胆石症动物模型的应用与研究进展

Application and research advances in cholelithiasis animal models

胆石症动物模型已经成为在胆石病病因、预防、诊断和治疗等方面开展研究的重要平台和工具.由于胆结石的形成与肝胆系统结构功能异常、脂代谢失衡和免疫功能障碍的关系日益受到关注,因此学者们利用胆石症动物模型在上述领域的研究逐渐增多.近年来,模型动物对胆结石的遗传易感性也引起广泛研究兴趣.国内学者还利用胆石症动物模型进行中医药防治胆石病的探索.此外,建立大动物胆石症模型并应用于侵入性和有创性研究的成果也屡有报道.随着科技进步和研究的需要,将有更多适于胆石病研究的动物模型得以建立并被广泛应用.

As a tool, cholelithiasis animal models have become an important platform for pathogenetic, preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic research. As biliary calculus formation has a close relationship with dysfunction of hepatic and biliary systems, inability of lipid metabolism homeostasis and impairment of immunologic barriers, increasing studies have been carried out with the use of animal models in these fields. Animal genetic susceptibility to cholelithiasis has greatly attracted people＇s attention in recent years and cholelithiasis animal models have been used in Chinese traditional medicine development and authentication. Furthermore, reports on invasive and traumatic research have been published in which large animal models were used. It is supposed that technical progress and scientists＇ demands would result in wide application of more kinds of cholelithiasis animal models.