Platelet-rich plasma combined with naringin induces osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells In vitro北大核心

BACKGROUND: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and naringin can both promote proliferation and induce osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. However, their combined use is rarely reported. OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of PRP combined with naringin on the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) in vitro. METHODS: BMSCs at passage 3 were divided into four groups: (1) blank control group, cells were cultured in α-MEM; (2) PRP group, cells were cultured in α-MEM containing PRP; (3) naringin group, cells were cultured in α-MEM containing naringin; and (4) combined group, cells were cultured in a-MEM containing PRP and naringin. The contents oO used PRP and naringin were 12.5% and 50 µg/L respectively. Cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay. Expression oO related genes in hBMSCs was detected by RT-PCR. Alkaline phosphatase staining, collagen type I immunohistochemical staining, and alizarin red staining were used to analyze the osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The proliferation of hBMSCs was increased in each group, especially in the combined group. Cells in all the groups oxcept the blank control group were positive for alkaline phosphatase staining, collagen type I immunohistochemical staining, and alizarin red staining, and the positive effect was more obvious in the combined group. However, negative or weakly positive response was found in the blank control group. At 7 and 14 days, the expression of alkaline phosphatase and collagen type I was significantly higher in the PRP, naringin and combined groups than the blank control group (P < 0.05); at 14 days, the expression of alkaline phosphatase and collagen type I was significantly higher in the combined group than the PRP and naringin groups (P < 0.05). To conclude, PRP combined with naringin can promote the proliferation of hBMSCs and induce the osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs. Moreover, there is a synergistic effect between PRP and naringin. © 2018, Journal of Clinical Rehabilitative Tissue Engineering Research. All rights reserved.     

Sema7A干预钛微粒诱导鼠MC3T3-E1成骨细胞的凋亡

BACKGROUND: Semaphorin7A (Sema7A) is a kind of cell surface protein, which can promote the fusion of osteoclasts and the migration of osteoblasts at the same time, affecting the dynamic balance of the bone. It is speculated that Sema7A siRNA may inhibit osteoblast apoptosis induced by titanium particles.OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of Sema7A on the preosteoblast activity inhibited by titanium particles.METHODS:Mouse MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts at passages 6 and 7 were divided into four groups: in blank control group, MC3T3-E1 cells were cultured alone; in standard control group, cell were cultured with titanium particles; in experimental groups 1 and 2, the cells were cultured with titanium particles+Sema7A overexpression plasmids and titanium particles+Sema7A siRNA, respectively. Apoptotic rate of MC3T3-E1 cells was detected by flow cytometry; the mRNA expression of bone sialoprotein, osteocalcin and type I collagen was detected by Q-PCR; western blot assay was adopted to detect the protein expression of bone sialoprotein, osteocalcin and type I collagen; alizarin red calcium nodule staining was taken to detect the degree of osteoblast mineralization.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The expressions of bone sialoprotein, osteocalcin and type I collagen were decreased in the standard control group and experimental group 1, but these expression were significantly increased in the experimental group 2 compared with the standard control group (P < 0.05). Flow cytometry results suggested that the apoptotic rate of osteoblasts in the experimental group 1 was significantly higher than that in the other groups (P < 0.05), and the apoptotic rate in the experimental group 2 was lower than that in the standard control group (P < 0.05). Alizarin red staining showed that there were no obvious mineralized nodules in the experimental group 1, but mineralized nodules formed in the experimental group 2. In brief, the genetic interference technique that inhibits the activity of Sema7A can interfere the process of mouse MC3T3-E1 preosteoblast differentiation inhibited by titanium particles, and thus provide a feasible way for the clinical treatment of wear particles-induced osteolysis using biotechnology.  中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程     

