Ferroptosis is a unique iron-dependent cell death pattern,a novel death phenotype distinct from apoptosis,va-rious forms of necrosis,and autophagy.Numerous active ingredients extracted from traditional Chinese medicine have been found to exert anti-cancer effects by inducing ferroptosis in various cancers.An increasing number of studies have found that the regulation of ferroptosis can influence the sensitivity of tumor cells to drugs and even reverse drug resistance.When combined with chemo-therapy drugs such as cisplatin,5-FU and gemcitabine,some natural products enhance cancer cells'sensitivity to chemothera-peutic drugs by inducing ferroptosis.This paper mainly summarizes traditional Chinese medicine and its natural products that can exert anti-cancer effects by inducing ferroptosis,providing new insights for cancer treatment and drug resistance reversal.Addition-ally,it contributes to exploring the potential advantages of traditional Chinese medicine,thereby expanding its scope of applica-tion.

Critically ill patients are at high risk for hospital acquired infections, which can significantly increase the mortality rate and treatment costs for these patients. Therefore, in the process of treating the primary disease, strict prevention and control of new hospital infections is an essential component of the treatment for critically ill patients. The treatment of critically ill patients involves multiple steps and requires a concerted effort from various aspects such as theory, management, education, standards, and supervision to achieve effective prevention and control of hospital infections. However, there is currently a lack of unified understanding and standards for hospital infection prevention and control. To address this, in March 2024, a group of experts in critical care medicine, infectious diseases, and hospital infection from China discussed the current situation and issues of hospital infection control in the intensive care unit together. Based on a review of the latest evidence-based medical evidence from both domestic and international sources, 2024 Expert Consensus on Hospital Acquired Infection Control Principles in the Department of Critical Care Medicine was formed, aiming to provide a basis for the development of hospital infection prevention and control strategies in the field of critical care medicine.

With the economic development of China and transformation of medical model, people pay more attention to their spiritual world and psychological health, and medical psychology has become a major in urgent need of construction. Foreign medical/clinical psychology education was established earlier and has become relatively mature, thus making its experience valuable for reference. This paper compares and analyzes the current situation of undergraduate medical psychology education, and puts forward optimization strategies from the aspects of college planning, curriculum training scheme and teachers’ teaching philosophy, hoping to provide some ideas for the construction of undergraduate medical psychology education in China.

Objective:To investigate the safety and efficacy of J-valve transapical catheter aortic Valve replacement(TA-TAVI) in the early treatment of aortic stenosis with low coronary ostium.Methods:From January 2020 to April 2022, 20 patients with aortic stenosis with coronary opening height ≤10 mm who underwent TA-TAVI treatment in the Valve Surgery Center of Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University were enrolled retrospectively. All patients underwent preoperative imaging screening, and 5 patients underwent preoperative coronary artery protection: The height of coronary artery opening was less than 5 mm in 3 cases. 2 cases had stent stenosis & LT after coronary artery stenting 50%, and the position of the coronary artery opening was less than 8mm. The postoperative complications, mortality and cardiac function prognosis of TA-TAVI were analyzed.Results:There were 5 males and 15 females. The average age of the whole group was(73.00±6.20) years. Transthoracic echocardiography showed that all patients had severe aortic valve stenosis, and 85% of the patients had NYHA grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ, and 80% of the patients had aortic valve stenosis with insufficiency. The mean height of left coronary artery opening was(9.07±3.70) mm. RCA(11.39±3.00) mm; The opening height of coronary artery was ≤5 mm in 3 cases(left 7.5%), 5-8 mm in 5 cases(12.5%), and 8-10mm in 16 cases(40.0%). Mean aortic sinus(valsalva) diameter: Left(30.06±5.90) mm; Right(28.50±5.68) mm; Non(29.96±6.15) mm. J-valve Valve was successfully implanted through apical catheter in all patients, most of whom were size 23. CPB was performed in 2 patients at the same time, permanent pacemaker was inserted in 2 patients, and moderate or above perivalvular leakage was found in 0 patients. All patients had TNI( P=0.12) and MYO( P=0.03) before and 24 hours after operation. None of the 5 patients underwent coronary artery stenting. None of the 5 patients died within 30 days after the operation. Ta-tavi is effective 30 days after operation, with low complication rate and good prognosis of cardiac function. Conclusion:J-valve transapical catheter aortic Valve replacement is safe and effective in the treatment of aortic stenosis with low coronary ostium.

