沉默URG11基因对前列腺癌LNCaP细胞增殖、迁移与侵袭的影响

 目的: 观察上调基因11(up-regulated gene 11,URG11)在前列腺癌细胞系中的表达及降低URG11表达对人前列腺癌LNCaP细胞增殖和侵袭能力的影响。方法: 用real-time PCR和Western blot检测前列腺癌细胞系和正常前列腺上皮细胞系中URG11 mRNA和蛋白水平;设计针对URG11基因的siRNA靶序列,转染LNCaP细胞,采用流式细胞仪检测细胞周期和凋亡,MTS测定LNCaP细胞增殖能力,划痕和侵袭实验评价LNCaP细胞迁移及侵袭能力。结果: 在LNCaP、DU145、PC3前列腺癌细胞系和RWPE-1正常前列腺上皮细胞系中URG11 mRNA和蛋白表达水平存在显著差异,在前列腺癌细胞中URG11 mRNA和蛋白表达水平明显升高(P<0.05)。与对照组相比,转染URG11 siRNA的LNCaP细胞增殖停滞在G₁/S期并诱导前列腺癌细胞凋亡,转染组的细胞凋亡率为8.79%±0.12%,而且LNCaP肿瘤细胞的迁移及侵袭能力明显下降(P<0.05)。结论: URG11在前列腺癌系中高表达。通过RNAi沉默URG11基因能明显抑制LNCaP细胞增殖和侵袭能力,并诱导细胞凋亡。     

URG4在肝癌组织中的表达及其与HBx的关系

目的:检测URG4在肝癌组织中的表达及意义。探讨URG4与HBx在肝癌组织表达之间的关系。方法:免疫组化方法检测URG4和HBx在正常组织、肝癌组织及癌旁组织中的表达分布,并分析其表达的意义及表达之间的相关性。结果:URG4在肝癌组织及肝癌细胞系中的阳性表达率分别为48%和54%,而在正常组织中仅22.2%弱表达,其与HBx表达的相关系数分别为0.38和0.45(P0.05)。结论:URG4在肝癌组织及癌旁组织中的表达高于正常组织,且与HBx密切相关。     

URG-4在骨肉瘤中的表达及与预后的关系

目的: 探讨上调基因在骨肉瘤(osteosarcoma)组织中的表达及与预后的关系.〖HTH〗方法: 随机选取骨肉瘤(患者86例, 应用SP免疫组化方法检测URG-4蛋白的表达.并对其中的59例骨肉瘤患者中作术后为期1～60个月的随访, 分析URG-4蛋白与骨肉瘤患者预后的相关性.结果: URG-4蛋白在骨肉瘤组织中的阳性表达率为75.58% (65/86).URG-4蛋白的表达与Enneking分期有关, 而与骨肉瘤患者年龄、 性别、 肿瘤部位、 大小、 病理分型无关; URG-4蛋白表达阳性者的5年生存率显著低于表达阴性者(P<0.01).结论: URG-4蛋白的表达可能与骨肉瘤的发生、 浸润、 转移有关; 检测URG-4蛋白在骨肉瘤组织中的阳性表达率, 并结合其临床病理学分级, 可提高对患者预后的判断准确性.     

siRNA干扰URG11表达对骨肉瘤细胞系MG63的生物学功能和Wnt/β-catenin信号通路的影响

目的:探讨siRNA干扰URG11表达后骨肉瘤细胞系MG63的生物学功能和Wnt/β-catenin信号通路的变化。方法:将体外培养的MG63细胞分为Control组（未转染）、NC-siRNA组（转染非特异性NC-siRNA）和URG11-siRNA组（转染URG11-siRNA）,采用逆转录聚合酶链式扩增（RT-P...     

