Nitroglycerin-inhibited whole blood aggregation is partially mediated by calcitonin gene-related peptide–a neurogenic mechanism

1. The role of the vasculature and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in nitroglycerin (NTG)-mediated platelet inhibition was studied.
2. In vitro incubations of CGRP in whole blood induced a dose-dependent inhibition of platelet aggregation with an IC₅₀ of 62.1 nM.
3. The platelet inhibition induced by CGRP was blocked by co-incubation of 0.53 μM CGRP_8-37, as well as 30 μM N^G-nitro-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA).
4. In a separate group of experiments, 100 nM NTG in rat whole blood (WB) induced platelet inhibition of 6.0±1.3% (mean±s.d.), which was enhanced to 77.6±3.5% by the addition of rat aortic tissue (AT) (P<0.001). The inclusion of CGRP_8-37 with NTG and AT in WB reduced platelet inhibition to 31.6±6.8% (P<0.01). Incubation of WB and AT with 30 μM L-NMMA reduced NTG-induced inhibition of platelet aggregation to 26.4±4.2% (P<0.001).
5. It is concluded that vascular tissue contributes to the antiplatelet mechanism of action of NTG. Furthermore, NTG apparently evokes the release of CGRP from vascular tissue and this neuropeptide contributes to the antiplatelet actions of NTG.
6. The antiplatelet activity of CGRP in whole blood is mediated primarily through the activation of nitric oxide synthase.

     

PT和APTT标本留存时间与结果稳定性关系

目的探讨标本的待测时间对凝血酶原时间（PT）和活化部分促凝血酶原时间（APTT）试验结果的影响。方法：在室温下分别于采样后即刻、2、4、6、24h测定了40例志愿者的PT、AFTT,同时进行了血浆留存和全血留存结果的比较。结果：6h内无论全血留存标本还是血浆留存标本,其PT值和APPT值与初始值相比均无明显变化（P＞0．05）;24h全血留存标本PT值略升高（P＞0．05）,血浆留存标本较初始值延长14％,有显著差异（P＜0．05）。APTT值两类标本在6h内与初始值相比也无明显变化（P＞0．05）,24h均明显延长（P＜0．05）。结论：血浆留存标本或全血留存标本PT或APTT测定宜在采集标本后6h内完成。     

中国健康中青年女性全血比粘度参考值与海拔高度的关系

目的：为制定中国健康中青年女性全血比粘度参考值的统一标准提供科学依据。方法：收集了中国各地用毛细管法测定的健康中青年女性全血比粘度参考值,并对其与海拔高度的关系进行了研究。结果：发现随着海拔高度的逐渐增大,健康中青年女性全血比粘度参考值也在逐渐增大,相关性很显著。用一元回归分析的方法推导出一个回归方程。结论：如果知道了中国某地的海拔高度,就可以用回归方程估算这个地区的健康中青年女性全血比粘度参考值。     

叶酸拮抗乙酰水杨酸致大鼠卵黄囊毒性作用的研究

以全胚胎培养模型结合免疫组化和电镜技术等探讨了乙酰水杨酸和叶酸对大鼠卵黄囊及胚胎的影响。结果表明：培养基含乙酰水杨酸３００μｇ／ｍｌ组的卵黄囊直径和胚胎体长均显著低于阴性对照组,胚胎畸形率明显增高。组织学检查发现卵黄囊厚度变薄。间质层血岛、微血管数量明显减少,血管壁细胞不连续,血管发育不良。卵黄囊内皮层细胞顶端微绒毛少见。内皮层细胞的溶酶体、内质网及核蛋白体等结构和数量均有明显改变。而６０ｍｇ／ｋｇ叶酸灌胃鼠血清与乙酰水杨酸联合应用后,则卵黄囊的上述毒性作用明显减轻或消失,提示叶酸能明显拮抗乙酰水杨酸致大鼠卵黄囊的毒性作用。     

空勤与地勤人员硒代谢平衡的研究

目的：为了解空勤与地勤人员的硒摄入,吸收和排泄量,以及硒代谢的差异,进一步做好空勤与地勤人员的营养保障,方法：用双盘法在３ｄ自由进食条件下对３６名空勤人员进行了硒代谢平衡的研究,并以３６名地勤人员作为对照,结果：空勤组的硒摄入量（５９．８５μｇ．ｄ＾－１）尿硒排泄量（３０．８４μｇ．ｄ＾－１）,表现吸收量（３９．２７μｇ．ｄ＾－１）和全血硒（９８．９１ｎｇ．ｍｌ＾－１）均高于地勤组（４５．９６μｇ     

How do normal subjects learn a simple adaptative task: How and why do paranoid schizophrenic patients fail?

