Objective To explore the correlation between non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.Methods HCV infection of 208 NHL patients was investigated from the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Zhengzhou University.Patients with leukemia or other tumors,and healthy people were used as the control and were pair matched on age and gender.ELISA method was used to detect the HCV-antibody in serum.Results HCV-antibody positive rate in NHL patients [11.5 ％ (24/208)] was significantly higher than those in leukemia patients [3.8 ％ (8/208)] (x2 =8.667,P =0.003),patients with other tumors (6/208,2.9 ％) (x2 =11.639,P =0.001) and healthy people [1.0 ％ (2/208)] (x2 =19.856,P =0.000).Conclusion HCV infection is related to NHL in Henan area.

Objective To investigate the effect of ulinastatin on myocardial injury in rats with sepsis.Methods Thirty male SD rats were randomly (random number) divided into 3 groups:sham operation group (Sham group,n=10),sepsis group (sepsis group,n=10) and ulinastatin group (UTI group,n=10).The sepsis model of the rats was subjected to cecal ligation and puncture (CLP).Rats of UTI group were given 200 000 U/kg ulinastatin at 6 hour after modeling,and dosing was repeated every 12 h.Blood samples were collected from inferior vena cava at 6,12,24,36 h after modeling for determination of cardiac troponin-Ⅰ (cTnI) and the inflammatory factor by ELISA,then the rats were sacrificed and hearts were removed for myocardial tissue stained with hematoxylin eosin (HE) staining,the expression of Bax/Bcl-2 protein level and myocardial cell apoptosis were detected by TUNEL.The level of caspase-3 protein in myocardial tissue was detected by Western-blot.Results The level of cTnI (ng/mL) in serum in UTI group at 6,12,24 and 36 h after modeling were significantly lower compared with sepsis group(P＜0.05).The protein expression levels of TNF-α and IL-6 (ng/mL) in group UTI were higher than those in Sham group,but was significantly lower than those in Sepsis group (P＜0.05).HE staining showed that inflammatory cell infiltration present in myocardial cells,edema and vacuole formation were observed in sepsis group,while those were significantly attenuated in UTI group compared with sepsis group.UTI increased the level of myocardial Bcl-2 protein in the rats (P＜0.05),and reduced the level of myocardial Bax protein (P＜0.05).TUNEL and HE staining showed apoptosis cells in UTI group was significantly reduced compared with sepsis group [(32.2±4.8)％ vs.(58.4±5.6)％,P＜0.05];Western-blot method showed the level of Caspase-3 protein in UTI group was higher than that in group sham (0.32±0.048) vs.(0.12±0.03),P＜0.05],but significantly lower than that of Sepsis group [(0.32±0.048) vs.(0.55±0.052),P＜0.05].Conclusions Ulinastatin can reduce proinflammatory mediators release in the blood of sepsis rats,and inhibit the apoptosis of myocardial cells protecting myocardial cells through the regulation of the Caspase-3 pathway during sepsis.

Objective To study the expressions and the clinicopathologic significance of Ezrin and PTEN protein in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.Methods The ICC tissues (the ICC group) and the corresponding para-carcinoma tissues (the control group) were collected from 50 patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHC) to detect the expressions of Ezrin and PTEN protein by using SP immunohistochemistry (IHC).The clinicopathologic parameters were analyzed.Results The positive expression rates of Ezrin were 78.0％ (39/50) and 46.0％ (23/50) in the ICC group and the control group,respectively.The difference in expression between the two groups was statistically significance (P＜0.05).The expression of Ezrin in the ICC group was highly related to tumor size,differentiation grade,TNM stage,and lymphatic metastasis (P＜0.05),but it was not related to age,gender,serum CA19-9 level,hepatitis B virus infection,intrahepatic duct calculus (P＞0.05).The positive expression rates of PTEN was 46.0％ (23/50) and 88.0％ (44/50) in the ICC group and the control group,respectively.The difference in expression between the two groups was statistically significance (P＜0.05).The expression of PTEN in the ICC group was highly related to differentiation grade,TNM stage,and lymphatic metastasis (P＜0.05),but it was not related to age,gender,serum CA19-9 level,hepatitis B virus infection,tumor size,intrahepatic duct calculus (P＞0.05).There was a negative correlation between the expression of Ezrin and PTEN protein in ICC (r=-0.382,P＜0.01).Conclusion The abnormal and negative correlation between the expression of Ezrin and PTEN protein in ICC may play an important role in invasion and metastasis of ICC.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the genetic basis for a Fra(16)(q22)/FRA16B fragile site in a female with secondary infertility. METHODS: The 28-year-old patient was admitted to Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital on October 5, 2021 due to secondary infertility. Peripheral blood sample was collected for G-banded karyotyping analysis, single nucleotide polymorphism array (SNP-array), quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays. RESULTS: The patient was found to harbor 5 mosaic karyotypes involving chromosome 16 in a total of 126 cells, which yielded a karyotype of mos 46,XX,Fra(16)(q22)[42]/46,XX,del(16)(q22)[4]/47,XX,del(16),+chtb(16)(q22-qter)[4]/46,XX,tr(16)(q22)[2]/46,XX[71]. No obvious abnormality was found by SNP-array, QF-PCR and FISH analysis. CONCLUSION A female patient with FRA16B was identified by genetic testing. Above finding has enabled genetic counseling of this patient.
Female ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Chromosome Fragile Sites ; Karyotyping ; Karyotype ; Infertility

Objective:To analyze the diagnostic value of cell-free plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) pathogen identification for severe aplastic anemia (SAA) bloodstream infection.Methods:From February 2021 to February 2022, mNGS and conventional detection methods (blood culture, etc.) were used to detect 33 samples from 29 consecutive AA patients admitted to the Anemia Diagnosis and Treatment Center of the Hematology Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences to assess the diagnostic consistency of mNGS and conventional detection, as well as the impact on clinical treatment benefits and clinical accuracy.Results:①Among the 33 samples evaluated by mNGS and conventional detection methods, 25 cases (75.76%) carried potential pathogenic microorganisms. A total of 72 pathogenic microorganisms were identified from all cases, of which 65 (90.28%) were detected only by mNGS. ②All 33 cases were evaluated for diagnostic consistency, of which 2 cases (6.06%) were Composite, 18 cases (54.55%) were mNGS only, 2 cases (6.06%) were Conventional method only, 1 case (3.03%) was both common compliances (mNGS/Conventional testing) , and 10 cases (30.3%) were completely non-conforming (None) . ③All 33 cases were evaluated for clinical treatment benefit. Among them, 8 cases (24.24%) received Initiation of targeted treatment, 1 case (3.03%) received Treatment de-escalation, 13 cases (39.39%) received Confirmation, and the remaining 11 cases (33.33%) received No clinical benefit. ④ The sensitivity of 80.77%, specificity of 70.00%, positive predictive value of 63.64%, negative predictive value of 84.85%, positive likelihood ratio of 2.692, and negative likelihood ratio of 0.275 distinguished mNGS from conventional detection methods (21/12 vs 5/28, P<0.001) . Conclusion:mNGS can not only contribute to accurately diagnosing bloodstream infection in patients with aplastic anemia, but can also help to guide accurate anti-infection treatment, and the clinical accuracy is high.