In this work, starting from 4-hydroxycoumarin, three series of 22 coumarin derivatives, among which 8 have not been reported in the literature, were synthesized and their in vitro anti-inflammatory activities and mechanisms of action were preliminarily investigated using mouse macrophage model. The results showed that most of the derivatives could significantly inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory factor NO, with compounds 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2i, 2j, 4e, and 4f showing better anti-inflammatory activity than the positive control drug dexamethasone. Further experiments showed that compounds 2h and 4f significantly inhibited the production of pro-inflammatory factors IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β in RAW264.7 macrophages, and could, therefore, be used as lead compounds for further studies.

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.

Objective:To study the risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes for the diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy after cesarean section complicated with placenta previa.Methods:A national multicenter retrospective study was conducted to select a total of 747 pregnant women with the third trimester singleton pregnancy after cesarean section complicated with placenta previa from 12 tertiary hospitals in January 1st to December 31st, 2018. The risk factors of severe adverse outcomes [hysterectomy, intraoperative blood loss ≥1 000 ml, intraoperative diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum disorders (PAS)] in pregnant women with second pregnancy complicated with placenta previa after cesarean section were investigated by logistic regression analysis. The roles of prenatal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the prediction of PAS and severe adverse outcomes were observed. According to whether vascular intervention was performed (uterine artery embolization or abdominal aortic balloon occlusion), the pregnant women were divided into the blocked group and the unblocked group, and the maternal and infant perinatal outcomes between the two groups were compared.Results:(1) General information: the hysterectomy rate of 747 pregnant women with second pregnancy complicated with placenta previa after cesarean section was 10.4% (78/747), the intraoperative blood loss ≥1 000 ml in 55.8% (417/747), and PAS was confirmed in 47.5% (355/747). The incidence of uterine rupture was 0.8% (6/747). (2) Analysis of risk factors for severe adverse outcomes: based on binary unconditioned logistic regression univariate and multivariate analysis, the risk factors for hysterectomy were the mode of vascular embolization and intraoperative blood loss. The probability of hysterectomy with uterine artery embolization was 5.319 times higher than that with abdominal aortic balloon occlusion (95% CI: 1.346-21.018). The risk factors of intraoperative blood loss ≥1 000 ml were the number of cesarean section delivery, ultrasonography indicated PAS and suspected PAS, intraoperative PAS and complete placenta previa. The risk factors for intraoperative PAS were uterine scar thickness, ultrasonography indicated PAS and suspected PAS, MRI indicated PAS and suspected PAS, and complete placenta previa. (3) The roles of ultrasonography and MRI in predicting PAS: the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography in predicting PAS were 47.5% and 88.4%; the kappa value was 0.279 ( P<0.001), with fair agreement. The sensitivity and specificity of MRI to predict PAS were 79.2% and 97.8%, respectively. The kappa value was 0.702 ( P<0.001), indicating a good agreement. The intraoperative blood loss and hysterectomy rate of pregnant women with PAS indicated by ultrasonography and MRI were significantly higher than those with PAS only by ultrasonography or MRI. (4) Influence of vascular occlusion on pregnancy outcome: there were no significant differences in intraoperative blood loss and incidence of intraoperative bleeding ≥1 000 ml between the blocked group and the unblocked group (all P>0.05). There was no significant difference in intraoperative blood loss between the pregnant women with abdominal aortic balloon occlusion, uterine artery embolization and those without occlusion ( P=0.409). The hysterectomy rate of pregnant women with uterine artery embolization was significantly higher than those with abdominal aortic balloon occlusion [39.3% (22/56) vs 10.0% (5/50), P=0.001]. Conclusions:In the third trimester of pregnancy with placenta previa after cesarean section, MRI examination has better consistency in predicting PAS than ultrasonography examination. Ultrasonography examination combined with MRI examination could effectively predict the hysterectomy rate and intraoperative blood loss. Vascular occlusion could not reduce the amount of intraoperative blood loss. The hysterectomy rate of pregnant women with uterine artery embolization is higher than those with abdominal aortic balloon occlusion.

Objective To evaluate the impact of overall burden of cerebral small vessel disease(CSVD)combined with intracranial large artery atherosclerosis(ICAS)on cognitive function in very old patients.Methods A total of 178 advanced elderly patients admitted to Department of General Medicine of Wuhan Central Hospital between January 2013 and December 2022 were re-cruited in this retrospective study.According to the results of Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale,they were divided into dementia group(n=83)and non-dementia group(n=95).All pa-tients underwent brain MRI imaging,MRI susceptibility weighted imaging and cerebral angiogra-phy.Based on these imaging findings of MRI,the effect of total burden score of CSVD and athero-sclerosis on cognition were evaluated.The volumes of 14 different gyri in the left and right brain were measured in the patients with CSVD burden score ≤2 and those ≥3.Results There were significantly more patients with numbers of microbleeding foci＞10 and lacunar foci ≥5 in the dementia group than the non-dementia group(P＜0.01).But,no statistical difference was seen in intracranial and extracranial arterial stenosis between the two groups(P＞0.05).The volumes of left and right anterior cingulate gyrus,left and right paracingulate cortex,right hippocampus,left parahippocampal gyrus,right transverse temporal gyrus and left inferior temporal gyrus were no-tably smaller in the CSVD score ≥3 group than the CSVD ≤2 group(1723.444 vs 1867.167,1590.167 vs 1595.670,1481.466 vs 1509.540,1543.831 vs 1585.505,1038.345 vs 1305.831,1220.525 vs 1392.352,P＜0.05).Conclusion Cognitive function in the advanced elderly is mainly affected by the burden of CSVD,and atherosclerotic stenosis of large arteries is not the main fac-tor affecting cognitive function.The total burden of CSVD is correlated with atrophy of some gyri.

