辛伐他汀对原发性高血压并高胆固醇血症患者血管内皮依赖性舒张功能的影响

目的 :研究辛伐他汀对原发性高血压 (EH)并高胆固醇血症患者血管内皮依赖性舒张功能的影响。方法 :采用高分辨超声技术 ,对 2 4例EH并高胆固醇血症患者 (A组 )降脂前后和 2 0例血浆胆固醇水平正常的对照者 (B组 )血管内皮依赖性舒张功能进行检测。结果 :A组患者服用辛伐他汀 10mg治疗 8周后肱动脉血流介导性舒张较B组明显减弱 [(2 .99± 2 .2 4 ) %∶(7.0 1± 2 .73) % ,P <0 .0 1],且对硝酸甘油的反应差异亦有显著性意义[(8.2 8± 5 .12 ) %∶(12 .2 8± 4 .84 ) % ,P <0 .0 5 ]。血浆总胆固醇从 (6 .39± 0 .71)mmol L降至 (5 .2 3± 0 .33)mmol L ,同时肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张较治疗前明显改善 [(7.82± 1.2 9) %∶(2 .99± 2 .2 4 ) % ,P <0 .0 1],而治疗前后肱动脉对硝酸甘油的反应无显著性改变。结论 :EH并高胆固醇血症患者存在血管内皮依赖性舒张功能障碍 ;经辛伐他汀降胆固醇治疗后 ,受损的血管内皮依赖性舒张功能得到明显改善     

老年人血管内皮依赖性舒张功能的变化

目的　观察老年人肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能的变化。方法　采用无创性超声法检测 1 4 5例受试者血流介导性肱动脉舒张 (FMD ,内皮依赖性舒张功能 )和硝酸甘油介导性肱动脉舒张 (NMD ,非内皮依赖性舒张功能 )。结果　年龄 >60岁受试者FMD较≤ 60岁者明显降低 (5 65 %± 6 1 2 % ,3 33 %± 3 72 % ,P =0 0 0 7) ;冠心病者较非冠心病者FMD(2 98%± 3 65 % ,8 37%± 6 41 % ,P <0 0 0 1和NMD(1 6 61 %± 7 2 5% ,2 2 78%±8 82 % ,P <0 0 1 )均明显降低 ,>60岁冠心病患者FMD较≤ 60岁冠心病患者降低 (1 90 %± 2 1 9% ,4 1 7%± 4 49% ,P <0 0 1 ) ;多因素逐步回归分析显示FMD与年龄 (t=- 3 92 6,P <0 0 0 1 )呈负相关 ;在单纯冠心病者仍显示FMD与年龄成负相关 (t=- 3 2 4 9,P =0 0 0 2 )。结论　老年人内皮依赖性血管舒张功能受损 ,年龄可直接损害内皮依赖性血管舒张功能 ,即使在冠心病存在时亦然 ,加重冠心病患者受损的内皮依赖性血管舒张功能。     

小剂量辛伐他汀对急性心肌梗死患者 血管内皮功能的影响

目的　观察心肌梗死急性期降脂治疗对内皮依赖性血管舒张功能的作用。方法　采用超声法检测 39例急性心肌梗死 (AMI)患者和 31例无心肌梗死者肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能。应用随机、交叉实验设计 ,将 39例AMI受试者随机分为单纯常规治疗组和加服辛伐他汀 5mg/d或 10mg/d治疗组 ,治疗 2个月后复测其肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能。然后交叉 ,即单纯常规治疗组加服辛伐他汀 5mg/d或 10mg/d ;原服辛伐他汀治疗组停用 ,仅接受常规治疗 ;第 4个月再次检测肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能。结果　AMI患者肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能 [n =39,(2 .44± 3.31) % ]较对照组 [n=31,(8.13± 4.77) % ]明显降低 (P <0 .0 0 1)。AMI患者服用 5mg/d辛伐他汀 (n =19)治疗 2个月后 ,肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能 (4 .2 9± 2 .91) %与治疗前基础水平 (2 .5 4± 2 .5 2 ) %、常规治疗后 (2 .89±3.71) %相比差别无显著性 ;而服用 10mg/d ,辛伐他汀 (n =2 0 )治疗 2个月后 ,肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能 [(6 .2 4± 4.14) % ]与治疗前基础水平 [(2 .35± 3.92 ) %P <0 .0 1]、常规治疗后 [(2 .5 7± 3.5 7) %P <0 .0 5 ]相比 ,有显著性改善。同时还观察到 ,与常规治疗相比较 ,辛伐他汀 (5mg/d或 10mg/d)治疗后血总胆固醇水平有明显降低。结论     

