抗CCP抗体和抗MCV抗体在RA中的表达及意义

为探讨抗环瓜氨酸肽(cyclic citrullinated peptide, CCP)抗体和抗突变型瓜氨酸波形蛋白(mutated citrullinated vimentin, MCV)抗体在RA中的表达及临床意义,选择185例RA初诊患者作为RA组,70例其他风湿性疾病患者作为疾病对照组,80例健康者作为健康对照组,采用ELISA检测入选对象的血清抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体和RF水平,并监测其治疗前后的浓度变化情况。结果显示,抗CCP抗体和抗MCV抗体在RA组患者中的表达水平显著高于疾病对照组和健康对照组(P0.05);抗CCP抗体和抗MCV抗体诊断RA的灵敏度分别为83.8%和91.4%,诊断RF阴性RA的灵敏度分别为65.2%和81.0%。抗CCP抗体和抗MCV抗体在关节肿胀数 3、Sharp评分 50、DAS28高评分RA患者中的水平明显升高(P0.05),抗MCV抗体水平在CRP 50 mg/L、有关节腔积液的RA患者中明显升高(P0.05)。在RA缓解组中,抗MCV抗体水平在治疗3个月后明显下降(P0.05),抗CCP抗体在治疗6个月后明显下降(P0.05);在RA未缓解组中,抗CCP抗体和抗MCV抗体水平在治疗前后差异均无统计学意义(P 0.05)。提示抗CCP抗体和抗MCV抗体不仅在RA诊断和治疗中有较高的临床意义,两者联合检测还有利于对RA患者骨破坏情况、炎症反应等临床特征进行判断。     

抗CCP抗体、APF在类风湿关节炎诊断中的意义

目的 探讨抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体(抗CCP抗体)、抗核周因子(APF)在类风湿关节炎(RA)诊断中的意义.方法 以2013年6月至2015年8月在我院接受治疗的100例RA患者为观察对象,同时选取100例干燥综合征和100例健康成年人作为对照.观察3组研究对象抗CCP抗体、APF阳性率的差异,比较炎症细胞因子水平的变化,探讨抗CCP抗体、APF联合检测对RA诊断的特异性和灵敏度.结果 3组患者抗CCP抗体、APF阳性率从高到低分别为RA组、干燥综合征组和对照组;3组患者的IL-18、IL-6和hs-CRP水平由高到低分别为RA组、干燥综合征组、对照组;RA患者的抗CCP抗体、APF阳性率与IL-18和hs-CRP水平正相关,而与IL-6水平无明显相关关系;抗CCP抗体、APF联合检测对RA诊断的灵敏度为60.53%,特异性为68.87%,明显高于上述指标单项检测时的灵敏度和特异性.结论 抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体和抗核周因子阳性表达率在类风湿性关节炎患者中较高,并与患者血清炎症细胞因子水平密切相关,且两者联合检测的灵敏度和特异性较高,可作为临床检测的重要指标.     

抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体和类风湿因子在早期类风湿关节炎中的诊断价值

目的探讨抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体和类风湿因子在早期类风湿关节炎中的诊断价值。方法选择于2016年1月至2017年1月期间在我院就诊的早期类风湿关节炎(RA)患者及其他骨关节病患者各40例,并选择40名同期在我院体检的健康人作为研究对象。其中风湿关节炎患者设为RA组,其他骨关节病患者为疾病对照组,健康人为正常对照组。采用免疫透射比浊法、酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)、免疫散射比浊法分别测定三组的抗环瓜氨酸肽(CCP)抗体、抗突变型瓜氨酸波形蛋白(MCV)抗体及IgM型类风湿因子(IgM-RF)水平,比较抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体、IgM-RF单独检测及三个指标联合检测对早期类风湿性关节炎的诊断价值。结果①RA组的抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体、IgM-RF水平均明显高于疾病对照组与正常对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);疾病对照组与正常对照组间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。②RA组的抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体、IgM-RF及联合检测的阳性率均明显高于疾病对照组与正常对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);疾病对照组与正常对照组间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。③联合检测的灵敏度及阴性预测值均明显高于抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体、IgM-RF单独检测,差异具有统计学意义;抗CCP抗体与抗MCV抗体的特异性及阳性预测值均明显高于IgM-RF及联合检测,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论早期RA患者的血清中存在抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体、IgM-RF的高表达,且其灵敏度及特异性均较高,临床上可联合检测抗CCP抗体、抗MCV抗体及IgM-RF,以提高RA的早期诊断率。     

类风湿关节炎六种指标联合检测的临床意义

目的评价分析抗瓜氨酸化波形蛋白(MCV)抗体、抗葡萄糖-6-磷酸异构酶(GPI)抗体等六项指标在类风湿关节炎(RA)患者血清中的表达与疾病的相关性及应用价值。方法收集110例RA、26例SLE、23例强直性脊柱炎(OA)、20例干燥综合征(SS)患者和50名健康人血清标本,用ELISA检测血清中抗MCV、抗GPI和抗环瓜氨酸肽(CCP)抗体水平,采用间接免疫荧光法检测抗角蛋白(AKA)抗体,采用散射比浊法检测类风湿因子(RF)和hs-CRP水平。结果 4种抗体在RA患者组中的阳性率显著高于非RA疾病组和健康对照组。除AKA抗体阳性率较低(41.8%)外,其余抗体在RA组中的阳性率差异无统计学意义。结论抗MCV和抗GPI抗体诊断RA的敏感度最高;抗CCP抗体的特异性最高,AKA抗体具有较高的特异性,但敏感度最低,联合检测可弥补单项抗体检测造成的漏诊。     