When performing eye movement pattern classification for different tasks, support vector machines are greatly affected by parameters. To address this problem, we propose an algorithm based on the improved whale algorithm to optimize support vector machines to enhance the performance of eye movement data classification. According to the characteristics of eye movement data, this study first extracts 57 features related to fixation and saccade, then uses the ReliefF algorithm for feature selection. To address the problems of low convergence accuracy and easy falling into local minima of the whale algorithm, we introduce inertia weights to balance local search and global search to accelerate the convergence speed of the algorithm and also use the differential variation strategy to increase individual diversity to jump out of local optimum. In this paper, experiments are conducted on eight test functions, and the results show that the improved whale algorithm has the best convergence accuracy and convergence speed. Finally, this paper applies the optimized support vector machine model of the improved whale algorithm to the task of classifying eye movement data in autism, and the experimental results on the public dataset show that the accuracy of the eye movement data classification of this paper is greatly improved compared with that of the traditional support vector machine method. Compared with the standard whale algorithm and other optimization algorithms, the optimized model proposed in this paper has higher recognition accuracy and provides a new idea and method for eye movement pattern recognition. In the future, eye movement data can be obtained by combining it with eye trackers to assist in medical diagnosis.
Animals ; Support Vector Machine ; Whales ; Eye Movements ; Algorithms

Objective:To evaluate the effect of dexamethasone combined with aminophylline on perioperative airway responses in COVID-19 convalescent patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery.Methods:Sixty-eight COVID-19 convalescent patients, aged 25-57 yr, of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification Ⅰ or Ⅱ, undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery, were divided into experimental group ( n=34) and control group ( n=34). In experimental group, dexamethasone 10 mg was intravenously injected at the beginning of anesthesia induction, and aminophylline 0.25 g (in 100 ml of normal saline) was intravenously infused for 10 min starting from 15 min before the end of surgery. In control group, the equal volume of normal saline was administrated instead at the same time point. Airway secretions, laryngospasm and bronchospasm were recorded from the time point before operation to 24 h after operation, and coughing was also recorded from emergence to 3 min after extubation. The blood eosinophils (EOS) count, percentage of EOS (EOS%), and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio were determined, and plasma C reactive protein level was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before operation and at 24 h after operation. The serum levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ were measured before operation, at 5 and 10 min after extubation and at 24 h after operation. Results:Compared with control group, the incidence of coughing, severity of coughing, incidence of increased airway secretion, and grade of airway secretion were significantly decreased, the levels of EOS, EOS%, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and plasma C reactive protein in peripheral blood and serum levels of interferon-γ, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α were significantly decreased after operation ( P<0.05), and no significant change was found in the incidence of bronchial spasm in experimental group ( P>0.05). No laryngeal spasm occurred in both groups. Conclusions:Dexamethasone combined with aminophylline can relieve the perioperative airway responses by inhibition of inflammatory responses in COVID-19 convalescent patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery.

Objective:To observe the long-term efficacy and safety of macular buckling (MB) in the treatment of high myopia traction maculopathy.Methods:A retrospective clinical study. From January 2014 to December 2017, 57 eyes of 57 patients with high myopia traction maculopathy who underwent MB treatment at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University were included in the study. Among them, there were 15 males with 15 eyes, average age was 51.80±10.72 years; there were 42 females with 42 eyes, average age was 59.14±11.51 years. There were 21 eyes of 21 cases with highly myopic macular hole with macular detachment (MHMD), and 36 eyes in 36 cases with highly myopic foveoschisis with macular detachment (FSMD), and they were grouped accordingly. All patients underwent best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and axial length (AL) measurements. The standard logarithmic visual acuity chart was used for BCVA examination, which was converted into logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) visual acuity during statistics. All patients underwent MB, either on its own or combined with vitrectomy. Patients with significant vitreous macular traction on OCT were treated with combined surgery. One, 3, 6 months and 1, 2, 3, and 4 years after the operation, the same equipment and methods before the operation were used to conduct related examinations, and the long-term efficacy and safety of the two groups of eyes were observed.Results:Before surgery, the logMAR BCVA of eyes in MHMD group and FSMD group were 1.35±0.47 and 1.17±0.59, respectively; 4 years after surgery, they were 1.02±0.49 and 0.73±0.55, respectively. The BCVA improved significantly at postoperative 4 years than preoperative in both groups ( P=0.039, 0.001). In the eyes with MHMD, the BCVA was found to be significant improved 3 years after surgery ( P=0.042). Whereas, in the eyes with FSMD, the BCVA was found to be significantly improved 3 months after surgery ( P=0.013). Macular reattachment was achieved in 100% of cases, while macular hole closure rate was achieved in 66.7% in the MHMD group. In the FSMD group, either macular reattachment rate or the foveoschisis resolution rate was 97.2%. After surgery, choroidal neovascularization was observed in 2 eyes, and 3 eyes with intraretinal cyst. Conclusion:MB may represent a safe and effective surgical option for the treatment of high myopia maculopathy.

