医学免疫学中西医融合教学的设计与实施

中医药在防治新型冠状病毒肺炎(简称"新冠"肺炎)上发挥了重要作用,与西医形成优势互补,促进了中医药创新发展,也是中医药人才培养的创新模式.为探索融入防治"新冠"肺炎中医药技术的医学免疫学中西医融合教学的设计及实施效果,以包头医学院2019级中医学专业一个班为研究对象,融合《医学免疫学》教材内容、中医药防治新型冠状病毒肺...     

新型冠状病毒肺炎的治疗进展

2019年12月在湖北武汉出现不明原因肺炎,随后在国内和全球引起传播.目前,全球已有200多个国家出现感染病例,WHO将新型冠状病毒(简称为"新冠")引起的疫情暴发定义为全球大流行,严重危害人类的生命健康.我国经过前期的精准施策、科学防治,我国疫情已得到良好控制,取得了阶段性的胜利.在新冠肺炎患者的治疗中,通过对治疗方法的探索和实践,全国90％以上患者达到出院标准,在新冠肺炎的治疗中积累了宝贵的经验.本文就新冠肺炎的治疗作一综述,以期为新冠肺炎救治提供参考.     

新型冠状病毒肺炎与mNGS技术

新型冠状病毒肺炎(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19)是指2019新型冠状病毒(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2)感染导致的肺炎。截至2020年5月21日已造成全球超过496万人感染、30万人以上死亡。宏基因组下一代测序(metagenomic next-generation sequencing,mNGS)技术是在发现和检测新冠肺炎中发挥重要作用的技术。本文介绍了mNGS在新冠肺炎疫情中的作用及核心技术特点,并为mNGS在抗击全球疫情中的应用做出技术性归纳总结。     

重组人干扰素α1b与新型冠状病毒肺炎防治

干扰素调节免疫具有广谱抗病毒和抗肿瘤作用。重组人干扰素α1b是国内自主产权的基因工程I类新药,通过多年研究,研制出儿童和成人应用的重组人干扰素α1b注射液、喷雾剂等多种剂型,完成治疗冠状病毒等肺炎的药理学、毒理学、药代动力学和相关临床研究,形成了多个临床应用的专家共识和指南性文件。新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情发生后,这些研究为国家卫健委将干扰素α雾化吸入作为首推抗病毒药物试用方案纳入《新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎国家诊疗方案》提供了基础。经过大量新冠肺炎患者的临床使用,取得了良好的治疗效果。重组人干扰素α1b喷雾剂作为可预防病毒感染的药物,用于医护人员等高暴露人群的生物防护,为疫情防控发挥了重要作用,将对国民健康和国家生物安全保障做出应有的贡献。     

间充质干细胞治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎研究进展及相关临床试验难点

当前新型冠状病毒肆虐,全球确诊患者超过3 500万例,累计死亡患者超过50万例,对于突发疫情,临床尚缺乏有效特异性治疗,新型冠状病毒已成为危害人类健康、社会发展的主要公共卫生问题。间充质干细胞具有抗炎和免疫调节功能,可降低重症患者体内由冠状病毒引发的细胞因子风暴,改善患者肺部纤维化,促进损伤肺组织修复,有望降低新冠肺炎的死亡率。目前已开展多项间充质干细胞治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎临床试验,初步证实了间充质干细胞应用在新冠肺炎方面的安全及有效性。在间充质干细胞治疗新冠肺炎取得进展的同期,还应看到该疗法独有特点及疫情严峻形势对临床试验开和及评价带来的问题与挑战,包括临床试验方案设计、干细胞质量管理以及治疗中的伦理考量。只有对其加以重视,才能保证在严峻疫情下安全有效地开展间充质干细胞治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎的临床试验。     

新型冠状病毒肺炎长期健康损害的研究进展

新型冠状病毒感染者在康复后可能会出现长期且持续的症状，受累器官系统广泛，给感染者造成健康损害。新型冠状病毒仍可能在全球范围内持续流行且免疫逃逸突变株不断出现，新冠肺炎后综合征已成为人类与新冠病毒抗衡道路上的又一重要挑战。本文对新冠肺炎长期健康损害的发生风险、临床表现及影响因素进行综述，以期为新冠肺炎后综合征的管理及疫情防控策略制定提供参考。     

HIV感染者接种新型冠状病毒疫苗的必要性及免疫效果研究进展

目前,接种新型冠状病毒疫苗(简称新冠疫苗)是预防严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2)感染及降低新型冠状病毒肺炎(corona virus disease 2019, COVID-19)重症率、死亡率的重要措施之一。人类免疫缺陷病毒(human immunodeficiency virus, HIV)感染者(HIV infector)是COVID-19的高风险人群,多国疾病预防控制机构和相关学术团体均建议优先为HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗,且已有研究显示HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗后的益处远大于风险。现通过梳理和总结近两年的相关研究,就HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗的必要性、接种效果、影响HIV感染者接种新冠疫苗效果的因素及接种新冠疫苗对HIV感染者的影响等作一概述,以期为HIV感染者新冠疫苗预防接种提供参考。     

