1.Overview on EB virus associated lymphomas in 2008 WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoma tissues
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2013;22(11):692-694
EB virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous y-herpes virus,which asymptomatically infects greater than 90 % of the world's population.EBV is closely related to development of several kinds of lymphomas that include B-,T-and NK-cell derived.Subsequent studies have proven that EBV gene expression product plays an activating and/or promoting role on lymphomagenesis,and paves the way for EBV associated lymphomas immunotherapy.This review focuses on the EBV associated lymphomas in 2008 WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoma tissues.
2.Clinical analysis of acute primary Vogt-Koyanagl-Harada syndrome
Jie ZHANG ; Xiaomei MENG ; Tiantian CHEN
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2016;15(3):219-222
The clinical characteristics, therapeutic effects and complications of 32 incipient patients with acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada ( VKH) syndrome admitted in Wuxi Second Hospital during October 2010 to September 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.There were 15 males and 17 females with a mean age of (41.3 ±14.1) years (22 -71 years), the time from the disease onset to treatment ranged from 3 to 20 days.Among 32 cases, 30 ( 94%) had premonitory symptoms. The multifocal bullous neurosensory detachment, optic disk hyperemia and edema in posterior pole of fundus were found in all cases, and exudative retinal detachment was found in 4 cases (6 eyes).The results of optical coherence tomography ( OCT) showed the macula neurosensory detachment, thick retinal neuroepithelial layer and wavy RPE layer in all patients.Fundus fluorescein angiography ( FFA) showed that scattered hyperfluorescence dots and cystic fluorescein reservoir was observed in early phase and later period respectively.Patients received intravenous methylprednisolone with the onset dose of 80 mg per day for 3-7 days and oral administration followed, which would gradually decrease later;the average treatment duration was (52.9 ±14.6) weeks. The visual acuity of 40 eyes (22 cases) was recovered to more than 0.8, and no blindness occurred after the treatment.During the treatment hair loss, depigmentation of skin and hair were found in 12 cases (38%) , and 2 cases showed short-term elevated intraocular pressure.These symptoms disappeared after drug therapy ceased.And no recurrence was found during the follow-up of 6 months.However, sunset glow fundus was found in 13 patients (26 eyes).The study shows that the diagnosis of VKH syndrome is based on the typical signs of the fundus presented on OCT and FFA.Early and systemic administration of glucocorticoids is important treatment for patients with VHK syndrome, which could decrease systemic and local complications effectively.
3.Quality Control Approaches for Chinese Herbal Medicines
Hailong YUAN ; Tiantian ZHANG ; Xiaohe XIAO
Chinese Herbal Medicines 2011;03(1):17-22
The current official quality control approaches meet the challenges from the complexity of herbal medicines.In fact,any herbal medicines containing numerous unknown components,its curative effect usually depends on the whole of herbal medicines,so it is impossible and unnecessary to qualitatively and quantitatively study every component.By investigating the limitations of current quality control approaches for herbal medicines and the difference and similarity in the chemical substantial style as well as quality control pattern of herbal medicines,a new quality control approach for Chinese herbal medicines should be explored and designed.The combination approach of chemical analysis with bioassay is promising to be developed and employed in order to ensure the safety and efficacy of Chinese herbal medicines.
4.Research progress of ALK+diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Qianqian FU ; Tiantian ZHANG ; Qiongli ZHAI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2013;(14):873-876
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a rare subtype of DLBCL. ALK+DLBCL has a characteristic immunoblastic/plasmablastic morphology, a distinct immunophenotypic profile, and recurrent cytoge-netic/molecular genetic abnormalities. The occurrence of this type of lymphoma has been reported in both adult and pediatric popula-tions. Although rare, this new entity should be recognized because most cases follow an aggressive clinical course with a poor progno-sis. The response of ALK+DLBCL to conventional chemotherapy is poor. The recently discovered small molecule ALK inhibitor may provide a potential therapeutic option for patients with this disease.
