Polymorphisms in manganese superoxide dismutase and catalase genes: functional study in Hong Kong Chinese asthma patients

BACKGROUND: Reactive oxygen species may contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma. Functional genetic polymorphisms of antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase are good candidates for asthma susceptibility. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of the manganese-containing form of SOD (MnSOD) gene at amino acid position 16 (Val16Ala) and catalase gene in the promoter at A-21T and C-262T polymorphisms and asthma in a Hong Kong Chinese population. METHODS: The association study was conducted in a case-control design in asthma patients (n=251) and healthy controls (n=316) by genotyping. The functional significance was assessed by determining erythrocyte SOD and catalase activity. RESULTS: The Val allele of MnSOD at Val16Ala and the A allele of catalase gene at A-21T were not different between patients and controls, while the C allele of catalase gene at C-262T was found to be significantly different between patients and controls (P=0.033). The less frequent variant of catalase gene (-262T) was found to be protective from the development of asthma in a Hong Kong Chinese non-smoking population (adjusted odds ratio=0.35, 0.15-0.85; P=0.017). Asthma patients had elevated erythrocyte SOD and catalase activities in comparison with healthy controls (P<0.01). However, their activities were not associated with different genotypes within healthy controls or asthma patients. CONCLUSION: This is the first report showing that SOD and catalase functional activities are not associated with their respective genetic polymorphisms but related to the presence of asthma in a Hong Kong Chinese population.     

阳城县居民吸烟状况调查分析

对阳城县3646名15岁以上人群吸烟状况分析表明,男性吸烟率63.71％,女性吸烟率0.64％,男女合计吸烟率31.49％,并对不同年龄、职业、文化程度与吸烟率的关系进行了分析。吸烟心理动机:“烟草成瘾”占32.06％,“消遣”占28.48％,“解除疲劳”占16.90％,“交际”占22.56％。吸烟人群的4周患病率和慢性病患病率均高于不吸烟人群,两组差别有显著性(P<0.05,P<0.001)。     

汉语失写检查法及其在失写症检查中的临床应用

根据汉语文字的特点，书写行为的相关因素及我国文化背景的具体情况，设计了一套用于评定汉语失写症患者书写能力的方法，包括自动书写、抄写、听写、看图书写、主动书写及书写相关能力检查６个部分。通过临床应用，初步显示了该检查法在失写症评估中的可靠性和实用性。     

补肾密骨片结合骨髓移植对桡骨延迟愈合的实验研究

[目的]观察补肾密骨片结合经皮自体骨髓移植对骨折延迟愈合治疗后的骨密度和生物力学性能影响。[方法]预制新西兰大耳白兔骨延迟愈合模型，将75只兔随机分为四组：A组20只，饲料中加入补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区注入自体红骨髓2ml；B组20只，饲料中加入补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区不注入自体红骨髓；C组20只，饲料中不加补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区注入自体红骨髓；D组15只，造成骨延迟愈合模型后，饲料中不加补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区不注人自体红骨髓。治疗后12周处死动物取材，行骨密度及生物力学测试。[结果]骨密度及生物力学测试均显示A组骨愈合优于B、C、D组。[结论]补肾密骨片结合经皮自体骨髓移植治疗骨折延迟愈合的骨组织的骨密度及生物力学强度优于单一骨髓移植或中药治疗。     

Is there a ‘Basque’ profile regarding autosomal recessive deficiencies of coagulation factors?*

When excluding haemophilia and von Willebrand disease, coagulation factors deficiencies constitute rare autosomal recessive disorders (<1 in 500,000) of less precisely defined epidemiology. We have reported herein the distribution of these entities in the French Basque Country, a genetic isolate of very old individualization with peculiar biological specificities. The prevalence of these disorders was markedly high, especially, as already shown, factor XI deficiency. This unusual profile needs to be discussed in the view of population genetics.     

糖骨康胶囊治疗糖尿病骨质疏松临床研究

目的:观察糖骨康胶囊对糖尿病骨质疏松的治疗作用。方法:将216例患者,遵照随机、盲法、对照原则分为治疗组144例、对照组72例,其中治疗组给予糖骨康胶囊,对照组给予甘露消渴丸,治疗8w后观察疗效。结果:治疗组显效率为40.0%;总有效率为88.6%。对照组显效率为28.9%,总有效率为82.6%。结论:糖骨康胶囊对2型糖尿病骨质疏松有显著的防治作用。     

弱激光血疗法的发展及展望

本文主要介绍了弱激光血疗的机制及其在我国的发展过程.弱激光血疗法起源于前苏联的紫外光量子疗法,传入我国后经历了静脉内照射疗法,离体血液激光照射回输疗法,口咽部照射伴吸氧疗法,鼻腔内照射疗法等.本文对各种疗法的特点及临床应用进行了详细叙述.有些学者认为,中医的观点也能揭示激光血疗的机制.从中医辨证的角度,人的体质分为虚证和实证.结合中医针灸的虚则补之,实则泻之的原理,根据患者的虚实状况,采用含有中医补泻信息的调制激光照射血液,同时加照相关敏感穴位,促进疗效,以体现中医的辨证施治的原则可取得更好的疗效.     

中西医结合治疗慢性肾炎疗效观察及其与血液流变学和微循环的相关意义分析

本文对比观察了中西医结合治疗与单纯西药治疗慢性肾炎的临床疗效,结果表明,前者缓解率及总有效率分别为79.8%和92.1%,显著高于对照组(均P<0.01)。治疗组各临床类型及各中医证型的疗效亦均明显高于对照组相对应的各型肾炎(P<0.05～0.01)。治疗组各型肾炎之血液流变学及甲皱微循环改善均较对照组为显著。两组中完全缓解加基本缓解者,该两类检查指标改善极为显著(P<0.05～0.01),而好转及无效者则无明显改善(P>0.05)。提示临床疗效与之密切相关。     

Evaluation of hypothesis testing for comparing two populations using NONMEM analysis

In a simulation study of inference on population pharmacokinetic parameters, two methods of performing tests of hypotheses comparing two populations using NONMEM were evaluated. These two methods are the test based upon 95% confidence intervals and the likelihood ratio test. Data were simulated according to a monoexponential model and, in that context, power curves for each test were generated for (i)the ratio of mean clearance and (ii)the ratio of the population standard deviations of clearance. To generate the power curves, a range of these parameters was employed; other pharmacokinetic parameters were selected to reflect the variability typically present in a Phase II clinical trial. For tests comparing the means, the confidence interval tests had approximately the same power as the likelihood ratio tests and were consistently more faithful to the nominal level of significance. For comparison of the standard deviations, and when the volume of information available was relatively small, however, the likelihood ratio test was more able to detect differences between the two groups. These results were then compared to results on parameter estimation in order to gain insight into the question of power. As an example, the nonnormality of estimates of the ratio of standard deviations plays an important role in explaining the low power for the confidence interval tests. We conclude that, except for the situation of modeling standard deviations with only sparse information, NONMEM produces tests of significance that are effective at detecting clinically significant differences between two populations.Partial support from the Upjohn Company, NIH-BRSG SO RR 07066, and the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation.     

山药及其混伪品的鉴别体会

本文对山药及其混伪品的基源、性状、显微和理化鉴别特征进行了比较，阐述了作者的鉴别体会，并编制了显微鉴别特征检索在，可供临床、教学、鉴定等工作参考。