Predicting intellectual outcome among children treated with 35-40 Gy craniospinal irradiation for medulloblastoma

Fifty children diagnosed with medulloblastoma completed 188 psychological evaluations using the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children (D. Wechsler, 1974, 1991) over a 7-year study period following 35-40 Gy postoperative craniospinal irradiation. Random coefficient models were used to predict the trend in the children's intellectual performance as a function of time since diagnosis, with both patient and treatment variables as parameters of this function. A quadratic model demonstrated a delay prior to decline in performance for older patients, whereas the younger patients showed an immediate loss of performance with a plateau at approximately 6 years postdiagnosis. A steeper decline was found for those with higher baseline performance. Clinicians may use the proposed predictive model to identify those patients who are at risk of significant intellectual decline.     

pH Sensitivity of non-synaptic field bursts in the dentate gyrus

Under conditions of low [Ca(2+)](o) and high [K(+)](o), the rat dentate granule cell layer in vitro develops recurrent spontaneous prolonged field bursts that resemble an in vivo phenomenon called maximal dentate activation. To understand how pH changes in vivo might affect this phenomenon, the slices were exposed to different extracellular pH environments in vitro. The field bursts were highly sensitive to extracellular pH over the range 7.0-7.6 and were suppressed at low pH and enhanced at high pH. Granule cell resting membrane potential, action potentials, and postsynaptic potentials were not significantly altered by pH changes within the range that suppressed the bursts. The pH sensitivity of the bursts was not altered by pharmacologic blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), non-NMDA, and GABA(A) receptors at concentrations of these agents sufficient to eliminate both spontaneous and evoked synaptic potentials. Gap junction patency is known to be sensitive to pH, and agents that block gap junctions, including octanol, oleamide, and carbenoxolone, blocked the prolonged field bursts in a manner similar to low pH. Perfusion with gap junction blockers or acidic pH suppressed field bursts but did not block spontaneous firing of single and multiple units, including burst firing. These data suggest that the pH sensitivity of seizures and epileptiform phenomena in vivo may be mediated in large part through mechanisms other than suppression of NMDA-mediated or other excitatory synaptic transmission. Alterations in electrotonic coupling via gap junctions, affecting field synchronization, may be one such process.     

Mouse homologues of the human AZF candidate gene RBM are expressed in spermatogonia and spermatids, and map to a Y chromosome deletion interval associated with a high incidence of sperm abnormalities

An RNA-binding motif (RBM) gene family has been identified on the human Y chromosome that maps to the same deletion interval as the 'azoospermia factor' (AZF). We have identified the homologous gene family (Rbm) on the mouse Y with a view to investigating the proposal that this gene family plays a role in spermatogenesis. At least 25 and probably >50 copies of Rbm are present on the mouse Y chromosome short arm located between Sry and the centromere. As in the human, a role in spermatogenesis is indicated by a germ cell-specific pattern of expression in the testis, but there are distinct differences in the pattern of expression between the two species. Mice carrying the deletion Yd1, that maps to the proximal Y short arm, are female due to a position effect resulting in non-expression of Sry ; sex-reversing such mice with an Sry transgene produces males with a high incidence of abnormal sperm, making this the third deletion interval on the mouse Y that affects some aspect of spermatogenesis. Most of the copies of Rbm map to this deletion interval, and the Yd1males have markedly reduced Rbm expression, suggesting that RBM deficiency may be responsible for, or contribute to, the abnormal sperm development. In man, deletion of the functional copies of RBM is associated with meiotic arrest rather than sperm anomalies; however, the different effects of deletion are consistent with the differences in expression between the two species.      