他汀类药物对原发性高胆固醇血症患者血管内皮功能的影响

目的　观察辛伐他汀和氟伐他汀对原发性高胆固醇血症患者血管内皮功能的影响。方法　 6 0例原发性高胆固醇血症患者随机分为辛伐他汀组 (5mg/d)或氟伐他汀组 (2 0mg/d) ,每组 30例 ,均治疗 8周 ,2 0例正常对照。采用超声多普勒于治疗前后对其进行血管内皮功能的测定。结果　原发性高胆固醇血症患者肱动脉血流介导的舒张反应较对照组明显减弱 [辛伐他汀组 (3 38±5 48) % ,氟伐他汀组 (1 17± 5 15 ) % ,对照组 (17 5 8± 6 47) % ,P <0 0 0 1],而三组对硝酸甘油的反应差异无显著性 [分别为 (14 6 4± 6 6 8) % ,(14 46± 7 80 ) % ,(18 31± 6 84) % ,P >0 0 5 ]。辛伐他汀或氟伐他汀治疗 8周后均使血清总胆固醇和低密度脂蛋白胆固醇显著降低 ,同时肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能较治疗前亦有明显改善 [辛伐他汀组为 (14 6 8± 5 0 5 ) %比 (3 38± 5 48) % ,氟伐他汀组为(13 94± 6 6 8) %比 (1 17± 5 15 ) % ,P值均 <0 0 0 1],而治疗前后肱动脉对硝酸甘油的反应无显著性变化。结论　原发性高胆固醇血症患者血管内皮依赖性舒张功能受损 ,辛伐他汀或氟伐他汀治疗均可显著改善血管内皮依赖性舒张功能 ,二者之间差异无显著性。     

冠心病及其高危患者血管功能无创性检测的临床意义

目的 :探讨冠心病和具有冠心病危险因素患者的血管内皮和平滑肌功能无创性检测的临床意义。方法 :采用高分辨超声技术 ,检测 90例健康成人 (正常对照组 )、110例有冠心病危险因素者 (危险因素组 )和 71例冠心病患者 (冠心病组 )在反应性充血时及含服硝酸甘油后的肱动脉内径变化。结果 :危险因素组和冠心病组血流介导的肱动脉舒张 (FMD)均明显低于正常对照组 [(4 .79± 3.93) %和 (2 .4 4± 2 .94 ) %比 (8.76± 4 .33) % ,均P <0 .0 1];冠心病组硝酸甘油引起的肱动脉舒张 (NID)明显低于正常对照组 [(16 .5 8± 6 .2 6 ) %比 (2 3.6 2±8.5 5 ) % ,P <0 .0 1],但危险因素组的NID与正常对照组无统计学意义 [(2 0 .5 0± 7.30 ) %比 (2 3.6 2± 8.5 5 ) % ,P >0 .0 5 ]。多元逐步回归分析显示 :FMD与年龄、肱动脉基线内径和收缩压呈负相关 ,与高密度脂蛋白胆固醇呈正相关 ;而NID与肱动脉基线内径呈负相关 ,与FMD呈正相关。结论 :血管内皮功能失调是动脉粥样硬化临床前的早期表现 ,而血管平滑肌功能损害常提示患者已存在明显动脉粥样硬化病变     

