Near‐Infrared Fluorescent Molecular Probe for Sensitive Imaging of Keloid

Early detection of skin diseases is imperative for their effective treatment. However, fluorescence molecular probes that allow this are rare. The first activatable near‐infrared (NIR) fluorescent molecular probe is reported for sensitive imaging of keloid cells, skin cells from abnormal scar fibrous lesions. As keloid cells have high expression levels of fibroblast activation protein‐alpha (FAPα), the probe (FNP1) is designed to have a caged NIR dye and a FAPα‐cleavable peptide substrate linked by a self‐immolative segment. FNP1 can quickly and specifically turn on its fluorescence at 710 nm by 45‐fold in the presence of FAPα, allowing it to effectively recognize keloid cells from normal skin cells. Integration of FNP1 with a simple microneedle‐assisted topical application enables sensitive detection of keloid cells in metabolically‐active human skin tissue with a theoretical limit of detection down to 20 000 cells.     

Heritability and linkage study on heart rates in a Mongolian population

Elevated heart rate has been proposed as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but their interrelationships are not well understood. In this study, we performed a genome-wide linkage scan in 1,026 individuals (mean age 30.6 years, 54.5% women) from 73 extended families of Mongolia and determined quantitative trait loci that influence heart rate. The DNA samples were genotyped using deCODE 1,039 microsatellite markers for 3 cM density genome-wide linkage scan. Correlation analysis was carried out to evaluate the correlation of the covariates and the heart rate. T-tests of the heart rate were also performed on sex, smoking and alcohol intake. Consequently, this model was used in a nonparametric genome-wide linkage analysis using variance component model to create a multipoint logarithm of odds (LOD) score and a corresponding P value. In the adjusted model, the heritability of heart rate was estimated as 0.32 (P<.0001) and a maximum multipoint LOD score of 2.03 was observed in 77 cM region at chromosome 18. The second largest LOD score of 1.52 was seen on chromosome 5 at 216 cM. Genes located on the specified locations in chromosomes 5 and 18 may be involved in the regulation of heart rate.     

一类具有直接和间接传播的SIV传染病模型

传染病的传播途径是多种多样的,如:直接传播和间接传播等.在以往的传染病模型中,大多是只考虑直接传播对疾病的影响,而忽略了环境作用对疾病的影响,即间接传播的影响.其实,间接传播在传染病的传播中同样起着重要的作用,忽略间接传播的影响会低估基本再生数,从而错估传染病爆发的规模,给人类的健康带来更大的威胁.研究了一个既有直接传播又有间接传播的SⅣ传染病模型,通过研究模型的动力学行为,给出了无病平衡点和地方病平衡点全局渐近稳定的条件,并用数值模拟证实了该结果.     

双向流固耦合作用下狭窄左冠状动脉内两相血流分析

基于血流与血管壁间双向流固耦合作用,将血液设为两相流体,运用计算流体力学方法对左冠状动脉内血流进行瞬态数值模拟.研究了一个心动周期内典型时刻下左冠状动脉内血流分布特性,并与Newton(牛顿)血液和两相血液模型对比,分析了两相血液和流固耦合作用对血流特性的影响.结果表明,左冠状动脉左回旋支远段和钝缘支近心端外侧分布了低速涡流区,该区域内壁面切应力和红细胞体积分数均较小,为动脉粥样硬化的形成与发展提供了合适的生理环境.左冠状动脉分叉处管壁形变量较大,引起管壁内膜功能发生紊乱,促进了粥样硬化斑块的形成.3种血液模型对比可知,红细胞的流动特性对血流速度及壁面切应力等血流动力学特性影响较大,双向流固耦合模型更符合真实的血液流动情况.     

