南京地区儿童人偏肺病毒感染的流行病学及临床特征分析

目的了解南京地区儿童人偏肺病毒（hMPV）感染的流行病学特点及临床特征。方法收集2009年8月至2010年7月南京医科大学附属南京儿童医院住院及门诊呼吸道感染患儿的鼻咽抽吸物（NPA）及咽拭子（NPS）共642例,采用逆转录聚合酶链反应法（RT—PCR）检测hMPVM基因,将阳性PCR扩增产物进行测序、同源性和进化分析。结果642例标本中共检出hMPV阳性扩增产物35份,检出率为5．5％。系统进化分析显示南京地区hMPVB1型占51．4％,A2b型占31．4％。hMPV的发病高峰在4月份。其致呼吸道感染以1岁以内多见（71．4％）。35例hMPV感染患儿中有15例（42．8％）存在混合感染,其中与HRV的混合感染检出率最高。临床诊断以肺炎（17例,48．6％）最为常见。结论人偏肺病毒是南京地区儿童急性呼吸道感染的重要病原之一,该年度其优势流行型别为B1型,南京地区A、B两型hMPV感染患儿临床特征无明显差异。     

2007—2011年长沙地区急性下呼吸道感染住院儿童人偏肺病毒的流行状况

目的了解人偏肺病毒（hMPV）在长沙地区急性下呼吸道感染住院患儿中的流行病学特点。方法收集2007年9月至2011年2月因急性下呼吸道感染在湖南省人民医院儿科医学中心住院儿童的鼻咽抽吸物（nasopharyngealaspirates,NPA）样本2613份,采用逆转录聚合酶链反应法（RT—PCR）检测hMPVM基因,将阳性PCR扩增产物测序并与GenBank中已知的hMPV参考株进行比对、分析。结果2613份标本中hMPV阳性检出数135例,检出率为5．2％,男女之间的检出率比较有统计学差异（x2=8．007,P=0．003）,hMPV阳性检出患儿的年龄以1岁以内多见（63．2％）。hMPV阳性检出率在春季呈现高峰,从检出季节分布显示A2b型主要在冬春季节流行,而B2型主要在春夏季流行。135例hMPV长沙株分为A型和B型两个主要的基因型,其中A2b亚型在2007--2008年为优势流行型别,2009--2010年A2b和B2型共同流行,B2亚型在2011年呈优势流行型别。135例hMPV检出阳性患儿中有66例（48．9％）存在混合病毒感染,其中与HBoV混合检出率最高。结论长沙地区部分儿童的急性下呼吸道感染与hMPV有关,且阳性检出患儿年龄主要集中在1岁以下,男多于女,主要流行季节在春季,A2b型和B2型优势基因型在长沙地区共同流行,与其他病毒混合检出率较高。     

重症急性呼吸道感染儿童中人博卡病毒的分型检测与基因进化分析

目的 了解重症急性呼吸道感染住院儿童中人博卡病毒（HBoV）的感染状况,流行病学特征及其进化特征.方法 采用巢式PCR的方法,对来自北京儿童医院重症急性呼吸道感染住院儿童的259份鼻咽抽吸物,进行人博卡病毒（HBoV）分型检测与测序,同时进行了合并感染检测、流行病学、临床特点及基因多态性分析.结果 共检出56份人博卡病毒感染阳性标本,阳性率为21.6％,[95％ CI（16.0％～27.3％）,P＜0.0001],其中2岁以下儿童感染率较高.与其他呼吸道常见病毒的合并感染率为94.6％.HBoV阳性产物测序分析发现,人博卡病毒1型占96.4％ （54/56）,2、3型各1份.HBoV阳性株分型区（VP1/VP2）序列变异不明显.结论 人博卡病毒是儿童急性呼吸道感染常见的病原体,以I型最为常见,分型区（VP1/VP2）序列较保守.HBoV在重症急性呼吸道感染儿童中是否起到真正的致病作用还需进一步的研究.     

