PCR与单克隆抗体ELESA夹心法快速诊断结核病的研究

应用聚合酶性反应（ＰＣＲ）技术建立的扩增结核杆菌复合体特异重复序列ＩＳ９８６基因的方法和用单克隆抗体ＴＢ１５－Ｃ３经ＥＬＩＳＡ夹心法检测结核杆菌特异性抗原决定簇，对１０种抗酸杆菌，２种普通菌进行了检测．ＰＣＲ仅对结核杆菌复合体扩增出２４５ｈｐ特异性条带，ＥＬＩＳＡ检测除人型结核杆菌、ＢＣＧ阳性外，还与鸟型及瘰疬分枝杆菌反应阳性．ＰＣＲ检测人型结核杆菌的敏感性为１ｐｇ，相当于１３个左右细菌，ＥＬＩＳＡ检测的被感性为１５ｎｇ／ｍｌ．应用ＰＣＲ及ＥＬＩＳＡ检测了９６份结核临床标本．ＰＣＲ的检出率高于抗酸染色涂片的阳性率（Ｐ＜０．０５），ＰＣＲ的检出率虽高于细菌培养的阳性率，但相差不显著（Ｐ＞０．０５）．ＥＬＩＳＡ检测阳性率明显高于抗酸染色涂片、细菌培养和ＰＣＲ的阳性率（Ｐ＜０．００１）．ＥＬＩＳＡ的假阳性率高于ＰＣＲ的假阳性率，但相差不显著（Ｐ＞０．０５）．研究表明，ＰＣＲ及ＥＬＩＳＡ均是特异、敏感、快速的诊断结核病的方法．但在使用中又各自有其特点．     

PCR与单克隆抗体ELISA夹心法快速诊断结核病的研究

应用聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）技术建立的扩增结核杆菌复合体特异重复序列ＩＳ９８６基因的方法和用单克隆抗体ＴＢ１５－Ｃ３经ＥＬＩＳＡ夹心法检测结核杆菌特异性抗原决定簇，对１０种抗酸杆菌，２种普通菌进行了检测。ＰＣＲ仅对结核杆菌复合体扩增出２４５ｂｐ特异性条带，ＥＬＩＳＡ检测除人型结核杆菌、ＢＣＧ阳性外，还与鸟型及瘰疬分枝杆菌反应阳性。ＰＣＲ检测人型结核杆菌的敏感性为１ｐｇ，相当于１３个左右细菌，ＥＬＩＳ     

结核性淋巴结炎的组织细胞反应性增性变型

应用结核杆菌ＤＮＡ１２３ｂｐ特异性序列片段为靶序列的多聚酶链反应（Ｍ．ＴＢ－ＰＣＲ）技术，ＢＣＧ免疫组化（ＢＣＧ－ＩＨＣ）技术和抗酸染色（ＡＦ）方法，对３８例呈现组织细胞反应性增生－碎屑样坏死－嗜中性白细胞渗出病变的淋巴结石蜡包埋组织进行了分支杆菌／结核杆菌的回顾性检测。三种方法的综合阳性率为５２．６％（２０／３８例）。ＡＦ，ＢＣＧ－ＩＨＣ和Ｍ．ＴＢ－ＰＣＲ物各自性率分别为０．８％，２６．３％和５     

多抗F（ab＇）_2－ELISA测定人血清抗TG－Ab_2及意义

为了克服单抗测定甲状腺球蛋白独特型抗体（抗ＴＧ－Ａｂ＿２）的局限性，便于常规检测，我们建立了兔抗ＴＧ多克隆抗体的Ｆ（ａｂ＇）＿２－ＥＬＩＳＡ测定人血清中的抗ＴＧ－Ａｂ＿２．结果其抗ＴＧ－Ａｂ＿２阳性率：甲亢（Ｇｒａｖｅ＇３）为９．９％（７／７１），桥本氏甲状腺炎为４４．４％（４／９），甲状腺瘤为１６．７％（３／１８），ＳＬＥ为９．５％（４／４２），类风湿性关节炎为０％（０／３２），正常人为０％（０／３５）。     

母婴弓形体感染的临床研究

应用酶联免疫吸附法（ＥＬＩＳＡ）和聚合酶链反应法（ＰＣＲ）联合对４０６份晚孕妇女静脉血及３２４份新生儿脐带血的弓形体ＩｇＧ、ＩｇＭ、ＤＮＡ片段进行检测，结果表明孕妇弓形体感染率为１５．８％，新生儿感染率为５．９％。证明ＰＣＲ法阳性率高于ＥＬＩＳＡ法测ＩｇＭ（Ｐ＜０．０５）。提出在条件许可医院ＰＣＲ法可代替ＥＬＩＳＡ法而做为治疗指标。对母婴弓形体ＩｇＭ或ＰＣＲ阳性者采用螺旋霉素或磺胺嘧啶、乙胺嘧啶、叶酸等联合治疗，并长期随访患者，以此减少弓形体对母婴的危害。达到优生优育的目的     