抗CCP抗体和AKA在类风湿关节炎诊断的应用价值

目的 比较抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体(抗CCP抗体)和抗角蛋白抗体(AKA)在类风湿关节炎诊断中作用,探讨RA的早期诊断方法.方法 对已确诊的85例RA患者、74例非RA的自身免疫病患者同时测定抗CCP抗体(ELISA法)、AKA(间接免疫荧光检测).结果 抗CCP抗体对诊断RA的灵敏度和特异性分别为75.3％和93.2％;AKA对RA诊断的灵敏度和特异性分别为89.4％和85.14％.抗CCP抗体的灵敏度与AKA灵敏度差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05),特异性差异有统计学意义(P＜0.05);抗CCP抗体或AKA与二者联合检测的灵敏度差异有统计学意义(P＜0.05),特异性差异有统计学意义(P＜0.05).阳性预测值抗CCP抗体较高,阴性预测值以二者联合检测较好,Youden index二者联合检测比单独检测抗CCP抗体或AKA高.抗CCP抗体和AKA在检测RA组中抗CCP抗体和AKA同时阳性检出58例;抗CCP抗体或AKA阳性共检出85例.抗CCP抗体或AKA阳性率(96.5％)比二者同时阳性率(68.2％)大大提高.结论 抗CCP抗体、AKA对RA具有较好的灵敏度和高度的特异性,联合检测抗CCP抗体和AKA可作为早期RA患者及RF阴性RA患者的早期诊断指标.     

抗CCP抗体和RF联检在RA诊疗中的临床价值

目的：研究抗环瓜氨酸肽（anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide,Anti-CCP）（抗CCP抗体）和RF的检测在类风湿关节炎（RA）诊疗中的临床价值。方法：分别用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）、BeckMan全自动蛋白分析仪同时检测早期RA组（病程〈1年）42例,RA组（病程〉1年）40例,非RA对照组40例患者血清抗CCP抗体和RF。结果：早期RA组、RA组的抗CCP抗体、RF阳性率显著高于非RA对照组（P〈0.05）RA组抗CCP水平显著高于早期RA组（P〈0.01）,两者RF无显著差别（P〉0.05）。RA组与早期RA组CCP抗体与RF二者无相关性。结论：联检抗CCP抗体、RF有助于类风湿的早期诊断和预测病情的进展。     

类风湿关节炎患者外周血单个核细胞中PADI4 mRNA的表达及其意义

目的检测类风湿关节炎(RA)患者外周血单个核细胞(PBMCs)肽酰基精氨酸脱亚氨酶4(PADI4)mRNA的表达,分析其与RA患者的临床指标的相关性,探讨PADI4在RA发病机制中的作用及意义。方法实时定量PCR检测RA组(60例)、正常对照组(40例)PBMCs中PADI4 mRNA表达,并分析其与抗环瓜氨酸肽(CCP)抗体、疾病活动指数DAS28评分、C反应蛋白(CRP)、红细胞沉降率(ESR)、类风湿因子(RF)及病程等指标的关系。结果 RA组PADI4 mRNA相对表达[34.6(16.7,70.8)],明显高于正常对照组[20.6(11.1,51.8)](P<0.05)。RA组中PADl4 mRNA表达与抗CCP抗体、DAS28评分水平、ESR、RF呈正相关(r=0.527,P<0.001;r=0.416,P=0.001;r=0.371,P=0.004;r=0.287,P=0.030),与CRP、病程无相关性(r=0.015,P=0.919;r=0.064,P=0.625)。结论 RA病人外周血PBMCs PADI4 mRNA表达显著增高,并与抗CCP抗体水平、DAS28评分、ESR、RF呈正相关,可能是RA病情活动的一个有用的指标,PADI4可能在RA的发病和病理过程中起重要作用。     

抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体在类风湿性关节炎诊断中的应用

目的　探讨抗环瓜氨酸肽 (CCP)抗体检测在类风湿性关节炎 (RA)诊断中的意义。方法　根据cDNA序列人工合成的CCP为抗原 ,用ELISA方法检测 2 18例 (RA 112例 ,非RA 76例及正常人 30例 )血清中的抗CCP抗体 ,并比较抗CCP抗体与类风湿因子 (RF)的相关性。结果　抗CCP抗体在RA组患者血清中的阳性率 4 9.1% ,明显高于非RA组 ( 3.94 % )和正常对照组 ( 0 .0 % ) ,经 χ2 检验P <0 .0 5。抗CCP抗体对诊断RA的敏感性和特异性分别为 4 9.1%、96 .1% ,阳性预测值和阴性预测值为 94 .8%、4 3.8%。在 112例确诊为RA患者的血清中抗CCP抗体与RF重叠阳性率为 85 .4 % ,两者含量呈正相关。结论　抗CCP抗体对RA具有很高的特异性 ,可视为新的RA血清学诊断指标     

