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An Immunofluorescent Method for Characterization of Barrett’s Esophagus Cells
Published on: July 20, 2014
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スクアモス・コラムナー・ジャンクションの移行基底細胞は,バレット食道を生成する
Ming Jiang1, Haiyan Li1, Yongchun Zhang1
1Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Nature
|October 12, 2017
まとめ
研究者らは胃腸上部に新しい前身細胞群を特定した. これらの基礎細胞 (p63+KRT5+KRT7+) がバレット食道転形成の起源である.
科学分野:
- 胃腸内科
- 幹細胞生物学
- エピテリア生物学
背景:
- エピテリアの間の移行領域はメタプラジアと癌に容易です.
- バレットの食道細胞の起源は, 胃食道交差点でのメタプラスティック変化が不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 胃食道交差点におけるメタプラジアの起源細胞を特定する.
- バレットの食道の発達における 基礎細胞の役割を調べるため
主な方法:
- マウスモデルと系統追跡戦略を活用した.
- スクアモス・コラムナー交差点における特定の基礎細胞 (p63+KRT5+KRT7+) の役割を調べた.
- CDX2発現が親細胞の分化に及ぼす影響を研究した.
主要な成果:
- 上部胃腸管の状-柱状の交差点で,異なる基礎原始細胞 (p63+KRT5+KRT7+) を有する新しい移行柱状上皮質を特定した.
- これらの基礎原始体が 移行性上皮質を生成することを示した.
- 腸外CDX2発現が 腸のような表皮に微分化され バレット変形を模倣することを示した.
- 他のマウス組織とヒトの胃食道交差点でも同様の移行性上皮質が観察されました.
- 酸性反流誘発性食道炎と多層性上皮質での 移行性基礎原始体の拡大を検出した.
結論:
- 以前は認識されなかった移行領域とその基礎前細胞 (p63+KRT5+KRT7+) が上部胃腸に特定されました.
- これらの基礎細胞は,移行性上皮質の原始細胞の源であり,多層性上皮質とバレット食道の原始細胞である.
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