scholarly journals Effect of flavonoid-containing extracts on the growth of transplanted sarcoma 45, peripheral blood and bone marrow condition after oral and intramuscular administration in rats

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. e0304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikita Navolokin ◽  
Dmitry Mudrak ◽  
Alla Bucharskaya ◽  
Olga Matveeva ◽  
Sergey Tychina ◽  
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Author(s):  
J Hanker ◽  
E.J. Burkes ◽  
G. Greco ◽  
R. Scruggs ◽  
B. Giammara

The mature neutrophil with a segmented nucleus (usually having 3 or 4 lobes) is generally considered to be the end-stage cell of the neutrophil series. It is usually found as such in the bone marrow and peripheral blood where it normally is the most abundant leukocyte. Neutrophils, however, must frequently leave the peripheral blood and migrate into areas of infection to combat microorganisms. It is in such areas that neutrophils were first observed to fragment to form platelet-size particles some of which have a nuclear lobe. These neutrophil pseudoplatelets (NPP) can readily be distinguished from true platelets because they stain for neutrophil myeloperoxidase. True platelets are not positive in this staining reaction because their peroxidase Is inhibited by glutaraldehyde. Neutrophil pseudoplatelets, as well as neutrophils budding to form NPP, could frequently be observed in peripheral blood or bone marrow samples of leukemia patients. They are much more prominent, however, in smears of inflammatory exudates that contain gram-negative bacteria and in gingival crevicular fluid samples from periodontal disease sites. In some of these samples macrophages ingesting, or which contained, pseudoplatelets could be observed. The myeloperoxidase in the ingested pseudoplatelets was frequently active. Despite these earlier observations we did not expect to find many NPP in subgingival plaque smears from diseased sites. They were first seen by light microscopy (Figs. 1, 3-5) in smears on coverslips stained with the PATS reaction, a variation of the PAS reaction which deposits silver for light and electron microscopy. After drying replicate PATS-stained coverslips with hexamethyldisilazane, they were sputter coated with gold and then examined by the SEI and BEI modes of scanning electron microscopy (Fig. 2). Unstained replicate coverslips were fixed, and stained for the demonstration of myeloperoxidase in budding neutrophils and NPP. Neutrophils, activated macrophages and spirochetes as well as other gram-negative bacteria were also prominent in the PATS stained samples. In replicate subgingival plaque smears stained with our procedure for granulocyte peroxidases only neutrophils, budding neutrophils or NPP were readily observed (Fig. 6).


Blood ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 739-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS M. KILBRIDGE ◽  
PAUL HELLER

Abstract Serial determinations of red cell volumes were made with an electronic sizing device in 30 patients with hepatic cirrhosis. Variations in red cell volumes were correlated with other hematologic and clinical findings. The results of these studies suggest that volume macrocytosis in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis is either due to megaloblastosis of the bone marrow or to an accelerated influx of young red cells into the peripheral blood.


BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e042519
Author(s):  
Sophie I Owen ◽  
Sakib Burza ◽  
Shiril Kumar ◽  
Neena Verma ◽  
Raman Mahajan ◽  
...  

IntroductionHIV coinfection presents a challenge for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Invasive splenic or bone marrow aspiration with microscopic visualisation of Leishmania parasites remains the gold standard for diagnosis of VL in HIV-coinfected patients. Furthermore, a test of cure by splenic or bone marrow aspiration is required as patients with VL-HIV infection are at a high risk of treatment failure. However, there remain financial, implementation and safety costs to these invasive techniques which severely limit their use under field conditions.Methods and analysisWe aim to evaluate blood and skin qPCR, peripheral blood buffy coat smear microscopy and urine antigen ELISA as non-invasive or minimally invasive alternatives for diagnosis and post-treatment test of cure for VL in HIV-coinfected patients in India, using a sample of 91 patients with parasitologically confirmed symptomatic VL-HIV infection.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval for this study has been granted by The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, the University of Antwerp and the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science in Patna. Any future publications will be published in open access journals.Trial registration numberCTRI/2019/03/017908.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Takashima ◽  
S Usui ◽  
S Matsuura ◽  
C Goten ◽  
O Inoue ◽  
...  

