Glycophorin A(GPA)of human erythrocyte membrane is closely related with the invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum. Under the condition of the in vitro culture, the effects of GPA, anti-GPA-IgG, ?1-acid glycoprotein, wheat germ agglutinin, etc. on the invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum were observed in the research. The results showed that the combination of GPA with Plasmodium falciparum merozoites has high specificity, high affinity and a tendency to saturation, and produces specific biological effects. These confirm for the first time from the characteristics of the ligand-receptor interaction that GPA is a recptor recognized and bound by Plasmodium falciparum merozoites.

Wheat germ agglutinin(WGA)with a higher activity of hemagglutination was purified from wheat germ by a modified method of ovomucoid-Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography.The average yield of purified WGA from 100g wheat germ acetone powder was 58.74?6.56mg. WGA showed a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with an apparent molecular weight of 34400.The specific haptens of WGA- were N-acetylglucosamine and sialic acid.

The high affinity interaction of avidin-biotin in immunoenzyrnatic techniques has provided a simple and sensitive method to localize antigens in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues.The distribution of lectin receptors in primary hepatocellular carcinoma, int-ahepatic cholangiccarcinorria an.i cavernous hemangi-oma was studied for the first time by avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) method.The results show that the method was simple, highly sensitive, and had gcod reproducibility and specificity as well as higher value of practical use.

Receptors of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) in liver tumors, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma(ICC) and so on, were histologically localized by avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) method. Normal, cirrhostic and pericarcinomatous liver tissues were used as controls. The result showed that WGA receptors in HCC were irregularly distributed, which was significantly different to the band-like distribution of WGA receptors in the controls and to the distribution in ICC. After the treatment with neuraminidase, the distributions of WGA receptors changed apparently. It is suggested that the characteristics of WGA receptor distributions in cells could be helpful to the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of liver tumors.

Ten cases of gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas were histochemically investigated for their lectin receptors by avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) method. Results showed that gastric adenocarcinomas expressed more types of lectin receptors than large bowel adenocarcinomas. Positive rates of G1c/Man-and GlcNAc-specific lectin receptors in those tumors were higher than those of Gal/GalNAc- and Fuc-specific lectin receptoes. From the stomach to rectum, the spectrum of the lectin receptors in pericarcinomatous tissues gradually changed from the gastric type to rectal type. The expression of lectin receptors in gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas was obviously different from that in their corresponding pericarcinomatous tissues. The increase and decrease of lectin receptor expression, the appearance and disappearance of some types of lectin receptors as well as the change of the receptor distribution are indirectly regulated by cellular genome.

BACKGROUND: To summarize the feature and clinical application of various injectable bone substitutes.DATA SOURCES: The computer-based research was done in Pubmed database for articles concerning various injectable bone substitutes published from January 1995 to May 2009 with the key words of "injectable bone substitute, bone injury" in titles and abstracts. Literatures of the same fields published in recent years or in authorized journals were selected.DATA SELECTION: Latest literatures addressing feature and clinical application of various injectable bone substitutes were selected; old and repetitive studies were excluded. Finally, 21 articles were included.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Feature and clinical application of various injectable bone substitutes were measured.RESULTS: Present various injectable bone substitutes contained complex hydroxyapatite bone substitutes, complex calcium sulfate bone substitutes, and complex calcium phosphate bone substitutes. Addition of bone morphogenetic protein-2 etc. in injectable bone substitute could significantly elevate bone union speed, promote osteoblastic proliferation, and overcome disadvantage of physical bone substitute to some degrees. Addition of platelet-rich plasma could promote repair effect of injectable bone substitute on bone defects, and promote differentiation of bone marrow stromal stem cells and proliferation of osteoblasts. Addition of cells could make up the insufficiency of physical materials to great degrees.CONCLUSION: The compound injectable bone substitute has a bright perspective of clinical application. Injectable bone substitutes combined with cells (especially stem cells) will be a new direction for biomaterial development in the future.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the parameters of the red blood cells and the corresponding param‐eters of mature red blood cells .Methods Blood samples of 112 healthy males and 110 healthy females were tested for these reticu‐locyte parameters by using Siemens Advia2120 hematology analyzer .Reference intervals were established .Comparisons between these reticulocyte parameters and the corresponding parameters of mature erythrocytes were drawn .Results Reference intervals for the healthy group recruited in this study were determined as follows .Females ,percentage of reticulocyte (Retic% ):0 .45% ~1 .76% ,absolute reticulocyte number(Retic#):(22~86)× 109/L ,mean corpuscular hemoglobin content of reticulocyte(CHr):30 . 1~36 .4 pg ,mean corpuscular volume of reticulocyte(MCVr):99 .5~113 .7 fL .Male ,Retic% :0 .54% ~1 .93% ,Retic# :(29~104)× 109/L ,CHr :32 .6~36 .6 pg ,MCVr :97 .6~112 .7 fL .The absolute reticulocyte of male is significantly higher than that of female;MCVr was significantly larger than mean corpuscular volume of mature erythrocytes ,which was also slightly larger in male than that in female;CHr was significantly higher than mean corpuscular hemoglobin of mature erythrocytes while mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration of large reticulocytes was lower than that of mature erythrocytes;red blood cell volume distribution width of reticulocytes was lower than that of mature erythrocytes;the hemoglobin content distribution width of mature erythrocytes has a higher uniformity compared with reticulocytes .Conclusion The reference ranges of not commonly used parameters of reticulocytes were established ,and were compared with the corresponding parameters of red blood cells .

