1.Relationship between white matter microstructural features and cognitive function in patients with bipolar disorder
Junfan LIANG ; Hua LIU ; Xinyin GUO ; Xuehua LI ; Jixiang YUAN ; Minglan YU ; Tingting WANG ; Rongfang HE ; Bo XIANG ; Kezhi LIU ; Xuemei LIANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2024;38(10):833-839
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To explore the white matter structural characteristics in patients with bipolar disorder(BD)using diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)and investigate their relationship with cognitive function.Methods:A total of 15 patients with BD type Ⅰ and 26 patients with BD type Ⅱ who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fourth Edition(DSM-Ⅳ)diagnostic criteria and 37 normal controls were included.Cognitive function was assessed with the Trail Making Test(TMT)and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsy-chological Status(RBANS).The tract-based spatial statistics(TBSS)method was used to explore the differences in fractional anisotropy(FA)and mean diffusivity(MD)among the three groups and perform correlation analyses with cognitive function.Results:Patients with BD Ⅰ and BD Ⅱ had lower scores in attention(P<0.001),delayed memory(P<0.01),and total scores(P<0.001)on the RBANS compared to the normal control group.They also exhibited lower FA values in the corpus callosum and right superior corona radiata compared to the normal control group(P<0.05).In the BD Ⅰ group,there was a positive correlation between FA values in the genu of corpus cal-losum and visuospatial/constructional scores(r=0.74,P<0.05),while in the BD Ⅱ group,a positive correlation was found between FA values in the same region and language function scores(r=0.55,P<0.05).Conclusion:It suggests that patients with bipolar disorder may have impaired white matter integrity in the corpus callosum and right superior corona radiata,which may be associated with cognitive impairment.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.Challenges and countermeasures for mpox epidemic prevention and control in China
LI Chao ; LI Junfan ; SHI Guoqing
China Tropical Medicine 2024;24(1):49-
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Since May 2022, there have been outbreaks of mpox in more than 110 previously non-endemic countries and regions around the world, spreading through sexual contact of men who have sex with men (MSM) and their congregate activities. On June 2, 2023, China reported its first indigenous case of mpox. By November 30, a cumulative total of 1 610 cases had been identified.After the government has carried out a battery of control measures, including monitoring, field investigation, tracking and managing close contacts, and health education and intervention for key populations, the outbreak of mpox in China has been reduced to a lower level since October. However, there are ongoing risks of importation from abroad and persistent local transmission. To achieve the goals of suspending human-to-human transmission, it is necessary to further strengthen the work of case detection, investigation of the transmission chain, identification of potentially exposed persons, and intervention for key populations. Additionally, continuous efforts to guide behavioral change among targeted groups and improve capabilities for multi-channel monitoring are essential.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
3.Analysis on the characteristics of rural blood donation population in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
Yongjun WANG ; Hua WANG ; Jianbo LI ; Yuee DU ; Jingxiong YANG ; Junfan LI ; Yongxun HE
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(9):813-817
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			【Objective】 To explore the status and characteristics of voluntary blood donors in rural areas of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (referred as Dali), and to provide basis for scientific and effective voluntary blood donation in rural population in regions inhabited by ethnic groups. 【Methods】 The data of rural blood donors who donated blood in Dali from 2010 to 2019 were collected, including demographic data as nationality, gender, age, educational background, as well as the blood donation frequency and blood infection screening (index) results. The above data of urban blood donors who donated blood in Dali during the same period were selected to investigate the increasing trend of blood donation rate. SPSS26.0 was used for statistical analysis of the collected data of rural and urban blood donation population. 