脑卒中患者血管危险因素与颈动脉粥样硬化的关系

目的研究脑卒中患者血管危险因素与颈动脉粥样硬化的关系。方法受试者151人主要为脑梗死及椎-基底动脉供血不足病例。将所有受试对象行颈动脉超声检查,采用二分类变量的Logistic回归分析方法对其危险因素进行筛选,找出与颈动脉粥样硬化改变相关的因素。结果年龄及吸烟与颈动脉内中膜增厚之间存在相关性,P=0.006（OR=1.08,95%CI 1.02-1.14）和0.01（OR=5.09,95%CI 1.47-17.61）;年龄、吸烟同样与颈动脉斑块之间存在相关性,P=0.006（ORn=n1.06,95%CI 1.06-1.11）和0.04（ORn=2.97,95%CI 1.04-8.50）,收缩压与颈动脉斑块呈正相关,P=0.04（OR=1.03,95%CI 1.00-1.05）,舒张压与颈动脉斑块呈负相关P=0.04（OR=0.96,95%CI 0.92-1.00）。结论随年龄的增大动脉内中膜增厚及颈动脉斑块的患病率增加,吸烟者内中膜增厚及颈动脉斑块比率高于不吸烟者;收缩压增加颈动脉斑块患病率增加,舒张压增加斑块患病率下降。     

高分辨率磁共振成像对颅内动脉粥样硬化斑块的诊断价值

目的:探讨高分辨率核磁共振成像(magnetic resonance imaging,MRI)对颅内动脉粥样硬化斑块的诊断价值。方法:选择2016年1月至2018年6月在我院诊治的缺血性脑卒中患者134例作为研究对象,所有患者都给予数字减影血管造影(Digital subtraction angiography,DSA)与高分辨率MRI检查,记录颅内动脉粥样硬化斑块特征与分型,以DSA诊断为金标准,判断MRI的诊断价值(阳性预测值、特异度、灵敏度、阴性预测值)。结果:在134例患者中,高分辨率MRI显示未见斑块62例,Ⅰ型5例、Ⅱ型26例,Ⅲ型26例、Ⅳ型15例,与DSA诊结果一致124例,占比92.5%。高分辨率MRI与DSA诊断颅内动脉粥样硬化斑块的Kappa值为0.89,MRI对各分型的颅内动脉粥样硬化斑块的阳性预测值、特异度、灵敏度、阴性预测值分别为:Ⅰ型87.0%、99.2%、95.8%和99.2%,Ⅱ型81.0%、98.5%、83.4%和98.5%,Ⅲ型82.7%、82.7%、84.0%和95.7%,Ⅳ型100.0%、100.0%、100.0%和100.0%。结论:高分辨率MRI用于诊断颅内动脉粥样硬化斑块的价值与DSA检查有很好的一致性,可反映硬化斑块的分型。     

MSCTA对基底动脉变异的初步研究及其临床意义

目的:研究MSCT血管成像对基底动脉变异的诊断价值,并探讨其临床意义.方法:回顾性分析MSCT血管成像诊断基底动脉变异120例.所有患者均采用GELightSpeed64层螺旋CT对其头颈部动脉进行CT血管成像扫描,将获得的原始数据传入AW4.2P后处理工作站,血管重建技术包括容积再现(VR)、最大密度投影(MIP)、多平面重建(MPR)及曲面重建(CPR),影像分析采用智能血管分析与目测法相结合.结果:基底动脉走行弯曲50例(42%),包括左侧凸30例(25%)、右侧凸例15例(占12.5%)、S型凸5例(3.5%);基底动脉起止点变异47例(39.3%),其中起点变异35例(29.3%)、终点变异12例(10%);基底动脉形态变异14例(11.7%),其中开窗型lO例(8.3%)、管径粗大2例(占1.7%)、管径细小2例(1.7%);基底动脉主要分支变异9例(7.5%).结论:MSCT血管成像是一种无创性诊断基底动脉变异的有效方法,能够解释临床上部分不明原因的基底动脉供血不足,具有重要的临床意义.     

