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Objective To investigate the expression change of cytokines in peripheral blood and intestinal mucosa in the patients with diarrhea post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome(PI-IBS) and its relation with clinical symptoms scores.Methods Thirty outpatients and inpatients with diarrhea PI-IBS(observation group) and contemporaneous 30 individuals undergoing physical examination(control group) in the Hainan Provincial People's Hospital from January to December 2013 were selected.The peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC) were separated and cultured.Then the levels of IFN-y and IL-10 in peripheral blood and cell culture supernatant fluid were detected by ELISA.The colonic mucosal tissue was taken by coloscopy.Then colonic mucosal IFN-γ and IL-10 protein expression was detected by immunohistochemistry staining.Furthermore,the correlationship between the level change of IFN-γ and IL-10 with clinical symptom score was analyzed by using the Spearman correlation method.Results Peripheral blod IL-10 and IFN-γ levels had no statistical difference between the two groups(P＞0.05).Compared with the control group,in PBMC seperation and cuture,the IFN-γ level in the observation group was increased and IL-10 level was decreased,the difference was statistically signifieant(P＜0.01).The intestinal main symptom score in the observation group had the positive correlation with IFN-γ expression level of PBMC culture supernatant fluid and colonic mucosal IFN-γ expression level(r=0.45,0.94,P＜0.01),and had the negative correlation with IL-10 expression level(r=-0.52,-0.79,P＜0.01).Conclusion The unbalance of IFN-γ and IL-10 level could be involved in the pathogenesis of diarrhea PI-IBS,which can serve as the observation indicators of disease activity.
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Objective:To investigate the phenotype and function of the intestinal γδT lymphocytes in post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome mouse model. Methods:The mouse model for post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome was established by the infection with trichinella spiralis. The intestinal inflammation,abdominal withdrawal reflex( AWR) and colon transportation test were observed. 2 and 8 weeks later,the animals were sacrificed and the lymphocytes in the intestinal lymph nodes and spleen were collected,from which the γδT lymphocytes were isolated and purified by monoclonal antibody-immuno-microbeads method. The functions of the purified γδT lymphocytes were evaluated,including proliferation by 3 HTdR;CD69,CD62L molecule staining by flow cytometry. Furthermore,the con-centration of cytokine IL-17 and IFN-γ in the supernatant of the cultured γδT lymphocytes were detected by ELISA. Results: At 2nd weeks after infection,significant intestinal inflammation was observed,with increasingγδT lymphocytes,proliferating and activating with increasing production of IL-17. At 8th weeks after infection, the intestinal inflammation disappeared, whereas the number of γδT lymphocytes remained increasing,also with proliferating and activating with increasing production of IL-17. Meanwhile,the mice show higher AWR score and Bristol score. Conclusion: γδT lymphocytes could participate in the pathogenesis of PI-IBS via their proliferation,activation and production of IL-17.
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Objective To investigate the diagnosis value of serum procalcitonin(PCT)detection combined with antibody de-tection of respiratory pathogens in children with pneumonia.Methods 1 256 cases of pneumonia in children were collected in the hospital from 2013 July to 2014 January were analyzed,detection PCT by chemiluminescence,using enzyme linked immu-nosorbent assay for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae ,Chlamydia pneumoniae and common respiratory virus.Results The positive rates of PCT was 30.7%,and MP IgM,CP IgM,RSV IgM,ADV IgM and FLUA IgM were 21.4%,16.8%, 11.8%,8.4%,and 10.9%.PCT in children with different gender in the largest number of positive cases,respectively,male 227 cases and female 158 cases,but the PCT and respiratory pathogen antibody positive in different gender did not exist sta-tistical difference (P >0.05).In different age groups,procalcitonin positive cases in 1 years in the group most,Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae IgM positive cases in 1~3 years old were the largest number,the number of respir-atory virus positive patients with different maximum performance in different age groups.PCT and respiratory pathogen an-tibody positive in different age there was no statistical difference (P >0.05).Conclusion The PCT combined with respira-tory pathogen detection of antibodies help the clinic to determine the type of pneumonia in children,to provide help for the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in children.
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OBJECTIVE@#To study the role and the mechanism of endotoxin in the pathogenesis of gastric mucosa during portal vein hypertension gastrography (PHG) in the rats with cirrhosis.@*METHODS@#Rat model for PHG was established by injection of tetrachloride. The animals were injected with endotoxin i.p. at 3 mg/kg and endotoxin antagonist BPI21 i.v. at 2.0 mg/kg. The plasma level of endotoxin as well as the gastric mucosal level of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) was measured with azobenzene and ELISA respectively. Furthermore, the pathological changes of the gastric mucosa were studied with HE stainning.@*RESULTS@#In rats with PHG, increased endotoxin and TNF-α as well as the gastric pathological lesion were observed. Injection of endotoxin remarkably increased plasma level of endotoxin as well as the gastric mucosal level of tumor necrosis TNF-α and induced more serious gastric lesion. Animals injected with endotoxin antagonist BPI21 showed improved gastric mucosal lesion, accompanied by the declining TNF-α level.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Our results suggestes that endotoxin may play a pathogenetic role in PHG by inducing the expression of TNF-α.