抗-CCP抗体、RF与CRP联合检测对类风湿性关节炎早期诊断研究

目的探讨抗环瓜氨酸多肽（抗-CCP）抗体、类风湿因子（RF）与C-反应蛋白（CRP）联合检测在类风湿性关节炎（RA）中的诊断价值。方法采用半定量酶联免疫吸附法和定量免疫散色比浊法分别检测两组人群血清中的抗一CCP抗体、RF与C一反应蛋白（CRP）浓度,并分析上述三指标与RA的相关性。结果抗-CCP抗体诊断RA的特异度为93．5％,灵敏度为72．6％,RF为77．3％和83．4％,CRP为63．6％和82．3％,三者诊断灵敏度和特异度分别高达92．5％和97．6Voo。结论抗-CCP抗体诊断RA的特异度最高,RF的灵敏度最高,而三者联合早期诊断RA效率最好,与单一诊断指标相比具有明显的统计学意义。     

抗MCV在RA中的诊断价值

本文通过分析225例类风湿关节炎（RA）患者血清抗突变型瓜氨酸波形蛋白（anti-mutated citrulfinated vimenfin,抗MCV）、抗环瓜氨酸抗体anti-cyclic citnllinated peptide antibodies,抗CCP）和RF—IgM,以及抗MCV与患者红细胞沉降率（ESR）、C反应蛋白（CRP）以及与病程、晨僵、肿胀关节数、压痛关节数、握力、功能分级和X线分期的相关性,评价抗MCV、抗MCV与抗CCP联检在RA诊断中的意义。     

Renal dysplasia and asplenia in two sibs

A family is reported in which two sibs, one male and the other female, both died within 24 hours of birth with enlarged polycystic kidneys. Postmortem histology in the second child showed gross renal dysplasia. In both children the pancreas was enlarged, nodular and cystic but the liver appeared macroscopically normal. In the second child, histological examination confirmed pancreatic fibrosis with cystic dilation of ducts, but showed portal fibrosis with bile duct proliferation in the liver.
This combination of findings is very reminiscent of those in a girl and her brother reported by Ivemark et al. (1959). The children reported here also showed absence or hypoplasia of the spleen, cardiac anomalies and other features of the Ivemark syndrome (Ivemark 1955), a quite different, usually sporadic, congenital disorder. It is suggested that the children described here have a distinct lethal congenital disorder, probably inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

What will studies of Fulani individuals naturally exposed to malaria teach us about protective immunity to malaria?

There are an estimated over 200 million yearly cases of malaria worldwide. Despite concerted international effort to combat the disease, it still causes approximately half a million deaths every year, the majority of which are young children with Plasmodium falciparum infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Successes are largely attributed to malaria prevention strategies, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor spraying, as well as improved access to existing treatments. One important hurdle to new approaches for the treatment and prevention of malaria is our limited understanding of the biology of Plasmodium infection and its complex interaction with the immune system of its human host. Therefore, the elimination of malaria in Africa not only relies on existing tools to reduce malaria burden, but also requires fundamental research to develop innovative approaches. Here, we summarize our discoveries from investigations of ethnic groups of West Africa who have different susceptibility to malaria.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.     

HLA in North Colombia Chimila Amerindians

HLA-A,-B,-C,-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Chimila Amerindians from Sabana de San Angel (North Colombian Coast) by using high resolution molecular typing. A frequent extended haplotype was found:HLA-A*24:02-B*51:10-C*15:02-BRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 (28.7%) which has also been described in Amerinndian Mayos Mexican population (Mexico, California Gulf, Pacific Ocean). Other haplotypes had already been found in Amerindians from Mexico (Pacific and Atlantic Coast), Peru (highlands and Amazon Basin), Bolivia and North USA. A geographic pattern according to HLA allele or haplotype frequencies is lacking in Amerindians, as already known. Also, five new extended haplotypes were found in Chimila Amerindians. Their HLA-A*24:02 high frequencies characteristic is shared with aboriginal populations of Taiwan; also, HLA-C*01:02 high frequencies are found in New Zealand Maoris, New Caledonians and Kimberly Aborigines from Australia. Finally, this study may show a model of evolutionary factors acting and rising one HLA allele frequency (-A*24:02), but not in others that belong to the same or different HLA loci.     

The case for allele‐specific recognition by the TCR

There is a sharp difference in how one views TCR structure–function–behaviour dependent on whether its recognition of major histocompatibility complex‐encoded restriction elements (R) is germline selected or somatically generated. The generally accepted or Standard model is built on the assumption that recognition of R is by the V regions of the αβ TCR, which is not driven by allele specificity, whereas the competing model posits that recognition of R is allele‐specific. The establishing of allele‐specific recognition of R by the TCR would rule out the Standard model and clear the road to a consideration of a competing construct, the Tritope model. Here, the case for allele‐specific recognition (germline selected) is detailed making it obvious that the Standard model is untenable.