小型猪腹壁拉链模型的建立

目的建立小型猪腹壁拉链模型并对其生物学特性进行研究,为教学和科研工作的开展提供便利的研究工具。方法通过外科手术的方法将定制的生物拉链固定于小型猪体表,建立小型猪腹壁拉链模型,观察小型猪的体征和精神状态,利用全自动血液分析仪及尿液分析仪对其血液和尿液生化指标进行动态检测。结果模型建立后7-49d小型猪的活动、精神状态良好,其生理生化指标表现稳定,与对照相比无显著变化。结论本课题组建立的小型猪腹壁拉链模型建立后7-49d体征、精神状况良好,生理生化指标稳定,可以推广应用于相关的科研、教学试验。     

培菲康在儿童腹型过敏性紫癜中的应用

目的探讨活菌剂培菲康在腹型过敏性紫癜(HSP)治疗中的辅助作用。方法选择2004年8月至2006年1月,腹型HSP的住院患儿325例,其中男187例,女138例,年龄3～14岁,病程1～16 d。随机分为培菲康治疗组173例,对照组152例。2组病例在性别、年龄、病程长短及临床表现方面差异均无统计学意义。所有患儿入院后均予免动物蛋白流食或禁食。对照组给予维生素C、能量合剂、西米替丁及糖皮质激素等综合治疗,合并感染者给予抗生素、消化道出血的给予止血敏、维生素K1等。观察组在此基础上加用培菲康1袋,3次/d。用药1周后进行疗效判定。结果 2组患者治疗效果比较:总有效率培菲康治疗组为96.5%,对照组为91.4%,P<0.05。2组患者消化道症状消失时间比较:培菲康治疗组小于对照组,P<0.05。结论活菌剂培菲康对腹型HSP的治疗显示出了一定的疗效,临床证明培菲康可保护胃黏膜,防止胃肠道出血,减轻腹痛症状,从而可缩短病程,临床值得应用。其作用机制目前尚不明确,可能与其发挥免疫系统的调节作用有关。     

Bicuspid stenotic aortic valves: clinical characteristics and morphological assessment using MRI and echocardiography

Background

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is one of the most common congenital heart defects with a population prevalence of 0.5% to 1.3%. Identifying patients with BAV is clinically relevant because BAV is associated with aortic stenosis, endocarditis and ascending aorta pathology.

Methods and Results

Patients with severe aortic stenosis necessitating aortic valve replacement surgery were included in this study. All dissected aortic valves were stored in the biobank of the University Medical Centre Utrecht. Additionally to the morphological assessment of the aortic valve by the surgeon and pathologist, echocardiographic and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images were evaluated. A total of 80 patients were included of whom 32 (40%) were diagnosed with BAV by the surgeon (gold standard). Patients with BAV were significantly younger (55 vs 71 years) and were more frequently male. Notably, a significant difference was found between the surgeon and pathologist in determining valve morphology. MRI was performed in 33% of patients. MRI could assess valve morphology in 96% vs 73% with echocardiography. The sensitivity of MRI for BAV in a population of patients with severe aortic stenosis was higher than echocardiography (75% vs 55%), whereas specificity was better with the latter (91% vs 79%). Typically, the ascending aorta was larger in patients with BAV.

Conclusion

Among unselected patients with severe aortic valve stenosis, a high percentage of patients with BAV were found. Imaging and assessment of the aortic valve morphology when stenotic is challenging.     

改良CCI大鼠痛行为学检测与损伤区自发放电活动再观察

目的：应用改良CCI模型研究外周神经损伤后痛觉过敏和自发放电各自特征及相互关系。方法：雄性SD大鼠,随机分为CCI组和Sham组,分别于术前1天和术后1、4、7、9、11、14天测定机械刺激缩足反射阈值和热缩腿反射潜伏期,同时选取术侧机械刺激缩腿反射阈值低于4g或者术侧和健侧热缩腿反射潜伏期差异大于2s的CCI模型大鼠观察术后4-14天损伤区自发放电活动。结果：神经纤维损伤后,机械痛敏和热痛敏随时间表现为逐渐增强,同时在损伤区观察到三类放电模式：整数倍放电﹑阵发放电和周期放电。结论：术后大鼠机械痛阈和热痛阈逐渐降低,机械痛敏的产生和损伤区自发放电活动关系密切,不同的放电模式可能代表不同的传入信息。     

马凡综合征合并急性Standford A 型夹层的外科治疗

目的:评价外科治疗马凡综合征合并急性Standford A型夹层的效果。方法:回顾性分析2007年7月至2010年7月外科治疗12例马凡综合征合并急性Standford A型夹层病例的临床资料。采用改良Mini-root手术方式代替Bentall手术。结果:主动脉阻断时间69～103 min,平均(78.7±28.6)min,体外循环时间79～122 min,平均(98.3±23.8)min。术后早期存活11例,死亡1例,死亡率8.3%。术后随访时间2～37个月,平均(18.2±8.6)个月,其中1例术后24月发生急性腹主动脉夹层,予以实施腔内支架隔绝术成功以治愈出院。术后与术前左心室舒张末径分别为45～58 mm,平均(50.2±5.6)mm和53～69 mm,平均(61.3±4.6)mm(P<0.01)。结论:马凡综合征合并急性Standford A型夹层一经确诊则需急诊手术,及时的外科手术是治疗该病的有效方法,而且应用改良Mini-root手术方式疗效满意。     

Predominance of Th2 response in human abdominal aortic aneurysm: mistaken identity for IL-4-producing NK and NKT cells?