乙肝病毒相关原发性肝细胞癌的癌前标志物检测

探讨乙肝病毒（HBV）相关原发性肝细胞癌（HCC）癌前标志物的检测及其临床意义。在HBx基因转染的HepG2细胞系中,采用PCR选择性分离cDNA,进行差减杂交,得到5个HBxAg上调基因URG4、URG7、URG11、S15a、Sui1。建立特异ELISA方法,对中国居民及美国的韩国裔移民共1046例（其中慢性HBV感染400例,对照组646例）,检测5个HBxAg上调基因的相应抗体,定其为HBV相关HCC癌前标志物,简称癌前抗体。结果表明,慢性乙肝组、乙肝肝硬化组、HBV相关HCC组以及HCV相关HCC组检出癌前抗体的阳性率与正常人群相比均有显著差异（P〈0．01）,且差异随慢性乙肝-乙肝肝硬化-肝癌的发展而增大,而HBV携带组、其它肝炎组以及其他肿瘤组与正常人群相比均无显著差异（P〉0．05）。在5个癌前抗体中,HBV相关HCC组检出3个或3个以上癌前抗体的阳性率为52．6％（30／57）,乙肝肝硬化组为29．2％（35／120）,慢性乙肝组为19．0％（29／153）,而正常人群仅为0．8％（4／494）。在HBV感染各组病例中,慢性乙肝组癌前抗体阳性率为48．4％（74／153）,乙肝肝硬化组为66．7％（80／120）,HBV相关HCC组为82．5％（47／57）（P〈0．01）,平均癌前抗体阳性数分别为1．37、2．12和3．52（P〈0．01）。这5个癌前抗体在正常人群中检测不到,而在肝癌及其高危人群中高比例地出现,且阳性率随慢性乙肝-乙肝肝硬化-肝癌的发展而显著升高,反映了这些癌前抗体是肝癌发生的高危风险因子,在肿瘤的发展过程中逐步产生,可以作为癌前病变趋势的诊断依据。     

乳腺癌中p16INK4a和视网膜母细胞瘤基因甲基化状况及其表达

目的 研究乳腺癌及癌旁增生组织中p16INK4a和视网膜母细胞瘤(RB)基因启动子区域的甲基化状况,并探讨基因异常甲基化与蛋白表达及其临床意义.方法 采用甲基化特异性PCR方法 对46例乳腺癌、22例癌旁增生组织及7例正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a和RB基因启动子区域甲基化状况进行检测,并采用免疫组织化学SP法对p16INK4a蛋白表达情况进行相应检测.结果 乳腺癌、癌旁增生组织和正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a基因的甲基化率分别为23.9%(11/46)、18.2%(4/22)、1/7;RB基因的甲基化率分别为10.8%(5/46)、9.1%(2/22)、0(0/7);肿瘤组织、癌旁增生组织和正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a基因、RB基因甲基化率差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05).正常乳腺组织、癌旁增生组织、乳腺癌中p16INK4a蛋白表达阳性率分别为7/7、60.8%(28/46)和81.8%(18/22),三者之间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);肿瘤组织中p16INK4a蛋白表达与肿瘤分级相关(P<0.05);肿瘤组织中p16INK4a甲基化状况与其蛋白表达、肿瘤分级、ER表达阴性具有相关性(P<0.05),与肿瘤大小、淋巴结转移、年龄均不相关;RB基因甲基化状态与肿瘤分级、肿瘤大小、ER表达及年龄均无相关性,但与淋巴结转移相关(P<0.05).结论 p16INK4a基因异常甲基化可能在乳腺癌发生过程中作用有限,但在肿瘤的演进中发挥作用;RB基因甲基化检测对于分析乳腺癌进展及预后情况可能有一定参考价值;p16INK4a基因甲基化是p16INK4a蛋白失表达的机制之一.     

