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Isolation and characterization of Bacillus megaterium mutants containing decreased levels of spore protease. | A proteolytic activity present in spores of Bacillus megaterium has previously been implicated in the initiation of hydrolysis of the A, B, and C proteins which are degraded during spore germination. Four mutants of B. megaterium containing 20 to 30% of the normal level of spore proteolytic activity have been isolated. Partial purification of the protease from wild-type spores by a reviewed procedure resulted in the resolution of spore protease activity on the A, B, and C proteins into two peaks--a major one (protease II) and a minor one (protease I). The protease mutants tested lacked active protease II. All of the mutants exhibited a decreased rate of degradation of the A, B, and C proteins during spore germination at 30 degrees C, but degradation of the proteins did occur. Degradation of the A, B, and C proteins during germination of the mutant spores was decreased neither by blockade of ATP production nor by germination at 44 degrees C. Initiation of spore germination was normal in all four mutants, and all four mutants went through outgrowth, grew, and sporulated normally in rich medium. Similarly, outgrowth of spores of two of the four mutants was normal in minimal medium at 30 degrees C. In the two mutants studied, the kinetics of loss of spore heat resistance and spore UV light resistance during germination were identical to those of wild-type spores. This indicates that the A, B, and C proteins alone are not sufficient to account for the heat or UV light resistance of the dormant spore. | 99,436 | [
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Aspartate transcarbamylase synthesis ceases prior to inactivation of the enzyme in Bacillus subtilis. | Aspartate transcarbamylase is synthesized during exponential growth of Bacillus subtilis and is inactivated when the cells enter the stationary phase. This work is a study of the regulation of aspartate transcarbamylase synthesis during growth and the stationary phase. Using specific immunoprecipitation of aspartate transcarbamylase from extracts of cells pulse-labeled with tritiated leucine, we showed that the synthesis of the enzyme decreased very rapidly at the end of exponential growth and was barely detectable during inactivation of the enzyme. Synthesis of most cell proteins continued during this time. When the cells ceased growing because of pyrimidine starvation of a uracil auxotroph, however, synthesis and inactivation occurred simultaneously. Measurement of pools of pyrimidine nucleotides and guanosine tetra- and pentaphosphate demonstrated that failure to synthesize aspartate transcarbamylase in the stationary phase was not explained by simple repression by these compounds. The cessation of aspartate transcarbamylase synthesis may reflect the shutting off of a "vegetative gene" as part of the program of differential gene expression during sporulation. However, aspartate transcarbamylase synthesis decreased normally at the end of exponential growth at the nonpermissive temperature in a mutant strain that is temperature-sensitive in sporulation and RNA polymerase function. Cessation of aspartate transcarbamylase synthesis appeared to be normal in three other temperature-sensitive RNA polymerase mutants and in several classes of spo0 mutants. | 99,440 | [
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Separation and characterization of the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. | A method is described for the preparation of outer and cytoplasmic membranes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the outer membrane proteins characterized. Isolated outer and cytoplasmic membranes differed markedly in the content of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate (lipopolysaccharide) and phospholipid as well as in the localization of certain enzymes (NADH oxidase, succinate dehydrogenase, D-lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, and phospholipase), and also in the microscopic morphology. The outer membrane preparation showed activity neutralizing a certain bacteriocin or bacteriophages, whereas the cytoplasmic membrane preparation showed no neutralizing activity. The protein composition of membrane preparations from five different strains of P. aeruginosa [P14, M92 (PAO1), PAC1, P15, and M2008 (PAT)] were determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. More than 50 protein bands were detected in the cytoplasmic membrane preparation. The protein compositions of outer membranes from the five different strains were very similar: at least 6 major bands were found (apparent molecular weights: Band D, 50,000; band E, 45,000; band F, 33,000; bands G and H, 21,000; and band I, 8,000). The protein composition of outer membranes was affected by some physiological growth conditions. Some features of major outer membrane proteins were also studied. Band F showed anomalous migration on SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis depending on the solubilizing conditions or pretreatment with TCA. Band I seemed to be a protein analogous to the lipoprotein which had been found in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. | 99,443 | [
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Estimation of antibodies specific for dextran. | Methods are described for the isolation and characterization of picogram quantities of anti-dextran antibodies. 14C-dextrans produced by using the dextransucrases of Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains B1355 and B512 were used in a radioimmunoassay. The specificity of this assay was verified by using cell cytoplasmic lysates from mouse plasmacytomas, J558 (anti-alpha 1 leads to 3 dextran) and W3129 (anti-alpha 1 leads to 6 dextran). Dextran produced by strain B1355 and insolubilized with epichlorohydrin was used as an immunoabsorbent. | 99,480 | [
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Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and susceptibility to peroxidative killing systems. | At sub-bactericidal concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was killed by hydrogen peroxide/peroxidase/halide microbicidal systems. The halide cofactor could be either iodide or, with much lower efficiency, chloride. Omission of any one of the reactants eliminated the tuberculocidal effect. Differences in susceptibility between different strains of M. tuberculosis did not correlate with virulence differences. The observations are discussed in the context of host defence mechanisms against tuberculosis. | 99,484 | [
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Catabolism and protein binding of Tc-99m pyridoxylideneglutamate. | Various Tc-99m-labeled compounds have been suggested as replacements for [I-131] rose bengal for imaging of the hepatobiliary system. Among such compounds are Schiff's bases, which are tin-free Tc-chelates easily prepared by 30-min autoclaving of an equimolar mixture of pyridoxal and an amino acid at pH 8.5. We have compared the properties of several Schiff's bases, including Tc-99m pyridoxylideneglutamate (Tc PyG) with [I-131] rose bengal. Under conditions described, Tc-PyG can be prepared free of Tc-pyridoxal and with less than 2% TcO4- radiochemical impurity. Blood clearance and biliary excretion were studied in three animal models, and in normal human volunteers. In all animal models, Tc-PyG initially cleared from the blood more rapidly than rose bengal, but a significant amount of Tc-PyG was excreted in the urine, this in contrast to [I-131] rose bengal which was almost completely excreted through the biliary system. Species differences were observed in the degree of urinary versus biliary clearance of Tc-PyG, with significantly greater urinary excretion in dogs than in monkeys and rabbits. Replacing glutamate with other amino acids did not significantly increase the blood clearance rate or decrease urinary excretion, so that Tc-PyG appears to be at least as good as any of the others studied. Tc-PyG was only 20% bound to plasma proteins, and electrophoretic and chromatographic studies did not reveal any in vivo changes of Tc-PyG before excretion in urine or bile. | 99,499 | [
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Polychlorinated dibenzofurans--potent inducers of rat hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes. | The effects of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), trace toxic contaminants of commercial polychlorinated biphenyl preparations (PCBs), on the induction of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes were studied in the rat. PCDFs were about a thousand times more potent than PCBs (Kanechlor-500) as inducers of cytochrome P-450. Rats given 10 microgram/kg of PCDFs intraperitoneally for 3 days showed significantly increased hepatic cytochrome P-450 levels. At the highest dose tested, 1000 microgram/kg, a two-fold increase of cytochrome P-450 and a three-fold increase of p-nitroanisole demethylase activity were observed. PCDFs and 3-methylcholanthrene had quite similar effects on microsomal drug-metabolizing enzymes. Both drugs increased p-nitroanisole demethylase activity strikingly and aniline hydroxylase activity moderately, but produced little change in aminopyrine demethylase activity. alpha-Naphthoflavone, which is known to be a specific inhibitor of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase induced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, inhibited at low concentrations p-nitroanisole demethylase activity of rats previously treated with both drugs. Further, both drugs increased the 455 nm to 430 nm peak ratios of ethyl isocyanide difference spectra. Following three daily doses of PCDFs (100 microgram/kg), cytochrome P-450 level and p-nitroanisole demethylase activity remained elevated for over 15 days, with a decrease to control levels after 30 days. Such indicates the slow excretion of PCDFs. | 99,592 | [
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[Pharmacotherapy of peripheral arteriosclerosis]. | Peripheral atherosclerosis was treated in 178 patients: 90 were given pyridinol carbamate for 2--4 months, 40 pentoxyphylline, 30 cetedil, and 18 received butalamine. in intermittent claudication pyridinol carbamate and trental proved most effective, cetedil (straten) was less effective. The favourable effect of pyridinol carbamate is associated with its action both on the state of microcirculation and on the content of lipids. A significant decrease in the level of blood triglycerides was observed during treatment with pyridinol carbamate. Pentoxyphylline reduced blood viscosity and platelet aggregation in patients with peripheral atherosclerosis but had no effect on the blood lipid content. Cetedil did not reduce blood viscosity although it decreased the aggregation of erythrocytes and inhibited the second phase of platelet aggregation. The objective criterion for the improvement of circulation in the affected extremities was increased tolerance to load, particularly in medication with pyridinol carbamate and trental. | 99,596 | [
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[Neuropathology of Chagas' disease]. | CNS involvement includes: 1) acute phase: scattered focal meningoencephalitic lesions, meningeal and cerebral edema, disseminated microgranulomas containing microgliocytes and situated in relation to cerebral blood vessels, and moderate cerebral fluid pleocytosis. Acute chagasic meningoencephalitis is always fatal, and does not become chronic, as occurres with the myocardial lesions; 2) chronic phase: tromboembolic phenomena due to the chronic myocarditis, and cerebral and cerebelar atrophy of obscure pathogenesis and without inflammatory changes. B) vegetative nervous system involvement includes: 1) acute phase: neuronal destruction, with neuronal loss of varying intensity; 2) chronic phase: visceral dilatation due to neuronal loss during the acute phase. | 99,677 | [
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) agent in hamsters. | A hamster-adapted SSPE agent was shown to cause a productive infection in weanling hamster brain, which changed to a cell-associated or defective infection coincident with the appearance of measles antibodies in serum. Antibodies to measles hemagglutinin, hemolysin and neucleocapsid antigens developed in serum, which also contained neutralizing activity for regular measles virus. The agent recovered from the brains prior to the appearance of serum antibodies was infectious in cell-free media, capable of rapidly destroying Vero-cell cultures and able to progressively destroy primary hamster brain cultures. In contrast the agent recovered from the brain after serum antibodies were present, was infectious only within cells destroyed Vero-cells ineffectively and spread slowly through primary brain tissue cultures releasing minute amounts of extracellular virus intermittently. Nevertheless, infected giant cells in the primary brain cultures contained both the HA & HL measles antigens in their cytoplasmic membranes. This in vivo conversion of a productive to a cell-associated cerebral infection appeared to be caused by the host antibody response and may mirror the initial events of human SSPE and possibly other slow or latent measles infections of the CNS. | 99,679 | [
