1.Chinese expert consensus on blood support mode and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma patients (version 2024)
Yao LU ; Yang LI ; Leiying ZHANG ; Hao TANG ; Huidan JING ; Yaoli WANG ; Xiangzhi JIA ; Li BA ; Maohong BIAN ; Dan CAI ; Hui CAI ; Xiaohong CAI ; Zhanshan ZHA ; Bingyu CHEN ; Daqing CHEN ; Feng CHEN ; Guoan CHEN ; Haiming CHEN ; Jing CHEN ; Min CHEN ; Qing CHEN ; Shu CHEN ; Xi CHEN ; Jinfeng CHENG ; Xiaoling CHU ; Hongwang CUI ; Xin CUI ; Zhen DA ; Ying DAI ; Surong DENG ; Weiqun DONG ; Weimin FAN ; Ke FENG ; Danhui FU ; Yongshui FU ; Qi FU ; Xuemei FU ; Jia GAN ; Xinyu GAN ; Wei GAO ; Huaizheng GONG ; Rong GUI ; Geng GUO ; Ning HAN ; Yiwen HAO ; Wubing HE ; Qiang HONG ; Ruiqin HOU ; Wei HOU ; Jie HU ; Peiyang HU ; Xi HU ; Xiaoyu HU ; Guangbin HUANG ; Jie HUANG ; Xiangyan HUANG ; Yuanshuai HUANG ; Shouyong HUN ; Xuebing JIANG ; Ping JIN ; Dong LAI ; Aiping LE ; Hongmei LI ; Bijuan LI ; Cuiying LI ; Daihong LI ; Haihong LI ; He LI ; Hui LI ; Jianping LI ; Ning LI ; Xiying LI ; Xiangmin LI ; Xiaofei LI ; Xiaojuan LI ; Zhiqiang LI ; Zhongjun LI ; Zunyan LI ; Huaqin LIANG ; Xiaohua LIANG ; Dongfa LIAO ; Qun LIAO ; Yan LIAO ; Jiajin LIN ; Chunxia LIU ; Fenghua LIU ; Peixian LIU ; Tiemei LIU ; Xiaoxin LIU ; Zhiwei LIU ; Zhongdi LIU ; Hua LU ; Jianfeng LUAN ; Jianjun LUO ; Qun LUO ; Dingfeng LYU ; Qi LYU ; Xianping LYU ; Aijun MA ; Liqiang MA ; Shuxuan MA ; Xainjun MA ; Xiaogang MA ; Xiaoli MA ; Guoqing MAO ; Shijie MU ; Shaolin NIE ; Shujuan OUYANG ; Xilin OUYANG ; Chunqiu PAN ; Jian PAN ; Xiaohua PAN ; Lei PENG ; Tao PENG ; Baohua QIAN ; Shu QIAO ; Li QIN ; Ying REN ; Zhaoqi REN ; Ruiming RONG ; Changshan SU ; Mingwei SUN ; Wenwu SUN ; Zhenwei SUN ; Haiping TANG ; Xiaofeng TANG ; Changjiu TANG ; Cuihua TAO ; Zhibin TIAN ; Juan WANG ; Baoyan WANG ; Chunyan WANG ; Gefei WANG ; Haiyan WANG ; Hongjie WANG ; Peng WANG ; Pengli WANG ; Qiushi WANG ; Xiaoning WANG ; Xinhua WANG ; Xuefeng WANG ; Yong WANG ; Yongjun WANG ; Yuanjie WANG ; Zhihua WANG ; Shaojun WEI ; Yaming WEI ; Jianbo WEN ; Jun WEN ; Jiang WU ; Jufeng WU ; Aijun XIA ; Fei XIA ; Rong XIA ; Jue XIE ; Yanchao XING ; Yan XIONG ; Feng XU ; Yongzhu XU ; Yongan XU ; Yonghe YAN ; Beizhan YAN ; Jiang YANG ; Jiangcun YANG ; Jun YANG ; Xinwen YANG ; Yongyi YANG ; Chunyan YAO ; Mingliang YE ; Changlin YIN ; Ming YIN ; Wen YIN ; Lianling YU ; Shuhong YU ; Zebo YU ; Yigang YU ; Anyong YU ; Hong YUAN ; Yi YUAN ; Chan ZHANG ; Jinjun ZHANG ; Jun ZHANG ; Kai ZHANG ; Leibing ZHANG ; Quan ZHANG ; Rongjiang ZHANG ; Sanming ZHANG ; Shengji ZHANG ; Shuo ZHANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Weidong ZHANG ; Xi ZHANG ; Xingwen ZHANG ; Guixi ZHANG ; Xiaojun ZHANG ; Guoqing ZHAO ; Jianpeng ZHAO ; Shuming ZHAO ; Beibei ZHENG ; Shangen ZHENG ; Huayou ZHOU ; Jicheng ZHOU ; Lihong ZHOU ; Mou ZHOU ; Xiaoyu ZHOU ; Xuelian ZHOU ; Yuan ZHOU ; Zheng ZHOU ; Zuhuang ZHOU ; Haiyan ZHU ; Peiyuan ZHU ; Changju ZHU ; Lili ZHU ; Zhengguo WANG ; Jianxin JIANG ; Deqing WANG ; Jiongcai LAN ; Quanli WANG ; Yang YU ; Lianyang ZHANG ; Aiqing WEN