《现代生物医学进展》2022年封面设计说明

新型冠状病毒肺炎(Corona Virus Disease 2019,COVID-19),简称"新冠肺炎",是由指2019新型冠状病毒感染导致的肺炎。自2019年12月以来,湖北省武汉市部分医院陆续发现了多例有华南海鲜市场暴露史的不明原因肺炎病例,证实为2019新型冠状病毒感染引起的急性呼吸道传染病。截至2021年12月27日24时,据31个省(自治区、直辖市)和新疆生产建设兵团报告,我国现有确诊病例2275例(其中重症病例12例),累计治愈出院病例94575例,累计死亡病例4636例,累计报告确诊病例101486例,现有疑似病例3例。目前,防治该疾病的手段主要有隔离、接种疫苗和环境消毒,对于患者,目前还有注射新冠单克隆中和抗体这一新措施,《现代生物医学进展》高度关注新冠肺炎防治,继去年以重拳抗击新冠作为封面之后,今年以注射治疗新冠肺炎为寓意,设计了该封面,期盼广大医务、科研工作者能够早日战胜新冠肺炎。     

基于新型冠状病毒S蛋白结构及入胞机制的抗体与药物研发

新型冠状病毒肺炎,世界卫生组织命名为"2019冠状病毒病"(corona virus disease 2019,COVID-19),是一种由2019新型冠状病毒(2019-nCov)感染导致的肺炎.目前新冠肺炎在全球广泛流行,且疫情尚未得到全部控制.由于新型冠状病毒表面的刺突蛋白(spike protein,S)介导病...     

新型冠状病毒疫苗接种与疫情进展

新型冠状病毒肺炎(简称新冠)疫情仍在发展,新型冠状病毒变异株的出现致使其传染性和致病性增强,部分国家的政府和民众防控措施松懈导致某些地区疫情加剧。新型冠状病毒疫苗广泛使用后,接种情况会影响疫情发展。本文主要阐述新冠疫情与疫苗接种、病毒变异的关联性,接种疫苗存在的问题及其应对措施,并建议在加快疫苗接种的同时应做好各项新冠防控工作。     

全球人冠状病毒抗体领域研发现状与发展趋势

抗体在疾病的诊断、治疗和预防方面发挥着重要作用。随着2019新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)感染引起的肺炎不断传播,如何研发针对该病毒的抗体迫在眉睫。基于IncoPat数据库的专利信息和Cortellis数据库的药物信息,采用定量分析与定性调研相结合的方法,从申请趋势、技术分布、国家/地区分布、机构分布以及市场现状等维度对人冠状病毒抗体领域的专利进行态势分析。结果表明美国是专利技术拥有量最大的国家,中国是专利保护的重点国家。中国科学院等3家国内机构进入全球前十位。人冠状病毒抗体产品研发主要以SARS和MERS为主,部分MERS抗体已进入临床阶段。研究结果为2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的相关抗体研发提供数据参考与决策支撑。     

抗新冠肺炎药物研究进展

新冠病毒引发的急性呼吸道传染病造成了全球大流行的新冠肺炎,严重危害世界公共卫生安全,迫切需要研发有效治疗新冠肺炎的药物。综述了疫情暴发初期抗新冠肺炎药物研发的进展,重点介绍“老药新用”、小分子及抗体创新药物研发和中药等。通过“老药新用”研究发现多个老药具有抑制新冠病毒复制作用,其中瑞德西韦、法匹拉韦、氯喹和羟氯喹等进入临床研究,尤其是瑞德西韦成为被美国FDA批准用于新冠肺炎治疗的首个药物。针对新冠病毒识别宿主细胞受体的S蛋白开展的抗体发现和靶向3CL蛋白酶及RNA依赖的RNA聚合酶等新冠病毒复制过程中的关键蛋白质开展小分子抑制剂发现是抗新冠肺炎创新药物研究中的主要方向。此外,中药在防治新冠肺炎中发挥了重要作用,金花清感颗粒、莲花清瘟胶囊、血必净注射液、双黄连口服液、清肺排毒汤、化湿败毒方、宣肺败毒方等都进入了新冠肺炎治疗的临床研究及应用。     

新型冠状病毒肺炎与牙周炎的潜在关联

新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)是目前全球面临的最紧迫的公共卫生问题之一。牙周炎是一种高发病率的慢性疾病,同时也是多种全身性疾病的诱因。最新研究表明COVID-19与心血管疾病、高血压、糖尿病、肥胖和慢性肾病等其他慢性疾病存在相关性。旨在基于严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)的感染与牙周炎发生的主要致病机制探讨两者之间是否存在潜在关联。总结发现牙周炎与COVID-19发病率的上升没有直接关联,但是牙周炎能间接影响COVID-19预后。对两者关系的进一步了解,不仅可以预防牙周炎,还可以降低COVID-19不良预后的发生。本文为COVID-19合并牙周炎患者的治疗提供新型研究思路及理论参考。     

