多层螺旋CT定量评估慢性阻塞性肺疾病病情的价值

目的探讨多层螺旋CT(MSCT)定量评估慢性阻塞性肺疾病病情的价值。方法选取2017年8月～2018年7月在湖州市第一人民医院就诊的73例慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)患者作为研究对象,按照病情轻重分为Ⅰ组(轻度患者17例)、Ⅱ组(中度患者32例)、Ⅲ组(重度患者24例),并选取同期于该院体检的健康者20例为对照组。所有研究对象均行MSCT低剂量扫描,观察比较各组管腔面积(Ai)、支气管壁面积百分比(WA%)、管壁厚度与体表面积比值(T/BSA)、壁厚度与直径比值(TDR),同时予以肺功能检查,采用定量CT气道分析软件分别测量气道相关参数,并用Siemens Pulmo软件Pearson定量分析其相关性。结果对照组、Ⅰ组、Ⅱ组、Ⅲ组的FEV1均呈逐渐下降趋势,FEV1/FVC呈逐渐上升趋势,差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。对照组、Ⅰ组、Ⅱ组、Ⅲ组的WA%、T/BSA、TDR比较,均呈逐渐上升趋势,Ai呈下降趋势,差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。FEV1与WA%、TDR之间呈负相关(r=-0.291,P=0.000;r=-0.473,P=0.000),FEV1/FVC与WA%、TDR之间呈正相关(r=0.285,P=0.000;r=0.472,P=0.000)。结论 MSCT扫描及定量分析可为COPD患者气道病变情况提供可靠的评估信息。     

Sry监测体外扩增造血细胞植入效果的实验研究

目的：探讨Y染色体性别决定基因(Sry)作为评价和追踪造血细胞移植后植入状态检测指标的可行性。方法：根据Sry DNA序列设计引物及制备探针，然后进行PCR检测、斑点杂交和原位杂交．动态追踪经不同条件下体外扩增的纯系雄性小鼠BMMNC回输至雌性小鼠后的植入状态。结果：PCR结果显示在各移植组小鼠的骨髓有核细胞、脾细胞及外周血白细胞中均有Y染色体特异性序列的存在；斑点杂交结果显示在各回输组间并无明显差别，但用脾脏组织作原位杂交的结果则发现基质细胞支持扩增回输组的阳性颗粒数目与输注新鲜细胞组相似，但略少于雄性小鼠；而输注细胞因子扩增细胞实验组小鼠则明显少于雄性动物的阳性对照标本和基质细胞支持扩增回输组。结论：(1)经重复检测表明上述方法的重复性好，结果可信．可作为检测性别不同时造血干细胞移植效果的一种检测手段；(2)证实基质细胞支持下的体外扩增的造血细胞具有较好的植入能力。     

高血胆固醇症病人体内铁贮水平与心肌灌注 左心室功能的相关研究

目的评价血清铁参数与高血胆固醇症(HCL)病人心肌灌注、室壁运动异常及血管造影显示的冠状动脉疾病(CAD)程度的相互关系.方法选择38名具有高血胆固醇症(LDL-C＞3.38mmol/L)从未治疗过的男性病人(平均年龄59±6岁)作为HCL组和32名年龄匹配而胆固醇水平正常(NCL)的男性为NCL组,进行冠状动脉造影并在10d内行SPECT检查,应用99mTc-甲氧基异丙基异氰(MIBI)进行静息/负荷门控断层心肌灌注显像、室壁运动功能图像分析;同时测定血清铁参数、血脂及常规血液学参数.结果在HCL组发现血清铁蛋白(SF)与心肌灌注系数(r=0.70,P＜0.01),可逆系数(r=0.66,P＜0.01)和室壁运动系数(r=0.53,P＜0.05)之间呈显著性相关;而总铁结合力与灌注系数之间呈一弱(负)相关(r=-0.52,P＜0.05).在NCL组铁参数与灌注系数及室壁运动系数之间无显著性相关.多元回归分析证实血清铁蛋白水平是决定HCL病人中心肌灌注的独立因素(β=0.55,P＞0.05).铁参数与两组通过冠状动脉造影(CAG)进行评分所定义的CAD程度无关.结论体内铁贮水平升高与HCL病人心肌灌注和功能异常的严重性和程度有着密切的关系,但与CAD的造影显示的病变范围无关.血清铁蛋白水平增高,可增加铁介导的氧化应力和LDL过氧化作用,导致HCL相关的血管内皮功能紊乱并进一步损伤心肌灌注和室壁运动功能.     