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Familial chorea and myoclonus epilepsy. | A familial disorder was characterized by chorea, ataxia, myoclonus, convulsions, dementia, and mental retardation. In five cases, the main lesion affected cerebellar dentate nuclei, with nerve cell loss, gliosis, chromatolysis, and grumose degeneration. Fibrous glial cell proliferation was detected in the globus pallidus. | 99,688 | [
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A comparison of intralingual and intravenous epinephrine before and during cardiovascular depression. | Dose-response methodology was used to evaluate the cardiopulmonary effects of epinephrine administered intravenously and intralingually to normotensive and acutely hypotensive dogs and monkeys. Results indicate that the intralingual route is much less effective than the intravenous route and that conventional doses of emergency drugs injected intralingually may not afford sufficient resuscitative effects to be lifesaving during cardiovascular depression. | 99,706 | [
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[Enlarge indications for controlled respiration (author's transl)]. | Controlled respiration should have a place not only in cases of hypoventilation but also in the treatment of comatose and hyperventilating persons. Hyperventilation is liable severely to interfere with the blood supply to the brain, and this disturbance, in conjunction with the primary disease responsible for the comatose condition, such as hyperglycaemia, diabetes or cerebral trauma, may be a contributing factor to the lethal outcome. Controlled respiration helps towards regulation of the cerebral circulation and of the acid-base balance and provides improved conditions for normalization of the disturbed metabolism and thus greatly improves the prognosis of these cases. | 99,735 | [
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Mechanisms of antibody diversity: multiple genes encode structurally related mouse kappa variable regions. | The complete amino acid sequences of the variable regions of three mouse Vkappa-21 kappa chains (A22, T111, and CB101) and one partial sequence (B32) have been determined and are compared to four previously reported Vkappa-21 variable regions. These eight kappa variable region sequences have, with the exception of an amide difference at residue 1, identical amino-terminal 23-residue sequences, all are of the same length, and all have extensive amino acid sequence homology throughout the variable region. When these eight variable regions are grouped by sequence homology, five different groups (Vkappa-21A, B, C, D, and E) are present whose members share common sets of amino acids within a group. Three groups of similar homology each contains at least two members (M63 and AB22 in Vkappa-21B; M321 and T124 in Vkappa-21C; and M70 and B32 in Vkappa-21A). The repetition of these five characteristic subgroup sequences in this relatively small sample indicates that these subgroups are isotypes which are controlled by separate germline genes. It is unlikely that these sequences could have been randomly somatically generated in different animals from a single germ-line gene (parallel mutation). Although a limited number of comparisons are available, the sequence differences within the Vkappa-21A, B, and C isotypes are limited to complementarity-determining regions and may have resulted from somatic mutations. The kappa chains comprising the Vkappa-21 isotypes offer a unique opportunity to compare the genetic interpretations of the primary amino acid sequence data with the nucleic acid hybridization data. | 99,744 | [
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Lead poisoning treated with haemodialysis. | A 27-year-old woman ingested as an abortifacient 40 grams of litharge (PbO). She was treated with EDTA infusion and haemodialysis. The half-life of lead in the blood was 9 hours during combined haemodialysis and EDTA infusion and 96 hours when EDTA was given alone. Signs and symptoms attributable to acute lead intoxication were mild. | 99,808 | [
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[Mobility measurements and histological studies on endosseous titanium implants under masticatory stress in the mandibles of adult macacas]. | Linkow blades were implanted into 5 adult monkeys. Measurements of mobility showed that two weeks after implantation the implant mobility was below the mobility of the control teeth. Fixed bridgework was inserted and after 8-14 months the mobility of implant and control teeth were alike. Inspite of this favourable result, the mobility of the implants, after removal of the bridgework, was higher than that of the controls and of normal values. The histological picture explains this, since all implants showed a sheath of connective tissue which was 5-10 times the dimension of the normal desmodontal space. Inflammatory processes and epithelial growth into depth were observed inspite of the absence of clinical symptoms. There was bony growth through the windows of the implants, but only on two implants could bone sheathing be observed. The conclusion is that Linkow implants should not be used alone for the anchoring of bridgework but only as link supports between long bridge spans or as distal extension of shortened tooth arches. Also, it can be used for the retention of a Dolder bar in mucosa supported dentures. | 99,811 | [
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Productivity of ospreys in Connecticut--Long Island increases as DDE residues decline. | Nesting success of ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) breeding in the Connecticut--Long Island area has increased since 1973 and is now approaching the levels recorded prior to the 1950's. Simultaneously, DDE and dieldrin residues have declined in unhatched eggs. Levels of polychorinated biphenyls have shown no changes over the period 1969 to 1976. The increase in productivity is attributed primarily to lower levels of DDE contamination. Detrimental effects in the past on ospreys in the Connecticut River estuary are attributed to local contamination with dieldrin. | 99,818 | [
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Changes of cell cycle affecting cidal effect of triethylene thiophosphoramide on cultured human bladder carcinoma cells. | The cell cycle of the human bladder carcinoma cell line (MGH-U1 cells) was prolonged immediately after low dose of triethylene thiophosphoramide (Thio Tepa). Although the elongated cell cycle time seemed to return to the control level 48 hr following the treatment, there still remained postsynthetic accumulation and postmitotic diminution in the cell population and the cells were insensitive to high dose of the agent. The present results suggest that Thio Tepa is less effective for G2 cells, but more effective for G1 or S cells. | 99,842 | [
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Serological, immunochemical and immuoncytological properties of granulocyte antibodies. | The immunochemical characteristics of granulocyte allo- and autoantibodies can easily be studied with indirect immunofluorescence techniques. The correlation of these properties with the serological behavior of the antibodies and the clinical condition in which they were found was studied. The investigations included the determination of immunoglobulin class, subclass, light-chain composition, as well as optimal temperature of activity. Complement fixation in vitro was also investigated. Striking differences were found between IgG and IgM antibodies in their serological properties, especially in the granulocytotoxicity and leukoagglutination tests at different temperatures. Differences in light-chain and IgG subclass compositions of the antibodies did not seem to play a role. In studying the distribution of granulocyte-specific antigens on normal granulocytes and granulocytes in all stages of development, it was found that, while NA1, NA2 and ND1 are present in the same quantity on the cells of an individual, the NB1 antigen is unequally distributed, both over ripe granulocytes and granulocyte precursors. | 99,875 | [
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The fate of brominated soya oil in the animal body. | 1. The bromine-containing material accumulated in tissues of rats dosed with brominated soya oil gradually decreased when the oil was no longer administered. 2. G.l.c. of the transesterified ether extracts of tissues from dosed animals showed 9,10-dibromostearic acid in extracts from fat, heart, kidney, liver and muscle with much smaller amounts of 9,10,12,13-tetrabromostearic acid in all extracts except that from liver. 3. An ether-soluble bromine-containing metabolite excreted by rats dosed with brominated soya oil was tentatively identified as 5,6-dibromosebacic acid. 4. The same metabolite was excreted by rabbits, rats and marmosets dosed with 9,10-dibromostearic acid. | 99,886 | [
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The role of certain oxidative enzymes, catalase, and beta-glucosidase on virulence of Cephalosporium maydis. | Isolates of Cephalosporium maydis varied in their pathogenicity to D.C. 67 maize cultivar from highly to weakly pathogenic. Highly pathogenic isolates showed lower activity of polyphenol oxidase, peroxidase, cytochrome oxidase, and beta-glucosidase enzymes and higher activity of catalase and dehydrogenase than weakly pathogenic isolates. Enzymes production by the tested isolates increased as the culture age increased; except in case of catalase enzyme, the reverse action was detected. The role of these enzymes in the virulence of C. maydis is suggested and discussed. | 99,910 | [
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The measurement of serum proteins with rapid turnover for early diagnosis of fatal hepatitis. | An attempt was made to find reliable indices for the early recognition of fatal cases of acute viral hepatitis, using the values of serum proteins with rapid turnover. Prealbumin and alpha2-HS-glycoprotein were measured in the sera of 44 cases by immunodiffusion method before the appearance of hepatic coma and/or gastrointestinal bleeding. The difference of the mean values of prealbumin between fatal and surviving cases of subacute form of fulminant hepatitis was not statistically significant. In contrast to this, there was statistically significant difference between both groups in the mean values of alpha2-HS-glycoprotein (p less than 0.05). The present results indicate the possibility of differentiating fatal cases from surviving ones at an early stage, using the reduction of alpha2-HS-glycoprotein by a simple and reproducible immunodiffusion method. | 99,944 | [
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Electronmicroscopic cytochemical studies on lysosomes and peroxisomes of a rat cardiac muscle in the experimental alloxan diabetes. | The combined electronmicroscopic and cytochemical investigations of lysosomes and peroxisomes of a rat cardiac muscle were carried out in various duration time of the alloxan diabetes. The analysis of cytochemical reactions with DAB, confirming the existence of peroxisomes in rat heart muscle revealed that the state of experimental alloxan diabetes did not at all affect either cytochemical or morphological image of peroxisomes. In comparison with the control group, in all 3 experimental groups cytochemical reaction to acid phosphatase markedly pointed to the increase in number and size of electron-dense bodies (lysosomes) with positive reaction. This state may most probably result both from local and general organism disturbances in metabolism, induced by particular experimental conditions. | 99,963 | [
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[About the differentiation of antibodies against the connective tissue (author's transl)]. | Unfixed cryostat sections of an organ block comprising the liver, stomach, and kidney of rats as well as the kidney of mice were used as antigenic substrate for detecting antibodies against connective tissues by indirect immunofluorescence. There were found more than 14 different fluorescent patterns. Two types could be distinguished easily: The "type 1" shows a clear fluorescence of fine perivascular fibres and a faint fluorescence of vascular endothelium in the liver and in the kidney. The sinusoids are negative. The "type 2" is characterized by a bright and broad fluorescence of the sinusoids and of the portal tract without perivascular staining of the liver. On the sections of the kidney a fluorescence of vascular endothelium, of the tubular basement membrane or of the peritubular connective tissue fibrils is typical. | 99,965 | [
