儿童指突状树突细胞肉瘤合并骨髓增生异常综合征一例报告并文献复习

指突状树突细胞肉瘤(interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma,IDCS)是一种罕见的树突状细胞肿瘤,目前全球仅百余例报道,常以无痛性淋巴结肿大起病,侵袭性较强、预后较差[1-2].骨髓增生异常综合征(myel-odysplastic syndromes,MDS)为起源于造血干、祖细胞...     

TLR3和TLR4基因多态性与EBV相关胃癌易感性的关系

目的 探讨TLR3c.1377和TLR4Asp299Gly基因多态性与EBV感染在EBV相关胃癌（EBVassociated gastric carcinoma, EBVaGC）发生中的相关性。方法 选用41例EBVaGC组织、62例EBV阴性胃癌（EBV-negative gastric carcinoma, EBVnGC）组织以及64例健康人群血标本作为研究对象,采用PCR结合限制性长度多态性分析（reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, RFLP)技术检测TLR3c.1377 和TLR4 Asp299Gly基因多态性,并对实验结果进行统计分析。结果 （1）胃癌组与对照组比较TLR3c.1377基因型频率差异有统计学意义（P=0.025）,胃癌组T等位基因频率明显高于对照组（45.6% vs. 29.7%,P=0.004),T等位基因携带者的患病风险明显高于非携带者(OR=2.435,P=0.008）;（2）EBVaGC、EBVnGC以及对照组间TLR3c.1377基因型、等位基因频率差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。（3）EBVaGC组,EBVnGC组以及正常对照组所有个体TLR4 Asp299Gly基因型均为Asp/Asp纯合子（P>0.05）。结论 TLR3c.1377基因多态性与胃癌易感性有关,T等位基因为胃癌的危险因子,而C等位基因为一保护基因;TLR3c.1377基因多态性与EBVaGC易感性无明显相关。     

EB病毒血清抗体水平与鼻咽癌临床分期相关性研究进展*

鼻咽癌是高发于东南亚地区和中国南方的恶性肿瘤,其发病与EB病毒（Epstein-Barrvirus,EBV ）感染关系密切,EBV 与鼻咽癌关系的研究近些年备受关注。但以往研究多倾向于EBV 抗体与鼻咽癌筛查、诊断的关系,而EBV 抗体水平与鼻咽癌分期的关系研究尚不多且争议较大。本文就近年EBV 抗体水平与鼻咽癌临床分期关系的研究进行综述。      

DNA修复基因和EB病毒的交互作用与鼻咽癌易感性初步研究

【目的】探讨在鼻咽癌群体中DNA修复基因与EB病毒的交互作用。【方法】选取广东地区以广东话为主要语言的人群建立匹配的鼻咽癌病例和健康对照（病例/对照=755/755）,收集其临床流行病学资料、采集外周血样并进行EB病毒抗体检测和SNP基因型分型。利用决策森林方法,分析DNA修复通路104个基因中768个SNP位点和EB病毒在鼻咽癌中的交互作用。【结果】MDC1、ATM、GTF2H4、MLH1、RAD51L1、XPC、GTF2H1与EB病毒的交互作用达到Bonferroni多重检验校正的显著性水准（0.05）。P 值分别为7.62×10-5 、8.20×10-5、8.55×10-5、1.60×10-4、1.80×10-4、2.20×10-4、和2.42×10-4;其鼻咽癌患病风险比OR (95%CI)分别为15.97(4.17-61.11)、11.32(7.22-25.45)、15.94(4.17-64.01)、5.38(4.88-6.74)、151.47(53.79-380.39)、40.92(15.09-112.67)和142.38(53.38-377.5)。进一步生物信息学基因网络分析表明,这些基因可能通过影响EB病毒DNA复制过程等多种直接或间接的方式,改变广东人群鼻咽癌的易感性。【结论】EB病毒与修复基因的交互作用可能是鼻咽癌的另一重要的易感性机制。     

Structural basis for the constitutive activity and immunomodulatory properties of the Epstein-Barr virus-encoded G protein-coupled receptor BILF1

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Herpesvirus-encoded GPCRs rewire cellular signaling

Viral G-protein-coupled receptors (vGPCRs) are chemokine receptor homologues encoded by the Herpes- and Capripoxviridae. They are thought to have been hijacked from the host genome during the course of evolution. These vGPCRs play different roles in the viral lifecycle and associated pathologies. Three members of the Herpesviridae, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) are capable of setting up persistent latent infections in humans. Two of the herpesviruses, KSHV and EBV, are associated with cancer, while HCMV may have an oncomodulary effect.     

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Epstein–Barr virus: a complex relationship with diverse origins,expression and outcomes

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus with rare but severe potential for lymphoproliferative complications. EBV is associated with a variety of presentations of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). HLH is a life-threatening hyperinflammatory syndrome that can occur in patients with genetic defects associated with dysregulation of the immune response (familial HLH) or arise in patients with underlying infection or malignancy (non-familial or secondary HLH). EBV can both serve as the incidental trigger of familial HLH or as the driving factor in patients with selective inherited vulnerability (e.g. X-linked lymphoproliferative disease). Alternatively, acute infection can idiosyncratically cause non-neoplastic HLH in patients without inherited predisposition (i.e. secondary HLH), while EBV-associated T/natural killer (NK)-cell lymphoproliferative disorders and lymphomas can cause neoplasia-associated HLH. The present review will discern between EBV-associated familial and non-familial HLH and highlight diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Non-familial EBV-associated HLH is a major diagnostic dilemma, as it represents a diverse spectrum of disease ranging from highly curable (non-neoplastic EBV-HLH) to indolent but incurable (chronic active EBV) to acutely fatal (systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma of childhood). Increased clinical awareness and understanding of this rare and potentially devastating subset of EBV-related complications is desperately needed to improve survival for patients with neoplasia-associated HLH.     

Diagnosis and treatment of epstein-barr virus-associated natural killer cell lymphoproliferative disease

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) exhibits tropism for both lymphocytes and epithelial cells and can induce both replicative (productive/lytic) and latent (persistent) infections that result in a variety of human diseases. With regard to lymphocytes, latent EBV infection is linked to development of heterogeneous lymphoproliferative disease (LPD), such as B-cell LPD and T-cell/natural killer cell (T/NK cell) LPD. Unlike B-cell LPD, LPD derived from T-cells and NK cells sometimes has overlapping clinical symptoms, as well as histologic and immunophenotypic features, because both types of cells are derived from a common precursor. However, determination of cell lineage is important in classification of lymphoid neoplasms, and combined modern techniques allows us to distinguish NK cell LPD from T-cell LPD in most instances. Because NK cell LPD seems to be heterogeneous in terms of clinical features, prognosis, and diagnosis and has a monoclonal or polyclonal (or oligoclonal) nature, this review attempts to clarify recent research and clinical findings and to establish diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.