BACKGROUND & AIMS: AIM:This paper reviews how the interpreter's role is described in empirically based, qualitative cross-cultural interview studies and how trustworthiness is determined. BACKGROUND:Increased immigration during the past decades has created a multiethnic society in many countries. This development poses a challenge to healthcare staff, in that they need to understand how people from different cultures experience health and illness. One way to assess immigrants' experiences is through cross-cultural interview studies, involving an interpreter. Thorough knowledge of the interpreter's role is needed in order to increase the trustworthiness of this kind of nursing research. METHOD:Literature searches were conducted from October to November 2004 using PubMed, CINAHL, Psycinfo, Sociological abstract, Your Journals@ovid, and Eric databases. Qualitative interview studies written in English and performed with an interpreter were included. The Matrix Method was used to review the literature. FINDINGS:In almost all of the 13 relevant papers found, the role of the interpreter(s) in the research process was only sparsely described. In addition, all studies except one employed different techniques to established trustworthiness. The most common techniques were prolonged engagement, member check or triangulation, the latter performed either on the data, investigators or methods. CONCLUSION:Methodological issues with respect to interpreters have received only limited attention in cross-cultural interview studies. Researchers in the field of nursing need to consider (1) the interpreter's role/involvement in the research process; (2) the interpreter's competence and the style of interpreting; (3) the interpreter's impact on the findings. This information is a prerequisite when trying to determine the trustworthiness of a cross-cultural study.

背景与目标： 目的：本文回顾了如何在基于经验的定性跨文化访谈研究中描述口译员的角色，以及如何确定信任度。
背景：过去几十年来移民的增加在许多国家创建了一个多种族的社会。这种发展对医护人员提出了挑战，因为他们需要了解来自不同文化背景的人们如何经历健康和疾病。评估移民经验的一种方法是通过跨文化访谈研究，其中包括一名口译员。为了增加这种护理研究的可信度，需要对口译员的作用有透彻的了解。
方法：从2004年10月至2004年11月使用PubMed，CINAHL，Psycinfo，Sociological abstract，Your Journals @ ovid和Eric数据库进行文献检索。包括用英语撰写并由口译员进行的定性访谈研究。矩阵法用于回顾文献。
结果：在发现的所有13篇相关论文中，几乎都很少描述口译员在研究过程中的作用。此外，除一项研究外，所有研究均采用不同的技术来建立可信度。最常见的技术是长时间的接触，成员检查或三角剖分，后者根据数据，研究人员或方法进行。
结论：关于口译员的方法论问题在跨文化访谈研究中仅受到了有限的关注。护理领域的研究人员需要考虑（1）口译员在研究过程中的角色/参与程度； （二）口译人员的能力和口译风格； （3）口译员对调查结果的影响。在尝试确定跨文化研究的可信赖性时，此信息是前提条件。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: BACKGROUND:Current genomic research methods provide researchers with enormous amounts of data. Combining data from different high-throughput research technologies commonly available in biological databases can lead to novel findings and increase research efficiency. However, combining data from different heterogeneous sources is often a very arduous task. These sources can be different microarray technology platforms, genomic databases, or experiments performed on various species. Our aim was to develop a software program that could facilitate the combining of data from heterogeneous sources, and thus allow researchers to perform genomic cross-platform/cross-species studies and to use existing experimental data for compendium studies. RESULTS:We have developed a web-based software resource, called CROPPER that uses the latest genomic information concerning different data identifiers and orthologous genes from the Ensembl database. CROPPER can be used to combine genomic data from different heterogeneous sources, allowing researchers to perform cross-platform/cross-species compendium studies without the need for complex computational tools or the requirement of setting up one's own in-house database. We also present an example of a simple cross-platform/cross-species compendium study based on publicly available Parkinson's disease data derived from different sources. CONCLUSION:CROPPER is a user-friendly and freely available web-based software resource that can be successfully used for cross-species/cross-platform compendium studies.