抗心磷脂抗体的检测

本文介绍一种检测ＡＣＡ的ＥＬＩＳＡ方法，该法重复性好、特异性强、敏感性高，方法简便。１４４份正常人血清ＢＩ的Ｘ＋２ＳＤ作为正常值上限，其中ＩｇＧ－ＡＣＡＢＩ为２．３５，ＩｇＡ－ＡＣＡ为２．０６，ＩｇＭ－ＡＣＡ为２．５，ＳＬＥ和ＲＡ患者ＡＣＡ阳性率（４６％和３５％）明显高于正常人群（３．５％，Ｐ＜０．０５）。ＳＬＥ患者中各类ＡＣＡ检出阳性率为ＩｇＧ４４％，ＩｇＭ３０％，ＩｇＡ２２％，因此，ＡＣＡ值可     

多抗F（ab‘）2—ELISA测定人血清抗TG—Ab2及意义

为了克服单抗测定甲状腺球蛋白独特型抗体的局限性，便于常规检测，我们建立了兔抗ＴＧ多克隆抗体的Ｆ（ａｂ）２－ＥＬＩＳＡ测定人血清中的ＴＧ－Ａｂ２。结果其抗ＴＧ－Ａｂ２阳性率；甲亢为９．９％，桥本氏甲状腺炎为４４．４％，甲状腺瘤为１６．７％，ＳＬＥ为９．５％，类风湿性关节炎为０％，正常人为０％。     

结核性淋巴结炎的组织细胞反应性增生变型

应用结核杆菌ＤＮＡ１２３ｂｐ特异性序列片段为靶序列的多聚酶链反应（Ｍ·ＴＢ－ＰＣＲ）技术、ＢＣＧ免疫组化（ＢＣＧ－ＩＨＣ）技术和抗酸染色（ＡＦ）方法，对３８例呈现组织细胞反应性增生－碎屑样坏死－嗜中性白细胞渗出病变的淋巴结石蜡包埋组织进行了分支杆菌／结核杆菌的回顾性检测。三种方法的综合阳性率为５２．６％（２０／３８例）。ＡＦ、ＢＣＧ－ＩＨＣ和Ｍ·ＴＢ－ＰＣＲ的各自阳性率分别为０．８％、２６．３％和５０％。研究结果表明：（１）在按本文标准选择的淋巴结“组织细胞反应性增生”病变中，有半数病例与结核杆菌的感染有关，即结核性淋巴结炎可呈现“组织细胞反应性增生”之类的变型；（２）ＰＣＲ技术在结核性淋巴结炎的病原学诊断上具有重要价值。     

应用PCR技术诊断新生儿隐匿型先天性弓形虫病

本文报告用ＰＣＲ的体外基因扩增技术对１１６例弓形虫抗体检测阳性产妇的新生儿脐带血作ＰＣＲ检查，结果ＰＣＲ阳性２９例，阳性率为２５％；同时用ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测脐血中弓形虫特异性抗体ＩｇＧ和ＩｇＭ，阳性率分别为２７．６％和１６．３％，提示应用ＰＣＲ技术检测脐血中弓形虫ＤＮＡ结合ＥＬＩＳＡ进行筛选，可早期诊断新生儿隐匿型先天性弓形虫病，以利于及时治疗，减少减轻隐匿型先天性弓形虫病的后发症，降低其危害。     

聚合酶链反应鉴定丙型肝炎病毒母婴传播的状态及其意义

采用多种方法，动态检测了１１例丙型肝炎病毒（ＨＣＶ）感染的孕妇所生的婴儿血抗－ＨＣＶ和ＨＣＶＲＮＡ。发现用合成肽酶联免疫吸附试验（ｓｐＥＬＩＳＡ）检测婴儿抗－ＨＣＶ阳性率（２３．５２％）显著低于第二代重组抗原ＥＬＩＳＡ（２ｎｄＥＬＩＳＡ）（４１．１８％）（Ｐ＜０．０５）；用２ｎｄＥＬＩＳＡ检测，６例婴儿脐血和静脉血抗－ＨＣＶ阳性，５例持续１～５月阴转，１例阳性持续１３个月。经重组免疫印迹试验（ＲＩＢＡ）鉴定，４例阳性，２例可疑阳性。用逆转录聚合酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）检测ＨＣＶＲＮＡ，５例阳性，３例于生后１～６个月自然阴转，２例持续阳性分别达９个月和１３个月。提示检测抗－ＨＣＶ判断ＨＣＶ母婴传播的状态受到婴儿抗－ＨＣＶ产生水平低下、母体抗－ＨＣＶ的被动输入和不同检测方法的影响，用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ检测ＨＣＶＲＮＡ是判断母婴传播更可靠的指标。     

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.