Therapeutic options of TCM for organ injuries associated with COVID-19 and the underlying mechanism

BackgroundCoronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) caused by infection with severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading rapidly throughout China and in other countries since the end of 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the epidemic is a public health emergency of international concerns. The timely and appropriate measures for treating COVID-19 in China, which are inseparable from the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), have won much praise of the world.PurposeThis review aimed to summarize and discuss the essential role of TCM in protecting tissues from injuries associated with COVID-19, and accordingly to clarify the possible action mechanisms of TCM from the perspectives of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-apoptotic effects.MethodsElectronic databases such as Pubmed, ResearchGate, Science Direct, Web of Science, medRixv and Wiley were used to search scientific literatures.ResultsThe present review found that traditional Chinese herbs commonly used for the clinical treatment of organ damages caused by COVID-19, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Salvia miltiorrhizaSalvia miltiorrhiza, and ginseng, could act on multiple signaling pathways involved in inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis.ConclusionTCM could protect COVID-19 patients from tissue injuries, a protection that might be, at least partially, attributed to the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-apoptotic effects of the TCM under investigation. This review provides evidence and support for clinical treatment and novel drug research using TCM.     

The COVID-19 epidemic and other notifiable infectious diseases in China

Many infection control measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on the other notifiable infectious diseases in China, including respiratory infectious diseases, diseases transmitted through the digestive tract and animal-borne diseases. Compared with 2019, the overall decline rate of respiratory infectious diseases in 2020 is the highest (60–90%), and the diseases transmitted by the digestive tract and animal-borne diseases are similar at 20–30%. Both hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases decreased significantly in February, and there were basically no significant changes in other months compared with previous years. The series of measures taken by China government to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 are also very effective in preventing the spread of respiratory infectious diseases. But they also have a certain degree of prevention against notifiable infectious diseases spread by other routes.     

Contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to the treatment of COVID-19

COVID-19 as an epidemic disease has spread across the planet since December 2019. The somber situation reminds each country to take actions in preventing the spreading of the virus. China as one of the early affected countries has been fighting against the novel coronavirus with the achievements of nearly 80,000 cured confirmed patients. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has made contributions to the treatment of COVID-19 because of its efficacy and comprehensive therapeutic theory. In this commentary, the advantage, etiology and mechanism of TCM therapy were discussed in the aspect of its functions in reducing the harms brought by COVID-19 to human beings.     

Immune response and potential therapeutic strategies for the SARS-CoV-2 associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

Following onset of the first recorded case of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019, more than 269 million cases and over 5.3 million deaths have been confirmed worldwide. COVID-19 is a highly infectious pneumonia, caused by a novel virus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Currently, it poses a severe threat to human health across the globe, a trend that is likely to persist in the foreseeable future. This paper reviews SARS-CoV-2 immunity, the latest development of anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs as well as exploring in detail, immune escape induced by SARS-CoV-2. We expect that the findings will provide a basis for COVID-19 prevention and treatment.     

SARS-CoV-2 tropism,entry, replication,and propagation: Considerations for drug discovery and development

Since the initial report of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emanating from Wuhan, China, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally. While the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not completely understood, there appears to be a wide spectrum of disease ranging from mild symptoms to severe respiratory distress, hospitalization, and mortality. There are no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for COVID-19 aside from remdesivir; early efforts to identify efficacious therapeutics for COVID-19 have mainly focused on drug repurposing screens to identify compounds with antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 in cellular infection systems. These screens have yielded intriguing hits, but the use of nonhuman immortalized cell lines derived from non-pulmonary or gastrointestinal origins poses any number of questions in predicting the physiological and pathological relevance of these potential interventions. While our knowledge of this novel virus continues to evolve, our current understanding of the key molecular and cellular interactions involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection is discussed in order to provide a framework for developing the most appropriate in vitro toolbox to support current and future drug discovery efforts.     

Characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan,China

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) is continuously and rapidly circulating at present. Asymptomatic patients have been proven to be contagious and thus pose a significant infection control challenge. Here we describe the characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, Shandong province, China. A total of 47 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited. Among them, 11 patients were categorized as asymptomatic cases. We found that the asymptomatic patients in Jinan were relatively young and were mainly clustered cases. The laboratory indicators and lung lesion on chest CT were mild. No special factors were found accounting for the presence or absence of symptoms. The presence of asymptomatic patients increased the difficulty of screening. It is necessary to strengthen the identification of such patients in the future.