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Yu CZ, Huang XJ, Xu LP, Liu KY, Zhang XH, Sun YQ, Liu JY, Zhao XY, Wang Y. [Comparison of EB virus infection between short term and long term use of mycophenolate mofetil for prophylaxis of graft versus host disease after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2021; 60:806-811. [PMID: 34445816 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20200917-00822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the role of short-term use of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in EB viral infection and acute graft-versus host disease (GVHD) in patients receiving haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) . Method: Adult patients (≥14 years) who were diagnosed with hematological malignancies received haplo-HSCT in Peking University Institute of Hematology from May 2016 to December 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. The median age was 30 (14-60) years old. A total of 498 patients including 277 males and 221 females were enrolled. Donors' median age was 38 (8-66) years old. All patients were classified into long-term use of MMF (n=199), which was defined as 500 mg every 12 hours from day 9 pre-transplant to 250 mg every 12 hours from day 30 after transplant then withdrawal on day 45 to 60 after transplant, and short-term use of MMF (n=299), which was defined as 500 mg every 12 hour from day 9 pre-transplant then withdrawal till neutrophil engraftment. Kaplan-Meier model was used to analyze the cumulative incidence of EBV infection, and the Cox proportional regression model for multivariate analysis. Result: Characteristics including sex, age, disease types, mismatched HLA loci, donor-recipient relationship, donor-recipient blood type, donor age, and donor sex were comparable between two groups (all P>0.05). According to once, the incidence of EBV viremia, defined as EBV>103 copies/ml at least once, in short-term group and long-term group was 19.4% (58/299) and 27.6% (55/199) respectively (P=0.046).Donor age and the duration of MMF prophylaxis (short-term group as reference) were associated with EBV viremia according to multivariate analysis [HR=1.022(95%CI 1.006-1.038),1.600(95%CI 1.059-2.418);P=0.006 and 0.026, respectively]. The incidence of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ and Ⅲ/Ⅳ acute GVHD in long-term and short-term group was 32.2% (64/199) versus 20.7% (62/299)(P=0.005) and 10.1% (20/199) versus 8.0% (24/299) (P=0.427), respectively. Donor sex (female as reference) and duration of MMF prophylaxis (short-term group as reference) were associated with grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ acute GVHD [HR=1.908(95%CI 1.079-3.373),1.752(95%CI 1.161-2.643);P=0.026 and 0.008, respectively].There were no statistical differences in the incidence of CMV viremia, refractory CMV viremia and hemorrhagic cystitis (all P>0.05) between the two groups. Conclusion: Short-term use of MMF can reduce EBV viremia without increasing the development of acute GVHD in haplo-HSCT patients.
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- C Z Yu
- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing 100044, China
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Light D, Griffin M, Srivastava K, Danelli P, Ballerini A, Leone N, Bondurri A, Khare R, Shabbir A, Wijerathne S, So JBY, Clara E, Tang SW, Tan WB, Hu J, Lomanto D, Ji Z, Li J, East B, Pazdirek F, Hoch J, Ji ZL, Malik D, Reddy P, Sahu D, Forgione U, Gianatiempo M, Xiong M, Chen B, Zhang JW, Li T, Luo XG, Li Q, Yu X, Zhao XD, Chen HY, Sun FX, Feng GZ, Zhang JP, Yu CZ, Aboulwafa A, Mahfouz A, Khairat M, Althani H, Albosoum E, Alebrahim H. Rare & Special Cases. Hernia 2015; 19 Suppl 1:S19-24. [PMID: 26518798 DOI: 10.1007/bf03355321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- D Light
- Royal Victoria Infimrary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Motol Faculty Hospital, Surgery Departmet of 2nd medical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Motol Faculty Hospital, Surgery Departmet of 2nd medical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Motol Faculty Hospital, Surgery Departmet of 2nd medical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Metro MAS Heart Care & Multispecialty Hospital, Jaipur, India
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- Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India