Summary The authors studied the behavior of normal subjects and paranoid schizophrenic patients in a simple problem-solving situation. The schizophrenics were divided into two sample groups, one of individuals under treatment and the other of individuals not under treatment.The learning process involved in this problem-solving situation is very similar to an instrumental conditioning, and can be understood by means of the following assumptions: (1) the subjects use decision functions in reacting to the stimuli, although they may be not fully aware of this; (2) learning is the result of successive transformations of these decisions in the course of time; (3) the changes have specific probabilities and are related to (a) those responses which are made to the latest stimuli, and (b) a differential probability for decision functions which were effective, or only interrupted painful reinforcement, or were completely ineffective.In schizophrenics further factors of importance were (1) an inertia factor and (2) the rigidly continued use of unsuccessful or only partially successful decision criteria.The authors used a systems theory based on Galois field theory and a calculus of operators specifying three groups of subjects. A computer program based on these hypotheses was tested in a simulation experiment.The statistical evaluation of the results showed a congruence between the theoretical approach and the experimental data.This work was carried out with financial support from the Institute de Alta Cultura, Lisbon, between 1970 and 1974     

High-speed black blood imaging of vessel stenosis in the presence of pulsatile flow.

Stenosis phantoms were created to study the ability of "black blood" methods to image a vessel stenosis in the presence of pulsatile flow. Black blood images were acquired with a modified TurboFLASH (fast low-angle shot) method that eliminates flow signal by applying a set of prepulses before segmented data acquisition. With this high-speed approach, imaging can be completed within 16 seconds. This technique was compared with conventional spin-echo black blood, gradient-echo black blood, and gradient-echo bright blood methods. Loss of flow signal, which extended beyond the site of the stenosis, was seen on the gradient-echo bright blood images. The pattern of signal loss varied with the type of stenosis. Flow voids were achieved with spin-echo black blood imaging; however, substantial ghosting artifacts were seen. With gradient-echo black blood imaging, it was difficult to eliminate all flow signal, particularly for in-plane flow. The modified TurboFLASH method produced high-quality black blood images in a fraction of the time needed for spin-echo imaging. It showed no ghosting artifacts even in the presence of pulsatile flow.     

Motion artifact reduction with three-point ghost phase cancellation.

A novel method for "ghost" artifact suppression is introduced. It suppresses ghosts induced by motion in any direction, as well as other types of quasi-periodic signal modulation. Because it requires neither special hardware nor intensive data processing, it can be easily implemented on conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imagers. The method is based on the concept of decomposition of a ghosted complex image into a ghost mask and ideal image. A set of deliberately designed acquisitions are used to generate a set of ghosted complex images in which the ghost components are related in a simple manner. With use of equations describing image decomposition and ghost correlation, the ideal image can be calculated pixel by pixel. The ideal image obtained (representing the time-averaged spin-density distribution) is shown to be a truer representation of physical reality than the ghost-free image obtained with ordered phase encoding. In this technique, both interview and intraview effects are taken into account. The technique is also useful in simultaneously suppressing ghosts from multifrequency signal modulations such as respiratory and cardiac motions. The method was successfully tested with three time-interleaved, phase-encoding-order-shifted acquisitions. Experimental results have shown that it is a simple but effective technique.     

Evaluation of whole blood catalase estimation for diagnosis of malignancy

Whole blood catalase levels were estimated using a disc flotation method in 209 random patients with a wide variety of malignancies. Fifty patients had received no treatment, and the remainder, although having undergone prior therapy, had recurrent or metastatic disease at the time of the study. No relationship was found between the presence of cancer and catalase levels. A direct relationship was found for catalase with hemoglobin levels in both normal and patients' samples. Whole blood catalase is of no value in diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. The decreased catalase values found here and reported previously by others are the result of low hemoglobin levels found in many patients with cancer.