乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物载药纳米粒的制备及体外释药性

背景：医用纳米粒作为药物传递的新型载体,目前已经成为医药领域研究的重点。 目的：构建以生物可降解材料乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物为载体,负载抗肿瘤药物5-氟尿嘧啶的载药纳米粒。 方法：利用复乳-溶剂挥发法制备乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物载药纳米粒。场发射扫描电子显微镜观察纳米粒表面形态;激光粒度分析仪测定粒径分布并计算成球率;紫外分光光度计测定5-氟尿嘧啶载药量、包封率,并对体外释药进行评估。 结果与结论：纳米粒呈球性,平均粒径为(186±14) nm,成球率、载药量和包封率分别为70.8%、6.6%、28.1%,体外释药有突释现象,24 h内5-氟尿嘧啶累积释药量达36.2%,10 d达83.6%。提示成功制备乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物载药纳米粒,其具有缓释效应。     

聚乙二醇对利福平-聚乳酸-羟基乙酸聚合物缓释微球性能的影响

背景：聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物微球具有良好的生物相容性,是优良的药物缓释载体,但缓释微球的突释问题严重影响了其临床应用。 目的：观察聚乙二醇对利福平-聚乳酸-羟基乙酸聚合物缓释微球特征、载药率、包封率、体外释放规律及突释的影响。 方法：以高分子材料聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物作为载体,采用复乳化-溶剂挥发法制备聚乙二醇-利福平-聚乳酸-羟基乙酸聚合物微球(实验组)和利福平-聚乳酸-羟基乙酸聚合物微球(对照组)。扫描电子显微镜观察两组聚合物缓释微球特征,高效液相色谱法检测两组微球在不同时段模拟体液中的利福平药物浓度及累计释放量,计算两组微球的载药量、包封率。 结果与结论：与对照组比较,实验组微球表面光滑、粒径减小、分散良好,包封率和载药量明显提高。实验组微球3 h内药物释放量最大,1 d左右药物释放趋于平稳稳定状态,1 d药物累计释放量小于20%;对照组微球3 h内药物释放量最大,约为实验组的1.5倍,1 d左右药物释放也趋于平稳状态。表明聚乙二醇可改善利福平-聚乳酸-羟基乙酸聚合物缓释微球的成球率,减小其粒径,增加其载药量和包封率,控制其突释现象。 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程全文链接：     

靶向抑制晶状体上皮细胞增殖的载药毫微球的研究

采用碳二亚胺法使抗人晶状体上皮细胞单克隆抗体与聚乳酸载 5 -氟尿嘧啶毫微球偶联 ,制备出抗人晶状体免疫毫微球。以牛血清白蛋白作乳化剂采用复乳法制备聚乳酸载 5 -氟尿嘧啶毫微球 ,使毫微球表面吸附牛血清白蛋白 ,再将抗人晶状体上皮细胞单克隆抗体与聚乳酸载 5 -氟尿嘧啶毫微球偶联。采用扫描电镜和透射电镜观察微球形貌和结构 ,用动态光散射粒径分析仪测载药毫微球粒径。ELISA法检测偶联后的抗体活性 ,MTT法检测免疫毫微球对晶状体上皮细胞的抑制作用 ,间接免疫荧光法检测该免疫毫微球与晶状体上皮细胞的特异性结合能力和细胞内化过程。结果显示载药毫微球表面光滑 ,平均粒径为 191.0± 0 .2 0 2nm ,其载药率为 8.2 % ,药物利用率为2 4 .6 %。免疫载药毫微球中的单克隆抗体HILE6保留达到原免疫活性 84 % ,2 4h对兔晶状体上皮细胞抑制率可达6 8.4 2 %。该免疫载药毫微球能与晶状体上皮细胞特异性结合 ,30min后可吸附到晶状体上皮细胞上 ,在 4h内进入细胞质最后进入细胞核。该实验为特异性抑制晶状体上皮细胞增殖 ,预防白内障术后并发症 -后囊混浊提供了重要的科学依据。     

