基于定量磁化率成像人脑深层灰质核团概率性图谱的构建

目的基于定量磁化率成像(quantitative susceptibility mapping,QSM)技术制作可用于自动分割大脑深层灰质核团的概率图谱。材料与方法 15名健康受试者参与研究,所有受试者扫描均在3.0 T磁共振成像设备系统上完成。在随机选取的10名受试者得到的标准空间QSM图上,手动勾画出六个双侧脑深部灰质核团,之后采用相应的图谱评价方法选择最优概率阈值的图谱作为最终的概率图谱。在其余5名受试者得到的标准空间QSM图上,分别使用三种图谱(概率图谱、AAL图谱和Johns Hopkins图谱)自动分割和由2名研究者手动勾画出六个双侧脑深部灰质核团感兴趣区,并分别计算自动分割与手动勾画得到的区域的相似度Dice系数和磁化率值,以评价概率图谱的准确性。结果在基底节区域,概率图谱分割结果的Dice系数明显高于AAL图谱,但和Johns Hopkins图谱区别不大;在颅底和小脑区域,概率图谱分割结果的Dice系数明显高于Johns Hopkins图谱。与其他两种图谱相比,概率图谱自动分割深部核团后测量得到的磁化率值,更接近于手动勾画核团测量得到的磁化率值,其差别更小。结论基于多名受试者QSM图像构建的脑深部灰质核团概率图谱,对大脑灰质核团分割效果更加可靠,可有效提高图像分析工作的效率。     

一个2型糖尿病家系致病基因的定位

目的：探讨2型糖尿病的分子遗传机理，确定2型糖尿病致病基因染色体定位。方法：利用微卫星标记，对所收集到的2型糖尿病家系进行全基因扫描和基因分型，并用LINKAGE和GENEHUNTER等软件包对基因分型结果进行分析，探讨该2型糖尿病家系致病基因可能的染色体定位。结果：发现在2号染色体长臂上存在着连锁，最大Lod值是1．80，非参数连锁Lod值是5．06。结论：该2型糖尿病家系致病基因定位于2号染色体长臂上。     

空间ICA在fMRI数据上的应用与分析

独立成分分析(ICA)技术试图将多维数据分解成若干个相互统计独立的分量。时间ICA和空间ICA都可以用于分析功能核磁共振成像(fMRI)数据。但由于fMRI数据空间维数远远大于时间维数，为计算方便，在分析fMRI数据时。则更多的使用空间ICA方法。本文在单任务激励实验中，利用ICA方法从fMRI数据中分离出若干个与任务相关的独立分量，其中包括与任务相关的恒定分量(CTR)和与任务相关的暂态分量(TTR)；通过将这些独立分量进行空间映射，得到了与任务相关的脑部激活区域。将此结果与SPM的分析比较，得到了一致的结果。在对结果的分析中，我们进一步指出了ICA方法的特点和局限性。     

登革2型病毒E蛋白免疫优势表位的筛选鉴定

目的 用噬菌体展示肽库筛选登革2型病毒(DEN2)E蛋白的抗原表位，并确定该抗原表位性质。方法 以DEN2型特异的E单克隆抗体作为筛选分子，生物淘洗噬菌体随机12肽库，将筛选的噬菌体阳性克隆进行ELISA检测、DNA序列测定及展示肽的氨基酸序列推导，通过噬菌体展示肽序列与DEN2E蛋白的氨基酸一级结构的对比，初步确定E蛋白的抗原表位；用模拟该表位线性序列的合成十肽进行抗体结合试验、噬菌体竞争抑制试验及与DEN感染患者的血清学试验，确定其为免疫优势线性表位。结果 肽库淘洗获得的11个ELISA阳性的噬菌体克隆有相似的结构基序WFKKGSS，其展示肽与DEN2E蛋白390～398 AA序列有3～5个氨基酸相同。对应于DEN2E蛋白390～399AA的合成十肽能与淘洗单抗特异反应，并可抑制噬菌体阳性克隆与该单抗结合。该合成肽与DEN2感染患者血清有较高的免疫反应性。结论 本实验通过噬菌体随机肽库的生物淘洗确定的DEN2E蛋白(E390～398AA)线性序列为免疫优势表位，其对应的合成肽E10可望用于DEN2感染的快速诊断。     

