Gadolinium-enhanced breath-hold three-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography of the abdominal and pelvic vessels: The value of ultrafast MP-RAGE sequences

MR angiography (MRA) was performed in 50 consecutive subjects (mean age, 59 years), who had been referred for abdominal MRA, on a 1.5-T superconductive unit that used a body phased-array coil. Three breath-hold three-dimensional sequences were evaluated both in phantom and clinical studies: (a) standard fast three-dimensional gradient-echo sequence (TR = 15, TE = 6; imaging time, 32 seconds), (b) ultrafast three-dimensional gradient-echo sequence (TR = 8.2, TE = 3; imaging time, 18 seconds), and (c) ultrafast magnetization-prepared (MP) rapid acquisition gradient echo (RAGE) (TR = 5.8, TE = 2.9, inversion time [TI] = 20; imaging time, 15 seconds). The initial 30 patients were randomized into three groups by three separate sequences. For the remaining 20 patients, ultrafast-gradient-echo and ultrafast MP-RAGE sequences were performed. Conventional angiography was performed on 36 patients. Signal measurements of the phantom and clinical images of the aorta, visceral branches of the aorta, iliac arteries, inferior vena cavae, and portal veins were performed. The overall image quality and background fatty tissue contrast of the vessels were rated subjectively. Comparison of images between MRA and conventional angiography also was performed. The contrast between the vessels and background fatty tissue was significantly higher in the ultrafast MP-RAGE sequence in both quantitative and qualitative analysis, and image-quality ultrafast MP-RAGE was superior to the other two sequences (P < .01). The aorta and iliac arteries could be visualized in all pulse sequences, and abnormalities of these vessels were diagnosed correctly. The renal artery was visualized more clearly with the two ultrafast sequences.     

染色体图象微机处理系统的应用

染色体图象处理系统具有7组67个功能，基本功能有视频处理、图象预处理、染色体配对和排序、图形功能、标注和批处理功能。把该系统应用于苯中毒工人遗传学生物标记研究、兰索拉唑对中国仓鼠肺细胞染色体畸变的影响研究、妇产科病人标本及猴外周血淋巴细胞标本的观察和分析的结果表明，该系统实用性强，并具有先进性、稳定性、灵活性和可拓展性等特点。     

去纤酶对高血脂兔血小板功能、纤溶系统、血液流变学的影响

观察了食饵性高血脂对新西兰兔血小板功能、纤溶系统和血液流变学的影响以及去纤酶的调节作用,并动态观察了指标的变化.结果发现,高血脂能引起兔的血小板数增加,粘附力增强,血液粘滞性增加,红细胞流动变慢,呈现高凝和低纤溶状态,且主动脉形成明显粥样斑块.去纤酶在降低血脂的同时,可明显降低血小板的粘附力,降低血液粘滞性,呈现低凝和高纤溶状态,其主动脉粥样斑块亦明显减轻和缩小.提示去纤酶既能降低血脂又能降低血粘稠度,促进纤溶,起到抗凝及防止血栓形成,抑制动脉硬化的形成和发展.     

Heparin decreases mesangial matrix accumulation after selective antibody-induced mesangial cell injury.

Anti-rat thymocyte antibody-induced injury of glomerular mesangial cells is characterized initially by lysis (1 h) and is followed by proliferation (beginning at 3 to 4 days), with resolution that can include a focal increase in mesangial matrix (by 28 days). Chronic administration (every 12 h) of heparin (anticoagulant or nonanticoagulant) resulted in a decrease in antibody-induced mesangial cell proliferation, which, in turn, was associated with a decrease in the size and number of areas of focal mesangial matrix increase. The effect could not be attributed to the effect of heparin on complement, to alterations in the small numbers of la-positive cells that characterize the lesion, or to binding of antibody to glomeruli. The beneficial effects of heparin in reducing mesangial cell proliferation, with a subsequent reduction in matrix increase, suggest that mesangial cell responses are a major element in the development of at least some forms of glomerulosclerosis. The possible mechanisms by which these effects of heparin may be achieved are discussed.     

