Differentiation of a primitive neuroectodermal tumor into a benign ganglioglioma

We describe a case of cerebellar neuroblastoma with histologic documentation of maturation into a ganglioglioma sixteen months later. Only chemotherapy was administered following the initial surgery and the child is well and disease-free three years following her final surgical procedure. The outcome of this patient supports previous hypotheses that the cerebellar neuroblastoma may be a less malignant tumor than its other primitive neuroectodermal posterior fossa counterparts. Furthermore, this case suggests a role for second-look surgery in the management of selected pediatric brain tumors.     

仿冒进口白兰地酒类快速鉴别方法初探

本文通过对南海市查获的仿冒干邑白兰地的检验，发现其pH值、酒精度、甲醇、杂醇油含量与真品的差别具有统计学显著性意义；伪品的蒸馏残留物不同于真品；部分伪品的色泽来自无机染料，为我国食品卫生标准所禁用。     

The relationship between histopathological findings in oral squamous cell carcinoma and FDG uptake on PET

Objectives It is known that, in fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG PET) for the diagnosis of oral cancer, FDG uptake may vary even among different cases of the same squamous cell carcinoma. However, the details of this phenomenon have not yet been elucidated. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between histopathological findings in oral squamous cell cancer and PET findings on FDG uptake. Methods We examined 45 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma who had undergone FDG PET before treatment. FDG uptake was assessed by a standardized uptake value (SUV) calculated according to the PET-measured tissue concentration of FDG, the administered dose of radionuclide, and the body weight of the patient. The relationship between the mean SUV and each of the following parameters was examined: histological grade of malignancy, degree of cell differentiation, size and/or local extent of the primary lesion, and cell density of the tumor. Results The mean SUV of FDG uptake did not depend on the histological grade of malignancy or on the degree of cell differentiation, but tended to be greater the larger the primary lesion. SUV also depended on cell density, increasing with the percentage of tumor parenchyma. Conclusions It is concluded that cancer cell density greatly influences the SUV of FDG, in that a tumor with fewer cellular elements in cancer tissue tends to become a false negative.     

2型糖尿病(消渴病)微观辨证的临床研究

目的　为糖尿病的临床辨证、治疗用药提供客观依据和帮助。方法　观察 2型糖尿病 (消渴病 ,diabetesmellitus)不同证型患者各 30例 ,正常对照组 30例 ,检测血清一氧化氮 (NO)、血浆α -颗粒膜蛋白 (GMP 14 0 )、血浆D -二聚体 (D D)、血清白细胞介素 - 6 (IL 6 )这些微观指标的变化 ,探讨其与中医辨证分型的关系。结果　①血清NO值在各组中的变化是阴虚热盛组 >正常对照组>气阴两虚组 >气滞血瘀组 ,每两组间具有显著性差异 (P <0 0 5 ) ,其中气滞血瘀组与其它 3组具有非常显著性差异 (P <0 0 1)。②糖尿病各组患者血浆GMP 14 0、D D值均较正常对照组有非常显著性增高 (P <0 0 1) ,在糖尿病组各证型中 ,呈阴虚热盛组 <气阴两虚组 <气滞血瘀组变化趋势 ,且血浆GMP 14 0和D D的变化呈正相关 (r=0 6 6 )。③血清IL 6在糖尿病组较正常对照组升高 ,其变化呈阴虚热盛组 <气阴两虚组 <气滞血瘀组趋势 ,每两组间具有非常显著性差异 (P <0 0 1)。结论　糖尿病发病以正气不足为内在依据。随着病程的进展 ,脾肾亏虚及血瘀加重是必然趋势。治疗应重视补脾肾和活血化瘀     

(扌衮)法推拿流派的临床辨证施治特色

法推拿是对传统推拿手法的继承与创新。从现代病理学、解剖学、经络辨证、脊神经辨证等角度结合常见病症探讨法的临床辨证施治     

老年牙周组织疾病216例证候分析

目的 探讨老年牙周组织疾病的证候特点。方法 对 1998 年 1 月-2003 年 12 月门诊接诊的 216 例老年牙周组织疾病进行回顾性分析。结果 阴虚火旺型 124 例(57.4%),气血不足型 51 例(23.6%),胃火炽盛型 16 例(7.5%),气滞血瘀型 14 例(6.4%),痰湿阻络型 11 例(5.1%)。结论 老年牙周组织疾病证候表现以虚为主、虚中夹实,阴虚火旺型和气血不足型是其主要证候类型。     

