Objective The experimental condition of PEG precipitation pre-treatment method associated with electrochemiluminescence was optimized to gain a coincident result compared with gel chromatography method.Methods A fixed centrifuge time,optimized centrifuge speed,temperature and iron intensity were used to achieve a best experimental condition.Results The detection concentration of micromolecular PRL was approximate to gel chromatography method under the experimental condition of being centrifuged 10 minutes at 18℃ and pretreated with 25%PEG 6000 1M PBS.Conclusions The optimized PEG precipitation test united with the electrochemillumescence immunoassy was a good method for screening macroprolactinemia in clinical diagnosis.

Objective To assess the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in clinical classification,monitoring of chemotherapeutic response and surveillance of histopathological transformation of Castleman's disease (CD).Methods Fourteen pathologically diagnosed CD patients (7 males,7 females; mean age:(45.64±14.30) years) were retrospectively reviewed.18F-FDG PET/CT was performed before chemotherapy in all patients and 4 of 14 patients were reexamined after the treatment.The study parameters included histopathological results,sites,number and highest SUVmax of the lesions.Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for data analysis.Results Of all the 12 patients without histopathological transformation,one or more enlarged and metabolically active lymph nodes were found in each patient (SUVmax =3.94± 1.44,range:1.9-6.8),including 2 unicentric CD (UCD) and 10 multicentric CD (MCD).There was no statistically significant difference of SUVmam between UCD and MCD (4.55±3.18 vs 3.82±1.14; Z=0.22,P＞0.05).There was also no significant difference of SUVmax among different pathological types (hyaline-vascular CD (4/12):3.56±0.96,plasma cell CD (6/12):4.73±1.41,mixed CD (2/12):2.30±0.57; x2 =4.74,P＞0.05).For the 4 patients with follow-up PET/CT after chemotherapy,the lesion activity was normalized in 3 patients and clearly reduced in 1 patient.The SUVmax of 2 patients with histopathological transformation (10.85±2.05) was significantly higher than that without transformation (3.94± 1.44; Z=-2.19,P＜0.05).Conclusion 18F-FDG PET/CT may play an important role in clinical classification,monitoring of chemotherapeutic response and surveillance of histopathological transformation of CD.

Objective To retrospectively analyze the platelet count and related factors in bleeding patients with hematonosis,and to calculate the risk of bleeding when the platelet count is at each exposure level.Methods Retrospective analysis of patients from Department of Hematology Inpatients in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital,Nanjing First Hospital and Nanjing Jiangning Hospital from July 2013 to June 2017 was collected.And the risk of bleeding for different hematonosis was calculated.Results The tolerance of the 5 categories of hematonosis to low platelet counts is compared:AA and ITP can tolerate lower levels of platelet count;MDS and AML(except M3) are more prone to bleeding;ALL is the most susceptible to bleeding.Conclusion When platelet resources are scarce,priority should be given to ALL,MDS and AML patients,in order to ensure the safety of critically ill patients.For patients with AA and ITP,the platelet infusion threshold may be reduced appropriately,in oder to reduce the incidence of platelet transfusion refractoriness.

Objective To investigate the quality of autoantibody testing around the whole country.Methods Laboratories that perform autoantibody testing were recruited by letters or telephone communications.The auto-antibodies examined by the quality-control survey included anti-nuclear antibody (ANA),anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibody,anti-extractable nuclear antigens (anti-ENA),antimitochondria antibody (AMA),anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA),and anti-citrulline antibody (CCP).Each autoantibody was tested for 3 samples,so 15 samples were tested in total.Sample distribution and data analysis were double-blinded.Qualitative interpretation,staining patterns were evaluated by IIF.The agreement with qualitative interpretation for each specimen was evaluated by ELISA,and Immuno-Blot/Dot-Blot.Results One hundred and eight laboratories participated in this study.The testing methods included indirect immumofluorescence (IIF),immuno-Blot (IB),Dot-Blot (DB),double diffusion method (DID),enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),chemo-illuminescent assay,Dot-immunogold filtration assay.The accuracy rates were 82％,83％,95％,96％,86％,respectively for ANA,anti-dsDNA,AMA,ASMA,and anti-CCP antibody.Anti-ENA were further divided into anti-SNP,anti-Sm,anti-SSA,anti-SSB,anti-Scl-70 subgroups,and the accuracy rates were 84％,95％,98％,98％,88％,respectively.The distribution of quantitative values by different laboratories for ANA (by IIF),anti-dsDNA,anti-CCP antibody (by ELISA) varied remarkably.Conclusion Hospitals that enrolled in the survey and the items involved for quality control were increasing year by year.The accurate rates of ANA,anti-dsDNA in this survey were similar to the past national quality control surveys,the quality of AMA/ASMA,anti-CCP antibodies test was better than that of the past surveys,but the quality of anti-ENA antibodies test needs to be improved.