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- Hospital General de Agudos Dr Teodoro Alvarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Thoracic surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Song Y, Chen SL, Shen N, Xue F, Ye P, Bao CD, Gu YY, Yu CZ, Lu LJ. Expression, localization, and clinical application of the RNA binding domain of U1-70kD in HEp-2 cells. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2015; 45:134-139. [PMID: 25887865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop an improved substrate for indirect immunofluorescent test (IIF) to detect anti-U1-70kD autoantibodies. METHODS The RNA binding domain of U1-70kD (U1BD) complementary DNA was obtained from human larynx carcinoma cell line HEp-2 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and cloned into the mammalian expression vector pEGFP-C1. The recombinant plasmid pEGFP-U1BD was transfected into HEp-2 cells. Immunoblotting (IBT), confocal fluorescence microscopy, and IIF were used to confirm the expression, localization, and antigenicity of fusion proteins of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in transfected HEp-2 cells, which were then analyzed by IIF using human reference sera and compared with untransfected HEp-2 cells simultaneously. RESULTS (1) The HEp-U1BD cells thus obtained retained their ability to express U1BD-GFP, which showed the antigenicity of U1BD with a characteristic phenotype in IIF. (2) Fifteen IBT-positive anti-U1-70kD sera presented with characteristic cytoplasmic staining on HEp-U1BD by IIF, but five sera without the 70kD reactive band in IBT were not found in the presence of HEp-U1BD pattern. Ten sera of healthy donors couldn't react with HEp-2 and HEp-U1BD at 1:80 attenuant degrees. (3) No differences in expression, localization, or morphology were observed when HEp-U1BD or HEp-2 interacted with the reference sera that could react with Ro/SSA, La/SSB, centromere, histone, and Scl-70 antigens in routine IIF test. CONCLUSIONS HEp-U1BD cells kept the immunofluorescent properties of HEp-2 cells in an immunofluorescence anti-nuclear antibody (IFANA) test and could be potentially used as a substrate for routine IFANA detection.
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Wang SL, Wang FF, Chen SL, Shen N, Xue F, Ye P, Bao CD, Gu YY, Yu CZ, Wilson A, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Lu LJ. Expression, localization and clinical application of exogenous Smith proteins D1 in gene transfected HEp-2 cells. Int J Rheum Dis 2012; 16:303-9. [PMID: 23981752 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.12000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM To establish an improved substrate for an indirect immunofluorescence test (IIF) to detect anti-Sm antibody. METHODS Full-length Smith protein D1(Sm-D1) complementary DNA was obtained from human larynx carcinoma cell line HEp-2 by reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and cloned into the mammalian expression vector pEGFP-C1. The recombinant plasmid pEGFP-Sm-D1 was transfected into HEp-2 cells. The expression, localization and antigenicity of fusion proteins of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in transfected cells were confirmed by means of immunoblotting (IBT), confocal fluorescence microscopy and IIF analysis. Transfected HEp-2 cells were analyzed with reference serum and compared with untransfected HEp-2 cells by IIF. RESULTS Stable expression of the Sm-D1-GFP was maintained for more than ten generations. This Sm-D1-GFP showed the antigenicity of Sm-D1 with a characteristic phenotype in IIF.Six of 12 serum specimens from systemic lupus erythematosus contained both 29/28 and 13.5 kDa proteins and showed characteristic immunofluorescent patterns. The same phenomenon appeared in 3/6 serum samples which contained 29/28 kDa proteins only. Sera from 10 healthy donors did not react with HEp-Sm-D1 or HEp-2 at 1:80 attenuant degrees. No alteration in expression, localization and morphology was observed when HEp-Sm-D1 or HEp-2 interacted with the reference sera which could react with Ro/SSA, La/SSB, β2GP1, centromere, histone, and Scl-70 antibodies in routine IIF tests. CONCLUSION As a new kind of substrate of IIF, HEp-Sm-D1 can be used to detect anti-Sm antibodies. Transfected HEp-2 cells keep the immunofluorescent property of HEp-2 cells in immunofluorescence anti-nuclear antibody (IFANA) test and could potentially be used as substrate for routine IFANA detection.
