BACKGROUND： This study aimed to determine the plasma levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator （uPA）, urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor （uPAR）, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α, and observe the relations...BACKGROUND： This study aimed to determine the plasma levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator （uPA）, urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor （uPAR）, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α, and observe the relations among uPA, uPAR, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome （SIRS）.METHODS： A prospective, clinical case-control study was conducted in patients with SIRS at age of more than 55 years old treated during 2008-2010 at Wuhan Central Hospital. Venous blood samples were collected by routine venipuncture. Eighty-five patients were divided into two groups according to diagnostic criteria of SIRS： SIRS patients from intensive care units （n=50）, and non- SIRS patients from medical wards （n=35）. Thirty healthy blood donors who visited the General Health Check-up Division at Wuhan Central Hospital served as controls. Excluded from the study were （1） those patients with pregnancy; （2） those with cancer; （3） those died after admission into the ICU in 7 days; （4） those received cardiopulmonary resuscitation; （5） those who had previous blood system diseases; and （6） those with SIRS before admission into the ICU. The levels of uPA, uPAR, D-D, IL-6 and TNF-a in blood were detected by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） kit. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17.0 and expressed as mean ＋ standard. Student＇s t test and the Mann-Whitney U test were used in the analysis. The relations of uPA, uPAR and D-dimer, IL-6 TNF-α levels were analyzed using Spearman＇s rank-order correlation coefficient test. RESULTS： The plasma levels of uPA, uPAR, D-dimer, lL-6 and TNF-α in the patients with SIRS were obviously higher than those in the non-SIRS patients and controls （P〈0.001）. Correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between uPAR and IL-6 levels （r=0.395, P=0.004） and between uPAR and TNF-a levels （r=0.606, P〈0.001）, but no correlation between uPAR and D-dimer levels （r=0.069, P=0.632）. No correlation was observed between uPA, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α levels （P〉0.05）. The establishment of ROC curve was based on the levels of uPAR, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α in 24 hours for the diagnosis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome （MODS）, and the ROC areas under the curve were 0.76, 0.58, 0.86 and 0.83, respectively. CONCLUSIONS：uPA and uPAR play a major role in patients with SIRS in the process of coagulation disorder, but the mechanism of SIRS is not the same. uPAR may play a central role in the development of SIRS to MODS.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND： This study aimed to determine the plasma levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator （uPA）, urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor （uPAR）, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α, and observe the relations among uPA, uPAR, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome （SIRS）.METHODS： A prospective, clinical case-control study was conducted in patients with SIRS at age of more than 55 years old treated during 2008-2010 at Wuhan Central Hospital. Venous blood samples were collected by routine venipuncture. Eighty-five patients were divided into two groups according to diagnostic criteria of SIRS： SIRS patients from intensive care units （n=50）, and non- SIRS patients from medical wards （n=35）. Thirty healthy blood donors who visited the General Health Check-up Division at Wuhan Central Hospital served as controls. Excluded from the study were （1） those patients with pregnancy; （2） those with cancer; （3） those died after admission into the ICU in 7 days; （4） those received cardiopulmonary resuscitation; （5） those who had previous blood system diseases; and （6） those with SIRS before admission into the ICU. The levels of uPA, uPAR, D-D, IL-6 and TNF-a in blood were detected by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） kit. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17.0 and expressed as mean ＋ standard. Student＇s t test and the Mann-Whitney U test were used in the analysis. The relations of uPA, uPAR and D-dimer, IL-6 TNF-α levels were analyzed using Spearman＇s rank-order correlation coefficient test. RESULTS： The plasma levels of uPA, uPAR, D-dimer, lL-6 and TNF-α in the patients with SIRS were obviously higher than those in the non-SIRS patients and controls （P〈0.001）. Correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between uPAR and IL-6 levels （r=0.395, P=0.004） and between uPAR and TNF-a levels （r=0.606, P〈0.001）, but no correlation between uPAR and D-dimer levels （r=0.069, P=0.632）. No correlation was observed between uPA, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α levels （P〉0.05）. The establishment of ROC curve was based on the levels of uPAR, D-dimer, IL-6 and TNF-α in 24 hours for the diagnosis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome （MODS）, and the ROC areas under the curve were 0.76, 0.58, 0.86 and 0.83, respectively. CONCLUSIONS：uPA and uPAR play a major role in patients with SIRS in the process of coagulation disorder, but the mechanism of SIRS is not the same. uPAR may play a central role in the development of SIRS to MODS.
