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Myocardial infarction promotes cardiac remodeling and myocardial fibrosis, thus leading to cardiac dysfunction or heart failure. Peiminine has been regarded as a traditional anti-fibrotic Chinese medicine in pulmonary fibrosis. However, the role of peiminine in myocardial infarction-induced myocardial injury and fibrosis remained elusive. Firstly, rat model of myocardial infarction was established using ligation of the left coronary artery, which were then intraperitoneally injected with 2 or 5 mg/kg peiminine once a day for 4 weeks. Echocardiography and haemodynamic evaluation results showed that peiminine treatment reduced left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and enhanced maximum rate of increase/decrease of left ventricle pressure (± dP/dt max) and left ventricular systolic pressure, which ameliorate the cardiac function. Secondly, myocardial infarction-induced myocardial injury and infarct size were also attenuated by peiminine. Moreover, peiminine inhibited myocardial infarction-induced increase of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α production, as well as the myocardial cell apoptosis, in the rats. Thirdly, peiminine also decreased the myocardial fibrosis related protein expression including collagen I and collagen III. Lastly, peiminine reduced the expression of p38 and phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 in rat model of myocardial infarction. In conclusion, peiminine has a cardioprotective effect against myocardial infarction-induced myocardial injury and fibrosis, which can be attributed to the inactivation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.
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The lamina cribrosa (LC) is a complicated collagenous meshwork of trabeculae and laminar pores contain capillaries, nerves and neurogliocytes, which provides structural and nutrient support to the retinal ganglion cell axons as they exit the eye. The intraocular pressure causes direct damage or deformation and remodeling of LC, leads to axoplaxmic transport and blood supply disturbance. The preponderance of evidence suggests that LC is the principal site of glaucomatous damage. The development of optic coherence tomography (OCT) technology has improved the imaging quality of deep structures of the optic nerve head and makes it possible to detect LC. The quantitative research indexes of LC structure include LC depth, laminar curvature, laminar thickness, prelaminar tissue, laminar pore, laminar defect and hemodynamics. To improve the understanding of LC structure, explore the characteristics of LC and understand the biomechanical and hemodynamic pathogenesis of glaucoma, which would be contribute to the application of big data research in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma.
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Objective To investigate the levels of IL-18,IL-10 and MMP-9 in coronary heart disease(CAD)patients with in-stent restenosis(ISR)after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)treatment,so as to discuss the influence of inflammatory fac-tors to ISR after PCI.Methods CAD patients with ISR after PCI were angiographically re-evaluated and formed the ISR group(n=68)and the non-ISR group(n=173)based on the presence or absence of ISR.109 subjects without angiographic evidence of CAD formed a reference control group(control group).The plasma IL-18,IL-10 and MMP-9 concentrations of subjects were measured. Results The concentrations of serum IL-18 and MMP-9 in ISR group and non-ISR group were significantly higher than control group,while IL-10 level was the opposite.Contrasted with non-ISR group,the concentrations of serum IL-18 and MMP-9 in ISR group were significantly higher,but IL-10 level was the opposite too.There were significantly statistical differences(P <0.05)Con-clusion There is significant correlation between ISR and serum levels of IL-18,IL-10 and MMP-9.The inflammation may have im-portant impact on the process of ISR.