背景与目标： 背景：目前的基因组研究方法为研究人员提供了大量数据。结合生物学数据库中常用的不同高通量研究技术的数据，可以得出新颖的发现并提高研究效率。但是，合并来自不同异构源的数据通常是一项艰巨的任务。这些来源可以是不同的微阵列技术平台，基因组数据库或对各种物种进行的实验。我们的目标是开发一个软件程序，以方便来自不同来源的数据的合并，从而使研究人员能够进行基因组跨平台/跨物种研究，并将现有的实验数据用于纲要研究。
结果：我们开发了一个基于Web的软件资源，称为CROPPER，该资源使用有关Ensembl数据库中不同数据标识符和直系同源基因的最新基因组信息。 CROPPER可用于组合来自不同异构来源的基因组数据，从而使研究人员无需复杂的计算工具或建立自己的内部数据库即可进行跨平台/跨物种纲要研究。我们还提供了一个简单的跨平台/跨物种纲要研究的例子，该研究基于从不同来源获得的公开可用的帕金森氏病数据。
结论：CROPPER是一种用户友好且免费提供的基于Web的软件资源，可以成功地用于跨物种/跨平台纲要研究。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Previous mutagenesis studies with bacteriorhodopsin have shown that reprotonation of the Schiff's base is the rate-limiting step in the photocycle of the D96N mutant, whereas retinal re-isomerization and return of the protein to the initial state constitute the rate-limiting events in the photocycle of the L93A mutant. Thus, in the D96N mutant, decay of the M intermediate is slowed down by more than 100-fold at pH 7. In the L93A mutant, decay of the O intermediate is slowed down by 250-fold. We report here that in the L93A, D96N double mutant, decay of the M intermediate, as well as the formation and decay of the O intermediate, are slowed down dramatically. The photocycle is completed by the decay of a long-lived O intermediate, as in the L93A mutant. The decay of the M and O intermediates in the double mutant parallels the behavior seen in the single mutants over a wide temperature and pH range, arguing that the observed independence is an intrinsic property of the mutant. The slow decay of the M and O intermediates can be selectively and independently reversed under conditions identical to those used for the corresponding intermediates in the D96N and L93A single mutants. Because the effects of the two individual mutations are preserved in the double mutant and can be independently reversed, we conclude that residues Asp 96 and Leu 93 act independently and at different stages of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. These results also show that formation of the O intermediate only requires protonation of the Schiff's base and is independent of the protonation of Asp 96 from the aqueous medium.

背景与目标： 先前使用细菌视紫红质的诱变研究表明，席夫氏碱的质子化是D96N突变体光循环中的限速步骤，而视网膜重新异构化和蛋白质返回初始状态构成了光循环中的限速事件L93A突变体的序列。因此，在D96N突变体中，在pH 7时，M中间体的衰减减慢了100倍以上。在L93A突变体中，O中间体的衰减减慢了250倍。我们在这里报告说，在L93A，D96N双突变体中，M中间物的衰减以及O中间物的形成和衰减都大大减慢了。像L93A突变体一样，光循环是通过长寿命的O中间体的降解来完成的。双重突变体中M和O中间体的衰变与单个突变体在较宽的温度和pH范围内观察到的行为相似，认为观察到的独立性是突变体的固有特性。 M和O中间体的缓慢衰变可以在与D96N和L93A单突变体中相应中间体相同的条件下有选择地独立逆转。因为两个突变体的作用保留在双突变体中并且可以独立逆转，所以我们得出结论，残基Asp 96和Leu 93分别在细菌视紫红质光循环的不同阶段起作用。这些结果还表明，O中间体的形成仅需要席夫碱的质子化，而与来自水性介质的Asp 96的质子化无关。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: PURPOSE:To determine the clinical importance and relative value of reinterpreting brain CT imaging studies by subspecialty experts regarding changes in clinical management. METHODS:Computerized records were queried at two institutions during the years 2002-2003 for both primary interpretation by board-certified nonneuroradiologists and secondary interpretation by three neuroradiologists. A total of 1,081 cases were reviewed. Each case was initially interpreted as an emergent or urgent study. The reinterpreted studies were scored as concordant or discordant by the subspecialty experts. The discordant studies were then categorized as a "major discordance" if there was a change in clinical management, or as a "minor discordance" if there was no impact or change in clinical management. RESULTS:Of the 1,081 studies reviewed, 14 studies were identified as discordant (1.3%). Of those discordant studies, four were categorized as major discrepancies necessitating a change in clinical management (0.4 %). Ten were categorized as minor discrepancies (0.9%). There were no permanent adverse outcomes with respect to morbidity and mortality as a result of any discrepancy. CONCLUSION:The vast majority of interpreted head CT cases read by board-certified general radiologists do not result in discordant interpretations as verified by subspecialty experts. Discordant interpretations did not result in changes in clinical management in most cases. Double reading of head CTs by subspecialty experts appears to be an inefficient method of substantially improving imaging health quality outcomes.

