Publications by authors named "Yong-Wei Cheng"
Objective: To investigate the effects of sympathetic neurotransmitters and adrenergic receptors on liver fibrosis in murine schistosomiasis.
Methods: Mice were infestated with schistosoma by means of pasting cercariae on their abdomens. Thirty mice were randomly divided into a control group and a model group.
[Changes of plasma adrenomedullin level during the process from chronic bronchitis to chronic cor-pulmonale].
Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao
April 2004
Objective: To investigate the relationship between the plasma adrenomedullin (ADM) levels and the extent of chronic cor-pulmonale and its underlying diseases, and explore the role of ADM in these diseases.
Methods: Totally 26 patients with chronic bronchitis, chronic bronchitis accompanied with obstructive pneumonectasia or chronic cor-pulmonale were included respectively as clinical test group T1, T2 and T3; 26 normal people and 14 patients with pneumonia were chosen as control groups (group C1 and C2). Plasma concentration of ADM in every selected individual had been measured with specific radioimmunoassay.