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Objective To explore the protective effect of liraglutide ( Li) on the proximal tubular cells ( PTECs) of rats induced by model control. Methods The PTECs of rats were obtained by primary culture and divided into normal control group ( NC) , model control group ( HG) , HG+low-dose Li group, HG+medium-dose Li group, and HG+high-dose Li group ( n-6 in each group) . After 72 h of incubation, the activity of Na+/K+-ATPase in PTECs was measured by the liquid scintillation counter. Protein expression of Toll-like receptor 4 ( TLR4 ) was measured by Western blotting. Interleukin-6 ( IL-6 ) , tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in culture supernatants were measured by the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results Compared with NC, activity of Na+/K+-ATPase [(2 737. 88±317. 22)μmol·g-1 ·h-1 ] and the protein expression of TLR4 in PTECs, IL-6, TNF-α and PAI-1 in culture supernatants were significantly increased in HG (P<0. 05, or P<0. 01). Compared with HG, activity of Na+/ K+-ATPase and the protein expression of TLR4 in cells, IL-6, TNF-αand PAI-1 in culture supernatants reduced significantly in HG+medium-or high dose Li groups (P<0. 05, or P<0. 01). Conclusion Liraglutide can inhibit the expression of inflammatory cytokines and stabilize the Na+/ K+-ATPase’ s activity in PTECs in high glucose environment. Therefore, it may play a role in kidney protection.
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Objective To explore the clinical characteristics,diagnosis,therapy and prognostic features of granulocytic sarcoma (GS).Methods Retrospective analysis was used to analyse 10 cases who were diagnosed with GS.Results Five patients were diagnosed with primary GS.GS was accompanied by APL in one case,CML in 3 cases and MDS in one case.Patients were treated with resection and chemotherapy,or imatinib treatment.Follow-up data were available from 9 patients,with 2 patients being still alive.The survival of one patient who received high-dose cytarabine chemotherapy was 66 months.The other 7patients died of tumor-related diseases,and their survival ranged from 4 to 17 months.Conclusion GS is a rarely diagnosed disease.A correct diagnosis of GS depends on detailed morphological examination and immunohistochemical study.The clinical outcome of patients is poor,and AML-type chemotherapy is the proper treatment for GS.High-intensity chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation might improve long-term survival.
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Objective To analyze the correlation between the expression of HIF-1α in multiple myeloma (MM) and clinical indexes in order to illustrate the expression and implication of HIF-1α gene in MM. Methods RQ-PCR method was used to amplify HIF-1α mRNA of bone marrow mononuclear cells isolated from 28 cases of MM patients and the control group. β-actin was used as internal standard. HIF-1α mRNA expression was analyzed by SDS software and the ratios of HIF-1α/ β-actin were calculated. Results The relative expression level of HIF-1α mRNA in MM bone marrow mononuclear cells was 12.68 times as that in control group. HIF-1α mRNA was positively correlated with β2-MG (r =0.575, P =0.000), ESR (r =0.522,P =0.000), LDH (r=0.286, P=0.044) and CRP (r =0.356, P =0.011). There was a negative correlation between HIF-1α mRNA and Hb (r =-0.556, P =0.000). Conclusion The expression of HIF-1α mRNA was up-regulated and HIF-1α was related to a number of clinical indexes. HIF-1α may be used to estimate the progress of MM and hopeful to be a new molecular target in cancer therapy.
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AIM:To investigate the expressions of BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 in the multiple myeloma(MM)and approach the effects of BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 in the pathogenesis of MM and their clinical significance,which would be useful to find a theoretical basis for the treatment of MM.METHODS:The patients diagnosed MM in Yijishan hospital of wannan medical college from 2006.10 to 2008.10 as the experimental group,while the bone trauma patients selected as the control group.The mononuclearcells of bone marrow in the patients were extracted and the BAG-1and NF-?B P65 mRNA RT-PCR were detected.RESULTS:The expression of BAG-1 mRNA(71.4%)in the MM patients was higher than that in the control group(P=0.007).The expression of NF-?B P65 mRNA(75.0%)in the MM patients was higher than that in the control group(P=0.004).There was a positive correlation between the BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 mRNA.The tumor load was high in the MM patients with overexpression of BAG-1 and NF-?B P65,which was ralated to a number of clinical parameters indexes.BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 were positive expressed of MM tumor load,relatived with a number of clinical indicators.CONCLUSION:The expressions of BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 in MM are high,there are no difference between the experimental group and control group.BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 were related to a number of clinical indexes.BAG-1 and NF-?B P65 may be involved in the occurrence and the development of disease,and they can be used as one of the prognosis indexes.