1.Expert Consensus on Clinical Diseases Responding Specifically to Traditional Chinese Medicine: Threatened Abortion
Xinchun YANG ; Shuyu WANG ; Huilan DU ; Songping LUO ; Zhe JIN ; Rong LI ; Xiangyan RUAN ; Qin ZHANG ; Xiaoling FENG ; Shicai CHEN ; Fengjie HE ; Shaobin WEI ; Qun LU ; Yanqin WANG ; Yang LIU ; Qingwei MENG ; Zengping HAO ; Ying LI ; Mei MO ; Xiaoxiao ZHANG ; Ruihua ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(7):241-246
Threatened abortion is a common disease of obstetrics and gynecology and one of the diseases responding specifically to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The China Association of Chinese Medicine organized experts in TCM obstetrics and gynecology, Western medicine obstetrics and gynecology, and pharmacology to deeply discuss the advantages of TCM and integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment as well as the medication plans for threatened abortion. After discussion, the experts concluded that chromosome, endocrine, and immune abnormalities were the key factors for the occurrence of threatened abortion, and the Qi and blood disorders in thoroughfare and conception vessels were the core pathogenesis. In the treatment of threatened abortion, TCM has advantages in preventing miscarriages, alleviating clinical symptoms and TCM syndromes, relieving anxiety, regulating reproductive endocrine and immune abnormalities, personalized and diversified treatment, enhancing efficiency and reducing toxicity, and preventing the disease before occurrence. The difficulty in diagnosis and treatment of threatened abortion with traditional Chinese and Western medicine lies in identifying the predictors of abortion caused by maternal factors and the treatment of thrombophilia. Recurrent abortion is the breakthrough point of treatment with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. It is urgent to carry out high-quality evidence-based medicine research in the future to improve the modern diagnosis and treatment of threatened abortion with TCM.
2.Advances in biomarkers for diagnosing congenital heart disease
Yuquan LU ; Guixiang TIAN ; Wei SHENG
International Journal of Pediatrics 2024;51(2):73-76
Congenital heart disease(CHD)is a common congenital anomaly that is the leading cause of death among children under the age of five years with birth defects in both developed and developing countries. With the increasing prevalence of CHD,the importance of early diagnosis and intervention of CHD is well accepted. Prenatal ultrasonography is routinely applied for the screening of CHD but many factors influence its diagnostic accuracy. Biomarker testing is a simple and rapid method that can be used as an adjunct to prenatal screening for CHD. This review aims to provide new ideas for the early diagnosis of children with CHD by exploring the pathogenesis of biomarkers in CHD. In recent years,many studies have been devoted to the exploration of biomarkers related to CHD,and the studies on biomarkers in CHD are summarized from three aspects:epigenetics,proteomics and environmental factors.
3.Sodium alginate coating simultaneously increases the biosafety and immunotherapeutic activity of the cationic mRNA nanovaccine.
Xing DUAN ; Yi ZHANG ; Mengran GUO ; Na FAN ; Kepan CHEN ; Shugang QIN ; Wen XIAO ; Qian ZHENG ; Hai HUANG ; Xiawei WEI ; Yuquan WEI ; Xiangrong SONG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(3):942-954
The extraordinary advantages associated with mRNA vaccines, including their high efficiency, relatively low severity of side effects, and ease of manufacture, have enabled them to be a promising immunotherapy approach against various infectious diseases and cancers. Nevertheless, most mRNA delivery carriers have many disadvantages, such as high toxicity, poor biocompatibility, and low efficiency in vivo, which have hindered the widespread use of mRNA vaccines. To further characterize and solve these problems and develop a new type of safe and efficient mRNA delivery carrier, a negatively charged SA@DOTAP-mRNA nanovaccine was prepared in this study by coating DOTAP-mRNA with the natural anionic polymer sodium alginate (SA). Intriguingly, the transfection efficiency of SA@DOTAP-mRNA was significantly higher than that of DOTAP-mRNA, which was not due to the increase in cellular uptake but was associated with changes in the endocytosis pathway and the strong lysosome escape ability of SA@DOTAP-mRNA. In addition, we found that SA significantly increased the expression of LUC-mRNA in mice and achieved certain spleen targeting. Finally, we confirmed that SA@DOTAP-mRNA had a stronger antigen-presenting ability in E. G7-OVA tumor-bearing mice, dramatically inducing the proliferation of OVA-specific CLTs and ameliorating the antitumor effect. Therefore, we firmly believe that the coating strategy applied to cationic liposome/mRNA complexes is of potential research value in the field of mRNA delivery and has promising clinical application prospects.
