吡那地尔对高血压心脏结构和功能重构的影响

在等降压剂量下吡那地尔和赖诺普利可使４月龄自发性高血压大鼠的血压下降６．０￣８．０ｋＰａ，并接近同种属正常血压大刀瓣血压水平。     

Introns and gene evolution

In one scenario of gene evolution, exon shuffling has a fundamental role in increasing gene diversity. As DNA sequences accumulate in the databases, the picture of the intron/exon structures of genes becomes more and more clear. We discuss in this review some features of this picture that suggest that introns have been present since the early stages of evolution, and that exon shuffling was a fundamental process in the construction of ancient as well as modern genes.     

Ache、P-selectin、CDK5在病毒性脑炎中的表达及相关性研究

目的 探究乙酰胆碱酯酶(acetylcholinesterase, Ache)、P-选择素(P-selectin)、细胞周期素依赖蛋白激酶5(cyclin-dependent kinase 5,CDK5)在病毒性脑炎(viral encephalitis, VE)中的表达及相关性。方法 本研究选取在本院健康体检及神经内科就诊治疗、住院治疗的病毒性脑炎患者130例作为研究对象,并纳入研究组,根据患者的病情时间将其分为急性期和恢复期,其中急性期组85例,恢复期组45例。根据患者的临床表现,将其分为轻度组和重度组,其中轻度组76例,重度组54例,选择同期在我院接受体检的健康患者60例作为对照组。应用丁酰硫代胆碱底物法检测Ache水平;酶联免疫吸附法检测血清P-selectin水平;CDK5分离试剂盒检测CDK5水平。观察研究组和对照组、急性期和恢复期及重度组和轻度组患者Ache、P-selectin、CDK5水平,分析病毒性脑炎患者Ache、P-selectin和CDK5之间相关性,利用ROC曲线比较Ache、P-selectin、CDK5单独检测及联合检测在VE中的诊断价值。结果 研究组A...     

颈痛患者手法治疗：最佳实践指南解读

颈痛在临床上常由颈椎退行性疾病引起,易对患者颈部功能及生活质量造成不良影响。为提供最佳、有效的诊断及治疗方案,2019年美国国家健康科学大学发表了《最佳实践建议：颈痛患者的整脊治疗管理》。课题组在充分研读最新版指南诊治内容的基础上,从诊断、治疗、注意事项3个方面进行解读,同时检索相关文献,纵向对比多个高质量颈痛相关指南,从生物力学及神经生物学方面分析手法治疗颈痛的科学性,并结合中国诊疗现状分析认为其推荐的手法治疗及诊疗流程在中国具有可行性,基于此认为将国内外现有的循证医学证据结合中国传统医学能指导临床实践。     

基于骨免疫微环境探讨补肾活血方防治绝经后骨质疏松症的研究进展

骨质疏松症（OP）是我国人群中最常见的多发病,好发于绝经后的老年妇女,增加了患者骨折的风险。绝经后骨质疏松症（PMOP）是一种以骨量减少和骨折风险增加为特征的全身性疾病,主要是绝经后雌激素水平显著降低导致的。除了雌激素缺乏对骨骼的直接负面影响外,绝经后妇女免疫状态的改变间接导致骨骼的持续破坏,因为绝经后妇女通常表现出慢性低级别炎症表型,细胞因子表达和免疫细胞谱发生改变。PMOP已严重危害我国女性健康。补肾活血方是一种应用广泛的补肾活血中药,近年来,随着我国临床医师与患者越来越重视中医药,补肾活血方被应用于多种疾患,包括骨科的多种疾病,其对PMOP的防治效果亦明显。该文基于骨免疫微环境,以骨代谢对PMOP产生影响为基础,论述补肾活血方的作用机制。     

右美托咪定调控Nrf2/HO-1通路对H2O2诱导心肌细胞氧化应激损伤的作用研究

目的 探讨右美托咪定调控核因子E2相关因子2(Nrf2)/血红素加氧酶1(HO-1)通路对过氧化氢(H₂O₂)诱导心肌细胞氧化应激损伤的作用。方法 体外培养大鼠H9C2心肌细胞,设置对照组、H₂O₂组、1μmol右美托咪定+H₂O₂组、5μmol右美托咪定+H₂O₂组、10μmol右美托咪定+H₂O₂组。CCK-8法检测各组H9C2细胞增殖情况;酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测各组H9C2细胞丙二醛(MDA)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)水平;实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应(q RT-PCR)检测各组H9C2细胞Nrf2、HO-1 mRNA相对表达量;Western blotting检测各组H9C2细胞Nrf2、HO-1蛋白相对表达量。结果 与对照组比较,H₂O₂组H9C2细胞存活率、SOD水平、Nrf2、HO-1 mRNA及蛋白相对...     