Absence of insulin receptor gene mutations in three insulin-resistant women with the polycystic ovary syndrome

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are markedly insulin-resistant, but the molecular mechanisms of these changes and their relationship to the hyperandrogenic state remain to be clarified. Mutations have recently been identified in the insulin receptor gene of patients with extreme forms of insulin resistance associated with hyperandrogenism (eg, type A insulin resistance), and these mutations account for the insulin resistance in such patients. We performed this study to determine whether mutations in the coding portion of the insulin receptor gene were responsible for insulin resistance in PCOS. Insulin binding studies using cultured skin fibroblasts of three obese (body mass index > 27 kg/m²) women with PCOS (ie, mild hyperandrogenemia and chronic anovulation of unknown etiology) and documented insulin resistance showed no apprarent abnormalities in either the number or affinity of insulin binding sites. Direct sequencing of all 22 exons of the insulin receptor gene from two of the women with PCOS did not reveal any mutations. Furthermore, both alleles of the gene were expressed at equal levels. In a third insulin-resistant PCOS woman, there was no evidence for a mutation in the coding portion of the insulin receptor gene as determined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). We conclude that the insulin resistance in these PCOS women was caused by a defect extrinsic to the insulin receptor.     

Enhancement of fibronectin synthesis and fibrillogenesis by BMP-4 in cultured rat osteoblast.

The skeletal extracellular matrix produced by osteoblasts contains the glycoprotein fibronectin (Fn), which regulates the adhesion, differentiation, and function of osteoblasts. Fn fibrillogenesis is involved in the process of bone mineralization. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) can be isolated from organic bone matrix and are able to initiate de novo cartilage and bone formation. In this study, the effect of BMP-4 on Fn fibrillogenesis in cultured rat osteoblasts was examined. BMP-4 enhanced Fn synthesis and extracellular Fn assembly in primary cultured osteoblasts. In addition, the extracellular assembly of Fn from exogenously applied soluble human Fn was also increased by BMP-4. It has been reported that alpha5beta1 integrin is related to Fn fibrillogenesis. The synthesis of both alpha5 and beta1 integrins was upregulated by BMP-4. Immunocytochemistry showed that the clustering of alpha5 and beta1 integrins was also increased by BMP-4. BMP-4 increased fibril formation of Fn and the adhesion of osteoblasts onto Fn matrix, which was inhibited by disintegrin triflavin and Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (GRGDS) peptide. Phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was increased by BMP-4. Enhancement of extracellular Fn fibrillogenesis and the mRNA expression of beta1 integrin by BMP-4 were inhibited by ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD98059. These results suggest that the enhancement of extracellular Fn fibrillogenesis by BMP-4 in cultured osteoblasts is related to the increase of the synthesis of Fn and clustering of alpha5 and beta1 integrins. ERK is involved in the signaling pathway of BMP-4 in regulating Fn fibrillogenesis in osteoblasts.     

电刺激膈神经中枢端引起降压反应的外周机理

电刺激麻醉家兔膈神经中枢端呆引起动脉血压下降，此降压反应不能被剪断双侧迷走神经所阻断；但可被静脉注射心得１．０ｍｇ／ｋｇ部分阻断；也可被静注射酚妥拉明２．０ｍｇ／ｋｇ部分阻断，去除缓冲神经后其降压效应更为明显。     

槲皮素磷酸酯钾对实验性心肌梗塞的影响

iv10～20mg/kg(木解)皮素磷酸酯钾使兔急性心肌梗塞范围明显缩小,ST段明显降低,并能对抗冠脉结扎后引起的血清CPK含量增加及心律失常,这些作用与普萘洛尔相似。但iv40mg/kg后作用不明显。     

Distinguishment of A 42 Capsomere Structure of Icosohedral Virion from A 32 One by Electron Microsco

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单向中频电加助透液防治瘢痕增生

为防治瘢痕增生，寻求有效治疗方法，我们采用单向中频电加助透液治疗瘢痕增生患者３３例，痊愈显效率为６４％，总有效率为８８％。结果表明，单向中频电加助透液能增强导入作用，是防治瘢痕增生的有效方法。