PCR扩增孕妇外周血DNA进行胎儿性别诊断

采用密度梯度离心技术对40例孕妇外用血中胎儿细胞进行富集,并用PCR技术扩增了Y染色体特异重复序列,以产前基因诊断胎儿性别,结果38例胎儿性别诊断准确,证明此技术可作为无创伤性方法用于X连锁遗传病的产前诊断.     

Pulmonary immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intestinally immunized rats roles of alveolar macrophages, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin-1 alpha.

The aims of this study were to assess the role played by alveolar macrophages, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) in pulmonary immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in animals that have been immunized via the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. Following intra-Peyer's patch immunization and subsequent intratracheal challenge with live bacteria, significantly enhanced bacterial clearance from the lungs correlated with an increase in bronchoalveolar neutrophils, increased recruitment and phagocytic activity of alveolar macrophages, and accelerated production of TNF-alpha in the bronchoalveolar space, while levels of IL-1 alpha remained low. Administration of recombinant TNF-alpha in physiological concentrations did not affect the proliferation of P. aeruginosa in vitro, but when given intratracheally to rats at the time of infection, recombinant TNF-alpha significantly increased bacterial clearance from the lungs. In these animals, phagocytic activity of bronchoalveolar neutrophils was enhanced, while the recruitment of alveolar macrophages and neutrophils remained unchanged. In acutely infected nonimmune animals, bronchoalveolar concentrations of soluble IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha increased until the time of death. Levels of prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2 were similar in each experimental group. These results indicate that infection in immune animals enhanced both recruitment and phagocytic activity of alveolar macrophages as well as induced an accelerated production of TNF-alpha. In immune challenged animals, this cytokine enhanced the phagocytic activity of neutrophils and improved bacterial clearance from the lung. Levels of soluble IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha in nonimmune rats increased consistently following infection until the time of death, thus implicating these cytokines in the pathogenesis of acute P. aeruginosa pneumonia.     

上矢状窦旁桥静脉的显微解剖与影像学观察

目的:通过对上矢状窦(SSS)旁大脑桥静脉的显微解剖、影像学观察及其对照研究,为各种纵裂间手术入路中桥静脉的保护提供基础。方法:分别对30例(60侧)上矢状窦和颈内静脉内灌注蓝色乳胶的成人头颅湿标本、40侧DSA静脉相和16侧CTV进行显微解剖和影像学观察。结果:上矢状窦前部和后部分别有一缺乏桥静脉注入段,显微解剖、DSA和CTV观察上矢状窦旁桥静脉的数量分别为11.2支、8.9支和7.0支,DSA和CTV观察发现桥静脉注入上矢状窦处常显示不清。结论:熟悉和比较上矢状窦旁桥静脉的解剖学和影像学特征有利于各种纵裂间手术入路和手术过程中桥静脉的保护。     

败血症休克大鼠心肌Na^＋—K^＋—ATP酶的变化与心功能的关系

在大鼠盲肠结扎加穿孔造成的腹膜炎败血症休克模型上发现，心肌肌膜Ｎａ＾＋－Ｋ＾＋－ＡＴＰ酶活性呈双时相变化。早期休克时，Ｎａ＾＋－Ｋ＾＋－ＡＴＰ酶活性比对照组高４８％，晚期休克时比对照组低４２％。心肌肌膜哇巴因结合位点数目和磷酸化位点数目也呈早期增加，晚期降低双时相变化。离体心脏灌流发现，败血症休克大鼠心脏的功能也呈早期增强，晚期减弱的双时相变化，而心脏对灌流硅厶因的反应性料早期增加，晚期降低。     

铀作业人员的微循环改变

对铀作业者１９９例及无毒物接触史的正常人１０１例行甲襞微循环检测。结果，铀作业人员甲襞微循环有改变，其加权积分值大于对照组。主要表现在管袢数减少（Ｐ＜０．０１）、管径增粗（Ｐ＜０．０１）、毛细血管运动增加（Ｐ＜０．０１）、乳丛增多（Ｐ＜０．０１）。通过对铀致微循环改变的机理试以分析，提出这种微循环改变是铀中毒的病理表现，亦是铀中毒的重要发病环节；提示铀中毒治疗中应注重改善微循环。     

Antigens of virulent and attenuated Rickettsia tsutsugamushi.

We studied the antigens present in L929 mouse fibroblast or rabbit testicular cells, which had been infected or not with a prototype strain of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, the causal agent of scrub typhus, and its attenuated variant. Immunoblotting revealed four antigens, designated 1, 1a, 2 and 3, which appeared to be specifically associated with infection with this organism. Antigens 1 and 1a had similar mol. wt of about 60 kD and antigen 2 and 3 had mol. wts of 45 kD and 28 kD respectively. Whereas antigen 1a, 2 and 3 were common to infection with either the virulent or the attenuated strains of the organism, antigen 1 was only detected in cells infected with the virulent strain and was reactive only with the antiserum raised against cells infected with that strain. In addition, two antigens were also detected by crossed immunoelectrophoresis, one of which was similarly associated with infection with the virulent strain as antigen 1, while the other was common to infection with either of the strains. It seems that the antigenic cross reaction between the two strains may account, in part at least, for the protection of mice against infection with the virulent strain afforded by the attenuated strain, while the loss or modification of antigen 1 might be associated with attenuation of the organism with respect to its virulence to mice.     

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is an uncommon lesion usually found in premenopausal women. Histologically, it is characterized by complex, anatomosing, empty slit-like spaces in a dense collagenous stroma. These pseudoangiomatous spaces are lined by monomorphic spindle cells of myofibroblastic differentiation. Cytological features of PASH are rarely discussed and reported, and may pose diagnostic challenge to surgical pathologists. Two cases of PASH are reported with emphasis on the FNAC features and cytologic differentiation from other benign fibroepithelial lesions.     

Saliva as a diagnostic specimen for testing respiratory virus by a point-of-care molecular assay: a diagnostic validity study

Objectives

Automated point-of-care molecular assays have greatly shortened the turnaround time of respiratory virus testing. One of the major bottlenecks now lies at the specimen collection step, especially in a busy clinical setting. Saliva is a convenient specimen type that can be provided easily by adult patients. This study assessed the diagnostic validity, specimen collection time and cost associated with the use of saliva.