The familial prevalence in second-degree relatives of patients with anxiety neurosis (panic disorder)

A family history study of second-degree relatives of 19 patients with anxiety neurosis (panic disorder) and 19 controls showed a morbidity risk of 9.5% among the former compared with 1.4% among the latter. These risks were approximately half those found among first-degree relatives. Female relatives were at higher risk for anxiety neurosis. The risk for other psychiatric illnesses did not differ between the relatives of anxiety neurosis and controls.     

Monoclonal antibody identification of mononuclear cells in endomyocardial biopsy specimens from a patient with rheumatic carditis

A 17-year-old woman with rheumatic carditis underwent endomyocardial biopsy both prior to and following treatment with prednisone and aspirin. Frozen sections from the endomyocardial biopsy specimens were studied with monoclonal antibodies by an indirect immunofluorescence technique to define the composition of the inflammatory infiltrate in the myocardium and to determine whether the composition of the infiltrate is distinctive and diagnostically useful. The specimen from the initial biopsy contained a heterogeneous infiltrate composed of T lymphocytes, macrophages, B lymphocytes, and mast cells. T lymphocytes predominated, and the ratio of T-helper to T-cytotoxic/suppressor cells was 2.0. Following treatment the overall cellularity of the infiltrate was diminished, but the infiltrate remained heterogeneous; T cells predominated, and the T-helper to T-cytotoxic/suppressor ratio was reversed, to 0.59. The composition of the inflammatory infiltrate in this case of rheumatic carditis distinguishes it immunologically from other "idiopathic," presumably virus-associated, forms of myocarditis.     

Blood endotyping distinguishes the profile of vitiligo from that of other inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases

1. Download : Download high-res image (180KB)
2. Download : Download full-size image

     

实弹射击考核对不同特质焦虑新兵T淋巴细胞亚群及ACTH的影响

目的：研究急性应激对不同特质焦虑新兵的T淋巴细胞亚群及ACTH的影响。方法：状态一特质焦虑问卷（STAI）将新兵分成高、低特质焦虑组各16人。用流式细胞仪及ELISA测定被试基础期（打靶前4d）、应激期（打靶时）、恢复期（打靶后5d）的CD4^＋、CCD8^＋及ACTH浓度。结果：①高特质组3个时期的CD4^＋、CD4^＋／CCD8^＋比值均低于低特质组。CD8＋高于低特质组；高特质组应激期CD4^＋显著下降（P〈0．05）、CD4^＋／CCD8^＋比值与恢复期有显著差异（P〈0．01）．而低特质组仅应激期CD4^＋定量与恢复期有显著差异（P〈0．01）。②实弹射击前、中、后的ACTH浓度，高特质组变化呈极显著差异（P〈0．001），而低特质组应激期与基础期呈显著差异（P〈0．05）。结论：①急性应激影响新兵的CD4^＋、CCD8^＋及其比值，其程度与特质焦虑有关。②应激时高特质组ACTH浓度下降显著大于低特质组，且随应激源消除不易恢复。     

新型抗蝰蛇毒血清对不同喹蛇毒作用的实验研究

目的　探讨新型抗蝰蛇毒血清对国产圆斑蝰蛇毒及缅甸蝰蛇毒的作用 .方法　采用免疫电泳、SDS -聚丙烯酰胺电泳及动物实验等方法 .结果　国产圆斑蝰蛇毒的LD50 (腹腔注射 )为 0 .3 0 6± 0 .0 0 3mg/kg ,缅甸蝰蛇毒的LD50 (腹腔注射 )为 0 .2 90± 0 .0 0 3mg/kg .免疫电泳结果表明国产圆斑蝰蛇毒和缅甸蝰蛇毒均和新型抗蝰蛇毒血清产生明显的免疫沉淀线 .体外中和实验表明抗蝰蛇毒血清对国产圆斑蝰蛇毒的中和抗体效价为 2 75 0 μg/ml(约45 0LD50 ) ,对缅甸蝰蛇毒的中和抗体效价为 2 490 μg/ml(约 43 0LD50 ) .体内保护实验表明给予 0 .0 5ml抗蝰蛇毒血清可抵御 2 5 4μg(约41 5LD50 )国产圆斑蝰蛇毒或 116μg(约 2 0LD50 )缅甸蝰蛇毒的攻击 ,使小鼠全部存活 .结论　新型抗蝰蛇毒血清对国产圆斑蝰蛇毒及缅甸蝰蛇毒的中和抗体效价均较高 ,有较大的应用价值 .     

