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Objective@#To evaluate the prognostic value of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) in angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma (AITL).@*Methods@#Data of 64 patients diagnosed as AITL at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University between June 2009 and July 2017, were analyzed retrospectively. Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curve was used to calculate the cutoff value of LMR to divide this cohort of patients into high and low LMR groups. Characteristics between groups were compared by Pearson Chi-square or Fisher exact tests. Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression were performed to probe prognostic factors associated with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).@*Results@#A total of 64 cases [39 cases male and 25 ones female with the median age of 63 (29-89) years old] were enrolled. The cutoff value of LMR was 3.07. Patients with low LMR showed inferior PFS (9 months vs 13 months, P=0.044) and OS (16 months vs not reached, P=0.014), respectively than those without low LMR during a median follow-up of 33 months (5 to 103 months). Multivariate analysis showed that low LMR was an independent prognostic factor associated with poor outcomes (HR=0.48, 95% CI 0.26-0.92 for PFS, P=0.027; HR=0.38, 95% CI 0.18-0.82 for OS, P=0.013, respectively). Subgroup analysis showed that patients with low LMR and under the situation of high score of Prognostic Index for peripheral T-cell lymphoma, Unspecified (PIT) (2-4) had shorter PFS and OS (P=0.013 and P=0.031, respectively). But in low score of PIT (0-1) group, low LMR seemed to play almost no effects on PFS and OS (P=0.949 and P=0.238, respectively).@*Conclusions@#The disease risk status of patients could be initially assessed according to PIT score and LMR level. Low LMR was demonstrated to be able to predict poor outcome in AITL.
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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a kind of highly aggressive lymphoma which contains a collection of subgroups. The patients with PTCL have poor prognosis under current chemotherapy regimens, so the treatment of PTCL remains a big challenge. Brentuximab vedotin combined with CHP regimen, pralatrexate in combination with romidepsin and other regimens have set up more options for patients with PTCL. Novel agents, such as PI3K inhibitors, which entered into clinical trials, bring good news to PTCL patients.
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Objective To evaluate the genetic factors for sporadic Alzheimer's disease(SAD) among a Chinese population in Beijing. Gene polymorphisms was studied: apolipoprotein E,ps-1 gene E318G missense mutation,alpha(2)-macroglobulin gene Val1000/Ile1000,mtDNA4336G mutation and methylene tetrahydro-fulek reduclase (MTHFR) C677T mutation. Methods The polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP)technique was used to analyze the genotype of 127 SAD patients and 138 non-dementia elderly controls. Results There was a significant difference in the frequency of apoE allele gene between SAD and control group. The freguencies with 2 of apoE4 ,1 of apoE4 and none of apoE4 in SAD were 2.4%,18.1%,79.5% respectively,and in normal control were 0.7%,10.1%,89.2% respectively. mtDNA4336 mutation and ps-1 E318G missense mutation were not found in either Alzheimer's disease or age-matched controls. The frequency of A2M Val1000 (GTC)/Ile1000 (ATC),G/G genetype was 0.02 in SAD and 0.01 in NC . The frequency of MTHFR C677T mutation was 46.3% in SAD and 43.8% in NC respectively, The mutation frequency of cases was not significantly increased than that of controls. Conclusions Our study indicates that apoE?4 allele gene is risk factor for SAD.