FasL的表达在结直肠癌免疫逃逸中的意义

目的研究结直肠癌中Fas配体（FasL）的表达及其在结直肠癌免疫逃逸中的意义。方法采用免疫组织化学染色法，检测80例结直肠癌组织中FasL表达及肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞（TIL）的数量。应用原位杂交法，检测80例结直肠癌组织连续切片的FasL的。RNA的表达。采用脱氧核糖核酸末端转移酶介导的缺口末端标记技术（TUNEL），对80例结直肠癌组织中凋亡的TIL及肿瘤细胞进行观察。结果80例结直肠癌组织FasL表达程度不等，不论是在同一组织切片不同部位或两组织切片间相比，FasL表达程度和范围都不均匀。FasL的mRNA的表达部位与FasL蛋白的表达部位相对应。FasL表达程度高的组织的TIL计数低于FasL表达低的组织（P〈0．05），同时其TIL凋亡指数高于FasL表达低的组织，而结直肠癌细胞的凋亡指数低于FasL表达程度低的组织（P〈0．01），TIL凋亡指数与胃癌细胞的凋亡指数呈负相关（r=-0．631，P〈0．01）。结论全占直肠癌细胞可通过表达FasL，诱导TIL发生凋亡，反击机体免疫系统，这可能是结直肠癌免疫逃避的重要机制之一。     

Allogeneic bone marrow stromal cells promote glial–axonal remodeling without immunologic sensitization after stroke in rats

We evaluated the effects of allogeneic bone marrow stromal cell treatment of stroke on functional outcome, glial–axonal architecture, and immune reaction. Female Wistar rats were subjected to 2 h of middle cerebral artery occlusion. Rats were injected intravenously with PBS, male allogeneic ACI – or syngeneic Wistar –bone marrow stromal cells at 24 h after ischemia and sacrificed at 28 days. Significant functional recovery was found in both cell-treated groups compared to stroke rats that did not receive BMSCs, but no difference was detected between allogeneic and syngeneic cell-treated rats. No evidence of T cell priming or humoral antibody production to marrow stromal cells was found in recipient rats after treatment with allogeneic cells. Similar numbers of Y-chromosome⁺ cells were detected in the female rat brains in both groups. Significantly increased thickness of individual axons and myelin, and areas of the corpus callosum and the numbers of white matter bundles in the striatum were detected in the ischemic boundary zone of cell-treated rats compared to stroked rats. The areas of the contralateral corpus callosum significantly increased after cell treatment compared to normal rats. Processes of astrocytes remodeled from hypertrophic star-like to tadpole-like shape and oriented parallel to the ischemic regions after cell treatment. Axonal projections emanating from individual parenchymal neurons exhibited an overall orientation parallel to elongated radial processes of reactive astrocytes of the cell-treated rats. Allogeneic and syngeneic bone marrow stromal cell treatment after stroke in rats improved neurological recovery and enhanced reactive oligodendrocyte and astrocyte related axonal remodeling with no indication of immunologic sensitization in adult rat brain.     

CARD15 in inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn''s disease phenotypes: An association study and pooled analysis

BACKGROUND: Three major polymorphisms of the Caspase-Activation Recruitment Domain containing protein 15 gene have been described to be associated with Crohn's disease. Genotype-phenotype studies reported in literature provide conflicting data on disease localisation and behaviour. We investigated the relation of Caspase-Activation Recruitment Domain containing protein 15 with inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn's disease phenotypic characteristics in a large Dutch cohort and performed a pooled analysis on inflammatory bowel disease patients and Crohn's disease phenotypic characteristics reported in association studies. METHODS: We genotyped 781 cases and 315 controls for the R702W, G908R and 1007fsinsC variants and for six microsatellite markers in and close to Caspase-Activation Recruitment Domain containing protein 15. In the pooled analysis data of 7201 inflammatory bowel disease patients and 3720 controls from 20 studies were included. RESULTS: Association was found for Crohn's disease with R702W and 1007fsinsC, including several disease characteristics, and not for ulcerative colitis. In the pooled analysis all three common Caspase-Activation Recruitment Domain containing protein 15 variants showed strong association with Crohn's disease (p<0.00001; odds ratio varying from 3.0 for single heterozygotes to 14.7 for compound heterozygotes) and not with ulcerative colitis. Phenotype analysis showed association with small bowel involvement, stricturing and penetrating disease. CONCLUSION: Caspase-Activation Recruitment Domain containing protein 15 is associated with Crohn's disease and not with ulcerative colitis. All three common Crohn's disease-associated variants are associated with small bowel involvement, the G908R and 1007fsinsC alleles also being associated with a complicated disease course.     