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2024;40(10):865-881
Patients with severe trauma require an extremely timely treatment and transfusion plays an irreplaceable role in the emergency treatment of such patients. An increasing number of evidence-based medicinal evidences and clinical practices suggest that patients with severe traumatic bleeding benefit from early transfusion of low-titer group O whole blood or hemostatic resuscitation with red blood cells, plasma and platelet of a balanced ratio. However, the current domestic mode of blood supply cannot fully meet the requirements of timely and effective blood transfusion for emergency treatment of patients with severe trauma in clinical practice. In order to solve the key problems in blood supply and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma, Branch of Clinical Transfusion Medicine of Chinese Medical Association, Group for Trauma Emergency Care and Multiple Injuries of Trauma Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Young Scholar Group of Disaster Medicine Branch of Chinese Medical Association organized domestic experts of blood transfusion medicine and trauma treatment to jointly formulate Chinese expert consensus on blood support mode and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma patients ( version 2024). Based on the evidence-based medical evidence and Delphi method of expert consultation and voting, 10 recommendations were put forward from two aspects of blood support mode and transfusion strategies, aiming to provide a reference for transfusion resuscitation in the emergency treatment of severe trauma and further improve the success rate of treatment of patients with severe trauma.
2.Surveillance of bacterial resistance in tertiary hospitals across China:results of CHINET Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program in 2022
Yan GUO ; Fupin HU ; Demei ZHU ; Fu WANG ; Xiaofei JIANG ; Yingchun XU ; Xiaojiang ZHANG ; Fengbo ZHANG ; Ping JI ; Yi XIE ; Yuling XIAO ; Chuanqing WANG ; Pan FU ; Yuanhong XU ; Ying HUANG ; Ziyong SUN ; Zhongju CHEN ; Jingyong SUN ; Qing CHEN ; Yunzhuo CHU ; Sufei TIAN ; Zhidong HU ; Jin LI ; Yunsong YU ; Jie LIN ; Bin SHAN ; Yunmin XU ; Sufang GUO ; Yanyan WANG ; Lianhua WEI ; Keke LI ; Hong ZHANG ; Fen PAN ; Yunjian HU ; Xiaoman AI ; Chao ZHUO ; Danhong SU ; Dawen GUO ; Jinying ZHAO ; Hua YU ; Xiangning HUANG ; Wen'en LIU ; Yanming LI ; Yan JIN ; Chunhong SHAO ; Xuesong XU ; Wei LI ; Shanmei WANG ; Yafei CHU ; Lixia ZHANG ; Juan MA ; Shuping ZHOU ; Yan ZHOU ; Lei ZHU ; Jinhua MENG ; Fang DONG ; Zhiyong LÜ ; Fangfang HU ; Han SHEN ; Wanqing ZHOU ; Wei JIA ; Gang LI ; Jinsong WU ; Yuemei LU ; Jihong LI ; Qian SUN ; Jinju DUAN ; Jianbang KANG ; Xiaobo MA ; Yanqing ZHENG ; Ruyi GUO ; Yan ZHU ; Yunsheng CHEN ; Qing MENG ; Shifu WANG ; Xuefei HU ; Wenhui HUANG ; Juan LI ; Quangui