title: [Study on the stroma of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hematoglobinuria].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between the stroma of bome marrow and the abnormality of hematopoiesis in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hematoglobinuria (PNH).
  
  
  METHODS
  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).
  
  
  RESULTS
  (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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006457:Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha