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Objective To investigate the role of Rho kinase on collagen(COL)Ⅰ and Ⅲ expression of human renal tubular epithelial cells .Methods Human kidney tubular epithelial (HK‐2) cells were cultured in the RPMI‐1640 culture solution containing 15% fetal bovine serum .After 30 min pretreatment by the ALD receptor antagonist eplerenone(10 μmol/L) and Rho kinase inhibi‐tor Y27632(1 μmol/L) ,100 nmol/L ALD acted the HK‐2 cells for 24 h .The expressions of collagenⅠ and Ⅲ mRNA in each group were detected by real time PCR and the expression levels of COL Ⅰ ,Ⅲ and Rho kinase protein were detected by ELISA .Results ALD could up‐regulate the expressions of COLⅠ ,Ⅲ mRNA in HK‐2 cells ,and increased the levels of Rho kinase ,COLⅠ and Ⅲprotein ,while the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 and ALD receptor inhibitor eplerenone could antagonize these effects .Conclusion ALD could activate Rho kinase signal transduction pathway in HK‐2 cells and accelerate the progression of tubular interstitial fibro‐sis via Rho kinase induced expression of COL Ⅰ and Ⅲ .
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Objective To establish a stable and simple method of tracheal intubation in rodents and to establish various models that needs of endotracheal intubation .Method Sixty Kunming mice anesthetized by midazlam and ketamin, were intubated by 22 GA arterial puncture needle casing with optical fiber .Then connect the casing and ventilator and make sure the casing has been into the trachea .Result 60 mice were all successfully intubated by casing with optical fiber with no throat mucosa bleeding, edema.Glottis and trachea don’t present complications such as tracheal stenosis 7d later.Conclusion Fiber mediated intubation is a simple and useful method .It has a success rate with low incidence of complications .
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PURPOSE: Tubulointerstitial hypoxia in the kidney is considered a hallmark of injury and a mediator of the progression of tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), a master transcription factor in cellular adaptation to hypoxia, regulates a wide variety of genes, some of which are closely associated with tissue fibrosis. The present study set out to characterize urinary HIF-1alpha expressions in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and to explore whether urinary HIF-1alpha expressions are associated with histologic chronicity changes and renal function. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Urinary HIF-1alpha levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in 42 patients with LN and in 30 healthy controls. Activity and chronicity indexes as well as tubular HIF-1alpha expressions were analyzed for each specimen. RESULTS: Urinary HIF-1alpha levels were higher in LN patients than in healthy controls (3.977+/-1.696 vs. 2.153+/-0.554 ng/mL, p0.05). CONCLUSION: Urinary HIF-1alpha levels were elevated in LN patients and were associated with histologic chronicity changes and renal function, indicating that HIF-1alpha might contribute to histologic chronicity in LN.
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Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Young Adult , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/urine , Kidney/metabolism , Lupus Nephritis/urineABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the distribution of islet autoantibodies (GAD-Ab, IA2-Ab, IAA) in new-onset diabetic patients with unprovoked ketosis and their association with clinical characteristics and pancreatic ? cell function.Methods Islet autoantibodies, including GAD-Ab、IA2-Ab and IAA were detected in 161 new-onset diabetic patients with unprovoked ketosis by radioligand assay. Prevalence of positive islet autoantibodies was compared among groups with different ages, body mass indexes (BMI), severity of ketosis and fasting C peptide (FCP) levels. Clinical characteristics and pancreatic ? cell function were compared between groups with positive and negative islet autoantibodies.Results One or more kinds of islet autoantibodies were detected in 68 from the 161 subjects (42.2%), with higher prevalence of positive islet autoantibodies in the patients aged equal to or less than 20 years, of BMI equal to or less than 18.5 and with FCP equal to or less than 300 pmol/L. Younger age of onset, lower BMI, more severe ketosis and poorer islet endocrine function were found in patients with positive islet autoantibodies, as compared with those with negative ones.Conclusions In diabetic patients with unprovoked ketosis, the younger, the lower C peptide and the lower BMI they are, the higher prevalence of positive islet autoantibodies, the more possibility that they are classified as type 1A diabetes and the less possibility as type 1B diabetes or type 2 diabetes.Pancreatic ? cell function was poorer in patients with positive islet autoantibodies,which should be treated with insulin as earlier as possible.