A cAMP-activated chloride channel in the plasma membrane of cultured human gastric cells (HGT-1)

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) secretion by gastric parietal cells involves an apical Cl^– conductance, the properties of which have not been defined. In the present study, forskolin and histamine [agonists that increase intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)], and dibutyryl cAMP, activated channels in previously quiescent cell-attached membrane patches on cultured human gastric cells (HGT-1). In the cell-attached configuration (Cl^–149 mmol/ 1 in bath and pipette), channels exhibited outward rectification, voltage dependence, inward current (–0.7 pA) at zero holding potential and a reversal potential of +24 mV, consistent with the presence of a Cl^– conductive pathway. In excised inside-out patches, channels (i) exhibited degrees of outward rectification and voltage dependence that were comparable to those seen in cell-attached patches, (ii) demonstrated a –21 mV shift of their reversal potential when bath Cl^– was decreased from 149 mmol/l to 53 mmol/l (calculated Cl^–:cation permeability ratio 171), and (iii) were highly sensitive to the Cl^– channel blocker diphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid (DPC, 10^–3 mol/l). This cAMP-activated Cl^– channel bears many similarities to other Cl^– channels within intestinal epithalia, and may represent the apical Cl^– channel operating in HCl-secreting gastric parietal cells.     

Genetic factors controlling inheritance of susceptibility to 1,2-dimethylhydrazine

Summary Reciprocal crosses were made between AKR/J, a 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-resistant mouse strain, and SWR/J, a sensitive strain. The F1 hybrids were tested with DMH and methylazoxymethanol (MAM), two colon carcinogens. Either DMH (20 mg/kg body weight) or MAM (35 mg/kg body weight), a metabolic derivative of DMH, was injected weekly for 10 weeks. In each group of 35 mice, 10 were injected with tritiated thymidine (25 Ci) 1 week after the sixth injection of DMH and MAM for the evaluation of proliferative characteristics and the number of foci of dysplasia occuring in 325 m of distal colonic mucosa. At 27 weeks after the first injection of the carcinogen, the colons of remaining mice were opened longitudinally and the number of tumors enumerated. Compared with DMH-treated mice, the number of foci of dysplasia per mouse, the percentage of tumor-bearing mice, the number of tumors per animal, and the number of tumors per tumor-bearing animal induced by MAM were severalfold higher. This would suggest the presence of a gene(s) repressing metabolism of DMH to MAM. Moreover, differences in response to the carcinogens were observed between the sexes. In contrast to males, females treated with both DMH and MAM had significantly greater numbers of tumors per animal, tumors per tumor-bearing mice, and a greater proliferative response with extension of S-phase cells to the upper third and luminal surface of crypts. Among males, those with the X^AKR/Y^SWR heritage appeared more resistant than X^SWR/Y^AKR males, particularly in their response to MAM. A twofold difference in the number of foci of dysplasia per mouse, tumors per animal, and the number of tumors per tumor-bearing animals was seen. Analyses of the response to DMH and MAM by F1 reciprocal hybrids of the AKR and SWR strains have shown a complex inheritance pattern governing susceptibility to DMH. Resistance to the carcinogen is provided by at least two specific repressor genes, one governing metabolism of carcinogen from DMH to MAM, and the other controlled by gender. Genetic factors contributed by the AKR female appear to convey additional resistance to male progeny, suggesting more than one gender-related gene.Supported in part by CA 08748 from the National Cancer Institute and by CA 26674 from the National Cancer Institute through the National Large Bowel Cancer Project     

Expression of pseudorabies virus gE epitopes in Pichia pastoris and its utilization in an indirect PRV gE-ELISA

Pseudorabies virus glycoprotein E (PRV gE) has been recognized as a suitable diagnostic antigen for pseudorabies. In order to produce gE antigen in large quantities and at low cost, a gene fragment encoding PRV gE epitopes was expressed in Pichia pastoris expression system. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting revealed that the expression product was two recombinant proteins, approximately 38 and 32 kDa, in the culture supernatant of P. pastoris integrant 72 h after induction. Protein concentration assay showed the expression product amounted to 106.7 mg/l, accounting for 66.67% of total culture supernatant proteins. An indirect PRV gE-ELISA was then established by using the recombinant expression product as a coating antigen. Cross-reactivity assay showed that this antigen was PRV specific. Reproducibility experiment displayed good consistency. Comparison of detection results of 348 field serum samples between PRV gE-ELISA and a commercially available PRV diagnostic kit showed there was no significant difference between these two methods (P > 0.05).     

Clinical pathology consultation improves coagulation factor utilization in hospitalized adults

Coagulation factor replacement can effectively treat or prevent most hemophilia complications, but it is expensive. Although published data describe how to achieve therapeutic goals through cost-effective selection and dosing of replacement products, criteria are not universally known or followed. A review of our institution's experience revealed overdosing of coagulation factors in the majority of patients treated during a 12-month period, at a cost that approached $700,000. Consequently, we established mandatory clinical pathology consultation before releasing such factors. In the subsequent 30 months, 32 adults received 64 courses of treatment. For patients with hemophilia A, the mean cost per admission was reduced by approximately 27% (total savings, $61,536). For patients with factor VIII inhibitor, there was an approximate 6% cost reduction (total savings, $47,292). The combined savings was $108,828. The mean plasma factor level achieved during the intervention period was 84% +/- 55% compared with 117% +/- 58% for the preintervention period (P = .008). Neither the number of treatment (factor transfusion) days nor the number of RBC transfusions changed significantly. Our data support that pathology consultation yields consistent and appropriate therapy and improves resource utilization.