单克隆抗体连接表阿霉素导向治疗乳腺癌的体外基础研究

本文报道了抗人乳腺癌单克隆抗体Ｍ４Ｇ３与表阿霉素结合物的制备及其体外免疫活性．首先用高碘酸钠氧化葡聚糖，使其成为多醛基葡聚糖，并以此为中间载体将表阿霉素与单抗连接，经测定，每一抗体分子能携带３１个药物分子，且结合物仍具有良好的免疫活性，为单抗导向药物治疗乳腺癌提供了理论基础和实验依据．     

银白前口虫Frontonia leucas Ehrenberg切割口器再生研究

观察银白前口虫Frontonia leucas Ehrenberg切割去除口器的再生过程,发现靠近口后缝的纤毛条索对带核的无口器断片再生口器起重要作用。银白前口虫在口器再生过程中与皮膜上老纤毛结构相关,在口后缝前部的左边若干纤毛条索从产生新基体开始至分化成咽膜和口洼,最后与口后缝右边恢复的前庭毛基索组成新口器。     

女性乳腺癌危险因素的Logistic回归分析

女性乳腺癌危险因素的研究资料采集于广州，韶关，肇庆等地８间大医院。按１：２配对设计，总共收集了１２５个病例一对照组作回顾性调查。经条件Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ回归分析得：保护因子有喝茶习惯，ＯＲ＝０．３９１３；危险因子有精神创伤，ＯＲ＝３．４３３８；乳腺炎史，ＯＲ＝３．４０９９；被动吸烟，ＯＲ＝２．０７９６；平均摄油量，ＯＲ＝３．１７７３；流产，ＯＲ＝１．３５４４；癌症家族史，ＯＲ＝５．６７９７。     

微量元素锰与肺癌的关系

本文对锰含量的测定表明:肺癌患者发锰含量显著低于对照者(P<0.01)。在动物诱癌实验中观察到,随着肿瘤的发生和发展,肝、肺中锰含量降低,而肿瘤部位锰含量则升高,提示锰含量低可能是肺癌发病的结果。     

卵巢癌中的表观遗传修饰

介绍了在卵巢癌的发展和治疗中表观遗传学的重要性，特别强调了在卵巢癌中内源性和获得性耐药性遗传途径中异常的DNA甲基化和组蛋白去乙酰化的重要性．通过表观遗传治疗反转肿瘤抑制基因沉寂和其他参与药物级联反应的基因沉寂为出现耐药性的卵巢癌患者带来了新的希望．     

小儿化食口服液的药理学研究

报道了改革后新剂型—小儿化食口服液对动物的消化功能的影响(包括离体肠段的收缩性、小肠推进运动、胃蛋白酶活性等)。结果显示小儿化食口服液与原剂型小儿化食丸药理作用基本相似,且在对胃蛋白酶活性的影响等方面优于丸剂。本实验对该药剂型改革提供了药理学依据。     

Integrin antagonists

Integrins are a family of cell surface glycoproteins that mediate numerous cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and are involved in biological processes such as tissue morphogenesis, leukocyte recirculation and migration, wound healing, blood clotting and immune response. Aberrant cell adhesion has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including a number of inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma, as well as cancer and coronary heart disease. As such integrins are seen as excellent targets for the development of therapeutic agents. This report begins with an examination of the structure of integrin molecules and their ligands and then goes on to review the current state of development of antiintegrin antagonists. Received 13 April 1999; received after revision 28 May 1999; accepted 28 May 1999     

How retinoids regulate breast cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis

Breast cancer still remains a major problem in its incidence, morbidity and mortality; therefore, more effective strategies for its prevention are urgently needed. Retinoids, natural and synthetic derivatives of vitamin A, possess antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties, making them a promising class of chemopreventive agents against breast cancer. The efficacy of all-trans retinoic acid, 9-cis-retinoic acid, LGD1069 (Targretin, bexarotene), and N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (fenretinide) as breast cancer chemopreventive agents is being studied. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of action of these agents should lead to improvements in their clinical application. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms by which retinoids exert their antiproliferative and apoptotic effects in breast cancer cells.Received 5 January 2004; received after revision 9 February 2004; accepted 12 February 2004     

Apoptotic cell death in the lactating mammary gland is enhanced by a folding variant of α-lactalbumin

Apoptosis is essential to eliminate secretory epithelial cells during the involution of the mammary gland. The environmental regulation of this process is however, poorly understood. This study tested the effect of HAMLET (human -lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells) on mammary cells. Plastic pellets containing HAMLET were implanted into the fourth inguinal mammary gland of lactating mice for 3 days. Exposure of mammary tissue to HAMLET resulted in morphological changes typical for apoptosis and in a stimulation of caspase-3 activity in alveolar epithelial cells near the HAMLET pellets but not more distant to the pellet or in contralateral glands. The effect was specific for HAMLET and no effects were observed when mammary glands were exposed to native a-lactalbumin or fatty acid alone. HAMLET also induced cell death in vitro in a mouse mammary epithelial cell line. The results suggest that HAMLET can mediate apoptotic cell death in mammary gland tissue.Received 30 January 2004; received after revision 5 March 2004; accepted 16 March 2004