Objective:To investigate the correlation between serum microRNA (miR)-15a-5p and prognosis, neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC).Methods:The clinical data of 122 patients with LAGC who underwent surgery after NAC in Eastern Theater Air Force Hospital of the Chinese People′s Liberation Army from May 2016 to April 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. The general clinical data and laboratory examination results of the patients were recorded. The expression level of serum miR-15a-5p was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and the relationship between the expression of miR-15a-5p and different clinical characteristics in patients with LAGC was analyzed. The pathological response was evaluated by Becker tumor regression grading, in which patients with grade 1a, 1b and 2 were sensitive group and patients with grade 3 were resistant group.Results:The patients with LAGC were divided into high expression (>1.038) and low expression (≤1.038) according to the median miR-15a-5p of 1.038 with 61 cases each. The expression level of serum miR-15a-5p was related to the preference for spicy food, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-T stage and EUS-N stage ( P<0.01 or <0.05). According to the evaluation result of pathological reaction, there were 47 cases in resistance group and 74 cases in sensitive group. The serum miR-15a-5p in resistance group was significantly higher than that in sensitive group: 1.69 (1.39, 1.97) vs. 0.99 (0.96, 1.02), and there was statistical difference ( Z =-8.55, P<0.01). The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis result showed that the area under the curve of serum miR-15a-5p predicting NAC response was 0.959 (95% CI 0.929 to 0.990), the optimal cut-off value was 1.049, the sensitivity was 100.0%, and the specificity was 85.1%. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis result showed that miR-15a-5p was an independent risk factor for NAC response in patients with LAGC ( HR = 1 880.840, 95% CI 123.510 to 28 641.846, P<0.01). Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis result showed that the median overall survival time and median progression free survival time in patients with high expression of miR-15a-5p were significantly shorter than those in patients with low expression of miR-15a-5p (19 months vs. 62 months and 12 months vs. 51 months), and there were statistical differences (log-rank χ2 = 41.99 and 61.97, P<0.01); the 10-year overall survival rate and 10-year progression free survival rate in patients with high expression of miR-15a-5p were significantly lower than those in patients with low expression of miR-15a-5p (4.9% vs. 52.5% and 24.6% vs. 85.2%), and there were statistical differences (log-rank χ2 = 33.70 and 45.32, P<0.01). Multivariate Cox regression analysis result showed that R 0 resection and miR-15a-5p were the independent risk factors affecting the overall survival time and progression free survival time in patients with LAGC (overall survival time: HR = 1.945 and 3.487, 95% CI 1.033 to 3.660 and 2.112 to 5.759, P<0.05 or <0.01; progression free survival time: HR = 2.427 and 6.335, 95% CI 1.069 to 5.510 and 3.341 to 12.013, P<0.05 or <0.01). Conclusions:The increase of serum miR-15a-5p level is related to NAC response and poor prognosis in patients with LAGC. It can be used as a reliable biomarker to predict the prognosis and NAC response of LAGC.