抗轮状病毒卵黄免疫球蛋白的蛋白酶水解及被动免…

用婴幼儿轮状病毒抗原免疫产卵母鸡，制备出抗婴幼儿轮状病毒鸡卵黄免疫球蛋白（抗－ＨＲＶＩｇＹ）同时研究抗－ＨＲＶＩｇＹ的抗人类胃酸屏障能力，抗消化道蛋白酶的酶解以及临床使用的安全性和效果，研究结果表明：抗－ＨＲＶＩｇＹ具有一定的抗胃酸屏障能力和抗消化道蛋白酶酶解作用，抗－ＨＲＶＩｇＹ安全无毒，对婴幼儿轮状病毒感染具有被动免疫保护作用。     

中枢性疲劳症候群临床与血清色氨酸的研究

目的：对珠海市中学生中枢性疲劳症候群的临床,患病率及与血清色氨酸的关系进行研究。方法：采用单纯随机抽样和整群一级抽样方法,对4年中学1594人进行问卷调查作为初筛,筛出有症状的部分人在医院进行以排除其它疾病为 的精查,并做血清色氨酸含量的测量,结果：临床表现自主神经症状,睡眠障碍,精神症状,推测珠海市中学生中患病率为11％,血清色氨酸含量较正常对照组低,两组有显著差异（P＜0．01）,结论：中枢性疲劳症候群是珠海地区中学生中的常见病,应积极于以防治;血中色氨酸含量的测定对诊断该疾病有一定的价值。     

端粒酶及nm23的表达与胃腺癌预后的关系探讨

目的 :探讨端粒酶和nm2 3癌基因蛋白表达与胃癌根治术后复发及预后的关系。方法 :采用端粒酶原位分子杂交技术及免疫组化S P法分别对 4 5例原发性胃腺癌组织中端粒酶的活性及nm2 3进行检测 ,并结合内镜及随访资料进行分析。结果 :胃腺癌端粒酶阳性表达率及nm2 3低表达率在有淋巴结转移组显著高于无淋巴结转移组 ;在术后 5年内复发者中显著高于无复发者。虽然随着胃腺癌分化程度的降低及浸润深度的增加 ,端粒酶活性及nm2 3低表达呈增强趋势 ,但其差异无统计学意义。结论 :胃腺癌组织中端粒酶的活性表达及nm2 3的低表达与淋巴结转移及术后复发显著相关 ,两者的表达变化对判断胃癌术后复发及预后判断有重要临床意义     

Establishment of in vitro cellular model predicting histocompatibity in allograft

Histocompatibility is crucial in effecting survivalof allografts.Due to differences in histocompatibilitybetween donor and recipient,rejection would happento some extent after transplantation. Therefore,theevaluation of differences in histocompatibility betweendonor and recipient would be contributive to selectionof donor and judgement on prognosis oftransplantation. HLA typing and mixed lymphocyticreaction (MLR) are the classical methods to evaluatethe histocompatibility between donor and r…     

鼻腔、鼻窦部砂粒性骨化纤维瘤6例临床分析

为探讨临床上比较罕见的砂粒性骨化纤维瘤（psammomatoid ossifying fibroma,POF）的临床特征、诊断与治疗方法,分析了6例POF的临床资料并综合文献,提出POF是一种以青少年为主、具有局部侵袭性的良性肿瘤,有明确的组织形态特征,临床症状特别是CT扫描是临床诊断的基础,治疗原则是在彻底清除病灶的基础上,兼顾面容与功能的保护。     

血管紧张素Ⅱ上调BaX表达诱导人内皮细胞凋亡

为了研究血管紧张素Ⅱ(AngⅡ)诱导凋亡的机制,将人脐静脉内皮细胞培养至第3代,用不同浓度Ang Ⅱ培养不同时间,用TUNEL检测细胞凋亡.Bax和Bcl-2蛋白表达用Western Blot和图像分析法测定.结果发现Ang Ⅱ组的凋亡阳性率极显著高于对照组;Bax的表达极显著地升高且具有时间和剂量依赖性,Bcl-2无显著变化,Bax/Bcl-2比值极显著地增加.提示AngⅡ通过诱导Bax的高表达,致Bax/Bcl-2比值极显著地增加而诱发凋亡.     

激光照射对小鼠骨髓细胞微核率的影响

目的　研究激光照射的生物效应。方法　采用低能量He Ne激光照射小鼠 ,每天 1次 ,每次 10min ,照射 7天后 ,处死小鼠。测定小鼠骨髓嗜多染红细胞微核的出现率。结果　经低能量He Ne激光照射的小鼠的细胞微核率与对照组比较无差异 (P >0 .0 5 )。结论　受低能量He Ne激光照射后小鼠骨髓嗜多染红细胞微核率无显著增加 ,治疗用低能量的He Ne激光不会致突变