1.Evaluation of Microsphere-based xMAP Test for gyrA Mutation Identification in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
Xi Chao OU ; Bing ZHAO ; Ze Xuan SONG ; Shao Jun PEI ; Sheng Fen WANG ; Wen Cong HE ; Chun Fa LIU ; Dong Xin LIU ; Rui Da XING ; Hui XIA ; Yan Lin ZHAO
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2023;36(4):384-387
2.Effects of Rehmanniae Radix and Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata on proteomics and autophagy in mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus induced by high-fat diet coupled with streptozotocin.
Jing-Ning YAN ; Xiao-Qin LIU ; Xiang-Long MENG ; Ke-le REN ; Xue-Min WU ; Hao ZHANG ; Hai-Qin WANG ; Hong-Liang WANG ; Qi SHENG ; Bin LI ; Ding-Bang ZHANG ; Hong-Zhou CHEN ; Fa-Yun ZHANG ; Ming-Hao LI ; Shuo-Sheng ZHANG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2023;48(6):1535-1545
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			To compare the pancreatic proteomics and autophagy between Rehmanniae Radix-and Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata-treated mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM). The T2DM mouse model was established by high-fat diet coupled with streptozotocin(STZ, intraperitoneal injection, 100 mg·kg~(-1), once a day for three consecutive days). The mice were then randomly assigned into a control group, low-(5 g·kg~(-1)) and high-dose(15 g·kg~(-1)) Rehmanniae Radix groups, low-(150 mg·kg~(-1)) and high-dose(300 mg·kg~(-1)) catalpol groups, low-(5 g·kg~(-1)) and high-dose(15 g·kg~(-1)) Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata groups, low-(150 mg·kg~(-1)) and high-dose(300 mg·kg~(-1)) 5-hydroxymethyl furfuraldehyde(5-HMF) groups, and a metformin(250 mg·kg~(-1)) group. In addition, a normal group was also set and each group included 8 mice. The pancreas was collected after four weeks of administration and proteomics tools were employed to study the effects of Rehmanniae Radix and Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata on protein expression in the pancreas of T2DM mice. The expression levels of proteins involved in autophagy, inflammation, and oxidative stress response in the pancreatic tissues of T2DM mice were determined by western blotting, immunohistochemical assay, and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that the differential proteins between the model group and Rehmanniae Radix/Rehmanniae Radix Prae-parata group were enriched in 7 KEGG pathways, such as autophagy-animal, which indicated that the 7 pathways may be associated with T2DM. Compared with the control group, drug administration significantly up-regulated the expression levels of beclin1 and phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin(p-mTOR)/mTOR and down-regulated those of the inflammation indicators, Toll-like receptor-4(TLR4) and Nod-like receptor protein 3(NLRP3), in the pancreas of T2DM mice, and Rehmanniae Radix showed better performance. In addition, the expression levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS), nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2(Nrf2), and heine oxygenase-1(HO-1) in the pancreas of T2DM mice were down-regulated after drug administration, and Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata demonstrated better performance. The results indicate that both Rehmanniae Radix and Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata can alleviate the inflammatory symptoms, reduce oxidative stress response, and increase the autophagy level in the pancreas of T2DM mice, while they exert the effect on different autophagy pathways.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
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		                        			Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics*
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		                        			Streptozocin/pharmacology*
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		                        			Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects*
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		                        			Proteomics
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		                        			Inflammation
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		                        			TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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		                        			Autophagy
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3.A Dataset on the Dynamic Monitoring of Health and Family Planning of China's Internal Migrants: A Multi-Wave Large-Scale, National Cross-Sectional Survey from 2009 to 2018.
Sheng-Fa ZHANG ; Wei LUO ; Zhi-Li WANG ; Jing CHEN ; Fang ZHOU ; Jing-Wen SUN ; Jia-Yang WANG ; Jing-Chen ZHANG ; Wei ZHOU
Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 2023;38(3):235-241
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			This data article presents data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS), a multi-wave, large-scale national cross-sectional survey of China's internal migrants from 2009 to 2018. The CMDS is an annual questionnaire survey conducted by the former National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of the People's Republic of China. The respondents included in this survey are internal migrants over 15 years old. The sample was drawn from the China Migrant Population Information System, using multi-stage stratified sampling method and the probability proportional-to-size (PPS) cluster sampling strategy. Between 2009 and 2018, there were 1,527,650 internal migrants from 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities participated in the surveys. The survey tools were a series of self-designed questionnaires with high inheritance and consistency designed and implemented by the NHFPC. The questionnaires mainly contain basic information of the respondents and their family members, migration status, healthcare or health behaviors, public health service utilization, social insurance, social integration, and family planning. The dataset is currently the most widely used survey data on China's internal migrants, offering information on migration patterns, healthcare and health behaviors, use of public health services, access to social security, social integration, and family planning, which are valuable for health planning, health decision-making, and health equity research.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        			United States
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		                        			Humans
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		                        			Adolescent
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		                        			Family Planning Services
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		                        			Transients and Migrants
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		                        			Cross-Sectional Studies
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		                        			China/epidemiology*
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		                        			Surveys and Questionnaires
		                        			
