长期控制肝硬化门静脉高压症的策略

一、肝硬化门静脉高压症的自然史 门静脉高压症是指各种原因引起门静脉系统血流受阻和(或)血流量增加,导致门静脉及其属支血管内压力升高,伴侧支循环形成的一组临床综合征,包括腹水、食管胃底静脉曲张出血(EVB)、肝性脑病、肝肾综合征、肝肺综合征、门静脉高压性胃病等[1].     

门静脉高压侧支循环与血管内皮细胞生长因子

新近发现门静脉高压侧支循环形成与血管内皮细胞生长因子(VEGF)诱导的血管生成有一定的关系,这对传统认为的门静脉压力增高引起被动的血管通道开放的理论提出了挑战．研究提示在门静脉高压动物中VEGF／VEGF-R2 通路促进了门静脉系统侧支血管和高动力循环的形成．从而证实门静脉高压症侧支循环形成不仅归咎于连接门体静脉系统的分支血管, 而且是VEGF依赖的血管生成结果．现就近来这方面研究的文献作一综述．     

肝硬化门静脉高压食管胃静脉曲张出血的防治指南

正1概述门静脉高压症是指由各种原因导致的门静脉系统压力升高所引起的一组临床综合征,其最常见病因为各种原因所致的肝硬化。门静脉高压症基本病理生理特征是门静脉系统血流受阻和(或)血流量增加,门静脉及其属支血管内静力压升高并伴侧支循环形成,临床主要表现为腹水、食管胃静脉曲张     

门脉高压的抗血管生成治疗研究进展

门脉高压症（portal hypertension）是各种原因导致门静脉系统压力升高引起的一组临床综合征,其基本病理生理特征是门静脉系统血流受阻和（或）血流量增加,门静脉及其属支血管内静压升高并伴侧支循环形成[1]。     

阵发性睡眠性血红蛋白尿症致门静脉高压症1例报告

门静脉高压症是指肝静脉压力梯度>10 mm Hg[1]。由于门静脉压力升高将导致腹腔脏器血管压力升高,形成侧支循环,极易发生并发症,严重影响患者预后。门静脉高压症大多由肝硬化引起,少数患者存在肝前性或肝后性因素。现报道1例由肝前性和肝后性因素共同导致的门静脉高压症。     

肝细胞癌系统治疗药物对门静脉高压的影响

我国肝细胞癌(HCC)患者绝大多数来源于乙型肝炎肝硬化，而90%的肝硬化患者都会发生门静脉高压,HCC患者中合并门静脉高压占15%～30%。门静脉高压症是一组以门静脉压力升高、门体侧支循环形成为特征的临床综合征，是肝硬化最主要的并发症之一。HCC与门静脉高压两者之间相互影响，门静脉高压严重影响HCC患者预后。HCC系统治疗方案的发展，为中晚期HCC患者提供了更多的治疗选择，主要包括分子靶向药物治疗、免疫治疗和化疗等。各种HCC系统治疗药物对门静脉高压的影响也不尽相同，本文就HCC常用系统治疗药物对于门静脉高压的影响予以综述。     

门静脉高压症血流动力学改变的发病机理

门静脉高压症（PHT）与肝内循环、体循环和门体侧支循环的血流动力学改变有关。肝内阻力增加和高动力循环侧支血管的扩张在门静脉高压的发病机理中起到了重要作用。不同严重程度的肝硬化均存在能广泛影响人体的血流动力学紊乱。门静脉高压和高动力循环是肝硬化患者发病和死亡的主要原因。而血管结构重塑和血管新生是治疗门静脉高压症的重要目标。     

儿童门静脉高压症研究进展

儿童门静脉高压症是指在多种病因作用下,门静脉系统的血流受阻和（或）血流量增加、血管舒缩功能障碍,引起门静脉及其属支的压力持续增高,门静脉压力＞5 mmHg（1 mmHg=0.133 kPa）,或门静脉、肝静脉压力梯度＞10 mmHg,最终导致脾大、门腔侧支循环形成和开放、腹水等临床表现,是一种血流动力学异常综合征。儿童门静脉高压症根据病因不同分为肝硬化性门静脉高压症和非肝硬化性门静脉高压症;根据压力来源的解剖部位,可将门静脉高压症分为肝前性、肝内性（窦前性、窦性、窦后性）及肝后性。治疗方法有药物治疗、曲张静脉套扎或硬化、手术治疗等。虽然儿童门静脉高压症发病率较低,但可以引起胃食管静脉曲张破裂出血、肝性脑病等严重并发症。为加强对本病的认识,减少并发症,提高治愈率,现将其病因分类、发病机制、诊断和治疗方面的研究进展作一综述。     

肝硬化非常见侧支循环临床特点研究

目的 探讨肝硬化患者门体循环之间非常见侧支循环形成的临床特点及意义。方法 对临床确诊为肝硬化的患者运用64排螺旋CT和三维血管成像结合电子胃镜检查,观察其门体循环之间非常见侧支循环的形成。结果 ①700例肝硬化患者中118例(16.86%)存在非常见侧支循环,依次为脾肾静脉分流、胃肾静脉分流、椎旁静脉分流、腹膜后静脉分流、胃脾分流和心膈角静脉分流。②非常见侧支循环形成与肝硬化Child-Pugh分级相关(P<0.01)。③与常见侧支循环形成组比较,非常见侧支循环组较少出现重度食管和(或)胃底静脉曲张、重度门静脉高压性胃病及大量腹水(P<0.01)。④非常见侧支循环组中肝性脑病和慢性血氨升高的发生率高于常见侧支循环组(P<0.01)。结论 ①肝硬化患者中非常见侧支循环并不"非常见";②非常见侧支循环形成与肝功能Child-Pugh分级有关;③非常见侧支循环形成可缓解门静脉高压引起的相关并发症,但增大了肝性脑病和慢性血氨升高的发病率。     

肝硬化门静脉高压食管胃静脉曲张出血防治指南(2015)

<正>门静脉高压症是指由各种原因导致的门静脉系统压力升高所引起的一组临床综合征,其最常见病因为各种原因所致的肝硬化。门静脉高压症基本病理生理特征是门静脉系统血流受阻和(或)血流量增加,门静脉及其属支血管内静力压升高并伴侧支循环形成,临床主要表现为腹水、食管胃静脉曲张(gastro-oesophageal varices,GOV)、食管胃静脉曲张破裂出血(esophag-ogastric variceal bleeding,EVB)和     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.