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Pathological proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), such as superoxide dismutase 1, TAR DNA-binding protein 43, and fused in sarcoma, exhibit a prion-like pattern. All these proteins have a low-complexity domain and seeding activity in cells. In this review, we summarize the studies on the prion-like effect of these proteins and list six prion-like protein targeting strategies that we believe have potential for ALS therapy, including antisense oligonucleotides, antibody-based technology, peptide, protein chaperone, autophagy enhancement, and heteromultivalent compounds. Considering the pathological complexity and heterogeneity of ALS, we believe that the final solution to ALS therapy is most likely to be an individualized cocktail therapy, including clearance of toxicity, blockage of pathological progress, and protection of neurons.
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Objective:To investigate the serum metabolites and their metabolic characteristics of patients with optic neuritis.Methods:Case-control study. From January 2021 to January 2022, 9 serum specimens of diagnosed patients with optic neuritis were collected in Department of Neurology from Beijing Tongren Hospital and 9 healthy subjects as the control. Among them, there were 5 females and 4 males in the optic neuritis group, aged (35.8±12.9) years; there were 5 females and 4 males in the healthy control group, aged (32.6±8.6) years. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to detect metabolites in serum of healthy control and patients with optic neuritis. The principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least-squares discriminination analysis (OPLS-DA) were used to analyze the differential metabolites . The variable importance projection value of OPLS-DA model and the P value of t-test was applied to find the different metabolites. Results:Thirty-seven metabolites were finally identified from serum samples. Four metabolites with variable important in projection (VIP) values larger than 1 and P values less than 0.05 were teased out, three metabolites, LysoPC (P-16∶0), LysoPC (16∶0), LysoPC (P-18∶0) belonge to phospholipid and one metabolite was L-Threonine, they were all down-regulated. The area under curve were 0.951, 0.889, 0.963 and 0.944, respectively. Conclusion:Based on metabonomic analysis, some metabolites in serum have changed, which can provide basis for biomarkers screening of optic neuritis.
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Objective To explore the value of MRI in assessing regional invasion and neural spread of sinonasal and nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma(ACC).Methods A retrospective collection of MRI and clinical data was analyzed in 22 patients with sinonasal and nasopharyngeal ACC confirmed by pathology.Results A total of 22 patients were included in the study.Invasion of the pterygopalatine fossa was observed in 15 cases,involvement of the masticatory muscles in 13 cases,skull base involvement in 13 cases,infiltration of the cavernous sinus in 9 cases,involvement of the infraorbital fissure in 9 cases,orbital involvement in 5 cases,and intracranial involvement in 6 cases.Only 3 patients presented with cranial nerve symptoms.MRI revealed thickening and enhancement of cranial nerves in 10 cases,with involvement of the maxillary and mandibular(V2,V3)branches of the trigeminal nerve(V)in 9 cases,and muscle denervation caused by nerve damage in 6 cases.Among the 12 patients who underwent surgery,9 cases were confirmed to have neural invasion by pathology,with MRI showing cranial nerve alterations in 7 cases of them,one case showed tumor involvement from the pterygopalatine fossa and medial pterygoid muscle to the cavernous sinus and Meckel cavity,while the other case showed tumor involvement from the pterygopalatine fossa to the sphenopalatine foramen.During the follow-up after treatment,4 of 11 patients experienced recurrence,all of which were accompanied by lung metastasis and pre-treatment neural invasion.Conclusion Sinonasal and nasopharyngeal ACC is characterized by a tendency for neural spread,extensive local invasion,and a high risk of recurrence.MRI is helpful in determining the extent of invasion and neural spread.
