143例晚期喉癌患者的临床特征及生存分析

目的 总结143例晚期喉癌患者的临床特征,分析预后的影响因素。方法 回顾性分析2010年1月-2016年12月经中国人民解放军总医院治疗的143例晚期喉癌患者的临床资料。其中,男135例(94.4%),女8例(5.6%);年龄35~79岁,中位年龄58岁。依据患者治疗方案不同分为2组:手术联合术后放化疗组106例和非手术综合治疗组37例。收集患者基本临床情况、治疗、随访及生存情况;生存率及单因素生存分析采用Kaplan-Meier法和log-rank检验,多因素生存分析采用Cox比例风险回归模型。结果 143例晚期喉癌患者的5年总体生存率为67.9%。单因素分析显示,影响晚期喉癌患者预后的临床因素有年龄、临床分期、T分期及肿瘤分化程度等(P值均<0.05);Cox模型多因素分析显示,患者年龄、临床分期、肿瘤分化程度及治疗方式是影响预后的独立危险因素(P值均<0.05)。T₄期、临床Ⅳ期患者采用手术联合术后放化疗5年生存率分别为62.2%和59.5%,明显好于非手术综合治疗的18.2%和41.4%,差异均有统计学意义(P值均<0.05)。结论 晚期喉癌患者预后相对较差,影响患者预后的因素包括患者年龄、临床分期、肿瘤分化程度及治疗方式等。对于临床Ⅳ期、尤其是T₄期患者,采取手术联合术后放化疗可以获得相对较好的预后。     

CD4+ T-cell memory: generation and multi-faceted roles for CD4+ T cells in protective immunity to influenza

Summary: We have outlined the carefully orchestrated process of CD4⁺ T‐cell differentiation from naïve to effector and from effector to memory cells with a focus on how these processes can be studied in vivo in responses to pathogen infection. We emphasize that the regulatory factors that determine the quality and quantity of the effector and memory cells generated include (i) the antigen dose during the initial T‐cell interaction with antigen‐presenting cells; (ii) the dose and duration of repeated interactions; and (iii) the milieu of inflammatory and growth cytokines that responding CD4⁺ T cells encounter. We suggest that heterogeneity in these regulatory factors leads to the generation of a spectrum of effectors with different functional attributes. Furthermore, we suggest that it is the presence of effectors at different stages along a pathway of progressive linear differentiation that leads to a related spectrum of memory cells. Our studies particularly highlight the multifaceted roles of CD4⁺ effector and memory T cells in protective responses to influenza infection and support the concept that efficient priming of CD4⁺ T cells that react to shared influenza proteins could contribute greatly to vaccine strategies for influenza.     

Tales of tails: regulation of telomere length and telomerase activity during lymphocyte development, differentiation, activation, and aging

Summary: Telomerase activity and the regulation of telomere length are factors which have been implicated in the control of cellular replication. These variables have been examined during human lymphocyte development, differentiation, activation, and aging. It was found that telomere length of peripheral blood CD4⁺ T cells decreases with age as well as with differentiation from naive to memory cells in vivo , and decreases with cell division in vitro. These results provide evidence that telomere length correlates with lymphocyte replicative history and residual replicative potential. In contrast, telomere length appears to increase during tonsil B-cell differentiation and germinal center (GC) formation in vivo. It was also found that telomerase activity is highly regulated during T-cell development and B-cell differentiation in vivo , with high levels of telomerase activity expressed in thymocytes and GC B cells, and low levels of telomerase activity in resting mature peripheral blood lymphocytes. Finally, resting lymphocytes retain the ability to upregulate telomerase activity upon activation, and this capacity does not appear to decline with age. Although the precise role of telomerase in lymphocyte function remains to be elucidated, telomerase may contribute to protection from telomere shortening in T and B lymphocytes, and may thus play a critical role in lymphocyte development, differentiation and activation. The future study of study telomerase and its regulation of telomere length may enhance our understanding of bow the replicative lifespan is regulated in lymphocytes.     

房间隔缺损患者行经封堵术后右心室容量及血浆心钠素的变化

目的:观察房间隔缺损(ASD)封堵术后右心室容量及血浆心钠素(ANP)的变化。方法:对23例成功行经导管ASD封堵术的患者,分别于封堵术前、术后3天取静脉血,采用放射免疫法测定血浆ANP浓度;并于术前、术后3天行心脏三维超声心动图检查,测量右心室腔容量;并对ANP与肺动脉压(PAP)、右心室腔容量、右室射血分数进行相关分析。结果:ASD封堵术后3天血浆ANP浓度较术前明显降低(101.89±35.80ng/Lvs153.46±74.55ng/L,P<0.01);封堵术后3天右心室容量较术前明显缩小,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),相关分析显示:ASD患者血浆ANP浓度与PAP(r=0.74)、右心室舒张末期容量(r=0.50)、收缩末期容量(r=0.50)分别呈正相关(P均<0.05)、与右室射血分数呈负相关(r=-0.38,P<0.05)。结论:ASD封堵术后血浆心钠素浓度明显降低,右心室腔明显缩小。     

