仙灵骨葆对骨质疏松性骨折骨痂血管形成的影响

背景：骨质疏松对骨折愈合早期的影响尚存争议,仙灵骨葆对骨质疏松性骨折愈合的影响及其机制尚有待深入研究。 目的：观察骨质疏松对大鼠股骨干骨折愈合的影响,以及仙灵骨葆对骨质疏松性骨折愈合的作用。 方法：将50只雌性12周龄Sprague-Dawley大鼠随机分成5组：假手术组、骨折组、去卵巢组、去卵巢+骨折组及治疗组,后3组切除大鼠双侧卵巢制备去卵巢模型,骨折模型于去卵巢后4周制备,为股骨干中段横行骨折。治疗组在去卵巢及骨折基础上灌胃给予仙灵骨葆250 mg/(kg•d)。给药3周,取去卵巢+骨折组、骨折组和治疗组大鼠骨折侧标本行X射线摄像仪摄片后,测量其骨密度,苏木精-伊红染色观察骨痂组织的病理学改变并计数血管,免疫组织化学染色检测骨痂组织骨形态发生蛋白2的表达。 结果与结论：去卵巢处理后大鼠的骨密度、计算机X射线摄像仪摄片评分显著降低(P < 0.05),仙灵骨葆可在一定程度上提高去卵巢后骨折大鼠的骨密度及X射线摄像仪摄片评分,但差异无显著性意义(P > 0.05);仙灵骨葆可提高去卵巢后骨折大鼠骨痂组织的血管数量(P < 0.05),但对骨形态发生蛋白2的表达无影响。提示,去卵巢后大鼠骨折早期愈合过程延迟,仙灵骨葆可促进骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合早期血管的形成。     

骨质疏松性骨折愈合中骨改建的动态参数及骨密度变化

背景：当骨质疏松骨强度下降时,遭受轻微创伤或其他各种风险因素均易发生骨折。 目的：观察骨质疏松性骨折愈合过程中骨小梁组织学变化,骨密度及骨矿化沉积率的改变。 方法：SD大鼠随机分为骨质疏松组与对照组,骨质疏松组大鼠切除双侧卵巢,术后3个月,建立骨折模型。骨折后4,8,12,16 周,荧光显微镜下观察骨改建的动态参数,双能X线骨密度仪下测定骨痂组织的骨密度;骨折后1,2,4,6,8,12,16 周,应用自动图像系统测量骨组织形态。 结果与结论：骨质疏松组大鼠成熟小梁骨占骨痂面积比对照组小,且小梁骨厚度变薄、小梁骨间距较宽,骨质疏松组骨小梁表面荧光标记百分比及骨痂组织骨密度低于对照组;而骨矿化沉积率高于后者对照组。说明在骨质疏松性骨折愈合过程中,骨痂组织的组织学的异常改变导致骨折愈合质量的降低。     

血管内皮生长因子在卵巢切除大鼠骨折愈合骨痂中的表达

背景:血管内皮生长因子在骨折愈合过程中起着重要作用,研究发现去卵巢大鼠影响骨折愈合,但其作用机制尚未明确。目的:观察去卵巢大鼠股骨骨折愈合中骨痂组织学变化以及血管内皮生长因子的表达与分布,探讨骨质疏松对大鼠骨折修复的影响与血管内皮生长因子对其的作用。方法:取12周龄雌性Sprague-Dawley大鼠20只,随机分成假手术组和去卵巢组。制造股骨骨折模型,于术后4周处死,各组截取大鼠右侧股骨标本后行计算机X射线摄像仪摄片观察骨折愈合情况,并应用双能X射线骨密度仪测量右股骨骨密度,苏木精-伊红染色观察骨痂生长情况及其组织形态,免疫组织化学染色测定血管内皮生长因子表达。结果与结论:骨折后4周,去卵巢组形成的骨痂中含有的软骨骨痂比例高与假手术组。去卵巢组中表达血管内皮生长因子的成骨细胞数目少于假手术组。提示骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合形成的骨痂质量较差,血管内皮生长因子在成骨细胞中的表达减少是骨质疏松骨折愈合质量下降的可能因素之一。     