【Results】 From 2010 to 2019,the number of blood donors in Dali increased from 13 949 to 19 479,with an increasing rate of 39.64%. The number of rural blood donors increased from 2 623 to 8 727,among which the number of ethnic minority groups increased from 1 779 to 5 059.The ratio of male to female blood donors was 70.30% (1 844/2 623) vs 29.70% (779/2 623) in 2010,56.37% (4 919/8 727) vs 43.63%(3 808/8 727) in 2019. Those with educational level of junior middle school or below were the most, accounted for 43.97%(38 443/85 836),with ethnic donors of 24.47%(23 583/85 836). The proportion of donors aged between 36 and 45 was the highest[40.73% (30 477/74 827) ], with ethnic donors of [28.56% (21 374/74 827), and the proportion of repeated blood donors was 54.87%(35 279/64 299),with ethnic donors of 49.89%(18 080/36 240) [the proportion of repeated blood donors in urban donors in the same period was 48.13% (55 677/115 675) ] (P<0.01). The unqualified rate of ALT was the highest [1.21%(1 272/105 489) ] [The unqualified rate in local donors was 1.99%(3 837/192 552) ] (P<0.01), and that of the ethnic donors was 1.51%(358/56 718). There was no significant difference in the unqualified rates of HB-sAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV and anti-TP among urban and rural blood donors (P>0.05). 【Conclusion】 It is of great significance to explore the characteristics of blood donors in rural areas (especially regions inhabited by ethnic groups) and the reasons for disqualification, in order to scientifically carry out the recruitment of voluntary blood donors and further promote blood donation for rural residents
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
4.A case-control study on prognosis between EGFR gene mutant-and wild-type non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis
PAN Junfan ; WU Shiwen ; TU Xunwei ; XU Nengluan ; LIN Ming ; LIN Ying ; XU Yiquan ; WU Yun ; LI Hongru ; CHEN Yusheng
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2020;27(11):1272-1277
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			[摘  要]  目的:探讨表皮生长因子受体(epidermal growth factor receptor,EGFR)基因突变与非小细胞肺癌(non-small cell lung cancer,NSCLC)伴脑转移患者预后的相关性,为改善NSCLC合并脑转移患者预后、指导个体化治疗提供临床依据。方法:回顾性分析福建省立医院2013年1月1日至2018年9月30日期间收治的88例NSCLC合并脑转移患者的临床资料,随访取得患者的死亡时间,随访截止日期为2019年10月31日。收集和分析的临床资料包括性别、年龄、吸烟史、病理类型、基因检测、治疗情况、无进展生存期(progression free survival,PFS)、总生存期(overall survival,OS)等。运用生存分析(Kaplan-Meier生存时间曲线)评价EGFR突变型患者的预后,以单因素分析(log-rank检验)预测影响EGFR-TKI治疗效果的因素。结果:88例NSCLC脑转移患者有57例为EGFR突变型,其中位PFS(MPFS)为13.0个月(95%CI:11.951~14.049),明显高于EGFR野生型患者(P=0.003),患者中位生存期(median survival time,MST)为29.0个月(95%CI:20.531~37.468),明显高于EGFR野生型(P=0.001)。EGFR突变型中,Exon19-del突变组患者较Exon21 L858R突变组患者OS有延长趋势(P=0.05),Exon19-del+Exon20T790M突变组患者OS较Exon21 L858R突变组有延长趋势(P=0.077)。结论:EGFR突变组较野生型组NSCLC脑转移患者预后相对好些,且携带19外显子单一缺失突变的患者预后最好。
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
5. Mitochondrial quality control system as a therapeutic target for treating heart failure
Junfan LI ; Shuqiu SUN ; Yingxue WANG ; Kunyu ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2019;38(12):1028-1032
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			 The mitochondrial quality control system maintains mitochondrial homeostasis mainly through protein degradation, vesicle transport, and mitophagy. Mitochondrial biosynthesis, dynamics, and calcium ion play key regulative roles in mitochondrial quality control. Under normal conditions, the mitochondrial quality control system can work well. In recent years, studies have found that mitochondrial dysfunction is closely associated with the occurrence of heart failure. In order to understand mitochondrial function, this paper reviews mitochondrial quality control methods, regulatory factors and their potential therapeutic applications in heart failure. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
6.Preliminary observation of the effect of vitamin C and adenosine triphosphate on myocardial fibrosis in rats
Min ZHANG ; Feng CHEN ; Junfan LI ; Chang LIU ; Shuqiu SUN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2019;38(5):351-356
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective To observe the intervention effect of vitamin C (Vit C) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) on myocardial fibrosis in rats.Methods Forty male SD rats were selected,body weight were 125-140 g,and they were divided into 8 groups according to body weight using a random number table method.Four rats for control group,3 rats for model group,6 rats for Vit C early group,6 rats for ATP early group,6 rats for Vit C + ATP early group,5 rats for Vit C late group,5 rats for ATP late group,and 5 rats for Vit C + ATP late group.Rats in model group and these intervention groups were induced with doxorubicin (2 mg/kg each week) for 6 weeks,and control group was given the same amount of normal saline.All early groups were intragastrically administered with Vit C (200 mg·kg-1·d-1),ATP (45 mg·kg-1·d-1) and Vit C + ATP (200 mg·kg-1·d-1 + 45 mg·kg-1 ·d-1) in the