The effect of thalassemia on erythrocyte reference intervals in a representative Han Chinese adult population.

Background: The data from apparently healthy individuals with thalassemia has been demonstrated to have an effect on the reference intervals for the erythrocyte indices in areas with a high incidence of thalassemia.

Methods: Six clinical centers screened apparently healthy individuals using a questionnaire and a physical examination. Then, the qualified reference individuals were selected by hematological indices and a genotypic thalassemia diagnosis.

Investigation on reference intervals and regional differences of platelet indices in healthy Chinese Han adults.

Background: Reference intervals are important for interpretation of clinical laboratory tests. The platelet (PLT) indices such as the mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are newer hematological parameters, which have been recently reported as clinically valuable biomarkers. However, there are not many studies that have estimated the reference intervals for these parameters in healthy Chinese Han adults.

[Establishment of hematological malignancy model in ex vivo cell culture].

The aim of this study was to develop an ex vivo cell culture system for establishing the hematological malignancy model. Mouse bone marrow cells were transfected with GFP-expressed retroviral vectors encoding various leukemia/lymphoma-associated fusion proteins (TEL-PDGFR, Rabaptin5-PDGFR, p210BCR-ABL, AML1-ETO, NPM-ALK). After transfection, the cells were cultured in IMDM containing 10% FCS without growth factors, or with one of the following growth factor combinations: (1) murine c-kit ligand (KL) plus human flt3 ligand (FL); (2) IL-3, thrombopoietin, G-CSF, and hyper-IL-6 (3/T/G/H6); (3) KL/FL plus 3/T/G/H6.

[Long-term expansion of T cell progenitors by JAK3 gene transduced primitive hematopoietic cells in vitro].

Objective: To explore whether activation of the JAK3-signaling pathway can stimulate long-term expansion of the earliest T cell progenitors from transduced primitive hematopoietic cells and evaluate their potential ability of committed differentiation.

Methods: A retrovirus vector (RV) containing JAK3 gene, two binding sites for chemical inducers of dimerization (AP20187), and green fluorescence protein (GFP), MGI-F(2)JAK3, was constructed. The RV vector MGI-F(2)JAK3 was then transduced into murine bone marrow hematopoietic cells.