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Serum IgE levels in Chagas' disease. | Elevated levels of serum immunoglobulin E are found in many parasitic diseases caused by helminths. We have previously demonstrated that giardiasis was not associated with hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E. In order to determine the influence of Trypanosoma cruzi on IgE levels of clinically symptomatic patients, a controlled study was performed. There was no difference between the serum IgE values from Brazilian patients with Chagas' disease and those from matched healthy Brazilian controls. We suggest that protozoan parasitic infections do not increase serum IgE levels. | 101,314 | [
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Cell-mediated immune responses in owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) with trachoma to soluble antigens of Chlamydia trachomatis. | The first temporal study of the cell-mediated immune responses (CMI) following ocular infections with Chlamydia trachomatis is presented. We examined the CMI of owl monkeys infected with trachoma to soluble antigens of C. trachomatis by leucocyte migration inhibition (LIF) and delayed hypersensitivity skin testing. Delayed hypersensitivity of a systemic nature developed after a local eye infection in owl monkeys; clearance of inclusions from conjunctival cells coincided with the onset of this response. The association of eye secretion and circulating antibodies with recovery from primary infection was not so striking. Both cellular and humoral immune responses persisted for at least 2 months, at which time all test animals were completely resistant to re-infection. The elicitation of cell-mediated immune reactions with solubilized chlamydial antigens may permit the isolation of specific antigens involved in the generation of protective immunity in the owl monkey model. | 101,327 | [
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Disturbance of cage-finding in the monkey. | Qualitative and quantitative observations were made on two monkeys with unilateral or bilateral removals of areas 5 and 7 of Brodmann. The task was to return to the home cage in the light or in the dark. Both animals were slower in the dark, and also qualitatively abnormal in the light. | 101,348 | [
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Heat-shock DNA homology in distantly related species of Drosophila. | Polytene chromosomes of D. melanogaster and D. virilis were hybridized in situ with 125I labeled mRNA isolated from polysomes of D. melanogaster tissue culture cells incubated at 37 degrees C. 125I mRNA hybridized preferentially with subdivisions 87A and 87Cl of the D. melanogaster 3R chromosome; grains were also observed at regions 93D, 95D and over the chromocenter. A considerable cross hybridization of this mRNA with D. virilis polytene chromosomes was observed. The 29C region of the D. virilis second chromosome was the main site of hybridization. Significant grain numbers also appeared in region 20F of the same chromosome. The two regions mentioned belong to heat shock loci in the latter species. Based on label intensity we conclude that region 29C of D. virilis contains DNA sequences retaining molecular homology with those at subdivisions 87A and 87Cl of D. melanogaster. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed similar distributions of heat shock proteins in the two species studied. | 101,363 | [
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Ribosomal subunits from Tetrahymena pyriformis. Isolation and properties of active 40-S and 60-S subunits. | Tetrahymena pyriformis ribosomal subunits were obtained by incubation of post-mitochondrial supernatant in the presence of 0.2 mM GTP and 0.1 mM puromycin for 45 min at 28 degrees C, followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. Isolated 40-S subunits were able to reassociate in vitro in the presence of 5 mM MgCl2 and 50 mM KCl and to perform poly(U)-dependent protein synthesis. The 60-S subunit carries the peptidyl transferase activity. The number of proteins in T. pyriformis ribosomal subunits was determined by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The 40-S subunit contains 30 different protein species (including two acidic proteins). The 60-S subunit contains 35 different protein species (including two acidic proteins). The proteins were numbered following the system of Kaltschmidt and Wittmann. | 101,371 | [
