1.A new method for flow cytometry-based detection of ABO antigen expression levels
Yuyu ZHANG ; Xi LIU ; Junhua XIE ; Bin CAO ; Jiewei ZHENG ; Xinyi ZHU ; Zhongying WANG ; Dong XIANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2025;38(5):665-672
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective: To design and establish a new method for flow cytometry-based detection of commonly observed highly expressed antigens on red blood cells, and to further evaluate the differences and distribution characteristics of antigen expression levels between ABO blood type homozygotes and heterozygotes in healthy individuals. Methods: Residual blood samples after donor blood type identification by Shanghai Blood Center in April 2024 were collected. Among them, samples of 19 homozygous and 19 heterozygous individuals of type A and type B were selected. Then the expression level of ABO antigen on red blood cells were detected using the new method established in this study and the traditional aldehyde fixed red blood cell method. Both methods were tested independently three times and the results were compared. Results: The mean values of the three detection results of the new method was (×10
      /RBC): AA homozygous 3.3±0.5, AO heterozygous 2.8±0.3, BB homozygous 3.6±0.3, BO heterozygous 3.1±2.8. The mean values of the three detection results of the aldehyde fixation method were AA homozygous 5.9±0.9, AO heterozygous 5.0±1.4, BB homozygous 3.8±0.6, and BO heterozygous 3.3±0.4. The average antigen distribution of each genotype followed a normal distribution. Comparing the average antigen expression levels of homozygotes and heterozygotes, both methods showed that A/B homozygotes had higher antigen levels than heterozygotes, with AA being 1.17 to 1.18 times that of AO and BB being 1.15 to 1.16 times that of BO. Comparing the inter batch differences in the three test results of two methods, the new method showed no significant difference in the three test results for four genotypes (P>0.05). The aldehyde fixation method showed significant differences in the test results for all three genotypes (P<0.01) except for BB homozygotes (P>0.05). The reliability and reproducibility of the new method were better than those of the traditional aldehyde fixation method. Conclusion: The antigen expression level of ABO homozygotes is higher than that of heterozygotes, and the difference in antigen level between type A homozygotes and heterozygotes is slightly higher than that of type B. The new method is superior to traditional aldolization fixation methods.
    
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.Determination of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome of Rat Model of Follicular Dysplasia Induced by Tripterygium Glycosides Based on Prescriptions via AMPK/mTOR/HIF-1/VEGF Pathway
Yingying HU ; Xuejuan LIN ; Zushun ZHUO ; Shanshan DING ; Mengting ZHANG ; Guorong LIN ; Long ZHU ; Yuyu XIE ; Yan XIONG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(14):46-54
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			ObjectiveTo determine the syndrome of a rat model of follicular dysplasia induced by Tripterygium glycosides based on prescriptions and investigate the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine intervention via the adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway. MethodForty-eight rats with regular estrous cycles were randomly assigned into a normal group (n=8) and a modeling group (n=40). The rats in the modeling group were administrated with Tripterygium glycoside suspension (75 mL·kg-1) by gavage for 30 days. The modeled rats were assigned into model, Siwutang (3.69 g·kg-1), Youguiyin (3.11 g·kg-1), Zuoguiyin (7.29 g·kg-1), and Guishenwan (10.35 g·kg-1) groups, with 8 rats in each group. The drug intervention lasted for 14 days. The changes of estrous cycle were detected by Pap staining, and a stereoscope was used to observe the morphology of the ovarian tissue. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was employed to observe the pathological changes and follicle count in the ovarian tissue. Enzyme-related immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure the levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and estradiol (E2) in the serum. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were employed to determine the mRNA and protein levels, respectively, of AMPK, mTOR, HIF-1, and VEGF in the ovarian tissue. ResultCompared with the normal group, the model group had a disordered estrous cycle, reduced secondary and mature follicles, increased atretic follicles, elevated FSH and LH levels, lowered E2 level, up-regulated mRNA and protein levels of AMPK, and down-regulated mRNA and protein levels of mTOR, HIF-1, and VEGF (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, Guishenwan increased secondary and mature follicles, decreased atretic follicles, lowered the FSH and LH levels, elevated the E2 level, down-regulated the mRNA and protein levels of AMPK, and up-regulated the mRNA and protein levels of mTOR, HIF-1, and VEGF (P<0.01). Compared with Guishenwan group, Siwutang, Youguiyin, and Zuoguiyin decreased mature follicles, increased atretic follicles (P<0.01), elevated the LH (P<0.01) and FSH (P<0.05) levels, and lowered the E2 level (P<0.05). In addition, Youguiyin up-regulated the protein level of AMPK (P<0.05) and down-regulated the mRNA levels of mTOR and HIF-1 (P<0.01) as well as the mRNA and protein levels of VEGF (P<0.01). Siwutang down-regulated the mRNA levels of mTOR and HIF-1 as well as the mRNA and protein levels of VEGF (P<0.05). Zuoguiyin down-regulated the mRNA level of mTOR and the protein and mRNA levels of VEGF (P<0.05). ConclusionGuishenwan may improve the ovarian function and promote follicle maturation in a rat model of follicular dysplasia by inhibiting the AMPK/mTOR/HIF-1/VEGF pathway, with the therapeutic effect superior to Zuoguiyin, Youguiyin, and Siwutang. It was hypothesized that this model presented the syndrome of kidney-essence deficiency. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