持续被动运动条件下骨关节炎软骨细胞Erk活性及增殖

BACKGROUND: Whether continuous passive motion improves osteoarthritis by enhancing the proliferation ability of chondrocytes is rarely reported. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the therapeutic outcomes of continuous passive motion in rabbits with osteoarthritis and the underlying mechanism. METHODS: Thirty-six New Zealand white rabbits were randomly allotted into three groups (n=12 per group). Rabbits in control group only underwent capsulotomy with no harm to the cartilage; osteoarthritis models were established in the rabbits of model and treatment groups using Hulth method. At 1 day after modeling, the treatment group rabbits were treated with continuous passive motion, 8 hours daily for consecutive 8 weeks. Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor α levels in the synovial fluid were detected by ELISA; collagen type II expression and the proliferation ability of chondrocytes were detected by MTT assay; Erk signaling pathway activation was determined using western blot assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:In the model group, interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor α levels in the synovial fluid were significantly increased, and the expression level of collagen type II mRNA was remarkablely down-regulated. Continuous passive motion significantly downregulated interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor α levels and up-regulated the collagen type II mRNA level (P < 0.01). The model group showed significantly decreased proliferation ability of chondrocytes and down-regulated Erk signaling pathway activation, while after continuous passive motion, all above indicators were significantly improved (P < 0.01). These results indicate that the continuous passive motion can alleviate osteoarthritis probably by influencing interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor α levels, proliferation ability of chondrocytes, and collagen type II expression, as well as regulating Erk signaling pathway activation. 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程     

健步虎潜丸含药血清对体外成骨样细胞增殖和功能的影响

BACKGROUND: More recently, the focus has been on searching for a compound Chinese medicine for reinforcing kidney, which cannot only inhibit bone absorption, but also promote osteogenesis to protect against osteoporosis. OBJECTIVE: To explore effects of drug serum of Jianbuhuqian pills on proliferation and function of osteoblast-like cells in vitro. METHODS: Twenty-four adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into low-dose, medium-dose, high-dose and normal saline groups, and given intragastric administration of 1.5, 3.0, and 6 g/kg Jianbuhuqian pills and equal volume of normal saline, respectively twice daily for 1 week. At 1 hour after final gavage, rats were decapitated to prepare drug sera used for culturing osteoblast-like cells. At 24, 48 and 72 hours of culture, the cellular morphology was observed, as well as the cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity was detected by MTT assay and alkaline phosphatase staining, respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the normal saline group, the cell density began to increase significantly in three Jianbuhuqian groups at 24 hours after culture, mitotic figures were easy to be observed, cells were in overlapping growth, much secretions and matrix accumulation appeared, especially in the high-dose group. The obsorbance values in Jianbuhuqian groups were significantly higher than that in the normal saline group. After 24 hours of culture, the obsorbance values in the medium-dose and high-dose groups were significantly increased compared with the low-dose group, and the values showed significant differences among three Jianbuhuqian groups after 48 and 72-hour culture. In addition, the alkaline phosphatase activity presented overt increase in the Jianbuhuqian groups compared with the normal saline group, and significant differences could be found among Jianbuhuqian groups. To conclude, the drug serum of Jianbuhuqian pills can promote the activity of osteoblast-like cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程     

生肌玉红膏对增生性瘢痕的抑制作用

BACKGROUND: Shengjiyuhong ointment has been reported to inhibit hypertrophic scarring. OBJECTIVE: To verify the effects of Shengjiyuhong ointment on hypertrophic scarring of in a rabbit ear model. METHODS: Each ear of thirty-six Japanese rabbits was used to make four 1-cm-diameter circular full-thickness skin wounds with the entire perichondrium removed. Finally, 288 wounds were made and randomly divided into 6 groups: model, negative control (no drugs were administered), low-, moderate-, high-crude herbal dose drugs (Shengjiyuhong ointment was administered topically at concentrations of 8.39%, 25.18%, and 75.54%), and positive control (recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor was administered topically). Shengjiyuhong ointment was administered twice daily till wound healing. The wounds were evaluated by the Vancouver scar scale (VSS). Scar elevation index (SEI) of scar specimens was calculated under a microscope at 40× magnification. mRNA expression levels of type I and III collagen, connective tissue growth factor, fibronectin, and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) were determined by fluorescent quantitative PCR. Protein expression levels of type I and III collagen and α-SMA were detected by western blot assay. α-SMA immunoreactivity was determined by immunofluorescent staining. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: VSS scores and SEI were significantly increased in each group at 30 days (P < 0.05). VSS scores and SEI were significantly decreased in the moderate- and high-crude herbal dose drug groups and positive control groups compared with the model, negative control, and low-crude herbal dose drug groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). mRNA expression levels of type I and III collagen, connective tissue growth factor and fibronectin, and protein expression levels of type I and III collagen and α-SMA were significantly inhibited after moderate-crude herbal dose Shengjiyuhong ointment and positive drug treatment (P < 0.01). These findings suggest that Shengjiyuhong ointment can reduce hypertrophic scars by inhibiting fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition. 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程     

