The relationship between CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell in the peripheral blood and poor or nonresponsiveness to hepatitis B vaccine / 中华预防医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell frequencies in the peripheral blood of poor or non-responsiveness to Hepatitis B vaccine, and try to understand the relationship between CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell and poor or non-responsiveness to Hepatitis B vaccine.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Flow cytometric analysis was employed for CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell frequencies in the peripheral blood of 25 cases of non-responsiveness, 30 cases of poor-responsiveness, and collected 20 cases of responsiveness as control.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell frequencies of responsiveness was (4.32 +/- 1.21)%, poor-responsiveness was (7.01 +/- 1.06)% and non-responsiveness was (12.75 +/- 2.01)%. It was found that non and poor-responsiveness showed a high percentage of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell as compared with responsiveness (t = 8.426, t = 3.289, P<0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The poor and non-responsiveness should be related with the increase of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell and this might be considered as an important cause of poor and non-responsiveness.</p>

Association among circulating endothelial progenitor cells, insulin resistance and severity of coronary lesions in patients with coronary artery disease / 中华心血管病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the correlation between the number and activity of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), insulin resistance and severity of coronary lesions in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Patients with coronary angiography evidenced CAD were divided in insulin resistance group (IR, n = 25) and insulin sensitive group (IS, n = 44) according to insulin level, 25 health volunteers served as control. Circulating EPCs were marked as KDR/CD133+ cells via fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis. EPCs were also isolated from peripheral blood and cultured in vitro for 7 days, identified by DiI-acLDL uptake and lectin staining methods. EPCs migration activities were determined by modified Boyden chamber assay, EPCs proliferation activities were determined by MTT assay.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Circulating EPCs number was significantly lower in IR group compared with IS group [(0.34 +/- 0.08) per thousand vs. (0.47 +/- 0.09) per thousand, P < 0.01] and control group (P < 0.05). Both insulin resistance index (r = -0.291, P = 0.01)and Gensini score (r = -0.3984, P = 0.006)were negatively correlated with number of circulating EPCs. Proliferation and migration capacities of EPCs were also significantly lower in IR group compared to those in IS group (all P < 0.05) and control group (all P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia could aggravate severity of coronary artery lesions via reducing the number and activities of circulating EPCs in patients with CAD.</p>

Expression of B7-H1 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from chronic hepatitis B patients / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression of B7-H1 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic HBV infection.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Immunofluorescent staining and flow cytometry assay were used to measure the expression of B7-H1 on peripheral blood CD3high T cells, CD19high B cells and CD14high monocytes from chronic HBV infected patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>No significant difference was observed in B7-H1 expression on T cells and B cells between chronic HBV infected patients (CHB) and health controls (HC). B7-H1-expressing CD14high cells were significantly increased in chronic HBV-infected patients (19.17-/+11.64)% as compared with healthy controls [(7.30-/+5.49)%, P<0.01]. A significant positive correlation was found between B7-H1 expression on CD14high monocytes and serum ALT levels.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There is no significant difference in B7-H1 expression on T cells and B cells between CHB patients and healthy subjects. B7-H1, which is up-regulated on monocytes from chronic HBV-infected patients, in positively correlated to serum ALT levels, and may play a role in the persistence of HBV infection.</p>