围产儿与儿童胸腺的病理改变

The most outstanding pathological changes of perinatal babies and children, based on the review of the autopsy files in the 1st Affiliated Hospital of West China University of Medical Sciences, are lymphocytic depletion, and reticuloepithelial cell swelling and/or fusiform malformation in the cortex, while in the medulla apoptosis is more prominent. We suppose that these alterations are due to immaturity of cortical thymocytes, and in the diseased condition, they are easily affected by extraordinary factors, especially the influence of corticosterone inducing acute severe necrosis, so the number of lymphocytes are obviously diminished. But, in the medulla, as intact mature lymphocytes exist, physiological phenomenon such as apoptosis is rather prominent in it. While in the medulla, Hassall's corpuscles have various characteristic changes, such as cornification, calcification, fusion, cystic change and disintegration. Besides, we observed a new alteration in the thymus defined as vacuolization. All the above pathological changes reached the peak in the 28- day group; there after, they might become either worse or better according to the condition of the disease and growth of the body. However, these are still problems to be further studied separately.     

Cross-correlation analysis of septohippocampal neurons during theta-rhythm

The activity from 55 septohippocampal neuron pairs was examined in rats anesthetized with urethane. In addition to the statistical characterization of the firing patterns of the recorded units, the functional interactions between pairs of neurons and between neurons and hippocampal theta (theta) waves were investigated with cross-correlation techniques. Pairs were classified according to the rhythmic or non-rhythmic discharge pattern of their neurons. (a) theta-Pairs were those in which both the medial septal (MS) and hippocampal (HPC) units were rhythmic (type 1 units). (b) Pairs with a rhythmic and a theta-related non-rhythmic unit (type 2 unit) were called mixed pairs. (c) Pairs composed of type 2 units were called type 2 pairs. theta-Pairs showed periodic cross-correlations and frequently fired with a phase difference which could change in different pairs. Mixed pairs also showed periodic cross-correlations although one of the units was non-rhythmic. Type 2 pairs showed non-periodic positive cross-correlations. Our data provide new information regarding the temporal relationship between MS and HPC rhythmic activities supporting the role of the MS in providing the afferent timing for the generation of theta-rhythm in the HPC.     

重症肌无力患者泼尼松治疗前后免疫学指标的变化

探讨泼尼松治疗重症肌无力（MG）免疫学机制。对382例MG患者在漏尼松中剂量冲击，小剂量维持疗法治疗前后，检测酰胆碱受体抗炎（AchRab)，突触前膜抗体（PsMab)，单个核细胞亚群（PBMC），肿瘤坏死因子（TNF），可溶性白介素－2受体（SIL－2R），β2－微球蛋白（β2－m)，以及红细胞免疫功能的变化。结果表明：MG患者在泼尼松治疗前后多项免疫指标有显著性的变化。为泼尼松治疗MG提供了评定疗效的免疫学指标，进一步阐明了MG发病的免疫学机制。     

中西结合治疗椎动脉型颈椎病62例临床观察

1 临床资料 本组62例中,男38例,女24例;年龄最大67岁,最小21岁,平均36岁;病程最长8 a,最短2个月,平均15个月.全部病例均有眩晕症状,常在颈部旋转或屈伸时出现或加重,伴颈枕部不适或疼痛,颈肌僵硬.伴耳鸣32例,伴恶心或呕吐23例,伴上肢麻木感15例.     

脊柱推拿时咔哒声响的测量技术分析与设计

目的 为研究脊住推拿时所发出咔哒声响，提供一套可采集、定位和分析的检测仪器。方法 在回顾咔哒声响测量技术现状的基础上，分析研究了实现声响测量的技术路线，设计了由时钟脉冲发生器、发送／接收接口、校准波发生器、复合传感器、计算机、测定分析软件以及输出部件等组成的声响测量系统。结果 经初步试验，在40cm的距离上测到了关节发出的咔哒声响，说明技术上基本可行。结论 本仪器可以作为脊柱推拿所致咔哒声响的采集、定位和分析系统使用。     

星状神经节阻滞复合药物治疗偏头痛240例

目的　探讨星状神经节阻滞 (stellate ganglion block,SGB)加服药物对偏头痛的治疗作用。方法　 2 4 0例偏头痛患者按就诊顺序分为观察组与对照组 ,观察组接受 SGB治疗的同时 ,口服尼莫地平等药物。结果　观察组有效率达89.2 % ,高于对照组 (P<0 .0 5 ) ,其中治疗后完全无痛的病例 5 1.7% ,高于对照组 (P<0 .0 1) ,观察发现病程对于 SGB治疗偏头痛疗效影响较大 (P<0 .0 5 )。结论　 SGB加服药物治疗偏头痛具有操作简单 ,起效快 ,疗效确切 ,副作用少等优点 ,值得临床推广应用。     

同位素扫描图象的数据传输：BCM—80—APPLEⅡ

本文介绍了1种由BCM-80单板机到AppleⅡ微机的图象数据传输方法。这种方法以盒式磁带作为传输工具,并采用AppleⅡ的磁带记录格式将由BCM-80所采集的同位素扫描图象数据传送到AppleⅡ微机之中,进行分析处理,然后输出1幅静止的易于识别和诊断的图象。此种方法不需要增加任何硬件,具有简单、可靠、传输速度快等优点。     

Serum-resistant lipopolyplexes for gene delivery to liver tumour cells.

