1.Association between different regional fat distribution and total body bone mineral density in children and adolescents
CHEN Jingran, CHEN Manman, HE Huiming, LI Menglong, SUN Mengyang, HU Yifei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(7):1005-1008
Objective:
To analyze the association between each regional fat mass and total body bone mineral density (BMD) in children and adolescents aged 7-17 years in Beijing, so as to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for implementing interventions.
Methods:
From September to December 2020, a stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select 1 423 children and adolescents aged 7-17 years in Tongzhou District, Beijing. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was employed to measure regional body composition and total body BMD. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the association between regional fat mass and total body BMD.
Results:
The median (interquartile range) fat mass values for total body, upper limbs, abdomen, hips, and thighs were 13.51(8.84, 19.21), 1.59(1.08, 2.23), 0.73(0.39, 1.29), 2.32(1.46, 3.26), 5.29(3.59, 7.21)kg, respectively. After adjusting for covariates, the results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that total body fat mass (β=0.010), abdominal fat mass (β=-0.100), and hip fat mass (β=0.104) were significant associations with total body BMD (all P<0.01). Sexstratified analysis revealed that in boys, total body fat mass (β=0.008) and hip fat mass (β=0.058) were positively associated with BMD, while thigh fat mass (β=-0.038) showed a negative association with total body BMD (all P<0.05). In girls, total body fat mass (β=0.013), hip fat mass (β=0.163), and thigh fat mass (β=0.023) were positively associated with total body BMD, whereas abdominal fat mass (β=-0.196) showed a negative association with total body BMD (all P<0.05). Among children and adolescents with body fat percentage below the standard range, within the standard range and above the standard range, total body fat masses were positively associated with total body BMD (β=0.021, 0.016, 0.015); among children and adolescents with body fat percentage within the standard range while upper limb (β=-0.042), abdominal (β=-0.067), and thigh fat mass (β=-0.018) showed negative associations with total body BMD, and hip fat mass demonstrated a positive association with total body BMD (β=0.082) (all P<0.05).
Conclusion
Regional fat distribution is associated with total body BMD in children and adolescents, with the nature of these associations varying by sex and body fat percentage.
2.Expression of C1GALT1 genes in gastric cancer and its effect on the biological behavior of BGC-823 cells in gastric cancer
Muchuan QIAO ; Junru LI ; Ling LUO ; Tong XIA ; Yanhua CHEN ; Menglong HU ; Hailong XIE
Chinese Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology 2024;40(6):603-608
Purpose To investigate the expression of C1GALT1 in gastric cancer and its effect on the biological be-havior of BGC-823 in gastric cancer cells.Methods The ex-pression of C1GALT1 mRNA and protein in gastric cancer tis-sues and normal gastric mucosa,gastric cancer cells and normal gastric mucosal cells was analyzed by bioinformatics,qRT-PCR and Western blot;the transient transfection of siRNA into BGC-823 cells was designed with C1GALT1 cDNA sequence as the target.Transwell assay was used to detect the effect of C1GALT1-siRNA on the migration and invasion ability of BGC-823 cells in gastric cancer.Western blot method detected the expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT)-related proteins in BGC-823 after transfection of C1GALT1-siRNA.Re-sults C1GALT1 was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues and cell lines BGC-823,SGC-7901 and MGC-803,and the ex-pression levels were positively correlated with gastric cancer pathological stages Ⅰ and Ⅱ(P<0.05).After interfering with C1GALT1 in BGC-823 cells,the ability of migration and inva-sion decreased(P<0.05),epithelial cell markers E-cadherin and Claudin-1 protein expression increased,while mesenchymal cell markers vimentin and Slug protein expression decreased(P<0.05).Conclusion C1GALT1 is highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues and cells,silencing of C1GALT1 can inhibit mi-gration and invasion ability of gastric cancer,the mechanism may be related to EMT.