急性脑梗死患者脑微出血的发病情况及其危险因素分析

目的探讨急性脑梗死患者脑微出血的发病情况及其危险因素。方法选择急性脑梗死患者75例,男51例,女24例,年龄42～83（64.9±10.8）岁。行头颅CT、磁敏感成像（SWI）检查,依据脑微出血检出的结果分成阳性组（23例）与阴性组（52例）,比较两组的一般资料,探讨脑微出血发病的危险因素。结果SWI检查的检出率比CT检出率高（χ2=27.17,P＜0.05）。阳性组年龄、高血压病、糖尿病患病率均较阴性组高,差异均有统计学意义（均P＜0.05）;两组性别、血脂异常、心房颤动、冠心病、吸烟、饮酒情况比较,差异均无统计学意义（均P＞0.05）。logistic回归分析显示年龄增长、高血压病是脑微出血的独立危险因素（P＜0.05）。结论急性脑梗死患者合并存在脑微出血的比例高,SWI检查是检测脑微出血的敏感方法,年龄大、高血压病与脑微出血的发生密切相关。     

Simulation of the Interactions of Arginine with Wild-Type GALT Enzyme and the Classic Galactosemia-Related Mutant p.Q188R by a Computational Approach

Classic galactosemia is an inborn error of metabolism associated with mutations that impair the activity and the stability of galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT), catalyzing the third step in galactose metabolism. To date, no treatments (including dietary galactose deprivation) are able to prevent or alleviate the long-term complications affecting galactosemic patients. Evidence that arginine is able to improve the activity of the human enzyme expressed in a prokaryotic model of classic galactosemia has induced researchers to suppose that this amino acid could act as a pharmacochaperone, but no effects were detected in four galactosemic patients treated with this amino acid. Given that no molecular characterizations of the possible effects of arginine on GALT have been performed, and given that the samples of patients treated with arginine are extremely limited for drawing definitive conclusions at the clinical level, we performed computational simulations in order to predict the interactions (if any) between this amino acid and the enzyme. Our results do not support the possibility that arginine could function as a pharmacochaperone for GALT, but information obtained by this study could be useful for identifying, in the future, possible pharmacochaperones for this enzyme.     

Singularly perturbed nonlinear second order elliptic equation

In this paper, we study singular perturbation problems of some semi-linear second order elliptic equations with nonlinear boundary value conditions: where ε is a small positive parameter and u/ l is a directional derivative, which lies on an oblique vector (x,ε). We have given a construction of the asymptotic solutions and proof of their asymptotic correctness, which is based on the principle of contraction mapping.     

弯曲动脉壁非线性弹性力学性质的理论分析

血管壁非线性力学特性是探索心血管中的血液流动规律及脉搏波传播现象的一个重要前提．在血管力学研究中,直管动脉壁的本构方程已有相当深人的研究,唯独象主动脉弓那样的弯管动脉壁本构方程;至今还没有建立一个理论模型．文中在已有的直管动脉壁本构方程研究基础上,提出一个理论方法来分析弯曲动脉壁的非线性弹性力学性质,在弯曲动脉壁被模拟为均质、正交各向异性、不可压缩材料的前提下,作者从理论上建立了一个表达弯管动脉壁非线性弹性性质的三维ｅ指数型本构方程文中还探讨了弯曲动脉壁内的残余应变分析．     

血液病与微量元素关系的研究

研究了血液病与微量元素的关系,发现再生障碍性贫血患者治疗前血清Ｃｕ升高（Ｐ〈０．０５）,缓解后Ｃｕ恢复正常。骨髓增生异常综合征（ＭＤＳ）中ＲＡ＋ＲＡＳ组Ｃｕ及Ｃｕ／Ｚｎ比值高,Ｚｎ值降低不明显;ＲＡＥＢ＋ＲＡＥＢ－Ｔ组Ｃｕ及Ｃｕ／Ｚｎ高,Ｚｎ值明显降低（Ｐ〈０．０５）。急性白血病、淋巴瘤、多发性骨髓瘤及慢粒患者血清Ｃｕ、Ｚｎ及Ｃｕ／Ｚｎ比值与对照组比较均呈显著差异（Ｐ〈０．０５￣０．０１）,而缓解