Objeetive To explore the relationship among the glomerular mesangium components,degree of renal lesion and glomerulosclerosis in patients with type 2 DM.Method A quantitative study of type Ⅳ collagen in kidneys taken from twenty-one patients with type 2 DM and ten-two control autoptical renal tissue specimens were investigated by immunochemical techniques,computer image analysis system.Results The amounts of type Ⅳ collagen were increased parallel with advances of glomerulosclerosis and renal arteriolosclerosis in patients with type 2 DM,but the collagen had not obviously elevation in renal failure patients.Conclusions The increased type Ⅳ collagen is a characteristic manifestation of early and moderate lesions of glomerulosclerosis in type 2 DM.Quantitative determination of glomerular mesangium components could be a good index to judge the lesion degree of kidney.

0.05). Conclusion The extract technology is basically reasonable,and need further improvement.

Purpose To explore the expression of monocarboxylate transporters 4 (MCT4) and its clinicopathologic significance in cer-vical squamous cell carcinoma. Methods The expression level of MCT4 in 72 cervical squamous cell carcinoma tissues and 48 cervi-cal normal tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry assay, and its relationship with clinical pathological features was analyzed. Results The positive rate of MCT4 was 81. 9% (59/72) in cervical squamous cell carcinoma tissues and 35. 4% (17/48) in normal cervical tissues. The positive rate of MCT4 in cervical squamous cell carcinoma was significantly higher than that in cervical normal tis-sues (χ2 =26. 848, P<0. 001). In addition, the expression of MCT4 protein was correlated with clinical stage (χ2 =5. 389, P=0. 020) and lymph node metastasis (χ2 =4. 706, P=0. 030). However, it did not correlated with age (χ2 =1. 238, P=0. 266), tumor differentiation (χ2 =0. 530, P=0. 467) or infiltration degree (χ2 =1. 300, P=0. 254) in patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Conclusion The expression of MCT4 is up-regulated in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and correlate with clinical stage and lymph node metastasis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma. MCT4 may be a biomarker for evaluating the biological behavior of cer-vical squamous cell carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rationality of teicoplanin for the empirical treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia(CAP) in the aged.METHODS Totally 179 hospitalized cases of severe CAP were enrolled and divided into two groups,teicoplanin treatment group(67 cases) and non-teicoplanin treatment group(112 cases),whose clinical data and antibiotic empirical treatment were analyzed respectively,compared their PSI scores and clinical outcomes after 5 day′s therapy.RESULTS The PSI scores had no significant difference of two groups.The total treatment failure rate in teicoplanin treatment group was 23.9%,lower than that in non-teicoplanin treatment group.The treatment failure rate of teicoplanin combining the third generation cephalosporin treatment cases was 19.4%,lower than that in single use of cephalosporin(50.0%),also less than that in the cases of cephalosporin combining other antibiotics therapy,which accounted for 32.1%.CONCLUSIONS The use of teicoplanin may reduce treatment failure rate of severe CAP among aged.

BACKGROUND: Nowadays, angiotensin Ⅱ plays an important role in onset of diabetic nephropathy. Therefore, the nuclear factor-κB may have adjustive effects on angiotonin system of kidney tissue of diabetic rats. OBJECTIVE: To observe the relationship of activity of inhibitive nuclear factor-κB with angiotensin Ⅱ and its type 1 receptor mRNA expression of renal tissue of diabetic rats. DESIGN: Completely randomized group design, control experiment. MATERIALS: The experiment was conducted at the Experimental Animal Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences between March and April 2000. Fifty-one pure breed clean grade male Wistar rats were select ed. METHODS: ①Models were established in 39 rats. Streptozotocin dissolv ing in citric acid buffer (0.1 mmol/L,pH=4.5) were given to establish dia betic models with 60 mg/kg intraperitoneal injection. If the fasting blood glucose maintained above 13.9 mmol/L, the establishment of models was successful. The thirty-nine rats were randomly assigned into 3 groups: model group (n=17, without other interventional measure, feeding normally) and pyrrolidine dithiocar2. Bamate (PDTC) (active inhibitor of nuclear fac tor-κB) interventional group [n=22, PDTC at the dose of 20 mg/kg were given with intraperitoneal injection, twice a day]. Other 12 rats were as normal control group, did not make into diabetic models with normal breeding. ②After feeding for 18 weeks kidneys were got in every group. The activity of nuclear factor-κB was detected with electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The expression of type 1 receptor mRNA of angiotensin Ⅱ was measured with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Contents of angiotonin Ⅰ and angiotensin Ⅱ were tested with Radio Im munoassay (RIA). Activity of rennin was referred to that the result of the level of angiotonin Ⅰ at 37 ℃ water bath subduced to that at 4 ℃. ③Dif ference of measurement data was compared with single factor analysis of variance. After normal transformation, the non-normal distribution data were conducted with statistical disposal. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Comparison of contents of angiotensin Ⅰ and Ⅱ, activities of rennin and nuclear factor-κB and expression of type 1 receptor mRNA of angiotensin Ⅱ in renal tissues of rats of each group. RESULTS: In the normal control group, model group and PDTC interven tional group 1, 6 and 13 rats were dropped out, respectively, so 11, 11 and 9 rats in each group were involved in the result analysis. ①Activity of nu clear factor-κB: It was higher significantly in the model group than that in the normal control group and PDTC interventional group (P ＜ 0.01 ). It was similar between the normal control group and the PDTC interventional group. ②Activity of rennin of renal tissue: It was similar among the 3 groups. ③Content of angiotonin Ⅰ of renal tissue: It was higher obviously in the model group that that in the normal control group and the PDTC interventional group (P ＜ 0.01 ). ④Content of angiotensin Ⅱ in renal tissue: It was similar between the model group and the normal control group. It was lower markedly in the PDTC interventional group than that in the model group and the normal control group (P ＜ 0.01 ). Expression of type 1 receptor mRNA of angiotensin Ⅱ: It was lower remarkably in the model group than that in the normal control group (P ＜ 0.01 ). It was lower dis tinctly in the PDTC interventional group than that in the model group and the normal control group (P ＜ 0.01 ). CONCLUSION: The increase of activity of nuclear factor-κB in renal tissue of diabetic rats can inhibit the activity of nuclear factor-κB, which will induce the reduction of the level of angiotensin Ⅱ and expression of type 1 receptor mRNA of angiotensin Ⅱ in renal tissue of diabetic rats.

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