Clinical value of the plasma circular RNA hsa_circ_0009024 in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis / 中华检验医学杂志

Objective Detecting plasma level of circular RNA(circRNA)hsa_circ_0009024 in pulmonary tuberculosis(TB)patients,and evaluating its diagnostic value for TB.Methods From January 2016 to December 2016, a hosptial-based, case-control study was performed, which include 90 untreated active pulmonary tuberculosis patients(TB group),75 healthy people(healthy control)and 84 patient with other diseases(other disease group).Plasma level of circRNA hsa_circ_0009024 was detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction.Furthermore, the 90 patients with TB were divided into different subgroups according to cavity formation and the lung fields involvement: patients without lung cavity(55 cases)vs those with lung cavity(35 cases),patients with involvement of <2 lung fields(49 cases)vs≥2 lung fields(41 cases).Plasma levels of hsa _circ_0009024 of 41 TB patientswere monitored andcomparedbefore and after 3 months anti-TB therapy.The sensitivity and specificity of plasma hsa_circ_0009024 were analyzed by using the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve.The comparison between two groups was performed with Mann-Whitney U test and the comparison among multigroupswas conducted with Kruskal-Wallis H test.Results Plasma levels of hsa_circ_0009024 in TB patients[1.98(1.42, 2.71)]were significantly higher than healthy controls[1.03(0.78,1.33)]and other disease groups[1. 13(0.77,1.51)](H=76.58,P<0.0001).Plasma levels of hsa_circ_0009024 in cavity pulmonary TB patients were higher than pulmonary TB patients without cavity(U=392.50,P<0.0001).Plasma levels of hsa_circ_0009024 in TB patients with involvement of ≥2 lung fields were higher than <2 lung fields(U=590.50,P=0.0008).As compared to pre -treatment[2.01(1.41, 2.71)], the plasma hsa_circ_0009024 levels decreased significantly in 3 months[1.22(0.85,1.47)](U=292.50,P<0.0001)after anti-TB therapy.The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve(AUC)of plasma hsa_circ_0009024 in discriminating the patients with TB from normal controls, pneumonia patients and lung cancer patients were 0.841 and 0.811, respectively.Conclusion The hsa_circ_0009024 can be used as a potential biomarker in TB diagnosis and monitoring.

Role of glycogen synthase kinase 3β in maturation and function of murine myeloid dendritic cells in vitro / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the role of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) in the maturation and function of murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Mature DCs (mDCs) induced by LPS were examined for GSK-3β phosphorylation level with Western blotting before and after LPS exposure. To explore the role of GSK-3β in maturation and function of DCs, we added SB216763, a selective inhibitor of GSK-3β, in the cell culture of immature DCs (iDCs), and examined CD40 and CD86 expressions in the cells by flow cytometry and the expression of IL-6, IL-12 and IL-10 mRNA by real-time PCR; the changes of the immunogenicity of the cells was evaluated by mixed lymphocyte reaction. The expression of GSK-3β and RelB was examined by Western blotting in DC2.4 cells transfected with a lentiviral vector over-expressing murine GSK-3β gene.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>LPS exposure significantly lowered GSK-3β activity in iDCs as demonstrated by increased Ser9 phosphorylation and reduced Tyr216 phosphorylation. GSK-3β inhibition induced DC maturation by increasing the expression of surface costimulatory molecules CD40 and CD86, lowered the expressions of IL-6 and IL-12 while enhanced the expression of IL-10 in iDCs, and impaired mixed lymphocyte reaction of the cells. In DC2.4 cells, lentivirus-mediated over-expression of GSK-3β obviously down-regulated the expression of RelB.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>GSK-3β is a crucial enzyme involved in the differentiation and maintenance of an immature phenotype of DCs. GSK-3β is constitutively active in iDCs to inhibit their spontaneous maturation. DCs become phenotypically mature after inhibition of GSK-3β, which also executes a proinflammatory task in DC activation. The reduction of RelB protein levels as a result of GSK-3β overexpression supports GSK-3β as a new target for inducing tolerogenic DCs.</p>

Association between estrogen receptor gene polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus in women of Han nationality from Jiangxi province / 中华皮肤科杂志

Objective To explore the association between estrogen receptor gene polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosns in women of Han nationality from Jiangxi province.Methods Whole blood samples were obtained from 95 female patients with SLE of Han nationality (18 with pre-menarche onset and 77 with post-menarche onset) and 100 healthy female controls from Jiangxi province.Genomic DNA was extracted from these samples followed by the analysis of polymorphism at Pvu Ⅱ and Xba I sites of estrogen receptor alpha gene with PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP).The frequencies of alleles and genotypes were compared between the control and patients and between patients with pre-menarche onset and those with post-menarche onset.Results The frequency of P allele was higher in patients with SLE than in the controls (35.8% vs 27%,P<0.05),but lower in patients with pre-menarche onset than in those with post-menarche onset (19.4% vs 39.6%,P<0.05).Further more,an increment was observed in the frequency of Xxpp genotype in patients with pre-menarche onset compared with normal controls and patients with postmenarche onset (16.7% vs 1% and 1.3%,both P<0.05).Conclusions The frequency of P allele in ER alpha gene is increased in female patients with SLE of Han nationality from Jiangxi province.The Xxpp genotype of ER gene may be associated with the susceptibility to pre-menarche onset SLE.

The fitting and optimization of standard curve for determining concentration of serum hepatitis B virus large surface protein with program solution of Excel / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To discuss a convenient and pragmatic method of fitting and optimizing standard curve for determining concentration of serum hepatitis B virus large surface protein(HBV-LP).MethodsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to measure the absorbance of standard preparation of HBV-LP.Concentration and absorbance of standard preparation of HBV-LP was carried out curve fitting with 4-parameter formula model and linear model and log-linear model and quadratic polynomial model and cubic polynomial model and S model by program solution of Excel,respectively.The most standard curve for determining concentration of serum HBV-LP was determined with coefficient of determination of regression model.ResultsThe scatterplot of standard preparation of HBV-LP submited nonlinear tendency.There were all significance to regression equation of 4-parameter formula model and linear model and log-linear model and quadratic polynomial model and cubic polynomial model and S model(P

Evaluation of serum pyridinoline cross-linked carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type Ⅰ collagen and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody for the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To evaluate the clinical application of serum pyridinoline cross-linked carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type Ⅰ collagen(ⅠCTP),anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide(CCP)antibody,rheumatoid factor(RF)and C-reative protein(CRP)detection to the diagnosis and disease monitor of rheumatoid arthritis.Methods Serum ⅠCTP and anti-CCP antibody were measured by ELISA,RF and CRP by immunonephelometry assay in 57 patients with RA and 25 with non-RA as well as 30 normal controls.Results Serum ⅠCTP concentration was positively correlated with that of anti-CCP antibody,RF and CRP(rs=0.474,0.366,0.645,P0.05).Serum ⅠCTP in the patients with active RA was significantly higher than in those with stable RA and normal controls(P0.05).The combined sensitivity of RF and anti-CCP antibody was 87.5%.Conclusion Serum ⅠCTP is a sensitive serum marker to monitor the early damage of arthrosis.Missed diagnosis rate of RA is reduced by detecting anti-CCP antibody and RF together.Combinational monitoring the variance of serum ⅠCTP,anti-CCP antibody,RF and CRP could effectively monitor the disease development in time,which exhibits great sense on impede arthrosis damage.