背景与目标： 目的：确定亚专业专家对临床管理变化进行重新解释的脑部CT成像研究的临床重要性和相对价值。
方法：在2002年至2003年期间，在两家机构中查询了计算机记录，以获取由董事会认证的非神经放射科医生进行的主要解释，以及由三位神经放射科医生进行的次要解释。总共审查了1,081例。最初，每个案例都被解释为紧急研究。重新解释的研究被专业专家评定为一致或不一致。如果临床管理发生变化，则将不一致的研究分类为“重大不一致”，如果临床管理没有影响或发生变化，则将其分类为“较小不一致”。
结果：在所审查的1,081项研究中，有14项研究被确定为不一致（1.3％）。在这些不一致的研究中，有四项被归类为需要改变临床管理的主要差异（0.4％）。十个分类为轻微差异（0.9％）。任何差异都不会在发病率和死亡率方面带来永久性的不良后果。
结论：经董事会认证的一般放射科医生阅读的绝大多数解释性头部CT病例，经专科专家验证，并不会导致不一致的解释。在大多数情况下，不一致的解释并不会导致临床管理的改变。专科专家对头颅CT进行双重读取似乎是一种实质上改善影像健康质量结果的无效方法。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :In the present pilot study, the feasibility of a site-of-care cervicovaginal self-sampling methodology for HPV-based screening was tested in 346 women residing in underserved rural areas of Northern Greece. These women provided self-collected cervicovaginal sample along with a study questionnaire. Following molecular testing, using the cobas® HPV Test, Roche®, HPV positive women, were referred to colposcopy and upon abnormal findings, to biopsy and treatment. Participation rate was 100%. Regular pap-test examination was reported for 17.1%. Among hrHPV testing, 11.9% were positive and colposcopy/biopsy revealed 2 CIN3 cases. Non-compliance was the most prevalent reason for no previous attendance. Most women reported non-difficulty and non-discomfort in self-sampling (77.6% and 82.4%, respectively). They would choose self-sampling over clinician-sampling (86.2%), and should self-sampling being available, they would test themselves more regularly (92.3%). In conclusion, self-sampling is feasible and well-accepted for HPV-based screening, and could increase population coverage in underserved areas, helping towards successful prevention.

背景与目标： ：在本项初步研究中，对希腊北部农村地区服务水平低下的346名妇女进行了基于宫颈癌阴道自我采样方法的HPV筛查的可行性的测试。这些妇女提供了自己收集的宫颈阴道样本以及研究问卷。在进行分子测试后，使用cobas®HPV测试，将Roche®，HPV阳性女性进行阴道镜检查，并在发现异常后进行活检和治疗。参与率为100％。定期进行巴氏试验检查的报道为17.1％。在hrHPV测试中，有11.9％呈阳性，阴道镜检查/活检显示有2例CIN3病例。不遵守是没有参加会议的最普遍原因。大多数妇女在自我抽样中报告没有困难和不舒服（分别为77.6％和82.4％）。他们将选择自采样而不是临床医生采样（86.2％），并且如果可以使用自采样，他们将更定期地进行自我测试（92.3％）。总之，对于基于HPV的筛查，自我抽样是可行的并且被广泛接受，并且可以扩大服务不足地区的人口覆盖率，有助于成功进行预防。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Extensive laboratory testing is often performed in the emergency department evaluation of the new-onset seizure patient. To determine the utility of such testing, a prospective study of patients with a new-onset seizure presenting to the ED of an inner-city, university-affiliated teaching hospital was done. One hundred thirty-six patients were entered into the study between October 1984 and January 1988. All patients had uniform data collection performed. Pertinent historical information and physical examination findings were recorded on a standardized form before laboratory abnormality was a sole or contributory cause of the seizure disorder. These included four patients with hypoglycemia, four with hyperglycemia, two with hypocalcemia, and one with hypomagnesemia. Only two cases (hypoglycemia) were not suspected on the basis of findings on the history or physical examination. In ED patients, the incidence of a new-onset seizure due to a correctable metabolic disturbance is low. We conclude that, with the exception of the serum glucose, the extensive ED laboratory workup often done for the evaluation of a new-onset seizure is unnecessary. Further test ordering should be directed by the medical history and physical examination.

