Publications by authors named "Riyang Lin"
Intestinal microbiome changes and mechanisms of maintenance hemodialysis patients with constipation.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
November 2024
Background: Constipation is a common symptom in maintenance hemodialysis patients and greatly affects the quality of survival of hemodialysis patients. Fecal microbiota transplantation and probiotics are feasible treatments for functional constipation, but there is still a gap in the research on the characteristics of gut flora in patients with maintenance hemodialysis combined with constipation. The aim of this study is to clarify the characteristics of the intestinal flora and its changes in maintenance hemodialysis patients with constipation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Traditional herbs are commonly used for anti-fatigue treatment but can cause adverse effects.
- Pityriasis rosea-like eruption (PR-LE) is a rare skin complication associated with herbal use, with limited documented cases.
- A case study showed PR-LE appeared 6 days after taking certain herbs and improved significantly after stopping them, highlighting the need for monitoring side effects when using these herbs.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of the total glucosides of paeony (TGP) combined with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on the treatment of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) by conducting a meta-analysis.
Methods: Eight databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reporting the use of TGP combined with HCQ for pSS, which are before May 10, 2022. Meta-analyses were performed on disappeared clinical symptoms (dry mouth and dry eyes), Schirmer's test, saliva flow test, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), index of immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin M (IgM), immunoglobulin A (IgA), and adverse events (AEs).
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Tongue coating diagnosis is a useful tool to examine the changes of a human body in Chinese Medicine. Tongue coating varies in thickness in kidney disease. However, little information exists regarding the association between clinical characters and tongue coating thickness in CKD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the experimental basis of the "water metabolism theory" in traditional Chinese medicine by observing the changes of aquaporin-1 in the lung, spleen and kidney.
Methods: Rat models of Kidney Yang Deficiency induced by gavage with 2% adenine suspension for 4 weeks were treated with cistanches decoction for 6 weeks. Urinary 17-hydroxy cortisol, urine creatinine, urine osmolality value content, and aquaporin-1 mRNA and protein expressions in the lung, spleen and kidney tissues were detected after the treatment.
[Effects of mesangial cell on proliferation and function of osteoblast in vitro].
Zhongguo Gu Shang
April 2012
Objective: To explore the effects and mechanism of mesangial cell (MC) on proliferation and function of osteoblast in vitro from growth factors.
Methods: Osteoblast cultured in vitro were divided into normal blood serum group and MC group and cultured supernatant fluid by 10% serum culture medium and 20% MC culture medium. MTF was used to checked the proliferation of osteoblast at the end of 24, 48, 72, 120 h; Expression of BGP and OPN were tested 72 h and 144 h after culture; Expression of IGF-alpha and TGF-beta were tested 144 h after culture.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to investigate how glycosides from Tripterygium wilfordii (GTW) affect genes related to testicular reproduction in male mice and the potential benefits of kidney-tonifying Chinese herbs.
- - Mice were treated with GTW to induce reproductive dysfunction, then various groups received different combinations of saline, GTW, and Chinese herbs (Cistanche and Rehmannia) for three weeks to assess changes in gene expression.
- - Results showed that GTW reduced the expression of certain reproductive genes and increased apoptosis-related genes; however, the Chinese herbs improved reproductive functions, especially when used together.