乳腺癌中p16INK4a和视网膜母细胞瘤基因甲基化状况及其表达

目的 研究乳腺癌及癌旁增生组织中p16INK4a和视网膜母细胞瘤(RB)基因启动子区域的甲基化状况,并探讨基因异常甲基化与蛋白表达及其临床意义.方法 采用甲基化特异性PCR方法 对46例乳腺癌、22例癌旁增生组织及7例正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a和RB基因启动子区域甲基化状况进行检测,并采用免疫组织化学SP法对p16INK4a蛋白表达情况进行相应检测.结果 乳腺癌、癌旁增生组织和正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a基因的甲基化率分别为23.9%(11/46)、18.2%(4/22)、1/7;RB基因的甲基化率分别为10.8%(5/46)、9.1%(2/22)、0(0/7);肿瘤组织、癌旁增生组织和正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a基因、RB基因甲基化率差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05).正常乳腺组织、癌旁增生组织、乳腺癌中p16INK4a蛋白表达阳性率分别为7/7、60.8%(28/46)和81.8%(18/22),三者之间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);肿瘤组织中p16INK4a蛋白表达与肿瘤分级相关(P<0.05);肿瘤组织中p16INK4a甲基化状况与其蛋白表达、肿瘤分级、ER表达阴性具有相关性(P<0.05),与肿瘤大小、淋巴结转移、年龄均不相关;RB基因甲基化状态与肿瘤分级、肿瘤大小、ER表达及年龄均无相关性,但与淋巴结转移相关(P<0.05).结论 p16INK4a基因异常甲基化可能在乳腺癌发生过程中作用有限,但在肿瘤的演进中发挥作用;RB基因甲基化检测对于分析乳腺癌进展及预后情况可能有一定参考价值;p16INK4a基因甲基化是p16INK4a蛋白失表达的机制之一.     

乳腺癌中p16INK4a和视网膜母细胞瘤基因甲基化状况及其表达

目的 研究乳腺癌及癌旁增生组织中p16INK4a和视网膜母细胞瘤(RB)基因启动子区域的甲基化状况,并探讨基因异常甲基化与蛋白表达及其临床意义.方法 采用甲基化特异性PCR方法 对46例乳腺癌、22例癌旁增生组织及7例正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a和RB基因启动子区域甲基化状况进行检测,并采用免疫组织化学SP法对p16INK4a蛋白表达情况进行相应检测.结果 乳腺癌、癌旁增生组织和正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a基因的甲基化率分别为23.9%(11/46)、18.2%(4/22)、1/7;RB基因的甲基化率分别为10.8%(5/46)、9.1%(2/22)、0(0/7);肿瘤组织、癌旁增生组织和正常乳腺组织中p16INK4a基因、RB基因甲基化率差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05).正常乳腺组织、癌旁增生组织、乳腺癌中p16INK4a蛋白表达阳性率分别为7/7、60.8%(28/46)和81.8%(18/22),三者之间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);肿瘤组织中p16INK4a蛋白表达与肿瘤分级相关(P<0.05);肿瘤组织中p16INK4a甲基化状况与其蛋白表达、肿瘤分级、ER表达阴性具有相关性(P<0.05),与肿瘤大小、淋巴结转移、年龄均不相关;RB基因甲基化状态与肿瘤分级、肿瘤大小、ER表达及年龄均无相关性,但与淋巴结转移相关(P<0.05).结论 p16INK4a基因异常甲基化可能在乳腺癌发生过程中作用有限,但在肿瘤的演进中发挥作用;RB基因甲基化检测对于分析乳腺癌进展及预后情况可能有一定参考价值;p16INK4a基因甲基化是p16INK4a蛋白失表达的机制之一.     

MDM4基因研究进展

MDM4( murine double minute 4,MDMX,HDMX)是p53上游重要的调控因子.其结构与MDM2相近,但功能上比较复杂且有争议,一方面与MDM2相似,具有致癌基因活性.其高表达会导致抑癌基因p53失活而诱发肿瘤,另外一方面可激活p53,促进细胞凋亡.MDM4在不同外界应激下,有不同的调控途径.鉴于MDM4的重要性,此文将从该基因的结构、功能、与肿瘤关系、研究方向等方面系统总结目前对MDM4的认识及研究进展.     

Livin基因、FHIT基因与妇科肿瘤间关系研究进展

目的:总结Livin基因、FHIT基因与妇科肿瘤的关系.方法:在Pubmed、中国知网查阅有关Livin基因、FHIT基因与妇科肿瘤关系的文献,进行汇总分析.结果:在妇科肿瘤中,Livin基因高表达、FHIT基因低表达,抑制细胞凋亡,促进肿瘤的发生.结论:通过对Livin基因、FHIT基因的深入研究,为妇科肿瘤的治疗提供新靶点.     

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.     

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.     

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.