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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>By explore the role of serum soluble Fas (sFas) in occurrence and progression of delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning (DEACMP).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect serum sFas levels in 40 patients with DEACMP in acute stage and convalescent stage, with 36 healthy elderly subjects as the control group.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Serum sFas levels of the patients with DEACMP in both the acute and convalescent stages showed no significant difference from those in the control group (P=0.737 and 0.137, respectively), nor was any significant difference found between the patients in acute and exacerbation stages (P=0.059).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Serum sFas is not involved in the occurrence and progression of DEACMP.</p>
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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Brain Diseases , Carbon Monoxide Poisoning , Blood , Case-Control Studies , fas Receptor , BloodABSTRACT
Objective To study and analyze the relation between cognitive impairment and apolipoprotein E(ApoE) gene polymorphism in post-stroke depression patients(PSD).Methods The patients were divided into PSD group(83 cases) and brain stroke group(96 cases) by using the 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-24),and healthy volunteers were selected as a control group(53 cases).Cognitive function was evaluated by using the event-related potential (ERP) P300 and single nucleotide polymorphisms of ApoE exon 4 of 112 (rs429358) and 158 (rs7412) were determined by using gene sequencing method.Results 1.Compared with the brain stroke group and the control group,latency in ERP including N2 and P3 of PSD group was significantly prolonged (P＜ 0.05 ),while the amplitude of P3 in PSD was significantly lower(P＜ 0.05 ).2.e3/ε4 genotype frequency in PSD group(24 cases) was significantly higher than that in the control group(7 cases) (P＜0.05).The e4/4 genotype fiequency in PSD group (8 cases) was significantly higher than that in brain stroke group (2 cases) (P ＜ 0.05 ).The e4 allele rate in PSD group ( 24.7％ ) was significantly higher than that in both brain stroke group (16.1％) and contro] group(9.4％ ) (all P＜0.05).3.The PSD patients with ε4 allele had significantly higher score of HAMD-24 and prolonged latency of N2 and P3 than those without e4 allele (P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion There is cognitive impairment in PSD patients.The ApoE ε4 allele may associate with the cognitive impairment and depression in PSD patients.