Effect of nuclear factor-κB p65 ASOND on I typ collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells proliferation

Objective Sstudy effect of nuclear factor-κB ASOND on I type collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells(HSC)proliferation.Methods Rat HSCs were separated by affusing and digestingof Ⅳ type collagenenzyme and density acentric method.Lipid-mediated NF-κB p65 ASOND(0.001,0.01,0.1,1μmol/L)Was transferred into rat HSCs.Toxicity of HSCs caused by NF-κB p65 ASOND and activity of LDH were determined by trypan blue staining.Proliferation affection of transferring NF-κB p65 ASOND into HSCs was determined by MTT.In different concentration NF-κB p65 ASOND.expression of Ⅰ type collagen stimulated by 1mg/L TNF-αwas determined by RT-PCR and ELISA.Results After transfection of NF-κB p65 ASODN,expression of NF-κB protein in HSCs was decreasing.Toxicity experiment indicated that NF-κB p65 ASOND of different concentration(0.001,0.01,0.1 and 1.0 μmol/L)had no effect on HSCs livability and LDH activity(P<0.05).Four different concentration NF-κ B p65 ASOND could restrain HSCs proliferation stimulated by 1 mg/L TNF-α.The expression of I type collagen and mRNA stimulated by 1mg/LTNF-αwas increased,and had a positive correlation with concentration(P>0.05).Conclusion NF-κB p65 ASOND may depress NF-κB activity to restrain HSCs proliferation and Ⅰ type collagen expression,and reduce extracellular matrix.     

富血小板纤维蛋白诱导口腔缺损软组织的修复与再生

BACKGROUND: Insufficient oral soft tissues in the implant zone may have a negative effect on the wound healing and the aesthetic restoration in the late stage. Platelet-rich fibrin can promote the wound healing of soft tissue defects. But there is still a lack of in-depth studies on the promotion of oral soft tissue defects in animal experiments. OBJECTIVE: To compare the repairing effects of platelet-rich fibrin and collagen membrane on soft tissue defects of the hard palate in New Zealand rabbits. METHODS: Fifty-four New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into three groups (n=14 per group): platelet-rich fibrin group, collagen membrane group and blank control group. A 5 mm-diameter circular full-thickness soft tissue defect was made in the front of the hard palate, 2 mm distant to the rear maxillary incisors and mucosal edge of the bilateral hard palates. Autologous platelet-rich fibrin membrane or collagen membrane were implanted into the defect in the platelet-rich fibrin group and collagen membrane group, respectively. No treatment was given in the blank control group. General observation of the wound and wound healing analysis were performed at days 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 56 post operation. Hematoxylin-eosin staining, CD31 immunohistochemical staining and Masson staining were used to observe inflammatory reaction, angiogenesis and collagen formation in the surgical site. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The wound healing rate was fastest in the platelet-rich fibrin group, and no obvious scar formed. At 3 days post operation, there was no difference in the wound healing rates among the three groups; at 7 days, the wound healing rate in the platelet-rich fibrin group was significantly higher than that in the collagen membrane group and blank control group (P < 0.05). At 3 and 7 days after operation, the inflammatory reaction in the platelet-rich fibrin group was less than that in the collagen membrane and blank control groups (P < 0.05); at 14, 21, 28 and 56 days, there was no significant difference between the three groups. At 7, 14, 21 days after operation, the average absorbance value of CD31 in the platelet-rich fibrin group was significantly higher than that in the collagen membrane and blank control groups (P < 0.05). The average absorbance value of collagen formation in the platelet-rich fibrin group was significantly higher than that in the collagen membrane and blank control groups at 7 days after operation (P < 0.05), significantly higher than that in the blank control group at 14 days (P < 0.05), but lower than that in the collagen membrane and blank control groups at 21, 28 and 56 days after operation (P < 0.05). These findings show that platelet-rich fibrin can reduce inflammatory reactions in the process of wound healing, accelerate the angiogenesis, regulate the metabolism of collagen, reduce the formation of scar and improve the quality of wound healing, thereby promoting the repair of oral soft tissue defects. 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程     

Effect of nuclear factor-κB p65 ASOND on I typ collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells proliferation

