1.Effect of reperfusion therapy on differential expression of plasma exosomal miRNAs in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Zhiyong ZHANG ; Binbin SUN ; Lei YAN ; Zhiguang WANG ; Gang FU ; Guo SHAO
Chinese Journal of Geriatric Heart Brain and Vessel Diseases 2024;26(2):128-131
Objective To observe the effect of coronary reperfusion therapy on the differential ex-pression of plasma exosomal miRNAs in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Meth-ods Three elderly male AMI patients undergoing coronary reperfusion therapy in our hospital from October to November 2022 were recruited in this study.The venous blood samples were col-lected at admission and 2 and 24 h after recanalization.MiRNA-sequencing was used to screen the differentially expressed miRNAs which were commonly expressed in the plasma exosomes of the 3 patients.Bioinformatics analysis was performed on the target genes,and then the differentially expressed miR-499a-5p was verified by qPCR.Results Compared with the plasma exosomal miRNAs at admission,there were 418 up-regulated and 406 down-regulated miRNAs at 2 h after operation,and 320 up-regulated and 225 down-regulated miRNAs at 24 h after operation(P<0.05);Compared with the miRNAs at 2 h after operation,there were 344 up-regulated and 350 down-regulated ones at 24 h after operation(P<0.05).Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Ge-nomes enrichment analysis showed that the differentially expressed miRNAs were enriched in phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-protein kinase B,hypoxia-inducible factor 1,and vascular smooth muscle contraction pathways.Gene Ontology analysis indicated that the molecular functions of dif-ferentially expressed miRNA target genes were mainly enriched in protein binding and DNA bind-ing;cellular components were mainly enriched in cell membrane and cytoplasm;and biological processes were mainly enriched in signaling and transcription of DNA templates.The miR-499a-5p level was significantly lower at 2 h postoperatively than at admission[(0.577±0.020)vs(1.000± 0.023),P<0.05],and at 24 h postoperatively than at 2 h postoperatively[(0.068±0.006)vs(0.577±0.020),P<0.05].Conclusion Plasma exosomal miRNAs can be used as a biomarker for early diagnosis of elderly AMI patients and for predicting the efficacy of reperfusion therapy.
2.Study on the Mechanism of Banxia Xiexin Decoction in Treating Functional Dyspepsia
Defang ZOU ; Renjun GU ; Mingxi ZHU ; Lang REN ; Ruizhi TAO ; Keqin LU ; Aiyun WANG ; Zhiguang SUN
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;40(9):941-948
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of different functional dyspepsia(FD)modeling methods and explore the thera-peutic effect and potential mechanism of Banxia Xiexin Decoction on FD.METHODS BALB/c mice were randomly divided into the blank group,iodoacetamide group,loperamide group,tail clamp group and vinegar group.After 1 week of intervention,the status of mice in each group was observed and their gastrointestinal motility,hormone levels and pathological changes were detected.A more i-deal FD modeling method was evaluated and determined.After modeling,different doses of Banxia Xiexin Decoction were given to in-tervene,and the changes in the gastrointestinal function of mice were observed.The expression of related proteins was studied by im-munohistochemistry,ELISA,Western Blot and other experimental methods.RESULTS Comparing the four modeling methods,it was found that the mice in the iodoacetamide group,loperamide group,and vinegar group showed weight loss compared to the blank group;the gastric emptying rate and small intestinal propulsion rate of mice in the iodoacetamide group and vinegar group decreased;changes in gastrointestinal hormones were found in the serum of mice in the tail clip group and vinegar group.Finally,the iodoacetamide meth-od was evaluated as the optimal FD modeling method.The administration results showed that Banxia Xiexin Decoction had no signifi-cant effect on the food intake and body weight of FD mice,while medium and high doses could improve the physical condition of FD mice,increase their gastric emptying rate and small intestine propulsion rate.The experimental results of immunohistochemistry,West-ern blotting,and ELISA confirmed that medium and high doses of Banxia Xiexin Decoction can significantly reduce the expression lev-els of TNF-α and IL-6 in the duodenum and serum of FD mice.CONCLUSION The iodoacetamide method is a better FD modeling method.Banxia Xiexin Decoction can improve the condition of FD mice,increase gastrointestinal motility,reduce the secretion of in-flammatory factor,thereby achieving the therapeutic effect of treating FD.