北京地区精神分裂症患者家属情感表达测查报告

目的;探讨北京地区的住院精神分裂症患者家属情感表达方式及测查方法的实用性、测查工具应用的一致性。方法：经过训练的研究人员,采用费氏修订的ＣＦＩ－ＣＶ访谈提纲,对１７１例住院精神分裂症患者家庭的２８４位家属进行访谈和录音,并将录音打印成文字资料。     

A family-based association study of PLP1 and schizophrenia

Recently, proteolipid protein 1 (PLP1) has been identified as downregulated in schizophrenia by quantitative PCR and other technologies. In this work we attempted to investigate the role of PLP1 in the etiology of schizophrenia using a family based association study in 487 Chinese Han family trios. The TDT for allelic association demonstrated that, in male, a weak association was detected in SNP rs475827 with p=0.0294, suggesting that the genetic polymorphisms within PLP1 in male are likely to confer an increased susceptibility to schizophrenia in the Chinese population.     

An acute pleuropneumonia in a pig caused by Chromobacterium violaceum

A 2.5-month-old, 30 kg Duroc pig died 10 days after showing clinical signs of dyspnoea and diarrhoea. Acute necrotizing and fibrinous pleuropneumonia with locally extensive lesions was found. Chromobacterium violaceum was isolated from pneumonic lung tissues and intratracheal inoculation of a pure culture into two SPF pigs reproduced lesions similar to those found in the natural infection.     

Organ distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in SARS patients: implications for pathogenesis and virus transmission pathways

We previously identified the major pathological changes in the respiratory and immune systems of patients who died of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) but gained little information on the organ distribution of SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). In the present study, we used a murine monoclonal antibody specific for SARS-CoV nucleoprotein, and probes specific for a SARS-CoV RNA polymerase gene fragment, for immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, respectively, to detect SARS-CoV systematically in tissues from patients who died of SARS. SARS-CoV was found in lung, trachea/bronchus, stomach, small intestine, distal convoluted renal tubule, sweat gland, parathyroid, pituitary, pancreas, adrenal gland, liver and cerebrum, but was not detected in oesophagus, spleen, lymph node, bone marrow, heart, aorta, cerebellum, thyroid, testis, ovary, uterus or muscle. These results suggest that, in addition to the respiratory system, the gastrointestinal tract and other organs with detectable SARS-CoV may also be targets of SARS-CoV infection. The pathological changes in these organs may be caused directly by the cytopathic effect mediated by local replication of the SARS-CoV; or indirectly as a result of systemic responses to respiratory failure or the harmful immune response induced by viral infection. In addition to viral spread through a respiratory route, SARS-CoV in the intestinal tract, kidney and sweat glands may be excreted via faeces, urine and sweat, thereby leading to virus transmission. This study provides important information for understanding the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV infection and sheds light on possible virus transmission pathways. This data will be useful for designing new strategies for prevention and treatment of SARS.     

Comparison of risk estimates using life-table methods

Risk estimates promulgated by various radiation protection authorities in recent years have become increasingly more complex. Early "integral" estimates in the form of health effects per 0.01 person-Gy (per person-rad) or per 10(4) person-Gy (per 10(6) person-rad) have tended to be replaced by "differential" estimates which are age- and sex-dependent and specify both minimum induction (latency) and duration of risk expression (plateau) periods. These latter types of risk estimate must be used in conjunction with a life table in order to reduce them to integral form. In this paper, the life table has been used to effect a comparison of the organ and tissue risk estimates derived in several recent reports. In addition, a brief review of life-table methodology is presented and some features of the models used in deriving differential coefficients are discussed. While the great number of permutations possible with dose-response models, detailed risk estimates and proposed projection models precludes any unique result, the reduced integral coefficients are required to conform to the linear, absolute-risk model recommended for use with the integral risk estimates reviewed.     

Research trends of prostatitis over past 20 years: A bibliometric analysis

In the past two decades, thousands of documents in the field of prostatitis have been published. This bibliometric analysis aimed to assess the characteristics, hotspots and frontiers trend of global scientific output on prostatitis. With the trend of moderate growth, altogether 2,423 papers were reviewed. The leading role of the United States in global prostatitis research was obvious, while China had developed rapidly in recent years. Queen's University and JOURNAL OF UROLOGY were the most prolific affiliation and journal respectively. Nickel, J. C made the greatest contribution to the field of prostatitis. Five hotspots have been confirmed: (a) male infertility associated with prostatitis and the molecular mechanisms; (b) diagnosis and treatment of prostatitis; (c) inflammation, pain and bladder irritation symptoms; (d) relationship between chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer; (e) epidemiology, complications of prostatitis and improvement of acupuncture. This bibliometric analysis reveals that the international cooperation was becoming more and more close. Hotspot analysis shows that the molecular mechanism of prostatitis will be a hotspot in the future, mainly focussing on inflammatory immunity and oxidative stress.