1.Concept,Organizational Structure,and Medical Model of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Myocardial Infarction Unit
Jun LI ; Jialiang GAO ; Jie WANG ; Zhenpeng ZHANG ; Xinyuan WU ; Ji WU ; Zicong XIE ; Jingrun CUI ; Haoqiang HE ; Yuqing TAN ; Chunkun YANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(9):873-877
The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) myocardial infarction (MI) unit is a standardized, regulated, and continuous integrated care unit guided by TCM theory and built upon existing chest pain centers or emergency care units. This unit emphasizes multidisciplinary collaboration and forms a restructured clinical entity without altering current departmental settings, offering comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services with full participation of TCM in the treatment of MI. Its core medical model is patient-centered and disease-focused, providing horizontally integrated TCM-based care across multiple specialties and vertically constructing a full-cycle treatment unit for MI, delivering prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation during the acute, stable, and recovery phases. Additionally, the unit establishes a TCM-featured education and prevention mechanism for MI to guide patients in proactive health management, reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction, and improve quality of life.
2.The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT dynamic imaging in the diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma with liver metastases
Xin WANG ; Zhenpeng YU ; Hui WANG ; Pengfei DAI
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(5):869-873
Objective To explore the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT dynamic imaging in the diagnosis of primary liver cancer and liver metastases.Methods In this study, the data of 94 patients with hepatic malignant lesions [hepa-tocellular carcinoma group (25 cases) , cholangiocellular carcinoma group (27 cases) , and liver metastases group (42 cases) ] imaged by whole-body dynamic 18 F-FDG PET/CT were used as the research subjects, and the meth-ods of (ANOVA) and subjects' working characteristic curves (ROC) were applied to examine the patients with liv-er malignant tumours of different pathological types SUVmax, MRFDG, TBR and dmax were statistically analysed as im-aging features.Results Among 94 patients, the differences in SUVmax, MRFDG, TBRSUVmax and TBRMRFDG were sta-tistically significant in the hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocellular carcinoma and hepatic metastasis groups (SUVmax: F =48.773, P <0.001; MRFDG: F =26.334, P <0.001; TBRSUVmax: F =41.314, P <0.001;TBRMRFDG:F=20.821, P<0.001).The AUCs for the differential diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic metastases for SUVmax, MRFDG, TBRSUVmax, and TBRMRFDG were 0.836, 0.851, 0.827, and 0.847, re-spectively.There was a positive correlation between SUVmax, MRFDG, and the hepatic malignant lesions' There was a positive correlation between SUVmax, MRFDG and the maximum diameter dmax(SUVmax:r=0.4, P<0.05;MRFDG:r=0.2, P<0.05), and the difference was statistically significant.Conclusion 18F-FDG PET/CT dynamic ima-ging has good differential diagnostic efficacy in different pathological types of liver malignant tumors.There is a pos-itive correlation between SUVmax, MRFDG and dmax in different pathological types of liver malignant tumors.
3.Knowledge Graph Construction of Coronary Heart Disease Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines
Jinlei LIU ; Xiaoshan HUI ; Zhenpeng ZHANG ; Yongmei LIU ; Jie WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(7):208-215
ObjectiveTo construct the syndrome differentiation and treatment process in the diagnosis and treatment guideline into a visual knowledge graph using knowledge graph technology, and visualize the process from the input of clinical manifestations to the output of corresponding traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnosis and prescriptions through programs, to visually display the diagnosis and treatment process as well as the data relationship for TCM practitioners. This paper facilitated the standardized and normalized TCM diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease, and provided technical support for the inheritance and promotion of TCM diagnosis and treatment. MethodNeo4j and py2neo were used to construct a knowledge graph based on the Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease with Stable Angina Pectoris published by China Association of Chinese Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Branch. A knowledge graph regarding the input of clinical manifestations was built through programs, visually displaying the standardized TCM diagnosis and treatment process of coronary heart disease with stable angina pectoris. ResultThe structured data were extracted from the guideline by py2neo connecting to Neo4j and imported into Neo4j to construct the knowledge graph of TCM diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease with stable angina pectoris, which had graph database query function. ConclusionAiming at the problems existing in the inheritance of TCM diagnosis and treatment, this paper proposed a diagnosis and treatment guideline integrating the experience of TCM experts and evidence-based evidence for coronary heart disease with stable angina pectoris, and realized the visualization process of knowledge graph based on TCM diagnosis and treatment guideline and the experience of TCM experts. It is helpful to intuitively display the whole TCM diagnosis and treatment process from symptom input to prescriptions and inherit TCM experience, providing a new paradigm for standardized and normalized TCM diagnosis and treatment.
