1.Effect of San Gen talkh medicine and San Gen granule medicine. on healthy rats immune system
Enkhsuren Enkhbold ; Munkhtsetseg Munkhbat ; Bai Tana ; Jin Wenjie ; Cheng Hongmei ; Wang Xiulan
Mongolian Pharmacy and Pharmacology 2019;15(2):36-41
Purpose:
To study effect of San Gen talkh medicine and San Gen granule medicine, on healthy rats immune system
Method:
In this study 32 male healthy Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal group, low dose group of San Gen talkh (SGTLD), high dose group of San gen talkh (SGTHD) and group of San Gen granule (SGG). In normal group rats were administrated 0.2m l/kg saline solution, in San gen talkh groups rats with low dose and high dose were administrated 0.85g/kg, 1.70g/kg San Gen talkh respectively and in San gen granule medicine groups rats 1.3 g/kg San gen granule medicine, once daily for 42 day. By Elisa method measured IL-10, IL-12, IL-17, IFN-γ and TGF-β in blood plasma and spleen tissue of rat.
Result:
In this experimental result, there was no significantly difference all measured cytokine of blood plasm (P>0.05) between healthy group and all medicine group. In spleen tissue, there was significantly increased IFN-γ (P<0.05) and TGF-β (P<0.05) in SGTHD group and was significantly increased IFN-γ (PO.05), IL-10 (P<0.01)and TGF-β (PO.001) in SGG group compared with normal group.
Conclusion
High doses San Gen talkh medicine and San Gen granule medicine can support cellular immune system, humoral immune system on healthy rats.
2.A new diagnostic biomarker in early detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Batchimeg B ; Baljinnyam T ; Khulan U ; Khaliun M ; Bilguun E ; Munkhtsetseg B ; Terguunbileg B ; Chinzorig M ; Gan-Erdene B ; Bilegtsaikhan Ts ; Erkhembulgan P ; Batbold B ; Munkhbat B ; Munkhtuvshin N ; Munkhbayar S
Mongolian Medical Sciences 2021;197(3):10-16
Background and Aims:
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of cancer related death
in Mongolia. Early diagnosis is the very important management to increase successful treatment
and survival rate. Glypican-3 (GPC3) protein is highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
tissue and in serum of HCC patients. Recent studies have been conducted and suggested as a
diagnostic biomarker for detecting HCC in the early stage. Therefore, we investigated the diagnostic
value of the serum GPC3 level and compared it to the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level as a diagnostic
biomarker of HCC.
Methods:
We enrolled a total of 90 participants and divided into 3 groups with HCC (30), with liver
cirrhosis (LC/30) and healthy (30) as the control group (30). GPC3 and AFP serum (sGPC-3, sAFP)
levels were measured using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits. The
diagnostic accuracy was analyzed using the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve and
estimated sensitivity and specificity of each biomarker.
Results:
sGPC3 was significantly elevated in the HCC group as compared to liver cirrhosis and
healthy subjects (658±138.2 pg/ml, 378±25.5 pg/ml, 356.3±29 pg/ml) respectively. sGPC-3 sensitivity
was 96.6% and specificity was 100%. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) for GPC3 was 0.999
(0.996- 1.0).
In comparison, the mean of AFP was significantly higher in HCC (16.9±11.7 ng/ml) than in LC (6.7±7.6
ng/ml) and in healthy subject (3.3±2.1 ng/ml) and AFP sensitivity was 43,3 %, specificity was 95 %
with an AUC of 0.808 (0.696- 0.921).
The combination of GPC-3 with AFP achieved the highest sensitivity (97.1%) and specificity (97%).
Conclusion
Serum GPC3 has a higher sensitivity than AFP for the early diagnosis of HCC.
Combination of two markers showed greatest diagnostic accuracy.
