Endogenous tissue engineering: PTH therapy for skeletal repair

Based on its proven anabolic effects on bone in osteoporosis patients, recombinant parathyroid hormone (PTH_1-34) has been evaluated as a potential therapy for skeletal repair. In animals, the effect of PTH_1-34 has been investigated in various skeletal repair models such as fractures, allografting, spinal arthrodesis and distraction osteogenesis. These studies have demonstrated that intermittent PTH_1-34 treatment enhances and accelerates the skeletal repair process via a number of mechanisms, which include effects on mesenchymal stem cells, angiogenesis, chondrogenesis, bone formation and resorption. Furthermore, PTH_1-34 has been shown to enhance bone repair in challenged animal models of aging, inflammatory arthritis and glucocorticoid-induced bone loss. This pre-clinical success has led to off-label clinical use and a number of case reports documenting PTH_1-34 treatment of delayed-unions and non-unions have been published. Although a recently completed phase 2 clinical trial of PTH_1-34 treatment of patients with radius fracture has failed to achieve its primary outcome, largely because of effective healing in the placebo group, several secondary outcomes are statistically significant, highlighting important issues concerning the appropriate patient population for PTH_1-34 therapy in skeletal repair. Here, we review our current knowledge of the effects of PTH_1-34 therapy for bone healing, enumerate several critical unresolved issues (e.g., appropriate dosing regimen and indications) and discuss the long-term potential of this drug as an adjuvant for endogenous tissue engineering.     

F10蛋白及mRNA在部分正常组织及癌组织中的表达

目的:了解F10基因在部分正常组织及肿瘤组织中的表达情况。方法:利用原位杂交和免疫组化方法对F10在部分正常组织和肿瘤组织中的mRNA和蛋白表达情况进行分析。结果:F10基因不仅在腺癌组织中表达呈阳性,在鳞癌组织中表现出较腺癌更强的强阳性,并且在正常组织中也有一定的表达。结论:F10是一个在多种组织普遍表达的细胞内蛋白,其功能可能与物质转运相关。     

诸城市小麦高产创建工作探析

本文简述了诸城市开展小麦高产创建项目的主要技术措施,取得成效及经验启示。     

基于显微图像的牛蛙肠系膜微循环观察

在动物活体上进行微循环观察是微循环研究的主要手段,肠系膜是脏器微循环的良好观察部位。通过医学图像分析系统可直接观察、录像、测量并记录正常状态下牛蛙肠系膜微血管的口径及开放数量、血流流态与流速、血流量等指标,并可观察滴加药物后上述指标发生的变化,探讨微循环的功能状态及药物等因素对微循环的影响。     

人工子宫的研究现状与展望

在长达50年的研究过程中，人工子宫在3个层面（人工保育箱、人工子宫人和人工胎盘）上被探讨。日本的Yoshinori Kuwabara教授和美国的刘鸿清（Liu Hung-Ching）教授在人工子宫和人工胎盘领域取得了引人注目的成果。重点介绍两位研究者的成果，并讨论了人工子宫研究存在的问题和可能的解决方案，以及人工子宫研究对人类伦理道德的可能冲突。