4.Research on Diagnosis and Prescription System of Coronary Heart Disease with Syndrome Elements Based on Improved Transformer Algorithm
Hongzheng LI ; Jie WANG ; Yuchen GUO ; Zhenpeng ZHANG ; Jiannan LI ; Qianyi LI ; Yan DONG ; Qiang DU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(1):148-154
ObjectiveTo construct a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome diagnosis and prescription model for coronary heart disease with the improved Transformer algorithm. MethodTaking the syndrome elements of coronary heart disease as key links, the model was constructed based on the clinical diagnosis and treatment principle of "symptoms-syndrome elements-syndrome-treatment method-prescription-medicine (dose)". The basic logic of improved Transformer algorithm was constructed with multi-head attention mechanism, compound term vector and dropout, in order to form the model with functions of TCM syndrome elements judgment, syndrome diagnosis, prescription recommendation. After the model was constructed, it was trained by 8 030 cases. And 100 cases with TCM prescriptions were randomly selected for testing, and the model output prescriptions were compared with those of clinicians for qualitative evaluation of the model. ResultThe improved Transformer with multi-head attention improved the accuracy of the model. The model was consistent with clinicians in the judgment of main syndromes and the selection of prescriptions. Whereas there was a certain room for improvement in the addition and subtraction of medicines. ConclusionThe improved Transformer model can improve the accuracy and stability of output, which is an embodiment of the intelligent development of TCM.
5.Efficacy and safety of flurbiprofen cataplasms versus loxoprofen sodium cataplasms in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.
Dong LI ; Yinchu CHENG ; Ping YUAN ; Ziyang WU ; Jiabang LIU ; Jinfu KAN ; Kun ZHANG ; Zhanguo WANG ; Hui ZHANG ; Guangwu ZHANG ; Tao XUE ; Junxiu JIA ; Suodi ZHAI ; Zhenpeng GUAN
Chinese Medical Journal 2023;136(18):2187-2194
BACKGROUND:
Clinical trial evidence is limited to identify better topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for treating knee osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of flurbiprofen cataplasms (FPC) with loxoprofen sodium cataplasms (LSC) in treating patients with knee OA.
METHODS:
This is an open-label, non-inferiority randomized controlled trial conducted at Peking University Shougang Hospital. Overall, 250 patients with knee OA admitted from October 2021 to April 2022 were randomly assigned to FPC and LSC treatment groups in a 1:1 ratio. Both medications were administered to patients for 28 days. The primary outcome was the change of pain measured by visual analog scale (VAS) score from baseline to day 28 (range, 0-10 points; higher score indicates worse pain; non-inferiority margin: 1 point; superiority margin: 0 point). There were four secondary outcomes, including the extent of pain relief, the change trends of VAS scores, joint function scores measured by the Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), and adverse events.
RESULTS:
Among 250 randomized patients (One patient without complete baseline record in the flurbiprofen cataplasms was excluded; age, 62.8 ± 10.5 years; 61.4% [153/249] women), 234 (93.6%) finally completed the trial. In the intention-to-treat analysis, the decline of the VAS score for the 24-h most intense pain in the FPC group was non-inferior, and also superior to that in the LSC group (differences and 95% confidence interval, 0.414 (0.147-0.681); P <0.001 for non-inferiority; P = 0.001 for superiority). Similar results were observed of the VAS scores for the current pain and pain during exercise. WOMAC scores were also lower in the FPC group at week 4 (12.50 [8.00-22.50] vs . 16.00 [11.00-27.00], P = 0.010), mainly driven by the dimension of daily activity difficulty. In addition, the FPC group experienced a significantly lower incidence of adverse events (5.6% [7/124] vs . 33.6% [42/125], P <0.001), including irritation, rash and pain of the skin, and sticky hair uncovering pain.
CONCLUSIONS
This study suggested that FPC is superior to LSC for treating patients with knee OA in pain relief, joint function improvement, and safety profile.
