Altered central micro-opioid receptor binding after psychological trauma.

BACKGROUND: Functional neuroimaging studies have detected abnormal limbic and paralimbic activation to emotional probes in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but few studies have examined neurochemical mechanisms that underlie functional alterations in regional cerebral blood flow. The mu-opioid neurotransmitter system, implicated in responses to stress and suppression of pain, is distributed in and is thought to regulate the function of brain regions that are implicated in affective processing. METHODS: Here we examined the micro-opioid system with positron emission tomography and the micro-opioid receptor-selective radiotracer [11C] carfentanil in 16 male patients with PTSD and two non-PTSD male control groups, with (n = 14) and without combat exposure (n = 15). Differences in micro-opioid receptor binding potential (BP2) were detected within discrete limbic and paralimbic regions. RESULTS: Relative to healthy controls, both trauma-exposed groups had lower micro-opioid receptor BP2 in extended amygdala, nucleus accumbens, and dorsal frontal and insular cortex but had higher BP2 in the orbitofrontal cortex. PTSD patients exhibited reduced BP2 in anterior cingulate cortex compared with both control groups. Micro-opioid receptor BP2 in combat-exposed subjects without PTSD was lower in the amygdala but higher in the orbitofrontal cortex compared with both PTSD patients and healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS: These findings differentiate the general response of the micro-opioid system to trauma from more specific changes associated with PTSD.     

Incidence of Type 2 diabetes in England and its association with baseline impaired fasting glucose: the Ely study 1990-2000.

AIM: To determine the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and to examine the effect of different cut-points for impaired fasting glucose (IFG) on diabetes incidence. METHODS: Population-based longitudinal study (1990-2000) with clinical, anthropometric and biochemical measurements, including an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), in 1040 non-diabetic adults aged 40-69 years at baseline. Baseline glucose status was defined as normoglycaemia < 5.6, IFG-lower 5.6-6.0 and IFG-original 6.1-6.9 mmol/l. The all-IFG group included fasting glucose values of 5.6-6.9 mmol/l. RESULTS: The 10-year cumulative incidence of diabetes was 7.3 per 1000 person-years. Diabetes incidence was 2.4 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2, 4.8], 6.2 (4.0, 9.8) and 17.5 (12.5, 24.5) per 1000 person-years in those with normoglycaemia, IFG-lower and IFG-original, respectively. Compared with normoglycaemia, the age/sex-adjusted risk [hazard ratio (HR) and 95% CI] for incident diabetes was greatest in the IFG-original category (HR 6.9; 3.1, 15.2) and increased to a lesser degree in the IFG-lower (HR 2.5; 1.1, 5.7) and all-IFG categories (HR 4.1; 1.9, 8.7). When adjusted for confounding factors, the magnitude and direction of associations persisted, with HR 1.9, 4.4 and 2.9, for the categories IFG-lower, IFG-original and all-IFG, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes incidence is more strongly related to IFG defined as fasting glucose between 6.1 and 6.9 mmol/l than to the lower category of 5.6-6.0 mmol/l, or entire range of 5.6-6.9 mmol/l. Future studies should examine the association of IFG with cardiovascular outcomes, but for diabetes risk our study supports the use of the IFG cut-point at 6.1 mmol/l.     

维甲酸硅油的视网膜毒性实验研究

目的：了解维甲酸硅油对视网膜是否产生毒性。 方法：12只新西兰白兔的24只眼，随机分为3组，行气体压迫玻璃体手术3天后，分别向玻璃体腔内注入硅油(4只眼)、5μg/ml维甲酸硅油(10只眼)、10μg/ml维甲酸硅油(10只眼)各
0.5m1，用检眼镜、光漳和电镜检查来观察视网膜变化情况。 结果：注入硅油28天后，未发现各浓度的维甲酸硅油对视网膜产生毒性作用。结论：浓度为5、10μg/ml的维甲酸硅油注入玻璃体腔4周，对视网膜不产生毒性作用。 （中华眼底病杂志，1997，13：81-82）     

青蒿知母汤治疗恶性肿瘤长期发热34例

恶性肿瘤患者发热较为常见,其发生有多方面的原因.临床上多使用糖皮质激素或非甾类解热镇痛消炎药治疗,有一定疗效但不良反应多.我们使用自制青蒿知母口服液治疗恶性肿瘤患者发热,取得满意疗效,现报道如下.     

