周期节律与肿瘤关系的分子机理

周期节律是由内在时钟系统介导的多重生物过程的周期循环.周期节律系统是由位于大脑的视神经交叉上核的中央时钟系统和位于外周的几乎存在于所有细胞的外周时钟系统组成的.中央时钟与外周时钟都能够对生物体的生理过程进行调控,如激素的分泌、能量代谢、细胞增殖、DNA损伤修复等.而周期节律基因的表达失调,对其下游靶基因包括细胞周期相关基因的表达,以及细胞抗凋亡能力等产生重要的影响.而这一结果会导致细胞增殖加速及基因组不稳定,并可能促进肿瘤的发生.许多实验证据表明,肿瘤是一种节律相关的生理失调,在许多肿瘤中都发现周期节律遭到破坏,如乳腺癌、前列腺癌、子宫内膜癌等.本文将从周期节律对细胞周期进程及对细胞DNA损伤修复的影响来讨论分子水平上细胞的周期节律与肿瘤发生发展的关系.     

Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration

There has been a rapidly developing literature on the effects of some of the major drivers of global change on carbon (C) sequestration, particularly carbon dioxide (CO₂) enrichment, land use change, nitrogen (N) deposition and climate change. However, remarkably little attention has been given to one major global change driver, namely biological invasions. This is despite growing evidence that invasive species can dramatically alter a range of aboveground and belowground ecosystem processes, including those that affect C sequestration. In this review, we assess the evidence for the impacts of biological invaders on forest C stocks and C sequestration by biological invaders. We first present case studies that highlight a range of invader impacts on C sequestration in forest ecosystems, and draw on examples that involve invasive primary producers, decomposers, herbivores, plant pathogens, mutualists and predators. We then develop a conceptual framework for assessing the effects of invasive species on C sequestration impacts more generally, by identifying the features of biological invaders and invaded ecosystems that are thought to most strongly regulate C in forests. Finally we assess the implications of managing invasive species on C sequestration. An important principle that emerges from this review is that the direct effects of invaders on forest C are often smaller and shorter‐term than their indirect effects caused by altered nutrient availability, primary productivity or species composition, all of which regulate long‐term C pools and fluxes. This review provides a conceptual basis for improving our general understanding of biological invaders on ecosystem C, but also points to a paucity of primary data that are needed to determine the quantitative effects of invaders on ecosystem processes that drive C sequestration.     

阳江市健康人群乙型肝炎血清流行病学调查

目的了解阳江市健康人群乙型肝炎表面抗体(抗-HBs)水平,评价乙型肝炎疫苗免疫效果。方法采用整群随机抽样方法,在阳江市辖区内随机抽取20个乡镇的常住健康人群为调查对象。采用电化学发光免疫法定量检测抗-HBs水平,运用SPSS18.0和Excel 2007软件进行数据整理和分析。结果共采集1 054人份血清进行检测,人群中乙肝疫苗接种率为94.88%,抗-HBs阳性率为63.47%、抗-HBs高应答率及GMT分别为29.51%和2 3.47 m IU/m L。乙肝疫苗接种率显示,随着年龄的增长疫苗接种率越低;20岁以下和20岁以上人群疫苗接种率分别为98.35%和54.22%,且男性高于女性;各地区间疫苗接种率差异无统计学意义(χ2=5.99,P=0.11)。抗-HBs阳性率显示,1~14岁儿童抗-HBs阳性率为63.00%。其中,1~岁组儿童最高为87.20%,7~岁组最低为54.56%;江城区抗-HBs阳性率最高(70.61%),阳西县最低(56.60%)。1岁以下儿童的抗-HBs应答率和GMT均最高,分别为61.22%和(91.56±2.15)m IU/m L。5~岁组最低,分别为13.74%和(12.44±1.46)m IU/m L,差异均有显著的统计学意义(χ2=57.31,P=0.00,F=5.77,P=0.00)。结论阳江市健康人群乙肝疫苗接种率高,初步形成免疫屏障。积极开展20岁以下人群的加强免疫和成人的乙肝疫苗的接种工作。     

免疫耐受的形成机制

免疫系统如何识别“自己”和“非己”,这是免疫学理论的核心问题。由于在胚胎期自身反应性细胞克隆被排斥,即形成对自身抗原的耐受;但对外源性“非己”成分能产生免疫应答予以清除,此即免疫系统识别“自己”和“非己”的机制。近年来研究证实外周成熟淋巴细胞中存在着自身反应性T细胞,但处于功能失活状态;谓之外周耐受。目前已明确免疫耐受的形成涉及多种机制的参与,包括免疫细胞的相互作用、免疫细胞的分子识别、信号传递、基因表达等不同层次的调节。对免疫耐受机理的研究可为阐明免疫应答及免疫调节的机制提供依据,必将推动免疫学基础理论研究的发展。