3.Advance in Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease with Traditional Chinese Medicine by Regulating Inflammation
Zhengyan JIANG ; Zhiguang SUN ; Liang ZHENG ; Wei WEN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(20):264-273
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a prevalent chronic digestive disorder, affecting about 20% of the population. In addition to the typical symptoms of acid regurgitation and pyrosis, GERD can lead to chronic esophageal mucosal inflammation, thereby increasing the risk of esophageal carcinoma. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have emerged as the primary pharmacological intervention due to their efficacy in reducing gastric acid production. However, the long-term use of PPIs is associated with various complications, including malabsorption of nutrients, heightened susceptibility to enteric infections, and an elevated risk of fractures. These concerns have driven the pursuit of safer and more efficacious therapeutic alternatives by both patients and healthcare providers. Recent studies have highlighted the role of persistent inflammation triggered by irritation of the esophageal epithelial cells in the pathogenesis of GERD. Such inflammation not only exacerbates mucosal damage but also contributes to the chronicity and complexity of the disease. Consequently, the development of novel anti-inflammatory therapeutic strategies has become a focus in contemporary research. Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions, with distinctive anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, offer a promising avenue for the management of GERD. These prescriptions, composed of a variety of herbal medicines, are prescribed in accordance with the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) principle of harmonizing Qi, blood, and Yin-Yang, thereby addressing the underlying disease processes. Among the numerous Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions for GERD, ingredients such as Coptidis Rhizoma, Bupleuri Radix, Euodiae Fructus, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma are commonly utilized for their effects of inhibiting inflammation, modulating immune functions, and alleviating oxidative stress. Despite the potential in treating GERD, concrete evidence-based medical proof of these prescriptions remains limited. This review summarizes the anti-inflammatory mechanisms and prospects of Chinese herbal medicines in treating GERD, providing an outlook on the value of these medicines in the anti-inflammatory management of GERD.
4.Application of knowledge map in oral medicine teaching
Ting XU ; Ling SUN ; Jiahui DAI ; Zhiguang ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2024;23(10):1358-1362
As an important part of modern medicine, the teaching model of oral medicine still has some problems, such as single teaching resources, disjunction of subject knowledge, static recording of knowledge, and large-class education. Knowledge map is a research hotspot in the field of digital education, and how to integrate it into medical education has attracted wide attention of scholars. Therefore, this article explores the application of knowledge map in oral medicine teaching and proposes a complete construction process of knowledge map for oral medicine, including knowledge extraction, knowledge integration, knowledge update, knowledge recommendation, and application evaluation. The construction of knowledge map provides strong support for improving the teaching quality of oral medicine and training stomatological professionals for the new era. However, there are still problems and challenges in this field, such as the cross-domain integration of knowledge map, accurate and efficient knowledge update, and the standardization of knowledge map evaluation.
5.Effects of blood flow restriction on muscle strength and shape in freestyle wrestlers during special training
Xiaolei JI ; Xinyi WU ; Ke SUN ; Zhiguang ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Sports Medicine 2024;43(5):348-355
Objective To explore the effect of blood flow restriction on muscle strength,body compo-sition,circumferences of both lower and upper extremities,and muscle thickness of female freestyle wrestlers during a 4-week freestyle wrestling camp training.Methods Twenty female freestyle wrestlers of Beijing Team with more than 5 years'training were randomly divided into a KAATSU group and a control group.Both groups performed the same wrestling training program,during which the KAATSU group wore blood flow restriction elastic bands.The changes of muscle strength,body composition,limb circumferences,and muscle thickness were compared between the two groups before and after the training.Results After the training,no significant differences were found in both groups in the average body composition(P>0.05).However,after the training,in the KAATSU group,the weight and skele-tal muscle mass increased by 0.57%and 4.10%,respectively,while the amount of fat decreased by 1.48%.Moreover,after the intervention,no significant changes were found in the average circumferenc-es of all limbs except that of the right upper arm,with its increase in the KAATSU group significant-ly greater than the control group.Meanwhile,compared with before training,the thickness of biceps in relaxation as well as quadriceps in relaxation and contraction increased in both groups,with signifi-cant greater increase in the KAATSU group than the control group in relaxation.To be more specific,the thickness of biceps and quadriceps in relaxation increased by 26.59%and 22.36%in the KAAT-SU group after the training(P<0.05 for all).In addition,after the training,the peak torque of the left knee flexion and right knee extension increased in both groups(P<0.05),with the increase in the KAATSU group(6.00%and 8.87%)significantly greater than the control group(5.42%and 0.00%).Moreover,after the training,the maximum strength of squat,bench press,and bench pull in the KAATSU group increased significantly(P<0.05),whose strength of bench press was 70.63 kg,signifi-cantly higher than the control group(51.07 kg),with significantly greater increase than the control group(9.45%vs.0.46%).Conclusion The 4-week freestyle wrestling training with blood flow restric-tion is superior to traditional training in maintaining the ideal body weight,promoting the mass of the major muscles of limbs,the maximum strength of skeletal muscles and related joints during squatting,bench press and bench pull.