宝石能谱CT 冠脉成像在隐匿型冠心病冠状动脉粥样斑块性质判断中的价值

目的:探讨宝石能谱CT冠脉成像在隐匿型冠心病冠状动脉粥样斑块性质判断中的价值,为临床隐匿型冠心病的诊断和治疗提供影像学参考依据。方法:选择2014年6月~2015年6月在我院诊断为心肌缺血且无临床症状的隐匿型冠心病患者共360例,所有入选患者均行宝石能谱CT冠脉成像检查,其中155例有冠状动脉狭窄,且伴有不同性质的粥样斑块。分析冠状动脉不同血管狭窄情况、斑块分型和斑块数目。结果:所有冠脉动脉狭窄均为轻度狭窄和中度狭窄,主要集中在左主干和左前降支,分别占35.48%和37.42%。硬斑块数目最多,占75.43%,其次为混合斑块和软斑块,分别占16.19%和8.38%。冠状动脉4支血管粥样斑块均为硬斑块者最多(29.03%)、硬斑块与软斑块同时存在者占29.03%、硬斑块与软斑块、混合斑块同时存在者占14.84%,未见单纯混合斑块或软斑块的患者。结论:隐匿型冠心病患者冠状动脉狭窄主要为轻、中度狭窄,冠状动脉斑块以硬斑块为主。宝石能谱CT冠脉成像能准确的判断隐匿型冠心病冠状动脉粥样斑块性质,值得临床推广借鉴。     

超声检测颈股总动脉内中膜厚度及粥样硬化斑块

本研究以120例普通健康人群为研究对象,通过血管超声检查内颈总动脉(CCA)与股总动脉(CFA)内中膜厚度(IMT)及粥样硬化斑块,试图探讨普通健康人群血管内中膜厚度(IMT)及粥样硬化斑块的特征与差异。检测结果显示,平均颈总动脉的IMT与股总动脉的IMT之间存在显著性差异(0.68 mm vs 0.75 mm,p0.01);股总动脉中斑块形成的几率显著高于颈总动脉(46.7%vs 29.2%);48.2%的研究对象同时存在股总动脉与颈总动脉的动脉粥样硬化斑块,仅在股总动脉与颈总动脉中的几率分别为40.2%与19.6%;若仅考虑纤维脂质分离的斑块时,股总动脉与颈总动脉之间的差异更加明显(47.2%vs 25.6%)。本研究结果初步证实,健康一般人群中超过40%的人群粥样硬化斑块存在于股总动脉而非颈总动脉中。因此,我们认为有必要做进一步研究确认在心血管疾患风险评估筛查中引入股总动脉超声检查的必要性。     

Hippo信号通路在颈动脉结扎所致大鼠动脉血管重构中的表达及其意义

目的:在建立大鼠血管重构模型基础上探讨Hippo信号通路在该模型中的表达及意义。方法:模型组(n=40)经颈部正中切口游离出左侧颈总动脉,用6-0不可吸收线在尽量靠近近心端处结扎,完全阻断血流。对照组(n=20)仅将手术线穿过颈总动脉而不结扎,闭合切合。14 d后处死所有动物,经原手术路径分离颈总动脉,收集结扎处至远心端的动脉。用HE以及MASSON染色观察血管形态以及纤维化,免疫组织化学染色法检测颈动脉中α-肌动蛋白(α-MSA)和增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)的表达,Western blot检测yes相关蛋白(YAP),PDZ结合基序的转录辅激活子(TAZ),TEAD1,Bax,Bcl-2的表达。结果:与对照组相比,造模组HE染色提示血管重构明显,新生内膜/中膜比例明显增加,MASSON染色提示纤维化明显增加;免疫组织化学染色法提示造模组血管α-MSA及PCNA表达明显增加; Western blot提示造模组血管YAP,TAZ,TEAD1,Bcl-2表达增加,而Bax表达降低,Bax/Bcl-2蛋白比例明显降低。结论:本研究成功建立颈动脉结扎介导的大鼠血管重构模型,另外证明Hippo信号通路在颈动脉结扎介导的大鼠血管重构模型中明显激活,以及可能介导增殖、凋亡相关的Bax/Bcl-2比值的改变,进而参与平滑肌细胞增殖促进血管重构。     

320排CT冠脉造影检查对冠状动脉斑块成分分析可行性初探

目的:研究320排CT冠脉造影对分析冠状动脉轻度及重度狭窄患者斑块成分的价值。方法:2011年4月-2012年5月间我院1132例(62±12岁,42%女性)冠心病患者行320排CT冠状动脉造影检查,依据美国心脏协会16分段标准,分析每一例患者每一节段血管狭窄程度及斑块性质,CT斑块分型如下:Ⅰ型为钙化斑块,Ⅱ型为钙化为主的混合斑块,Ⅲ型为非钙化为主的混合斑块,Ⅳ型为非钙化斑块。比较不同狭窄程度组斑块类型差别。结果:共363例为冠脉血管正常人群,冠状动脉狭窄患者共769例,其中管腔狭窄程度<50%的轻度人群为367例,重度狭窄组(≥50%)为402例。重度狭窄患者组冠脉血管混合斑块数量较多,而非钙化斑块相对较少(Ⅰ～Ⅳ型斑块所占比例分别为22%,,39%,21%,18%),轻度狭窄患者组各斑块所占比例分别为29%,29%,26%,16%(p=0.006)。结论:随着冠状动脉狭窄程度的不同,冠状动脉粥样硬化斑块的类型也不尽相同,重度狭窄人群组中混合斑块较多而非钙化斑块较少。320排CT冠脉造影可对冠状动脉斑块成分进行分析。     

