2型糖尿病患者绝经期骨密度与甲状旁腺素、雌激素相关性研究

目的 观察2型糖尿病妇女绝经期骨密度与甲状旁腺素、雌激素相关性研究.方法 测定绝经期2型糖尿病妇女伴骨质疏松（A）组及绝经期2型糖尿病妇女无骨质疏松（B）组的左侧髋部股骨颈、大转子、华氏三角区、及腰椎L2～L4正侧位的骨密度和血清中骨代谢指标,如：骨钙素、碱性磷酸酶、钙、磷、甲状旁腺素、雌二醇、Ⅰ型胶原羧基末端终肽（β-CTx）的浓度,对骨密度与多个变量之间的关系进行相关分析,并对（A）组血清中的甲状旁腺素、雌二醇、骨钙素、β-CTx与不同部位的骨密度之间的关系进行多元逐步回归分析.结果绝经期2型糖尿病妇女（B）组的腰椎、大转子、华氏三角区、股骨颈等骨密度指标明显低于对照组（A）（P＜0.05）;2型糖尿病绝经期妇女血清中雌二醇水平与腰椎L2～L4骨密度呈正相关（P＜0.032）;甲状旁腺素水平与股骨颈骨密度呈负相关（P＜0.034）.结论 绝经期2型糖尿病患者甲状旁腺素和雌激素水平与骨密度密切相关,分别可以用于预测骨质疏松发生的不同部位.     

Active production of anti-human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) IgM antibody in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

We investigated the presence of anti-human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) IgM in sera and cerebrospinal fluid from patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) by Western blot analysis. Analyses of 36 serum samples revealed that most patients (31/36; 86.1%) had anti-HTLV-I IgM, whereas only four of 23 (17.4%) HTLV-I carriers had it. In studies of cerebrospinal fluid, anti-HTLV-I IgM was detected in 24 of 36 (66.7%) HAM patients, whereas none was detected in nine HTLV-I carriers. The differences were statistically significant (p less than 0.01). These results suggest that persistent active replication of HTLV-I occurs in the central nervous system as well as in the peripheral blood of HAM patients, and may contribute to the development of HAM.     

Multidrug transport in human glioblastoma cells is inhibited by transforming growth factors type beta 1, beta 2, and beta 1.2

The transforming growth factors type beta 1, beta 2, and beta 1.2 suppress multidrug transport in human pat-1 glioblastoma cells and even in cells that strongly over-express mdr genes and are resistant to inhibition of multidrug transport by chemosensitizers. Thus, inhibition of multidrug transport by cytokines might be a new approach to increase cellular accumulation of chemotherapeutic agents in multidrug resistant glial tumor cells. Interestingly, a member of the more distantly related decapentaplegic subgroup of transforming growth factors, the bone morphogenetic protein BMP 2, did not inhibit multidrug transport.     

ABO血型与肝炎病毒感染关系的探讨

目的：探讨ABO血型与肝炎病毒感染的关系，方法：应用疾病关联分析方法对HBsAg和,抗－HCV阳性献血者与同期健康献血者的ABO血型资料进行比较分析。结果：ABO血型与HBsAg和抗－HCV阳性率之间无显著性相关关系（P＞0．05），结论：乙型肝炎和丙型肝炎病毒感染与ABO血型无显著性相关。     

窒息鼠脑组织型纤溶酶原激活物活性变化与脑水肿的关系

目的：探讨窒息对鼠脑分泌组织型纤溶酶原激活物（TPA）的影响与脑水肿的关系。方法：通过“延迟剖宫产术”致胎鼠宫内窘迫，实验分空白对照组，窒息15min组，窒息30min组，窒息15min复氧30min组，窒息30min复氧30min五个实验组，每组各取8例测试脑组织TAP的活性及含水量，结果：窒息后鼠脑TPA活性与含水量均升高（P＜0．01），结论：窒息可致TAP活性增高，同时发生脑水肿，高活性的TPA可能是脑缺氧缺血致不可逆神经元损伤的一个重要媒介。     

Herpes simplex virus latency in the nervous system – a new model

Permissive herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in tissue culture results in host cell destruction. Latent HSV infection in vivo occurs in neurons of peripheral sensory ganglia (PSG) and it therefore can not take place in neurons in which the virus has completed a lytic replication cycle similar to that present in vitro. Our hypothesis, based on experimental data and observations in humans, suggests that establishment of latent infection and reactivation of HSV-1 does not involve neuronal cell loss. Latency is established in neurons in which the virus does not replicate and is determined, in part, by the tissue levels of a herpes transactivating protein (Vmw65) that is a component of the viral tegument. We also suggest that reactivation of latent infection does not involve destruction of neurons and is due to replication of virus at the peripheral mucocutaneous tissues to where virus or viral DNA have been transported from the nervous tissue. Alternatively, reactivation is initiated in the PSG using a replication cycle which does not involve irreversible damage to neurons. This model explains the lack of damage to neurons which continue to serve as permanent reservoirs of latent virus for the entire life of the host.     

