抑郁症患者与不明原因胸痛的关联性探讨

目的:分析抑郁症与不明原因胸痛间的关联性及其可能机制,为临床疾病的治疗提供参考依据。方法:纳入2012年6月至2014年5月四川省南充精神卫生中心精神科收治的不明原因胸痛患者35例,作为观察组,另选取35例来院进行常规体检的健康志愿者作为对照组,比较两组的抑郁量表评分、抑郁症发生率、血清C反应蛋白(CRP)、白细胞介素6(IL-6)、五羟色胺(5-HT)及外周血中的CD4+、CD8+含量。结果:与对照组比较,观察组的CRP、IL-6、5-HT、CD4+均低于对照组;且观察组的CD8+、抑郁症发生率(31.43%)、轻中度抑郁及重度抑郁患者比例均高于对照组水平,组间对比差异显著(P<0.05)。结论:抑郁症与不明原因胸痛存在一定相关性,推断可能与CRP、5-HT、IL-6等细胞因子有关,也可能与免疫抑制过程有关,在临床诊治中需引起重视。     

Botulinum toxin blocks mast cells and prevents rosacea like inflammation

Background

Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin condition whose etiology has been linked to mast cells and the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin LL-37. Individuals with refractory disease have demonstrated clinical benefit with periodic injections of onabotulinum toxin, but the mechanism of action is unknown.

从脂肪组织的内分泌功能角度探讨其在慢性阻塞性肺疾病中的作用机制研究

脂肪组织除了通过其力学特征或机械功能对周边组织器官产生影响以外,还可以凭借非物理性的内分泌功能通过脂肪因子输出信号方式有效地建立起与呼吸系统等远程器官的互作信息网络,进而参与多种肥胖相关疾病的发生与发展。作为内分泌领域的突破性进展之一,脂肪组织的内分泌功能受到生命科学领域的关注。近年来,多项流行病调查研究揭示了肥胖是造成慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）等呼吸系统疾病肺功能损害重要的危险因素。基于此,本文将分别梳理脂联素、瘦素、内脂素等脂肪因子在COPD中的作用机制,从脂肪组织内分泌功能角度为COPD的防治研究提供新思路。     

In Situ Thermal Denaturation of Proteins in Dunning AT-1 Prostate Cancer Cells: Implication for Hyperthermic Cell Injury

The in situ thermal protein denaturation and its correlation with direct hyperthermic cell injury in Dunning AT-1 prostate tumor cells were investigated in this study. The in situ thermal protein denaturation was studied using both Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The FTIR spectra at different temperatures show changes in protein secondary structure (from alpha helix to extended beta sheet) during in situ thermal protein denaturation within AT-1 cells. Calorimetric studies using DSC show that endothermic heat release is associated with the in situ thermal protein denaturation. Furthermore, both the secondary structure changes detected by FTIR and the calorimetric changes detected by DSC were quantified and the kinetics of the overall in situ thermal protein denaturation was derived under different heating conditions. The onset temperature where the overall in situ thermal protein denaturation is first detectable was found to be scanning rate dependent (approximately 41 degrees C at 2 degrees C min(-1) and approximately 44 degrees C at 5 degrees C min(-1)). The kinetics of the overall in situ thermal protein denaturation was derived from both DSC and FTIR measurements and was fit using kinetic and statistical models. The kinetic data determined by FTIR and DSC under the same heating conditions match well with each other. The activation energy of the overall in situ thermal protein denaturation is found to be strongly dependent on the temperature range considered (the activation energy ranges from approximately 110 kJ mol(-1) between 44 and 90 degrees C to approximately 750 kJ mol(-1) between 44 and 50 degrees C). However, its dependence on heating rate is negligible. Several denaturation peaks, including a dominant one between approximately 62 and 65 degrees C, are identifiable from both the DSC and the FTIR results. To investigate directly the relationship between thermally induced cell injury and the in situ thermal protein denaturation, both acute (propidium iodide dye exclusion, assessed 3-h postthermal treatment) and chronic (clonogenics, assessed 7-day postthermal treatment) cell injury were quantified using AT-1 cells prepared under the same conditions as for the DSC protein studies. Comparisons of the results from the cell injury studies and the DSC protein denaturation studies show that the overall in situ thermal protein denaturation correlates well with both the acute and the chronic cell injury, which suggests that overall in situ thermal protein denaturation is an important mechanism of direct hyperthermic cell injury in AT-1 cells at the macromolecular level.     

