PMID: 11930614Apr 5, 2002Paper

Study on the stroma of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hematoglobinuria

Zhonghua yi xue za zhi
B HanZ Zhang

Abstract

To investigate the relationship between the stroma of bome marrow and the abnormality of hematopoiesis in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hematoglobinuria (PNH). The bone marrow stromata from PNH patients was compared with those from normal volunteers in aspects of their CFU-F formation and hematopoietic sustentation for normal CD34+ cells. The stromal IL-6 and TNF-alpha mRNA expression in patients and normal volunteers was also measured by RT-PCR(self beta-actin as contrast). (1) The CFU-F formation ability in PNH patients was very similar to that in normal volunteers (P > 0.05). (2) The bone marrow stromata from patients with PNH had the same hematopoietic maintenance compared to those from normal controls (P > 0.05). (3) The stomal IL-6 and TNF-alpha mRNA expression was similar in PNH patients and in normal volunteers (P > 0.05). The CFU-F formation capacity of bone marrow fibroblast was normal in PNH patients. The stromata in patients with PNH had normal hematopoietic maintainence to the normal CD34+ cells. The mRNA expression of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in PNH stromata was almost normal.

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