简介：Objective:Cancercellradioresistanceisastumblingblockinradiationtherapy.TheactivityinthenuclearfactorkappaB(NFκB)pathwaycorrelateswithanti-apoptoticmechanismsandincreasedradioresistance.TheIKKcomplexplaysamajorroleinNFκBactivationuponnumeroussignals.Inthisstudy,weexaminedtheinteractionbetweenionizingradiation(IR)anddifferentmembersoftheIKK-NFκBpathway,aswellasupstreamactivators,RAF1,ERK,andAKT1.Methods:Theeffectof4GyofIRontheexpressionoftheRAF1-ERK-IKK-NFκBpathwaywasexaminedinA549andH1299lungcancercelllinesusingWesternblotanalysisandconfocalmicroscopy.WeexaminedchangesinradiationsensitivityusinggenesilencingorpharmacologicalinhibitorsofERKandIKKβ.Results:IKKα,IKKγ,andIκBαincreaseduponexposuretoIR,therebyaffectingnuclearlevelsofNFκB(phospho-p65).ERKinhibitionorsiRNA-mediateddown-regulationofRAF1suppressedthepost-irradiationsurvivaloftheexaminedlungcancercelllines.AsimilareffectwasdetectedonsurvivaluponsilencingIKKα/IKKγorinhibitingIKKβ.Conclusions:ExposureoflungcancercellstoIRresultsinNFκBactivationviaIKK.ThegeneticorpharmacologicalblockageoftheRAF1-ERK-IKK-NFκBpathwaysensitizescellstotherapeuticdosesofradiation.Therefore,theIKKpathwayisapromisingtargetfortherapeuticinterventionincombinationwithradiotherapy.

简介：TheroleofthetranscriptionfactorNF-κBinshapingthecancermicroenvironmentisbecomingincreasinglyclear.InflammationalterstheactivityofenzymesthatmodulateNF-κBfunction,andcausesextensivechangesingenomicchromatinthatultimatelydrasticallyaltercell-specificgeneexpression.NF-κBregulatestheexpressionofcytokinesandadhesionfactorsthatcontrolinteractionsamongadjacentcells.Assuch,NF-κBfinetunestissuecellularcomposition,aswellastissues'interactionswiththeimmunesystem.Therefore,NF-κBchangesthecellresponsetohormonesandtocontactwithneighboringcells.ActivatingNF-κBconferstranscriptionalandphenotypicplasticitytoacellandtherebyenablesprofoundlocalchangesintissuefunctionandcomposition.ResearchsuggeststhattheregulationofNF-κBtargetgenesisspecificallyalteredincancer.SuchalterationsoccurnotonlyduetomutationsofNF-κBregulatoryproteins,butalsobecauseofchangesintheactivityofspecificproteostaticmodulesandmetabolicpathways.ThisarticledescribesthemolecularmodeofNF-κBregulationwithafewcharacteristicexamplesoftargetgenes.

简介：Objective:DiffuseLargeBCellLymphoma(DLBCL)isaheterogeneousgroupoftumorswithdifferentbiologicalandclinicalcharacteristicsthathavediverseclinicaloutcomesandresponsetotherapy.Stromal-1signatureoftumormicroenvironmentofDLBCLrepresentsextracellularmatrixdepositionandhistiocyticinfiltrate,whereasstromal-2representsangiogenesisthatcouldaffecttumorprogression.Methods:Theaimofthepresentstudyistoassessthesignificanceofstromal-1signatureusingSPARC-1andstromal-2signatureusingCD31expressionandthenfinallytoconstructbiologicprognosticmodel(BPM)in60casesofDLBCLviaimmunohistochemistry.Results:Microvesseldensity(P<0.05)andSPARCpercentageofexpression(P<0.001)werehigherinDLBCL,includinggerminalandnongerminalcases,comparedwithreactivefollicularhyperplasia.Highmicrovesseldensitywassignificantlyassociatedwithsplenicinvolvement(P=0.008),highmitoticcount(P=0.045),andpresenceofcapsularinvasion(P=0.035).PercentageofSPARCexpressionwassignificantlyassociatedwithsplenicinvolvement(P=0.03).ConstructingBPMshowedthat42cases(70%)wereoflowbiologicscore(0–1)and18cases(30%)wereofhighbiologicscore(2–3).LowBPMcasesshowedlessprobabilityforsplenicinvolvement(P=0.04)andahigherrateofcompleteresponsetotherapycomparedwithhighscorecases(P=0.08).Conclusions:TheDLBCLmicroenvironmentcouldmodulatetumorprogressionbehaviorsinceangiogenesisandSPARCpositivestromalcellspromotedisseminationbyassociationwithspleeninvolvementandcapsularinvasion.Biologicprognosticmodels,includingmodifiedBPM,whichconsideredcelloriginofDLBCLandstromalsignaturepathways,coulddetermineDLBCLprogressionandresponsetotherapy.

简介：目的：探讨骨髓涂片、骨髓活检对弥漫性大B细胞淋巴瘤（DLBCL）临床分期的价值。方法：对44例累及骨髓的病例回顾性分析骨髓涂片及骨髓活检切片,分别比较细胞学形态、组织形态、增生程度、纤维组织增生程度、检出率和敏感性。结果：骨髓涂片中可见中到大型的异型细胞骨髓,切片中瘤细胞以灶型最常见。按Manoharm改良法评估,骨髓切片中网状纤维含量有不同程度增多。骨髓涂片与骨髓切片增生程度的比较,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）,切片组增生程度高于涂片组。骨髓涂片与骨髓切片检出率的比较,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）,切片组检出率高于涂片组。骨髓涂片与骨髓切片敏感性的比较,差异有显著统计学意义（P〈0.01）,切片组敏感性明显高于涂片组。结论：骨髓涂片简单易行,骨髓切片在骨髓组织状况、优势增生细胞等方面有优势,同时开展涂片和切片的检测,提高检出率,可以修正临床分期,如能同时进行流式细胞免疫表型分析,则更能提高检出率。

简介：目的：探讨流式细胞术检测微小残留病（MRD）对判断儿童B淋巴细胞白血病（B-ALL）的预后价值。方法：回顾性分析2011年7月至2014年6月在我院初诊的196例B-ALL患儿,通过流式细胞术监测以上患儿诱导化疗第15天、第33天、第12周的骨髓MRD。结果：MRD阳性组中中危和高危分型的比例明显高于标危组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）;分析各时间点MRD,显示MRD水平越高,患儿的复发率越高,3年EFS越低。其中第15天MRD≥10-2组、第33天MRD≥10-4、第12周MRD≥10-3组的患儿预后不佳;经多因素分析显示,第12周MRD≥10-3为独立的预后不良因素。结论：流式细胞术检测MRD对儿童B-ALL具有重要的临床预后判断意义;需动态监测MRD,第15天MRD≥10-2、第33天MRD≥10-4、第12周MRD≥10-3的患儿预后不佳,需调整危险分层及化疗强度;第12周MRD≥10-3为独立的预后不良因素。