Recent Progress of Molecular Genetic Characteristics and Prognosis of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma--Review / 中国实验血液学杂志

Lymphomas are traditionally divided into Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(NHL), the NHL is a common hematological cancer, which represents a wide spectrum of illnesses from the most indolent to the most aggressive malignancies, and the detection of related molecular targets will be needed for diagosing each subtype of NHL. Advances in understanding the pathogenesis of NHL have improved the precision of diagnosis and the prognosis evaluation of patients with this disorder, such as chromosomal translocation leading to the up-regulation of oncogene expression. Besides, the deletion of several tumor suppressor genes may cause excessive proliferation in tumor cells, and the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) determines the differences of susceptibility, drug-resistance and prognosis of NHL. In addition, DNA methylation, histone modification, non-coding RNA and other epigenetic phenomena play an increasingly important role in the diagnosis, selection of clinical drugs and evaluation of prognosis of NHL. In this review, the recent progress of researches on chromosome translocation, deletion of tumor suppression genes, gene poly-morphism and epigenetics are summarized.

Sequence analysis of hemin-binding peptide derived from recombinant hemagglutinin-2 of Porphyromonas gingivalis / 中华口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine the sequence of the active peptide derived from recombinant hemagglutinin (rHA-2) of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The HA-2 gene from PgATCC33277 was cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli (Ec) BL21 (DE3), and purified. The purified recombinant protein was evaluated for its ability to bind hemin-linked agarose. The active peptide was subjected to endoproteinase-mediated sequence analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The protein expressed in Ec BL21 (DE3) was identified as PgHA-2 by plasmid sequence analysis, Western blotting, and mass spectrometry. The recombinant protein was confirmed functional by its ability to bind hemin. The sequence of the active peptide of rHA-2 was determined to be DHYAVMISKTGTNAG.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The availability of sequence of the active peptide of rHA-2 provides a foundation for the development of immunoprophylactic and therapeutic agents against this human pathogen.</p>