BACKGROUND Early quantitative assessment of liver fat content is essential for patients with fatty liver disease.Mounting evidence has shown that magnetic resonance(MR)technique has high accuracy in the quantitative a...BACKGROUND Early quantitative assessment of liver fat content is essential for patients with fatty liver disease.Mounting evidence has shown that magnetic resonance(MR)technique has high accuracy in the quantitative analysis of fatty liver,and is suitable for monitoring the therapeutic effect on fatty liver.However,many packaging methods and postprocessing functions have puzzled radiologists in clinical applications.Therefore,selecting a quantitative MR imaging technique for patients with fatty liver disease remains challenging.AIM To provide information for the proper selection of commonly used quantitative MR techniques to quantify fatty liver.METHODS We completed a systematic literature review of quantitative MR techniques for detecting fatty liver,following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol.Studies were retrieved from PubMed,Embase,and Cochrane Library databases,and their quality was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Studies criteria.The Reference Citation Analysis database(https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com)was used to analyze citation of articles which were included in this review.RESULTS Forty studies were included for spectroscopy,two-point Dixon imaging,and multiple-point Dixon imaging comparing liver biopsy to other imaging methods.The advantages and disadvantages of each of the three techniques and their clinical diagnostic performances were analyzed.CONCLUSION The proton density fat fraction derived from multiple-point Dixon imaging is a noninvasive method for accurate quantitative measurement of hepatic fat content in the diagnosis and monitoring of fatty liver progression.展开更多
Background:Insomnia is a sleep disorder,which seriously affects people's physical and mental health.Our experimental study will further explain the efficacy and mechanism of the traditional Chinese medicine prescr...Background:Insomnia is a sleep disorder,which seriously affects people's physical and mental health.Our experimental study will further explain the efficacy and mechanism of the traditional Chinese medicine prescription Sanwei Anmian Decoction as well as the single drug treatment for insomnia,and provide scientific basis for TCM decoction to cure more insomnia patients.Methods:42 mices,half male and half female,were randomly divided into 7 groups,6 in each group,Blank group,Model group,Positive group,Sanwei Anmian Decoction group(abbreviated as Sanwei group),Suanzaoren group,Maidong group,Yuanzhi group.Intraperitoneal injection(ip)of PCPA 350 mg·kg^-1 in other groups except Blank group to establish a mice model of insomnia.On the next day after the successful modeling,10ml·kg^-1 corresponding decoction was given to Sanwei group,Suanzaoren group,Yuanzhi group and Maidong group respectively,0.8mg·kg^-1 estazolam for Positive group,Blank group and the Model group with the same amount of normal saline,three times a day for two days.The body weight and the number of autonomous activities of mice were observed.The sleep rate,sleep latency and sleep time were recorded after the last administration,and the contents of serum 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)and dopamine(DA)were detected.Results:The changes of hair yellowing,alarm,food loss and weight loss in mice showed that the model was successful.After the last administration,compared with the Model group and the Blank group,the weight of mice in Sanwei Anmian Decoction and each disassembled prescription group increased,the autonomous activity decreased,the number of mice fell asleep increased,the concentration of 5-HT in serum increased and the concentration of DA decreased,P<0.01,which was statistically significant.Conclusions:Sanwei Anmian Decoction can effectively improve the symptoms of PCPA insomnia mice model.For single drug,Suanzaoren Decoction has the most obvious effect on the treatment of insomnia.展开更多
基金Supported by Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission,No.Z171100000417056Key Support Project of Guo Zhong Health Care of China General Technology Group,No.SGGK202201001。
文摘BACKGROUND Early quantitative assessment of liver fat content is essential for patients with fatty liver disease.Mounting evidence has shown that magnetic resonance(MR)technique has high accuracy in the quantitative analysis of fatty liver,and is suitable for monitoring the therapeutic effect on fatty liver.However,many packaging methods and postprocessing functions have puzzled radiologists in clinical applications.Therefore,selecting a quantitative MR imaging technique for patients with fatty liver disease remains challenging.AIM To provide information for the proper selection of commonly used quantitative MR techniques to quantify fatty liver.METHODS We completed a systematic literature review of quantitative MR techniques for detecting fatty liver,following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol.Studies were retrieved from PubMed,Embase,and Cochrane Library databases,and their quality was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Studies criteria.The Reference Citation Analysis database(https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com)was used to analyze citation of articles which were included in this review.RESULTS Forty studies were included for spectroscopy,two-point Dixon imaging,and multiple-point Dixon imaging comparing liver biopsy to other imaging methods.The advantages and disadvantages of each of the three techniques and their clinical diagnostic performances were analyzed.CONCLUSION The proton density fat fraction derived from multiple-point Dixon imaging is a noninvasive method for accurate quantitative measurement of hepatic fat content in the diagnosis and monitoring of fatty liver progression.
基金This work was supported by the National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(Grant No:201610471013).
文摘Background:Insomnia is a sleep disorder,which seriously affects people's physical and mental health.Our experimental study will further explain the efficacy and mechanism of the traditional Chinese medicine prescription Sanwei Anmian Decoction as well as the single drug treatment for insomnia,and provide scientific basis for TCM decoction to cure more insomnia patients.Methods:42 mices,half male and half female,were randomly divided into 7 groups,6 in each group,Blank group,Model group,Positive group,Sanwei Anmian Decoction group(abbreviated as Sanwei group),Suanzaoren group,Maidong group,Yuanzhi group.Intraperitoneal injection(ip)of PCPA 350 mg·kg^-1 in other groups except Blank group to establish a mice model of insomnia.On the next day after the successful modeling,10ml·kg^-1 corresponding decoction was given to Sanwei group,Suanzaoren group,Yuanzhi group and Maidong group respectively,0.8mg·kg^-1 estazolam for Positive group,Blank group and the Model group with the same amount of normal saline,three times a day for two days.The body weight and the number of autonomous activities of mice were observed.The sleep rate,sleep latency and sleep time were recorded after the last administration,and the contents of serum 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)and dopamine(DA)were detected.Results:The changes of hair yellowing,alarm,food loss and weight loss in mice showed that the model was successful.After the last administration,compared with the Model group and the Blank group,the weight of mice in Sanwei Anmian Decoction and each disassembled prescription group increased,the autonomous activity decreased,the number of mice fell asleep increased,the concentration of 5-HT in serum increased and the concentration of DA decreased,P<0.01,which was statistically significant.Conclusions:Sanwei Anmian Decoction can effectively improve the symptoms of PCPA insomnia mice model.For single drug,Suanzaoren Decoction has the most obvious effect on the treatment of insomnia.