1.Interpretation of Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare for Chinese Patent Medicines (RIGHT for CPM)
Liaoyao WANG ; Hejing PAN ; Le ZHANG ; Wenya WANG ; Xing LIAO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(1):211-218
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			The clinical practice guidelines for Chinese patent medicines (CPM) provide reference for the selection of national drug catalogs, the formulation of prescription collections in medical institutions, and the clinical use of CPM, constituting an important part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) guidelines. As a crucial part of Chinese drug supply guarantee system, CPM plays an important role in the treatment, prevention, and healthcare of many disease categories, whereas the application of CPM has problems of misuse and even abuse. To standardize the application of CPM, a research team at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University developed the Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare for Chinese Patent Medicines (RIGHT for CPM) based on the RIGHT checklist framework. The RIGHT for CPM checklist gathers key information from published CPM guidelines, existing TCM reporting checklists, and the RIGHT checklist and its extensions to form an initial pool of reporting items. Seventeen experts from different disciplines were invited to conduct two rounds of Delphi surveys, and the final checklist was reviewed and approved for publication by 18 leading experts in TCM research and guideline reporting from China and abroad. The RIGHT for CPM checklist adds 16 sub-items and revises 2 sub-items on the basis of the RIGHT checklist, highlighting the characteristics of CPM guideline reporting. It considers CPM selection and inclusion criteria, policy access, indications and symptoms, drug combination instructions, drug use in special populations, precautions, and recommendations of Western medical physicians, among others. This can further improve the quality and transparency of CPM guideline reporting, promote standardized reporting of CPM guidelines, and facilitate the rational clinical use of CPM. This article interprets the development process of the RIGHT for CPM checklist and the items that highlight the characteristics of CPM guidelines, with a view to promoting the application of the RIGHT for CPM checklist. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.Assocation of family environment and depressive symptoms among primary and secondary school students in Shanxi province
YANG Yang, YANG Le, QU Hongfei, YAO Dianrui, LI Zhenhao, GUO Dan
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(1):86-91
		                        		
		                        			Objective:
		                        			To explore the assocation of the family environment and depressive symptoms among primary and middle school students, so as to provide suggestions for further maximizing the utility of family environment in the growth of primary and secondary school students, as well as prevention and intervention of depressive symptoms among children and adolescents.
		                        		
		                        			Methods:
		                        			From June to July 2024, through a multistage cluster random sampling method, 8 800 primary and middle school students aged 10 to 18 from 36 schools in 3 cities (Datong, Lvliang, Linfen) in Shanxi Province. A self designed questionnaire was used to conduct a family environment survey, including family socioeconomic conditions, family structure, family parenting behavior, family member health behavior, etc; and the depression symptoms of primary and secondary school students were investigated by Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The χ 2 test and binary Logistic regression to method were used to analyze the association of the family environment with depressive symptoms among primary and secondary school students, and to analyze gender and urban-rural heterogeneity in this association.
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			The detection rate of depressive symptoms among primary and middle school students was 46.7% ( n = 4 111 ). Among them, the detection rates of depressive symptoms for male and female students were 45.7% and 47.7% respectively, and the detection rates for rural and urban students were 48.0% and 44.9% respectively. The results of binary Logistic regression model showed that in the family environment, factors such as the father s education level (junior high school:  OR =0.84), self assessed family socio economic status (average:  OR =0.78, good:  OR =0.80), parental support and understanding (yes:  OR = 0.55 ), family atmosphere (harmonious:  OR =0.66), living arrangement (living only with father or mother:  OR =1.31, living with parents and grandparents:  OR =1.19), and family rearing style (combining  punishment and reward:  OR =1.42, punishment only:  OR =1.25) were related to depressive symptoms in primary and middle school students in Shanxi Province ( P <0.05). From the perspective of gender heterogeneity, the living arrangement (living only with father or mother:  OR =1.67, others:  OR =1.67) had a statistically significant association with depressive symptoms in male students ( P <0.05). From the perspective of urban rural heterogeneity, the living arrangement (living only with father or mother:  OR =1.38) had a statistically significant association with depressive symptoms in rural primary and middle school students ( P <0.05).
		                        		