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Electron microscopic studies on the macronuclear development in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. | The development of macronuclear anlage in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata has been studied through electron microscopy. The ultrastructure of macro- and micronuclei is described for comparison. During the first stage of development, when the DNA content of the macronuclear anage increases from 2 C to 32 C, chromosomes are visible as distinct osmiophilic bodies inside the anlage. At the end of the initial polyploidization phase, the chromosomes despiralize, giving rise to long filamentous structures 25 to 50 nm in diameter. The latter show a singular banding pattern, with dense bands 12 to 25 nm thick alternating regularly with less dense interbands. Such an organization has not yet been observed in any other type of nucleus. These filamentous structures have been interpreted as highly despiralized oligotenic chromosomes. During the final stage of macronuclear development, these structures condense into thin chromatin strands and small dense granules; the number of granules increases progressively as the chromatin strands disappear. These small granules very likely fuse amongst themselves to form the chromatin granules of the vegetative macronucleus. No evidence has yet been found for a fragmentation of chromatin in this ciliate, but this problem needs further study. The old macronucleus maintains a normal ultrastructure until a late stage of development of the macronuclear anlage, becoming pycnotic only towards the very end of the latter process. | 101,400 | [
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Role of nonagglutinating antibody in the protracted immunity of vaccinated mice to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. | Effective immunization against infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is difficult to evaluate because agglutinin levels decline rapidly. Because fractionation of hyperimmune sera often yields more specific antibody than can be accounted for by direct agglutination tests, an immunoglobulin-specific assay based on antiglobulin augmentation was used to characterize antibody responses of C3H/HeJ mice vaccinated with P. aeruginosa type 2 lipopolysaccharide. Nonagglutinating antibodies, initially detected at 2 weeks post-primary vaccination, were predominantly immunoglobulin G after 5 weeks, and they remained elevated at levels usually 32-fold higher than the direct titer throughout the 4-month study period. The sequential production of immunoglobulin M, then immunoglobulin G, followed that found in orthodox immunological responses. Sera that contained nonagglutinating antibodies but not direct agglutinins (14 to 16 weeks) enhanced phagocytosis of P. aeruginosa type 2 by macrophages from unimmunized mice and passively immunized mice against lethal challenge doses; bactericidal activity of these sera was not demonstrated in the presence or absence of complement. When challenged with 1, 10, and 100 50% lethal doses at 16 weeks, survival rates of actively immunized mice were significantly higher than those of unvaccinated mice (P < 0.001). Thus, at a time when no direct agglutinins were detectable, the augmented system detected nonagglutinating antibodies that could confer protracted resistance in vaccinated mice to pseudomonas infection. | 101,467 | [
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Effects of iron and culture filtrates on killing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by normal human serum. | Neisseria gonorrhoeae GC9, both colony types T2 and T4, were killed by normal human serum, although populations of colony type T4 were more susceptible. Ferric ammonium citrate prevented the killing of populations of both T2 and T4 colony types. Other iron compounds tested showed no protective effect, nor did ammonium citrate or the divalent cations magnesium or calcium. A filtrate from cultures of an N. gonorrhoeae strain grown in a liquid defined medium showed a similar protective effect in the serum assay. The filtrate appeared to chelate iron, as measured by decreased ability of iron-free transferin to bind iron in the presence of the filtrate. However, the two effects did not appear to be related. Neither ferric ammonium citrate nor the culture filtrate sufficiently inactivated complement to account for protection. | 101,468 | [
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Antibody response to antigens distinct from smooth lipopolysaccharide complex in Brucella infection. | The smooth lipopolysaccharide complex of the outer surface of smooth Brucella abortus cells is believed to be the antigenic component involved in serological tests routinely used for the diagnosis of brucellosis. Sera from cattle vaccinated or infected with B. abortus generally contain antibody directed toward the smooth lipopolysaccharide complex. The brucella organism contains a large number of other antigenically distinct components. The biological significance of some of these antigens has been demonstrated by showing that sera from infected cattle have precipitins to these components. These sera revealed up to seven distinct lines in immunoelectrophoresis with a protein-rich antigen mixture prepared from rough strain B. abortus 45/20, whereas sera from strain 19-vaccinated cattle did not reveal these lines at 4 or more months after vaccination. Monospecific antisera were prepared against six antigens in this mixture, and the purification of two of them by antibody affinity chromatography is described. | 101,470 | [