3.Comparison of HPLC fingerprint and contents of four nucleoside components before and after processing of Succus bambusae pinella preparata
Linyu ZHENG ; Weihao ZHU ; Meimei LUO ; Chunmei MEI ; Weidong LI ; Lei XU ; Yuyu HUANG
China Pharmacy 2024;35(21):2590-2595
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			OBJECTIVE To investigate the changes in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint spectra and nucleoside components between Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine and its processed product Succus bambusae pinella preparata, providing a reference for the quality evaluation of the latter. METHODS HPLC fingerprint was established for 10 batches of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine and its processed product Succus bambusae pinella preparata following the Similarity Evaluation System of TCM Chromatographic Fingerprints (2012 Edition). Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), principal component analysis (PCA), and orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS- DA) were conducted on their common peaks. The contents of four nucleoside components, hypoxanthine, uridine, adenine, and guanosine, in both Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine and Succus bambusae pinella preparata were determined. RESULTS The similarity between the fingerprints of the 10 batches of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine, Succus bambusae pinella preparata, and their corresponding reference fingerprints ranged from 0.851 to 0.990. A total of 10 common peaks were obtained for both samples, and 4 components were identified as hypoxanthine, uridine, adenine, and guanosine. The results of HCA, PCA and OPLS-DA showed that the samples of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine and Succus bambusae pinella preparata were clustered into separate categories, with OPLS-DA selecting 4 differential components between them, ranked by variable importance projection values as peak 8, peak 1, peak 6 (adenine) and peak 10. The content determination results showed that the average contents of hypoxanthine, uridine, adenine and guanosine in Succus bambusae pinella preparata declined by 15.90%, 12.00%, 26.04% and 22.18% compared to Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine, respectively, with statistically significant differences in the contents of hypoxanthine, adenine and guanosine (P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS The established fingerprint and content determination methods are simple to operate and have good repeatability, which are suitable for qualitative and quantitative analysis of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum cum Zingibere et Alumine and Succus bambusae pinella preparata. The average contents of the four nucleoside components decreased after the processing of Succus bambusae pinella preparata.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
4.Application of risk assessment indicators in early prevention and control of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(8):1179-1182
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective To analyze the risk factors in the early prevention and control of multidrug-re-sistant bacterial infections,and to seek the main risk assessment indicators for early intervention in order to reduce the infection rate and mortality rate of multidrug resistant bacteria in the patients.Methods A retro-spective analysis was conducted on the medical histories of 238 ICU patients with multidrug-resistant bacterial infections discharged from a tertiary comprehensive hospital in Shanghai during 2022.The 4 common risk as-sessment indicators related to multidrug-resistant bacterial infections were obtained.The SPSST statistical software was used to verify the normal distribution,and the correlation analysis among the indicators was con-ducted.The binary logistic regression analysis was used to confirm the reliability of indicator selection. Results All indicators were tested by the descriptive analysis to conform to a normal distribution.The Pear-son's two tailed method was used to conduct the correlation analysis on the death with 4 risk assessment indi-cators of the age,isolation doctor's order,microbiological submitted examination before the first use of thera-peutic antibiotic drugs and basic diseases,which had significant correlation in 95% confidence interval (CI) (P<0.05).The binary logistic regression was used to verify that "death" was the dependent variable,the age group,isolation doctor's order,microbial submitted examination before the first use of therapeutic antibiotic drugs and underlying diseases were the independent variables,P<0.001,indicating that the model construc-tion was effective.Conclusion The early evaluation aiming at these 4 indicators has a positive effect on clinical prospective tips and standardized diagnosis and treatment behavior.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