SHI ; Juan YANG ; Abulimiti REZIWAGULI ; Lili HUANG ; Xuejun SHAO ; Xiaoyan REN ; Dong LI ; Qun ZHANG ; Xue CHEN ; Rihai LI ; Jieli XU ; Kaijie GAO ; Lu XU ; Lin LIN ; Zhuo ZHANG ; Jianlong LIU ; Min FU ; Yinghui GUO ; Wenchao ZHANG ; Zengguo WANG ; Kai JIA ; Yun XIA ; Shan SUN ; Huimin YANG ; Yan MIAO ; Mingming ZHOU ; Shihai ZHANG ; Hongjuan LIU ; Nan CHEN ; Chan LI ; Jilu SHEN ; Wanqi MEN ; Peng WANG ; Xiaowei ZHANG ; Yanyan LIU ; Yong AN
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2024;24(3):277-286
Objective To monitor the susceptibility of clinical isolates to antimicrobial agents in tertiary hospitals in major regions of China in 2022.Methods Clinical isolates from 58 hospitals in China were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility using a unified protocol based on disc diffusion method or automated testing systems.Results were interpreted using the 2022 Clinical &Laboratory Standards Institute(CLSI)breakpoints.Results A total of 318 013 clinical isolates were collected from January 1,2022 to December 31,2022,of which 29.5%were gram-positive and 70.5%were gram-negative.The prevalence of methicillin-resistant strains in Staphylococcus aureus,Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species(excluding Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and Staphylococcus schleiferi)was 28.3%,76.7%and 77.9%,respectively.Overall,94.0%of MRSA strains were susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and 90.8%of MRSE strains were susceptible to rifampicin.No vancomycin-resistant strains were found.Enterococcus faecalis showed significantly lower resistance rates to most antimicrobial agents tested than Enterococcus faecium.A few vancomycin-resistant strains were identified in both E.faecalis and E.faecium.The prevalence of penicillin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae was 94.2%in the isolates from children and 95.7%in the isolates from adults.The resistance rate to carbapenems was lower than 13.1%in most Enterobacterales species except for Klebsiella,21.7%-23.1%of which were resistant to carbapenems.Most Enterobacterales isolates were highly susceptible to tigecycline,colistin and polymyxin B,with resistance rates ranging from 0.1%to 13.3%.The prevalence of meropenem-resistant strains decreased from 23.5%in 2019 to 18.0%in 2022 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa,and decreased from 79.0%in 2019 to 72.5%in 2022 in Acinetobacter baumannii.Conclusions The resistance of clinical isolates to the commonly used antimicrobial agents is still increasing in tertiary hospitals.However,the prevalence of important carbapenem-resistant organisms such as carbapenem-resistant K.pneumoniae,P.aeruginosa,and A.baumannii showed a downward trend in recent years.This finding suggests that the strategy of combining antimicrobial resistance surveillance with multidisciplinary concerted action works well in curbing the spread of resistant bacteria.
