Over the last two decades,the dogma that cell fate is immutable has been increasingly challenged,with important implications for regenerative medicine.The brea kth rough discovery that induced pluripotent stem cells c...Over the last two decades,the dogma that cell fate is immutable has been increasingly challenged,with important implications for regenerative medicine.The brea kth rough discovery that induced pluripotent stem cells could be generated from adult mouse fibroblasts is powerful proof that cell fate can be changed.An exciting extension of the discovery of cell fate impermanence is the direct cellular reprogram ming hypothesis-that terminally differentiated cells can be reprogrammed into other adult cell fates without first passing through a stem cell state.展开更多
The brain's extracellular matrix(ECM),which is comprised of protein and glycosaminoglycan(GAG)scaffolds,constitutes 20%-40% of the human brain and is considered one of the largest influencers on brain cell functio...The brain's extracellular matrix(ECM),which is comprised of protein and glycosaminoglycan(GAG)scaffolds,constitutes 20%-40% of the human brain and is considered one of the largest influencers on brain cell functioning(Soles et al.,2023).Synthesized by neural and glial cells,the brain's ECM regulates a myriad of homeostatic cellular processes,including neuronal plasticity and firing(Miyata et al.,2012),cation buffering(Moraws ki et al.,2015),and glia-neuron interactions(Anderson et al.,2016).Considering the diversity of functions,dynamic remodeling of the brain's ECM indicates that this understudied medium is an active participant in both normal physiology and neurological diseases.展开更多
背景:程序性细胞死亡受体1(programmed death receptor-1,PD-1)在高糖环境下影响骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化的作用机制尚不清楚。目的:探讨高糖环境中PD-1对大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化的影响及其调控机制。方法:将大鼠骨髓间充质干细...背景:程序性细胞死亡受体1(programmed death receptor-1,PD-1)在高糖环境下影响骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化的作用机制尚不清楚。目的:探讨高糖环境中PD-1对大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化的影响及其调控机制。方法:将大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞随机分为正常糖组(5.6 mmol/L)、高糖组(30 mmol/L)、PD-1过表达组、PD-1过表达空载组、PD-1敲低组、PD-1敲低空载组、PI3K/AKT通路抑制剂组(PD-1敲低+5μmol/L LY294002)。通过在高糖培养基中培养大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞来模拟体外糖尿病环境,采用qRT-PCR检测大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞中PD-1及其配体PD-L1和成骨标志物Runx2、OSX的mRNA表达,采用碱性磷酸酶染色和茜素红S染色观察成骨分化能力,采用CCK-8检测细胞增殖情况,采用Western blot检测PD-1、PD-L1、p-PI3K、p-AKT的蛋白表达。结果与结论:①高糖组PD-1及PD-L1表达显著高于正常糖组,高糖组骨髓间充质干细胞的成骨分化能力较正常糖组显著下降;②敲低PD-1表达可以促进骨髓间充质干细胞的成骨分化、增加细胞增殖活性,同时激活PI3K/AKT通路;③加入PI3K/AKT通路抑制剂LY294002后,骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化能力显著下降。结果表明:PD-1依赖于PI3K/AKT信号通路抑制高糖环境下大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞的成骨分化。展开更多
Prenatal programming during pregnancy sets physiological outcomes in the offspring by integrating external or internal stimuli.Accordingly,pregnancy is an important stage of physiological adaptations to the environmen...Prenatal programming during pregnancy sets physiological outcomes in the offspring by integrating external or internal stimuli.Accordingly,pregnancy is an important stage of physiological adaptations to the environment where the fetus becomes exposed and adapted to the maternal milieu.Maternal exposure to high-energy dense diets can affect motivated behavior in the offs p ring leading to addiction and impaired sociability.A high-energy dense exposure also increases the pro-inflammatory cytokines profile in plasma and brain and favors microglia activation in the offspring.While still under investigation,prenatal exposure to high-energy dense diets promotes structural abnormalities in selective brain regions regulating motivation and social behavior in the offspring.The current review addresses the role of energy-dense foods programming central and peripheral inflammatory profiles during embryonic development and its effect on motivated behavior in the offspring.We provide preclinical and clinical evidence that supports the contribution of prenatal programming in shaping immune profiles that favor structural and brain circuit disruption leading to aberrant motivated behaviors after birth.We hope this minireview encourages future research on novel insights into the mechanisms underlying maternal programming of motivated behavior by central immune networks.展开更多
This paper presents a new method .linear programming method. to calculate the proportion of the cement raw material. Its advanlages are as following : good practicability, convenience for analysis, and being easy for ...This paper presents a new method .linear programming method. to calculate the proportion of the cement raw material. Its advanlages are as following : good practicability, convenience for analysis, and being easy for controlling. The mathematical model given in the paper is apt to be realized on computer.展开更多