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Regional developmental and fractional studies on myelin and other carbonic anhydrases in rat CNS. | Myelin carbonic anhydrase (CA) was studied with respect to its development in various brain regions and light and heavy myelin (LM and HM). The data indicate that the specific activity of myelin CA has a clear neuraxial distribution, increasing rostrally. The absolute activities and relative distribution are invariant with age; this suggests the CA activity in myelin is independent of stage and degree of myelination. The studies on HM and LM illustrate that HM, like total myelin, has a constant CA activity during development. In contrast, LM although equal to HM at 14 days, progressively decays to an adult level which is one-fourth that of HM. The distribution of CA in myelin was further investigated by comparing the activity in myelin with that present in the SN4 fraction. The activity in this latter fraction, which is derived from heavy myelin, was found to be 2.2 times higher than that in the myelin fraction. Thus, in the adult there exists an almost ten-fold range of activities among the various myelin fractions, SN4 greater than HM greater than LM. This may indicate a segregation of activity towards the outer lamellae. This segregation may have physiological importance in that it is this region of the sheath which should be integrally involved in control of myelin edema. Evidence indicates that there is an interaction of chloride with the enzyme, and maybe the primary ion moved by CA in order to initiate an osmotic flux out of the sheath. The interaction of chloride with the enzyme is dependent on the CA complex with the membrane in that solubilization and partial (60-fold) purification results in a preparation which is refractory to anions. | 99,992 | [
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Patient-specific total parenteral nutrient formulas. | A method of formulating total parenteral nutrient (TPN) solutions to meet specific patient requirements is discussed. A series of calculations is presented which results in a specific formula that provides the required nutrients. The input data for the calculations are the patient's 24-hour requirements for protein, calories and electrolytes. To serve as a starting guideline, baseline nutrient requirements for patients of different weights are provided. Although individualizing TPN solutions may increase the pharmacy workload, such a program can assure that patients receive optimal nutritional support. | 100,009 | [
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Chrysotherapy-induced aplastic anemia: a case report. | A case of gold-induced aplastic anemia occurring in a 58-year-old male with rheumatoid arthritis who received a total dose of 635 mg of gold sodium thiomalate over a 16-week period is reported. The clinical features, treatment, prevention and pathogenesis of gold-induced aplastic anemia are reviewed. The ability to predict patients in whom this hematologic effect may occur is discussed. Chrysotherapy is beneficial in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, but gold-induced aplastic anemia may be fatal. Absolute identification of patients at risk of having this hematologic side effect is not possible, but dosage reduction and intense monitoring of laboratory and clinical signs may prevent its occurrence. | 100,010 | [
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Transplantation of pancreatic beta-cells prevents development of hypothalamic obesity in rats. | The present experiments have tested the hypothesis that ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) lesions enhance insulin secretion by neural mechanisms. Rats were made diabetic by injecting streptozotocin to destroy their own pancreatic beta-cells. Subsequently, transplants of fetal pancreatic tissue were placed under the renal capsule. VMH lesions were placed in rats whose diabetes was cured with transplants as well as sham-transplanted animals. The animals were followed for 4 wk. The lesioned rats with pancreatic transplants gained no more weight than the sham-operated controls. There was no significant rise in insulin in the transplanted rats after VMH lesioning, but the VMH lesioned rats with intact pancreatic tissue showed the expected rise in insulin. Food intake rose 71% in the VMH lesioned rats with intact beta-cells, but only 23% in the VMH lesioned rats with transplants. Hypertrophy of the pancreatic islets was also observed in the VMH lesioned rats with an intact pancreas, but was not found in the VMH lesioned rats with a transplanted pancreas. Thus, transplantation of pancreatic tissue beneath the renal capsule of diabetic rats prevented the characteristic hyperphagia, hyperinsulinemia, and obesity in VMH lesioned rats whose pancreas was free from intact innervation. The results support the hypothesis that neural mediation of the rise in insulin is the primary factor in the development of hypothalamic obesity. | 100,013 | [
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Carbonic anhydrase in the generation of cochlear potentials. | The experiments on 18 guinea pigs were divided into two groups and each group was arranged in such a way that the effect of hypercapnia (generated by breathing 10% CO2-90% O2) was investigated with and without inhibition of carbonic anhydrase by methazolamide, 25 mg/kg, in the first group and acetazolamide, 50 mg/kg, in the second group, administered intravenously. The endocochlear potentials (EP) and endocochlear PO2 were recorded by microelectrodes introduced into the scala media, and cochlear microphonics (CM) were monitored by a silver-wire electrode from the round window. In the first exposure to hypercapnia (20-40 min) EP increased about + 6 mV. At the same time CM decreased; the reason for this is not yet known. During the second period of hypercapnia (80-100 min) when carbonic anhydrase was inhibited with methazolamide and acetazolamide, EP did not elevate as during the first period when carbonic anhydrase was not inhibited. In this work, under specific conditions, it was observed for the first time that carbonic anhydrase affects the generation of EP. | 100,017 | [
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[Induction of interferon by Bacillus subtilis (author's transl)]. | Although it is generally admitted that Gram-positive bacteria cannot induce interferon, we were able to show that organisms and cell walls of Bacillis subtilis as well as components obtained through the extraction of endotoxins from Gram-negative bacteria can induce type II interferon. Moreover we have ascertained that those components have the same biological activity as the endotoxins, espcially with regard to their behaviour with B cells of lymphocytes, the results of pyrogen test, the incidence of cycloheximide and their function as inhibitors of bacteriophages. However, it has appeared that chemically they are quite different from the lipopolysaccharide of the Gram-negative bacteria: no lipid A could be detected. | 100,036 | [
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Animal model for the 4-kHz tonal dip. | In humans, noise exposures produce permanent hearing losses which usually begin at 4 kHz. In chinchillas, a similar pattern of hearing loss was observed following exposure for 9 or 18 days to an octave band of noise with a center frequency of 0.5 kHz. Histopathological observations of cellular degeneration showed that this exposure produced different types of damage in the basal and apical turns of the cochlea. Behavioral measures of auditory function showed that damage in the basal turn was associated with permanent threshold shifts for one to several of the high frequencies. However, moderate losses of outer hair cells commonly appeared in the apical turn without permanent threshold shifts for low-frequency tones. These findings indicate that the pure-tone audiogram may not accurately reflect the condition of the organ of Corti after noise exposure. | 100,042 | [
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[Method of determining the antimicrobial activity of alcohol extracts of propolis]. | It is proposed to determine the antimicrobial activity of propolys alcohol extracts by the method of subsequent dilutions in solid nutrient media. Dilution of the extracts immediately in hot agar eliminated the inhibiting effect of the extragent on the microbial growth. Opalesence appearing in the agar did not prevent estimation of the results in contrast to the method of subsequent dilutions in liquid nutrient media. | 100,047 | [
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Rosette formation by human lymphoid cells with monkey red blood cells. | The present paper describes a study on rosette formation by human lymphoid cells with monkey erythrocytes (MRBC) obtained from two species: African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) and rhesus monkey (Macaca mulata). All the lymphocyte preparations obtained from peripheral blood, tonsils, thymocytes, bone-marrow and spleen biopsies formed rosettes in variable proportions with erythrocytes obtained from these two monkey species tested. Cells of established lymphoblastoid cell lines characterized as being of either B- or T-cell origin also formed rosettes with MRBC. Taken together, the data obtained suggest that the MRBC-rosette assay cannot be reliably used for identifying lymphocyte subpopulations presently known to us, thus largely contradicting the observations previously reported by others on the use of this assay. In addition, we found that the binding sites for MRBC on the above lymphoid cells are highly sensitive to trypsin treatment and can fully be regenerated within 14-15 h when these treated cells are cultured at 37 degrees. | 100,044 | [
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Effects of dispersed recreational activities on the microbiological quality of forest surface water. | The microbiological quality of forest surface waters in the Greenwater River watershed was examined to investigate the influence of heavy motorized camping in an area with no sanitary facilities. Indicator densities increased during weekend human-use periods when compared to weekdays. Increases in indicator densities were also noted downstream from heavily used camping areas when compared to upstream sites. Seasonal, weekly, and diurnal fluctuations in indicator densities were observed. This study suggests that potential health hazards exist in this watershed during periods of human use. | 100,055 | [
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Denitrifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa: some parameters of growth and active transport. | Optimal cell yield of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown under denitrifying conditions was obtained with 100 mM nitrate as the terminal electron acceptor, irrespective of the medium used. Nitrite as the terminal electron acceptor supported poor denitrifying growth when concentrations of less than 15 mM, but not higher, were used, apparently owing to toxicity exerted by nitrite. Nitrite accumulated in the medium during early exponential phase when nitrate was the terminal electron acceptor and then decreased to extinction before midexponential phase. The maximal rate of glucose and gluconate transport was supported by 1 mM nitrate or nitrite as the terminal electron acceptor under anaerobic conditions. The transport rate was greater with nitrate than with nitrite as the terminal electron acceptor, but the greatest transport rate was observed under aerobic conditions with oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor. When P. aeruginosa was inoculated into a denitrifying environment, nitrate reductase was detected after 3 h of incubation, nitrite reductase was detected after another 4 h of incubation, and maximal nitrate and nitrite reductase activities peaked together during midexponential phase. The latter coincided with maximal glucose transport activity. | 100,056 | [
