1.A new NK cell subset with antigen presentation function:IKDC cells
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2001;0(10):-
A new NK cell subset with antigen presentation function was recently found and called as interferon-producing killer dendritic cells (IKDC cells).These cells co-express surface markers of NK cells and DCs;functionally,they can secrete interferons,kill target cells and have antigen-presenting ability.IKDCs extensively exist in almost all lymphoid tissue or organs with similar phenotype,but recent studies indicated that IKDCs were developmently not from DC cells but from NK cells,the conclusion of which is still in its early stage.The discovery of IKDC will be help to understand the link between innate and adaptive immunity.
2.Advances in innate lymphoid cells
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2015;(2):145-150,155
Natural killer (NK) cells have long been considered the only representative of lymphocyte lineages among the innate immune system ,but recent studies have revealed that several types of innate lymphoid cells ( ILC ) exist in both humans and mice.These newly identified ILC populations were mainly distributed at mucosal barriers ,regardless of their rarity ,they play important roles in the defense against pathogens and in the maintenance of tissue or organ homeostasis .In the early stages of ILC development ,a common ILC lineage-restricted progenitor exists and under the control of different transcription factors ,the progenitor can later give rise to different ILC subsets with distinct phenotypes and functions.Different ILC subsets exhibit distinct cytokine secretion profiles ,based on the categorization of helper T cell subsets , ILC family has been further classified into three groups.The finding of diverse ILC extremely enriches the content of innate immunity ,and also provides new insights into links between innate and adaptive immunity .
3.Research of ankle chute tibia bone graft fusion in the treatment of late kaschin-beck disease
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2014;37(5):47-49
Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of ankle chute tibia bone graft fusion treatment of late kaschin-beck disease.Methods Thirty-three patients with late kaschin-beek disease performed ankle arthrodesis,the ankle surgery in 5 cases,simple right ankle surgery in 13 eases and 15 cases of left ankle surgery.Intraoperative used tibial chute hollow screw internal fixation and bone graft plaster external fixation postoperatively.Followed up 0.5-6.0 years,compared the American orthopaedic food and ankle society (AOFAS) score before surgery to determine the efficacy of last follow-up,X ray film fusion situation assessment in the postoperative period.Results Thirty-three cases did not occur postoperative incision infection,vascular or nerve complications.Last follow-up,30 cases were no obvious discomfort,3 cases of mild ankle pain,accompanied by walking or standing for a long time after the foot heel had mild acid bilges feeling,did not affect the daily life.The AOFAS score before surgery was significantly lower than that last follow-up [(25.84 ± 16.81) scores vs.(87.32 ± 4.68) scores] (P < 0.01).Clinical efficacy excellent in 25 cases,good in 5 cases,general in 2 cases,poor in 1 case.Follow-up X line piece was showed that in all cases to achieve bony fusion.Conclusion Using sliding kashin-beck terminal patients treated ankle bone graft fusion,simple operation,high bone graft fusion rate,less complications,curative effect is positive.
4.Percutaneous vertebroplasty for fresh osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures
Zhigang ZHAO ; Wusheng KAN ; Peng LI
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2014;16(3):218-221
Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for patients with fresh osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF).Methods From February 2010 to November 2011,103 patients with fresh OVCF were assigned to receive either PVP or conservative treatment according to their choice or the choice of surgeons.There were no significant differences between the 2 groups regarding general clinical data (P > 0.05).The pain was scored at pre-treatment,1,4,12,24 and 48 weeks post-treatment in all the patients.The vertebral re-fractures were recorded in both groups at follow-ups.The 2 groups were compared in terms of postoperative pain relief and risk of re-fracture.Results The overall pain relief at 1,4 and 12 post-treatment in the PVP group was significantly greater than in the conservative treatment group (P < 0.05).The pain relief at night at 1,4 and 12 post-treatment was significantly greater in the PVP group than in the conservative treatment group (P < 0.05).At one year post-treatment,7 vertebral re-fractures were observed in the PVP group (18.4%,7/38) and 12 ones in the conservative treatment group (20.3%,12/59),with no significant difference between the 2 groups in the risk of re-fracture (Hazard ratio =0.909,95% CI:O.36 ~ 2.29,P =0.841).Conclusion Compared with conservative treatment,PVP may significantly reduce the pain for patients with fresh OVCF but does not increase the risk of vertebral re-fracture.
