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ABSTRACT: To evaluate the clinic value of micro-column gel cards direct Coombs test (gel test) in diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA).
Specimens of 128 suspected AIHA patients were performed direct Coombs test by conventional tube or gel cards. The results of the two tests were compared. The hemoglobin concentrations, proportions of reticulocyte, serum levels of bilirubin and free hemoglobin were detected simultaneously and compared in subgroups.
The positive detection rate of direct Coombs test performed by gel test or tube were 88.4% and 37.7%, respectively.
Compared with the tube tests, gel test assay is more sensitive, easy to perform and standardized in diagnosis of AIHA, and the gel card can be stored for a long time. The gel test is valuable for the diagnosis of AIHA.
Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi 01/2012; 33(1):31-3.
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ABSTRACT: To investigate whether the proteasomes inhibitor MG262 exerts its anti-cancer function by inducing apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells, and whether the extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of apoptosis induction.
Human ovarian cancer cell line SKOV3 was incubated with different concentrations of MG262 for 24 and 48 hours. Cell viability was evaluated with 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay at different time points of culturing. Flow cytometry was used to detect cell apoptosis rate. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was evaluated with western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Western blot was used to detect the expression of phosphorylated ERK (p-ERK).
The viability of SKOV3 cells was decreased by MG262 in a concentration-dependent fashion (P < 0.05). After 24 h incubation with MG262 at 1, 10, 20, 40, 60 and 80 nmol/L, the viability rates of SKOV3 were (94.6 +/- 3.1)%, (92.7 +/- 3.7)%, (89.5 +/- 7.7)%, (84.2 +/- 5.1)%, (82.0 +/- 7.4)% and (76.8 +/- 11.0)% respectively, and after 48 h incubation, those figures were further decreased to (91.3 +/- 10.1)%, (86.8 +/- 4.5)%, (74.6 +/- 4.2)%, (56.8 +/- 2.1)%, (49.3 +/- 4.5)% and (37.4 +/- 5.4)%, respectively (P < 0.05). Apoptosis rate of SKOV3 cells induced by MG262, PD98059 or their combination was (30.7 +/- 4.3)%, (26.8 +/- 8.6)% and (50.3 +/- 10.6)%, respectively, which were significantly different compared with controls (P < 0.05). In contrast to SKOV3 cells, apoptosis rate of 293T cells induced by MG262, PD98059 or their combination was (14.5 +/- 5.3)%, (16.2 +/- 7.5)% and (10.8 +/- 7.3)%, respectively, which were not significantly different compared with controls (P > 0.05). p-ERK expression decreased gradually in a time-dependent manner. And wild-type p53 expression was not significantly different. There was no significant difference between experimental and control 293T cells (P < 0.05). In addition, MG262 down-regulated VEGF secretion and expression in SKOV3 cells (P < 0.05).
Proteasome inhibitors can induce apoptosis and inhibit cell proliferation and angiogenesis through ERK signal pathway in SKOV3 cells.
Zhonghua fu chan ke za zhi 09/2008; 43(9):690-4.
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ABSTRACT: Hypoxia, a prominent characteristic of inflammatory tissue lesions and solid tumour microenvironments, is a crucial stimulus capable of modulating the expression of specific genes involved in leucocyte recruitment. Although studies have shown that hypoxia can affect leucocyte migration by influencing the expression of migration-related genes, such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and their endogenous tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP), it remains unclear whether hypoxia can affect the migration of dendritic cells (DC). In this study, we showed that human monocyte-derived DC under hypoxic conditions in a transwell system have significantly reduced migratory capacity compared to normoxic controls. A moderate phenotypic change of hypoxic DC was observed. In hypoxic DC, we detected a twofold increase in TIMP-1 transcript levels, and downregulated expression of MMP-9 and membrane type 1-MMP genes by threefold and 17-fold, respectively. Our results suggest that hypoxia may inhibit DC migratory activity by regulating the balance between MMP and TIMP gene expression.
Immunology and Cell Biology 01/2006; 83(6):668-73. · 3.66 Impact Factor
