简介:AbstractBackground:Psoriasis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease, and hyperuricemia is a common comorbidity in patients with psoriasis. However, there are limited reports on the relationship between serum uric acid levels and biological treatment efficacy. The purposes of this study were to compare the differences in serum uric acid levels between patients with psoriasis and healthy controls and analyze the risk of hyperuricemia.Methods:A total of 196 patients with psoriasis and 191 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. One hundred and twenty-seven patients with severe psoriasis were treated with biologics. Sixty-eight patients received adalimumab, and 59 patients received secukinumab. Serum uric acid levels were measured at baseline, week 24, and week 48 of treatment.Results:Patients with psoriasis had higher serum uric acid levels than healthy controls (6.4 ± 1.7 mg/dL vs. 5.7 ± 1.5 mg/dL, P < 0.001). Hyperuricemia was found in 33.7% (66/196) of patients with psoriasis, which was significantly higher than that in healthy controls (13.1% [25/191], P < 0.001). Serum uric acid levels and hyperuricemia were not related to the severity of psoriasis (P > 0.05). No significant changes in serum uric acid levels and hyperuricemia were observed following adalimumab treatment (P > 0.05). The serum uric acid level in patients treated with secukinumab was 6.7 ± 1.6 mg/dL at week 24, which was not statistically different from that at baseline (6.6 ± 1.4 mg/dL, P = 0.885). Serum uric acid levels were significantly decreased at week 48 (6.3 ± 1.5 mg/dL vs. 6.6 ± 1.4 mg/dL, P = 0.007) in patients treated with secukinumab. Secukinumab had no significant effect on hyperuricemia either (P > 0.05).Conclusions:The serum uric acid levels and prevalence of hyperuricemia in patients with psoriasis were significantly higher than those in healthy controls. Secukinumab treatment for 48 weeks successfully decreased serum uric acid levels in patients with psoriasis, whereas adalimumab had no significant effect on serum uric acid levels.
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简介:比较支持者天赋杀手(A-NK)的增长和cytotoxicity之间的差别与没有浆液的中等AIMV和标准有教养的房间在vitro的包含浆液的媒介,并且也在激活和IL-2-treatedA-NK房间的形态学特性上观察IL-12的帮助效果,细胞的增长被MTT方法在vitro评估。A-NK房间打死的目标房间的形态学通过验电器被观察。所有能很快在没有浆液的中等AIMV有教养的A-NK房间增殖并且在标准包含浆液的媒介与那相比使cytotoxicity高。中等剂量的IL-2和IL-12激活的A-NK房间比高剂量的IL-2-treatedA-NK房间优异。这些数据显示没有浆液的中等AIMV能为culturingA-NK房间代替标准包含浆液的媒介,并且中等剂量的IL-2和IL-12能减少高剂量的IL-2引起的副作用。学习为A-NK房间的试验性、临床的准备提供了一个新试验性的基础。
简介:ObjectivesToinvestigateserumconcentrationofprocollagentypeIcarboxyterminalpeptide(PIP),typeⅢaminopeptide(PⅢP)andtypeIcollagentelopeptide(ICTP)inessentialhypertension(EH).MethodsSerumlevelsofPIP,PⅢPandICTPin42EHpatientsand30healthycontrolweremeasuredbyradioimmunoassays.ResultsInEHpatients,serumconcentrationofPIP,PⅢPwassignificantlyhigherthanthatin30healthycontrol.AlthoughEHpatientsdidtendtoexhibitahigherserumICTPconcentrationthannormalcontrolsubjects,thedifferencewasnotstatisticallysignificant.EHpatientswithleftventricularhypertrophyexhibitedhighervaluesofPIP(P<0.05)andlowervaluesofICTP(P<0.05)thanEHpatientswithoutleftventricularhypertrophy.NosignificantdifferencewasnotedbetweentheserumPⅢPoftheEHpatientswithandwithoutleftventricularhypertrophy(P>0.05).ConclusionsTheresultssuggestthatPIPandPⅢParesensitiveserummarkersofmyocardialcollagensynthesis.Myocardialfibrosismaybeduetotheexcessivesynthesisandinsufficientdegradationofcollagen.PIP,PⅢPandICTPmaybeindirectmarkersofmyocardialfibrosis.
