Renin-producing renal cell carcinomas—clinical and experimental investigations on a special form of renal hypertension

Summary The pathogenetic relationship between tumour and hypertension was investigated in 129 patients with renal cell carcinoma, of whom 41 (31.8%) were hypertensive. Of these 41 patients with renal tumours and hypertension, 6 (14.6%) were found to have primary reninism. In these patients the plasma renin activity in blood from the renal veins showed a tumour kidney to contralateral kidney ratio of between 4 and 7, and 2 patients also had secondary hyperaldosteronism. In the same 6 cases the renin content in the renal tumour tissue was significantly higher than that in tissue from the adjacent tumour-free renal cortex of the ipsilateral kidney. Immunohistochemical demonstration of renin in the tumour was only possible in these 6 cases. In 5 of these patients blood pressure returned to normal following nephrectomy; in the 6th case there was a drop in blood pressure after nephrectomy. In 3 renin-positive tumours examined, autonomous renin production was demonstrated in cell culture. Renin-producing renal cell carcinomas are an uncommon cause of renal hypertension. The differential diagnosis of hypertension should therefore also include renal tumour.     

The Significance of Histology and Morphometry in Predicting Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva

The material consists of a series of 73 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. The site and the size of the primary tumor and the histological status of the lymph nodes of the groin were known. Two pathologists evaluated nuclear hyperchromatism, nuclear polymorphism, histological differentiation, number of mitoses, inflammatory response, and vascular invasion and graded these parameters from one to three. The reliability of the histopathological grades evaluated by the κ coefficient showed considerable interobserver variation. Despite this a model which included the subjective parameter nuclear hyperchromatism could predict patients without lymph node metastases. The model consisted of patients with tumors which were not situated on the clitoris, were less than 40 mm in diameter, and exhibited only slight hyperchromatism. The model fitted 19 (26%) and 14 (19%) of the patients with two different pathologists evaluating the nuclear hyperchromatism and none of these patients had lymph node metastases. The quantitative parameter—mean nuclear volume—determined by morphometry was of no diagnostic value for the prediction of patients without groin node metastases at the time of operation.     

LncRNA VIM-AS1通过miR-497-5p/FBXW7轴调控高糖环境下视网膜内皮细胞的迁移和凋亡

目的：探讨长链非编码RNA(lncRNA)VIM反义RNA 1(VIM-AS1)在糖尿病视网膜病变中的潜在分子机制。方法：使用q RT-PCR测定LncRNA VIM-AS1、miR-497-5p和FBXW7 mRNA的表达。使用蛋白质印迹检测FBXW7蛋白水平。分别使用CCK-8实验、伤口愈合实验和流式细胞技术分析评估细胞增殖、迁移和凋亡。通过双荧光素酶报告基因分析验证lncRNA VIM-AS1、miR-497-5p和FBXW7之间的结合关系。结果：在高糖处理的ARPE-19细胞中,LncRNAVIM-AS1和FBXW7的表达显著降低,而miR-497-5p的表达上调。LncRNA VIM-AS1可以通过竞争性结合miR-497-5p上调FBXW7的表达。LncRNA VIMAS1过表达能够促进HG处理的ARPE-19细胞的增殖和迁移,并抑制细胞凋亡,而miR-497-5p过表达消除了lncRNA VIM-AS1过表达对HG处理的ARPE-19细胞的影响。此外,FBXW7敲低消除了miR-497-5p对HG处理的ARPE-19细胞表型的抑制。结论：lncRNA VIM-AS1可通过...     

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氨甲酰磷酸合成酶单克隆抗体的制备、鉴定及应用

目的:制备抗人氨甲酰磷酸合成酶(CPSI)的单克隆抗体(mAb)并进行初步鉴定与应用.方法:将正常成人肝组织匀浆离心并分离线粒体,用线粒体总蛋白免疫BALB/c小鼠,采用杂交瘤技术制备 mAb,并通过间接ELISA法、Western blot、免疫组化及免疫荧光染色的方法对mAb进行特性鉴定,通过免疫沉淀联合质谱、Uni-ZAP XR表达文库筛选鉴定抗原,借助免疫捕获的方法用抗体来分离复合物.结果:获得3株可稳定分泌抗人CPSI mAb的杂交瘤细胞系.mAb的Ig亚类(型)为IgGl(K),该mAb可用于ELISA检测、Western blot、免疫组化、免疫荧光染色、免疫沉淀实验和复合物的分离.结论:成功制备了抗人CPSI的mAb,为CPSI的研究提供了有力的工具.     

B淋巴细胞刺激因子及其受体与多发性骨髓瘤关联性的临床实验诊断研究

目的:探讨B细胞激活因子(BLyS) 及其受体在多发性骨髓瘤(MM)发病中的作用机制.方法:用酶联免疫吸附测定法(ELISA)和实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应 (RFQ-PCR),对19例MM患者和30名健康人血清BLyS含量、外周血单个核细胞(PBMCs) 中BLyS及其受体mRNA 含量进行检测;并比较MM患者血清BLyS含量与外周血BLyS及其受体基因表达水平和免疫球蛋白(IgG、IgA、IgM)浓度、乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)、轻链(kap、lam)的相关性.结果:MM患者血清 BLyS含量[(7.95±4.93) g/L 明显高于健康对照组[(2.70±1.09) g/L,P<0.01 ,并与LDH浓度呈正相关性(r=0.734,P<0.001);97.4% (18/19),84.2% (16/19)的MM患者PBMCs中BLyS、BCMA mRNA表达水平较正常人明显增高,并且也与LDH的含量呈正相关;而47.32% (9/19)患者TACI mRNA表达水平降低.结论:MM患者的血清BLyS蛋白浓度和PBMCs中BLyS及其受体基因表达水平有异常改变,说明BLyS及其受体可能参与MM的发病;BLyS及其受体表达水平也许可作为预后的一个指标.     

