[LncRNA RPL22P1-201 affects prostate cancer cell proliferation, cell cycle, and sensitivity to docetaxel by regulating miR-216b-5p expression].

Objective: Exploring the effects and mechanisms of long non coding RNA (lncRNA) RPL22P1-201 on prostate cancer cell proliferation, cell cycle, and docetaxel sensitivity by regulating miR-216b-5p expression.

Methods: The Cancer LncRNA Census database was used to analyze the differential expression of RPL22P1-201 between prostate cancer tissue and normal tissue. Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression level of RPL22P1-201 in prostate cancer cell lines (DU-145, C4-2B, PC3, 22Rv1, LNCaP) and normal prostate epithelial cells (RWPE-1).

[Correlation of serum and seminal plasma HCY levels with semen parameters in men and its effect on recurrent spontaneous abortion].

Objective: To investigate the correlation of serum and seminal plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels with semen parameters in men and its effect on recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) in their spouses.

Methods: The study included 103 males subjects undergoing preconception examination in the reproduction center from March 2022 to June 2023. According to whether their spouses had a history of RSA or not, we divided their subjects into an RSA (n = 43) and a non-RSA group (NRSA, n = 60), obtained their serum and seminal plasma Hcy levels and semen parameters, and analyzed their correlation.

Serum hyaluronic acid and procollagen III, N-terminal propeptide levels are highly associated with disease severity and predict the progression of COVID-19.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a rapidly evolving global emergency and continuously poses a serious threat to public health, highlighting the urgent need of identifying biomarkers for disease severity and progression. In order to early identify severe and critical patients, we retrospectively analyze the clinical characteristics and risk indicators of severe disease in patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: A total of 420 confirmed COVID-19 patients were included in the study.

[Clinical efficacy of Jujing Decoction on teratospermia: An investigation based on the theory of "yin forming"].

Objective: To study the clinical efficacy of Jujing Decoction (JJD) based on the theory of "yin forming" in the treatment of teratospermia and its effects on semen parameters, sperm morphology, sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) and the ultrastructure of sperm mitochondria.

Methods: We randomly divided 40 patients with teratospermia into a blank control group (n = 16) and a JJD group (n = 24), the former treated by reproductive health guidance and the latter with JJD, respectively. After 12 weeks of intervention, we observed the clinical effects and changes in the semen volume, sperm concentration, percentages of progressively motile sperm (PMS) and morphologically abnormal sperm (MAS), sperm DFI and the ultrastructure of sperm mitochondria, and analyzed the data obtained based on the "yin forming" theory.

[Correlations between resting-state brain functional characteristics and TCM syndrome in premature ejaculation patients with heart-kidney disharmony].

Objective: To investigate the correlation between the characteristics of resting-state brain function and the types of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome in premature ejaculation (PE) patients with heart-kidney disharmony, and the pathogenesis of abnormal ejaculation of the patients.

Methods: We enrolled 33 PE patients with heart-kidney disharmony and 32 healthy controls matched in general demographic data, evaluated the severity of the main and concurrent symptoms of PE using the PE Diagnostic Tool (PEDT) and TCM Syndrome Scale (TCMSS), and obtained the brain structural and functional MRI data. We processed the collected data and calculated the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF), fractional ALFF (fALFF) and regional homogeneity (Reho) of the brain with the DPABI software.

[Efficacy of Jujing Decoction combined with lipoic acid in the treatment of asthenospermia and teratospermia].

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of Jujing Decoction combined with lipoic acid in the treatment of asthenospermia and teratospermia.

Methods: Fifty patients with asthenospermia and teratospermia meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into a blank control (n = 10) and a medication group (n = 40), the former provided with fertility guidance and the latter treated with Jujing Decoction combined with lipoic acid. After 12 weeks of treatment, the clinical therapeutic effects were evaluated by comparing the semen volume, sperm concentration, percentages of progressively motile sperm (PMS) and morphologically abnormal sperm (MAS), rate of acrosome integrity, sperm DNA fragment index (DFI) and pregnancy rate between the two groups.

[Associations between the efficiency of the brain white matter network and clinical symptoms in patients with type Ⅲ B prostatitis].

Objective: To investigate the changes in the topological properties of the global and local nodal efficiencies of the brain white matter network in patients with type III B prostatitis, and to analyze the correlation between the information transmission efficiency of different brain regions and pelvic pain.

Methods: We enrolled 19 patients with type Ⅲ B prostatitis and 32 normal controls matched in general demographic data for this study. We assessed the pelvic pain of the patients based on the NIH-CPSI, obtained the structural and diffusion-weighted MR images of the brain, preprocessed the MRI data, constructed the brain structural networks and calculated the topological properties of the nodal local and global efficiencies using the FSL software package and brain connection toolbox.

