Asymmetric dimethylarginine(ADMA)is a natural L-arginine analogue that reduces the bioavailability of nitric oxide in plasma and various types of tissues,acting as an endogenous NO synthase inhibitor in vivo.ADMA is considered a common pathway mediating the adverse vascular effects of traditional and nontraditional risk factors.These preclinical findings are thought to be of major importance as ADMA predicts cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD).Also,ADMA uniformly predicts the progression of moderate and severe CKD.The present study summarizes the latest developments in this field.

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Objective:To enhance the ability of organizing, commanding, decision-making and contingency-meeting of campaign medical support commanding officers so as to qualify them for their positions by simulation training. Methods: Based on the decision support theory, modern medical support theory, health service optimized decision support system and medical support command simulation training system, we designed and constructed a simulation training platform for medical support decision optimization. Results: A network-based simulation training platform was successfully constructed, which gives a strong support to the simulation training in medical support decision optimization under the network circumstance. Conclusion: The application of the simulation training platform has enriched the content and renewed the pattern of training in decision optimization for campaign medical support commanding officers.

Objective To evaluate the changes of β cell function in critically ill surgical patients and its re- lationship with prognosis.Methods 32 patients>16 years age with no history of diabetes who were admitted to sur- gical intensive care unit(SICU)were divided into two groups according to APACHE Ⅱ score.Blood sample Was taken on preoperative and postoprative 1st day for measures of fasting insulin(FINS)and fasting C peptide(FCP). The HOMA-β Was calculated.Results The level of FINS,FCP and HOMA-β were significantly decreased on first day after operation than preoperative in critical group.Compared with control group,The level of FINS.FCP and HO- MA-βwere significantly reduced on first day after operation-which had negative correlation with APACHE Ⅱ score, APACHE Ⅲ score and in charge days of ICU.Conclusion There is β cell dysfunction in critically ill Surgical pa- tients.β cell function in surgical critically ill patients is negatively correlated with APACHE Ⅱ SCOre-APACHE Ⅲ score and days of ICU.

Objective To report the clinical and pathological features of the sensory neuropathy caused by a combined therapy of telbivudine and pegylated interferon α-2a in 2 patients with hepatitis B virus infection Methods Two male patients aged 48(case 1)and 20(case 2),who suffered from hepatitis B virus infection.were given telbivudine and pegylated interferon α-2a.After 4 months treatment,both patients developed numbness and pain in the lower limbs.The physical examination showed decreased pain sensation in distal extremities.Hypahidrosis appeared in distal extremities.The nails were pale changed in fingers and toes in cage 1.Case 2 presented mild weakness in the proximal muscle of lower limbs and the tendon reflex was decreased in both lower limbs.His 8erunl creatine kinase level was mild elevated.The electromyography examination and sural nerve biopsies were performed on both patients.Results Electromyography examination showed significant decrease of amplitude of sensory nerve action potentials and mild decrease of sensory nerve conduction velocities in both patients.The amplitude of motor nerve action potentials was also decreased in case 2.Light microscope examination revealed middle reduction of myelinated fibers,wallerian degeneration of myelinated fibers and small clusbers of regenerated fibers in sural nerve.Electro microscopy examination revealed the loss of unmyehnated nerve fibers.After the combined therapy was stopped and vitamin B,CoQ10 and L-camitine were administered,the patients recovered gradually.Conclusions Combined therapy of telbivudine and pegylated interferon α-2a may cause sensory neuropathy with electrophsiological and pathological abnormalities of axonal lesions.The sensory neuropathy induced by the combined therapy may be reversible.

Experimental research showed that Gan Tang Zhi can influence blood clotting and plasma fibrinolytic system of rabbits, 15min after introvenous injecting 6.25mg/kg or 25mg/kg Gan Tang Zhi into rabbit it can pronouncedly prolong prothrombin time ( PT ) , thrombin time ( TT ) , and kaolin partial thromboplastin time ( KPTT ) ; and cause remarkable increase of fibrin degradation product ( FDP ) , Gan Tang Zhi can also shorten englobulin lysis time (ELT) and decrease fibri-nogen.

