P73—肿瘤抑制基因P53家族成员的候选成员

人体正常细胞内肿瘤抑制基因的存在对控制人类肿瘤细胞的发生及增殖有重要作用.p53蛋白是最早发现的人类细胞的肿瘤抑制基因.经过近20年的努力,人们终于发现了人类的另一个肿瘤抑制基因—P73.这个基因的蛋白产物与P53蛋白在结构及功能上有不少相似之处,因此P53基因是P53基因家族成员的一个有力后选成员.深入研究不同的肿瘤抑制基因产物及抑制肿瘤细胞生长的特点,将有利于人们搞清肿瘤抑制基因的一般及特殊作用机制,为人们今后预防及控制肿瘤的发生奠定基础.     

浅谈电子阅览室文献资源的管理与利用

计算机、网络、电子出版物的发展，导致图书馆所采集和收藏的文献资源发生了较大的变化，由原来的印刷型为主向多载体形式并存的方向发展。因此，近几年来有不少医院图书馆开办了电子阅览室。电子阅览室的建立对管理者来说是一种新的挑战，对读者来说其阅读习惯和观念也受到冲击。为更好地发挥电子阅览室的功能，我们从医院图书馆的角度出发探讨其管理和利用。     

三七、茜草复方对置铜宫内节育器家兔子宫局部t-PA活性的影响

目的 探讨三七、茜草(SQ)复方治疗置铜宫内节育器(Cu-IUD)所致子宫异常出血的作用机理。方法 制 作家兔置Cu-IUD动物模型,以吲哚美辛作对照,观察SQ复方对置Cu-IUD家兔模型子宫匀浆中组织型纤溶酶原激 活物(t-PA)活性的影响。结果 置Cu-IUD家兔模型子宫匀浆中t-PA的含量增高(P<0．01),经SQ复方治疗后与模 型组比较有显著性差异(P<0．01),说明SQ复方能减少家兔子宫匀浆中t-PA的含量,降低t-PA的活性。结论 SQ 复方通过降低置Cu-IUD家兔子宫内膜局部的纤溶活性而达到止血的目的。     

Pursuit of the perfect mother: an unusual case of stalking

OBJECTIVE: To highlight issues of adoption and twinship in an unusual case of stalking. CLINICAL PICTURE: An ususual case of same gender, serial stalking which began at an early age in a young woman who was one of a set of twins adopted at birth. TREATMENT: Insight orientated psychotherapy. OUTCOME: Beneficial outcome in context of clear boundaries, therapist selection and emphasis upon legal consequences of behaviour. CONCLUSIONS: Early disruptions to attachments including adoption and twinship may have relevance in some patterns of adult stalking behaviour.     

Foreign metallothionein-I expression by transient transfection in MT-I and MT-II null astrocytes confers increased protection against acute methylmercury cytotoxicity

The mechanisms associated with metallothionein (MT) gene regulation are complex and poorly understood. Only a modest increase in brain MT expression levels is attained by exposure to metals, MT gene transfection, and MT gene knock-in techniques. Accordingly, in the present study, MT null astrocytes isolated from transgenic mice deficient in MT-I and MT-II genes were introduced as a zero background model of MT expression. MT protein levels were determined by western blot analysis. MT proteins in MT-I and MT-II null astrocytes were undetectable. Transient MT-I gene transfection increased the levels of foreign MT expression in MT-I and MT-II null astrocytes by 2.3-fold above basal levels in wild-type astrocytes. Intracellular Na(2)51CrO(4) efflux and D-[2,3-3H]aspartate uptake were studied as indices of acute methylmercury (MeHg) (5 microM) cytotoxicity. In MT-I and MT-II knockout astrocytes MeHg led to significant (p<0.01) increase in Na(2)51CrO(4) efflux and a significant (p<0.05) decrease in the initial rate (1 min) of D-[2, 3-3H]aspartate uptake compared to MT-I and MT-II knockout controls. Transfection of the MT-I gene in MT-I and MT-II null mice significantly (p<0.01) decreased the effect of MeHg on Na(2)51CrO(4) efflux in MT null, as well as wild-type astrocytes. MT-I gene transfection in MT-I and MT-II null astrocytes reversed the inhibitory effect of MeHg on D-[2,3-3H]aspartate uptake, such that initial rates of uptake in MT-I transfected cells in the presence and absence of MeHg (5 microM) were indistinguishable. These results demonstrate that: (1) astrocytes lacking MTs are more sensitive to MeHg than those with basal MT protein levels, (2) the MT-I gene can be overexpressed in MT-I and MT-II null astrocytes by transient MT-I gene transfection, and (3) that foreign MT expression endows astrocytes with increased resistance to MeHg.     

Invasive middle ear cholesterol granuloma involving the basal turn of the cochlea with profound sensorineural hearing loss.

STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective surgical case review. SETTING: A tertiary-care, university teaching hospital. PATIENTS: The authors describe a unique case operated on for a middle ear cholesterol granuloma, which had invaded the cochlea and vestibule causing profound sensorineural deafness. INTERVENTIONS: Extended radical mastoidectomy and labyrinthectomy with musculofascial seal. RESULTS: Successful postoperative outcome with no recurrence seen after 2 years of follow up. CONCLUSION: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a primary middle ear cholesterol granuloma with direct invasion into the cochlea. Such invasion of the otic capsule by cholesterol granulomas is rare and presents a diagnostic challenge to the attending otologist and radiologist. Salient points of the case history, pathogenesis, imaging studies, histopathology, and management are presented with a review of the current literature.     

正常人多焦视网膜电图的特征

目的:探讨正常人多焦视网膜电图(multicalelec-troretinogram,mERG)在视网膜的分布特征,以获得正常参考值。方法:应用法国Metrovision公司生产的VisionMonitor视觉诱发系统检测15例(24眼)正常人mERG,检测视野的水平视角±30°,垂直视角±23°,采用ERG-jet接触镜电极,于5min记录61个视网膜部位的反应。结果:黄斑中心凹N1波、P1波、N2波的振幅密度最大,分别为(47.26±19.51)nV/deg2,(118.22±45.08)nV/deg2,(127.55±38.83)nV/deg2,向周边振幅密度逐渐降低;N1波、P1波的颞侧振幅密度较鼻侧大;P1波、N2波的颞上区振幅密度较鼻下区大。黄斑中心凹P1波、N2波的潜伏期均较其他各区缩短。结论:mERG的各波振幅密度与视网膜感光细胞的分布基本一致,能准确、客观的反映视网膜各部位的功能。     

近视眼后极部视网膜厚度与眼轴长度的相关性研究

目的:探讨近视眼后极部不同区域的视网膜厚度与眼轴长度的关系。方法:采用视网膜厚度分析仪(retinalthicknessan-alyzer,RTA)测定45例(85眼)近视患者后极部视网膜厚度,并分析视网膜厚度与眼轴长度的相关性。结果:近视眼后极部视网膜平均厚度与性别、年龄无关,与眼轴长度明显相关,随着近视眼眼轴延长,近视屈光度明显增加,后极部视网膜厚度明显变薄,其中以黄斑周围区比黄斑区视网膜变薄更明显。结论:近视眼眼轴延长不仅会引起屈光度的近视化,还导致后极部视网膜厚度明显变薄。