Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition induces glioma cell death through c-MYC, nuclear factor-kappaB, and glucose regulation.

Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), a serine/threonine kinase, is involved in diverse cellular processes ranging from nutrient and energy homeostasis to proliferation and apoptosis. Its role in glioblastoma multiforme has yet to be elucidated. We identified GSK3 as a regulator of glioblastoma multiforme cell survival using microarray analysis and small-molecule and genetic inhibitors of GSK3 activity.

Early diagnostic and prognostic significance of a specific Th1/Th2 cytokine pattern in children with haemophagocytic syndrome.

The haemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a rare but frequently fatal disorder of immune regulation caused by hypercytokinemia. Using cytometric bead array technique, the serum T-helper cell type 1 (Th1) and 2 (Th2) cytokines including interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumour necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin (IL)-10, IL-6, IL-4 and IL-2 were determined in 24 children with de novo HPS and 87 children as control. The median levels of serum IFN-gamma, IL-10 and IL-6 in the acute phase of HPS were 901.

Long-term outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated in China.

Background: To retrospectively determine the treatment outcome and causes of treatment failure of ALL children treated in a single institution at East China.

Procedure: Between January 1998 and October 2004, 346 newly diagnosed ALL patients View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Retrospective study on elimination delay of methotrexate in high-dose therapy of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in China.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to observe the morbidity of elimination delay in Chinese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) therapy and the toxicities.

Patients And Methods: A total of 121 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on HDMTX therapy were enrolled into this study. Patients were divided into groups on the basis of either dosage (3 g/m vs.

[Optimization of culture measure for bovine-bovine and goat-bovine cloned embryos in vitro].

Unlabelled: This study is conducted to explore an effective culture method for supporting the embryo development. The cattle fetal ear fibroblasts and the goat fetal ear fibroblasts are transplanted into the enucleated cattle oocytes separately by oocyte intraplasmic nuclear injection method to construct bovine cloned embryos and goat-bovine cloned embryos. The embryos are first cultivated in modified charles rosenkrans 2 amino acid medium (mCR2aa) and modified synthetic oviduct fluid medium (mSOF) separately.

Culture, characteristics and chromosome complement of Siberian tiger fibroblasts for nuclear transfer.

Tiger (Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758) is a characteristic species of Asia, which is in severe danger. Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is the largest one of the five existent tiger subspecies. It is extremely endangered.

An improved enucleation method of bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer.

The aim of this work was to improve the rate of conventionally blind enucleation for bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer. The cross section of a 0.5 ml Eppendorf tube was attached with a sheet of 400 mesh/inch(2)-cell screen after the bottom of the Eppendorf tube had been cut, and put into a 1 mL Eppendorf tube.

Effects of granulosa cell mitochondria transfer on the early development of bovine embryos in vitro.

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of exogenous mitochondria obtained from granulosa cells on the development of bovine embryos in vitro. We classified cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) as good (G)- and poor (P)-quality oocytes based on cytoplasmic appearance and cumulus characteristics, and assessed mtDNA copy numbers in the G and P oocytes with real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The mitochondria were isolated by fractionation and suspended in mitochondria injection buffer (MIB).

Quantitative analysis of mitochondrial RNA in goat-sheep cloned embryos.

Mitochondria are the key generators of cellular ATP, and contain extranuclear genome-mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). In the process of nuclear transfer (NT), heteroplasmic sources of mtDNA from a donor cell and a recipient oocyte are mixed in the cytoplasm of the reconstituted embryo. Previous studies showed inconsistent patterns of mtDNA inheritance in offspring and early fetuses generated through interspecies NT.

Development of bovine-ovine interspecies cloned embryos and mitochondria segregation in blastomeres during preimplantation.

The objective of the study was to investigate interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (iSCNT) embryonic potential and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) segregation during preimplantation development. We generated bovine-ovine reconstructed embryos via iSCNT using bovine oocytes as recipient cytoplasm and ovine fetal fibroblast as donor cells. Chromosome composition, the total cell number of blastocyst and embryonic morphology were analyzed.

[Long-term follow-up of treatment outcome and prognosis on 46 children with acute promyelocytic leukemia].

Objective: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a specific type of hematopoietic malignancy, accounting for 10% of the de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The data on long-term outcome of APL in children are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical biological features, diagnosis, prognosis and long-term survival of childhood APL.

[Expressions of CD117 and CD11b in patients with APL at diagnosis and post-treatment].

