基于LabVIEW的多通道脉搏波记录处理系统

本文描述了一个基于LabVIEW的虑拟仪器系统。该系统能采集、记录和处理人体多处典型部位的脉搏波，用改进的高斯函数（钟形波）叠加模型，通过北线性拟合算法----Levenberg-Marquardt（LM）算法提取脉图特征。实验表明：该模型和算法能简单有效地对各类脉图进行特征识别，识别率达到90％以上。     

流行性乙型脑炎病毒活疫苗株SA14-14-2基因稳定性研究

目的 通过研究流行性乙型脑炎活疫苗减毒株基因稳定性，从分子水平证实流行性乙型脑炎活疫苗的遗传稳定性。方法分析流行性乙型脑炎活疫苗主种子、工作种子及其相应的疫苗病毒E蛋白基因核苷酸和氨基酸序列，并与其强毒株和基因库中乙脑病毒减毒株(AF15119)比较。结果乙脑活疫苗主种子、工作种子及其相应的疫苗病毒的E蛋白基因核苷酸序列完全相同。这些病毒E蛋白的氨基酸序列与基因库中乙脑病毒弱毒株(AF315119)比较显示第E447位点氨基酸有差异。结论乙脑病毒活疫苗减毒株遗传学特性稳定。     

桑色素对小鼠T淋巴细胞体外活化、增殖和细胞周期的影响

目的:研究桑色素(morin)对小鼠T淋巴细胞活化、增殖和细胞周期的影响。方法:以刀豆蛋白A(ConA)刺激培养的淋巴结来源的小鼠淋巴细胞,再以不同终浓度的morin与T细胞共培养,利用流式细胞术(FCM),检测早期T细胞活化的标志CD69分子的表达,以羧基荧光素双醋酸盐琥珀酰脂(CFDA-SE)染色检测T细胞的增殖;以碘化丙锭(PI)染色分析T细胞的细胞周期。结果:小鼠T细胞培养6 h后,未经ConA刺激的对照组中CD69 T的细胞比率为(2.97±0.12)%,经ConA刺激的CD69 T细胞的比率明显增高,达到(72.52±0.66)%,与对照组相比差别明显(P<0.01)。终浓度为25、50、100μmol/L的morin均下调CD69 T细胞的比率,其中,100μmol/L的morin抑制作用最强,为(48.95±0.81)%,与对照组比较具有统计学意义(P<0.01)。CFDA-SE染色分析显示,ConA组培养48 h和72 h的T细胞的增殖指数(PI)分别为(1.58±0.04)和(1.95±0.02),各浓度的morin对ConA刺激的T细胞增殖,具有明显地抑制作用,以100μmol/L的morin抑制作用最明显。培养48 h的ConA组T细胞的PI为(1.02±0.02)、培养72 h的ConA组T细胞的PI为(1.03±0.01),与相应时间的对照组比较,均有统计学意义(P<0.01)。PI染色后流式细胞术分析的结果表明,ConA组处于S期的T细胞的比率为(27.05±0.39)%,显著高于对照组的比率(5.10±0.07)%。morin组中S期的细胞比率较高。结论:Morin可显著抑制ConA刺激的T细胞活化及增殖;其对增殖的抑制作用主要表现为S期的细胞的阻滞。     

人参皂苷Rg1与Rh1对树突状细胞表达HLA-DR、CD25、CD44、CD54、CD11c及E-selectin的影响

目的：观察人参皂苷Rg1和Rh1对树突状细胞（Dendritic cell，DC）表面分子CD25、HLA-DR、CD44、ICAM-1、CD11c及E-sclectin表达的影响。方法：用不同浓度的Rg1和Rh1分别加入成熟DC中，刺激一定时间后，用免疫组化法观察，并用图像分析法分析结果。结果：除E-selectin外，Rg1和Rh1均可不同程度地促进HLA—DR、CD25、CD11c、CD44和ICAM-1的表达。结论：Rg1、Rh1可增强DC表面促进T细胞活化的第一、二类信号系统分子的表达，提高其抗原递呈能力，并促进DC—T细胞簇的形成而活化初始T细胞。     