		                        			Conclusions
		                        			The family environment has an important impact on depressive symptoms in primary and middle school students. Family functioning should be fully exerted to prevent depressive symptoms in primary and middle school students.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
3.Anti-inflammatory Constituents from Artemisia iwayomogi Kitamura: A Bioassay-guided Fractionation Study
Ngoc Khanh VU ; Thi Thanh LE ; Trong Trieu TRAN ; Manh Tuan HA ; Jeong Ah KIM ; Byung Sun MIN
Natural Product Sciences 2025;31(1):43-48
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			 Bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanolic extract of Artemisia iwayomogi Kitamura led to the isolation of 12 known compounds (1‒12). Notably, this study marks the first report of 3-epimeridinol (1) being isolated and structurally characterized from a natural source. Additionally, compounds  3, 4, and 7 were isolated from the Asteraceae family for the first time. The structural elucidation of the isolated compound was achieved through analysis of 1D, 2D NMR, and MS data. Upon evaluation of their inhibitory effects against lipopolysaccharideinduced  nitric  oxide  production,  compound  12  demonstrated  significant  inhibitory  activity  with  greater  potency than  the  reference  compound  quercetin.  These  results  established  A.  iwayomogi  as  a  promising  source  of  antiinflammatory agents.  
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
4.SWOT strategy for future global health security:insights from Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Ghana, and the Republic of Korea using the World Health Organization International Health Regulations monitoring tool
Moonsoo YOON ; Nuha FAIRUSYA ; Thao Le Nhu NGUYEN ; Diomarys Ishaura JIMENEZ-BAEZ ; Vichuta PRAK ; Osei Kuffour AFREH ; Chaeshin CHU
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 2025;16(2):152-159
		                        		
		                        			 Objectives:
		                        			The study aimed to analyze the core capacities to implement World Health Organization International Health Regulations (IHR) in 6 countries: Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, and the Republic of Korea. 
		                        		
		                        			Methods:
		                        			Secondary data from relevant databases and reports, including the electronic State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting mechanism and global health security index, were used to assess health security in these countries. Descriptive statistics summarized the basic features of the scores, and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis wassubsequently performed to identify factors affecting health security scores while highlighting key similarities and differences between countries. 
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			Early warning and event management emerged as the primary strength in most countries.Common opportunities included international commitments and immunization programs.In contrast, many countries shared weaknesses related to the policy, legal, and normative frameworks for IHR implementation, as well as challenges in human resources, chemical event management, and radiation emergency preparedness. Recurring threats involved issues such as biosafety, biosecurity, dual-use research and the culture of responsible science, infection control practices, coordination between public health and security authorities, laboratory supply chain vulnerabilities, and communication with healthcare workers during public health emergencies. 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion
		                        			In order to counter future global health threats, countries should prioritize enhancing surveillance capacity (early warning and event management) as well as the immunization indicator (vaccination rates for human and animal diseases, including the national vaccine delivery system). 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
5.Anti-inflammatory Constituents from Artemisia iwayomogi Kitamura: A Bioassay-guided Fractionation Study
Ngoc Khanh VU ; Thi Thanh LE ; Trong Trieu TRAN ; Manh Tuan HA ; Jeong Ah KIM ; Byung Sun MIN
Natural Product Sciences 2025;31(1):43-48
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			 Bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanolic extract of Artemisia iwayomogi Kitamura led to the isolation of 12 known compounds (1‒12). Notably, this study marks the first report of 3-epimeridinol (1) being isolated and structurally characterized from a natural source. Additionally, compounds  3, 4, and 7 were isolated from the Asteraceae family for the first time. The structural elucidation of the isolated compound was achieved through analysis of 1D, 2D NMR, and MS data. Upon evaluation of their inhibitory effects against lipopolysaccharideinduced  nitric  oxide  production,  compound  12  demonstrated  significant  inhibitory  activity  with  greater  potency than  the  reference  compound  quercetin.  These  results  established  A.  iwayomogi  as  a  promising  source  of  antiinflammatory agents.  
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
6.SWOT strategy for future global health security:insights from Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Ghana, and the Republic of Korea using the World Health Organization International Health Regulations monitoring tool
Moonsoo YOON ; Nuha FAIRUSYA ; Thao Le Nhu NGUYEN ; Diomarys Ishaura JIMENEZ-BAEZ ; Vichuta PRAK ; Osei Kuffour AFREH ; Chaeshin CHU
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 2025;16(2):152-159
		                        		
		                        			 Objectives:
		                        			The study aimed to analyze the core capacities to implement World Health Organization International Health Regulations (IHR) in 6 countries: Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, and the Republic of Korea. 
		                        		
