AIM: To study the pharmacokinetics of loratadine in healthy volunteers after single and multiple oral administrations of loratadine, paracetamol and pseudoephedrine (LPP) sustained-release tablets.METHODS: Twenty-four volunteers were randomized into two groups which included six men and six women in each group. In the single dose design, volunteers received either one or two tablet (s) of LPP. After 1 wk wash out period, volunteers of one tablet group participated in multiple dose design in which each volunteer received one tablet of LPP twice per day for six consecutive days. The concentrations of loratadine in plasma were determined by HPLC-MS method and the pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated. RESULTS: In the single dose design, main pharmacokinetic parameters of one and two tablet group were as follow: cmax were ( 1.5 ±groups were similar to each other. The obtained multi-dose pharmacokinetic parameters were as follows: AUCssrespectively. D (F) was (3.3 ± 0.8) %. The pharmacokinetics of loratadine was linear. There were no significant difference in pharmacokinetics between single-dose and multi-dose. CONCLUSION: The release and absorption of loratadine in experimental tablet are close to those in loratadine tablet and not affected by the other two components, pseudoephedrine and paracetamol, in LPP sustained release tablet.

Objective To investigate the clinical manifestations of coexistent rheumatoid arthritis(RA)and systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)(Rhupus syndrome).Methods Clinical data from a patient with Rhupus syndrome were analyzed combined with literature review.Results The patient was a middle-aged female,who presented with features of RA and developed features of SLE 7 years later.Renal involvement in common cases is rare but presented in our patient with severe renal dysfunction.The patient showed part remission with glucocorticosteroids and cyclophosphamide therapy.Conclusion Rhupus syndrome is a rare condition sharing features of RA and SLE.These patients present with features of one disease but later on develop features of another.Glucocorticosteroids and immune suppressors are effective.Appreciation of these patients with rhupus is important since their therapy and outcome differ from those having RA or SLE alone.

Objective To investigate the pathological characteristics of lymph nodes,liver and bone morrow in adult-onset still' s disease (AOSD).Methods The clinical data of three AOSD patients were collected and their biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes,liver and bone marrow were analyzed by histology and immunohistochemistry.Results In AOSD lymphadenopathy,there were high lymph node hyperplasia,partial architecture damage and an intense paracortical hyperplasia along with diffused infiltration of large immunoblasts,activated lymphocytes,Langerhans cells,histocytes,neutrophils and chronic inflammatory cells.Bone marrow biopsy showed a significant increase in the proportion of granulocytes and erythrocytes,with apparently increased segmented neutrophils.Hepatic biopsy showed hepatocellular spotty necrosis.Meanwhile,there was some infiltration of lymphocytes and neutrophils in the periportal fibrosis area.Immunohistochemical staining showed CD21 expression in lymphoid follicle remnants and B cell markers with few T markers in most of immunoblasts.Conclusion The pathological characterizations of lymph nodes,liver and bone marrow provide important clues to the diagnosis of AOSD as well as its differential diagnosis.

Objective To investigate the effects of vitamin E (VE) on renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of rats.Methods A total of 18 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group,I/R group,VE + I/R group,and each group of 6 rats.All the animals were killed at the end of 24 h of reperfusion.Nephridial tissue were examined by light microscopy,and the level of blood urea nitrogen(BUN) and serum creatinine (SCr) were measured.The protein expressions of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) were detected by Western blotting.Results Compared with sham-operated group,tubulointerstitial pathological injury in I/R group was significantly aggravated,which was shown by HE and PAS stain.Compared with I/R group,the degree of morphological changes as well as renal dysfunction in VE + I/R group were obviously lessened.Meanwhile,the levels of BUN,SCr in I/R group,VE + I/R group were (10.13 ± 2.14) mmol/L and (7.67 ± 1.63) mmol/L,(80.33 ±7.15) μmol/L and (63.67 ±5.40) μ mol/L,significantly higher than those in shamed-operated group ((3.85 ± 0.21) mmol/L,(48.67 ± 3.61) μmol/L;P ＜ 0.05).And the level of BUN and SCr in VE + I/R group were significant lower than those in I/R group(P ＜0.05).Western Blotting showed that the protein expressions of TNF-α in VE + I/R group were obviously lower compared with those in group of I/R without VE treatment (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Vitamin E can attenuate over-expressions of TNF-α in kidney following I/R,thus protect against structural damages and renal dysfunction in I/R rat models.

Objective To investigate the mortality,hemodialysis duration and causes of death of maintenance hemodialysis patients in Shanxi province from Jan 2010 to Dec 2012.Methods The information data of Shanxi hemodialysis patients during 2010-2012 were exported from Chinese national renal data system.Mortality,hemodialysis duration and causes of death of maintenance hemodialysis patients were analyzed.Results Mortality of maintenance hemodialysis patients in Shanxi province in 2010 was 7.4％,and it was decreased to 6.4％ in 2011 and 6.8％ in 2012.Death patients with hemodialysis for less than 2 years accounted for 68.1％,and hemodialysis patients who could be maintained for more than 5 years only accounted for 8.1％.The main causes of mortality were sudden death (23.5％),cerebrovascular events (21.2％),heart failure(12.4％),myocardial infarction/ arrhythmia(6.5％),hemorrhagic disease(5.1％) and infection(4.9％).Conclusions Mortality of maintenance hemodialysis patients in Shanxi province is 6.4％ to 7.4％.Cardiovascular and cerebral vascular events are the main causes of death.