益多脂对高甘油三酯血症患者血管内皮依赖性舒张功能的影响

目的 :观察益多脂对高甘油三酯血症患者血管内皮依赖性舒张功能的影响。方法 :30例高甘油三酯血症患者 (治疗组 )口服益多脂治疗 8周后 ,采静脉血用酶法测定甘油三酯 (TG)和总胆固醇 (TC)的浓度 ;采用高分辨率血管外超声法检测治疗前后肱动脉内皮依赖性血管舒张功能 ,并与 2 8例正常对照者 (对照组 )比较。结果 :治疗组血流介导的内皮依赖性血管舒张功能明显减弱 ,与对照组相比差异有显著性意义 [(4 .1± 0 .5 ) %∶(10 .1± 0 .8) % ],单因素相关分析发现 :血浆TG浓度与血流介导的肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能下降值之间呈负相关 (r =- 0 .6 3,P <0 .0 1)。治疗 8周后血流介导的内皮依赖性血管舒张功能增加 (4 .6± 1.2 ) % (P <0 .0 1) ,单因素相关分析显示 :肱动脉内皮依赖性血管舒张功能改善的程度与TG的基础值无相关性 (r =0 .2 84,P >0 .0 5 ) ,与TG的降低程度呈正相关 (r =0 .5 39,P <0 .0 1)。结论 :益多脂对高甘油三酯血症患者具有改善其血管内皮依赖性舒张功能的作用     

辛伐他汀对冠心病患者血管内皮功能作用的量效关系

目的探讨不同剂量(5mg,10mg,20mg)的辛伐他汀对冠心病患者血管内皮功能的作用及其量效关系。方法共入选80例冠心病患者,随机分为4组:对照组(不服用辛伐他汀),辛伐他汀5 mg组、辛伐他汀10 mg组、辛伐他汀20 mg组、每组20例,治疗8周。采用超声法检测血流介导的肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能(FMD),同时观察血脂水平的变化。结果辛伐他汀治疗8周后,5 mg、10 mg、20 mg呈剂量依赖性显著降低血总胆固醇(分别降低9%,18%,29%)和低密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平(分别降低12%、24%、35%),不同剂量组间P<0.05。对照组治疗8周后血脂水平无明显变化(P>0.05)。5 mg、10 mg、20 mg的辛伐他汀均可显著改善FMD[5mg:(3.41±2.99)%VS(7.46±5.11)%;10mg:(3.76±3.01)%比(7.98±4.92)%;20mg:(3.59±3.47)%比(8.09±6.10)%;P均<0.01]。但三组之间FMD的变化值比较无显著差异(P>0.05),且FMD的改善与血TC、LDL-C水平的降低不相关。对照组FMD虽有轻度增加,但无统计学意义。辛伐他汀治疗后肱动脉内径、肱动脉对硝酸甘油的反应均无显著改变。结论辛伐他汀5 mg、10 mg、20 mg治疗8周后,可显著改善冠心病患者血管内皮功能,但该作用无明显的量效关系,可能独立于调脂作用之外。     

