Objective The current study was to investigate the clinical and pathological features of macroscopic hematuria associated acute kideny injury (MH-AKI) in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and its associated prognostic factors.Methods We performed an analysis on the clinical and pathological features of biopsy-proven IgAN patients diagnosed during 2004 to August of 2007,who had experienced MH associated AKI.The patients enrolled in the study were followed up.The renal lesions were evaluated with Katafuchi pathological scores of IgAN.Results 5 patients with IgAN had experienced at least one episode of MH-AKI,accounting for 1.3% of IgAN diagnosed during the same period and 13.5% of IgAN patients with macroscopic hematuria.High proportion of tubules filled with red blood cell casts and tubular injury were demonstrated in all biopsy specimens.Renal function of 3 patients completely recovered within 14 days.One patient (patient 4) got quick recovery in the first month of the disease but completely recovered 418 days later.The other patients only had an incomplete recovery during the 20-month follow-up.The incompletely recovered one had relatively an older age,longer persistence of MH,more sclerotic glomeruli and a more severe tubule-interstitial damage.Conclusion AKI is commonly seen during episodes of MH in patients with IgAN.Not all patients with MH-AKI showed a complete recovery.Age,duration of MH,proportion of glomerular sclerosis and the severity of tubular necrosis might be the risk factors of an incomplete recovery of renal function.

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OBJECTIVE:To develop an HPLC method for the determination of L-Carnosine in Polaprezine granules.METHODS:The Chromatographic column was Agilent ODS with detection wavelength of 215 nm and flow rate of 1 mL?min-1.The mobile phase consisted of sodium subsulfite buffer solution(pH=3)-acetonetrile(77:23).The column temperature was set at 30 ℃ and injection size was 10 ?L.RESULTS:The good linearity was obtained in the range of 0.1559～3.1584 ?g for L-Carnosine(r=1.0000).The average recovery was 99.65%(RSD=0.078%).CONCLUSION:The method is simple,accurate and sensitive,and it is suitable for content determination of L-Carnosine in Polaprezine granules.

0.05).However,HCT2s of right side and left side were significantly negatively correlated to age(r=-0.606,-0.522;P=0.000,0.000).Conclusion HCT2s in healthy Chinese aged 10~59 year measured on SE dual echo images are quite stable,and age is an influencing factor of HCT2,but not side,sex and handedness.

AIM To compare the effects of micronised fenofibrate with those of standard fenofibrate on regulating serum lipid. METHODS Wistar rats were fed by the hyperlipids food to induce hypolipidemia, and then orally treated with 20,30,40 mg?kg -1 per day micronised fenofibrate and 20,30,40,60,80 mg?kg -1 per day standard fenofibrate for 10 days. At the tenth day, serum total cholesterol and triglycerides were measured. RESULTS 1 In the same experimental conditions,the minimal efficacious dose of the micronised fenofibrate is 30 mg?kg -1 , but that of the standard fenofibrate is 80 mg?kg -1 ; 2 Using efficacious doses, both kinds of fenofibrate could decrease the content of triglyceride to normal level. They also could decrease the level of total cholesterol by 36 69%～51 56%. CONCLUSION The effects of micronised fenofibrate are better than those of standard fenofibrate, which mainly decreases the level of triglyceride. Micronised fenofibrate also decreases level of serum total cholesterol.

Objective To investigate the clinical value of color Doppler flow imaging(CDFI) in the diagnosis and clinical follow-up of retinopathy of prematurity(ROP).Methods From March 2008 to February 2009,98 eyes of 49 premature infants(gestational age≤37 weeks,or birth weight≤2 000 g) underwent ROP screening by RetCam digital retinal camera and indirect ophthalmoscopy in the fourth to sixth postnatal week.At the same time,they were also examined by 8-14 MHz CDFI.Results Determined by RetCam digital retinal camera and indirect ophthalmoscopy,ROP was found in 41 eyes,including 8 eyes at stage Ⅰ,19 eyes at stage Ⅱ,6 eyes at stage Ⅲ,8 eyes at scarring stage and no eye at stage Ⅳ andⅤ.Compared with ophthalmologic examination,the specificity of CDFI for ROP diagnosis was 85.5%,and the sensitivity was 76.7%.Detected by CDFI,typical changes were not found in the infants with ROP at stage Ⅰ.In the infants with ROP at stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ,abundant blood flow signals were found in the central retinal artery(CRA).Increased amounts of the small vessels and irregular circuitousness were also observed.There was no obvious change in the systolic velocity(VS) of CRA.The diastolic velocity(Vd) was decreased and the resistance index(RI) was increased.A strong zonal echo protruded into the vitreum.Small blood flow signals which came from CRA by tracing toward their distal end were found in the same position using CDFI.Conclusions Detected by CDFI,the sonographic features of infants with ROP at stage Ⅰ are not typical,but those of infants with ROP at stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ are specific.CDFI is valuable in clinical ROP screening of high risk group.

