Objective To investigate the effects of tripterygium glycosides combined with methotrexate in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) curative effect and peripheral blood of patients with IL-6, effects of IL-10 and TNF- alpha. Methods 80 patients with RA from February 2014 to August 2016 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. According to the different treatment methods by for the observation group, the control group (40 cases). To compare and analyze the curative effect before and after short-term treatment and treatment of patients in the 2 groups were the main clinical symptoms and signs of change and ESR, RF, CRP, IL-6, TNF- alpha, IL-10 index. Results The total effective rate of observation group (92.50％) was significantly higher than the control group (77.50％), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), 2 groups of patients before treatment of main clinical symptoms and signs, there was no significant difference, after treatment, clinical symptoms and signs of 2 groups of patients were compared with those before treatment was statistically significant to alleviate the differences (P<0.05), and the observation group of main clinical symptoms and signs were lower than the control group and the remission (down), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Before ESR, the treatment of 2 patients with RF, CRP, TNF- IL-6, alpha, IL-10 index level, no statistical significance, the 2 groups after treatment in patients with ESR, RF, CRP, IL-6, TNF- alpha, IL-10 index level than before treatment with significant difference (P<0.05), and the observation group ESR, RF, CRP, TNF- alpha, IL-6 average index of water compared with the control group decreased significantly, IL-10 index increased significantly than the control group. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Tripterygium glycosides combined with methotrexate in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis And it can effectively inhibit the expression of peripheral serum L-6 and TNF- alpha, promote the expression of IL-10 and alleviate the inflammatory reaction

Objective: To explore the application value of virtual touch tissue imaging quantification(VTIQ) technology in initial polymyositis(PM). Methods: Sixteen PM patients collected from February 2016 to March 2019 in Wenzhou People′s Hospital were selected as PM group, and 33 healthy subjects as healthy control group. After gray and color Doppler ultrasound, the shear wave velocity(SWV) values of target muscle and control muscle in the same side of affected limb were measured by VTIQ technique. Maximum velocity(Vmax) and minimum velocity(Vmin) were measured, average velocity(Vmean) and standard deviation(SD) were calculated, and compared between the two groups. SWV difference and ratio between target muscle and control muscle were calculated, and creatine kinase(CK) was detected in the same day. Results: Part of PM patients had abnormal ultrasonographic manifestations of full muscle shape (31.25%), increased or decreased echo of muscle bundles (56.25%), blurred muscle texture (25.00%) and increased blood flow signals (37.50%). There were significant differences in Vmin, SD, and Vmax difference, Vmin difference, Vmean difference, and Vmax ratio, Vmin ratio, and Vmean ratio between PM group and healthy control group (all P<0.01). The ROC curve analysis showed that the diagnostic efficiency of Vmin was lower than those of Vmin difference and Vmean difference, Vmin ratio and Vmean ratio with very close diagnostic efficiencies of the latter four parameters. The correlation analysis showed that Vmin difference and Vmean difference were moderately correlated with CK value(r=0.512, 0.601; all P<0.05). Conclusions Reduced VTIQ values or relative reduction of VTIQ values compared with other non-involved muscles are the manifestations of initial PM, VTIQ have certain diagnostic efficacy for initial PM.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of vitamin D3 on polarization of monocyte macrophages induced by serum from patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS: Twenty AS naïve patients and 20 healthy controls from Wenzhou People's Hospital during January 2016 and December 2017 were enrolled. The macrophages were differentiated from THP1 cells induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), and then co-cultured with the serum from healthy subjects (control group) or AS patients. Vitamin D3 was added in the medium mixed with serum from AS patients. Flow cytometry was used to analyze the ratio of CD68 and CD206 positive cells, and RT-PCR was performed to detect the mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS) and arginase-1(Arg-1). RESULTS: THP1 cells could be polarized into mononuclear-macrophages with the induction of PMA. The proportion of CD206 positive cells in AS-serum group was lower than that in the control group (=9.434, <0.05), while the proportion of CD68 positive cells was higher than that in the control group (=43.920, <0.05). The proportion of CD206 positive cells in vitamin D3 group was higher than that in AS-serum group (=8.895, <0.05), while the proportion of CD68 positive cells was lower than that in AS-serum group (=9.089, <0.05). mRNA expression of Arg-1 in AS-serum group was lower than that in the control group (=8.899, <0.05), while mRNA expression of iNOS was higher than that in the control group (=3.656, <0.05). mRNA expression of Arg-1 in vitamin D3 group was higher than that in AS-serum group (=6.219, <0.05), while mRNA expression of iNOS was lower than that in AS-serum group (=5.876, <0.05). CONCLUSIONS Vitamin D3 can regulate the polarization of mononuclear macrophages for immunoregulation in patients with AS.
Adjuvants, Immunologic ; pharmacology ; Cell Differentiation ; drug effects ; Cholecalciferol ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Monocytes ; drug effects ; Spondylitis, Ankylosing ; blood ; physiopathology