3.Effects of NNN-link nursing model combined with IDDSI graded diet management in patients with post-stroke dysphagia
Danyuan HU ; Wei ZHU ; Ping SHANG ; Chan LI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(16):2201-2206
Objective:To explore the effect of the NNN-link nursing model combined with International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) graded diet management in patients with post-stroke dysphagia.Methods:From May 2021 to May 2023, convenience sampling was used to select 160 post-stroke dysphagia patients admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. Study subjects were divided into a control group and an observation group using the computer random number table method, with 80 cases in each group. The control group received routine nursing in Department of Neurology, while the observation group was treated with NNN-link nursing model combined with IDDSI graded diet management on this basis. This study compared the Standardized Swallowing Assessment (SSA) and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) scores of two groups of patients who underwent intervention for 1 day, 7 days and 14 days, and compared the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Swallowing Nursing Outcome Assessment, Swallowing-Quality of Life (SWAL-QOL) score, clinical efficacy, and incidence of stroke associated pneumonia (SAP) between two groups before and after intervention.Results:In the end, 79 cases in the observation group and 78 cases in the control group completed the study. After 7 days and 14 days of intervention, the SSA score of the observation group was less than that of the control group, the FOIS score was more than that of the control group, and the nursing compliance was higher than that of the control group, the MNA, nursing outcomes, and SWAL-QOL scores were more than those of the control group, and the total effective rate was higher than that of the control group, the incidence of SAP was lower than that of the control group, and the above differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:The combination of NNN-link nursing model and IDDSI graded diet management can improve the swallowing function of post-stroke dysphagia patients, increase clinical efficacy and quality of life, and reduce the incidence of SAP.
4.Preliminary Study on the Relationship between the Developmental Stage of Multiple Myeloma Disease and the Results of Bone Marrow Whole Exome Sequencing.
Qing-Zhao LI ; Hu ZHAO ; Hai-Mei CHEN ; Huang HUANG ; Juan PENG ; Guo-Yu HU ; Chan-Juan SHEN ; Zhao-Hui YUAN
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2023;31(6):1750-1756
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the genetic results of whole exome sequencing of bone marrow from new onset multiple myeloma (MM) patients to analyze the process of genetic clonal evolution in MM patients.
METHODS:
Genomic DNA was extracted from bone marrow samples of 15 MM patients and the whole exomes sequencing was performed using next generation sequencing technology. Using own buccal cells as germline controls, combinated with clinical information, the mutation profile of genes from high-risk asymptomatic myeloma to symptomatic myeloma were analyzed, and genes that may be associated with the efficacy and side effects of bortezomib were screened.
RESULTS:
Except for two patients in whom no peripheral neuropathy was observed after a short treatment period, other patients peripheral neuropathy developed of various degrees during treatment with bortezomib containing chemotherapy, and the vast majority of patients achieved remission after receiving this bortezomib-related chemotherapy regimen. All patients had comparable levels of the inherited mutations number, but the somatic mutations was correlated with disease evolution.
CONCLUSION
different gene "mutational spectra" exist in myeloma patients at different stages and are associated with progression through all stages of the disease.
Humans
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Multiple Myeloma/drug therapy*
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Bortezomib/therapeutic use*
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Bone Marrow
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Exome Sequencing
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Mouth Mucosa
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use*
5.MiR-340 mediates the involvement of high mobility group box 1 in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis.
Sha Ling LI ; Pan Pan YI ; Ruo Chan CHEN ; Ze Bing HUANG ; Xing Wang HU ; Xue Gong FAN
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2023;31(1):77-83
Objective: To explore the pathogenic mechanism of the miR-340/high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) axis in the formation of liver fibrosis. Methods: A rat liver fibrosis model was established by injecting CCl(4) intraperitoneally. miRNAs targeting and validating HMGB1 were selected with gene microarrays after screening the differentially expressed miRNAs in rats with normal and hepatic fibrosis. The effect of miRNA expressional changes on HMGB1 levels was detected by qPCR. Dual luciferase gene reporter assays (LUC) was used to verify the targeting relationship between miR-340 and HMGB1. The proliferative activity of the hepatic stellate cell line HSC-T6 was detected by thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay after co-transfection of miRNA mimics and HMGB1 overexpression vector, and the expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins type I collagen and α-smooth muscle actin (SMA) was detected by western blot. Statistical analysis was performed by analysis of variance and the LSD-t test. Results: Hematoxylin-eosin and Masson staining results showed that the rat model of liver fibrosis was successfully established. Gene microarray analysis and bioinformatics prediction had detected eight miRNAs possibly targeting HMGB1, and animal model validation had detected miR-340. qPCR detection results showed that miR-340 had inhibited the expression of HMGB1, and a luciferase complementation assay suggested that miR-340 had targeted HMGB1. Functional experiments results showed that HMGB1 overexpression had enhanced cell proliferation activity and the expression of type I collagen and α-SMA, while miR-340 mimics had not only inhibited cell proliferation activity and the expression of HMGB1, type I collagen, and α-SMA, but also partially reversed the promoting effect of HMGB1 on cell proliferation and ECM synthesis. Conclusion: miR-340 targets HMGB1 to inhibit the proliferation and ECM deposition in hepatic stellate cells and plays a protective role during the process of liver fibrosis.
