Intercellular spaces between macula densa cells: An ultrastructural study comparing high pressure perfusion fixation with in situ drip-fixation of rat kidney

Summary Polyclonal antibodies have been raised against purified bovine pyrazine-binding protein, a protein that binds the odorant 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine. These antibodies have been utilized in immunocytochemical experiments to localize the pyrazine-binding protein in bovine nasal mucosa. Tissue fragments, macroscopically identified as olfactory and respiratory mucosa, were fixed in Bouin's fluid and embedded in paraffin. Consecutive serial sections were processed for immunofluorescence studies and restained either with haematoxylin-eosin or with periodic acid Schiff-Alcian Blue. In both olfactory and respiratory mucosa, only seromucous tubulo-acinar glands were specifically labelled. These glands are located in the lamina propria underlying typical respiratory epithelium, even in those tissues that are macroscopically defined as olfactory mucosa.     

枯草杆菌二联活菌制剂鼻饲给药治疗昏迷患者抗生素相关性腹泻的疗效观察

目的：研究枯草杆菌二联活菌制剂经鼻饲给药治疗昏迷患者抗生素相关性腹泻的临床疗效。方法：收集以2011 年1 月至 2014 年1 月本院确诊的76 例患抗生素相关性腹泻的昏迷患者作为研究对象,按随机数字表法分为对照组(38 例)和试验组(38 例),对照组在基础治疗的基础上给予鼻饲蒙脱石散收敛止泻治疗,而试验组在对照组的基础上,同时给予枯草杆菌二联活菌胶囊 （美常安）鼻饲给药治疗。对比治疗前后两组患者的症状改善情况以及粪便实验室检查指标,记录两组不良反应。结果：除治疗过 程中死亡4 例、意识转清停止鼻饲8 例外,试验组33 例,对照组31 例完成试验。试验组治疗有效率明显高于对照组的(X2=2.627, P <0.05)。给药第6d 试验组的白细胞转阴率为81.8%,明显高于对照组的30%(P<0.05),给药第6 d 及治疗后试验组的肠道菌群纠 正率分别为84.2%、94.7%,明显高于对照组的41.2%、64.7%,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。对照组患者不良反应的发生率明显高 于试验组（P<0.05）。结论：枯草杆菌二联活菌制剂鼻饲给药可显著改善昏迷患者抗生素相关性腹泻的症状,使肠道菌群更快得以 纠正、缓解使肠道炎症,且安全性高,值得临床推广使用。     

食管癌患者在放射治疗中不同营养途径的护理管理效应

目的:探讨不同营养途径包括直接经食管与间接经鼻饲、胃造瘘进食的食管癌患者在放射治疗过程中的护理措施和方法对患者的临床效应。方法:回顾性分析我科一年来放射治疗的63例食管鳞状细胞癌患者的临床资料,其中46例患者直接经食管进食,其余17例治疗前行鼻饲或胃造瘘进食,在治疗过程中注重对患者的心理护理、饮食及放疗并发症护理。结果:放疗前行鼻饲或食管造瘘患者在放疗过程中依从性好,放射性食管炎能更好的控制,未发生食管穿孔及食管气管瘘等重大放疗并发症。结论:放疗前行鼻饲或胃造瘘的食管癌患者,周密的观察与细致的护理,主动的护患沟通,会导致积极的临床效应,可减轻放射损伤,降低食管穿孔及食管气管瘘的几率,延长患者生命,提高其生活质量。     

Application of chitosan microspheres for nasal delivery of vaccines

Nasal vaccines offer several benefits, such as highly vascular mucous membranes, low enzymatic degradation compared to oral vaccines, and greater acceptability to patients. Nasal vaccines, however, have to overcome several limitations, including mucociliary clearance and the inefficient uptake of soluble antigens. Therefore, nasal vaccines require potent adjuvants and delivery systems to enhance their immunogenicity and to protect their antigens. Chitosan is a cheap, biocompatible, biodegradable, mucoadhesive, and nontoxic natural polymer. Chitosan microspheres have been investigated to determine whether they allow the controlled release of drugs and vaccines. They have figured in various studies on the vaccine delivery system through the nasal route. Several researchers have developed modified chitosan microspheres through their concomitant use with adjuvants or immunomodulators for an additive and a synergistic effect, and through the mannosylation of chitosan for receptor-mediated targeting antigen-presenting cells. The results of the recent researches on chitosan microspheres used as a nasal vaccine delivery system are discussed in this review.     