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

We investigated the effects of unilateral cold-water vestibular stimulation on healthy subjects' performance in two cognitive tasks known to be differentially mediated by the two cerebral hemispheres. In a first experiment (right-hemisphere task), subjects memorized object-location associations while being stimulated with cold water in the left ear or right ear or not at all (control group). In the second experiment (left-hemisphere task), subjects memorized a list of sequentially presented function words while being stimulated in the same manner as the subjects in the first experiment. A recall phase followed each encoding phase. In the first experiment, subjects who had been stimulated in the left ear recalled the object locations significantly faster than subjects who had been stimulated in the right ear and those in the control group. The second experiment yielded the reverse pattern: correct word recognition was faster for subjects who had been stimulated in the right ear than for subjects stimulated in the left ear and those of the control group. We suggest that unilateral caloric stimulation leads to a selective activation of contralateral cerebral structures and speeds up cognitive processes mediated by these structures. These results are discussed with respect to findings in neglect patients and functional-imaging studies in healthy subjects.     

Effect of megestrol caproate on the reproductive function of laboratory animals

In vivo experiments on rats and rabbits showed that megestrol caproate, a 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone derivative exhibits 10-fold higher gestagenic activity compared to progesterone and possesses no androgenic, anabolic, and estrogenic activities.     

我国医保医用耗材管理机制变革及对医疗机构的影响分析

近年来,我国医用耗材管理机制改革不断深入。基于对我国医用耗材管理现况和新医保政策动向的分析,探讨了既往管理模式的弊端和医保部门在耗材目录、定价、采购、支付、监管等方面的政策进展。建议医疗机构和医务人员要正视耗材改革的推进,积极优化临床诊疗工作流程,追求医疗质量和成本控制之间的平衡,以适应新的政策环境,促进我国医疗卫生事业健康发展。     

幽门螺杆菌感染与缺血性心脑病的关系探讨

目的：探讨幽门螺杆菌（HP）感染与缺血性心脏病（IHD）的关系以及可能的发病机理。方法：应用酶联免疫法测定IHD组（142例）和对照组（50例）血清特异性HP抗体（HPIgG),用全自动生化仪测定血清TC,TG＜ApoA1,ApoB,Lp(a),HDL-c,LDL-c含量,应用全自动凝血仪测定血中纤维蛋白原浓度（Fbg),化学比色法测定血清中NO和NOS含量。结果：IHD组血清HPIgG阳性率明显高于对照组（65．49％VS28．00％,P＜0．0001）,经多元回归分析显示HP感染与IHD发病呈明显的正相关（P＝0．0004）,HPIgG阳性者的TG,ApoB,NO,NOS含量明显增高（P＜0．05）,TC,Lp(a),LDL-c,Fbg含量有增高趋势。结论：HP感染与IHD的发生有明显的相关性,其可能的发病机理为HP感染改变了脂质代谢和血管的内皮功能来增加发生IHD的危险。     

中医药治疗糖尿病肾病实验研究进展

糖尿病肾病（DN）是糖尿病常见慢性并发症之一,白蛋白尿和肾小球滤过率下降是目前糖尿病肾病诊断的重要临床指征。DN严重影响着患者的生命质量,尽早地干预糖尿病肾病的危险因素,纠正胰岛素代谢障碍导致的长期高血糖因素影响下的肾脏损伤,是有效阻止其进展为终末期肾脏疾病的关键。中医药秉持其特色理论取得了独特的治疗优势,随着中医药对于DN的认识与研究的加深,实验研究方面也取得了一定的进展。本文总结了中医研究DN动物模型的常用构建方法,同时从中医药调节免疫炎症反应、降低氧化应激水平、改善肾脏血流动力学改变、纠正糖脂代谢紊乱等机制方面列举分析中医药辨治糖尿病实验研究进展,探讨中医药防治DN的机制,以期对临床有所裨益。     

关于中医辛润法的理论思考

探讨辛润源流,剖析辛味药物,指出辛味药在整体上不具备润养功效,不应与能散、能行相提并论。若把辛润理解为个别药物的润养作用,有失辛润之旨,更无法选药组方应用于临床。因此,当把辛润立之为法,即辛润法。燥证的发病机制,是外燥邪气、痰饮瘀血、气郁邪阻而致津血运行输布障碍,形体失却濡养。辛润机制,赖其辛味行散之功,宣肺祛邪,散饮化瘀,行气除滞,疏通腠理,布津行血而实现