1.Mechanism of Qingre Huayu Jianpi Prescription Inhibiting Development of Colitis-associated Colorectal Cancer in Mice
Yanqiu ZHENG ; Yihui YOU ; Junyu KE ; Jinbin SONG ; Yongqiang WU ; Changhui LIU ; Yanwu LI
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(8):83-90
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of Qingre Huayu Jianpi prescription (QHJ) on colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC) in mice, and its related mechanism. MethodC57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into four groups including the normal, model, QHJ low-dose (QHJ-L, 10 g·kg-1), and QHJ high-dose (QHJ-H, 40 g·kg-1) groups. Azoxymethane (AOM) and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) were combined to chemically build a CAC mouse model for 14 weeks. Each drug group was given intragastrically from the 5th week to the 14th week, once per day. An equal volume of water was fed to the normal and model groups. The mouse survival rate, colon length, weight, and pathological alterations were assessed. The protein expressions of Wnt-3a protein signaling (Wnt3a), β-catenin, Non-phosphor-β-catenin (Non-p-β-catenin), and cholesterol-binding glycoproteins 133 (CD133) were detected by Western blot. The localization and expression of the cluster of differentiation (CD) 80 and CD11 antigen-like family member B (CD11b) were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). The colon organoids derived from CAC mice were isolated and cultured to detect the expression of Wnt signaling pathway-related proteins. ResultThe survival rate of the CAC mice was improved by QHJ treatment and the number of colon tumors was inhibited significantly. Compared with those in the normal group, the expression levels of Wnt3a, β-catenin, Non-p-β-catenin, and CD133 in colon tissues in the model group were significantly increased (P<0.05, P<0.01). Compared with those in the model group, the levels of Wnt3a and β-catenin in the QHJ-L group were significantly decreased (P<0.01), and the protein levels of Wnt3a, β-catenin, Non-p-β-catenin, and CD133 in the QHJ-H group were significantly decreased (P<0.05, P<0.01). Meanwhile, the expression level of CD11b in the model group was significantly increased compared with that in the normal group while the CD80 level was significantly decreased (P<0.05, P<0.01). Compared with those in the model group, CD11b in QHJ-L and QHJ-H groups was significantly decreased, and CD80 was significantly increased(P<0.05, P<0.01). The expressions of Non-p-β-catenin and CD133 in colonic organoids of CAC model mice were significantly increased, while QHJ treatment could inhibit the expressions of Non-p-β-catenin and CD133 in colonic organoids (P<0.01). ConclusionQHJ could inhibit the inflammation-cancer development in CAC mice, the mechanism of which might be related to regulating the microenvironment and inhibiting the over-activation of Wnt signaling.
2.HIV-1 molecular transmission network among HIV/AIDS patients in parts of Jiangxi Province
DING Chen ; LIU Jiahong ; WU Zheng ; XIONG Changhui
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(9):764-767
Objective:
To investigate the characteristics of HIV-1 molecular transmission network among HIV/AIDS patients in parts of Jiangxi Province, so as to provide insights into guiding AIDS prevention and intervention.
Methods:
The HIV/AIDS patients newly reported from January to June 2018 in Shangrao City, Yichun City and Ganzhou City were recruited, and demographic information and infection routes were collected. Blood samples were obtained to extract HIV RNA, and HIV-1 pol gene was amplified and sequenced using reverse transcription PCR and nested PCR assays. Gene subtypes were analyzed by constructing a phylogenetic tree. Molecular transmission network was constructed using gene-set distance, and the clustering patterns and the characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients within the clusters were analyzed.
Results:
A total of 305 pol gene sequences were obtained successfully, including 231 males (75.74%), 184 patients aged 50 years and above (60.33%), and 288 patients with heterosexual contact (94.43%). The main subtypes were CRF07_BC and CRF01_AE, accounting for 51.48% and 29.18%, respectively. Ganzhou City had the most genetic subtypes, with 8 types. Under the 1.0% gene distance threshold, 27 molecular clusters were established, with 107 nodes and 150 edges, and the molecular clustering rate was 35.08%. The largest molecular cluster involved 30 patients from 7 counties (districts) of Shangrao City. All of them were CRF07_BC subtypes, had an average age of (63.03±9.46) years, and were infected through heterosexual contact. Among the 17 patients with high transmission risk (degree value≥4), 10 patients came from Yushan County.
Conclusions
The main subtypes of HIV-1 are CRF07_BC and CRF01_AE in parts of Jiangxi Province, and the subtypes in Ganzhou City are diversified. There may be potential transmission risk points in Yushan County.