血小板第4因子对辐射损伤小鼠免疫功能的保护作用

目的：探讨血小板第4因子（plateletfactor4，PF4）对辐射损伤小鼠免疫系统的影响。方法：雄性BALB／c小鼠随机分为3组，第1组（单纯照射组）、第Ⅱ组（PF4保护组）、第Ⅲ组（正常对照组），第Ⅱ组在照射前26h及20h腹腔注射PF440μg／kg，全身一次性5Gy60Co—γ射线照射后瑞氏染色法计数外周血淋巴细胞百分数。胸腺、脾脏制成细胞悬液计数后，MTT比色法测定胸腺及脾细胞增殖能力。结果：第Ⅱ组小鼠外周血淋巴细胞百分数下降趋势较第1组明显减慢。胸腺、脾细胞计数，第Ⅱ组明显高于第1组。淋巴细胞增殖试验，第Ⅱ组与第1组相比，小鼠胸腺及脾细胞的增殖能力明显增强。结论：PF4对免疫系统有辐射保护作用，可明显增强辐射损伤小鼠的免疫功能。     

Long‐standing ulcerative colitis complicated by right subclavian artery occlusion and upper limbs arteriolitis with digital ischemia

A 48‐year‐old male patient with long‐standing ulcerative colitis since February 2001 which was diagnosed by endoscopy, developed acute digital ischemia affecting both hands with fixed colour changes in the left index finger which was followed shortly by digital ulceration. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of both upper limbs showed evidence of vasculitis affecting digital arterioles on both sided and right subclavian occlusion. The patient received pulse methylprednisolone followed by cyclophosphamide pulse therapy, the latter continuing on a monthly basis for 6 months with appreciable improvement and remission of the vasculitic process; follow‐up MRA showed reperfusion of the previously occluded subcalvian artery. To the authors’ knowledge vasculitis complicating the course of ulcerative colitis is a rare association and is only sporadically reported in the literature. This rare entity should be diagnosed early and aggressively treated; MRA is a very promising diagnostic tool that is suitable for both diagnosis and follow‐up of patients with this rare entity.     

供者特异性抗原静脉输注联合抗γ链单克隆抗体诱导小鼠皮肤移植物免疫耐受

目的　探讨静脉输注供者特异性抗原联合抗白细胞介素2受体(IL 2R)γ链单克隆抗体诱导移植免疫耐受的可行性。方法　在C57BL/6小鼠建立H Y皮肤移植模型,术前7 d给予5×106个供者脾细胞静脉输注,并分别于术前6 d和4 d给予抗白细胞介素2受体γ链单克隆抗体(4G3、3E12及TUGm2各0.5 mg)和抗IL 2Rβ单克隆抗体(TM β1,0.5 mg)混合液2.0 mg腹腔注射,以单纯行H Y皮肤移植模型和静脉输注供者特异性抗原的H Y皮肤移植模型为对照,观察皮肤移植物的存活时间。结果　联合给予抗白细胞介素2受体γ链单克隆抗体和供者特异性抗原输注组的皮肤移植物存活时间均超过100 d,显著长于单纯H Y皮肤移植组的33.42 d(P<0.01)及仅输注供者特异性抗原H Y皮肤移植组的14.71 d(P<0.01)。结论　在H Y皮肤移植模型中,静脉输注供者特异性抗原联合抗白细胞介素2受体γ链单克隆抗体可以成功地诱导受者对皮肤移植物的免疫耐受。     

中西药物保留灌肠合并针灸治疗溃疡性结肠炎的临床研究

目的 观察中西药物保留灌肠合并针灸治疗溃疡性结肠炎(UC)的疗效.方法 对确诊的63例UC患者随机分为两组,治疗组(32例)用中西药物150 mL睡前保留灌肠合并针灸治疗,每日1次,疗程4周;对照组(31例)用强的松龙100 mg、庆大霉素16万u加生理盐水150 mL睡前保留灌肠,每日1次,疗程4周.然后比较疗效.结果 治疗组疗效明显高于对照组,总有效率分别为96.9%和77.4%,1年复发率分别为9.37%和25.8% (P<0.05).两组差异有统计学意义.结论 中西药物保留灌肠合并针灸治疗UC疗效显著,复发率低,有临床应用价值.     

N-3 fatty acids only delay early relapse of ulcerative colitis in remission

Relapse prevention by dietary n-3 fatty acids (5.1 g/day) was studied in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 64 patients with ulcerative colitis in remission and off steroids. 5-ASA compounds were stopped three months after randomization and clinical disease activity monitored for two years. Macroscopic and histologic activity and extension was assessed by colonoscopy at entry and at exit. Both treatment groups were well matched at start. Nine patients on placebo and eight on n-3 fatty acids stopped taking their medication prematurely. Actuarial relapse-free survival was improved by n-3 fatty acids only during months 2 and 3 (2P<0.05–0.01), but cumulative relapse rate at two years was similar for those taking placebo (18/33=55%) and n-3 fatty acids (18/31=58%). There was also no consistent difference in clinical, macroscopic, and histologic disease activity between treatment groups. The n-3 fatty acids temporarily retard, but do not prevent, relapse of ulcerative colitis.     

C3d及荷C3d免疫复合物的测定与意义

用抗人Ｃ３和抗人ＩｇＧγ球蛋白组分作固相反应物，建立了检测补体活化片段Ｃ３ｄ及荷Ｃ３ｄ－ＩＣ的ＥＬＩＳＡ法，并对临床各类疾病患者血清Ｃ３ｄ和Ｃ３ｄ－ＩＣ的水平进行了测定，结果表明：慢性肾炎，ＳＬＥ，慢性乙肝及肺炎患者血清Ｃ３ｄ总体水平均较对照组显著增高，分别有５８．５％～７２．２％的病人Ｃ３ｄ含量高于正常上限（Ｐ〈０．０１），且该类病人亦有较高的Ｃ３ｄ－ＩＣ阳性检出率（肺炎患者例外）本项研究中，Ｃ