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COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Systemic inflammatory response is one of the crucial pathogenic mechanisms. As a key component of the innate immune system, the complement system can quickly provoke an inflammatory reaction against infectious pathogens, serving as a defense mechanism of the body. Studies have showed that the inflammatory storm caused by over-activation of the complement plays a critical role in the development of COVID-19, and blocking or regulating the complement cascade has a certain therapeutic effect on patients with COVID-19. In this review, the roles of the complement system in the pathogenesis and development of COVID-19 were summarized.
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Objective@#To investigate the relationship of sleep duration and sleep quality with anxiety in the elderly aged 60 years and older in China.@*Methods@#The elderly aged 60 years and older were selected from the China Short-term Health Effects of Air Pollution Study conducted between July 18, 2017 and February 7, 2018. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the association of sleep duration and sleep quality with anxiety.@*Results@#A total of 3 897 elderly aged 60 years and older were included in the study. The age of the elderly was (73.4±8.0) years old. Among the elderly surveyed, 6.5% were defined with anxiety, and 18.7% reported poor sleep quality. Multivariate logistic regression models showed shorter sleep duration was the risk factor for anxiety in the elderly that after adjusting for factors such as general demographics, socioeconomic factors, lifestyle, health status, social support and ambient fine particulates exposure. Compared with the elderly with 7 hours of sleep duration daily, the OR (95%CI) of anxiety for those with sleep duration ≤ 6 hours was 2.09 (1.49-2.93). Compared with those with good sleep quality, the OR (95%CI) of anxiety for those with poor sleep quality was 5.12 (3.88-6.77). We also found statistically significant correlations of the scores of subscales of Pittsburgh sleep quality index with anxiety, in which the effects of sleep disturbance, subjective sleep quality and daytime dysfunction scores were most obvious, the ORs (95%CI) were 4.63 (3.55-6.04), 2.75 (2.33-3.23) and 2.50 (2.19-2.86), respectively. Subgroup analysis showed that the association of sleep duration and sleep quality with anxiety was more obvious in males and in those aged <80 years.@*Conclusion@#Shorter sleep duration and poor sleep quality are associated with anxiety in the elderly in China.
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Objective To explore the effects and possible mechanism of baicalin on renal interstitial fibrosis in unilateral urethral obstruction (UUO) rat.Methods Forty male SD rats were randomly divided into the sham operation group,model group,baicalin group,benazepril group and baicalin+ benazepril group,8 rats in each group.The baicalin group received the gavage of baicalin 40 mg · kg-1 · d 1,the benazepril group received the gavage of benazepril suspension 10 mg · kg-1 · d-1,the rats baicalin+ benazepril group received the gavage of baicalin 40 mg · kg-1 · d 1 and benazepril suspension 10 mg · kg-1 · d-1,the model group and sham operation group were given the same volume of normal saline.Rats were sacrificed in each group on 14,21,28 d after model construction and the kidney sample was obtained.Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of TGF-β1 and α-SMA.Results Compared with the sham operation group,the TGF-β1 and α-SMA expression levels of renal tissue in the model group were significantly increased(P＜0.05),compared with the model group,the TGF-β1 and α-SMA expression levels on 14,21,28 d of model construction in the baicalin group,baicalin+ benazepril group and benazepril group were decreased to different extents (P＜0.05).But the TGF-β1 and α-SMA levels at each time point had no statistical difference among the baicalin group,benazepril group and baicalin+benazepril group(P＞0.05).Conclusion Baicalin may delay the progress of renal interstitial fibrosis in UUO rat by down-regulating the TGF-β1 expression and reducing α-SMA expression.
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Objective To investigate the pathological changes of myocardium in diabetic rats and the effect of aspirin, perindopril, prednisone on the pathological changes of myocardium in type 1 diabetic rats. Methods Thirty SD rats were randomly divided into the following groups: ( 1 ) diabetes mellitus (DM)group ( n = 20): treated with intraperitoneal injection of streptozocin (STZ) 60 mg/kg at one time, diluted in sodium citrate buffer. (2) normal control group (n = 10): intraperitoneal injection of sodium citrate buffer. The blood glucose and the weight were measured regularly for 8 weeks. The 20 diabetic model rats were randomly divided into four groups (n = 5 individually), from the 4th day, the rats were given normal saline dissolved aspirin, perindopril, prednisone gavage respectively, and the normal control group and diabetic group were given an equal volume of saline daily gavage. After 8 weeks, the pathological changes in the cardiac muscle tissue were observed under light microscope and electron microscope. Results Three days after the injection of STZ, the blood glucose in the DM group was higher than 16. 7 mmol/L,20 rats were all modeling successfully. The model rats suffered from polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria and weight loss significantly. HE staining showed diabetic myocardial cell swell, hypertrophy, degeneration and significant nuclear enlargement; the myocardial fiber fractured,dissolved, contraction wavy and disorganized fibre infiltrated by inflammatory cells. Under electron microscope, diabetic myocardial muscle fibers arranged irregularly, fractured and dissolved; the glycogen between the muscle fiber accumulated, mitochondria swelled, most of the ridges in mitochondria were not clear, cell plate widened. Compared with the diabetic group, the above-mentioned pathological changes reduced in the drug intervention group,and the changes in perindopril group was most significant. Conclusion Injection of STZ 60 mg/kg could successfully induce diabetic in rats and held stable blood glucose level. After 8 weeks, diabetes could cause servere damages in myocardium in the rats, but aspirin, perindopril, prednisone could reduce the cardiomyopathy in diabetic rats,in which perindopril had more positive effect.