急性上颌窦炎实验动物模型的建立

目的:拟建立急性上颌窦炎的实验动物模型,并探讨窦口的阻塞和致病菌的毒力在急性上颌窦炎的发病机制中的地位。方法:第一天,阻塞单侧窦口,对侧做假手术。次日,注入0.5ml108CFU/ml肺炎链球菌悬浮液。第五天处死动物、观察、分离培养细胞、取材和制作切片。结果:阻塞上颌窦口和注入肺炎链球菌的联合组,鼻部症状明显;进食量减少;鼻窦粘膜水肿、微红,具有较多脓性分泌物,微血管扩张,白细胞浸润;肺炎链球菌的重新分离培养率为100％（与其余组比较具有显著意义P<0.01）。而仅阻塞上颌窦口或仅注入肺炎链球菌或假手术均无明显临床症状及组织病理学改变,细胞培养率也低。结论:窦口的阻塞和致病菌的毒力是上颌窦炎发生发展的重要的条件,其中,窦口的阻塞起着关键性作用;联合阻塞窦口并注入有荚膜的肺炎链球菌能较理想地建立急性上颌窦炎实验动物模型。     

电脉冲致离体S-180细胞电穿孔的观察与研究

扫描电镜下我们观察到了一定强度电脉冲致 S- 180细胞电穿孔的现象。同时分别改变电压、电容、脉冲个数 ,对 S- 180离体细胞进行电脉冲作用 ,通过苔盼蓝追踪 ,发现在一定的条件下 ,随着对 S- 180离体细胞电穿孔的电压越大、电容越小、脉冲个数越多 ,其穿孔百分率越大。     

Breakpoint clusters of the PML gene in acute promyelocytic leukemia: Primary structure of the reciprocal products of the PML-RARA gene in a patient with t(15;17)

DNA studies of the translocation t(15;17) in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have shown that the retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA) gene on chromosome 17 is juxtaposed to the promyelocytic leukemia (PML) gene on chromosome 15. The PML breakpoints have been mapped to 3 clusters: bcr1, bcr2, and bcr3. We have examined the PML breakpoint distribution in a series of 33 Chinese patients with APL Twenty-two patients fell within bcr1, 2 within bcr2, and 9 within bcr3. The primary structure of the reciprocal chromosome translocation joints of one patient and that of their normal counterparts have been determined and compared to those of 2 previously reported cases. These studies revealed possible topoisomerase II cleavage sites close to the breakpoints and suggested implications of DNA attachment sites to nuclear matrix. We propose that these features are relevant to the process of illegitimate recombination generating the translocation. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

酮替酚对鸡蛋过敏特应性皮炎患儿淋巴细胞增殖反应的抑制作用

作者探讨了鸡蛋过敏特应性皮炎(AD)患儿外周血单个核细胞(PBMCs)对卵白蛋白(OA)刺激的增殖反应并观察了酮替酚(KF)对此反应的影响.结果提示AD患儿的PBMCs增殖反应显著高于健康儿童;KF可剂量依赖性地抑制鸡蛋过敏AD患儿PBMCs对OA刺激的增殖反应,且这一效应可通过KF抑制T细胞的作用而得以实现.KF对植物血凝素(PHA)和破伤风类毒素(TT)诱导的PBMCs增殖反应无抑制作用.这说明KF只抑制食物过敏AD患者PBMCs对食物抗原的特异性增殖反应.     

分化抗原5C5在人免疫细胞的表达

目的　明确 5C5蛋白为分化抗原 ,检测其在人免疫细胞的表达 ,以及它的信号传导作用。方法　用 5C5蛋白免疫小鼠 ,制备抗 5C5蛋白的单抗。用反义技术制备 5C5蛋白表达抑制的 3D5细胞。用免疫荧光染色和Western印迹确定 5C5单抗的特异性。用胞膜蛋白免疫沉淀和流式细胞术确定其分化抗原的性质。用双色免疫荧光染色流式细胞术检测 5C5分化抗原在多种人免疫细胞的表达。用Fura 3 AM试剂作探针 ,用激光共聚焦显微镜观察胞内Ca2 + 浓度的变化。结果　制备了抗 5C5蛋白的特异性单抗。用 5C5单抗作探针 ,从 3D5细胞膜免疫沉淀到 1条相对分子质量 (Mr)为 19× 10 3的蛋白带 ,并在活 3D5细胞见阳性免疫荧光染色。 5C5分化抗原在人周围血CD19+ 、CD14 + 、CD4 + 、CD8+ 和CD5 6 + 细胞的表达率分别为 (33.4 7± 7.9) %、(86 .13± 6 .7) %、(15 .79± 7.1) %、(18.11±12 .77) %和 (11.76± 7.4 7) % ,在人免疫细胞株的表达率分别为 5 8.0 % (Nalm6 )、72 .7% (3D5 )、5 3.6 %(BJAB)、6 1.0 % (Daudi)、6 .9% (SKW6 )、6 .3% (Jurkat)、5 .8% (Peer)、2 1.3% (K5 6 2 )和 39.1% (U937)。3D5细胞在 5C5单抗刺激下 ,胞内Ca2 + 浓度逐渐增高 ,可达 2倍左右 ,对照小鼠Ig则无此作用。结论5C5蛋白为一个分化抗原 ,在人周     

