MYH9相关综合征家系的临床表型和遗传学分析

目的 分析1组MYH9相关综合征家系的临床表现及遗传学特征.方法我们随访到1组4代51人的MYH9相关综合征家系,对目前存活的46人进行了临床表型和遗传学的初步分析.结果家系内有MYH9相关综合征患者17人,实验室检测都具有典型的"血小板减少、巨大血小板和粒细胞包涵体"三联症;临床表现具高度复杂性.并伴有严重的白血病、青光眼、转氨酶升高、血脂升高、哮喘、鼻炎及白内障等多种疾病,除此之外,本家系大部分感染者都有鼻炎和哮喘过敏史,而且当上述症状发作时,患者身上的出血点或紫癜会明显加重;在遗传方式上属于常染色体显性遗传.从细胞遗传学水平对家系中成员进行染色体检查,未发现核型异常.结论该MYH9相关综合征家系属常染色体显性遗传,染色体检查未发现核型异常;家系中的感染者不仅具有巨大血小板、血小板减少及中性粒细胞包涵体的特性,而且还具有严重的如:肝炎、白内障、白血痛、哮喘等临床表现.     

Ⅰ型神经纤维瘤一家系4例的分析报告

目的 分析一个面部有巨大神经纤维瘤家系的临床表现及遗传方式.方法 根据美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)提出的神经纤维瘤诊断标准进行诊断,通过染色体检查和家系分析方法确定遗传方式.结果 家系12名成员中有3名患者表现出Ⅰ型神经纤维瘤的4项临床特征,染色体检查无异常,家系分析表现出常染色体显性遗传特点.结论 该家系为Ⅰ型神经纤维瘤家系,遗传方式为常染色体显性遗传.     

掌跖角化性皮肤综合征一家系的遗传学研究

本文对１例头、面、躯干、四肢等处散布大小不等皮色结节、囊肿并伴掌跖角化的特殊病例，在临床检查的基础上，进行了家系调查、系谱分析和Ｇ带染色体核型分析等细胞遗传学研究，证实本病为常染色体显性遗传病，作者称之为“掌跖角化性皮肤综合征”，并对其产生原因、诊断依据、预防措施等进行了讨论。     

掌跖角化性皮肤综合征—家系的遗传学研究

本文对 1例头、面、躯干、四肢等处散布大小不等皮色结节、囊肿并伴掌跖角化的特殊病例 ,在临床检查的基础上 ,进行了家系调查、系谱分析和G带染色体核型分析等细胞遗传学研究 ,证实本病为常染色体显性遗传病 ,作者称之为“掌跖角化性皮肤综合征” ,并对其产生原因、诊断依据、预防措施等进行了讨论。     

一个常染色体显性遗传Emery-Dreifuss型肌营养不良家系的基因突变分析

目的 探讨一个常染色体显性遗传Emery-Dreifuss型肌营养不良(Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy,EDMD)家系的临床、病理及遗传学特点.方法 收集家系中2例患者(先证者及女儿)的临床资料及骨骼肌标本,行组织化学染色病理分析;收集先证者及家系成员(3代7人)血液DNA标本,采用聚合酶链反应和DNA直接测序方法 对LMNA基因进行突变检测;明确基因变异位点后对家系行单倍型分析.结果 先证者具有典型的EDMD临床表现:关节挛缩、进行性加重的肌无力和肌萎缩、心脏传导异常;骨骼肌活检病理示肌源性合并轻度神经源性改变;2例患者LMNA基因第9外显子发现杂合错义突变1583(C→G)(T528R),表型正常的其他家系成员未发现该突变;单倍型分析显示先证者及女儿具有相同的致病单倍型.结论 报道了中国人常染色体显性遗传EDMD患者的表现型及基因型.     

182例遗传咨询者外周血染色体分析

我室1992、11至1993、10遗传咨询中，对182例患者采用自体血浆半量培养法培养外周血淋巴细胞染色体，常规制片显带分析。在就诊原因中，查出染色体异常核型23例，占受检者12．6％，其中常染色体结构异常核型6例，占受检者3．3％．性染色体异态性Yq 17例，占9．3％。发现一种新型异常染色体，经湖南医科大学细胞遗传学国家培训中心鉴定为世界首报桉型(一家系二代中4人)。     

北京地区78例性染色体异常患者的细胞遗传学分析

目的探讨78例性染色体异常患者的临床表现并进行细胞遗传学分析。方法对患者外周血淋巴细胞行染色体常规G显带核型分析。结果 78例性染色体异常核型中,性染色体数目异常51例,占异常核型的65.38%;性染色体结构异常12例,占15.39%;Y染色体形态异常11例,占14.10%;另外还有性反转综合征4例,占5.13%。结论性染色体异常可导致性分化异常或生殖异常、智力低下等遗传效应,对患者进行染色体的检查,将有助于临床诊断和治疗。     

中国汉族两个马凡综合征家系FBN1基因的一个新突变

目的 对两个常染色体显性遗传的马凡综合征家系进行基因诊断,并探讨其临床特点。方法 完成家系调查和系谱分析,通过聚合酶链式反应和直接测序的方法对收集到的两个家系中的成员进行原纤维蛋白1(fibrillin 1,FBN1)基因的突变检测。结果 两个家系均呈常染色体显性遗传模式。对两个家系成员进行FBN1基因突变检测发现,在两个家系的患者中发现一个相同的突变位点,即FBN1第27号外显子3463位碱基由G变为A( 3463G＞A),导致原纤维蛋白1第1 155位氨基酸由天冬氨酸变为天冬酰胺(Asp 1155Asn),而两个家系的正常成员及选取的100名健康对照中均未发现该突变位点。结论 先证者均符合Ghent标准诊断为马凡综合征,基因诊断发现两家系中相同的突变位点3463G＞A为中国汉族马凡综合征患者中首次报道。     

不完全外显的遗传性痉挛性截瘫一家系临床与致病基因排除定位分析

目的 描述一个遗传了4代的不完全外显的遗传性痉挛性截瘫(hereditary spastic paraplegia,SPG)大家系的临床特征,并进行致病基因排除定位分析.方法 对SPG家系内11例患者的临床资料进行回顾性分析,并采用荧光多重PCR、毛细管凝胶电泳、Linkage软件包,选择对已定位常染色体显性遗传致病基因位点附近微卫星标记进行连锁分析.结果 该SPG家系的11例患者的发病年龄2～10岁,表现为缓慢进展的双下肢僵硬无力,四肢肌张力轻度增高,双上肢为主的腱反射亢进,剪刀步态和病理征阳性,无小便失禁或尿频、感觉障碍、眼震、痴呆等;遗传学分析该家系符合常染色体显性遗传,但外显不完全,连锁分析和突变分析发现该家系与已知的常染色体显性遗传SPG致病基因位点不连锁.结论 该SPG家系具有典型的"单纯型"痉挛性截瘫临床特点,发病年龄早,上肢体征较下肢明显,遗传学分析不支持该家系与已定位常染色体显性遗传位点相连锁,是一种新的SPG亚型.     

油脂状耵聍栓塞与腋臭的关系及遗传方式

本文对油脂状耵聍挂塞伴腋臭的12个家系的遗传学进行了分析，发现英遗传方式为常染色体显性遗传。提出应将耵聍划分为三种，并阐述了油脂状耵聍和腋是的诊治方法。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.