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Morphology of freeze-etched Treponema refringens (Nichols). | The freeze-etch technique was used to study the morphology of Treponema refringens (Nichols). There is a single band of cytoplasmic fibrils which follows a path in the form of a right-handed helix with a periodicity of 1500 nm around the body of the treponeme just below the cytoplasmic membrane. There are two major fracture planes, one located in the interior of the outer envelope and the second in the interior of the cytoplasmic membrane. The "blebs" or "surface protuberances", which are quite prominent in negative-stained preparations, were not evident with freeze-etch preparation, indicating they are not a part of the normal structure of this organism. The outer envelope in untreated cells was observed to closely fit the body of the treponeme, whereas the outer envelope of glutaraldehyde-treated cells had a loose, wrinkled appearance. Thus the "loose-fitting" outer envelope generally described for treponemes is most likely an artifact of preparation for negative-staining and thin-sectioning. | 100,069 | [
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Acute toxicity in poults associated with carbaryl insecticide. | Death of young poults is described as probably due to abuse of carbaryl in turkey pens (14 times the recommended dose). Method of application was not as described by the manufacturer. | 100,099 | [
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Studies of the binding of different iron donors to human serum transferrin and isolation of iron-binding fragments from the N- and C-terminal regions of the protein. | 1. Trypsin digestion of human serum transferrin partially saturated with iron(III)-nitrilotriacetate at pH 5.5 or pH 8.5 produces a carbohydrate-containing iron-binding fragment of mol.wt. 43000. 2. When iron(III) citrate, FeCl3, iron (III) ascorabate and (NH4)2SO4,FeSO4 are used as iron donors to saturate the protein partially, at pH8.5, proteolytic digestion yields a fragment of mol.wt. 36000 that lacks carbohydrate. 3. The two fragments differ in their antigenic structures, amino acid compositions and peptide 'maps'. 4. The fragment with mol.wt. 36000 was assigned to the N-terminal region of the protein and the other to the C-terminal region. 5. The distribution of iron in human serum transferrin partially saturated with various iron donors was examined by electrophoresis in urea/polyacrylamide gels and the two possible monoferric forms were unequivocally identified. 6. The site designated A on human serum transferrin [Harris (1977) Biochemistry 16, 560--564] was assigned to the C-terminal region of the protein and the B site to the N-terminal region. 7. The distribution of iron on transferrin in human plasma was determined. | 100,104 | [
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BRL10833 in inhibiting exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatic children. | A double-blind controlled exercise challenge study has been performed in 16 asthmatic chlidren to show the effectiveness of BRL10833 in inhibiting exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. The children attended the respiratory laboratory on four occasions within the space of two weeks; on each occassion a routine 6-min exercise test was performed. At the first visit no drugs were given before the exercise test and all the children demonstrated abnormal exercise-induced bronchoconstriction as measured by peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC). On the other three occasions the children were given sodium cromoglycate, BRL10833 or placebo medications before the exercise test. After sodium cromoglycate administration four children showed complete blocking and four showed partial blocking of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. After BRL10833 four children showed complete blocking and six showed partial blocking of exercise induced bronchoconstriction. Placebo administration produced complete blocking of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in three and partial blocking in two children. The results indicated that BRL10833 was almost as effective as sodium cromoglycate in inhibiting exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and placebo, although less effective than the two preparations, did afford protection from exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in some of the children. | 100,129 | [
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Light chain variable region sequence of rabbit antipneumococcal type III polysaccharide antibody 3368. | The amino acid sequence of the amino-terminal 111 residues (variable region) for the light chain of the homogeneous rabbit antipneumococcal type III polysaccharide antibody 3368 was determined. This sequence was obtained principally through automated Edmann degradations of the intact light chain and of peptides generated by tryptic digestion of the citraconylated light chain. With these methods only 2 mumol of purified light chain was required to determine the reported sequence. When compared with the light chains of four other antipneumococcal type III polysaccharide antibodies, the 3368 light chain exhibits a unique sequence in those segments of the variable region that contribute to formation of the antigen binding site (complementarity-determining regions) (10 or 11 residue differences in 12 positions). The 3368 light chain also demonstrates an insertion of three residues relative to the other four light chains in the complementarity-determining region at positions 89 to 98. These five light chains have greater than 80% sequence homology for the portion of the variable region which is not involved in antigen binding (framework). | 100,133 | [
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Influence of dietary calcium selenium and methylmercury on eggshell thickness in Japanese quail. | A high Ca, semi-purified diet promoted greater egg production with thicker shells in Japanese quail hens. 7 ppm of dietary Se depressed egg weights with no effect on eggshell thickness. The addition of 20 ppm of MHg to either a low or high Ca diet containing Se depressed both egg production and eggshell thickness. Se residues of liver, kidney, and brain in Se-MHg fed quail were significantly higher than in Se treated quail, probably reflecting the ability of Se to bind with Hg. CA, an enzyme required for the formation of the carbonate radical of Ca carbonate in eggshells, was not reduced in the Se-MHg treated Japanese quail hens' blood or oviducts. | 100,155 | [
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Total skin electron beam therapy in mycosis fungoides. | Thirty-nine patients with mycosis fungoides were treated with total skin electron beam irradiation from 1971 to 1976, and all received minimum follow-up of 12 months. Details of treatment technique and dosimetry are given. Sixteen patients cleared completely. Seven patients are in long-term remission (1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years). Eleven patients died. Those who failed are now being treated with topical therapy with varying degrees of control. Some have been retreated with local irradiation. Most of the patients had extensive disease; for this group, total skin electron beam therapy was especially useful, as many of those who failed developed only minimal disease that was well controlled by topical measures. | 100,206 | [
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Natural history of papillary lesions of the urinary bladder in schistosomiasis. | Variable epithelial hyperplasia was observed in urinary bladder of nine capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) when examined at cystotomy 94 to 164 weeks after infection with Schistosoma haematobium. These hosts were followed for 24 to 136 weeks postcystotomy to determine the status of bladder lesions in relation to duration of infection and to ascertain whether lesion samples removed at cystotomy reestablished themselves in autologous and heterologous transfers. There was involution of urothelial hyperplasia in eight of nine animals and no evidence for establishment of transplanted bladder lesions. | 100,209 | [
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Vasopressin stimulation of acetate incorporation into lipids in a dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced rat mammary tumor cell line. | In a preliminary report we described the effects of rat prolactin on the incorporation of [14C]acetate into lipids by a cell line from a dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced rat mammary tumor. The characteristics of the response to prolactin were very similar to those described for the normal rat mammary gland; namely, insulin was required for full expression of the response, maximal activity was not seen until 36 hr after the addition of the hormones, and growth hormone was able to elicit the same response. However, we were unable to detect binding of 125I-labeled prolactin to these cells, and furthermore, other more purified prolactin preparations were inactive. Upon further investigation we discovered that the activity resided in a low-molecular-weight fraction of the rat prolactin B-1 preparation and was probably either vasopressin or oxytocin or both. These data suggest the possibility that vasopressin may play a role in rodent mammary tumorigenesis. | 100,217 | [
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Stress testing and working capacity in Chagas' cardiomyopathy. | The EKG response to exercise and the working capacity in a group of 70 patients with positive serology for Chagas' disease has been determined by stress testing on a bicycle-ergometer, in order to establish the usefulness of such a test in the early diagnosis of Chagas' cardiomyopathy. The exercise EKG provides information which cannot be obtained by other diagnostic procedures, since the stress test can induce or increase ventricular arrhythmia, and is particularly indicated in patients with Chagas' infection and the incipient forms of Chagas' cardiomyopathy. Measuring the working capacity is useful in order to establish the degree of functional impairment of each individual patient. After the application of oral digoxin, no significant increase of ventricular extrasystoles following exercise has been observed and the working capacity has improved in the majority of the studied cases with Chagas' cardiomyopathy. | 100,220 | [
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Immunofluorescence study of the hypothalamo-infundibular LRH tract and serum gonadotropin levels in the female squirrel monkey during the estrous cycle. | The study of LRH reactive neurons of the medial basal hypothalamic group was made with rabbit antisera to unconjugated synthetic LRH, in normally cycling female squirrel monkeys. The specifically immunoreactive material present along the hypothalamo-infundibular LRH tract shows significant modifications that are particularly distinct in the lateral, posterior and anterior labia of median eminence, with a maximum concentration during the early and middle follicular phases, a sudden fall to a minimum concentration during the late follicular and ovulatory phases and with a progressive increase during the luteal and early follicular phases. Serum FSH and LH levels show a progressive decrease from the luteal phase to the late follicular phase, with differential modifications suggesting that a double regulation might take place in cycling squirrel monkeys. A parallel is suggested between the specifically reactive material along the hypothalamo-infundibular tract, serum gonadotropin levels and variations in the medial basal hypothalamic and infundibular LRH concentrations during the estrous cycle in the squirrel monkey. | 100,222 | [
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Factors affecting the binding of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to human embryo cells, and transformable and non-transformable hamster embryo cells. | The effects of various factors, including population doubling number, percent of confluence, serum concentration and storage in liquid nitrogen on the binding of several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to human and hamster embryo cells were studied. The binding of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]-anthracene (DMBA) to hamster embryo cells DNA, RNA and protein was maximal after 22 h of treatment. In contrast, binding to human embryo cell macromolecules increased for at least 55 h. Treatment of hamster embryo cells at 100% confluence resulted in much less binding than treatment at 70% confluence, whereas with human embryo cells the binding increased, or remained constant, following treatment at the greater confluence. The transforming frequency of hamster embryo cells decreases with increasing population doubling number. Accordingly, we found that the binding of DMBA to hamster embryo DNA, RNA and protein decreased approximately 100-fold between population doubling numbers 8 and 20. In transformable cell cultures, DMBA was bound to hamster embryo cell DNA to a greater extent than to RNA or protein. The binding of DMBA to nucleic acids was much greater than binding by either dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DB[a,h]A) or dibenz-[a,c]anthracene (DB[a,c]A), both of which had low binding values at all population doubling numbers tested. Therefore, the best correlation of binding with carcinogenicity and transforming activity was observed with DMBA. Storage of hamster embryo cells in liquid nitrogen did not alter their binding characteristics. Binding of all three hydrocarbons to human embryo cell nucleic acids was low during all population doubling numbers studied, while binding to cellular protein increased until population doubling number 70 and then decreased sharply. | 100,230 | [