		                        		
		                        	
4.Protective Mechanism of Cordyceps sinensis Treatment on Acute Kidney Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury through AMPK/mTOR Signaling Pathway.
Ruo-Lin WANG ; Shu-Hua LIU ; Si-Heng SHEN ; Lu-Yong JIAN ; Qi YUAN ; Hua-Hui GUO ; Jia-Sheng HUANG ; Peng-Hui CHEN ; Ren-Fa HUANG
Chinese journal of integrative medicine 2023;29(10):875-884
		                        		
		                        			OBJECTIVE:
		                        			To investigate protective effect of Cordyceps sinensis (CS) through autophagy-associated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in acute kidney injury (AKI)-induced acute lung injury (ALI).
		                        		
		                        			METHODS:
		                        			Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups according to a random number table, including the normal saline (NS)-treated sham group (sham group), NS-treated ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) group (IRI group), and low- (5 g/kg·d) and high-dose (10 g/kg·d) CS-treated IRI groups (CS1 and CS2 groups), 12 rats in each group. Nephrectomy of the right kidney was performed on the IRI rat model that was subjected to 60 min of left renal pedicle occlusion followed by 12, 24, 48, and 72 h of reperfusion. The wet-to-dry (W/D) ratio of lung, levels of serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin- β and tumor necrosis factor- α, and biomarkers of oxidative stress such as superoxide dismutase, malonaldehyde (MDA) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), were assayed. Histological examinations were conducted to determine damage of tissues in the kidney and lung. The protein expressions of light chain 3 II/light chain 3 I (LC3-II/LC3-I), uncoordinated-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), P62, AMPK and mTOR were measured by Western blot and immunohistochemistry, respectively.
		                        		
		                        			RESULTS:
		                        			The renal IRI induced pulmonary injury following AKI, resulting in significant increases in W/D ratio of lung, and the levels of Scr, BUN, inflammatory cytokines, MDA and MPO (P<0.01); all of these were reduced in the CS groups (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with the IRI groups, the expression levels of P62 and mTOR were significantly lower (P<0.05 or P<0.01), while those of LC3-II/LC3-I, ULK1, and AMPK were significantly higher in the CS2 group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).
		                        		