Animals
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Rats
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Cell Proliferation
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Collagen Type I/metabolism*
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Fibrosis
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Hepatic Stellate Cells
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HMGB1 Protein/genetics*
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Liver Cirrhosis/pathology*
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MicroRNAs/metabolism*
6.Overview of Meta-analysis of Lianhua Qingwen preparations in treatment of viral diseases.
Wei-Feng LI ; Chan-Chan HU ; Ya-Li DING ; Bin YUAN
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2022;47(16):4505-4516
This study aims to obtain higher-level evidence by overviewing the Meta-analysis of Lianhua Qingwen preparations in the treatment of viral diseases including influenza, coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), and hand, foot and mouth disease(HFMD). CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, China Clinical Trial Registry(ChiCTR), PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched for the Meta-analysis about the treatment of viral diseases with Lianhua Qingwen preparations from the database establishment to April 1, 2022. After literature screening and data extraction, AMSTAR2 and the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluations(GRADE) system were used to assess the methodological quality and evidence quality, respectively, and then the efficacy and safety outcomes of Lianhua Qingwen preparations in the treatment of viral diseases were summarized. Thirteen Meta-analysis were finally included, three of which were rated as low grade by AMSTAR2 and ten as very low grade. A total of 75 outcome indicators were obtained, involving influenza, COVID-19, and HFMD. According to the GRADE scoring results, the 75 outcome indicators included 5(6.7%) high-level indicators, 18(24.0%) mediate-level indicators, 25(33.3%) low-level evidence indicators, and 27(36.0%) very low-level indicators.(1)In the treatment of influenza, Lianhua Qingwen preparations exhibited better clinical efficacy than other Chinese patent medicines and Ribavirin and had similar clinical efficacy compared with Oseltamivir. Lianhua Qingwen preparations were superior to other Chinese patent medicines, Oseltamivir, and Ribavirin in alleviating clinical symptoms. They showed no significant differences from Oseltamivir or conventional anti-influenza treatment in terms of the time to and rate of negative result of viral nucleic acid test.(2)In the treatment of COVID-19, Lianhua Qingwen preparation alone or combined with conventional treatment was superior to conventional treatment in terms of total effective rate, main symptom subsidence rate and time, fever clearance rate, duration of fever, time to fever clearance, cough subsidence rate, time to cough subsidence, fatigue subsidence rate, time to fatigue subsidence, myalgia subsidence rate, expectoration subsidence rate, chest tightness subsidence rate, etc. Lianhua Qingwen preparations no difference from conventional treatment in terms of subsiding sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, headache, and dyspnea. In terms of chest CT improvement rate, rate of progression to severe case, cure time, and hospitalization time, Lianhua Qingwen alone or in combination with conventional treatment was superior to conventional treatment.(3)In the treatment of HFMD, Lianhua Qingwen Granules was superior to conventional treatment in terms of total effective rate, average fever clearance time, time to herpes subsidence, and time to negative result of viral nucleic acid test.(4)In terms of safety, Lianhua Qingwen preparations led to low incidence of adverse reactions, all of which were mild and disappeared after drug withdrawal. The available evidence suggests that in the treatment of influenza, COVID-19, and HFMD, Lianhua Qingwen preparations can relieve the clinical symptoms, shorten the hospitalization time, and improve the chest CT. They have therapeutic effect and good safety in the treatment of viral diseases. However, due to the low quality of available studies, more high-quality clinical trials are needed to support the above conclusions.
