1.Effect of Erchen Decoction (二陈汤) on Serum Leptin and Expression of LepR,POMC,and NPY in Hypothalamus of Metabolic Syndrome Model Mice with Phlegm Syndrome
Menghan YANG ; Yuanyuan LI ; Xiujuan ZHENG ; Wenhui XIONG ; Xirui HUANG ; Bizhen GAO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(9):948-954
ObjectiveTo explore the potential mechanism of Erchen Decoction (二陈汤, ECD) in improving metabolic syndrome (MS) with phlegm syndrome. MethodsForty mice were randomly divided into a blank group of 10 mice and a modeling group of 30 mice. The MS model with phlegm syndrome was induced in the modeling group by high-fat diet. Thirty successfully modeled mice were randomly divided into a model group, a ECD group, and a metformin group, with 10 mice in each group. The ECD group was given 0.4 g/(kg·d) of ECD, while the metformin group was intervened with 11.1 g/(kg·d) of metformin solution, and the blank group and the model group were given 0.02 ml/(g·d) of sterilized drinking water, all by gavage, once daily for 4 weeks. Body weight, abdominal circumfe-rence, body length, Lee's index and food intake were recorded. Blood glucose and blood lipid levels including fasting blood glucose, triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were measured. ELISA was used to detect serum leptin levels, while HE staining was used to observe liver pathological changes. Western Blot and q-PCR were used to detect protein and mRNA expression of hypothalamic leptin receptor (LepR), pro melanocortin (POMC), and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the hypothalamus. Immunofluorescence was used to detect fluorescence expression of POMC and NPY in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus region. ResultsPathological results showed that the mice in the model group had numerous fat vacuoles in hepatocytes and significant liver fat deposition, while the ECD and metformin groups showed reduced fat vacuoles and less liver fat deposition. Compared to those in the blank group, the mice in the model group mice showed liver fat deposition, increased body weight, abdominal circumference, Lee's index and food intake; fasting blood glucose, TG, TC, LDL-C, and serum leptin levels were elevated, while HDL-C was decreased; the expression of LepR, POMC protein levels and their mRNA expression decreased, while the protein level and mRNA expression of NPY increased; the fluorescence expression of POMC in the arcuate nucleus was reduced, while NPY fluorescence expression increased (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared to the model group, the ECD group and metformin group showed significant improvements in the above indicators (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared to the ECD group, the metformin group showed a reduction in body weight and NPY fluorescence expression, and an increase in HDL-C levels (P<0.05 or P<0.01). ConclusionECD can downregulate serum leptin levels and improve glucose and lipid metabolism in the MS of phlegm syndrome. Its mechanism of action may be to reduce liver fat deposition and thereafter affect the expression of neuropeptides related to feeding activity in the hypothalamus.
2.Analysis of classroom environment hygiene in primary and secondary schools in Guizhou Province from 2022 to 2024
HUANG Xiaoli, ZHANG Xiaoqin, LI Xin, PENG Xiying, WANG Zhuan, LU Xiujuan
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(7):1032-1036
Objective:
To understand classroom environmental conditions and their association with spinal curvature abnormalities among students of primary and secondary schools in Guizhou Province, so as to provide a basis for formulating school health policies and scientific prevention and control measures for abnormal spinal curvature in students.
Methods:
Using a stratified random sampling method, 471 schools (2 811 classrooms) were selected annually across the province from 2022 to 2024 in order to monitor and evaluate classroom environment according to national standards. Spinal examinations were conducted for 196 606 (2022), 194 876 (2023), and 195 048 (2024) students, and χ 2 test was used to analyze the correlation of desk and chair compliance with student spinal curvature abnormalities.