6.Background, design, and preliminary implementation of China prospective multicenter birth cohort
Si ZHOU ; Liping GUAN ; Hanbo ZHANG ; Wenzhi YANG ; Qiaoling GENG ; Niya ZHOU ; Wenrui ZHAO ; Jia LI ; Zhiguang ZHAO ; Xi PU ; Dan ZHENG ; Hua JIN ; Fei HOU ; Jie GAO ; Wendi WANG ; Xiaohua WANG ; Aiju LIU ; Luming SUN ; Jing YI ; Zhang MAO ; Zhixu QIU ; Shuzhen WU ; Dongqun HUANG ; Xiaohang CHEN ; Fengxiang WEI ; Lianshuai ZHENG ; Xiao YANG ; Jianguo ZHANG ; Zhongjun LI ; Qingsong LIU ; Leilei WANG ; Lijian ZHAO ; Hongbo QI
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2024;27(9):750-755
China prospective multicenter birth cohort (Prospective Omics Health Atlas birth cohort, POHA birth cohort) study was officially launched in 2022. This study, in collaboration with 12 participating units, aims to establish a high-quality, multidimensional cohort comprising 20 000 naturally conceived families and assisted reproductive families. The study involves long-term follow-up of parents and offspring, with corresponding biological samples collected at key time points. Through multi-omics testing and analysis, the study aims to conduct multi-omics big data research across the entire maternal and infant life cycle. The goal is to identify new biomarkers for maternal and infant diseases and provide scientific evidence for risk prediction related to maternal diseases and neonatal health.
7.Quality evaluation of registration data of Shenzhen Type 1 Diabetes Alliance: based on the collaborative research platform network of China Type 1 Diabetes Alliance
Xueting LIU ; Haiyan LI ; Lingbo LYU ; Mingzheng LI ; Yan HUANG ; Shu LI ; Hongmei WU ; Qin ZHANG ; Chuanqi CHEN ; Liao SUN ; Zhiguang ZHOU ; Xia LI ; Dewen YAN
Journal of Chinese Physician 2022;24(7):1060-1066
Objective:To evaluate the data quality of Shenzhen Type 1 Diabetes Alliance (SZT1D), and to provide a basis for evaluation and improvement for the continuous improvement of data quality.Methods:From December 2018 to July 2021, 697 first-visit type 1 diabetes (T1DM) patients (including 501 in Shenzhen and 196 out-of-Shenzhen) and 120 re-visited T1DM patients (including 113 in Shenzhen and 7 out-of-Shenzhen) who were registered by SZT1D in collaborative research platform network of China Type 1 Diabetes Alliance (hereinafter referred to as China T1D). The data quality was evaluated from three dimensions: data completion, accuracy and revisit. The data completion degree was evaluated by the overall data completion degree and the key indicator completion degree; the data accuracy was evaluated by the probability of abnormal blood glucose value; the patient′s return visit was evaluated by the return visit rate.Results:The main characteristics of T1DM in SZT1D were young and middle-aged adults [age: (34.4±17.1)years] with thin body [BMI: (19.80±3.52)kg/m 2)], half of male and female patients [proportion of male: 52.4%(365/697)]; the main types of diagnosis were classical T1DM [65.22%(150/230)] and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults(LADA) [26.08%(60/230)], and the fasting blood glucose (FPG) [(10.93±6.98)mmol/L] and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA 1c) [(10.63±3.01)%] were high. The average completion rate of the overall data of the first diagnosed patients in SZT1D was only 60% [(62.9±31.5)%]: the number of patients with overall data completion ≥80% in SZT1D was only 50.2%(350/697); the number of patients with overall data completion ≥80% in Shenzhen was less than that outside Shenzhen [44.3%(222/501) vs 65.3%(128/196), P<0.001]. The key indicators with better completion rate of first-visit were disease course [76.2%(531/697)], age of onset [75.8%(528/697)], family history of diabetes [74.9%(522/697)], etc., but none of them had a completion rate of more than 80%, and the diabetes self-management behavior assessment questionnaire and scale score were completely missing; the frequency of daily blood glucose monitoring [46.1%(231/501) vs 64.3%(126/196), P<0.001], current insulin regimen [44.3%(222/501) vs 63.3%(124/196), P<0.001], number of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) since the onset of the disease [45.7%(229/501) vs 64.8%(127/196), P<0.001] and the number of symptomatic hypoglycemia in the past 1 month [39.3%(197/501) vs 63.8%(125/196), P<0.001] were higher in Shenzhen than those reported outside Shenzhen. In addition, the probability of abnormal FPG and postprandial glucose (PPG) [5.2%(24/466); 3.8%(19/236)] were low. The revisit rate was not high [17.2%(120/697)], and the revisit rate in Shenzhen was higher than that outside Shenzhen [22.6%(113/501) vs 3.6%(7/196), P<0.001]. The first revisit rate was 16.2%(113/697) and the second revisit rate was seriously insufficient [1.0%(7/697)]. Conclusions:The data quality of T1DM patients recorded by SZT1D needs to be further improved. Improving the information interconnection between China-T1D and SZT1D, employing quality control personnel and building a systematic data quality evaluation analysis and feedback mechanism are methods to promote the comprehensive, accurate and efficient input of T1DM data and continuously improve the evaluation methods to improve the overall data quality.