3.Management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: interpretation of the clinical management guidelines drafted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other countries
Maojun LI ; Binzhi TANG ; Qing WU ; Qian YANG ; Xiaoming LIANG ; Fulan ZOU ; Rong HUANG ; Changhui CHEN
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2023;38(3):161-168
Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia, clinically presenting as jaundice, is a ubiquitous and commonly a benign metabolic condition in newborn infants.It is a leading cause of hospitalization of neonates in the first week of life.Serum bilirubin has been considered as the most potent superoxide with the peroxyl radical scavenger activity.However, uncontrolled hyperbilirubinaemia or rapidly rising bilirubin can reach a neurotoxic concentration, potentially leading to central nervous system sequelae.Thus, the health status of jaundiced newborn infants is dependent on striking an appropriate balance between the protective effects of serum bilirubin and the risk of bilirubin neurotoxicity.In order to standardize the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice), many countries have developed clinical practice management guidelines.This review sorted out and briefly interpreted the main contents of clinical management guidelines for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia drafted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other countries, aiming to provide references of clinical diagnosis and treatment practice to domestic pediatrician.
4.Evaluation and management of neonatal anemia and blood transfusion
Maojun LI ; Binzhi TANG ; Qing WU ; Qian YANG ; Changhui CHEN
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2023;30(2):140-147
Anemia and blood transfusion are common clinical problems in newborns, especially premature infants.What are the definition and influencing factors of neonatal anemia? What is the difference between anemia in preterm infants and full-term infants? What are the changes of pathophysiology and their effects on tissues and cells during neonatal anemia? What are the prevention strategies and treatment methods of neonatal anemia? Is there a uniform hemoglobin threshold for neonatal transfusion of red blood cells? What are the risks of blood transfusion? In view of the above problems, this review proposed that the definition of anemia should consider the effects of gestational age, day age, intrauterine or postnatal development status(such as growth retardation), nutrition and so on. "Physiological anemia of infancy" can occur in healthy term infants; "anemia of prematurity" can not be considered as a physiologic and benign event, which is related to the low level of endogenous erythropoietin and iatrogenic blood loss.It is emphasized that neonatal anemia(especially premature infants) is preventable and can be prevented, and prevention is more important than treatment.Neonates lack a uniform hemoglobin threshold and are at risk of blood transfusion during red blood cell transfusion.
5.The neural mechanism of motor imagery training′s motor recovery effects after stroke
Limin SUN ; Hao YANG ; Changhui SUN ; Bing ZHU ; Mingxia FAN ; Yi WU ; Hewei WANG
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020;42(6):493-499
Objective:To explore the mechanism of motor imagery training (MIT) combined with conventional rehabilitation to promote the functional recovery of upper limbs in stroke survivors. To explore the brain network reorganization resulting when motor imagery training (MIT) is combined with conventional rehabilitation to promote the motor recovery of stroke survivors.Methods:Fourteen hemiplegic patients were recruited as the MIT group. They underwent 4 weeks of MIT (30 min/day, 5 days/week) along with conventional rehabilitation treatment. The upper limb section of the Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA-UE) and the modified Barthel Index (MBI) were used to assess all of the patients, and resting-state fMRI was performed before and after the treatment. Twenty-eight age- and sex-matched healthy subjects also received one-time resting-state fMRI scanning. Granger causal analysis was performed in the MIT group to calculate the changes in effective connection between the ipsilesional primary motor cortex and the whole brain before and after the treatment, and the results were compared with the healthy control group.Results:After the treatment, the average FMA-UE and MBI of the MIT group had increased significantly. Before the intervention, the effective connection mode of the ipsilesional M1 area in the MIT group was significantly different from that of the healthy controls. The causal flow from the ipsilesional M1 area to the bilateral prefrontal cortex had increased abnormally and the causal flow from the contralesional primary motor cortex, the inferior parietal lobule and the cerebellum to the ipsilesional M1 area had decreased significantly. After the treatment, the effective connection pattern of the stroke survivors was nearly normal, and the causal influence from contralesional motor imagery-related brain areas (the superior parietal lobule, inferior parietal lobule, thalamus and the fusiform gyrus) to the ipsilesional M1 area was enhanced. Effective connection from the ipsilesional M1 area to the contralesional cerebellum before the intervention was positively correlated with the improvement in FMA-UE scores, and the effective connection from the contralesional middle frontal gyrus to the ipsilesional M1 area was correlated negatively.Conclusions:The neural mechanism of MIT's effectiveness when it is combined with conventional rehabilitation might be related to the reorganization of effective connections. That would include enhanced causal flow between motor imagery-related brain areas and the contralesional cerebellum and ipsilesional M1 area. Down-regulation of the effective connection from the contralesional middle frontal gyrus to the ipsilesional M1 area also occurs.