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- Su-li Wang
- Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Huang Y, Zhang HQ, Wang J, Song XG, Wang GH, Guan Q, Zho W, Huo F, Yu CZ, Zeng YJ. Cloning expression, monoclonal antibody preparation and serologic study of mammaglobin in breast cancer. Neoplasma 2011; 58:436-40. [PMID: 21744998 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2011_05_436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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UNLABELLED Mammaglobin may be a potential serum biomarker for the differential diagnosis of breast cancer. 260 serum samples were collected from 127 untreated breast cancer patients and 133 healthy volunteers to analyze the sera expression of mammaglobin and its implications for both. The expression vector of pGEX-4T-2-Mammaglobin and pBVIL1-Mammaglobin were constructed and transformed into E.coli.HB101 for expression. The mice were immunized with the purified recombinant protein to prepare monoclonal antibody and to detect by ELISA the serum of normal people and breast cancer patients. Recombinant mammaglobin antigen was effectively expressed in E.coli. Two hybridoma cell lines were obtained after the mice were immunized by pGEX-4T-2-mammaglobin. 133 cases of normal serum and 127 cases of breast cancer serum were analyzed by ELISA. The sera expression level of mammaglobin in breast cancer group (average OD value 0.645±0.223) was significantly (p KEYWORDS mammaglobin; cloning expression; monoclonal antibody; serologic study; breast cancer.
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- Affiliated 307 Hospital, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xu G, Xia JH, Zhou H, Yu CZ, Zhang Y, Zuo KJ, Shi JB, Li HB. Interleukin-6 is essential for Staphylococcal exotoxin B-induced T regulatory cell insufficiency in nasal polyps. Clin Exp Allergy 2009; 39:829-37. [PMID: 19260868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of nasal polyps is still unclear. There is increasing evidence indicating that Staphylococcal aureus (S. aureus) is associated with the formation of nasal polyps, but the mechanism has not been well documented to date. METHODS We stimulated cultured nasal polyps and turbinate tissues with Staphylococcal exotoxin B (SEB), detected the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-2, IL-6, and IL-8) and T cell cytokines (IFN-gamma, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, and IL-17) in the supernatants, and evaluated mRNA expression (T-bet, GATA-3, Foxp3, and RORgammat) and frequencies of CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells (Tregs) in nasal tissues. We also evaluated the effects of blocking IL-6 with monoclonal antibodies to T cell profiles in cultured nasal tissues stimulated by SEB. RESULTS Levels of IL-6, IFN-gamma and IL-4 increased significantly in SEB-stimulated nasal polyps. Meanwhile, mRNA expressions of T-bet and GATA-3 were significantly up-regulated, while Foxp3 was inhibited and the frequencies of CD4+CD25+ Tregs were decreased after SEB stimulation. After blocking IL-6, the levels of IL-10 and Foxp3 mRNA, as well as the frequencies of CD4+CD25+ Tregs, were significantly increased, while IFN-gamma and IL-4 production and the mRNA expression of T-bet and GATA-3 were significantly inhibited. CONCLUSIONS SEB is able to modulate pro-inflammatory factors, T-helper type 1/Th2 profiles and suppress Treg activity in cultured nasal polyps, which were rescued by blocking IL-6 activity. Therefore, IL-6 is essential for SEB-induced Treg insufficiency in nasal polyps.
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- Allergy and Cancer Center, Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Djojoputro H, Zhou XF, Qiao SZ, Wang LZ, Yu CZ, Lu GQ. Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Hollow Spheres with Tunable Wall Thickness. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:6320-1. [PMID: 16683788 DOI: 10.1021/ja0607537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) hollow spheres with tunable wall thickness have been successfully synthesized by a new vesicle and a liquid crystal "dual templating" mechanism, which may be applicable for drug and DNA delivery systems, biomolecular encapsulation, as well as nanoreactors for conducting biological reactions at the molecular levels.