5.Research progress on negative regulation of adaptive immune response by NK cells
Jing ZHOU ; Hui PENG ; Zhigang TIAN
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2016;32(6):769-776
Natural killer ( NK) cells are important innate effector cells and play a vital role in maintaining homeostasis through potent cytotoxic activity and cytokine production. Recent findings show that NK cells can also shape adaptive immune responses by in-fluencing a variety of immune cells. In addition to direct interactions with other immune cells,NK cells can indirectly stimulate or inhibit adaptive immune response via influencing infected cells and pathogen load. Abundant studies have highlighted the positive regulatory functions of NK cells, while their negative regulatory functions have increasingly attracted attention in recent years. Here, we review recent findings on negative regulation of adaptive immune response by NK cells, discussing the involved effector cells and function mechanism,and demonstrate how this negative regulation influences the overall outcome of adaptive immunity in infection and tumor disease.
6.MRI Findings of Juvenile Acute Articular Cartilage Injury of the Knee Joint
Yingcai SUN ; Jianling CUI ; Zhigang PENG ; Min ZHANG ; Fei WANG
Journal of Practical Radiology 2009;25(12):1768-1771
Objective To suty the MRI manifestations of juvenile acute articular cartilage injury of the knee joint.Methods MRI findings of cartilage,subcartilage low signal line and subcarilage bone were analysed retrospectively in 53 juvenile patients (ranged in age from 4~27 years) with acute articular cartilage injury confirmed by arthroscopy.Results Sixty-nine cartilage injuries were showed by MRI in 53 patients,including patellas in 25,femoral lateral condyles in 22,femoral medial condyles in 11,trochlea of the femur in 2,and tibial plateau in 9.Acute articular cartilage injury appeared as pure cartilage fracture in 46, including complete split of the cartilage in 22 sites,partly split of the cartilage in 20 sites,and fissur-like fracture in 4 sites.Osteochondral fracture were observed in 23 sites,including avulsion fracture in 13 and osteochondral subsided in 10.Articular cartilage loose bodies and osteochondral loose bodies were found by MRI in 6 and 13,respectively.Conclusion MRI is the best non-invasive method for studying cartilage injury.
7.Establishment of a Stable Cell Line Expressing"Toxic" Transient Receptor Potential A1 Channel
Shaopeng WANG ; Lianghui MA ; Jixian LI ; Zhigang PENG ; Jing CAO
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2008;35(12):1378-1386
Transient receptor potential A1 (TRPAl) is a cold sensitive cation channel, which could also be activated by various pungent compounds. As a transduction channel in a number of sensory modalities, TRPAl expressing in heterogonous systems serves to provide great convenience in pharmacological analysis and functional investigation. Due to cellular toxicity, establishment of stable TRPAl cell line has always been challenging. Nevertheless, the first stable human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) cell line with un-controlled expression of TRPAl was successfully established. It was also confirmed that this stable cell line retained TRPAl expression for more than 25 passages in culture. The functional analysis of the cell response verified the stability and specificity of this novel recombinant TRPAl cell line. Altogether, the data indicated this TRPAl-HEK cell line would be a useful tool for functional analysis of TRPAl and for the development of high throughput screening (HTS) compatible assay in the effort to identify TRPAl modulators.