背景与目标： ：急诊科通常会对新发作的癫痫患者进行广泛的实验室检查。为了确定此类测试的实用性，对在市内大学附属教学医院急诊室就诊的新发癫痫患者进行了一项前瞻性研究。在1984年10月至1988年1月之间，共有136例患者进入研究。所有患者均进行了统一的数据收集。在实验室异常是癫痫发作的唯一或共同原因之前，以标准化的形式记录相关的历史信息和体格检查结果。这些患者包括四名低血糖患者，四名高血糖患者，两名低钙血症患者和一名低镁血症患者。根据病史或体格检查的结果，仅怀疑2例（低血糖）。在ED患者中，由于可纠正的代谢紊乱引起的新发作癫痫发作的发生率较低。我们得出的结论是，除血清葡萄糖外，不必要进行广泛的ED实验室检查以评估新发癫痫发作。进一步的测试顺序应由病史和体格检查指示。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: AIM:To report the patterns and sites of 18-FDG uptake in patients of presumed ocular tuberculosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The clinical and investigational findings of 11 patients were reviewed retrospectively. These included 6 males and 5 females with a mean age of 46.2 years. 21 eyes were included in the data analysis. Clinical presentations include 15 eyes with anterior uveitis, 2 eyes with retinal vasculitis, 2 eyes with panuveitis and 2 eyes with multifocal choroidopathy. RESULTS:Two distinct patterns of systemic uptake emerged. Pattern 1: No detectable systemic uptake (4 patients). Pattern 2: Detectable systemic uptake. a. Chest disease only (2 patients). b. Disseminated pattern, uptake seen at multiple sites (4 patients). c. Extrapulmonary only (1 patient). CONCLUSIONS:Ocular tuberculosis may often be part of a wider disseminated disease.

背景与目标： 目的：报告推测的眼结核患者摄取18-FDG的方式和部位。
材料与方法：回顾性分析11例患者的临床和研究结果。其中包括6名男性和5名女性，平均年龄为46.2岁。数据分析包括21只眼睛。临床表现包括前葡萄膜炎15眼，视网膜血管炎2眼，胰腺炎2眼和多灶性脉络膜病变2眼。
结果：出现了两种不同的全身吸收模式。模式1：未检测到全身吸收（4例患者）。模式2：可检测到的全身吸收。一种。仅胸部疾病（2例）。 b。分布模式，在多个部位可见吸收（4例）。 C。仅肺外（1例患者）。
结论：眼结核通常可能是更广泛传播的疾病的一部分。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :T cell regulation of the generation of thyroglobulin plaque-forming cells (Tg PFC) and protein A plaque-forming cells (Prot A PFC) was investigated using lymphocytes from patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. T and B cell mixed cultures (T-B MC) were carried out without mitogenic or antigenic stimulation to identify physiological T cell effects in the system. Tg PFC were found in 8 (44%) of 18 patients who had high titers of thyroglobulin antibody in their sera. Tg-specific and nonspecific immunoregulation by T cells from patients and normal subjects was studied using B cells from these eight patients in the T-B MC system. Remarkably lower values of Tg PFC induction compared to Prot A PFC induction were found after T cell addition. Normal T cells inhibited Tg PFC induction, but patient T cells did not, while the same extent of helper effects were found on Prot A PFC induction by the addition of patient and normal T cells. Irradiation (1500 rads) of T cells from patients and normal subjects significantly enhanced both TgPFC and Prot A PFC induction. Thus, Tg-specific suppressor T cells are present in all normal subjects as part of the radiosensitive suppressor T cell subset. The increase in Tg-PFC caused by irradiation-induced inhibition of Tg-specific suppressor T cell function was significantly greater in normal subjects than in patients. Histamine type 2 receptor-bearing T cells inhibited Prot A PFC induction, but not Tg PFC induction, in the autologous T-B MC system. No Tg PFC were induced from normal B cells in any combination with untreated T cells, irradiated T cells, or histamine type 2 receptor-negative T cells from patients or normal subjects. These data indicate that in vitro Tg-specific T cell regulation can be studied in the T-B MC system by using B cells from patients with autoimmune thyroid disease with high Tg antibody titers in their sera. Tg-specific suppressor T cells appear to be present in all individuals and to be involved in the regulation of Tg antibody production. The lower activity of Tg-specific suppressor T cells in patients compared to that in normal subjects may be related to Tg antibody production in vivo. This abnormality, however, is heterogeneous and is not a complete but, rather, is a relative defect of Tg-specific suppressor T cells.

