组织工程心脏瓣膜研究进展

目前组织工程心脏瓣膜研究已在支架的选材、种子细胞的选择、种子细胞的种植与瓣膜构建方法三个方面取得进展,并已构建出三种代表性组织工程心脏瓣膜。对它们各自的特点进行综述。     

组织工程心脏瓣膜种子细胞:来源及应用

背景:应用机械瓣和生物瓣行瓣膜置换是治疗终末期瓣膜病的有效手段,然而他们的临床应用受到多个因素的限制。具备生物活性的组织工程心脏瓣膜有潜力克服机械瓣和生物瓣的不足,选择适宜的种子细胞是组织工程心脏瓣膜研究的一个重要方面,许多成熟的体细胞和干细胞已被用于构建组织工程心脏瓣膜,然而尚未获得理想的结果。目的:以构成瓣膜的细胞成分为基础,对用于构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的种子细胞、体外细胞种植方法的研究进行综述。方法:由第一作者基于PubMed数据库和万方数据库应用计算机检索2000年1月至2012年12月相关的文章,英文检索词为"Tissue engineering,Heart valves,Cell",中文检索词为"组织工程,心脏瓣膜,细胞",优选文章内容与组织工程心脏瓣膜种子细胞直接相关,具备针对性和权威性,发表在权威杂志的文章共39篇进行综述。结果与结论:瓣膜的细胞成分主要是内皮细胞和间质细胞,早期人们常用内皮细胞和成纤维细胞构建组织工程瓣膜,随着干细胞研究的深入,应用搏动性生物反应器种植间充质干细胞具有构建的组织工程瓣膜的潜力。     

脂肪间充质干细胞分化为内皮细胞并体外构建组织工程心脏瓣膜

背景：组织工程心脏瓣膜是利用组织工程技术将种子细胞种植于瓣膜支架上所构建的一种人工瓣膜,目前国内外研究主要集中于种子细胞来源及支架选择上。 目的：探讨人脂肪间充质干细胞体外向内皮细胞诱导分化后的细胞作为种子细胞,脱细胞猪主动脉瓣膜作为支架体外构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的可行性。 方法：利用吸脂术采集脂肪组织,分离、培养脂肪间充质干细胞,流式细胞仪鉴定细胞表型;免疫细胞化学方法及RT-PCR检测细胞分化标志物;应用Triton X-100联合胰蛋白酶的方法制备脱细胞猪主动脉瓣支架,将体外培养扩增的诱导分化后的内皮细胞种植于支架上构建组织工程心脏瓣膜,光镜及电镜下观察组织工程心脏瓣膜的组织学结构。 结果与结论：脂肪组织分离培养的脂肪间充质干细胞向内皮细胞诱导分化后表达CD31、CD34、CD144、Ⅷ因子和内皮型一氧化氮合成酶等内皮细胞特异性抗原;脱细胞猪主动脉瓣膜支架脱细胞完全,弹力纤维及胶原纤维保持完整;构建的组织工程心脏瓣膜可见支架上排列连续的单细胞层。提示脂肪间充质干细胞在体外向内皮细胞诱导分化后已初步具有内皮细胞功能,在脱细胞猪主动脉瓣膜支架上生长良好,可以在体外初步构建组织工程心脏瓣膜。     

组织工程心脏瓣膜的构建：现状与前景

背景：目前临床上应用的心脏生物瓣和机械瓣都存在一些缺陷和不足,而组织工程心脏瓣膜有可能避免这些问题的出现,成为瓣膜替代物的理想选择。 目的：探讨构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的实验研究进展。 方法：应用数据库检索的方法分析关于组织工程心脏瓣膜的实验研究文献,组织工程心脏瓣膜的三大要素为种子细胞、支架材料和细胞种植。 结果与结论：心脏瓣膜修复和置换是目前治疗心脏瓣膜性疾病的主要外科手段。目前,主要用于构建组织工程心脏瓣膜的种子细胞有血管内皮细胞、内皮祖细胞以及骨髓间充质干细胞等。经脱细胞处理的支架具有良好的生物力学性能和组织相容性,细胞种植后支架表面会形成一层连续的细胞层,其构建的组织工程心脏瓣膜是可行的。组织工程心脏瓣膜有着良好的应用前景,但目前还有很多问题需要解决,还处于研究的初级阶段。 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程全文链接：     

组织工程心脏瓣膜的研究进展

组织工程心脏瓣膜(tissue engineering heart valve,TEHV)理论上能克服机械瓣及生物瓣的不足,具有广阔的发展前景.目前组织工程心脏瓣膜的研究主要集中在瓣膜支架材料的选取及制备、种子细胞的选择和种子细胞的种植及培养等三方面.本文将分别就这三方面研究进展进行介绍,分析目前存在的问题,并对其应用进行展望.     

