Objective To investigate the iron regulated locus in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from blood culture of liver abscess patients in Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital. Methods From January to December of 2015, a total of 10 isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae were collected from blood culture of liver abscess patients from Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital. The genomic DNA was extracted to identify the genes of iroB, iroC, and iroD by PCR, and data was further analyzed by Graphpad Prism 5 software. Results Among the 10 Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains, 9 strains were iroB positive strains, 9 strains were iroC positive strains, and 10 strains were iroD positive strains, 9 strains were iroB/C/D triple positive. Conclusion The current study suggests that the frequency of triple positive of iroB/C/D in Klebsiella pneumoniae is high in isolates from liver abscess patients, the triple positive of iroB/C/D may contribute to liver abscess.
【摘要】 目的 探讨男性和女性糖尿病肾病患者危险因素之间的差异。方法 收集2004年1月—2008年12月以糖尿病肾病为诊断的住院患者1 300例,根据入院日期以系统的方法随机纳入650例患者,排除20例尿常规正常和血肌酐值正常的患者,共630例,其中男342例,女288例,平均年龄65岁。288例女性患者中有271例为绝经后妇女,平均年龄48岁。比较女性和男性糖尿病肾病患者危险因素的差别。结果 ①绝经后糖尿病肾病患者占女性患者的94.1%；②女性糖尿病肾病患者组收缩压、脉压及糖化血红蛋白水平高于男性糖尿病肾病患者组,两者有统计学意义(Plt;0.05)；③两组患者在发病年龄,病程,糖尿病家族史,空腹血糖水平,低密度脂蛋白,高密度脂蛋白,血肌酐,24 h尿蛋白定量、是否使用血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂,血管紧张素受体拮抗剂,胰岛素,是否透析,死亡率均无统计学意义(Pgt;0.05)。结论 在女性糖尿病肾病患者中绝经后妇女所占比例较高,女性糖尿病肾病患者收缩压、脉压及糖化血红蛋白水平均高于男性糖尿病肾病患者,雌激素的水平可能导致差异的产生。
Objective To investigate the expressions of β1, 3-N-acetyl glucosaminyl transfrases ( Fringe) ( RFNG, LFNG and MFNG) in lung tissues and lung T cells isolated from asthmatic mice, and to explore the role of Fringe in pathogenesis of asthma. Methods Asthmatic BALB/ c mouse model was established by inhalation of ovalbumin after intraperitoneal injection. Meanwhile, the control groups were established by normal saline. Lung tissues were sampled after 24 hours since the last stimulation. T cells were isolated from the lung tissues using percol and NylonFiber. The mRNA expressions of three kinds of Fringe in the lung tissues and lung T cells were examined by reverse transcription-PCR ( RT-PCR) . The protein expressions of Fringe in the lung tissues were detected by Western blot. Results The mRNA expressions of RFNG, LFNG and MFNG were detectable in the lung tissues and lung T cells. The mRNA expressions of RFNG increased in the asthmatic group compared with the control group( lung tissues: 0. 92 ±0. 35 vs 0. 51 ±0. 13, P lt; 0. 01; lung T cells: 0. 33 ±0. 06 vs 0. 18 ±0. 07, P lt; 0. 01) . LFNG mRNA had lower expression level in the asthmatic group( lung tissue: 0. 77 ±0. 32 vs 1. 61 ±0. 31, P lt; 0. 01; lung T cells: 0. 49 ±0. 19 vs 0. 71 ±0. 03, P lt;0. 01) . No difference on the mRNA expression of MFNG was found in the lung tissues( 1. 44 ±0. 29 vs 1. 70 ±0. 44, P gt; 0. 05) . MFNG mRNA expression decreased in the asthmatic group compared with the control group in the T cells( 1. 17 ±0. 04 vs 0. 68 ±0. 07, P lt;0. 05) . The results of western blot were consistent with RT-PCR results of the lung tissues. The expressions of RFNG increased in the asthmatic group( 1. 17 ±0. 04 vs 0. 68 ±0. 07, P lt;0. 05) . The expression of MFNG has no difference between two groups( 8. 10 ±0. 60 vs 9. 12 ±0. 07, P gt;0. 05) . LFNG had a lower expression in the asthmatic group( 4. 11 ±0. 38 vs 6. 41 ±0. 11, P lt; 0. 05) . Conclusion The abnormal expressions of three kinds of Fringe may be involved in the pathogenesis of asthma.
