1.Chemical consitituents and hypoglycemic activity of Qinhuai No. 1 Rehmannia glutinosa
Meng YANG ; Zhi-you HAO ; Xiao-lan WANG ; Chao-yuan XIAO ; Jun-yang ZHANG ; Shi-qi ZHOU ; Xiao-ke ZHENG ; Wei-sheng FENG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2025;60(1):205-210
Eight compounds were isolated and purified from the ethyl acetate part of 70% acetone extract of
2.Guidelines for vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients in China
Jian Zhang ; Jun Lin ; Weijie Zhang ; Xiaoming Ding ; Xiaopeng Hu ; Wujun Xue
Organ Transplantation 2025;16(2):177-190
In order to further standardize the vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients in China, the Branch of Organ Transplantation of Chinese Medical Association has organized experts in kidney transplantation and infectious diseases. Based on the "Vaccination of Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice", and in combination with the clinical reality of infectious diseases and vaccination after organ transplantation in China, as well as referring to relevant recommendations from home and abroad in recent years, these guidelines are formulated from aspects such as epidemiology, types of vaccines, vaccination principles, target population, and specific vaccine administration. The "Guidelines for Vaccination of Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients in China" aims to provide theoretical reference for medical workers in the field of kidney transplantation in China, regarding the vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients. It is expected to better guide the vaccination of kidney transplant candidates and recipients, reduce the risk of postoperative infection, and improve survival outcomes.
3.A new xanthone from the Polygala tenuifolia Willd. of northern Shaanxi
Yun-peng JIA ; Lu LIU ; Xiao-jun YANG ; Chao WANG ; Huo-bing REN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(3):667-672
Ten compounds were isolated and purified from ethanol extracts of dried roots bark of
4.Application of microchannel technique in minimally invasive resection of cervical intraspinal tumors
Guozhong LIN ; Changcheng MA ; Chao WU ; Yu SI ; Jun YANG
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2024;56(2):318-321
Objective:To explore the application and key points of microchannel approaches in resec-tion of cervical intraspinal tumors.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on 51 cases of cervi-cal spinal canal tumors from February 2017 to March 2020.Among them,5 cases were located epidural space,6 cases were located epidural and subdural space,and 40 cases were located under the subdural extramedullary space(6 cases were located on the ventral side of the spinal cord).The maximum diameter ranged from 0.5 to 3.0 cm.The clinical manifestations included neck,shoulder or upper limb pain 43 cases,sensory disturbance(numbness)in 22 cases,and limb weakness in 8 cases.The micro-channel keyhole technique was used to expose the tumor,and the tumor was resected microscopically.Results:In this study,35 patients underwent hemilaminectomy,12 patients underwent interlaminar fenestration,2 patients underwent medial 1/4 facetectomy on the basis of hemilaminectomy or interlaminar fenestration.Two tumors were resected through anatomy space(no bone was resected).The degree of tumor resection included total resection in 50 cases and subtotal resection in 1 case.The type of the tumor included 36 schwannomas,12 meningiomas,2 enterogenic cysts and 1 dermoid cyst.There was no infec-tion and cerebrospinal fluid leakage postoperatively.Limb numbness occurred in 7 patients.The average follow-up time was 15 months(3 to 36 months).No deformity such as cervical instability or kyphosis was found.The tumor had no recurrence.Conclusion:The cervical spinal canal is relatively wide,cervical tumors with no more than three segments can be fully exposed by means of microchannel technology.Besides intramedullary or malignant tumors,they can be microsurgically removed.Preservation of the skeletal muscle structure of cervical spine is beneficial to recover the anatomy and function of cervical spine.The electrophysiological monitoring helps to avoid spinal cord or nerve root injury.
