枸橼酸减轻草酸钙晶体对大鼠肾小管上皮细胞损伤作用的实验研究

目的 通过研究枸橼酸能否减轻一水草酸钙（calcium oxalate monohydrate，COM）晶体对体外培养的Wistar大鼠肾小管上皮细胞造成的损伤，以探讨枸橼酸在尿路结石防治中的作用及其机制。方法分离、培养正常雄性Wistar大鼠的肾小管上皮细胞，在原代培养第5天时，将细胞分成3组（空白对照组、COM组及枸橼酸组），分别于各组培养液中培养2h后用比色法测定各组细胞培养基中丙二醛（malonaldehyde，MDA）的含量及细胞的钙镁ATP酶（Ca`2＋-Mg`2＋-ATPase）和钠钾ATP酶（Na`2＋K`＋-ATPase）的活性。结果①COM组和枸橼酸组细胞Ca2＋-Mg`2＋ATPase和Na`＋＋K`＋-ATPase活性均明显低于对照组（P〈0．05）；②与枸橼酸组相比，COM组细胞Ca`2＋-Mg`2＋-ATPase和a`＋＋K`＋-ATPase活性下降更加明显（P〈O．05）；③COM组和枸橼酸组细胞培养基中MDA的含量均明显高于对照组（P〈O．05）；④与枸橼酸组相比，COM组细胞培养基中MDA的含量更高（P〈O．05）。结论外源性枸橼酸能够减轻一水草酸钙晶体对体外培养的Wistar大鼠肾小管上皮细胞造成的脂质过氧化损伤。     

肾细胞癌中血管内皮生长因子的表达

目的 探讨肾癌组织中血管内皮生长因子的表达及其与肾癌生物学行为的关系。方法 应用单克隆鼠抗-VEGF抗体通过免疫组化SP法研究肾癌中血管内皮生长因子的表达。结果 60例肾癌组织中35例(58.3％)血管内皮生长因子阳性。血表达与组织学分级(P<0.05)和TNM分期(P<0.05)均明显相关。 结论 血管内皮生长因子表达对肾癌生物学行为有重要影响,设法抑制血管内皮生长因子有望成为肾癌治疗的另一有效方法。     

Percutaneous biopsy in evaluation of lung nodules.

Management of an indeterminate pulmonary nodule is a diagnostic challenge that commonly confronts primary care physicians and specialists. Patients often present with this radiographic finding in the course of an unrelated medical evaluation. We examined our institution's experience with percutaneous biopsy of lung nodules to determine the impact of this procedure on overall patient care. Although significant complications are uncommon, the expedience of percutaneous lung biopsy often supplants a surgical opinion prior to initiation of therapy without added diagnostic benefit or cost-savings. Hence, we caution practitioners to use this technique as an adjunct to diagnosis and not a substitute for multidisciplinary care.     

烧伤后急性肾功能衰竭的治疗

目的：总结烧伤后肾功能衰竭的特点，评价治疗效果。方法：对我院烧伤科近7年收治的14例烧伤并发肾衰病例，从临床资料、治疗方法、疗效和预后综合分析。结果：11例经血液净化治疗，9例抢救成功，2例死亡。3例未行血液净化治疗，均死亡。结论：血液滤过是烧伤后肾衰治疗的首选方法，血液净化治疗能显著提高烧伤并发肾衰病人的成活率。     

Monocyte adhesion molecule expression in interstitial inflammation in patients with renal failure.

BACKGROUND: Patients with renal failure have an increased susceptibility to infections. We therefore studied the recruitment of monocytes and their expression of adhesion molecules CD11b and CD62L at the site of interstitial inflammation in patients with renal failure. Furthermore, we studied if the capacity of monocytes to up-regulate CD11b in interstitial inflammation was determined by the interstitial concentration of chemotactic factors. METHODS: Three intensities of interstitial inflammation (0, intermediate and intense) were established in skin blister chambers. Leukocyte count, CD11b/CD62L expression, monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) and blister activity in terms of CD11b mobilization were determined. RESULTS: The CD62L expression on monocytes was lower in the peripheral circulation in patients with renal failure compared with healthy subjects (P<0.005 and P<0.001). At the site of interstitial inflammation patients had a higher expression of CD62L (intermediate, P<0.05; intense, P<0.005). Furthermore, monocytes from patients had an impaired capacity to mobilize CD11b both in the peripheral circulation (P<0.005) and at the intermediate and intense sites of interstitial inflammation (P<0.005 and P<0.001, respectively) compared with cells collected from healthy subjects. We incubated monocytes in blister exudates, in order to explore whether this phenomenon is caused by cellular factors and/or to the interstitial concentration of chemotactic mediators. The expression of CD11b on monocytes from healthy blood donors incubated in blister exudates from either patients or healthy subjects in vitro was similar. The interstitial concentration of MCP-1 at the site of intermediate inflammation was significantly lower in patients with renal failure compared with the corresponding blister exudate collected from healthy subjects (P<0.05), but no differences were observed at the site of intense inflammation. Furthermore, neutralizing the action of MCP-1 in blister exudates with monoclonal antibodies did not have any impact on monocyte CD11b expression following incubation in blister exudates. CONCLUSION: These studies indicate that the impaired capacity of monocytes to mobilize CD11b at the site of inflammation in patients with renal failure is more dependent on constitutive cellular factors than the concentration of CD11b mobilizing factors in the interstitium.     