[Cordyceps sinensis combined with Jujing Pills for male infertility].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect and safety of Cordyceps sinensis (CS) combined with Jujing Pills (JJP) in the treatment of male infertility.

Methods: We randomly divided 90 male infertility patients into three groups of an equal number and treated them with JJP tid 5g once, CS bid 1g once and CS+JJP, respectively, all for 12 weeks. Before and after 4, 8 and 12 weeks of medication, we obtained the semen volume, sperm concentration, percentages of progressively motile sperm (PMS) and morphologically normal sperm (MNS) and sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI), and compared them between the two groups of patients.

Mobility loss and its restoration in China grasslands.

Loss of mobility in rangeland use has emerged as a dominant theory to explain ecosystem degradation in the research area of rangeland ecology. The loss of mobility in rangeland use in China resulted from multiple interacting natural and social factors as well as policy changes. Re-establi-shing mobility in rangeland use is critical to rangeland restoration and sustainable management in China.

[Acupuncture therapy for chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome and its central neural mechanisms].

Chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is one of the common diseases in andrology, with the main clinical symptoms of long-term and repeated pain or discomfort in the pelvic region. Acupuncture has been widely used in the treatment of CP/CPPS-related pelvic pain and discomfort with rapid and long-lasting effects, and its combination with Western medicine can produce an even better effect than Western medicine alone. At present, various theories have been advanced on the action mechanisms of the acupuncture therapy for CP/CPPS, involving immunoregulation, improvement of inflammatory response, and so on, but all fail to give a full explanation.

[Correlation between TCM syndrome types and clinical symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia with chronic prostatitis].

Objective: To investigate the correlation between the syndrome types of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and clinical symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with chronic prostatitis (BPH-CP).

Methods: We selected 150 cases of BPH-CP in this study and divided them into 7 TCM syndrome types. Using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses, we studied the correlation of each TCM syndrome type with the age, disease course, prostate volume, postvoid residual urine volume (PVR), prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax), and International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS).

[Modified Jujing No.2 Decoction for varicocele-induced male infertility].

Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of Jujing No.2 Decoction on male infertility induced by varicocele.

Methods: We equally randomized 70 male patients with varicocele-induced infertility into a treatment group and a control group, the former treated with modified Jujing No.

[Immune mechanisms of the active ingredients of Chinese medicinal herbs for chronic prostatitis].

Chronic prostatitis is a common male disease, and its pathogenesis is not yet clear. Most scholars believe that oxidative stress and immune imbalance are the keys to the occurrence and progression of chronic prostatitis. Currently immunotherapy of chronic prostatitis remains in the exploratory stage.

[Distribution, combination, and evolution of syndromic etiologies of erectile dysfunction].

Objective: To explore the distribution, combination and evolution of various syndromic etiologies of erectile dysfunction (ED) based on the syndrome etiology theory.

Methods: Using the ED Syndromic Etiology Scale, we collected the clinical data on the Chinese medicine diagnoses of 297 cases of ED, extracted the core syndromic etiologies by analysis of principal components and factors, and analyzed the patterns of distribution, combination, and evolution of ED syndromic etiologies according to the general information of the patients.

Results: Through analysis of principal components and factors, 9 core syndromic etiologies were extracted, i.

[A preliminary study of serum free testosterone and testosterone secreting index in men with erectile dysfunction].

Objective: To observe the changes of serum free testosterone (FT) and testosterone secreting index (TSI) in ED patients, and to assess the contribution of these two indexes to the diagnosis of ED caused by endocrine factors.

Methods: We studied 120 ED patients and 30 healthy men undergoing pre-marital medical check-up in Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM by analyzing the scores on erectile function and desire domain in IIEF, testing the serum total testosterone, luteinizing hormone by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLIA), measuring free testosterone by radioimmunoassay( RIA), and calculating TSI.

Results: Of the 120 ED patients, 5% and 1538% were below the reference norm of TT and FT values respectively.

Effects of hepatotrophic factors on the liver after portacaval shunt in rats with portal hypertension.

Background: Portacaval shunt (PCS) prevent hepatotrophic factors from flowing into the liver, but they enter directly the systemic circulation and worsen liver injury. This study was designed to investigate the effects of hepatotrophic factors through the portal vein on the liver in rats with portal hypertension after portacaval shunt.

Methods: Intrahepatic portal hypertension (IHPH) was induced by intragastric administration of carbon tetrachloride, and end-to-side PCS was performed.