Changes of the sex hormones in female type II diabetics, coronary heart disease, essential hypertension and its relations with kidney deficiency, cardiovascular complications and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine or qigong treatment

In this study 31 normal child-bearing women, 62 postmenopausal women, 93 cases of female type II diabetes (18 child-bearing and 75 postmenopausal cases), 53 cases of coronary heart disease (11 child-bearing and 42 postmenopausal cases) and 38 cases of essential hypertension (8 child-bearing and 30 postmenopausal cases) were investigated. The average score of Kidney deficiency was 22.9-8. 5 before treatment with the combination of TCM and WM. With the treatment of TCM in diabetes and coronary heart disease and of Qigong in essential hypertension, the score decreased to 11.5-4. 4 (P less than 0.001). Serum/saliva estradiol (E2), the ratio of E2 to testosterone (T, E2/T) and progesterone (P) decreased before treatment of TCM or Qigong. After treatment E2 and P value increased; the ovarian endocrine function was improved; the special symptoms of the diseases relieved, fasting blood glucose levels in diabetics, the frequency and severity of angina pectoris in coronary heart disease and the blood pressure in essential hypertension significantly decreased respectively (P less than 0.01). The study suggested that there are certain relations between ovarian endocrine disfunction and Kidney deficiency. The more severe the "Kidney deficiency" was, the more significant the changes of sex hormone were.     

中医灸与人体穴位红外辐射光谱特性研究

本文通过锁相放大技术测到人体不到1cm^2面积的体表红外辐射光谱。通过对这些光谱的归一化处理后发现，不同人体和同一人体的不同穴位，尽管其红外辐射绝对光谱及强度相差很大，但归一化光谱都有相当的一致性与可比性。进一步将人体发射的平均归一化光谱与中医艾条灸、隔姜灸、隔蒜灸及隔附子饼灸点燃过程中的光谱比较发现，后面三种间隔灸与人体自发辐射的光谱有着惊人的一致性，而艾条灸等的光谱却相差甚远。     

自体甲状腺组织与干细胞移植治疗甲状腺功能减退症的研究进展

不可逆性甲减患者需要终身服用甲状腺激素，对患者的日常工作和生活造成了很大的不便。随着近年来对自体甲状腺组织与干细胞移植研究的进展，有望解决甲减病人终身服药这一问题。自体甲状腺组织移植的动物实验以及人体试验均表明：甲状腺移植物不但能够存活，而且能够发挥作用。最新的胚胎干细胞（Embryonic stemcell，ESC）研究证明，ESC可以分化为甲状腺滤泡细胞。     

Activation of the lama2 gene in muscle regeneration: abortive regeneration in laminin alpha2-deficiency

Mutations in laminin alpha2, a subunit of the basement membrane protein laminin-2/merosin, cause merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy. To gain insight into the molecular mechanism of disease, we generated and used a mutant mouse, dyW, in which the lacZ gene was inserted into the lama2 gene so that beta-galactosidase would be expressed in place of laminin alpha2. Heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice are normal at birth, but homozygous mice develop muscular dystrophy at 2 to 3 weeks of age. The lama2/lacZ gene was highly expressed in muscle in the early stages of embryonic myogenesis, but was down-regulated at later stages in both heterozygous and homozygous mice. No beta-galactosidase activity was detected in skeletal muscle after birth in adult heterozygous mice. In contrast, high beta-galactosidase activity was detected in postnatal homozygous mice. Induction of injury in heterozygous mice resulted in intense reexpression of beta-galactosidase in the injured muscle early in regeneration, with a decline in enzyme activity as repair of the tissue progressed. Although the initial response to injury was similar in heterozygous and homozygous mice with abundant beta-galactosidase-positive, mononucleated cells in the injured area, repair was rarely completed in the homozygous mice, evidently caused by excessive death of cells associated with immature myofibers. The defect in muscle repair was very efficiently corrected in homozygous dyW mice expressing a human LAMA2 transgene in skeletal muscle. The data show the importance of laminin alpha2 in muscle regeneration and suggest that a major contributor to disease in muscular dystrophy is abortive regeneration.     

