1.INTRATHYROIDAL MACROPHAGE INFILTRATION AND T CELL ACTIVATION IN AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE
Jian WANG ; Zhulan WANG ; Genbao FENG
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1985;0(01):-
In thirty seven patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) intrathyroidal macrophages (M ) and activated T cells were identified by alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase (APAAP) immunocytochemical technique using monoclonal antibodies Ki-M8, TLiSA 1 and anti-Tac. Different degrees of infiltration of M (Ki-M8-) and activation of T cells (TLiSA1- or Tac-) were seen in the thyroid tissue of Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT), Graves disease (GD) and Graves disease with thyroiditis(GDAT). However, there were no significant difference in proportions of the positive staining reactions among the different diseases. Staining of serial sections revealed a significant correlation between the proportions of Me and activated T cells in thyroid gland mononuclear cells (TG-MNC). It suggests that infiltration of M may have an influence on intrathyroidal T cell activation in AITD.
2.Clinical study of Basen's effect on insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients
Ming ZHAO ; Zhulan WANG ; Jian WANG ; Hong DU ; Xiao WANG
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2001;14(2):121-122
Objectives:To study the effect of Basen on the sensitivity of insulin in diabetes mellitus.Methods:Blood glucose,lipoprotein,insulin,C-peptide were assayed after and before the administration of Basen.Results:Levels of insulin,blood glucose,and C-peptide were lowered after four weeks administration of Basen,which changed contrarily to ISI.Conclusions:Basen has effects not only on lowering blood glucose but also on improving the insulin resistance.
3.Synthesis of new 4-anilinoquinazoline analogues and evaluation of their EGFR inhibitor activity.
Zheng WANG ; Cuiling WANG ; Junlin LI ; Ning ZHANG ; Yanni SUN ; Zhulan LIU ; Zhishu TANG ; Jianli LIU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2015;50(12):1613-21
Thirteen of 4-anilinoquinazoline derivatives with imine groups at position 6 of quinazoline ring were synthesized and their antitumor activities were evaluated by MTT assay and Western blotting analysis. Among these compounds, 13a-131 were reported first time. The MTT assay was carried out on three human cancer cell lines (A549, HepG2 and SMMC7721) with EGFR highly expressed. Among the tested compounds, 13i and 13j exhibited notable inhibition potency and their IC50 values on three cell lines were equivalent to or less than those of gefitinib. Compound 14, without imine group substituted, displayed excellent inhibitor potency only on A549 cell line. Compounds 14 and 13j were chosen to perform Western blotting analysis on A549. The results showed that both of the compounds could inhibit the expression level of phosphorylated EGFR remarkably. It was concluded that the inhibitor potency of compound 14 was almost equivalent to that of gefitinib and the inhibitor potency of 13j was better than that of gefitinib.
4.Analysis of cytogenetic characteristics of primary childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and risk factors for first treatment response
Zhulan LIAN ; Dandan GE ; Yue WANG ; Biyun GUO
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2023;32(5):274-278
Objective:To investigate the cytogenetic characteristics and influencing factors associated with first treatment response in primary childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).Methods:The data of 49 children with primary B-ALL who were admitted to the First Hospital of Xiamen University from April 2019 to September 2021 were retrospectively collected, and the clinical characteristics, cytogenetic and molecular biology findings and other clinical indicators before and after treatment were obtained. Genotyping, clinical risk stratification after the first induction chemotherapy and chemotherapy regimen development were performed according to the pediatric ALL treatment specification (2018 version). The relationship between different genotypes and clinical indicators in children with B-ALL was analyzed, and the correlation between clinical risk stratification and each indicator was analyzed by Spearman rank correlation analysis.Results:The median age of 49 children was 3.0 years old (interquartile range: 3.2 years old), 32 cases (65.3%) were male and 17 cases (34.7%) were female, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.88∶1. Thirty-five cases (71.4%) had gene mutations before treatment and 14 cases (28.6%) had no mutations. Among the 35 cases with mutations, E2A-PBX1 was found in 5 cases (10.2%), including 1 case with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-like; IKZF1 deletion was found in 8 cases (16.3%), including 4 cases with Ph-like, 1 case with Ph-positive, and 1 case with MLL rearrangement; MLL rearrangement was found in 3 cases (6.1%); Ph-like alone was found in 12 cases (24.5%); TEL-AML1 was found in 6 cases (12.2%), including 2 cases with Ph-like; 1 case (2.0%) with Ph-positive alone. The clinical risk stratification showed that 7 cases (14.3%) had high risk, 28 cases (57.1%) had intermediate risk, and 14 cases (28.6%) had low risk. The proportions of patients with high and intermediate clinical risk before induction chemotherapy [20.0% (7/35) vs. 0.0% (0/14), 62.9% (22/35) vs. 42.9% (6/14)] and the proportion of patients with altered mutation status on day 33 of induction chemotherapy [42.9% (15/35) vs. 0.0% (0/14)] were higher in patients with mutations before induction chemotherapy than those in patients without gene mutations before treatment (all P < 0.01). The gene mutation or not before treatment was not correlated with gender, white blood cell count at first diagnosis, hormone sensitivity, minimal residual disease (MRD) from the 15th to the 19th day of induction chemotherapy, and MRD on the 33rd day of induction chemotherapy (all P > 0.05). Clinical risk stratification of children was associated with white blood cell count at first diagnosis ( r = 0.392, P = 0.005), neutrophil count ( r = 0.453, P = 0.001), lymphocyte count ( r = 0.418, P = 0.001), monocyte count ( r = 0.359, P = 0.017), blood uric acid level ( r = 0.378, P = 0.007), and proportion of bone marrow naive lymphocyte count before treatment ( r = 0.316, P = 0.027) and from 15th to the 19th day of induction chemotherapy ( r = 0.399, P = 0.005) and the 33rd day of induction chemotherapy ( r = 0.408, P = 0.028), proportion of children with bone marrow MRD ≥ 0.000 1 on the 33rd day of induction chemotherapy ( χ2 = 15.42, P < 0.001), and proportion of children with gene mutations before treatment ( χ2 = 9.10, P = 0.005). Conclusions:High levels of leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, naive lymphocytes, blood uric acid, and naive lymphocytes from the 15th to the 19th day and the 33rd day of chemotherapy, MRD on the 33rd day of chemotherapy and genotype in children with B-ALL may be associated with poor response to treatment. Clinical risk stratification is associated with gene mutation status, and gene mutation may be an important indicator of treatment response in children with B-ALL.