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Objective:Patient risk-based statistical quality control (SQC) program was designed for 9 specific protein projects using Westgard sigma rules with run length.Methods:The cumulative coefficient of variation of immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgA, IgM, C3, C4, rheumatoid factor (RF), antistreptolysin O (ASO), transferrin (TRF) and prealbumin (PA) from the laboratory department of Beijing Tongren Hospital between December 2018 to May 2019 were used as the estimated value of imprecision. The mean of the absolute value of the percentage difference of 10 batches in the laboratory, which was derived from the results of participating the external quality assessment (EQA), was used as the estimated value of bias. The National Center for Clinical Laboratories EQA evaluation criteria was used as an allowable total error (TEa), and the sigma value of each project (σ) was calculated. Westgard Sigma rule with run length was used to design appropriate SQC program for each project, including quality control rules, number of control measurements (N) and frequency of quality control.Results:The sigma value was larger than 6 for SQC procedure of IgG, IgA, IgM, C4 and TRF. SQC could be established with the use of 1 3s rule, number of control measurements (N)=2, number of runs (R)=1, and a run length of 1 000 patient samples. Combined with the average daily workload, internal quality control could be conducted once every 10 days for IgG, IgA, IgM and C4, every 50 days for TRF. The σ was 5.86 for C3, SQC program could be established with run length of 450 using 1 3S/2 2S/R 4s rule (N=2, R=1), combined with average daily workload, internal quality control could be conducted every 4.5 days. σ was between 3 and 4 for RF, ASO and PA. With the use of 1 3S/2 2S/R 4s/4 1s/6 X rule (N=6, R=1), SQC program with a run length of 45 and higher frequency internal quality control activities. Conclusion:It is feasible to use Westgard sigma rules with run length for the laboratories design of personalized risk-based SQC procedures, the method is very simple and intuitive. This tool is valued to be recommended to be actively applied by all clinical laboratories.
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Objective:An on-line calculator for calculating the frequency of internal quality control is recommended to select quality control procedures and appropriate run lengths for general chemistry in Beijing Tongren Hospital.Methods:The cumulative controlled coefficient of variations of 10 general chemical tests in the laboratory department of Beijing Tongren Hospital for 19 consecutive months were used as the imprecision. The mean value of absolute percentage difference between the quality control results and the target value of 15 batches of 10 tests in the external quality assessment (EQA) general chemistry in 2018 was used to estimate the Bias of each test. Use the allowable range of EQA target value of the National Center for Clinical Laboratories in 2018 to estimate the total allowable error (TEa) of each test. The data were input into the Westgard internal quality control frequency calculator, and 10 different candidate statistical quality control (SQC) procedures and corresponding run lengths were calculated online, including single rule and multiple rule, number of quality control concentration levels (or test projects) ranging from 1 to 4. The SQC program with relatively simple quality control rules and long run length was selected according to the actual situation of the laboratory.Results:The 1 3s, N=3 or 1 3s, N=2 rule could be adopted for ALP and CR, and the corresponding run length was 1000. TBIL and ALT projects can adopt 1 3s, N=3 or 1 3s, N=2 rule and its corresponding run length; UA can use multiple rules 1 3S/2 2S/R 4s/4 1s, N=4 (run length 395) or 1 3S/(2of3) 2S/R 4s/3 1s N=3 (run length 259); CHO, AST and AMY can adopt two multiple rules 1 3S/2 2S/R 4s/4 1s, N=4 or 1 3S/(2of3) 2S/R 4s/3 1s, N=3 and their corresponding run length. GGT project can adopt 1 3S/2 2S/R 4s/4 1S, N=4 rule (run length 50); The run length of 10 candidate quality control rules calculated by LDH was too short, the detection performance should be improved preferentially, and the quality control rules and corresponding run length were not recommended for the time being. Conclusion:The Westgard internal quality control frequency online calculator is easy to operate. Clinical laboratories can use this calculator to select SQC program and appropriate run length. It is recommended that laboratories adjust SQC program according to the current actual situation.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the association between rare HSPB1 variants and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).@*METHODS@#We performed next-generation sequencing for 166 Chinese ALS patients to screen for possible pathogenic rare variants of HSPB1. The control individuals were obtained from 1000 Genome Project and an in-house whole-exome sequencing database. The Sequence Kernel Association Test (SKAT) and the SKAT-optimal test (SKAT-O) were used to identify the association between rare HSPB1 variants and ALS.@*RESULTS@#We identified 3 possible pathogenic rare variants of HSPB1 (all were missenses), including c.379C>T (p.R127W), c.446A>C (p.D149A) and c.451A>C (p.T151P). Compared with 1000 Genome Project, SKAT p=3.61×10@*CONCLUSIONS@#Rare variants of HSPB1 are probably associated with the pathogenesis of ALS.
