A clinical analysis of benign prostatic hyperplasia with chronic prostatitis / 中华男科学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) complicated by chronic prostatitis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We performed routine examinations and bacterial culture of the expressed prostate secretion (EPS) for 213 cases of BPH, detected mycoplasma, chlamydia and serum PSA, and compared the results of IPSS of those complicated with chronic prostatitis before and after a 4-week anti-inflammatory treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the total cases, 69 (32.4%) were complicated by chronic prostatitis, 27 (12.7%) EPS positive and 15 (7.0%) mycoplasma and chlamydia positive. Among the 69 cases of chronic prostatitis, 7 were found with an elevated level of PSA (> 4 microg/L), and 43 with the mean IPSS score decreased from (12.2 +/- 2.6) before anti-inflammatory treatment to (10.5 +/- 2.3) after it (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>EPS examination should be performed for patients with BPH, which is highly significant for the diagnosis of prostatitis, choice of medical or surgical treatment, improvement of therapeutic effect and reduction of complications.</p>

HBV transinfected enhances the PD-L expression of cytokines stimulating / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate whether the PD-L expression in the liver cell lines transinfected with HBV (HepG2.2.15 cells) can be up-regulated after cytokines stimulating.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>To apply the liver cell lines (HepG2 cells and HepG2.2.15 cells) as a model, the cells were stimulated with IL-4, IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma (final concentration were 10 ng/ml, stimulated for 12 hours) and RT-PCR was carried out to determine the PD-L expression before and after cytokines stimulating.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Whether or not transinfected with HBV, IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma both can induce the liver cell lines (HepG2 cells and HepG2.2.15 cells) PD-L1 expression while IL-4 can not; IL-4, IFN-alpha, IFN-gamma all can induce the PD-L2 expression in HepG2.2.15 cells which was transinfected with HBV, only IFN-gamma can induce the PD-L2 expression in HepG2 cells which was not transinfected with HBV.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>IFN-alpha, IFN-gamma both can induce the PD-L1 expression in HepG2 cells and HepG2.2.15 cells, while it is easy for cytokines to induce the PD-L2 expression in HepG2.2.15 cells which was transinfected with HBV, this may provide a potential mechanism of the molecular basis for chronic HBV infection.</p>