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Objective To analyze the clinical and biological characteristics of adult acute T-lymphocytic leukemia (T-ALL) patients carrying SET-NUP214 fusion gene,and the prognostic value of SET-NUP214 molecular marker monitoring.Methods The clinical and laboratory data of 4 adult T-ALL patients with SET-NUP214 fusion gene in the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu from January 2009 to December 2014 were analyzed retrospectively,and T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement was detected to judge the differentiation and developmental stages of tumor cells in these patients.Minimal residual disease (MRD) was detected in 2 patients with follow-up specimens through detection of SET-NUP214 gene by using polymerase chain reaction.Results Four patients expressed T cell immune markers CD5,CD7,and cytoplasmic CD3 (cyCD3),and also expressed some myeloid-specific antigens.All 4 patients had the same SET-NUP214 fusion site.In the tumor cells of 4 patients,5 TCRB gene rearrangements were detected,all of which were incomplete rearrangement of DB-JB;4 patients were detected with TCRG and TCRD gene rearrangements,and all were completely rearranged.The result of MRD monitoring through SET-NUP214 fusion gene was consistent with clinical treatment outcome.Conclusions The T-ALL patients with SET-NUP214 fusion gene have some unique cell biological characteristics.SET-NUP214 fusion gene could be used as a molecular marker for MRD monitoring,and which can be used for the follow-up in the course of treatment.
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Objective To study expression,distribution,significance and relationship of CXCL12,CXCR4,microvessel density (MVD) in multiple myeloma (MM) bone marrow micro niche.Methods 63 cases of patients with MM were chosen as the experimental group,42 cases of healthy persons were chosen as the control group.The expression and distribution of CXCL12,CXCR4,MVD were detected by immunohistochemical method.Results Compared with the control group,the expressions of CXCL12,CXCR4,MVD in the experimental group were higher,the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05),their expressions in bone marrow were not significantly different from gender,age,immunoglobulin type and light chain classification (P＞0.05);the expression of CXCR4,MVD were positively related with CXCL12 (P＜0.05).Conclusion The expression of CXCL12,CXCR4,MVD may be related to the occurrence of MM;CXCL12/CXCR4 biological axis could promote the angiogenesis of MM bone marrow micro niche.
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Objective: To investigate the expressions of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and its receptor chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 4 (CXCR4) as well as the microvessel density (MVD) in patients with multiple myeloma, and to explore their effects on the prognosis. Methods: The expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 as well as MVD in bone marrow fr o m 7 8 p ati e n ts wi thmul tiple m yelom a an d 3 0 norm alperson s wered e te ctedby immunohistochemical method. The correlations of age, gender, international staging system (ISS) staging, immunoglobulin typing, light chain classification, SDF-1 expression, CXCR4 expression and MVD with the prognosis of multiple myeloma patients were analyzed. Results: The expression of SDF-1 in bone marrow of multiple myeloma patients was positively cor re lated wi th th e exp ressionof CXCR4 and the count of MVD (b oth P 0.05). The overall survival rate and progression-free survival rate of multiple myeloma patients with low expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 were lower than those of patients with high expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 (both P < 0.05). The overall survival rate and progression-free survival rate of patients with multiple myeloma in low count of MVD group were higher than those in the high count of MVD group (both P < 0.05). The age, SDF-1 and CXCR4 expressions, and MVD were independent prognostic factors for the patients with multiple myeloma (all P < 0.05). Conclusion: The expressions of SDF-1 and CXCR4 and the count of MVD were independent prognostic factors for the patients with multiple myeloma. SDF-1, CXCR4 and MVD may play promoting roles in the malignant progression of multiple myeloma, so they are expected to become new targets for the treatment of multiple myeloma in the future.
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Objective To evaluate the effect of pitavastatin on blood glucose in patients with hypercholesterolemia,and to investigate the efficacy of pitavastatin in diabetic patients combined with hypercholesterolemia.Method This study was a 12-week,multi-center,open-label,without parallel-group comparison,phase Ⅳ clinical trail.Results Contrasting to baseline,the prevalences at week 4 and 12 post-treatment of abnormal fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and glycosylated hemoglobin Alc (HbA1c)( FPG:14.2％ vs 14.1％ and 11.0％ ; HbA1c:14.3％ vs 15.1％ and 16.1％ ) in the safety set subjects without diabetes mellitus (DM),as well as in those with DM but not taking glucose-lowering drugs (FPG:7/7 vs 4/7 and 5/7; HbAlc:5/5 vs 4/4 and 5/5) had no significant changes (all P vaules ＞0.05).Contrasting to baseline,the levels of TC [ (6.51±0.94) mmol/L vs (5.12 ±0.93) mmol/L and (4.54 ±1.00) mmol/L],LDL-C [(4.11 ±0.79)mmol/L vs (3.02 ±0.81) mmol/L and (2.51 ±0.70)mmol/L] and TG [2.10(1.53,2.54) mmol/L vs 1.62(1.26,2.00) mmol/L and 1.35(1.10,1.86)mmol/L]at week 4 and 12 post-treatment in the per protocol set 55 subjects with DM were significantly reduced (all P values ＜ 0.05 ) ; 33.3％ of subjects at high risk and 10.0％ of subjects at very high risk had achieved a TC target value; 55.6％ of subjects at high risk and 40.0％ of subjects at very high risk had achieved a LDL-C target value.Conclusion Pitavastatin has a safe effect on blood glucose and it could be used to treat diabetic patients combined with hypercholesterolemia in China.