Nephrotic syndrome is a common kidney disease in childhood. Its pathogenesis has not been fully elucidat?ed. In recent years, gene chip is maturing and widely used in many fields. Its application in nephrotic syndrome could pro?vide important information of its pathogenesis and treatment target at gene level. This article reveiwed the current application of the gene chip technology and its prospects in the nephrotic syndrome.

Objective:To evaluate the impacts of clinical,pathological,and laboratory factors on on-cological outcomes of patients with T3 N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma.Methods:The clinical data,laboratory exam results,and follow-up outcomes of 182 patients with T3 N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma who underwent nephrectomy from 2007 to 2012 in Peking University First Hospital were retrospectively collected.The 5-year cancer-specific survival and 5-year recurrence-free survival of all the patients were calculated using Kaplan-Meier method,and the statistical significance between the survival curves were compared using the Log-rank test.Variables with significant differences in the univariate analysis were subjected to the multivariate analysis by Cox regression model.All the comparisons were conducted using two-tailed test and P <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results:A total of 182 patients were included in this study.Of all the 182 patients,126 were male (69.23%)and 56 were female (30.77%).The mean age was (56.75 ±12.45)years.The median follow-up time was 48 months (3 -99 months).At the end of the follow-up,50 patients (27.47%)died due to the disease after a median of 29.74 months and 59 patients (32.42%)had tumor recurrence after a median of 22.12 months.The 5-year cancer-specific survival of all patients was 68.30% (95% CI:60.16% -75.84%);the 5-year recurrence-free survival was 60.70% (95% CI:53.16% -68.84%).In the univariate analysis,diabetes mellitus, tumor invasion status,Fuhrman grade,serum album,serum cholestenone,anemia,and neutrophils per-centage were associated with the cancer-specific survival and Fuhrman grade,serum album and anemia were associated with the recurrence-free survival.Variables with significant differences on univariate analysis were included in Cox multivariate regression analysis.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that diabetes mellitus (HR =2.434,95% CI:1.243 -4.769,P =0.010),hypoalbuminemia (HR =2.188,95% CI:1.074 -1.074,P =0.031),and anemia (HR =3.320,95% CI:1.839 -5.991,P <0.001)were independent risk factors significantly associated with cancer-specific survival;and higher Fuhrman grade (HR =2.552,95% CI:1.433 -4.545,P =0.001),anemia (HR =2.535, 95% CI:1.497 -4.293,P =0.001)were independent factors significantly associated with recurrence-free survival.Conclusion:Diabetes mellitus,hypoalbuminemia,and anemia were independent risk fac-tors significantly associated with cancer-specific survival of T3 N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma patients;higher Fuhrman grade and anemia were independent risk factors significantly associated with tumor recurrence of T3 N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma patients.

Objective:To investigate the correlation of the gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase to platelet ratio(GPR)and monocyte count to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C)ratio(MHR)with the severity of coronary artery disease in elderly patients with essential hypertension(EH)combined with unstable angina pectoris(UA).Methods:A total of 218 EH patients aged 60 years and over undergoing coronary arteriography admitted to cardiology department of our hospital were enrolled from September 2018 to September 2019.They were divided into the EH plus UA group(n=113)and the simple EH group(n=105)according to whether UA was combined.In addition, 106 patients with normal coronary angiography who were suspected with coronary heart disease were selected as the healthy group.General data of patients between three groups were compared.Severity of coronary artery disease was evaluated using a Gensini score.The correlation of GPR and MHR with coronary Gensini scores was analyzed in the EH plus UA group.Patients in the EH plus UA group were sub-grouped into the single-, double- and triple-vessel disease groups according to the number of disease branches.Differences in coronary Gensini scores, GPR and MHR were compared among subgroups.A receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to evaluate the auxiliary diagnostic efficacy of GPR, MHR and the combined GPR and MHR in the EH plus UA group.Results:Compared with the healthy group, both EH plus UA group and EH group showed that the BMI(25.8±3.4 kg/m 2, 25.4±3.6 kg/m 2vs.24.2±2.3 kg/m 2), triglyceride(1.9±1.2, 2.0±1.2 vs.1.5±1.1 mmol/L), and MHR(6.6±1.4, 5.8±1.7 vs.4.9±1.7)were increased, and the HDL-C(1.1±0.2 mmol/L, 1.1±0.3 mmol/L vs.1.3±0.3 mmol/L)were reduced( P<0.05), and only EH plus UA group showed that white blood cells(6.7±1.5×10 9/L vs.6.1±1.8×10 9/L), LDL-C(2.3±0.6 mmol/L vs.2.1±0.6 mmol/L)and GPR(0.3±0.1 vs.0.2±0.1)were higher than in the healthy group( P<0.05). Compared with the EH group, the EH plus UA group showed that the GPR(0.3±0.1 vs.0.2±0.1), and MHR(6.6±1.4 vs.5.8±1.7)were increased( P<0.05). The correlation analysis showed that the levels of GPR and MHR were positively correlated with Gensini scores in the EH plus UA group( r=0.537, 0.333, P<0.05), and the correlation was better along with the increased number of diseased branches( P<0.05). The ROC curve analysis showed that GPR had a high specificity and positive predictive value with the specificity of 68.9% and the area under the ROC curve( AUC)of 0.842, while MHR had a high sensitivity with the sensitivity of 92.9%.The combined detection of GPR and MHR had a higher specificity and positive predictive value with a specificity of 84.0% and the AUC of 0.871. Conclusions:The increase of GPR and MHR can be used as a marker to assist the diagnosis of EH combined with UA, and to assess the severity of coronary artery disease in the elderly.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the level and significance of serum γ-glutamyl transferase-to-platelet ratio (GPR) and monocyte count to high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) in patients with essential hypertension (EH) and unstable angina (UA). METHODS: A total of 218 patients with coronary angiography aged ≥60 years, who were admitted to the EH hospital of the Department of Cardiac Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College, were selected from September 2018 to September 2019. They were divided into an EH+UA group ( RESULTS: Compared with the control group, patients in the EH+UA group and the EH group had higher body mass index (BMI), tyiglyceride (TG), GPR, and MHR, and lower high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) (all CONCLUSIONS There is a correlation between GPR, MHR and EH combined with UA pectoris, and the combined detection of the two indicators has adjuvant diagnostic value for elderly EH combined with UA.
Aged ; Angina, Unstable ; Cholesterol, HDL ; Coronary Angiography ; Essential Hypertension ; Humans ; Lipoproteins, HDL ; Monocytes