1.Memorial Symposium-3: Identification of a Resistance Exercise-Specific Signaling Pathway that Drives Skeletal Muscle Growth
Wenyuan G. ZHU ; Aaron CQ THOMAS ; Gary M WILSON ; Jamie E HIBBERT ; Corey GK FLYNN ; Chris MCGLORY ; Kent W JORGENSON ; Nathaniel D. STEINERT ; Kuan-Hung LIN ; Joshua J. COON ; Stuart M. PHILLIPS ; Troy A. HORNBERGER
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine 2025;74(1):29-29
2.Opportunities and challenges of marginal donor liver
Xinyi LU ; Fei TENG ; Hong FU ; Yuanyu ZHAO ; Liye ZHU ; Jiayong DONG ; Jiaxi MAO ; Wenyuan GUO
Organ Transplantation 2024;15(3):463-468
With persistent breakthrough and maturity of surgical procedures and postoperative immunosuppressive therapy, the survival rate of liver transplant recipients and grafts has been significantly increased. The shortage of donor liver has become the main obstacle for clinical development of liver transplantation. How to expand the source of donor liver has become an urgent issue. Groundbreaking progresses have been made in the use of common marginal donor livers in clinical liver transplantation, such as elderly donor liver, steatosis donor liver, viral hepatitis donor liver and liver from donation after cardiac death. Nevertheless, multiple restrictions still exist regarding the use of marginal donor liver. Consequently, the definition of marginal donor liver and research progress in the application of common marginal donor livers were reviewed, and the opportunities and challenges of mariginal donoor liver were illustrated, aiming to provide reference for expanding the donor pool for clinical liver transplantation and bringing benefits to more patients with end-stage liver disease.
3.The epidemiology and risk factors of delayed diagnosis in newly reported HIV/AIDS cases in Xuhui District, Shanghai, 2018‒2022
Boshu ZHANG ; Kaijin ZHU ; Jing ZHANG ; Ning XU ; Wenyuan HUANG ; Xiaofeng CAI ; Meixia YANG
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(5):429-434
ObjectiveTo investigate the trends and significant determinants of delayed HIV diagnosis (DHD) among newly reported HIV/AIDS cases in Xuhui District, Shanghai between 2018 and 2022. MethodsIn the newly reported HIV/AIDS cases, patients died within one year without accident, HIV/AIDS cases with CD4 cell count <200 cells·μL-1, and AIDS cases with a CD4 cell count between 200 to 499 cells·μL-1 were defined as delayed diagnosis. Univariate and multivariate logistic analysis were employed to explore the influencing factors of DHD. ResultsAmong the 862 newly reported HIV/AIDS cases, The DHD rate was 39.79% without statistically significant difference by year(χ2=4.508, P=0.342). Patients with CD4 cell count <200 cells·μL-1 contributed the largest proportion of DHD. During 2018‒2022, the DHD rate declined among HIV/AIDS patients who were younger than 35 years old or 45‒65 years old, never married, original diagnosis from tertiary specialized hospitals. Patients who were 65 years or older, married or divorced, with heterosexual transmitted HIV/AIDS, and original diagnosis from other types of testing and tertiary metropolitan hospital, had sustainably higher DHD rates. The number of HIV screening and diagnosed from voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) decreased during the COVID-19 epidemic, while the DHD rate increased sharply. Multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested the DHD rates were higher among older age, other types of testing(OR=3.805, 95%CI: 2.260‒6.406)and pre-operative testing(OR=2.411, 95%CI: 1.424‒4.081). Patients who received CD4 test in 15 days had a higher DHD rate compared to the cases received CD4 test exceeding 90 days (OR=0.336, 95%CI: 0.216‒0.522). ConclusionThere is no significant decrease of delayed HIV diagnosis rate in Xuhui District in recent years, and the number of HIV tests has decreased in 2022. Monitoring of newly reported HIV/AIDS should be conducted continuously. Expansion of HIV antibody screening should be conducted in non-infectious departments and inpatient departments in healthcare institutions, particularly metropolitan hospitals. Assistance should be provided to clinicians and elderly patients for improving their ability to recognize and perceive the risk of HIV/AIDS, in order to enhance early diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