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- ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Lu L, Chen S, Gu Y, Shen N, Bao C, Wang Y, Xue F, Ye P, Yu C. Transfection, overexpression and clinical application of human 60 kDa Ro/SSA autoantigens in HEp-2 cells. Chin Med J (Engl) 2003; 116:350-3. [PMID: 12781035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To develop an improved substrate for indirect immunofluorescence test (IIF) for detecting anti-Ro60/Sjogren's syndrome A (Ro/SSA) autoantibodies. METHODS 60-kDa Ro/SSA autoantigens (Ro60) cDNAs were obtained from human placental cDNA library using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and were cloned into the mammalian expression vector-pEGFP-C1. Then, the recombinant plasmids were transfected into HEp-2 cells. We confirmed the overexpression, localization and antigenicity of fusion proteins in transfected cells by means of immunoblotting, confocal fluorescence microscopy and IIF. HEp-2 and HEp-Ro60 were analyzed by IIF using a panel of 10 precipitin-positive anti-Ro human sera simultaneously. RESULTS Stable expression of Ro60-green fluorescent protein (Ro60-GFP) fusion proteins were maintained ten more generations. Ro60-GFP kept the antigenicity of Ro while demonstrating its own characteristic immunofluorescent pattern in HEp-Ro60 cells. The transfectants dramatically increased the sensitivity of IIF testing (a mean increase of 6.7-fold in endpoint titer). Eight over ten (8/10) positive anti-Ro sera showed characteristic immunofluorescent patterns for HEp-Ro60, including two sera that were anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) negative for untransfected HEp-2. IIF-ANA in all healthy sera was negative for HEp-Ro60. CONCLUSIONS As a new substrate for IIF, the Ro60 transfectants can be used to detect anti-Ro antibodies. In addition, transfected HEp-2 cells keep the immunofluorescent properties of HEp-2 cells in IIF-ANA tests and can be employed as a substrate for routine IIF-ANA detection.
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- Liangjing Lu
- Shanghai Rheumatology Institute, and Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital of Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200001, China.
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Lu L, Chen S, Gu Y, Shen N, Bao C, Wang Y, Yang C, Ye P, Yu C. [Expression of fusion proteins in beta(2)GP I gene-transfected HEp-2 cells and its clinical application]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2002; 82:413-7. [PMID: 11953211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish an indirect immunofluorescent test so as to improve the sensitivity and specificity of examination of antibodies to beta(2)-glycoprotein. METHODS Full-length beta(2)GP cDNA was obtained from human hepatocellular cancer cell line HepG2 by RT-PCR and cloned into the mammalian expression vector pEGFP-C1. The recombinant plasmid pEGFP-beta(2)GP was transfected into HEp-2 cells. RT-PCR, immunoblotting (IBT), confocal fluorescence microscopy, and indirect immunofluorescent test (IIF) were used to confirm the expression, localization, and antigenicity of fusion protein of green fluorescent protein (GFP). Serum specimens from 19 patients suspected as with secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), 1 patient diagnosed as with primary APS, and 10 normal persons were detected with IIF-IgG-beta(2)GP1, ELISA-IgG-ACL, and ELISA-IgG-beta(2)GP I simultaneously. RESULTS (1) The HEp-beta(2)GP I cells thus obtained retained their ability of expression of beta(2)GP-I-GFP for more than ten generations. This beta(2)GP-I-GFP showed the antigenicity of beta(2)GP-I with a characteristic feature. (2) Seven of the 20 serum specimens from APS patients showed characteristic immunofluorescent pattern. No serum specimen from normal persons showed immunofluorescent staining. The comparison of results of the three methods showed that the concordance between IIF-IgG-beta(2)GP I and ELISA-IgG-beta(2)GP I was the most perfect (Kappa = 0.886). (3) HEp-beta(2)GP I retained the immunofluorescent property of HEp-2 cell. CONCLUSION As a new kind of substrate of IIF, beta(2)GP I transfectant can be used to detect anti-beta(2)GP-I antibodies. Transfeted HEp-2 cells keep the immunofluorescent property of HEp-2 cells in IFANA test and can be used as substrate for routine IFANA detection.
