以壳聚糖-胶原共混膜为三维支架同种异体工程化软骨的构建

目的探讨以壳聚糖-胶原共混膜为三维支架材料的同种异体软骨细胞构建组织工程化软骨的能力。方法将分离、培养、扩传兔软骨细胞，接种在壳聚糖-胶原共混膜上，倒置显微镜下观察细胞在共混膜上的生长情况。体外培养7d后，将细胞-材料复合物种植在新西兰兔皮下，6周取材，对获得的同种异体工程化软骨进行组织学评价。结果兔软骨细胞接种于壳聚糖-胶原共混膜上4h后有贴壁现象出现，细胞呈梭形。培养48h后，软骨细胞分裂增殖越来越多并向周围延伸，培养第7天取材，HE染色示细胞生长良好，呈梭形。体内培养6周取材，HE染色、Masson染色为均一的成熟软骨组织，且共混膜已降解。结论以壳聚糖-胶原共混膜为支架材料同种异体软骨细胞在有免疫力的动物体内可形成工程化软骨。     

胶原-壳聚糖支架与软骨细胞的生长

背景：目前软骨支架材料的种类比较多,但还没有一种材料能完全符合软骨修复的要求。 目的：观察在混合材料胶原-壳聚糖支架中软骨细胞的生长情况。 方法：采用冷冻干燥法将质量分数为2%胶原与3%壳聚糖混合制备胶原-壳聚糖多孔支架。将分离培养的第2代兔软骨细胞接种到胶原-壳聚糖支架上,对照组将软骨细胞接种到无支架的培养板中。观察支架的孔隙率、吸水性及内部形态结构,MTT法检测软骨细胞在支架上的增殖情况,组织切片苏木精-伊红染色,扫描电镜观察细胞在支架的生长、贴附情况,RT-PCR检测细胞支架复合物蛋白聚糖和Ⅱ型胶原mRNA表达情况。 结果与结论：胶原-壳聚糖支架的吸水性为(80.0±0.55)%,孔隙率为(88.5±1.5)%,孔径为100~150 μm,复合细胞培养2周后,细胞增殖活力高,软骨细胞分泌的蛋白聚糖和Ⅱ型胶原mRNA表达明显高于对照组。说明质量分数为2%胶原与3%壳聚糖的混合支架适合软骨细胞生长和快速增殖,是一种良好的修复和重建软骨载体。     

气管软骨细胞和羧乙基壳聚糖-羟基磷灰石泡沫支架复合及裸鼠皮下植入

目的 探讨以兔气管软骨细胞为种子细胞在自制羧乙基壳聚糖-羟基磷灰石泡沫(NCECS-HA)支架合成组织工程气管软骨的可行性.方法 通过真空冷冻干燥法制得NCECS-HA泡沫支架.从6个月大的大耳白兔取气管软骨片段,Ⅱ型胶原酶消化,将所获得第3代软骨细胞种植于NCECS-HA三维支架上.细胞-支架复合物在24孔板中培养5 d以后,将其植入裸鼠皮下8周.然后取出分别进行HE染色、Ⅱ型胶原免疫组化染色和甲苯胺蓝染色,观察软骨细胞基质分泌情况.结果 8周后,构建出组织工程气管软骨示光泽良好,甲苯胺蓝染色、Ⅱ型胶原免疫组化染色显示细胞-支架复合物中的软骨细胞可以像天然软骨一样分泌糖氨多糖和Ⅱ型胶原.结论 生物材料NCECS-HA对于兔软骨细胞有良好的生物相容性,可作为生物组织工程支架.     

复合胰岛素样生长因子1壳聚糖胶原支架与人牙周膜细胞的增殖

背景：胰岛素样生长因子1具有促进成纤维细胞有丝分裂的作用,同时具有促进牙周细胞生长、分化及合成细胞外基质的作用。 目的：观察负载胰岛素样生长因子1的壳聚糖胶原支架对于人牙周膜细胞增殖的作用。 方法：将人牙周膜细胞分别接种于负载胰岛素样生长因子1的壳聚糖胶原支架与普通胶原支架上,于接种的1 h、24 h及1周检测重组人转化生长因子β1的释放,于第1,7,28天检测两组细胞的黏附和增殖情况。 结果与结论：负载胰岛素样生长因子1的壳聚糖胶原支架组第1,24小时和第1周的重组人转化生长因子β1释放率明显低于普通胶原支架组(P < 0.01)。两组接种第1天的细胞黏附和增殖检测比较差异无显著性意义  (P > 0.05),负载胰岛素样生长因子1的壳聚糖胶原支架组接种第7,28天的细胞黏附和增殖情况优于普通胶原支架组(P < 0.01)。表明负载胰岛素样生长因子1的壳聚糖胶原支架可显著促进人牙周膜细胞的增殖。中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程全文链接：     