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Chronic pyelonephritis. An electron microscopic study in nonhuman primates. | The rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) proved to be a successful model for the ultrastructural study of ascending nonobstructive pyelonephritis. The most severe kidney damage occurred where the inflammatory response was greatest, and these areas overlaid a dilated or clubbed calyx. The most prominent ultrastructural changes were in the renal tubular cells that showed swollen mitochondria with ruptured inner membranes, dilated endoplasmic reticulum, and flocculent and irregular basal laminae. No recognizable bacterial structures were seen. | 101,481 | [
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Methylene blue and other agents as inhibitors of calcium oxalithiasis in vivo. | Growth of calcium oxalate on an established calculus upon a zinc nucleus in the bladder of rats was studied. Animals were fed either a regular solid chow or chow containing a potential crystal inhibitor ad libitum, along with drinking water containing 0.75 per cent ethylene glycol. Chow containing 0.2 per cent methylene blue and 0.5 per cent vitamin C not only decreased the growth rate, but calculi were much softer than those in controls. Safranin O was the only other significant growth inhibitor identified. Ethylenediamonotetraacetic acid and ethylenebis (oxyethylenenitrilo)-tetraacetic acid transformed the additional growth from the mono- to the dihydrate form of calcium oxalate. | 101,482 | [
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Isolation of ekatetrone, a new metabolite of producing variants of Streptomyces aureofaciens. | From a mixture of substances formed by producing strains of Streptomyces aureofaciens under conditions of submerged fermentation a new metabolite, ekatetrone, was isolated. Its isolation and basic physical and chemical data are described. Ekatetrone is a quinone derivative with a carboxamide group. In tests in vitro with cells of Ehrlich's ascites tumour evidence was provided that ekatetrone inhibits proteo- and nucleosynthesis. | 101,501 | [
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Independence of Bacillus subtilis spore outgrowth from DNA synthesis. | The outgrowth of spores of Bacillus subtilis 168 proceeded normally in temperature-sensitive DNA mutants under restrictive conditions and in the absence of DNA synthesis. Two inhibitors of DNA synthesis, nalidoxic acid and 6-(p-hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil, inhibited spore outgrowth under some nutritional conditions; this inhibition of outgrowth however, though not that of DNA synthesis, could be reversed by glucose. The sensitivity of the outgrowing spores to nalidixic acid and 6-(p-hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil inhbition decreased as a function of outgrowth time. The cells became completely resistant to the inhibitors after 90 min. The development of this resistance occurred also in the absence of DNA synthesis. It was concluded that DNA synthesis is not needed for spore outgrowth, and that outgrowing cells and vegetative cells differ in their sensitivity to these inhibitors. | 101,508 | [
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Physiological and morphological observations on Thiovulum sp. | Cell suspensions of Thiovulum sp., collected from enrichment cultures, were grown, maintained, and harvested for periods up to 7 months. In open-flow cultures run with aerated seawater, a continuous supply of hydrogen sulfide was provided by diffusion through a semipermeable membrane from either a live culture of Desulfovibrio esturaii, neutralized sodium sulfide, or a N2-H2S gas mixture. Attempts to grow Thiovulum in pure culture failed despite variation in concentrations of dissolved oxygen and hydrogen sulfide in stratified as well as in completely mixed systems. Uptake of 14CO2 and some organic compounds by purified cell suspensions was measured, and values were corrected for the activity of heterotrophic as well as autotrophic contaminants as determined in control experiments. Cell populations exhibited maximum uptake activities during formation of the characteristic veils. Substantial uptake of CO2 in air-saturated seawater was coincident with an optimal concentration of hydrogen sulfide of about 1 mM. Glutamate and a selection of vitamins (B12M biotin, and thiamine) did not significantly affect the uptake of CO2. No substantial uptake of carbon from acetate, glutamate, mannitol, and Casamino Acids was found. Within the range of error indicated, the data are consistent with acceptance of a chemolithotrophic nature of Thiovulum. | 101,531 | [