16层螺旋CT血管成像诊断颅内动脉瘤的价值

目的:探讨16层螺旋CT血管成像(16SCTA)诊断颅内动脉瘤的价值.方法:对33例16SCTA诊断的颅内动脉瘤进行回顾性分析.其中4例经手术证实,13例经数字减影血管造影(DSA)证实.结果:16SCTA在33例患者中,共发现40个动脉瘤.其中3例为两个动脉瘤,2例为三个动脉瘤.40个动脉瘤中大脑中动脉瘤9个,大脑前动脉瘤8个,大脑后动脉瘤2个,后交通动脉瘤4个,颈内动脉瘤12个,基底动脉瘤3个,胼周动脉瘤1个,小脑上动脉瘤1个.16SCTA均清晰显示瘤体的大小、位置、形态及瘤颈宽度、瘤轴指向、载瘤动脉、动脉瘤与周围重要解剖结构的关系.有DSA资料对照的13例中,16SCTA发现16个动脉瘤中DSA只发现13个,另外DSA发现1个动脉瘤而16SCTA漏诊.16SCTA诊断颅内动脉瘤的敏感度、特异度、阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别为92.9%、97.1%、81.3%、99%.结论:16SCTA在颅内动脉瘤临床诊断和术后随访中有较高的应用价值.     

OCT用于评估年轻人群不稳定型心绞痛患者罪犯斑块的形态学特点

目的:通过光学相干断层成像技术(Optical Coherence Tomography,OCT)观察50岁以下的不稳定型心绞痛(Unstable Angina Pectoris,UAP)患者冠状动脉罪犯斑块的形态学特点。方法:回顾性分析来我院治疗的147名≤50岁的UAP患者资料。所有罪犯血管在进行经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,PCI)前都进行了冠脉造影和OCT检查,并评估罪犯斑块的特点。根据罪犯斑块形态学特点分为斑块破裂(Plaque Rupture,PR)组、斑块侵蚀(Plaque Erosion,PE)组和对照组。结果:在147个罪犯斑块中,35个罪犯斑块发生侵蚀(23.8%),42个罪犯斑块发生破裂(28.6%)。人口学、实验室结果显示PE更多发生在女性(60.0%),PR更多发生在男性(69.0%);与PR组和对照组相比,PE组年龄偏大(P0.001)且高脂血症(P=0.007)和吸烟(P=0.005)比例也较高。OCT结果显示与PE组和对照组相比,PR组脂质核心更长(P=0.002),平均脂质角度更大(P=0.001),且纤维帽厚度较薄(P=0.013)。多因素逻辑回归分析得出,PE的发生与高脂血症和吸烟有关。结论:PR和PE导致了超过半数的50岁以下的UAP发作,PE更多发生在高脂血症和吸烟的UAP患者,已经成为除PR外可能导致心脏不良事件的斑块特征。     

基于冠状动脉斑块定量分析探讨经皮冠状动脉介入术后心肌损伤的影响因素及预测价值分析

目的：基于冠状动脉斑块定量分析探讨经皮冠状动脉介入（PCI）术后心肌损伤（PMI）的影响因素及预测价值。方法：回顾性分析2020年8月-2022年12月在我院住院并经择期PCI手术治疗的患者251例作为研究对象,根据PCI术后有无血清生物标志物的升高分为PMI阳性组（n=106）和PMI阴性组（n=145）。所有患者术前1周均行冠状动脉CT血管成像（CCTA）检查,且在PCI术前和术后24 h内均测量患者高敏心肌肌钙蛋白T(hs-cTnT)水平。采用半自动斑块分析软件标注并分析斑块特征,主要测量冠脉解剖学狭窄程度并对斑块成分和形态特征进行定量分析。采用单因素方差分析比较两组患者的临床资料和斑块定量指标。通过多因素Logistic回归分析确定PCI术后PMI发生的危险因素。采用受试者工作特征曲线（ROC）分析冠脉斑块定量指标对PCI术后PMI发生的诊断价值。结果：单因素方差分析显示,最大面积狭窄率、斑块总体积、斑块负荷、脂质斑块体积、脂质斑块占比和纤维斑块体积与PCI术后PMI的发生有关（P<0.05）;而斑块长度、管腔最窄处面积、纤维斑块占比、钙化斑块体积、钙化斑块占比、斑点状钙...     

