-TMA diagnosis to the initiation of eculizumab treatment was 12 days (range: 1-56 days). Patients received a median of 3 doses of eculizumab (range: 1-14). Ten of the 11 patients were assessed as having no response (NR) to eculizumab at the end of treatment or at death. One patient achieved a partial response (PR) but subsequently died after TA-TMA relapsed due to infection. At the last follow-up, all patients were either lost to follow-up or had died. The median follow-up duration was 88 days (range: 33-326 days), and the median time from TA-TMA diagnosis to the last follow-up was 31 days (range: 21-113 days) .Conclusion:Eculizumab demonstrated poor efficacy in this TA-TMA cohort. This might be attributable to the critical and complex condition of the patients, delayed initiation of eculizumab treatment, and insufficient dosage.
9.Clinical analysis of donor-purified CD34 + stem cell boost in 11 patients with poor hematopoietic reconstruction after haploid hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for aplastic anemia
Yun HE ; Zhengli XU ; Huan CHEN ; Yao CHEN ; Tingting HAN ; Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Meng LYU ; Xiaodong MO ; Chenhua YAN ; Yu WANG ; Yuqian SUN ; Xiaohui ZHANG ; Xiaojun HUANG ; Lanping XU
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2025;46(7):618-624
Objective:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of donor-purified CD34 + stem cell boosts in patients with poor hematopoietic reconstruction (PHR) after haploid hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) for aplastic anemia (AA) . Method:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 11 patients with AA and PHR who underwent haplo-HSCT and received donor-purified CD34 + stem cell boosts at Peking University People’s Hospital. Recovery of blood cell counts, incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and overall survival (OS) were assessed. Results:Of the 11 patients with PHR, two were diagnosed with prolonged isolated thrombocytopenia (PT), one was primary poor graft function (PGF), and eight were diagnosed with secondary PGF. The median time to PHR diagnosis was 110 days (range: 60-330 days), and the median interval from transplantation to purified CD34 + hematopoietic stem cell infusion was 194 days (range: 125-456 days). The two patients with PT achieved complete platelet recovery at 22 and 13 days after CD34 + stem cell infusion, respectively. Among the remaining nine patients with PGF, six achieved complete hematopoietic recovery, with a median absolute neutrophil count recovery time of 19 days (8-158 days), HGB recovery time of 32.5 days (range: 13-158 days), and platelet recovery time of 31.5 days (range: 7-171 days). The incidence of chronic GVHD after infusion was 18.2%, with no cases of acute GVHD observed. The OS rate was 90.9% (10/11) in the 11 patients, with a median follow-up of 614 days (range: 153-1 765 days) . Conclusion:Donor-purified CD34 + stem cell boost may be an effective therapeutic strategy for PHR in patients with AA after haplo-HSCT.
10.Relationship between carboxymethyl lysine and type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with sarcopenia
Jianfen WEI ; Xiao ZHANG ; Jie REN ; Minghui CHENG ; Yuqian JIN ; Naijun WU ; Fangfang KAN ; Lijing JIAO
Clinical Medicine of China 2025;41(1):14-19
Objectives:To explore the relationship between carboxymethyl lysine (CML) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with myopenia, so as to provide some clinical reference for clinical prevention and early intervention of myopenia.Methods:A case-control study was conducted, selecting 142 T2DM patients admitted to the Endocrinology Department of the Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Science and Technology from November 2022 to November 2023. According to the diagnostic criteria of the 2019 consensus of experts on the diagnosis and treatment of sarcopenia, the patients were divided into a case group (T2DM with sarcopenia, 58 cases) and a control group (T2DM without sarcopenia, 84 cases). Collect and compare general information, serological data, and body composition data of two groups of patients. Two independent sample t-test is used for inter group comparison of metric data that conforms to normal distribution; Non parametric tests are used for inter group comparisons of non normally distributed quantitative data; The comparison of count data between groups is conducted using χ2 test. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between carboxymethyl lysine and type 2 diabetes with myopenia. Draw receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and analyze the efficacy of carboxymethyllysine in diagnosing T2DM with muscle atrophy. Results:Univariate analysis showed the BMI ((21.59±3.04) kg/m 2), FINS (4.49 (1.85,9.03) U/L), and FCP ((1.45±0.96) mg/L) levels of the patients in the case group were lower than those in the control group(27.32±3.74) kg/m 2, 6.91 (3.74, 11.99) U/L, (2.64±1.23) mg/L), while age, ((64.67±6.75) years old) of disease duration(12.16±6.69) years, and CML (5.70±2.14 μg/L) were higher than those in the control group ((62.23±7.33) years old, (8.70±8.01) years, (2.38±0.73) μg/L), and the differences were statistically significant (Statistical values were t=9.66, Z=2.86, t=6.46, t=2.02, t=2.70, t=13.17; P values were <0.001, 0.004, <0.001, 0.046, 0.008, <0.001). Multifactorial binary logistic regression analysis showed that CML ( OR(95%CI):3.242 (1.933-5.437)) and BMI ( OR(95%CI):0.636 (0.505-0.801)) were associated with T2DM combined with sarcopenia (all P<0.001). The results of the ROC curve showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of CML was 0.934, and the corresponding optimal cut-off value was 3.038 μg/L. The diagnostic efficacy of CML for the diagnosis of T2DM combined with myasthenia gravis was high, and the diagnostic results were in good agreement with the actual results. Conclusions:Carboxymethyl lysine is associated with T2DM combined with muscle atrophy. CML has a high diagnostic efficacy in diagnosing T2DM combined with muscle atrophy, and it has certain practical value in diagnosing T2DM combined with muscle atrophy.

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