Thinking of flow cytometry in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues / 中华检验医学杂志

Flow cytometry (FCM) plays an important role in clinical diagnosis and immune function evaluation. In recent years, with the progress of instruments, antibody, immunity, diagnosis and treatment technology, the clinical application of FCM is more and more extensive. Aiming to promote the standardization and further development of FCM,combined with several reports in the topic "Application of flow cytometry in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues", the paper reviews and comments in the application of FCM in acute leukemia immunophenotyping, detection of minimal residual disease, diagnosis and follow-up of lymphoma, detection of complications after transplantation, immune function and immune reconstruction after transplantation, quality control, and the prospect of FCM.

Pathological diagnosis and differential diagnosis of reactive hyperplasia in lymphoid tissues / 白血病·淋巴瘤

This paper introduces the clinical features, histopathology, immunophenotype and differential diagnosis of reactive hyperplasia (RH) in lymphoid tissues. The characteristics of RH are as follows: (1) Clinical presentations include acute fever and mild enlargement of lymph nodes. The patients can be cured when the causes of disease disappear; (2) Pathological histology is divided into single type and specific type. The common changes of lymphoid tissues are lymph follicle (LF) or T-zone cell hyperplasia, which leads to the disorder of normal tissues, including the increased number of large cells and mitosis (known as the pseudomalignant histological form); (3) Immunophentype is featured by normal pattern of LF and T-zone cells. The key point of differential diagnosis is the overgrowth of cells producing pseudomalignant histological changes in RH, resulting in the lack of cell atypia and monoclonal, damage and erosion of the normal tissue structures.

Distribution of Interleukin-22–secreting Immune Cells in Conjunctival Associated Lymphoid Tissue

PURPOSE: Interleukin (IL)-22 is a cytokine involved in epithelial cell regeneration. Currently, no research studies have analyzed the distribution of the three distinct IL-22–secreting cell populations in human or mouse conjunctiva. This study investigated the distribution of the three main populations of IL-22–secreting immune cells, αβ Th cells, γδ T cells, or innate cells (innate lymphoid cells [ILCs] or natural killer cells), in conjunctival associated lymphoid tissues (CALTs) in human and mouse models. METHODS: We collected discarded cadaveric bulbar conjunctival tissue specimens after preservation of the corneo-limbal tissue for keratoplasty from four enucleated eyes of the domestic donor. The bulbar conjunctiva tissue, including the cornea from normal (n = 27) or abraded (n = 4) B6 mice, were excised and pooled in RPMI 1640 media. After the lymphoid cells were gated in forward and side scattering, the αβ Th cells, γδ T cells, or innate lymphoid cells were positively or negatively gated using anti-CD3, anti-γδ TCR, and anti–IL-22 antibodies, with a FACSCanto flow cytometer. RESULTS: In normal human conjunctiva, the percentage and number of cells were highest in αβ Th cells, followed by γδ T cells and CD3–γδ TCR – IL-22+ innate cells (presumed ILCs, pILCs) (Kruskal-Wallis test, p = 0.012). In normal mice keratoconjunctiva, the percentage and total number were highest in γδ T cells, followed by αβ Th cells and pILCs (Kruskal-Wallis test, p = 0.0004); in corneal abraded mice, the population of αβ Th cells and pILCs tended to increase. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that three distinctive populations of IL-22–secreting immune cells are present in CALTs of both humans and mice, and the proportions of IL-22+αβ Th cells, γδ T cells, and pILCs in CALTs in humans might be differently distributed from those in normal mice.

Gallus gallus domesticus: immune system and its potential for generationof immunobiologics / Gallus gallus domesticus: sistema imunológico e seu potencial para geração de imunobiológicos

ABSTRACT: Gallus gallus domesticus' immune system is a promising tool for generation of antibody-based immunobiologics. Immunoglobulin y (IgY) is extracted from egg yolk and has equivalent functions to mammal's igg antibody. Avian immune system can be stimulated to produce a high-quality antibody repertoire. In this review, we present an overview of avian immune system emphasizing igy and its applications as an immunobiologic.

RESUMO: O sistema imunológico deGallus gallus domesticus é uma ferramenta promissora para a geração de imunobiológico a partir de anticorpos. A imunoglobulina Y (IgY) é extraída da gema do ovo e apresenta funções equivalentes ao anticorpo IgG dos mamíferos. O sistema imune aviário pode ser estimulado para produzir um repertório de anticorpos de alta qualidade. Nesta revisão apresentamos aspectos gerais do sistema imune aviário enfatizando o IgY e suas aplicações como um imunobiológico.