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Humanos , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/genética , Pueblo Asiatico , Proteínas de Choque Térmico , Heterocigoto , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Chaperonas Moleculares , FenotipoRESUMEN
Objective:To explore the influencing factors of false-positive serological reaction of syphilis.Methods:A total of 166 patients with false-positive serological reaction of syphilis (false-positive group), 145 patients diagnosed with early syphilis without treatment (positive control group) and 124 persons undergoing entry physical examination (negative control group) were included from January 2017 to February 2020 in Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University. The gender, age and underlying diseases of the three groups were compared. Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of false-positive serological reaction of syphilis. The efficacies of chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) and toluidine red unheated serum test (TRUST) were compared. Paired t test or chi-square test was used for statistical analysis. Results:In the false-positive group (166 cases), the age of 117 cases were more than 50 years old and 49 cases <50 years old. There were significant differences in age ((53.1±13.8) vs (24.7±2.8), t=22.56, P<0.01), autoimmune disease (36.7%(61/166) vs 6.5%(8/124), χ2=35.93, P<0.01), hepatitis (9.6%(16/166) vs 3.2%(4/124), χ2=4.92, P=0.026) and tumor (6.6%(11/166) vs 0.8%(1/124), χ2=4.68, P=0.030) between the false-positive group and the negative control group. There were significant differences in gender (there were 91(54.8%) males and 75(45.2%) females in the false-positive group, and 103(71.0%) males and 42(29.0%) females in the positive control group, χ2=8.67, P=0.003), age ((53.1±13.8) vs (34.4±12.9), t=20.13, P<0.01) and autoimmune disease (36.7%(61/166) vs 6.9%(10/145), χ2=39.14, P<0.01) between the false-positive group and the positive control group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender (odds ratio ( OR)=2.692, 95% confidence interval ( CI) 1.504-4.816, P=0.001), age ≥50 years old ( OR=30.512, 95% CI 15.959-58.335, P<0.01), autoimmune disease ( OR=2.677, 95% CI 1.258-5.695, P=0.011) and hepatitis ( OR=4.408, 95% CI 1.799-10.799, P=0.001) were the influencing factors of false-positive serological reaction of syphilis. In the false-positive group, the positive rate of TRUST was 84.9% (141/166), which was higher than that of CLIA (23.5%(39/166)). The difference was statistically significant ( χ2=126.25, P<0.01). CLIA was 1.0-10.0 cut off index (COI) in 36 patients, and >10.0 COI in three patients.The difference was statistically significant ( χ2=52.51, P<0.01). The titers were ≤1∶4 in 139 patients and≥1∶8 in two patients with TRUST positive.The difference was statistically significant ( χ2=262.35, P<0.01). The sensitivity and specificity of CLIA were 95.2% and 96.0%, respectively, and those of TRUST were 77.2% and 91.1%, respectively. Conclusions:The influencing factors of false-positive serological reaction of syphilis include patients age ≥50 years and with autoimmune disease or hepatitis. The false-positive rate of TRUST is significantly higher than CLIA.
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The co-existence of different neurodegenerative diseases in the same case has received increasing attention and reports. A rare comorbidity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in a sporadic patient was reported. The patient presented with pseudobulbar palsy, freezing gait, and developed muscle weakness and fasciculation. Brain magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission computed tomography and whole exomesequencing showed no evident abnormality. The patient had no response towards the treatment of levodopa, and received supportive treatment and gastrostomy. He is in stable condition by now. Totally 23 cases of ALS with PSP were reviewed, and found that the clinical manifestations were related to the main distribution of pathological inclusion bodies and the location of neuron loss, and the deposition of the same pathological protein in multiple systems may lead to the coexistence of different neurodegenerative diseases. Traditional treatment is generally ineffective, thus support treatment is pivotal. The genetic background and pathogenesis of this comorbidity should be studied in the future.
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Phosphatidylinositol protein 3 (Glypican-3, GPC3) is a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan that belongs to the glycine related global membrane proteoglycan relatives.Many studies have shown that it is of great significance in the occurrence, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).This paper reviews the recent studies on GPC3.