简介:AbstractBackground:Recent studies have demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) in the blood circulation can serve as promising diagnostic markers for cancers. This four-stage study aimed at finding serum miRNAs as potential biomarkers for lung adenocarcinoma (LA) diagnosis.Methods:The study was carried out between 2016 and 2017. The Exiqon miRNA qPCR panel (3 LA vs. 1 normal control [NC] pooled serum samples) was used for initial screening to acquire miRNA profiles. Thirty-five dysregulated miRNAs were further evaluated in the training (24 LA vs. 24 NCs) and testing stages (110 LA vs. 110 NCs) using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assays.Results:Four serum miRNAs (miR-133a-3p, miR-584-5p, miR-10b-5p, and miR-221-3p) were significantly overexpressed in LA patients compared with NCs. The diagnostic value of the four-miRNA panel was validated by an external cohort (36 LA vs. 36 NCs). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the four-miRNA panel in the training, testing, and external validation stages were 0.734, 0.803, and 0.894 respectively. Meanwhile, the expression level of miR-221-3p was much higher in LA tumor samples than that in the adjacent normal tissues (19 LA vs. 19 NCs). The expression level of miR-10b-5p was also elevated in the serum-derived exosomes samples (18 LA vs. 18 NCs). The expression of miR-133a-3p, miR-584-5p, and miR-10b-5p was significantly elevated in LA patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation compared with NCs.Conclusion:The study established a four-miRNA signature in serum that could improve the diagnostic capability of LA.
简介:Objective:Toinvestigatetherolesofinterleukin-2(IL-2)andinterleukin-10(IL-10)inpathogenesisofearlysyphilis.Methods:TheserumlevelsofIL-2andIL-10in48patientswithearlysyphilisweredetectedbyABC-ELISA.Results:(1)ThelevelofIL-2inthepatientswithearlysyphiliswassignificantlyhigherthanthatinhealthycontrols,whilethatofIL-10waslower(P<0.001andP<0.001).(2)ThelevelsofIL-2andIL-10werealmostidenticalinpatientswithprimaryandsecondarysyphilis(P>0.05),aswellasbetweendif-ferentRPRtiters(P>0.05).(3)Aftertherapy,thelevelofIL-2decreasedmarkedly(P<0.05),whilethatofIL-10increase(p>0.05).(4)AsignificantcorrelationwasfoundbetweentheserumlevelsofIL-2andIL-10(r=0.5385P<0.05).Conclusions:Th1up-regulationoccursinpatientswithearlysyphilis,andplaysanactiveroleinfightingagainstTPinfection.
简介:ANTICOMPLEMENTARYACTIVITYINHUMANSERUMOFLUNGCANCERPATIENTSANDITSPOSSIBLECLINICALSIGNIFICANCELiuHuirong刘慧荣LiangFeng梁峰ZhangWeif...
简介:AbstractBackground:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthropathy characterized by psoriasis and bone erosion on radiology. Dickkopf-1 (Dkk-1) is considered to be the main inhibitor of the Wnt signaling pathway and results in reduced osteoblast proliferation. The aim of this study was to investigate the serum level of Dkk-1 and its association with bone erosion in PsA patients.Methods:Serum Dkk-1 levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 69 patients with PsA and 60 controls, including 39 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and 21 healthy controls (HCs). Rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide levels were also determined by ELISA. The association of Dkk-1 level with clinical and laboratory features of PsA was analyzed. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors for bone erosion in PsA.Results:Dkk-1 was elevated in 68.1% (47/69) of the patients with PsA, 46.2% (18/39) of RA patients, and 9.5% (2/21) of HCs. Serum Dkk-1 concentration was significantly higher in PsA patients compared with that in HCs. The level of serum Dkk-1 was correlated with a swollen joint count, and levels of complement components 3 and 4. Elevated Dkk-1 level (odds ratio = 4.440, 95% confidence interval: 1.246-15.817, P = 0.021) was identified as the risk factor for bone erosion in PsA.Conclusions:The serum level of Dkk-1 is abnormally elevated in PsA patients. The elevation of Dkk-1 might be involved in the mechanism of bone erosion in patients with PsA.
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简介:AbstractBackground:The relationship of uric acid (UA) with the thyroid function among healthy individuals remains unclear. We aimed to examine the relationship between UA contents and thyroid hormone levels in healthy Chinese individuals.Methods:This was a cross-sectional study of 1186 Chinese adults (736 men and 450 women) who underwent a health check-up at the Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (Shanghai, China) between January 1, 2010 and July 31, 2018. Clinical and thyroid hormone levels were compared in different UA groups (in male and menopause women groups, MG1: UA < 5 mg/dL; MG2: 5 mg/dL ≤ UA< 7 mg/dL; and MG3: UA ≥ 7 mg/dL; in female groups, FG1 to FG3 represent the UA levels of <4 mg/dL, 4 mg/dL ≤ UA< 6 mg/dL, and ≥6 mg/dL, respectively). In addition, natural cubic spline regression, together with Pearson correlation analysis, was performed in investigating the correlation of UA with thyroid hormones.Results:After adjusting for confounding factors, low levels of UA (for males, UA < 5.30 mg/dL; for females, UA < 4.05 mg/dL) were negatively correlated with free triiodothyronine (FT3) both in men and women. UA levels between 4.83 and 6.06 mg/dL may act to protect FT3 in women, while UA levels between 6.39 and 7.09 mg/dL may protect FT3 in men. FT3 levels of low-range UA group reduced compared with mid-range UA and the high-range UA groups in both men and women.Conclusions:Our results provide epidemiologic evidence to support the negative correlation between low UA contents and FT3 in the Chinese Han population, suggesting that the reduced UA contents may serve as the risk factor to predict poor thyroid function in Chinese individuals.
