The level of blood sugar and blood lipid in 64 cases of cholecystolithasis were studied, the high density lipoprotein (HDL), apolipoprotein(APO) A1, apolipoprotein B were also examined in some patients. The results showed that the level of blood suger in patients with gallstone was higher than that in control group ( P

AIM: To observe changes of beta - adrenoceptor (?-AR) and its relativity to polymorphonulear leukocytes (PMN) and acute lung injury (ALI) in rats. METHODS: ALI modle in rat was established by in- travonous injection of E. Coli endotoxin (ET). ? - AR was measured by radioligand binding assay with [3H]-dihy- droalprenlol. RESULTS: (1)Maxmal capacity of ? - AR (Bmax) in both lung tissue and PMN decreased significantly at the lst, 4th and 6th hours after injection of or. (2)No relativity was found between ?-AR Bmax changes of lung tissue and ?-AR Bmax changes of PMN. CONCLUSIONS: (1) Decrease of density of 3-AR in lung tissue and PMN may played a role in the development of ALI. (2) The ?-AN of PMN in circular bind can not be used as a relative index of ?-AR changes of lung tissue in rats with ALI.