Changes of the beat amplitude power after partial left ventriculectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting

Partial left ventriculectomy (PLV) was originally introduced as a new surgical approach by patients with an end stage of cardiac disease. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a standard procedures used in cardiac surgery. Multichannel ECG (MECG) measurements and body surface mapping (BSM) were used to analyse the normalised beat amplitude power maps (BAM) that reflect an overall cardiac activity. The resulting BAMs show that the amplitude of cardiac signals decrease for approximately 30% after the PLV and stay in the same level during the postoperative monitoring interval while after CABG no significant changes in BAM have been observed. In addition the electrodes from the body surface area above the left ventricle, where surgery was performed, show significant changes in beat amplitudes.     

Carto系统与常规方法指导消融频发右室流出道室性早搏的比较

目的通过对应用Carto电解剖标测系统(Carto系统)与常规方法指导射频消融治疗频发右室流出道室性早搏(RVOT-PVCs)的比较,评价其临床应用。方法 68例频发RVOT-PVCs患者,其中Carto组36例,运用Carto系统重建右室流出道三维电解剖图后行电解剖标测靶点并予冷盐水灌注电极进行消融;另32例在X线下常规标测和消融,为常规组。比较两组的手术时间、靶点标测时间、X线曝光时间、总放电次数及有效放电率、消融成功率、并发症和随访复发结果。结果手术时间、即时成功率两组无差别(P0.05)。与常规组相比,Carto组靶点标测时间明显缩短(50.8±10.2minvs71.9±20.9min),X线曝光时间缩短(15.5±3.8minvs27.0±7.1min),总放电次数减少(5.8±1.2次vs9.4±1.8次),有效放电率增高(48.1%±12.2%vs31.5%±7.9%),复发率降低(2.8%vs9.4%),P均0.05。两组均无并发症。结论两种标测方法消融频发RVOT-PVCs均有效,安全。但Carto系统对复杂的多源多形早搏有明显的优势。     

Human recombinant neutralizing antibodies against hantaan virus G2 protein

Old world hantaviruses, causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), still present a public health problem in Asia and Eastern Europe. The majority of cases has been recorded in China. The aim of our study was to generate human recombinant neutralizing antibodies to a hantavirus by phage display technology. To preserve the structural identity of viral protein, the panning procedure was performed on native Hantaan (HTN) (76-118) virus propagated in Vero-E6 cells. In total, five complete human recombinant IgG antibodies were produced in a baculovirus expression system. All of them were able to completely neutralize HTN, and Seoul (SEO) virus in a plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Three of these antibodies could also completely neutralize Dobrava (DOB) virus but not Puumala (PUU) virus. All antibodies bind to Hantaan virus G2 protein localized in the virus envelope. The sequence areas within the HTN (76-118)-G2 protein detected by five selected antibodies were mapped using peptide scans. Two partial epitopes, 916-KVMATIDSF-924 and 954-LVTKDIDFD-963, were recognized, which presumably are of paramount importance for docking of the virus to host cell receptors. A consensus motif 916-KVXATIXSF-924 could be identified by mutational analysis. The neutralizing antibodies to the most widely distributed hantaviruses causing HFRS might be promising candidates for the development of an agent for prevention and treatment of HFRS in patients.     