植物雌激素对去卵巢大鼠骨质疏松性骨折愈合的影响

目的观察植物雌激素对卵巢去势大鼠骨折愈合过程中骨痂骨密度的影响。方法复制卵巢去势大鼠骨质疏松模型并制造股骨中段闭合性骨折,然后进行克氏针髓腔内固定,观察大鼠骨折内固定后骨痂与近骨痂段股骨骨密度的变化。结果异黄酮组、雌二醇组和假手术组骨痂的骨密度高于无用药组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);而异黄酮组、雌二醇组和假手术组之间没有显著差别。结论植物雌激素能够显著提高骨质疏松大鼠骨痂及近骨痂段骨组织的骨密度、促进骨折愈合,与雌二醇组作用相近。     

仙灵骨葆对大鼠骨质疏松性骨折愈合的影响

背景：骨质疏松可延迟骨折愈合,仙灵骨葆对骨质疏松性骨折愈合的影响及其机制尚有待研究。 目的：观察骨质疏松对大鼠股骨干骨折愈合的影响以及仙灵骨葆的干预效果及其作用机制。 方法：50只3月龄雌性SD大鼠随机分成5组：正常对照组、骨质疏松组、正常骨折组、骨质疏松性骨折组、治疗组,前2组每组6只,后3组每组12只。去除大鼠双侧卵巢制备骨质疏松模型,8周后制备右侧股骨干中段横行骨折模型。治疗组给予仙灵骨葆灌胃250 mg/(kg•d),正常骨折组、骨质疏松性骨折组灌胃等量生理盐水,灌胃6周。 结果与结论：去卵巢后8周骨质疏松组的骨密度显著低于正常对照组(P < 0.05),说明骨质疏松模型制作成功;灌胃6周,骨质疏松性骨折组骨密度、X射线摄片评分、最大载荷均显著低于正常骨折组和治疗组(P < 0.05),但给予仙灵骨葆的治疗组仍显著低于正常骨折组(P < 0.05)。以上结果提示骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合过程延迟,仙灵骨葆对骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合具有积极促进作用。     

辛伐他汀涂层内固定对大鼠骨质疏松骨折愈合晚期的影响

背景：降脂类药物辛伐他汀具有一定的促进骨形成作用潜能,局部应用效果更佳。先前研究对骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合中期的观察证实辛伐他汀涂层内固定可促进骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合,但其对骨折愈合晚期的影响未见报道。 目的：观察局部应用辛伐他汀涂层内固定对骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合晚期进程的影响。 方法：将雌性SD大鼠分为单纯骨折组、骨质疏松性骨折组及辛伐他汀干预组。单纯骨折组仅暴露腹腔卵巢不予切除,其余2组采用双侧卵巢切除法建立骨质疏松模型。卵巢切除后6周,所有大鼠建立股骨中段开放性骨折模型,单纯骨折组、骨质疏松性骨折组及辛伐他汀干预组分别采用无涂层、聚乳酸涂层和辛伐他汀复合聚乳酸涂层克氏针内固定。骨折造模后12周分析骨折侧股骨骨密度,X射线摄片和苏木精-伊红染色分析骨折愈合情况,免疫组织化学分析骨形态发生蛋白2在骨折局部的表达。 结果与结论：骨密度检测结果提示股骨全长及中段骨密度骨质疏松性骨折组、辛伐他汀干预组显著低于单纯骨折组,辛伐他汀干预组骨折部位骨密度显著高于骨质疏松性骨折组。X射线摄片结果提示,单纯骨折组骨折两端对位、对线良好,骨痂与骨皮质密度接近相同并相互连接,塑形基本完成;骨质疏松性骨折组愈合质量差,骨痂密度浅淡,部分标本仍见模糊的骨折线;辛伐他汀干预组骨折线消失,骨痂填满骨缺损,骨膜反应深,单纯骨折组、辛伐他汀干预组X射线评分显著高于骨质疏松性骨折组(P < 0.05)。苏木精-伊红染色提示,骨质疏松性骨折组骨折愈合进程较单纯骨折组延迟,辛伐他汀干预组骨小梁较骨质疏松性骨折组更规则有序。免疫组化结果提示各组大鼠骨形态发生蛋白2的表达水平差异无显著性意义。提示辛伐他汀局部应用可有效促进骨质疏松大鼠骨折愈合。中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程全文链接：     

