简介:AIM:ToinvestigatetheroleofBrn-3bindifferentiationprocessofstemcellsderivedfromretinalMiillercellsintotheganglioncell.METHODS:ThepassageculturemethodofMiillercellsfromretinaofnewbornSpragueDawleyratswascarriedoutbyrepeatedincompletepancreaticenzymedigestionmethod.Thecellsweredetectedbyfluorescenceactivatedcellsorter(FACS),immunohistochemistrytechnologyandreversetranscription-polymerasechainreaction(RT-PCR)todeterminethepurity.Thethirdpassageofcellswasinducedintheserum-freededifferentiationmedium.TheexpressionofthespecificmarkersKi-67andnestinofretinalstemcellswasmeasuredbyRT-PCRandWesternblot.Thecellproliferationofretinalstemcellswasdetectedby5-Ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine(Edu)staining.Thecellswererandomlydividedinto5groupsasfollows:groupA:Brn-3bsiRNAgroup;groupB:Brn-3bcontrolsiRNAgroup;groupC:pGC-Brn-3b-greenfluorescentprotein(GFP)group;groupD:pGC-GFPgroup;groupE:controlgroup(withoutanyhandling).ThepurifiedMullercellswereculturedfor3-7d,then,thepercentageofganglioncellswascountedbyimmunofluorescencestaining.RESULTS:FACSdemonstratedthepurityofretinalMullercellswasmore97.44%.Afewsphericalcellspheresappeared.Immunofluorescencestainingshowedthatstemcellswithinthesphereswerepositiveforretinalstemcell-specificmarkersnestin(redfluorescence,92.94%±6.48%)andKi-67(greenfluorescence,85.96%±6.04%).Meanwhile,RT-PCRanalysisshowedcellspheresintheculturetohaveexpressedabatteryoftranscriptscharacteristicofstemcellssuchasnestinandKi-67,whichwereabsentintheMullercells.WesternblotanalysisfurtherconfirmedtheexpressionofnestinandKi-67inthecellspheresbutnotintheMullercells.Edustainingshowedmostofthenucleiwithinthecellsphereswerestainedred(82.80%±6.65%),suggestingthenewcellsphereshadthecapacityforeffectiveproliferation.ThestatisticsresultshowedthedifferencebetweenBrn-3bsiRNAgroupand
简介:AIM:TocomprehensivelyevaluatethepotentialassociationofCOL1A1polymorphismswithhighmyopiabyasystematicreviewandMeta-analysis.METHODS:AllassociationstudiesonCOL1A1andhighmyopiareporteduptoJune10,2014inPubMed,Embase,WebofScience,andtheChineseBiomedicalDatabasewereretrieved.Oddsratios(ORs)and95%confidenceintervals(95%CIs)wereanalyzedforsinglenucleotidepolymorphisms(SNPs)usingfixed-andrandom-effectsmodelsaccordingtobetween-studyheterogeneity.PublicationbiasanalyseswereconductedbyEgger’stest.RESULTS:Atotaloffourstudiesfromreportedpaperswereincludedinthisanalysis.TheMeta-analysesforCOL1A1rs2075555,composedof2304highmyopiapatientsand2272controls,failedtodetectanysignificantassociationwithhighmyopia.Atotalof971casesand649controlsweretestedforCOL1A1rs2269336.TheassociationofCOL1A1rs2269336withhighmyopiawasobservedinrecessivemodel(CCvsCG+GG,P=0.03)andinheterozygousmodel(CGvsGG,P=0.04),butnotinothermodels.CONCLUSION:ThisMeta-analysisshowsthatCOL1A1rs2269336(CCvsCG+GG)affectsindividualsusceptibilitytohighmyopia,whereasthereisnoassociationdetectedbetweenSNPsrs2075555andhighmyopia.Giventhelimitedsamplesize,furtherinvestigationsincludingmoreethnicgroupsarerequiredtovalidatetheassociation.
简介:目的探讨桥小脑角疾病的相位平衡快速梯度回波(Balance-FastFieldEcho,B-FFE)序列MRI影像学特点,评价B-FFE序列对桥小脑角疾病的诊断价值.方法应用B-FFE序列对136例桥小脑角病变者(三叉神经痛131例、半面痉挛5例)进行MRI检查,观察桥小脑角神经、血管、肿瘤显像情况,并与手术中资料进行比较.结果131例三叉神经痛患者中,117例为原发性三叉神经痛,MRI显示有血管压迫者102例,术中证实有血管压迫者95例,行显微血管减压+神经梳理术;14例为继发性三叉神经痛,均为桥小脑角占位性病变,术后病理证实7例为胆脂瘤,2例为听神经瘤,5例为脑膜瘤;5例半面痉挛患者MRI显示有血管压迫,术中证实有血管压迫,并予以血管减压.结论B-FFE序列MRI成像能清楚显示桥小脑角区三叉神经、面神经与血管的关系及是否有占位性病变,对诊断、术前评估和指导治疗有重要意义.
简介:血管生成素(angiopoietin,Ang)是特异性作用于血管内皮细胞的生长因子,主要由Ang-1和Ang-2组成;Tie2(tyrosinekinasethatcontainsimmunoglubin-likeloopsandepidernalgrowthfactor-similardomains2)是其共同受体.Ang-1促使血管成熟,维持血管稳定.Ang-2则拮抗Ang-1的作用,始动病理性新生血管形成.在眼部新生血管形成过程中Ang/Tie2受体途径起重要作用,抑制Ang/Tie2受体途径可以抑制眼部新生血管形成.