用于牙科复合树脂的具有固位力外形的无机填料的研究

本文介绍了一类微细的复合式无机填料。由于具有特殊的表面结构，这类填料与复合树脂中的树脂基质之间有良好的结合力，因此称之为“具有固位力外形的无机填料”。用此类填料配制的试验性复合树脂，不仅其磨耗性能有明显的改善，而且其它机械性能也有不同程度的提高。     

Sevoflurane and isoflurane do not enhance the pre- and postischemic eicosanoid production in guinea pig hearts

Eicosanoids and volatile anesthetics can influence cardiac reperfusion injury. Accordingly, we analyzed the effects of sevoflurane and isoflurane applied in clinically relevant concentrations on the myocardial production of prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 (TxA2) and on heart function. Isolated guinea pig hearts, perfused with crystalloid buffer, performed pressure-volume work. Between two working phases, hearts were subjected to 15 min of global ischemia followed by reperfusion. The hearts received no anesthetic, 1 minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC) isoflurane (1.2 vol%), or 0.5 and 1 MAC sevoflurane (1 vol% and 2 vol%), either only preischemically or pre- and postischemically. In additional groups, cyclooxygenase function was examined by an infusion of 1 microM arachidonic acid (AA) in the absence and presence of sevoflurane. The variables measured included the myocardial production of prostacyclin, TxA2 and lactate, consumption of pyruvate, coronary perfusion pressure, and the tissue level of isoprostane 8-iso-PGF2alpha. External heart work, determined pre- and postischemically, served to assess recovery of heart function. Volatile anesthetics had no impact on postischemic recovery of myocardial function (50%-60% recovery), perfusion pressure, lactate production, or isoprostane content. Release of prostacyclin and TxA2 was increased in the early reperfusion phase 5-8- and 2-4-fold, respectively, indicating enhanced AA liberation. Isoflurane and sevoflurane did not augment the eicosanoid release. Only 2 vol% sevoflurane applied during reperfusion prevented the increased eicosanoid formation in this phase. Infusion of AA increased prostacyclin production approximately 200-fold under all conditions, decreased pyruvate consumption irreversibly, and markedly attenuated postischemic heart work (25% recovery). None of these effects were mitigated by 2 vol% sevoflurane. In conclusion, only sevoflurane at 2 vol% attenuated the increased liberation of AA during reperfusion. Decreased eicosanoid formation had no effect on myocardial recovery in our experimental setting while excess AA was deleterious. Because eicosanoids influence intravascular platelet and leukocyte adhesion and activation, sevoflurane may have effects in reperfused tissues beyond those of isoflurane. IMPLICATIONS: In an isolated guinea pig heart model, myocardial eicosanoid release was not increased by isoflurane or sevoflurane, either before or after ischemia. Sevoflurane (2 vol%) but not isoflurane attenuated the increased release of eicosanoids during reperfusion.     

Autoimmunity, intestinal lymphoid hyperplasia, and defects in mucosal B-cell homeostasis in patients with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome

The Phosphatase And Tensin Homolog Deleted On Chromosome 10 (PTEN) regulates the phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT signaling pathway. In a series of 34 patients with PTEN mutations, we described gastrointestinal lymphoid hyperplasia, extensive hyperplastic tonsils, thymus hyperplasia, autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and colitis. Functional analysis of the gastrointestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue revealed increased signaling via the PI3K-AKT pathway, including phosphorylation of S6 and increased cell proliferation, but also reduced apoptosis of CD20(+)CD10(+) B cells. Reduced activity of PTEN therefore affects homeostasis of human germinal center B cells by increasing PI3K-AKT signaling via mammalian target of rapamycin as well as antiapoptotic signals.     

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