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Monkey pepsinogens and pepsins. III. Carbohydrate moiety of Japanese monkey pepsinogens and the amino acid sequence around the site of its attachment to protein. | Purified Japanese monkey pepsinogens I and II contain carbohydrate as a part of the enzyme molecule. By gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, chromatography on DE-32 cellulose, and polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis, the carbohydrate moiety could not be separated from the enzyme protein, and the content did not decrease on repeated chromatography. Glycopeptides were obtained by successive digestion of pepsinogens with thermolysin and aminopeptidases and isolated by chromatography on Sephadex G-25 and G-50. Identification and determination of carbohydrate components was performed by paper and gas-liquid chromatographies. The presence of 4 glucosamines, 6 galactoses, 6--8 mannoses, and 8--11 fucoses per molecule of the glycopeptide of both pepsinogens was observed, of which the high content of fucose is especially unique. The molecular weight of the carbohydrate chains should be around 4,000--5,000. The amino acid sequence of a major glycopeptide was deduced to be Ile-Gly-Ile-Gly-Thr-Pro-Gln-Ala-Asn, in which the asparagine residue is the site of attachment of the carbohydrate chain. | 101,535 | [
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Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage PBS2-induced DNA polymerase and its associated exonuclease activity. | The DNA polymerase induced by Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage PBS2 has a Stokes radius of 7.2 in buffers of high ioninc strength, suggesting a molecular weight in the range 145,000 to 195,000. The polypeptide bands observed on gel electrophoresis in dodecyl sulfate have apparent molecular weights of 78,000 and 69,000 (and possibly another 27,000) in equimolar amounts. In buffers of low ionic strength, the enzyme appears to form large aggregates and even precipitates, with about 90% loss of activity. A nuclease activity co-purifies with the PBS2 DNA polymerase and shows similar responses to changes in pH, MgCl2, N-ethylmaleimide, temperature, and dextran sulfate levels. The nuclease produces deoxyribonucleoside 5'monophosphates from denatured DNA containing thymine or uracil. No endonuclease activity is detectable on supercoiled DNA. The inhibition of nuclease activity by added deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, the DNA-dependent turnover of triphosphates, to free monophosphates during DNA polymerization, the inhibition of nuclease activity by 3'-phosphates on the DNA template-primer, and the pattern of digestion of 5'-[32P]phosphate-labeled DNA all indicate that the PBS2 DNA polymerase-associated hydrolytic activity is a 3' leads to 5'-exonuclease. | 101,539 | [
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Isolation and characterization of a high molecular weight glycoprotein from human blood platelets. | A high molecular weight glycoprotein consisting of three disulfide-linked 142,000 molecular weight chains has been isolated from human blood platelets. The glycoprotein, designated thrombospondin, is released by platelets in response to thrombin treatment and is proteolyzed when left in the presence of platelets after liberation. It is relatively insensitive to degradation by thrombin. Thrombospondin is a filamentous protein of dimensions approximately 7 X 70 nm and contains 1.9% neutral sugars, 1.4% amino sugars, 0.7% sialic acid, and no hexuronic acid. Amino acid analysis reveals that the level of cysteine is approximately 260 residues per molecule. Thrombospondin binds to immobilized heparin but is released by 0.45 M sodium chloride. A single band is obtained by isoelectric focusing, indicating a pI of 4.7 as well as a relatively high degree of purity. Degradation of the intact molecule with trypsin yields a stable core particle of molecular weight 210,000 comprised of three 70,000 chains. | 101,549 | [
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Screening for mild hypertension: costs and benefits. | It is important to understand the full implications of introducing a new screening and treatment programme into the National Health Service. In this paper, we calculate, for mild hypertension, the cost of community-based screening and the cost of case-finding in general practice. We show that case-finding in general practice is both less expensive and more efficient. We calculate the cost of running a programme in general practice for five years and divide that cost by an estimate of the number of deaths that might be prevented as a result of introducing such a programme. This calculation give a minimum cost for extending a life by the programme. | 101,569 | [
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Admission and adjustment of residents in homes for the elderly. | This paper discusses the relationship between psychological variables, a brief cognitive measure and a behavioural rating scale, and the subsequent adjustment of a group of elderly people newly admitted to a social services home for the elderly. It shows that, in this sample, three groups can be identified: a fairly independent group of people who show no apparent deterioration in functioning during the first year of admission; a more dependent group who show loss of functioning during the same period; and a third group who show an immediate negative effect from admission, and who have a poor outcome. We comment on the lack of evidence in support of a general negative relocation effect, and on the value of the procedures used. | 101,570 | [