金针菇子实体多糖提取物对人肝癌SMMC—7721细胞的抑增殖作用

金针菇子实体经热水提取，乙醇沉淀，胰蛋白酶水解，Ｓｅｖａｇ法去除蛋白质，乙醇分级沉淀等处理得金针菇子实体多糖。研究了该多糖对人肝部ＳＭＭＣ－７７２１细胞生长曲线，有丝分裂指数及线粒体活性的影响。结果表明该多糖对体外培养的人肝癌ＳＭＭＣ－７７２１细胞具一定抑制作用。     

Sustained Axial Loading Lengthens Arteries in Organ Culture

Although it has been recognized for many years that arteries in vivo exist under significant axial strain, studies of the adaptation of arteries to elevated axial strain have only recently been conducted. To determine the effects of sustained elevation of axial loading on arterial structure and function, axial stresses of 250 kPa or greater were applied to porcine common carotid arteries maintained in a perfusion organ culture system for 7 days at physiologic pressure and flow conditions. Our results demonstrated that axial stretch could lead to an increase in unloaded length that was proportional to the axial stretch ratio (stretched length divided by unloaded length) when the axial stretch ratio was above a threshold value of 2.14. Below this threshold, no significant length change occurred. Above this threshold, a significant increase in unloaded length (13 ± %,) and the number of smooth muscle cell nuclei (20 ± 7%) was observed. Permanent length change was associated with a significant decrease in axial stiffness, and the maximum elongation achieved was limited by rupture of the arterial wall. All tested arteries demonstrated good viability and strong vasomotor responses. These results show that arteries in organ culture can elongate under sustained axial loading.     

Tissue remodeling of rat pulmonary artery in hypoxic breathing. I. Changes of morphology, zero-stress state, and gene expression

The remodeling of the pulmonary arterial tissue in response to a step change of the oxygen concentration in the gas in which a rat lives was recorded as function of time and function of O₂ concentration. Three steps of changing from 20.9% to 17.2%, 13.6%, and 10% O₂ were imposed. Earlier work in our laboratory has shown that pulmonary arterial tissue remodeling is significant in the first 24 h after a step change of oxygen tension. Hence we made measurements in this period. Furthermore, data were obtained for tissue remodeling of circumferential and axial lengths of the pulmonary arteries. We recorded the activities of gene expressions in the lung tissues by microarray, determined the dose response curves of gene expression in the homogenized whole lungs with respect to four levels of O₂ concentration, and obtained the time courses of gene expression in the lung parenchyma in 30 days after a step decrease of O₂ concentration from 20.9% to 10%. We would like to suggest that the correlation of gene expression with physiological function parameters, i.e., time, O₂ tension, blood pressure, opening angle, wall thicknesses, etc., is the way to narrow down the search for specific genes for specific physiological functions. © 2001 Biomedical Engineering Society. PAC01: 8719Uv     

Application of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy for Assessing Stress Distribution in Atherosclerotic Plaque

Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) was equipped to assess the acoustic properties of normal and atherosclerotic coronary arteries. The SAM image in the atherosclerotic lesion clearly demonstrated that the sound speed was higher than that in the normal intima, and that the variation of elasticity was found within the fibrous cap of the plaque. Young's elastic modulus of each region was calculated and the finite element analysis was applied to derive the stress distribution in these arterial walls. In a case of normal coronary artery, the stress was dominant in the intima and the distribution was rather homogeneous and in a case of atherosclerosis, high stress was concentrated to the relatively soft lesion in the fibrous cap overlying lipid pool. SAM provides information on the physical properties, which cannot be obtained by the optical microscope. The results would help in understanding the pathological features of atherosclerosis. © 2001 Biomedical Engineering Society. PAC01: 8764-t, 8763Df, 8719Xx, 8719Rr     

Elevation of plasma viscosity induces sustained NO-mediated dilation in the hamster cremaster microcirculation in vivo