原发性肝癌患者乙型及丙型肝炎病毒感染的检测

目的　调查原发性肝癌患者乙型及丙型肝炎病毒感染情况。　方法　采用免疫组织化学 SP法检测15 7例原发性肝癌患者乙型肝炎病毒 (HBV)及丙型肝炎病毒 (HCV)感染情况 ,每例患者均有血清学检测资料 ,另取 30例良性肝病组织作对照 ,所有数据用卡方检验。　结果　 15 7例原发性肝癌患者中 HBV感染阳性率为31.8% (5 0 / 15 7) ,HCV感染阳性率为 5 1.0 % (80 / 15 7) ,其中 10 7例原发性肝细胞癌 HBV、HCV感染阳性率分别为39.3% (42 / 10 7) ,4 5 .8% (49/ 10 7) ,5 0例胆管细胞癌 HBV、 HCV感染阳性率分别为 16 .0 % (8/ 5 0 ) ,6 2 .0 %(31/ 5 0 ) ,原发性肝细胞癌、胆管细胞癌 HBV、HCV重叠感染率分别为 2 7.1% (2 9/ 10 7) ,14 .0 % (7/ 5 0 ) ,良性肝病组HBV、HCV感染阳性率分别为 16 .7% (5 / 30 ) ,30 .0 % (9/ 30 )。原发性肝细胞癌 HBV感染、胆管细胞癌 HCV感染率高于良性肝病组 ,差异均有显著性 (P<0 .0 5 )。原发性肝细胞癌 HBV、HCV血清学检测阳性率分别为 87.8%(94 / 10 7) ,13.1% (14 / 10 7) ,胆管细胞癌 HBV、HCV血清学检测阳性率分别为 6 8.0 % (34/ 5 0 ) ,16 .0 % (8/ 5 0 )。　结论　原发性肝癌与 HBV、HCV的感染有密切关系     

Prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and relation to glycemic control therapies at baseline in the BARI 2D cohort

Abstract   We evaluated the associations between glycemic therapies and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) at baseline among participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial on medical and revascularization therapies for coronary artery disease (CAD) and on insulin-sensitizing vs. insulin-providing treatments for diabetes. A total of 2,368 patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD was evaluated. DPN was defined as clinical examination score >2 using the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). DPN odds ratios across different groups of glycemic therapy were evaluated by multiple logistic regression adjusted for multiple covariates including age, sex, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and diabetes duration. Fifty-one percent of BARI 2D subjects with valid baseline characteristics and MNSI scores had DPN. After adjusting for all variables, use of insulin was significantly associated with DPN (OR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.15–2.13). Patients on sulfonylurea (SU) or combination of SU/metformin (Met)/thiazolidinediones (TZD) had marginally higher rates of DPN than the Met/TZD group. This cross-sectional study in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD showed association of insulin use with higher DPN prevalence, independent of disease duration, glycemic control, and other characteristics. The causality between a glycemic control strategy and DPN cannot be evaluated in this cross-sectional study, but continued assessment of DPN and randomized therapies in BARI 2D trial may provide further explanations on the development of DPN.     

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in childhood brainstem lesions

Background Diagnosis of brainstem lesions in children based on magnetic resonance imaging alone is a challenging problem. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a noninvasive technique for spatial characterization of biochemical markers in tissues and gives information regarding cell membrane proliferation, neuronal damage, and energy metabolism. Methods We measured the concentrations of biochemical markers in five children with brainstem lesions and evaluated their potential diagnostic significance. Images and spectra were acquired on a 1.5-T imager. The concentrations of N-acetylaspartate, tetramethylamines (e.g., choline), creatine, phosphocreatine, lactate, and lipids were measured within lesions located at the brainstem using Point-resolved spectroscopy sequences. Results Diagnosis based on localized proton spectroscopy included brainstem glioma, brainstem encephalitis, demyelination, dysmyelination secondary to neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF 1), and possible infection or radiation necrosis. In all but one patient, diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy or by clinical follow-up. Conclusions This small sample of patients suggests that MRS is important in the differential diagnosis between proliferative and nonproliferative lesions in patients without neurofibromatosis. Unfortunately, in cases of NF 1, MRS can have a rather misdiagnosis role.