目的 研究C-C亚族趋化因子单核细胞趋化蛋白-4（MCP-4/CCL13）在系统性红斑狼疮（SLE）患者外周血的表达水平，并分析MCP-4的水平与狼疮肾炎的关系，以探讨MCP-4在SLE发病机制中可能起的作用。 方法 选取2007年9月－2010年8月在四川大学华西医院和宜宾市第一人民医院诊断明确的SLE及类风湿关节炎（RA）患者各40例。另收入正常健康对照组（20例），应用酶联免疫吸附试验定量方法测定SLE组、RA患者和正常健康对照者血清中MCP-4的水平，SLE患者根据有无肾脏受累分为非狼疮肾炎组和狼疮肾炎组，其中非狼疮肾炎组20例，狼疮肾炎组20例，并分析SLE组血清MCP-4水平是否与抗核抗体、补体C3、C4等指标及SLE疾病活动指数SLEDAI评分相关性，血清MCP-4水平采用方差分析、LSD-t检验和Spearman相关进行统计分析。 结果 血清MCP-4水平SLE组为（216.32 ± 12.65）pg/mL，RA组为（203.79 ± 18.64）pg/mL，正常健康对照组为（125.13 ± 11.08）pg/mL。SLE组、RA组血清MCP-4水平与正常健康对照组相比均有统计学意义（P＜0.05），SLE组与RA组比较血清MCP-4水平无统计学意义（P＞0.05）；SLE患者中狼疮肾炎组与非狼疮肾炎组比较血清MCP-4水平无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。SLE组血清MCP-4水平与抗核抗体、补体C3、C4等指标及SLEDAI评分无相关性。 结论 MCP-4在SLE组患者血清中表达增高，MCP-4可能参与了SLE的发病过程，可能成为SLE新的血清学有用指标并作为治疗的靶点。
ObjectiveTo investigate the etiology of patients with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE).MethodsBy taking epilepsy, seizure, status epilepticus, and epileptic seizure as keywords, the clinical data of epilepsy patients hospitalized in the First People’s Hospital of Longquanyi District of Chengdu and the People’s Hospital of Leshan from January, 2012 to December, 2017 were retrospectively collected from a retrieval system for electronic patient records. The collected CSE cases were screened by trained epilepsy specialists in strict accordance with inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria. The etiology of CSE, and the pathogenetic distinctions among patients with different ages, sexes, educational levels, places of residence, and histories of epilepsy were analyzed based on medical histories and accessory examinations. The prognostic factors for epilepsy were determined using logistic regression analysis.ResultsIn this study, a total of 852 hospitalized epilepsy cases were retrieved, among which 104 cases were CSE cases aged between 18 and 86, including 75 males and 29 females. There were 13 CSE deaths (12.5%). There were significant differences in the pathogeneses among CSE patients with different ages and histories of epilepsy (χ2=52.396, 18.354; P<0.05). However, no significant difference in CSE pathogeneses was observed among patients with different sexes, educational levels, or places of residence (P>0.05). Drug withdrawal or dose reduction was the leading cause of CSE in patients with a history of epilepsy (n=28, 57.1%), while cerebrovascular diseases (n=19, 34.5%) were common causes among those without a history. Among patients aged over 65, cerebrovascular diseases (n=17, 43.6%) were determined as the major causes of CSE, while for those aged under 65, drug withdrawal or dose reduction was the main pathogeny (n=20, 30.8%). Results obtained from multivariate logistic regression analysis on the prognostic factors for epilepsy showed that the duration of epileptic seizure significantly influenced the prognosis of patients [odds ratio=1.299, 95% confidence interval (1.074, 1.571), P=0.007], while there were no significant correlations between other factors and epilepsy prognosis (P>0.05).ConclusionsCerebrovascular diseases are the leading causes of geriatric CSE. Irregular medication of epilepsy patients is a prominent avoidable trigger for CSE.
ObjectiveTo review the osteoclasts (OC) function beyond bone resorption. MethodsThe related literature on OC function beyond bone resorption was reviewed, analyzed, and summarized. ResultsOC control the bone formation through releasing of matrix-derived growth factors, bidirectional cell-to-cell signals, and secreting OC-coupling factors, and play an important role in the niche formation, hematopoietic stem cells mobilization, and maintenance of its quantity and function;besides, OCs also regulate angiogenesis. ConclusionThese discoveries greatly enrich the current knowledge of OC function and open up an all-new research domain. However, the exact regulatory mechanism of OC affecting the hematopoiesis is still lack in-depth understood. Additionally, it remains to be elucidated how OC-coupling factors act on osteoblast lineage differentiation and how OC-induced angiogenesis participates in physiological and pathological processes. Unclosing the underlying mechanisms will facilitate providing scientific therapeutic strategies for treatment of many OC-related diseases.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the relationship between the genes involved in regulating iron uptake and maintaining iron homeostasis in Klebsiella pneumoniae from different sources and pathogenicity.MethodsThe genomic DNA sequences of two strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae from different sources were sequenced, stitched together, annotated and analyzed by second generation sequencing technique. The transversal comparison between different types of Klebsiella pneumoniae in NCBI database of iron carrier gene cluster iroB/C/D.ResultsIn these two Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains, the strain isolated from liver abscess patient carried 11 different iron acquisition and transportation system specific genes, which were not found in the non-liver abscess patient strain. Combined with the analysis of this sequence, in the NCBI database, six different strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae showed iroB/C/D triple positive.ConclusionIron acquisition and transportation system in Klebsiella pneumoniae may be an important pathogenic factor, which is closely related to hepatic abscess.