[Abstract] Objective: To investigate the effect of circAGFG1 on the proliferation, migration and invasion of cholangiocarcinoma QBC939 cells and its possible mechanism. Methods: The tumor tissues and corresponding para-cancerous tissues of 33 patients with cholangiocarcinoma who underwent surgical resection in the 988th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force from April 2017 to October 2019 were collected. qPCR was used to detect the expression level of circAGFG1 and miR-4429 in the tissues. Cholangiocarcinoma QBC939 cells were cultured in vitro and transfected with si-circAGFG1 or miR-4429 mimics, or co-transfected with si-circAGFG1 and anti-miR-4429. Then, cell proliferation was detected by CCK-8 method and clone formation test, cell migration and invasion were detected by scratch test and Transwell assay, and the protein expression of E-cadherin and N-cadherin in cells was determined by Western blotting. Dual-luciferase reporter gene experiment was adopted to verify the regulatory relationship between circAGFG1 and miR-4429. Results: The expression of circAGFG1 was higher (3.89±0.26 vs 1.00±0.08, P<0.05) while the expression of miR-4429 (0.28±0.03 vs 1.00±0.05, P<0.05) was lower in cholangiocarcinoma tissues than those in para-cancerous tissues. After the interference with circAGFG1 or over-expression of miR-4429, the cell proliferation level, number of clone formation, scratch healing rate, number of invaded cells, and the protein expression of N-cadherin in QBC939 cells were reduced (all P<0.05), but the protein expression of E-cadherin was elevated (P<0.05). circAGFG1 could targetedly bind with miR-4429, and interfering circAGFG1 promoted the expression of miR-4429 in QBC939 cells (all P<0.05). Down-regulation of miR-4429 reversed the effect of interfering circAGFG1 on the proliferation, migration and invasion of QBC939 cells (all P<0.05). Conclusion: The expression of circAGFG1 is up-regulated in cholangiocarcinoma tissues, which may promote the proliferation, migration and invasion of cholangiocarcinoma QBC939 cells by targetedly inhibiting the expression of miR-4429.

Objective:To explore the clinical significance of different endovascular interventional therapies in extracranial artery dissection and summarize their therapeutic experiences.Methods:Forty-two patients with extracranial artery dissection underwent endovascular interventional therapies in our hospital from August 2016 to January 2021 were chosen. In these 42 patients (26 with simple intravascular dissection and 16 with dissecting aneurysms), the dissection located in carotid C1 or C2 segment was noted in 37 patients and that in vertebral artery V2 segment was noted in 5 patients. According to the nature, location, and scope of lesions, different endovascular interventional therapies (such as overlapping braided vascular stent implantation, flow-diverter stents implantation, intracranial covered stent implantation and embolism of aneurysm) were adopted. DSA results immediately after surgery and DSA follow-up results 6 months after surgery were evaluated, and the occurrence of adverse events during and within 24 h after surgery was observed and recorded.Results:In the 26 patients with simple intravascular dissection, 3 patients showed vascular occlusion by DSA angiography (1 patient accepted sequential stent implantation [2 Neuroform EZ stents] and 2 patients accepted sequential stent implantation [Neuroform EZ+Wallstent stent] after recanalization; in the left 23 patients, 21 received overlapping braided stent implantation (19 patients had 2 Wallstent stents and 2 patients had 2 LVIS stents) and 2 patients had intracranial covered stent implantation (single Willis stents). Among the 16 patients with dissecting aneurysm, overlapping braided stents were implanted (11 patients had 2 Wallstent stents, 4 patients had single flow-diverter stent, and 1 patient had single Willis stent). The stents were successfully placed in all patients intraoperatively. Immediately after surgery, DSA showed that the stents were well attached, and the blood flow of the responsible vessels was unobstructed; no postoperative complications such as bleeding, vascular occlusion or acute thrombosis were noted. After 6 months of follow-up, all patients had smooth blood flow in the diseased vessels, complete aneurysm occlusion, and no obvious stenosis in the stents.Conclusion:Endovascular interventional therapy is safe and effective for extracranial artery dissection; stent placement should be selected according to the characteristics of the dissection.