5.Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Element, Evolutionary Patterns of Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute on Chronic Liver Failure at Different Stages: A Multi-Center Clinical Study
Simiao YU ; Kewei SUN ; Zhengang ZHANG ; Hanmin LI ; Xiuhui LI ; Hongzhi YANG ; Qin LI ; Lin WANG ; Xiaozhou ZHOU ; Dewen MAO ; Jianchun GUO ; Yunhui ZHUO ; Xianbo WANG ; Xin DENG ; Jiefei WANG ; Wukui CAO ; Shuqin ZHANG ; Mingxiang ZHANG ; Jun LI ; Man GONG ; Chao ZHOU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(12):1262-1268
ObjectiveTo explore the syndrome elements and evolving patterns of patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute on chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF) at different stages. MethodsClinical information of 1,058 hospitalized HBV-ACLF patients, including 618 in the early stage, 355 in the middle stage, and 85 in the late stage, were collected from 18 clinical centers across 12 regions nationwide from January 1, 2012 to February 28, 2015. The “Hepatitis B-related Chronic and Acute Liver Failure Chinese Medicine Clinical Questionnaire” were designed to investigate the basic information of the patients, like the four diagnostic information (including symptoms, tongue, pulse) of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and to count the frequency of the appearance of the four diagnostic information. Factor analysis and cluster analysis were employed to determine and statistically analyze the syndrome elements and patterns of HBV-ACLF patients at different stages. ResultsThere were 76 four diagnostic information from 1058 HBV-ACLF patients, and 53 four diagnostic information with a frequency of occurrence ≥ 5% were used as factor analysis entries, including 36 symptom information, 12 tongue information, and 5 pulse information. Four types of TCM patterns were identified in HBV-ACLF, which were liver-gallbladder damp-heat pattern, qi deficiency and blood stasis pattern, liver-kidney yin deficiency pattern, and spleen-kidney yang-deficiency pattern. In the early stage, heat (39.4%, 359/912) and dampness (27.5%, 251/912) were most common, and the pattern of the disease was dominated by liver-gallbladder damp-heat pattern (74.6%, 461/618); in the middle stage, dampness (30.2%, 187/619) and blood stasis (20.7%, 128/619) were most common, and the patterns of the disease were dominated by liver-gallbladder damp-heat pattern (53.2%, 189/355), and qi deficiency and blood stasis pattern (27.6%, 98/355); and in the late stage, the pattern of the disease was dominated by qi deficiency (26.3%, 40/152) and yin deficiency (20.4%, 31/152), and the patterns were dominated by qi deficiency and blood stasis pattern (36.5%, 31/85), and liver-gallbladder damp-heat pattern (25.9%, 22/85). ConclusionThere are significant differences in the distribution of syndrome elements and patterns at different stages of HBV-ACLF, presenting an overall trend of evolving patterns as "from excess to deficiency, transforming from excess to deficiency", which is damp-heat → blood stasis → qi-blood yin-yang deficiency.
6. Finite element analysis of cervical intervertebral discs after removing different ranges of uncinate processes
Yang YANG ; Jun SHI ; Kun LI ; Shao-Jie ZHANG ; Er-Fei HOU ; Jie CHEN ; Xing WANG ; Zhi-Jun LI ; Kun LI ; Yuan MA ; Shao-Jie ZHANG ; Zhi-Jun LI ; Chao-Qun WANG
Acta Anatomica Sinica 2024;55(1):88-97
Objective To study the stress change characteristics of the cervical disc after removing different ranges of the uncinate process by establishing a three⁃dimensional finite element model of the C
7.Application Study of Enzyme Inhibitors and Their Conformational Optimization in The Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chao-Yang CHU ; Biao XIAO ; Jiang-Hui SHAN ; Shi-Yu CHEN ; Chu-Xia ZHANG ; Yu-Yu ZHOU ; Tian-Yuan FANG ; Zhi-Cheng LIN ; Kai XIE ; Shu-Jun XU ; Li-Ping LI
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2024;51(7):1510-1529