3.Influenza-associated intracranial aspergillosis a case report and literature review
SHI Dinghua ; XIONG Menglong ; HU Qiyao ; CHEN Chunyuan
China Tropical Medicine 2024;24(4):489-
To investigate the clinical features, early recognition and prognosis of influenza-associated intracranial aspergillosis. The clinical data of a child with influenza-related intracranial aspergillosis admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. By searching CNKI, Wanfang Database, Web of Science, PubMed and other Chinese and English databases as of November 2023, literature was screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of all influenza-related intracranial aspergillus disease were summarized. A total of 5 reports of 5 cases of influenza-associated aspergillosis were obtained, including 1 child patient and 1 child influenza-associated intracranial aspergillosis in this study, and a total of 6 influenza-associated aspergillosis patients. The clinical manifestations of the 6 patients were disturbance of consciousness, hemiplegia, pupil changes, behavioral abnormalities, epilepsy, etc. Most of the cases were diagnosed through pathology or autopsy to find pathogens. In this case, the pathogens were confirmed through metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). Antifungal drugs were the first choice for treatment. 66.7% of the surviving patients received surgical treatment, and the mortality rate of 6 patients reached 50.0%. Influenza-associated intracranial aspergillosis is rare, can occur in both children and adults, and has a poor prognosis. In the early stage of influenza, if there are neurological symptoms, screening for fungal infection should be conducted. Acer second generation sequencing can improve the diagnosis rate of intracranial aspergillosis.
4.Research on the rules of Traditional Chinese Medicine prescriptions of gastroesophageal reflux disease based on Ancient and Modern Medical Records Cloud Platform
Menglong ZOU ; Xiaoyan HUANG ; Yalu CHEN ; Xin NING ; Shuheng ZHOU ; Yanping TU
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;45(2):227-231
Objective:To explore the rules of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) prescriptions of gastroesophageal reflux disease based on Ancient and Modern Medical Records Cloud Platform.Method:The relevant medical cases from ancient medical case database, modern medical case database, shared medical case database and famous doctors' medical case database in Ancient and Modern Medical Records Cloud Platform (V2.3.8) were selected, and frequency analysis, attribute analysis, association analysis, cluster analysis and complex network analysis were performed on the herbs.Results:A total of 107 medical records were obtained, including 225 TCMs. The core medicines were Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Rhizoma Coptidis, Poria, and Fructus Evodiae. The drug property was mainly cold and warm, and the herbal tastes bitter and pungent. The meridian tropism of drugs mainly manifested in the spleen and stomach meridians. The core herbal pairs were Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae. The core prescription consisted of 17 herbs including Radix Glycyrrhizae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Rhizoma Coptidis, Fructus Evodiae, Poria, Endoconcha Sepiae, Herba Taraxaci, Fructus Aurantii, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Bupleuri, Jiang Banxia, Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Aucklandiae, Caulis Bambusae In Taenia, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Fructus Amomi, and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae. Conclusions:Chinese medicine treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease is mainly based on Chaihu Shugan Powder, Zuojin Pill, and Wendan Decoction. Moreover, we need to combine with clinical symptoms to add or subtract herbs.
5.Based on the National Patent Database to analyze the medication rule of Traditional Chinese Medicine compounds for the treatment of colorectal cancer
Menglong ZOU ; Xiaoyan HUANG ; Yalu CHEN ; Xin NING ; Renjun MENG ; Shumin YU
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2022;44(6):680-684
Objective:Based on the National Patent Database, this paper analyzes the medication rule of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) compound patents for the treatment of colorectal cancer in the past 10 years.Methods:By searching for and extracted screening out TCM compound patents for the treatment of colorectal cancer and after the dada selection, data entry , data specifications, the compound patents database for the treatment of colorectal cancer was established. then used IBM SPSS Modeler and IBM SPSS Statistics software to perform frequency analysis, attribute analysis, association analysis and cluster analysis of TCM.Results:A total of 97 compound patents were included, including 411 TCM, among which the core medicines are Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma, Hedyotis diffusa, Astragali radix, Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma, Scutellariae barbatae herba, Poria, etc. The medicine is mainly cold and warm; The medicine mainly tastes bitter and sweet; The spleen meridian is the main meridian. The cluster analysis result shows there are 7 categories, and the paired TCM with strong correlation includes Hedyotis diffusa- Scutellariae barbatae herba, Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma- Curcumae rhizoma, Astragali radix- Codonopsis radix and so on. Conclusions:Treating colorectal cancer should take those medicine which could invigorate the spleen and nurture the deficiency, such as Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma, Astragali radix, Codonopsis radix, while for clearing away heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as Hedyotis diffusa, Scutellariae barbatae herba, and Curcumae rhizoma. At the same time, it can be combined as appropriate, attacking and replenishing simultaneously, regulating qi and blood.