8. Association of NLRP2 gene polymorphisms with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Chinese Han population
Xiaoxiao SUN ; Ying XIA ; Linling XU ; Shuoming LUO ; Jian LIN ; Yang XIAO ; Xia LI ; Gan HUANG ; Zhiguo XIE ; Zhiguang ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2020;36(2):111-115
Objective:
To evaluate the association between NLRP2(NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 2) gene polymorphisms and classical type 1 diabetes mellitus(T1DM) in Chinese Han population.
Methods:
A case-control study was conducted in 510 classical T1DM patients from the Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology in the Second Xiangya Hospital affiliated to Central South University and 531 healthy controls in this region. The polymorphisms of rs1043673 in NLRP2 gene were analyzed by MassARRAY.
9. Clinical observation of 43 cases of acute poisoning caused by herbicide marked diquat
Yuxuan WU ; Jinsong ZHANG ; Li QIAO ; Hao SUN ; Jianrong CHEN ; Lijun LIU ; Jiyang XU ; Hong SUN ; Yeping DU ; Zhiguang TIAN ; Rushan YANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019;28(10):1287-1291
Objective:
To analyze the relationship between clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with acute herbicide poisoning marked diquat.
Methods:
A multi-center, retrospective clinical study of patients with acute diquat poisoning admitted into Emergency Department was conducted from June 2015 to August 2018 in 8 hospitals in Jiangsu Province.
Results:
A total of 43 patients (22 males and 21 females) were collected and the peak age of poisoning ranged 20-39 years old. The only route of poisoning was ingestion. Among these cases, suicide was the most common cause of poisoningaccounting for 90.70%. In emergency treatment, the constituent ratios of gastric lavage, hemoperfusion and glucocorticoid were 87.50%, 72.50% and 42.50%, respectively. The total mortality increased to 60.00% after follow-up, while the in-hospital mortality was 18.60%. The mortality of patients with toxic dose < 50 mL was 11.11%.
Conclusions
The incidence of acute herbicide poisoning with "diquat" as commercial component is gradually increasing. At present, the mortality is very high. Ingestion poisoning dose is the key factor affecting prognosis, and the prognosis of patients with oral dose > 50 mL is poor.
10.Overexpression of miR-155-5p Inhibits the Proliferation and Migration of IL-13-Induced Human Bronchial Smooth Muscle Cells by Suppressing TGF-β-Activated Kinase 1/MAP3K7-Binding Protein 2.
Yujia SHI ; Xingli FU ; Qi CAO ; Zhengdao MAO ; Yi CHEN ; Yun SUN ; Zhiguang LIU ; Qian ZHANG
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research 2018;10(3):260-267
PURPOSE: Molecular mechanisms leading to asthma is still ill-defined. Though the function of microRNAs (miRNAs) in asthma was previously reported, the involvement of miR-155 in important features of this disease remains unknown. The present study was designed to uncover the probable involvement of miR-155-5p in the proliferation and migration of IL-13-induced human bronchial smooth muscle cells (BSMCs) and the intrinsic regulatory mechanism. METHODS: The effects of different concentrations of IL-13 on the proliferation and migration of BSMCs as well as the expression of miR-155-5p and its predicted target transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-activated kinase 1/MAP3K7-binding protein 2 (TAB2) were investigated. The effects of miR-155-5p on the proliferation and migration of interleukin (IL)-13-induced BSMCs was determined in vitro using BSMCs transfected with miR-155 mimic/inhibitor and induced by a high concentration of IL-13. The quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRTPCR) was employed for determining the expression of miR-155-5p and TAB2. Western blotting was applied to analyze the expression of TAB2 at the protein level. Cell proliferation and migration were assessed using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and Transwell assays, respectively. RESULTS: The proliferation and migration of BSMCs were dose-dependently increased with IL-13 treatment. Contrariwise, IL-13 dose-dependently inhibited the expression of miR-155-5p in BSMCs. Mechanistic studies showed that inhibition of miR-155-5p further promoted the stimulatory effects of IL-13, whereas overexpression of miR-155 significantly inhibited these effects. In silico studies and luciferase reporter assays indicated that TAB2 was a negatively regulated miR-155-5p target. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggested that miR-155-5p-inhibit the IL-13-induced proliferation and migration of BSMCs by targeting TAB2 and that the IL-13/miR-155/TAB2 pathway could serve as a therapeutic target for pulmonary diseases, especially asthma.
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