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- Liangjing Lu
- Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Seceond Medical University, Shanghai Immunology Institute, Shanghai 200001, China
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Fan TX, Hisha H, Jin TN, Yu CZ, Lian ZX, Guo SB, Cui YZ, Feng B, Yang GX, Li Q, Ikehara S. Successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) by injection of bone marrow cells via portal vein: stromal cells as BMT-facilitating cells. Stem Cells 2001; 19:144-50. [PMID: 11239169 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.19-2-144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We examined the importance of the coadministration of bone marrow (BM) stromal cells with BM cells via the portal vein. A significant increase in the number of day-14 colony-forming unit-spleen (CFU-S) was observed in the recipient mice injected with hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) along with donor BM stromal cells obtained after three to four weeks of culture. Histological examination revealed that hematopoietic colonies composed of both donor hemopoietic cells and stromal cells coexist in the liver of these mice. However, when donor HSCs plus BM stromal cells were administered i.v., neither the stimulatory effects on CFU-S formation nor the hemopoietic colonies in the recipient liver were observed. These findings suggest that the interaction of HSCs with stromal cells in the liver is the first crucial step for successful engraftment of allogeneic HSCs. It is likely that donor stromal cells and HSCs trapped in the liver migrate into the recipient BM and spleen, where they form CFU-BM and CFU-S, respectively.
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- T X Fan
- First Department of Pathology, Transplantation Center, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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PURPOSE To report two cases of late endophthalmitis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei after cataract surgery. METHODS Case reports, including clinical evaluation, direct examination, and culture of the aqueous humor. RESULTS In each case, samples from the anterior chamber had positive growth of yeasts with toruloid hyphae and pseudohyphae. Intravitreal and anterior chamber amphotericin B were used in both cases. Apparent clinical resolution was achieved, but after 3 months in one case and 6 months in the other the infection recurred more aggressively, with severe endophthalmitis leading to ocular atrophy. CONCLUSION E. jeanselmei causes a severe intraocular infection and isolation, and identification of the agent ensures proper diagnosis and treatment. After clinical resolution of the infection, careful and long-term follow-up is recommended to promptly detect relapse and immediately reintroduce treatment.
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- A L Hofling-Lima
- Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Yu CZ, Hisha H, Li Y, Lian Z, Nishino T, Toki J, Adachi Y, Inaba M, Fan TX, Jin T, Iguchi T, Sogo S, Hosaka N, Song TH, Xing J, Ikehara S. Stimulatory effects of hepatocyte growth factor on hemopoiesis of SCF/c-kit system-deficient mice. Stem Cells 1998; 16:66-77. [PMID: 9474750 DOI: 10.1002/stem.160066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this study, we report that W/W mutant mice, which have severe macrocytic anemia caused by a deficit of extracellular domain in c-kit molecules and therefore die perinatally, have hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and mature hematolymphoid cells in the bone marrow (BM), thymus, and spleen, although there are significant decreases in cell counts. Moreover, the mitogen-induced proliferative response, mixed lymphocyte reaction, and anti-SRBC plaque formation of spleen cells in W/W mice are similar to those in age-matched +/? littermates and normal mice, suggesting that the SCF/c-kit system is necessary for cell proliferation but not essential for HSCs to differentiate. We next examine the stimulatory effects of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on hemopoiesis in W/W mice. HGF has a stimulatory effect on the colony formation (CFU-C) of W/W BM cells when cultured using either a methylcellulose assay (containing cytokines) or a long-term culture (LTC) assay. A similar stimulatory effect of HGF is observed in the other W or SI locus-mutant mice (W/Wv and SI/SId mice), which show less severe anemia than W/W. The numbers of nonadherent cells and cobblestone colonies significantly increase in the LTCs using their BM cells. In addition, in vivo administration of HGF shows a transient increase in the CFU-C counts in BM cells and peripheral blood cells. RBC, WBC, and platelet counts also increased. These results suggest that the SCF/c-kit system is not essential to hemopoiesis but that a compensatory system such as the HGF/c-met system functions in the SCF/c-kit system-deficient mice.