背景与目标： ：使用自身免疫性甲状腺疾病患者的淋巴细胞研究了甲状腺球蛋白斑块形成细胞（Tg PFC）和蛋白A斑块形成细胞（Prot A PFC）生成的T细胞调节。在无有丝分裂或抗原刺激的情况下进行T细胞和B细胞混合培养（T-B MC），以鉴定系统中的生理性T细胞效应。在血清中滴度高的甲状腺球蛋白抗体的18例患者中，有8例（44％）发现了Tg PFC。使用来自这八名患者的B细胞在T-B MC系统中研究了来自患者和正常受试者的T细胞的Tg特异性和非特异性免疫调节。在添加T细胞后，发现Tg PFC诱导的值比Prot A PFC诱导的低得多。正常T细胞抑制Tg PFC诱导，但对患者T细胞没有抑制作用，而通过添加患者和正常T细胞对Prot A PFC诱导发现了相同程度的辅助作用。患者和正常受试者的T细胞辐射（1500 rads）显着增强了TgPFC和Prot A PFC的诱导作用。因此，Tg特异性抑制T细胞作为放射抑制性T细胞亚群的一部分存在于所有正常受试者中。由辐射诱导的Tg特异性抑制T细胞功能的抑制引起的Tg-PFC的增加在正常受试者中比在患者中显着更大。在自体T-B MC系统中，带有组胺2型受体的T细胞抑制Prot A PFC诱导，但不抑制Tg PFC诱导。正常B细胞​​与未经治疗的T细胞，经辐照的T细胞或来自患者或正常受试者的组胺2型受体阴性T细胞的任何组合均未诱导Tg PFC。这些数据表明，可以通过使用来自自身免疫性甲状腺疾病患者血清中Tg抗体滴度高的患者的B细胞，在T-B MC系统中研究体外Tg特异性T细胞调节。 Tg特异性抑制性T细胞似乎存在于所有个体中，并参与Tg抗体产生的调节。与正常受试者相比，患者中Tg特异性抑制性T细胞的活性较低可能与体内Tg抗体的产生有关。然而，这种异常是异质的，不是完全的，而是Tg特异性抑制性T细胞的相对缺陷。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: BACKGROUND:There are a growing number of observational studies that do not only focus on single biomarkers for predicting an outcome event, but address questions in a multivariable setting. For example, when quantifying the added value of new biomarkers in addition to established risk factors, the aim might be to rank several new markers with respect to their prediction performance. This makes it important to consider the marker correlation structure for planning such a study. Because of the complexity, a simulation approach may be required to adequately assess sample size or other aspects, such as the choice of a performance measure. METHODS:In a simulation study based on real data, we investigated how to generate covariates with realistic distributions and what generating model should be used for the outcome, aiming to determine the least amount of information and complexity needed to obtain realistic results. As a basis for the simulation a large epidemiological cohort study, the Gutenberg Health Study was used. The added value of markers was quantified and ranked in subsampling data sets of this population data, and simulation approaches were judged by the quality of the ranking. One of the evaluated approaches, the random forest, requires original data at the individual level. Therefore, also the effect of the size of a pilot study for random forest based simulation was investigated. RESULTS:We found that simple logistic regression models failed to adequately generate realistic data, even with extensions such as interaction terms or non-linear effects. The random forest approach was seen to be more appropriate for simulation of complex data structures. Pilot studies starting at about 250 observations were seen to provide a reasonable level of information for this approach. CONCLUSIONS:We advise to avoid oversimplified regression models for simulation, in particular when focusing on multivariable research questions. More generally, a simulation should be based on real data for adequately reflecting complex observational data structures, such as found in epidemiological cohort studies.

背景与目标： 背景技术：越来越多的观察性研究不仅专注于单个生物标志物来预测结果事件，而且在多变量环境中解决问题。例如，当量化除已建立的风险因素外的新生物标记物的附加值时，目标可能是就其预测性能对几种新标记物进行排名。因此，重要的是要考虑标记物相关结构以进行此类研究。由于其复杂性，可能需要一种仿真方法来充分评估样本大小或其他方面，例如性能指标的选择。
方法：在基于真实数据的模拟研究中，我们调查了如何生成具有实际分布的协变量，以及应使用哪种生成模型进行结果计算，旨在确定获得实际结果所需的最少信息量和复杂度。大型流行病学队列研究作为模拟的基础，使用了古腾堡健康研究。对标记的增加值进行量化，并在该总体数据的子采样数据集中进行排名，并根据排名的质量来判断模拟方法。评估方法之一是随机森林，它需要各个级别的原始数据。因此，还研究了基于随机森林的模拟试验研究规模的影响。
结果：我们发现简单的逻辑回归模型无法充分生成现实数据，即使具有交互项或非线性效应等扩展。人们认为，随机森林方法更适合于复杂数据结构的仿真。从大约250个观察值开始的试点研究被认为为该方法提供了合理水平的信息。
结论：我们建议避免过度简化的回归模型进行仿真，尤其是在关注多变量研究问题时。更一般而言，模拟应基于真实数据，以充分反映复杂的观察数据结构，例如流行病学队列研究中发现的结构。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Context:Vitamin D deficiency patients have an increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and carotid plaques are markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and predictors of CV events. Objective:To perform a meta-analysis of studies evaluating the impact of Vitamin D deficiency on common carotid artery IMT (CCA-IMT) and on the prevalence of carotid plaques. Data Sources:Studies were systematically searched in the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and EMBASE databases. Results:Twenty-one studies (3,777 Vitamin D deficiency patients and 4,792 controls) with data on CCA-IMT and 6 studies (1,889 Vitamin D deficiency patients and 2,883 controls) on the prevalence of carotid plaques were included. Compared to controls, Vitamin D deficiency patients showed a significantly higher CCA-IMT (mean difference [MD]: 0.043 mm; 95%CI: 0.030, 0.056; P<0.001), and an increased prevalence of carotid plaques (Odds Ratio [OR]: 2.29, 95%CI: 1.03-5.11; P=0.043) with an attributable risk of 35.9%. When selecting studies specifically including patients with diabetes, the prevalence of carotid plaques in Vitamin D deficiency patients than in controls resulted higher (OR: 3.27; 95%CI: 1,62-6.62; P=0.001). A significant difference in CCA-IMT was confirmed when comparing patients with Vitamin D insufficiency to controls (MD: 0.011; 95%CI: 0.010-0.012, P<0.001). Sensitivity analyses substantially confirmed results and regression models showed that with the exception of LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, all the other clinical and demographic co-variates significantly impacted on the difference in CCA-IMT between Vitamin D deficiency patients and controls. Conclusions:Both Vitamin D deficiency and Vitamin D insufficiency are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis, potentially suggesting an increased CV risk in these clinical settings.

