Photodynamic therapy of tumours: value of quantum chemical procedures for characterization of new drugs. Prediction of the electronic structure of zinc(II) phthalocyanine with special emphasis on triplet state excitation energies

Zinc(II) phthalocyanine is the active component of the liposomal formulation CGP 55847 which showed a high activity in photodynamic therapy in a variety of animal tumours. The photophysical properties of zinc(II) phthalocyanine have been studied in detail and compared to those of Photofrin, the only sensitizing agent approved so far for phase III/IV clinical trials. Since the efficacy of photodynamic therapy intrinsically depends on the spectroscopic features of the sensitizer, quantum chemical methods have proven to be an efficient means for optimizing chemical structures. As will be shown, a simple modification of the time-honoured INDO model of Pople allows a prediction of the singlet and triplet state properties of molecules of the size of zinc(II) phthalocyanine with an rms error of ≤ 1000 cm⁻¹.     

包裹胰岛微囊的物理性能研究

用３％海藻酸钠及２．２％ＣａＣｌ＿２所制备的微囊在高流速及高浓度的蔗糖溶液冲击下未见破裂，且微囊包裹活细胞经过二小时的剧烈搅拌，亦无损漏。改进法所制备的微囊具有良好的机械强度，其物理性能已达到临床进行包膜胰岛移植治疗糖尿病的要求。     

Time course of muscle atrophy and recovery following a phenol-induced nerve block

Clinically, phenol is used often as a neurolytic agent to treat pain and spasticity. The purpose of this study was to examine the time course of denervation and recovery in several hindlimb muscles following application of a 5% aqueous solution of phenol to the sciatic nerve. Phenol was applied to the sciatic nerve of adult female rats either by intraneural or perineural injection. Axonal degeneration was evident within the sciatic nerve 2 days following phenol application, although variable amounts of damage were observed. By 2 weeks, the soleus and tibialis anterior had atrophied to 63% and 51% of control. Reinnervation of hindlimb muscles occurred between 2 and 4 weeks following the nerve block. Following denervation, the soleus became slower in that all of the fibers expressed the slow myosin heavy chain (MHC). At 5 months, maximum tension of the soleus was 74% of control and the muscle consisted of more fast fibers on average, some of which expressed IIx MHC. These data suggest that 5% phenol causes an injury to the nerve that is more severe than a crush injury, and that reinnervation of denervated muscles may be by motoneurons other than those that originally innervated the muscles. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

聚对苯乙炔（PPV）及其衍生物的研究进展

评价了ＰＰＶ系列衍生物的电学性质、非线性光学性质及其应用。     

免疫抑制剂SIIA9268A的研究.Ⅰ.发酵、分离及理化性质

在用含ｒａｐａｍｙｃｉｎ结合蛋白基因（ＲＢＰ）的啤酒酵母ＲＳ１８８Ｎ及其变株ＲＳ１８８Ｎ△ｒｂｐ：：：ＬＥＵ筛选免疫抑制剂的过程中，得到活性菌株Ｎｏ．ＳＩＩＡ９２６８（鉴定为吸水链霉菌东湖变种）。应用硅胶柱层析和制备ＴＬＣ等方法从其发酵液中分离出活性化合物ＳＩＡ９２６８Ａ。经理化性质鉴定与ｒａｐａｍｙｃｉｎ同质。     

W／O／W型甘草酸单铵盐口服复乳的处方设计及其理化特性研究

采用均匀设计，以乳剂的稳定性参数为考察指标，考察了初乳乳化剂、复乳乳化剂、乳化时间等因素对复乳稳定性的影响；筛选出Ｗ／Ｏ／Ｗ型甘草酸单铵盐口服复乳的优化处方和工艺，并对复乳的主要理化特性和物理稳定性进行了考察。     

Currently used nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of viruses and atypicals in acute respiratory infections

For the detection of respiratory viruses conventional culture techniques are still considered as the gold standard. However, results are mostly available too late to have an impact on patient management. The latest developments include appropriate DNA- and RNA-based amplification techniques (both NASBA and PCR) for the detection of an extended number of agents responsible for LRTI. Real time amplification, the latest technical progress, produces, within a considerable shorter time, results with a lower risk of false positives. As results can be obtained within the same day, patient management with appropriate therapy or reduction of unnecessary antibiotic therapy in LRTI will be possible. A number of technical aspects of these amplification assays, and their advantages are discussed.The availability and use of these new diagnostic tools in virology has contributed to a better understanding of the role of respiratory viruses in LRTI. The increasing importance of the viral agents, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in ARI is illustrated. A great proportion of ARI are caused by viruses, but their relative importance depends on the spectrum of agents covered by the diagnostic techniques and on the populations studied, the geographical location and the season. The discovery of new viruses is ongoing; examples are the hMPV and the increasing number of coronaviruses. Indications for the use of these rapid techniques in different clinical situations are discussed. Depending on the possibilities, the laboratory could optimize its diagnostic strategy by applying a combination of immunofluorescence for the detection of RSV an IFL, and a combination of real-time amplification tests for other respiratory viruses and the atypical agents. When implementing a strategy, a compromise between sensitivity, clinical utility, turn around time and cost will have to be found.     

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 NS5A resistance-associated variants are associated with advanced liver fibrosis independently of HCV-transmission clusters

Objectives

The aim of the study was to characterize the differences in the frequencies of NS3 and NS5A resistance-associated variants (RAVs) among Polish therapy-naive genotype 1 (G1) hepatitis C virus (HCV)-monoinfected and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV-coinfected patients including clustering patterns and association of RAV frequency with liver fibrosis.