脂蛋白脂酶Hind Ⅲ基因多态性与动脉硬化性脑梗死的关系

目的研究脂蛋白脂酶HindⅢ基因多态性与动脉硬化性脑梗死发病的关系及其对血脂、颈动脉斑块的影响。方法选择166例动脉硬化性脑梗死患者，采用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性分析检测脂蛋白脂酶的HindⅢ基因多态性，颈动脉超声多普勒检查颈总动脉内膜中层厚度和颈动脉斑块，并与72名健康对照比较。结果在脑梗死组中H＋H＋基因型频率和H＋等位基因频率明显高于对照组（OR=2．267，P=0．004；OR=1．903，P=0．004），而血脂水平、颈总动脉内膜中层厚度、颈动脉斑块分级与对照组比较差异无统计学意义。结论脂蛋白脂酶的HindⅢ基因多态性与脑梗死的关系密切，H＋H＋基因型可能是脑梗死的危险因素。     

大鼠MMP-13重组腺病毒载体的构建

目的　构建大鼠MMP1 3重组腺病毒载体。方法　将MMP1 3cDNA目的片段插入腺病毒柯氏质粒中 ,再将此质粒与腺病毒DNA末端蛋白复合物共转染 2 93细胞 ,通过同源重组构建MMP1 3 重组腺病毒载体。结果　MMP1 3 重组腺病毒载体经PCR鉴定正确 ,包装纯化后 ,检测病毒滴度为 4× 1 0 9PFU/ml。结论　成功地构建了RatMMP1 3 重组腺病毒载体 ,为下一步行MMP 1 3转基因治疗低顺应性膀胱的研究提供了条件     

Infantile Digital Fibroma Treated With Mohs Micrographic Surgery

BACKGROUND: Infantile digital fibroma (IDF) is a rare benign fibrous tumor of childhood that frequently recurs despite local excision. Conservative, nonsurgical management may result in regression and/or joint deformity. OBJECTIVE: To describe the histologic features of IDF and discuss a case excised using Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS). METHODS: Case report and review of the clinical, histologic, and ultrastructural features. RESULTS: Characteristic inclusion bodies of actin were identified with hematoxylin and eosin, Masson's trichrome, and rapid actin immunostain. The tumor was debulked and the majority was removed after one stage of MMS, except where the deep margin approached the joint space. The defect healed by secondary intention. At 2 years the patient had no recurrence or functional joint deformity. CONCLUSION: MMS is a surgical treatment option for IDF.     

Smoking and coffee intake following alcohol withdrawal in alcoholic inpatients

The aim of this study was to assess alcoholic inpatients' smoking and coffee intake variation following withdrawal. Only moderate smokers (less than 30 cigarettes/day) showed a significant increase of cigarette consumption after alcohol withdrawal. However, their urinary cotinine level did not vary, suggesting a behavioral, and not biological, compensation through smoking following alcohol withdrawal. Heavy smokers (30 cigarettes/day or more) showed no significant clinical or biological variation of smoking behavior. Coffee consumption increased after alcohol withdrawal in all patients, irrespective of smoking habits.     

Overexpression/amplification of HER-2/neu is uncommon in hepatocellular carcinoma

BACKGROUND： Hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） is one of the most prevalent fatal cancers in the world. Despite advances in early diagnosis and improvements in surgical techniques, the survival of patients with HCC even after resection is poor because of the high incidence of recurrences. Therefore, the identification of prognostic factors may be helpful in the development of new treatment protocols. AIMS： To investigate HER-2/neu status in HCC by immunohistochemistry （IHC） and fluorescence in situ hybridisation （FISH）, and to explore the possibility of using trastuzumab in the treatment of HCC. METH ODS： Eight hundred and sixty eight surgical samples from patients with primary HCC were examined for their HER-2/neu status. IHC for HER-2/neu was performed with the HercepTest kit; FISH analysis was performed with the PathVysion HER-2 DNA probe kit. The correlations between HER-2/neu overexpression and clinicopathological characteristics were analysed statistically. RESULTS： HER-2/neu overexpression was detected in 21 （2.42%） of the 868 primary HCCs. Only one specimen showed HER-2/neu gene amplification by FISH. No significant associations were found between HER-2/neu overexpression and the clinicopathological parameters. CONCLUSIONS： There is a low frequency of HER-2/neu overexpression/amplification in HCC. There appears to be no role for HER-2/neu as a prognostic marker and no benefit of anti-HER-2/neu trastuzumab treatment in patients with HCC.     