Role of the cell recognition molecule, cognin, in GABAergic differentiation in chick retina

Previous work showed that GABAergic differentiation in developing chick retina depends on insulin and cell interactions. Here, we investigated whether it depended on cell signaling mediated by retina cognin, a 50 kDa cell recognition molecule. Cognin mediates cell adhesion in vitro and occurs on retinal neurons that become both GABAergic and cholinergic. We investigated two markers of GABAergic differentiation: glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity and high-affinity GABA uptake. Both increase during differentiation of retinal neurons in culture and can be easily measured. We blocked cognin-mediated cell signaling with cognin antibody and found a reduction of the developmental increase in GAD activity in cultures of retinal neurons from 7 and 11 day chick embryos. There was no reduction of high-affinity GABA uptake. This suggested that cognin-mediated signaling was necessary for the normal developmental increase in GAD but not for high-affinity GABA uptake. These results contrasted with our previous observations on cholinergic differentiation in cultured retinal neurons. We found that cognin antibody blocked the normal developmental increase in choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) only if the cells were exposed before embryonic day 7. Thus, while both GAD and ChAT activity appear to be controlled by cell signaling involving cognin, the periods of developmental sensitivity for the two differentiation markers are different. Antibodies to other adhesion molecules, Ng-CAM, and N-cadherin, did not similarly affect GAD activity. Antibodies to laminin at a 10-fold higher concentration inhibited GAD activity only in early embryonic retina. Tests for protein synthesis and “housekeeping” enzyme activity demonstrated that the cognin antibody effect was selective for neuronal differentiation pathways. Thus, GABAergic differentiation in developing retina is sensitive to cell signaling mediated in part by cognin.     

马来西亚寒邪致病及其证治初探

根据第一作者在马来西亚从事中医临床工作50余年的经验,以中医理论为指导,探讨了在炎热的马来西亚,寒邪致病的可能性、客观性以及寒邪致病的病因、病机、临床表现特征及其治疗方法。     

DOWN－REGULATION OF C－MYC ONCOGENE DURING NGF－INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION OF NEUROBLASTOMA CELL LINES

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Retinal growth and cell addition during embryogenesis in the teleost, Haplochromis burtoni.

Neurogenesis of the developing embryonic retina is described for the African cichlid fish, Haplochromis burtoni, from 4 days post fertilization until all cell phenotypes are generated (day 7). Cell addition and differentiation both begin at the same absolute location which later becomes the central retina. As observed in most other vertebrates, cones and ganglion cells differentiate first, followed by amacrine and bipolar cells. Rod photoreceptors, which are added late, differentiate last. Changes in retinal thickness, retinal stretching, cell size, and cell density were measured during development. From day 4 through 7, there is an increase in retinal thickness largely due to the expansion of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) and outer nuclear layer (ONL). The inner nuclear layer (INL) decreases in thickness and there is a transient decrease in the density of cells in the scleral portion of the INL. Cells increase in size in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) and the vitread INL, decrease in size in the sclerad INL, and remain the same in the ONL. Changes in the density of the cell layers were observed: the density of ONL cells increased, the density of GCL cells decreased, and INL cells increased then decreased. From day 4 to day 6, eye growth is entirely due to cell addition because no retinal stretching was observed in the ONL or the horizontal layer. During this same developmental period, the pattern and rate of neurogenesis were measured in the differentiated portion of the retina by means of 3H-thymidine labeling. A small number of cell divisions within the differentiated INL precede the onset of cell divisions in the ONL. The number of 3H-thymidine labeled cells within the INL increases at a low rate consistent with an asymmetric pattern of cell division characteristic of stem cells. In contrast, cell divisions in the ONL increase exponentially, consistent with a symmetric pattern of cell division characteristic of progenitor cells. Double-label experiments (3H-thymidine and a rod specific opsin antibody) show that some of the symmetrically dividing cells in the ONL express the rod specific opsin within 2 days, suggesting that these dividing cells are rod progenitors. Although we do not hae conclusive evidence, these developmental processes support the hypothesis that stem cells within the INL could be the source of rod precursors in the embryonic teleost retina.