背景与目标： 背景：维生素D缺乏症患者的心血管（CV）发病率和死亡率增加。颈动脉内膜中层厚度（IMT）和颈动脉斑块是亚临床动脉粥样硬化的标志物和CV事件的预测因子。
目的：进行荟萃分析，评估维生素D缺乏对颈总动脉IMT（CCA-IMT）和颈动脉斑块患病率的影响。
数据来源：在PubMed，Web of Science，Scopus和EMBASE数据库中系统地搜索了研究。
结果：包括21项研究（3,777例维生素D缺乏症患者和4,792例对照者）的CCA-IMT数据和6项研究（1,889例D维生素D缺乏症患者和2,883例对照者）的颈动脉斑块患病率。与对照组相比，维生素D缺乏症患者的CCA-IMT显着更高（平均差异[MD]：0.043毫米； 95％CI：0.030，0.056； P <0.001），并且颈动脉斑块的患病率增加（几率[OR] ]：2.29，95％CI：1.03-5.11； P = 0.043），归因风险为35.9％。在选择专门针对糖尿病患者的研究时，维生素D缺乏症患者的颈动脉斑块患病率高于对照组（OR：3.27； 95％CI：1,62-6.62； P = 0.001）。当将维生素D功能不足的患者与对照组进行比较时，证实了CCA-IMT的显着差异（MD：0.011； 95％CI：0.010-0.012，P <0.001）。敏感性分析基本证实了结果，回归模型显示，除了低密度脂蛋白胆固醇，高密度脂蛋白胆固醇，甘油三酸酯和高胆固醇血症的患病率外，所有其他临床和人口统计学共同变量均显着影响维生素D之间CCA-IMT的差异缺乏患者和对照。
结论：维生素D缺乏症和维生素D缺乏症均与亚临床动脉粥样硬化有关，可能提示在这些临床情况下CV风险增加。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Menyanthes trifoliata L. is used in Swedish traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the kidney, e.g. glomerulonephritis. Earlier studies have shown that MtL increases glomerular filtration rate after renal reperfusion ischemia. This activity was suggested to be PAF-inhibitory since MtL also inhibited PAF-induced exocytosis in vitro on human neutrophils (IC(50) = 0.16 mg/ml). The present study further characterizes the anti-inflammatory properties of a rhizome decoction of this plant. MtL inhibited carrageenan-induced rat paw edema (ID(50) ≈ 1.7 g/kg p.o.) and ethyl phenylpropiolate-induced rat ear edema (32% at 2.0 g/kg p.o.) in a dose-dependent manner. Further studies revealed that MtL inhibited both fMLP-induced exocytosis (IC(50) = 0.16 mg/ml) and elastase activity (IC(50) = 0.16 mg/ml). According to these results it is likely that the activity shown in the PAF-test is at least partly due to an inhibition of elastase. MtL showed only minor hemolytic properties at the concentrations used in the PAF- and fMLP-tests, suggesting that the cells in these tests are undamaged. The decoction also inhibited the biosynthesis of LTB(4) (IC(50) ≈ 0.73 mg/ml) and prostaglandins (IC(50) = 0.37 mg/ml) in vitro in a concentration-dependent way. However, at concentrations where the decoction is active in the LTB(4)-test, it also possesses hemolytic properties.