组织工程心脏瓣膜及干细胞应用前景

组织工程心脏瓣膜是一种具有活力、能够自我修复和增生的人工瓣膜。理想的组织工程心脏瓣膜由于具有优良的血流动力学特征,低或甚至无免疫反应,不需要长期抗凝治疗以及耐用性好等特性,能够很好地克服目前临床上使用的机械瓣和生物瓣的缺点。综述了近年来国外组织工程心脏瓣膜在生物材料、培养环境和种子细胞等方面的新进展,并展望了干细胞作为种子细胞的应用前景。     

组织工程化心脏瓣膜的研究进展

心脏瓣膜置换术是外科治疗瓣膜性心脏病的主要方法，但目前临床应用的人工瓣膜的远期效果尚不满意。近年来，随着组织工程学技术的进展，利用培养的自身组织细胞种植于支架材料表面，体外重新构建理想的心脏瓣膜植物日益成为研究热点。本文简述了心脏瓣膜工程的定义，细胞支架材料的选择，种子细胞的培养、种植方法以及组织工程化心脏瓣膜的评估，并指出下一步研究中尚需解决的问题。     

血液流体动力学研究与生物反应器在组织工程化心脏瓣膜构建的应用

由于目前临床应用的心脏瓣膜替代物各有其固有的不足，探索以合适的方法构建具有生长活性的组织工程化心脏瓣膜一直是该领域各国学者研究报道的焦点。心脏瓣膜生物反应器模拟了心脏瓣膜在体内所处的血流动力学环境，并具有传质功能，所以在TEHV构建中除了要有足够健康的种子细胞和理想的生物支架材料，生物反应器是不可缺少的。对血液流动力研究进展，心脏瓣膜生物反应器的原理、构造与设计，生物反应器在心脏瓣膜组织工程中的应用范围进行了逐一概述。     

组织工程心脏瓣膜细胞生物学研究进展

由于现有的机械瓣和生物瓣仍存在种种不足，如不具备生长性、需抗凝、易感染、不能生长和自我修复等。组织工程心脏瓣膜是一新兴的研究领域，涉及多门学科。构建组织工程心脏瓣膜应包括支架的制作、细胞的种植、瓣膜的体外培养和最终移植人人体。其中种植的细胞是组织工程心脏瓣膜的基本要素。就组织工程心脏瓣膜的细胞生物学研究进展做一综述。     

组织工程心脏瓣膜细胞生物学研究进展

由于现有的机械瓣和生物瓣仍存在种种不足,如不具备生长性、需抗凝、易感染、不能生长和自我修复等。组织工程心脏瓣膜是一新兴的研究领域,涉及多门学科。构建组织工程心脏瓣膜应包括支架的制作、细胞的种植、瓣膜的体外培养和最终移植入人体。其中种植的细胞是组织工程心脏瓣膜的基本要素。就组织工程心脏瓣膜的细胞生物学研究进展做一综述。     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

The universal muscular chain reaction,muscle spasm,Torsions, ruptures and extravasations. Chameleons of pathology and some manifestations of simple muscular disorders

Most bodily functions require the coordinated actions of complementary and supplementary paired muscle groups. Where this essential muscular cooperation is lacking, hollow organs may burst and others become literally screwed up, giving rise to many similar spastic diseases such as Torticollis, Twisted ovarian cyst, Torsion of the Testis, Volvulus of the intestines, Varicose Veins, Megacolon, Aortamegaly, Scoliosis, Erb's Palsy, Peyronie's Disease, Main-en-Griffe, Undescended Foot (Pes Cavus), Talipes, Strabismus. Spasm is “panenepidemic” and unclassified examples of Torsion Dystonia and Dyskinesia really are as common as debt and taxes.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

