Background: Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a lymphoid proliferation related to Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus 8/human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8) that affects mainly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individua...Background: Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a lymphoid proliferation related to Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus 8/human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8) that affects mainly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals but can also occur in other immunodeficiency settings. It is characterized by lymphomatous effusions in different serous body cavities without the presence of a detectable tumor mass. The diagnosis is challenging and the clinical outcomes are poor. Aim: The aim of this paper is to report a rare case of PEL in a man who have sex with women (MSW) with HIV-1/2 infection, history of visceral Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and the development of a seronegative arthritis previous to the lymphoproliferative disease diagnosis. PEL presented with ascites, was treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, with a good clinical outcome. Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 48-year-old HIV-1/2-infected patient from a high HHV8 seroprevalent country, hospitalized following a three-month history of increased abdominal volume and general constitutional symptoms. Laboratory data revealed normocytic normochromic anemia and a high level of lactate dehydrogenase. A diagnostic paracentesis was performed with cytology compatible with high-grade B-cell lymphoma. Peritoneal fluid cytology showed large lymphoid cells expressing leucocyte-common antigen CD45 without expression of the CD20 antigen (B-lymphocytes) and positivity for HHV8 by immunocytochemical staining, compatible with the diagnosis of PEL.展开更多
Expression conditions of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 external glycoprotein gp105 in the recombinant Pichia Pastoris strain were optimized via orthogonal test of some factors such as the rate of aeration, the i...Expression conditions of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 external glycoprotein gp105 in the recombinant Pichia Pastoris strain were optimized via orthogonal test of some factors such as the rate of aeration, the inductive duration, the initial pH and the concentration of methanol. The results from tests of between subjects effects showed that the most important parameter for efficient expression of gp105 in recombinant Pichia Pastoris strain is adequate aeration during methanol induction, and the optimum inductive condition for gp105 expression was: more than 80% aeration, 3 days for induction, th einitial pH of 6 0-7 0, the final methanol concentration of 1 0%-1 5%. With this condition, the expressed gp105 was secreted into fermentation broth and reached a ield of 30%, approximately 200 mg/L. Expressed gp105 was isolated and purified by sating out and Sephadex G 100 chromatography and the yield of gp105 was 40%. gp105 was purified to electrophoretic purity and its pI was about 5 0 by SDS PAGE and isoelectrofocusing. Its N terminal amino acid was arginine by Dansyl Cl and the result indicated that expressed gp105 was secreted and cleavaged correctly. The results from ELISA demonstrated that the purifiec gp105 showed good reactiongenicity and antigenic specificity.展开更多
文摘Background: Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a lymphoid proliferation related to Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus 8/human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8) that affects mainly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals but can also occur in other immunodeficiency settings. It is characterized by lymphomatous effusions in different serous body cavities without the presence of a detectable tumor mass. The diagnosis is challenging and the clinical outcomes are poor. Aim: The aim of this paper is to report a rare case of PEL in a man who have sex with women (MSW) with HIV-1/2 infection, history of visceral Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and the development of a seronegative arthritis previous to the lymphoproliferative disease diagnosis. PEL presented with ascites, was treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation, with a good clinical outcome. Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 48-year-old HIV-1/2-infected patient from a high HHV8 seroprevalent country, hospitalized following a three-month history of increased abdominal volume and general constitutional symptoms. Laboratory data revealed normocytic normochromic anemia and a high level of lactate dehydrogenase. A diagnostic paracentesis was performed with cytology compatible with high-grade B-cell lymphoma. Peritoneal fluid cytology showed large lymphoid cells expressing leucocyte-common antigen CD45 without expression of the CD20 antigen (B-lymphocytes) and positivity for HHV8 by immunocytochemical staining, compatible with the diagnosis of PEL.
文摘Expression conditions of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 external glycoprotein gp105 in the recombinant Pichia Pastoris strain were optimized via orthogonal test of some factors such as the rate of aeration, the inductive duration, the initial pH and the concentration of methanol. The results from tests of between subjects effects showed that the most important parameter for efficient expression of gp105 in recombinant Pichia Pastoris strain is adequate aeration during methanol induction, and the optimum inductive condition for gp105 expression was: more than 80% aeration, 3 days for induction, th einitial pH of 6 0-7 0, the final methanol concentration of 1 0%-1 5%. With this condition, the expressed gp105 was secreted into fermentation broth and reached a ield of 30%, approximately 200 mg/L. Expressed gp105 was isolated and purified by sating out and Sephadex G 100 chromatography and the yield of gp105 was 40%. gp105 was purified to electrophoretic purity and its pI was about 5 0 by SDS PAGE and isoelectrofocusing. Its N terminal amino acid was arginine by Dansyl Cl and the result indicated that expressed gp105 was secreted and cleavaged correctly. The results from ELISA demonstrated that the purifiec gp105 showed good reactiongenicity and antigenic specificity.
