Host-microbe interaction-mediated resistance to DSS-induced inflammatory enteritis in sheep.

Background: The disease resistance phenotype is closely related to immunomodulatory function and immune tolerance and has far-reaching implications in animal husbandry and human health. Microbes play an important role in the initiation, prevention, and treatment of diseases, but the mechanisms of host-microbiota interactions in disease-resistant phenotypes are poorly understood. In this study, we hope to uncover and explain the role of microbes in intestinal diseases and their mechanisms of action to identify new potential treatments.

Cadmium exposure promotes inflammation through the PPAR signaling pathway in the small intestine and colon of Hu sheep.

With the increase of cadmium content in the environment, the losses caused by cadmium-induced intestinal diseases to animal husbandry are increasing year by year. However, most of the on-going research activities focus on zoonotic diseases rather than exploring the mechanisms of animal disease occurrence from an anthropogenic environmental perspective. In this study, stressed Hu sheep under cadmium environmental exposure were selected to explore the mechanism of inflammatory bowel disease development.

[Experimental study of osseointegration of nHA/BG coating and Bio-Oss in implant defects].

Purpose: To evaluate bone regeneration in defects at titanium implants with nHA/BG coating in conjunction with Bio-Oss.

Methods: Four mandibular premolars were extracted in 6 Beagle dogs. After 3 months, buccal dehiscence-type defects (2.

Enhanced osteointegration of orthopaedic implant gradient coating composed of bioactive glass and nanohydroxyapatite.

We conducted histologic and histomorphometric studies to evaluate the osteointegration of gradient coatings composed of bioactive glass and nanohydroxyapatite (BG-nHA) on titanium-alloy orthopaedic implants and surrounding bone tissue in vivo. Titanium-alloy implants with a gradient coating (gradient coating group), uncoated implants (uncoated group), and implants with a conventional hydroxyapatite (HA) coating (HA coating group) were randomly implanted in bilateral femoral condyles of 36 male New Zealand rabbits. The bone-implant contact at 12 and 24 weeks and the new bone volume in the notch created for observing bone ingrowth at 4, 12, and 24 weeks were found greater in the gradient coating group than those in both the uncoated group and the HA coating group (p < 0.

Fabrication, characterization, and in vitro degradation of composite scaffolds based on PHBV and bioactive glass.

Composite scaffolds of polyhydroxybutyrate-polyhydroxyvalerate (PHBV) with sol-gel-derived bioactive glass (BG, 58S) are fabricated by compression molding, thermal processing, and salt particulate leaching method. Structure and mechanical properties of the scaffolds are determined. The bioactivity of the composites is evaluated by soaking the scaffolds in a simulated body fluid (SBF), and the formation of the apatite layer on the scaffolds is determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS).

Preparation and characterization of bioactive sol-gel-derived Na2Ca2Si3(O)9.

In this study, pure Na2Ca2Si3(O)9 was synthesized by a sol-gel method, and Na2Ca2Si3(O)9 cuboids and disks were prepared by uniaxial pressing and calcining at 700 degrees C. The porosity and mechanical strength of the Na2Ca2Si3(O)9 cuboids were measured, and the results showed that the Na2Ca2Si3(O)9 cuboids were porous with an average porosity of 44%, and the 3-point bending strength of the cuboids was 6.08 MPa.