Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all pat...Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all patients who were scanned by DEXA-scan in 2018. All patients with low-bone-density or osteoporosis-based on World-Health-Organization-WHO definition were included. Results: 505 patients with abnormal-BMD, 87.3% were in early-stage CKD-stage I - II, 8.5% were in CKD-stage III - V and 4.2% did not have renal tests. 95 (18.8%) were male with a mean age of 57.0 years and 410 (81.2%) were females with a mean age of 55.8 years. Patients of ≥65 years had lower T-score than those who were younger than 65 years-old. Among CKD patients, those with late-CKD (stage III - V) had less BMD-measurements and lower T-score than those with early-CKD (stage I - II). A significant positive correlation exists between parathyroid hormone-PTH-level and the lower T-score. Female had a worse T-score at the lumbar-region whereas male had a worse T-score at the femoral-region. There was no significant difference between males and females for the T-score at hip-region. Conclusion: We observed a distribution of abnormal BMD among different age, sex and CKD groups. Measurements of BMD by DEXA might be a useful test to diagnose osteoporosis in CKD patients. Femoral and total hip areas were more affected, however DEXA might not be able to detect osteoporosis in the lumbar area of CKD patients. T-scores are lower in patients with more severe CKD and lower in elderly patients. PTH level is associated proportionally to the degree of bone loss. Early intervention and proper management must be implemented early among CKD patients with multidisciplinary team approach strategy. More studies are needed to determine if DEXA techniques are enough to distinguish the quantity of bone loss between different stages of CKD.展开更多
Objective To analyze the correlation of changes of T lymphocyte subpopulation and Modified Bobath index in acute stroke.Method Peripheral blood CD3+,CD4+,CD8+,CD16+56+ and ratio of CD4+/CD8+ were measured using bicolo...Objective To analyze the correlation of changes of T lymphocyte subpopulation and Modified Bobath index in acute stroke.Method Peripheral blood CD3+,CD4+,CD8+,CD16+56+ and ratio of CD4+/CD8+ were measured using bicolor fluorescent monclonal antibody and flow cytometry and compared with those of 23 healthy controls. Simultaneously,relationship between modified Bobath index and changes of T lymphocytes subpopulation was analyzed.Result Compared with healthy controls, peripheral blood percent of CD3+,CD4+ of subjects with acute stroke was marked lower,which was positively correlated with modified Bobath index.Conclusion Immune response is involved in development of acute cerebrovascular diseases.Improving immune function is important for prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases.展开更多
Objoctive： There is heterogeneity in the prognosis of gastric cancers staged according to the tumornodes-metastasis （TNM） system. This study evaluated the prognostic potential of an immune score system to supplemen...Objoctive： There is heterogeneity in the prognosis of gastric cancers staged according to the tumornodes-metastasis （TNM） system. This study evaluated the prognostic potential of an immune score system to supplement the TNM staging system. Mothodsg An immunohistochemical analysis was conducted to assess the density of T cells, B cells, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells （MDSCs） in cancer tissues from 100 stage IIIA gastric cancer patients; the expression of the high-mobility group protein B1 （HMGB1） was also evaluated in cancer cells. The relationship between the overall survival （OS）, disease-free survival （DFS）, and immunological parameters was analyzed.Results： An immune score system was compiled based on the prognostic role of the density ofT cells, B cells, MDSCs, and the expression of HMGB1 in cancer tissues. The median 5-year survival of this group of patient was 32%. However, the 5-year survival rates of 80.0%, 51.7%, 0%, 5.8%, and 0% varied among the patients with an immune score of 4 to those with an immune score of 0 based on the immune score system, respectively. Similarly, differences in DFS rates were observed among the immune score subgroups. Concluslons： An immune score system could effectively identify the prognostic heterogeneity within stage IliA gastric cancer patients, implying that this immune score system may potentially supplement the TNM staging system, and help in identifying a more homogeneous group of patients who on the basis of prognosis can undergo adjuvant therapy.展开更多
