El Tor型霍乱弧菌L型的某些生物学性状

本研究主要对El Tor型霍乱弧菌(Vibrio cholerae biotvpe eltor,EVC)L型的某些生物学特性如生化反应、抗生素敏感性及超微结构等进行了探讨.研究发现EVC不稳定L型的生化性状与EVC流行株的非常相似,而稳定L型则变化很大.抗生素敏感性试验显示EVC稳定L型对某些作用于细胞壁的抗生素的敏感性减弱,而对大多数作用于蛋白质合成的抗生素的敏感性增强.与流行株相比,EVC稳定L型和不稳定L型的超微结构的改变很明显.此外,本文还讨论了产生这些改变的可能机制.     

膀胱肿瘤组织中端粒酶催化亚基和c-myc的表达

目的 研究膀胱肿瘤组织中端粒酶催化亚基(hTERT)和c-myc间的表达及关系。方法 采用逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)法对27例膀胱肿瘤组织、16例癌旁组织和16例正常膀胱粘膜同时测定hTERT和c-myc表达,分析两指标在3种组织的表达差异和相关性。结果 TCC组织hTERT和c-myc的表达阳性率分别为100.0％(27/27)和66.7％(18/27);癌旁组织两指标的阳性率均为 37.5％,而正常膀胱粘膜分别为 0和 25.0％;hTERT和c-myc两指标在膀胱肿瘤组织中的阳性表达有相关性(P<0.01)。结论 hTERT较c-myc作为TCC的诊断指标更灵敏和特异;两指标在TCC中的阳性表达具有相关性。     

Criminal Responsibility in Amphetamine Psychosis

Abstract: Historical changes in forensic psychiatric evaluation on criminal responsibility and proceedings in psychopathological findings of amphetamine psychosis are reviewed at first. The classification of amphetamine related mental disorders are proposed in 6 types. Among them, the clinical characteristics and psychopathological features of “Anxiety-situational reaction type” (Fukushima) are described. According to some reasonable grounds, offenders diagnosed as anxiety-situational reaction type should be evaluated as diminished responsibility in place of irresponsibility. Finally, two cases of murder committed under the influence of amphetamine, are reported in detail.     

Characteristics of peripheral blood lymphoid subpopulations of shigellosis patients

Chelyabinsk Medical Institute. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR A. D. Ado.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 113, No. 3, pp. 299–301, March, 1992.     

血浆巨细胞病毒多聚酶链反应检测用于指导干预性治疗

目的：分析用血浆巨细胞病毒（cytomegalovirus,CMV)多聚酶链反应（plymerase chain reaction,PCR)检测结果指导抗CMV干预性治疗的临床意义。方法：1999年8月至2001年7月行异基因造血干细胞移植（hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,HSCT)的所有患者自预处理开始，常规用PCR法检测血浆的CMV－DNA（采用华美公司生产的巨细胞病毒4℃ PCR检测试剂盒），每周1次。其中尚无CMV病的临床表现而检测到血浆CMV阳性的患者89例。随机选取52例阳性患者给予干预性治疗。将上述89例患者分为3组（分别为停止治疗时血浆CMV－PCR转阴组、停止治疗时未转阴组、血浆CMV阳性未治疗组）比较各组CMV病的发生率。CMV病的发生率采用Kaplan-Meier曲线表示，曲线间的比较用Log-Rank（曲线无交叉）或Breslow（曲线交叉）检验，某时点率的比较采用RXC列联表或χ^2检验。结果：100d内CMV病的发生率，在治疗后血浆CMV－PCR由阳性转为阴性组为10．26％，治疗结束时血浆CMV－PCR仍为阳性组为66.67%，血浆CMV－PCR阳性未治疗组为36．24％（P＝0.0000)。上述3组中任两组移植后100d CMV病的发生率差异均有显著性。移植后1年时上述3例CMV病累积发生率分别为30.65%、75.00%、42.95%(P=0.0009)，治疗未转阴组与治疗转阴组和阳性未治疗组相比，CMV病的发生率明显升高。结论：血浆CMV－PCR检测结果用来指导干预性治疗有一定临床意义。干预性治疗后血浆CMV－DNA仍未转阴者，应考虑换药或联合用药治疗。     

白色念珠菌感染的分子生物学诊断研究进展

综述了白色念珠菌感染的分子生物学诊断研究进展，包括核型分析，限制性片段长度多态性分析，特异的ＤＮＡ探针及ＰＣＲ等方法。     

Hormone receptors in vestibular schwannomas

Summary The possibility that steroid hormones play a role in vestibular schwannoma proliferation has been suggested by a number of investigators. There is conflicting information about the presence of steroid hormone receptors in these tumors. The aim of this study was to examine the expression of androgen, progesterone, glucocorticoid and estrogen receptor messenger ribonucleic acid levels (mRNA) in twenty-one vestibular schwannomas by either Northern blot analysis or the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).Glucocorticoid receptor mRNA was expressed in all twentyone tumors examined. Only two male specimens were positive for androgen receptor mRNA expression by PCR-Southern blot analysis. Thirty-three percent of the schwannomas (7/21) showed a strong band for progesterone receptor mRNA by PCR-Southern blot analysis; there were an equal number of males and females in this group. Estrogen receptor mRNA levels were undetectable in all tumors examined by PCR-Southern blot analysis. These studies suggest that the pattern of steroid receptor expression is different in schwannomas than in meningiomas. Individual vestibular schwannomas need to be examined for their steroid receptor mRNA expression mRNA expression to know whether they will be responsive.     

巢式聚合酶链反应检测脑脊液中单纯疱疹病毒DNA

应用巢式聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测患者脑脊液(CSF)中单纯疱疹病毒1型(HSV-1)DNA。23例经鞘内HSV-1特异性IgG抗体检测阳性的“HSV-1型性脑炎(HSE)”中19例PCR阳性,4例阴性患者病程均超过1个月。22例IgG阴性的“散发性脑炎”中7例PCR阳性,此7例皆于发病1周内检查CSF,其中2例取材于发病当日。1周后复查7例患者,CSF PCR仍为阳性,IgG皆阴性,提示PCR适用于HSE的早期诊断。     

Low levels of essential fatty acids are related to impaired delayed skin hypersensitivity in malnourished chronically ill elderly people

Abstract Essential fatty acid (FA) deficiency, which may accompany protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), has been associated with impaired inflammatory reactions. We evaluated this relationship by analysing FA profiles and delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity in 20 malnourished elderly non-cancer patients and in 20 age-matched control patients. As indicated by serum cholesterol and serum triglycerides, the lipid levels were decreased by about one-third in the subjects with PEM. In comparison with the controls, there was a reduction in the ω 3 FA (e.g. eicosapentanoate) in total serum lipids (mgl^-1) and serum phospholipids (%) of 40% and 47%, respectively. Reductions in serum ω 6 FA (e.g. linoleate and arachidonate) levels corresponded to the drop in total FA concentrations (30%). The cutaneous hypersensitivity was impaired in 14 of the malnourished patients. The magnitude of the skin reaction was positively correlated ( P < 0·05) to the concentrations of eicosapentanoate in serum lipids and serum phospholipids, as well as to the linoleate concentration in total serum lipids. Six of the malnourished patients took part in a nutritional intervention programme for 3 months. In parallel with an improvement in the nutritional status there was a 35% increase ( P < 0·05) in the total ω 3 FA serum concentration. Negative skin tests became positive and the median skin induration enlarged threefold ( P < 0·05). Thus, deficiency of ω 3 FA might be one factor contributing to cutaneous anergy in elderly malnourished patients.