Results:
The qualified rates of classroom blackboard illuminance uniformity ( 85.41 %) and the blackboard size (82.24%) were the highest in primary and secondary schools in Guizhou Province, while the average blackboard surface illumination qualified rate (20.10%) was the lowest. The average desk illumination (50.11%-58.63%), desk illumination uniformity (61.92%-72.27%) and qualified noise rate (50.04%-51.94%) increased significantly in 3 years; in addition, the compliance rate of desks and chairs decreased from 25.00% to 13.52%, and the differences were all statistically significant ( χ 2=42.48, 80.93, 46.09, 129.72, all P <0.05). Middle school classrooms outperformed primary schools in terms of per capita area, average blackboard illuminance, blackboard illuminance uniformity, average desktop illuminance, desktop illuminance uniformity, and noise compliance ( χ 2=311.55, 12.41, 20.64, 40.76, 10.25, 52.47), but had lower compliance for blackboard size and reflectance ( χ 2=537.29, 7.59) (all P <0.01). Urban schools had higher compliance than suburban schools for per capita area, average blackboard illuminance, average desktop illuminance, and desktop illuminance uniformity ( χ 2=73.71, 17.68, 29.30 , 36.03), but lower compliance for desk-chair suitability, blackboard size, and blackboard reflectance ( χ 2=4.72, 26.02, 5.43 ) (all P <0.05). The spinal curvature abnormality detection rate was 0.83%. A significant association was found between abnormality detection and desk-chair non compliance ( χ 2=223.85, P <0.01).
Conclusions
Classroom environment hygiene in Guizhou schools is suboptimal. Strengthening school environmental hygiene infrastructure and greater attention to its impact on student s health are essential.
3.Epidemiological characteristics of spinal curvature abnormalities in children and adolescents
LU Xiujuan, LI Xin, PENG Xiying, WANG Zhuan, HUANG Xiaoli, ZHANG Xiaoqin
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(7):1046-1050
Objective:
To understand the epidemiological characteristics of abnormalities spinal curvature among children and adolescents in Karst landform in Guizhou Province, so as to provide a scientific basis for targeted comprehensive intervention.
Methods:
From September to December 2023, 194 875 children and adolescents aged 6-18 were selected from all countieldistricts of 9 cities (prefectures) in Guizhou Province by stratified random cluster sampling method according to the proportion of Karst landform area in Guizhou Province for carrying out spinal curvature abnormality screening, and a questionnaire survey was conducted on 139 449 students in the fourth grade and above of primary school. Binary Logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis.
Results:
The detection rate of abnormal spinal curvature among children and adolescents aged 6-18 in Guizhou Province was 1.13%. The detection rates of abnormal spinal curvature in areas with a high proportion of Karst landform, areas with a low proportion of Karst landform, intercalation areas, and nonKarst landform areas were 1.10%, 2.00%, 0.90%, and 0.60%, respectively. Among them, the detection rates of abnormal spinal curvature in female students (2.40%, 1.60%, 0.90%) in areas with a low proportion of Karst landform, intercalation areas and nonKarst landform were higher than those in male students (1.60%, 0.10%, 0.30) (χ2=12.66, 112.69, 30.22, all P<0.05). The detection rates of abnormal spinal curvature among senior high school students (2.00%, 4.30%, 1.40%, 1.30%) in different Karst landform distributions were successively higher than those among junior high school students (1.40%, 3.20%, 1.00%, 0.60%) and primary school students (0.70%, 0.80%, 0.60%, 0.30%) (χ2=306.11, 175.80, 14.24, 39.57, all P<0.05). The results of multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the detection rates of abnormal spinal curvature in both highproportion and lowproportion Karst landform areas were higher than those in nonKarst landform areas [OR(95%CI)=1.84(1.05-2.25), 1.60(1.23-2.09), both P<0.05].
Conclusion
The detection rate of abnormal spinal curvature in children and adolescents aged 6-18 in Guizhou Province is related to the distribution of Karst landform, so it is necessary to strengthen screening and appropriate comprehensive interventions.