5.An automatic evaluation study for anterior located ciliary body of primary angle-closure glaucoma based on deep learning
Yuyu CONG ; Weiyan JIANG ; Jian ZHU ; Biqing ZHENG ; Yanning YANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2024;42(12):1134-1141
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To explore the clinical application value of a deep learning algorithm-based ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) image analysis system for primary angles-closure glaucoma (PACG) anterior located ciliary body.Methods:A diagnostic test study was conducted.A total of 2 132 UBM images from 726 eyes of 378 PACG patients who underwent UBM examination were collected at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from August 2022 to December 2023.The dataset was divided into a training set of 1 599 images and a test set of 533 images, and a deep learning algorithm was employed to construct a model.An additional 334 UBM images from 101 eyes of 69 PACG patients treated at Huangshi Aier Eye Hospital were selected to conduct external testing.A separate set of another 110 UBM images were selected for a human-machine competition to compare the accuracy and speed between anterior located ciliary body evaluation system and three senior ophthalmologists.Furthermore, eight junior ophthalmologists assessed the 110 UBM images independently without and with the assistance of the model, and the differences between the two evaluations were analyzed to assess the assisstance effect of the model.This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (No.WDRY-2022-K109).Results:The model achieved an accuracy of 93.43% for anterior located ciliary body identification in the internal test set, with a sensitivity of 84.30% and a specificity of 97.78%.The model also performed well on the external test set with an accuracy of 92.81%.In the human-machine competition, the model's accuracy was comparable to that of the senior ophthalmologists and outperformed two of the three senior ophthalmologists.The average total time of the three senior ophthalmologists was 726.73 seconds, approximately 12.47 times longer than the model's 58.30 seconds.With model assistance, the diagnostic accuracy of the eight junior ophthalmologists was 86.71%, which was significantly higher than 76.25% without model assistance ( χ2=-7.550, P<0.001).And the image evaluation time was (714.91±213.82)seconds, which was significantly lower than (987.90±238.56)seconds without model assistance ( t=2.774, P<0.05). Conclusions:The UBM image analysis system based on a deep learning algorithm demonstrates high accuracy in diagnosing anterior located ciliary body in PACG and provides a strong support for the UBM image recognition training of junior ophthalmologists.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
6.Efficacy and safety of red light and daylight photodynamic therapy in treatment of facial acne vulgaris
Shuangshuang ZHU ; Sha PENG ; Limei LI ; Yuyu LI ; Xixi YE ; Yunlu ZHANG ; Qiao LING
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2024;30(5):488-493
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To compare the efficacy and safety of red light and daylight photodynamic therapy in the treatment of facial common acne.Methods:From March 2019 to November 2019, 52 patients with facial common acne who received 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy in the Department of Dermatology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine were enrolled, including 34 males and 18 females, aged 18-35 years, with an average age of 23.2 years. A 5% concentration of 5-aminolevulinic acid was applied to the entire face, with the right side of the face being exposed to red light for 20 minutes and the left side to daylight for 2 hours. The treatment was administered once a week for a total of 4 sessions. After the treatment, the acne remission, adverse reactions, and patient satisfaction on both sides of the face were compared.Results:Compared with before treatment, the number of inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions on both sides of the face in the enrolled patients decreased, and there was no significant difference in the clearance rate of skin lesions between the two sides [53.7% (28/52) vs 59.1% (31/52), χ 2=0.89, P>0.05]. The overall effective rate on the red light side was 88.5% (46/52), and 82.7% (43/52) on the daylight side, with no significant difference between the two (χ 2=0.38, P>0.05). In terms of adverse reactions, mild erythema was common, and it was less on the daylight side than on the red light side [34.6% (18/52) vs 19.2% (10/52), χ 2=5.98, P<0.05]. During the treatment period, the pain score on the daylight side decreased compared to the red light side [(7.6±2.3) vs (4.1±1.3), t=13.10, P<0.001]. Overall satisfaction with the daylight side was reported in 49 cases (94.2%), and with the red light side in 37 cases (71.2%), with the daylight side being higher than the red light side, and the difference was statistically significant (χ 2=9.60, P<0.05). Conclusion:Daylight photodynamic therapy is as effective as red light photodynamic therapy for common acne, but it produces fewer adverse reactions and higher patient satisfaction.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
7.New opportunities and challenges of natural products research: When target identification meets single-cell multiomics.