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[The effect of anesthetics on the basal secretion of immunoreactive growth hormone in rats]. | The authors investigated basal levels of plasma immunoreactive growth-hormone in the rat (R-GH) after administration of 3 different anesthetic drugs: urethan, chloral hydrate and gamma-hdroxy-butyrate (GHB). Lowest R-GH concentrations (5 +/- 3 ng/ml) are observed after urethan; they are significantly higher (15 +/- 4 ng/ml) after chloral hydrate but this anesthetic also causes hyperglycemia (210 +/- 30 mg/100 ml). Normal blood glucose levels are observed under GHB narco-analgesia which elicits a clear-cut R-GH secretory episode (70 +/- 5 ng/ml); basal values (12 +/- 3 ng/ml) are maintained for several hours thereafter. | 100,239 | [
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[Origin of a mitogrenic factor for cultivated macrophages (IMF: Inflammatory Mitogenic Factor) found in exudates of non-specific acute inflammation]. | The mitogenic activity of inflammatory exudate obtained from irradiated Rats is reduced. After transfer of bone marrow syngeneic cells into irradiated Rats this mitogenic activity is further decreased, while after transfer of thymic cells it is increased. It is postulated that the mitogenic activity of inflammatory exudate could be related to thymic cells and that T lymphocytes may be involved in non specific-inflammatory reactions. | 100,246 | [
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Thyroid function in early sub-acute thyroiditis. | A 53-year-old woman with an early form of de Quervain's disease involving both thyroid lobes was found to have her thyroid uptake of iodine suppressed, although the serum thyroid hormone concentrations were normal while the administration of TRH resulted in significant increase in the serum TSH concentrations. After administration of TSH the thyroid reserve was found to below. The diagnosis of sub-acute thyroiditis was confirmed on biopsy. The above data seem to indicate that the suppression of the thyroid uptake in the early stage of de Quervain's disease may be directly caused by the inflammatory condition of the gland, rather than, as is usually the case, by the excess of thyroid hormones and, consequently, by the suppression of pituitary TSH secretion. | 100,262 | [
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[Somatosensory evoked cortical potentials (SSEP) in regenerating nerves following suture (author's transl)]. | In 37 patients with sutured median and ulnar nerves 106 SSEP were evaluated. Stimulation of the finger nerves was performed at a rate of 4-6/sec. In the early stage of reinnervation, just when the electrical stimulus was perceived, the second positive component (P2) of the SSEP could be recorded, but the primary part of the SEP (N1/P1) was highly reduced or absent. At this time no peripheral nerve action potential or muscle action potential could be obtained. In a follow-up study the sensory regenerating process expressed in a clinical sensibility index (S1-S4+), corresponded well with latency and amplitude of the primary potential of the SSEP: N1-latency decrease and N1/P1 and especially P2/N3-amplitude increase corresponded with improving sensibility. The abnormally high P2-wave is assumed to be an expression of central adaptation and reintegration. The method seems to be of diagnostic value as a test of peripheral nerve function especially in early and late stages of reinnervation, in verification of collateral reinnervation and in objectifying sensory defects in forensic cases. | 100,312 | [
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The detection of cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulphide in plasma of normal fasting man. | Cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulphide, formed in the degradation of methionine, is detected routinely in the plasma of fasting patients homozygous for homocystinuria and in some obligate heteroxygotes. It has not hitherto been identified in the plasma of normal fasting man. Using a highly cross-linked resin with lithium citrate buffers on a JEOL. Amino Acid Analyser, we have detected the mixed disulphide in every one of the plasma samples from twenty normal fasting subjects. The mean concentration was 3.25 mumol/l (SD 0.85, N = 20), with a range of from 1.68 to 4.85 mumol/l. The other neutral and acidic amino acids were within the accepted normal range. The study shows that circulating homocysteine is normally not immediately transformed to cystathionine or remethylated to methionine; some combines with cysteine to form measurable amounts of mixed disulphide. Since homocysteine may produce endothelial damage, the present findings could be relevant to an understanding of the pathogenesis of vascular disease. | 100,323 | [
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Experience with high doses of ibuprofen in the long-term treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. | Ibuprofen (Brufen) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug well-established in the symptomatic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In view of its exceptionally good tolerance it has become fashionable to prescribe increasingly large doses for severe cases or in those patients unable to tolerate other anti-rheumatic compounds. This study illustrates the sustained therapeutic benefit and almost complete lack of toxicity in fify-nine rheumatoid patients treated with up to 1,600 mg ibuprofen daily over six months. Significant improvement occurred in all clinical parameters and gastro-intestinal upset leading to discontinuance of therapy was reported in just two patients. There were no abnormalities in any of the biochemical tests performed. | 100,352 | [
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Susceptibility of 327 clinical isolates to netilmicin. | Netilmicin, a semisynthetic derivative of sisomicin, was tested against 327 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Gram-negative enteric bacilli. Seventy-two per cent of the isolates were inhibited at a concentration of 0.5 microgram netilmicin per ml, and 93% of the isolates were susceptible to 4 microgram per ml or less. The MICs of netilmicin and gentamicin for 24 Providencia and 38 Pseudomonas isolates were compared. The activity of netilmicin closely paralleled that of gentamicin, 46% of the Providencia isolates and 32% of the Pseudomonas isolates not being inhibited by 4 microgram per ml of either drug. | 100,353 | [
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Can the United States learn from foreign medical insurance systems? | After data are given on trends in health care expenditures in several nations, selected health care cost indicators in Canada and in the United States are contrasted in more detail; and a study of the Canadian health care insurance system is criticized. Finally some broader questions on the nature of U.S. social policy are raised. | 100,406 | [
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Chromosomal investigations in children with pyknolepsy on dipropylacetate monotherapy. | We analyzed chromosome preparations obtained from leukocytes of ten children with pyknolepsy and treated with dipropylacetate (DPA) as monotherapy. Structural or numerical aberrations were not found more frequently in our patients than in five normal children (control group). | 100,408 | [
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Human triclonal anti-IgG gammopathy. I. Iso-electric focusing characteristics of the IgG, IgA and IgM anti-IgG and their heavy and light chains. | Human IgG, IgA and IgM anti-IgG autoantibodies have been isolated from the serum of an individual with Felty's syndrome. These were initially noted as soluble circulating serum complexes by analytical ultracentrifugation. Isolation was accomplished by solid phase immunoadsorption and each of the three antibody populations obtained was shown to be of restricted heterogeneity by liquid and polyacrylamide gel electrofocussing methods. Type kappa light chains were obtained from each protein. Co-isoelectric focusing experiments of all possible pairs of these light chains showed them to have identical net charge characteristics. Heavy chains obtained from each protein were also monoclonal and of differing isoelectric point. The availability of this serum provides a human model with which to study the changes which may occur in autoantibodies during the autoimmune response. | 100,416 | [
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Role of the meniscus in the etiology of posttraumatic temporomandibular joint ankylosis. | From an analysis of the factors that could contribute to the development of post-traumatic TMJ ankylosis, it is evident that a number of different conditions are probably operant. Based on clinical and experimental findings, however, it is suggested that of primary importance is the location of the meniscus in relation to the fracture site. It is proposed that the meniscus normally serves as a barrier to prevent fusion of the distal fragment with the glenoid fossa, and that ankylosis generally occurs if this relationship is not maintained. Based on this concept, possible modifications in the management of fractures of the condyloid process are suggested. | 100,450 | [
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Physiotherapy in diagnosis and treatment of the myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome. | Thirty-four patients with the Myofascial Pain Dysfunction (M.P.D.) syndrome of the masticatory system were investigated and treated using physiotherapy techniques. Resisted static contraction of the temporomandibular joints, passive movement tests of the muscles and electromyography indicated that the joint function was abnormal in all cases with minimal muscle involvement. Cervical spine tests indicated that pain referral from the cervical spine was involved in 19 of 34 patients (56%). Physiotherapy treatment armed at restoring a normal painless range of movement to the temporomandibular joint was successful in six of 10 patients (60%). Generalized relaxation therapy with biofeedback was successful in 19 of 24 patients (80%). It was found that with the five of 24 patients (20%) in whom generalized relaxation failed, there were significant psychiatric factors. | 100,453 | [
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Release of mandibular ankylosis due to gross tissue loss in the cheek. | Experience with mandibular ankylosis due to the loss of variable amounts of cheek tissue as a result of cancrum oris is reviewed. Where enough cheek has been lost to cause an ankylosis, replacement tissue in the form of a graft is necessary to prevent recurrence and to reconstruct the cheek. A number of methods are reviewed, including free grafts, local flaps and pedicled skin from the neck and abdomen. The best functional and cosmetic result was obtained by using a tubed pedicle of abdominal skin based on the superior epigastric artery and attached to the wrist as a carrier. This can be raised under local anaesthesia prior to the release of the ankylosis so it is available to cover the raw surfaces and to reform the cheek at the time of operation. Blind intubation was found to be feasible and desirable when compared with administering the anaesthetic through a trachesotomy. The importance of close supervision of post-operative exercises is emphasized, but was not able to be carried out under the conditions of treatment. | 100,454 | [
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Follow-up investigation of reconstruction of the alveolar process in the atrophic mandible. | In this article the results are presented of the reconstruction of the alveolar process with iliac crest bone grafts in 14 patients. In all cases in a second operation a vestibuloplasty and a floor-of-mouth plasty was done. After an average follow-up period of 39 months, almost complete resorption of the bone grafts was observed. The clinical results varied. To obtain better results and avoid complications like pain at the donor and graft sites, mental nerve disturbances and other major problems associated with bone grafting, we prefer to perform the visor osteotomy in the future. | 100,459 | [