湖南3县(市)狂犬病病毒分子生物学研究

目的研究湖南省狂犬病高发区和无病例区动物携带狂犬病的分子生物学特征。方法用直接免疫荧光法检测犬唾液及犬、猫脑标本，以RT．PCR法复核阳性进行遗传学分析。结果武冈市和洞口县送检的82只和17只犬中，分别有12只和1只检测到狂犬病毒抗原与核苷酸阳性，阳性率分别为14．63％和5．88％。凤凰县67份大脑标本未检测出病毒。28份猫脑组织标本也未检测出狂犬病毒。用RT-PCR法扩增阳性大脑组织（编号为Wg13，Dk13）的狂犬病毒N基因，两株病毒之间核苷酸与氨基酸的同源性分别为99、4％及99．1％；Wg13株与中国疫苗株CTN株和aG株的核苷酸同源性（氨基酸）分别为89．4％（98．2％）、86．1％（95．1％）；Dk13株与中国疫苗株CTN株和aG株的核苷酸同源性分别为89．1％（98．0％）、86．1％（94．9％）。与其他国家分离到的狂犬病毒相比，两株病毒与印度尼西亚的同源性最大，分别为92．8％、93．2％，而与印度、日本及斯里兰卡等其他国家同源性相对较小。结论两株狂犬病毒均为I型狂犬病毒。其N基因的核苷酸序列与当前使用的疫苗株相比，两株病毒与CTN疫苗株分在同一组，同源性较大。     

人偏肺病毒感染住院儿童的临床特征及病毒基因特性分析

目的 了解急性呼吸道感染住院儿童中人偏肺病毒(hMPV)的感染情况、临床特征及人偏肺病毒基因特性.方法 对2006年2月至5月、2008年3月至4月及2008年9月至2009年2月收集的天津市儿童医院急性呼吸道感染住院儿童的310份鼻咽吸取物标本进行巢式PCR检测hMPV N基因片段,并对其中17株N基因片段进行序列测定,分析序列特征并绘制种系发生树.收集所有阳性患者的临床资料.同时采用多重PCR对N基因阳性标本进行其他常见呼吸道病毒的检测.结果 310份标本中共检出20份(6.5%)hMPV.hMPV阳性患儿的年龄中位数为15.0个月(16天～9岁),其中≤2岁患儿占90.0%(18/20).男性占60.0%(12/20).17株N基因种系发生树分析显示,11株为A2b亚型.20例hMPV阳性患儿的临床诊断均为支气管肺炎,占所有采集的肺炎患儿标本的7.1%(20/282),其临床症状以咳嗽、喘息、呼吸急促、发烧等常见.35%(7/20)需要重症监护,15%(3/20)需要吸氧治疗.平均住院时间为(11.9±4.8)d.A、B型间临床特征未见明显差别.hMPV无明显流行高峰.2例hMPV阳性患儿分别与腺病毒和鼻病毒混合感染.结论 hMPV可引起婴幼儿肺炎等严重疾病.天津地区流行的hMPV以A2b为优势流行型.     

北京地区人偏肺病毒融合蛋白F编码基因的序列分析

目的进一步了解北京地区人偏肺病毒（hMPV）编码基因的特征。方法在原先工作的基础上，从分属于hMPV的两个不同基因进化簇（即基因型）的两份临床标本BJ1816和BJ1887中扩增F蛋白全基因，克隆至pBS-T载体中并进行测序，与GenBank中hMPV的基因序列进行比较分析和种系进化分析。结果BJ1816和BJ1887的F基因全长均为1620个核苷酸，编码539个氨基酸。BJ1816和BJ1887F蛋白基因之间的核苷酸和推导的氨基酸同源性分别为83．8％和94．4％，与同一基因簇内的hMPV有相当高的氨基酸同源性（98．3％～99．6％）。BJ1816和BJ1887的F蛋白是典型的I型糖蛋白，具有与迄今已发现的hMPV相同的裂解位点（RQSR）。BJ1816和BJ1887之间F2亚单位的氨基酸同源性高于F1亚单位的同源性（96．9％vs93．8％）；除位于羧基末端的跨膜区和胞质尾区外，F1亚单位的其余部分较保守（95．4％）；糖基化位点保守。种系进化分析显示BJ1816和BJ1887属于不同的进化簇。结论F蛋白的序列分析进一步证明BJ1816和BJ1887分属于不同的基因型，其F蛋白的基因特征与其他国外文献中所报道的hMPV相似，是病毒的膜表面糖蛋白，提示其在病毒的感染与免疫中起到重要的作用。     

上海地区人博卡病毒在儿童急性呼吸道感染的研究CSCD

目的了解上海地区人博卡病毒（HBoV）在儿童急性呼吸道感染中的流行情况和临床特点。方法上海地区在2012年1月至2012年12月共收集271例急性呼吸道感染患儿的鼻咽抽吸物,采用巢式聚合酶链反应（Nested PCR）方法检测人博卡病毒NS1基因、并经测序确认,对所获得的基因序列进行同源性和进化分析,博卡病毒阳性样本同时检测鼻病毒、呼吸道合胞病毒、腺病毒等8种呼吸道相关病毒。结果271例标本中共检出HBoV阳性31例,检出率11.4%;21例存在混合感染,全年均有检出,阳性患儿中位年龄17个月（4个月-4岁）,诊断包括上呼吸道及下呼吸道感染,临床表现包括发热、阵发性咳嗽、咳痰、腹泻、呕吐、咽充血、湿罗音等,无死亡病例,门诊患者检出率明显高于住院患者;序列分析表明其中29例为HBoV1、2例为HBoV2、与参考株的核苷酸同源性为99%-100%,氨基酸同源性96%-100%。结论HBoV1是上海地区急性呼吸道感染患儿中的重要病原,HBoV2在该地区首次检出,临床症状及诊断无特异性。     

