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AIM: To observe the clinical efficacy of Fuzheng Xiaoliu Granules in the treatment of stage II primary liver cancer and to explore its mechanism of action from the perspective of metabolomics. METHODS: Sixty patients with stage II primary liver cancer who achieved complete remission (CR) after comprehensive interventional therapy were randomly divided into treatment group and placebo group, with 30 patients in each group. They were treated for one year and observed for one year. The one-year recurrence rate, traditional chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score, alpha-fetoprotein and child-pugh grade were compared between the two groups. The serum metabolites of the two groups before and after treatment were screened by ultra-high liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technology, and the metabolic pathways and related biological pathways were analyzed. RESULTS: The one-year recurrence rate of the treatment group was significantly lower than that of the placebo group, and the overall improvement rate of TCM syndrome score was significantly better than that of the placebo group (P0.05). Metabolomics results showed that there were 39 and 33 different metabolites in the treatment group before and after treatment and in the two groups after treatment, respectively. After enrichment analysis and topological analysis of the different metabolites, it was found that Fuzheng Xiaoliu Granules could affect amino acid metabolism, fatty acid metabolism and purine metabolism and other metabolic pathways. Before and after treatment in the treatment group and after treatment in the two groups, there were the same differential metabolites and metabolic pathways in the two comparison results. The same differential metabolites with FOLD CHANGE>1 include Stearic acid, Hypoxanthine, Kynurenic acid, Arachidonic acid, and N-Arachidonoyl Dopamine. The same metabolic pathways with Impact>0.1 include Arachidonic acid metabolism and Histidine metabolism. CONCLUSION: Fuzheng xiaoliu granules can effectively reduce the recurrence rate of stage II liver cancer patients after comprehensive intervention and improve the TCM syndrome. It may inhibit the activation of PI3K/Akt and ERK signaling pathways by regulating the content of metabolites involved in metabolic pathways such as amino acids and fatty acids, thereby delaying tumor recurrence.
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Objective To investigate the correlation between the testicular volume and reproductive hormones level with sperm cytological detection results in azoospermic patients .Methods Based on the WHO male infertility etiology diagnosis classification criteria ,973 azoospermic patients were divided into the obstructive azoospermia (OA ) and non‐obstructive azoospermia (NOA ) . Then NOA was divided into the existing spermatogenic cells type group and non‐existing spermatogenic cells type group according to the sperm spermatogenic cell detection results .The testicular volume and reproductive hormones levels were statistically analyzed and compared among various groups .Results In 973 azoospermia patients ,235 cases were OA (24 .15% ) and 738 cases were NOA (75 .85% ) .There were 410 cases (55 .56% ) of existing spermatogenic cells type and 328 cases(44 .44% ) of non‐existing spermato‐genic cells type .The testicular volume in the existing spermatogenic cells type group and non‐existing spermatogenic cells of NOA was clearly reduced ,the T and T/LH were lower ,while the LH and FSH levels were significantly increased ,the difference between the OA group and the NOA group had statistical difference (P0 .05) .Conclusion The testicular volume and reproductive hormones level are closely related with the detection quantity of sperm cells and the detection of T /LH is helpful for understanding the relation between the function of leydig cells and basement membrane change .