简介:Bothendotheliallipasegene(LIPG)584C>T(rs2000813)polymorphismandalcoholconsumptionmodulateserumlipidlevels.Buttheirinteractionsonserumlipidprofilesarenotwellknown.ThepresentstudywasundertakentodetecttheinteractionsofLIPG584C>Tpolymorphismandalcoholconsumptiononserumlipidlevels.GenotypingoftheLIPG584C>Twasperformedin763nondrinkersand520drinkersaged15-85.Interactionsbetweenthegenotypesandalcoholconsumptionwereassessedbyusingacross-productterm.Thelevelsofserumtotalcholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),high-densitylipoproteincholesterol(HDL-C),apolipoprotein(Apo)AI,andtheratioofApoAItoApoBwerehigherindrinkersthaninnondrinkers(P<0.01forall).Therewasnosignificantdifferenceinthegenotypicandallelicfrequenciesbetweennondrinkersanddrinkers.ThelevelsofserumTC,HDL-CandApoAIinnondrinkersweredifferentamongthethreegenotypes(P<.05-.01).ThesubjectswithCTgenotypehadhigherserumTC,HDL-CandApoAIlevelsthanthesubjectswithCCgenotype.ThelevelsofserumHDL-CandApoAIindrinkersweredifferentamongthethreegenotypes(P<.001andP<.05;respectively).TheindividualswithTTgenotypehadhigherserumHDL-CandApoAIlevelsthantheindividualswithCCandCTgenotypes.ThelevelsofTCinnondrinkerswerecorrelatedwithLIPG584C>Tallele(P<.05),whereasthelevelsofTGandHDL-CwereassociatedwithLIPG584C>Talleles(P<.05)andgenotypes(P<.05);respectively.ThepresentstudysuggeststhatthesubjectswithTTgenotypebenefitedmorefromalcoholconsumptionthanthesubjectswithCTandTTgenotypesinincreasingserumHDL-CandApoAIlevels.
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简介:这研究被承担调查是否在人的seraanti-Saccharomycescerevisiaemannan抗体(ASCMA)铺平,为几自体免疫的疾病的一个标记,有风湿性关节炎(RA)的相互关联。ASCMA-IgA,-IgG和-IgM层次与酶被测量在有RA的病人的连接immunosorbent试金(ELISA)(n=30)并且152健康成年控制。ASCMA-IgA流行比在健康题目(5.3%)在RA病人(40%)是显著地更高的。在ASCMA-IgA和CRP的层次之间的强壮的关联(r=0.695;p<0.01)并且ESR(r=0.708;p<0.01)在RA,病人们被观察。在ASCMA-IgG或IgM层次的重要差别都没在现在的学习在RA病人和健康控制题目之间被注意。这结果不同于以前的报告。是否提高了ASCMA水平,尚待被评估对所有风湿病的混乱普通。
简介:Repeatcoronaryrevascularizations(RCR)arecommoninpatientsunderwentpercutaneouscoronaryintervention.ThereisnoavailablepredictionmodelforRCRatpresent.Theassociationbetweenparaoxonas-1(PON1)andthedevelopment,progression,andprognosisofcoronaryarterydiseaseisunderhotresearch.Therela-tionshipofserumPON1activitylevelandRCRhasnotbeenreported.ThisresearchaimedtodetectthedifferenceofserumPON1activitylevelsbetweenRCRandsinglecoronaryrevascularization(SCR),hencetoilluminatethevalueofPON1inpredictingRCR.MethodsSerumPON1activitylevelsof200patientswhohadachievedcompleterevascu-larizationsinfirstpercutaneouscoronaryintervention(PCI)weredeterminedbycolorimetricmethod.Allpatientsre-ceivedone-yearfollow-up.Coronaryangiographieswereperformedat6thmonth.Patientswhoneedmorerevasculariza-tionprocedureduringfollow-upwereenrolledinRCRgroup;thosewhodidnotneedmorerevascularizationprocedurewereenrolledinSCRgroup.Onehundredpatientswithnormalcoronaryangiographyduringthesameperiodweresetupasnon-coronaryheartdiseasecontrolgroup(NCC).ResultsSixtytwopatientswereenrolledinRCRgroup(28within-stentrestenosis,34withlesionprogressioninothercoronarysegments).SerumPON1activitylevelsinRCRgroup,SCRgroupandNCCgroupwere109.2±98.6μkat/L,132.8±79.4μkat/Land156.4±82.8μkat/L,respective-ly.Statisticdifferenceswerefoundamongthreegroups(P<0.05).ConclusionsSerumPON1activitylevelsarelowerinpatientswhoneedrepeatcoronaryrevascularizationsthaninpatientsneedsinglepercutaneouscoronaryinter-ventionorwithoutcoronaryheartdisease.AlowerserumPON1activityleveliscloselyassociatedtorepeatcoronaryre-vascularization.
