皮下脂膜炎样T细胞淋巴瘤的免疫表型、基因重排检测及其在诊断中的意义

目的 探讨免疫表型和基因重排检测在皮下脂膜炎样T细胞淋巴瘤(SPTL)的诊断和鉴别诊断中的意义.方法 参照2005年世界卫生组织-欧洲癌症研究与治疗组织(WHO-EORTC)皮肤淋巴瘤分类标准收集20例SPTL.采用10种抗原标记进行免疫表型检测,运用PCR技术检测TCRγ、IgH基因重排,并用EB病毒编码的小RNA1/2(EBER1/2)原位杂交检测EB病毒感染.结果 (1)本组病例中男9例、女11例,平均年龄29.5岁;(2)所有病例的瘤细胞均表达1个或多个T细胞分化抗原(CD2、CD3或CD45RO),18/19病例表达BF1,18/20病例表达CD8,20/20、16/20病例分别表达细胞毒颗粒相关蛋白TIA-1、颗粒酶B,瘤细胞不表达CD4、CD20和CD56;(3)16/20病例检出TcRγ基因重排,未检出IgH基因重排;(4)5/20病例EBERl/2原位杂交阳性.结论 SPTL的瘤细胞具有克隆性TCR基因重排,综合临床病理、免疫表型及基因重排检测有助于本病确诊.     

IgH、TCR-γ基因重排与免疫组化诊断非霍奇金淋巴瘤的价值

目的　探讨基因重排与免疫组化在诊断非霍奇金淋巴瘤(non Hodgkin’slymphoma,NHL)中的价值。方法　对131 例NHL的石蜡包埋组织进行免疫组化和基因重排检测。结果　60例B细胞NHL中51例IgH基因重排检测为阳性,阳性率 85%;50例T细胞NHL中38例TCR -γ基因重排检测为阳性,阳性率76%;HE形态学和免疫组化分型诊断率为84%(110 例),加用IgH和TCR -γ基因重排,分型诊断率达94.6%(124例),两分型诊断率差异有显著性(P<0.05)。6例巨大淋巴结 增生和3例血管免疫母细胞性淋巴结病IgH和TCR -γ基因重排检测均为阴性。基因重排与形态学和免疫组化结果不相符的 病例有7例。结论　联合运用免疫组化和基因重排技术,可提高NHL的分型诊断率。     

鼻NK/T细胞淋巴瘤--15年研究报道

目的 :探讨鼻NK/T细胞淋巴瘤 (原诊断为“中线恶性网织细胞增生症”)的临床病理及免疫表型特征、病变性质及其与EB病毒感染的关系。方法 :过去 15年中对近 2 0 0例“中线恶网”病例做了一系列研究 ,包括临床病理分析、LSAB法免疫组化染色作免疫表型分析、用PCR技术作T细胞受体β和γ链基因重排及EBV DNA检测、EBER原位杂交和原位末端标记DNA片段技术检测细胞凋亡。结果 :①鼻NK/T细胞淋巴瘤有特征性临床及病理形态学表现 ;②瘤细胞表达CD3ε:89 8% ;CD45RO :81 2 % ;CD5 6 :81 2 % ;TIA 1:10 0 %。不表达B淋巴细胞和组织细胞分化抗原 ;③TCR β链基因重排检出率为85 7% ,TCR γ链基因重排检出率为 94 45 % ;④EBV DNA检出率为 6 7 86 % ;EBER原位杂交阳性率为 90 6 3% ;⑤肿瘤组织中的凋亡细胞与Ki 6 7 呈明显正相关 (P <0 0 0 6 3) ,Ki 6 7 细胞数量变化与患者的平均生存期有明显关系 (P <0 0 2 )。结论 :“中线恶网”实为EB病毒相关、细胞毒性NK/T细胞淋巴瘤。     

T细胞性淋巴瘤诊断中TCR基因重排检测的应用

目的：探讨T细胞受体( T cell receptors, TCR)基因重排检测对T细胞性淋巴瘤诊断的价值。方法收集T细胞性淋巴瘤30例和淋巴反应性增生组织30例,提取DNA,应用BIOMED-2引物系统中的56条引物进行PCR扩增,核酸分子异源双链凝胶电泳分析结果。结果30例T细胞性淋巴瘤标本中TCRβ、TCRγ、TCRδ的检出率分别为83．3%(25/30)、93．3%(28/30)、13．3%(4/30),三者联合检测的检出率为96．7%(29/30),30例淋巴反应性增生组织中均未检测出TCR基因重排。结论利用BIOMED-2引物系统检测TCR 基因重排可作为T细胞性淋巴瘤的辅助诊断工具。     

