Expression and clinical significance of LMTK3 in prostate cancer tissues / 中国免疫学杂志

Objective: To investigate the expression and clinical significance of LMTK3 in patients with prostate carcer. Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of LMTK3 and ERα in 55 cases of prostate cancer tissues and 25 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia tissues. The relationship between the expression of LMTK3 and ERα and clinicopathological parameters was evaluated by square test and Fisher exact test. The association between LMTK3 and ERα expression was analyzed with Pearson and Spearman rank correlation. Results: The results of immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the LMTK3 and ERα protein positive expression rate in 55 cases of prostate cancer tissues was 36. 36％ and 32. 73％, whereas was 64. 00％ and 56. 00％ in the benign prostatic hyperplasia, respectively, showed a significant difference of comparison within this result ( P ＜ 0. 05). The expression of LMTK3 in prostate cancer tissues was inversely related with the level of Gleason grade ( P＜0. 05), but no relation with the levels of age, TPSA, TNM stage and lymph node metastasis ( P＞0. 05). Moreover, the expression of ERα in prostate cancer tissues was oppositely related with the levels of gleason grade and TPSA ( P＜0. 05), but no relation with the levels of age, TNM stage and lymph node metastasis ( P＞0. 05). Pearson and Spearman rank correlation analysis revealed, to some extent, there was positively correlated with the two proteins ( r = 0. 296, P＜0. 05). Conclusion: The expression of LMTK3 in prostate cancer tissues was decreased compared with benign prostatic hyperplasia tissues and negatively related with the level of gleason grade. In some degree, there is a positively correlation between the LMTK3 and ERα proteins.

Improvement of detection of paternally inherited fetal mutant genes for β-globin in maternal plasma by PNA clamp / 中华血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study improvement of detection of paternally herited fetal mutant genes for β-globin in maternal plasma by PNA clamp to seek a noninvasive prenatal diagnostic method for β-thalassemia.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 38 maternal blood samples were collected at 7 to 20 weeks of gestation, samples in which the father carried CD41-42 mutation and mother carried normal gene or the other point mutation for β-thalassemia were examined. The results of fetal DNA in amniotic fluid, cord blood or peripheral blood of newborns were used as the gold standard for comparison. In the study group, the total cell-free DNA was extracted from maternal plasma using QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit. After extraction, the total cell-free DNA was separated by agarose gel (1%) electrophoresis, and the cell-free DNA with a size of 100-300 bp was retrieved from the gel slice. Then, the retrieved DNA-free cell underwent PCR amplified with a PNA clamp. The genotype was confirmed by the conventional method (reverse dot blot hybridization), and the results were compared to gold standard. Simultaneously, two control groups with different PCR procedures were set up. The PCR procedure of control group A was amplified with the extracted total cell-free DNA and PNA clamp, and the PCR procedure of control group B was amplified with the retrieved size-fractionated DNA-free cell without PNA clamp.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Plasma samples from 38 pregnant women were detected using PCR products for hybridization, the results were compared with the gold standard. Regarding the 21 samples confirmed by gold standard with fetal genotype 41-42M/N, 19, 8, 12 cases were detected as fetal genotype 41-42M in study group, control group A and control group B respectively, the sensitivity was 90.5% (19/21), 38.1% (8/21) and 57.1% (12/21) respectively;Concerning the 17 samples confirmed by gold standard with fetal normal genotype, the amount of false positive cases were 1, 2 and 1 respectively. The respective specificity was 94.1% (16/17), 94.1% (16/17) and 88.2% (15/17) respectively. The respective accuracies were 92.1% (35/38), 63.2% (24/38) and 71.1% (27/38) respectively. The difference in sensitivity and specificity was pairwise compared by means of McNemar's test. There was significant difference between new study group and control group A or control group B (all P﹤0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The method of detection of paternally inherited fetal mutation genes for β-thalassemia using small size of fetal DNA-free cell in maternal plasma with PNA clamp had several advantages of reliable sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, indicating its potential of clinical practicality.</p>

Auxiliary Diagnosis Value of Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity on Thalassemia / 实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To explore the value and applicability of the activity of glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase(G-6PD) for the auxiliary diagnosis of thalassemia.Methods Nine hundred and forty samples verified by the agar gel hemoglobin electrophoresis and(or) gene diagnosis,blood count measurement,serum ferritin and G-6PD activity test were divided into 3 groups [820 cases of thalassemia in group A;40 cases of iron deficiency anemia(IDA) in group B;80 cases normal control group in group C] and the G-6PD activities of them were analyzed statistically.Results The activity of G-6PD of those samples were(35.23?7.11),(34.95?10.72),(26.64?10.85),(23.86?7.68),(19.89?5.99),(18.65?6.67),(16.75?5.49) NBTU respectively in HbH disease,?-thalassemia major,?-thalassemia intermedia,IDA,?-thalassemia minor,? combine with ?-thalassemia,?-thalassemia trait,there were significant differences compared with normal control group(Pa0.05).Conclusions G-6PD activity increase in both thalassemia and IDA group,it can be used in auxiliary diagnosis of thalassemia but had its serviceable range.It′s suitable for the auxiliary diagnosis of HbH disease and ?-thalassemia major,but not for the discrimination of gene category in thalassemia.

Study on Human Leukocyte Antigen-B and-DR Alleles Polymorphism in Children with Asthma in Zhuang and Han Nationality in Guangxi / 实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To explore the association between the characteristics of the genetic polymorphism of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B and HLA-DR alleles and asthma in Guangxi Zhuang and Han nationality children.Methods Eighty-four blood-unrelated asthmatic individuals,57 cases of Han nationality and 27 cases of Zhuang children with asthma,and 168 healthy controls,included 83 cases of Han nationality and 85 cases of Zhuang people without asthma and atopy living in Nanning region of Guangxi were involved in the study.All asthmatic patients′serum total IgE levels were measured with UniCAP Pharmacia system,and skin-prick test with ten kinds of inhalant allergens were taken and pulmonary functions were measured among the patients.HLA oligonucleotide array was used to 40 gene alleles of HLA-B and 26 HLA-DR.Comparison of the frequency distribution of HLA-DR alleles and HLA-B alleles in 2 groups was evaluated by chi-square test,and the risk for asthma of the HLA allele′s carriers was valuated by OR value.Results Twenty-seven alleles at HLA-B locus and 21 alleles at HLA-DR were detected.The distribution of HLA-B46,HLA-DRB1070X and HLA-DRB111XX alleles only in Han people was distinctive in the asthmatic patients compared with those in healthy controls(Pa