普伐他汀对不稳定性心绞痛患者血管内皮功能的影响

目的　探讨普伐他汀对不稳定性心绞痛 (UA)患者血管内皮依赖性舒张功能和纤溶系统的影响。方法　采用高分辨超声技术 ,将 42例 AU患者按随机编码分为普伐他汀组和对照组 ,观察降脂治疗前后血管内皮依赖性舒张功能和血浆纤溶酶原激活物 (t PA)及其抑制物 (PAI)活性。结果　普伐他汀组与对照组和治疗前比较 ,血流介导的肱动脉舒张百分率显著增加 ,(9.5± 3.2 ) %和 (5.0± 2 .2 ) %、(4.2± 2 .0 ) % (均 P<0 .0 1 )。血浆 t PA活性增强 ,(0 .48± 0 .1 7) IU/ml和 (0 .352± 2 .0 ) IU/ml、(0 .2 75± 0 .1 5) IU/ml(P<0 .0 1 ) ;血浆 PAI活性减弱 (0 .350± 0 .1 0 5) AU/ml和 (0 .450± 0 .1 2 ) AU/ml、(0 .52 5± 0 .2 5) AU/ml(均 P<0 .0 5)。线性相关分析显示 :血流介导的肱动脉舒张百分率及血浆纤溶活性改变与血脂的降低无关。结论　普伐他汀能改善 UA时受损的血管内皮依赖性舒张功能和血浆纤溶活性。     

普伐他汀对Ⅱ型糖尿病并发冠心病患者肱动脉内皮舒张功能的影响

目的:探讨普伐他汀对Ⅱ型糖尿病并发冠心病患者肱动脉内皮舒张功能的影响。方法:45例Ⅱ型糖尿病并发冠心病患者随机分为常规治疗组和普伐他汀治疗组,治疗4周前后均抽静脉血测定血脂,采用高分辨超声法检测治疗前后肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能（FMD）和非内皮依赖性舒张功能（NMD）。结果:普伐他汀治疗4周后肱动脉FMD（6.32±0.35）%较治疗前（2.50±0.21）%显著改善（P<0.05）,而肱动脉NMD无显著性差异（P>0.05）。结论:短期口服普伐他汀（40 mg/d）对Ⅱ型糖尿病并发冠心病患者受损的血管内皮功能有改善作用。     

急性心肌梗死时血管内皮功能的变化及福辛普利的干预作用

目的 :观察急性心肌梗死早期应用血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂治疗对血管内皮依赖性舒张功能和血浆纤溶平衡的影响。方法 :采用高分辨超声技术和发色底物显示法 ,检测 3 4例急性心肌梗死患者和 3 0例无冠心病患者 (对照组 )肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能和血浆组织型纤溶酶原激活物 (t PA)及其抑制物 (PAI)。应用随机编码将 3 4例急性心肌梗死患者分为福辛普利组和常规治疗组 ,治疗 8周后复测其肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能和血浆t PA和PAI活性。结果 :急性心肌梗死患者肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能 (3 8± 2 3 ) %较对照组 (9 5± 3 2 ) %明显降低 ,血浆t PA活性显著降低和PAI活性明显增加 ,有非常显著性差异 (P均 <0 0 1)。福辛普利治疗 8周后 ,肱动脉内皮依赖性舒张功能(9 45± 3 2 0 ) %与治疗前基础水平 [(3 5 2± 2 70 ) % ,P <0 0 1]、常规治疗后 [(4 60± 2 80 ) % ,P <0 0 5 ]相比有显著改善 ;血浆纤溶活性也有明显改善 (t PA :0 49± 0 2 0IU /mlvs 0 2 8± 0 15IU /ml,P <0 0 1和 0 3 2± 0 15IU/ml,P <0 0 5 ;PAI :0 3 6± 0 12AU /mlvs .0 5 3± 0 2 5AU/ml,P <0 0 1和 0 45± 0 0 9AU /ml,P <0 0 5 ) ,均有显著性差异。结论 :急性心肌梗死患者内皮依赖性舒张功能明显减退 ;血     

