Objective：To investigate the correlations among persistent viral infection,heart function and Chinese medicine（CM） difined-syndromes in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy（DCM）.Methods：Fifty patients with DCM i...Objective：To investigate the correlations among persistent viral infection,heart function and Chinese medicine（CM） difined-syndromes in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy（DCM）.Methods：Fifty patients with DCM in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University from October 2009 to December 2011 were selected as the research subjects,and 30 healthy people were simultaneously selected as the normal control group to detect persistent viral infections after admission.The CM syndrome type and grade of heart function were then evaluated.The expression level of Coxsackie adenovirus receptor（CAR） was detected using the flow cytometry（FCM） technique,coxsackie virus RNA（CVB-RNA） using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction（RTPCR）,and the plasma brain natriuretic peptide（BNP） level with a Triage meter plus diagnosis instrument.Finally,the parameters such as left ventricular end diastolic diameter（LVEDd） and left ventricular ejection fraction（LVEF） were measured by ultrasonic cardiogram.Person correlation analysis was used for measured data,Spearman correlation analysis for rating data,and the Chi-square test for numerical data.Results：CVB-RNA was positive in 22 patients（44%） with DCM,while only 6 cases（20%） were CVB-RNA-positive in the normal control group,with a significant difference between the two groups（P〈0.01）.The expression level of CAR was significantly elevated in the DCM group compared with the normal control group（P〈0.01）.In CVB-RNA-positive patients（22 cases）,the expression level of CAR was significantly higher than in CVB-RNA-negative patients（28 cases;P〈0.01）.In the DCM patients,there was a positive correlation between the CAR expression and the BNP level（r=0.34,P〈0.05）,while no significant difference was found between the CAR expression and the LVEF and LVEDd（r=-0.32,0.30,P〉0.05）.There was no clear correlation between virus infection and the CM syndrome types in DCM patients（r=-0.22,P〉0.05）.展开更多
柯萨奇-腺病毒受体(Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor,CAR)最早作为2型和5型腺病毒的受体而被人们发现和认识。大量研究发现CAR可以影响肿瘤细胞的生长、细胞骨架的变化、细胞间的粘附等,从而在肿瘤侵袭转移过程中起非常重要的作用。...柯萨奇-腺病毒受体(Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor,CAR)最早作为2型和5型腺病毒的受体而被人们发现和认识。大量研究发现CAR可以影响肿瘤细胞的生长、细胞骨架的变化、细胞间的粘附等,从而在肿瘤侵袭转移过程中起非常重要的作用。而且,CAR的表达与肿瘤的预后和腺病毒介导的减瘤效应也有密切的关系。基于CAR的重要作用,CAR已逐渐成为肿瘤发生发展机制及治疗领域研究中新的"热点",本文结合CAR的基本结构及功能对以上研究的进展作一综述。展开更多
基金Supported by the Chinese Medicine Project of Zhejiang Province,China(No.2007CB144)
文摘Objective：To investigate the correlations among persistent viral infection,heart function and Chinese medicine（CM） difined-syndromes in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy（DCM）.Methods：Fifty patients with DCM in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University from October 2009 to December 2011 were selected as the research subjects,and 30 healthy people were simultaneously selected as the normal control group to detect persistent viral infections after admission.The CM syndrome type and grade of heart function were then evaluated.The expression level of Coxsackie adenovirus receptor（CAR） was detected using the flow cytometry（FCM） technique,coxsackie virus RNA（CVB-RNA） using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction（RTPCR）,and the plasma brain natriuretic peptide（BNP） level with a Triage meter plus diagnosis instrument.Finally,the parameters such as left ventricular end diastolic diameter（LVEDd） and left ventricular ejection fraction（LVEF） were measured by ultrasonic cardiogram.Person correlation analysis was used for measured data,Spearman correlation analysis for rating data,and the Chi-square test for numerical data.Results：CVB-RNA was positive in 22 patients（44%） with DCM,while only 6 cases（20%） were CVB-RNA-positive in the normal control group,with a significant difference between the two groups（P〈0.01）.The expression level of CAR was significantly elevated in the DCM group compared with the normal control group（P〈0.01）.In CVB-RNA-positive patients（22 cases）,the expression level of CAR was significantly higher than in CVB-RNA-negative patients（28 cases;P〈0.01）.In the DCM patients,there was a positive correlation between the CAR expression and the BNP level（r=0.34,P〈0.05）,while no significant difference was found between the CAR expression and the LVEF and LVEDd（r=-0.32,0.30,P〉0.05）.There was no clear correlation between virus infection and the CM syndrome types in DCM patients（r=-0.22,P〉0.05）.
文摘柯萨奇-腺病毒受体(Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor,CAR)最早作为2型和5型腺病毒的受体而被人们发现和认识。大量研究发现CAR可以影响肿瘤细胞的生长、细胞骨架的变化、细胞间的粘附等,从而在肿瘤侵袭转移过程中起非常重要的作用。而且,CAR的表达与肿瘤的预后和腺病毒介导的减瘤效应也有密切的关系。基于CAR的重要作用,CAR已逐渐成为肿瘤发生发展机制及治疗领域研究中新的"热点",本文结合CAR的基本结构及功能对以上研究的进展作一综述。
