我国主要HIV-1流行株耐药基因型检测方法的研究

目的研究针对中国主要HIV-1流行株优化的实验室自建耐药基因型实验室自建检测方法（in—house）的扩增效果及检测敏感度。方法选取中国主要流行亚型的B、CRF07-BC、CRF01-AE亚型各10份样本,这些样本为2007—2009年本实验室采集采自河南、新疆、湖南三地已接受抗病毒治疗患者的样本,并已确定亚型。选用生物梅里埃公司的NuclisensEasyQ方法对选取的30份样本的病毒载量平行进行3次病毒载量检测,取平均值作为载量数值。对每份样本用HIV阴性血浆进行5个浓度的梯度稀释,稀释为〉1000、401～1000、101～400、50～100和〈50拷贝／ml5个浓度梯度。提取核酸后,进行RT—PCR和巢式PCR扩增,对扩增结果进行统计扩增结果,确定每种亚型的扩增效果和最低检测限。随机选取12份样本的初浓度和最低浓度进行测序,对测序结果进行耐药结果分析和序列一致性分析。结果所选样本的病毒载量介于2．03×102～5．92×104拷贝／ml之间。自建的In—house法对载量50—1000拷贝／ml范围的样本仍可达到较高的扩增效果（86％）。样本稀释前后耐药位点相似,序列一致性在97％以上,在低病毒载量时优势病毒株的检测则更敏感。结论自建的实验室方法的灵敏度较高,对低病毒载量水平的样本仍有较高的扩增效果。     

广西地区HIV合并结核感染及其他因素对HIV复制影响的研究

目的 分析合并结核( tuberculosis,TB)感染及其他因素对广西地区HIV感染者病毒复制的影响.方法 2010年4月至2010年9月间在广西招募到未接受抗病毒治疗、CD4+T细胞数＜350个/μl的HIV/TB感染者61例,单纯HIV感染者34例.收集人口学、流行病学、临床信息,测定HIV病毒载量.结果 HIV/TB双重感染者与单纯HIV感染者血浆病毒载量差异无统计学意义[ (5.05±0.93) lg拷贝/ml vs (5.06±0.76) lg拷贝/ml,P=0.94].二元logistic回归分析显示,CRF01_AE亚型较其他亚型HIV感染者血浆病毒复制水平高,OR=8.07 (95％CI 1.07～61.20,P=0.04).年龄、感染途径、CD4+T细胞数,是否合并结核分枝杆菌(MTB)感染及TB临床类型对病毒复制水平的影响均不明显.结论 广西地区CD4+T细胞数较低的HIV感染者中,合并结核感染对病毒复制影响不明显;CRF01_AE亚型HIV-1病毒复制水平较高,在监测和治疗过程中需加强关注.     

北京市2016年新确证未治疗HIV感染者传播性耐药突变研究

目的 分析北京市2016年新确证HIV感染者HIV病毒pol基因传播性耐药突变特征.方法 利用一步法逆转录PCR和巢式PCR扩增感染者体内HIV病毒的pol基因,并对扩增产物进行测序.对得到的序列信息进行分析,分别获得病毒的亚型分布、耐药突变类型和构成.结果 2016年北京市新确证HIV感染者传播性耐药突变比例为4.2％.712名感染者中,CRF01_AE亚型为主要流行亚型,占49.3％,CRF07_BC亚型占28.8％,B亚型占10.3％.结论 与往年的研究相比,北京市未治疗的HIV感染者耐药率有所下降,总体上属于低水平的HIV耐药流行.     