星形细胞瘤瘤周水肿区立体定向活检组织的超微结构研究

目的探讨星形细胞瘤瘤周脑水肿的发生机制。方法对15例星形细胞瘤瘤周脑水肿的宽度进行分级：一级0～20mm、二级21～40mm、三级〉40mm。结合CT平扫及增强扫描的影像，应用立体定向技术，对15例星形细胞瘤瘤体、瘤周水肿区及正常脑组织的活检标本进行电镜观察比较。结果CT增强扫描可强化，瘤周脑水肿明显的病人，其瘤体及瘤周水肿区毛细血管超微结构均有不同程度的改变。毛细血管的分布和结构变化，影响着瘤周水肿区的形态，瘤体毛细血管的明显异常，出现于大范围瘤周水肿区的病例。CT增强扫描无强化，瘤周脑水肿不明显的病人，毛细血管超微结构与正常脑组织相似。结论伴有明显瘤周脑水肿的星形细胞瘤，其瘤体及瘤周水肿区毛细血管超微结构均有不同程度的改变，而瘤周水肿的产生，是瘤体及瘤周水肿区毛细血管超微结构改变共同作用的结果。     

Expression of the calcium receptor CaR in the parathyroid of secondary hyperparathyroidism patients

The effects of calcium on parathyroid hormone (PTH) has further discovered in recent years. It has been known that calcium ion concentration in the extracellular fluid is a major determinant of PTH secretion. The relationship between serum intact PTH (iPTH) and calcium ion levels is described by a sigmoidal curve. The calcium concentration that produces half-maximal change in PTH release (the midpoint between maximal and minimal     

Management of ascites in cirrhosis

Ascites is one of the earliest and most common complications of patients with cirrhosis. A typical circulatory dysfunction characterized by arterial vasodilation, high cardiac output and stimulation of vasoactive systems is commonly present in these patients and is associated with a poor prognosis. The treatment of ascites has been based on the combination of a low-sodium diet and the administration of diuretics. The reintroduction of paracentesis and the recent introduction of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) are the most relevant innovations in the treatment of ascites during the past two decades, although controlled trials in large series of patients are needed to delineate whether TIPS is a safe and useful treatment for these patients.     

Cholesterol atheromatous embolism: an increasingly recognized cause of acute renal failure

BACKGROUND.: Cholesterol atheromatous embolism is a systemic disease resultingfrom cholesterol crystal embolization to many organs, includingthe kidney. Vascular surgery, vascular radiology investigationsand anticoagulation have been identified as inciting factors. METHODS.: Fifteen patients with extensive atherosclerosis, presentingwith simultaneous occurrence of acute renal failure and peripheralischaemic changes were diagnosed as having acute renal failuredue to cholesterol atheromatous embolism. RESULTS.: The patients, 12 men and three women, had an average age of65 years. In one patient, spontaneous occurrence of the diseasewas observed. An inciting factor was identified in 14 patients:aortography in 10, aortic surgery in two, and thrombolysis intwo. Clinical course of acute renal failure was quite variable.Four patients required dialysis; 11 were conservatively managed.All patients had concomitant skin lesions, including digitalmottling, cyanosis and gangrene of the toes, and livedo reticularisof the lower limb and abdomen. Eosinophilia was the most commonlaboratory abnormality. The diagnosis of cholesterol atheromatousembolism was confirmed by tissue examination in eight; in threeit was based on the finding of retinal cholesterol emboli; infourpatients it was made on clinical grounds. Seven patientsdied within 36 months. Death was most commonly from cardiaccauses. CONCLUSIONS.: Since the population at risk for cholesterol embolism is growingand the disease is iatrogenic in origin, we should expect todetect cholesterol embolism with greater frequency as causeof acute renal failure in the future.