8.Apoptotic mechanism of leukemic K562 cells induced by mangiferin
Zhigang PENG ; Jun LUO ; Yongrong LAI ; Shanjun SONG
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1994;0(05):-
Objective To study the apoptosis mechanism of K562 cell lines induced by mangiferin. Methods The mRNA expression levels of apoptosis-related genes including bcl-2, bax, survivin of K562 cells treated by mangiferin (25—200 ?mol/L) for 24, 48, 72, and 96 h were determined by RT-PCR; the BCR/ABL protein P210 level was detected by Western blotting. Results Mangiferin up-regulated bax gene of K562 cells significantly and down-regulated bcl-2 gene slightly, resulting in an enhancement of the ratio of bax/bcl-2. Mangiferin down-regulated the expression levels of P210 in K562 cells in a time-and concentration-dependent manner and so is the expression level of survivin mRNA in K562 cells. ConclusionThe mechanism of mangiferin-induced apoptosis in K562 leukemic cells might be involved in up-regulating the gene expression of bax and down-regulating the mRNA expression of BCR/ABL protein P210, bcl-2, and survivin.
9.The epidemic characters and tendency of HIV/AIDS of Sinkiang
Hong PENG ; Zhigang XIA ; Shuying FAN ; Suyuan ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2003;0(11):-
Objective To study the epidemic characters and tendency of HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) from serologic check results.Methods 36 021 specimens of suspected clinical cases and routine cases before surgery in Xinjiang Urumqi Uiger Municipal People's Hospital were detected from 2001—2004. At first, these cases werescreened by ELISA(Enzyme-linked immunoadsordent assay) , then ascertained by desease-control center and AIDS surveillance systems through WB , HIV RNA were estimated by the application of RT-PCR , CD cell were counted with flow cytometry.Result Prevalence figures have risen sharply from 1999—2001 and increased steadily since 2002 , the positive rates of anti-HIV were 0.714%(259 cases) . 38 percents cases were female (97/259), female ratio had the increasing trend and 3 cases were found as intrauterine infection . 80% cases were adolescent(16 year old to 35 year old) , 85.6% cases were Uiger minority , 94% and 67.7% cases were drug abuse through vein and non-occupation respectively.83.3% and 8.69% cases were found in north and south of Xinjiang respectively.The positive rates of virus nucleic acid were 50% , in which 76%(19/25) were 104~105 cop/ml. CD4,CD8,CD4/CD8 were all abnormal,CD4/CD8 ratio decreased to 96%,The number of CD4 cells was remarkably reduced 56%; while CD8 cells was significantly rised 60%;Inpatients increased gradually. Among them , 80% cases were dead due to infection , 16.7% surgical cases were fracture spontaneously.Conclusion The serologic detection of anti- HIV , HIV RNA , CD cell counts had confirmed AIDS episode later ; The progress was more rapidly;infectious rate of female was increased and followed intrauterine infection in Xinjiang.The numbers of episode and death were in growth stage , antivirus therapy were imperative.
10.Effects of inhalation-intravenous general anesthesia on stress response of patients with liver hydatidosis for pericystectomy
Hong JIANG ; Xinyu PENG ; Xiangwei WU ; Shijie ZHANG ; Zhigang DAI
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2014;(10):1576-1578
Objective To investigate the changes of stress response on inhalation-intravenous general anesthesia during pericystectomy for Liver hydatid cyst. Methods Thirty ASA I-II patients with liver hydatidosis for pericystectomy were studied. The blood from right jugular vein were collected for measurement of serum cortisol (Cor) concentrations and glucose (BG) levels, and MAP, HR and BIS were observed and recorded at different point-times: pre-intubation for 1 min, post-intubation for 3 min, pre-incision for 1 min, post-incision for 3 min, post-incision for 10 min, post-surgical exploration 10 min. The data of pre-intubation and pre-incision served as controls. Results The levels of Cor concentration of post-incision for 10 min were decreased than those of pre-intubation and pre-incision (P<0.05); MAP of post-incision for 10 min and post-surgical exploration for 10 min were increased than those of pre-intubation and pre-incision (P < 0.01); For HR, the data of post-surgical exploration 10 min was much quicker compared with pre-incision (P < 0.01), which is slower than that of pre-intubation(P<0.01). Conclusion Inhalation-intravenous general anesthesia may inhibit the stress response during intubation,incision and surgical exploration for liver hydatidosis pericystectomy. Hemodynamic changes during incision may reflect the trend of stress response in advance.