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Norwalk agent-like particles associated with gastroenteritis in human beings. | Currently, 6 agents of viral gastroenteritis with properties similar to the Norwalk agent have been described. These are the Hawaii, Montgomery County, W, Ditchling, and Cockle agents, as well as the Norwalk agent. These agents are 25 to 27 nm in diameter, are nonenveloped, and have a buoyant density of 1.38 to 1.40 g/cc in CsCl. Multiple antigenic types exist among these agents. These particles have been detected by immune electron microscopy in feces of acutely ill patients. None has been successfully cultivated in vitro, and suitable animal models of disease do not exist. Studies in volunteers indicate that acute infection is associated with a reversible histopathologic change in the jejunal mucosa and with transient malabsorption. Pathogenesis of these changes remains unknown. Other similar agents will likely emerge from ongoing studies. | 100,481 | [
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Immunological comparison of the proteins of chicken and rat liver ribosomes. | A comparison of the proteins of chicken and rat liver ribosomes using immunochemical techniques was undertaken. The procedures included quantitative precipitation, passive hemagglutination, and immunodiffusion on Ouchterlony plates. The results indicate that antisera specific for chicken or rat liver ribosomes recognize only about 20% of common determinants. While there are important reservations, the results suggest extensive differences in the proteins of rat and chicken liver ribosomes. Despite those differences, rat and chicken liver ribosomal proteins maintain some homologous sequences present in bacterial ribosomal proteins. An enriched antibody preparation against chicken 80 S ribosomes inhibited the poly(U)-directed synthesis of polyphenylalanine and the elongation factor G (EF-G)-catalyzed binding of [3H]GDP to Escherichia coli ribosomes. Thus, chicken liver ribosomes, like ribosomes from rat liver and yeast, must have proteins homologous with those of E. coli ribosomes. | 100,494 | [
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Identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from primary cultures by a slide agglutination test. | Hen antigonococcal lipopolysaccharide hen serum was used in a simple slide agglutination test for the identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from primary isolates. | 100,511 | [
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Third component, HBeAg/3, of hepatitis B e antigen system, identified by three different double-diffusion techniques. | A third component, HB(e)AG/3, of the hepatitis B e antigen system has been detected, and it was consistently detected in three variations of the double-diffusion technique. | 100,512 | [
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Ultrasonic calculation of chorion cavity volume. | A method for calculating chorion cavity volume in the first trimester of pregnancy from the ultrasonic projection of the gestation sac is described. The area of the longitudinal and transverse sections were measured, and the volume was calculated from the mean value of the two measurements. The chorion cavity volume increased curvilinearly and approximately exponentially from 2.14 cc at five weeks to 44.38 cc at 11 weeks of gestation. The method was checked by comparing the computed volume and the real volume obtained surgically and by experimenting with an "artificial gestation sac" picture. A good correlation was obtained. The results match data reported in the literature. | 100,522 | [
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Alternative pathways of T lymphocyte activation. | Data presented in this paper suggest that there may be two alternative pathways which T lymphocytes can use in generating a cytotoxic response to alloantigens in vitro. First, there is the pathway taken when stimulator and responder cells differ by an entire H-2 complex where Ly1+2- helper T lymphocytes respond to I region encoded lymphocyte defined differences and provide help to the Ly1-2+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes responsive primarily to K/D region encoded cytotoxicity defined determinants. Second, there is the pathway taken when stimulator and responder cells differ by only K or D region differences without an I region encoded difference; under these conditions, an Ly1+2+ cell, which does not appear to play a significant role in the development of a cytotoxic response to an entire H-2 difference, appears to play a pivotal role. | 100,571 | [
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Therapy of gonorrhea. Comparison of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. | Eighty-nine men with gonococcal urethritis were randomly treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, four tablets (trimethoprin, 320 mg, and sulfamethoxazole, 1,600 mg) twice daily for two days, or ampicillin, 3.5 g, plus probenecid, 1 g, in a single dose. Forty-one (95.3%) of 43 patients who received trimethoprin-sulfamethosazole and 41 (97.6%) of 42 given ampicillin were cured. Neither drug caused major side effects. All isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were susceptible in vitro to trimethoprim-sulfame-thoxazole, and all but one were inhibited by ampicillin. The ampicillin-resistant strain (minimum inhibitory concentration, 4 micrograms/ml) produced penicillinase and was reovered from a patient who responded to treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. There was no significant correlation between the minimum inhibitory concentrations of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. It is concluded that trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is as efficacious and safe as ampicillin in the therapy of gonococcal urethritis. | 100,624 | [
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Antigenic relationship of two strains of simian hemorrhagic fever virus. | Serological comparison of the prototype and an epizootic (Corbell) strain of simian hemorrhagic fever virus revealed that the two viruses were serologically similar. The prototype strain differs from the Corbell strain in that the latter cannot be cultivated in vitro. Serological comparison of the prototype virus grown in tissue culture and its homologous antibody and the prototype and Corbell viruses recovered from rhesus monkey serum and their homologous antibodies showed differences and suggest that a complex relationship exists which has not yet been defined. | 100,652 | [
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Suspected ascorbic acid deficiency in a colony of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). | Subperiosteal cranial hematomas were observed in five female squirrel monkeys. The absence of trauma in the clinical history, the characteristic clinical changes, and the pathological lesions suggested that the animals were scorbutic. Analysis of feed which was soaked in water, or left on the ground for varying time periods at different temperatures, indicated that there was loss of ascorbic acid. During the manufacture of monkey feed, ascorbic acid is dusted on as a final process. The practice of soaking feed resulted in the "washing off" or the destruction of ascorbic acid. This disease outbreak emphasized the important of management practices in a primate colony. | 100,654 | [
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E.N.T. manifestations of Von Recklinghausen's disease. | Von Recklinghausen's Disease (VRD) is a neurocutaneous, systemic disease characterized by CNS tumors and disorders, cafe-au-lait spots, generalized cutaneous neurofibromata, skeletal deformities, and somatic and endocrine abnormalities. It is an autosomal dominant, hereditary disorder found in approximately 1:2500 to 3300 births. There are many manifestations of this disease in the head and neck region of interest to the otolaryngologist. Case reports of three patients with multiple ENT involvements are detailed. A review of the literature is presented with a brief discussion of diagnosis and treatment. The most common intracranial tumor in the adult is the acoustic neuroma, usually bilateral, while in the child it is the astrocytoma. A defect in the sphenoid bone is common and may produce temporal lobe herniation into the orbit causing pulsatile exophthalmos. Involvement of the facial bones usually causes radiolucent defects secondary to neurofibromata within nerve pathways, and a variety of asymmetrical changes, especially within the mandible. "Elephantiasis" of the face is a hypertrophy of the soft tissues overlying a neurofibroma, often quite extensive and disfiguring. Laryngeal and neck involvement may compromise the airway and early and repeated surgical intervention is required. The over-all malignancy rate approaches 30%, indicating that the patient with VRD may be predisposed to developing a malignancy. There appears to be an increased surgical risk in these patients, with some demonstrating abnormal responses to neuromuscular blockade. | 100,661 | [
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Intramural diverticulosis of the esophagus. | A description is given of the etiology and pathology of intramural esophageal diverticulosis as so far discussed in the literature. In view of the course and the clinical findings in two young patients in whom this diagnosis was established, it is suggested that intramural diverticulosis develops as a result of a devolopmental disorder in the autonomic nervous system. | 100,662 | [
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[Amino acid makeup characteristics of bacteria utilizing nonnatural compounds]. | A peculiarity of the amino acid pool has been discovered for the first time in bacteria utilizing such synthetic compounds as gamma butyrolactam, epsilon-caprolactam and zeta-aminoenanthic acid. The main components of the amino acid pool are omega-aminoacids (including synthetic ones) as well as glutamic acid. The total amino acid content increases upon utilization of the compounds being tested three times (Pseudomonas fluorescens), five times (Pseudomonas dacunchae) and seven times (Pseudomonas perolens) as compared to the control variants. These data suggest that hydrolysis and transamination of synthetic omega-amino acids play an important role in the constructive and energy metabolism of the bacteria under study. | 100,669 | [
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Maternal syndrome associated with hydrops fetalis: case report. | A case of maternal fluid retention syndrome associated with fetal hydrops due to rhesus isoimmunisation is reported. The aetiology and clinical features are discussed. Prophylactic anti-Rh immunoglobin should reduce the incidence of such cases in the future. | 100,749 | [
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Circadian activity rhythms of the pig-tailed macaque, Macaca nemestrina, under constant illumination. | Locomotor activity was recorded in singly caged pig-tailed macaques Macaca nemestrina in constant conditions with intensities of illumination varying between 0.003 lux and 100 lux. Each animal was kept in at least 5 different conditions for 2-3 weeks each. Three quantities of the circadian rhythm: the period, the duration of activity as opposed to rest, and the amount of activity per period, could be shown to be positively correlated with light intensity. As in 6 other diurnal primate species, these findings contradict the so-called circadian rule according to which opposite correlations should exist between the circadian parameters and light intensity in diurnal and in nocturnal species of animals. | 100,764 | [
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RNA metabolism, manganese, and RNA polymerases of zinc-sufficient and zinc-deficient Euglena gracilis. | The three major RNA classes from zinc-sufficient [(+Zn)] and zinc-deficient [(=Zn)] Euglena gracilis have been separated by affinity chromatography on oligo(dT)- and N-[N'-[m-(dihydroxyboryl)phenyl]succinamoyl]aminoethyl (DBAE)-celluloses. The total RNA content and the ribosomal and transfer RNA fractions are the same in (+Zn) and (=Zn) cells. IN (-Zn) cells, the messenger RNA fraction increases, and its altered base composition reveals additional bases and a 2-fold increase in the (G+C)/(A+U) ratio. Since the intracellular content of manganese increases in (-Zn) cells, we have examined its role in determining these changes in RNA composition. An increase in the Mn2+ content from 1 to 10 mM in assays with RNA polymerases I and II from (+Zn) cells and those with the single RNA polymerase from (-Zn) cells decreases the ratio of UMP to CMP incorporated from 1.7 to 1.0, 2.1 to 0.8 and 3.5 to 0.4, respectively. Thus, Mn2+ concentration can significantly alter the products of the enzymatic action of RNA polymerases from both (+Zn) and (-Zn) E. gracilis cells. | 100,782 | [