使用多重巢式PCR对我国HIV-1主要流行株亚型鉴定方法的建立

目的 建立一套新的亚型鉴定方法，仅仅使用巢式PCR，一次扩增，即可对我国HIV-1主要流行株B、C和CRF01-AE进行亚型鉴定。方法 从HIV阳性样本中提取核酸，使用能覆盖HIV-1型M组gag区的引物进行第一轮扩增，第二轮扩增则使用分别检测B、C、CRF01-AE亚型的三套特异性引物进行扩增，三套引物放在同一个反应管中。反应产物经琼脂糖电泳后观察，不同亚型的位置不同，以此来判断亚型。另外设计一套引物，专门检测我国重组株CRF07-BC和CRF08-BC。所有样品均经过基因测序、系统进化树分析，以进行结果验证。结果 在检测的119份样品中，经基因测序和系统进化树分析证实B亚型样品43份(欧美B11份，泰国B32份)，C、CRF01-AE、A和D亚型样品分别为54份、17份、3份和2份。其中C亚型的样品，有52份属于CRF07-BC和CRF08-BC。而经过上述多重巢式PCR方法检测到的B亚型样品为35份(81．4％)，C亚型46份(85．2％)和CRF01-AE13份(76．5％)。另外，检测CRF07-BC和CRF08-BC重组株的引物特异性地检测到43份(82．7％)样品。上述结果与基因分析结果吻合，各个亚型之间无交叉，一种亚型的特异性引物只对该亚型有反应，而对其他亚型无反应，特异性达到100％。虽然有时会有非特异扩增带，但一般不影响结果判断。结论 我们建立了一套简单快速的H1V-1亚型鉴定方法，不需基因测序，即可检测我国主要流行株B、C、CRF01-AE、CRF07-BC和CRF08-BC。该方法具有高度特异性和敏感性，可以作为初筛方法在我国及其他国家HIV-1实验室推广使用。     

广西HIV-1重组毒株env区快速基因分型方法的建立

目的建立一种快速简便的基因分型方法，对广西HIV-1重组毒株env基因区进行亚型鉴定。方法从HIV阳性样品中提取核酸，使用HIV-1M组通用引物对env区进行第一轮扩增，第二轮则使用分别检测B′/C或C亚型和CRF01-AE亚型的二套特异性引物放入同一反应管中进行扩增，根据不同亚型扩增的目的带位置不同来判断亚型。将通用引物扩增出的所有样本均进行基因测序和系统树分析以验证结果。结果50份样本中，经基因测序和系统树分析证实CRF08-BC样本3份（6％），CRF01-AE样本43份（86％），4份（8％）样本无法确定亚型。经亚型特异性引物PCR法检测得出B′/C或C亚型样本3份（100％），CRF01-AE样本39份（90．7％），灵敏度为91．3％，特异度为100％。两种方法检测结果经差异性检验显示X^2=2．25，P〉0.05，差异无统计学意义，结果一致者占92％。与基因分析结果吻合。重复实验显示CRF08-BC平均重复性为100％（10／10），CRF01．AE为93．8％（61／65）。结论该方法是一种简便、快速、低成本，具有高度灵敏性和特异性的HIV-1毒株env基因区分型法，能够直接对广西HIV-1 CRF01-AE重组毒株进行鉴定。     

基因芯片检测拉米夫定治疗乙肝病毒感染耐药分析

目的 分析拉米夫定治疗乙肝病毒感染耐药性,旨在为指导慢性乙肝患者临床药物治疗提供新方法.方法 应用基因芯片检测255份51名拉米夫定抗乙肝病毒治疗自愿者不同阶段服药的临床标本及145份HBV DNA阴性血清耐药突变,并对突变进行分析.结果 经一年药物治疗10名患者产生耐药突变,耐药率19.6%（10/51）,产生突变阳性标本病毒载量＞105拷贝/ml.药物治疗后产生突变＞6个月.10例突变病毒株中,552密码子处突变9例,528密码子处突变3例,密码子555中未发现突变.5例血清存在混合感染,其中4例为野生型病毒与突变型的混合,野生型病毒所占比例皆在40%以下.1例血清出现在（4,4）位点的密码子ATT与（3,3）位点密码子TTG两种突变,两种突变类型病毒并行产生同步增长.（3,3）突变类型首次报道.结论 拉米夫定抗乙肝病毒治疗6个月以上易产生耐药,产生耐药病毒载量＞105拷贝/ml.主要发生在YMDD区,且存在两种突变类型病毒的混合感染,以上结果对慢性乙肝患者用药具有指导作用.     

