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Objective To investigagte the effect of high dose folic acid(FA) combined with vitamin B_(12) to homocysteine plasma level in maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) patients.Methods 52 MHD patients were randomly divided into 4 groups,receiving of FA 0,15,30,60mg/d orally for 3 months and those who receiced folic acid were given vitamin B_(12) 500?g/d,im.The levels of plasma FA,vitamin B_(12) and total homocysteine(tHcy) at 0,1,2,3,6 month were detemined by radioimmunoassay and flurescence polarization immunoassay respectively.Results Levels of tHcy in MHD patients were significantly higher than those in healthy controls.Both high dose and low dose FA could lower tHcy plasma concentrations,but had no significant difference in homocysteine reduction ratio,and could not normalize it.Three doses of FA combined with vitamin B_(12) treatment could effectively increase the plasma FA and vitamin B_(12) concentrations.Conclusion tHcy is elevated in the majority of MHD patients.Low dose of FA combined with vitamin B_(12) can decrease tHcy plasma levels,but cannot normalize it.
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Objective To investigate the roles of oxidative stress and inflammatory reaction in pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in patients with chronic renal failure(CRF).Methods 63 CRF patients were divided into non-dialysis group and hemodialysis group and 27 healthy volunteers were involved in the study.The levels of plasma malondialdehyde(MDA) were determined by thiobarbituric acid reaction,the activity of glutathione peroxidase(GSHPx) was mearsured by spectrophotometry,plasma nitric oxide(NO),high-sensitive C-reactive protein(hs-CRP),endothelin-1(ET-1) and tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-? were determined by sensitive enzyme-linked imunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results Levels of plasma MDA,hs-CRP,IL-6,TNF-?and ET-1 in CRF patients were higher than those in healthy controls,while NO,GSHPx were lower than those in healthy controls and hemodialysis aggravated these changes.Multivariate stepwise regressive analysis showed that ET-1,vWF and NO were related to MDA,TNF-?,hs-CRP,Cr(R2=0.502,0.631,0.476,respectively,P
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Objective To explore the relationship between homocystine(HCY) and diabetic nephropathy and uremia in the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods 20 cases with type 2-DM,20 cases with incipient diabetic nephropathy and 17 cases with uremia were collected.The plasma levels of HCY were measured by FPIA,the fasting blood sugar were measured by standard automated clinical chemistry laboratory methods.The plasma levels of HCY were compared with each other with t test.Results The plasma levels of HCY between the type 2-DM and diabetic nephropathy were significantly different,(26.16?12.31)?mol/L vs (8.79?3.51)?mol/L,P
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Objective To study the relationship of serum leptin and inflammation with nutrition status in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis(CAPD) patients.Methods 30 CAPD patients and 30 healthy controls were enrolled in the study.Leptin was measured by ELISA,inflammatory factors C reactive protein(CRP),IL-6,TNF-?.These patients were classified to three nutritional categories based on SGA normalnutrition,mild-to-moderate malnutrition,and severe malnutrition.Results CAPD group had significantly higher serum leptin,peritoneal dialysis fluid leptin,insulin,CRP,IL-6 and TNF-?,lower serum Alb than the control group.IL-6 was significantly positive correlation with TNF-?.Serum leptin was no correlation with Alb,CRP,IL-6 and TNF-?.Conclusion Serum leptin and inflammation are closely related to the occurrence of malnutrition in CAPD.