		                        			Methods:
		                        			Secondary data from relevant databases and reports, including the electronic State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting mechanism and global health security index, were used to assess health security in these countries. Descriptive statistics summarized the basic features of the scores, and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis wassubsequently performed to identify factors affecting health security scores while highlighting key similarities and differences between countries. 
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			Early warning and event management emerged as the primary strength in most countries.Common opportunities included international commitments and immunization programs.In contrast, many countries shared weaknesses related to the policy, legal, and normative frameworks for IHR implementation, as well as challenges in human resources, chemical event management, and radiation emergency preparedness. Recurring threats involved issues such as biosafety, biosecurity, dual-use research and the culture of responsible science, infection control practices, coordination between public health and security authorities, laboratory supply chain vulnerabilities, and communication with healthcare workers during public health emergencies. 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion
		                        			In order to counter future global health threats, countries should prioritize enhancing surveillance capacity (early warning and event management) as well as the immunization indicator (vaccination rates for human and animal diseases, including the national vaccine delivery system). 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
7.Effects of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition Criteria Changes for Schizophrenia on Diagnoses of First-Episode Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
WooRi CHO ; Sung-Wan KIM ; Seung-Hee WON ; Bong-Ju LEE ; Naohisa TSUJINO ; Youji TAKUBO ; Taiju YAMAGUCHI ; Takahiro NEMOTO ; Ling LI ; Thi-Hung LE ; Fatima Zahra RAMI ; Young-Chul CHUNG
Psychiatry Investigation 2025;22(2):212-217
		                        		
		                        			 Objective:
		                        			Impact of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) changes on the criteria for schizophrenia (SZ) has been reported to be minimal in previous studies. However, this could be different in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders (FE-SSDs). We investigated what proportion of patients with FE-SSDs was diagnosed based on the sole presence of bizarre delusions (BDs) or first rank auditory hallucinations (FRAHs). Their alternative diagnosis by the DSM-5 was established and diagnostic stability over 1-year was identified. 
		                        		