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High-affinity 3H-serotonin binding to caudate: inhibition by hallucinogens and serotoninergic drugs. | The specific binding of 3H-serotonin to calf caudate homogenate was studied. The dissociation constant was 2nM and the number of specific sites was 14fmoles/mg protein. Of many drugs tested, inhibition of specific 3H-serotonin binding occurred almost exclusively with serotonin agonists and antagonists. The concentrations for 50% inhibition of 3H-serotonin binding by serotonergic agonists follow: bufotenin, 6nM; 5-methoxytryptamine, 12 nM; psilocin, 35nM; dimethyltryptamine, 220 nM; and tryptamine, 270 nM. The concentrations for the antagonists were: LSD 9.5 nM; methysergide 16nM and metergoline 25nM. | 100,806 | [
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A near-lethal dose of ethanol, given intraperitoneally, does not affect memory consolidation of two different avoidance tasks. | Ethanol (3 g/kg, given i.p. as a 33% w/v solution), was given to adult Wistar rats 1 min after training in (1) a 50-trial session of shuttle avoidance, using buzzers and shocks, and (2) an inhibitory avoidance experience in a step-through apparatus. The animals were retested 7 days after training in condition (1), and 3 days after training in condition (2). There was no difference in retention scores between the ethanol-treated, saline-treated, or untreated animals. In addition, there was no evidence of an aversive effect of ethanol per se under any of the two training conditions, in spite of the fact that the dose of ethanol used caused a very profound ataxia, and was lethal for 14.3% of the animals (a slightly higher dose, 4 g/kg, is lethal for about 80% of our rats). These data do not favor the hypothesis that an acute administration of ethanol may influence memory consolidation. | 100,817 | [
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[Uremic pericarditis: clinical aspects, echocardiography, therapy]. | Over a 2-year period uremic pericarditis was observed in 11 of 62 patients treated by chronic dialysis. The uremic state appeared to be the most important contributing factor in these patients. Chest pain, fever and a pericardial friction rub were observed in the majority of patients; the illness may however be silent. Echocardiography proved to be the single most helpful diagnostic procedure. Intensive hemodialysis, indomethacin or steroid therapy given systemically or intrapericardially are generally accepted in the management of pericarditis. Although indomethacin produced regression of the clinical symptoms in these patients, the volume of fluid within the pericardial sac diminished in 3 of 9 patients only. 6 patients were given systemic steroid treatment and this was followed by prompt resolution of the effusion. Surgery was not necessary. All patients had an uneventful recovery. | 100,877 | [
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The comprehensive child health care centres in the Sudan. | In 1963, Morley initiated the concept of clinics for children under five years old. This paper describes our experience in applying that concept in Omdurman town (Sudan) where existing maternity and child health centres and hospitals in the area were involved in the scheme. It was found necessary to establish a main centre to develop methodology and to provide a specialized training of staff. The medical problems were similar to those described by Morley. The approach to their solution was essentially the same except that we used more professional staff and placed more emphasis on nutrition education than hitherto advocated. It is concluded that, in theory, Morley's concept provides a system of comprehensive child health care which suits the needs of developing countries. But our adaptation of Morley's ideas to existing health structures, even on the small scale we achieved in Omdurman, was difficult because of the high initial and running costs and in view of the long established dichotomy between curative and preventive medicine. | 100,909 | [
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[Examination of market carps for residues of antimicrobial agents]. | The residues of inhibitory substances in the muscle, hepatopancreas, bile, and pyloric caeca of 30 carps from ponds south of Brno were examined by the microbiological diffusion method. The following testing micro-organisms were used: B. cereus var. mycoides (ATCC 11778), B. subtilis (ATCC 6633), Sarcina lutea (ATCC 9341), and Micrococcus flavus (ATCC 10240). Residues of inhibitory substances were not found in any of the muscle samples tested. The rest of the tested tissues showed, in some cases, small inhibition zones which seem to be due to the presence of natural antimicrobially active substances in the bile and gastro-intestinal tract of the fish rather than to the persistence of the residues of drugs given to the fish during their life. | 100,930 | [
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Intermediate (10 nm) filaments in human malignant mesothelioma. | Human malignant mesotheliomas were studied by electron microscopy. Three main types of cells were seen--submesothelial epithelioid cells, epithelial lining cells and fibroblast-like cells. In submesothelial epithelioid cells prominent arrays of intermediate (10 nm) filaments were often seen attached to plasma membrane, mitochondria, nuclei and concentric whorls of rough endoplasmic reticulum. The other types of cell found in the tumors, epithelial lining cells and fibroblast-like cells, lacked such distinct filaments. The intermediate filaments were especially abundant in cells with extensive whorling of endoplasmic reticulum. The association of intermediate filaments with such deranged cytoplasmic organization suggests that they play a role in the altered behavior of malignant cells. | 100,958 | [
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[Relationship between aminoglucuronide synthesis in the bodies of white rats and the physico-chemical properties of the substrate]. | In rats 5-substituted 2-aminobenzophenones (R-NH2; CH3; Cl) formed N-glucuronides. Amounts of free substances and of the glucuronyl-conjugates, excreted with the urine, depended on the nature of the radical; the derivatives differed in the values of Hammet's constants, in the lipophility and alkalinity. Estimation of Hammet's constants enabled to find a satisfactory correlation between the physico-chemical properties of the derivatives studied and the amounts of glucuronides excreted with urine. | 100,967 | [
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Calcified bodies in popliteal cysts: a characteristic radiographic appearance. | Calcified bodies in popliteal cysts have a characteristic radiographic appearance which can be confirmed by arthrography. Calcified bodies may arise in the true joint due to trauma, arthropathy resulting in joint destruction, or synovial osteochondromatosis. These calcified loose bodies may pass into a popliteal cyst through posterior joint-bursal communications or can arise in a popliteal cyst by chondrometaplasia. Correct radiographic interpretation will exclude soft tissue tumors and vascular lesions as differential considerations. Management of these patients will be determined by the clinical circumstances since neither popliteal cysts nor synovial osteochondromatosis are necessarily symptomatic. | 101,044 | [
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Use of a xenon flash tube as the excitation source in a new slit-lamp fluorophotometer. | A new objective fluorophotometer measures fluorescein mass or concentration in the cornea or anterior chamber. The excitation source is a xenon flash tube that allows the measurement of fluorescence to be made rapidly and conveniently. The instrument is designed for use in clinical studies requiring quantitative measurements of fluorescence in the tears, the cornea, and the aqueous humor. | 101,087 | [
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A quantitative approach to cytoarchiterctonics. II. The allocortex of Tupaia belangeri. | Fourteen allocortical areas of Tupaia belangeri are described after measuring the grey level index (Zilles et al., 1978b) with a new, automatic, high resolution measuring procedure. The laminar pattern of the cortical areas is quantitatively described after vertical changes in this index occurred from the pial surface to the white matter. The registered profiles show characteristic features for the different allocortical brain regions. The results are compared with lamination systems gained by comparative cytoarchitectonic studies using purely qualitative criteria. | 101,095 | [
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Possible mechanisms of emphysema in smokers. In vitro suppression of serum elastase-inhibitory capacity by fresh cigarette smoke and its prevention by antioxidants. | Freshly prepared, aqueous solutions of cigarette smoke suppressed the elastase-inhibitory capacity of human serum. Immunoelectrophoresis of mixtures of aqueous smoke solution, human serum, and pancreatic elastase showed decreased elastase/alpha1-proteinase inhibitor complexes and increased free, active protease. Phenolic antioxidants prevented the suppression of serum elastase-inhibition by cigarette smoke. By contrast, treatment of serum with model oxidants caused a similar suppression of elastase inhibition. These results suggested that emphysema in cigarette smokers might be due, in part, to the local suppression of alpha1-proteinase inhibitor in lung by oxidizing agents present in cigarette smoke. | 101,105 | [
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The role of early left-brain injury in determining lateralization of cerebral speech functions. | Preparatory to craniotomy for the relief of medically refractory focal epilepsy, the lateralization of cerebral speech functions was determined by the Wada intracarotid Amytal test in 134 patients with clinical and radiologic evidence of an early left-hemisphere lesion. Their results were compared with those for 262 patients (140 right-handed, 122 left-handed), who were tested in a similar way. One-third of the patients with early lesions were still right-handed, and 81% of these right-handers were left-hemisphere dominant for speech. In the non-right-handers, speech was represented in the left cerebral hemisphere in nearly a third of the group, in the right hemisphere in half the group, and bilaterally in the remainder. Bilateral speech representation was demonstrated in 15% of the non-right-handers without early left-brain injury and in 19% of those with evidence of such early injury, whereas it was extremely rare in the right-handed groups. In addition, nearly half the patients with bilateral speech representation exhibited a complete or partial dissociation between errors of naming and errors in the repetition of verbal sequences after Amytal injection into left or right hemispheres. This points to the possibility of a functionally asymmetric participation of the two hemispheres in the language processes of some normal left-handers. The results of the Amytal speech tests in this series of patients point to locus of lesion as one of the critical determinants in the lateralization of cerebral speech processes after early left-brain injury. It is argued that in such cases the continuing dominance of the left hemisphere for speech in largely contingent upon the integrity of the frontal and parietal speech zones. | 101,116 | [
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Effect of hydrostatic tensile stress on the growth of Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus. | The specific growth rates of Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus were measured for growth media in a flask, a lens-plate arrangement simulating an isolated capillary space, and a lens-plate arrangement under hydrostatic tensile stress. The specific growth rates of the bacteria were the same for the flask and lens-plate arrangement without hydrostatic tensile stress, but were enhanced when the growth media were subjected to hydrostatic tensile stress. The enhanced specific growth rates reached steady values at a tensile stress of 40 pascals. The effect was observed up to tensile stresses of around 100 pascals. The maximum increase in specific growth rate was 25% for E. coli and 22% for B. cereus. | 101,141 | [
