Ultrasonic diagnosis of patients with clonorchiasis and preliminary study of pathogenic mechanism
10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.05.009
- Author:
Mei FAN
1
;
Lin LU
2
;
Chun SU
3
;
Ji-Mei DOU
3
;
Mei XUE
4
;
Pei LI
5
;
Han-Qi FENG
6
;
Yan-Bing FAN
7
Author Information
1. Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
2. Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
3. The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
4. Henan Experimental Kindergarden
5. Department of Pathphysiology, Zhengzhou University
6. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
7. Anyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cell apoptosis;
Clonorchiasis;
Inflammatory reaction;
Ultrasonic diagnosis
- From:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
2016;9(7):694-697
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To discuss the liver function damage mechanism of patients with clonorchiasis by analyzing the ultrasound characteristics, liver function, change of the serum inflammatory factors and cell apoptosis factors. Methods Color Doppler ultrasound technique was adopted to detect the portal vein and blood flow change of patients with clonorchiasis; ELISA was used to determine the level of different serum inflammatory factors. The levels of serum total bilirubin, serum albumin and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase were detected by automatic biochemical analyzer. Western blot was used to determine the expression of proteins relevant to apoptosis. Results Compared with the health control group, the trunk diameter of portal vein and the thickness of spleen, as well as the hepatic artery pulsation index of clonorchiasis patients increased obviously, the mean blood flow velocity of portal vein (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) decreased. The content of total bilirubin and transaminase in plasma increased significantly, but albumin decreased (P < 0.05). Levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IFN-γ increased remarkably, and the level of every factor was significantly different among patients with Child-Pugh, Child-Pugh II and Child-Pugh III classification of liver function (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). With the exacerbation of liver dysfunction, levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IFN-γ gradually increased (P < 0.05). Compared with the healthy control group, the expression quantity of apoptosis protein Fas, FasL, Bax and Caspase-3 increased significantly (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), but Bcl-2 decreased (P < 0.05). Conclusions Changes of ultrasonic characteristics and liver dysfunction, caused by liver fluke infection, may be related to that both inflammatory response and apoptosis response have participated in the pathogenic process and liver damage course of clonorchiasis.
