脂质比值与代谢综合征的关联及预测价值评价：基于多阶段横断面研究

背景 随着代谢性疾病发病率的上升,代谢综合征(MS)的预防与控制引起广泛的关注。而脂质比值是重要的筛查指标之一,与MS之间的关系成为热点研究话题。目的 基于贵州省多阶段横断面研究人群分析三酰甘油/高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(TG/HDL-C)、总胆固醇/HDL-C(TC/HDL-C)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇/HDL-C(LDL-C/HDL-C)及非高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(non-HDL-C)与MS发病风险的关联及预测价值评价。方法 回顾性选取贵州省参与2010年全国疾病监测地区慢性病及危险因素调查、2013年中国慢性病及其危险因素监测、2015年中国成人慢性病与营养监测和2018年中国成人慢性病与营养监测的21 727例自然人群为研究对象,收集研究对象的基线资料,根据是否患有MS将研究对象分为MS组(n=4 981)和非MS组(n=16 746)。绘制受试者工作特征曲线(ROC曲线)分别评价男性和女性TG/HDL-C、TC/HDL-C、LDL-C/HDL-C和non-HDL-C对MS的预测价值。通过Delong检验比较脂质比值预测MS发生的ROC曲线下面积(AUC)的差异。采用多因素Logistic回...     

陡脉冲电场对荷瘤BALB/c小鼠癌细胞杀伤效应的实验研究

观测陡脉冲电场对荷瘤BALB/c小鼠癌细胞的杀伤效应。处理后的癌细胞在光镜下表现为细胞核固缩、核碎裂、核溶解;在电镜下表现为异染色质增加,边集,呈团块样改变,细胞质肿胀,脂滴数量增加,质膜破裂;核固缩,碎裂,线粒体肿胀。实验揭示了陡脉冲电场能有效地杀伤癌细胞,明显抑制了荷瘤小鼠恶性肿瘤的生长、增殖,有着良好的应用前景。     

Multiplex PCR for the detection of genes encoding aminoglycoside modifying enzymes and methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus species

We developed multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect aac(6 ')/aph(2 "), aph(3 ')-IIIa, and ant(4 ')-Ia, the genes encoding the most clinically relevant amino-glycoside modifying enzymes (AME), and simultaneously, the methicillin resistant gene, mecA, in Staphylococcus species. Clinical isolates of 45 S. aureus and 47 coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) from tertiary university hospitals were tested by conventional susceptibility testing, using the agar dilution method and by multiplex PCR. Of a total of 92 isolates, 61 isolates were found to be methicillin-resistant. Of these, 54 isolates (89%) were found to be harboring mecA. Seventy-five percent of the 92 isolates demonstrated resistance to at least one of the aminoglycosides tested. Moreover, resistance to aminoglycosides was closely associated with methicillin-resistance (p<0.05). The most prevalent AME gene was aac(6 ')/aph(2 ") which was found in 65% of the isolates, and ant(4 ')-Ia and aph(3 ')-IIIa were present in 41% and 9% of the isolates, respectively. The concordance between methicillin-resistance and the presence of mecA gene was 98% in S. aureus and 81% in CNS. The concordance between gentamicin resistance and the presence of aac(6 ')/aph(2 ") gene was 100% in S. aureus and 85% in CNS. The multiplex PCR method that we developed appears to be both a more rapid and reliable than conventional method.     

Calcineurin B1 is essential for positive but not negative selection during thymocyte development

During development, discrete cell fates often result from variation in the intensity of a particular signal. The mechanisms underlying these seemingly analog-to-digital switches are not understood. In developing T lymphocytes, low-intensity signals through the antigen receptor result in positive selection while more intense signals give rise to negative selection. By deleting the genetic locus encoding the regulatory B1 subunit of calcineurin specifically in thymocytes, we found an absolute requirement for calcineurin in positive selection. In contrast, calcineurin activity was dispensable in several models of negative selection. Unexpectedly, we found that removal of calcineurin activity from thymocytes results in inefficient ERK activation at the double-positive stage of thymocyte development, when selection occurs. These studies clarify the mechanism by which graded signals are converted to discrete outcomes in T cell development and further indicate that the developmental roles of calcineurin likely contribute to immunosuppression by calcineurin inhibitors.     

Circulating inflammatory mediators during start of fever in differential diagnosis of gram-negative and gram-positive infections in leukopenic rats

Gram-negative and gram-positive infections have been considered the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with leukopenia following chemotherapy. However, discrimination between bacterial infections and harmless fever episodes is difficult. Because classical inflammatory signs of infection are often absent and fever is frequently the only sign of infection, the aim of this study was to assess the significance of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10, macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), procalcitonin (PCT), and C-reactive protein (CRP) patterns in identifying bacterial infections during start of fever in normal and cyclophosphamide-treated (leukopenic) rats following an injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or muramyl dipeptide (MDP) as a model for gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial infections. We found that, compared to normal rats, immunosuppressed animals exhibited significantly higher fevers and lesser production of all mediators, except IL-6, after toxin challenge. Moreover, compared to rats that received MDP, both groups of animals that received an equivalent dose of LPS showed significantly higher fevers and greater increase in serum cytokine levels. Furthermore, in contrast to those in immunocompetent rats, serum levels of IL-6 and MIP-2 were not significantly changed in leukopenic animals after MDP injection. Other serum markers such as PCT and CRP failed to discriminate between bacterial stimuli in both groups of animals. These results suggest that the use of the analyzed serum markers at an early stage of fever could give useful information for the clinician for excluding gram-negative from gram-positive infections.     