4.Entity Recognition in Famous Medical Records Based on BRL Neural Network Model
Hang YANG ; Yehui PENG ; Wei YANG ; Jiaheng WANG ; Zhiwei ZHAO ; Wenyuan XU ; Yuxin LI ; Yan ZHU ; Lihong LIU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(24):167-173
ObjectiveIn order to improve the recognition accuracy of named entities in medical record texts and realize the effective mining and utilization of medical record knowledge, a Bert-Radical-Lexicon(BRL) neural network model is constructed to recognize medical record entities with respect to the characteristics of medical record texts. MethodWe selected 408 medical records related to hypertension from the the Complete Library of Famous Medical Records of Chinese Dynasties and constructed a dataset consisting of 1 672 medical records by manually labeling. Then, we randomly divided the dataset into three subsets, including the training set(1 004 cases), the testing set (334 cases) and the validation set(334 cases). Based on this dataset, we built a BRL model that fused various text features of medical records, as well as its variants BRL-B, BRL-L and BRL-R, and a baseline model Base for experiments. During the model training phase, we trained the above models using the training set to reduce the risk of overfitting. We continuously monitored the performance of each model on the validation set during training and saved the model with the best performance. Finally, we evaluated the performance of these models on the testing set. ResultCompared with other models, the BRL model had the best performance in the medical records named entity recognition task, with an overall recognition precision of 90.09%, a recall of 90.61%, and the harmonic mean of the precision and recall(F1) of 90.35% for eight types of entities, including disease, symptom, tongue manifestation, pulse condition, syndrome, method of treatment, prescription and traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). Compared with the Base model, the BRL model improved the overall F1 value of entity recognition by 5.22%, and the F1 value of pulse condition entity increased by 6.92%, which was the largest increase. ConclusionBy incorporating a variety of medical record text features in the embedding layer, the BRL neural network model has stronger named entity recognition ability, and thus extracts more accurate and reliable TCM clinical information.
5.Standardized specialist training for developmental and behavioral pediatrics in China and the United States: current status and thoughts
Xiaoyang CHEN ; Lingling WU ; Wenhao LI ; Wenyuan JIN ; Yanyan WANG ; Xiaolin LIU ; Zhiwei ZHU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2024;23(3):314-320
The United States has established a perfect specialist training system for developmental and behavioral pediatrics (DBP), while the DBP specialist training system in China is still in the early stage of development and has been constantly improved. This article analyzes and compares the current status of DBP specialist training system between the United States and China from the aspects of training pattern, eligibility criteria, training plans and contents, assessment and evaluation, and certification. With reference to the training system in the United States, we can further improve the DBP specialist training system in China by perfecting the training system and related documents, constructing reasonable eligibility criteria, establishing a training pattern guided by post competency, improving the DBP assessment and evaluation system based on competency, and enhancing the certification of DBP physicians.