壳聚糖-明胶/聚乳酸-羟基乙酸联合载药水凝胶的体外抗结核作用

文题释义：基质细胞衍生因子1：是一种参与免疫细胞活化、分化和迁移及伤口愈合、角膜上皮再生和组织修复等过程的趋化因子,能促进干细胞的生长和发育,参与调节成骨分化,可通过细胞归巢提高干细胞向病灶区的趋化作用。而基质细胞衍生因子1的失活会损害成骨细胞的发育和分化。此外,其还与血管生成密切相关。 异烟肼：具有较高的杀菌活性,是治疗结核病的一线药物。世卫组织建议将异烟肼作为结核病的标准疗法,用于潜伏性结核病感染者的预防治疗,与利福平、吡嗪酰胺和乙胺丁醇一起用于治疗活动性肺结核。异烟肼的活化形式与脂肪酸生物合成Ⅱ型系统中的NADH依赖型烯醇酰基载体蛋白还原酶异烟肼a结合,阻断细菌细胞壁关键成分支原体酸的合成。 背景：抗结核化疗是目前治疗骨关节结核的主要手段,然而全身给药难以维持病灶区的有效浓度,治疗效果欠佳。 目的：制备一种原位、长期释放抗结核药物且兼备促成骨作用的壳聚糖-明胶/聚乳酸-羟基乙酸联合载药水凝胶。 方法：将亲水性的抗结核药物异烟肼和疏水性的基质细胞衍生因子通过复乳法负载到聚乳酸-羟基乙酸中,制备聚乳酸-羟基乙酸载药微球,共混至壳聚糖-明胶水凝胶支架中,制备壳聚糖-明胶/聚乳酸-羟基乙酸联合载药水凝胶。检测聚乳酸-羟基乙酸载药微球、壳聚糖-明胶/聚乳酸-羟基乙酸联合载药水凝胶的体外释药与抗结核杆菌的能力。将成骨前体细胞MC3T3-E1分别接种于载药微球与联合载药水凝胶表面,CCK-8法检测细胞活力,碱性磷酸酶活性检测细胞的成骨性能。 结果与结论：①载药微球中异烟肼1 h内的突释约为23.3%,2 d内的释放率约为42.6%,随后进入缓释期,25 d后进入平台期;基质细胞衍生因子1在1 h内的累积释放率约为19.8%,2 d内的释放率约为44.7%,随后进入缓释期,25 d后进入平台期;联合载药水凝胶中异烟肼和基质细胞衍生因子1最初1 h的释放分别为8.3%和8.5%,第2天的累计释放率分别为15.2%和17.6%,远低于聚乳酸-羟基乙酸微球;②体外4周后,联合载药水凝胶的抑菌直径大于载药微球,抑菌率高于载药微球(P < 0.05);③联合载药水凝胶与载药微球均具有良好的细胞相容性,细胞活力均约为100%;④培养5,10 d后,联合载药水凝胶表面的细胞碱性磷酸酶活性与载药微球比较差异无显著性意义(P > 0.05);⑤结果表明,原位壳聚糖-明胶/聚乳酸-羟基乙酸联合载药水凝胶有作为治疗骨关节结核及其他骨关节感染的潜力。 ORCID: 0000-0003-4166-2492(张贺龙) 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程     

姜黄素/聚(α-氰基丙烯酸异丁酯)载药微球的制备及其药物释放

以α-氰基丙烯酸异丁酯(iBCA)为原料、泊洛沙姆188为乳化剂,以捏合法制得的姜黄素(Cur)/羟丙基-β-环糊精(HP-β-CD)包合物(Cur-HP-β-CD)为负载药物,经一步乳化法制得姜黄素/聚(α-氰基丙烯酸异丁酯)载药微球(Cur-HP-β-CD-PiBCA)。考察乳化剂、负载药物的浓度对微球粒径与分布、微球载药率及包封率的影响,并对载药微球的药物释放进行了研究。结果表明:随着乳化剂浓度从0.01%增加到0.07%,载药微球粒径下降,粒径分布变宽,载药率和包封率均增加,适宜的乳化剂浓度为0.05%;随着药物浓度从0.03%增加到0.07%,微球载药率升高,包封率下降;载药微球的载药率越高,最终的药物累积释放百分率越低。姜黄素经包合和负载,不仅可以有效改善其亲水性,而且可以提高其溶出度,为提高姜黄素的生物利用度奠定了基础。     