6. Diagnosis and management of infectious diarrhea in children: 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Cli-nical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea
Juan FAN ; Maojun LI ; Qing WU ; Changhui CHEN
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2019;34(15):1121-1126
Diarrhea is one of the main disease types of illness and death in children in developing countries, and infectious diarrhea is especially harmful to children′s health.A panel of multidisciplinary experts in management of infectious diarrhea in children and adults was convened in 2012.Panel participants included representatives from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), and the Infectious Disease Society of America(IDSA) Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee (SPGC). In 2017, the panel issued a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diarrhea, which was validated and recommended for the management of infectious diarrhea.Now, the part of the content on children in the guide was described.
7. Prognostic value of total cholesterol content of erythrocyte membranes in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Jianhua ZHANG ; Changhui WANG ; Jia XU ; Li YE ; Xiaochen WANG ; Banglong XU ; Xuhua CHEN ; Mengzuo WU ; Ziping CHENG ; Yan XU
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2019;47(4):305-310
Objective:
Previous cross-sectional studies suggested that elevated levels of total cholesterol content of erythrocyte membrane (CEM) could significantly increase the risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The purpose of the present study was to assess the predictive value of baseline CEM levels for the risk of clinical endpoint events in patients with ACS through prospective follow-up studies.
Methods:
This study is a prospective follow-up study, which consisted of 859 patients with first ACS (698 patients with unstable angina pectoris and 161 patients with acute myocardial infarction), diagnosed and hospitalized in the First and Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. The routine blood lipid levels and CEM were measured. Patients were divided into two groups according to the median of baseline CEM: CEM≤131.56 μg/mg group (
8.The effects of motor imagery training and conventional therapy on the functioning of stroke survivors: A resting-state fMRI study
Limin SUN ; Hewei WANG ; Guojun XU ; Changhui SUN ; Bing ZHU ; Yiming XU ; Mingxia FAN ; Yi WU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019;41(2):84-90
Objective To measure the efficacy of combining motor imagery training ( MIT) with convention-al therapy in improving stroke patients′upper-extremity function. And to seek a cortical reorganization mechanism as-sociated with the improvement using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging ( rs-fMRI) . Methods Ten stroke survivors were selected as an experimental group. They were given motor imagery training for four weeks ( 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week) and conventional rehabilitation therapy ( 40 minutes a day, 5 days a week) . Another 10 healthy counterparts were the control group. Before and after the four weeks of treatment, both groups were as-sessed using the upper extremity Fugl-Meyer assessment ( FMA-UE) and the modified Barthel index ( MBI) . Moreo-ver, rs-fMRI was conducted to assess functional connectivity between cortical regions and the ipsilesional primary mo-tor cortex ( M1) before and after the intervention. The laterality index ( LI) of the primary motor or sensory cortex was also calculated. Results After the intervention, the average FMA-UE and MBI scores of the experimental group had increased significantly. After MIT and conventional therapy there was increased functional connectivity between the ip-silesional and contralesional M1 areas, and between the ipsilesional M1 and contralesional primary sensory cortex ( S1) and frontal lobe, the functional connection between the ipsilesional M1 and the ipsilesional paracentral lobule and the anterior cingutate was also increased. More specifically, the LI relating M1 and S1 decreased after the inter-vention, tending toward the normal level. LIMI decreased significantly. Conclusion The 4-week regimen of motor imagery training and conventional therapy resulted in functional improvement in the upper limbs and greater ability in the activities of daily living. The observed improvements may be due to cortical reorganization, including better func-tional connectivity between the bilateral M1 areas and increased connectivity between the ipsilesional M1 area and some non-motor areas. There is some recovery of symmetry in the bilateral primary motor cortex.
9.Clinical management of procedural pain in the neonate:policy statement of prevention and management of procedural pain in the neonate by American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and New-born and Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Juan FAN ; Maojun LI ; Qing WU ; Changhui CHEN
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2017;24(1):28-33
Neonatal pain is a common phenomenon. For a long time neonatal pain had not been focus on properly and managed appropriately. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn and Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine published policy statement to emphasize the necessity of neonatal pain assessment,and summarize the neonatal operability pain assessment method,drug and non-drug control measures,also update prevention and management of procedural pain in the neonate in 2016. Until today the guideline for neonatal pain management has not yet been released in China. As the reference for clinicians in domestic,the content of policy statement will be reorganized and introduced.
10.The management of neonatal transfusion therapy: brief introduction of evidence-based recommendations of neonatal transfusion therapy in Italy
Maojun LI ; Qing WU ; Qian YANG ; Binzhi TANG ; Changhui CHEN
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2017;32(14):1063-1066
Blood transfusion therapy is one of the commonly used intervention in newborn infants.Red blood cell transfusion is the only treatment for most cases of neonatal anemia,but the indications of application and implementation strategy are not yet perfect,and the benefits,adverse outcomes and potential risk of transfusion remains to be evaluated.There are many uncertain problems in transfusion management.This paper mainly introduces the evidence-based recommendations of neonatal blood transfusion released by Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology and Italian Society of Neonatology Working Group for reference of domestic clinicians.


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