骨质疏松性骨折骨痂软骨细胞CD44和纤连蛋白的表达

目的:探讨骨质疏松性骨折愈合过程中胞内信号因子CD44及其配体纤连蛋白(FN)在骨痂软骨细胞的表达情况。方法:建立SD大鼠骨质疏松性股骨骨折愈合模型作为实验组以及二期股骨骨折愈合模型作为对照组,分别于骨折后10、20、30d和40d取材,对骨痂进行H-E染色及CD44、FN免疫组织化学显色。结果:在骨痂组织中CD44和FN的表达及分布在时空上有一致性。在实验组中,随着骨折愈合进程的发展,软骨细胞CD44与FN的表达逐渐减少,而对照组中,CD44与FN共同表达于骨折愈合各阶段的各区软骨细胞中。结论:大鼠骨质疏松性骨折愈合过程中骨痂软骨细胞CD44、FN的表达明显弱于正常二期骨折愈合过程中的表达,提示CD44和FN在软骨细胞中表达的明显减少可能是造成骨质疏松性骨折骨痂软骨组织向骨组织演变缓慢的原因之一。     

低幅高频振动对骨质疏松性骨折合并闭合性动脉损伤的作用

目的利用卵巢切除大鼠建立骨质疏松骨折模型,研究低幅高频振动对骨质疏松性骨折愈合及患肢远端血供的作用。方法 32只6月龄雌性SD大鼠行卵巢切除术,3个月后构建右侧股骨干闭合性横行骨折合并股动脉损伤模型,术后随机平均分为振动组与对照组。每周摄股骨侧位X片以监测外骨痂尺寸及骨折愈合情况。第2、4、8周,应用脉冲多普勒超声测量患肢远端血流速度及阻力指数。Micro-CT扫描重建骨折部位,并作定性定量分析。结果超声检测发现,第2、4周振动组患肢股动脉远端收缩期峰值血流速度较对照组明显增高(P<0.05),阻力指数降低。X片及Micro-CT分析显示,振动组在愈合过程中,骨痂形成、矿化程度、重塑效果、桥接愈合率均显著优于对照组。结论低幅高频振动可有效改善患肢远端血供,促进骨质疏松性骨折愈合。     

阿仑膦酸钠可抑制骨质疏松性骨折的愈合

背景：阿仑膦酸钠作为治疗骨质疏松症的首选药物已被临床广泛应用。 目的：观察阿仑膦酸钠对骨质疏松性骨折大鼠股骨干骨折愈合的影响。 方法：将SD大鼠随机分成3组：假手术组,模型组和阿仑膦酸钠组。模型组及阿仑膦酸钠组于卵巢切除后4周进行右股骨干中段横行骨折,克氏针固定。阿仑膦酸钠组建模后皮下注射阿仑膦酸钠。 结果与结论：骨折造模后3及6周,阿仑膦酸钠组右股骨整体骨密度和远段骨密度高于模型组(P < 0.01),与模型组相比,阿仑膦酸钠组骨折端骨痂体积大、骨痂数量多,软骨性骨痂向骨性骨痂转换过程延迟,骨折愈合过程减慢,破骨细胞数量显著降低(P < 0.05)。结果证实,阿仑膦酸钠对大鼠骨质疏松性骨折愈合过程有抑制作用,其机制可能与阿仑膦酸钠抑制破骨细胞活性使骨痂钙化过程减慢有关。     