背景与目标： ：Menyanthes trifoliata L.在瑞典传统医学中用于治疗肾脏的炎症性疾病，例如肾小球肾炎。较早的研究表明，肾脏缺血再灌注后MtL可提高肾小球滤过率。该活性被认为是抑制PAF的，因为MtL还可以在体外抑制人嗜中性粒细胞的PAF诱导的胞吐作用（IC（50）= 0.16 mg / ml）。本研究进一步表征了该植物的根茎煎剂的抗炎特性。 MtL以剂量依赖性方式抑制角叉菜胶诱导的大鼠爪水肿（ID（50）≈1.7 g / kg p.o.）和苯丙酸乙酯诱导的大鼠耳水肿（2.0 g / kg p.o.时32％）。进一步的研究表明，MtL抑制fMLP诱导的胞吐作用（IC（50）= 0.16 mg / ml）和弹性蛋白酶活性（IC（50）= 0.16 mg / ml）。根据这些结果，PAF-测试中显示的活性可能至少部分是由于弹性蛋白酶的抑制。在PAF和fMLP测试中使用的浓度下，MtL仅显示出较小的溶血特性，表明这些测试中的细胞未受损。该汤还以浓度依赖的方式抑制了LTB（4）（IC（50）≈0.73 mg / ml）和前列腺素（IC（50）= 0.37 mg / ml）的生物合成。但是，在LTB（4）测试中该汤具有活性的浓度下，它也具有溶血作用。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :The cornea and the skin are both organs that provide the outer barrier of the body. Both tissues have developed intrinsic mechanisms that protect the organism from a wide range of external threats, but at the same time also enable rapid restoration of tissue integrity and organ-specific function. The easy accessibility makes the skin an attractive model system to study tissue damage and repair. Findings from skin research have contributed to unravelling novel fundamental principles in regenerative biology and the repair of other epithelial-mesenchymal tissues, such as the cornea. Following barrier disruption, the influx of inflammatory cells, myofibroblast differentiation, extracellular matrix synthesis and scar formation present parallel repair mechanisms in cornea and skin wound healing. Yet, capillary sprouting, while pivotal in proper skin wound healing, is a process that is rather associated with pathological repair of the cornea. Understanding the parallels and differences of the cellular and molecular networks that coordinate the wound healing response in skin and cornea are likely of mutual importance for both organs with regard to the development of regenerative therapies and understanding of the disease pathologies that affect epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Here, we review the principal events in corneal wound healing and the mechanisms to restore corneal transparency and barrier function. We also refer to skin repair mechanisms and their potential implications for regenerative processes in the cornea.

背景与目标： ：角膜和皮肤都是提供身体外部屏障的器官。两种组织都已开发出内在机制，可以保护生物体免受各种外部威胁的侵害，但同时也可以快速恢复组织的完整性和器官特异性功能。易于访问使皮肤成为研究组织损伤和修复的有吸引力的模型系统。皮肤研究的发现有助于揭示再生生物学的新基本原理，并修复了其他上皮-间质组织，例如角膜。屏障破坏后，炎症细胞的涌入，成肌纤维细胞的分化，细胞外基质的合成和疤痕的形成在角膜和皮肤伤口愈合中呈现出平行的修复机制。然而，毛细血管发芽虽然在适当的皮肤伤口愈合中起关键作用，但它是与角膜的病理修复相关的过程。对于再生疗法的发展以及对影响上皮-间质相互作用的疾病病理学的理解，了解协调皮肤和角膜伤口愈合反应的细胞和分子网络的相似性和差异性可能对两个器官都具有共同的重要性。在这里，我们回顾了角膜伤口愈合中的主要事件以及恢复角膜透明性和屏障功能的机制。我们还提到皮肤修复机制及其对角膜再生过程的潜在影响。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :We have used a high-resolution small angle X-ray scattering system, together with a high-performance CCD camera, on the BioCAT beamline at the APS synchrotron radiation facility at the Argonne National Laboratory, to study X-ray interference effects in the meridional reflections generated by the arrays of myosin crossbridges in contracting muscle. These give information about axial movements of the myosin heads during contraction with sub-nanometer resolution. Using whole intact muscle preparations (frog sartorius) we have been able to record the detailed behavior of M3 (the first order meridional reflection from the myosin crossbridges, at 14.56 nm) at each of a number of quick releases of increasing magnitude, on the same specimen, and at the same time make similar measurements on higher order myosin meridional reflections, particularly M6. The latter provides information about the dispersion of lever arm angles of the actin-attached myosin heads. The observations show that in isometric contraction the lever arm angles are dispersed through +/- 20-25 degrees on either side of a mean orientation that is about 60 degrees away from their orientation at the end of the working stroke: and that they move towards that orientation in synchronized fashion, with constant dispersion, during quick releases. The relationship between the shift in the interference fringes (which measures the shift of the myosin heads scattering mass towards the center of the sarcomere, and the changes in the total intensity of the reflections, which measures the changes in the axial profile of the heads, is consistent with the tilting lever arm mechanism of muscle contraction. Significant fixed contributions to the meridional reflections come from unattached myosin heads and from backbone components of the myosin filaments, and the interaction of these with the contributions from actin-attached myosin heads determines the behavior of these reflections.

