Jinhehuan (sponge tree) is a kind of rare plant growing on the Tianshan mountain in the Xinjiang region of China, the red pigment of which is good for cooling and activating the blood, having antipyretic, detoxified, ...Jinhehuan (sponge tree) is a kind of rare plant growing on the Tianshan mountain in the Xinjiang region of China, the red pigment of which is good for cooling and activating the blood, having antipyretic, detoxified, antibacterial and antiphlogistic functions. Experts at the Research Institute of Phytology under the Academia Sinica have found that this kind of pigment has a strong展开更多
Jinhehuan(sponge tree)is a kind ofrare plant growing on the Tianshanmountain in the Xinjiang region of China,the red pigment of which is good forcooling and activating the blood, havingantipyretic, detoxified, antibac...Jinhehuan(sponge tree)is a kind ofrare plant growing on the Tianshanmountain in the Xinjiang region of China,the red pigment of which is good forcooling and activating the blood, havingantipyretic, detoxified, antibacterial andantiphlogistic functions. Experts at theResearch Institute of Phytology under theAcademia Sinica have found that thiskind of pigment has a strong展开更多
BACKGROUND A man experienced multiple episodes of macroscopic hematuria following nocturnal exercise.Urinary stones and tumors were considered the two most likely causes.The patient had two hobbies:Consuming health ca...BACKGROUND A man experienced multiple episodes of macroscopic hematuria following nocturnal exercise.Urinary stones and tumors were considered the two most likely causes.The patient had two hobbies:Consuming health care products in large quantities and engaging in late-night running.CASE SUMMARY Health care products contain a large amount of calcium phosphate,and we hypothesize that this could induce the formation of small phosphate stones.After exercise,the urinary system is abraded,resulting in bleeding.The patient was advised to stop using the health care products.Consequently,the aforementioned symptoms disappeared immediately.However,the patient resumed the above two habits one year later;correspondingly,the macroscopic hematuria reap-peared.CONCLUSION This finding further confirmed the above inference and allowed for a new avenue to determine the cause of the patient’s hematuria.展开更多
Microbes are commonly sensitive to shifts in the physiological and pathological state of their hosts,including mothers and babies.From this perspective,the microbiome may be a good indicator for diseases during pregna...Microbes are commonly sensitive to shifts in the physiological and pathological state of their hosts,including mothers and babies.From this perspective,the microbiome may be a good indicator for diseases during pregnancy and has the potential to be used for perinatal health monitoring.This is embodied in the application of microbiome from multi body sites for auxiliary diagnosis,early prediction,prolonged monitoring,and retrospective diagnosis of pregnancy and infant complications,as well as nutrition management and health products developments of mothers and babies.Here we summarized the progress in these areas and explained that the microbiome of different body sites is sensitive to different diseases and their microbial biomarkers may overlap between each other,thus we need to make a diagnosis prudently for those diseases.Based on the microbiome variances and additional anthropometric and physical data,individualized responses of mothers and neonates to meals and probiotics/prebiotics were predictable,which is of importance for precise nutrition and probiotics/prebiotics managements and developments.Although a great deal of encouraging performance was manifested in previous studies,the efficacy could be further improved by combining multi-aspect data such as multi-omics and time series analysis in the future.This review reconceptualizes maternal and infant health from a microbiome perspective,and the knowledge in it may inspire the development of new options for the prevention and treatment of adverse pregnancy outcomes and bring a leap forward in perinatal health care.展开更多
文摘Jinhehuan (sponge tree) is a kind of rare plant growing on the Tianshan mountain in the Xinjiang region of China, the red pigment of which is good for cooling and activating the blood, having antipyretic, detoxified, antibacterial and antiphlogistic functions. Experts at the Research Institute of Phytology under the Academia Sinica have found that this kind of pigment has a strong
文摘Jinhehuan(sponge tree)is a kind ofrare plant growing on the Tianshanmountain in the Xinjiang region of China,the red pigment of which is good forcooling and activating the blood, havingantipyretic, detoxified, antibacterial andantiphlogistic functions. Experts at theResearch Institute of Phytology under theAcademia Sinica have found that thiskind of pigment has a strong
文摘BACKGROUND A man experienced multiple episodes of macroscopic hematuria following nocturnal exercise.Urinary stones and tumors were considered the two most likely causes.The patient had two hobbies:Consuming health care products in large quantities and engaging in late-night running.CASE SUMMARY Health care products contain a large amount of calcium phosphate,and we hypothesize that this could induce the formation of small phosphate stones.After exercise,the urinary system is abraded,resulting in bleeding.The patient was advised to stop using the health care products.Consequently,the aforementioned symptoms disappeared immediately.However,the patient resumed the above two habits one year later;correspondingly,the macroscopic hematuria reap-peared.CONCLUSION This finding further confirmed the above inference and allowed for a new avenue to determine the cause of the patient’s hematuria.
基金This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFA1304102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070122),the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2022RC027)the 2115 Talent Development Program of China Agricultural University.The authors thank Liwen Xiao,Bing Zhang,Jinyang Zhang,Liuling Ma,Xiaoai Zhang,Xiaoqing Li,and Fangqing Zhao for their contributions in our previously published research paper related to this review.
文摘Microbes are commonly sensitive to shifts in the physiological and pathological state of their hosts,including mothers and babies.From this perspective,the microbiome may be a good indicator for diseases during pregnancy and has the potential to be used for perinatal health monitoring.This is embodied in the application of microbiome from multi body sites for auxiliary diagnosis,early prediction,prolonged monitoring,and retrospective diagnosis of pregnancy and infant complications,as well as nutrition management and health products developments of mothers and babies.Here we summarized the progress in these areas and explained that the microbiome of different body sites is sensitive to different diseases and their microbial biomarkers may overlap between each other,thus we need to make a diagnosis prudently for those diseases.Based on the microbiome variances and additional anthropometric and physical data,individualized responses of mothers and neonates to meals and probiotics/prebiotics were predictable,which is of importance for precise nutrition and probiotics/prebiotics managements and developments.Although a great deal of encouraging performance was manifested in previous studies,the efficacy could be further improved by combining multi-aspect data such as multi-omics and time series analysis in the future.This review reconceptualizes maternal and infant health from a microbiome perspective,and the knowledge in it may inspire the development of new options for the prevention and treatment of adverse pregnancy outcomes and bring a leap forward in perinatal health care.