Cough
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*
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Fatigue
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Fever/drug therapy*
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Humans
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Influenza, Human/drug therapy*
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Meta-Analysis as Topic
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Nonprescription Drugs/therapeutic use*
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Nucleic Acids/therapeutic use*
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Oseltamivir/therapeutic use*
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Ribavirin/therapeutic use*
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COVID-19 Drug Treatment
7.Targeting papain-like protease for broad-spectrum coronavirus inhibition.
Shuofeng YUAN ; Xiaopan GAO ; Kaiming TANG ; Jian-Piao CAI ; Menglong HU ; Peng LUO ; Lei WEN ; Zi-Wei YE ; Cuiting LUO ; Jessica Oi-Ling TSANG ; Chris Chun-Yiu CHAN ; Yaoqiang HUANG ; Jianli CAO ; Ronghui LIANG ; Zhenzhi QIN ; Bo QIN ; Feifei YIN ; Hin CHU ; Dong-Yan JIN ; Ren SUN ; Jasper Fuk-Woo CHAN ; Sheng CUI ; Kwok-Yung YUEN
Protein & Cell 2022;13(12):940-953
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and repeated outbreaks of coronavirus epidemics in the past two decades emphasize the need for next-generation pan-coronaviral therapeutics. Drugging the multi-functional papain-like protease (PLpro) domain of the viral nsp3 holds promise. However, none of the known coronavirus PLpro inhibitors has been shown to be in vivo active. Herein, we screened a structurally diverse library of 50,080 compounds for potential coronavirus PLpro inhibitors and identified a noncovalent lead inhibitor F0213 that has broad-spectrum anti-coronaviral activity, including against the Sarbecoviruses (SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2), Merbecovirus (MERS-CoV), as well as the Alphacoronavirus (hCoV-229E and hCoV-OC43). Importantly, F0213 confers protection in both SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters and MERS-CoV-infected human DPP4-knockin mice. F0213 possesses a dual therapeutic functionality that suppresses coronavirus replication via blocking viral polyprotein cleavage, as well as promoting antiviral immunity by antagonizing the PLpro deubiquitinase activity. Despite the significant difference of substrate recognition, mode of inhibition studies suggest that F0213 is a competitive inhibitor against SARS2-PLpro via binding with the 157K amino acid residue, whereas an allosteric inhibitor of MERS-PLpro interacting with its 271E position. Our proof-of-concept findings demonstrated that PLpro is a valid target for the development of broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus agents. The orally administered F0213 may serve as a promising lead compound for combating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and future coronavirus outbreaks.
Animals
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Coronavirus Papain-Like Proteases/antagonists & inhibitors*
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Cricetinae
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Humans
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Mice
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Pandemics
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SARS-CoV-2/enzymology*
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COVID-19 Drug Treatment
8.Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound quantitative analysis combined with ACR TI-RADS classification in the differential diagnosis of thyroid solid nodules
Feifei LIN ; Chan LU ; Lingling LI ; Quanli SU ; Li LIANG ; Qiao HU
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2022;31(8):659-664
Objective:To evaluate the value of VueBox ? contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) quantitative analysis combined with ACR TI-RADS classification in the diagnosis of benign and malignant solid thyroid nodules. Methods:A total of 201 patients with thyroid solid nodules (201 nodules) who underwent surgery or puncture biopsy in the People′s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were enrolled from October 2020 to February 2022. The preoperative conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound images were retrospectively analyzed. According to the pathological results, they were divided into the malignant group and benign group. The differences of the quantitative parameters of CEUS between the two groups were analyzed, including peak enhancement (PE), wash-in and wash-out area under the curve (WiWoAUC), wash-in perfusion index (WiPI). ΔPE, ΔWiWoAUC, ΔWiPI were obtained by calculating the parameter difference between the surrounding normal glands and nodules. ROC curve was used to analyze the value of different quantitative parameters in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant solid thyroid nodules. The CEUS quantitative parameters with best diagnostic performance was selected and combined with ACR TI-RADS classification system to evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the single diagnostic approaches and the combined approach.Results:The quantitative parameters of PE, WiWoAUC, WiPI, ΔPE, ΔWiWoAUC, ΔWiPI were significantly different between benign group and malignant group (all P<0.001). ΔPE had the highest diagnostic value among all the quantitative parameters (the area under the ROC curve was 0.802), and the cut-off value was 0.21.ΔPE combined with ACR TI-RADS classification showed the best efficiency in diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules, with an area under the curve of 0.898, and the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 73.39%, 93.48%, 93.02% and 74.78%, respectively. Conclusions:Quantitative parameters of CEUS by using VueBox ? software is valuable for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant solid thyroid nodules, and its combination with ACR TI-RADS classification can improve the diagnosis accuracy.