Objectives To investigate serum levels of B cell activating factor(BAFF)in Chinese patients with polymyositis(PM)or dermatomyositis(DM),and analyze the correlation of BAFF with autoantibodies and clinical phenotypes.Methods Serum BAFF levels of 28 PM patients and 30 DM patients(study group),and 25 matched healthy controls(control group)were measured by ELISA.Serum anti-Jo-1 antibody levels were also measured by ELISA in all the subjects.The results of the two groups were compared by unpaired t test and the relevance was analyzed by Pearson's correlation analysis.Results Serum levels of BAFF in PM/DM patients were significantly higher compared to healthy controls(P =0.000),but there was no statistically significant difference between the PM and DM patients(P ＞ 0.05).Patients with interstitial lung disease(ILD)had significantly higher serum BAFF level than the patients without ILD(P =0.000)or the controls(P =0.000).Serum BAFF levels of patients with positive antinuclear antibody(ANA)were significantly higher than those with negative ANA(P =0.003).For patients with anti-Jo-1 antibodies,the serum BAFF levels were correlated with the serum concentration of anti-Jo-1 antibodies(r =0.799,P =0.006).Conclusions Serum levels of BAFF are increased in Chinese PM/DM patients.These findings indicate that BAFF may be possibly enrolled in the pathogenesis of PM/DM.Detecting serum BAFF levels could have some implication for the diagnosis and treatment of PM/DM.

Objective To explore the value of serum SC5b-9, anti-C1q antibody, C3 and C4 levels in the assessment of lupus activity. Methods The enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure SC5b-9 and anti-C1q antibody, rate nepheiometry was used to detect the serum level of C3 and C4 in sera of 62 SLE patients, 35 patients with other rheumatic diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, primary Sjogren' s syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, systemic sclerosis and vasculitis) and 35 healthy controls. And the correlation between above-mentioned parameters and lupus clinical manifestations, disease activity and histological type of lupus nephritis were analyzed. Results In SLE patients, the levels of SC5b-9 and anti-C1q antibody were significantly higher than those in patients with other rheumatic diseases and healthy controls (P<0.05). The titers of SC5b-9 and anti-C1q antibody negatively correlated with C3 and C4 (P<0.05), and positively correlated with SLEDAI (P<0.05). The sensitivity and specificity of the combination of these three measurements for SLE was 95.37% and 98.46 respectively. SC5b-9 and anti-C1q antibody were associated with the presence of proliferative glomerulonephritis (P <0.05). Conclusion Taking the evaluation of all these three measurements simultaneously is valuable for the diagnosis of lupus flare. SC5b-9 and anti-C1q antibody may play major roles in the immunopathogenesis of lupus nephritis.

The infectivity of asymptomatic HBsAg carriers' blood was studied in 36 recipients.Their positive rate of anti-HBs was 56.2% before transfusion. After transfusion hepatitis B developed in 2 recipients and SGPT became abnormal in 4(11.1%) of the 36 recipients. The anti-HBs became positive in 83.3% (10/12). The incidence of hepatitis B among blood recipients was lower than that of Western Europe and North America, but similar to that in Southeast Asia. The overall infection rate of HBV was higher than that of the other localities. The infectivity of asymptomatic HBsAg carriers' blood correlated well with the titer of HBsAg. There was no apparent changes in the titer of HBsAg in all the 3 recipients with positive HBsAg before transfusion.No new HBsAg carriers developed in 36 recipients.

Objectiye To study the levels of cartilage oligomeric matrixprotein (COMP) and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) in the serum fluid of osteoarthritic rabbit models and their relationships with the severity of pathological changes, so as to investigate their correlation with osteoarthritis(OA). Methods The osteoarthritic animal models were get from immobilizing the right knees of 18 rabbits in full extension using plaster cast. Knee joint pathological changes of 2,6 weeks were examined for pathological severity of OA; ELISA sandwich method was used to measure the levels of COMP and MMP-3 in serum before and after modeling( at 2, 6 weeks respectively); X ray of model keens was also obtained in different period.Correlation analysis was performed to demonstrate the relationship between the levels of COMP, MMP-3 in the serum and the pathological severity of OA. Results ( 1 ) Morphological observations: immobilizing the right knees of rabbits in full extension using plaster cast was a reliable methed for osteoarthritic animal models and the typical histopathologic character was seen; the severity of osteoarthritisgradually increased with time extended. (2) The levels of COMP[(3.64 ±0. 18)μg/L], MMP-3 [(1.99 ±0. 81 ) μg/L]in the serum of 2 weeks osteoarthritic animal models were higher than those before immobilizing with plaster cast [COMP(3.35 ±0. 20) μg/L,MMP-3( 1.61 ±0. 71 ) μg/L]. The levels of COMP[(3.96 ±0. 44) μg/L],MMP-3[(3.44 ±0. 91) μg/L] of 6 weeks were much higher,with a significant difference(P ＜0.05). The levels of COMP, MMP-3 in serum had a linear correlation with the pathological severity of OA (r ＞0. 710,and P ＜ 0. 05 ). Conclusion The levels of COMP and MMP-3 in serum can help to predict and evaluate the progression of OA.