The immunoneuroendocrine role of melatonin

Abstract: A tight, physiological link between the pineal gland and the immune system is emerging from a series of experimental studies. This link might reflect the evolutionary connection between self-recognition and reproduction. Pinealectomy or other experimental methods which inhibit melatonin synthesis and secretion induce a state of immunodepression which is counteracted by melatonin. In general, melatonin seems to have an immunoenhancing effect that is particularly apparent in immunodepressive states. The negative effect of acute stress or immunosuppressive pharmacological treatments on various immune parameters are counteracted by melatonin. It seems important to note that one of the main targets of melatonin is the thymus, i.e., the central organ of the immune system. The clinical use of melatonin as an immunotherapeutic agent seems promising in primary and secondary immunodeficiencies as well as in cancer immunotherapy. The immunoenhancing action of melatonin seems to be mediated by T-helper cell-derived opioid peptides as well as by lymphokines and, perhaps, by pituitary hormones. Melatonin-induced-immuno-opioids (MHO) and lymphokines imply the presence of specific binding sites or melatonin receptors on cells of the immune system. On the other hand, lymphokines such as -γ-interferon and interleukin-2 as well as thymic hormones can modulate the synthesis of melatonin in the pineal gland. The pineal gland might thus be viewed as the crux of a sophisticated immunoneuroendocrine network which functions as an unconscious, diffuse sensory organ.     

Changes in connexin43, the gap junction protein of astrocytes, during development of the rat pineal gland

Abstract: The abundance of gap junctions between rat pineal astrocytes formed by connexin43 (Cx43) was studied during development. Levels and distribution of Cx43 were measured by immunoblotting and indirect immunofluorescence, respectively. The amount of Cx43 in cells located within the gland was low until about the 7th postnatal day and increased to adult values between the 14th and 21st days postpartum. Although astrocytes, recognized by their vimentin immunoreactivity, were scarce before birth, they were abundant by the 7th postnatal day suggesting that the low levels of Cx43 found at this age corresponded to a low expression of this protein. Localization of the immunoreactivity to Cx43 and vimentin showed a close correlation, indicating that mature or immature pineal astrocytes form gap junctions made of Cx43. Since Cx43 levels attained their adult values at about the time the innervation and the functional state of the gland reached maturity (2–3 weeks after birth), it is proposed that astrocyte gap junctions are involved in the function of the adult rat pineal gland.     

Response of rat pineal melatonin to calcium, magnesium, and lithium is circadian stage dependent

Abstract: Herein we documented the response of pineal melatonin production to electrolytes known to be effective on pineal function in view of a possible circadian stage dependence. We studied the release of melatonin by perifused rat pineal glands at 2 different circadian stages corresponding to the middle of the light and dark periods, i.e., respectively, 7 and 19 HALO (Hours After Light Onset, L:D = 12:12). The initial efflux rates were, as expected, much higher in the perifusates of glands removed from rats sacrificed during the dark phase than of those removed during the light phase. After 3 hr of perifusion, melatonin release reached similar levels which were found constant up to the 8th hr of perifusion, whatever the circadian stage. Perifusion of the glands with physiological concentrations for the rat of calcium (5.2 mmol/1) and magnesium (1.34 mmol/1) resulted in a stimulatory effect on the pineal glands removed from rats sacrificed in the middle of the dark period (19 HALO), whereas no effects were observed on the pineal glands removed from rats sacrificed during the light (7 HALO). Lithium (0.28 and 0.55 mmol/1) was ineffective on melatonin release in pineal glands removed 7 and 19 HALO. Our results show differences in the initial efflux rates of melatonin and in the response of perifused pineal glands to calcium and magnesium according to the circadian stage.     

Conservative management of perforated duodenal diverticulum： A case report and review of the literature

Duodenal diverticula are a relatively common condition. They are asymptomatic, unless they become complicated, with perforation being the rarest but most severe complication. Surgical treatment is the most frequently performed approach. We report the case of a patient with a perforated duodenal diverticulum, which was diagnosed early and treated conservatively with antibiotics and percutaneous drainage of secondary retroperitoneal abscesses. We suggest this method could be an acceptable option for the management of similar cases, provided that the patient is in good general condition and without septic signs.     

