Summary: Serum anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) was measured in 91 patients with cerebral infarction (CI), 42 patients with cerebral hemorrhage (CH) and 30 healthy controls. The results showed that the ACA in CI and CH ...Summary: Serum anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) was measured in 91 patients with cerebral infarction (CI), 42 patients with cerebral hemorrhage (CH) and 30 healthy controls. The results showed that the ACA in CI and CH patients was significantly higher than in controls and IgG ACA was the most important isotype. Stroke in ACA positive group tended to be recurrent and of multi focuses. Positive rate of IgG ACA reached its peak within the first week after stroke onset. The results suggested that ACA was an independent risk factor in CI and CH and might be valuable in stroke prediction.展开更多
Objective To investigate the relationship between cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and the production of anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) in renal transplant recipients.Methods Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used qu...Objective To investigate the relationship between cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and the production of anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) in renal transplant recipients.Methods Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used qualitatively for detection of CMV DNA in 146 renal transplant recipients.Meanwhile,enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for detection of ACA IgG in blood serum samples from these recipients and 32 healthy individuals. Results The ACA positive rate was 17.1% among the 146 renal transplant recipients,and that of the control group was 6.3%.There was no significant difference.However,the ACA positive rate of the renal transplant recipients infected with CMV was 31.2%.It was clearly higher than that of those with no infection of CMV and that of the control group ( P <0.005). Conclusion The production of ACA was closely related to CMV infection.It might be one of the factors of chronic angiopathy of the transplanted kidney due to CMV infection.展开更多
Objective To determine the frequency and the clinical significance of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus( SLE).Methods The serum ACA in 30 patients with SLE and 30 sera from...Objective To determine the frequency and the clinical significance of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus( SLE).Methods The serum ACA in 30 patients with SLE and 30 sera from healthy volunteers was detected by the enzyme linked immunosorbend assay (ELISA).Results In normal group the binding index(BI) oflgG, IgM and IgA type of ACA was 1.48 ?展开更多
The relationship of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA), markers of the antiphospholipid syndrome, with vascular complications of diabetes mellitus is polemic. This cross-sectional study assessed the frequency of IgG, Ig...The relationship of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA), markers of the antiphospholipid syndrome, with vascular complications of diabetes mellitus is polemic. This cross-sectional study assessed the frequency of IgG, IgM, and IgA ACA in type 2 diabetics with and without history of vascular events for the last 5 years, and in healthy controls. ACA were detected by enzyme immunoassay. A total of 73 type 2 diabetics (33 with history of vascular events) and 54 healthy controls were tested. Most diabetics were female (p = 0.003), and older than controls (p 0.09). ACA positivity rates were also similar when diabetics with and without history of vasculopathy were compared (p > 0.47). After adjusting for gender, age, hypertension, and smoking status, a weak but statistically insignificant association between IgM ACA and diabetics with vasculopathy was found (adjusted OR 2.7;95% CI 0.2 - 34.2;p = 0.441). Overall, levels of IgG (r = 0.25;p = 0.005) and IgM (r = 0.23;p = 0.010) ACA were associated with increasing age. In short, the frequency of a positive ACA test in type 2 diabetics (with or without previous macrovasculopathy) was not significant as compared to healthy controls. There was no association of ACA with vascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.展开更多
Objective To study the influence of maternal immunological factors on clinical pregnancy outcome in an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF ET) program. Methods One hundred and fifty IVF ET treatment c...Objective To study the influence of maternal immunological factors on clinical pregnancy outcome in an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF ET) program. Methods One hundred and fifty IVF ET treatment cycles from November 1995 to November 1996 were studied. The indication for IVF ET treatment was bilateral blocked tubes. Serum antisperm antibodies and anticardiolipin antibodies were measured using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cleavage rate and successful pregnancy rate in relation to antibody status of infertile women after IVF ET treatment were assessed. Results Lower cleavage rate (64.2%±32.1%) was found in 44 cycles of antisperm antibody seropositive women, compared with 84.8%±18.7% in 106 cycles of seronegative women (P<0.05). The clinical pregnancy rate was 31.8% in antisperm antibody positive cycles and 20.8% in negative cycles (P> 0.05). The abortion rates of the two groups were similar (P>0.05). Lower pregnancy rate (9.5%) was found in 21 cycles of serum anticardiolipin antibody positive group, compared with 26.3% in 129 cycles of seronegative women (P<0.05). Of patients with bio chemical pregnancy and no pregnancy, 20.0% and 16.2%, respectively, had seropositive anticardiolipin antibody, compared with 5.6% of patients with clinical pregnancy (P<0.05). Conclusion Serum immunological factors may play a part in clinical pregnancy outcome in IVF ET.展开更多
文摘Summary: Serum anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) was measured in 91 patients with cerebral infarction (CI), 42 patients with cerebral hemorrhage (CH) and 30 healthy controls. The results showed that the ACA in CI and CH patients was significantly higher than in controls and IgG ACA was the most important isotype. Stroke in ACA positive group tended to be recurrent and of multi focuses. Positive rate of IgG ACA reached its peak within the first week after stroke onset. The results suggested that ACA was an independent risk factor in CI and CH and might be valuable in stroke prediction.