病毒载量检测鉴别诊断HIV早期感染

目的 研究病毒载量检测在鉴别诊断HIV早期感染中的应用.方法 对13份HIV抗体检测结果高度提示为早期感染的样本进行病毒载量检测,并对这些个体进行随访和抗体检测以证实其感染状况.结果 13份样本中,有12份病毒载量阳性,随访确定1例HIV抗体阳性婴幼儿感染者,11例窗口期感染者;1例HIV抗体呈阳性的婴幼儿,病毒载量阴性,随访证实未感染.病毒载量检测结果与最终的感染状况相符.结论 通过病毒载量检测能够有效鉴别诊断早期感染中的婴幼儿感染(18个月以内抗体呈阳性)和窗口期感染者.病毒载量检测可以作为HIV感染早期不确定样本的诊断依据.     

应用多重巢式PCR法快速鉴定广西HIV-1主要亚型

目的 建立快速鉴定广西HIV-1主要流行亚型CRF01_AE、CRF07_BC、CRF08_BC、B和C的多重巢式PCR方法.方法 针对HIV-1 gag基因设计CRF01_AE、CRF07_BC、CRF08_BC、B和C亚型特异性引物,建立多重巢式PCR法,用该法鉴定来自广西的HIV-1毒株的亚型,并与基因测序法的鉴定结果比较.结果 多重巢式PCR法能正确鉴别5种已知亚型的样本,10份HIV阴性样本均无扩增,在72份未知亚型样本中,正确鉴定出66份,分别属于CRF01_AE、CRF07_BC、CRF08_BC、B亚型,多重巢式PCR法的灵敏度为91.7%,特异度达100%.结论 多重巢式PCR法能准确鉴定广西CRF01_AE、CRF07_BC、CRF08_BC和B亚型毒株,是一种简便、快速、低成本的亚型鉴定方法.     

实时荧光定量RT-PCR监测恒河猴体内人/猴免疫缺陷病毒载量在传代过程中的变化

目的为分析中国SHIV/猕猴AIDS模型的病毒载量变化趋势,建立一种实时、灵敏、特异的针对人/猴免疫缺陷病毒的定量检测方法。方法体外转录制备RNA标准品,利用TaqManEZRT-PCR试剂盒的反应体系和针对SHIVgag保守区91个碱基的TaqMan探针和引物,建立一步法实时荧光定量RT-PCR。提取126份来自SHIV-CN97001感染恒河猴血浆病毒RNA并定量检测。结果利用梯度稀释的RNA标准品对反应体系进行优化,标准曲线下限达到2×102拷贝/ml,相关性(r>0.99)及重复性(CV=4.14%)均能达到测定要求。病毒载量的检测结果表明SHIV-CN97001在猴体内传代过程中病毒载量有先升后降的趋势,病毒载量通常在接种病毒或感染猴的全血后第14天达到高峰。血浆载量可达到105~106拷贝/ml。结论成功地建立了一步法定量SHIVRNA的实时荧光定量RT-PCR,为SHIV/恒河猴AIDS模型的建立与应用提供了灵敏的病毒载量检测方法。SHIV-CN97001的体内繁殖能力在猴体内传代过程中有所增强。     

广州无偿献血人群中丙型肝炎抗体阳性者HCV基因型与病毒载量的关系

目的:了解最新广州地区无偿献血人群丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)基因型与病毒载量的关联性。方法:收集2008～2011年广州地区无偿献血人群中抗-HCV阳性标本605份,采用荧光定量PCR(Q-PCR)的方法对其进行核酸及病毒载量检测,阳性标本作NS5B基因扩增;核苷酸序列测定后运用DNASTAR、BioEdit和Mega4.0等软件作序列分析和基因分型,采用SPSS16.0软件对病毒载量与基因型(亚型)的关联性进行分析。结果:337份HCV RNA阳性的标本扩增出NS5B基因320份,HCV 1b、6a、3a、2a、3b、1a、6n比例依次为45.00%、33.44%、8.75%、7.81%、4.38%、0.31%和0.31%。HCV1b与2a、3a、6a、6a与2a、3a之间病毒载量存在显著差异:HCVba病毒载量高于2a、3a和6a,HCV6a病毒载量高于2a和3a。结论:广州地区无偿献血人群中HCV1b和6a为主要亚型且其病毒载量高于其他亚型。     

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.