Acute pustulosis of the legs in diverticulitis with sigmoid stenosis: an overlap between bowel-associated dermatosis–arthritis syndrome and pustular pyoderma gangrenosum

BACKGROUND: Bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome denotes the occurrence of diarrhoea with arthritis and skin lesions related to bowel disease with or without bowel bypass. In this condition, the histological finding of cutaneous aseptic neutrophilic cell infiltrate is non-specific and common to a wide spectrum of neutrophilic dermatoses, including pyoderma gangrenosum. OBSERVATION: We describe a 78-year-old woman with fever, abdominal discomfort and arthralgias, who developed grouped pustular lesions on her shins with histologically spongiform pustule formation. Aetiological assessment disclosed diverticular disease with sigmoid stenosis. CONCLUSION: Although clinical and histological features in our case fit the diagnosis of bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome, they may also correspond to a pustular variant of pyoderma gangrenosum. Our observation raises the question of the nosological classification of bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome within the spectrum of neutrophilic diseases.     

糖尿病大鼠膀胱储尿期功能改变的实验研究

目的 研究糖尿病膀胱病变(Diabetic cystopathy，DCP)储尿期尿动力学特征及膀胱感觉功能障碍，为阐明DCP的发病机制提供实验依据。方法 分别以链脲佐菌素(STZ)、蔗糖诱导制作大鼠DCP模型及利尿模型，正常大鼠作对照。采用免疫组化结合图像分析技术观察膀胱感觉神经递质CGRP及其纤维改变；制备离体全膀胱，作膀胱灌注测压观察膀胱顺应性改变；放免法测定逼尿肌舒张信号转导分子cAMP。结果 DCP8周时，膀胱壁尤其是粘膜下层的CGRP及其神经纤维明显减少；离体膀胱测压显示糖尿病膀胱顺应性升高；膀胱舒张作用明显弱于对照组和利尿组，逼尿肌cAMP含量显著低于后者。结论 ①DCP对膀胱功能的损害是多方面的：CGRP为主要递质的粘膜下层膀胱容量感觉纤维明显减少，膀胱顺应性改变是DCP的致病机制之一。②DCP早期即已发生储尿期功能障碍，并且可能是膀胱收缩功能损伤的因素。③非糖尿病性利尿状态(多尿)对膀胱功能构成一定的损害作用，但不是DCP形成的主要原因。提示临床上对糖尿病患者作必要的尿动力学检查能较早发现DCP，有助于保护膀胱功能。     

DNA末端原位标记技术研究慢性再生障碍性贫血骨髓CD_(34)~+细胞凋亡

目的　观察慢性再生障碍性贫血 (CAA)患者骨髓CD3 4+ 细胞凋亡状况 ,探讨CAA可能的发病机制。方法　采用单克隆抗体 -免疫磁珠分离系统 (MACS)分离纯化 39例CAA患者的骨髓CD3 4+ 细胞 ,用DNA末端原位标 (TUNEL)技术分析骨髓CD3 4+ 细胞原位凋亡状况。结果　CAA患者骨髓细胞的凋亡率为 (39.2 4± 12 .70 ) % ,健康对照组为 (8.5 0± 2 .30 ) % ,组间比较差异有显著性 (P <0 .0 1)。凋亡细胞可见核染色质皱缩、凝聚 ,但未见到核碎裂现象及典型的凋亡小体。结论　CAA患者骨髓CD3 4+ 细胞的过度凋亡是其质或 /和量缺陷的原因之一