人IL-1β重组表达载体在肝癌细胞的表达及对其NK细胞杀伤敏感性的影响

目的：构建全长人IL-1β真核表达载体,转染H7402肝癌细胞,分析对其NK细胞杀伤敏感性的影响。方法：RT-PCR法扩增人IL-1β基因全长编码序列,经T-A克隆,构建pIRES2-EGFP-IL-1β重组表达载体,采用阳离子聚合物jetPEI的方法转染H7402肝癌细胞,G418筛选获得稳定表达的细胞克隆,RT-PCR分析IL-1β的表达水平,MTT方法分析转染前后NK细胞对肝癌细胞杀伤活性的变化。结果：从LPS处理的人外周PBMCs总RNA中扩增出IL-1β（大小约829 bp）,先构建pMD18-IL-1β克隆载体,DNA序列鉴定正确后,利用Pfu DNA聚合酶将IL-1β基因亚克隆到pIRES2-EGFP中,构建真核表达载体pIRES2-EGFP-IL-1β,经PCR、限制性酶谱分析（BamHⅠ和EcoRⅠ）和DNA序列测定正确后,将其转染H7402肝癌细胞,G418筛选获得稳定表达IL-1β的细胞,与转染空载体的细胞相比,该细胞对NK-92细胞杀伤的敏感性显著降低,效靶比10∶1时下降了约30%。结论：促炎性细胞因子IL-1β能够显著增强肝癌细胞对NK细胞杀伤的抵抗性,可能是导致肝癌细胞发生天然免疫逃逸的重要机制。     

Endotoxins prevent murine IgE production,T(H)2 immune responses,and development of airway eosinophilia but not airway hyperreactivity

BACKGROUND: Contact with immunomodulatory factors, such as LPS, in early infancy is associated with decreased allergen sensitization. OBJECTIVE: We sought to study the effects of systemic or airway exposure with LPS on the development of allergen sensitization, eosinophilic airway inflammation, and increased in vivo airway reactivity (AR) in a mouse model. METHODS: BALB/c mice were systemically sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA) plus adjuvant on days 1 and 14 and challenged through the airways with allergen on days 34 to 36. We performed measurement of OVA-specific IgE serum levels, in vitro T(H)2 cytokine production, differential cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, and assessment of in vivo AR to inhaled methacholine by means of barometric whole-body plethysmography. RESULTS: Systemic LPS administration before OVA sensitization reduced OVA-specific IgE serum levels (426 +/- 76 vs 880 +/- 104 U/mL, P <.01), T(H)2 cytokine production by splenic mononuclear cells (IL-4: 0.08 +/- 0.01 vs 0.17 +/- 0.01 ng/mL; IL-5: 1.98 +/- 0.52 vs 4.11 +/- 0.54 ng/mL; P <.01), and extent of airway eosinophilia (total cell counts: 93 vs 376 x 10(3)/mL; eosinophils: 23% vs 51%; P <.01) compared with that in OVA-sensitized mice. Local LPS administration to sensitized mice before airway allergen challenges particularly induced IFN-gamma production by peribronchial lymph node cells in vitro (1718 +/- 315 vs 483 +/- 103 ng/mL, P <.01) associated with reduced airway eosinophilia compared with that seen in OVA-sensitized mice. Development of increased AR was not affected by systemic or local LPS exposure. Inhibitory effects of LPS on allergen sensitization and eosinophilic airway inflammation were inhibited by administration of anti-IL-12 antibodies before LPS exposure. CONCLUSION: These data indicate that local and systemic application of LPS modulates systemic and local T(H)1/T(H)2 immune responses in a distinct but similarly IL-12-dependent mode.     

简易精神状态检查适用人群及影响因素

目的：根据简易精神状态检查（MMSE）在大样本人群中的测试结果分析，探讨MMSE的适应人群及影响因素。方法：通过随机整群分层抽样，对4921名55岁或以上的西安市城市居民进行MMSE测查。分析MMSE得分在不同年龄，不同文化程度以及总体人群中的第10百分数、中位数、偏度、峰度以及对痴呆的阳性预测值。并用多元逐步回归法分析MMSE得分的影响因素。结果：MMSE得分在不同年龄、不同文化程度、总体人群中都呈现负偏态，尖峭峰型分布。在年龄较轻（70岁以下）、文化程度偏高（初中或以上）的人群中偏性分布最明显，痴呆的检出率较低；而在年龄偏大（70岁以上），文化程度偏低（小学及以下）的人群中接近正态分布，痴呆的检出率较高。文化程度、年龄、性别、受教育年限、听力下降、日常生活能力对MMSE得分有显著影响（P＜0．001）。结论：MMSE量表最适用于年龄偏大（70岁以上），文化程度偏低（小学或以下）的人群，对痴呆的筛选能力大；而对于年龄偏小，文化程度偏高的人群，MMSE的鉴别筛选力较低。实践中应根据具体研究目的选用适宜量表，并灵活掌握分界值，以达到最大效益。