膜乳化法制备单分散性载羟基喜树碱缓释微球

目的 研究利用微孔膜乳化法制备载抗癌药10-羟基喜树碱（IqCPT）缓释微球的可行性。方法 以HCPT为模型药物,聚乳酸（PEA）为载体,以膜乳化法制备载药微球,并研究制剂的表面形态、载药率、包封率和缓释效果等性质。结果 膜乳化法制备的载HCPT聚乳酸微球,粒径可控制在1-10μm之间。表面圆整,稳定性、单分散性良好,载药率和包封率最高分别可达32．7％和81．7％,24h体外累积释放量为17．3％。结论 膜乳化法制备的载HCPT微球制剂均匀分散,具有明显缓释效果,是制备缓释微球制剂的较好方法。     

平阳霉素明胶微球的制备及其释药特性

采用优化的双相乳化冷凝聚合法，制备粒径适当的平阳霉素明胶微球，研究其体内外和颈动脉栓塞化疗的释药特性；并对介入栓塞给药、静脉给药、灌注给药3种方法的效果加以对比分析。结果表明明胶微球粒径分布较好，体外释药有明显的缓释作用，微球颈动脉栓塞可以显著提高肿瘤化疗效果。     

5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒对胃癌细胞株的体外杀伤作用

背景：5-氟尿嘧啶在胃癌治疗中占据重要地位,但是长期服用容易出现骨髓抑制、白细胞减少等不良反应。聚乳酸及共聚物载药微粒材料生物相容性较高,分解物不会在机体内发生聚集。目的：探讨聚乳酸载药纳米微粒对胃癌细胞株的体外杀伤作用机制。方法：选取10只小鼠进行实验,利用超声乳化方法制备5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒,并采用噻唑蓝比色法配制1×10^-7,1×10^-6,1×10^-5,1×10^-4 mol/L的5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒,检测其对小鼠胃癌细胞的体外杀伤效应,并且计算出药物的抑制率浓度以及对胃癌细胞的生长抑制能力等以及凋亡的诱导作用。结果与结论：透射电镜下观察5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒：形态完好,分布相对均匀,不出现粘连等现象,用药24 h药物浓度可达到50%,72 h后能够达到62.9%;不同浓度下单一5-氟尿嘧啶和5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒和小鼠胃癌细胞联合培养48 h后,细胞的活性随着药物浓度的提高出现下降趋势,并且5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒细胞抑制能力显著高于5-氟尿嘧啶(P < 0.05);5-氟尿嘧啶聚乳酸载药纳米微粒的IC₅₀显著低于5-氟尿嘧啶(P < 0.05)。结果证实聚乳酸纳米微粒具有优良的药物载体作用,载药量较大,在机体内提高药物浓度,并且不降低5-氟尿嘧啶成分的生物学活性,可为胃癌治疗提供新思路。 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程     

载异烟肼利福平聚乳酸纳米粒的制备及体外释药**

背景：微载体药物因具有靶向性、控释性、稳定性、更好的安全性备受关注。 目的：观察载异烟肼利福平两种抗结核药于同一聚乳酸纳米粒的给药系统及体外释放特性。 方法：采用改良的自乳化二元溶剂扩散法制备载异烟肼和利福平纳米粒,亚微粒径分析仪测定纳米粒粒径及分布,透射电镜观察其形态;高效液相色谱仪建立测定异烟肼、利福平的载药量和包封率;以磷酸盐缓冲液为释放介质,观察载异烟肼和利福平纳米粒的体外释药特性。 结果与结论：载利福平和异烟肼纳米粒表面完整光滑,无明显粘连现象,纳米粒均匀度好。亚微粒径分析仪测定纳米粒平均粒径80.4 nm。异烟肼载药量为(15.95±1.34)%,包封率为(5.01±0.17)%;利福平载药量为(4.66±0.97)%,包封率为(4.05±0.18)%。体外释药结果显示纳米粒的体外释药过程较平稳。突释期纳米粒中异烟肼释放度为15.22%,到3 d累积释放度可达95.6%;利福平释放度为9.26%,到3 d累积释放度可达90.3%。提示采用改良的自乳化二元溶剂扩散法制备载异烟肼和利福平纳米粒,所得载药纳米粒的粒径小且较均匀。纳米粒体外释药过程较平稳,无明显突释现象。关键词：聚乳酸;异烟肼;利福平;纳米粒;体外释药 doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2012.16.014     

