1.Association of urinary podocalyxin and vascular endothelial growth factor levels with oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes nephropathy
Shanshan DONG ; Jie ZHANG ; Fan LIU ; Yujing MI ; Xinpan LI ; Huimin ZHOU
Chongqing Medicine 2016;45(10):1334-1336
Objective To investigate the change of urinary podocalyxin(PCX) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels and its association with the oxidative stress in the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM ) complicating dif‐ferent degrees of diabetic nephropathy .Methods Totally 186 patients with T2DM were divided into the pure T2DM (SDM ,62 ca‐ses) ,trace amount group(NA group ,60 cases) and massive amount group(MA group ,64 cases) according to the 24 h urinary albu‐min excretion rate(UAER) .60 cases of normal 24 h UAER were taken as the control group(NC group) .The levels of PCX ,VEGF , superoxide dismutase (SOD) ,malondialdehyde(MDA) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH‐px)were determined .Results Compared with other three groups ,the level of VEGF ,PCX and MDA in the MA group were highest(P<0 .01) ,while the levels of SOD and GSH‐px were lowest(P<0 .01 ,P<0 .05) .VEGF ,UAER ,HbA1c were the independent risk factors for urinary PCX .Conclusion In patients with diabetic nephropathy ,urinary PCX and VEGF are correlated with the oxidative stress ,while the oxidative stress is closely correlated with glomerular podocyte injury .
2.Predictive value of CD3+/CD4+T lymphocyte level and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in radiation pneumo-nia
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2024;40(20):2923-2928
Objective To investigate the predictive value of CD3+/CD4+T lymphocyte level and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR)in radiation pneumonia.Methods The data of 87 patients with locally advanced non-operative non-small cell lung cancer admitted to our hospital from March 2018 to October 2023 were retrospectively analyzed.Among them,43 cases had radiation pneumonia and 44 cases did not have radiation pneumonia.The changes in T lymphocyte subsets and NLR before and after radiotherapy were compared between the two groups.The diagnostic value of T lymphocyte subsets and NLR in lung cancer radiation pneumonia after radiotherapy was analyzed,the correlation between T lymphocyte subsets and NLR and the grade severity of radiation pneumonia was analyzed,and the ROC curve of T lymphocyte subsets and NLR in predicting lung cancer radiation pneumonia after radiotherapy was drawn,and the AUC area was calculated.Results The levels of CD3+T lymphocytes and CD4+T lymphocytes in the post-radiotherapy group were significantly lower than those before radiotherapy and those without radiotherapy(P<0.05).The NLR in the post-radiotherapy group was significantly higher than that before radiotherapy and those without radiotherapy(P<0.05).The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy,negative pre-dictive value,and positive predictive value of the combined diagnosis of CD3+T lymphocytes,CD4+T lymphocytes,and NLR were higher than those of NLR and higher than those of CD4+T lymphocytes and CD3+T lymphocytes.The changes of CD3+T lymphocyte and CD4+T lymphocyte levels were negatively correlated with grade severity of radio-pneumonia(P<0.05),while the changes of NLR were positively correlated with grade severity of radiopneumonia(P<0.05).Combined detection of CD3+T lymphocytes,CD4+T lymphocytes,and NLR predicted that the AUC area of lung cancer after radiotherapy was 0.924,which was larger than that of CD3+T lymphocytes,CD4+T lym-phocytes,and NLR alone.Conclusion The combined detection of CD3+T lymphocytes,CD4+T lymphocytes,and NLR has an ideal value in the diagnosis and prediction of radiation pneumonia after radiotherapy for locally ad-vanced non-small cell lung cancer,and can be used as an indicator for early diagnosis and prevention of radiation pneumonia.