小儿重症哮喘多因素回归分析

应用电脑对111例儿童哮喘50项指标进行多因素逐步回归分析,把发作时喘憋严重,平时也有不同程度的喘息症状患儿列入小儿重症哮喘,与非重症哮喘比较,结果显示夜间喘、急性发作持续天数、非特异性刺激诱发、间歇期症状、发绀、呼吸困难、入院后激素治疗、中性粒细胞、IgA、pH、哮喘持续状态等11个因素入选重症哮喘回归方程,表明这些因素与小儿重症哮喘相关,提出儿童哮喘危险信号的临床指标。     

老年学习记忆减退大鼠齿状回突触的定量研究

据老年大鼠在Ｍｏｒｒｉｓ水迷宫中的行为表现，将其分为老年学习记忆减退和学习记忆正常两部分，采用透射电镜观察、拍片，对齿状回中分子层触的数量和大小进行体视学定量分析。     

ST2作为Th2细胞亚群标志以及其与支气管哮喘的关系的研究

各自主要分泌IFN γ和IL 4的Th1和Th2亚群 ,与临床疾病的关系十分密切。如何从表面标志上加以区分是一项迫切需要解决的问题。ST2是近年来提出的Th2细胞的稳定标志物。本工作在体外成功地诱导人脐带血T细胞向Th1或Th2分化的基础上 ,应用逆转录PCR分析了ST2mRNA的表达特点。证实ST2在人Th2细胞上的选择性表达。为了探索ST2、Th2与支气管哮喘的关系 ,本工作进一步检测了正常人和支气管哮喘患者外周血单个核细胞中 β actin、ST2以及IFN γ和IL 4的mRNA水平。结果显示 :支气管哮喘患者ST2mRNA水平升高 ,IL 4水平也明显升高 ,但IFN γ无变化。这提示ST2作为Th2细胞的标志物 ,有可能成为Th2极化性疾病如哮喘发病机制研究的一个参考性标志 ,至于ST2是否有可能作为治疗的靶分子 ,有待进一步探讨     

胚胎干细胞源性肝干细胞在治疗性肝再生中的应用

目的： 应用治疗性肝再生模型进行胚胎干细胞(ESC)源性肝干细胞肝内移植, 观察其在肝组织替代、体内的生长分化及成瘤性等情况，为ESC移植在难治性肝病治疗中的临床应用提供实验依据。方法： 倒千里光碱+70%肝部分切除建立BALB/c小鼠的治疗性肝再生模型。用荧光示踪剂CFDA SE 标记移植细胞，将经淤胆血清“病理微环境”筛选体系筛选出的ESC源性肝干细胞经门静脉移植入治疗性肝再生模型小鼠肝内。然后荧光显微镜下观察，检测移植细胞体内分布、整合与肝细胞替代、体内生长分化等情况。2周后行白蛋白荧光免疫组化(双荧光染色)、血清白蛋白水平检测其功能状况。并通过观察其体内成瘤性对筛选出的ESC源性肝干细胞的安全性进行评估。结果： CFDA SE标记的ESC源性肝干细胞肝内移植1周，受体小鼠肝实质内可见散在绿色荧光分布。2周后，肝实质内绿色荧光分布区域明显扩大，且可见类似肝索样结构排列。共焦白蛋白荧光免疫组化(双荧光染色)结果表明，受体小鼠肝组织内可见标记细胞表达白蛋白阳性信号（呈黄色荧光），血清白蛋白水平则无明显差异（P>0.05）。6周内未见畸胎瘤形成，而将未分化的ESC移植入小鼠腋区皮下6周后则可见畸胎瘤形成。结论： 经淤胆血清“病理微环境”筛选体系筛选出的ESC源性肝干细胞移植入治疗性肝再生模型小鼠肝内后可有效整合入宿主肝板、在肝内能进一步生长分化并部分表达肝细胞功能。其安全性较好，6周内未见畸胎瘤形成。     

B超心脏图象轮廓的自动检测

本文提出若干应用横向决策过程的动态规划及序贯模式识别的新方法，充分利用帧间心脏轮廓的动态信息，从超声图象中自动检测、分离心脏的内壁和外壁。     

Detection of highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5 (Eurasian lineage) using NASBA

Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) is a technique that allows the rapid amplification of specific regions of nucleic acid obtained from a diverse range of sources. It is especially suitable for amplifying RNA sequences. A NASBA technique has been developed that allows the detection of avian influenza A subtype H5 from allantoic fluid harvested from inoculated chick embryos. The amplified viral RNA is detected by electrochemiluminescence. The NASBA technique described below is rapid and specific for the identification of influenza A subtype H5 viruses of the Eurasian lineage. More importantly, it can be used to distinguish highly pathogenic and low pathogenic strains of the H5 subtype.