Changes of regulatory T cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after percutaneous cool-tip radiofrequency ablation and its influence on the prognosis / 介入放射学杂志

Objective To investigate the changes of regulatory T cells (Treg) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after ultrasound- guided percutaneous cool- tip radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and to discuss its influence on the prognosis. Methods A total of 30 patients with HCC were enrolled in this study. The percentage of Treg in peripheral blood was estimated with flow cytometry before RFA and one, 4, 7 and 12 months after RFA. During the follow-up period, the therapeutic effects were evaluated by contrast enhanced sonography or contrast enhanced CT scanning. By using the methods of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and Kaplan-Meier survival function, the correlation of Treg dynamic changes with the progression-free survival time was analyzed. Results One month after RTA, the tumor response (TR) rate in the 30 patients was 93.3% (28/30), the tumor progression (TP) rate was 6.67%(2/30). The percentage of Treg before RFA was (9.42 ± 1.16)%, which decreased to (6.55 ± 0.97)% one month after RFA, the difference was statistically significant (t = 15.325, P 4.82%. PFS of patients with reaching Treg nadir≥5.5 months was significantly higher than that of patients with reaching Treg nadir<5.5 months. Log-rank test results were字2=5.207, P=0.023; 字2=22.079, P < 0.001, respectively. Conclusion Percutaneous cool-tip radiofrequency ablation can decrease the percentage of Treg cells. Besides, Treg nadir and the time reaching Treg nadir can reflect the prognosis of HCC patients after RFA to a certain extent.

Effect of siRNA targeting PML-RARa fusion gene on activity of the acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line NB4 / 生物医学工程学杂志

This study aims to investigate the effects of small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting PML-RARa mRNA on the activity of the acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line NB4. The proliferation inhibition was evaluated by MTT assay and colony-formation inhibiting test. Apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry after siRNA treatment. The results showed that the cell growth of siRNA treated group was inhibited, and the apoptosis of NB4 could be induced. The siRNA targeting PML-RARα mRNA might be a valid therapy of acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Identification of genes associated with human osteosarcoma metastasis suppression using suppression subtractive hybridization / 中华医学遗传学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To identify genes associated with metastasis suppression and to investigate the molecular mechanism of osteosarcoma metastasis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The subtracted cDNA library of low metastatic human osteosarcoma cell line SOSP-9607 was constructed using suppression subtractive hybridization. Partial clones were sequenced. The acquired sequence data were aligned against the GenBank nucleotide database using Blastn to search for sequence matches. The interested clone was used to perform Northern blot and reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) analysis on mRNA isolated from low metastatic cell line SOSP-9607 and OS-9901, high metastatic cell line SOSP-M and three pulmonic metastatic nodules of nude mice.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A cDNA clone from low metastatic cell line SOSP-9607 subtracted cDNA library was identified as telomeric repeat binding factor 2 (TERF2) by sequence analysis and Blastn search. Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that TERF2 expressed highly in low metastatic cell line SOSP-9607 and OS-9901, but not in high metastatic cell line SOSP-M and three pulmonic metastatic nodules.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>TERF2 may be important for suppressing metastasis of osteosarcoma.</p>