		                        			CONCLUSION
		                        			CS had a potential in treating lung injury following renal IRI through activation of the autophagy-related AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway in AKI-induced ALI.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
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		                        			Cordyceps/metabolism*
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		                        			Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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		                        			Kidney/pathology*
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		                        			Acute Kidney Injury/metabolism*
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		                        			Signal Transduction
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		                        			TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism*
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		                        			Reperfusion Injury/metabolism*
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		                        			Cytokines/metabolism*
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		                        			Acute Lung Injury/drug therapy*
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5.A National Cross-Sectional Survey Dataset on Common Disease and Influencing Factors of Chinese Internal Migrants in 2017.
Sheng-Fa ZHANG ; Wei LUO ; Yu-Huan MA ; Zhi-Li WANG ; Jing CHEN ; Fang ZHOU ; Xiao-Yu ZHANG ; Wei ZHOU
Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 2022;37(3):234-239
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			This data article describes the dataset from a national cross-sectional questionnaire survey on Chinese internal migrants in 2017. The survey was part of the Chinese Migrants Dynamic Survey, which is an annually conducted large-scale national questionnaire survey on internal migrants. The respondents in the described dataset were migrants and registered local residents aged over 15 years old. A multistage stratified probability-proportional-to-size (PPS) sampling method based on the 2016 annual report data of China Migrant Population was adopted. The questionnaire was designed to collect demographic information of respondents and their family members, intention of migration or settlement, health status, health services accessibility, social integration, and epidemic influencing factors of common diseases, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, diarrhea, fever, rash, icterus, conjunctival redness, cold, and other illnesses or injuries. The sample population in this survey include 13,998 internal migrants and 14,000 registered local residents from eight domestic cities / prefecture / districts across China. It is the most widely covering and highly representative dataset on common diseases and influencing factors of internal migrants in China. The dataset can be used to study common diseases and influencing factors among floating Chinese population. It provides data support for government to improve healthcare accessibility and the equity of public health services for internal migrants in China.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        			Humans
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		                        			Adolescent
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		                        			Transients and Migrants
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		                        			Cross-Sectional Studies
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		                        			Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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		                        			China/epidemiology*
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6.Prognostic significance of IKZF1 gene deletions in patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Bing Qing TANG ; Zi Hong CAI ; Dai Nan LIN ; Zhi Xiang WANG ; Xiao Jie LIANG ; Zhi Ping FAN ; Fen HUANG ; Qi Fa LIU ; Hong Sheng ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2022;43(3):235-240
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of IKZF1 gene deletion in patients with acute B lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) . Methods: The clinical data of 142 patients with B-ALL diagnosed in Nanfang Hospital between March 2016 and September 2019 were analyzed. Results: IKZF1 deletion was found in 36.0% of the 142 patients with B-ALL, whereas exon 4-7 deletion was found in 44.0% . White blood cell counts were higher in patients with the IKZF1 deletion (52.0% and 28.3% , P=0.005) ; these patients also experienced worse effects of mid-term induction therapy (40.0% and 70.7% , P<0.001) and had a higher proportion of Philadelphia chromosome-positive (52.0% and 21.7% , respectively, P<0.001) . Univariate analysis revealed that the 3-year overall survival rate (OS) and event-free survival rate (EFS) in the IKZF1 deletion group were significantly lower than the IKZF1 wild-type group [ (37.1±7.3) % vs (54.7±5.4) % , (51.8±7.9) % vs (73.9±4.7) % ; P=0.025, 0.013, respectively]. Multivariable analysis showed that harboring IKZF1 deletion was an adverse factor of EFS and OS (HR=1.744, 2.036; P=0.022, 0.020, respectively) . Furthermore, the IKZF1 deletion/chemotherapy group had significantly lower 3-year OS, EFS, and disease-free survival rates than other subgroups. In the IKZF1 deletion cohort, allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) significantly improved OS and EFS compared to non-allo-HSCT[ (67.9±10.4) % vs (31.9±11.0) % , (46.6±10.5) % vs (26.7±9.7) % ; P=0.005, 0.026, respectively]. Conclusion: Pediatric-inspired chemotherapy was unable to completely reverse the negative effect of IKZF1 deletion on prognosis. Pediatric-inspired regimen therapy combined with allo-HSCT, in contrast, significantly improved the overall prognosis of IKZF1 deletion B-ALL.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        			Acute Disease
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		                        			Burkitt Lymphoma
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		                        			Gene Deletion
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		                        			Ikaros Transcription Factor/genetics*
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		                        			Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/therapy*
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		                        			Prognosis
		                        			
		                        		
		                        	
7.Validation of the Chinese Version of the Schizophrenia Cognition Rating Scale
Kuan-Wei HUANG ; Pao-Yen LIN ; Yu LEE ; Yu-Chi HUANG ; Chi-Fa HUNG ; Sheng-Yu LEE ; Chih-Ken CHEN ; Liang-Jen WANG
Psychiatry Investigation 2022;19(7):511-518
		                        		
		                        			 Objective:
		                        			The Schizophrenia Cognition Rating Scale (SCoRS) is an interview-based assessment tool for evaluating the cognitive deficit and daily functioning of patients with schizophrenia. 
		                        		
		                        			Methods:
		                        			Sixty-eight patients with schizophrenia and 68 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals were recruited to validate the Chinese version of SCoRS in this study. All participants underwent cognitive assessment using the SCoRS, which was verified by the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS), and the UCSD Performance-based Skills Assessment, Brief Version (UPSA-B). Patients with schizophrenia were additionally assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). 
		                        		