新型壳聚糖-胶原支架与牙周膜细胞的生物相容性

背景：目前胶原作为牙周组织工程支架材料仍具有机械强度差、降解速度快等缺点,将其与壳聚糖复合可改善上述问题。 目的：评估新型壳聚糖-胶原支架材料的体外生物相容性。 方法：通过MTT法评估100%,75%,50%,25%壳聚糖-胶原支架材料浸提液对人牙周膜细胞的毒性。选择第4-6代生长状态良好的人牙周膜细胞与壳聚糖-胶原支架共培养,观察细胞在支架上的生长情况,并检测与壳聚糖-胶原支架复合培养前后人牙周膜细胞碱性磷酸酶活性的变化。 结果与结论：新型壳聚糖-胶原支架具有双层结构,一侧表面致密,一侧表面疏松多孔。MTT法检测不同浓度材料浸提液毒性评级为0或1级。扫描电子显微镜及组织学观察可见细胞在壳聚糖-胶原支架上增殖良好,且致密层可起屏障膜作用,阻挡细胞进入支架内部;复合培养24 h后,人牙周膜细胞的碱性磷酸酶活性与复合培养前无明显差异(P > 0.05),复合培养48,72 h后人牙周膜细胞的碱性磷酸酶活性高于复合培养前(P < 0.05)。以上结果提示新型壳聚糖-胶原支架具有良好的生物相容性及屏障功能,可进一步应用于牙周组织工程的研究。     

壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮三维材料作为骨组织工程支架材料的研究

目的观察MC3T3-El成骨前体细胞在壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮三维支架材料上的黏附情况,并评价其细胞相容性。方法通过冷冻干燥制备壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮三维支架材料,并测试其孔隙率、密度和吸水率,通过扫描电镜分析支架的微观形貌。采用体外培养细胞的方法,将MC3T3-E1细胞直接接种到壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮三维支架材料上,培养2,3,4,5h,各时间点各取3个样品,测定细胞在支架上的黏附率,确定最佳的细胞贴壁时间。将细胞接种到支架上,共培养1,3,5,7,9,11,13d,采用MTS方法绘制细胞增殖曲线,组织化学染色观察细胞形态,并利用材料试验机测试不同时间材料细胞复合物的压缩弹性模量。结果壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮材料具有连通的多孔结构,孔隙率为92.8%,密度为97.96g/L,吸水率为(2169±100)%。细胞相容性实验显示,成骨细胞易于在支架材料上黏附、增殖。结论壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮材料具有连通的孔隙,孔径较均匀,MC3T3-El成骨前体细胞易在壳聚糖-脱细胞真皮三维支架材料上黏附、增殖,表明该支架材料具有良好的细胞相容性。     

壳聚糖-胶原凝胶复合骨髓间充质干细胞修复兔关节软骨缺损的组织学变化

背景:大块软骨损伤目前临床上尚无方法治疗,干细胞技术出现后为解决这一难题提供了理论支持。采用新型的支架材料"壳聚糖-胶原蛋白"结合干细胞诱导分化移植给动物模型是一种较新的尝试。目的:观察壳聚糖-胶原凝胶复合骨髓间充质干细胞修复兔关节软骨缺损的组织学变化。方法:体外培养扩增兔骨髓间充质干细胞。采用软骨诱导分化培养基对P2代细胞进行成软骨诱导。同时制备"壳聚糖-胶原蛋白"支架和兔关节软骨缺损模型。缺损用含有骨髓间充质干细胞的壳聚糖-胶原凝胶填充,另一条关节用没有细胞的支架或不做处理。其中12个关节作为实验组(接受骨髓间充质干细胞+支架),8个关节作为空白对照组(不做处理),8个关节作为单纯支架组(未植入细胞)。造模后于2,4,8,16周进行组织学评分并处死动物行组织学染色。结果与结论:造模后16周移植的细胞一致分化为软骨细胞,大部分软骨缺损区被新生软骨修复,组织学评分实验组关节修复良好。提示应用骨髓间充质干细胞结合"壳聚糖-胶原蛋白"复合物可以修复关节软骨缺损。     

