Acute myeloid leukemia arising from a donor derived premalignant hematopoietic clone: A possible mechanism for the origin of leukemia in donor cells

AbstractDuring recent years, it has become increasingly evident that donor leukemia following allogeneic transplant may be more common then realized in the past. We identified five cases of potential donor leukemia cases during past five years. The precise mechanism of the origin of such leukemias, however, remains poorly defined. In this short communication, we report a well documented case of donor-derived de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that developed fourteen years after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for treatment induced AML for his primary malignancy Immunoblastic lymphoma. This case allows us to postulate a possible mechanism of the origin of donor leukemia. The de novo AML clone contained a distinct cytogenetic abnormality, trisomy 11, which was simultaneously detected in preserved peripheral blood obtained at the time of transplantation as well as in the current bone marrow from an otherwise clinically and phenotypically normal donor. The findings from this unique case, provides insight into the process of leukemogenesis, and suggests that the sequence of events leading to leukemogenesis in this patient involved the senescence/apoptosis of normal donor hematopoietic cells due to telomere shortening resulting in the selective proliferation and transformation of this clone with MLL (mixed-lineage leukemia) gene amplification

SENSE: A comparison of photon detection efficiency and optical crosstalk of various SiPM devices

This paper describes a comparison of photon detection efficiency and optical crosstalk measurements performed by three partners: Geneva University, Catania Observatory and Nagoya University. The measurements were compared for three different SiPM devices with different active areas: from 9 $mm^2$ up to 93.6 $mm^2$ produced by Hamamatsu. The objective of this work is to establish the measurements and analysis procedures for calculating the main SiPM parameters and their precision. This work was done in the scope of SENSE project which aims to build roadmap for the last developments in field of sensors for low light level detection

What’s new on physiology and virulence factors of Scedosporium apiospermum ?

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Cell wall changes during maturation of conidia in Pseudallescheria boydii

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Apport des tests de quantification de la libération d’interféron gamma par les lymphocytes T sensibilisés pour le diagnostic des infections tuberculeuses

RésuméL’intradermoréaction cutanée à la tuberculine, couramment utilisée depuis un siècle pour le diagnostic d’infection tuberculeuse, présente de nombreux inconvénients. De nouveaux tests diagnostiques ont été récemment introduits. Ils mesurent soit la production d’interféron-γ dans le sang total, soit le nombre de lymphocytes T producteurs d’interféron-γ après stimulation in vitro par des protéines spécifiques de M. tuberculosis, absentes du BCG et de la plupart des mycobactéries atypiques. Le gain en spécificité permet de réduire les résultats faux positifs chez les sujets vaccinés, évitant ainsi le coût de chimioprophylaxies inutiles et potentiellement toxiques. Le gain en sensibilité, identifiant les infections tuberculeuses latentes parmi les sujets ayant une IDR faussement négative, permet d’accroître les performances diagnostiques dans les populations les plus à risques de progresser vers la tuberculose maladie, à savoir les patients immunodéprimés. L’évaluation de ces tests doit désormais se focaliser sur certains points qui restent à préciser : leur sensibilité chez l’enfant et le sujet immunodéprimé, leurs valeurs prédictives positive et négative et l’interprétation de leur variation éventuelle au cours du temps, que les patients soient traités ou non

Chesapeake Bay Fish–Osprey (\u3ci\u3ePandion Haliaetus\u3c/i\u3e) Food Chain: Evaluation Of Contaminant Exposure And Genetic Damage

From 2011 to 2013, a large-scale ecotoxicological study was conducted in several Chesapeake Bay (USA) tributaries (Susquehanna River and flats, the Back, Baltimore Harbor/Patapsco Rivers, Anacostia/ middle Potomac, Elizabeth and James Rivers) and Poplar Island as a mid-Bay reference site. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) diet and the transfer of contaminants from fish to osprey eggs were evaluated. The most bioaccumulative compounds (biomagnification factor\u3e5) included p,p’-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), total polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and bromodiphenyl ether (BDE) congeners 47, 99, 100, and 154. This analysis suggested that alternative brominated flame retardants and other compounds (methoxytriclosan) are not appreciably biomagnifying. A multivariate analysis of similarity indicated that major differences in patterns among study sites were driven by PCB congeners 105, 128, 156, 170/190, and 189, and PBDE congeners 99 and 209. An integrative redundancy analysis showed that osprey eggs from Baltimore Harbor/Patapsco River and the Elizabeth River had high residues of PCBs and p,p’-DDE, with PBDEs making a substantial contribution to overall halogenated contamination on the Susquehanna and Anacostia/middle Potomac Rivers. The redundancy analysis also suggested a potential relation between PBDE residues in osprey eggs and oxidative DNA damage in nestling blood samples. The results also indicate that there is no longer a discernible relation between halogenated contaminants in osprey eggs and their reproductive success in Chesapeake Bay. Osprey populations are thriving in much of the Chesapeake, with productivity rates exceeding those required to sustain a stable population