34 results match your criteria: "Suzhou Blood Center[Affiliation]"

In the clinical stage, suspected hemolytic plasma may cause hemolysis illness, manifesting as symptoms such as heart failure, severe anemia, etc. Applying a deep learning method to plasma images significantly improves recognition accuracy, so that this paper proposes a plasma quality detection model based on improved "You Only Look Once" 5th version (YOLOv5). Then the model presented in this paper and the evaluation system ‌were introduced‌ into the plasma datasets, and ‌the average accuracy of the final classification reached 98.

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Establishment and Clinical Application of Rh Blood Group Bank in the East China Region.

Int J Gen Med

February 2025

Department of Blood Screening Test, Suzhou Blood Center, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.

Purpose: To investigate the expression and distribution of Rh phenotypes (C, c, D, E, e) among voluntary blood donors in a specific region of East China, to establish a regional Rh phenotype database, and to enhance the precision and efficacy of clinical blood transfusions.

Patients And Methods: A total of 28979 blood samples were collected from voluntary donors at a central blood station in East China between May 2023 and December 2023. An automated blood type analyzer was used to determine Rh phenotypes, which were then applied clinically for ABO and Rh blood type-matching in transfusions.

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Immunized platelet transfusion refractoriness (IPTR) has a high incidence of death and complications. HLA-matched platelet unit can effectively treat HLA-immunized PTR. A cohort study was undertaken on nine patients with IPTR hematological disorders who underwent HLA-matched PLT units due to HLA immunization at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between April 2022 and April 2023.

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Mitophagy drives maldifferentiation of tissue-resident memory T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Scand J Rheumatol

March 2025

Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, PR China.

Objective: To investigate the function of mitophagy in instructing T-cell differentiation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Method: The mRNA and protein levels of optic atrophy protein-1 were detected in T cells from 94 RA patients and 37 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting. The impact of mitophagy on the differentiation of T cells was determined by flow cytometry.

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Objectives: B and T cells constitute the majority of infiltrating lymphocytes in the kidney and represent the local perpetrators in lupus nephritis (LN), but the underlying pathogenic mechanisms are not well elucidated. The aim of this study is to explore the kidney-specific adaptive immune landscape in patients with active LN at the single-cell level.

Methods: We performed single-cell RNA/B cell receptor (BCR)/T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing analysis on sorting-purified B and T cells from the kidney and paired peripheral blood of patients with active LN, and the periphery of matched controls.

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Detection and analysis of parvovirus B19 among blood donors in a regional blood center in Eastern China.

Heliyon

August 2024

Department of Blood Screening Test, Tai Cang Blood Branch Station, Tai Cang, China.

Background And Objective: The B19 virus is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract; however, studies have shown that it can also be transmitted through blood transfusions or plasma products. This study investigated B19V antibodies, DNA, and gene typing in blood donors at a central blood station in China to evaluate the status of B19V infection.

Materials And Methods: A total of 7728 samples from Suzhou Blood Center were collected from July 2022 to April 2023.

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Notch1 hyperactivity drives ubiquitination of NOX2 and dysfunction of CD8+ regulatory T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Rheumatology (Oxford)

March 2025

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Objectives: Patients with SLE display heightened immune activation and elevated IgG autoantibody levels, indicating compromised regulatory T cell (Tregs) function. Our recent findings pinpoint CD8+ Tregs as crucial regulators within secondary lymphoid organs, operating in a NOX2-dependent mechanism. However, the specific involvement of CD8+ Tregs in SLE pathogenesis and the mechanisms underlying their role remain uncertain.

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The establishment of a platelet-apheresis donor database may provide a feasible solution to improve the efficacy of platelet transfusion in patients with immune platelet transfusion refractoriness (PTR). This study aimed to establish HLA genotype database in Suzhou, to provide HLA-I compatible platelets for PTR patients to ensure the safety and effectiveness of platelet transfusions. We used a polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing (PCR-SBT) method to establish the database by performing high-resolution HLA-A, -B, and -C genotyping on 900 platelet-apheresis donors.

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Article Synopsis
  • CD36 deficiency is linked to serious blood disorders, especially in Asian and African populations, highlighting the need for efficient platelet CD36 phenotyping for donor screening and patient management.
  • A reliable sandwich ELISA was developed for measuring CD36 on platelets, verifying its accuracy through intra-assay and inter-assay tests.
  • The study identified CD36 deficiency in 2.13% of 1,691 blood donor samples, discovering various mutations associated with this deficiency while confirming high reliability of the phenotyping method.
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Background And Objectives: Currently, blood allocation is solely done by scanning barcode labels for each bag of blood, with low efficiency. However, the rapid allocation of emergency blood is required owing to the rapid increase in blood consumption during unconventional emergencies. This study aimed to design and apply radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology for the rapid allocation of blood in batches with advantages in time, efficiency and accuracy.

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Short-term intensive fasting enhances the immune function of red blood cells in humans.

Immun Ageing

August 2023

Research Center for Blood Engineering and Manufacturing, Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.

Background: Fasting is known to influence the immune functions of leukocytes primarily by regulating their mobilization and redistribution between the bone marrow and the peripheral tissues or circulation, in particular via relocalization of leukocytes back in the bone marrow. However, how the immune system responds to the increased risk of invasion by infectious pathogens with fewer leukocytes in the peripheral blood during fasting intervention remains an open question.

