The Drosophila clotting system and its messages for mammals

Drosophila has been increasingly used as a model to study hemolymph clotting. Proteomics and bioinformatics identified candidate clotting-factors, several of which were tested using genetics. Mutants and lines with reduced expression of clotting-factors show subtle effects after wounding, indicating that sealing wounds may rely on redundant mechanisms. More striking effects are observed after infection, in particular when a natural infection model involving entomopathogenic nematodes is used. When translated into mammalian models these results reveal that mammalian blood clots serve a similar immune function, thus providing a new example of the usefulness of studying invertebrate models.     

Sjgren综合症(SS)患者唇腺组织中Ig和C_3沉积的意义

本文的主要目的是采用直接免疫荧光法检测SS患者唇腺组织中免疫球蛋白(Ig)和C_3的含量和定位,并对其结果进行分析,试图为探讨SS的病发机理提供依据。     

Vitamin D deficiency in children with recurrent respiratory infections,with or without immunoglobulin deficiency

Purpose

The objective of this study was to evaluate thevitamin D concentration in patients with recurrent respiratory infections with or without immunoglobulin G, A or M (IgG, IgA, IgM) deficiency, and to find a correlation between the vitamin D concentration and the response to hepatitis B vaccination.

Natural killer cell cytotoxicity and its regulation by inhibitory receptors

Natural killer (NK) cells express an array of germ‐line encoded receptors that are capable of triggering cytotoxicity. NK cells tend to express many members of a given family of signalling molecules. The presence of many activating receptors and many members of a given family of signalling molecules can enable NK cells to detect different kinds of target cells, and to mount different kinds of responses. This contributes also to the robustness of NK cells responses; cytotoxic functions of NK cells often remain unaffected in the absence of selected signalling molecules. NK cells express many MHC‐I‐specific inhibitory receptors. Signals from MHC‐I‐specific inhibitory receptors tightly control NK cell cytotoxicity and, paradoxically, maintain NK cells in a state of proper responsiveness. This review provides a brief overview of the events that underlie NK cell activation, and how signals from inhibitory receptors intercept NK cell activation to prevent inappropriate triggering of cytotoxicity.     

Deletion of WASp and N-WASp in B cells cripples the germinal center response and results in production of IgM autoantibodies

Humoral immunodeficiency caused by mutations in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) is associated with failure to respond to common pathogens and high frequency of autoimmunity. Here we addressed the question how deficiency in WASp and the homologous protein N-WASp skews the immune response towards autoreactivity. Mice devoid of WASp or both WASp and N-WASp in B cells formed germinal center to increased load of apoptotic cells as a source of autoantigens. However, the germinal centers showed abolished polarity and B cells retained longer and proliferated less in the germinal centers. While WASp-deficient mice had high titers of autoreactive IgG, B cells devoid of both WASp and N-WASp produced mainly IgM autoantibodies with broad reactivity to autoantigens. Moreover, B cells lacking both WASp and N-WASp induced somatic hypermutation at reduced frequency. Despite this, IgG1-expressing B cells devoid of WASp and N-WASp acquired a specific high affinity mutation, implying an increased BCR signaling threshold for selection in germinal centers. Our data provides evidence for that N-WASp expression alone drives WASp-deficient B cells towards autoimmunity.     

脑脊液白蛋白和免疫球蛋白IgG检测在儿童病毒性脑炎诊治中的应用

目的：探讨病毒性脑炎患儿脑脊液白蛋白比值（QAlb)、IgG和IgG指数变化与疾病严重程度的相关性。方法研究对象分病毒性脑炎组和对照组,病毒性脑炎组按临床特点分为轻症病毒性脑炎组和重症病毒性脑炎组,采用免疫散射比浊法测定血清和脑脊液的白蛋白、IgG,计算QAlb和IgG指数,判断病毒性脑炎患儿血脑屏障功能状态及免疫球蛋白鞘内合成情况与临床严重程度的关系。结果病毒性脑炎组的QAlb高于对照组;重症病毒性脑炎组的QAlb较轻症病毒性脑炎组和对照组增高,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。重症病毒性脑炎组脑脊液IgG、IgG指数比轻症病毒性脑炎组和对照组增高,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。结论重症病毒性脑炎组患儿的血脑屏障功能损害程度、鞘内IgG合成情况与临床病情严重程度相关。检测脑脊液和血清中白蛋白、IgG,计算QAlb和IgG指数能反映病毒性脑炎患儿血脑屏障功能状态及IgG鞘内合成情况,为判断病毒性脑炎临床病情的严重程度提供相关依据。     

免疫分型在单株丙球蛋白血症中的应用评估

目的探讨免疫分型、血清免疫球蛋白的定量检测在单株丙球蛋白血症诊断中的价值。方法收集118例单株丙球蛋白血症患者进行血清蛋白电泳(SPE)、免疫固定电泳(IF)、免疫球蛋白(Ig)定量及血清轻链(κ、λ)检测。针对免疫分型阳性、Ig定量阴性患者进行分析。结果免疫分型阳性、Ig定量阴性患者56例,其中游离轻链型6例(κ轻链型2例,λ轻链型4例),未分泌型1例;免疫分型阳性、Ig定量阳性的患者62例。结论 IF技术对单株丙球蛋白血症的诊断及分型具有重要意义,可以结合血清Ig及轻链的定量检测等其他实验室诊断。     

T‐cell receptor profiling in cancer

Immunosequencing is a platform technology that allows the enumeration, specification and quantification of each and every B‐ and/or T‐cell in any biologic sample of interest. Thus, it provides an assessment of the level and distribution of all the clonal lymphocytes in any sample, and allows “tracking” of a single clone or multiple clones of interest over time or from tissue to tissue within a given patient. It is based on bias‐controlled multiplex PCR and high‐throughput sequencing, and it is highly accurate, standardized, and sensitive. In this review, we provide evidence that immunosequencing is becoming an important analytic tool for the emerging field of immune‐oncology, and describe several applications of this approach, including the assessment of residual disease post therapy in lymphoid malignancies, the prediction of response to immunotherapeutics of solid tumors containing tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, the identification of clonal responses in vaccination, infectious disease, bone marrow reconstitution, and autoimmunity, and the exploration of whether there are population‐based stereotyped responses to certain exposures or interventions.