To investigate the value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in acute leukemia (AL) patients with febrile neutropenia (FN). We retrospectively reviewed 37 AL patients with FN and compared the results of mNGS with blood culture (BC) and the clinical features of the mNGS-positive group and the mNGS-negative group. A total of 14 detected pathogens were the final clinical diagnosis, of which 9 strains were detected only by mNGS and 5 strains were detected by both mNGS and BC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Cell division cycle 37 (CDC37) modulates disease progression and bortezomib resistance in multiple myeloma by regulating X-box binding protein 1, nuclear factor-kappa-B, etc. This study aimed to explore the prognostic implication of CDC37 before and after bortezomib-based induction treatment in multiple myeloma patients.
Methods: CDC37 was detected from plasma cells of bone marrow by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction at baseline and after bortezomib-based induction treatment in 82 multiple myeloma patients, and in 20 disease controls and 20 healthy controls.
Intractable Rare Dis Res
November 2022
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that transforms into a more aggressive lymphoma has been termed Richter syndrome (RS). CLL with T-cell neoplasia is rarely reported; those with ALK anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) are also exceedingly rarely reported. A 63-year-old woman from the south of China presented with generalized lymphadenectasis and fever; she already had a prior diagnosis of CLL 9 years ago.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi
December 2015
Objective: To investigate the apoptosis-inducing effects of emodin on multidrug resistant leukemia cell line K562/Adr, and to explore the role of Akt-Caspase 3 signal pathway in apoptosis of K562/Adr cells treated with emodin.
Methods: K562/Adr cells were exposed to emodin of different doses. The ability of emodin to induce apoptosis of K562/Adr cells was detected by Annexin V/PI double labeled flow cytometry and DNA ploidy analysis, the expressions of procaspase-3, PARP, Akt, p-Akt protein were determined by Western blot.