Triptolide inhibits T cell activation and proliferation via multiple pathways

Triptolide is potent immunosuppressive has been reported to inhibit autoimmunity, compound isolated from Chinese herbal medicine. Triptolide allograft attributed to the suppression of T cells via NF - kB rejection and GVHD, and its efficacy was previously pathway and apoptosis. In the present study, we detailedly analyzed Triptolide＇ s function on murine primary T cell. We found that Triptolide could inhibit T cell activation and proliferation by dramatically down - regulating cell division and cell cycle. Triptolide inhibited T cell activation in a dose- dependent manner, and the inhibition was mediated by both NF- kB pathway and AP - 1 pathway.     

羊水细胞培养宫内诊断的应用(附120例分析)

报告120例羊膜腔穿刺羊水细胞培养结果:在成功的99例中,发现二例染色体异常,核型为47,xy,+18和46,xx/47,xx,+F,在21例失败中出现一例眼球畸形。培养成功率为82.5%;染色体异常检出率为2.02%。无一例因羊膜腔穿刺而导致流产,但出现一例轻度羊水栓塞合并症。并对羊水细胞培养在产前宫内诊断中应用价值及术后并发症进行了讨论。     

电化学发光免疫分析法测定血清胰岛素效果评价

①目的　探讨电化学发光免疫分析 (ECLIA)法测定血清胰岛素的效果及临床应用价值。②方法采用ECLIA法和放射免疫分析 (RIA)法分别测定糖尿病病人的血清胰岛素含量 ,并用酶联免疫法 (ELISA)测定C 肽含量 ,并对测定结果进行分析比较。③结果　ECLIA法测定胰岛素的批内与批间变异系数分别为 1.97% ,2 .5 6 % ,平均回收率是 99.5 % ;RIA法的批内与批间变异系数分别为 10 .18% ,13.2 1% ,平均回收率是 93.4 % ;E CLIA及RIA法所测胰岛素含量与ELISA法所测C 肽含量均呈正相关 (r =0 .94 ,0 .91,P均 <0 .0 1)。④结论ECLIA法测胰岛素的各技术参数优于RIA法 ,该方法能较好评价胰岛B细胞功能 ,且操作简便 ,检测速度快 ,具有重要临床应用价值。     

声音振动刺激试验在临床上的应用

应用声振仪对１９９２年２个月～１９９３年６个月单胎３６～４３周妊娠孕妇１５０例进行了声音振动刺激试验（ＶＡＳ－Ｔ）并与无负荷试验（ＮＳＴ）对照。对此结果ＶＡＳ－Ｔ（＋）１４６例，（－）４例，ＮＳＴ反应型９６例，无反应型５４例。ＮＳＴ无反应型预测价值８％，假阴性率９２％。ＮＳＴ无反应型经声音刺激后５０例成ＶＡＳ－Ｔ（＋）。ＶＡＳ－Ｔ预测价值９９．３％。ＮＳＴ有效率６６％，ＶＡＳ－Ｔ有效率９９％。ＮＳＴ至少需做２０ｍｉｎ，ＶＡＳ－Ｔ９５％在３ｍｉｎ内达到标准，最长１５ｍｉｎ。为避免ＮＳＴ假无反应型，应进行ＶＡＳ－Ｔ。     

TH胶胃冠状静脉栓塞术治疗门脉高压症

11例TH胶胃冠状静脉栓塞术临床治疗结果表明:(1)11例中的4例急性上消化道大出血患者均在12h左右出血基本停止,随访近一年未再发生出血现象。(2)10例半年后复查肝功能均有不同程度改善。(3)一年后复查食道钡餐透视X线平片发现8例患者食道静脉曲张有不同程度减轻。(4)11例中1例因术中急性肝功能衰竭死亡。因此我们认为此术式操作简便,手术创伤小、较易推广,是治疗门脉高压症合并食管胃底静脉曲张出血的一种有效方法。     

抗人甲状腺过氧化物酶抗体与其他自身抗体的关系

甲状腺过氧化物酶（ＴＰＯ）是甲状腺微粒体的抗原成分。在纯化抗原建立测定抗ＴＰＯ抗体ＥＬＩＳＡ法的基础上，并对抗ＴＰＯ与其他自身抗体的伴随关系作了研究。发现除自身免疫性甲状腺病有较高阳性率外，ＳＬＥ等患者抗ＴＰＯ检出率也很高（１０％￣５２．１％），且抗ＴＰＯ阳性者，抗核抗体等其他自身抗体的阳性率也高达３０．８％￣９５．２％。抗ＴＰＯ抗体与其他自身抗体的相关系数ｒ＝０．７４６７（Ｐ〈０．０１）。