		                        			Results:
		                        			SCoRS ratings reported by patients (SCoRS-S), those reported by the interviewer (SCoRS-I), and SCoRS global scores (SCoRS-G) showed significant correlation with all subscales of the BACS and the UPSA-B. On receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, SCoRS-S, SCoRS-I, and SCoRS-G significantly differentiated patients with schizophrenia from healthy controls. Moreover, SCoRS-S and SCoRS-I ratings showed positive correlation with the negative symptoms and general symptoms of PANSS. 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion
		                        			The Chinese version of SCoRS showed good discriminant, concurrent, and external validity, suggesting that it is a useful and convenient tool for assessment of cognitive function among Mandarin-speaking patients with schizophrenia in clinical practice. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
8. Mechanism of antiplatelet aggregation of active fraction from sorghum roots
Wan-Ting XU ; Ke-Ling YANG ; Wan-Ting XU ; Fa-Ju CHEN ; Mei PENG ; Zhong-Sheng LUO ; Li WANG ; Ke-Ling YANG ; Xiao-Sheng YANG ; Juan YANG ; Wan-Ting XU ; Fei ZIIOU ; Fa-Ju CHEN ; Mei PENG ; Zhong-Sheng LUO ; Li WANG ; Ke-Ling YANG ; Xiao-Sheng YANG ; Juan YANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2022;38(11):1753-1759
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			 Aim To study the mechanism of anti-plate- let aggregation of sorghum root active parts. Methods The effects of active fraction (WEAE-M 30%) from sorghum roots on platelet aggregation induced by collagen, thrombin and adenosine diphosphate were investigated in vitro. Western blot, enzyme-linked immunoas-say, flow cytometry and fluorescence techniques were used to explore the mechanism of the antiplatelet aggregation effect of WEAE-M 30% . Results WEAE-M 30% had a significant inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by the three agonists mentioned above. The inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by collagen was the most significant, with an inhibitory rate of (72. 91 ±2. 42)%. It was found that WEAE-M 30% had a significant inhibitory effect on the collagen- mediated platelet (IPVI signaling pathway protein Src, MAPK signaling pathway protein p38 and ERK phosphorylation. It also significantly inhibited the levels of ATP, P-selection and Ca2+ in platelets. Conclusions It is suggested that the mechanism of WE-AE-M 30% antiplatelet aggregation may be related to the inhibition of platelet activation pathway GPV1, MAPK and the release of typical platelet representative particles. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
9.Recognition of producing areas of Angelicae Sinensis Radix based on structure-texture image decomposition.
Tian-Shu WANG ; Hui YAN ; Kong-Fa HU ; Lei ZHU ; Sheng GUO ; Jin-Ao DUAN
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2021;46(16):4096-4102
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			The pharmacological effects of Angelicae Sinensis Radix from different producing areas are uneven. Accurate identification of its producing areas by computer vision and machine learning(CVML) is conducive to evaluating the quality of Angelicae Sinensis Radix. This paper collected the high-definition images of Angelicae Sinensis Radix from different producing areas using a digital camera to construct an image database, followed by the extraction of texture features based on the grayscale relationship of adjacent pixels in the image. Then a support vector machine(SVM)-based prediction model for predicting the producing areas of Angelicae Sinensis Radix was built. The experimental results showed that the prediction accuracy reached up to 98.49% under the conditions of the model training set occupying 80%, the test set occupying 20%, and the sampling radius(r) of adjacent pixels being 2. When the training set was set to 10%, the prediction accuracy was still over 93%. Among the three producing areas of Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Huzhu county, Qinghai province exhibited the highest error rate, while Heqing county, Yunnan province the lowest error rate. Angelicae Sinensis Radix from Minxian county, Gansu province and Huzhu county, Qinghai province were both wrongly attributed to Heqing county, Yunnan province, while most of those from Huzhu county, Qinghai province were misjudged as the samples produced in Minxian county, Gansu province. The method designed in this paper enabled the rapid and non-destructive prediction of the producing areas of Angelicae Sinensis Radix, boasting high accuracy and strong stability. There were definite morphological differences between Angelicae Sinensis Radix samples from Minxian county, Gansu province and those from Huzhu county, Qinghai province. The wrongly predicted samples from Minxian county, Gansu province and Huzhu city, Qinghai province shared similar morphological characteristics with those from Heqing county, Yunnan province. Most wrongly predicted samples from Heqing county, Yunnan province were similar to the ones from Minxian county, Gansu province in morphological characteristics.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        			Angelica sinensis
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		                        			Databases, Factual
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		                        			Drugs, Chinese Herbal/analysis*
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		                        			Plant Roots/chemistry*
		                        			
		                        		
		                        	
10.Mechanism of Modified Liuwei Dihuangtang in Bone Protection of CKD-MBD Model Rats: An Exploration Based on Klotho-FGF23 Axis
Hua-hui GUO ; Mei-dan LI ; Ren-fa HUANG ; Qun-qing LIANG ; He-sheng LI ; Xue-pin LIU ; Ruo-lin WANG ; Si-heng SHEN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2021;27(24):61-70
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective:To observe the effects of modified Liuwei Dihuangtang on serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), full-length intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] levels and Klotho and FGF23 protein expression in renal and bone tissues of rats exposed to high phosphorus combined with adenine, so as to explore the mechanism of modified Liuwei Dihuangtang against renal osteopathy. Method:One hundred and thirty healthy adult SD rats were randomly divided into five groups, namely normal group(
		                        		
		                        	
            
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