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Objective:To investigate the relationship between the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and homocysteine (Hcy) in serum and diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic nephropathy (DN).Methods:A total of 211 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who were treated in Beijing Tongren Hospital from February to July 2019 were selected as the case group, including 72 patients with T2DM (T2DM group), 45 patients with DR (DR group), 49 patients with DN (DN group), 45 patients with DR and DN (DR+DN group); 76 healthy people were selected as the control group. The levels of serum VEGF and Hcy were measured in all subjects. The course of diabetes, body mass index, waist to hip ratio, fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA 1c), triglyceride(TG), total cholesterol(TC), low density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-C), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C), urinary microalbumin/creatinine (ACR), urinary immunoglobulin G/creatinine (IGU/CR), urinary transferrin/creatinine (TRU/CR), urinary α1-microglobulin/creatinine (α1/CR), serum urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hCRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were also observed in the case group. Results:The VEGF level of the T2DM group, DR group, DN group and DR+DN group was 90.02(61.24, 118.52), 124.38(81.50, 170.28), 133.19(78.84, 168.49), 124.08(79.82, 187.33)ng/ml respectively, which were significantly higher than that of the control group 50.31(21.10,67.74)ng/ml(all P<0.05); Compared with the T2DM group, the VEGF level in the DR group, DN group and DR+DN group increased significantly (all P<0.05). The level of Hcy in the DN group and DR+DN group [(12.58±3.66), (11.91±2.42) μmol/L, respectively] was higher than that in the control group [(10.44±2.09) μ mol/L], and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in VEGF and Hcy levels in different stages of DR ( U=264.00, t=-0.43, P>0.05). The Hcy level of DN patients in the group of massive proteinuria was higher than that in the group of microalbuminuria [(15.00±1.87) vs (11.79±3.76) μmol/L, t=-2.82, P=0.01].VEGF was positively correlated with ACR, TRU/CR and IGU/CR ( r=0.23, 0.19, 0.17, all P<0.05),while Hcy was positively correlated with serum urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, ACR, TRU/CR, IGU/CR and α 1/CR ( r=0.35, 0.44, 0.22, 0.19, 0.21, 0.29, all P<0.05). Conclusions:The level of VEGF in the serum of DR and DN patients increased, suggesting that VEGF may play a role in the development of DR and DN, but there was no significant difference in the level of VEGF in patients with different stages of DR and different urinary albumin excretion rate of DN.The level of serum Hcy in DN patients increased, and that was higher in massive proteinuria group, suggesting that serum Hcy may have clinical significance in the diagnosis and monitoring of DN.
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Objective:To establish autoverification rules for coagulation tests in multicenter cooperative units, in order to reduce workload for manual review of suspected results and shorten turnaround time (TAT) of test reports, while ensure the accuracy of results.Methods:A total of 14 394 blood samples were collected from fourteen hospitals during December 2019 to March 2020. These samples included: Rules Establishment Group 11 230 cases, including 1 182 cases for Delta check rules; Rules Validation Group 3 164 cases, including 487cases for Delta check; Clinical Application Trial Group 77 269 cases. Samples were analyzed for coagulation tests using Sysmex CS series automatic coagulation analyzers, and the clinical information, instrument parameters, test results, clinical diagnosis, medication history of anticoagulant and other relative results such as HCT, TG, TBIL, DBIL were summarized; on the basis of historical data, the 2.5 and 97.5 percentile of all data arranged from low to high were initially accumulated; on the basis of clinical suggestions, critical values and specific drug use as well as relative guidelines, autoverification rules and limits were established.The rules were then input into middleware, in which Stage I/Stage II validation was done. Positive coincidence, negative coincidence, false negative, false positive, autoverification pass rate, passing accuracy (coincidence of autoverification and manual verification) were calculated. Autoverification rules underwent trial application in coagulation results reports.Results:(1) The autoverification algorisms involve 33 rules regarding PT/INR, APTT, FBG, D-dimer, FDP,Delta check, reaction curve and sample abnormalities; (2)Autoverification Establishment Group showed autoverification pass rate was 68.42% (7 684/11 230), the false negative rate was 0%(0/11230), coincidence of autoverification and manual verification was 98.51%(11 063/11 230), in which positive coincidence and negative coincidence were respectively 30.09% (3 379/11 230) and 68.42%(7 684/11 230); Autoverification Validation Group showed autoverification pass rate was 60.37%(1 910/3 164), the false negative rate was 0%(0/11 230), coincidence of autoverification and manual verification was 97.79%(3 094/3 164), in which positive coincidence and negative coincidence were respectively 37.42%(1 184/3 164) and 60.37%(1 910/3 164); (3) Trialed implementation of these autoverification rules on 77 269 coagulation samples showed that the average TAT shortened by 8.5 min-83.1 min.Conclusions:This study established 33 autoverification rules in coagulation tests. Validation showedthese rules could ensure test quality while shortening TAT and lighten manual workload.
