皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤患者的人类T淋巴细胞白血病病毒Ⅰ型感染

目的　研究皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤 (CTCL)患者中是否存在人类T淋巴细胞白血病病毒Ⅰ型 (HTLV Ⅰ )的感染。方法　检测CTCL患者血清中的HTLV Ⅰ抗体以及患者外周血细胞和活检标本中的前病毒DNA。结果　PCR法检测CTCL患者外周血样 5 7例 ,其中HTLV Ⅰ前病毒DNA阳性患者 6例 ;ELISA法检测CTCL患者 5 4例 ,其中 1例为可疑阳性 ;Western印迹法检测CTCL患者 18例 ,其中HTLV Ⅰ抗体阳性者 4例 ,此 4例患者前病毒DNAPCR结果也为阳性。结论　皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤患者存在HTLV Ⅰ病毒感染 ,CTCL与HTLV Ⅰ有一定的关系。HTLV Ⅰ病毒感染可能是CTCL发病的诱因之一。     

Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus testing after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

OBJECTIVE: To compare current cytological follow up of women treated for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) with follow up by high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) testing together with cytology. DESIGN: A cost-effectiveness modelling study. SETTING: Gynaecology clinics in the Netherlands. POPULATION: Women treated for high-grade CIN. METHODS: A Markov model was developed to compare six follow-up strategies with HPV testing with current cytological follow up at 6, 12, and 24 months. Model parameter estimation was based on three Dutch follow-up studies and a Dutch population-based screening cohort. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The number of CIN2/3 cases missed after 5 years follow up, the number of diagnostic procedures, and costs involved. RESULTS: Strategies with adjunct HPV testing were more effective than current follow up (reduction in missed CIN2/3 cases 32-77%, corresponding to a number needed to treat of 192-455) and less inconvenient (reduction in repeat smears 28-65%). A particularly attractive strategy was HPV testing alone at 6 months and both HPV and cytological testing at 24 months after treatment. This strategy yielded a high detection rate of post-treatment CIN, did not lead to an increase in colposcopy rate, and was 49 Euro per woman cheaper than the current strategy. CONCLUSIONS: Our model supports the use of high-risk HPV testing for monitoring women treated for high-grade CIN.     

淋巴细胞恶性疾病HTLV-Ⅰ抗原及抗体的测定分析

本文以间接免疫萤光法测定96例淋巴细胞恶性患者血清中抗人T细胞白血病病毒Ⅰ型(HTLV—1)抗体。其中,80例急性淋巴细胞白血病;12例非何杰金氏淋巴瘤;4例慢性淋巴细胞白血病。发现一例成人抗HTLV—1抗体阳性,抗体滴度1:80,阳性率1.04％。並在培养细胞中检出HTLV—1抗原阳性细胞,前后两次阳性率分别为1.7～1.5％(P>0.05)。确诊病人已感染本病毒,提示HTLV—1已传入江西。认为测定HTLV—1抗原比抗体更重要,可用于早期确诊及游行病学调查。     

医疗仪器的人因工程学设计

人因工程学是一门边缘性应用科学，对医疗仪器的设计有重要的指导作用；本文论述了医疗仪器设计中必须考虑的人因工程学因素，包括人体对作业负荷的耐受性、人体尺度、人体的生物力学特性、人的适宜劳动姿势、人机界面、作业空间、安全性和维修性等。     

反式二羟环氧苯并芘对人支气管上皮细胞中HER2/neu基因表达的影响

目的探讨环境致癌物苯并(a)芘代谢物反式二羟环氧苯并芘(BPDE)对人支气管上皮细胞HER2/neu基因表达的影响。方法利用半定量RT-PCR、SYBR GreenI实时定量RT-PCR(QRT-PCR)、Western blot及免疫细胞化学方法分别检测经2.0μmol/L反式BPDE诱发人支气管上皮细胞恶性转化细胞(16HBE-T)与对照DMSO溶剂组未恶性转化细胞(16HBE-N)之间HER2/neu基因mRNA和蛋白表达水平的差异,及两组细胞内HER2/neu蛋白表达定位分析。结果经几种不同方法检测反式BPDE恶性转化人支气管上皮细胞中HER2/neu基因mRNA和蛋白水平都比对照溶剂组细胞(16HBE-N)表达显著升高(P<0.05)。HER2/neu蛋白定位在胞膜。结论反式BPDE诱发人支气管上皮细胞恶性转化存在HER2/neu表达增高,其可能与原癌基因HER2/neu被激活作用有关。     