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- C Z Yu
- First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Gu J, Daloisio C, D'Andrea M, Muralidharan S, Yu CZ, Cichon R. Physical manipulation of subcutaneously implanted cardiac muscle in rat increased plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentration. Angiology 1992; 43:810-7. [PMID: 1476268 DOI: 10.1177/000331979204301003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED To examine the effects of physical stretch on cardiac muscle endocrine activity, the authors transplanted whole neonatal hearts subcutaneously into the back and the ears of the correspondent mother (n = 9). Seven days later, physical manipulation was applied on the implanted heart by stretching the skin and the subcutaneous tissue encasing the implanted cardiac muscle, for a period of five to ten minutes. Such manipulation was repeated approximately every seven days postoperatively for a total of two to four times for each rat. The plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels were measured by radioimmunoassay prior to and immediately following manipulation. Postmanipulation plasma ANP levels were found to increase from the premanipulation levels. At two weeks postimplant, the average increase was 290% with the highest single-specimen increase being nearly twelvefold. The increases observed at two and three weeks following implantation had Signed Rank Test p values of 0.015 and 0.042 respectively. The viability of the implanted hearts was confirmed by cell culture. Light microscopic immunocytochemistry detected ANP immunoreactivity in the implanted cardiocytes. The elevated plasma ANP concentration induced by the manipulation appeared to be correlated with the functional status of the implanted cardiocytes. IN CONCLUSION (1) Subcutaneously transplanted neonatal myocardiocytes survived for at least three to four weeks while retaining the ability to produce ANP. (2) Physical manipulation of implanted heart induced ANP release. Therefore, cardiac ANP production and release is indeed stimulated by physical stretching.
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- J Gu
- Deborah Research Institute, Browns Mills, NJ
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Hu M, Yu CZ. [A morphological study of retinal damages by intraocular lead]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 1992; 28:103-4. [PMID: 1425031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The morphological changes in the retina were observed by light and electron microscopy at intervals after implantation of lead into the vitreous of rabbit eyes. The results revealed progressive structural disorders under both modalities of examination, indicating that lead had toxic effects on the retina.
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- M Hu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Xi Jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an
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Gu J, Pinheiro JM, Yu CZ, D'Andrea M, Muralidharan S, Malik A. Detection of endothelin-like immunoreactivity in epithelium and fibroblasts of the human umbilical cord. Tissue Cell 1991; 23:437-44. [PMID: 1926136 DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(91)90002-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We studied tissue sections of freshly obtained full-term and premature human umbilical cords using polyclonal antibody to endothelin and immunocytochemistry. Endothelin immunoreactivity was detected in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells and primitive fibroblasts, but not in the endothelial cells of both full-term and premature umbilical cords. Immunoelectron microscopy using indirect immunogold staining technique localized endothelin immunoreactivity to the cytoplasm of the epithelial cells and fibroblasts but not confined to any particular structures. No endothelin immunoreactivity was detected in the nucleus or on the cell membrane. Pre-absorption tests with synthetic endothelin-1, -2, and -3 independently established that the immunoreactivity represented endothelin-1 and -2, but not -3. The presence of endothelin-1 and -2-like immunoreactive materials in epithelial cells and fibroblasts of human umbilical cord suggests a role of endothelin in parturition.