The nutritional and food hygienic character of the new developed soy protein concentrate and soy protein isolate in Heilongjiang province were studied by chemical analysis and rat experiment. These products have not yet been reported in China. The results indicated that the content of protein of soy protein concentrate and isolate was 69.76 and 83.11%(as anhydr-ate basic), the PER 2.00 and 1.34, the apparent digestibility 77.54 and 85.72%, the true digestibility 84.33 and 93.19%, the biological value 79.80 and 62.54%, the NPU 67.39 and 58.28% respectively.The essential amino acid composition of the two samples was the same as the products prepared in the other countries. By the hematological and pathological examination in rats, the contents of serveral harmful substan- ces were allowable or not detected. The authors belived that the nutritional quality of the two soy protein products was nearly the same as those in other countries, and its food safety was satisfactory.

Objective To study the molecular genetic mechanism of a patient with 17? hydroxylase (CYP17) deficiency. Methods Genomic DNA were abstracted from the blood of the patient, her parents and healthy control. The 8 exons of CYP17 gene were amplified, using 5 pairs of designed primers, with polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the 8 exons were sequenced by the dideoxy terminator method to determined the mutation sites. The corresponding exons of the parents of the patients were also amplified and sequenced to determine the zygosity of the patient and the source of the gene variances. Results The analysis revealed that the patient (46, XY) was a compound heterozygote carrying two different inherited mutations on CYP17 gene, one from mother containing a point mutation Arg 96 (C G G)→ Gln(C A G) and the other from father containing a nine base deletion (CACTCTTTC) at amino acid position 487～489 (Asp Ser Phe) near the carboxyl terminus of P450c17. Conclusion The CYP17 gene of the patient with 17? hydroxylase deficiency is a compound heterozygous mutation. The mutation changes the amino acid sequence of P450c17 enzyme, which in turn affected the enzymatic activity. Arg 96 is essential in P450c17 enzyme activity. Deletion of Asp 487 Ser 488 Phe 489 in exon 8 may be a prevalent mutation causing P450c17 deficiency in Southeast Asia.

AIM: To investigate the role of epigenetic modification in Pdx-1 gene transcription and expression, and to compare the differences between epigenetic modifications of Pdx-1 gene promoter in various cell types of mice. METHODS: The promoter DNA methylation and histone modification status of Pdx-1 and MLH1 genes in NIT-1 cells, NIH3T3 cells and mouse embryonic stem cells were measured by chromatin immunoprecipitation-real time PCR method. The expression levels of these genes in the three cell lines were measured by real time RT-PCR. The relation between epigenetic modifications and gene expression was analyzed. RESULTS: (1) Compared to mES cells, there was lower DNA methylation and higher H3K4m3 modification levels in the promoter of Pdx-1 gene in NIT-1 cells (P<0.05). DNA methylation, H3 acetylation, H3K4m3 and H3K9m3 modification levels in the promoter of Pdx-1 gene in NIH3T3 cells were distinctly increased (P<0.05). (2) Pdx-1 gene transcription expressed only in NIT-1 cells. The Spearman's rho between Pdx-1 gene expression and DNA methylation (r=-0.802,P<0.01) was observed. The Pearson correlation between Pdx-1 gene expression and H3K4m3 modification (r=0.997,P<0.01) was also found. The Spearman's rho between Pdx-1 gene expression and H3K9m3 modification (r=-0.879,P<0.01) was observed. (3) No correlation between housekeeper MLH1 gene expression and epigenetic modification was found. CONCLUSION: DNA methylation, H3K4m3 and H3K9m3 modification coordinated participate to regulate and control the expression of Pdx-1 gene. It is of great significance to the differentiation of β cells from ES cells.

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