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Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of bone marrow minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring by multi-parameter flow cytometry (FCM) regularly after the first complete remission (CR1) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).Methods A total of 63 paitents with AML who had got CR1 after chemotherapy were regularly monitored for MRD in bone marrow by FCM,and MRD ≥ 10-4 was positive.According to the latest standards of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for disease risks,they were categorized into three groups:better risk group (20 cases),intermediate risk group (27 cases) and poor risk group (16 cases).The probability of continuous complete remission (CCR) was calculated by KaplanMeier formula,and the statistical difference between MRD positivc and MRD negative CCR probabilities was evaluated by log-rank test.Results The positive rates of MRD were 20％(4/20),30％(8/27) and 10/16 in better risk group,intermediate risk group and poor risk group respectively.The difference between better risk group and intermediate risk group had no statistical significance (P=0.454),and the difference between poor risk group and intermediate risk group had statistical significance (P =0.035).Twenty-two cases showed positive MRD,and 41 cases showed negative MRD.The probability of CCR at 24 and 36 months in MRD positive patients were 18％ (4/22),18％ (4/22),in MRD negative patients were 83％ (34/41),80％ (33/41),and there were significant differences (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions The dynamic detection of MRD by FCM can be used to evaluate the therapeutic effect and prognosis of AML.MRD monitoring has important clinical significance and can help to adjust the intensity of chemotherapy,carry out individualized treatment,predict prognosis,and choose appropriate therapy.
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Full thickness scalding of 37% TBSA was inflicted io rats. Three days later, the liver of the animals was isolated and the changes of the protein metabolism in the liver and the effects of insulin on the changes were evaluated.It was found that the protein and DMA levels of the liver showed no obvious changes after scalding, but the RNA content increased by 24% and the rate of leucine incorporation by 31%. After the addition of insulin, the leucine content increased by 23.% and 25.8% in the controls and the injured animals respectively. The results indicate that the rate of protein synthesis in the liver of the scalded animals increases, which is likely to be related to the increase of RNA content, and the liver protein synthesis remains to be sensitive to insulin.
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This paper is to report the changes of the protein metabolism in the rat soleus muscle in vitro after 37% TBSA full-thickness burns covering one hindlimb and the effects of leucine and insulin on the burned muscle.It was found that there werea significant decreases of the protein content and marked exaggeration of the rates of tyrosine incorporation,tyrosine release and tyrosine net release in the burned muscle.No changes of the above-mentioned parameters could be revealed in the muscle of the unburned limb and the controls.Elevation of leucine concentration in the medium could not improve the protein metabolism of the burned muscle.0.1u/ml of insulin could significantly stimulate the tyrosine incorporation in the muscle of the unburned limb and the controls,but no similar effect was observed on the burned muscle.The results indicate that increased protein degradation of the local burned muscle is responsible for the postburn negative nitrogen balance;administration of leucine alone cannot improve the protein metabolism in the local burned muscle;and the sensivity of the burned muscle to insulin is suppressed.