The relationship between megakaryocyte ploidy and platelet volume

The origins and biologic significance of platelet heterogeneity in general, and platelet volume heterogeneity in particular, have been controversial scientific issues during the past decade. Although it has generally been held that specific megakaryocyte properties, especially ploidy level, are important determinants of platelet volume, the precise relationship between megakaryocyte properties and platelet properties is not well defined. The physiologic processes that specifically determine the relationship between megakaryocyte ploidy and platelet volume are unclear, and understanding of these processes has been further complicated due to the multiplicity of experimental and clinical models used to study the problem. Although it is generally true that increases in megakaryocyte ploidy are associated with increases in megakaryocyte volume, it is not well established that platelet volume is also increased during normal or abnormal thrombopoiesis as a direct result of a change in the ploidy level. Reexamination of earlier studies and some recent investigations suggest that changes in platelet volume and megakaryocyte ploidy are in fact dissociated in response to experimental thrombocytopenia. Critical review of the literature concerning the relationship between megakaryocyte ploidy and platelet volume reveals a limited number of conclusions that are well substantiated and emphasizes the relative lack of understanding about the events governing the complex process of platelet production and platelet heterogeneity.     

The relationship between settled volume and displacement volume in samples of freshwater zooplankton

The results of some volume estimates of zooplankton biomassare presented. The results suggest that, with freshwater zooplankton,the relationship between settled volume and displacement volumeremains relatively constant despite seasonal variations in speciescomposition.     

The relationship between FV Leiden and pulmonary embolism

A recent review article suggested that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease that is associated more with abnormal wound healing than with inflammation. Data derived from transgenic and gene transfer rodent models suggest that lung inflammation may be a necessary but insufficient component of IPF, and that at some point in the natural history of the disease IPF becomes no longer dependent on the inflammatory response for propagation. Altered microenvironment and involvement of epithelial cell/mesenchymal cell interaction are the most likely contributors to the pathogenesis of this chronic progressive disorder.     

The relationship between plantar pressure and footprint shape

Fossil footprints preserve the only direct evidence of the external foot morphologies and gaits of extinct hominin taxa. However, their interpretation requires an understanding of the complex interaction among foot anatomy, foot function, and soft sediment mechanics. We applied an experimental approach aimed at understanding how one measure of foot function, the distribution of plantar pressure, influences footprint topography.     

内源性硫化氢体系与低O2高CO2性肺动脉高压的相关性研究

目的：研究低O2高CO2性肺动脉高压（HHPH）时大鼠肺组织内硫化氢（H2S）体系变化的改变及相关性,并探讨其机制。方法：20只SD大鼠随机分为正常对照组（C组）和低O2高CO2组（HH组）（n=10）。监测其血流动力学变化,光镜观察肺细小动脉管壁面积／管总面积比值（WA／TA）,测右心室／左心室＋室间隔（RV／LV＋SP）比值。原位缺口末端标记法（TUNEL法）观测肺细小动脉凋亡情况,并计算凋亡指数（AI）,免疫组化检测肺细小动脉Bcl-2、Bax蛋白表达。敏感硫电极法测定血浆H2S含量及肺组织匀浆胱硫醚-γ-裂解酶（CSE）活性变化。RT-PCR法测定肺组织中CSE基因表达。结果：HH组肺平均动脉压（mPAP）、WA／TA、RV／LV＋SP明显高于C组（P〈0．05或P〈0．01）。与C组相比,HH组AI显著下降（P〈0．01）,Bcl-2表达加强,Bax减弱,Bax／Bcl-2比值上升（均P〈0．01）。血浆H2S含量、肺组织匀浆CSE活性、肺组织CSE基因表达水平HH组明显低于C组（P〈0．01）。血浆H2S、肺组织CSE活性、肺组织CSE mRNA相对含量与mPAP,Bcl-2／Bax比值均呈显著负相关,与AI呈显著正相关。结论：H2S／CSE体系与低O2高CO2性肺动脉高压关系密切,HHPH时H2S／CSE体系的明显受抑,可使Bcl-2／Bax比值升高,肺动脉平滑肌细胞凋亡减少,促进肺血管重建和肺动脉高压的形成。     

