慢性肾炎患者外周血CD62P表达的临床意义

目的　探讨慢性肾炎患者外周血CD62P的表达同慢性肾炎进展的关系。方法　慢性肾炎患者 52例根据BUN、Cr分为Ⅰ组 :肾功能不全代偿期 (BUN≤ 9mmol/L ,Cr≤ 178μmol/L) 2 0例 ,Ⅱ组 :氮质血症期 (9mmol/L2 0mmol/L ,Cr >445μmol/L) 13例 ,用流式细胞仪分别测定 3组患者外周血CD62P的表达 ,并同正常对照组进行比较。结果　 3组外周血CD62P的表达分别为 9.12 %± 2 .5%、7.13 %± 2 .1%、3 .41%± 1.5% ,均高于正常对照组的 1.87%± 0 .65% (P <0 .0 1,P <0 .0 5) ,Ⅰ、Ⅱ组又显著高于Ⅲ组 (P <0 .0 1)。各组间血小板的常规指标比较无明显差异 (P >0 .0 5)。结论　慢性肾炎患者外周血CD62P的表达与肾脏病变的发生、发展有密切关系     

应用人骨髓间质干细胞与脱细胞猪主动脉瓣膜支架体外构建组织工程心脏瓣膜

目的:应用动物来源的细胞构建组织工程化心脏瓣膜的研究较多,本实验特征在于观察人骨髓间质干细胞与脱细胞猪主动脉瓣膜支架体外构建组织工程心脏瓣膜,并探讨其作为种子细胞的可行性。方法:实验于2005-12/2006-10在解放军第二军医大学长海医院全军胸心外科研究所完成,研究方案获伦理委员会批准。①实验材料:取开胸术中切除的肋骨骨髓,术前已经患者知情同意。新鲜猪心脏瓣膜取自上海复新屠宰场。②实验方法:Ficoll密度梯度离心从肋骨骨髓中获取骨髓单个核细胞,体外扩增培养后鉴定。采用去污剂和酶消化法将猪主动脉瓣叶行脱细胞处理,种植人骨髓间质干细胞。③实验评估:采用EnVision二步法染色鉴定人骨髓间质干细胞形态及细胞表型;采用苏木精-伊红染色、维多利亚蓝染色和VanGieson氏染色法观察细胞在脱细胞猪主动脉瓣叶支架上的生长特点;扫描电镜观察静态构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的形态。结果:①人骨髓间质干细胞形态及细胞表型鉴定:人骨髓间质干细胞为梭形,抗平滑肌抗体和波形蛋白染色阳性,CD31及Ⅷ因子染色阴性。②脱细胞猪主动脉瓣膜支架的组织学观察:猪去细胞瓣膜支架去细胞完全,弹力纤维及胶原纤维保持完整,种植的人骨髓间质干细胞在脱细胞瓣叶表面形成完整的细胞层。③构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的形态学观察:扫描电镜示瓣膜表面细胞层完整,细胞呈梭形复层生长。结论:人骨髓间质干细胞体外具有自然分化为肌成纤维细胞的特性,在去细胞猪主动脉瓣膜上生长良好,可作为一种有前途的种子细胞构建组织工程心脏瓣膜。     

Short and long term outcome of neonatal hyperglycemia in very preterm infants: a retrospective follow-up study

Background  

Hyperglycemia in premature infants is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, but data on long-term outcome are limited. We investigated the effects of neonatal hyperglycemia (blood glucose ≥ 10 mmol/l, treated with insulin for ≥ 12 hours) on growth and neurobehavioral outcome at 2 years of age.     

Novel diagnostic features of dysferlinopathies

Reports of dysferlinopathy have suggested a clinically heterogeneous group of patients. We identified specific novel molecular and phenotypic features that help distinguish dysferlinopathies from other forms of limb‐girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). A detailed history, physical exam, and protein and mutation analysis of genomic DNA was done for all subjects. Five of 21 confirmed DYSF gene mutations were not previously reported. A distinct “bulge” of the deltoid muscle in combination with other findings was a striking feature in all patients. Six subjects had atypical calf enlargement, and 3 of these exhibited a paradoxical pattern of dysferlin expression: severely reduced by direct immunofluorescence with overexpression on Western blots. Six patients showed amyloid deposits in muscle that extended these findings to new domains of the dysferlin gene, including the C2G domain. Correlative studies showed colocalization of amyloid with deposition of dysferlin. The present data further serve to guide clinicians facing the expensive task of molecular characterization of patients with an LGMD phenotype. Muscle Nerve 42: 14–21, 2010     

Impact of delayed admission to intensive care units on mortality of critically ill patients: a cohort study

Introduction  

When the number of patients who require intensive care is greater than the number of beds available, intensive care unit (ICU) entry flow is obstructed. This phenomenon has been associated with higher mortality rates in patients that are not admitted despite their need, and in patients that are admitted but are waiting for a bed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if a delay in ICU admission affects mortality for critically ill patients.     

Spinocerebellar ataxia type-1 and spinobulbar muscular atrophy gene products interact with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Spinocerebellar ataxia type1 (SCA1) is one of several neurodegenerative disorders caused by expansions of translated CAG trinucleotide repeats which code for polyglutamine in the respective proteins. Most hypotheses about the molecular defect in these disorders suggest a gain of function, which may involve interactions with other proteins via the expanded polyglutamine tract. In this study we used ataxin-1, the SCA1 gene product, as a bait in the yeast two-hybrid system and identified the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as an ataxin-1 interacting protein. In addition, the yeast two hybrid data demonstrate that wild type and mutant ataxin-1 form homo and heterodimers. Physical interaction between GAPDH and ataxin-1 was also demonstrated in vitro. To investigate if GAPDH might interact with other glutamine repeat-containing proteins involved in neurodegenerative disorders, we tested its binding to the androgen receptor which is mutated in spinobulbar muscular atrophy. The androgen receptor interacts with GAPDH both in the yeast two-hybrid system and in vitro. The binding of both ataxin-1 and the androgen receptor to GAPDH does not vary with the length of the polyglutamine tract. While provocative, these findings do not address the selective neuronal loss in each of these disorders in light of the wide expression patterns of GAPDH and the respective polyglutamine containing proteins. Nonetheless, such interactions may increase the susceptibility of specific neurons to a variety of insults and initiate degeneration.