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Physiological and histological effects of cerebellar stimulation. | Cerebellar implants have been placed in 62 patients with postoperative follow-up of 4 months to 3 years. Initially currents were applied through electrodes of alternate polarity on the superior surface of the cerebellar hemispheres and subsequently through negative electrodes on the superior surface to positive electrodes on the posterior surface. The amount of current required for clinical improvement was approximately the same as that required to significantly reduce the amplitude of the somatosensory evoked potential. The clinical and electrophysiological effects were proportional to the intensity of current and to the number of electrodes through which the currents were applied. Currents applied through the cerebellum were more effective than those confined near the cerebellar surface. Histological examination of the cerebellum from the chimpanzees and from 1 patient who died of causes unrelated to stimulation failed to demonstrate any evidence of neuronal damage related to application of current. | 101,138 | [
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[Incidence of hyperuricemia in atrioventricular block. Systematic study of 158 cases which required implantation of an isotopic cardiac pacemaker]. | This is a study of 158 patients in whom the placement of an isotopic cardiac pacemaker was indicated; this procedure was carried out Broussais Hospital between 1970 and 1975. These patients, whose mean age was 39 (84 males, 47 females, 12 young men and 15 young women) were examined for uricaemia, and the levels compared with the mean for control population. The results were as follows: 91% had uricaemia at a level higher than the controls. Of these, 61% had uricaemia above 70 mg/l in the men and youths of over 15 years of age, and above 60 mg/l in the women and 50 mg/l in the adolescents. The highest uric acid levels were found in adults with post-operative atrio-ventricular block following surgical correction of a congenital cardiac abnormality, and also in children and adolescence with block which appeared to be congenital. | 101,170 | [
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[Role of diuretics in arterial hypertension]. | The place of diuretics in the treatment of hypertension (HT) no longer requires to be proved, but their mode of action remains uncertain. Blood volume measurements allow us to distinguish the cases of HT which are volume-dependent, and which constitute the major indication for this type of treatment. The various groups of diuretics have a specific action on the renal tubule, but may all lead to complications, which imply that their use should be rational and that biochemical follow-up should be close when they are administered for a prolonged period. Used singly, diuretics effectively suppress HT in 40 per cent of cases, and when used in association with a beta-blocker, they produce normal blood pressure in 70 per cent of cases. | 101,179 | [
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Metabolism and the triggering of germination of Bacillus megaterium. Concentrations of amino acids, organic acids, adenine nucleotides and nicotinamide nucleotides during germination. | A considerable amount of evidence suggests that metabolism of germinants or metabolism stimulated by them is involved in triggering bacterial-spore germination. On the assumption that such a metabolic trigger might lead to relatively small biochemical changes in the first few minutes of germination, sensitive analytical techniques were used to detect any changes in spore components during the L-alanine-triggered germination of Bacillus megaterium KM spores. These experiments showed that no changes in spore free amino acids or ATP occurred until 2-3 min after L-alanine addition. Spores contained almost no oxo acids (pyruvate, alpha-oxoglutarate, oxaloacetate), malate or reduced NAD. These compounds were again not detectable until 2-3 min after addition of germinants. It is suggested, therefore, that metabolism associated with these intermediates is not involved in the triggering of germination of this organism. | 101,212 | [
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Comparison of atenolol with propranolol in the treatment of angina pectoris with special reference to once daily administration of atenolol. | Fourteen patients with angina pectoris completed a double blind trial of atenolol 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg twice daily and propranolol 80 mg thrice daily. In comparison with placebo, all active treatments significantly reduced anginal attacks, consumption of glyceryl trinitrate, resting and exercise heart rate, resting and exercise systolic blood pressure, and significantly prolonged exercise time. There was no significant difference between the effects of propranolol and atenolol. Nine patients completed a further trial comparing atenolol given once or twice daily. Both regimens were effective and there was no significant difference between the reductions in anginal attacks, glyceryl trinitrate consumption, systolic blood pressure, or heart rate. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory electrocardiograms showed that atenolol consistently reduced heart rate throughout the 24-hour period whether given once or twice daily. Atenolol is a potent antianginal agent which, in most patients, is likely to be effective once daily. | 101,223 | [
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Changes in conformation and immunological activity of ovalbumin during its modification with different acid anhydrides. | In order to probe the cause and nature of conformational changes induced by the chemical modification of amino groups in proteins, five acylated derivatives of ovalbumin namely 21% acetylated, 32% succinylated, 90% butyrated 92% succinylated, and 95% acetylated ovalbumins were prepared and their molecular and immunological properties were systematically investigated. As evidenced by the ultraviolet difference spectral, solvent perturbation, gel filtration, and viscosity data, acylation of the amino groups produced a definite conformational change in native ovalbumin whose extent was higher for higher degrees of chemical modification. The solvent pertubation data showed an exposure of 0.5 tryptophan and 3 tyrosine residues in native ovalbumin; the exposure increased to 1 tryptophan and about 5 tyrosine residues in the maximally modified proteins (i.e. 90% butyrated, 92% succinylated, and 95% acetylated ovalbumins). The Stokes radius (2.7 nm) and intrinsic viscosity (3.9 ml/g) of ovalbumin increased, respectively, to about 3.4 nm and 7.7 ml/g upon acylation of its 18 lysine residues; the intrinsic viscosity of 95% acetylated ovalbumin was 7.2 ml/g. The reduced viscosity of ovalbumin (4.2 ml/g) which remained unaltered on raising the pH to pH 11.2, increased to 7.9 ml/g on succinylation of 18 lysine residues. On raising the ionic strength from 0.15 to 1.0, the value decreased from 7.9 to 6.2 ml/g. These observations taken together with the fact that the intrinsic viscosities of 92% succinylated and 90% butyrated ovalbumins are identical, argue against the presently prevalent proposal that electrostatic effects alone are responsible for the disruption of native protein conformation during chemical modification. The immunological activity of ovalbumin towards rabbit anti-ovalbumin expectedly decreased with acylation of its amino groups but the three maximally modified ovalbumins retained 40% immunological activity. This taken along with the spectral and viscosity data showed substantial native structure (format) in the three maximally acylated derivatives. The rabbit antiserum against 95% acetylated ovalbumin did not cross-react with acetylated lysozyme and reacted poorly with the native and 92% succinylated ovalbumins suggesting that the antigenic make-up of the three maximally modified ovalbumins is different. | 101,249 | [
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[Transplacental penetration of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene and its distribution in the organs of rat fetuses]. | Rats were given 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) intravenously in a dose of 15 mg/kg on the 21st day of pregnancy; its content in the liver, placenta, and the fetus was determined by the fluorescent-spectral method. The maximal concentration was reached in 10--15 min in the liver and placenta of the pregnant rats (45 and 6.3 microgram/kg, respectively) in comparison with a slower (in one hour) elevation in the fetal tissues (2.4 microgram/kg). It took about 5 hours for all the tissues to be cleared of the carcinogen. One hour after the administration DMBA was unevenly distributed in various fetal organs--the maximal content in the liver, and the minimal--in the "carcass" in comparison with the content in other organs (the kidneys, lungs, brain, intestine). The results obtained failed to correlate with the data on the predominant origination of the tumours in the kidneys and the nervous system of rats in transplacental DMBA action. | 101,257 | [
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Electroencephalographic studies myoclonus. | Electroencephalographic studies were carried out in 30 patients with various kinds of myoclonus. It was confirmed that the technique of jerk-locked averaging with a backward averaging program was useful for detecting cortical spikes in association with the spontaneously occurring myoclonus, which are not recognized on the convential polygraph, and for evaluating the temporal and topographical relationship between the spike and the myoclonus. By this technique, cortical spikes were shown to precede the myoclonus of a contralateral upper extremity muscle by 7 to 15 ms ith progressive myoclonic epilepsy showed a high amplitude somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) in response to electrical stimulation of the median nerve. The N33 component of this high amplitude SEP was found to be similar to the myoclonus-related cortical spike in their wave form, time relationship and topographical distribution, suggesting an involvement of similar physiological mechanisms in the genesis of both phenomena. Myoclonus in these patients is compatible with "pyramidal" or "cortical loop reflex" type. | 101,279 | [
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The production of toxic metabolites by Chaetomium spp. isolated from solis of permanent pasture. | One hundred and two isolates of Chaetomium spp. have been identified from 2563 soil samples collected from permanent pasture at Nappan, Nova Scotia. Chaetomium umbonatum was the Chaetomium species most commonly isolated. Fifty-six of the Chaetomium isolates were grown in the laboratory and the cultures examined for the production of toxic metabolites. The culture filtrates of 12, and extracts of mycelium of 18, of these isolates inhibited bacterial growth. Chetomin was detected in nine mycelium extracts and isolated from four of the mycelium extracts. Chaetoglobosins were isolated from three mycelium extracts. | 101,287 | [
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Serum thyroxin levels during hyperthermia evoked in the monkey by intrahypothalamic injection of PGE1, 5-HT or pyrogen. | Serotonin (5-HT), prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) or a bacterial pyrogen (E. coli or S. typhosa) was microinjected in a volume of 1.0--1.5 microliter into the hypothalamus of the unanesthetized monkey to evoke a long-term hyperthermia. Samples of venous blood collected every 15 min, before, during and after each fever were analyzed by radioimmunoassay for plasma thyroxin levels. There was no statistically significant correlation between plasma thyroxin values and a given phase of the hyperthermic episode induced by the microinjections of 5--HT, PGE1 or bacteria. The possibility that an enhanced release of the thyroid hormone serves to sustain a long-term elevation in temperature evoked by a centrally acting pyrogenic substance is not supported. | 101,286 | [
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Clinical investigation of agents with prophylactic anti-allergic effects in bronchial asthma. | To determine the efficacy of ketotifen as an oral anti-asthmatic agent, experimental and therapeutic long-term trials were carried out. Four models were used in the expirmental therapeutic trials nad the antihistaminic agent clemastine and disodium cromoglycate were used as comparative substances. It was demonstrated that ketotifen provides protection against bronchopasm induced by allergens, histamine and exercise, but not against that induced by acetylcholine. In the therapeutic long-term trials, the efficacy and tolerance of ketotifen were compared with that of clemastine and disodium cromoglycate for a period of 6 months. In another study ketotifen was administered for 1 year. Ketotifen proved very effective in decreasing the frequency and duration of asthmatic attacks, concomitant medication could be reduced and the patients improved subjectively. From these trials it can be concluded that ketotifen is a safe and effective oral anti-anaphylactic agent for use in the long-term treatment of bronchial asthma. | 101,313 | [
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