The relationship between DNA value and chromosome volume in the coleopteran genus Dermestes

DNA values and chromosome volumes were determined for six species of the coleopteran genus Dermestes which have very similar karyotypes. Large differences in DNA value occur which give no indication of a geometric series. DNA value is approximately proportional to chromosome volume, indicating that the DNA differences lie in the chromosomes. Evidence from the variation in volume of the sex chromosomes, along with the DNA values, cannot be interpreted in terms of a chromosome model with a variable number of strands. DNA values are often at variance with the taxonomic grouping of species within the genus.     

The relationship between excitotoxicity and oxidative stress in the central nervous system

Excitotoxicity and oxidative stress are two phenomena that have been repeatedly described as being implicated in a wide range of disorders of the nervous system. Such disorders include several common idiopathic neurological diseases, traumatic brain injury, and the consequences of exposure to certain neurotoxic agents. While there is evidence that metabolic derangements can laed to these adverse processes, and that these processes may synergize in their damaging effects, the degree of interdependence, and the causal relation between them is not clear. The intent of this review is to delineate potential mechanisms which may unit hyperexcitation to the excessive generation of reactive oxygen species. The degree of linkage between these events appears rather strong. It is likely that excitoxicity frequency leads to a pro-oxidant condition but that high rates of generation of reactive oxygen species are not invariably accompanied by a hyperexcited neuronal state Both excitoxic and ‘oxidotoxic’ states result from the failure of normal compensatory anti excitatory and antioxidant mechanisms to maintain cellular homeostatis.     

The love-hate relationship between bacterial polysaccharides and the host immune system

This article explores the fascinating relationship between the mammalian immune system and the bacteria that are present in the mammalian gut. Every human is an ecosystem that hosts 10(13)-10(14) bacteria. We review the evidence that immunomodulatory molecules produced by commensal bacteria in the gut have a beneficial influence on the development of certain immune responses, through eliciting the clonal expansion of CD4(+) T-cell populations. This process seems to contribute to the overall health of the host by offering protection against various diseases and might provide supporting evidence at a molecular level for the 'hygiene hypothesis' of allergic immune disorders.     

The relationship between cell volume,ploidy, and functional activity in differentiating hepatocytes

Liver cells were isolated by collagenase perfusion from rats of 1 day, and 1, 3, 5, and 12 weeks of age, fractionated by velocity sedimentation at 1g (STAPUT), and the major cell types were identified in terms of specific functions. Alphafetoprotein and albumin were used as markers of differentiating hepatocytes and these functional activities were evaluated in a quantitative manner using a radio-immunoassay. The capacity of this cell type to store³⁵S-BSP, an indicator of bile formation, was also evaluated. Sinusoidal cells and hematopoietic cells were identified on the basis of their ability to take up^99mTC-colloid sulfur and to incorporate⁵⁹Fe, respectively. The fractionation procedure allowed a good separation of sinusoidal cells from hepatocytes at all postnatal ages and also of erythroid cells still present during the first week after birth. With increasing age, alphafetoprotein-producing hepatocytes exhibited changes in sedimentation velocities that parallelled those of albumin-producers. In turn, the latter hepatocyte subpopulation underwent gradual shifts in modal peak velocities similar to those of bile-forming hepatocytes. The fractionated hepatocytes obtained at different ages were further analyzed in terms of cell volume and nuclear ploidy using a Coulter counter system. This quantitative analysis obtained at the cellular level demonstrated that during the age-related differentiation of hepatocytes, which occurs during the postnatal period and results in the gradual appearance of cells of higher ploidy levels, the extent of albumin production and bile formation can be correlated with the hepatocyte volume.