fourth week;these late groups were intragastrically administered with the same dose in the sixth week;each group was continuously administered for 21 days.Three days after the last intervention,cardiac ultrasonography was performed in all surviving rats,and left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD),left ventricular end systolic diameter (LVESD),left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) were recorded.The rats were sacrificed and the hearts were taken.HE staining and Masson staining were used to observe the pathological changes of myocardial tissue and the collagen volume fraction (CVF) was calculate.Serum cardiac troponin Ⅰ (CTn-Ⅰ) and type Ⅰ procollagen amino terminal peptide (PINP) levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results Compared with control group [(3.65 ± 0.25) mm,(80.63 ± 3.03)%,(43.57 ± 2.54)%],LVESD [(5.07 ± 0.58),(4.06 ± 0.68),(4.71 ± 0.43),(4.87 ± 0.44),(4.79 ± 0.59),(5.07 ± 0.62),(4.97 ± 0.29) mm] of model group and each intervention groups were increased,LVEF [(62.17 ± 4.92)%,(71.28 ± 3.54)%,(65.03 ± 3.35)%,(59.81 ± 2.45)%,(60.42 ± 9.22)%,(60.15 ± 3.06)%,(60.65 ± 2.05)%],and LVFS [(30.05 ± 2.95)%,(36.44 ± 2.90)%,(31.63 ± 2.15)%,(26.95 ± 1.05)%,(28.35 ± 6.84)%,(27.79 ± 2.41)%,(28.38 ± 1.42)%] were decreased (P < 0.05);compared with model group,LVESD was decreased,LVEF and LVFS were increased in Vit C early group (P < 0.05).HE staining showed that the myocardial pathology of each early group improved to different degrees,such as cardiomyocyte degeneration,necrosis and fibrosis,inflammatory cell infiltration,moderate degree of interstitial edema,Vit C early group and Vit C + ATP early group were more pronounced.Masson staining showed significant improvement in fibrosis in the Vit C early group and Vit C + ATP early group,and collagen fibers were significantly reduced.Compared with the control group [(0.52 ± 0.14)%],the CVF [(27.11 ± 5.05)%,(9.80 ± 1.84)%,(16.55 ± 2.21)%,(5.06 ± 1.45)%,(12.11 ± 2.12)%,(15.71 ± 1.56)%,(16.93 ± 2.76)%] of myocardial tissue in model group and each intervention groups were significantly increased (P < 0.05).There were no significant differences in CTn-Ⅰ and PINP levels between the eight groups (P > 0.05).Conclusions Vit C can reduce myocardial fibrosis and improve cardiac function in the early stage.The effect of ATP alone to improve fibrosis is not obvious.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
7.Species distinction in scarless healing of myocardial injury and major influencing factors
Feng CHEN ; Min ZHANG ; Junfan LI ; Jia HOU ; Shuqiu SUN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2019;38(4):341-344
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Heart failure is the leading cause of death in cardiovascular diseases.Despite effectiveness of current clinical treatment,it is not satisfactory in general,so more effective and optimal therapies are under seeking.All available evidences show that cardiac muscles have limited regenerative capacity in adult mammals,while some vertebrates,such as zebrafish and salamander,can completely recover through perfect regeneration following myocardial injury.In-depth investigation into underlying mechanism may facilitate the development of human heart's potential of scarless healing.In this review paper,we summarized recent progresses in distinct cardiac regenerative capacity and their main influencing factors of several model animals through comparative analysis.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
8.Research progress in cell-cycle regulation of cardiocyte proliferation
Min ZHANG ; Feng CHEN ; Junfan LI ; Shuqiu SUN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2019;38(10):851-855
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Recent studies have overturned the previous belief that adult cardiocyte had been thought to permanently withdraw from cell-cycle activity.At present,targeting cardiocyte proliferation is one of current major therapeutic strategies for myocardial injury and repair following injury.Therefore,the author review the research progress in cell-cycle regulation of cardiocyte proliferation by systematically searched the relevant studies.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
9.A pilot study of fungi diversity in moldy corns grown in Keshan disease areas
Tao JI ; Juanniu ZHANG ; Hongqi FENG ; Jiangyun SHAO ; Min ZHANG ; Feng CHEN ; Junfan LI ; Shuqiu SUN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2018;37(5):351-356
