Studies on monoclonal anti-isotypic and anti-idiotypic antibodies against leukemia and myeloma: IV modulation of membrane fluidity of leukemic cell lines and tonsillar cell stimulated with McAbs

Summary In this study the technique of labelling the cell membrane with DPH fluorescence polarization was used to observe the membrane fluidity of B lymphocytic cell lines and tonsillar cells from healthy persons; the modulation effect on membrane-fluidity induced by McAbs against isotypic and idiotypic determinants of IgM from patients with leukemia was studied as well. The expression of the corresponding isotypic and idiotypic determinants of IgM on the cell membrane was determined. The results show that the membrane fluidity of leukemic cell lines is remarkably higher than that of tonsillar cells from healthy persons, and McAbs against isotypic determinants of leukemic IgM can enhance the membrane fluidity of all kinds of cells mentioned above. However, the anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody increased only the membrane fluidity of leukemic cell lines. These results indicated that there was a close relationship between the effect of McAbs on cell membrane fluidity and the expression of corresponding isotypic and idiotypic determinants of IgM on the cell membrane.     

Therapeutic effect of carbon dioxide laser versus single application of trichloroacetic acid for koilocytic squamous papillae.

This paper reports the treatment results of 50 symptomatic females who had clinical features of squamous papillae and histologic evidence of koilocytosis. Either a carbon dioxide laser or a single application of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) was used to treat these patients. All of the patients were alternately and prospectively randomized into one of two groups. Twenty-three of the 25 women treated by laser and 10 of the 25 women treated by TCA had resolution of either the symptoms or the vulvar lesions in a follow-up period ranging from six to 22 months. Hence, we were able to control the symptoms and lesions in 92% of the women following initial laser treatment and 40% of the women following a single application of TCA. In addition, cosmetic results were satisfactory, and complications were minimal in the laser-treated group of patients. However, human papillomavirus DNA was still detected three to four weeks after treatment in 24% of the women treated by laser and 64% of the women treated by TCA. Whether they are at a higher risk of recurrence as compared to those without detectable viral DNA remains to be determined.     

经食道心房程序调搏检测房室结双径路——附23例检查报告

本文通过食道心房程序调搏检测出典型房室结双径路23例,其中12例诱发室上性心动过速(占52%);占17例有心动过速发作史者的70.6%。本文着重分析了房室结双径路与室上性心动过速的关系。     

Electron bolus design for radiotherapy treatment planning: bolus design algorithms.

Computer algorithms to design bolus for electron beam radiotherapy treatment planning were investigated. Because of the significant electron multiple scatter, there is no unique solution to the problem of bolus design. However, using a sequence of operators, a bolus can be designed that attempts to meet three important criteria: adequate dose delivery to the target volume, avoidance of critical structures, and dose homogeneity within the target volume. Initial calculation of bolus shape was based upon creation operators forcing either the physical or the effective depths of the distal surface of the target volume to a specified value. Modification operators were then applied to the bolus to alter the shape to better meet the design criteria. Because the operators each address a single dosimetric issue, they can often adversely affect some other attribute of the dose distribution. In addition, an extension operator is used to design the bolus thickness outside the target volume. Application of these operators is therefore carried out in certain sequences and each may be used more than once in the design of a particular bolus. The effects of these operators on both the bolus and the resulting dose distribution are investigated for test geometries and patient geometries in the nose, parotid, and paraspinal region.     

国人心壁内血管系统的研究——左心室壁心外膜区微血管形态计量学研究

为探察人左心室壁心外膜区微血管的三维空间构型和形态计量学指标。本研究应用微血管腐蚀铸型/扫描电子显微镜技术和酶组化(碱性磷酸酶反应)染色方法,观察10例心脏标本,得出心外膜区的毛细血管直径为7.2±1.9μm(±S.D),微血管密度是3484.44/mm~2。获得左心室壁心外膜区从微动脉-动脉端毛细血管-毛细血管网-静脉端毛细血管-“萝卜根样”微静脉这个微循环单位的三维空间构型资料。     

热疗与放疗并用治疗体表恶性肿瘤的初步探讨

本文对12例体表恶性肿瘤病人采用放射治疗与微波加热治疗并用的方法取得了较好的效果,总有效率100%。     

CO and particle pollution of indoor air in Beijing and its elemental analysis

Three representative types of houses in Beijing were selected and, in each type, smoking and nonsmoking households were compared, IP, RP, and CO concentrations in the living room and kitchen were monitored during each season, and the level of COHb in the heads of the households were measured. The study showed that indoor air pollution was rather severe, especially during winter, when particulate concentrations markedly exceeded the standard and CO concentration was as high as 47 ppm. Indoor air pollution was closely related to the type of house, particularly to the mode of heating. In houses, of the same type, pollution improved greatly after central heating facilities were installed. Analysis of 30 elements revealed that pollution was typically caused by coal burning, aggravated by dusty wind, but high indoor Pb levels were probably due to the use of LPG for cooking. In our study the effect of cigarette smoking was sometimes masked by the severe indoor pollution.