文摘Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all patients who were scanned by DEXA-scan in 2018. All patients with low-bone-density or osteoporosis-based on World-Health-Organization-WHO definition were included. Results: 505 patients with abnormal-BMD, 87.3% were in early-stage CKD-stage I - II, 8.5% were in CKD-stage III - V and 4.2% did not have renal tests. 95 (18.8%) were male with a mean age of 57.0 years and 410 (81.2%) were females with a mean age of 55.8 years. Patients of ≥65 years had lower T-score than those who were younger than 65 years-old. Among CKD patients, those with late-CKD (stage III - V) had less BMD-measurements and lower T-score than those with early-CKD (stage I - II). A significant positive correlation exists between parathyroid hormone-PTH-level and the lower T-score. Female had a worse T-score at the lumbar-region whereas male had a worse T-score at the femoral-region. There was no significant difference between males and females for the T-score at hip-region. Conclusion: We observed a distribution of abnormal BMD among different age, sex and CKD groups. Measurements of BMD by DEXA might be a useful test to diagnose osteoporosis in CKD patients. Femoral and total hip areas were more affected, however DEXA might not be able to detect osteoporosis in the lumbar area of CKD patients. T-scores are lower in patients with more severe CKD and lower in elderly patients. PTH level is associated proportionally to the degree of bone loss. Early intervention and proper management must be implemented early among CKD patients with multidisciplinary team approach strategy. More studies are needed to determine if DEXA techniques are enough to distinguish the quantity of bone loss between different stages of CKD.
文摘Objective To analyze the correlation of changes of T lymphocyte subpopulation and Modified Bobath index in acute stroke.Method Peripheral blood CD3+,CD4+,CD8+,CD16+56+ and ratio of CD4+/CD8+ were measured using bicolor fluorescent monclonal antibody and flow cytometry and compared with those of 23 healthy controls. Simultaneously,relationship between modified Bobath index and changes of T lymphocytes subpopulation was analyzed.Result Compared with healthy controls, peripheral blood percent of CD3+,CD4+ of subjects with acute stroke was marked lower,which was positively correlated with modified Bobath index.Conclusion Immune response is involved in development of acute cerebrovascular diseases.Improving immune function is important for prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases.
基金support from the National Nature Science Foundation of China ( Grant No.81272341, 81401156)Research Program of Guangzhou Municipal Health Bureau Foundation of China (Grant No.20141A011085, 20141A011088)The PhD Start-up Fund Guangzhou Medical University (Grant No.2013C49)
文摘Objoctive： There is heterogeneity in the prognosis of gastric cancers staged according to the tumornodes-metastasis （TNM） system. This study evaluated the prognostic potential of an immune score system to supplement the TNM staging system. Mothodsg An immunohistochemical analysis was conducted to assess the density of T cells, B cells, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells （MDSCs） in cancer tissues from 100 stage IIIA gastric cancer patients; the expression of the high-mobility group protein B1 （HMGB1） was also evaluated in cancer cells. The relationship between the overall survival （OS）, disease-free survival （DFS）, and immunological parameters was analyzed.Results： An immune score system was compiled based on the prognostic role of the density ofT cells, B cells, MDSCs, and the expression of HMGB1 in cancer tissues. The median 5-year survival of this group of patient was 32%. However, the 5-year survival rates of 80.0%, 51.7%, 0%, 5.8%, and 0% varied among the patients with an immune score of 4 to those with an immune score of 0 based on the immune score system, respectively. Similarly, differences in DFS rates were observed among the immune score subgroups. Concluslons： An immune score system could effectively identify the prognostic heterogeneity within stage IliA gastric cancer patients, implying that this immune score system may potentially supplement the TNM staging system, and help in identifying a more homogeneous group of patients who on the basis of prognosis can undergo adjuvant therapy.