6.Based on the Ancient and Modern Medical Records Cloud Platform to dig the Medication rules of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of ulcerative colitis
Xin NING ; Xiaoyan HUANG ; Yalu CHEN ; Menglong ZOU
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2022;44(12):1433-1437
Objective:The medical records collected on the Ancient and Modern Medical Record Cloud Platform were used to explore the medication rules of Traditional Chinese Medicine for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.Methods:By selecting the medical cases of the modern medical database and medical cases of famous doctors in the ancient medical database on the cloud platform to analyze the frequency, attribution, association, and complex network of those medicines.Results:A total of 209 medical records were obtained, including 319 Traditional Chinese Medicines, of which the core medicines were Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Aucklandiae, Poria, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Radix Glycyrrhizae. The properties of those medicines were warm, mild, and cold. The main taste is bitter and sweet, and most of them attibute to spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. The core pair medicine is Radix Aucklandiae-Rhizoma Coptidis. The core prescription was composed of nine herbs including Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Aucklandiae, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Pulsatillae, Poria, and Radix Codonopsis. Conclusion:The treatment of ulcerative colitis with Traditional Chinese Medicine mainly include Sijunzi Decoction and Xianglian Pill, accompanied with those medicines which could clear heat with detoxication function, cool the blood and stop diarrhea, By doing so, ulcerative colitis could be treated both in the surface and the root.
7.Identification of novel pathogenic variants of TRIOBP gene in a pedigree affected with non-syndromic deafness.
Menglong FENG ; Kai ZHOU ; Lancheng HUANG ; Fengzhu TANG ; Shenhong QU ; Qiutian LU ; Ruichun CHEN ; Fengti LI
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2021;38(5):454-457
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the genetic basis for a Chinese pedigree affected with non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL).
METHODS:
Commercialized gene chip was applied to detect common mutations associated with congenital deafness. Whole exome sequencing was carried out for patients for whom gene chip yielded a negative result. Candidate variants were verified by Sanger sequencing.
RESULTS:
Two patients from the pedigree were discovered to carry compound heterozygous variants of the TRIOBP gene, namely c.3299C>A and c.5185-2A>G. Their parents had normal hearing and were both heterozygous carriers of the above variants. Both variants had co-segregated with the disease phenotype in the pedigree and were unreported previously.
CONCLUSION
Pathogenic variants of the TRIOBP gene comprise an important factor for NSHL. The novel c.5185-2A>G and c.3299C>A variants discovered in this study have enriched the mutational spectrum of the TRIOBP gene and enabled molecular diagnosis and genetic counseling for the family.
Deafness/genetics*
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Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/genetics*
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Heterozygote
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Humans
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Microfilament Proteins/genetics*
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Mutation
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Pedigree
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Whole Exome Sequencing
8.Mechanism study of Sijunzi Decoction intervening colorectal cancer based on network pharmacology
Menglong ZOU ; Xiaoyan HUANG ; Yalu CHEN ; Xin NING
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2021;43(9):898-903
Objective:Based on the network pharmacology, this study preliminarily aims to explore the mechanism of Sijunzi Decoction in the intervention of colorectal cancer. Methods:The active components and targets of Sijunzi Decoction were gained by Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacology Database Systems (TCMSP); and the targets were standardized with the help of Uniprot database. The related targets of colorectal cancer were obtained by GeneCards database and Disgenet database, and the intersection targets of berbal medicine and diseases were screened by R language. The visual regulation network of "active ingredient-disease target" of Sijunzi Decoction was constructed by Cytoscape software, and the protein interaction network was constructed by STRING database. The functional enrichment analysis of gene ontology (GO) and the pathway enrichment analysis of Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) were carried out by Bioconductor platform. Results:A total of 135 active components and 68 intersection targets of Sijunzi Decoction were obtained. The core target proteins included IL6, VEGFA, CASP3, EGFR and so on. GO functional enrichment analysis involved 91 items, which mainly affected transcription factor activity, enzyme activity, receptor activity and biochemical process regulation. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis contained 126 items, concerning infection, cancer, apoptosis, inflammation and other pathways. Conclusion:The active components of Sijunzi Decoction mainly regulate biological processes such as transcription factor activity and enzyme activity of colorectal cancer cells through cancer signal pathway and inflammatory signal pathway, so as to play a role of interventing of colorectal cancer.
