[Role of Langerhans' cells against cervical human papilloma virus infection and development of cervical carcinoma]

Human papilloma virus (HPV) in the development of cervicitis and cervical carcinoma, and the role of Langerhans' cells (LC) against cervical HPV infection and development of cervical carcinoma were studied by immunohistochemistry and by DNA molecular hybridization techniques for the HPV type 6, 11, 16 and 18 DNA sequences. The total results were analysed and correlated. It was found that the positive rate of HPV type 6 and 11 in cervicitis was significantly higher than that in cervical carcinoma (P less than 0.01), and the positive rate of HPV type 16 and 18 was higher than that in cervicitis, but only the difference of HPV type 16 positive rate reaches significance level (P less than 0.01). The results also showed that the mean density of S100 + LC in cervical carcinoma specimens was significantly higher than that in cervicitis specimens (P less than 0.01). The results indicate that HPV type 6 and 11 are closely related with cervicitis, and HPV type 16 and 18 are closely related with the development of cervical carcinoma. LC plays an important role in attacking HPV infection of the cervix and the development of cervical carcinoma. The results also suggest that S100 + LC and OKT6 + LC are different subtypes of LC, and S100 + LC is an activated-subtype which plays a major role of immunosurveillance function.

[Estrogen and progesterone receptors in laryngeal carcinoma]

The existence of hormone receptors on or within neoplastic tissue has potential diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic importance. It has now been demonstrated in many reports that cancers of the breast and prostate often express hormone receptors and can be controlled by hormone manipulation. The fact that larynx is a target organ for androgenic steroids has long been known. The question of whether laryngeal carcinoma expresses hormone receptors has been a matter of interest. We adopted the fluorescent hormone conjugate method to measure the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) in 25 patients with laryngeal cancer. Our findings indicated that in 25 samples of laryngeal cancer 48% were ER positive, and 68% were PR positive. Cells of the laryngeal cancer not only contain ER and PR but also have relationship between the presence of receptors and the degree of histologic differentiation. Low differentiated cancers are inclinable to contain low level receptors. From this initial survey it appears that the hormone receptors could play an important role in the cancer of larynx. The presence of receptors in some laryngeal carcinoma implicates that these tumors are possibly hormone sensitive.

[Determination of the active constituent in Veronicastrum sibiricum (L.) Pennell]

The anti-inflammatory and analgesic constituent isoferulic acid was quantitatively analyzed by means of TLC-SM. The content is 0.09%.

Quantification of in-vitro post-antibiotic effect based on the mean recovery-time. I: Theoretical perspectives and a practical procedure

An empirical description of the post-antibiotic effect has been previously proposed on the basis of the time required for the bacterial density to increase by one log10 following antimicrobial exposure. In this study, a set of theoretical perspectives are established and the post-antibiotic effect quantitatively defined based on the mean-recovery time. The mean recovery-time can be determined by measuring the area above the growth curve of a bacterial population following antimicrobial exposure. It can be shown that the previously proposed description of the post-antibiotic effect may be regarded as a special case of the definition based on the mean-recovery. Furthermore, a practical procedure is described for the quantitation of the post-antibiotic effect from a given set of data in the form of a growth curve.

Quantification of in-vitro post-antibiotic effect based on the mean recovery-time. II: A comparison of colony counting versus photometric methods for the determination of bacterial growth

In the preceding paper, a method for the quantification of the post-antibiotic effect (PAE) has been developed based upon the mean recovery-time of an antibiotic-treated bacterial population, showing that the mean recovery-time is determined by the area above a growth curve of the bacterial population. Such an area determination of PAE implies that this method is less likely to be influenced by the early portion of a growth curve and therefore less dependent on the ability of a technique to detect a minimum bacterial density (sensitivity limit). In this study, this implication is further demonstrated in theory and through experimentation. As a result, an approach to estimation of contribution of the early portion of a growth curve to the quantitation of PAE based on the mean recovery-time is derived. The PAE of ciprofloxacin on Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 was determined under different test conditions using colony count and optical density measurements for determining bacterial growth. Differences in durations of the PAE quantitated by the mean recovery-time from the colony count measured and optical density measured growth curves were not statistically significant (P greater than 0.05).

[Karyotype analysis on bulbus Lilii]

A karyotype analysis has been made of the chromosome of five original species of Lilium. Lanceleaf Lily is the allotriploid.

[Herbalogical studies on bulbus Lilii]

A textual research has been carried out herbalogically on Bulbus Lilii, along with a pharmacological study and resources investigation. Lanceleaf Lily is regarded as the first choice of the drug.

[Application of cluster analysis of the study of commodity bulbus Lilii (I)]

Cluster analysis has been applied to the classification of various commodities of Bulbus Lilii in order to sort out the main one. The stomatic index of the commodity has been determined.

A simple method for generation of antibodies with specificity for 1,25-dihydroxyergocalciferol and 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol

A simple method for production of antisera with high affinity and selectivity for 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyergocalciferol and 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxychole-calciferol is described. 1 alpha-Hydroxy-25,26,27-trisnorcholecalciferol-24-oic acid was coupled directly to bovine serum albumin. Rabbits immunized with this conjugate rapidly produced antibodies that bound 3H-1 alpha,-25-dihydroxycholecalciferol with high affinity and demonstrated nearly equal reactivity with 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyergocalciferol and poor reactivity with 25-hydroxycholecalciferol; 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol; 25,26-dihydroxycholecalciferol; and 1 beta,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. The use of one of these antisera has led to the development of a specific assay for 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyergocalciferol and 1 alpha,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol in human serum.