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- J Gu
- Deborah Research Institute, Browns Mills, New Jersey 08015-1799
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Kelly BM, Yu CZ, Chang PL. Presence of a lysosomal enzyme, arylsulfatase-A, in the prelysosome-endosome compartments of human cultured fibroblasts. Eur J Cell Biol 1989; 48:71-8. [PMID: 2568259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Although endosomes and lysosomes are associated with different subcellular functions, we present evidence that a lysosomal enzyme, arylsulfatase-A, is present in prelysosomal vesicles which constitute part of the endosomal compartment. When human cultured fibroblasts were subfractionated with Percoll gradients, arylsulfatase-A activity was enriched in three subcellular fractions: dense lysosomes, light lysosomes, and light membranous vesicles. Pulsing the cells for 1 to 10 min with the fluid-phase endocytic marker, horseradish peroxidase, showed that endosomes enriched with the marker were distributed partly in the light lysosome fraction but mainly in the light membranous fraction. By pulsing the fibroblasts for 10 min with horseradish peroxidase conjugated to colloidal gold and then staining the light membranous and light lysosomal fractions for arylsulfatase-A activity with a specific cytochemical technique, the endocytic marker was detected under the electron microscope in the same vesicles as the lysosomal enzyme. The origin of the lysosomal enzyme in this endosomal compartment was shown not to be acquired through mannose 6-phosphate receptor-mediated endocytosis of enzymes previously secreted from the cell. Together with our recent finding that the light membranous fraction contains prelysosomes distinct from bona fide lysosomes and was highly enriched with newly synthesized arylsulfatase-A molecules, these results demonstrate that prelysosomes also constitute part of the endosomal compartment to which intracellular lysosomal enzymes are targeted.
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- B M Kelly
- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario/Canada
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Three subcellular fractions enriched in lysosomal enzyme activities have been isolated recently from human cultured fibroblasts with Percoll gradients: the dense lysosomes (DL), light lysosomes (LL), and light membranous vesicles (LM). They were shown to have different morphological, cytochemical, biochemical, and immunological properties. We now report on the dramatic but different effects of a primary amine, NH4Cl, on these subfractions. The lysosomes, as detected with a specific ultrastructural cytochemical stain for the lysosomal enzyme, arylsulfatase A, were swollen significantly in all these fractions, increasing their volumes by 64% (DL), 53% (LL), and 95% (LM), respectively. When arylsulfatase A enzyme activity was monitored, about half of the DL content was diverted to the LL. However, when newly synthesized arylsulfatase A enzyme protein was monitored with metabolic labeling and immunoprecipitation, about 80% of the enzyme protein was depleted from both the DL and LL. In contrast, neither the enzyme activity nor the newly synthesized enzyme protein of arylsulfatase A was greatly altered in the LM fraction by the treatment. Since primary amines caused newly synthesized lysosomal enzymes to diverge from the lysosomal route to a secretory pathway, it was deduced that (i) the LM fraction corresponded to a prelysosomal compartment whose lysosomal enzyme content was not affected by the amine and was thus proximal to the point of diversion between the secretory and lysosomal pathways; (ii) the LL and DL fractions were distal to the point of diversion since both fractions were depleted of their newly synthesized lysosomal enzyme; and (iii) the sorting of newly synthesized lysosomal enzyme may be different from that of the preexisting pool of the same enzyme since the LL fraction was depleted of its newly synthesized enzyme protein while accumulating excessive enzyme activity.
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- P L Chang
- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Zhu GF, Li ZD, Li DR, Hong SF, Yu CZ, Song GC, He JF, Pan CH. Some biological properties of virus strains isolated from hemorrhagic fever patients with renal syndrome. Chin Med J (Engl) 1986; 99:653-6. [PMID: 2879712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Yu CZ. [Morphological study of two strains of hemorrhagic fever renal syndrome virus isolated from patients]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 1985; 6:119-21. [PMID: 2861905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Liu JW, Zhao XT, Yu CZ. Effect of "764-1" eyedrops on ultrastructure of corneal scars in rabbits. J TRADIT CHIN MED 1985; 5:41-5. [PMID: 3849630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Yu CZ. [Treatment of myasthenia gravis with immune drugs and immunological observations on 31 cases (author's transl)]. Zhonghua Shen Jing Jing Shen Ke Za Zhi 1981; 14:19-22. [PMID: 7307782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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