Objective To study the diagnostic value of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein for early cartilage destruction in osteoarthritis and assess its value in the prediction of the disease progression.Methods The osteoarthritis animal models were developed by immobilizing the right knees of 18 rabbits in full extension position using plaster East.Knee joint pathological changes at week 2 and 6 were examined for pathological severity evaluation of osteoarthritis.ELISA sandwich method was used to measure the levels of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein(COMP) in serum before and after modeling(at week 2 and 6 respectively) and immunohistolgy method was used to examine the levels of COMP in knee articular cartilage of osteoarthritis animal models.Correlation analysis was performed to demonstrate the relationship between the levels of COMP in the serum and the pathological severity of osteoarthritis.Pearson's test and t-test were used for correlation analysis.Results ①) Osteoarthritis animal models could be successfully developed by immobilizing the right knees of rabbits in full extension position using plaster east for 2 weeks.Early histopathological changes in the articular cartilage could be observed,At week 6,the typical histopathological characteristics could be seen.②With the extension of modeling time,serum COMP levels persistently increased.The serum COMP levels before modeling,at modeling week 2,week 6 were (3.35±0.20),(3.64±0.18),(3.96±0.44) μg/L respectively,the difference was significant (P＜0.05).③ The level of COMP in the articular cartilage of non-osteoarthritis animal models,models at week 2,week 6 were (2.7±1.8 )％ ,(5.7±0.7)％,(7.6±0.7)％ respectively (P＜0.05 for all).④ The level of COMP in the serum was linearily correlated with the pathological severity of osteoarthritis(r＞0.770 for all,and P＜0.05 for all).Conclusion Levels of COMP in the serum can help to make early diagnosis of osteoarthritis,and elevated COMP level can predict the progression of osteoarthritis.

Objective To evaluate the usefulness of delayed parenchymal transit time (PTT) on 99TcmDTPA diuretic renography as a predictor for functional improvement after Anderson-Hynes dismembered pyeloplasty in patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO).Methods Forty-seven patients (37males,10 females,age (29.7± 10.8) years) with unilateral U PJO were retrospectively analyzed.All patients underwent 99Tcm-DTPA diuretic renography before and after the surgery.Patient age,sex,UPJO location,surgical methods,relative renal function (RRF) of the diseased kidney (uptake ratio of UPJO kidney to both kidneys),and PTT were recorded.Delayed PTT was defined as having one of the following criteria: (1) photopenic pelvis between the second and seventh frame; (2) relatively stable tracer distribution within the kidney between the second to ninth frame with nearly unchanged kidney shape and size; (3) ever increasing activity in the parenchyma; (4) slower clearance from the parenchyma into the pelvis since the second frame compared with the contralateral healthy kidney.The relationship between the above-mentioned factors and RRF improvement (RRFpvst-surgery,-RRFpre-sugery) was analyzed.Paired t test,Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney rank sum tests and Pearson correlation analysis were used.Results The average RRF of pre-and post-surgery was (40.70± 13.30) ％ and (44.96 ± 12.60) ％,respectively (t =4.19,P ＜ 0.01).RRF improvement between the delayed group (n=16) and normal timely PTT group (n=27) was significantly different: ((11.69±6.52) ％ vs (0.48±2.98) ％,Z=-5.13,P＜0.01).The assessment of delayed or normal PTT could not be determined in 4 patients.No statistically significant differences of RRF improvement were found between pre-surgery RRF ＜ 40％ and RRF ≥ 40％ groups,between left and right UPJO groups,between open surgery and laparoscope groups,between male and female patients (Z =-1.93 to 1.25,all P＞0.05).There was no significant correlation between RRF improvement and patient age (r =0.01,P＞0.05).Conclusion Delayed PTT on 99Tcm-DTPA diuretic renography might be the predictor for functional improvement post surgery in UPJO patients.