Objective Sstudy effect of nuclear factor-κB ASOND on I type collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells(HSC)proliferation.Methods Rat HSCs were separated by affusing and digestingof Ⅳ type collagenenzyme and density acentric method.Lipid-mediated NF-κB p65 ASOND(0.001,0.01,0.1,1μmol/L)Was transferred into rat HSCs.Toxicity of HSCs caused by NF-κB p65 ASOND and activity of LDH were determined by trypan blue staining.Proliferation affection of transferring NF-κB p65 ASOND into HSCs was determined by MTT.In different concentration NF-κB p65 ASOND.expression of Ⅰ type collagen stimulated by 1mg/L TNF-αwas determined by RT-PCR and ELISA.Results After transfection of NF-κB p65 ASODN,expression of NF-κB protein in HSCs was decreasing.Toxicity experiment indicated that NF-κB p65 ASOND of different concentration(0.001,0.01,0.1 and 1.0 μmol/L)had no effect on HSCs livability and LDH activity(P<0.05).Four different concentration NF-κ B p65 ASOND could restrain HSCs proliferation stimulated by 1 mg/L TNF-α.The expression of I type collagen and mRNA stimulated by 1mg/LTNF-αwas increased,and had a positive correlation with concentration(P>0.05).Conclusion NF-κB p65 ASOND may depress NF-κB activity to restrain HSCs proliferation and Ⅰ type collagen expression,and reduce extracellular matrix.     

Effect of nuclear factor-κB p65 ASOND on I typ collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells proliferation

Objective Sstudy effect of nuclear factor-κB ASOND on I type collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells(HSC)proliferation.Methods Rat HSCs were separated by affusing and digestingof Ⅳ type collagenenzyme and density acentric method.Lipid-mediated NF-κB p65 ASOND(0.001,0.01,0.1,1μmol/L)Was transferred into rat HSCs.Toxicity of HSCs caused by NF-κB p65 ASOND and activity of LDH were determined by trypan blue staining.Proliferation affection of transferring NF-κB p65 ASOND into HSCs was determined by MTT.In different concentration NF-κB p65 ASOND.expression of Ⅰ type collagen stimulated by 1mg/L TNF-αwas determined by RT-PCR and ELISA.Results After transfection of NF-κB p65 ASODN,expression of NF-κB protein in HSCs was decreasing.Toxicity experiment indicated that NF-κB p65 ASOND of different concentration(0.001,0.01,0.1 and 1.0 μmol/L)had no effect on HSCs livability and LDH activity(P<0.05).Four different concentration NF-κ B p65 ASOND could restrain HSCs proliferation stimulated by 1 mg/L TNF-α.The expression of I type collagen and mRNA stimulated by 1mg/LTNF-αwas increased,and had a positive correlation with concentration(P>0.05).Conclusion NF-κB p65 ASOND may depress NF-κB activity to restrain HSCs proliferation and Ⅰ type collagen expression,and reduce extracellular matrix.     

Effect of nuclear factor-κB p65 ASOND on I typ collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells proliferation

Objective Sstudy effect of nuclear factor-κB ASOND on I type collagen expression and rat hepatic stellate cells(HSC)proliferation.Methods Rat HSCs were separated by affusing and digestingof Ⅳ type collagenenzyme and density acentric method.Lipid-mediated NF-κB p65 ASOND(0.001,0.01,0.1,1μmol/L)Was transferred into rat HSCs.Toxicity of HSCs caused by NF-κB p65 ASOND and activity of LDH were determined by trypan blue staining.Proliferation affection of transferring NF-κB p65 ASOND into HSCs was determined by MTT.In different concentration NF-κB p65 ASOND.expression of Ⅰ type collagen stimulated by 1mg/L TNF-αwas determined by RT-PCR and ELISA.Results After transfection of NF-κB p65 ASODN,expression of NF-κB protein in HSCs was decreasing.Toxicity experiment indicated that NF-κB p65 ASOND of different concentration(0.001,0.01,0.1 and 1.0 μmol/L)had no effect on HSCs livability and LDH activity(P<0.05).Four different concentration NF-κ B p65 ASOND could restrain HSCs proliferation stimulated by 1 mg/L TNF-α.The expression of I type collagen and mRNA stimulated by 1mg/LTNF-αwas increased,and had a positive correlation with concentration(P>0.05).Conclusion NF-κB p65 ASOND may depress NF-κB activity to restrain HSCs proliferation and Ⅰ type collagen expression,and reduce extracellular matrix.     

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.