Research progress on the mechanism of type H vessels in improving bone loss / 中华骨科杂志

In skeletal system, the coupling effect between angiogenesis and osteogenesis can promote bone growth and maintain bone mass balance. Type H vessel is a special capillary subtype in bone with high expression of Endomucin (Emcn) and CD31. The essence of type H vessel is vascular endothelial cells, mainly distributed in the metaphysis, surrounded by bone progenitor cells, which mediates the coupling mechanism of angiogenesis and osteogenesis, involving a variety of cytokines and signaling pathways. Factors including platelet-derived growth factor type BB, slit guidance ligand 3, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, Notch, and vascular endothelial growth factor are involved in the coupling of angiogenesis and osteogenesis. Type H vessels transmit signals through a variety of cytokines to enhance the connection between angiogenesis and bone formation, thus regulating bone growth and bone homeostasis. In addition, this article discusses the research prospects of improving bone loss by using it as a target, so as to provide reference for clinical bone injury repair and anti-osteoporosis treatment.

Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometer in identification of clinical common bacteria / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To evaluated the application value of two kinds of mass spectrometer(MS)and Vitek MS system in the i-dentification of routinely isolated bacteria in clinic.Methods 149 strains of common bacteria(including 14 genera and 30 species)i-solated from blood,urine,cerebral spinal fluid,secretion and sputum samples in our hospital from March 2012 to January 2013 were collected and simultaneously identified by 2 kinds of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometer (MALD-TOF-MS).The identification results were compared with those identified by the conventional biochemical identification (Vitek2 compact).The strains with the inconsistent results identified by 3 kinds of method were confirmed by 16S rDNA gene se-quencing.Results Among 149 common bacteria,the correct identification rates of genus and species by the Bruker Biotyper MS were 98% and 96% respectively and which by the Vitek MS system were 97% and 95% respectively.There were no misidentified bacterial strains by these two kinds of MS.Conclusion No statistical difference in the identification results was observed between these two kinds of MS system(P >0.05).Both exhibit excellent identification level and are suitable for the routine laboratory iden-tification of clinical microorganism.