小儿早期睾丸卵黄囊瘤12例报告

目的：提高对小儿早期睾丸卵黄囊瘤的诊断与治疗水平。方法：回顾性分析12例小儿早期睾丸卵黄囊瘤的病例资料。结果：12例患者术前行阴囊B超示睾丸增大，内部回声不均匀，7例可见睾丸内积液改变；甲胎蛋白(AFP)值均明显升高。12例均行根治性睾丸切除术，术后行病理检查确诊。术前、术后均未行化疗，9例随诊5年未见复发，2002年就诊的3例目前未见复发症状。结论：小儿早期睾丸卵黄囊瘤可根据相关检查结果，结合病理检查确诊。治疗方法为行根治性睾丸切除，可不作化疗，预后较好。     

Food-induced contact urticaria syndrome (CUS) in atopic dermatitis: reproducibility of repeated and duplicate testing with a skin provocation test, the skin application food test (SAFT)

IgE-mediated contact urticaria syndrome (CUS) is one of the manifestations of allergy in childhood atopic dermatitis (AD). Allergens such as foods and animal products penetrate the skin easily. They can then cause urticarial reactions in sensitized individuals. A provocation test system for foods, called the skin application food test (SAFT), has been developed. Over more than 5 years, a group of 175 patients with AD was built-up and investigated in a prospective follow-up study with SAFT. SAFT was more frequently positive in AD children aged 6–2 years than in older children. In several children of this population (Group 1), we repeated SAFT within a period of 1 year. In another unrelated group of children (Group 2–1), we compared the results of 'original' SAFT and SAFT using square chambers (Van der Bend) or Silver patches. In the 3rd group (Group 2–2) we compared'original' SAFT with SAFT using big Finn Chambers. The agreement between the tests was high: in Group 1, we observed 88 to 93% concordant scores, and in Group 2, the scores were 96% to 100%. Statistically, the K coefficient ranged from 0.71–0.87 in Group 1, and from 0.83–1.00 in Group 2. SAFT is therefore highly reproducible. Agreement was at least 88% between the scores (the lowest K value observed was at least 0.71).     

Fibrate for treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis

Recent studies of the effectiveness of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) therapy in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) reported that UDCA therapy did not necessarily stop the progression of liver fibrosis in all patients, even those with early stage PBC. Thus, there is a need for more effective treatments that could prevent asymptomatic PBC from progressing to the icteric stage. Bezafibrate is effective in approximately two-thirds of non-icteric patients who have not shown a complete response to UDCA. Serum bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase and γ-guanosine 5'-triphosphate levelswere significantly lower in patients who responded to additional bezafibrate on univariate analysis. The putative mechanism by which bezafibrate acts in cholestasis is by increasing phospholipid output into bile, which forms micelles with the hydrophobic bile acid that reduces its toxicity.     

Active surfactant in pharyngeal aspirates of term neonates: lipid biochemistry and surface tension function

Alveolar surfactant is well known for its ability to reduce minimal surface tension at the alveolar air–liquid interface to values below 5 mN m^?1. In addition, it has been suggested that surfactant is also present in the airways, particularly in the perinatal period. We isolated surfactant from pharyngeal aspirates obtained from 33 neonates immediately after delivery and analysed it for both phospholipid (PL) composition and surface tension function. PL classes and phosphatidylcholine (PC) molecular species were determined by normal and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), respectively. Static and dynamic surface properties of the surfactant were studied in a pulsating bubble surfactometer. Sample volume was 1.3 ± 0.5 mL (mean ± SD) with a total amount of 2.5 ± 1.3 μmol of PL and a concentration of 2.1 ± 1.0 μmol mL^?1 PL. HPLC analyses of PL classes revealed a composition identical with surfactant prepared from alveolar washes, i.e. PC 83.6 ± 2.1%, sphingomyelin 1.4 ± 0.5%, phosphatidylglycerol 8.1 ± 1.6%, phosphatidylethanolamine 2.1 ± 0.5% and phosphatidylinositol 2.6 ± 1.1%. Thin-layer chromatography showed almost identical results but was more time-consuming and needed more material for analysis. Analysis of PC molecular species revealed a composition typical of human alveolar surfactant with 54.7 ± 3.9% dipalmitoyl PC, 10.3 ± 1.9% palmitoyloleoyl PC and 9.1 ± 1.5% palmitoylmyristoyl PC. Minimal surface tension fell to values below 5 mN m^?1 within 5 min of cycling in all subjects. The methods used in this study allowed for complete PL and surface tension analyses of surfactant obtained during routine pharyngeal suctioning after delivery at term. Whether they are also applicable to preterm neonates with respiratory distress remains to be determined.     