Yuyu ZHU ; Zijun OUYANG ; Haojie DU ; Meijing WANG ; Jiaojiao WANG ; Haiyan SUN ; Lingdong KONG ; Qiang XU ; Hongyue MA ; Yang SUN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2022;12(11):4011-4039
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Natural products, and especially the active ingredients found in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), have a thousand-year-long history of clinical use and a strong theoretical basis in TCM. As such, traditional remedies provide shortcuts for the development of original new drugs in China, and increasing numbers of natural products are showing great therapeutic potential in various diseases. This paper reviews the molecular mechanisms of action of natural products from different sources used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer, introduces the methods and newly emerging technologies used to identify and validate the targets of natural active ingredients, enumerates the expansive list of TCM used to treat inflammatory diseases and cancer, and summarizes the patterns of action of emerging technologies such as single-cell multiomics, network pharmacology, and artificial intelligence in the pharmacological studies of natural products to provide insights for the development of innovative natural product-based drugs. Our hope is that we can make use of advances in target identification and single-cell multiomics to obtain a deeper understanding of actions of mechanisms of natural products that will allow innovation and revitalization of TCM and its swift industrialization and internationalization.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
8.Celastrol targets adenylyl cyclase-associated protein 1 to reduce macrophages-mediated inflammation and ameliorates high fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome in mice.
Yuyu ZHU ; Ning WAN ; Xinni SHAN ; Guoliang DENG ; Qiang XU ; Hui YE ; Yang SUN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2021;11(5):1200-1212
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Metabolic syndrome is a clustering of metabolic disorder with unclear molecular mechanism. Increasing studies have found that the pathogenesis and progression of metabolic syndrome are closely related to inflammation. Here, we report celastrol, a traditional Chinese medicine, can improve high fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome through suppressing resistin-induced inflammation. Mechanistically, celastrol binds to adenylyl cyclase associated protein 1 (CAP1) and inhibits the interaction between CAP1 and resistin, which restrains the cyclic adenylate monophosphate (cAMP)-protein kinase A (PKA)-nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
9.-D- phenotype screening by polybrene method
Fengyong ZHAO ; Zhongying WANG ; Yuyu ZHANG ; Qin LI ; Yunxiang WU ; Fei WANG ; Qing LI ; Demei ZHANG ; Dong XIANG ; Ziyan ZHU
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2021;34(11):1186-1190
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			【Objective】 To develop a novel screening reagent for -D- phenotype preliminary screening based on the difference in RhD antigen expression level of -D- phenotype and normal RhD phenotype. 【Methods】 RhD antigen expression of -D-phenotype and Rh D-- gene carrier were detected by flow cytometry. By adjusting the concentration of polybrene in the screening system, the red blood cells with high RhD antigen expression level agglutinated, and the preliminary screening of the -D-phenotype and its gene carriers was realized. 【Results】 According to the quantitative results of immunofluorescence intensity (MFI) analysis by flow cytometry, the expression level of RhD antigen in -D- phenotype cells (284 360±16 698, n=3) was about 3 times normal RhD positive cells (98 642±35 908, n=9)(P<0.01), while RhD antigen expression level of RhD-- gene carrier (181 109±39 455, n=4) was about 2 times normal RhD positive cells(P<0.01). RhD antigen expression (144 538±227 445, n=7) of the positive cells screened by 15 μL 3% fresh red blood cell suspension and screening system 35 μL (1 μL IgG anti-D, 29 μL polybrene polybrene, and 5 μL low ionic strength solution) was about 1.5 times normal RhD positive cells. 【Conclusion】 The polybrene preliminary screening system, which can be used for high-throughput screening of -D- phenotype, is a reliable technical method for frequency study of this phenotype.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
10. The impact of informal care on quality of life in the elderly: mediating effects based on frailty and depression
Yuchen ZHANG ; Lihua ZHU ; Aimin WANG ; Yuyu ZHANG ; Yujie WU ; Li HAN ; Panpan LIU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2019;35(16):1223-1228
		                        		
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		                        			To investigate the impact of informal care satisfaction on quality of life on the elderly by establishing a structural equation model between them and introducing two mediating variables of frailty and depressive factors.
		                        		
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		                        			A total of 210 elderly over 60 years old from 6 communities of 2 urban areas in Qingdao were surveyed by general information questionnaire, the informal care satisfaction scale, frailty phenotype, depression scale and the SF-36 brief health scale.
		                        		
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		                        			There was a direct effect on quality of life of daily life care dimension in informal nursing satisfaction (
		                        		
		                        	
            
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