表皮干细胞研究进展

哺乳动物表皮中包含有多种不同类型的表皮干细胞, 它们共同维持了表皮组织结构的稳态并在皮肤创伤的修复中起重要作用。表皮干细胞具备干细胞两大基本特征: 自我更新和分化, 两者间平衡的破坏通常是皮肤肿瘤和其他皮肤疾病的根源。文章着重叙述了表皮干细胞存在的证据、两大基本特征、分裂模式、调节表皮干细胞的信号通路以及维持其稳态的微观和宏观环境。     

人皮肤表皮干细胞体外培养与应用研究进展

人皮肤表皮干细胞是具有无限增殖潜能以及多向分化能力的专能干细胞,广泛存在于表皮基底层以及毛囊隆突部位。目前,表皮干细胞在分离、纯化、培养等领域都取得了一定进展。表皮干细胞的应用主要在皮肤创面的修复、组织工程皮肤的构建以及基因治疗等领域。本文从干细胞的来源、分离、纯化鉴定、培养与应用等方面进行综述。     

调节表皮干细胞增殖和分化的信号通路

表皮干细胞能够维持正常表皮的新陈代谢、毛囊周期循环以及参与创伤情况下创面的修复,皮肤肿瘤的发生也与其密切相关。表皮干细胞的增殖和分化受到严格的调控,了解表皮干细胞增殖与分化的调控机制将有助于治疗脱发、创伤以及皮肤肿瘤等疾病。文章着重概述了Wnt和Bmp信号对于控制干细胞命运的重要作用。     

毛囊干细胞在皮肤创伤修复中的促进作用

毛囊干细胞介导毛囊再生,近年研究发现毛囊干细胞在皮肤创伤修复中也发挥重要作用。文章通过对以毛囊干细胞为基础所进行的各种实验总结,揭示了毛囊干细胞可以促进毛囊再生,参与血管形成,皮肤浅表神经修复再生,皮肤附属器官重建以及皮肤表皮重建等过程,阐明了毛囊干细胞在皮肤损伤修复过程中的重要作用,同时阐明目前毛囊干细胞对皮肤创伤修复这一方向所面临的局限以及未来的发展前景。     

毛囊干细胞标记物的研究进展

毛囊干细胞是一类位于毛囊隆突区的成体干细胞,对毛囊的周期性生长,表皮和皮脂腺的更新以及皮肤损伤后修复有着至关重要的作用。毛囊干细胞的标记物是对毛囊干细胞进行分离和鉴定的重要依据,对毛囊干细胞的基础研究起着关键作用。因此寻找特异性较高的毛囊干细胞标记物成为了近年的研究热点。本文按毛囊干细胞标记物在细胞中所处部位进行分类,将其分为位于细胞膜、细胞质、细胞核的标记物,综述了目前国内外主要采用的整合素、角蛋白、CD34、CD200等标记物以及新发现的Lgr5、Sox9、Tcf3等基因标记物。     

皮肤表皮干细胞的研究进展

成体的皮肤一生都在不断的自我更新,其中的毛囊还是保证毛发进行生长-脱落周期循环的细胞组织学基础。存在于表皮内的干细胞维持了成体皮肤的自我平衡及毛发再生。表皮是由构体分子组成。每个构体分子包含毛皮脂单位（毛囊和皮脂腺）及其周围的毛囊间表皮。毛囊间表皮具有祖细胞,损伤时能自我更新;毛囊具有多能干细胞,在新毛发周期开始或者损伤时能够启动干细胞功能,为毛囊的生长或表皮的修复提供细胞来源。本文概述了当前对表皮干细胞的认识,着重阐明毛囊间表皮内有祖细胞的证据,毛囊间表皮干细胞在体外的自我更新能力,毛囊膨突部内干细胞的特征和一些相关基因的表达等。     

表皮干细胞的生物学特性及其潜在应用

表皮是维持生命及保障各个组织器官发挥功能的重要屏障,而表皮干细胞能够分化为皮肤各层组织,从而使表皮始终处于持续不断的增殖、分化、凋亡的状态,在维持表皮平衡,表皮损伤后修复的过程中发挥重要的作用。随着细胞生物学的飞速的发展,人们越发认识到表皮干细胞的重要性,使其成为人们目前的研究热点之一。针对表皮干细胞研究进展,着重叙述了表皮干细胞的分类、定位、特征、功能以及应用前景,旨为相关研究者对表皮干细胞生物学特性及应用有更全面的认识。     

表皮干细胞中CK15和CD49f阳性率与年龄关系的初步探究

目的:探究人体包皮组织中分离的表皮干细胞CK15和CD49f阳性表达率与年龄的关系。方法:利用双酶法从1、11、28、31岁4个年龄组皮肤组织中分离表皮干细胞,用CK15和CD49分别进行标记,用流式细胞仪检测阳性率。结果:在研究的4个年龄组中,11岁年龄组皮肤中的细胞CK15和CD49标记物阳性率最高,分别为70.19%和25.27%;流式细胞仪分选出的CK15阳性和CD49f阳性表皮干细胞在体外可呈现克隆生长。结论:11岁年龄组的表皮干细胞活性较强,更适宜组织工程种子细胞的选用。     

角蛋白15在大鼠皮肤发育中表达的研究

目的研究角蛋白15(K15)在大鼠皮肤发育中的表达状况,定位表皮干细胞.方法以不同年龄大鼠背部皮肤为标本,用组织学方法,观察出生后大鼠皮肤的形态发育变化;以K15单克隆抗体为一抗,进行免疫组织化学染色,观察K15在大鼠皮肤中的表达状况.结果(1)组织学方法显示,随着年龄的增长,大鼠背部表皮细胞层数逐渐变少;在毛囊的生长周期中,以隆突区为界,毛囊上段为恒定区,下段呈周期性变化(2)免疫组化染色显示,毛囊隆突区细胞胞浆表达K15,随年龄的增长,K15阳性细胞出现在毛母质细胞区、毛囊外根鞘和表皮基底层.结论表皮干细胞位于毛囊隆突区,与表皮的更新和毛囊的周期性变化有关.     

小鼠表皮干细胞的分离与培养

目的:探讨体外分离和培养小鼠表皮干细胞和分析表皮干细胞克隆形成能力的方法。方法:采用中性蛋白酶和胰酶消化新生小鼠表皮基底层细胞,将细胞直接接种在细胞瓶中,在无滋养层条件下培育;利用表皮干细胞标记物K15和α6整联蛋白进行免疫荧光鉴定;以小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞作为滋养层与成年小鼠角质细胞共培养,进而分析表皮干细胞的克隆形成能力。结果:新生小鼠表皮干细胞克隆在培养2～3 d后开始形成,细胞核质较小,细胞呈小而圆的形态特征;传代后的细胞可以被K15和α6整联蛋白特异性标记。结论:利用该方法能够实现对小鼠表皮干细胞的体外培养和传代。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.