5.Thawing Modes on Stability of Coagulation Control Products after Frozen
Yun CAO ; Xiaoyan ZHANG ; Deyong CAO ; Rui ZHANG ; Tiantian XIN
Journal of Modern Laboratory Medicine 2017;32(1):128-130
Objective To investigate the thawing modes on stability of coagulation control products after frozen,looking for a new theoretical basis for cost control and the quality and safety of laboratory.Methods Using ACL TOP 700 automated co-agulation analyzer and supporting the same batch of reagents and quality control materials conduct of the study:after daily QC,recycled the remaining control materials immediately and dispensed into two EP tubes and frozen at-40℃,respectively thawed by room-temperature and 37℃water bath after 24 hours,and examined together with the date of quality control ma-terial,got 20 pairs of data for analysis the financial impact of two alternate ways on coagulation QC parameters.Results For the room-temperature thawing group,FIB high value increasedby an average 0.23 g/L (t=4.026 9,P<0.05);TT normal value average reduction of 0.46 s (t=-3.813 8,P<0.05),TT high value reduced by an average 0.41s (t=-3.972 8,P<0.05);D-Dimer low-value increased by an average of 14.75 ng/ml FEU (t=2.281 6,P<0.05),while APTT,PT normal and high value,FIB normal value,D-Dimer high value were no significant difference after thawing (P>0.05).For the 37℃water bath group,both normal and high value of APTT,PT,FIB,TT and D-Dimer were no significant difference after tha-wing (P>0.05).Conclusion The commercialization of coagulation control materials can be for the second QC,just follow the principle of rapid after melting and timely detection,other laboratories can be used as a reference.
6.Comparison of age-adjusted critical and conventional cut-off values of D-dimer in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism in elderly patients
Yun CAO ; Xiaoyan ZHANG ; Deyong CAO ; Rui ZHANG ; Tiantian XIN
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2017;38(17):2371-2373
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of D-dimer age-adjusted threshold in elderly patients with Pulmonary thromboembolism(PTE).Methods Collected patients older than 50 years of suspected PTE,who visited Yan′an People′s Hospital and the Hospital Affiliated to Yan′an University from June 2015 to September 2016,using the revised Geneva criteria for clinical probability assessment firstly.The low-risk group was excluded from the study;the patients with moderate-to-high risk were performed D-dimer detection and CTPA.All patients determined both by D-dimer age-adjusted thresholds and traditional thresholds,comparing the diagnostic efficacy of the two methods subsequently.Results 163 patients were diagnosed with PTE by CTPA among the 549 subjects,the positive rate was 29.69%.The diagnostic sensitivity of plasma D-dimer was 83.44%,78.53%,the specificity was 17.88%,31.61% respectively,the missed diagnosis rate was 16.56%,21.47%,respectively.The misdiagnosis rates were 82.12% and 68.39%,respectively,and the Younden index was 0.013 2 and 0.101 4 respectively.All subjects were divided into four groups according to age:50-60 years,60-70 years,70-80 years,and equal or greater than 80 years age group.Compared with the traditional threshold,the misdiagnosis rates of the four groups of age-adjusted thresholds decreased by 4.00%,15.70%,21.36% and 17.39%,respectively and the specificity was increased by 1.23,1.65,2.56 and 3.00 times,respectively.Conclusion The diagnostic accuracy of the age-corrected threshold is higher than the traditional threshold;combined with clinical practice,the optimal threshold is determined by the ROC curve,the clinician can serve as a reference.
7.An in vitro analytical method based on bio-thermal activity for the determination of dissolution rate of Chinese medicine solid preparation.
Xue HUANG ; Hailong YUAN ; Xiaohe XIAO ; Tiantian ZHANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2010;45(3):338-42
To explore the new pattern of Chinese medicine solid preparations (CMSP) in vitro dissolution, a method testing the bio-thermal activity in combination with UPLC was used. Microcalorimetry was used to obtain the characteristic metabolic growth power-time curves and a series of biothermodynamic parameters of the inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus by Yinhuang tablet dissolving solutions at the pH 6.8 (phosphate buffer) dissolution medium at different times. From these results, the cumulative dissolution of Yinhuang tablet based on bio-thermal activity was obtained. The dissolution rates of two components of chlorogenic acid and baicalin were determined by UPLC method. Then f2 similar factor method was used to evaluate the relevance of these two methods. The result showed that f2 values all were more than 50, indicating that there is a good correlation between the two methods of measuring the dissolution rate. It is feasible to determine CMSP in vitro dissolution by using bio-thermal activity, and to provide new evaluation methods for controlling the quality of CMSP.
8.Comparatively analysis of four kinds of imaging examinations for pancreatic disease
Qi WANG ; Tiantian LI ; Yu ZHANG ; Xiuyun WANG ; Xiuhua YANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2012;21(10):868-871
Objective To assess the value of imaging examination technologies such as 2-D ultrasound(2-DUS),helical computed tomography (CT),contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) in the positioning and qualitative diagnosis of pancreatic diseases.Methods 2-DUS,helical CT findings were comparatively reviewed to analyze in 44 cases(45 lesions) with pancreatic space-occupying lesions verified by operation and pathology,and investigated the enhanced mode and the perfusion features of CEUS and CECT in different phases.Results In 45 lesions,there were 29 malignant lesions and 16 benign lesions.CEUS and CECT had greater diagnostic value compared to 2-DUS and helical CT.The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of 2-DUS for the malignant lesions were 72.41 %,62.50% and 66.67 %,while the helical CT were 68.97%,75.00 % and 68.89 %.The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of CEUS for the malignant lesions were 93.10%,87.50% and 91.11%,while the CECT were 86.21%,93.75% and 86.67%.There was no statistical difference between CEUS and CECT in detecting pancreatic space-occupying lesions.Conclusions CEUS and CECT can provide more accurate diagnosis on for pancreatic space-occupying lesions than 2-DUS and helical CT.Following CECT,CEUS is a new technology for diagnosis on pancreatic space-occupying lesions.
9.The accuracy of neuron-specific enolase predicting malignant middle cerebral artery territory infarction
Xia LI ; Yingying SU ; Yunzhou ZHANG ; Lin WANG ; Tiantian LIU
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011;19(2):90-94
Objective To investigate the accuracy of serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE)predicting malignant middle cerebral artery infarction(mMCAI).Methods A total of 40 patients with acute massive cerebral infarction within 24 hours after symptom onset were recruited.Blood samples were collected at 24,36 and 48 hours after symptom onset.Serum NSE concentration was determined by automatic electrochemiluminescence analyzer.mMCAI was defined as hernia signs in clinical practice,and CT/ MRI showed mass effect.The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to analyze the accuracy of serum NSE concentration in predicting mMCAI at 3 time points.Results Sixteen patients(40%)developed mMCAI.The serum NSE concentration for predicting the accuracy of mMCAI was poor at 24 hours after symptom onset;the serum NSE concentration for predicting the specificity of mMCAI was high (96%)at 36 hours after symptom onset,but the sensitivity was lower(69%);the serum NSE concentration for predicting the specificity(92%)and sensitivity(88%)of mMCAI were high at 48 hours.Conclusions The serum NSE conoentration and its dynamic changes may predict the occurrence of mMCAI,and the predicting time points are appropriate from 36-48 hours after symptom onset.
10.Establishment of first mandibular molar development of the time sequence in ICR mice
Ning DONG ; Yan LIU ; Tiantian ZHANG ; Jianping RUAN
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine 2017;27(4):63-68
Objective This study aims to understand the characteristics of the time sequence of ICR mouse first mandibular molar tooth germ development through dynamic observation.Methods Tooth germ of Embryos (E11.5,E12.5,E13.5,E14.5,E15.5,E16.5,E17.5 and E18.5) and postnatal (PN1,PN2) mice were obtained.The heads (E11.5-E15.5) and mandibles (E16.5-PN2) of mice were dissected,fixed and embedded for serial sections and HE staining.All the results were assessed under light microscopy.Results The tooth germ underwent various development stages including the bud,cap and bell stages.Mouse odontogenesis was initiated at E11.5.Proliferation of oral epithelium formed the bud stage at E13.5.Then the cap stage was observed at E14.5-E15.5 and the bell stage was appeared beginning from E16.5.The pre-dentin was observed at PN1,as well as the dentin at PN2.Conclusions Establishing the regular development pattern of the first mandibular molar of ICR mice will provide a reliable basis for the future use in the specific tooth germ developmental research.