真空渗入转化法中农杆菌在植株体内的分布和活力变化

以真空渗入处理后的白菜植株为材料,采用组织化学染色法和细菌平板培养的方法,研究了农杆菌在植株体内的分布特点及其活力变化。结果表明：不同器官中农杆菌的分布量不同,以花器官中分布最多,叶中次之,茎中最少;农杆菌存在于细胞间隙中,维管束及其周围分布较集中,在胚珠中大量分布。处理后植株体内,各器官中农杆菌的生活力及其数量都随时间延长而减少,但是花器官中的农杆菌存活量较大,处理15d后的花蕾中仍然有一定量(约10.3个CFU/g组织)具有活力的农杆菌存在。讨论了这些研究结果在揭示真空渗入转化法的转化过程和提高转化频率中的意义。     

HLA-G在肿瘤组织中表达情况研究进展

人类白细胞抗原G(human leukocyte antigen,HLA-G)属于非经典HLA-I类分子,在多种肿瘤细胞上均有表达。从结构上可以将HLA-G分为7种亚型:膜结合型HLA-G1-HLA-G4和可溶型HLA-G5-HLA-G7。研究表明,HLA-G1和HLA-G5具有明确的生物学活性也是研究较为深入的两种亚型,他们可以与T淋巴细胞、B淋巴细胞和NK细胞表面的ILT2/CD85j/LILRB1,ILT4/CD85d/LILRB2,KIR2DL4/CD158d受体结合而发挥免疫抑制功能。目前,HLA-G分子可以在肝癌、肾癌、肺癌、胃癌、食道癌、鼻咽癌、卵巢癌、乳腺癌、宫颈癌、直肠癌和血液肿瘤中表达。本文从HLA-G分子的结构和功能出发,综述了HLA-G分子在上述肿瘤中表达的情况,旨在分析HLA-G在各种肿瘤组织中表达的特点以及临床意义,为临床早期诊断和治疗肿瘤提供参考。     

神经生长因子治疗急性颅脑损伤的效果及对患者神经功能的影响

目的:研究神经生长因子在急性颅脑损伤中的治疗效果及对神经功能的影响。方法:选取2014年8月至2015年7月本院收治的82例急性颅脑损伤患者,随机分为观察组和对照组,每组41例。对照组采取常规对症治疗,观察组在对照组基础上采用神经生长因子治疗。观察并比较两组患者治疗前后血清S100β,白介素-6(IL-6),髓鞘碱性蛋白(MBP)及神经元特异性烯醇化酶(NSE)水平的变化情况以及临床疗效。结果:观察组总有效率高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。与治疗前比较,两组患者治疗后血清S100β及IL-6水平均降低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与对照组比较,观察组患者治疗后血清S100β及IL-6水平较低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与治疗前比较,两组患者治疗后血清MBP及NSE水平均降低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与对照组比较,观察组患者治疗后血清MBP及NSE水平较低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:神经生长因子治疗急性颅脑损伤的效果显著,能够改善患者免疫功能和神经功能,值得临床推广应用。     

Survival prediction and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors: A prognostic immune signature for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers all over the world. Several studies have explored if immune-related genes and tumor immune microenvironment could play roles in HCC prognoses. This study is aimed at developing a prognostic signature of HCC based on immune-related genes or tumor immune microenvironment to predict survival and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). We constructed a prognostic signature using bioinformatics method and validated its predictive capability. The mechanisms of the signature prediction were explored with The Cancer Immunome Atlas (TCIA) and mutation analysis. We also explored the association between the signature and immunophenoscore (IPS), which is the marker of ICIs response. A 6 immune-related-gene (6-IRG) signature was developed. It was revealed in a multivariate analysis that the 6-IRG signature was an independent prognostic factor of overall survival and progression-free interval among HCC patients. In the high-risk group of 6-IRG signature score, macrophage M0 cells and regulatory T cells, which are observed associated with poor overall survival in our study, were higher. The low-risk group had a higher IPS, which meant a better response to ICIs. Taken together, we constructed a reliable 6-IRG signature for prediction of survival and response to ICIs. The signature needs further testing for clinical application.     

Potential effects of HMGB1 on viral replication and virus infection-induced inflammatory responses: A promising therapeutic target for virus infection-induced inflammatory diseases

Inflammatory responses, characterized by the overproduction of numerous proinflammatory mediators by immune cells, is essential to protect the host against invading pathogens. Excessive production of proinflammatory cytokines is a key pathogenic factor accounting for severe tissue injury and disease progression during the infection of multiple viruses, which are therefore termed as “cytokine storm”. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a ubiquitous DNA-binding protein released either over virus-infected cells or activated immune cells, may act as a proinflammatory cytokine with a robust capacity to potentiate inflammatory response and disease severity. Moreover, HMGB1 is a host factor that potentially participates in the regulation of viral replication cycles with complicated mechanisms. Currently, HMGB1 is regarded as a promising therapeutic target against virus infection. Here, we provide an overview of the updated studies on how HMGB1 is differentially manipulated by distinct viruses to regulate viral diseases.     

