血管紧张素转换酶基因多态性与冠心病关系的研究

目的：探讨血管紧张素转换酶（ACE）基因多态性与冠心病及冠状动脉病变支数的关系。方法：应用PCR扩增ACE基因的16内含子上的287bp插入／缺失片段，确定ACE基因型。在各组间进行基因型和等位基因频率的比较，采用多因素逐步logistic回归分析ACE的DD基因型及其他易患因素对冠心病的作用。用冠状动脉造影标准确诊冠心病。结果：（1）冠心病组ACE的DD基因型和D等位基因频率均高于对照组（x^2分别为16．04，16．08；P均＜0．01）。D等位基因与冠心病的关联性较高（隐性作用时OR＝2．15，P＜0．01，显性作用时OR＝2．84，P＜0．01）。（2）冠状动脉单支，双支，三支病变组之间，ACE基因型分布和D等位基因频率均一致（x^2分别为1．50，1．06，P均＞0．05）。（3）多因素逐步logistic回归分析，排除公认的冠心病危险因素后，ACE的DD基因型仍是冠心病的危险因素。结论：（1）ACE基因多态性与冠心病有相关性；（2）ACE基因型分布和D等位基因频率与冠状动脉病变支数无关；（3）ACE的DD基因型是冠心病的独立危险因素。     

儿茶酚-邻-甲基转移酶基因多态性与强迫症

目的：探索儿茶酚-邻-甲基转移酶(COMT)基因多态性同强迫症临床特征的关系。方法：采用聚合酶链反应扩增技术与限制性片段长度多态(PCR-RFLP)测定120例强迫症(OCD)患者和130例健康对照者的基因型；根据Yale-Brown强迫量表评分将强迫症划分亚型。结果：强迫症患者COMT基因型与等位基因分布与健康对照者之间无显著差异；强迫行为组与强迫思想组的COMT基因型分布存在差异；G／A基因型多见于强迫行为组。结论：COMT基因多态可能对强迫症的发病没有直接的作用，但G／A基因型可能对症状是否表现为强迫动作有一定的影响。     

IL-1B-31及IL-1RN基因多态性与胃癌易感性关系

目的：研究白细胞介素1B基因(IL-1B)启动子区域-31位点和白细胞介素1受体拮抗剂基因(IL-1RN)多态性在中国南方人群胃癌患者与健康对照中的分布，初步探讨其各基因型与胃癌的关联性。方法：收集285例胃癌患者与265例健康人群的外周血标本和流行病学调查资料，提取基因组DNA，IL-1RN基因型采用PCR方法直接确定。IL-1B基因采用PCR—RFLP方法分型。结果：IL-1RN基因有5种基因型，分别是1／1、1／2、1／3、1／4、2／2型，其频率在病例组中分别为81．9％、14．6％、7．0％、1．8％和1．1％。而在对照组中分别为81．6％、16．5％、0、0．8％和1．2％。各基因型在病例与对照组中分布没有显著性差异。IL-1B基因-31位点3种基因型C／C、C／T、T／T在胃癌病例组中频率分别为21．8％、48．6％和29．6％。而在对照组中分别为27．9％、48．8％和23．3％。与C／C型比较，携带T／T基因型者胃癌发生的危险性增加63．3％(OR=1．633，95％CI=1．014～2．628)。这一危险性在高年龄组、男性、饮酒、HP感染阳性、有癌症家族史的人中更为显著。结论：IL-1B基因启动子区域-31位点多态性可能与该人群胃癌易感性相关；未发现IL-1。RN基因多态性与胃癌易感性关联。     

基于混合遗传算法的心脏病决策支持系统研究

将遗传算法和 BP算法相结合 ,建立了一个基于混合遗传算法的心脏病决策支持系统来鉴别诊断五种常见心脏病 (冠心病 ,高血压性心脏病 ,风湿性心脏病 ,慢性肺原性心脏病和先天性心脏病 )。一个含有 35 2份心脏病的数据库用来构建和测试了该系统。实验结果表明 ,构建的系统对这五种心脏病均有较好的诊断识别率 ,系统的平均识别准确性达 90 .6 % ,各疾病的用户准确性和程序准确性均大于 85 .0 % ,表现出良好的心脏病的临床诊断决策支持能力     