Four different strains of Leptospira were subcultured in CGM in contrast with in Korthof medium for three years. The antigenic components of these Leptospira grown in the two medium were analysed by the methods of MAT, CIE and SDS-PAGE. The results showed that:1, the antigenic components of Leptospira were very complex and had more than twenty bands stained with Coomassie brilIiant blue in SDS-FAGE pattern; 2. the antigenicity of Leptospira subcultured in CGM for many generations was relative stability and the same as that in Korthof medium.

2 score,20.0% vs 8.5%) between two groups (P0.05). After a mean post-biopsy follow-up of (34.6?33.3) months, the 3-year and the 5-year renal survival rates for elder group were 74.6% and 62.2%, respectively, which were lower than those of non-elder group (100% and 92.9%, P=0.002). Conclusion:Elder patients with IgA nephropathy were more likely to suffer from hypertension, hyperlipidemia, renal insufficiency and chronic pathologic lesions, which might be the risk factors for the patient's unfavorable prognosis.

Objective To observe the effect of intermedin(IMD) on microvascular injury of renal fibrosis in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) rat model.Methods Seventy-two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups:the sham-operation group (n=24) underwent the left ureteral dissection,the other 48 rats were made as unilateral ureteral obstruction models and subdivided into model group(UUO,n=24) and IMD group (n=24).At the 7,14,21,28 day after the operation,6 randomly-selected rats from each of the three groups respectively were blooded by abdominal arotic and their obstructive kidneys were taken out.The renal histopathological changes were observed through HE and Masson staining,the contents of BUN,Scr and cystatin C (CysC) of the obstructive kidneys were determined,the expressions of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1),α-SMA,bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7),E-cadherin,thrombospondin 1 (TSP-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were detected by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry.Results Compared with the sham-operated group,the pathological changes of kidney in the model group showed that the degree of fibrosis was obvious,tubular interstitial damage aggravated,the levels of BUN,Scr,CysC in the model group increased (P ＜ 0.05),the mRNA expression and protein content of TGF-β1,oα-SMA,TSP-1 increased (P ＜ 0.05),while the levels of BMP-7,E-cadherin and VEGF decreased (P ＜0.05).Compared with the UUO group,renal tubular damage,interstitial fibrosis in the IMD group were lighter,the levels of BUN,Scr,CysC in the IMD group were lower (P ＜ 0.05),the mRNA expression and protein content of TGF-β1,α-SMA,TSP-1 were down-regulated (P ＜ 0.05),while the levels of BMP-7,E-cadherin and VEGF were up-regulated (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion IMD can ameliorate the renal interstitial fibrosis,and the mechanism may be related to the fact that VEGF mediated by IMD can reduce vascular injury.

Objective To investigate the effects of the fibrin-derived peptide Bβ15-42 (FgBβ 15-42) on renal inflammation in acute kidney injury (AKI) induced by renal ischemia reperfusion (IR).Methods SD rats were randomly divided into sham group (the abdominal cavity were closed after separating the renal artery),IRI group (renal arteries of rats were occluded with microvascular clamps for 60 min),negative treated group (rats were injected with 3.6 mg/kg random peptide by tail vein) and FgBβ15-42 treated group (rats were injected with 3.6 mg/kg FgBβ15-42 by tail vein).Rats were sacrificed at 24 h or 48 h after reperfusion.Blood and kidney samples were collected and histological changes and renal function were examed.The mRNA and protein expressions of intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) were examined by immunohistochemistry,real-time PCR and Western blotting.Results Compared with sham group,Scr and BUN were obviously increased in IRI group (all P ＜ 0.05),pathologic changes of kidney were more serious (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with IRI group,in FgBβ15-42 treated group Scr and BUN were obviously decreased (all P ＜ 0.05),the injury of kidney tubulointerstitial was less serious (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with sham group,there was increased ICAM-1 and IL-1β in IRI group (all P ＜ 0.05),and they all peaked at 24 h.After treated with FgBβ15-42,the expression of ICAM-1,IL-1β were significantly decreased in kidneys compared to IRI group (all P ＜ 0.05).The above indexes had no significant differences between negative treated group and IRI group (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions FgBβ15-42 can protect kidneys against ischemia reperfusion injury in rats.The mechanism may be associated with down-regulated expressions of ICAM-1 and IL-1 β in the kidney.

Objective To construct eukaryotic expression vector encoding rat IMD gene and deliver it into rat renal tissue via ultrasound-mircobubbles. Methods IMD gene was inserted into pCDNA3.1 ( + )between Hind Ⅲ and EcoRI enzyme sites. The recombinant plasmid designated as IMD-pCDNA 3.1 wasconfirmed by restrictive enzyme digestion and sequencing. Eighteen male Wistar rats were randomized into 3groups, which were treated with no transfection, empty vector transfection and IMD transfection, respectively, in renal tissue via ultrasound-microbubbles. RT-PCR and Western blotting were applied to detect the expression level of IMD. Results Enzyme- digestion and sequencing data showed that IMD-pCDNA 3.1 was correctly constructed. The differences in ALT, AST, BUN and SCr were not significant; No obvious damage in the glomerular, tubular and interstitial was observed in all the treated groups;Compared with non-transfection group and empty vector-transfection group, IMD mRNA and protein expression in IMD transgenic renal tissue were significantly increased. Conclusion IMD-pCDNA 3.1 expression vector was successfully constructed and well expressed in rat kidney.