1.Research Enlightenment of Airdropped Field Medical System in U S Forefront Surgical Team
Zhenbo LI ; Shengjie LIAO ; Wanliang SONG
Chinese Medical Equipment Journal 1989;0(03):-
US Forefront Surgical Team (FST) is founded for many years, goes through a number of actual combats and plays an important role in enhancing overall capability of medical support. The brief introduction and analysis on structure and main battlefield experience of US FST and some design ideas for Airdropped Field Medical System in our country are introduced.
2.Relationship between Prognosis and Level of Plasma OX40L in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Hui WANG ; Yang YANG ; Ping XU ; Wanliang WANG ; Qiuhong DU ; Wenling SONG ; Qiuyan DUAN
Journal of China Medical University 2017;46(7):649-652
Objective To observe the ehanges in plasma OX40L level in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to investigate the relationship between OX40L level and prognosis in patients with SAP.Methods We collected 200 cases of SAP after PCI.Plasma OX40L levels were examined at different time points,including before and after stent placement,in all patients withSAP.The patients with SAP were followed up for 18 months,and the end point was adverse cardiovascular events.Results The plasma OX40L level increased more apparently after PCI than before PCI (P < 0.05) and peaked at 24 hours.We followed up 185 patients successfully,including 39 (21.08%) patients with and 146 (78.92%) without adverse cardiovascular events.The mean maximum OX40L level was higher in patients with than in those without adverse events (P < 0.05).Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that the mean maximum OX40L level was related to adverse cardiovascular events (P < 0.05).Conclusion PCI may cause upregulation of plasma OX40L expression.Mean maximum OX40L level showed good clinical predictive value of occurrence of cardiovascular events 18 months after PCI.
3.T cell epitope spectrum of alpha-fetoprotein restricted by dominant HLA-A molecules in Chinese population
Song YANG ; Suyue ZHU ; Yi WU ; Wanliang SUN ; Zhong LIU ; Chuanlai SHEN ; Zheng LU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2024;44(9):752-761
Objective:To investigate T cell epitope spectrum of alpha fetoprotein (AFP) restricted by 13 dominant human leukocyte antigen A (HLA-A) molecules in Chinese population.Methods:AFP T cell epitope candidates presented by 13 HLA-A molecules were in silico predicted using multiple epitope prediction algorithms. Then, the candidate epitope peptides were co-cultured in vitro with fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, followed by intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) and flow cytometry to verify the immunogenicity of the candidate epitope peptides. Peptide competition binding assay of HLA-A molecules were performed using 12 HMy2.CIR cell lines expressing the indicated HLA-A molecules to analyze the affinity and cross-restriction of candidate epitope peptides with HLA-A molecules. Results:PBMCs from 67 AFP + HCC patients were co-cultured in vitro with 42 candidate T cell epitope peptides, and the result showed that 20 epitope peptides stimulated CD8 + T cell responses (named as positive epitope peptides). Peptide competitive binding assay revealed 22 candidate epitope peptides with high affinity, 13 with inter affinity, six with low affinity, and 10 without affinity with indicated HLA-A molecules, respectively. The 20 positive epitope peptides presented high or inter affinity with corresponding HLA-A molecules and most of them displayed cross-binding properties with several HLA-A molecules. Conclusions:Twenty AFP-specific CD8 + T cell epitope peptides restricted by the predominant HLA-A molecules in Chinese population are obtained by the HCC patients-derived T-cell functional experiments, and the cross-binding ability of these epitope peptides to the corresponding HLA-A molecules is preliminary identified. These results provide systematic and fundamental data for the design of AFP-specific T cell detection systems and T cell epitope-based vaccines universal for the Chinese population.