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Phosphatidylinositol protein 3 (Glypican-3, GPC3) is a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan that belongs to the glycine related global membrane proteoglycan relatives.Many studies have shown that it is of great significance in the occurrence, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).This paper reviews the recent studies on GPC3.
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Aldosterone is a steroid hormone that acts on the kidneys to maintain the balance of sodium and water. Primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) is the most common disease that causes secretory hypertension. PA is often unrecognized and is associated with a high death rate. The aldosterone/rein rate (ARR) and detection of serum or urinary aldosterone are the most effective method to screen and identify PA. In healthy individuals, aldosterone concentration is present in low quantities in serum and there are numerous compounds that can potentially interfere with analysis making aldosterone a technically challenging analyte quantifying method. At present, the method of aldosterone detection includes radioimmunoassay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, chemiluminescence method and mass spectrometry. These methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, the ARR ratios of different detection methods for the diagnosis of PA are not completely consistent. In this paper, the detection methods and clinical applications of aldosterone are reviewed.
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Aldosterone is a steroid hormone that acts on the kidneys to maintain the balance of sodium and water. Primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) is the most common disease that causes secretory hypertension. PA is often unrecognized and is associated with a high death rate. The aldosterone/rein rate (ARR) and detection of serum or urinary aldosterone are the most effective method to screen and identify PA. In healthy individuals, aldosterone concentration is present in low quantities in serum and there are numerous compounds that can potentially interfere with analysis making aldosterone a technically challenging analyte quantifying method. At present, the method of aldosterone detection includes radioimmunoassay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, chemiluminescence method and mass spectrometry. These methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, the ARR ratios of different detection methods for the diagnosis of PA are not completely consistent. In this paper, the detection methods and clinical applications of aldosterone are reviewed.
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Objective To evaluate the level of cystatin C (CysC) in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with optic neuritis and other neurological diseases .Methods Totally 46 patients with optic neuritis were selected ,and 86 patients in the control group ,including 26 cases of intracranial hypertension ,21 cases of ophthalmoplegia ,and 39 cases of other neurological diseases .The level of CysC in cerebrospinal fluid was measured by immunoturbi-dimetry ,and the myelin alkaline protease (MBP) level in cerebrospinal fluid of two groups was detected .The difference between cerebrospinal fluid synthesis rate and cerebrospinal fluid biochemical indexes was com-pared .Results The level of CysC in the cerebrospinal fluid of the patients with optic neuritis was significantly lower than that of the control group ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .There was no sig-nificant difference in MBP and the ratio of cerebrospinal fluid synthesis in the two groups (P>0 .05) .The re-ceiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the area under the curve of CysC for the diagnosis of optic neuritis was 0 .640 .Conclusion CysC in cerebrospinal fluid is an indicator of the inflammatory state of the nervous system .The determination of CysC in cerebrospinal fluid is helpful for the diagnosis and identifi-cation of optic neuritis ,and it may be used to evaluate the curative effect and predict the prognosis of the dis-ease .