4.Construction and evaluation of predictive model for risk of postoperative fecal soiling in children with Hirschsprung's disease
Huaxing QIN ; Qiuhuan HUANG ; Haige HUANG ; Danli QIN ; Liuxue LU ; Lilong QIN ; Zhiqiong MENG ; Hanjing ZHOU ; Xiujuan HUANG
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(1):44-49
Objective To investigate the risk factors of postoperative fecal contamination in children pa-tients with Hirschsprung's disease(HSCR),and to construct and evaluate the risk predictive model.Methods The clinical data in 377 children patients with HSCR in 3 class 3A hospitals in Guangxi from Janu-ary 2016 to June 2021were retrospectively analyzed by adopting the convenience sampling method.The pa-tients were divided into the modeling group(n=264)and testing model group(n=113)with a ratio of 7∶3.The risk factors of postoperative fecal soiling were analyzed by the single factor and multiple factors,and the risk predictive model was constructed.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to detect the discriminative ability of the model and the H-L test was used to determine the goodness of fit of the mod-el.The model was prospectively validated in 21 children patients with HSCR from August to December 2021.Results Among 377 children patients with HSCR,the fecal soiling occurred in 131 cases with a incidence rate of 34.75%.The constructed predictive model of fecal contamination risk after HSCR operation:logit(P)=-2.385+1.697 × special type of megacolon+0.929 × Soave+0.105 × length of bowel resection+2.065 × il-literate caregivers+0.808 × caregivers'implementation of postoperative diet+0.867 × postoperative defecation training by caregivers.The area under the curve(AUC)in the modeling group was 0.849,the Yoden index was 0.53,the optimal critical value of the model was 0.32,the sensitivity was 76.00%,and the specificity was 77.00%.The H-L test,X2=6.649,P=0.575.AUC of the testing model group was 0.736,the sensitivity was 81.25%,and the specificity was 78.46%.The prospective validation results showed that the sensitivity and specificity of the model were 66.67%and 100%respectively.Conclusion The constructed model has good i-dentification and predictive ability.
5.Identification of chemical constituents of modified Yupingfengsan formula
Cuizhen LIU ; Siqi FENG ; Xiujuan LIN ; Qin LU ; Yusheng HUANG ; Lijuan ZHANG ; Detang LI
China Pharmacy 2024;35(18):2225-2231
OBJECTIVE To identify the chemical constituents of the modified Yupingfengsan formula. METHODS UPLC-Q- Exactive Orbitrap-MS technology was adopted. The separation was performed on Waters BEH C18 column with acetonitrile (A)-0.1% formic acid solution (B) as mobile phase for gradient elution. The heating electrospray ionization was used for positive and negative ion mode scanning. The scanning range was m/z 50-1 500, and the spray voltage was 2 kV (positive ion mode) and 1.5 kV (negative ion mode). The information of chemical constituents of modified Yupingfengsan formula was collected through literature review to establish a database; the structure of the constituent was identified based on the above database, relevant literature, and chromatography and mass spectrometry information of reference standards. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS Totally 114 chemical constituents were identified from modified Yupingfengsan formula, including 31 flavonoids, 39 phenylpropanoids, 5 saponins, 8 terpenoids, 3 chromones, 3 curcuminoids, etc. Based on the comparison of reference standards, 8 constituents were ultimately determined, including magnoflorine, calycosin, calycosin glycoside, cimifugin, 5-O-methylvisammioside, sec-O- glucosylhamaudol, luteolin and mangiferin. These constituents mainly involved glycosylation cleavage, retro Diels-Alder fragmentation, glycosylation loss, neutral molecule loss and other fragmentation pathways.
6.Efficacy Analysis of Hetrombopag Combined with Prednison in the Treatment of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia
Fei LIU ; Xiujuan HUANG ; Xiaofang WEI ; Youfan FENG ; Yuan FU ; Qiaolin CHEN ; Yang CHEN ; Qike ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Applied Pharmacy 2024;41(4):533-538
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the efficacy and safety of hetrombopag combined with low-dose prednison in the treatment of patients with refractory/recurrent primary immune thrombocytopenia(ITP).
METHODS
A total of 40 patients with ITP who failed to respond to previous treatment or relapsed in the Department of Hematology of Gansu Provincial People’s Hospital From July 2021 to August 2022 were selected. Used randomized controlled trial research methods, according to the treatment plan, they were divided into observation group and control group, with 20 cases in each group. The control group was treated with low-dose prednison alone. The observation group was combined with hetrombopag treatment on this basis. The efficacy and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS
Treatment 6 weeks, patients who's proportion of platelet counts(PLT) reached≥50×109·L−1 and ≥30×109·L−1 in observation group were higher than control group with statistically significant differences in both groups[90%(18/20) vs 50%(10/20), P=0.006; 90%(18/20) vs 65%(13/20), P=0.130]; The study also indicated a statistically significant difference in favour of observation group compared with control group in the odds of achieving the outcome of a PLT≥50×109·L−1at least once during 6-week treatment[90%(18/20) vs 55%(11/20), P=0.147], was more than placebo-treated one. The median time of PLT ≥ 50×109·L−1 for the first time within 6 weeks of treatment in the observation group was 3 weeks, which was the same as that in the control group. After 6 weeks of treatment, the median platelet count in the observation group was higher than that in the control group[97.50(58.25−166.75)×109·L−1 vs 45.50(13.25−82.50)×109·L−1 , P<0.05]. The median PLT count in the observation group was higher than that in the control group at week 1−6 after treatment, and the curative effect was significant. The two groups of patients tolerated the regimen well, and the degree of adverse reactions was mild, which improved quickly after symptomatic treatment.