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Squirrel monkey temporary threshold shift from 48-h exposures to low-frequency noise. | Five squirrel monkeys were exposed for 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 48 h to a 375--750-Hz band noise at an overall SPL of 95 dB. The TTS4.5 growth pattern for the 750-Hz test frequency was biphasic and did not reach an asymptote after 48 h of exposure. For all exposures, the mean thresholds of the five monkeys returned to within 5 dB of the preexposure mean 20 h after exposure. Recovery curves from all exposures at the 750-Hz test frequency appeared biphasic. Increasing SPL from 95 to 105 dB increased TTS4.5 by 4 dB at 750 Hz for a 1-h exposure. Recovery from the 105-dB exposure followed the same pattern as recovery from the 95-DB exposure. When compared with data collected from human subjects under similar conditions, these experiments indicate that the growth and recovery of TTS in squirrel monkeys are sufficiently similar to growth and recovery in man to justify further comparative investigation. | 101,572 | [
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A study of the effect of slow-reacting substances of anaphylaxis on the rhesus monkey airway. | Slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A) generated from rat peritoneal mast cells was aerosolized to the airways of a group of rhesus monkeys with established airway responses to ascaris antigen. A selective effect of SRS-A on pulmonary resistance and a lesser but significant effect on compliance was observed which differed from antigen, histamine, carbocholine, or prostaglandin (PG) F2alpha responses. The airway recovery from the PR change is slower than that from histamine and simulated PGF2alpha and some antigen experiments. The cutaneous reactions in rhesus monkeys due to SRS-A could be blocked in a dose response pattern by FPL55712 which did not affect histamine responses in rhesus skin. | 101,573 | [
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Behavioral and dermatologic changes and low serum zinc and copper concentrations in two premature infants after parenteral alimentation. | Two premature infants were observed to develop behavioral and dermatologic changes and low serum zinc and copper concentrations following cessation of prolonged parenteral alimentation, while being fed exclusively with human milk. Following treatment with exogenous oral zinc supplementation, prompt relief of symptoms and increases of serum zinc and copper concentrations were observed in both infants. These patients comprise about 5% of our premature infants who are treated with parenteral alimentation for more than two weeks. We recommend that premature infants on prolonged parenteral alimentation should be monitored for changes in serum zinc and copper concentrations and, if a marked fall is observed, supplementation should be considered. | 101,647 | [
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Growth response of the marine blue-green alga, Gomphosphaeria aponina, to inorganic nutrients and significance to management of Florida red tide. | A bioactive isolate from the blue-green alga Gomphosphaeria aponina is cytolytic towards the dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve, Florida's red tide organism. Batch and continuous cultures of G. aponina were used to determine nutrient limitation and to optimize mass-culture conditions. Iron and inorganic carbon were growth limiting; first-order saturation kinetics were observed for both substrates. For Fe3+, kinetic parameters were: Ks = 62 +/- 9 microgram 1(-1), and Ke max = 2.14 days-1. Maximum growth was observed at 150 micrograms Fe3+1(-1), with minimal growth below 10 microgram 1(-1). Cells colonized with increasing Fe3+ supplements, and time to reach maximum culture populations was inversely related to the concentration. For HCO3-,Ks = 62 +/- 4 mg1(-1) and Ke max = 1.3 day-1. Additions of NH4+ up to 200 micrograms 1(-1) were not stimulatory, whereas at 1.0 mg 1(-1) levels, Ke was 50% greater than for NO3- enriched medium. Concentrations greater than 25 micrograms PO4(3-) 1(-1) were stimulatory. However, at 1 mg1(-1), growth was less than in controls. Comparison of similar data available for G. breve would suggest that the inorganic nutrient requirements of G. aponina were minimal. Potential for natural control of G. breve by G. aponina is perhaps related to the efficiency of contact of the two organisms. | 101,740 | [