Ultrastructure of free nerve endings in respiratory and squamous epithelium on the rat nasal septum

The distribution of nerve fibres in the mucosa of the nasal septum of the rat was investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy on transverse and tangential ultrathin sections. Near the basement membrane of respiratory and squamous epithelium, a rather dense network of unmyelinated nerve fibres occurs. Some fibres in the respiratory epithelium ascend between the epithelial cells to reach up to the tight junctions. These fibres appeared in transverse sections to end as hooks or boutons, sometimes with branches. These shapes resemble the free nerve endings that are considered to act as nociceptors. The small intraepithelial fibres, with diameters of about 0.5–1 m, contain both dense granules and clear vesicles comparable to synaptic vesicles. Substance P was found in dense granules in basal fibres; vasoactive intestinal peptide was absent throughout the epithelium. Acetylcholinesterase activity was observed closely associated with the basal fibres; the apical fibres showed little if any activity. Membrane specializations pointing to an efferent function as well as structures usually associated with mechanoreceptive functions were lacking in both respiratory and squamous epithelium.Part of this work was presented at the Annual Conference of the Netherlands Society for Electron Microscopy, 28–29 Nov 1985, Wageningen, The Netherlands. See Spit BJ and Hendriksen EGJ (1986) Ultramicroscopy 19:102–103     

肺表面活性物质治疗新生儿呼吸窘迫综合征前给予nCPAP呼吸支持最佳时间窗的临床研究

摘要 目的：探讨肺表面活性物质（PS）治疗新生儿呼吸窘迫综合征（NRDS）前给予经鼻持续气道正压通气（nCPAP）呼吸支持的最佳时间窗。方法：选择2017年1月至2019年12月期间我院收治的NRDS患儿100例。根据随机数字表法分为A组（给予PS前预先进行小于2 h的nCPAP,n=33）、B组（给予PS前预先进行2-4 h的nCPAP,n=33）和C组（立即给予PS,n=34）。对比三组患儿的血气分析指标、肺功能指标、临床指标和并发症发生率。结果：A组、B组给予PS后4h、给予PS后24 h动脉血氧分压（PaO₂）、pH值高于C组,且B组高于A组（P<0.05）,而动脉二氧化碳分压（PaCO₂）低于C组,且B组低于A组（P<0.05）。A组、B组给予PS后4 h、给予PS后24 h潮气量（VT）、肺动态顺应性（CD）高于C组,且B组高于A组（P<0.05）,而吸气阻力（Raw）低于C组,且B组低于A组（P<0.05）。B组用药后3天内需气管插管行机械通气例数少于A组和C组,住院时间短于A组和C组（P<0.05）,A组、C组的用药后3天内需气管插管行机械通气例数、住院时间对比无明显差异（P>0.05）。三组患儿并发症发生率未见统计学差异（P>0.05）。结论：给予PS前预先进行2-4h的nCPAP,可较好地改善患儿血气分析指标和肺功能,有助于改善患儿预后。     