Objective: To investigate the impact of blood pressure and age on arterial stiffness in general population. Methods: Participants who took part in 2010, 2012 and 2014 Kailuan health examination were included. Data of brachial ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) examination were analyzed. According to the WHO criteria of age, participants were divided into 3 age groups: 18-44 years group (n=11 608), 45-59 years group (n=12 757), above 60 years group (n=5 002). Participants were further divided into hypertension group and non-hypertension group according to the diagnostic criteria for hypertension (2010 Chinese guidelines for the managemengt of hypertension). Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the association between systolic blood pressure (SBP) with baPWV in the total participants and then stratified by age groups. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the influence of blood pressure on arterial stiffness (baPWV≥1 400 cm/s) of various groups. Results: (1)The baseline characteristics of all participants: 35 350 participants completed 2010, 2012 and 2014 Kailuan examinations and took part in baPWV examination. 2 237 participants without blood pressure measurement values were excluded, 1 569 participants with history of peripheral artery disease were excluded, we also excluded 1 016 participants with history of cardiac-cerebral vascular disease. Data from 29 367 participants were analyzed. The age was (48.0±12.4) years old, 21 305 were males (72.5%). (2) Distribution of baPWV in various age groups: baPWV increased with aging. In non-hypertension population, baPWV in 18-44 years group, 45-59 years group, above 60 years group were as follows: 1 299.3, 1 428.7 and 1 704.6 cm/s, respectively. For hypertension participants, the respective values of baPWV were: 1 498.4, 1 640.7 and 1 921.4 cm/s. BaPWV was significantly higher in hypertension group than non-hypertension group of respective age groups (P<0.05). (3) Multiple linear regression analysis defined risk factors of baPWV: Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that baPWV was positively correlated with SBP(t=39.30, P<0.001), and same results were found in the sub-age groups (t-value was 37.72, 27.30, 9.15, all P<0.001, respectively) after adjustment for other confounding factors, including age, sex, pulse pressure(PP), body mass index (BMI), fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), smoking, drinking, physical exercise, antihypertensive medications, lipid-lowering medication. (4) Multivariate logistic regression analysis of baPWV-related factors: After adjustment for other confounding factors, including age, sex, PP, BMI, FBG, TC, smoking, drinking, physical exercise, antihypertensive medication, lipid-lowering medication, multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that risks for increased arterial stiffness in hypertension group were higher than those in non-hypertension group, the OR in participants with hypertension was 2.54 (2.35-2.74) in the total participants, and same results were also found in sub-age groups, the ORs were 3.22(2.86-3.63), 2.48(2.23-2.76), and 1.91(1.42-2.56), respectively, in each sub-age group. Conclusion SBP is positively related to arterial stiffness in different age groups, and hypertension is a risk factor for increased arterial stiffness in different age groups. Clinical Trial Registry Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR-TNC-11001489.

To explore the relationship between brachial ankle artery pulse wave velocity of the (baPWV) in different estimation GFR (eGFR) groups and atherosclerosis.In 2010,2012 and 2014,eGFR and baPWV were detected in 1 427 healthy persons.As eGFR level decreased,baPWV increased accordingly with higher proportion of baPWV ≥1 400 cm/s.The percentage of eGFR lower than 60 ml · min-1 · 1.73 m-2 was similar in subgroups with different baPWV.However,the proportion of eGFR reduction ≥ 30％ decreased according to the elevation of baPWV.Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated the lower the eGFR,the higher the risk of atherosclerosis.Low eGFR is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis.

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of 125I seed strands cavity brachytherapy for ureteral carcinoma.Methods To tally 10 patients with ureteral carcinoma underwent Carm CT and DSA guided percutaneous nephrostomy with 125I seed strands cavity brachytherapy.The technical success rate,complications,tumor local control rate,ureteral patency andsurvival time,and compared the Karnofsky scores,Girignon grade,pain score before and after treatment were evaluated.The dose related parameters were compared between pre-and post-treatment.Results 125I seed strands implantation was successfully completed in all patients with technical success rate of 100％.The mean procedure time was (12.3 ±3.8) min.No severe complications such as ureteral perforation,infection,severe bleeding occurred.Local tumor response was CR in 4 cases and PR in 6 cases,showing local control efficiency (CR + PR) 100％ after 2-3 months.Ureteral patency rate was 50％ (5/10).Postprocedure Karnofsky scores,Girignon grades,and pain scores were significantly improved (Z =-2.72,-2.88,-2.83,P＜0.01).The average follow-up time was (14.6 ±6.5) months (5-25 months),tumor progression was observed in 3 cases,stable disease in 7 cases.Nine cases were alive and one died due to multiple organ failure.The differences of D90％,mPD,V100％,V150％,V200％,CI,EI,HI between the preand post-treatment were not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions 125I seed strands cavity brachytherapy for ureteral carcinoma is an effective and safe procedure without serious complications,and an effective alternative treatment for patients who are unable to undergoor refuse surgery.