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a central neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive dysfunction and behavioral impairment, and there is a lack of effective drugs to treat AD clinically. Existing medications for the treatment of AD, such as Tacrine, Donepezil, Rivastigmine, and Aducanumab, only serve to delay symptoms and but not cure disease. To add insult to injury, these medications are associated with very serious adverse effects. Therefore, it is urgent to explore effective therapeutic drugs for AD. Recently, studies have shown that a variety of enzyme inhibitors, such as cholinesterase inhibitors, monoamine oxidase (MAO)inhibitors, secretase inhibitors, can ameliorate cholinergic system dysfunction, Aβ production and deposition, Tau protein hyperphosphorylation, oxidative stress damage, and the decline of synaptic plasticity, thereby improving AD symptoms and cognitive function. Some plant extracts from natural sources, such as Umbelliferone, Aaptamine, Medha Plus, have the ability to inhibit cholinesterase activity and act to improve learning and cognition. Isochromanone derivatives incorporating the donepezil pharmacophore bind to the catalytic active site (CAS) and peripheral anionic site (PAS) sites of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which can inhibit AChE activity and ameliorate cholinergic system disorders. A compound called Rosmarinic acid which is found in the Lamiaceae can inhibit monoamine oxidase, increase monoamine levels in the brain, and reduce Aβ deposition. Compounds obtained by hybridization of coumarin derivatives and hydroxypyridinones can inhibit MAO-B activity and attenuate oxidative stress damage. Quinoline derivatives which inhibit the activation of AChE and MAO-B can reduce Aβ burden and promote learning and memory of mice. The compound derived from the combination of propargyl and tacrine retains the inhibitory capacity of tacrine towards cholinesterase, and also inhibits the activity of MAO by binding to the FAD cofactor of monoamine oxidase. A series of hybrids, obtained by an amide linker of chromone in combine with the benzylpiperidine moieties of donepezil, have a favorable safety profile of both cholinesterase and monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity. Single domain antibodies (such as AAV-VHH) targeted the inhibition of BACE1 can reduce Aβ production and deposition as well as the levels of inflammatory cells, which ultimately improve synaptic plasticity. 3-O-trans-p-coumaroyl maslinic acid from the extract of Ligustrum lucidum can specifically inhibit the activity of γ-secretase, thereby rescuing the long-term potentiation and enhancing synaptic plasticity in APP/PS1 mice. Inhibiting γ-secretase activity which leads to the decline of inflammatory factors (such as IFN-γ, IL-8) not only directly improves the pathology of AD, but also reduces Aβ production. Melatonin reduces the transcriptional expression of GSK-3β mRNA, thereby decreasing the levels of GSK-3β and reducing the phosphorylation induced by GSK-3β. Hydrogen sulfide can inhibitGSK-3β activity via sulfhydration of the Cys218 site of GSK-3β, resulting in the suppression of Tau protein hyperphosphorylation, which ameliorate the motor deficits and cognitive impairment in mice with AD. This article reviews enzyme inhibitors and conformational optimization of enzyme inhibitors targeting the regulation of cholinesterase, monoamine oxidase, secretase, and GSK-3β. We are hoping to provide a comprehensive overview of drug development in the enzyme inhibitors, which may be useful in treating AD.
8.Clinical application analysis of methotrexate in the treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Wen-Jun CAI ; Zi-Ning WANG ; Chao-Yang CHEN ; Ying ZHOU
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(19):2901-2904
Objective To analyze the literature on methotrexate(MTX)in the treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL)from the perspective of bibliometric analysis,and to understand the research status and future research trend.Methods Literature related to MTX treatment of children with ALL was retrieved from CNKI,and CiteSpace 6.1.R6 Advanced software was applied to the literature for trend of number of publications,keyword co-occurrence,keyword clustering and keyword emergence.Results A total of 205 literatures were included,and the number of published papers fluctuated.The main research hotspots of using MTX to treat children with ALL were"high-dose administration"and"adverse drug reactions",and future research trends will focus on"gene detection"and"therapeutic drug monitoring(TDM)".Conclusion MTX played an important role in the treatment of children with ALL,and research on MTX treatment for children with ALL focused on high-dose administration and adverse drug reactions of MTX in recent years.