经鼻内窥镜选择性鼻中隔粘膜下切除术

目的：探讨经鼻内窥镜选择性鼻中隔粘膜下切除术的意义及手术方法。方法：根据不同的手术目的对204例需要行鼻中隔手术的病人，经鼻内窥镜实施选择性鼻中隔粘膜下切除术。结果：采用该技术对单纯性鼻中隔偏曲患者手术临床治愈率100％，其手术有效治愈头痛、鼻阻及鼻出血等鼻中隔偏曲临床症状，达到临床治疗目的。未出现鼻腔粘连、鼻中隔穿孔等并发症。有2例形成鼻中隔血肿，经放置引流管处理后治愈。对于解除高位鼻中隔偏曲解剖异常引发的鼻窦炎，手术后效果良好。取鼻中隔软骨做为修补材料手术效果满意。结论：经鼻内镜选择性鼻中隔粘膜下切除术目的性强、方法灵活、创伤小、并发症少、手术效果确切。     

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.     

Fuzzy rules to predict degree of malignancy in brain glioma

The current pre-operative assessment of the degree of malignancy in brain glioma is based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and clinical data. 280 cases were studied, of which 111 were high-grade malignancies and 169 were low-grade, so that regular and interpretable patterns of the relationships between glioma MRI features and the degree of malignancy could be acquired. However, as uncertainties in the data and missing values existed, a fuzzy rule extraction algorithm based on a fuzzy min-max neural network (FMMNN) was used. The performance of a multi-layer perceptron network (MLP) trained with the error back-propagation algorithm (BP), the decision tree algorithm ID3, nearest neighbour and the original fuzzy min-max neural network were also evaluated. The results showed that two fuzzy decision rules on only six features achieved an accuracy of 84.6% (89.9% for low-grade and 76.6% for high-grade cases). Investigations with the proposed algorithm revealed that age, mass effect, oedema, post-contrast enhancement, blood supply, calcification, haemorrhage and the signal intensity of the T1-weighted image were important diagnostic factors.     

The PKD1 gene product, "polycystin-1," is a tyrosine-phosphorylated protein that colocalizes with alpha2beta1-integrin in focal clusters in adherent renal epithelia.

Mutations in the PKD1 gene are responsible for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Although PKD1 has been cloned and shown to be expressed at high levels in the fetal ureteric bud and ADPKD cystic epithelia in the human kidney, the function of its encoded protein, "polycystin-1" is unknown. In this study we used primary and immortalized human renal epithelial cell lines derived from normal fetal, adult, and ADPKD kidneys, that endogenously express PKD1, to study the biologic function of the polycystin-1 protein. ADPKD renal epithelial cells expressed high levels of polycystin-1 protein and showed increased adhesion to type I collagen by comparison with normal adult human renal epithelia that expressed little polycystin. Adherent ADPKD cells also expressed high levels of alpha2beta1-integrin and their attachment was inhibited by a functional monoclonal antibody to alpha2-integrin. Double labeling and confocal microscopy as well as coimmunoprecipitation analysis showed overlapping colocalization of polycystin-1 with alpha2beta1-integrin as well as with the focal adhesion proteins vinculin and paxillin in multiprotein clusters localized to focal areas of cell membrane contact with type I collagen matrix after short periods of attachment. Immunoprecipitation and Western immunoblot studies also showed that polycystin-1 was posttranslationally modified by tyrosine phosphorylation. These studies suggest that the PKD1-encoded protein is part of a large multiprotein complex in epithelial cells that functions in the regulation of extracellular matrix interactions with the plasma membrane and cell cytoskeleton.