HA/PDLLA复合材料的体内成骨过程研究

目的研究HA／PDLLA复合材料植入体内后与细胞、组织的相互作用，探讨HA／PDLLA复合材料在体内的成骨过程，为其临床应用及设计具有生物功能的人工骨替换材料和骨组织工程支架材料提供依据。方法采用液相吸附法制备了HA／PDLLA复合材料，以纯PDLLA和空白组进行对照，进行体内植入实验，通过组织学观察和四环素标记考察其成骨过程。结果HA／PDLLA复合材料植入机体后，体内的无菌性炎症轻微，新骨形成速率高于PDLLA材料。HA微粒的存在，加强了复合材料的机械强度，使之可以避免过早的丧失力学强度。第24w时，材料被组织分隔包裹，新生骨组织长入材料，骨愈合情况良好。结论HA／PDLLA复合材料具有良好的生物相容性、生物降解性能、生物学活性和骨传导性能。     

NMDA受体在β-淀粉样蛋白引起海马神经元突触蛋白改变中的作用

为了研究NMDA受体活性对Aβ引发的海马神经元突触蛋白表达变化的影响,本文运用免疫细胞化学方法检测不同浓度NMDA受体激动剂以及拮抗剂对Aβ诱导的海马神经元突触蛋白变化的影响。结果显示:NMDA可浓度依赖性地缓解Aβ25-35引起的突触蛋白synaptophysin与PSD-95的减少。抑制突触内NMDA受体,NMDA缓解Aβ减少突触蛋白的作用减弱;抑制突触外NMDA受体,对抗Aβ的作用无显著变化。本研究结果提示NMDA受体活性改变影响Aβ诱导的突触蛋白减少,突触内NMDA受体激活可对抗Aβ的毒性作用。突触内NMDA受体活性减弱可能在谷氨酸兴奋毒性中发挥作用。     

Assessment of HBV persistent infection in an adult population in Taiwan

In order to study the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the adult population of Taiwan, we screened for the presence of HBV DNA in 205 blood samples from adult (20-59-year-old) volunteers. According to the serological markers of HBV, samples were divided into three groups: group I (173 subjects) was negative for both HBsAg and HBeAg; group II (14 subjects) was positive for both HBsAg and HBeAg; and group III consisted of 18 subjects who were HBsAg-positive but HBeAg-negative. Plasma HBV DNA was not detected in group I, but it was found in 85.7% and 11.8% of samples in group II and group III, respectively. A free-form HBV DNA was found in 14.3% of the leukocyte samples in group II. Furthermore, an integrated form of HBV DNA was detected in the leukocytes of two cases of group I who remained healthy based on clinical data. HBV DNA was also detected in the spermatozoa and liver cells of one of the cases.     

Involvement of protein kinase c in responses of rat dorsal horn neurons to mechanical stimuli and periaqueductal gray descending inhibition

 The effects of a protein kinase C (PKC) activator, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), on the activity and periaqueductal gray (PAG)-induced inhibition of rat dorsal horn neurons of the lumbar spinal cord were tested. A microdialysis fiber was placed through the dorsal horn for the purpose of local application of pharmacological agents. Extracellular single-unit recordings from dorsal horn neurons were made near the microdialysis fiber. TPA was tested on nociceptive dorsal horn cells. There was a significant increase in the background activity and responses to ”brush”, with no changes in responses to pressure and pinch stimuli. TPA also significantly blocked the PAG-induced inhibition of responses to brush, press, and pinch. These effects were eliminated by coadministration of the PKC inhibitor NPC-15437. The solvent, which contained dimethyl sulfoxide, was also tested for its effect on the responses to peripheral mechanical stimuli and PAG-induced inhibition of the dorsal horn neurons. There were no significant changes. This experiment suggests that activation of the PKC second messenger system might increase the activity of dorsal horn neurons and their responses to peripheral stimuli; in addition, the phorbol ester attenuated the PAG-induced descending inhibition of the dorsal horn neuron activity. Received: 15 May 1996 / Accepted: 14 November 1996     

Evidence for a major gene underlying bone size variation in the Chinese

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem defined as a loss of bone strength, of which bone size is an important determinant. In the present study, familial correlation and segregation analyses for the spine and hip bone sizes were performed for the first time in a Chinese sample composed of 393 nuclear families with a total of 1,193 individuals. The results indicate a major gene of codominant inheritance for spine bone size; however, there is no evidence of a major gene influencing hip bone size. Significant familial residual effects are found for both traits, suggesting their polygenic inheritance. Heritability estimates (±SE) for spine and hip bone size were 0.62 (0.13) and 0.59 (0.12), respectively. Sex and age differences in genotype‐specific average bone size were observed. Compared with our previous study on bone mineral density (BMD) in the same population, this study suggests that genetic determination of bone size may be different from that of BMD, and thus studying bone size as one surrogate phenotype for osteoporotic fractures may be necessary. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 16:68–77, 2004. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.