[Th17 and Treg cell levels in patients with sarcoidosis and their relation to disease activation].

Objective: To investigate the Th17 cell and Treg cell levels in patients with sarcoidosis, and their relation to disease activation and glucocorticoids treatment.

Methods: Twenty-three sarcoidosis patients admitted in Yinzhou People's Hospital from January 2009 to December 2013 and 25 healthy subjects (controls) were included in this study. The blood samples and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples were collected in all patients before and after glucocorticoids treatment.

[Changes of plasma fibrinolysis system and the effect of captopril in high altitude pulmonary edema].

Objective: To investigate the changes of plasma fibrinolysis system and the effect of captopril in patients with high altitude pulmonary edema.

Methods: The plasma levels of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) were measured before and after treatment in the captopril-group (group A, 35 cases) and the routine-group (group B, 37 cases) of patients with HAPE, while 20 healthy volunteers served as the control (group C).

Results: The plasma level of tPA was (0.