Abstract Background In our previous 5-year cohort study, we demonstrated that low gene expression of nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR) in peripheral leucocytes in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) predicted repetitive coronary interventions at the de novo lesions. An NGFR-positive cell has been demonstrated to reside in bone marrow (BM) stromal fraction and to be increased in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (MNCs) fraction in patients with ischemic heart disease. Purpose To investigate whether the BM-NGFR+ cell is associated with arterial remodeling and the relationship between the levels of peripheral NGFR+ cells after ACS and coronary plaque progression in an experimental and prospective clinical study. Methods and results In an experimental study, 8-week-old C57B6/J wild type male mice were subjected to irradiation with 9.6 Gy and transplantation with BM (BMT) isolated from GFP-transgenic NGFR wild type (WT) or knock-out (KO) mice at day 1. Four weeks after BMT, the right carotid artery was ligated for 4 weeks. Induced neointimal area was increased (p<0.05), where cells under apoptosis were decreased (p<0.05) in NGFR-KO-BMT group compared to WT-BMT group (n=4). NGFR+ cells were not detected in wild type sham-operated artery, whereas in the ligated artery in WT-BMT group NGFR+ cells assembled in the developed neointima and exclusively presented double positive with GFP, but absent in NGFR-KO-BMT group (p<0.05, n=4). In a clinical study, thirty patients with ACS who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled. The peripheral blood sample was collected on days 0, 3 and 7, and 9 months follow-up and the number of NGFR+MNCs were measured by flowcytometric analysis. The plaque volume at non-targeted coronary lesion (non-TL:>5 mm proximal or distal to the implanted stents) were quantitatively analysed using gray-scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and Q-IVUS™ software at the acute phase and 9 months follow-up. The number of NGFR+MNCs in peripheral blood was 1.5-fold increased at day 3 (0.064±0.056%) compared to day 0 (0.042±0.030%) (p<0.05). The change in normalized total plaque volume (TAVN) at non-TL at 9 months was negatively correlated with the number of NGFR+MNCs at day 0 (r=−0.51), day 3 (r=−0.51) and 9 months (r=−0.59) after ACS (p<0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that NGFR+MNCs at day 0 (β=−0.48, p=0.01) and CRP (β=−0.53, P<0.01) are independent factors associating with TAVN change at non-TL at 9 months, regardless of LDL-cholesterol control level. ROC analysis revealed that NGFR+MNCs <0.049 at day 0 predicted the increase of TAVN with AUC 0.78; sensitivity 0.82 and specificity 0.67. Conclusions Bone marrow-derived peripheral NGFR+ cells negatively regulate arterial remodeling through appropriate apoptosis of neointimal cells and the peripheral level of NGFR+ cells in ACS predicts plaque progression at the non-targeted lesion. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): KAKENHI


Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Jaromír Vašíček ◽  
Andrej Baláži ◽  
Miroslav Bauer ◽  
Andrea Svoradová ◽  
Mária Tirpáková ◽  
...  

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been broadly studied for several years due to their outstanding regenerative potential. Moreover, these cells might be a valuable source of genetic information for the preservation of endangered animal species. However, a controversy regarding their characterization still exists. The aim of this study was to isolate and compare the rabbit peripheral blood- and bone marrow-derived EPCs with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in terms of their phenotype and morphology that could be affected by the passage number or cryopreservation as well as to assess their possible neuro-differentiation potential. Briefly, cells were isolated and cultured under standard endothelial conditions until passage 3. The morphological changes during the culture were monitored and each passage was analyzed for the typical phenotype using flow cytometry, quantitative real–time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and novel digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), and compared to HUVECs. The neurogenic differentiation was induced using a commercial kit. Rabbit cells were also cryopreserved for at least 3 months and then analyzed after thawing. According to the obtained results, both rabbit EPCs exhibit a spindle-shaped morphology and high proliferation rate. The both cell lines possess same stable phenotype: CD14-CD29+CD31-CD34-CD44+CD45-CD49f+CD73+CD90+CD105+CD133-CD146-CD166+VE-cadherin+VEGFR-2+SSEA-4+MSCA-1-vWF+eNOS+AcLDL+ALDH+vimentin+desmin+α-SMA+, slightly different from HUVECs. Moreover, both induced rabbit EPCs exhibit neuron-like morphological changes and expression of neuronal markers ENO2 and MAP2. In addition, cryopreserved rabbit cells maintained high viability (>85%) and endothelial phenotype after thawing. In conclusion, our findings suggest that cells expanded from the rabbit peripheral blood and bone marrow are of the endothelial origin with a stable marker expression and interesting proliferation and differentiation capacity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixuan Liu ◽  
Suhong Xie ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
Yanhui Si ◽  
Weiwei Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background This study investigates the effect of autologous bone marrow transfusion (BMT) on the reconstruction of both bone marrow and the immune system in patients with AIDS-related lymphoma (ARL). Methods A total of 32 patients with ARL participated in this study. Among them, 16 participants were treated with conventional surgery and chemotherapy (control group) and the remaining 16 patients were treated with chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow transfusion via a mesenteric vein (8 patients, ABM-MVI group) or a peripheral vein (8 patients, ABM-PI group). Subsequently, peripheral blood and lymphocyte data subsets were detected and documented in all patients. Results Before chemotherapy, no significant difference in indicators was observed between three groups of ARL patients. Unexpectedly, 2 weeks after the end of 6 courses of chemotherapy, the ABM-MVI group, and the ABM-PI group yielded an increased level of CD8+T lymphocytes, white blood cells (WBC), and platelet (PLT) in peripheral blood in comparison to the control group. Notably, the number of CD4+T lymphocytes in the ABM-PI group was significantly higher than that in the other two groups. Additionally, no significant difference in haemoglobin levels was observed before and after chemotherapy in both the ABM-MVI and ABM-PI groups, while haemoglobin levels in the control group decreased significantly following chemotherapy. Conclusions Autologous bone marrow transfusion after chemotherapy can promote the reconstruction of both bone marrow and the immune system. There was no significant difference in bone marrow recovery and reconstruction between the mesenteric vein transfusion group and the peripheral vein transfusion group.


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