The Novel Electrophysiology of Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrograms: Insight from Noncontact Unipolar Electrograms

Unipolar Characteristics of CFAEs. Background: The noncontact mapping (NCM) system possesses the merit of global endocardial recording for unipolar and activation mapping. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the unipolar electrogram characteristics and activation pattern over the bipolar complex fractionated atrial electrogram (CFAE) sites during atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: Twenty patients (age 55 ± 11 years old, 15 males) who underwent NCM and ablation of AF (paroxysmal/persistent = 13/7) were included. Both contact bipolar (32–300 Hz) and NCM virtual unipolar electrograms (0.5–300 Hz) were simultaneously recorded along with the activation pattern (total 223 sites, 11 ± 4 sites/patient). A CFAE was defined as a mean bipolar cycle length of ≤ 120 ms with an intervening isoelectric interval of more than 50 ms (Group 1A, n = 63, rapid repetitive CFAEs) or continuous fractionated activity (Group 1B, n = 59, continuous fractionated CFAEs), measured over a 7.2‐second duration. Group 2 consisted of those with a bipolar cycle length of more than 120 ms (n = 101). Results: The Group 1A CFAE sites exhibited a shorter unipolar electrogram cycle length (129 ± 11 vs 164 ± 20 ms, P < 0.001), and higher percentage of an S‐wave predominant pattern (QS or rS wave, 63 ± 13% vs 35 ± 13%, P < 0.001) than the Group 2 non‐CFAE sites. There was a linear correlation between the bipolar and unipolar cycle lengths (P < 0.001, R = 0.87). Most of the Group 1A CFAEs were located over arrhythmogenic pulmonary vein ostia or nonpulmonary vein ectopy with repetitive activations from those ectopies (62%) or the pivot points of the turning wavefronts (21%), whereas the Group 1B CFAEs exhibited a passive activation (44%) or slow conduction (31%). Conclusions: The bipolar repetitive and continuous fractionated CFAEs represented different activation patterns. The former was associated with an S wave predominant unipolar morphology which may represent an important focus for maintaining AF. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 21, pp. 640‐648, June 2010)     

Measuring the Complexity of Atrial Fibrillation Electrograms

AF Electrogram Complexity. Introduction: Complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) have been identified as targets for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Robust automatic algorithms to objectively classify these signals would be useful. The aim of this study was to evaluate Shannon's entropy (ShEn) and the Kolmogorov‐Smirnov (K‐S) test as a measure of signal complexity and to compare these measures with fractional intervals (FI) in distinguishing CFAE from non‐CFAE signals. Methods and Results: Electrogram recordings of 5 seconds obtained from multiple atrial sites in 13 patients (11 M, 58 ± 10 years old) undergoing AF ablation were visually examined by 4 independent reviewers. Electrograms were classified as CFAE if they met Nademanee criteria. Agreement of 3 or more reviewers was considered consensus and the resulting classification was used as the gold standard. A total of 297 recordings were examined. Of these, 107 were consensus CFAE, 111 were non‐CFAE, and 79 were equivocal or noninterpretable. FIs less than 120 ms identified CFAEs with sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 79%. ShEn, with optimal parameters using receiver‐operator characteristic curves, resulted in a sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 81% in identifying CFAE. The K‐S test resulted in an optimal sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 95% in classifying uninterpretable electrogram from all other electrograms. Conclusions: ShEn showed comparable results to FI in distinguishing CFAE from non‐CFAE without requiring user input for threshold levels. Thus, measuring electrogram complexity using ShEn may have utility in objectively and automatically identifying CFAE sites for AF ablation. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 21, pp. 649‐655, June 2010)     

Electroanatomical Mapping‐Guided Endocardial and Epicardial Ablation of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia Originating From Alcohol Septal Ablation‐Induced Scar in a Patient With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Ventricular Tachycardia After Alcohol Septal Ablation. A 76‐year‐old female developed 2 different ventricular tachycardias (VTs) 5 years after alcohol septal ablation (ASA) for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. VT#1 was a small macroreentry at the anterior border of the low‐voltage zone, suggesting the ASA‐scar and eliminated by endocardial ablation at a site recording fractionated potentials covering the mid‐diastolic and presystolic periods. VT#2 was a focal VT and eliminated by epicardial cryoablation at the basal posterior left ventricle, suggesting the posterior border of the ASA‐scar. Using the electroanatomical mapping, we demonstrated that the mechanism of the VTs was reentry at the edge of the ASA‐scar. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 21, pp. 1296‐1299, November 2010)