In vitro growth of epithelial cells from mucosa derived from different regions of the gastrointestinal tract

Attempts have been made to culture the mucosa from various parts of the gastrointestinal tract. In this study, using an explant culture method, epithelial cells have been successfully cultured from all major regions of the gastrointestinal tract. The success rate, as judged by outgrowth of epithelial cells for at least 4 weeks, varied with the tissue studied with 19/50 colonic biopsies, 5/11 small intestinal biopsies, 9/12 stomach biopsies and 42/47 gallbladder biopsies yielding outgrowth of epithelial cells. Differentiation of the epithelial cells along the mucus cell pathway could be demonstrated on the monolayer cultures using Periodic acid Schiff or Alcian blue staining. Because the cultures were very heterogeneous and many morphological cell types were present in most cultures, differentiation along the other known differentiation pathways of the gastrointestinal mucosa, such as development of absorptive cells and endocrine cells, could not be excluded.
The problem of bacterial contamination, which has hindered previous studies on tissue from these sites, was overcome by decontaminating the biopsy by soaking in dilute sodium hypochlorite (0.04%).     

Nurse Migration from a Source Country Perspective: Philippine Country Case Study

Objectives. To describe nurse migration patterns in the Philippines and their benefits and costs.
Principal Findings. The Philippines is a job-scarce environment and, even for those with jobs in the health care sector, poor working conditions often motivate nurses to seek employment overseas. The country has also become dependent on labor migration to ease the tight domestic labor market. National opinion has generally focused on the improved quality of life for individual migrants and their families, and on the benefits of remittances to the nation. However, a shortage of highly skilled nurses and the massive retraining of physicians to become nurses elsewhere has created severe problems for the Filipino health system, including the closure of many hospitals. As a result, policy makers are debating the need for new policies to manage migration such that benefits are also returned to the educational institutions and hospitals that are producing the emigrant nurses.
Conclusions and Recommendations. There is new interest in the Philippines in identifying ways to mitigate the costs to the health system of nurse emigration. Many of the policy options being debated involve collaboration with those countries recruiting Filipino nurses. Bilateral agreements are essential for managing migration in such a way that both sending and receiving countries derive benefit from the exchange.     

Inhaled allergen-driven CD1c up-regulation and enhanced antigen uptake by activated human respiratory-tract dendritic cells in atopic asthma

Background Dendritic cells (DC) mediate inflammation in rodent models of allergic airway disease, but the role played by human respiratory‐tract DC (hRTDC) in atopic asthma remains poorly defined. Recent data suggest that CD1 antigen presentation by hRTDC may contribute to asthma pathogenesis. Objective To investigate the influence of hRTDC on the balance between atopy and allergic asthma in human subjects and to determine whether CD1 expression by hRTDC is modulated during asthmatic inflammation. Methods Sputum cells were induced from steroid‐naïve, allergen‐challenged and allergen‐naïve subjects (atopic asthmatics, atopic non‐asthmatics and non‐atopic controls). hRTDC were identified using monoclonal antibody labelling and analysis by flow cytometry. Results hRTDC stained HLA‐DR⁺ (negative for markers of other cell lineages) were predominantly myeloid and comprised ∼0.5% of viable sputum cells. Sputum cells were potent stimulators of allogeneic CD4⁺ naïve T cells and enrichment/depletion experiments correlated stimulatory potency with DC numbers. Sputum contained cells that exhibited typical dendritic morphology when analysed by electron microscopy. Myeloid hRTDC were endocytically active, but uptake of FITC‐dextran was enhanced in cells from asthmatics (P<0.001). Despite their increased endocytic capacity, asthmatic myeloid hRTDC appeared mature and expressed increased levels of maturation markers (P<0.05–P<0.001), CD1c, CD1d and langerin (P<0.05). CD1c expression by asthmatic myeloid hRTDC was enhanced upon in vivo allergen challenge (three to ninefold within 24 h; P<0.05). CD11c⁻CD123^high hRTDC were only detected in asthmatic sputum and were increased in number following allergen challenge. Conclusion Despite limited cell numbers, it proved possible to analyse human RTDC in induced sputum, providing evidence that increased antigen uptake and enhanced CD1 presentation by activated hRTDC may contribute to allergic airway disease. CD1 presentation by hRTDC in atopic asthma may therefore constitute a novel target for future intervention strategies.