背景与目标： ：我们在Argonne国家实验室的APS同步加速器辐射设施的BioCAT光束线上使用了高分辨率小角度X射线散射系统以及高性能CCD相机，研究了X射线干扰效应。收缩肌中肌球蛋白横桥阵列产生的子午反射。这些以亚纳米分辨率给出有关收缩期间肌球蛋白头的轴向运动的信息。使用完整的完整肌肉制备物（青蛙sartorius），我们能够在相同的数量的多个快速释放中，分别记录M3的详细行为（来自肌球蛋白交叉桥的一阶子午反射，在14.56 nm处）。标本，同时对高阶肌球蛋白子午线反射（特别是M6）进行类似的测量。后者提供了有关附有肌动蛋白的肌球蛋白头的杠杆臂角度分散的信息。观察结果表明，在等距收缩中，杠杆臂角度在平均方向的任一侧上通过20-25度分散，该平均方向与工作行程结束时的方向相差约60度：并且它们朝着该方向移动在快速释放过程中，以同步的方式进行定向，并具有恒定的分散性。干涉条纹的偏移（用于测量肌球蛋白头部散射质量向肌小节中心的偏移）与反射总强度的变化（用于测量头部的轴向轮廓的变化）之间的关系，与倾斜杠杆臂的肌肉收缩机制相一致，对子午反射的重要固定贡献来自未附着的肌球蛋白头部和肌球蛋白丝的骨架成分，这些相互作用与肌动蛋白附着的肌球蛋白头部的相互作用决定了行为这些思考。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Affinity maturation of antibodies during the course of an adaptive immune response requires germinal centre (GC) formation within B-cell follicles. Much of the current understanding of GC function has been derived from histology, but these static views have left unresolved many questions about cell movement in GCs. In this Progress article, we describe how several recent studies using time-resolved multiphoton microscopy to track GC B-cell movement within lymph nodes have shed light on the processes that influence GC B-cell dynamics.

背景与目标： 在适应性免疫反应过程中，抗体的亲和力成熟需要B细胞卵泡内生发中心（GC）的形成。当前对GC功能的大多数了解都来自组织学，但是这些静态视图尚未解决许多有关GC中细胞运动的问题。在这篇“进步”文章中，我们描述了最近几项使用时间分辨多光子显微镜跟踪淋巴结内GC B细胞运动的研究如何阐明了影响GC B细胞动力学的过程。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) is a neurological condition characterized by the occurrence of spontaneous recurrent seizures originating from mesial structures involving the hippocampus within the temporal lobe. This condition is often associated with pathological features in the hippocampus such as neuronal cell loss, widening of the granule cell layer, astrogliosis and mossy fibre spouting. At present, the mechanisms underlying these pathological features are unclear. However, recent advances in adult neurogenesis studies in mTLE animals and patients suggest that newly generated neurons may contribute to the pathogenesis of ongoing epileptogenesis. This article will review the recent animal and human studies on adult neurogenesis in mTLE and discuss how these results suggests that adult endogenous neurogenesis may not always be reparative in the mTLE and may be targeted in new therapeutic strategies for mTLE.

背景与目标： ：颞中叶癫痫（mTLE）是一种神经系统疾病，其特征是发生自发性复发性癫痫发作，这种发作是由颞叶内涉及海马体的中枢结构引起的。这种情况通常与海马的病理特征有关，例如神经元细胞丢失，颗粒细胞层变宽，星形胶质细胞增多和苔藓纤维喷出。目前，尚不清楚这些病理特征的潜在机制。但是，mTLE动物和患者的成人神经发生研究的最新进展表明，新产生的神经元可能与正在进行的癫痫发生的发病机理有关。本文将回顾有关mTLE中成人神经发生的最新动物和人类研究，并讨论这些结果如何表明成人内源性神经发生在mTLE中可能并不总是可修复的，并且可能成为mTLE新治疗策略的目标。