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex remodeling process that involves both synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrix proteins in the aortic wall, leading to decreased tensile strength, progressive dilation and eventual rupture. Chronic inflammation, increased local production of elastin-degrading proteases by inflammatory cells and destruction of medial elastic lamellae play important roles in aneurysm progression. Neovascularization in all layers of the arterial wall is prominent and angiogenesis can facilitate chronic inflammation. It is still unclear what initiates aneurysmal dilation and what determines its progression. The complex nature of the process has defied elucidation. Apart from macrophages, the predominant immune cell infiltrates reported so far are CD3(+)T cells that express CD4 and CD8. Infiltrates of type 2 Th cells and their production of IL-4 and IL-5 have been implicated in AAA development. However, NKT and NK cells have a Th0 cytokine profile and can also produce type 2 as well as type 1 (IL-2 and IFNgamma) cytokines. We have demonstrated the presence of NK and NKT cells in AAA tissue. With their growing importance in autoimmunity and transplantation, they may play a role in AAA development. Therefore, there is a need to use a combination of T and NK markers to fully characterize both innate and adaptive lymphoid cell subsets in local inflammatory infiltrates in order to elucidate their roles in AAA progression.     

体外肿瘤微血管生成模型的建立

本研究以体外微血管培养模型为基础,用鼠尾胶原包埋大鼠动脉环,并将包埋的动脉环转移到种有人肺癌A549细胞单层的培养皿中,用MCDB 131无血清培养液对动脉环和肿瘤细胞进行共培养,从而建立肿瘤微血管体外生成模型。大鼠动脉环于培养后第3天从血管壁长出微血管芽,第6至10天长成微血管丛,两周后新生微血管开始萎缩;没有肿瘤细胞刺激的条件下,大鼠动脉环新生微血管数量明显减少。结果表明人肺癌A549细胞能够促进血管生成。体外大鼠动脉环肿瘤微血管培养模型操作简单、灵敏度高,适合研究肿瘤血管新生及其机制。     

Morphogenesis of epithelial tubes: Insights into tube formation, elongation, and elaboration

Epithelial tubes are a fundamental tissue across the metazoan phyla and provide an essential functional component of many of the major organs. Recent work in flies and mammals has begun to elucidate the cellular mechanisms driving the formation, elongation, and branching morphogenesis of epithelial tubes during development. Both forward and reverse genetic techniques have begun to identify critical molecular regulators for these processes and have revealed the conserved role of key pathways in regulating the growth and elaboration of tubular networks. In this review, we discuss the developmental programs driving the formation of branched epithelial networks, with specific emphasis on the trachea and salivary gland of Drosophila melanogaster and the mammalian lung, mammary gland, kidney, and salivary gland. We both highlight similarities in the development of these organs and attempt to identify tissue and organism specific strategies. Finally, we briefly consider how our understanding of the regulation of proliferation, apicobasal polarity, and epithelial motility during branching morphogenesis can be applied to understand the pathologic dysregulation of these same processes during metastatic cancer progression.     

Fibroblast nemosis induces angiogenic responses of endothelial cells

Increasing evidence points to a central link between inflammation and activation of the stroma, especially of fibroblasts therein. However, the mechanisms leading to such activation mostly remain undescribed. We have previously characterized a novel type of fibroblast activation (nemosis) where clustered fibroblasts upregulated the production of cyclooxygenase-2, secretion of prostaglandins, proteinases, chemotactic cytokines, and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), and displayed activated nuclear factor-κB. Now we show that nemosis drives angiogenic responses of endothelial cells. In addition to HGF, nemotic fibroblasts secreted vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and conditioned medium from spheroids promoted sprouting and networking of human umbilical venous endothelial cells (HUVEC). The response was partly inhibited by function-blocking antibodies against HGF and VEGF. Conditioned nemotic fibroblast medium promoted closure of HUVEC and human dermal microvascular endothelial cell monolayer wounds, by increasing the motility of the endothelial cells. Wound closure in HUVEC cells was partly inhibited by the antibodies against HGF. The stromal microenvironment regulates wound healing responses and often promotes tumorigenesis. Nemosis offers clues to the activation process of stromal fibroblasts and provides a model to study the part they play in angiogenesis-related conditions, as well as possibilities for therapeutical approaches desiring angiogenesis in tissue.