		                        			Methods:
		                        			This was a retrospective review study on the medical records, case report forms for the subjects with FE-SSDs (n=404) participated in the Korea Early Psychosis Study. The two Japanese sites reviewed retrospectively only medical records of the subjects with FE-SSDs (n=103). We used three different definitions of BDs (strict, narrow, and broad) and specified subtypes of Other Specified Schizophrenia spectrum and Other psychotic disorders (OSSOs). To ensure inter-rater reliability between the hospitals, regular zoom meetings were held. 
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			Forty (7.89%) subjects out of 507 were found to be diagnosed as SSDs based on the sole presence of BDs or FRAHs. All these patients met the criteria of OSSOs and were classified as having pure delusion (n=22), delusion with attenuated auditory hallucinations (AHs) (n=5), pure AHs (n=3) and AHs with attenuated delusion (n=10). The patients with first and second subtypes (n=27) were found to have BDs. The BDs fulfilled mostly strict definitions or satisfied the next broadest definition. The diagnostic stability of FE-OSSOs and its subgroups (first and second subtypes) over 1-year was substantially high (70.27% and 84% respectively). 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion
		                        			These findings suggest that more rigorous diagnostic assessment should be performed especially to differentiate OSSOs from SZ in patients with FE-SSDs and more refined classification of the subtypes for OSSOs considered in the next DSM revision. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
8.Literature analysis of clinical features and risk factors of drug-induced hypofibrinogenemia
Xiao WEN ; Le CAI ; Ao GAO ; Man ZHU
China Pharmacy 2025;36(13):1648-1654
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			OBJECTIVE To explore clinical characteristics and risk factors of drug-induced hypofibrinogenemia, providing a reference for rational clinical drug use. METHODS Retrospective case analyses literature on drug-induced hypofibrinogenemia were collected from domestic and international databases from their inception to December 31, 2024. The patients’ gender, age, fibrinogen (FIB) levels before and after treatment, drug types, the incidence of drug-induced hypofibrinogenemia, time of occurrence, bleeding rates, clinical manifestations, risk factors, and protective factors were all analyzed. RESULTS A total of 40 retrospective case analysis studies were included, involving 17 313 patients. Patient age ranged from 0.83 to 78.40 years, with males accounting for 16.90%-81.00%. The involved drugs comprised 5 categories and 13 specific agents, including tigecycline, snake venom hemocoagulase, tocilizumab, and alteplase, etc. The incidence of drug-induced hypofibrinogenemia ranged from 0 to 100%, occurring between 2 hours and 9 months after drug administration, and FIB levels rebounded in most patients after drug discontinuation. The bleeding rate varied from 0% to 91.30%, including epistaxis, airway bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, and cerebral hemorrhage. Risk factors included high drug dosage, prolonged treatment duration, abdominal infection, advanced age, and low baseline FIB levels. Protective factors were only mentioned in studies on tigecycline, including skin and soft tissue infections and high baseline FIB levels. CONCLUSIONS Drug-induced hypofibrinogenemia is commonly associated with tigecycline, hemocoagulase, and tocilizumab. Its clinical features vary depending on the drug, and risk factors include high drug dosage, prolonged treatment, low baseline FIB levels, and advanced age. For high-risk medications, individualized medication management and monitoring of FIB levels are recommended.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
9.The pathophysiological role of zinc homeostasis in the development and progression of cerebral small vessel disease
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2025;42(3):284-288
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Cerebral small vessel disease(CSVD) refers to a series of clinical, imaging, and pathological syndromes caused by various etiologies affecting arterioles,capillaries, and venules in the brain, and the main clinical manifestations of CSVD include cognitive impairment, gait and balance disorders, urinary incontinence, and mental and behavioral disorders such as depression, anxiety, apathy, and personality changes. At present, the pathophysiological mechanism of CSVD remains unclear. As one of the most important trace elements in the human body, zinc ions play an important role in the development of the nervous system, and the change in zinc ion concentration will affect a variety of nervous system diseases;therefore, the research on the association between zinc ion homeostasis and the development and progression of cSVD has gradually become a hot topic. This article reviews the mechanism of the development and progression of CSVD, the role of zinc ions in the nervous system, the association between zinc ions and the development and progression of CSVD, and the latest research advances.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
10.Effects of Cldn14 gene knockout on the formation of calcium oxalate stones in rats and its mechanism
Peiyue LUO ; Liying ZHENG ; Tao CHEN ; Jun ZOU ; Wei LI ; Qi CHEN ; Le CHENG ; Lifeng GAN ; Fangtao ZHANG ; Biao QIAN
Journal of Modern Urology 2025;30(2):168-173
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective: To explore the effects of Cldn14 gene knockout on renal metabolism and stone formation in rats,so as to provide reference for research in the field of urinary calium metabolism and stone formation. Methods: Cldn14 gene knockout homozygous rats and wild-type rats of the same age were randomly divided into 4 groups:wild-type control (WC) group,wild-type ethylene glycol (WE) group,gene knockout control (KC) group and gene knockout ethylene glycol (KE) group,with 10 rats in each group.The WE and KE groups were induced with ethylene glycol + ammonium chloride to form kidney stones,while the WC and KC groups received normal saline gavage.After 4 weeks of standard maintenance feeding,the urine samples were collected to detect the venous blood.The kidneys were collected for HE,Pizzolatto's staining and transmission electron microscopy.The protein in renal tissues was extracted to detect the expressions of Claudin16 and Claudin19. Results: Crystal deposition was observed in the renal tubular lumen of the WE and the KE groups,and more crystals were detected in the KE group.The WE group had a large number of intracytoplasmic black crystalline inclusions observed in renal tubular epithelial cells under transmission electron microscope,followed by the KE and KC groups.Compared with WC and WE groups,KC and KE groups had significantly decreased serum calcium and magnesium levels but significantly increased urinary calcium level.In addition,the urinary calcium level was higher in the WE group than in the WC group and higher in the KE group than in the KC group.The KE group had lower level of Claudin16,but there was no significant difference in the level of Claudin19 among the 4 groups(P>0.05). Conclusion: Knockout of Cldn14 gene alone cannot effectively reduce urinary calcium excretion or reduce the risk of stone formation in rats,which may be related to the decrease of Claudin16 level.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            

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