Objective To observe the matching between the straight short femoral cephalomedullary nail (PFNA-Ⅱ) and the femoral anterior bow in Chinese patients with intertrochanteric fracture. Methods A retrospective study was performed to analyze the postoperative lateral X-rays of 158 patients with intertrochanteric fracture who had been treated by PFNA- Ⅱ between August 2009 and December 2010.They were 35 men and 123 women,with a mean age of 77.2 years.The relationships between the distal tip of the medullary nail and the anterior cortex of the femur were observed according to a self-designed 6-grade scale (grade 0:central location of the nail tip in the medullary canal; grade 1:deviated location without contact with the cortex; grade 2:contact＜ 1/3 cortex thickness; grade 3:contact ＞ 1/3, ＜ 2/3 cortex thickness; grade 4:contact ＞ 2/3 cortex thickness; grade 5:perforation; posterior deviations in grades 1 to 5 presented as minus).The theoretical distance was measured as if the anterior protrusive nail tip had been placed back to the central axis.The degree of the curvature and its corresponding radius were calculated by the geometric method. Results Of the 158 patients,the distal tip of PFNA- Ⅱ was located centrally along the axis of femur canal in 30 cases(19.0％ ),posteriorly to the central axis in 10 cases(6.3％ ),and anteriorly to the central axis in 118 cases (grades 1 to 3; 74.7％ ),of which 55 cases experienced irritation caused by the contact between the distal tip and the anterior cortex (grades 2 to 3％ ).The mean theoretical distance needed to put back the nail tip to the canal central axis was 1.42 ± 0.18 mm in the 17 cm nails,1.77 ± 0.39 mm in the 20 cm nails,and 2.46 ±0.20 mm in the 24 cm nails.Their corresponding curvature arcs were 2.51° ±2.40°,2.13° ± 1.65° and 2.09° ± 0.98°,and their curvature radii were 1483 ± 818 mm,2329 ± 1293 mm,and3710 ± 1957 mm,respectively. Conclusions There is a significant mismatch between the current short straight celphalomedullary nail (PFNA- Ⅱ) and the femoral anterior how in Chinese population.A curvature design is needed for the short cephaiomedullary nails to match the femoral anterior how of Chinese population.

Objective To investigate the X-ray characteristics of humeral spiral fracture cau sed by hand grenade throwing.Methods Forty-six soldiers suffered humera l fracture caused by grenade throwin g in military training.Their X-ray film s were evaluated and fracture featur es were measured.Results All fractures involved the mid-distal humeral shaft.The spiral fracture lines were sy mmetrical in the proximal and distal parts.The lengths of fractures were above 30mm,with 51～90mm in 31cases(67.4%).All fracture angles were less than 45?,with 40?～45?in 42cases(91.3%).The spiral arcs of fractures were 285?～326?with an average of 305.5?(0.85circle).Four cases had a butterfly fracture piece on the medial side.Conclusions Spiral fractures due to grenade thro wing mainly occur at the acceleratio n phase of throwing,and are mainly caused by the combination of torsion al and compressive forces.Humeral t hrowing fractures are characterize d by long fracture line,sharp fracture a ngle,and large spiral arc.

The deterioration of indoor air quality (IAQ) in medical district was caused by the personnel in the area, the buildings and their surroundings, and the situations of the air conditioning system. It is necessary to control the personnel entering the medical area and to strengthen the management of the buildings and their surroundings, and the air conditioning system for maintaining high IAQ. The development of new efficient air cleaning (equipment) is of importance in the same way.