鼻内镜术前应用枸地氯雷他定对慢性鼻窦炎的治疗效果及对患者嗅觉功能和鼻黏膜形态的影响

摘要 目的：探讨鼻内镜术前应用枸地氯雷他定对慢性鼻窦炎的治疗效果及对患者嗅觉功能和鼻黏膜形态的影响。方法：选取我院2019年1月到2022年12月收治的80例慢性鼻窦炎患者作为研究对象,分为观察组与对照组,各40例。对照组患者采取单纯鼻内镜手术治疗,观察组患者在术前应用枸地氯雷他定治疗1个月后再行鼻内镜手术,对比两组患者的临床治疗效果,治疗前后炎症因子水平,内镜下鼻粘膜形态量化评分,嗅觉功能与糖精试验时间。结果：两组患者治疗总有效率对比无差异（P＞0.05）;治疗后两组患者IL-6、IL-1、TNF-α相关炎症因子水平均降低,且观察组较对照组低（P＜0.05）;治疗前两组患者鼻漏、结痂、瘢痕、黏膜水肿、息肉、脓性分泌物等情况内镜下鼻粘膜形态量化评分对比无明显差异（P＞0.05）,治疗后两组患者鼻漏、结痂、瘢痕、黏膜水肿、息肉、脓性分泌物等情况内镜下鼻粘膜形态量化评分均降低,且观察组较对照组低（P＜0.05）;治疗前两组患者嗅觉识别阈值、糖精试验时间对比无明显差异（P＞0.05）,治疗后两组患者嗅觉识别阈值、糖精试验时间均降低,且观察组低于对照组（P＜0.05）。结论：鼻内镜术前应用枸地氯雷他定对慢性鼻窦炎具有显著临床疗效,同时能够降低患者术后炎症因子水平,改善鼻黏膜形态,提升纤毛运动功能与嗅觉功能,值得临床应用推广。     

Subnasal alveolar morphology and the systematic position of Sivapithecus

Recent collecting in the Potwar Plateau of Pakistan has produced several new maxillae attributable to Sivapithecus. Since the subnasal region is preserved in most of these specimens, comparisons with early Miocene hominoid and Pliocene hominid maxillae become possible. On the basis of these comparisons, it has become clear that subnasal/premaxillary morphology distinguishes Asian and African hominoids. Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus share with Pongo an "Asian" subnasal pattern. The Proconsul species from the early Miocene of western Kenya and Australopithecus afarensis from the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia present two subsets of an "African" subnasal pattern. We think it likely that Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus represent a lineage that postdates the last common ancestor of African and Asian hominoids.     

Human nasal protrusion,latitude, and climate

Relationships between morphological features of human skeletal nasal protrusion, latitude, and climate were investigated. Craniofacial dimensions and indices determined by Woo and Morant (1934) on a world sample of 55 skeletal populations were used as dependent variables. Sample sizes were as low as 39 in some calculations because either skeletal or geographic data were missing. Thirteen climatically related averaged variables, for each population's provenience, were the independent variables. Multivariate techniques of bivariate correlation, multiple regression, and partial correlation were applied. A strong, statistically significant cline of increasing nose protrusion, with decreasing absolute humidity and with increasing latitude, was found. Cold climatic variables appeared to be of greater importance than warm measures. Similarly, absolute humidity was found to be a much better predictor of nose protrusion than was relative humidity.     

Deformation of nasal septal cartilage during mastication

The cartilaginous nasal septum plays a major role in structural integrity and growth of the face, but its internal location has made physiologic study difficult. By surgically implanting transducers in 10 miniature pigs (Sus scrofa), we recorded in vivo strains generated in the nasal septum during mastication and masseter stimulation. The goals were (1) to determine whether the cartilage should be considered as a vertical strut supporting the nasal cavity and preventing its collapse, or as a damper of stresses generated during mastication and (2) to shed light on the overall pattern of snout deformation during mastication. Strains were recorded simultaneously at the septo‐ethmoid junction and nasofrontal suture during mastication. A third location in the anterior part of the cartilage was added during masseter stimulation and manipulation. Contraction of jaw closing muscles during mastication was accompanied by anteroposterior compressive strains (around ?1,000 με) in the septo‐ethmoid junction. Both the orientation and the magnitude of the strain suggest that the septum does not act as a vertical strut but may act in absorbing loads generated during mastication. The results from masseter stimulation and manipulation further suggest that the masticatory strain pattern arises from a combination of dorsal bending and/or shearing and anteroposterior compression of the snout. J. Morphol., 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.