Humans
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Female
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Middle Aged
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Aged
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Osteoarthritis, Knee/drug therapy*
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Flurbiprofen/therapeutic use*
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use*
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Pain/drug therapy*
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Treatment Outcome
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Double-Blind Method
6.Genetic and histological relationship between pheromone-secreting tissues of the musk gland and skin of juvenile Chinese forest musk deer(Moschus berezovskii Flerov,1929)
LI LONG ; CAO HERAN ; YANG JINMENG ; JIN TIANQI ; MA YUXUAN ; WANG YANG ; LI ZHENPENG ; CHEN YINING ; GAO HUIHUI ; ZHU CHAO ; YANG TIANHAO ; DENG YALONG ; YANG FANGXIA ; DONG WUZI
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2023;24(9):807-822,中插1-中插4
Background:The musk glands of adult male Chinese forest musk deer(Moschus berezovskii Flerov,1929)(FMD),which are considered as special skin glands,secrete a mixture of sebum,lipids,and proteins into the musk pod.Together,these components form musk,which plays an important role in attracting females during the breeding season.However,the relationship between the musk glands and skin of Chinese FMD remains undiscovered.Here,the musk gland and skin of Chinese FMD were examined using histological analysis and RNA sequencing(RNA-seq),and the expression of key regulatory genes was evaluated to determine whether the musk gland is derived from the skin.Methods:A comparative analysis of musk gland anatomy between juvenile and adult Chinese FMD was conducted.Then,based on the anatomical structure of the musk gland,skin tissues from the abdomen and back as well as musk gland tissues were obtained from three juvenile FMD.These tissues were used for RNA-seq,hematoxylin-eosin(HE)staining,immunohistochemistry(IHC),western blot(WB),and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR)experiments.Results:Anatomical analysis showed that only adult male FMD had a complete glandular organ and musk pod,while juvenile FMD did not have any well-developed musk pods.Transcriptomic data revealed that 88.24%of genes were co-expressed in the skin and musk gland tissues.Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)signaling pathway analysis found that the genes co-expressed in the abdomen skin,back skin,and musk gland were enriched in biological development,endocrine system,lipid metabolism,and other pathways.Gene Ontology(GO)enrichment analysis indicated that the genes expressed in these tissues were enriched in biological processes such as multicellular development and cell division.Moreover,the Metascape predictive analysis tool demonstrated that genes expressed in musk glands were skin tissue-specific.qRT-PCR and WB revealed that sex-determining region Y-box protein 9(Sox9),Caveolin-1(Cav-1),and androgen receptor(AR)were expressed in all three tissues,although the expression levels differed among the tissues.According to the IHC results,Sox9 and AR were expressed in the nuclei of sebaceous gland,hair follicle,and musk gland cells,whereas Cav-1 was expressed in the cell membrane.Conclusions:The musk gland of Chinese FMD may be a derivative of skin tissue,and Sox9,Cav-1,and AR may play significant roles in musk gland development.
7.Efficacy and safety of docetaxel plus hormone therapy in metastatic prostate cancer
Shenfei MA ; Zhenpeng LIAN ; Taihao CHANG ; Hongtuan ZHANG ; Xiaoming WANG ; Ranlu LIU ; Yong XU
Chinese Journal of Urology 2022;43(6):430-435
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of docetaxel plus hormone therapy in metastatic prostate cancer.Methods:From April 2016 to April 2019, 204 cases with bone metastatic prostate cancer in the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University were analyzed retrospectively. There were 97 patients responded to hormone therapy including 92 cases with high-burden metastasis (more than 4 bone metastases with one or more beyond the axial skeleton) and 5 cases with low-burden metastasis, with average age of 70 years (range 42-87 years) and median prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 74.1 ng/ml (range 11.0-145.0 ng/ml). Among them, there were 35 patients (36.1%) with a Gleason score of 7 or lower, and 62 patients (63.9%) with a Gleason score of 8 or higher. There were 26 patients suffering from bone pain, with average numerical rating scales(NRS) score of 3.7. In addition, there were 107 patients being resistant to hormone therapy, with average age of 73 years (range 56-83 years), and median PSA of 84.5 ng/ml (range 12.4-490.2 ng/ml), including 32 patients (29.9%) with a Gleason score of 7 or lower, and 75 patients (70.1%) with a Gleason score of 8 or higher. Among them, there were 75 patients suffering from bone pain, with average NRS score of 5.4. All patients received continuous hormone therapy combined with docetaxel (at a dose of 75 mg per square meter of body-surface area every 3w, plus prednisone 5 mg twice a day), and PSA progression-free survival (PSA-PFS), NRS score, pain relief, and adverse events were analyzed. Additional analysis of the correlation between PSA-PFS and subgroups with age, PSA level and Gleason score were performed.Results:For patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), 6 (6.2%) cases only received 1-2 cycles of chemotherapy due to different reasons, and the others received 3-6 cycles(average 4.7)with the median follow-up of 15 months. Of patients who received ≥3 cycles, there were 36 cases presenting PSA progression, with the median PSA-PFS of 22 months, average NRS score decline from 3.9 to 3.0, and pain relief rate of 72.0%(18/25). For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), 9 (8.4%)cases only received 1-2 cycles of chemotherapy, and the others received 3-14 cycles (average 5.6). Of patients who received≥3 cycles, there were 51 cases with PSA progression, with the median PSA-PFS of 11 months, average NRS score decline from 5.6 to 4.4, and pain relief rate of 48.6%(35/72). Subgroup analysis showed a significant correlation between PSA level and PSA-PFS for patients with mCRPC( P=0.026). Age or Gleason score was not significantly correlated to PSA-PFS in mHSPC or mCRPC( P>0.05). For patients with mHSPC, grade 3 or 4 neutropenia occurred in 17 cases(17.5%), nausea and vomiting in 27 cases(27.8%), and fatigue in 25 cases(25.8%). For patients with mCRPC, grade 3 or 4 neutropenia occurred in 24 cases (22.4%), nausea and vomiting in 34 cases(31.8%), and fatigue in 26 cases(24.3%). Allergic reaction and sensory neuropathy toxicity were occasional. Conclusion:Efficacy of docetaxel plus hormone therapy was confirmed in metastatic prostate cancer and adverse events were tolerable.