 We studied whether a flow-independent increase of luminal wall shear stress (WSS) could dilate hamster arterioles in vivo and which endothelial mediators are potentially involved. To this end the plasma viscosity was elevated by exchanging blood for dextran-erythrocyte solution thereby augmenting WSS. Diameters of small and large arterioles as well as red blood cell velocities were measured before and after exchange of blood for solutions of identical haematocrit containing either high- (HMWD) or low-molecular weight dextran (LMWD). The potential role of endothelial autacoids was investigated by local application of the NO-synthase inhibitor N ^G-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), the inhibitor of cyclooxygenase, indomethacin (3 μM), or the K⁺-channel blocker, tetrabutylammonium (TBA, 0.1 mM) to assess the potential effects of EDHF. HMWD (n = 11 animals) increased plasma viscosity by 64 ± 3% and dilated arterioles of all branching orders (A1–A4) significantly [by 24 ± 3% (A1–A2) and 32 ± 3% (A3–A4)]. This dilation compensated fully for the calculated initial increase of WSS. LMWD (n = 6) did not affect plasma viscosity or arteriolar diameters. Tissue treatment with L-NNA (30–300 μM, n = 12) substantially diminished the HMWD-induced dilation in small arterioles (A3–A4; to 13 ± 3%; P<0.05) and virtually abolished it in large ones (A1–A2). Consequently, the calculated WSS increased significantly in these arterioles (by 31 ± 5%). TBA combined with L-NNA (n = 4) did not reduce further the remaining dilation. Indomethacin (n = 6) had no effect on HMWD-induced dilation. We conclude that an increase of WSS induces a mainly NO-mediated arteriolar dilation. This dilation occurs in all arteriolar branching orders and is of sufficient magnitude to compensate for the initial WSS-increase. Thus, any elevations of WSS fulfil the requirement for a signal to change diameter along the arteriolar tree in a coordinated manner. The fully compensating dilation which we observed indicates that WSS is a controlled variable. It does, however, raise questions as to its role as a continuous endothelial stimulus. Received: 2 August 1996 / Received after revision: 24 February 1997 / Accepted: 14 April 1997     

Developments in cardiovascular ultrasound. Part 2: Arterial applications

Many of the changes resulting from arterial disease can be measured, using Doppler ultrasound for measurement of blood velocity and B-scan imaging for measurement of tissue structure and composition. Wall thickness, the degree of arterial narrowing and plaque volume can be measured using B-scan imaging, and 3D ultrasound can be used to improve the accuracy of measurements of plaque volume and for improved visualisation of complex arterial geometries. Measurement of the dynamic properties of the arterial wall permits estimation of wall elasticity and plaque motion. From the Doppler signal, measurements of blood velocity are used to estimate the degree of arterial narrowing and volumetric flow, although measurement errors can be large. Wall shear stress can be estimated by measuring the velocity gradient at the vessel wall. The problems of inadequate spatial resolution and interference from overlying tissue are largely removed when intravascular systems are used, and these have superior capability in the assessment of arterial structure and tissue composition. However, measurement of quantities relating to blood flow is more difficult using the intravascular approach, as the indwelling cather disturbs the blood flow pattern, and currently, assessment of flow and vessel cross-section are not performed at the same site.     

成人骨髓间充质干细胞对造血干细胞体外增殖的影响

目的研究骨髓间充质干细胞（MSC）对脐带血（CB）CD34^＋细胞体外增殖和造血重建能力的影响。方法取人骨髓单个核细胞贴壁培养．梭形细胞完全融合后传代，用流式细胞仪检测免疫表型；将CBCD34^＋细胞接种到MSC或其他培养液中．比较不同培养条件对造血干细胞扩增能力、集落形成能力及黏附分子表达的影响。结果在加入IL-3的培养体系中．在MSC和细胞因子作用下，CD34^＋细胞扩增7d和14d后，有核细胞（NC）、CD34^＋细胞和CDl33^＋细胞数，实验组均显著多于对照组。CD34＋细胞在未加入IL-3的培养体系中培养8d后，实验组NC、CD34^＋细胞、CD34^＋CD38-细胞和造血祖细胞集落扩增倍数均显著高于对照组。扩增后CD34^＋细胞的ALCAM、VLA-α4、VLA-α5、VLA-β1、HCAM、PECAM和LFA-1表达较扩增前无显著变化。结论MSC可为造血干细胞（HSC）体外扩增提供适宜的微环境，有助于CD34^＋细胞体外增殖并抑制HSC分化，保持其造血重建潜能和归巢能力。