Huntington’s Disease Genetics

Summary:Huntington’s disease (HD) is a dominantly transmitted neurodegenerative disorder with wide variation in onset age but with an average age at onset of 40 years. Children of HD gene carriers have a 50% chance of inheriting the disease. The characteristic symptoms of HD are involuntary choreiform movements, cognitive impairment, mood disorders, and behavioral changes which are chronic and progressive over the course of the illness. HD is a “trinucleotide repeat” disorder, which is caused by an increase in the number of CAG repeats in the HD gene. Repeats of 40 or larger are associated with disease expression, whereas repeats of 26 and smaller are normal. Intermediate numbers of repeats, between 27 and 35, are not associated with disease expression but may expand in paternal transmission, resulting in the disease in descendents. Repeats of 36–39 are associated with reduced penetrance whereby some develop HD and others do not. The identification of the genetic defect in HD permits direct genetic testing for the presence of the gene alteration responsible for the disease. Tests may be performed in three circumstances: (1) confirmation of diagnosis, (2) predictive testing of persons at genetic risk for inheriting HD, and (3) prenatal testing. Testing is widely available and much experience has been gained with protocols that assist the individual in making an informed choice about test options, and minimize the occurrence of adverse emotional outcomes.     

雌激素及其受体对心血管系统保护作用实验研究进展

雌激素对心血管系统具有重要的保护作用。雌激素及其受体主要通过调节血管舒张功能、抑制血管平滑肌细胞增殖和迁移以及影响肾素 -血管紧张素等介导这一保护作用。但临床上雌激素替代治疗尚未得到肯定 ,需进一步研究     

A biometrical genetic approach to chromosome analysis inDrosophila: Detection of epistatic interactions in geotaxis

Chromosome analysis has been widely used as a first step in eclucidating the genetic architecture of several behaviors ofDrosophila melanogaster. These chromosome studies have generally used incomplete designs or fairly simple statistical analyses. Here I reanalyze two data sets on geotaxis from Pyle (1978) and Ksander (1966) using a biometrical genetic design. Results from the biometrical genetic reanalysis suggest that individual differences in geotaxis might be due to genes on all three major chromosomes which show extensive epistatic interactions.     

Acetylator polymorphism in multiple sclerosis

To elucidate whether any relationship exists between genetic polymorphic acetylation and the risk for multiple sclerosis (MS), we determined this polymorphism, using sulphamethazine, in 71 patients with definite MS and in 268 age-matched controls. Thirty-seven patients (52.1%) and 151 controls (56.3%) were classified as slow acetylators (not significant difference). No relation was found between acetylator polymorphism and age at onset of disease in MS patient's group. Our results do not support the existence of any relationship between acetylator polymorphism and the risk for MS.     

No evidence for association between the −112G/A polymorphism of UGRP1 and childhood atopic asthma

BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to asthma is known to involve genetic factors. Genome-wide screens have indicated that the chromosome 5q31-q34 region is linked to and/or associated with asthma. A new gene, named UGRP1 and reported by Niimi et al., encodes uteroglobin-related protein and is expressed in the lung and trachea. Niimi et al. showed the -112G/A polymorphism of the UGRP1 gene to be associated with asthma in a case-control study. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to replicate this association and confirm the possible role of the UGRP1-112G/A polymorphism in the aetiology of childhood asthma in a Japanese population. METHODS AND RESULTS: We conducted a transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) in 131 families identified through paediatric patients being treated for asthma. A case-control study was also carried out by comparing the probands and 137 unrelated non-atopic non-asthmatic Japanese children and 211 unrelated healthy Japanese adults. The -112G/A polymorphism was genotyped by the PCR-RFLP method. The TDT revealed that the -112A allele was not preferentially transmitted to asthma-affected children (P=0.85). Neither the presence of at least one A allele in an individual's genotype (sum of the G/A and A/A genotypes) nor the -112A allele was more prevalent among the asthma subjects than among the control subjects. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that the UGRP1-112G/A polymorphism does not play a substantial role in genetic predisposition to childhood asthma in this Japanese population.