Growth of diploid cells from breast cancers

Cell cultures were derived from normal and cancerous breast tissues and from metastases by methods that selected for relatively adherent epithelial aggregates. Karyotypic analyses of first or second passage cultures yielded predominantly normal diploid cells. Nonclonal aberrations were more common in tumor-derived than in normal cultures. Three of the cultures that originated from metastases were characterized by abnormal clones. These results support observations based on DNA content, which indicate that a considerable fraction of breast cancers are composed predominantly of diploid cells. They differ greatly from chromosomal findings in long-term cultures of tumor effusions and thus emphasize the karyotypic diversity that can be found in tumors from a single tissue of origin--the breast.     

Subsensitivity of T lymphocytes to sympathomimetic and cholinergic stimulation in bronchial asthma.

The effect of adrenergic and cholinergic drugs on short incubation “active” E rosette formation was studied in 19 patients with bronchial asthma and 17 healthy controls. Both groups had an equal absolute number of baseline “active” E rosettes, but the asthmatics demonstrated a higher percent baseline value. The beta adrenergic drug isoproterenol (10^?3 M) inhibited the formation of “active” E rosettes in asthmatics by only 18.0% as compared to a 60.8% inhibition in the control group. Carbamylcholine (10^?5 M) a cholinergic agonist, also showed a lower than normal response in asthmatics, 34.3% enhancement of “active” E rosetting compared to a 52.4% enhancement in the controls. The alpha adrenergic agent phenylephrine (10^?5 M) exhibited equal enhancing effects in both groups, 34.2% in the asthmatics and 36.5% in the controls. Isoproterenol (10^?3 M) had a minimal effect on inhibition of long incubation “total” E rosettes in both groups studied. The beta adrenergic abnormality conforms to the beta blockade theory of asthma of Szentivanyi. The cholinergic abnormality is unexplained in view of the hyperresponsiveness of patients with asthma to cholinergic agents in vivo. Patients with bronchial asthma probably have an autonomic dysfunction that may play a role in the pathogenesis of their disease.     

Ultrastructural responses by Golgi apparatus of rat submandibular gland to beta-adrenergic, alpha-adrenergic, and cholinergic stimulation

Rat submandibular gland tissue pieces were stimulated in vitro for 30 min with a beta-adrenergic agent or a cyclic AMP analog to stimulate protein secretion, or with alpha-adrenergic or cholinergic agents or a Ca2+ ionophore to stimulate fluid secretion. Acinar cells were examined by transmission electron microscopy. In control tissue, acinar cells showed little evidence of secretory activity. The Golgi apparatus was sparse and was associated with a few small, immature secretory granules with fine fibrillar contents. Following secretory granule discharge stimulated by isoproterenol or dibutyryl cyclic AMP, acinar cells were constricted, and had extensive basolateral membrane folding and tightly packed rough endoplasmic reticulum. Golgi complexes were prominent and had multiple small granules with filamentous contents. After stimulation of fluid secretion by alpha-adrenergic agents (epinephrine, phenylephrine), or cholinergic agents (acetylcholine, carbachol, pilocarpine), or a Ca2+ ionophore (A23187), the Golgi apparatus had compact concave cisternae enclosing aggregates of tubulovesicles. Acinar cells were distended, basolateral membranes were expanded, and rough endoplasmic reticulum was dilated and vesiculated.