Effect of Epstein-Barr virus infection on the inflammatory response in the acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / 中国实用内科杂志

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of Epstein-Barr virus(EB) virus infection on acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHODS: 156 patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were divided into two groups, 41 patients with EB virus infection and the group 115 patients without EB virus infection.which colleceted from the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital From October 2015 to August 2017. Epstein-Barr virus(EB) DNA was detected by PCR, serum EB antibody IgG and IgM were detected by Elisa, and the expression level of PCT, CRP, IL6,IL-17 and IL-10 in serum were detected by Elisa.Sputum culture and sensitivity were used to analyze the bacteriological characteristics. The characteristics of common pathogens of pulmonary infection were also analyzed in patients with Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) infection,and the therapeutic effects and prognosis were analyzed comprehensively. RESULTS: The EBV-infected AECOPD patients had significantly higher levels of PCT, CRP and IL-6 IL-17, IL-10 in serum of patients with lung infection than those of AECOPD patients with non-EB virus infection. The etiological characteristics of EBV-infected AECOPD patients were mostly G-, The EBV-infected AECOPD patients whose the proportion of drug-resistant bacteria increased, anti-infective treatment time prolonged, complications increased, admitted to intensive care unit increased. Blood gas, the infection of Epstein-Barr virus AECOPD patients was significantly higher PaCO2, PaO2 decreased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant. However, the lung function, no significant difference between the two groups. CONCLUSION: EBV infection aggravates inflammatory response in patients with AECOPD, and promotes the progress and deterioration of the disease.

Pathogenesis of plaque destabilization induced by PM2.5 exposure and coping strategies / 中国中药杂志

With the increasingly more serious environmental pollution in China in recent years, effective intervention with PM25-induced health risks has become a major scientific issue to be addressed urgently in medical research field in China. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a family of cytoplasmic pattern-recognition receptors that have critical roles in innate immunity. On the basis of study progresses in international cardiovascular disease research "Fine particulate matter exposure is a modifiable risk factor for the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases", and with reference to the current understanding of pulmonary inflammation and oxidative stress in PM2.5-induced acute coronary syndrome, this study intended to investigate whether intracellular pattern recognition NL-RP3 plays a important role in the inital event of PM2.5 induced vessel inflammation as a foreign matter in the process of plaque destabilization and to thoroughly explore the underlying mechanisms responsible for PM2.5-induced acute cardiovascular events. On the other hand, it also studies the feasibility of using traditional Chinese medicine to treat plaque destabilization cause by PM2.5 exposure and discuss it's pathogenesis and intervention strategy based on TCM theory. This paper in order to provide scientific basis for social focal issues in public health proactively and offers the references for relevant research.

The comparison study on effects of water-soluble components of fine particulate matter on vasomotor functions in aortas from rats after exposure in different time / 中华预防医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare the difference of vasomotor functions in aortas segments from Wistar rats between 1-hour and 6-hours after exposure of water-soluble components of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>All 30 Wistar rats were assigned to five groups (n=6 for each group) at random: the blank control group, control group for 1-hour and 6-hours, exposure group for 1-hour and 6-hours. The rats were sacrificed 1-hour or 6-hours later and aorta ring segments were mounted on wire myographs.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) There was no significant difference in vasomotor functions among three control groups (P>0.05). (2) 1-hour or 6-hours after exposure there was a decrease of contraction elicited by 60 mmol/L KCl in contrast to the control group (P<0.05), whereas no significant change between the exposure group for 1-hour and 6-hours (P>0.05). (3) On the level of 10(-5) or 10(-7) mol/L, 1-hour after exposure there was a decrease in endothelium-dependent acetylcholine (ACh) elicited relaxation precontracted by 10(-6) mol/L NE compared with the control group (P<0.01 or P<0.05), on the level from 10(-5) to 10(-7) mol/L there was a decrease compared with the exposure group for 6-hours (P<0.05), whereas no difference between the exposure group for 6-hours and the control group (P>0.05). On the level from 10(-5) to 10(-9) mol/L, 1-hour after exposure there was a decrease in endothelium-independent sodium nitroprusside (SNP) elicited relaxation precontracted by 10(-6) mol/L NE as compared with the control group (P<0.01 or P<0.05) and a decrease on the level of 10(-6) or 10(-9) mol/L compared with the exposure group for 6-hours (P<0.05), 6-hours after exposure a decrease was caused as compared with the control group on the level from 10(-5) to 10(-7) mol/L (P<0.01 or P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Inhibition of contraction and impairment of relaxation in aortas should be caused 1-hour after exposure to water-soluble components of PM2.5 in the air, which is weaken 6-hours after exposure.</p>