壳聚糖多孔明胶微球温敏凝胶载药体的建立与评价

目的寻找有效的跨圆窗膜载药体,制备多孔明胶微球结合壳聚糖/β-GP溶液的温敏特点,制备新型可注射、可降解、无毒副作用并具有缓释效应的药物载体,为后续动物实验提供研究基础。方法利用化学反应合成碳酸钙(CaCO_3)模板,采用W/O型乳化-固化法制备了明胶-碳酸钙复合微球,用EDTA处理除去碳酸钙,得到多孔的明胶微球。并以环境扫描电子显微镜对多孔明胶微球进行表征。利用壳聚糖与β-GP合成溶液物理混合形成壳聚糖多孔明胶微球温敏凝胶载药体。结果扫描电镜显示,明胶微球表面呈多孔结构,粒径在2~4um之间。壳聚糖/β-GP冻干后呈多孔网络状。壳聚糖/β-GP具有温敏性,且两者共混后温敏性不变。结论壳聚糖/β-GP溶液共混可制备成具有温敏效果的凝胶载药体,为跨膜药物转运的研究提供基础。     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

The universal muscular chain reaction,muscle spasm,Torsions, ruptures and extravasations. Chameleons of pathology and some manifestations of simple muscular disorders

Most bodily functions require the coordinated actions of complementary and supplementary paired muscle groups. Where this essential muscular cooperation is lacking, hollow organs may burst and others become literally screwed up, giving rise to many similar spastic diseases such as Torticollis, Twisted ovarian cyst, Torsion of the Testis, Volvulus of the intestines, Varicose Veins, Megacolon, Aortamegaly, Scoliosis, Erb's Palsy, Peyronie's Disease, Main-en-Griffe, Undescended Foot (Pes Cavus), Talipes, Strabismus. Spasm is “panenepidemic” and unclassified examples of Torsion Dystonia and Dyskinesia really are as common as debt and taxes.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

Hypo- und Hypermagnesämie aus kardiologischer Sicht

Zusammenfassung Eine Reihe pathologischer Zustände bedingen Magnesiummangel. Zustände mit Hypermagnesämie sind ebenfalls bekannt, doch wesentlich seltener. Für den Kardiologen beachtenswert ist, daß unter Therapie mit bestimmten Diuretica bei Herzinsuffizienz, bei Herzinfarkt, Kardiomyopathie, Digitalisintoxikation und bestimmten Herzrhythmusstörungen Hypomagnesämie beobachtet wurde. Leider kann in der klinischen Routine nur ein extracelluläres Magnesiumdefizit durch Serumbestimmungen gemessen werden; über Magnesiummangel einzelner Organe kann nichts ausgesagt werden. Hinweise für Magnesiummangel geben aber neben der Messung des Serumspiegels Anamnese, klinischer Befund, bestimmte EKG-Veränderungen wie auch evtl. Hypokalämie, ein Zustand, bei dem sich oft — besonders bei Aldosteronismus — parallele Veränderungen zeigten.Tierexperimente deuten darauf hin, daß infarktähnliche Läsionen unter Magnesiummangel entstehen, doch ob Herzinfarkt beim Menschen durch Magnesiummangel ausgelöst werden kann, ist noch ungeklärt. In Leichenherzen zeigte sich im Infarktgebiet neben Calciumakkumulation signifikanter Magnesiumverlust, wobei unklar blieb, ob sich Ursache oder Folge des Infarktes widerspiegelten. Falls ein ursächlicher Zusammenhang besteht, ist er im Myokardstoffwechsel selbst zu suchen, wie bei der Alkoholkardiomyopathie, wo myokardialer Magnesiummangel zumindest als pathogenetischer Teilfaktor anerkannt wird. Andererseits versucht man aber auch Beziehungen zwischen Atherosklerose, Blutgerinnung und Hypomagnesämie herzustellen, in der Meinung, daß Magnesiummangel auch über den coronaren Pathomechanismus des Herzinfarktes wirken könnte. Sicher scheint, daß gewisse EKG-Veränderungen und Herzrhythmusstörungen durch einen irritierten Magnesiumhaushalt bedingt sein können, da sie bei Gabe bzw. Entzug von Magnesium verschwinden. Daß Magnesiummangel die Glykosidtoleranz verringert, wird tierexperimentell bestätigt. Unter Hypomagnesämie bewirkt Acetylstrophanthidin eher und länger Rhythmusstörungen als ohne, außerdem lassen diese sich durch Magnesiumgaben eliminieren. Da in gewissen Fällen spontane und digitalisinduzierte Herzrythmusstörungen durch Magnesiuminjektionen beseitigt wurden, scheint Magnesium als Therapeuticum angebracht. Einsatz verschiedener Magnesiumsalze bei Angina pectoris, degenerativen Herzerkrankungen und Herzinsuffizienz ohne geprüften und offensichtlich gestörten Magnesiumhaushalt ist fragwürdig, weil keine eindeutigen klinischen Erfolgsbeweise vorliegen. Immerhin mag es aber larvierte, durch Serumbestimmungen nicht erfaßbare Mangelzustände geben. Allgemein erscheint es aus kardiologischer Sicht ratsam, den Magnesiumhaushalt zu überwachen und in entsprechenden Fällen auszugleichen, um möglichen Myokardläsionen oder fatalen Herzrhythmusstörungen entgegenzuwirken.     