兰州地区呼吸道感染患儿中人类博卡病毒1～3型检测与临床研究

目的了解兰州地区急性呼吸道感染患儿中人博卡病毒1—3型（HBoV1～3）感染的临床及分子流行病学特征。方法收集兰州大学第一医院2009年12月至2010年11月急性呼吸道感染患儿鼻咽分泌物及咽拭子标本524份,用：巢氏PCR扩增人博卡病毒（HBoV）NS1片段,检测HBoV1～3;同时PCR检测常见呼吸道病毒。结果524份标本中检出HBoV43例,检出率为8．2％,仅次于鼻病毒、呼吸道合胞病毒、副流感病毒3型;混合感染率为69．8％。其中人博卡病毒1型（HBoV1）在下呼吸道感染中检出率显著高于上呼吸道感染的检出率;2例人博卡病毒2型（HBoV2）患儿都出现胃肠道症状,与标准株GU048662．1的核苷酸同源性分别为99％和100％;1例人博卡病毒3型（HBoV3）与标准株HM132056．1的核苷酸同源性为99％。结论本地区儿童急性呼吸道感染中博卡病毒感染以HBoV1为主,首次检出HBoV3;人博卡病毒与其他病毒有较高的合并感染。人博卡病毒是本地区儿童急性呼吸道感染的重要病原之一。     

烟台沿海地区人源和猪源戊型肝炎病毒基因型别的研究

目的调查烟台市沿海地区人源与猪源戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）基因型别的相关性。方法应用逆转录一巢式聚合酶联反应（RT—nPcR）方法对当地急性散发戊型肝炎患者、正常人群中抗HEV-IgM阳性者和当地养猪场的猪进行HEVRNA检测,并对HEVRNA阳性标本进行克隆测序和序列分析。结果16例急性散发戊型肝炎患者中有7例粪便标本HEVRNA阳性;51份IgM阳性正常人群血清标本中有1份HEVRNA阳性;34份猪胆汁标本中有1份HEVRNA阳性。序列分析发现该地区HEV人株与猪株在ORF2部分区域的核苷酸序列同源性为87％～98．1％。7株患者的戊肝病毒基因型和1株猪的戊肝病毒基因型均为Ⅳ型,基因序列同源性在87％～98．1％之间;其中有6例患者和猪的基因序列同源性在93．9％～98．1％之间,为Ⅳ型a亚型;1例患者和猪的基因序列同源性为87％,为Ⅳ型d亚型。正常人群的1例戊肝病毒基因型为Ⅰ型d亚型。该地区人与猪HEV的ORF2的部分基因片段与HEVⅠ～Ⅳ型的代表株进行比较,核苷酸序列同源性分别是82．5％～100％,81．7％～92．9％,81．4％～93．9％,84．9％～100％。结论该地区人群中流行的HEV存在2个基因型3个亚型,主要以基因Ⅳa型为主,与猪群中流行的HEV基因Ⅳa型同源性较高;HEVI型在人群中散在存在。     

长沙地区住院儿童冠状病毒HKU1的感染状况及临床特征

目的了解冠状病毒HKU1在长沙地区急性下呼吸道感染住院儿童中的感染状况及临床特征。方法采集2007年9月至2008年8月长沙地区因急性下呼吸道感染住院儿童鼻咽抽吸物（nasopharyngeal aspirates,NPA）样本1165份,用RT-PCR方法检测冠状病毒HKU1 pol基因,测序分析阳性扩增产物,统计分析临床资料。结果1165份NPA样本中,检测出12份冠状病毒HKU1,阳性率为1．03％（12／1165）,患儿年龄最小8天,最大3岁,临床诊断多见支气管肺炎（83．33％）,所测核苷酸序列与冠状病毒HKU1参考株同源性为98．18％～100％。结论冠状病毒HKU1阳性患儿年龄均在3岁及3岁以下;性别无差异;冬春季检出率高;单一基因型在长沙地区流行;HKU1也是我国儿童急性下呼吸道感染中的一种病原。     

Development in in vitro toxicology

There are three principal pressures driving the development of in vitro toxicology: (1) the need for more efficient testing systems to cope with the large number of xenobiotics currently being developed; (2) public pressure to reduce animal experimentation; and (3) a need for a better understanding of the mechanisms of toxicity. Within this, in vitro toxicology is focused on local, systemic, and target-organ toxicity. It is becoming increasingly apparent that a step or decision-tree approach using input of a variety of experimental data (physicochemical properties, biokinetics, cytotoxicity) provides the most efficient system for predicting toxicity. Examples of the use of in vitro toxicity systems for prediction of systemic toxicity and target-organ (liver) toxicity are presented.Originally presented at ECCP 93.     

