Myelodysplastic syndrome(MDS) is a malignant clonal disease of hematopoietic system,characterized by dysplasia and ineffective hematopoiesis.Therefore,the morphology of bone marrow and peripheral blood cells are crucial in the diagnosis of MDS.The morphological features of marrow cells,the significance of morphological diagnosis,the progress in the study of morphological diagnosis and some major issues on morphological diagnosis of MDS are discussed in this article.

Chronic Disease ; Graft vs Host Disease ; therapy ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ( allo-HSCT) is an effective therapy for the treatment of various malignant and non-malignant hematological diseases. Acute graft-verse-host-dis-ease ( aGVHD) , a major complication following allo-HSCT, is one of the predominant causes of GVHD-re-lated mortality. The development of aGVHD is a typical pathologic process with the release of inflammatory cytokines in great quantities, resulting in the occurrence ofcytokine storm and causing specific pathologi-cal damages by attacking the recipient organ. Therefore, identification of biomarkers specific for aGVHD of-fers promise to the treatment of aGVHD. In this review, we summarizes the functions of several typical in-flammatory cytokines, including IL-1β, IL-6, IL-17A and IL-10, and their mechanisms in the development of aGVHD in order to provide references for the prevention and treatment of aGVHD.

Influences of the clock resolution of bandwidth estimator on the accuracy and stability of the packet pair algorithm was analyzed. A mathematic model has been established to reveal the relationship between the result deviation coefficient and the packet size, clock resolution and real bandwidth(value)of the measured route. A bandwidth self-adapting packet pair algorithm was presented based on the mathematic model to reduce the estimation error resulting from the clock resolution and to improve the accuracy and stability of measurement by adjusting the deviation coefficient. Experimental results have verified the validity and stability of the algorithm.

At present, there are many effective ways to achieve high performance in cluster system storage management, including server-end disk, server-end caching, local caching and cooperative caching. The cooperative caching mechanism shares caches among different clients so as to avoid expensive disk access costs and to improve overall throughput of cluster system. In this paper, a Single Copy Cooperative Cache model is proposed together with block lookup algorithm, block replacement algorithm and the consistency algorithm based on the model. Meanwhile, the prototype system of the model is implemented in PVFS file system. Finally, the performance of this system is tested in InfiniBand Framework, the result of which shows that in contrast to the original PVFS system, read performance of PVFS file system is improved by about two times, while write performance is reduced by nearly ten percent.

Objective To illustrate the clinical relevance of distinct PML-RARα fusion gene isoforms in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Methods The nested reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the long (L) or short (S) PML-RARα fusion gene isoforms in 92 newly diagnosed APL so as to evaluate the clinical feature, therapeutic reaction and prognosis of the two fusion gene isoforms. Results PML-RARα fusion gene was positive in all 92 APL patients, of which 52(56.5 %) was L type and 40 (43.5 %) was S type. There were no significant differences between L type and S type in the aspect of sex, age, white blood cell count,the percentage of bone marrow blasts plus promyeloeytes and chromosome before treatment. And there were no significant differences between the two isoforms in complete remission (CR) rate, the time of getting CR as well as the occurrence of retinoic acid syndrome (RAS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), intraeranial hemorrhage. Also, there were no significant differences in overall survival rate (OS) and relapse-free survival rate (RFS) between the two isoforms. Conclusion PML-RARα fusion gene isoforms in APL were not correlated with clinical therapeutic effect or prognosis.

ObjcetiveTo study the chimerism status ot bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) following double-unit cord blood stem cell transplantation (DCBT).MethodsBone marrow mononuclear cells were isolated by ficoll density gradient centrifugation from the patient following DCBT and healthy donors.After cultured for about 20 days,BMSC surface makers,the ability to differentiate into adipocytes and osteoblast and the expression of hematopoietic and immune molecules were detected,moreover,chimerism status of BMSC were also evaluated by STR-PCR.ResultsMSC derived from the patient were similar to normal adult BMSC in morphology,surface and differentiation ability.Besides,MSC from the patient can express a variety of hematopoietic and immune molecules normally.The results of STR-PCR showed that the patient demonstrated complete donor chimerism,hematopoiesis in BM and PB were from a single unit cord blood (donor chimerism was 96.4％ and 95.7％,respectively).But the predominant cord blood chimerism of BMSC was 5.4％,the remaining part was from the patient himself.ConclusionSustained hematopoiesis was derived from a single unit cord blood following DCBT.The majority of BMSC were origin from host tissue,mixed chimerism donor part of MSC stemed from the engrafted unit of cord blood.

Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of infusion-related adverse events in third-party cord blood stem cell infusion. Methods A total of 305 patients successfully underwent haploidentical stem cell transplantation combined with the third-party cord blood(CB) infusion,were recruited by convenience sampling from January 2013 to December 2015,in hematological department of a tertiary hospital in Suzhou. A self-developed questionnaire and adverse event assessment scale were used to investigate the influencing factors. Results The rate of infusion-related adverse events was 49.51%,81.82% were related to cardiovascular adverse events with the high-est rate of hypertension(76.14%). Logistic regression analysis showed that age(OR=1.030,95CI%:1.010-1.051),HLA matching between CB and receptor (OR=0.589,95%CI:0.413-0.838),thawed CB cell activity (OR=1.064,95%CI:1.015-1.115)were major influencing factors. Conclusion Nurses should pay attention to patients who are elderly,with low matching HLA and receive thawed CB product with high cell activities,and provide timely nursing care in advance.

Viral infections remain the common cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Virus antigens can be recognized by cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) in the context of HLA class Ⅰ molecules.T-cell-based immunotherapies are now being included in the clinical practice of transplant recipients to prevent and treat viral infections and complications associated with CMV,AdV and EBV.Here,the current status and future feasibility of CTL immunotherapy for virus infections after allo-HSCT are discussed.

This study successfully established in v itro model of Alzheimerˊs disease ( AD ) in order to investigate effects and mechanisms on AD by Bushen-Huatan-Yizhi Recipe (BSHTYZR, replenishing kidney-essence and removing phlegm to benefit wisdom ) . The PC-12 cells affected by Aβ1-42 incubated were produced for neuron cell model of AD . Then , they were intervened by the serum containing BSHTYZR , which were compared to the serum containing indomethacin . The cell morphology was observed . The neuronal survival was assessed by counting MTT assay . The expression of APP mRNA was detected with RT-PCR . And the protective effect of BSHTYZR on neuronal cells and neurotoxic effects of anti-Aβ was observed . The results showed that 2 . 5 mmol/L Aβ1-42 can significantly decrease the cell viability . The RT-PCR was used on semi-quantitative analysis for expression of APPmRNA. It showed that expression of APP mRNA was increased in each group, and the BSHTYZR group can reduce the expression significantly ( P < 0 . 01 ) . It was concluded that the BSHTYZR method can protect nerve cells , suppress the expression of APP mRNA , and reduce the toxic effects .