| 1 | A single-center retrospective study on epidemiological and Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome characteristics of 21010 patients with reflux/heartburn symptoms显示文摘OBJECTIVE:To provide a basis for the clinical identification of true and false reflux,integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine,and psychosomatic treatment,we conducted a retrospective study of the etiology and epidemiological and Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) syndrome characteristics of patients with reflux/heartburn symptoms.METHODS:The 210 10 patients with reflux/heartburn treated at Tianjin Nankai Hospital from January 1,2016,to December 31,2019,were divided into four groups according to their pathogenesis.Sex,age,course of disease,incidence rate,gastroscopy,24-h p Himpedance,esophageal manometry,Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA)/Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMD) score,8-week proton pump inhibitor(PPI) treatment effect,and TCM syndrome characteristics were statistically analyzed.RESULTS:A total of 21010 patients(8864 men and 12146 women),with reflux/heartburn symptoms were screened,including 6284(29.9%) patients with reflux esophagitis(RE),10427(49.6%) patients with nonerosive reflux esophagitis(NERD),2430(11.6%) patients with reflux hypersensitivity(RH),and 1870(8.9%) patients with functional heartburn(FH).The incidence of the disease was higher in women than in men(P <0.0001).The ranking of the incidence of anxiety and depression in these four groups was FH > RH > NERD > RE(P < 0.0001).There were more women than men in the groups with anxiety and more men than women in the groups with depression(P < 0.0001),and there was no significant difference in the distribution of anxiety and depression between men and women(P = 0.5689).There were significant differences in TCM syndrome characteristics between NERD,RE,and functional esophageal diseases(P < 0.01).The highest proportion of functional esophageal disease TCM symptoms was Qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction syndrome(36.16%),and there was no significant difference between RH and FH.The effective rates of PPI treatment at 8 weeks in patients in the RE,NERD,RH,and FH groups were 89%,72%,54%,and 0%,respectively.RE was classified into grades A,B,C,and D according to the Los Angeles grading system.The ranking of the incidence of these four grades was A > B > C > D(P < 0.0001).The effective rates of PPI treatment at 8 weeks were 91%,81%,69%,and 63% in patients with grade A,B,C,and D RE,respectively(P < 0.0001).The highest proportion of TCM syndrome types of NERD and RE was the stagnated heat syndrome in the liver and stomach syndrome,38.99% and 33.90%,respectively.CONCLUSION:Reflux/heartburn symptoms are relatively common in middle-aged women,and NERD is the most common etiology,followed by RE,RH,and FH.The most common TCM syndrome characteristics in NERD and RE were stagnated heat syndrome in the liver and stomach syndrome,and Qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction syndrome in functional esophageal diseases.Most patients with reflux/heartburn symptoms also experienced anxiety and depression. | TANG Yanping LI Peicai LIU Xi LIU Lei GONG Yanxia WEI Xiaodong LIU Lina YANG Li | 2023 | Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2023,43,3: | 2 |
| 2 | Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitors Promote Microglial Uptake Via the ERK Signaling Pathway显示文摘Microglia are immunocompetent cells in the central nervous system that take up tissue debris and pathogens.Rho-associated kinase(ROCK) has been identified as an important regulator of uptake, proliferation, secretion, and differentiation in a number of cell types. Although ROCK plays critical roles in the microglial secretion of inflammatory factors,migration, and morphology, its effects on microglial uptake activity have not been well characterized. In the present study,we found that treatment of BV2 microglia and primary microglia with the ROCK inhibitors Y27632 and fasudil increased uptake activity and was associated with morphological changes. Furthermore, western blots showed that this increase in uptake activity was mediated through the extracellular-signal-regulated kinase(ERK) signaling cascade, indicating the importance of ROCK in regulating microglial uptake activity. | Peicai Fu Ronghua Tang Zhiyuan Yu Caihong Li Xue Chen Minjie Xie Wei Wang Xiang Luo | 2016 | Neuroscience Bulletin2016,32,1: | 2 |