原发于骨骼肌的间变性大细胞T细胞淋巴瘤

目的：探讨骨骼肌原发的间变性大细胞淋巴瘤的临床病理特征和免疫表型。方法：采用常规制片和免疫组化(S-P)法检测1例（14岁）骨骼肌原发的间变性大细胞淋巴瘤。结果：肿瘤细胞CD30、ALK-1、CD45RO和CD45阳性；而CD20、EMA、S-100蛋白、desmin和CD68阴性。结论：本例为间变性淋巴瘤激酶（ALK）阳性的间变性大细胞淋巴瘤。骨骼肌原发的间变性大细胞淋巴瘤非常少见，诊断旱应先排除其它肿瘤和其它部位淋巴瘤累及骨骼肌。     

原发性皮肤γδT细胞淋巴瘤2例临床病理分析

目的探讨原发性皮肤γδT细胞淋巴瘤(primary cutaneous gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma,PCGDTCL)的临床病理特征,以提高对该病的认识及诊断水平。方法分析2例PCGDTCL的临床表现、病理学形态特征、免疫表型及基因检测结果,并结合文献复习。结果 2例患者均以皮肤病变起病,肿瘤细胞表达T细胞标记和细胞毒性标记,不表达髓系、B细胞特异性标记;EBV原位杂交EBER阴性;基因克隆性重排结果为TCRγ阳性。结论 PCGDTCL是一种少见的皮肤恶性肿瘤,临床表现缺乏特异性,明确诊断依赖于病理活检及TCR基因重排结果。     

肉芽肿性松弛皮肤病--一种罕见皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤类型

目的：报道肉芽肿性松弛皮肤病临床病理学特征。方法：对其临床、组织病理学、免疫组化及分子生物学行为进行研究。结果；临床表现为腋窝及腹股沟巨大垂吊皮肤肿块伴四肢腹部红色斑丘疹。组织学呈弥漫性淋巴细胞、多核巨细胞及组织细胞浸润真皮及皮下组织、弹性纤维消失。免疫组化小淋巴细胞呈CD3＋、CD4＋、CD45RO＋、CD8－、CD15－、CD20－、CD30－、CD56－、TIA－1－和GranzymeB-；多核巨细胞及单核细胞呈lysozyme 、CD68 和Mac387-;S－100蛋白阳性细胞散在分布。 分子生物学检查示T细胞受体γ链基因重排。EBWER1／2原位杂交呈 阴性反应。结论：肉芽肿性松弛皮肤病是CD4＋辅助性T细胞淋巴瘤的罕见类型。     

脾脏微结节性富于T细胞/组织细胞的B细胞淋巴瘤免疫表型及基因重排分析

目的探讨脾脏微结节性富于T细胞／组织细胞的B细胞淋巴瘤病理学特征。方法应用免疫组化、基因重排及激光捕获显微切割（LCM）等方法进行研究，并复习相关文献。结果光镜下见病变呈结节状，以大量增生的小淋巴细胞和组织细胞为主，其间可见散在分布的大细胞。免疫组化染色示大细胞表达CD20、CD30、EMA。背景细胞中小淋巴细胞表达CD3和CD20，但以CD3为主，组织细胞CD68阳性。免疫球蛋白K链呈阳性重排，LCM进一步研究发现阳性重排主要来自CD20阳性的小B淋巴细胞。结论脾脏微结节性富于T细胞／组织细胞的B细胞淋巴瘤中的大细胞伴间变大细胞淋巴瘤样分化，与文献报道的弥漫性大B细胞淋巴瘤不同。     