9.Effects of parental rearing patterns and their consistency on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children
Changshan ZOU ; Peng DING ; Menglong GENG ; Xiaoyan WU ; Shiyue LI ; Shuman TAO ; Lei WANG ; Jia CHEN ; Lei PENG ; Sumei WANG ; Gangzhu YIN ; Anhui ZHANG ; Hong DENG ; Yinxia TANG ; Yuqiao MA ; Huiping HUANG ; Min XIANG ; Fangbiao TAO
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;54(3):283-288
Objective:To explore the effect of parental rearing patterns and their consistency on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.Methods:From October to November 2017, 27 987 children aged 3 to 6 years old from 109 kindergartens in 11 cities of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces were selected by using the cluster sampling method. A total of 27 200 valid questionnaires which were completed by subjects' parents were collected. The emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children were collected by "strengths and difficulties questionnaire" and the parental rearing patterns were evaluated by the "Parental Behavior Scale". The differences in emotional and behavioral abnormality rates of preschool children with different characteristics were analyzed; with emotional and behavioral problems as dependent variables and parental support/participation and compulsion/hostility as independent variables, the multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the effect of parental rearing patterns and their consistency on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.Results:The age of children was (4.35±0.96) years old, and 51.4% of children were 13 975 males. There were 24 634 (90.6%) urban children and 17 916 (65.9%) only children. Both parents with strong support/participation accounted for 14.9%, and those with poor support/participation accounted for 11.9%; both parents with strong compulsion/hostility accounted for 15.2%, and those with low compulsion/hostility accounted for 11.3%. The rates of emotional symptoms, conduct behavior, hyperactive behavior, peer interaction, total difficulty score, and abnormal prosocial behavior of preschool children were 9.5%, 9.5%, 18.2%, 24.5%, 11.2%, and 10.2%, respectively. The multivariate logistic regression model analysis showed that after adjusting for gender, only child, living area, family economic status, mother′s age and education level, father′s education level, and other factors, compared with fathers/mothers with strong support/participation and low compulsion/hostility and parents with strong support/participation and low compulsion/hostility, preschool children who had fathers/mothers with poor support/participation and strong compulsion/hostility or parents with poor support/participation and strong compulsion/hostility were more likely to have emotional symptoms, conduct behavior, hyperactive behavior, peer interaction, total difficulty score, and abnormal prosocial behavior ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Parental rearing patterns and their consistency are related to the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.
10.Effects of parental rearing patterns and their consistency on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children
Changshan ZOU ; Peng DING ; Menglong GENG ; Xiaoyan WU ; Shiyue LI ; Shuman TAO ; Lei WANG ; Jia CHEN ; Lei PENG ; Sumei WANG ; Gangzhu YIN ; Anhui ZHANG ; Hong DENG ; Yinxia TANG ; Yuqiao MA ; Huiping HUANG ; Min XIANG ; Fangbiao TAO
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;54(3):283-288
Objective:To explore the effect of parental rearing patterns and their consistency on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.Methods:From October to November 2017, 27 987 children aged 3 to 6 years old from 109 kindergartens in 11 cities of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces were selected by using the cluster sampling method. A total of 27 200 valid questionnaires which were completed by subjects' parents were collected. The emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children were collected by "strengths and difficulties questionnaire" and the parental rearing patterns were evaluated by the "Parental Behavior Scale". The differences in emotional and behavioral abnormality rates of preschool children with different characteristics were analyzed; with emotional and behavioral problems as dependent variables and parental support/participation and compulsion/hostility as independent variables, the multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the effect of parental rearing patterns and their consistency on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.Results:The age of children was (4.35±0.96) years old, and 51.4% of children were 13 975 males. There were 24 634 (90.6%) urban children and 17 916 (65.9%) only children. Both parents with strong support/participation accounted for 14.9%, and those with poor support/participation accounted for 11.9%; both parents with strong compulsion/hostility accounted for 15.2%, and those with low compulsion/hostility accounted for 11.3%. The rates of emotional symptoms, conduct behavior, hyperactive behavior, peer interaction, total difficulty score, and abnormal prosocial behavior of preschool children were 9.5%, 9.5%, 18.2%, 24.5%, 11.2%, and 10.2%, respectively. The multivariate logistic regression model analysis showed that after adjusting for gender, only child, living area, family economic status, mother′s age and education level, father′s education level, and other factors, compared with fathers/mothers with strong support/participation and low compulsion/hostility and parents with strong support/participation and low compulsion/hostility, preschool children who had fathers/mothers with poor support/participation and strong compulsion/hostility or parents with poor support/participation and strong compulsion/hostility were more likely to have emotional symptoms, conduct behavior, hyperactive behavior, peer interaction, total difficulty score, and abnormal prosocial behavior ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Parental rearing patterns and their consistency are related to the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool children.


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