易善复加丹参治疗病毒性肝炎合并脂肪肝疗效观察

目的　评价易善复加丹参在病毒性肝炎合并脂肪肝的临床疗效。方法　选择病毒性肝炎合并脂肪肝 98例 ,随机分成治疗组和对照组 ,治疗组 68例 ,应用易善复加丹参治疗 ,疗程 3个月。结果　治疗组血脂 (TC、TG)、肝功能 (ALT、γ -GT)、B超脂肪肝图象及临床症状等项目的改善均明显优于对照组 (P <0 .0 1～ 0 .0 5) ,且无明显副作用。结论　易善复加丹参治疗病毒性肝炎合并脂肪肝对促进肝脏脂肪代谢、降低血脂、修复损伤的肝细胞 ,且阻止或改善肝纤维化均有明显的功效     

亚麻子对鸡蛋黄及鸡体内DHA含量的影响

为了研究亚麻子对鸡蛋黄以及鸡体内二十二碳六烯酸 (DHA)含量的影响 ,用添加亚麻子的饲料喂养蛋鸡(剂量组 ) 1 0周后 ,用气相色谱法检测鸡蛋黄和鸡体内DHA的含量。结果显示 ,与对照组相比 ,剂量组鸡蛋黄中α 亚麻酸 (ALA)和DHA的含量呈明显上升趋势 ,并发现剂量组蛋鸡的肝脏、脑中DHA含量也相应增加。提示亚麻子对于开发新型的保健食品具有一定价值     

一氧化氮与胚胎异常发育的相关性研究

为了解开一氧化氮（ＮＯ）是否与畸胎发生有关这一谜团和进一步阐明砷致畸作用机理，本实验应用诱生型ＮＯ合成酶（ｉＮＯＳ）组织化学、扫描电镜（ＳＥＭ）及体内致畸试验等方法研究了砷对小鼠卵黄囊胎盘（ＹＳＰ）和胚胎发育的影响。结果表明ＹＳＰ细胞ｉＮＯＳ表达与砷浓度之间存在明显的剂量—反应关系（Ｐ＜０．０５）；ＳＥＭ观察可见ＹＳＰ内皮层和间皮层细胞受损；光镜下可见ＹＳＰ变小、萎缩和微血管分化不良；随着染毒剂量的升高，畸胎率和死胎率亦逐步增加，最高分别达到５６．８％和２４．７％；畸胎的主要表现是神经管未闭，心包积液和体位异常等。研究结果率先提示过量ＮＯ与畸胎发生及致畸机理关系密切；推荐在致畸研究中ｉＮＯＳ可作为一种有效的生物标志物。     

Ultrastructure of a two-cell human embryo

Summary A two-cell human embryo recovered from the Fallopian tube 82 h following the LH peak in plasma and 37 h after a single episode of intercourse was examined by transmission electron microscopy. At the time of recovery the embryo was denuded of cumulus cells, and both the zona pellucida and the two adjoining blastomeres were intact. The finding of two polar bodies in the perivitelline space, two nucleated blastomeres and remnants of the fertilizing sperm tail within the cytoplasm of one of them, were considered as evidences that the embryo was normally fertilized. Among the most compicuous features found were the presence of very distinct desmosome-like structure between blastomeres, and the cytoplasmic cell organelles distribution in three areas referred as: a sub-cortical, a middle and a perinuclear bands. An outstanding feature was the extensive blebbing of the nuclear envelope. In general, the features seem to correspond to a normally developing two-cell embryo undergoing cleavage at a normal rate.     

The relative utilization of eicosapentaenoic and arachidonic acids by the 1-acylgycerophosphorylcholine and the 1-acylglycerophosphorylinositol acyltransferase pathways in human platelet microsomes

The relative entry of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and arachidonic acid (AA) via 1-acylglycerophosphorylcholine and 1-acylglycerophosphorylinositol acyltransferase activity into phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylinositol (PI), respectively, was studied in human platelets. A known mixture of [¹⁴C]EPA and [³H]AA along with an acyl-CoA generating system and lyso-acceptor phospholipids were incubated with a platelet mixed membrane preparation. The radioactivities in the products were determined following lipid extraction and thin-layer chromatographic separations. The [³H]AA/[¹⁴C]EPA ratios in the products, PC and PI, indicated some preference of both acyltransferase pathways for EPA over AA at 50 μM exogenously-added lysoPC or lysoPI. Altering the concentration of lysoPC (10–50 μM) did not significantly affect the selectivity for EPA. In contrast, reducing the concentration of lysoPI from 50 μM to 10 μM changed the selectivity of the acyltransferase pathway from favouring EPA to slightly favouring AA. The presence of a mixture of lysoPC and lysoPI resulted in a partitioning of EPA more towards PC and less towards PI which may account, in some part, for the greater AA/EPA mass ratio observed in the PI from human subjects consuming fish oil. The magnitude of the differences between PC and PI in their AA/EPA mass ratios observed in vivo, however, cannot be explained by the selectivity demonstrated herein by the acyltransferase pathways.