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective To carry out a pilot investigation into fungus diversity in corn samples harvested from Keshan disease areas and obtain the information of dominant fungi,to predict possible secondary toxins in future study.Methods In Keshan disease areas (Heshui County and Zhengning County of Gansu Province,Yuanbao Town of Heilongjiang Province) and non-Keshan disease area (Harbin suburbs of Heilongjiang Province),5 samples of newly harvested corn from local plants were collected via the simple random sampling method,and the samples (n =20) were put in a sterile bags and sealed,numbered and transported to laboratory,placed in the incubator for cultivating mould fungi,cuhured for 2 weeks,and fungal DNA was extracted.The DNA samples were sent to Beijing Auwegene Technology Co Ltd for quality inspection,and sequencing analysis of fungal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region was done using modern high-throughput DNA sequencing technique and MiSeq PE3000 platform,the rationality of sequencing data was analyzed through the rarefaction curve and the Shannon-Wiener curve trend to be gentle or not,and the true condition of the fungal community in the sample was tested by species composition Coverage > 99% or not,the difference in fungal community was studied between Keshan disease group and non-Keshan disease group based on the relative abundance of the fungal species in each group.Results A total of 513 869 high quality sequences were obtained,and 528 operational taxonomic unit (OTU) classifications were produced.The trend of rarefaction curve and Shannon-Wiener curve were gradually flattening,they showed that the sequences of the data were reasonable;and coverage > 99% showed that data could reflect the true situation of the fungal community.Analysis of species composition showed that there was a great overlap of fungal species between Keshan disease group and non-Keshan disease group,the relative abundance of the genus Wickerhamomyces,Candida and Aspergillus in Keshan disease group were higher than that of non-Keshan disease group.Conclusion Genus Wickerhamomyces,Candida and Aspergillus may be the dominant fungi associated with Keshan disease,it can be considered for secondary toxins studies.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
10.Differential expression and clinical implications of circulating microRNA-133a and Galectin-3 in patients with chronic Keshan disease and dilated cardiomyopathy
Juanniu ZHANG ; Guochun ZHANG ; Hongqi FENG ; Tao JI ; Feng CHEN ; Min ZHANG ; Junfan LI ; Lizhi LIU ; Jihong SHI ; Shuqiu SUN
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2018;37(5):362-365
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective To explore expression level of circulating microRNA (miR)-133a and Galectin-3 and their potential clinical application in differential diagnosis between patients with chronic Keshan disease and dilated cardiomyopathy.Methods Twenty-eight patients with chronic Keshan disease and 28 cases of age-and sex-matched healthy people as control from the same severe historical endemic areas of Keshan disease in Heilongjiang Province,and another 28 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy from non-affected areas were chosen for the study.All the subjects were asked for disease history and did physical examination,examined by Doppler echocardiography for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD),and collected fasting venous blood specimen (elbow vein).The plasma miR-133a and the serum Galectin-3 were determined by Real-time PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent method,respectively.Meanwhile,the correlation was analyzed between miR-133a,galectin-3,LVEF and LVEDD.Results The miR-133a and Galectin-3 levels in different groups were statistically different (F =48.789,9.485,P < 0.01).The plasma miR-133a level in chronic Keshan disease group and dilated cardiomyopathy group [median (quartile):0.394 (0.271,0.770),1.665 (0.943,2.713)] were both significantly lower than those in control group [2.382 (1.502,3.302],P < 0.01 or < 0.05],and the plasma miR-133a level in chronic Keshan disease group was lower than that in dilated cardiomyopathy group (P < 0.01).There was no significant difference of serum Galectin-3 level between chronic Keshan disease group and dilated cardiomyopathy group [17.710 (9.624,27.799),12.692 (9.376,26.290) μg/L,P > 0.05],but both were significantly higher than those in control group [8.070 (7.135,9.308) μg/L,P < 0.01].The miR-133a was positively correlated with LVEF (rs =0.297,P < 0.01),while negatively correlated with LVEDD,and Galectin-3 (rs =-0.271,-0.318,P < 0.05 or < 0.01);the serum Galectin-3 was negatively correlated with LVEF (rs =-0.392,P < 0.01),and positively correlated with LVEDD (rs =0.385,P < 0.01).Conclusion The combined application of miR-133a,Galectin-3,LVEF and LVEDD may provide assistance in clinical differential diagnosis of chronic Keshan disease and dilated cardiomyopathy.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            
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