生物玻璃/壳聚糖三维多孔支架的抗感染性能和生物相容性研究

目的 研发制备生物玻璃/壳聚糖三维多孔支架(BG/CS),对其生物相容性及抗感染性能进行研究,阐明其抗感染作用的关键因素。方法 通过模板法制备多孔生物玻璃(BG)支架,注入壳聚糖乙酸,合成生物玻璃/壳聚糖多孔支架,此后以BG作为对照组,通过场发射扫描电镜(FESEM)观察各组材料的表面形貌和孔结构;接种Balb/c小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞(Balb/c 3T3 cells)于不同材料表面培养,分析其对细胞黏附及增殖的影响;各组支架材料分别与标准菌株ATCC 35984(表皮葡萄球菌)和ATCC 25923(金黄色葡萄球菌)共培养,以复合染料染色,在激光共聚焦显微镜(CLSM)下观察各组支架材料表面活菌和死菌的荧光强度;采用结晶紫染色法,定量分析材料表面细菌生物膜形成情况;进行细菌涂板并计数菌落(CFUs/cm2),测算抑菌效率。结果 BG/CS支架材料表面被覆一层壳聚糖,支架呈多孔结构,孔径较均一(200～400 m);材料细胞共培养4 h,BG/CS和BG表面的黏附细胞数量比较差异无统计学意义;共培养1 d,两组材料表面细胞均可正常黏附和铺展;第1～7 d的增殖过程中,各组材料表面细胞的增殖趋势接近,组间细胞增殖率比较差异无统计学意义;经过8 h细菌与材料共培养,CLSM下观测BG支架表面存在大量的细菌黏附(绿色荧光),BG/CS表面则显示出代表死亡细菌的红色荧光;生物膜定量实验显示在2～5 h,5～8 h,与BG组相比,BG/CS支架则明显抑制了生物膜的形成(P0.01);共培养12 h,与BG组相比,BG/CS组胰酶大豆琼脂平板(TSA)培养板表面细菌的单克隆菌落数明显较少,表现出较高的抑菌效率(P0.01)。结论 生物玻璃/壳聚糖三维多孔支架(BG/CS)具有较好的体外生物相容性和抗感染性能,有望作为一种应用于骨关节感染预防及治疗的骨修复填充材料。     

Schwann细胞与硫酸肝素-胶原蛋白支架材料的复合

本研究目的是观测硫酸肝素-胶原蛋白支架材料对Schwann细胞的相容性,采用: (1)冷冻干燥法制备硫酸肝素-胶原蛋白支架材料,培养、纯化并鉴定Schwann细胞后,将Hoechst荧光标记的Schwann细胞复合于硫酸肝素-胶原支架材料中,荧光显微镜、扫描电镜及光镜下观察其在材料内部的空间排列形式; (2)以台盼蓝染色、MTT法检测Schwann细胞与硫酸肝素-胶原蛋白共培养时的生物活性。结果显示:作者制备的支架材料具有纵行的、平行排列的微管结构,Schwann细胞在支架材料微管内成线性平行排列,类似于神经基底膜与Schwann细胞形成的Büngner带;台盼蓝染色Schwann细胞死亡率仅6. 47%,MTT法证明Schwann细胞与硫酸肝素-胶原蛋白材料共培养时保有高度的生物活性。本研究结果表明:以硫酸肝素复合胶原蛋白结合特定条件下冷冻干燥技术可以制备在组分和内部空间结构上高度仿生神经的新型神经组织工程支架材料,与Schwann细胞有良好的细胞相容性。     

京尼平-壳聚糖牦牛跟腱胶原蛋白支架的构建及其细胞毒性和组织相容性的研究

目的探讨京尼平-壳聚糖牦牛跟腱胶原蛋白支架的构建及其细胞毒性和组织相容性。 方法以牦牛跟腱为材料,用酶-酸法进行粗提,结合高效液相色谱进行胶原蛋白的分离、纯化,加入交联剂构建京尼平-壳聚糖牦牛跟腱胶原蛋白支架及京尼平-壳聚糖标准I型胶原蛋白支架。将L929小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞接种于浇注2种支架的孔板上,分别培养1、3、5、7、9、11 d,倒置显微镜下观察细胞形态,细胞计数试剂盒-8进行细胞增殖/毒性实验,计算细胞活力。将2种蛋白支架材料分别移植于同一只大鼠脊柱2侧深筋膜层,分别于移植后3、5、7、9 d取材,10%中性福尔马林液固定,石蜡包埋、切片,苏木精-伊红染色,显微镜下观察胶原降解情况,血管长入情况。数据比较采用t检验。 结果培养1、3、5、7、9、11 d,接种于浇注京尼平-壳聚糖牦牛跟腱胶原蛋白支架与京尼平-壳聚糖标准I型胶原蛋白支架的孔板的L929小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞细胞活力分别为(3.14±0.04)%、(2.17±0.13)%、(2.60±0.11)%、(1.78±0.02)%、(1.64±0.32)%、(1.12±0.02)%,(2.96±0.07)%、(2.08±0.10)%、(2.68±0.14)%、(1.75±0.02)%、(1.84±0.01)%、(1.14±0.01)%,比较差异均无统计学意义(t＝－2.15、－1.31、1.22、－1.27、1.51、0.54, P＝0.06、0.22、0.25、0.25、0.16、0.63)。活体组织相容性实验,大鼠全部存活,手术切口愈合良好,未见急性炎症和局部积液、积脓改变。移植3、5、7、9 d取材,京尼平-壳聚糖牦牛跟腱胶原蛋白支架和京尼平-壳聚糖标准I型胶原蛋白支架均仍未降解,局部组织长入经交联的支架中,支架内见炎性细胞增殖,出现血红细胞及新生小血管。 结论京尼平-壳聚糖牦牛跟腱胶原蛋白支架生物安全性良好,具有作为组织工程支架的潜力。     

