Effects of omalizumab and budesonide on markers of inflammation in human bronchial epithelial cells.

BACKGROUND: Many patients with asthma have an IgE-mediated allergic component to the disease. Omalizumab, a monoclonal anti-IgE antibody, has demonstrated clinical efficacy in patients with allergic asthma. The effects of omalizumab on inflammation in asthma are not completely understood. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of omalizumab on allergen- and growth factor-stimulated proinflammatory cytokine and nitric oxide (NO) production in human bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) and to compare them to the effects of budesonide, a corticosteroid with known anti-inflammatory properties. METHODS: Human BECs were stimulated in duplicate with interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta), 100 U/mL; ragweed, 10 microg/mL; dust mite, 1000 AU; and epithelial growth factor, 40 ng/mL; and either 10(-7) M budesonide or 0.1 microg/mL of omalizumab in a 4% dust mite atopic serum medium for 6 and 24 hours in 5% carbon dioxide at 37 degrees C. Tumor necrosis factor alpha and transforming growth factor betaexpression and production and IL-4, IL-13, and NO production were assayed using gene-specific messenger RNA or sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. RESULTS: Omalizumab inhibited the expression and of production proinflammatory cytokines and growth factor in antigen-stimulated BECs at 6 and 24 hours. Production of NO was inhibited at 6 hours and increased at 24 hours by omalizumab and budesonide. CONCLUSIONS: The effects of omalizumab were similar to those of budesonide. These results, consistent with previously reported evidence of anti-inflammatory effects of omalizumab, demonstrate that omalizumab may reduce airway inflammation and probably contributes to decreased airway remodeling in patients with asthma.     

产科多器官功能障碍综合征临床分析

目的探讨产科多器功能障碍综合征（MODS）的诱因、临床诊断及处理。方法对16例MODS的临床资料进行回顾性分析。结果导致MODS的主要因素为妊娠期高血压疾病及产后出血,器官功能障碍以肾功能衰竭为最多见。结论及时处理MODS的诱发因素,积极治疗妊娠期高血压疾病及产后出血,早期诊断及治疗肾功能衰竭及凝血功能障碍,是减少产科MODS患者死亡的关键。     

磁刺激用平面线圈结构的优化研究

文中建立了采用任意形状平面线圈磁刺激仪的RLC模型，给出了模型参数的计算方法。为了优化线圈，将磁刺激仪线圈的性能指标分为反映线圈输出性能的峰值磁能和反映线圈结构的几何变量。在磁刺激激活函数达到阈值条件下，调整平面螺旋线圈的结构并计算出依赖于线圈结构参数的输出性能值，从而，寻找最优的线圈几何参数。优化结果表明：线圈外半径是关键因素，给定阈值条件，选择合适的线圈外半径，可以大大降低线圈峰值磁能；另外，现在使用的圆环线圈并非最优，D形线圈优于圆环线圈。     

The extracellular matrix of pulmonary scar carcinomas is suggestive of a desmoplastic origin.

Pulmonary scar carcinomas and noncarcinomatous apical scars were subjected to collagen extraction, ultrastructural, and immunocytochemical studies designed to investigate the nature of their extracellular matrix. These studies revealed marked differences in both cellular and biochemical composition of scar carcinomas, compared with apical scars. Myofibroblasts, identified by antimyosin antibodies and confirmed by electron microscopy, constituted over 90% of the stromal cells of the scar carcinomas, compared with 0-10% in the apical scars. Collagen extraction studies revealed both an absolute and relative increase in Type V collagen in the scar carcinomas, compared with that found in the apical scars. The extracellular matrix of the pulmonary scar carcinomas was, however, identical to that of scirrhous carcinomas of the breast. These findings suggest that pulmonary scar carcinomas are probably desmoplastic carcinomas, rather than scar-arising tumors.     

培养细胞整装内质网三维结构的多态性

用高锰酸钾－锇酸固定法制备了５种培养细胞整装内质网标本，并在扫描电镜下对其三维结构进行了观察。观察结果表明内质网是由膜性小管构成的贯穿整个细胞质的管囊网络样膜性区室，并以多种形态深入到细胞伪足及突起中；细胞质中内质网则表现为簇状网络（见于ＧＣＭ３Ｔ３细胞）、多态性多孔扁囊样网络、筛网状网络、条索状网络、大孔条索网状和细孔扁囊样分区网络、不规则管网状和多孔管囊分区网络（见于ＣＶ－１细胞）、细管网络（见于ＣＣＬ１８７和ＣＣＬ２２９细胞）、球囊网络（见于ＣＣＬ１８７和Ａ４３１细胞）和不规则管网状网络（见于Ａ４３１细胞）等。内质网的这种多态性提示它是一种高度可变的结构，其可变性可能与细胞特性、分化程度、细胞功能状态及细胞骨架系统的分布变化等因素有关。     

人FascDNA的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中表达的研究

为获得高质量及充足的Ｆａｓ蛋白，采用ＰＣＲ技术调整Ｆａｓ基因的开放阅读框架，使之与生物素化蛋白基因阅读框架一致；缺失了ＦａｓｃＤＮＡ基因的起始密码子并增加一个大肠杆菌偏性终止密码子，构建ＦａｓｃＤＮＡ和生物素化融合原核表达质粒ＰｉｎＰｏｉｎｔ－Ｆａｓ。将重组质粒转入大肠杆菌ＨＢ１０１，经５００ｍｍｏｌＩＰＴＧ在３７℃条件下诱导４ｈ，ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹检测融合蛋白在大肠杆菌得以高效表达，表达量为细菌总蛋白的１３．８％。用亲和层析树脂对生物素化融合蛋白进行亲和层析纯化，得到Ｆａｓ重组的蛋白，且表达的Ｆａｓ融合蛋白具有抗体结合活性。此蛋白的表达成功将解决Ｆａｓ膜蛋白不易提取的难题，为深入研究Ｆａｓ提供了良好材料来源     

Tandem chromosome fusions in karyotypic evolution of Muntiacus: evidence from M. feae and M. gongshanensis

The muntjacs (Muntiacus, Cervidae) are famous for their rapid and radical karyotypic diversification via repeated tandem chromosome fusions, constituting a paradigm for the studies of karyotypic evolution. Of the five muntjac species with defined karyotypes, three species (i.e. Muntiacus reevesi, 2n = 46; M. m. vaginalis, 2n = 6/7; and M. crinifrons, 2n = 8/9) have so far been investigated by a combined approach of comparative chromosome banding, chromosome painting and BAC mapping. The results demonstrated that extensive centromere–telomere fusions and a few centric fusions are the chromosomal mechanisms underlying the karyotypic evolution of muntjacs. Here we have applied the same approach to two additional muntjac species with less well-characterized karyotypes, M. feae (2n = 14♂) and M. gongshanensis (2n = 8♀). High-resolution G-banded karyotypes for M. feae and M. gongshanensis are provided. The integrated analysis of hybridization results led to the establishment of a high-resolution comparative map between M. reevesi, M. feae, and M. gongshanensis, proving that all tandem fusions underpinning the karyotypic evolution of these two muntjac species are also centromere–telomere fusions. Furthermore, the results have improved our understanding of the karyotypic relationships of extant muntjac species and provided compelling cytogenetic evidence that supports the view that M. crinifrons, M. feae, and M. gongshanensis should each be treated as a distinct species.