Background
The germline mutations of DDX41, also known as DEAD box RNA helicase 41, have been found in about 1.5% of myeloid neoplasms (MNs). Development of MDS/AML is relatively common in germline DDX41 mutations. However, a variety of hematological malignancies (HMs) have been reported.
Case presentation
We report a novel case of bi-alleleic DDX41 mutations in B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), with unusual location of DDX41 mutations. The gene expression profile (GEP) of Ph + B-ALL with bi-alleleic DDX41 mutations showed heterogeneously transitional GEP and altered gene expression levels of genes involved in the process essential for red blood cells and myeloid cell differentiation were noted.
Conclusions
We report that DDX41 mutations are unusual but can be an underlying event in Ph + B-ALL and screening DDX41 mutations can be also informative for patients awaiting for haploidentical stem cell transplantation and choosing the therapy.
Following the original severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 strain (Wuhan-Hu-1) in December 2019, the Delta variant in May 2021 and the Omicron variant in December 2021 were classified as variants of concern. The pandemic has been ongoing for more than two years, and the three-dose vaccination rate has reached approximately 50% in Korea. We analyzed anti-S antibodies (Abs) and neutralizing Abs (NAbs) in 32 healthcare workers at a university hospital, focusing on the first to third doses of ChAdOx1-ChAdOx1-BNT162b2, which is the most common vaccination regimen in Korea. Antibodies were analyzed at eight time points according to the vaccine regimen. The first to third doses of ChAdOx1-ChAdOx1-BNT162b2 produced high Ab concentrations; NAb concentrations after the third dose were predicted to remain high for a longer period than those after the first and second doses. The effectiveness of a second dose of ChAdOx1 in the real world was demonstrated by analyzing samples collected during an outbreak that occurred in the study period, 4-5 months after the second dose. The relative risk ratio was 88.0%, and the efficacy of the second ChAdOx1 dose was 12.0% (P < 0.05). Therefore, maintaining appropriate Ab concentrations through regular vaccination will help protect against coronavirus disease-19.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a serious infectious disease caused by the highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this study, three types of kits for the lateral flow assay (LFA) and two types of reagents used in the chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) for serological testing of COVID-19 were evaluated and compared to investigate the current status of antibody testing. Methods: From January 2020 to February 2021, 193 positive and 94 negative samples were tested. For these samples, WonMed COVID-19 immunoglobulin M (IgM)/immunoglobulin G (IgG) (Wonmed, Korea), careUS COVID-19 IgM/IgG (WELLS BIO, Korea), and STANDARD Q COVID-19 IgM/IgG Plus test (SD Biosensors, Korea) kits were used for the LFA, and Anti-SARS-CoV2 Elecsys nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) (Roche, Switzerland) and ACCESS SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG (Beckman Coulter, USA) for the CLIA were compared and evaluated. Results: All kits and reagents except Elecsys showed variable sensitivities of 46.1%-72.0% for IgM, and 85.0%-88.1% for IgG. Elecsys showed a sensitivity of 86.0% for the N antibody and 85.5% for the S antibody. All reagents showed higher sensitivity in samples 14 days after symptom onset than within 14 days (P=0.007). The specificity of LFA and CLIA was 97.9%-100.0%. Conclusions: Most kits and reagents showed low clinical sensitivity at 7-14 days, that is before the antibody was sufficiently produced. When performing a serological test, IgM and IgG should be checked together to obtain sufficient clinical sensitivity, and the test timing should also be applied carefully.
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