Renal dysplasia and asplenia in two sibs

A family is reported in which two sibs, one male and the other female, both died within 24 hours of birth with enlarged polycystic kidneys. Postmortem histology in the second child showed gross renal dysplasia. In both children the pancreas was enlarged, nodular and cystic but the liver appeared macroscopically normal. In the second child, histological examination confirmed pancreatic fibrosis with cystic dilation of ducts, but showed portal fibrosis with bile duct proliferation in the liver.
This combination of findings is very reminiscent of those in a girl and her brother reported by Ivemark et al. (1959). The children reported here also showed absence or hypoplasia of the spleen, cardiac anomalies and other features of the Ivemark syndrome (Ivemark 1955), a quite different, usually sporadic, congenital disorder. It is suggested that the children described here have a distinct lethal congenital disorder, probably inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.     

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 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.     

What will studies of Fulani individuals naturally exposed to malaria teach us about protective immunity to malaria?

There are an estimated over 200 million yearly cases of malaria worldwide. Despite concerted international effort to combat the disease, it still causes approximately half a million deaths every year, the majority of which are young children with Plasmodium falciparum infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Successes are largely attributed to malaria prevention strategies, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor spraying, as well as improved access to existing treatments. One important hurdle to new approaches for the treatment and prevention of malaria is our limited understanding of the biology of Plasmodium infection and its complex interaction with the immune system of its human host. Therefore, the elimination of malaria in Africa not only relies on existing tools to reduce malaria burden, but also requires fundamental research to develop innovative approaches. Here, we summarize our discoveries from investigations of ethnic groups of West Africa who have different susceptibility to malaria.     

'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.     

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.     

HLA in North Colombia Chimila Amerindians

HLA-A,-B,-C,-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Chimila Amerindians from Sabana de San Angel (North Colombian Coast) by using high resolution molecular typing. A frequent extended haplotype was found:HLA-A*24:02-B*51:10-C*15:02-BRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 (28.7%) which has also been described in Amerinndian Mayos Mexican population (Mexico, California Gulf, Pacific Ocean). Other haplotypes had already been found in Amerindians from Mexico (Pacific and Atlantic Coast), Peru (highlands and Amazon Basin), Bolivia and North USA. A geographic pattern according to HLA allele or haplotype frequencies is lacking in Amerindians, as already known. Also, five new extended haplotypes were found in Chimila Amerindians. Their HLA-A*24:02 high frequencies characteristic is shared with aboriginal populations of Taiwan; also, HLA-C*01:02 high frequencies are found in New Zealand Maoris, New Caledonians and Kimberly Aborigines from Australia. Finally, this study may show a model of evolutionary factors acting and rising one HLA allele frequency (-A*24:02), but not in others that belong to the same or different HLA loci.     

The universal muscular chamber. A basic unit of the genitourinary, cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, skeletal, cutaneous, respiratory and other systems, endocameral hypertension; and spasm, the key to their idiopathic diseases and arthropathies

Starting with the integument, we see many organs are contractile sacs or multiples thereof, which tubes or bags constitute the major part of the entire body. Recognition of this basic unit and its characteristics sheds new light, individually and collectively, on many disorders previously considered unrelated. Muscular tears and perforations develop in the walls of these chambers, being no way peculiar to those organs, wherein, hydrochloric acid occurs. So, it is not necessary to explain the absence of excessive acid from patients who exhibit holes in the gastric, uterine, aortic, duodenal, rectal, pulmonary, retina, and other walls. Muscle, not acid is the great common factor relating idiopathic disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to each other and to similar diseases in other systems. When the units are linked together, the lesions tend to appear as arthropathies, i.e. at the joints. Rephrasing common-place observations, frees us from conventional, conceptual cul-de-sacs. An observation is only as good as its interpretation, so all possibilities must be considered, otherwise, we will remain blinded by our misconceptions.