Angiogenic factors in bone local environment

Angiogenesis plays an important role in physiological bone growth and remodeling, as well as in pathological bone disorders such as fracture repair, osteonecrosis, and tumor metastasis to bone. Vascularization is required for bone remodeling along the endosteal surface of trabecular bone or Haversian canals within the cortical bone, as well as the homeostasis of the cartilage-subchondral bone interface. Angiogenic factors, produced by cells from a basic multicellular unit (BMU) within the bone remodeling compartment (BRC) regulate local endothelial cells and pericytes. In this review, we discuss the expression and function of angiogenic factors produced by osteoclasts, osteoblasts and osteocytes in the BMU and in the cartilage-subchondral bone interface. These include vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), BMP7, receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) and epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like family members. In addition, the expression of EGFL2, EGFL3, EGFL5, EGFL6, EGFL7, EGFL8 and EGFL9 has been recently identified in the bone local environment, giving important clues to their possible roles in angiogenesis. Understanding the role of angiogenic factors in the bone microenvironment may help to develop novel therapeutic targets and diagnostic biomarkers for bone and joint diseases, such as osteoporosis, osteonecrosis, osteoarthritis, and delayed fracture healing.     

Collagen-related gene and protein expression changes in the lung in response to chronic hypoxia

Collagen accumulation likely contributes to increased vascular and airway impedance in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (HPH). Collagen exists in multiple subtypes and can accumulate via increased synthesis or decreased degradation. To better understand the individual contributions of fibrillar (FB) and basement membrane (BM) collagen, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) to pulmonary vascular and airway remodeling in HPH, we investigated the temporal changes in gene and protein expression in the lungs of mice exposed to hypoxia for 0, 3, 6, 10 and 15 days. The earliest and largest change in gene expression was of type I FB collagen, which was significantly increased over control levels at 6, 10 and 15 days of hypoxia (p  <  0.05). Type III FB and type IV BM collagen were increased at 10 and 15 days of hypoxia (p <  0.05); MMP and TIMP gene expression levels were typically higher but sometimes lower than control levels at various time points. Collagen protein content was increased in whole lungs as early as 6 days of hypoxia and increased monotonically with longer exposures. However, neither qualitative nor semi-quantitative analysis of immunohistochemistry demonstrated accumulation of type I FB collagen in compartments of the lung other than large airways, suggesting that other collagen subtypes may be important contributors to collagen protein accumulation. These results provide insight into the patterns of gene and protein expression relevant to collagen accumulation in the lung in response to chronic hypoxia, through which we can develop a better understanding of the time course of changes in matrix biology and biomechanics that occur in HPH.     

ATP依赖的染色质改构复合物及其作用机制

染色质高度紧密的折叠阻止了转录因子和辅因子与DNA的结合, 因而通过染色质重塑以解除这样的抑制环境, 对于转录活动的正常进行是至关重要的。目前认为, 染色质重塑至少是通过两种机制来完成的, 一种是通过ATP依赖的染色质改构复合物, 另一种是通过对组蛋白尾部进行共价修饰的组蛋白修饰酶复合物。文章结合近年来的研究进展, 对前者进行染色质重塑的机制及两者在基因转录调控过程中如何相互协作等进行了论述。     

Turnover of nonessential fatty acids in cardiolipin from the rat heart

Cardiolipin (CL) is a unique phospholipid (PL) found in the mitochondria of mammalian cells. CL remodeling is accompanied by turnover of its fatty acid acyl groups. Abnormalities in CL remodeling have been found in Barth's syndrome, diabetes, and obesity. The objective of this study was to determine nonessential fatty acid turnover in CL and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) in the rat heart in vivo. Sprague-Dawley rats were fed either a regular chow or a high-fat diet for 15 weeks, and consumed 6% deuterium-enriched drinking water as a tracer for 14 days. CL and PE were extracted from cardiac tissue and isolated by TLC. Fatty acids from CL, PE, and plasma were analyzed by GC/MS for deuterium incorporation. Results showed oleate and vaccenate turnover were the highest in CL whereas palmitate and stearate turnover were low. Among the nonessential fatty acids in PE, turnover of stearate and vaccenate were the highest. The high turnover rate in vaccenate was unexpected, because vaccenate previously had no known metabolic or physiologic function. In conclusion, the similarly high turnover rates of both oleate and vaccenate readily suggest that remodeling is an important functional aspect of PL metabolism in CL.     