Fibroblast growth factor 2 induces differentiation and apoptosis of Askin tumour cells

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET)/Ewing's sarcoma (ES) and neuroblastoma (NB) are related tumours of neural crest origin with primitive neural characteristics. Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) is a critical signalling molecule for primitive neural crest cells. The treatment of NB cells with FGF2 variably affects biological characteristics such as growth and differentiation, while in PNET/ES, FGF2 predominantly induces apoptosis. The JK-GMS Askin tumour cell line can be induced to differentiate upon treatment with nerve growth factor (NGF), indicating the integrity of the cellular machinery necessary for differentiation. The present study assesses whether FGF2 can induce differentiation in JK-GMS cells. JK-GMS cells expressed high-affinity FGF receptors (FGFRs), and treatment with FGF2 induced phosphorylation of FGFR1 together with activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/ERK2) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Subsequent biological effects were growth inhibition, neuronal differentiation, and apoptosis, and these changes were associated with increased expression of neurofilaments, reduction of c-myc and bcl-2 expression, and activation of caspase 3. Treatment of the cells with a specific inhibitor of the MAPK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK)-1, PD98059, predominantly inhibited the effects of FGF2 on growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, while an inhibitor of JNK reduced apoptosis, indicating that the ERK1/2 and JNK pathways are critical components of FGF2-mediated effects in JK-GMS cells. Additional comparative analyses of FGF2-mediated effects in two ES cell lines (CADO-ES, RD-ES) and a PNET cell line (SK-N-MC) showed pronounced differentiation in SK-N-MC, but not in CADO-ES or RD-ES cells. This study demonstrates that FGF2 can induce neuronal differentiation of PNET including Askin tumour. These findings clearly indicate that the FGF2-mediated signalling pathway plays a critical role in controlling the major properties of PNET cells and may provide a potential therapeutic target for PNET.     

KOCH三角的解剖

本实验解剖了110例人心标本(成人70、儿童40)的Koch三角区,观察和测量了房室结的形态、大小、毗邻和标志。房间隔及冠状窦口上、下方均有肌束连于房室结。Todaro腱在儿童多全部为腱性;在成人,其后部为肌性。三角区的深面为左、右心房壁和室间隔顶所构成的锥形间隙,其内为进入房室结区的血管和神经。根据构成不同,可将三角区分为5个区,即前上角的纤维支架区和房室结区,其余部分自上向下分别为房间隔区、右房壁区和室间隔区。本文还讨论了这些形态结构的功能及外科意义。     

胎牛血清外泌体对成骨细胞增殖的作用

背景:研究表明外泌体具有促进骨再生的能力,但从胎牛血清中提取的外泌体是否可以促进骨形成仍存在争议。目的:观察胎牛血清外泌体对成骨细胞增殖能力的影响,从而为临床治疗骨破坏提供新思路。方法:通过超速离心法从胎牛血清中提取外泌体,采用透射电子显微镜和Western blot法验证外泌体是否提取成功;然后用10 mg/L胎牛血清外泌体干预成骨前体细胞MC3T3-E1,通过CCK-8实验检测外泌体对成骨细胞增殖能力的影响,Western blot检测外泌体对成骨细胞骨形态发生蛋白2和骨桥蛋白表达的影响。以不含外泌体的胎牛血清培养的MC3T3-E1细胞为对照组。结果与结论:①胎牛血清外泌体具有典型的脂质双层膜结构,大小在30-150 nm之间,外泌体表面标记因子CD81表达呈阳性,而微囊表面标记物CD40表达呈阴性;②外泌体组的增殖能力明显高于对照组,差异有显著性意义(P<0.05);外泌体组成骨标志性因子骨形态发生蛋白2和骨桥蛋白的表达水平明显高于对照组,差异有显著性意义(P<0.05);③结果表明,胎牛血清外泌体对成骨细胞的增殖起促进作用,可为临床治疗骨破坏提供新思路。     

可切削渗透陶瓷玻璃料对不同堆积密度氧化铝基体的渗透

探讨了可切削渗透陶瓷 (Infiltration of Machinable- infiltrated- ceramic,MIC)渗透玻璃在不同堆积密度氧化铝基体中的渗透情况及渗透后复合体的颜色表达。在 110 0℃保温 2 h,将玻璃渗透到不同堆积密度的氧化铝基体中 ,分别测得其渗透深度和颜色参数。扫描电镜观察玻璃—氧化铝复合体断面。玻璃渗透深度的平方与氧化铝堆积密度有直线负相关关系 ,最小渗透深度为 3.0 92 m m。复合体的颜色系数与氧化铝堆积密度无相关性。渗透复合体在断裂过程中可见 :裂纹偏转、晶体拔出和穿晶断裂。本实验证实 MIC渗透玻璃的渗透性能达到临床要求。渗透后的复合体颜色稳定 ,强度可靠