9.Associations of body mass index and waist circumference with risk of chronic kidney disease in adults in China
Zhiqing ZENG ; Yu MA ; Chao YANG ; Canqing YU ; Dianjianyi SUN ; Pei PEI ; Huaidong DU ; Junshi CHEN ; Zhengming CHEN ; Liming LI ; Luxia ZHANG ; Jun LYU
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2024;45(7):903-913
Objective:To examine the associations of BMI and waist circumference (WC) with the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its subtypes in adults in China.Methods:The data from the China Kadoorie Biobank were used. After excluding those with cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, or CKD at baseline survey, 480 430 participants were included in this study. Their body height and weight, and WC were measured at baseline survey. Total CKD was defined as diabetic kidney disease (DKD), hypertensive nephropathy (HTN), glomerulonephritis (GN), chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis (CTIN), obstructive nephropathy (ON), CKD due to other causes, and chronic kidney failure. Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to estimate the associations between exposure factors and risks of outcomes.Results:During a follow-up period of (11.8±2.2) years, 5 486 cases of total CKD were identified, including 1 147 cases of DKD, 340 cases of HTN, 1 458 cases of GN, 460 cases of CTIN, 598 cases of ON, 418 cases of CKD due to other causes, and 1 065 cases of chronic kidney failure. After adjusting for socio-demographic factors, lifestyle factors, baseline prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, and WC and compared to participants with normal BMI (18.5-23.9 kg/m 2), the hazard ratios ( HRs) of total CKD for underweight (<18.5 kg/m 2), overweight (24.0-27.9 kg/m 2), and obese (≥28.0 kg/m 2) were 1.42 (95% CI: 1.23-1.63), 1.00 (95% CI: 0.93-1.08) and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.87-1.10), respectively. Stratification analysis by WC showed that BMI was negatively associated with risk for total CKD in non-central obese participants (WC: <85.0 cm in men and <80.0 cm in women) ( HR=0.97, 95% CI: 0.96-0.99), while the association was positive in central obese participants (≥90.0 cm in men and ≥85.0 cm in women) ( HR=1.03, 95% CI: 1.01-1.05). The association between BMI and GN was similar to that of total CKD. BMI was associated with an increased risk for HTN, with a HR of 1.12 (95% CI: 1.06-1.18) per 1.0 kg/m 2 higher BMI. After adjusting for potential confounders and BMI, compared to participants with non-central obesity, the HRs for pre-central obesity (WC: 85.0-89.9 cm in men and 80.0-84.9 in women) and central obesity were 1.26 (95% CI: 1.16-1.36) and 1.32 (95% CI: 1.20-1.45), respectively. With the exception of HTN and CTIN, WC was positively associated with risks for all CKD subtypes. Conclusions:BMI-defined underweight and central obesity were independent risk factors for total CKD, and BMI and WC had different associations with risks for disease subtypes.
10.Correlation between cognitive function and personality traits in hospitalized male alcohol-dependent patients with aggressive behavior
Yujun GUO ; Jun YANG ; Xuhui ZHOU ; Chao HOU ; Xiafeng ZHOU ; Ting XIE
Sichuan Mental Health 2024;37(4):330-334
Background Alcohol dependence and related health problems have attracted greater than ever attention in recent years.Alcohol dependence not only affected personal behavior control ability,but also brought adverse effect to families and society.Objective To analyze the relationship between cognitive function and personality traits among male alcohol-dependent patients with aggressive behavior,in order to provide references for improving the cognitive function of male alcohol-dependent patients with aggressive behavior.Methods Male patients with alcohol dependence attending Hunan Brain Hospital from March 2020 to March 2022 and fulfilling the International Classification of Diseases,tenth edition(ICD-10)diagnostic criteria were enrolled.According to the score of Modified Overt Aggression Scale(MOAS),participants were classified into aggressive behavior group and non-aggressive behavior group at 1∶1 ratio,each with 80 cases.The enrolled subjects were then evaluated using Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Scale for Chinese(EPQ-RSC)and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status(RBANS).Pearson correlation analysis was utilized to examine the correlation between EPQ-RSC and RBANS scores among alcohol-dependent patients with aggressive behavior.Results Scores on each subscale in RBANS were all lower in aggressive behavior group than those in non-aggressive behavior group(t=2.176,2.580,2.076,2.308,2.193,P<0.05),and scores on each dimension in EPQ-RSC in aggressive behavior group were higher than those in non-aggressive behavior group(t=4.497,5.242,6.459,P<0.01).Pearson correlation analysis denoted that the scores of introversion/extroversion,neuroticism and psychoticism in EPQ-RSC were positively correlated with the scores of immediate memory,visuospatial/constructional ability,language,attention and delayed memory in RBANS among alcohol-dependent patients with aggressive behavior(r=0.294~0.482,0.362~0.511,0.265~0.475,P<0.05).Conclusion The cognitive function may have a certain correlation with personality traits in alcohol-dependent patients with aggressive behavior.

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