肺部菌群和肠道菌群在两种常见肺疾病中 作用的研究进展

哮喘、慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)是常见高发的肺部疾病,相关发病机制尚待阐明。近年来,菌群对哮喘、COPD的发生发展的作用越来越引起重视。本文梳理了近期肺部菌群和肠道菌群在哮喘、COPD中的作用及机制相关文献,分别从肺部菌群和肠道菌群的角度,分析它们对哮喘、COPD的作用机制以及肺部菌群和肠道菌群之间相互调控的联系,以期进一步深入了解菌群在常见肺部疾病中的意义,为寻找更有效的防治哮喘、COPD的作用靶点或者分子提供相关可借鉴的思路。     

肺部微生物组通过炎症反应介导慢性阻塞性肺疾病转化为肺癌的研究进展

肺部微生物组存在于呼吸道和实质组织中,通过菌群紊乱、代谢产物、炎症反应、免疫反应、基因毒性等方面介导肺部损伤。随着肺部微生物组的深入研究,发现肺部微生物组的相关活动与慢性阻塞性肺疾病(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD)和肺癌息息相关,能够促使COPD向肺癌的转变。本文主要介绍了肺部微生物组稳态及其通过炎症反应导致COPD和肺癌,重点探讨了肺部微生物组如何通过炎症反应介导COPD转化为肺癌,以期为COPD和肺癌的临床预防、优化治疗以及新型药物设计提供新的理论依据。     

COPD的下呼吸道微生态研究进展

新一代测序技术的发展,拓展了人类对肺微生物组的认识,下呼吸道微生物组与呼吸系统疾病的关系日益受到关注。下呼吸道微生物组包含平衡的共生菌群和致病菌群,在慢性阻塞性肺疾病(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD)中,其疾病的严重性、炎症程度或抗生素等治疗因素均会影响肺部微生物群稳态,下呼吸道微生物群落的改变又可能通过操纵炎症或免疫过程,对COPD的病程产生影响。据此,本文通过回顾近年来对COPD下呼吸道微生态的研究,总结了COPD患者的下呼吸道微生态特征及菌群定植情况,探讨下呼吸道微生态与COPD发病机制之间的相关性和治疗对策,希望为COPD的诊断和治疗提供新思路。     

溃疡性结肠炎肠道菌群及其代谢产物的研究进展

溃疡性结肠炎(UC)是一种病因尚未阐明的慢性非特异性肠道炎症疾病,多认为由易感人群免疫反应紊乱所致,疾病负担重,严重影响生活质量。近年随着人们生活方式的改变与诊断水平的提升,UC发病率和患病率逐年增加。研究显示肠道菌群及其代谢产物在UC的发生发展过程中起着关键作用,包括调节免疫、参与信号转导、保护肠黏膜屏障和营养代谢等,肠道菌群代谢产物的紊乱及微生态的失衡在炎症的形成及发展、免疫应激及稳态等方面产生重要影响。该文对近年来肠道菌群及其代谢产物与UC关系的相关研究作一综述,并探讨基于肠道菌群以及其代谢产物的UC防治策略。     

肠道、肺部菌群直接或通过肠—肺轴对 呼吸系统慢性疾病的影响

人体寄生的微生物与人体为共生关系,数量庞大,并形成不同的微生态系统,影响人体免疫、代谢、内分泌等生理过程。菌群失衡导致微生态紊乱,从而导致相关疾病的发生发展。呼吸系统慢性疾病患者常有肠道菌群和肺部菌群的改变,肠道菌群通过肠-肺轴影响呼吸系统免疫及呼吸系统慢性疾病,肺部菌群的改变导致肺部疾病的同时亦会通过血流引起肠道菌群的变化。近年来随着高通量测序及生物信息学技术的发展,相关研究也越发被重视,本文着重对肠道菌群、肺部菌群通过肠-肺轴或直接在肺部免疫及呼吸系统慢性疾病中所起的作用进行综述。     

