title: [Change of serum soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in patients with acute cerebral infarction and its clinical significance].
abstract: The aim of this study is to characterize the pattern of release of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) in patients with acute cerebral infarction. The level of serum sVCAM-1 was measured serially with two-layer antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 89 patients with acute cerebral infarction, 43 patients with cerebral haemorrhage and 30 normal controls. It is shown that the level of serum sVCAM-1 in patients with cerebral infarction 24 hours after the onset was higher than that in patients with cerebral haemorrhage and normal controls (P < 0.01). The level of serum sVCAM-1 was significantly higher in the patients with large cerebral infarction than that in patients with medium and small cerebral infarctions (P < 0.01). The level of serum sVCAM-1 in patients with cerebral infarction increased from 24 hours to 7 days and decreased from 7 days to 14 days, but it was still higher than that in patients with cerebral haemorrhage and normal controls on the 14th day. The level of serum sVCAM-1 was higher in patients with infection as compared with those without. These findings suggested that sVCAM-1 is closely related to the development of acute cerebral infarction. It is essential to have further study on the change of serumsVCAM-1 in cerebral infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical College, Chongqing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000276:immunology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1