Objective:To investigate the application and curative effect of fat grafting in supraorbital area in double blepharoplasty in patients with negative vector of the eyelid- globe.Methods:From January 2019 to January 2020, 78 patients who came to Fuzhou Meilai Huamei Beauty Hospital for double blepharoplasty were collected as patients with negative eyelid- globe vector. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups, with 42 cases in the combined group and 36 cases in the simple group. The combined group underwent double blepharoplasty combined with fat grafting in the supraorbital area, and the simple group only underwent double blepharoplasty.Results:The postoperative follow-up was 3-12 months, with an average follow-up of 6 months. The efficacy of the combined group and the simple group was compared. There was no surgical complications in both groups. In improving the eyelid-globe vector, the combined group was higher than that of the simple group. The overall satisfaction of the combined group was higher than that of the simple group. Among them, the satisfaction of eye appearance, self-confidence, mental health, surgical results, decision-making and facial rejuvenation were all higher than those of the simple group, and there was no difference in the impact on early life between the two groups.Conclusions:Double blepharoplasty undergoing fat grafting in the supraorbital area at the same time are safe and conforms to the aesthetic standard. The patients are satisfied with the postoperative effects.

Objective:To study the risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes for induced abortion of cesarean scar pregnancy in midtrimester.Methods:A national multicenter retrospective study was conducted. A total of 154 singletons pregnant women with cesarean scar pregnancy during the second trimester induced abortion by various reasons in 12 tertiary A hospitals were selected, their pregnant outcomes were observed and the risk factors of serious adverse outcomes were analyzed with univariate and multivariate logstic regression; the role of ultrasound and MRI in predicting placenta accreta and severe adverse outcomes was evaluated, the effectiveness of uterine artery embolization (UAE) in preventing hemorrhage in pregnant women with and without placenta accreta was compared.Results:Among 154 subjects, the rate of placenta accreta was 42.2% (65/154), the rate of postpartum hemorrhage≥1 000 ml was 39.0% (60/154), the rate of hysterectomy was 14.9% (23/154), the rate of uterine rupture was 0.6% (1/154). The risk factor of postpartum hemorrhage≥1 000 ml and hysterectomy was placenta accreta ( P<0.01). For each increase in the number of parity, the risk of placenta accreta increased 2.385 times (95% CI: 1.046-5.439; P=0.039); and the risk of placenta accreta decreased with increasing ultrasound measurement of scar myometrium thickness ( OR=0.033, 95% CI: 0.001-0.762; P=0.033). The amount of postpartum hemorrhage and hysterectomy rate in the group with placenta accreta diagnosed by ultrasound combined with MRI were not significantly different from those in the group with placenta accreta diagnosed by ultrasound only or MRI only (all P>0.05). For pregnant women with placenta accreta, there were no significant difference in the amount of bleeding and hysterectomy rate between the UAE group [median: 1 300 ml; 34% (16/47)] and the non-embolization group (all P>0.05); in pregnant women without placenta accreta, the amount of bleeding in the UAE group was lower than that in the non-embolization group (median: 100 vs 600 ml; P<0.01), but there was no significant difference in hysterectomy rate [2% (1/56) vs 9% (3/33); P>0.05]. Conclusions:(1) Placenta accreta is the only risk factor of postpartum hemorrhage≥1 000 ml with hysterectomy for induced abortion of cesarean scar pregnancy in midtrimester; multi-parity and ultrasound measurement of scar myometrium thickness are risk factors for placenta accreta. (2) The technique of using ultrasound and MRI in predicting placenta accreta of cesarean scar pregnancy needs to be improved. (3) It is necessary to discuss of UAE in preventing postpartum hemorrhage for induced abortion of cesarean scar pregnancy in midtrimester.

A variety of cytokines work synergistically to participate in wound healing. Although there are many studies on cytokines, the current clinical use of cytokines to treat wounds has not achieved the desired effect. The sequential administration of cytokines or the study of its drug delivery system may be its strategy to promote chronic wound healing. This article reviews the research progress of major growth factors, chemokines and inflammatory factors in wound repair in recent years.