文摘Objective To investigate the relationship between cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and the production of anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) in renal transplant recipients.Methods Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used qualitatively for detection of CMV DNA in 146 renal transplant recipients.Meanwhile,enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for detection of ACA IgG in blood serum samples from these recipients and 32 healthy individuals. Results The ACA positive rate was 17.1% among the 146 renal transplant recipients,and that of the control group was 6.3%.There was no significant difference.However,the ACA positive rate of the renal transplant recipients infected with CMV was 31.2%.It was clearly higher than that of those with no infection of CMV and that of the control group ( P <0.005). Conclusion The production of ACA was closely related to CMV infection.It might be one of the factors of chronic angiopathy of the transplanted kidney due to CMV infection.
文摘Objective To determine the frequency and the clinical significance of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus( SLE).Methods The serum ACA in 30 patients with SLE and 30 sera from healthy volunteers was detected by the enzyme linked immunosorbend assay (ELISA).Results In normal group the binding index(BI) oflgG, IgM and IgA type of ACA was 1.48 ?
文摘The relationship of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA), markers of the antiphospholipid syndrome, with vascular complications of diabetes mellitus is polemic. This cross-sectional study assessed the frequency of IgG, IgM, and IgA ACA in type 2 diabetics with and without history of vascular events for the last 5 years, and in healthy controls. ACA were detected by enzyme immunoassay. A total of 73 type 2 diabetics (33 with history of vascular events) and 54 healthy controls were tested. Most diabetics were female (p = 0.003), and older than controls (p 0.09). ACA positivity rates were also similar when diabetics with and without history of vasculopathy were compared (p > 0.47). After adjusting for gender, age, hypertension, and smoking status, a weak but statistically insignificant association between IgM ACA and diabetics with vasculopathy was found (adjusted OR 2.7;95% CI 0.2 - 34.2;p = 0.441). Overall, levels of IgG (r = 0.25;p = 0.005) and IgM (r = 0.23;p = 0.010) ACA were associated with increasing age. In short, the frequency of a positive ACA test in type 2 diabetics (with or without previous macrovasculopathy) was not significant as compared to healthy controls. There was no association of ACA with vascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.
文摘Objective To study the influence of maternal immunological factors on clinical pregnancy outcome in an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF ET) program. Methods One hundred and fifty IVF ET treatment cycles from November 1995 to November 1996 were studied. The indication for IVF ET treatment was bilateral blocked tubes. Serum antisperm antibodies and anticardiolipin antibodies were measured using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cleavage rate and successful pregnancy rate in relation to antibody status of infertile women after IVF ET treatment were assessed. Results Lower cleavage rate (64.2%±32.1%) was found in 44 cycles of antisperm antibody seropositive women, compared with 84.8%±18.7% in 106 cycles of seronegative women (P<0.05). The clinical pregnancy rate was 31.8% in antisperm antibody positive cycles and 20.8% in negative cycles (P> 0.05). The abortion rates of the two groups were similar (P>0.05). Lower pregnancy rate (9.5%) was found in 21 cycles of serum anticardiolipin antibody positive group, compared with 26.3% in 129 cycles of seronegative women (P<0.05). Of patients with bio chemical pregnancy and no pregnancy, 20.0% and 16.2%, respectively, had seropositive anticardiolipin antibody, compared with 5.6% of patients with clinical pregnancy (P<0.05). Conclusion Serum immunological factors may play a part in clinical pregnancy outcome in IVF ET.
