Despite solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a common medical problem in the clinic,the managements can be quite complex.The aetiological agent is largely unknown.Making a definitive diagnosis for SPNs before the operation has been a clinical challenge.A major problem for clinicians and radiologists were to identify the nature of benign and malignant SPNs at an early stage,and let the patients receive therapies timely and effectively.At present,many clinical features and detect methods of SPNs have been applied for differentiating the nodules,but these are not fully to distinguish it.Recently,some progressions had brought qualitative improvements to the diagnosis and treatment of SPNs.Therefore,in this paper,the research status and progresses of SPNs were reviewed.

With the development of the cross-correlation technique in surgery, the transplantation and vi-cariousness have become more and more important in repair surgery and reconstructive surgery. A nice bio-material could replace the related tissue or organ of human body, support the homologous function of organ-ism,and accelerate the process of self recovery and autotherapy. This review is about the status of research and application of biomaterial in surgery.

Biologic scaffold materials derived from decellularized tissues and organs have been successfully used in tissue engineering and regeneration medicine.Decellularization methodology varies according to the differences of the origin,tissue density,composition,geometric and biologic properties of the tissue.Optimal decellularization method should be developed on the basis of complete cell content removal with the preservation of extracellular matrix (ECM) integrity and bioactivity.In this article,an overview of decellularization methods and their effect upon acellular bracket structure and composition are presented.

A nice biomaterial,which could replace the correlated tissue or organic of human body,supports the homologous function of organism,and accelerates the process of self recovery and autotherapy in the same time.The application of biomaterial in clinic,not only have the chemical characters and function of vitodynamics to match,but also be with nice biocompatibility and practical safety.Some development of biomaterial and the biocompatibility of it in this paper was reviewed,and the application status in the cardiothoracic surgery in recent years.

In recent years, scientists paid close attention to the studies of 3D printing in cardiovascular tissue engineer-ing, which has made some advances.But how to promote cardiovascular tissue engineering for clinical application still needs deeper research.Here we discussed from three cardiovascular tissues ( myocardial tissue, heart valves, coronary) , which at-tempted to retrospect the current progress of 3 D printing in cardiovascular tissue engineering and provided a guidance of further investigations.

In recent years,Scientists paid close attention to the studies and applications of tissue-engineered trachea,which have made some advances.But how to promote tissue-engineered trachea for clinical application still needs deeper research.Here we discussed from three key aspects of tissue-engineered trachea (Scaffold,Cell,Bioreactor),which attempted to retrospect the current progress in tissue-engineered trachea and provided a guidance of further investigations.

Resection of the trachea for more than half of its length requires implantation of an artificial trachea to allow safe reconstruction. The article introduced the recent progress on tissue engineered trachea.The problems encountered in this field and the study direction in the future are also mentioned.

One of the key contents in tissue engineering trachea replacement research is the scaffold selection.This review summarizes the latest original literatures and investigations about electrospun technique as well as recent progress.To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of natural,synthetic and combined electrospun scaffolds,the versatility in material choosing and production methods is the unique superiority.For specific experimental or clinical objects,the further research is to choose a suitable polymer,to improve surface modification techniques and to control the dimension and arrangement of the fibrous structure of electrospun fibers,which can offer versatility and tissue specificity,and therefore provide a bright prospect for tissue engineering trachea.

There is a high incidence of esophageal cancer(EC) in China.The survival and prognosis of EC is unoptimistic due to the lack of efficient early diagnostic markers.There is an urgent demand of novel biomarkers with more stability,sensitivity and specificity.miRNAs are a class of small non-coding single stranded RNAs consisting of 21-23 nucleotides,which are involved in the pathological and physiological process of life activities.miRNAs are stable not only in tumor tissues,but also in serum/plasma.There are significant differences in the expression patterns of circulating miRNAs between two main types of EC.They are closely related to the occurrence and progression of EC,which make circulating miRNAs a novel kind of biomarkers for differential diagnosis,early supervision of esophageal cancer,and prognosis.

Nanoscale biomaterials,due to their excellent mechanical,chemical and biological properties,are now being applied in regenerative medicine.Nanoscale materials incorporation into 3D synthetic organ scaffolds has had a breakthrough in tissue engineering.This review provides an update report on the use of nanomaterials in 3D scaffolds of tissue engineering,including fabrication methods of 3D scaffolds of nanomaterials and their physicochemical properties,biocompatibility and degradability.