CONCLUSION
Hetrombopag combined with low-dose prednison has a high effective rate in the treatment of refractory/recurrent ITP, which is better than that of single use, and the adverse reactions are tolerable, so it can be widely used in clinical practice.
7.Study on influencing factors of neurobehavioral development in young children suspected of developmental delays
Xiaoman LI ; Lijuan HUANG ; Xiao WANG ; Zumin LIU ; Runmin GUO ; Xueyan NONG ; Xiujuan HUANG ; Jinyuan ZHU ; Yanting CHEN ; Jinlin DU
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(7):1244-1250
Objective To investigate the neurobehavioral development of young children aged 24 to 60 months in Shunde and explore the factors influencing the development of young children and provide reference for the interven-tion of neurobehavioral development delays in young children.Methods A retrospective cohort study was used to enroll the young children who were initially screened by the Pediatric Neuropsychological Developmental Scale(Pe-diatric Heart Scale)with a score of ≤85 was included in the study.With a score of ≤85,the young children might be at risk of developmental delays,and needed to be further diagnosed by the GESELL Developmental Diagnostic Scale,the basic information of the young children and their mothers at the time of birth were investigated,as well as basic information about the young children at the time of completing the GESELL Developmental Diagnostic Scale was collected.Results A total of 271 young children were included,196 males and 75 females.Young children had the lowest developmental quotient(DQ)in the language domain among the five domains(P<0.001).Multiple lin-ear regression models showed:compared with girls,the language domain DQ of boys decreased by 5.321 points(P=0.049,95%CI:-10.620--0.021),and the personal-social domain DQ decreased by 4.474 points(P=0.023,95%CI:-8.316--0.631).Compared with young children via natural vaginal delivery(NVD),the gross motor domain DQ of young children via caesarean section(CS)decreased by 4.890 points(P=0.008,95%CI:-8.499--1.281),the fine motor domain DQ decreased by 3.373 points(P=0.037,95%CI:-6.532--0.213),the language domain DQ decreased by 7.621 points(P=0.004,95%CI:-12.826--2.416),per-sonal-social domain DQ decreased by 6.232 points(P=0.001,95%CI:-10.006--2.457).The results of bi-nary logistic regression models showed,compared with young children via NVD,the risk of gross motor domain retar-dation in young children increased(OR=1.763,95%CI:1.003-3.100),the risk of fine motor domain retardation increased(OR=2.217,95%CI:1.235-3.980),the risk of language domain retardation increased(OR=3.306,95%CI:1.080-10.124).Conclusion Young children with suspected neurobehavioral delays were more likely to have delayed development in language domain than in other domains,boys had lower DQ in language domain and personal-social domain than girls,and the development of young children via CS was slower than that via NVD.Fo-cus should be on the language development of young children especially on the language and personal-social devel-opment of boys.Carefully chose delivery way.Focus should be placed on assessment of young children's comprehen-sive neurobehavioral development in early time.