6.Visual analysis of the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease based on Web of Science
Baoqiang ZHU ; Mingming ZHANG ; Shiyu YANG ; Jiaqiang HU ; Wenyuan LI ; Enwu LONG
China Pharmacy 2023;34(18):2243-2249
OBJECTIVE To analyze the current status, hotspots and development trends of research on the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), providing reference for subsequent research. METHODS Searching the Web of Science database, the literature related to the treatment of NAFLD from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2022 were collected. CiteSpace 6.1.R6 was used to construct a visual atlas, perform collaborative network analysis on authors, countries and institutions, and conduct keyword co-occurrence, clustering and emergence analysis to explore its research status and hotspots. RESULTS A total of 3 882 articles were included, and the number of publications had been increasing year by year. The top three countries in terms of publication volume were China, the United States, and Japan. The author with the highest volume of publications was Sanyal from the United States (37 articles), while the institution with the highest volume of publications was the University of California, San Diego (75 articles). A closely connected research team abroad mainly conducted large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of various interventions, including medication and lifestyle, in treating NAFLD. However, domestic researches mainly focused on basic researches about the treatment of NAFLD with effective medicinal ingredients, and were characterized by traditional Chinese medicine. There were relatively few high-quality large-scale RCT studies related to it. Keyword analysis showed that researches in various countries mainly focused on regulating liver oxidative stress and inflammation, improving the overall balance of glucose and lipid metabolism. Except for hypoglycemic drugs, drugs that act on various comprehensive metabolic homeostasis targets in the body had entered clinical research, and had enormous therapeutic potential. CONCLUSIONS The research on NAFLD treatment continues to grow in popularity and tends to research targets and drugs for regulating systemic metabolic homeostasis. As the main force of research, China should strengthen communication with the international community, grasp the trends and directions of basic research, attach importance to clinical research, and continuously tap the therapeutic potential of traditional Chinese medicine.
7.Systematic Review of Chinese Medicine in Improving Sperm Quality in Animal Experiments Based on Structure and Function of Sertoli Cells
Yifeng SHEN ; Kun ZHU ; Wenyuan LI ; Liang DONG ; Yaodong YOU ; Degui CHANG ; Xujun YU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2022;28(21):201-211
ObjectiveTo systematically review the intervention effect of Chinese medicine on the structure and function of testicular Sertoli cells in animal models of impaired spermatogenesis. MethodThe databases, such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),VIP,Wanfang Data,EMbase,and Pubmed,were searched for experimental studies on the effect of Chinese medicine on the structure and function of testicular Sertoli cells in animal models with impaired spermatogenesis. The included studies were evaluated for risks of bias,and the outcome indicators were analyzed with RevMan and Stata software. ResultThirty studies were included,involving 37 randomized controlled trials (RCTs). As indicated by the Meta-analysis results, compared with the model group,Chinese medicine increased sperm density(SMD=2.42,95% confidence interval(CI)[1.47,3.37],P<0.000 01), promoted sperm motility(SMD=2.35,95%CI [1.70, 2.99],P<0.000 01), up-regulated the protein and mRNA levels of Vimentin (related to Sertoli cell cytoskeleton), elevated the levels of Occludin and Claudin-11 (related to tight junction of blood-testis barrier), boosted the levels of β-catenin and N-cadherin (related to adherens junction of blood-testis barrier), raised the level of connexin 43 (Cx43, related to gap junction of blood-testis barrier), improved the function of Sertoli cells, increased the serum content of Inhibin B (INHB), and up-regulated the levels of testicular follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), INHB mRNA, androgen-binding protein (ABP) mRNA, transferrin(TF),stem cell factor(SCF),SCF mRNA,glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF),GDNF mRNA,bone morphogenetic protein 4(BMP4),and BMP4 mRNA (P<0.05). ConclusionChinese medicine can effectively increase sperm density and motility of animal models of impaired spermatogenesis,and improve the structure and function of testicular Sertoli cells. However,affected by the quality of the included studies,the above conclusion needs to be further verified by relevant high-quality studies.
8.Progress on associations between intrauterine cigarette smoke exposure and cognitive and behavioral development
Wenyuan JIN ; Zhengyan ZHAO ; Zhiwei ZHU
International Journal of Pediatrics 2022;49(12):799-803
Intrauterine cigarette smoke exposure(ICSE)refers to a condition under which pregnant women actively inhale and/or passively inhale cigarettes and smogs mostly consisting of nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide during the first, second and third trimesters of pregnancies.As an adverse environmental factor in early life, ICSE is associated with increased risks of various diseases at childhood and adulthood.ICSE is closely related with children′s cognitive and behavioral developmental disorders.It has been reported that ICSE led to elevated risks of cognitive impairments including disorders in fine motor skills, language and vocabulary, reading comprehension, matrix reasoning, working memory, learning skills, orientation and other capabilities.Additionally, it is associated with increased risks of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and sleep disorder, but the association with autism spectrum disorder is still controversial.The review focuses on the effects of ICSE on cognitive and behavioral development, and summarizes the underlying mechanisms, providing more clinical ideas for etiological studies of cognitive and behavioral developmental disorders in children.