9.Antagonistic effect of early stage zinc on arsenic toxicity induced preterm birth during pregnancy: evidence from a rural Bangladesh birth cohort.
Yong-Yue WEI ; Hui HUANG ; Yan-Kai XIA ; Liang-Min WEI ; Xin CHEN ; Ru-Yang ZHANG ; Wei-Wei DUAN ; Li SU ; Mohammad L RAHMAN ; Mahmudur RAHMAN ; Md Golam MOSTOFA ; Quazi QAMRUZZAMAN ; Wen-Hui GUO ; Xian SUN ; Hao YU ; Hong-Bing SHEN ; Zhi-Bin HU ; David C CHRISTIANI ; Feng CHEN
Chinese Medical Journal 2021;134(5):619-621
10.Discontinuation Rate of Newly Prescribed Donepezil in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Asia
Kee Hyung PARK ; YoungSoon YANG ; Christopher CHEN ; Yong S. SHIM ; Jacqueline C. DOMINGUEZ ; Chan-Nyoung LEE ; Kyunghun KANG ; Hee-Jin KIM ; Seul-Ki JEONG ; Jee Hyang JEONG ; Zhen HONG ; Soo Jin YOON ; Zhen-Xin ZHANG ; Eun-Joo KIM ; Jae-Won JANG ; Yansheng LI ; Yun XU ; Yu-Te LIN ; Qiumin QU ; Chaur-Jong HU ; Chih-Ho CHOU ; Dongsheng FAN ; Nagaendran KANDIAH ; Yuan-Han YANG ; Chi-ieong LAU ; Leung-Wing CHU ; Huali WANG ; San JUNG ; Seong Hye CHOI ; SangYun KIM
Journal of Clinical Neurology 2021;17(3):376-384
Background:
and Purpose The rate of donepezil discontinuation and the underlying reasons for discontinuation in Asian patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are currently unknown. We aimed to determine the treatment discontinuation rates in AD patients who had newly been prescribed donepezil in routine clinical practice in Asia.
Methods:
This 1-year observational study involved 38 institutions in seven Asian countries, and it evaluated 398 participants aged 50–90 years with a diagnosis of probable AD and on newly prescribed donepezil monotherapy. The primary endpoint was the rate of donepezil discontinuation over 1 year. Secondary endpoints included the reason for discontinuation,treatment duration, changes in cognitive function over the 1-year study period, and compliance as assessed using a clinician rating scale (CRS) and visual analog scale (VAS).
Results:
Donepezil was discontinued in 83 (20.9%) patients, most commonly due to an adverse event (43.4%). The mean treatment duration was 103.67 days in patients who discontinued. Among patients whose cognitive function was assessed at baseline and 1 year, there were no significant changes in scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and Trail-Making Test–Black and White scores, whereas the Clinical Dementia Rating score increased significantly (p<0.001). Treatment compliance at 1 year was 96.8% (306/316) on the CRS and 92.6±14.1% (mean±standard deviation) on the VAS.
Conclusions
In patients on newly prescribed donepezil, the primary reason for discontinuation was an adverse event. Cognitive assessments revealed no significant worsening at 1 year, indicating that continuous donepezil treatment contributes to the maintenance of cognitive function.

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