4.Recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection
Dunjin CHEN ; Yue DAI ; Xinghui LIU ; Hongbo QI ; Chen WANG ; Lan WANG ; Yuan WEI ; Xiaochao XU ; Chuan ZHANG ; Lingli ZHANG ; Yuquan ZHANG ; Ruihua ZHAO ; Yangyu ZHAO ; Borong ZHOU ; Ailing WANG ; Huixia YANG ; Li SONG
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2023;26(6):441-447
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has spread worldwide and threatened human's health. With the passing of time, the epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 evolves and the knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 infection accumu-lates. To further improve the scientific and standardized diagnosis and treatment of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in China, the Chinese Society of Perinatal Medicine of Chinese Medical Association commissioned leading experts to develop the Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection under the guidance of the Maternal and Child Health Department of the National Health Commission. This recommendations includes the epidemiology, diagnosis, management, maternal care, medication treatment, care of birth and newborns, and psychological support associated with maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection. It is hoped that the recommendations will effectively help the clinical management of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection.
5.A small-molecule pan-HER inhibitor alone or in combination with cisplatin exerts efficacy against nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Jing YANG ; Yanfei YANG ; Yuquan WEI ; Xiawei WEI
Frontiers of Medicine 2023;17(2):275-289
The abnormal activation of HER family kinase activity is closely related to the development of human malignancies. In this study, we used HER kinases as targets for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and explored the anti-tumor effects of the novel pan-HER inhibitor HM781-36B, alone or in combination with cisplatin. We found that HER family proteins were positively expressed in tumor tissues of some NPC patients, and the high levels of those proteins were significantly related to poor prognosis. HM781-36B inhibited NPC in vitro and in vivo. HM781-36B exerted synergistic effects with cisplatin on inhibiting proliferation and promoting apoptosis of NPC cells. In NPC xenograft models in nude mice, HM781-36B and cisplatin synergistically inhibited tumor growth. Downregulating the activity of HER family proteins and their downstream signaling pathways and regulating tumor microenvironment may explain the synergistic anti-tumor effects of HM781-36B and cisplatin. In conclusion, our study provides evidence for HER family proteins as prognostic biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for NPC. The pan-HER inhibitor HM781-36B alone or in combination with cisplatin represents promising therapeutic effects for the treatment of NPC patients, which provides a new idea for the comprehensive treatment of NPC.
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6.Efficacy of different methods for difficult biliary cannulation in ERCP:systematic review and network meta-analysis
Yang QI ; Wenfei YAO ; Qianyi LI ; Wei YAO ; Lei KONG ; Ruiyun XU ; Yuquan WU ; Nengping LI
Journal of Surgery Concepts & Practice 2023;28(6):540-550
Objective To assess the comparative efficacy of different methods for difficult biliary cannulation in endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography(ERCP)through a network meta-analysis.Methods Randomized controlled trials(RCTs)that compared the efficacy of different adjunctive methods(early or late needle-knife technique,pancreatic guidewire-assisted technique,pancreatic stent-assisted technique,transpancreatic sphincterotomy,persistent standard cannulation technique)for difficult biliary cannulation with each other were identified.The success rate of biliary cannulation and the incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis(PEP)were the outcomes of interest.Pairwise and network meta-analysis and ranking according to surface under the cumulative ranking curve(SUCRA)for all methods were performed.Results Eighteen RCTs were identified according to selection criteria,and 2 033 patients were enrolled.The use of transpancreatic sphincterotomy over persistent standard cannulation technique(RR=1.34,95%CI:1.02-1.77)and over pancreatic guidewire-assisted technique(RR=1.26,95%CI:1.00-1.60)significantly increased the success rate of biliary cannulation.Based on SUCRA ranking,transpancreatic sphincterotomy followed by early needle-knife techniques were ranked highest in terms of increasing the success rate of biliary cannulation.Only early needle-knife technique significantly decreased PEP rate when compared with persistent standard cannulation technique(RR=0.53,95%CI:0.30-0.94),whereas both early needle-knife techniques and transpancreatic sphincterotomy led to lower PEP rates as compared with pancreatic guidewire-assisted technique(RR=0.41,95%CI:0.17-0.99;RR=0.49,95%CI:0.25-0.96;respectively).Based on SUCRA ranking,early needle-knife technique followed by transpancreatic sphincterotomy were ranked highest for decreasing the PEP rate of biliary cannulation.Conclusions Transpancreatic sphincterotomy increases the success rate of difficult biliary cannulation in ERCP;early needle-knife technique and transpancreatic sphincterotomy are superior to other interventions in decreasing PEP rates and should be considered as a choice of difficult biliary cannulation.