UML Class diagram generation from textual requirements is an important task in object-oriented design and programing course.This study proposes a method for automatically generating class diagrams from Chinese textual...UML Class diagram generation from textual requirements is an important task in object-oriented design and programing course.This study proposes a method for automatically generating class diagrams from Chinese textual requirements on the basis of Natural Language Processing(NLP)and mapping rules for sentence pattern matching.First,classes are identified through entity recognition rules and candidate class pruning rules using NLP from requirements.Second,class attributes and relationships between classes are extracted using mapping rules for sentence pattern matching on the basis of NLP.Third,we developed an assistant tool integrated into a precision micro classroom system for automatic generation of class diagram,to effectively assist the teaching of object-oriented design and programing course.Results are evaluated with precision,accuracy and recall from eight requirements of object-oriented design and programing course using truth values created by teachers.Our research should benefit beginners of object-oriented design and programing course,who may be students or software developers.It helps them to create correct domain models represented in the UML class diagram.展开更多
基金supported by Canada First Research Excellence Fund,Medicine by Design(to CMM)。
文摘Over the last two decades,the dogma that cell fate is immutable has been increasingly challenged,with important implications for regenerative medicine.The brea kth rough discovery that induced pluripotent stem cells could be generated from adult mouse fibroblasts is powerful proof that cell fate can be changed.An exciting extension of the discovery of cell fate impermanence is the direct cellular reprogram ming hypothesis-that terminally differentiated cells can be reprogrammed into other adult cell fates without first passing through a stem cell state.
基金supported by National Institute on Aging(NIH-NIA)R21 AG074152(to KMA)National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID)grant DP2 AI171150(to KMA)Department of Defense(DoD)grant AZ210089(to KMA)。
文摘The brain's extracellular matrix(ECM),which is comprised of protein and glycosaminoglycan(GAG)scaffolds,constitutes 20%-40% of the human brain and is considered one of the largest influencers on brain cell functioning(Soles et al.,2023).Synthesized by neural and glial cells,the brain's ECM regulates a myriad of homeostatic cellular processes,including neuronal plasticity and firing(Miyata et al.,2012),cation buffering(Moraws ki et al.,2015),and glia-neuron interactions(Anderson et al.,2016).Considering the diversity of functions,dynamic remodeling of the brain's ECM indicates that this understudied medium is an active participant in both normal physiology and neurological diseases.
基金supported by the National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico(CONACYT)708452 CONACYT to LMM855559 CONACYT to GCC+1 种基金573686 CONACYT to RMRPAICYT 2021 to ACM。
文摘Prenatal programming during pregnancy sets physiological outcomes in the offspring by integrating external or internal stimuli.Accordingly,pregnancy is an important stage of physiological adaptations to the environment where the fetus becomes exposed and adapted to the maternal milieu.Maternal exposure to high-energy dense diets can affect motivated behavior in the offs p ring leading to addiction and impaired sociability.A high-energy dense exposure also increases the pro-inflammatory cytokines profile in plasma and brain and favors microglia activation in the offspring.While still under investigation,prenatal exposure to high-energy dense diets promotes structural abnormalities in selective brain regions regulating motivation and social behavior in the offspring.The current review addresses the role of energy-dense foods programming central and peripheral inflammatory profiles during embryonic development and its effect on motivated behavior in the offspring.We provide preclinical and clinical evidence that supports the contribution of prenatal programming in shaping immune profiles that favor structural and brain circuit disruption leading to aberrant motivated behaviors after birth.We hope this minireview encourages future research on novel insights into the mechanisms underlying maternal programming of motivated behavior by central immune networks.
文摘This paper presents a new method .linear programming method. to calculate the proportion of the cement raw material. Its advanlages are as following : good practicability, convenience for analysis, and being easy for controlling. The mathematical model given in the paper is apt to be realized on computer.
基金This work is supported by the Collaborative education project of QST Innovation Technology Group Co.,Ltd and the Ministry of Education of PRC(NO.201801243022).
文摘UML Class diagram generation from textual requirements is an important task in object-oriented design and programing course.This study proposes a method for automatically generating class diagrams from Chinese textual requirements on the basis of Natural Language Processing(NLP)and mapping rules for sentence pattern matching.First,classes are identified through entity recognition rules and candidate class pruning rules using NLP from requirements.Second,class attributes and relationships between classes are extracted using mapping rules for sentence pattern matching on the basis of NLP.Third,we developed an assistant tool integrated into a precision micro classroom system for automatic generation of class diagram,to effectively assist the teaching of object-oriented design and programing course.Results are evaluated with precision,accuracy and recall from eight requirements of object-oriented design and programing course using truth values created by teachers.Our research should benefit beginners of object-oriented design and programing course,who may be students or software developers.It helps them to create correct domain models represented in the UML class diagram.