卵巢切除股骨骨折大鼠骨愈合中降钙素的作用

背景：降钙素可活化腺苷酸环化酶蛋白激酶A通路及磷脂酶C通路,抑制破骨细胞的活性,可能治疗骨质疏松性骨折。 目的：观察降钙素对去卵巢大鼠股骨骨折愈合的作用。 方法：构建双侧卵巢切除骨质疏松右股骨骨折SD大鼠模型,然后分别皮下注射生理盐水和降钙素(16 IU/kg),隔日1次,于骨折后3周和6周测量右股骨行骨密度,苏木精-伊红及抗酒石酸酸性磷酸酶染色,骨形态发生蛋白2及血管内皮生长因子免疫组化染色。 结果与结论：骨折后给予降钙素治疗的大鼠抗酒石酸酸性磷酸酶染色阳性细胞积分吸光度值较生理盐水治疗的大鼠显著减少(P < 0.05)。骨折后3周,两组骨折线均较清晰,骨痂体积无明显差别,骨折愈合以软骨内化骨过程为主,骨密度无显著性差异(P > 0.05)。骨折后6周,两组骨折线较模糊,骨痂体积无差别,骨小梁排列较有序,用药组股骨骨密度较对照组升高(P < 0.05)。两组在骨折后3周和6周的骨形态发生蛋白2及血管内皮生长因子差异无显著性意义(P > 0.05)。证实降钙素可以抑制去卵巢大鼠骨折部位破骨细胞活性,但无明显促进大鼠股骨骨折愈合的作用。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

'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 universal muscular chamber. A basic unit of the genitourinary, cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, skeletal, cutaneous, respiratory and other systems, endocameral hypertension; and spasm, the key to their idiopathic diseases and arthropathies

Starting with the integument, we see many organs are contractile sacs or multiples thereof, which tubes or bags constitute the major part of the entire body. Recognition of this basic unit and its characteristics sheds new light, individually and collectively, on many disorders previously considered unrelated. Muscular tears and perforations develop in the walls of these chambers, being no way peculiar to those organs, wherein, hydrochloric acid occurs. So, it is not necessary to explain the absence of excessive acid from patients who exhibit holes in the gastric, uterine, aortic, duodenal, rectal, pulmonary, retina, and other walls. Muscle, not acid is the great common factor relating idiopathic disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to each other and to similar diseases in other systems. When the units are linked together, the lesions tend to appear as arthropathies, i.e. at the joints. Rephrasing common-place observations, frees us from conventional, conceptual cul-de-sacs. An observation is only as good as its interpretation, so all possibilities must be considered, otherwise, we will remain blinded by our misconceptions.     

Der Einfluß von Nahrungsmitteln und Rauchen auf die klinisch-chemische Diagnostik von Phäochromozytom,Neuroblastom und Karzinoid-Syndrom

Zusammenfassung Der Einfluß von verschiedenen Nahrungsmitteln auf Methoden zur Bestimmung von Adrenalin (AD), Noradrenalin (NA), Vanillinmandelsäure (VMS), Metanephrinen (MN), Homovanillinsäure (HVS) und 5-Hydroxyindolessigsäure (5-HIE) im 24 h-Harn zur Diagnose des Phäochromozytoms bzw. Karzinoid-Syndroms wurde untersucht. Die in die Untersuchung einbezogenen Nahrungsmittel waren: Tee, Kaffee, Mandeln, Ananas, Käse, Walnüsse, Vanillepudding, Bananen, Tomaten und Milchschokolade. Außerdem wurde der Einfluß des Zigarettenrauchens auf die Bestimmung von AD, NA, VMS und MN untersucht.Walnüsse führten zu einer starken Erhöhung der 5-HIE-Ausscheidung. Bananen erhöhten die Ausscheidung von AD, NA, VMS, MN und 5-HIE. Kaffee und Ananas bewirkten eine geringe Zunahme der MN-Werte. Rauchen von 20–30 Zigaretten/Tag beeinflußte keine der vier Variablen.Wenn die beschriebenen Methoden benutzt werden, sollte lediglich auf den Verzehr von Bananen und Walnüssen vor und während der Harnsammelperioden verzichtet werden, da die oberen Normgrenzen im Harn überschritten werden könnten. Ein Verzicht auf Kaffee und Ananas in normalen Mengen ist nicht erforderlich. Es besteht kein Anlaß, weiterhin die bisherigen umfangreichen Restriktionen der übrigen Nahrungsmittel beizubehalten.