简介：新pH应答的糖类hydrogels被设计并且准备了使用curdlan衍生物(curdlan-Boc-histidine，杂种狗--他的)。杂种狗--他的hydrogels拥有了高度多孔的结构。杂种狗的胀大的比率--他与Boc-histidine的替换的度增加的hydrogels组织。并且0.5mol/LNaCl的增加挑起了杂种狗的胀大的比率的锋利的减小--他的hydrogels。牛的浆液白朊(BSA)能高效地被包含进杂种狗--他的hydrogels。而且，在从杂种狗的不同pH价值的BSA的版本侧面--他的hydrogels是显著地不同的。这些hydrogels在cytotoxicity试金显示出好biocompatibility。杂种狗--他的hydrogels具有在象蛋白质交货系统那样的生物医学的应用的大潜力。

简介：·AIM:ToexploretheimmunomodulatoryeffectsofcurdlanoninnateimmuneresponsesagainstAspergillusfumigatus(A.fumigatus)inculturedhumancornealepithelialcells(HCECs),andwhetherC-typelectinreceptorDectin-1mediatestheimmunomodulatoryeffectsofcurdlan.·METHODS:TheHCECswerestimulatedbycurdlanindifferentconcentrations(50,100,200,400μg/mL)forvarioustime.ThenHCECspretreatedwithorwithoutlaminarin(Dectin-1blocker,0.3mg/mL)andcurdlanwerestimulatedbyA.fumigatushyphae.ThemRNAandproteinproductionoftumornecrosisfactor-α(TNF-α)andinterleukin-6(IL-6)weredeterminedbyreal-timequantitativepolymerasechainreactionandenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay,respectively.TheproteinlevelofDectin-1wasmeasuredbyWesternblot.·RESULTS:CurdlanstimulatedmRNAexpressionofTNF-αandIL-6inadoseandtimedependentmannerinHCECs.CurdlanpretreatmentbeforeA.fumigatushyphaestimulationsignificantlyenhancedtheexpressionofTNF-αandIL-6atmRNAandproteinlevelscomparedwithA.fumigatushyphaestimulationgroup(P<0.05).BothcurdlanandA.fumigatushyphaeup-regulatedDectin-1proteinexpressioninHCECs,andDectin-1expressionwaselevatedto1.5-to2-foldbycurdlanpretreatmentfollowedhyphaestimulation.TheDectin-1blockerlaminarinsuppressedthemRNAexpressionandproteinproductionofTNF-αandIL-6inducedbycurdlanandhyphae(P<0.05).·CONCLUSION:ThesefindingsdemonstratedthatcurdlanpretreatmentenhancedtheinflammatoryresponseinducedbyA.fumigatushyphaeinHCECs.Dectin-1isessentialfortheimmunomodulatoryeffectsofcurdlan.Curdlanmayhavehighclinicalapplicationvaluesinfungalkeratitistreatment.