科学家研究发现心脏纤维化中EMT现象

最近，研究人员发现，心脏纤维化的过程中伴随着内皮细胞向成纤维细胞的转化，即所谓的EMT现象。值得一提的是，心脏在胚胎发育期间，房室瓣也会发生与之类似的EMT现象。     

表皮生长因子受体基因突变检测方法改进及初步临床验证

目的:改进现有的检测表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)基因突变的荧光PCR法并开发出新的试剂盒,将其与直接测序法和ARMS法进行对比,验证该试剂盒用于临床诊断的敏感性、特异性和准确性。方法:收集2013年6月至2015年8月手术确诊的141例非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)的石蜡包埋组织标本。采用盲法分别使用直接测序法、ARMS法和新试剂盒检测EGFR突变,比较新试剂盒与其他两种检测方法的差异,结果不一致时采用三种方法分别重复检验一次。结果:三种方法检测成功率均为100%,新试剂盒与直接测序法测得结果完全一致的比率达75.9%(107/141),在直接测序法测得的96例突变阳性中,92例在新试剂盒检测中得到验证(95.8%)。而直接测序法显示突变阴性的45例中,新试剂盒检测发现了23例突变阳性,两种检测方法的结果存在统计学差异(x2=40.745,P0.05)。与直接测序法进行比较,新试剂盒检测EGFR突变的敏感性、特异性分别为95.8%、48.9%,阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别为80.0%、84.6%,检测准确度为80.9%。以ARMS检测法为金标准,新试剂盒测得结果完全一致的比率达84.4%(119/141),两者的一致性比较好(K=0.749,P0.05),敏感性、特异性分别为94.1%、86.4%。结论:改进后EGFR基因突变检测的试剂盒在技术上较好地控制了检测结果的假阳性和假阴性,该检测方法较直接测序法具有更好的敏感性和准确性,与现有的ARMS法一致性较高。     

转化生长因子β

TGFβ广泛存在于动物体多种组织和细胞内,由二条相同的、含112个氨基酸的肽链组成,是细胞的多功能双重调节因子。它对不同组织类型的细胞,可促进生长、分化,也可抑制生长、分化,并直接参与组织修复、胚胎发育等过程,调节细胞外基质形成。     

转化生长因子β的细胞生物学

无限繁殖是肿瘤细胞区别于正常细胞的主要特征之一。近年来,人们对细胞的生长分化及其调控机制的认识已有了深刻的变化。正常细胞均存在促进(如TGFα)和抑制(如TGFβ)其生长的多肽生长因子,该两种因子的平衡决定着细胞生长的生理或病理性变化。本文将简述转化生长因子β(TGFβ)近年来研究的一些进展。一、TGFβ是一组具有调节功能的多肽目前,已发现的TGFβ有五种亚型:TGFβ_1-TGFβ_5,其氨基酸有95-80%的同源性。TGFβ_1-TGFβ_3,其编码基因分别位于第19、1和14染色体上。TGFβ_1     

人肝癌细胞表皮生长因子受体以及佛波酯对它的调度

Using radioligand binding assay, the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors in cells of two human liver cancer cell lines, BEL-7402 and SMMC-7721, was demonstrated. The ligand binding data were analyzed by a computer program. The dissociation constants (KD) of the ligand-receptor binding complex at equilibrium for 7402 and 7721 cells were 1.2 nM and 0.8 nM respectively, and their number of EGF receptors per cell were 6.2 x 10(4) and 2.5 x 10(4) respectively. After the treatment of cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), no change either in the affinity or in the number of EGF receptors was found in 7721 cells. However, in the case of 7402 cells, while the number of receptors, like 7721 cells, remained unchanged, the affinity of EGF receptors displayed a time dependent modulation after PMA treatment. It dropped within the first hour to a KD value of 3.0 nM and then gradually returned to the normal control value at 48 hours or even slightly higher than normal (0.95 nM) at 96 hours of treatment. The modulation or down-regulation of EGF receptors by PMA in 7402 cells was paralleled by the simultaneous inhibition of DNA synthesis in these cells as evidenced from their reduction of 3H-TdR uptake. It is not clear what is the basis for the differences found between 7402 cells and 7721 cells in their number of EGF receptors per cell and their responsiveness to PMA treatment. It might be related to their difference in autocrine secretion of alpha-transforming growth factors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

细胞成囊装置的设计及基础应用研究

本文报道了细胞成囊装置的设计及微珠大小的控制方法,首次表明了微珠直径与微珠堆密度的关系,微珠堆密度及克隆满载率的计算方法,观察了杂交瘤细胞在海藻胶中的分布及微囊和克隆大小的关系问题。微囊技术的成功率达到90％左右。这对细胞荧膜工程的深入研究和开发,具有重要意义。