Hypo- und Hypermagnesämie aus kardiologischer Sicht

Zusammenfassung Eine Reihe pathologischer Zustände bedingen Magnesiummangel. Zustände mit Hypermagnesämie sind ebenfalls bekannt, doch wesentlich seltener. Für den Kardiologen beachtenswert ist, daß unter Therapie mit bestimmten Diuretica bei Herzinsuffizienz, bei Herzinfarkt, Kardiomyopathie, Digitalisintoxikation und bestimmten Herzrhythmusstörungen Hypomagnesämie beobachtet wurde. Leider kann in der klinischen Routine nur ein extracelluläres Magnesiumdefizit durch Serumbestimmungen gemessen werden; über Magnesiummangel einzelner Organe kann nichts ausgesagt werden. Hinweise für Magnesiummangel geben aber neben der Messung des Serumspiegels Anamnese, klinischer Befund, bestimmte EKG-Veränderungen wie auch evtl. Hypokalämie, ein Zustand, bei dem sich oft — besonders bei Aldosteronismus — parallele Veränderungen zeigten.Tierexperimente deuten darauf hin, daß infarktähnliche Läsionen unter Magnesiummangel entstehen, doch ob Herzinfarkt beim Menschen durch Magnesiummangel ausgelöst werden kann, ist noch ungeklärt. In Leichenherzen zeigte sich im Infarktgebiet neben Calciumakkumulation signifikanter Magnesiumverlust, wobei unklar blieb, ob sich Ursache oder Folge des Infarktes widerspiegelten. Falls ein ursächlicher Zusammenhang besteht, ist er im Myokardstoffwechsel selbst zu suchen, wie bei der Alkoholkardiomyopathie, wo myokardialer Magnesiummangel zumindest als pathogenetischer Teilfaktor anerkannt wird. Andererseits versucht man aber auch Beziehungen zwischen Atherosklerose, Blutgerinnung und Hypomagnesämie herzustellen, in der Meinung, daß Magnesiummangel auch über den coronaren Pathomechanismus des Herzinfarktes wirken könnte. Sicher scheint, daß gewisse EKG-Veränderungen und Herzrhythmusstörungen durch einen irritierten Magnesiumhaushalt bedingt sein können, da sie bei Gabe bzw. Entzug von Magnesium verschwinden. Daß Magnesiummangel die Glykosidtoleranz verringert, wird tierexperimentell bestätigt. Unter Hypomagnesämie bewirkt Acetylstrophanthidin eher und länger Rhythmusstörungen als ohne, außerdem lassen diese sich durch Magnesiumgaben eliminieren. Da in gewissen Fällen spontane und digitalisinduzierte Herzrythmusstörungen durch Magnesiuminjektionen beseitigt wurden, scheint Magnesium als Therapeuticum angebracht. Einsatz verschiedener Magnesiumsalze bei Angina pectoris, degenerativen Herzerkrankungen und Herzinsuffizienz ohne geprüften und offensichtlich gestörten Magnesiumhaushalt ist fragwürdig, weil keine eindeutigen klinischen Erfolgsbeweise vorliegen. Immerhin mag es aber larvierte, durch Serumbestimmungen nicht erfaßbare Mangelzustände geben. Allgemein erscheint es aus kardiologischer Sicht ratsam, den Magnesiumhaushalt zu überwachen und in entsprechenden Fällen auszugleichen, um möglichen Myokardläsionen oder fatalen Herzrhythmusstörungen entgegenzuwirken.     

Environmental risk factors and their role in the management of atopic dermatitis

Introduction: The etiology of atopic dermatitis (AD) is multifactorial with interaction between genetics, immune and environmental factors.

Areas covered: We review the role of prenatal exposures, irritants and pruritogens, pathogens, climate factors, including temperature, humidity, ultraviolet radiation, outdoor and indoor air pollutants, tobacco smoke exposure, water hardness, urban vs. rural living, diet, breastfeeding, probiotics and prebiotics on AD.

Expert commentary: The increased global prevalence of AD cannot be attributed to genetics alone, suggesting that evolving environmental exposures may trigger and/or flare disease in predisposed individuals. There is a complex interplay between different environmental factors, including individual use of personal care products and exposure to climate, pollution, food and other exogenous factors. Understanding these complex risk factors is crucial to developing targeted interventions to prevent the disease in millions. Moreover, patients require counseling on optimal regimens for minimization of exposure to irritants and pruritogens and other harmful exposures.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

HLA genes in Amerindians from Mexico San Vicente Tancuayalab Teenek/Huastecos

Huastecos or Teenek Amerindians are presently living at North East Mexico (San Luis Potosi State). They have probably one of the most ancient culture of Mexico and Central America together with Mayas and Olmec groups with which also show close relationships. Proximity to Atlantic Ocean/Mexican Gulf originated that Spaniards had very early contact with them at about 1519 CE or before. In the present paper we have aimed to study HLA gene profile which may be useful for HLA and disease epidemiology and transplant programs in Teeneks. HLA-DRB1*04:07, -DRB1*14:06 and -DRB1*04:11 have been found in high frequency like in other Amerindian groups. High frequency typical Amerindians HLA extended haplotypes have been found, such as A*02-B*35-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02; A*68-B*39-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 and A*02-B*39-DRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02; also new haplotypes have been described, like A*02-B*52-DRB1*04:11-DQB1*03:02, A*68-B*35-DRB1*14:02-DQB1*03:01 and A*68-B*40-DRB1*16:02-DQB1*03:01. Genetic proximity is observed not only to linguistically close Mayans, but also to Mazatecans, Mixtecans and Zapotecans, who speak an altogether different languages; it shows once more that genes and languages do not correlate. This population was greatly diminished after European contact between 1500 and 1600 years CE; in fact, North and South America First Inhabitants population was brought from 80 down to 8 million people because of diseases (i.e.: measles, smallpox or influenza), slavery and war.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.