CK阳性T细胞淋巴瘤1例报道并文献复习

目的 研究CK呈阳性表达的非霍奇金小T细胞性淋巴瘤的病理学特征及鉴别诊断。方法 运用光镜、电镜及免疫组化技术，观察1例CK呈阳性表达非霍奇金小T细胞性淋巴瘤的组织学、超微结构形态及免疫组化特征并复习相关文献。结果 肿瘤组织主由弥漫分布的小圆形细胞构成。核仁不明显。CD45、CD45RO、和CK(广谱、低分子量、高分子量和19、)均为( )。CD20和CD79均为(-)。电镜观察瘤细胞胞核圆形，居中。胞质少．可见线粒体．未见上皮细胞分化特征、神经内分泌颗粒。结论 非霍奇金小T细胞性淋巴瘤偶可呈CK阳性表达，在应用免疫组化技术对低分化肿瘤进行鉴别诊断时应注意肿瘤组织的异常表达。     

肉瘤样型间变性大细胞淋巴瘤临床病理特征

目的探讨肉瘤样型间变性大细胞淋巴瘤(sALCL)临床病理特点、免疫表型及分子遗传学特征。方法对1例sALCL的临床、病理组织学、免疫表型及免疫球蛋白重链(IgH)和T细胞受体(TCR)基因克隆性重排情况进行观察并复习相关文献。结果眼观:送检淋巴结1枚,1.5cm×1.0cm×1.0cm,切面呈鱼肉状。镜检:淋巴结基本结构几乎完全被破坏,异型的梭形和上皮样细胞弥漫增生。免疫表型:瘤细胞呈CD30、ALK1、EMA、CD45RO、CD45、TIA1、granzymeB、perforin、CD68(部分)、SMA(梭形成分)阳性。基因重排:TCRβ1克隆性重排。结论sALCL属罕见恶性肿瘤,其形态不典型,易误诊为其他恶性肿瘤,免疫表型和遗传学异常有助于其诊断和鉴别诊断。     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

The universal muscular chain reaction,muscle spasm,Torsions, ruptures and extravasations. Chameleons of pathology and some manifestations of simple muscular disorders

Most bodily functions require the coordinated actions of complementary and supplementary paired muscle groups. Where this essential muscular cooperation is lacking, hollow organs may burst and others become literally screwed up, giving rise to many similar spastic diseases such as Torticollis, Twisted ovarian cyst, Torsion of the Testis, Volvulus of the intestines, Varicose Veins, Megacolon, Aortamegaly, Scoliosis, Erb's Palsy, Peyronie's Disease, Main-en-Griffe, Undescended Foot (Pes Cavus), Talipes, Strabismus. Spasm is “panenepidemic” and unclassified examples of Torsion Dystonia and Dyskinesia really are as common as debt and taxes.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