The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of CD117/CD11b phenotypic analysis to diagnosis and prognosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Three- or four-color flow cytometry with a series of 22 monoclonal antibodies and CD45/Side Scatter (SSC) gating strategy were used to identify immunophenotypic characteristics of APL as compared to CML in chronic phase (CML-CP). PML/RAR alpha fusion gene was detected by using reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique.

[Nuclear transfer and mitochondria].

Mitochondria, which can produce and supply energy for mammals, are involved in many cellular events of growth, development, aging, apoptosis as well as diseases. Nuclear transfer could result in mitochondria heteroplasmy in cloned embryos and offspring, affecting the phenotypes of the individuals and even causing mitochondrial diseases. This text has expounded the biological functions and the hereditary characteristics of the mitochondria in mammals, and analyzed the change of donor and recipient mitochondria in embryos and offspring derived from intraspecific and interspecific embryonic or somatic nuclear transfer as well as several factors which might influence mitochondrial heteroplasmy in the process of nuclear transfer.

Beta2-adrenoreceptor agonist-enhanced recovery of locomotor function after spinal cord injury is glutathione dependent.

The beta2-adrenoreceptor agonist, clenbuterol, has been shown to spare spinal cord tissue and enhance locomotor recovery in an experimental model of spinal cord contusion injury. A likely mechanism of neurodegeneration following spinal cord injury involves generation of toxic levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), e.g.

[Detection of Aspergillus infection in blood of malignant hematopoietic tumor patients by two-step polymerase chain reaction].

Objective: To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of two-step PCR in detection of Aspergillus species in blood from malignant hematopoietic tumor patients.

Methods: Forty-one blood samples from high-risk patients were detected with two-step PCR. The clinical applicability was assessed with analyzing computed tomography, Aspergillus culture, neutropenia and outcome after anti-fungal therapy.

[Study on elimination delay in high dose methotrexate therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia].

Objective: To observe the incidence of elimination delay in high dose methotrexate (HDMTX) therapy, its side effects and influence to next course of chemotherapy and analyze the relationship between the dosage, the duration of MTX infusion and the morbidity of the elimination delay.

Methods: A total of 121 childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (497 infusions of HDMTX) were analysed in this study. The elimination delay rate and the adverse effects in different dose groups (3 g/m2 vs 5 g/m2) and different infusion duration groups (7 h vs 24 h) were compared.

[Preparation and characterization of a directly labeled mouse anti-human CD14 monoclonal antibody ZCH-2F9-FITC].

Objective: To prepare fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) directly conjugated to monoclonal antibody (McAb) anti-human CD14, ZCH-7-2F9 (2F9-FITC).

Methods: After generation and purification, the purity and the murine immunoglobulin subtype of the antibody were evaluated with SDS-PAGE and multicolor flow cytometry (FCM). 2F9 McAb was directly labeled with FITC through modified Marsshall's method and the positive rate of the 2F9-FITC on different types of leukemic cells were compared with the standard CD14-FITC by FCM.

Photochemical surface modification of poly(arylsulfone) ultrafiltration membrane and covalent immobilization of enzyme.

The sensitivity of poly(arylsulfone) (PSf) for UV irradiation in different solvents (water and ethanol) was investigated. It is confirmed that acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AAm) are grafted only onto the surface of the membrane instead of the interior by FTIR and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The membrane performance (deltaJ/J0 and contact angle theta) after photografting was studied.

[The expression of CD19 in 210 cases of childhood acute leukemia and its significance].

Objective: To investigate the expression of CD19 on childhood acute leukemia (AL) and its significance, and to provide evidence for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis as well as monoclonal antibody-targeting treatment of leukemia.

Methods: There were 210 cases of childhood AL, of which 130 cases were male and 80 were female with a mean age of 9 years old. Using a panel of 27 fluorochrome directly labeled monoclonal antibodies, 210 samples from the patients were analyzed with CD45/SSC double parameters and multi-color flow cytometry to determine the expression of CD19.

[Expression of leucocyte cell-surface antigens on colon cancer cell line HR8348].

Objective: To define the immune phenotype of colon cancer cells.

Methods: Using a panel of 40 anti-human monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs), the cells of colon cancer HR8348 were analyzed with three-color flow cytometry after direct immunofluorescent staining.

Results: HR8348 cell line did not express CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD8, TCR, CD10, CD11b, CD14, CD16, CD19, CD22, CD25, CD28, SmIg, CD33, CD35, CD36, CD41a, CD45, CD45RA, CD45RO, CD56, CD61, CD64, CD66b, CD69, CD71, CD117, CD122 and P-glycoprotein but expressed CD13, CD15, CD20, CD38, CD95 and HLA-DR.