Investigation of hub genes and immune status in heart transplant rejection using endomyocardial biopsies

T cell‒mediated rejection (TCMR) and antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) are severe post-transplantation complications for heart transplantation (HTx), whose molecular and immunological pathogenesis remains unclear. In the present study, the mRNA microarray data set GSE124897 containing 645 stable, 52 TCMR and 144 ABMR endomyocardial biopsies was obtained to screen for differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between rejected and stable HTx samples and to investigate immune cell infiltration. Functional enrichment analyses indicated roles of the DEGs primarily in immune-related mechanisms. Protein-protein interaction networks were then constructed, and ICAM1, CD44, HLA-A and HLA-B were identified as hub genes using the maximal clique centrality method. Immune cell infiltration analysis revealed differences in adaptive and innate immune cell populations between TCMR, ABMR and stable HTx samples. Additionally, hub gene expression levels significantly correlated with the degree and composition of immune cell infiltration in HTx rejection samples. Furthermore, drug-gene interactions were constructed, and 12 FDA-approved drugs were predicted to target hub genes. Finally, an external GSE2596 data set was used to validate the expression of the hub genes, and ROC curves indicated all four hub genes had promising diagnostic value for HTx rejection. This study provides a comprehensive perspective of molecular and immunological regulatory mechanisms underlying HTx rejection.     

Telomere length alterations in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer and association with the immune response

Telomeres are repetitive sequences (TTAGGG) located at the end of chromosomes. Telomeres progressively shorten with each cell replication cycle, ultimately leading to chromosomal instability and loss of cell viability. Telomere length anomaly appears to be one of the earliest and most prevalent genetic alterations in malignant transformation. Here we aim to estimate telomere length from whole-exome sequencing data in colon tumors and normal colonic mucosa, and to analyze the potential association of telomere length with clinical factors and gene expression in colon cancer.Reads containing at least five repetitions of the telomere sequence (TTAGGG) were extracted from the raw sequences of 42 adjacent normal-tumor paired samples. The number of reads from the tumor sample was normalized to build the Tumor Telomere Length Ratio (TTLR), considered an estimation of telomere length change in the tumor compared to the paired normal tissue. We evaluated the associations between TTLR and clinical factors, gene expression and copy number (CN) aberrations measured in the same tumor samples.Colon tumors showed significantly shorter telomeres than their paired normal samples. No significant association was observed between TTLR and gender, age, tumor location, prognosis, stromal infiltration or molecular subtypes. The functional gene set enrichment analysis showed pathways related to immune response significantly associated with TLLR.By extracting a relative measure of telomere length from whole-exome sequencing data, we have assessed that colon tumor cells predominantly shorten telomeres, and this alteration is associated with expression changes in genes related to immune response and inflammation in tumor cells.     

免疫反应动力学的几个数学模型

免疫系统对抗原刺激的应答过程非常复杂,由抗原刺激导致抗体产生的现象,可借助数学模型的研究获得有意义的结果。本文讨论有关抗体产生与免疫反应的动力学的问题,介绍有关的数学模型,并根据近斯免疫学研究的进展分析了若干模型。     

免疫细胞浸润在非小细胞肺癌诊断与预后中的应用

免疫细胞浸润对癌症的诊断与预后有着重要意义。文中收集TCGA数据库已收录的非小细胞肺癌肿瘤与正常组织基因表达数据,利用CIBERSORT工具得到22种免疫细胞占比来评估免疫细胞浸润情况。以22种免疫细胞占比为特征,用机器学习方法构建了非小细胞肺癌肿瘤与正常组织的分类模型,其中随机森林方法构建的模型分类效果AUC=0.987、敏感性0.98及特异性0.84。并且用随机森林方法构建的肺腺癌和肺鳞癌肿瘤组织分类模型效果AUC=0.827、敏感性0.75及特异性0.77。用LASSO回归筛选22种免疫细胞特征,保留8种强相关特征组成的免疫细胞评分结合临床特征构建了非小细胞肺癌预后模型。经评估及验证,预后模型C-index=0.71并且3年和5年的校准曲线拟合良好,可以对预后风险度进行准确预测。本研究基于免疫细胞浸润所构建的分类模型与预后模型,旨在对非小细胞肺癌的诊断与预后研究提供新的策略。     

原发性肝癌患者术后两种营养支持的疗效对比及对免疫功能的影响研究

目的:研究原发性肝癌患者术后两种营养支持的疗效及对免疫功能的影响。方法:病例选自2010年10月至2012年11月在我院就诊治疗的90例经诊断为原发性肝癌并进行肝部分切除的患者,随机分为EN组和PN组,每组各45例,分别进行肠内和肠外营养支持治疗,观察术前及术后患者的营养状况、住院时间、肠道功能恢复时间、并发症情况及免疫功能的变化,经统计学处理,探讨两种不同营养支持疗法的临床疗效及对免疫功能的影响。结果:相对于PN组,EN组患者术后营养明显改善,胃肠道功能恢复相对较快,免疫功能明显提高,术后并发症明显减少,且P0.05。差异具有统计学意义。结论:早期EN比PN更能改善肝癌病人术后肠道功能及营养状况,降低术后并发症,提高患者的免疫功能,有利于患者术后恢复。