9.CHCHD2 maintains mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system stability and protects against mitochondrial dysfunction in an experimental model of Parkinson’s disease
Lin LU ; Hengxu MAO ; Miaomiao ZHOU ; Yuwan LIN ; Wei DAI ; Jiewen QIU ; Yousheng XIAO ; Mingshu MO ; Xiaoqin ZHU ; Zhuohua WU ; Zhong PEI ; Wenyuan GUO ; Pingyi XU ; Xiang CHEN
Chinese Medical Journal 2022;135(13):1588-1596
Background::Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s dementia. Mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in the pathology of PD. Coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain-containing 2 (CHCHD2) was identified as associated with autosomal dominant PD. However, the mechanism of CHCHD2 in PD remains unclear.Methods::Short hairpin RNA (ShRNA)-mediated CHCHD2 knockdown or lentivirus-mediated CHCHD2 overexpression was performed to investigate the impact of CHCHD2 on mitochondrial morphology and function in neuronal tumor cell lines represented with human neuroblastoma (SHSY5Y) and HeLa cells. Blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-PAGE analysis were used to illustrate the role of CHCHD2 in mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS). Co-immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting were used to address the interaction between CHCHD2 and Mic10. Serotype injection of adeno-associated vector-mediated CHCHD2 and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) administration were used to examine the influence of CHCHD2 in vivo.Results::We found that the overexpression of CHCHD2 can protect against methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibit the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the MPTP-induced mouse model. Furthermore, we identified that CHCHD2 interacted with Mic10, and overexpression of CHCHD2 can protect against MPP +-induced MICOS impairment, while knockdown of CHCHD2 impaired the stability of MICOS. Conclusion::This study indicated that CHCHD2 could interact with Mic10 and maintain the stability of the MICOS complex, which contributes to protecting mitochondrial function in PD.
10.Impact of socioeconomic status,population mobility and control measures on COVID-10 development in major cities of China.
Shu LI ; Sicong WANG ; Yong ZHU ; Sisi WANG ; Changzheng YUAN ; Xifeng WU ; Shuyin CAO ; Xiaolin XU ; Chen CHEN ; Yuanqing YE ; Wenyuan LI ; Hao LEI ; Kejia HU ; Xin XU ; Hui ZHU
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2021;50(1):52-60
To evaluate the impact of socioeconomic status,population mobility,prevention and control measures on the early-stage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) development in major cities of China. : The rate of daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the 51 cities with the largest number of cumulative confirmed cases as of February 19,2020 (except those in Hubei province) were collected and analyzed using the time series cluster analysis. It was then assessed according to three aspects,that is, socioeconomic status,population mobility,and control measures for the pandemic. : According to the analysis on the 51 cities,4 development patterns of COVID-19 were obtained,including a high-incidence pattern (in Xinyu),a late high-incidence pattern (in Ganzi),a moderate incidence pattern (in Wenzhou and other 12 cities),and a low and stable incidence pattern (in Hangzhou and other 35 cities). Cities with different types and within the same type both had different scores on the three aspects. : There were relatively large difference on the COVID-19 development among different cities in China,possibly affected by socioeconomic status,population mobility and prevention and control measures that were taken. Therefore,a timely public health emergency response and travel restriction measures inside the city can interfere the development of the pandemic. Population flow from high risk area can largely affect the number of cumulative confirmed cases.
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