Alcoholic Hydrochloric Acid-Carmine as a Stain for Chromosomes in Squash Preparations

A regressive bulk carmine staining schedule was adapted from a formula proposed by P. Mayer. The stain is made by boiling gently 4 gm of certified carmine in 15 ml of distilled water to which 1 ml of concentrated HC1 has been added. After cooling, 95 ml of 85% alcohol is added, and the solution filtered. Fixed tissue is soaked in the stain until thoroughly penetrated; squashes are then prepared as usual, but plain 45% acetic acid is used as the temporary mounting medium instead of aceto-carmine. The advantages of this method are: intense, precise staining of chromosomes coupled with a lightly stained cytoplasm; consistency and uniformity of results; simplicity of use.     

Luxol Fast Blue as a Stain for Mallory's Alcoholic Hyaline

Luxol fast blue MBS (du Pont), which has frequently been used as a stain for phospholipids, stains Mallory's “alcoholic” hyaline a deep purplish blue. The stain is stable and provides histological appearances far superior to other methods. It is used on paraffin sections of tissue fixed in formalin or formalin-sublimate as a 0.1% solution in 90% alcohol at 60°C for 8 hr. Differentiation is made with 0.05% Li₂CO₃ and a red counterstain applied.     

Effect of Alcoholic Intoxication on the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study

PurposeThis study investigated whether alcoholic intoxication (AI) increases the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by using a population-based database in Taiwan.MethodsThis retrospective matched-cohort study included 57 611 inpatients with new-onset AI (AI cohort) and 230 444 randomly selected controls (non-AI cohort). Each patient was monitored for 10 years to individually identify those who were subsequently diagnosed with Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) during the follow-up period. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was conducted to determine the risk of IBD in patients with AI compared with controls without AI.ResultsThe incidence rate of IBD during the 10-year follow-up period was 2.69 per 1 000 person-years and 0.49 per 1 000 person-years in the AI and non-AI cohorts, respectively. After adjustment for age, sex, and comorbidity, the AI cohort exhibited a 3.17-fold increased risk of IBD compared with the non-AI cohort (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.17, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.19–4.58). Compared with the non-AI cohort, the HRs of CD and UC were 4.40 and 2.33 for the AI cohort, respectively. After stratification for the severity of AI according to the duration of hospital stay, the adjusted HRs exhibited a significant correlation with the severity; the HRs of IBD were 1.76, 6.83, and 19.9 for patients with mild, moderate, and severe AI, respectively (p for the trend < .0001).ConclusionThe risk of IBD was higher in patients with AI and increased with the length of hospital stay.     

一个先天性眼球震颤家系致病基因的初步定位

为确定一个X染色体显性遗传先天性眼球震颤家系的致病基因与X染色体的连锁关系, 选用X染色体上的DXS1214、DXS1068、DXS993、DXS8035、DXS1047、DXS8033、DXS1192和DXS1232共8个微卫星DNA标记对该家系进行基因扫描与基因分型,并利用LINKAGE等软件包对基因分型结果进行分析,探讨该家系致病基因与X染色体的连锁关系。 两点连锁分析时X染色体短臂4个基因座最大LOD值均小于-1,不支持与该家系致病基因连锁; X染色体长臂4个基因座中最大LOD值达到2,提示存在较大的连锁可能性。该家系的致病基因可初步定位于X染色体长臂,且提示Xq26-Xq28区间附近可能是先天性眼球震颤一个共同的致病基因座,但区间范围仍较大,仍须进一步选择合适的微卫星标记进行精确的定位以缩小候选基因的筛查范围。Abstract： To investigate the relationship between X chromosome and obligatory gene of a pedigree with congenital nystagmus,we used the following markers: DXS1214、DXS1068、DXS993、DXS8035、DXS1047、DXS8033、DXS1192 and DXS1232.Genome screening and genotyping were conducted in this pedigree of congenital nystagmus, and linkage analysis by LINKAGE package was used to determine the potential location. The linkage was not found on the Xp ( All LOD score <-1) but on Xq (the maximum LOD score=2). The related gene of this pedigree was located on the long arm of X chromosome. We demonstrate that Xq26-Xq28 is a common locus for CMN. It bring us closer to the identification of a gene responsible for X-linked CMN.