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Objective@#To evaluate the levels of 1ipoprotein lipase protein (LPL)and mRNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for children retinoblastoma(RB)and evaluation of the chemotherapy.@*Methods@#Case-control study. Total 36 cases were collected in Beijing Tongren Hospital From October 2015 to May 2017. There were two groups, 19 cases of central nervous system(CNS) metastasis and 17 cases of non CNS metastasis according to laterality, age and gender. The changes of neuronspecific enolase (NSE) in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), chloride, glucose and quantitative protein and white blood cell count in CSF were compared between the two groups before initiating chemotherapy and after the third and sixth cycles of chemotherapy. LPL expression was assessed by Western blot and RT-PCR.Comparisonsbetweenthetwo groups of general data were performed usingt-test. The measurement data were expressed by mean ± standard deviation, and variance analysis was conducted.@*Results@#The level of CSF-NSE from CNS metastasis group was significantly higher than non CNS metastasis group(F=16.43, P=0.002). The level of serum NSE from CNS metastasis group was significantly higher than non CNS metastasis group before chemotherapy(F=41.06, P=0.006). There were significant differences in the level of serum NSE in CNS metastasis group before and after chemotherapy (F=7.06, P=0.001). CSF-LPL protein expression in the CNS metastasis group was significantly higher than that of non CNS metastasis group (F=2.57, P=0.001). There were significant differences of LPL expression in CNS metastasis group before and after chemotherapy (F=2.63, P=0.003)).@*Conclusion@#The expression of LPL protein in CNS may be related to the progression and chemotherapyof RB with CNS metastasis. (Chin J Lab Med, 2018, 41: 608-614)
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Objective@#To establish and evaluate a domestic Chemiluminescence immunoassay(CLIA) for detecting serum human epididymis protein4(HE4).@*Methods@#To establish a double antibody sandwich CLIA for the determination of serum HE4. Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were used to label two different monoclonal antibodies of HE4. The separation could be realized by the magnetic particles coated with anti-FITC antibodies. Measure the relative light unit (RLU) after adding substrate solution, the RLU is proportional to the concentration of HE4. After evaluating the analytical performance including sensitivity, precision, accuracy, linearity, specificity under the optimized condition, this study compared the method with the commerical HE4 kits as well.@*Results@#The precision of with-in lot , and with-out lot are less than 4.0% and 5.0% respectively; Recovery is within 90.0%-110.0%; LoB is 5.0 pmol/L; functional sensitivity is 15.0 pmol/L; measure range is 15.0-1 500.0 pmol/L; the Correlation coefficient is bigger than 0.99 comparing with commercial kits. The AUC(area under curve) of three methods is 0.895, 0.900 and 0.896 respectively.@*Conclusions@#This study established a sensitive CLIA method with high repeatability and wide measure range; it has good correlation with commercial HE4 test kits.(Chin J Lab Med, 2018, 41: 615-620)
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Objective To establish the reference intervals of serum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) among 60+ years people in Beijing.Methods Collected Beijing TongRen Hospital,Capital Medical University from 60 to 79 year-old male 167 cases,173 cases of female serum samples of healthy subjects using Beckman's DXC-800 serum iron,total iron binding capacity,and comparative analysis of two kinds of indicators.Results The normal reference range of serum iron in Beijing (60 to 79 years) was 7.9~23.1 μmol/L.The values were 17.45±5.67 μmol/L in male,and 17.52±6.2 μmol/L in female (t=1.32,P >0.05).The normal reference range of total iron binding capacity was 37.8~ 62.2 μmol/L.The values were 50.78±9.17 μmol/L in male,and 52.17±9.75 μmol/L in female (t=1.75,P>0.05).Conclusion There was no significant difference between serum iron and total iron binding capacity in elderly men and women.The investigation gave the reference intervals of serum iron and total iron binding capacity in Beijing Han elderly (60 to 79 years),which can provide useful reference to clinical.
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Objective To detect the serum IgG4 and autoantibodies levels in patients with orbital disease of unknown reasons,and to investigate their values in patients with orbital disease.Methods A total of 366 patients with orbital disease of unknown reasons recruited in the Department of Ophthalmology,Beijing Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from October 2013 to October 2016 were retrospectively enrolled as orbital disease group,and 266 patients with autoimmune disease in the same period from the Department of Rheumatology of the hospital were selected as controls.The serum IgG4 was detected by rate scattering method,antinuclear antibody(ANA),anti-double-stranded DNA(dsDNA)antibody as well as anti-extractable nuclear antigen(ENA)antibody were measured by indirect immunofluorescence assay,and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody(ANCA)was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay,all of which were compared between the orbital disease patients and the controls using chi-square test.Results The positive rate of the serum IgG4 in the patients with orbital disease was 36.1%(132/366),obviously higher than that in the controls(27.1%,72/266),the difference being statistically significant(x2 =5.705,P=0.017).And the positive rate of serum IgG4≥1 350 mg/L(29.0%,106/366)in the patients with orbital disease was higher than that in the controls(21.8%,58/266; x2 =4.107,P=0.043).The positive rate of ANA in the patients with orbital disease was 17.8%(65/366),obviously lower than that in the controls(28.6%,76/266),the difference also being statistically significant(x2 =10.389,P=0.001).The positive rate of anti-ENA antibody in the patients with orbital disease was 4.6%(17/366),also obviously lower that that in the controls(9.0%,24/266),with statistically significant difference as well(x2 =4.866,P=0.027).No anti-dsDNA antibody was detected in the patients with orbital disease.Only three patients with orbital disease(0.8%,3/366)were found ANCA positive,and no statistically significant difference was found in comparison with the controls(3.0%,8/266; x2 =3.127,P=0.077).Conclusions Elevated IgG4 level was commonly seen in the patients with orbital disease,where as autoantibodies were negative in the most of the patients,indicating that IgG4 might correlate with orbital disease,and part of orbital disease may belong to the IgG4-related orbital disease.