7.Personalized neoantigen-specific T-cell adoptive immune: a long way to go
LI Qing ; DING Zhenyu ; WEI Yuquan
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2022;29(6):509-518
[摘 要] 近年来,肿瘤新抗原掀开了个体化免疫治疗的新篇章,作为基于新抗原个体化免疫治疗的重要组成部分,新抗原特异性T细胞的过继输注(ACT)疗法备受瞩目。本文将首先从新抗原特异性T细胞ACT治疗应用策略及临床应用现状介绍新抗原特异性T细胞ACT治疗这一新兴的精准免疫治疗的发展现状,然后从新抗原的预测、新抗原特异性T细胞筛选及扩增等方面系统地总结新抗原T细胞ACT治疗所面临的阻碍和挑战,最后从优化新抗原预测、增加新抗原特异性T细胞数量和多样性、防止新抗原特异性T细胞过度分化或死亡、缩短生产周期和减少生产成本及探索联合治疗方式等五个方面对该领域的未来发展机遇和研究方向进行重点阐述。
8.Anterior approach combined with blocking plates and screws in the management of acetabular fracture involving the quadrilateral area
Wei LIU ; Jianwen CHENG ; Shiting TANG ; Zhi YANG ; Zhen TAN ; Xiaorong SHI ; Yuquan LI ; Donglei WEI ; Feng HU ; Jinmin ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2021;37(10):919-925
Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of anterior approach combined with blocking plates and screws in the management of acetabular fracture involving the quadrilateral area.Methods:A retrospective case series analysis was performed for 16 patients with acetabular fracture involving the quadrilateral area admitted to First and Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from January 2017 to January 2019. There were 12 males and 4 females,with the age of 21-66 years[(45.3±10.6)years]. According to Letournel-Judet classification,there were 9 patients with bi-column fracture,6 with anterior and posterior traverse fracture and 1 with anterior column fracture. A total of 9 patients were operated via the ilioinguinal approach and 7 via the lateral-rectus approach. Reduction and fixation of the pelvis and acetabulum were performed,using 3.5 mm cortical bone screws or plates to block the internal displacement of fracture in the quadrilateral body. The incision length,operation time and intraoperative blood loss were recorded. The quality of fracture reduction was assessed according to the Matta reduction criteria at postoperative 2 days and hip function by the modified Merle D'Aubigne-Postel score at postoperative 3 months and 12 months. Postoperative complications were observed.Results:All patients were followed up for 13-24 months[(16.1±2.9)months]. The ilioinguinal approach and lateral-rectus approach showed surgical incision of 12-26 cm[(18.6±4.0)cm]and 8-15 cm[(10.7±2.3)cm],respectively. The operation time was 107-215 minutes[(159.2±27.8)minutes]and the intraoperative blood loss was 200-2,300 ml[(853.1±489.7)ml]. According to Matta reduction criteria,the results were excellent in 9 patients and good in 7. Three months after operation,the modified Merle D'Aubigne-Postel score was 11-18 points[(15.2±2.2)points],which showed the results were excellent in 4 patients,good in 7,fair in 4 and poor in 1,with the excellent and good rate of 69%. Twelve months after operation,the modified Merle D'Aubigne-Postel score was 13-18 points[(16.9±1.4)points],which showed the results were excellent in 7 patients,good in 8 and fair in 1,with the excellent and good rate of 94%. The liquefaction of post-surgical incision was seen in a patient,bladder injury in a patient,lateral femoral cutaneous nerve injury in a patient,and heterotopic ossification in a patient. There was no loosening or breakage of the internal fixation.Conclusion:For acetabular fracture involving the quadrilateral area,anterior approach combined with blocking plates and screws can prevent the displacement of quadrilateral fracture and attain satisfactory reductiongood hip function recovery and few complications.
9.Advances in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus
Guifang GU ; Gang QIN ; Chong YU ; Aimin CUI ; Wei YAO ; Yuquan ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2021;24(8):597-600
Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) represents the most common mode by which children acquire HBV infection. For pregnant women with high viral load and positive hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), antiviral therapy during late pregnancy combined with timely and standardized inoculation of neonatal hepatitis B immunoglobulin and hepatitis B vaccine can minimize the possibility of MTCT of HBV. This review focuses on using and withdrawing antiviral drugs during pregnancy, managing postpartum hepatitis, and breastfeeding issues to further optimize the combined immunization and antiviral treatment strategies and seek the optimal solution to preventing MTCT of HBV.
10.Diversity of the reaction mechanisms of SAM-dependent enzymes.
Qiu SUN ; Mengyuan HUANG ; Yuquan WEI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2021;11(3):632-650

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