Meningeal haemorrhage and congestion associated with the perinatal mortality of foals

A high frequency of meningeal lesions was found at autopsy in foals dying perinatally. Such lesions are considered an index of injury to the fetal central nervous system, from trauma and/or hypoxia during birth. Their incidence in the sample examined (26 foals) is similar to that observed in the perinatal mortality of lambs and calves.     

Leptomeningeal mycosis fungoides

Central nervous system involvement with mycosis fungoides complicated the clinical course of a patient at a time when his skin was clinically free of disease following systemic chemotherapy. A leptomeningeal syndrome of blurred vision and papilledema, and confusion progressing to coma, was associated with elevated spinal fluid pressure and abnormal spinal fluid cells morphologically similar to those seen in the Sezary syndrome. The symptoms were dramatically reversed by intrathecal methotrexate, brain irradiation, and steroids. Mycosis fungoides recurred in the skin, in the spinal fluid, and in both eyes. Despite continued systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy, the patient died from mycosis fungoides. This is the second patient reported with meningeal mycosis fungoides.     

Bilateral pulmonary hilar lymphadenopathy. An unusual manifestation of metastatic renal cell carcinoma

The significance of glucagon for the alterations in carbohydrate and fat metabolism during swimming has been evaluated. Fed, male rats were used. Blood was drawn by cardiac puncture for glucose analysis and either rabbit-antiglucagonserum (A-rats) or normal rabbitserum (N-rats) injected. Twenty-nine rats were then forced to swim (S-rats) with a tail weight for 60 min, while 16 rats were resting controls (C-rats). Subsequently blood was drawn and samples of liver and muscle tissue collected. In SN-rats glucagon concentrations increased from 152 +/- 18 (S.E.) pg/ml (CN-rats) to 332 +/- 61 (P less than 0.05), while liver glycogen decreased (P less than 0.001) and blood glucose increased (P less than 0.05). In SA-rats, however, the changes in liver glycogen and blood glucose were halved indicating that increased glucagon secretion enhances hepatic glycogen depletion during prolonged exercise. NEFA rose in SA-rats (P less than 0.005) as well as in SN-rats (P less than 0.05). Glycerol concentrations, however, only increased in SA-rats (P less than 0.05) indicating a shift towards lipid combustion in antibody treated rats. Muscle glycogen and plasma insulin diminished and blood lactate increased uniformly in exercised rats.     

Association of Sj?gren's syndrome with HLA-B8

HLA antigens were examined by microdroplet lymphocyte cytotoxicity in 31 patients with Sj?grens syndrome. Fifty percent of 22 Causcasian patients (7 of 17 females and 4 of 5 males) had HLA-B8, as compared to 21% of 1205 controls (P=0.002). The presence of HLA-B8 was not correlated with parotid salivary flow, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or focus score. Because of its association with a number of autoimmune diseases, including Sj?gren's syndrome, it is suggested that HLA-B8 is genetically liked to an immune response gene(s) that predisposes the individual to autoimmune phenomena. The expression of autoimmunity may be determined by infectious or environmental factors.     

Flaujeac factor deficiency. Reconstitution with highly purified bovine high molecular weight-kininogen and delineation of a new permeability-enhancing peptide released by plasma kallikrein from bovine high molecular weight-kininogen

Flaujeac trait is the functional deficiency of a plasma protein of the intrinsic coagulation, kinin-forming, and plasma fibrinolytic pathways. The Flaujeac factor in man has been isolated and tentatively identified as a kininogen of high molecular weight (HMW). Highly purified bovine HMW-kininogen, but not bovine low molecular weight kininogen, repaired Flaujeac factor deficiency. The two subspecies of this molecule, HMW-kininogen a and HMW-kininogen b, also corrected Flaujeac factor deficiency. When bovine HMW-kininogen was incubated with bovine plasma kallikrein, kinin-free HMW-kininogen, bradykinin, and a glycopeptide fragment (peptide 1-2; 12,584 daltons) were rapidly released. None of these fragmentation products corrected Flaujeac factor deficiency alone or in mixtures. The function of HMW-kininogen appeared to depend upon the structural integrity of the native molecule. When injected in concentrations of 2 pmol-8 nmol/0.1 ml, peptide 1-2 caused increased vascular permeability in rabbits, rats, or guinea pigs. The enhanced permeability was maximal within 1-2 min and terminated in 5-10 min, differing from that of bradykinin or histamine. Injected together in equimolar amounts, peptide 1-2 and bradykinin produced a synergistic permeability response which was immediate in onset as well as prolonged in duration. Peptide 1-2 is a rapidly acting, highly basic glyco-peptide which mediates increased vascular permeability in a complementary and synergistic manner with bradykinin.     

Response properties of single units in an association area of the kitten neocortex

Two percept-genetic methods, the Meta-Contrast Technique (MCT) and the Serial Afterimage Test (AI), were used to study adaptive aspects of perception in a group of 37 subjects suffering from manifest anxiety. The perceptual processes laid bare by these methods reflected not only anxiety but also defensive formations. MCT and AI correlated with each other in these respects and, when combined, correlated with rated symptoms. In accordance with the theory behind percept-genetic methods, anxiety signs appearing late in the test serials were more likely to correspond to manifest symptoms than signs which appeared early. The AI test scores seemed to reflect a difference between anxiety experienced as an inherent quality of life and anxiety as a foreign force struggling for dominance.     

芝麻粕蛋白酶法提取工艺优化及组分分析

为了综合利用芝麻粕资源,以芝麻粕为原料,利用硬脂酸、吐温80、十二烷基硫酸钠三种表面活性剂对其进行脱脂处理,再采用水剂法去除表面活性剂,最后利用中性蛋白酶、碱性蛋白酶和木瓜蛋白酶对芝麻粕蛋白进行水解,以芝麻粕蛋白溶出率为考察指标优选出最佳水解酶。在此基础上,通过单因素试验和正交试验对酶解工艺条件进行优化,并利用2,4-二硝基氟苯柱前衍生高效液相色谱法分析水解物成分。结果表明,吐温80脱脂效果最好,芝麻粕脱脂率达93.49%;碱性蛋白酶为最佳水解酶,其最佳酶解条件为料水比1∶10（g∶mL）、酶解温度50 ℃、加酶量0.04%、酶解时间3.0 h。在此最佳酶解条件下,芝麻粕蛋白溶出率为88.94%。水解物中含有20种氨基酸,其中8种人体必需氨基酸含量高于FAO/WHO的推荐值。     

胖大海胶对猪肉糜品质的影响

以胖大海的中层皮层吸水胀润后形成的胶状物为研究对象,研究了胖大海胶对猪肉内糜蒸煮损失、色泽、质构及感官品质的影响.结果表明:胖大海胶的加入可明显减小肉糜的蒸煮损失,提高肉制品产率,且与胖大海胶的加入量和加入方式有关,0.2％的胖大海胶溶解后加入效果最好;胖大海胶的加入对内糜色泽有一定的影响:亮度减弱,红度和黄度有所增加;质构方面,胖大海胶可减小肉糜的硬度和咀嚼性,增大其弹性,感官评价结果基本与质构测定一致.