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简介：ScientistsattheUniversityofPittsburghSchoolofMedicinehavediscoveredanewbiologicalpathwayofinnateimmunitythatrampsupinflammationandthenidentifiedagentsthatcanblockit,leadingtoincreasedsurvivalandimprovedlungfunctioninanimalmodelsofpneumonia.TheyreportedtheirfindingstodayinNatureImmunology.

简介：NewresearchshowsthatelevatedlevelsofcardiactroponinT(cTnT)orI(cTnI)inpatientswhohadangioplastyindicateahigherriskofall-causemortalityandlong-termadverseeventssuchasheartattack.

简介：IntroductionAsamemberofthebonemorphogeneticprotein(BMP)family,BMP-2playsimportantrolesnotonlyinboneregenerationandbonerepairbutalsoincellproliferation,apoptosis,differentiationandmorphogenesis.TheBMP-2remarkableabilitytostimulatenewbonegrowthresultsinthedevelopmentofanoveltherapystrategyforbonemassdefectduetoaccidentsordiseases.BecausetheBMP-2itself,inconjunctionwithasuitablematrix,issufficienttostimulategenesisofnewbone,thegeneticallyengineeredBMP-2hasgoodappliedprospects.

简介：Bonemorphogeneticprotein(BMP)isanefficientbone-inducingproteinwhichmainlyexistsinbonematrix.TheimplantsofBovineBMP(bBMP)extractedfrombovinebonematrixcaninducedifferentiationofmesenchymalcellsofmicemusclein-tochondroandosteo-cytesandformnewbonefurther.Inordertoevaluateim-plantablebiomaterialthatpossessesnotonlyosteogenicability,butalsostengtn,

简介：Inthepresentstudywehavefoundthatproto-oncogenec-fosproteincanexpressinthenoradrenergicneuronsofrathindbrainfollowingperipheralelectricalstimulation.Ratsweregivenperipheralelectricalstimulationviathinstainlesssteelpinsinsertedintothepointsnearkneejoint(S36)andanklejoint(Sp6)whichmimicthemanipulationofelectroacupuncture(EA)performedinhumans.Animalswereperfusedfordoublestainingimmunohistochemistry2haftertheterminationofEA.InratssubjectedtoEAstimulationFos-likeproteinwasfoundinthetyrosinehydroxylase(TH)-likeimmunoreactiveneuronsinrathindbrain.TheFosandTHcoex-istingneuronsweredistributedinthelocuscoeruleus,solitarytractnucleus,ventrolateralmedul-la,periaqeductalgray,aswellassuperiorcolliculus.ThepercentageofthecoexistingneuronscomparedwiththetotalnumberofneuronscontainingFos-likeproteininthesenucleirangedfrom6%to32%.Theresultssuggestthatthenoradrenergicneuronsintheseregionsmaybeac-tivtedbyacupuncturestimulation.