我国大陆主要少数民族HLA多态性聚类分析和频率分布对中华民族起源的启示

本文是1991年11月6—13日横滨第11届国际组织相容性会议(IHWC)协作科研中我国主要少数民族(苗族、布依族、蒙古族、满族、回族、藏族、维吾尔族)和南北汉族样本HLAⅠ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ类抗原多态性分析的联合报告。聚类分析表明,苗、布依与南方汉族聚类,蒙、满、回、藏与北方汉族集群,提示中华民族包含南北两大群体。维吾尔族非常疏远地共聚于高加索人种。高加索人种起源的HLA抗原基因频率(A3、B8等)由西向东又由北向南递减。东南亚蒙古人种起源的HLA抗原基因频率(B46等)由南向北递减。HLA抗原基因频率的这种梯度分布反映我们祖先自远古史前时期以来的不断迁移和相互融合的过程。本文讨论了中华民族包含南北两大群体这一事实对于中华民族起源的启示。     

Reversal of multidrug resistance in cancer cells by Rhizoma Alismatis extract

Prolonged chemotherapy may lead to the selective proliferation of multidrug resistant (MDR) cancer cells. In MDR HepG2-DR and K562-DR cells that over-expressed P-glycoprotein (Pgp), the extract of the rhizomes of Alisma orientalis (Sam) Juzep. showed a synergistic growth inhibitory effect with cancer drugs that are Pgp substrates including actinomycin D, puromycin, paclitaxel, vinblastine and doxorubicin. At the same toxicity levels the herbal extract was more effective than verapamil, a standard Pgp inhibitor, in enhancing cellular doxorubicin accumulation and preventing the efflux of rhodamin-123 from the MDR cells. The extract restored the effect of vinblastine on the induction of G(2)/M arrest in MDR cells. Our data suggest that A. orientalis may contain components that are effective inhibitors of Pgp.