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Objective To evaluate serum level of pepsinogenⅠ( PGⅠ) ,PGⅡ, and PGⅠ/PGⅡ-ratio ( PGR ) using latex enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay in patients with different gastric mucosal lesions, and to investigate their changes and clinical significance.Methods Case-control study.Two hundred and seventy-five patients who had enteroscopy and pathological examination from the department of gastroenterology and surgery from Beijing Tongren Hospital between January 2015 and January 2016 were enrolled.Endoscopic and histopathological examination confirmed the normal control group (n=20), chronic non-atrophic gastritis group ( n=68 ) , chronic atrophic gastritis group ( n=76 ) , including antral atrophic gastritis ( n=30 ) , gastric body atrophic gastritis ( n=26 ) , and multifocal atrophic gastritis ( n=20 );intestinal metaplasia group ( n=28 ) , intraepithelial neoplasia group ( n=9 ) , benign gastric ulcer group ( n=46) and intestinal gastric cancer group ( n=28).Latex-enhanced immune turbidity method were used to detect the patients fasting serum PGⅠand PGⅡ.Then the PGR was calculated.The normally distributed data of each group were statistically analyzed by ANOVA, the data between groups were nalyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test.Results Serum PGⅠ[ ( 74.23 ±22.36 ) ] ng/ml and PGR (6.92 ±2.16) in chronic atrophic gastritis group were lower than those in normal controls[PGⅠ(98.94 ± 21.00) ng/ml, PGR 8.13 ±2.47],(FPGⅠ =18.297,PPGⅠ <0.01,FPGR =4.713,PPGR <0.01).The serum PGⅠ[(44.46 ±26.72) ng/ml] and PGR (3.09 ±0.83) in the intestinal type of gastric cancer group were lower than those in the chronic atrophic gastritis group[PGⅠ(74.23 ±22.36)ng/ml, PGR 6.92 ±2.16], (ZPGⅠ =-3.921,PPGⅠ <0.01,ZPGR =-6.662,PPGR <0.01).PGⅠ[(129.95 ±43.39) ng/ml].PGⅡ[(21.09 ±6.78) ng/ml]in the gastric benign ulcer group were higher than those in the normal controls[PGⅠ (98.94 ±21.00) ng/ml, PGⅡ(12.64 ±1.84) ng/ml], FPGⅠ =10.803,PPGⅠ <0.01;FPGⅡ =39.130,PPGⅡ <0.01. PGⅠ[(52.44 ±10.37) ng/ml and PGR (5.47 ±1.59) in the multifocal atrophic gastritis group were lower than those in the antral atrophic gastritis[PGⅠ(94.95 ±14.45)ng/ml, PGR 8.39 ±1.48],ZPGⅠ =-5.941,PPGⅠ <0.01,ZPGR =-4.911,PPGR <0.01.The AUC of PGⅠand PGR for diagnosis of chronic atrophic gastritis were 0.752 and 0.683 respectively.The sequence combined detection sensitivity was 72.37%(55/76), and the specificity was 70.85%(141/199).The AUC of PG I and PGR for diagnosis of intestinal type of gastric cancer were 0.852 and 0.895 respectively.The sequence combined detection sensitivity was 71.42% ( 20/28 ) and the specificity was 81.78% ( 202/247 ) . Conclusion The Latex-enhanced immune turbidity method of combined detection of serum PGⅠ, PGⅡlevels and PGR can be used in the clinic to monitor the status and function of gastric mucosa and are informative for gastric cancer and precancerous lesions of gastric mucosa.