Results: We used proteomic, biochemical and flow cytometric tools to evaluate the impact of short-term intensive fasting (STIF), known as beego, on red blood cells by profiling the cells from the STIF subjects before and after 6 days of fasting and 6 days of gradual refeeding.

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The bone marrow niche maintains hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) homeostasis and declines in function in the physiologically aging population and in patients with hematological malignancies. A fundamental question is now whether and how HSCs are able to renew or repair their niche. Here, we show that disabling HSCs based on disrupting autophagy accelerated niche aging in mice, whereas transplantation of young, but not aged or impaired, donor HSCs normalized niche cell populations and restored niche factors in host mice carrying an artificially harassed niche and in physiologically aged host mice, as well as in leukemia patients.

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Deficient leptin receptor signaling in T cells of human SLE.

Front Immunol

April 2023

Department of Rheumatology, the Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease mainly mediated by IgG autoantibody. While follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are crucial for supporting IgG autoantibody generation in human SLE, underlying mechanisms for Tfh cell mal-differentiation remain unclear.

Methods: In total, 129 SLE patients and 37 healthy donors were recruited for this study.

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A CRISPR activation screen identifies genes that enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Protein Cell

January 2023

Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.

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Objective: Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a major type of large vessel vasculitis characterized by progressive inflammation in vascular layers. In our recent study we identified a central role of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) hyperactivity in proinflammatory T cell differentiation in TA. This study was undertaken to explore potential mechanisms underpinning T cell-intrinsic mTOR hyperactivity and vascular inflammation in TA, with a focus on Notch-1.

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In this study, we have developed novel fluorescence logic gates for simultaneous analysis of telomerase activity and miRNA. An imperfectly complementary duplex is assembled which can be destroyed by telomerase catalyzed extension or miRNA mediated strand displacement. The released single-stranded DNA further initiates the subsequent hybridization chain reaction.

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When expressing streptavidin recombinant polypeptide on magnetosomes (called bacterial magnetic nanoparticles, or BMPs), the presence of endogenous bacterial biotin might be detrimental. In the study, the streptavidin monomer fragment (S1-116) was fused with the intein N-terminal (termed precursor S1-116-IN), and S1-116-IN was expressed in E. coli (BL21).

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Ferric(III) ions (Fe) are one of the most abundant metal ions in environmental and biological systems. The determination of Fe has attracted great attention for healthcare concerns. In this work, we have developed a novel fluorescence method for the sensing and intracellular imaging of Fe based on the prepared red-emissive carbon nanodots.

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Ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of miRNA coupling tetrahedral DNA modified gold nanoparticles tags and catalyzed hairpin assembly.

Anal Chim Acta

June 2021

Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, People's Republic of China; Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan, 528200, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key regulatory roles in a number of biological processes, which act as critical biomarkers for clinical diagnosis. There are urgent needs to develop advanced tools for accurate and convenient analysis of miRNA in biological circumstances. In this study, an ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensor for miRNA assay is fabricated.

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PD-1 blockade combined with IL-33 enhances the antitumor immune response in a type-1 lymphocyte-mediated manner.

Cancer Treat Res Commun

February 2022

Department of Immunology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China; Jiangsu Institute of Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China. Electronic address:

Article Synopsis
  • PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade and IL-33 cytokine therapy have demonstrated strong effects in treating tumors by activating T cells.
  • This study used melanoma mouse models to show that combining PD-1 blockade with IL-33 significantly slows tumor growth and extends the lifespan of mice with tumors.
  • The research revealed that this combination therapy boosts the accumulation of CD4 and CD8 T cells and enhances their immune response within the tumor environment, suggesting a valuable approach for future cancer immunotherapy strategies.
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Background: Chemotherapeutic resistance is the main cause of clinical treatment failure and poor prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). There is no research on chemotherapeutic resistance in TNBC from the perspective of circular RNAs (circRNAs).

Methods: TNBC-related circRNAs were identified based on the GSE101124 dataset.

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Antibodies against human platelets cause a variety of thrombocytopenic disorders, which lead to potentially fatal haemorrhage. Therefore, their prompt detection is mandatory for successful patient treatment. Solid phase red cell adherence (SPRCA) assay allows for platelet antibody detection widely.

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Duplex-specific nuclease assisted miRNA assay based on gold and silver nanoparticles co-decorated on electrode interface.

Anal Chim Acta

April 2020

CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-Medical Diagnostics, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, PR China; Jinan Guokeyigong Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., Jinan, 250103, PR China. Electronic address:

miRNAs are small non-coding RNAs for gene regulation, which serve as promising biomarkers for the diagnosis of certain diseases. In this contribution, we have proposed a convenient electrochemical biosensing strategy based on the interaction between DNA modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). In principle, citrate capped AuNPs and AgNPs can be co-decorated on the electrode successively.

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Association between interleukin-36γ and tumor progression in non-small cell lung cancer.

Oncol Lett

March 2020

Department of Immunology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China.

Immunotherapy is effective in improving the survival and prognosis of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and identifying effective immunomarkers is important for immunotherapy. Interleukin (IL)-36γ is a novel immunomarker that has an important function in the antitumor immune response. The present study investigated the association between IL-36γ and NSCLC to provide novel insight into immunotherapy for patients with NSCLC.

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