The objective of this study was to assess the effects of ascorbic acid supplementation, 500 mg twice daily in the treatment of pressure ulcers as an adjunct to standardized treatment.
The design consisted of a multicenter blinded randomized trial. The control group received 10 mg of ascorbic acid twice daily.
Patients from 11 nursing homes and 1 hospital participated.
Main outcome measures included wound survival, healing rates of wound surfaces, and clinimetric changes over 12 weeks.
Eighty-eight patients were randomized. Intention-to-treat analysis showed that the wound closure probability per unit time (i.e., the closure rate) was not higher in the intervention group than in the control group (Cox hazard ratio of 0.78 [90% precision interval, 0.44–1.39]). Mean absolute healing rates were 0.21 and 0.27 cm2/week in the intervention and control group, respectively (PI of the adjusted difference: −0.17 to 0.13). Relative healing rates and healing velocities did not show favorable results of ascorbic acid supplementation, either. A panel scored slides of the ulcers with a report mark between 1 (bad) and 10 (excellent). The improvement was 0.45 and 0.72 points per week in the intervention and control group, respectively (PI of the adjusted difference: −0.50 to 0.20). With another clinimetric index we could not show any differences, either.
These data do not support the idea that ascorbic acid supplementation (500 vs. 10 mg twice daily) speeds up the healing of pressure ulcers. 相似文献
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between calcium
ionophore A23187-induced acrosome reaction (AR) and sperm fertilizing
ability. Semen samples remaining after preparation for standard IVF were
studied in 109 patients who had sperm concentrations > or =20 x
10(6)/ml. Ionophore-induced AR was performed on motile spermatozoa selected
by centrifugation on a Percoll gradient. Semen analysis was performed using
standard methods. Patients with higher (>50%, n = 76) fertilization
rates had significantly higher ionophore-induced AR than patients with
lower (<50%, n = 33) fertilization rates (49 +/- 14 versus 38 +/- 21%, P
< 0.05). When the data from all patients were analysed by logistic
regression, only the percentage sperm motility in insemination medium and
ionophore-induced AR were significantly related to fertilization rates.
Similar results were also obtained when the data from a subgroup of
patients with poor (<15% normal) sperm morphology were analysed.
However, when patients with normal sperm morphology > or =15% were
analysed separately, only sperm count and the percentage of spermatozoa
with progressive motility in semen were significantly related to
fertilization rates. In conclusion, ionophore- induced AR was significantly
related to fertilization rates in vitro mainly in patients with
teratozoospermic semen. Tests for ionophore- induced AR may provide
additional information about sperm fertilizing ability but may not indicate
specific defects of the physiological AR.
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In human in-vitro fertilization (IVF)-embryo transfer, the in-vitro culture
environment differs from in-vivo conditions in that the oxygen
concentration is higher, and in such conditions the mouse embryos show a
higher concentration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in simple culture
media. ROS are believed to cause damage to cell membranes and DNA
fragmentation in somatic cells. This study was conducted to ascertain the
level of H2O2 concentration within embryos and the morphological features
of cell damage induced by H2O2. A total of 62 human oocytes and embryos (31
fragmented, 15 non-fragmented embryos, 16 unfertilized oocytes) was
obtained from the IVF-embryo transfer programme. The relative intensity of
H2O2 concentrations within embryos was measured using
2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate by Quanti cell 500 fluorescence
imaging and DNA fragmentation was observed with transmission electron
microscopy and an in-situ apoptosis detection kit. The H2O2 concentrations
were significantly higher in fragmented embryos (72.21 +/- 9.62, mean +/-
SEM) compared to non-fragmented embryos (31.30 +/- 3.50, P < 0.05) and
unfertilized oocytes (30.75 +/- 2.67, P < 0.05). Apoptosis was observed
only in fragmented embryos, and was absent in non-fragmented embryos.
Electron microscopic findings confirmed apoptotic bodies and cytoplasmic
condensation in the fragmented blastomeres. We conclude that there is a
direct relationship between increased H2O2 concentration and apoptosis, and
that further studies should be undertaken to confirm these findings.
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A 9.7 kb segment encompassing exons 7-10 of the adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
locus of the X chromosome has duplicated to specific locations near the
pericentromeric regions of human chromosomes 2p11,10p11, 16p11 and 22q11.
Comparative sequence analysis reveals 92-96% nucleotide identity,
indicating that the autosomal ALD paralogs arose relatively recently during
the course of higher primate evolution (5-10 million years ago). Analysis
of sequences flanking the duplication region identifies the presence of an
unusual GCTTTTTGC repeat which may be a sequence-specific integration site
for the process of pericentromeric- directed transposition. The breakpoint
sequence and phylogenetic analysis predict a two-step transposition model,
in which a duplication from Xq28 to pericentromeric 2p11 occurred once,
followed by a rapid distribution of a larger duplicon cassette among the
pericentromeric regions. In addition to facilitating more effective
mutation detection among ALD patients, these findings provide further
insight into the molecular basis underlying a pericentromeric-directed
mechanism for non- homologous interchromosomal exchange.
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