[Clinical efficacy observation of electroacupuncture based on the "ascending lucidity and descending turbidity" theory： a study of gut microbiota in patients with diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction].

Objectives: To explore the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) based on the "ascending lucidity and descending turbidity" theory in patients with diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction and its regulatory effect on gut microbiota.

Methods: A total of 48 patients with diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction were randomly divided into the EA group (24 cases, 3 cases dropped-off) and the control group (24 cases, no dropped off). Both groups received blood glucose control and basic symptomatic treatment.

Enhanced oxygen evolution and power density of Co/Zn@NC@MWCNTs for the application of zinc-air batteries.

Rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) are viewed as a promising solution for electric vehicles due to their potential to provide a clean, cost-effective, and sustainable energy storage system for the next generation. Nevertheless, sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the air electrode, and low power density are significant challenges that hinder the practical application of ZABs. The key to resolving the development of ZABs is developing an affordable, efficient, and stable catalyst with bifunctional catalytic.

[Related factors of endogenous erythropoietin and its association with 10-year risks of cardiovascular disease in a community-based Chinese study].

Objective: To investigate the associated factors of endogenous erythropoietin (EPO) and its association with 10-year risks of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in a Chinese community-based general population.

Methods: The participants of this study were from an atherosclerosis cohort survey which was established by the Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital in 2011. The cohort survey was performed in the Gucheng and Pingguoyuan communities of Shijingshan district in Beijing, China.

Meta-analysis of the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of the vascular cognitive impairment associated with cerebral small vessel disease.

Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of the vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) associated with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD-VCI) and to provide a theoretical basis for clinical acupuncture treatment for CSVD-VCI.

Method: Various databases, including China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database, Chinese BioMedical Literature Service System, PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and EBSCOhost, were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) related to acupuncture treatment for CSVD-VCI. The quality of the included trials was evaluated, and a meta-analysis was conducted using the Review Manager 5.

Analysis of definitive chemo-radiotherapy for esophageal cancer with supra-clavicular node metastasis based on CT in a single institutional retrospective study: a propensity score matching analysis.

Background: The prognostic value of supra-clavicular lymph node (SCLN) metastases in esophageal cancer (EC) is still not clear.

Method: From January 2009 to December 2015, a survival analysis was performed to retrospectively identify the prognostic value of SCLN metastasis on survival on 751 patients with EC treated with definitive chemo-radiotherapy (dCRT).

Results: The median follow-up duration for living patients was 56.

Mechanism-based inhibition of Alantolactone on human cytochrome P450 3A4 in vitro and activity of hepatic cytochrome P450 in mice.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Alantolactone (AL), one of the main active ingredients in Inula helenium L., has been included in various prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine. The effects of AL on cytochrome P450 (CYP450) were still unclear.

[The origin and development of fire needle therapy].

By reading ancient acupuncture-moxibustion literature, the authors expound the origin and development of fire needle therapy from its sprout, development and mature stage, reveal the origin of fire needle, development of needling instrument and manipulation methods, indications of fire needle therapy and so on, in order to have a better learning on fire needle therapy and make it applicative in clinic.

[Comparative study on treatment of diabetic gastroparesis by acupuncture and Western medicine].

Objective: To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and mosapride in relieving diabetic gastroparesis.

Methods: Forty cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 20 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated by acupuncture at Zhongwan (CV 12) and Zusanli (ST 36), and the control group by oral administration of mosapride 5 mg, t.