简介：Ininsects,thegustatorysystemplaysacrucialroleinmultiplephysiologicalbehaviors,includingfeeding,toxinavoidance,courtship,matingandoviposition.Gustatorystimulifromtheenvironmentarerecognizedbygustatoryreceptors.Todate,littleisknownaboutthefunctionofgustatoryreceptorsinagriculturalpestinsects.Inthisstudy,weclonedasugargustatoryreceptorgene,N/Gr11,fromthebrownplanthopper(BPH),Nilaparvatalugens(Stal),aseriouspestofriceinAsia;wethenidentifieditsligands,namely,fructose,galactoseandarabinose,bycalciumimagingassay.AfterinjectionofN/Gr11doublestrandedRNA,wefoundthatthenumberofeggslaidbyBPHdecreased.Moreover,wefoundthatN/Gr11inhibitedthephosphorylationofadenosinemonophosphate-activatedproteinkinase(AMPK)andpromotedthephosphorylationofproteinkinaseB(AKT).ThesefindingsdemonstratedthatN/Gr11couldacceleratethefecundityofBPHthroughAMPK-andAKT-mediatedsignalingpathways.Thisisthefirstreporttoindicatethatagustatoryreceptormodulatesthefecundityofinsectsandthatthereceptorcouldbeapotentialtargetforpestcontrol.

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简介：Withtheexceptionofmatureerythrocytes,cellswithinthehumanhematopoieticsystemarecharacterizedbythecellsurfaceexpressionofthepan-leukocytereceptorCD45.Here,weidentifyanovelsubsetamongmononuclearcordbloodcellsdepletedoflineagecommitmentmarkers(Lin-)thataredevoidofCD45expression.Surprisingly,functionalexaminationofLin-CD45-cellsalsolackingcellsurfaceCD34revealedtheywerecapableofmultipotentialhematopoieticprogenitorcapacity.Co-culturewithmouseembryoniclimbbudcellsdemonstratedthatLin-CD45-CD34-cellswerecapableofcontributingtocartilagenodulesanddifferentiatingintohumanchondrocytes.BMP-4,amesodermalfactorknowntopromotechondrogenesis,significantlyaugmentedLin-CD45-CD34-differentiationintochondrocytes.Moreover,unlikeCD34+humanhematopoieticstemcells,Lin-CD45-CD34-cellswereunabletoproliferateorsurviveinliquidcultures,whereassingleLin-CD45-CD34-cellswereabletochimerizetheinnercellmass(ICM)ofmurineblastocystsandproliferateinthisembryonicenvironment.OurstudyidentifiesanovelpopulationofLin-CD45-CD34-cellscapableofcommitmentintobothhematopoieticandchondrocyticlineages,suggestingthathumancordbloodmayprovideamoreubiquitoussourceoftissuewithbroaderdevelopmentalpotentialthanpreviouslyappreciated.

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简介：Humanplacenta-derivedmononuclearcells(MNC)wereisolatedbyaPercolldensitygradientandculturedinmesenchymalstemcell(MSC)maintenancemedium.Thehomogenouslayerofadherentcellsexhibitedatypicalfibroblastlikemorphology,alargeexpansivepotential,andcellcyclecharacteristicsincludingasubsetofquiescentcells.Invitrodifferentiationassaysshowedthetripotentialdifferentiationcapacityofthesecellstowardadipogenic,osteogenicandchondrogeniclineages.FlowcytometryanalysesandimmunocytochemistrystainshowedthatplacentalMSCwasahomogeneouscellpopulationdevoidofhematopoieticcells,whichuniformlyexpressedCD29,CD44,CD73,CD105,CD166,laminin,fibronectinandvimentinwhilebeingnegativeforexpressionofCD31,CD34,CD45andα-smoothmuscleactin.Mostimportantly,immuno-phenotypicanalysesdemonstratedthatthesecellsexpressedclassImajorhistocompatibilitycomplex(MHC-Ⅰ),buttheydidnotexpressMHC-Ⅱmolecules.Additionallythesecellscouldsuppressumbilicalcordblood(UCB)lymphocytesproliferationinducedbycellularornonspecificmitogenicstimuli.Thisstronglyimpliesthattheymayhavepotentialapplicationinallografttransplantation.SinceplacentaandUCBarehomogeneous,theMSCderivedfromhumanplacentacanbetransplantedcombinedwithhematopoieticstemcells(HSC)fromUCBtoreducethepotentialgraft-versus-hostdisease(GVHD)inrecipients.

简介：来自哈尔滨医科大学附属第一临床医学院与上海交通大学医学院附属瑞金医学院的2个研究团队在白血病研究方面同时取得新的进展，相关成果文章分别发表在《Blood》和《CancerCell》上。