肺部菌群和肠道菌群及其互作与肺癌发生发展的相关性研究进展

肺部菌群及肠道菌群与肺癌密切相关,研究发现与健康人群相比肺癌患者的肺部及肠道菌群发生失调,即菌群组成结构发生显著改变。随着“肠-肺轴”概念的提出,肺部及肠道菌群在人体内的紧密联系越发受到重视,因此关于肺部及肠道菌群的研究对于阐明肺癌的发生发展机制有重要的指引作用。文中综述了肺癌患者肺部及肠道菌群的组成特点及可能的互作机制,强调了肠-肺轴中免疫系统的重要性,最后总结了肺部及肠道菌群对肺癌临床治疗的影响,并对肺部及肠道菌群可作为肺癌早期诊断与治疗的新颖靶点进行了展望。     

肠道和呼吸道菌群与肺部疾病的研究新进展

宿主微生物群落对机体局部以及系统免疫的影响已逐渐引起人们的关注,目前发现局部的微生物群落能够对机体远端部位的免疫能力造成影响。肠道和呼吸道菌群稳态对机体免疫系统发育以及抗病原微生物感染至关重要,肠道和呼吸道菌群失衡与炎症性疾病、代谢性疾病以及过敏性疾病密切相关。肠道和呼吸道菌群失衡会通过"肠—肺轴"的相互作用,引起免疫系统改变与急性、慢性肺部疾病的发生。在这篇综述中,我们对肠道微生物和呼吸道微生物在肠-肺轴中发挥作用的研究进展作一总结,并对从微生物角度进行疾病治疗干预的可能性进行分析。     

从肺肠关系探讨肠道菌群与儿童哮喘的关系

儿童哮喘是一种肺部疾病，肠道菌群在其免疫和代谢等诸多方面扮演着重要角色，肺肠之间微妙的关系可能是影响疾病发生、发展及预后的潜在机制。通过分析肺与肠的结构和功能，发现从中医学和现代医学角度均可证实肺肠具有表里同源关系。津液/黏液是肺肠之间的重要物质，影响哮喘儿童痰的生成及变化。肺肠之间的微生物可随津液/黏液定植，且菌群结构的变化又与儿童哮喘密切相关。基于肺肠结构关系及二者间物质的沟通作用，发现哮喘患儿不仅存在肠道菌群失衡，且肠道菌群与免疫应答和肠道代谢之间的关系，可能是防治儿童哮喘的新途径，值得进一步探索。     

肠道菌群及其代谢产物与T2DM发病机制及干预措施*

2型糖尿病(type 2 diabetes mellitus,T2DM)是一种因胰岛素分泌不足或胰岛素抵抗而引起的慢性代谢疾病,T2DM患病人数的快速增长使治疗和预防T2DM成为世界上亟待解决的医学问题。随着微生物组学技术的进步,肠道菌群及其代谢产物与T2DM的研究亦逐渐深入,肠道菌群可能成为治疗和预防T2DM的靶点。肠道菌群及其代谢产物作用于T2DM的潜在机制,主要是参与体内炎症反应、增加肠道短链脂肪酸产量、调节肠道胆汁酸的代谢、调节支链氨基酸的代谢等。目前,治疗T2DM的药物可能会产生一些副作用,而基于肠道菌群干预T2DM的措施相对安全无害。例如,可通过严格控制的特定结构饮食长期摄入或增加益生菌的长期摄取控制血糖,或通过口服可影响肠道菌群生态结构的降糖药物(二甲双胍、阿卡波糖)有效地调控血糖水平。综述基于肠道菌群及其代谢产物诱发T2DM的潜在机制,研讨基于肠道菌群干预T2DM的措施,从肠道菌群的新视角探索治疗T2DM的新方法,为彻底治疗T2DM提供一种新可能。     

肺部菌群对过敏性哮喘的影响CSCD

过敏性哮喘是一种常见的过敏性疾病,其发病机制尚未完全清楚,但共生微生物与宿主免疫稳态的建立及维持关系密切。近年来的研究发现肠道菌群在过敏性哮喘的发生发展中起主要作用,“肺-肠轴”概念的提出阐释了肺部菌群与肠道菌群之间的串扰关系。研究证实肺部菌群与过敏性哮喘密切相关,并通过肺-肠轴直接或间接影响过敏性哮喘的发生发展。本文分析肺部菌群与过敏性哮喘的相关性及可能的机制,深入了解肺部菌群在过敏性哮喘中的作用及意义,以期为过敏性哮喘的临床预防及诊疗拓宽思路。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

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.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

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