8.Clinical evidence-based guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injury (2022 version)
Lunhao BAI ; Jiwu CHEN ; Jian CHEN ; Dongyang CHEN ; Xuesong DAI ; Zhenpeng GUAN ; Shengwei HE ; Jia JIANG ; Qing JIANG ; Hai LAN ; Ting LI ; Ning LIU ; Wei LU ; Yi QIAO ; Luning SUN ; Weiguo WANG ; Weiming WANG ; Bin XU ; Honggang XU ; Yongsheng XU ; Wenfeng XIAO ; Liang YANG ; Hongbo YOU ; Jiakuo YU ; Tengbo YU ; Xintao ZHANG ; Hui ZHANG ; Song ZHAO ; Weihong ZHU ; Jinzhong ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2022;38(6):492-503
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common sports injury that has a significant impact on knee function and patients′ mobility. With the popularity of national fitness campaign in China, the incidence of ACL injury is increasing year by year. Currently, there still lacks clinical standards or guidelines on how to choose appropriate treatment methods, surgical plans and rehabilitation protocols for ACL injury. In order to timely reflect the new treatment concept of ACL injury, standardize its diagnosis and treatment and improve the curative effect, the Sports Medicine Society of Chinese Research Hospital Association and the Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Trauma organized domestic orthopedic and sports medicine experts to formulate the "clinical evidence-based guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injury (2022 version)" based on the level of evidence-based medicine and in compliance with the principle of scientificity, practicability and advancement. The present guideline includes 12 recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of ACL injury in order to provide guidance and assistance for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of ACL injury in China.
9.The clinical study of Salvianolate with intervention bioinformatics of patients with Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Zhenpeng ZHANG ; Jun LI ; Yongmei LIU ; Jie WANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2021;43(1):27-31
Objective:To observe the changes of biomarkers in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) after intervention with Salvianolate.Methods:A total 81 patients with NSTEMI who met the inclusion criteria from January 2016 to December 2019 were randomly divided into two groups. The control group dropped 6 cases, the treatment group dropped 6 cases, and finally each group had 35 cases. The control group was treated with conventional medicine therapy, and the treatment group was treated by intravenous drip of 0.9% NS 250 ml + Salvianolate on the basis of the control group. Both groups were treated continuously for 10 days. The latex immunoturbidimetric method was used to detect hypersensitive-C-Reactive-Protein (hs-CRP), double antibodysandwich immune chemiluminescence method for procalcitonin (PCT), electrochemiluminescence method for N-Terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP), coagulation method for plasma fibrinogen (FIB), and immunoassay for D-dimer. The number of episodes of angina pectoris after infarction, recurring myocardial infarction, malignant arrhythmia, and death in the hospital were recorded and collected during the hospitalization period (0-10 d).Results:After treatment, hs-CRP (2.46 ± 1.76 mg/L vs. 3.45 ± 0.67 mg/L, t=2.324), PCT (0.52 ± 0.30 ng/L vs. 0.11 ± 0.08 ng/L, t=2.059), FIB (1.30 ± 0.63 g/L vs. 1.97 ± 0.67 g/L, t=2.168) in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group ( P<0.05). After treatment, the level of NT-proBNP and D-dimer showed a downward trend, but there was no statistically significant difference within and between groups ( P>0.05). During hospitalization, the number of angina pectoris after infarction in the treatment group was significantly lower than that of the control group ( t=4.019, P=0.045), while the incidence of acute heart failure, recurring myocardial infarction, malignant arrhythmia and death in the hospital showed no significant difference ( P>0.05). Conclusion:Salvianolate can reduce the inflammatory response of NSTEMI patients on the basis of western medicine, relieve the hypercoagulable state, and reduce the number of angina pectoris after infarction.
10.Perlman syndrome research progress.
Zhenpeng WANG ; Jingyi LIU ; Yi YANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2021;38(10):1021-1024
Perlman syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive congenital overgrowth syndrome caused by pathogenic variants of the DIS3L2 gene at 2q37 region. Clinically this syndrome is characterized by polyhydramnios, macrosomia, distinctive facial appearance, and renal dysplasia. Prognosis of the disease is poor, and survivors usually have mental delay and a high risk of developing Wilms tumor. At present, the pathogenesis of this disease is still poorly understood. This article intends to provide a review for this disease.
Female
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Fetal Macrosomia
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Humans
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Kidney Tubules, Proximal
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Pregnancy
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Syndrome
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Wilms Tumor


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