In this study, an efficient non-viral gene transfer system has been developed by employing polyethylenimine (PEI 800, 25 and 22kDa) and DOTAP and cholesterol (Chol) as lipids (lipopolyplex), at three different lipid/DNA molar ratios (2/1, 5/1 and 17/1) by using five different protocols of formulation. Condensation assays revealed that PEI of 800, 25 and 22kDa were very effective in condensing plasmid DNA, leading to a complete condensation at N/P ratios above 4. Addition of DOTAP/Chol liposomes did not further condense DNA. Increasing the molar ratio lipid/DNA in the complex resulted in higher positive values of the zeta-potential, while the particle size increased in some protocols, but not in others. High molecular weight PEI (800kDa) used in the formulation of lipopolyplexes lead to a bigger particle size, compared to that obtained with smaller PEI species, whether branched (25kDa) or linear (22kDa). These vectors were also highly effective in protecting DNA from attack by DNAse I. Transfection activity was maximal by using protocols 3 and 4 and a lipid/DNA molar ratio of 17/1. These complexes showed high efficiency in gene delivery of DNA to liver cancer cells, even in the presence of high concentration of serum (60% FBS). On the other hand, complexes formed with linear PEI (22kDa) were more effective than lipopolyplexes containing branched PEI (800 or 25kDa). The complexes resulted to be much more efficient than conventional lipoplexes (cationic lipid and DNA) and polyplexes (cationic polymer and DNA). The same behaviour was observed for complexes prepared in the presence of the therapeutic gene pCMVIL-12. Toxicity assays revealed a viability higher than 80% in all cases, independently of the protocol, molar ratio (lipid/DNA), molecular weight and type of PEI.     

Brain protection at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid interface involves a glutathione-dependent metabolic barrier mechanism.

The choroid plexuses (CPs) form a protective interface between the blood and the ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). To probe into the pathways by which CPs provide brain protection, we sought to evaluate the efficiency of glutathione conjugation in this barrier as a mechanism to prevent the entry of blood-borne electrophilic, potentially toxic compounds into the CSF, and we investigated the fate of the resulting metabolites. Rat CPs, as well as human CPs from both fetal and adult brains, displayed high glutathione-S-transferase activities. Using an in vitro model of the blood-CSF barrier consisting of choroidal epithelial cells cultured in a two-chambered device, we showed that glutathione conjugation can efficiently prevent the entry of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) into the CSF, a model for electrophilic compounds. The duration of this enzymatic protection was set by the concentration of CDNB to which the epithelium was exposed, and this barrier effect was impaired only on severe epithelial intracellular glutathione and cysteine depletion. The conjugate was excreted from the choroidal cells in a polarized manner, mostly at the blood-facing membrane, via a high-capacity transport process, which is not a rate-limiting step in this detoxification pathway, and which may involve transporters of the ATP-binding cassette c(Abcc) and/or solute carrier 21 (Slc21) families. Supplying the choroidal epithelium at the blood-facing membrane with a therapeutically relevant concentration of N-acetylcysteine sustained this neuroprotective effect. Thus, glutathione conjugation at the CP epithelium coupled with the basolateral efflux of the resulting metabolites form an efficient blood-CSF enzymatic barrier, which can be enhanced by pharmacologically increasing glutathione synthesis within the epithelial cells.     

犬海水中火器伤后早期血流动力学变化

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hemodynamic changes in the early stages of gunshot wound of dogs in seawater for exploring early treatment protocol. METHOD: Fourteen conventional Beagles models undergoing gunshot wound in seawater were used along with another 2 dogs receiving the wound on land to serve as control. After the dogs were rescued from the seawater, the respiration (R), heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), central venous pressure (CVP), pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP), and cardiac output (CO) were measured continuously in the early stages of the wound (53.62+/-12.19 min following injury), followed by statistical analysis of the results. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the hemodynamic disturbance of the dogs receiving the wound in seawater was relatively severe during the first 15 min of the wound. The mortality tended to descend relevant to the position of the wounds, in the order of the head, chest, abdomen and limbs. CONCLUSIONS: Gunshot wound in seawater may cause severe hemodynamic changes, resulting in progressive dysfunction of circulation and high mortality rate. Early treatment should be targeted at hemodynamic stabilization in accordance to the characteristic changes during the early stages of the wound.