Research progress of tertiary lymphoid tissues in multiple sclerosis / 中国免疫学杂志

In recent years,it has been found that there are lymphoid follicle structures outside the lymphoid tissues and organs, which are called ectopic lymphoid tissues,also known as tertiary lymphoid tissues(TLTs).TLTs currently have been found in a number of diseases such as multiple sclerosis,diabetes,cancer,atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and the like.Here we focus on the molecular mechanism of TLTs and the relationship between TLTs and multiple sclerosis (MS)/experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) disease,and briefly describe the role of TLTs in the development of MS/EAE,the relevant mechanisms and research progress,make people have more understanding and insights on the formation of TLTs and the mechanism that it involved in disease,to provid theoretical knowledge for clinical treatment.

Scrapie diagnosis in a goat and four Santa Inês sheep from the same herd in Brazil / Diagnóstico de scrapie em um caprino e quatro ovinos Santa Inês de um mesmo rebanho no Brasil

Scrapie is a fatal and progressive transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of natural occurrence in sheep and goats. The suspicion of scrapie may be based on clinical signs; however, the detection of pathological features of the prionic protein (PrP) in target tissues is necessary to diagnose the disease. The presence of an abnormal protein form (PrPSc) in lymphoreticular and nervous tissues is an important characteristic in diagnosis. This paper reports a case of scrapie in a flock of 55 Suffolk crossbred sheep, 19 Santa Inês sheep and 21 goats in the Mato Grosso state, midwestern Brazil. The animals were euthanized after the confirmation of a scrapie case with clinical signs in a Suffolk sheep in the same farm...

Scrapie é uma encefalopatia espongiforme transmissível (EET) progressiva e fatal de ocorrência natural em ovinos e caprinos. A suspeita de scrapie é baseada nos sinais clínicos, porém a manifestação patológica da proteína priônica (PrP) nos tecidos-alvo é necessária para a confirmação da doença. A presença de uma forma anormal da proteína (PrPSc) em tecido linforreticular e tecido nervoso constitui uma característica importante para o diagnóstico. Este trabalho é o relato de um foco de scrapie ocorrido em rebanho com 55 ovinos mistos Suffolk, 21 caprinos e 19 ovinos Santa Inês, na região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Os animais foram eutanasiados após a confirmação de um caso de scrapie com sinais clínicos em um ovino Suffolk nessa propriedade...

Linfoma Malt de Conjuntiva: o diagnóstico ao alcance do primeiro olhar / Conjunctival Malt Lymphoma: diagnosis at first sight

O linfoma de zona marginal extranodal do tecido linfóide associado à mucosa (ou Linfoma MALT) é uma neoplasia linfocitária que surge a partir de qualquer tecido linfóide organizado. Esse linfoma pode acometer diversos órgãos, sendo raro na conjuntiva. Lesões expansivas conjuntivais podem ter vários diagnósticos diferenciais clínicos e histopatológicos, nem todos de histogênese tumoral. Este relato tem como objetivo descrever um caso incomum de tumor na conjuntiva, pouco sintomático, de fácil visibilização e de evolução clínica indolente. São também descritos dados atuais sobre o assunto, com ênfase no comportamento biológico dessas lesões.

The extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) is a lymphoproliferative neoplasm that can emerge from any organized lymphoid tissue. This lymphoma can affect many organs, but rarely in conjunctiva. Growing conjunctival lesions may have many differential clinical and histopathological diagnoses and not all of them have a tumor histogenesis. The aim of this article is to describe an interesting, poorly symptomatic, easy to see and indolent conjunctival tumor. Current information on the subject is also given, emphasizing the biological behavior of these lesions.

A comparative study of cytology,histopathology and immunohistochemistry of malignant lymphoma of lung mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues / 医学研究生学报

Objective: To explore the cytopathologic features and differential diagnostic essentials of the lung mucosa-associated lymphoid tumor(MALT).Methods: The fine needle aspiration(FNA) tissues and bronchi smears of 4 cases of MALT were examined by cytology,histology and immunohistochemistry respectively.Results: Cytologically,3 of the 4 cases were definitely diagnosed as lymphoid tumor and 1 suspected of small cell undifferentiated carcinoma,while histopathologically,all were diagnosed as MALT.The neoplastic cells were positive for CD20 and CD79a,but negative for CD3,CD5,CD10,CD45RO,CKpan and EMA.Conclusion: MALT is a rare pulmonary lymphoma difficult to be diagnosed.The definite diagnosis of pulmonary MALT depends on the cytology of FNA and bronchi smears,histopathology,and immunohistochemistry.