Hypo- und Hypermagnesämie aus kardiologischer Sicht

Zusammenfassung Eine Reihe pathologischer Zustände bedingen Magnesiummangel. Zustände mit Hypermagnesämie sind ebenfalls bekannt, doch wesentlich seltener. Für den Kardiologen beachtenswert ist, daß unter Therapie mit bestimmten Diuretica bei Herzinsuffizienz, bei Herzinfarkt, Kardiomyopathie, Digitalisintoxikation und bestimmten Herzrhythmusstörungen Hypomagnesämie beobachtet wurde. Leider kann in der klinischen Routine nur ein extracelluläres Magnesiumdefizit durch Serumbestimmungen gemessen werden; über Magnesiummangel einzelner Organe kann nichts ausgesagt werden. Hinweise für Magnesiummangel geben aber neben der Messung des Serumspiegels Anamnese, klinischer Befund, bestimmte EKG-Veränderungen wie auch evtl. Hypokalämie, ein Zustand, bei dem sich oft — besonders bei Aldosteronismus — parallele Veränderungen zeigten.Tierexperimente deuten darauf hin, daß infarktähnliche Läsionen unter Magnesiummangel entstehen, doch ob Herzinfarkt beim Menschen durch Magnesiummangel ausgelöst werden kann, ist noch ungeklärt. In Leichenherzen zeigte sich im Infarktgebiet neben Calciumakkumulation signifikanter Magnesiumverlust, wobei unklar blieb, ob sich Ursache oder Folge des Infarktes widerspiegelten. Falls ein ursächlicher Zusammenhang besteht, ist er im Myokardstoffwechsel selbst zu suchen, wie bei der Alkoholkardiomyopathie, wo myokardialer Magnesiummangel zumindest als pathogenetischer Teilfaktor anerkannt wird. Andererseits versucht man aber auch Beziehungen zwischen Atherosklerose, Blutgerinnung und Hypomagnesämie herzustellen, in der Meinung, daß Magnesiummangel auch über den coronaren Pathomechanismus des Herzinfarktes wirken könnte. Sicher scheint, daß gewisse EKG-Veränderungen und Herzrhythmusstörungen durch einen irritierten Magnesiumhaushalt bedingt sein können, da sie bei Gabe bzw. Entzug von Magnesium verschwinden. Daß Magnesiummangel die Glykosidtoleranz verringert, wird tierexperimentell bestätigt. Unter Hypomagnesämie bewirkt Acetylstrophanthidin eher und länger Rhythmusstörungen als ohne, außerdem lassen diese sich durch Magnesiumgaben eliminieren. Da in gewissen Fällen spontane und digitalisinduzierte Herzrythmusstörungen durch Magnesiuminjektionen beseitigt wurden, scheint Magnesium als Therapeuticum angebracht. Einsatz verschiedener Magnesiumsalze bei Angina pectoris, degenerativen Herzerkrankungen und Herzinsuffizienz ohne geprüften und offensichtlich gestörten Magnesiumhaushalt ist fragwürdig, weil keine eindeutigen klinischen Erfolgsbeweise vorliegen. Immerhin mag es aber larvierte, durch Serumbestimmungen nicht erfaßbare Mangelzustände geben. Allgemein erscheint es aus kardiologischer Sicht ratsam, den Magnesiumhaushalt zu überwachen und in entsprechenden Fällen auszugleichen, um möglichen Myokardläsionen oder fatalen Herzrhythmusstörungen entgegenzuwirken.     

Environmental risk factors and their role in the management of atopic dermatitis

Introduction: The etiology of atopic dermatitis (AD) is multifactorial with interaction between genetics, immune and environmental factors.

Areas covered: We review the role of prenatal exposures, irritants and pruritogens, pathogens, climate factors, including temperature, humidity, ultraviolet radiation, outdoor and indoor air pollutants, tobacco smoke exposure, water hardness, urban vs. rural living, diet, breastfeeding, probiotics and prebiotics on AD.

Expert commentary: The increased global prevalence of AD cannot be attributed to genetics alone, suggesting that evolving environmental exposures may trigger and/or flare disease in predisposed individuals. There is a complex interplay between different environmental factors, including individual use of personal care products and exposure to climate, pollution, food and other exogenous factors. Understanding these complex risk factors is crucial to developing targeted interventions to prevent the disease in millions. Moreover, patients require counseling on optimal regimens for minimization of exposure to irritants and pruritogens and other harmful exposures.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

HLA genes in Amerindians from Mexico San Vicente Tancuayalab Teenek/Huastecos

Huastecos or Teenek Amerindians are presently living at North East Mexico (San Luis Potosi State). They have probably one of the most ancient culture of Mexico and Central America together with Mayas and Olmec groups with which also show close relationships. Proximity to Atlantic Ocean/Mexican Gulf originated that Spaniards had very early contact with them at about 1519 CE or before. In the present paper we have aimed to study HLA gene profile which may be useful for HLA and disease epidemiology and transplant programs in Teeneks. HLA-DRB1*04:07, -DRB1*14:06 and -DRB1*04:11 have been found in high frequency like in other Amerindian groups. High frequency typical Amerindians HLA extended haplotypes have been found, such as A*02-B*35-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02; A*68-B*39-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 and A*02-B*39-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02; also new haplotypes have been described, like A*02-B*52-DRB1*04:11-DQB1*03:02, A*68-B*35-DRB1*14:02-DQB1*03:01 and A*68-B*40-DRB1*16:02-DQB1*03:01. Genetic proximity is observed not only to linguistically close Mayans, but also to Mazatecans, Mixtecans and Zapotecans, who speak an altogether different languages; it shows once more that genes and languages do not correlate. This population was greatly diminished after European contact between 1500 and 1600 years CE; in fact, North and South America First Inhabitants population was brought from 80 down to 8 million people because of diseases (i.e.: measles, smallpox or influenza), slavery and war.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.