Does ulinastatin attenuate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor alpha?
Ulinastatin attenuated I/R-induced lung injury. This function is partly related to the capacity of the agent to inhibit myeloperoxidase activity in lung tissue and decrease systemic expression to TNF-alpha.
To our knowledge, this is the first study examining the yield of screening patients with PH for HIV using serologic testing. Of the 445 patients tested, only 1 patient was positive for HIV. This patient was known to have risk factors for and exposure to HIV. Patients with PAH should be assessed for risk factors for HIV before testing for HIV in low-risk populations.