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Objective To analyze the functions of total bilirubin(TBIL)and direct bilirubin(DBIL),DBIL/TBIL detection in the diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury(DILI).Methods The clinical data and laboratory examination results of the pa-tients with drug-induced liver disease in Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital were collected from January 2014 to December 2016.The factors were assessed by uni-variate and multivariate logistic regression analysis.Results In all,162 cases identi-fied as DILI were included in the study.The main causative group of drugs was Chinese herb(about 88 cases,54.3%).A-mong these 162 cases,124 cases(76.5%)were hepatocellular damage type,30 cases(18.5%)cholestatic damage type and 8 cases(4.9%)mixed type damage.It showed that the complete recovery occurred in 120 patients(74.1%)and the non-re-covery occurred in 41(25.3%),of which one death(0.6%).The binary logistic regression analysis identified the jaundice, DBIL,TBIL and DBIL/TBIL as independent factors of the non-recovery of DILI.Conclusion The main causative group of drugs was Chinese herb and the hepatocellular damage type was the commonest one.What's more,whether the case pro-gress into non-recovery one,was related to jaundice,TBIL,DBIL and DBIL/TBIL.
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Objective To investigate whether the effect of puerarin on right ventricle hypertrophy of pulmonary hypertensive rats induced by chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia was related to new peptide Apelin or its receptor(APJ).Methods Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups, they are control group,hypoxia-hypercapnia 4-week model group,and hypoxia-hypercapnia 4-week plus puerarin group.The concentrations of Apelin-36 protein in plasma and homogenate of right ventricular muscle were detected by radioimmunoassay.The mRNA expressions of Apelin and APJ in right ventricu- lar muscle were measured by semi-quantitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR). Results The weight ratio of right ventricle to left ventricle plus septum[RV/(LV+S)] in model group was significantly higher than that in control group(P0.05).The plasma concen- tration of Apelin-36 protein in model group was significantly higher than that in control group(P