Seasonal variations in acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Slovenia

Between December 1999 and December 2004, 40 081 pregnant women were examined for toxoplasmosis with Toxo-IgG, Toxo-IgM enzyme immunoassay. Women with positive results were then retested with the Toxo-IgG avidity assay for recent toxoplasmosis. Recent acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women was found to be significantly more frequent (p < 0.01) during winter than summer. The incidence of acute toxoplasmosis during winter-spring was also significantly more frequent (p < 0.025) than summer-autumn. This phenomenon should be taken into account when formulating preventive measures for toxoplasmosis, especially for pregnant women.     

Age-related changes in polyamines in memory-associated brain structures in rats

Polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine are positively charged aliphatic amines and have important roles in maintaining normal cellular function, regulating neurotransmitter receptors and modulating learning and memory. Recent evidence suggests a role of putrescine in hippocampal neurogenesis, that is significantly impaired during aging. The present study measured the polyamine levels in memory-related brain structures in 24- (aged), 12- (middle-aged) and 4- (young) month-old rats using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography. In the hippocampus, the putrescine levels were significantly decreased in the CA1 and dentate gyrus, and increased in the CA2/3 with age. Significant age-related increases in the spermidine levels were found in the CA1 and CA2/3. There was no difference between groups in spermine in any sub-regions examined. In the parahippocampal region, increased putrescine level with age was observed in the entorhinal cortex, and age did not alter the spermidine levels. The spermine level was significantly decreased in the perirhinal cortex and increased in the postrhinal cortex with age. In the prefrontal cortex, there was age-related decrease in putrescine, and the spermidine and spermine levels were significantly increased with age. This study, for the first time, demonstrates age-related region-specific changes in polyamines in memory-associated structures, suggesting that polyamine system dysfunction may potentially contribute to aged-related impairments in hippocampal neurogenesis and learning and memory.     

休克过程中肾上腺髓质素变化的研究进展

Adrenomedullin (AM) is a new peptidergic regulator of vascular function. AM serves as a hormone, which has many biological properties, plays an important role in the many pathophysiological processes, especially shock. This review will highlight the structure, biological properties of AM and the relationship between AM and shock.     

Secular change in menarche in women in Madrid

The age at menarche was estimated by recollection in 1617 women between the ages of 18 and 60 in Madrid and a nearby suburb, Pinto. The population of Pinto is working-class and the Madrid group, taken from residential neighbourhoods , belongs to the upper middle class. In both groups we found a diminution in average age at menarche, from 14.04 to 13.02 years in Madrid and from 14.55 to 13.16 years from about 1935 to about 1965 in Pinto. These changes have been more intense in the group which is less well-off economically, where living conditions have varied much more drastically.     

Pitfalls in TRAP assay in routine detection of malignancy in effusions

Telomerase has been found to be reactivated in a majority of cancers but is inactive in most somatic cells. Our principal goal was to determine the potential use of the telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assay as marker for malignancy in cytological effusions. The simple selection criterion was the cytological diagnosis, and routine samples were classified into malignant (58 samples) and nonmalignant (233 samples). Of the malignant samples, 44/58 (76%) were positive by TRAP assay. Of the 14 telomerase-negative cytology-positive samples, RNA integrity was poor in 9, indicating suboptimal sample conservation for molecular analysis. In 3 of the remaining 5 samples with a negative TRAP assay, a high number of malignant cells was observed, and these cells might have been telomerase-negative. Thus, the sensitivity of TRAP assay for the presence of malignant cells was about 76%. In the cytologically nonmalignant effusions, the presence of telomerase activity was observed in 24% (55/233). Of these, 6% were highly suspicious for malignancy, 9% were doubtful, and 9% were cytologically nonmalignant effusions confirmed by a follow-up of 12 mo or more. According to these data, the specificity of the TRAP assay to detect tumor cells in effusions ranged only between 82-91%. Our results indicate that, although the TRAP assay is positive in 6-15% of putative malignant effusions, the relatively high number of TRAP false-negative and false-positive cases renders this test unsuitable for routine diagnostic purposes.