简介:ObjectivesTostudythechangesofnitricoxide,angiotensinⅡandsuperoxideanioninrenalarteryhypertensionpathogenesis.MethodsMaleWistarratsweighing256-285gweredividedinto5groupsrandomly,10ratsofeachgroup.Controlgroup:falseoperationwasmadeandroutinedietwasgiven;Ligaturegroup:leftrenalarterywasligatureduncompletelyandroutinedietwasgiven;Ligature+Losartangroup:leftrenalarterywasligatureduncompletelyandLosartan20mg·kg^-1·d^-1wasaddedinthedrinkingwater;Ligature+L-Arggroup:leftrenalarterywasligatureduncompletelyandL-Arg2g·kg^-1·d^-1wasaddedinthedrinkingwater;Ligature+L-Arg+Losartangroup:leftrenalarterywasligatureduncompletelyandL-Arg2g·kg^-1·d^-1andLosartan20mg·kg^-1·d^-1wasaddedinthedrinkingwater.Bloodpressureandheartrateweremeasuredbeforeandattheendoftheexperiment.Oneweekafterligature,bloodwasdrawntodetermineangiotensinⅡ,cGMP,nitricoxide,nitricoxidesynthase(NOS),O2^-,superoxidedismutase(SOD).ResultsSystolicbloodpressurewashigherinligaturegroupthanthatincontrolgroup(p<0.05),systolicbloodpressurewasmuchlowerinligature+Losartangroupthanthatinligaturegroup.Heartratedidnotchangesignificantlyafterexperiment(p>0.05).AngⅡwashigherinligaturegroupthanthatincontrolgroup,evenmuchhigherinligature+Losartangroup(p<0.01).TherewasnodifferenceofcGMPineachgroup(p>0.05).TheconcentrationofNOwaslowerinligaturegroup(p<0.05),NOwashigherinligature+L-Arg+Losartangroupthanthatinligaturegroup(p<0.05).O2^-washigherinligaturegroupandligature+L-Arggroupthanthatincontrolgroup(p<0.05),O2^-waslowerinligature+Losartangroupthanthatinligaturegroup(p<0.05).ThelevelofSODwaslowerinligaturegroupthanthatincontrolgroup(p<0.05),higherinligature+L-Arggroupandligature+L-Arg+Losartangroupthanthatinligature
简介:AbstractBackground:Accumulating evidence has revealed that circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) can serve as non-invasive biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. This study aimed to identify differentially expressed miRNAs in serum which might become potential biomarkers for non-invasive diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).Methods:The experiment was carried out between 2015 and 2017. In the screening stage, the Exiqon miRNA quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) panel was applied to select candidate miRNAs. In the following training, testing, and external validation stages, the serum samples of 100 patients and 96 healthy controls (HCs) were analyzed to compare the expression levels of the identified miRNAs. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) were calculated to assess the diagnostic value of the identified signature.Results:Three miRNAs (miR-25-3p, miR-296-5p, and miR-92a-3p) in serum were consistently up-regulated in PTC patients compared with HCs. A three-miRNA panel was constructed by logistic regression analysis and showed better diagnostic performance than a single miRNA for PTC detection. The AUCs of the panel were 0.727, 0.771, and 0.862 for the training, testing, and external validation stage, respectively. Meanwhile, the panel showed stable capability in differentiating PTC patients from patients with benign goiters, with an AUC as high as 0.969. For further exploration, the three identified miRNAs were analyzed in tissue samples (23 PTC vs. 23 HCs) and serum-derived exosomes samples (24 PTC vs. 24 HCs), and the altered expression in the tumor also indicated their close relationship with PTC disease.Conclusion:We identify a three-miRNA panel in serum which might serve as a promising biomarker for PTC diagnosis.