Presence of immunoreactive growth hormone and prolactin in the ovine pineal gland

Abstract: The use of antisera raised against bovine growth hormone (GH) and ovine prolactin (PRL) enabled the detection of related immunoreactive (ir) sequences of proteins in ovine pineal tissue. The isolation of PRL-like ir-material was accomplished using a 0.25 M ammonium sulphate (pH 5.5) extraction followed by ethanol precipitation, whereas the resulting 2.0 M ammonium sulphate (pH 7.0) precipitate contained a GH-like immunoreactivity. Gel chromatography of the GH-like immunoreactivity (Sephadex G-100) indicated the presence of several GH-like fragments ranging in the M_r range of 7,000 to 55,000. Analyses of the PRL-like ir-material found in pineal tissue on HPLC using a TSK 545-DEAE column led to the resolution into a single peak of immunoreactivity. A single peak of activity was also observed following chromatofocusing and hydrophobic interaction chromatography of the ir-peak from the TSK 545-DEAE column. The PRL-like ir-material inhibited the binding of [¹²⁵I]ovine PRL-S14 to anti-ovine PRL antibodies without showing an affinity for binding to anti-rat PRL or anti-bovine GH antibodies. Scatchard analysis of the binding of pineal PRL-like ir-material and pituitary ovine PRL-S14 to liver membranes from day-20 pregnant rats revealed similar affinity constants (K_a of 4.7 ± 0.2 × 10⁹ M^-1). In addition, the replication of Nb 2 Node rat lymphoma cells was stimulated by pineal PRL-like ir-material, an effect known to be specific for lactogenic hormones. The pineal PRL-like immunoreactivity appeared on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels as a single major band of M_r 24,000. The functional status of PRL-and GH-like ir-material in the ovine pineal remains to be determined, but evidence is presented that the overall protein synthesis rate of the rat pineal responded to circulating concentrations of PRL.     

Microbiology of human immunodeficiency virus anorectal disease

PURPOSE: Individuals who are seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus are at high risk for opportunistic infection and anorectal disorders. Little prospective information is available regarding anorectal pathogens in these patients. METHODS: One hundred sixty-three HIV-seropositive patients presented to the colorectal clinic between 1989 and 1992. Forty-seven (29 percent) patients were thought to have an infectious process and were prospectively studied using a standardized multiculture protocol. RESULTS: Mean age was 33 (range, 19–59) years. All were male; high-risk behavior accounted for 87 percent of HIV transmissions. Presenting complaints included anorectal pain (79 percent), pus per anum (28 percent), and blood per anum (26 percent). Examination revealed perianal tenderness (60 percent), condyloma (38 percent), perianal ulcers (38 percent), and anal fissures (34 percent). Sixty-six sets of cultures were performed; 28 patients had one set, 15 had two sets, and 4 had three sets. Thirty-two of these 47 patients (68 percent) had positive cultures including herpes (50 percent), cytomegalovirus (25 percent),Neisseria gonorrhoeae (16 percent), chlamydia (16 percent), acidfast bacilli (2 percent), and others (9 percent). Six of 32 patients with positive cultures had more than one organism cultured. Sixteen (50 percent) patients with positive cultures were treated medically, 8 (25 percent) were treated surgically and 8 (25 percent) were treated with both modalities. Sixty-one procedures were performed on 17 patients for condylomata. Eighteen patients had 20 procedures for abscesses, 50 percent of whom had positive cultures for other than common bowel flora; all improved. Fourteen patients underwent 33 procedures for perianal fistulas.Mycobacterium fortuitum was cultured from one patient who required 13 procedures for abscesses and fistulas. Forty-five (96 percent) patients were followed for an average of 12.5 months ±2.9 SEM (range, 1–94 months). Symptoms were improved or resolved in 22 of 32 (69 percent) patients with positive cultures and in 11 of 13 (84 percent) with negative cultures. CONCLUSIONS: Specific pathogens may often be identified in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients with anorectal disorders if aggressively sought. Although patients without specific pathogens identified may be expected to improve with planned empiric treatment, positive identification allows more directed therapy.