8.Expression of Midkine in cholangiocarcinoma and its value in predicting prognosis based on bioinformatics analysis
Yueyue GU ; Shumin YU ; Xiujuan CHANG ; Xudong GAO ; Jiagan HUANG ; Xiaodong JIA ; Zhen ZENG
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2024;40(7):1428-1437
Objective To investigate the expression of Midkine(MDK)in cholangiocarcinoma(CCA)and its value in predicting the prognosis of CCA,as well as the potential mechanism of the effect of MDK on the progression of CCA.Methods The data of CCA samples were obtained from TCGA database to analyze the difference in the expression of MDK between cancer tissue and paracancerous tissue and its association with clinical features,and the data collected from GEO database and 11 CCA patients who underwent surgical resection in The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from June 2018 to September 2021 were used for validation.STRING and Cytoscape were used to construct a protein-protein interaction network,and gene ontology(GO)and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)enrichment analyses were used to investigate the biological functions and tumor-related pathways involving MDK-related genes.In addition,TIMER and TISIDB databases were used to analyze the correlation between MDK expression and immune cell infiltration in CCA tissue.The independent-samples t test or the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of continuous data between two groups,and the Fisher's exact test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups.The Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot survival curves,and the Log-rank test was used for comparison between groups.The Spearman correlation analysis was used to investigate the correlation between two variables.Results The expression level of MDK in cancer tissue and paracancerous tissue of CCA patients was compared based on TCGA database,and the results of the non-paired and paired analyses showed that the expression level of MDK in CCA tumor tissue was significantly higher than that in paracancerous tissue(P<0.001).Transcriptome sequencing was performed for the tumor tissue and its corresponding paracancerous tissue from 11 CCA patients,and the results showed that the expression level of MDK in CCA tumor tissue was significantly higher than that in corresponding paracancerous tissue(P<0.01).High expression of MDK was associated with lymph node metastasis(P=0.045)and vascular invasion(P=0.044).Survival analysis showed that compared with the CCA patients with low MDK expression,the CCA patients with high MDK expression had significantly shorter overall survival time(χ2=5.30,P=0.028)and disease-specific survival time(χ2=6.25,P=0.019).The GO and KEGG enrichment analyses showed that the 30 MDK-related genes were closely associated with ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and affected the prognosis of CCA patients.The TIMER analysis showed that the expression level of MDK was positively correlated with the infiltration of B cells(r=0.356,P=0.035 6)and dendritic cells(r=0.409,P=0.014 7)in tumor microenvironment of CCA;the TISIDB analysis showed that the expression level of MDK was positively correlated with CXCL16(r=0.465,P=0.004 67)and was negatively correlated with CXCL12(r=-0.389,P=0.019 7)and CXCR5(r=-0.393,P=0.018 5),and it was also negatively correlated with the immune checkpoint regulators VTCN1(r=-0.393,P=0.018 3),LTA(r=-0.380,P=0.022 7),and PVR(r=-0.350,P=0.037 3).Conclusion High expression of MDK is associated with poor prognosis in CCA patients,and MDK has the potential of being used as a molecular marker for predicting the prognosis of CCA.MDK may promote the development and progression of CCA by regulating ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and the infiltration of B cells and dendritic cells.
9.Application of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with type 2 diabetic painful neuropathy
Shuqian WANG ; Cancan HUI ; Yuwei CHENG ; Xiujuan HU ; Xiaorong YIN ; Mengjie CUI ; Qinyi HUANG ; Yangliu YIN ; Yan SUN
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2024;28(8):16-21
Objective To observe the application effect of magnetic resonance imaging technology in evaluating the brain structure and function of patients with type 2 diabetic painful neuropathy (PDN). Methods Forty patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus hospitalized in our hospital were selected as the study objects, and were divided into diabetes mellitus (DM) group (
10.Identification of immune hemolytic transfusion reaction and exploration of transfusion compatibility testing
Xiujuan JIAO ; Zhuan LIU ; Hongliang HUANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(11):1064-1067
【Objective】 To analyze the causes of immune hemolytic transfusion reaction in one case, identify related antibodies, and explore transfusion compatibility testing. 【Methods】 ABO/Rh blood group identification, unexpected antibody identification of serum and diffusion fluid, direct antiglobulin test(DAT) and cross matching were conducted by saline method and/or microcolumn gel method. 【Results】 The patient′s blood group was O, and Rh phenotype was identified as DCCee. The DAT was negative, with strong anti-E antibody and weak anti-c antibody detected. Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction occurred in the patient after the last transfusion. 【Conclusion】 Currently, immune hemolytic transfusion reaction in China are mainly caused by Rh blood group system antibodies. The absence of unexpected antibody screening before blood transfusion and the weak anti-c antibody which resulted in missed detection of non compatibility in cross matching led to acute hemolytic transfusion reaction. It is recommended to conduct unexpected antibody screening before blood transfusion, and to collect blood sample for testing as soon as possible to improve the accuracy of DAT when acute hemolytic transfusion reaction is suspected.


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