血管重构及其药物治疗

血管重构是血管为适应内外环境变化而发生的结构和功能改变。这个过程包括血管壁细胞的增生、肥大、凋亡、细胞迁移、细胞外基质的产生及降解等细胞生物学变化。血管重构可分为肥厚性血管重构与非肥厚性血管重构,两者以一定比例共存于同一血管上。非肥厚性血管重构的主要特征是血管外径明显减少、内径明显减少,中膜横截面积不变,血管平滑肌细胞发生重排;肥厚性血管重构的主要特征是内径明显减少,中膜横截面积增加,血管平滑肌细胞增生。血管重构既是高血压和动脉粥样硬化等相关疾病恶化的重要病理基础或也是此类疾病发生发展的病因。药物治疗不仅要缓解或消除相关疾病的症状,更重要的是逆转或减轻血管重构,保护靶器官。     

组胺在哮喘豚鼠气道重塑中的作用

本研究旨在探讨组胺在哮喘豚鼠气道重塑中的作用。将50只健康雄性豚鼠随机分为5组。正常对照组：雾化吸入蒸馏水8周;哮喘模型组：致敏后雾化吸入卯白蛋白（ovalbumin,OVA）8周;哮喘模型延续组：致敏后雾化吸入OVA14周;组胺组：致敏后雾化吸入OVA14周,最后6周同时加用组胺：组胺受体拈抗剂组：致敏后雾化吸入OVA14周,最后6周同时加用组胺受体拈抗剂。检测血清组胺、Na^＋、Cl^-浓度、动脉血氧分压（PaO2）、动脉血二氧化碳分压（PaCO2）、pH、实际碳酸氢盐（actual bicarbonate,AB）、标准碳酸氧盐（standard bicarbonate,SB）以及气道壁粘膜层、基底膜层和平滑肌层厚度。所得结果如下：（1）哮喘模型组血清组胺浓度、气道擘厚度明显高于正常对照组（P〈0．01）;哮喘模型延续组明显高于哮喘模型组（P〈0.01）;组胺组明显高于哮喘模型延续组（P〈0．01）：组胺受体拮抗剂组低于哮喘模型延续组（P〈0．05,0．01）。（2）哮喘模型组PaO．小于正常对照组（P〈0．01）;哮喘模型延续组PaO2、pH、AB、SB小于哮喘模型组（P〈0．01）,而PaCO2大于哮喘模型组（P〈0．01）;组胺组PaO2、pH、AB、SB小于哮喘模型延续组（P〈0．01）,而PaCO2大于哮喘模型延续组（P〈0．01）;组胺受体拮抗剂组PaO2、pH、AB、SB高于哮喘模型延续组（P〈0．01）,而PaCO2低于哮喘模型延续组（P〈0．01）;血清Na^＋、Cl^-浓度各组间差异不明显。以上结果提示：（1）组胺在哮喘气道重塑中起介导作用。（2）应用组胺受体拈抗剂对防治哮喘气道重塑有一定作用。（3）PaO2、pH与气管、肺门支气管、肺外周小气道气道擘厚度呈负相关（P〈0．01）,而PaCO2、阴离子间隙（anion gap,AG）值与上述气道壁厚度呈止相关（P〈0．01）。     

Elastic modulus variation in mandibular bone: a microindentation study of Macaca fascicularis

We characterized the heterogeneous anisotropic elastic properties of mandibular bone in an adult female specimen of Macaca fascicularis using the technique of microindentation. This approach used an indenter of known mass and geometry to sample bone hardness at a spatial resolution in the order of 100 mum. Hardness values were converted to elastic modulus using empirically derived regression. We determined properties in alveolar, midcorpus, and basal regions of coronal and transverse sections taken from multiple locations along the corpus and ramus. Within sections, we determined properties from endosteal, midcortical, and periosteal regions. We found regional variations in bone structure, including bands of orthotropic circumferential lamellar bone at the endosteal and periosteal corpus base, angular region, and ramus. Transversely isotropic osteonal bone characterizes the midcortices of alveolar and basal regions, with many resorption spaces in alveolar regions restricting sampling opportunities. Regional variations in elasticity include relatively compliant bone in the anterior corpus and ramus. Basal cortical bone is stiffer longitudinally than transversely or superoinferiorly, while the evidence for directional dependence in alveolar bone is equivocal. Alveolar bone appears to be relatively compliant with respect to bone found in midcorpus or basal regions. Considerable variation exists in structure and material properties on a highly localized scale, more so than is discernible through conventional approaches for determining material property variation.