Objective To explore the technique outcome of fixing the ventral stress pedicle screws into the injured vertebrae, as a method to enhance the posterior internal fixation. Methods From March 2002 to March 2005, 33 single thoracolumbar fractures were studied retrospectively. Among which, 16 cases were treated with the above method(group A), and the other 17 were treated with traditional two-level fixation(group B). Group A involved 11 males and 5 females, aged 48 years averagely(range, 32-74 years); and group B included 12 males and 5 females, aged from 21 to 61 years(mean, 40 years). All the patients underwent the operation within up to 3 weeks after fracture. For the injured vertebral bodies, their pedicles were intact on either unilateral or bilateral side, and their lower half and endplate were free from split. In group A, the pedicle screws in the injured vertebrae were used to achieve the ventral press vertical to the distraction for the stress neutralization, and also with the routine distraction and lordosis restoration, simultaneously. The mean follow-up period was 11 months with a range from 6 to 24 months. Results After operation, the optimal Cobb angle and anterior column restoration were achieved through the ventral reduction from the injured vertebral body, which was the contribution from the vertical stress pedicle screw. The degree in anterior movement of injured vertebrae pre- and postoperatively was much more in group A than group B, and the difference was of statistical significance(P

The influences of propylene glycol mannate sulfate (PGMS) on experimental thrombosis and thrombolysis in vivo were studies after iv 8. 125, 6. 25, 12. 5 , 25mg/Kg in rabbits, and the effect of antithrombosis of PGMS was compared with that of heparin. The results showed that PGMS possessed remarkable effect of antithrombosis. In order to explore the mechanism of antithrombosis of PGMS, we studied the influences on the fibrinolytic and coagulant function of rabbits. The results showed that PGMS can pronouncedly prolong the prothrombin time (PT), thrombin time (TT), kaolin partial thromboplastin time (KPTT), and enhance the activity of antithrombin-III (AT -III). PGMS can cause a remarkable increase in fibrin degradation product (FDP) , shorten euglobulin lysis time (ELT) , and a decrease in the contents of fibrinogen and plasminogen activity. These results suggested that PGMS probably exert the antithrombotic effect by inhibiting coagulation and activating fibrinolysis.

0.05). Metastasis of the liver of colorectal cancer occurred higher in the patients with serum CEA concentration ≥15ng/ml than that in those with serum CEA

This study was aimed to observe the effects of Gui Curcuma extract on proliferation, collagen production, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression by hepatic stellate cells (HSC-LX2). HSC-LX2 were cultured in DMEM broth (10% FBS), then treated with Gui Curcuma extract (with the concentration of 0, 22.5, 45, 90 μmol·L-1) for 24 h. The proliferation of HSC-LX2 was measured by MTT assay; injury in HSC-LX2 was indicated with LDH re-lease; collagen I production was detected by ELISA; and MMP-l expression was determined by Western blot. The re-sults showed that Gui Curcuma extract (with the concentration of 22.5, 45, 90 μmol·L-1) dose-dependently inhibited proliferation of HSC-LX2 by 16.2%, 43.9%, 59.4% in MTT assay, respectively. The IC50 was 59.1 μmol·L-1. There was no significant impact on LDH release. The Gui Curcuma extract (with the concentration of 45, 90 μmol·L-1) can significantly reduce the expression of collagen I level (P< 0.01), whereas MMP-1 expression was significantly uplift-ed (P< 0.05) by Gui Curcuma extract (with the concentration of 45, 90 μmol·L-1) in Western blot. It was concluded that Gui Curcuma extract had the potential to prevent hepatic fibrosis, through inhibiting proliferation and collagen I production, and increasing MMP-1 protein expression.