3.The Correlation Between Prognostic Indicators of Chronic Liver Diseases and Certain Blood Test Parameters
Munkhtsetseg M ; Allabyergyen M ; Temuulen Ts ; Narangere .B ; Temuulen E ; Sumiyabazar A ; Bolormaa B ; Munkhuu A ; Dorjzodov D ; Munkhbat R ; Odgerel Ts
Mongolian Journal of Health Sciences 2025;86(2):191-195
Background:
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary liver cancer originating from liver cells, classified as a chronic
liver disease. This cancer ranks third in the world in terms of mortality rate. The MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver
Disease) and Child-Pugh scoring systems are utilized to assess the prognosis of chronic liver diseases. Based on studies
suggesting that certain blood test indicators, particularly red cell distribution width (RDW), could be used to predict the
prognosis of liver cancer and other cancers, as well as serve as diagnostic markers, this topic was chosen to evaluate the
clinical significance of RDW in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Aim:
The aim is to study some blood test indicators and compare them with the MELD score and Child-Pugh score systems
in order to determine the prognosis of chronic liver diseases.
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective, single-center, cross-sectional study was conducted at Mongolia-Japan Hospital.
Among 322 patients diagnosed with HCC, 24 patients were selected for the case group, and 37 patients with liver cirrhosis
were included in the control group.
Results:
According to the research criteria, 61 patients were selected and divided into 3 groups, and statistical analysis
was performed. In the detailed blood test, platelet count and WBC count showed statistically significant differences
among the 3 groups (p< 0.024). In the biochemical tests, C-reactive protein (CRP) was p< 0.018, total bilirubin p< 0.001,
and the mean albumin level p< 0.015, all showing statistically significant differences among the 3 groups. A statistically
significant inverse correlation was observed between RDW-CV and the clinical MELD score (r=-0.356).
Conclusion
Platelet count, RDW, CRP, total bilirubin, and average albumin levels are significantly different across the
studied groups. RDW-CV shows a moderate inverse correlation with MELD scores, suggesting its potential as a prognostic
marker in chronic liver diseases. Further research with larger sample sizes is recommended to confirm these findings.
4.Involvement of Vitamin D in Immune system
Baljinnyam T ; Batchimeg B ; Zolzaya D ; Ganchimeg D ; Lkhaasuren N ; Oyungerel G ; Munkhtsetseg B ; Khaliun M ; Khulan U ; Bilguun E ; Batkhishig M ; Tulgaa L ; Bilegtsaikhan Ts ; Munkhbayar S ; Munkhtuvshin N ; Munkhbat B
Mongolian Medical Sciences 2020;192(2):51-59
Research of function of vitamin D on immune system has been studying since the study revealed
that vitamin D receptor is expressed on the surface of the immune cells. 1,2-dihydroxyvitamin
D3 [1,25(OH)2D], physiologically active form, can be generated through hydroxylation of
25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D], inactive form of vitamin D, in a liver, connecting with specific VDR
make biological action. Vitamin D make different biological actions depends on connecting with
different immunological cells. Some studies indicated that Vitamin D plays pivotal role in antibacterial
innate immune responses through regulating reaction of the main cells as macrophages and dendritic
cells. Moreover, calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, is connected with VDRE, modulates the innate
immune response through directly inducing expression of catelicithin and β-defensin as antimicrobial
peptides, reducing secretion of IL-1b, IL-6, TNF-a, RANKL, COX-2 as proinflammatory cytokines and
increasing production of IL-10, an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Vitamin D plays in proliferation and
differentiation of T and B cells and regulates the activities of over 500 genes. Vitamin D differently
impacts on per se stages of T cells’ proliferation. Vitamin D indirectly mitigates the differentiation from
immature B cells to plasma B cells while it directly impacts on regulation of overloaded production of
antibodies in plasma B cells. In conclusion, vitamin D modulates the innate- and adaptive immune
response through regulation on activation of APCells, proliferation and differentiation of immune cells,
secretion of some antibacterial peptides.