Environmental risk factors and their role in the management of atopic dermatitis

Introduction: The etiology of atopic dermatitis (AD) is multifactorial with interaction between genetics, immune and environmental factors.

Areas covered: We review the role of prenatal exposures, irritants and pruritogens, pathogens, climate factors, including temperature, humidity, ultraviolet radiation, outdoor and indoor air pollutants, tobacco smoke exposure, water hardness, urban vs. rural living, diet, breastfeeding, probiotics and prebiotics on AD.

Expert commentary: The increased global prevalence of AD cannot be attributed to genetics alone, suggesting that evolving environmental exposures may trigger and/or flare disease in predisposed individuals. There is a complex interplay between different environmental factors, including individual use of personal care products and exposure to climate, pollution, food and other exogenous factors. Understanding these complex risk factors is crucial to developing targeted interventions to prevent the disease in millions. Moreover, patients require counseling on optimal regimens for minimization of exposure to irritants and pruritogens and other harmful exposures.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

HLA genes in Amerindians from Mexico San Vicente Tancuayalab Teenek/Huastecos

Huastecos or Teenek Amerindians are presently living at North East Mexico (San Luis Potosi State). They have probably one of the most ancient culture of Mexico and Central America together with Mayas and Olmec groups with which also show close relationships. Proximity to Atlantic Ocean/Mexican Gulf originated that Spaniards had very early contact with them at about 1519 CE or before. In the present paper we have aimed to study HLA gene profile which may be useful for HLA and disease epidemiology and transplant programs in Teeneks. HLA-DRB1*04:07, -DRB1*14:06 and -DRB1*04:11 have been found in high frequency like in other Amerindian groups. High frequency typical Amerindians HLA extended haplotypes have been found, such as A*02-B*35-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02; A*68-B*39-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 and A*02-B*39-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02; also new haplotypes have been described, like A*02-B*52-DRB1*04:11-DQB1*03:02, A*68-B*35-DRB1*14:02-DQB1*03:01 and A*68-B*40-DRB1*16:02-DQB1*03:01. Genetic proximity is observed not only to linguistically close Mayans, but also to Mazatecans, Mixtecans and Zapotecans, who speak an altogether different languages; it shows once more that genes and languages do not correlate. This population was greatly diminished after European contact between 1500 and 1600 years CE; in fact, North and South America First Inhabitants population was brought from 80 down to 8 million people because of diseases (i.e.: measles, smallpox or influenza), slavery and war.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.