Positively increased visceral adiposity index in hyperuricemia free of metabolic syndrome.

Background: Visceral adiposity index (VAI) was closely associated with metabolic syndrome, however almost no research focused on VAI and hyperuricemia, therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship of VAI and hyperuricemia free of metabolic syndrome and estimate the power of VAI as predictor for hyperuricemia.

Methods: A cross-sectional research coming from a health check-up program was conducted. All participants were divided into four groups according to VAI quartiles.

Discussion on the risk factors of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) after the kidney transplantation.

To discuss the risk factors of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) after the kidney transplantation. Retrospective analysis on the data of 1106 patients who had been underwent kidney allotransplantation in People's Hospital of Zhengzhou from July, 2010 to Dec, 2014 and conformed to the inclusion criteria was taken. Cox proportional hazard model was used to analyze the risk factors of developing CVD after the kidney transplantation.

[Discussion of Syndrome Elements for Chronic Glomerulonephritis on the Basis of Factor Analysis Method].

Objective To preliminarily observe syndrome elements of chronic glomerulonephritis by using factor analysis method. Methods Data of four diagnostics were collected from 289 chronic glo- merulonephritis outpatients and inpatients at Dongzhimen Hospital between February 2011 and February 2012. Under the guidance of Chinese medicine ( CM) , the distribution features of syndrome elements of chronic glomerulonephritis were preliminarily observed using factor analysis method.

Investigation of the structure of anti-human seminal plasma protein single-chain antibody and its association with linker peptide length.

To enhance the activity of seminoprotein single‑chain variable fragment (γ‑Sm‑ScFv) antibodies, modulation of the length of the linker peptide, which connects the variable region of the heavy chain (VH) and the light chain (VL) of single‑chain antibodies, was performed in the present study. Homologous modeling of single VH and VL were performed, respectively. Subsequently, modeling of the whole ScFv sequence, which was previously modified with added linkers of different lengths was also performed, and the (Gly4Ser)n peptide chain structure was used as the linker.

[Efficacy and mechanism of hemoperfusion plus hemodialysis for peripheral neuropathy of uremic patients on maintenance hemodialysis].

Objective: To explore the efficacy and mechanism of hemoperfusion (HP) plus hemodialysis (HD) for peripheral neuropathy of uremic patients on maintenance hemodialysis.

Methods: A total of 66 uremic patients on hemodialysis during January 2014 and April 2011 were assigned randomly into HP+HD, low-flux HD and high-flux HD groups (n=22 each). The serum levels of leptin, endothelin-1 (ET-1), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and β-2 microglobulin were observed pre and post-treatment.

Horsetail mixture on rheumatoid arthritis and its regulation on TNF-α and IL-10.

Taking autoimmune inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis as entry point, this paper discussed the clinical effect of horsetail mixture on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its mechanism. A total of 60 cases of patients with RA were randomly divided into experimental group and control group using randomized controlled trial. We observed its biochemistry, TNF-α and IL-10 before and after treatment, and then systematically assessed the clinical effect of horsetail on RA.