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[The diagnostic value of ejaculate cultures in acute unspecific epidiymitis (author's transl)]. | Bacteriological cultures of the ejaculates of 28 patients with acute unspecific epididymitis yielded in 6 cases growth of organisms which were considered to be the cause of the disease. Tests with conventional clinical antibiotics showed organism resistance in half of these cases. Because of possible contamination of the ejaculate with organisms in the urethra and in the preputial area, the results of bacteriological cultures of the ejaculate must be evaluated critically. But a bacteriological ejaculate culture should be carried out in all cases of acute epididymitis at the first consultation so that the antibiotic treatment can be begun immediately afterwards with a tetracycline preparation. If the cultures prove to be tetracycline resistant an appropriate antibiotic can then be substituted. | 101,777 | [
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Drug resistant tuberculosis in New Zealand. | Strains of M. tuberculosis resistant to one or more of the antituberculous drugs have not been common in New Zealand in the past. There is however, a high incidence of drug resistant tuberculosis in Western Samoa, 50 percent of cultures tested showing drug resistance and half of these are resistant to two or more drugs. A change from the usual initial treatment is suggested for Samoan patients with tuberculosis in New Zealand. | 101,915 | [
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The response of the living organism to dead and fixed dead enclosed homologous tissue. | Polyethylene tubes at both ends and with four perforations in the side walls were filled with untreated homologous necrotic muscle tissue or formaldehyde-fixed or glutaraldehyde-fixed homologous necrotic tissue and implanted subcutaneously in rats. The cell reaction in the tissues surrounding the differently filled tubes was examined. It was found that the inflammatory reaction to untreated necrotic homologous tissue was the least severe. | 101,928 | [
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Residues of pesticides and PCBs in estuarine fish,1972-76--National Pesticide Monitoring Program. | This report summarizes 1524 analyses of juvenile fish collected semiannually in 144 estuaries nationwide from July 1972 through June 1976. Pooled samples of 25 whole fish were screened for 20 common pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The three most common residues, DDT, PCBs, and dieldrin, were found in 39, 22, and 5 percent of the samples, respectively. Data indicate that estuarine pollution levels continue to decline. | 101,966 | [
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Undersea psychophysiologic reactions of human organism. | The determinations carried out on 12 divers during the immersion into the sea to a depth between 7 and 29 m, as well as on controls in immersions at 4 m revealed a significant prolongation of the visual reaction time and a marked tachycardia. The changes were more marked at great depths and if exercise was superimposed over hyperbaric stress. A rise in the urinary excretion of 17-HOCS and vanillylmandelic acid and an impairment of the manual dexterity were also found during immersions. The results stress the importance of divers' monitoring during their underwater activity and the necessity of improving their physical training. | 101,994 | [
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Arachidonic acid distribution in lipids of mammary glands and DMBA-induced tumors of rats. | In the phospholipid fractions, arachidonic acid represented a several fold higher percentage of fatty acids from DMBA-induced tumors and in mammary glands from midpregnant rats when compared to mammary glands from virgin rats. Arachidonic acid was not present in measurable quantities in the neutral lipid fractions of mammary glands from virgin rats. The arachidonic acid in the neutral lipid fraction of mammary glands from midpregnant rats was only detectable in the triglyceride-sterol ester fraction, but in that fraction less than 1% of the fatty acids were arachidonic acid. In the neutral lipids of the DMBA-induced tumors, it was of particular interest that a high proportion (19%) of the fatty acids in the diglyceride fraction consisted of arachidonic acid; no arachidonic acid was detected in the diglycerides of the normal tissues. | 102,001 | [
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[Peroral nitrate therapy in severe cardiac insufficiency following acute myocardial infarct]. | Ten patients with severe congestive heart failure after acute myocardial infarction were treated with 40 mg isosorbiddinitrate-retard every 4 hours and additional sublingual nitroglycerine. There was a prompt improvement of hemodynamic parameters which was maintained for 24 hours: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCW) decreased within 10 min from 26 +/- 5 (X +/- SEM) to 17 +/- 2 mm Hg (p less than 0.01) and mean arterial pressure from 109 +/- 7 to 98 +/- 6 mm Hg. The heart rate remained constant, and the cardiac index improved from 2.3 +/- 0.2 to 2.5 +/- 0.21/min/m2. The fall in blood pressure was dependent on the pretreatment pressure: it was significantly greater in patients with elevated blood pressure and only slight in those with a low pretreatment blood pressure. In the presented series of patients neither adverse effects or symptoms nor a critical reduction of blood pressure were observed. Combined oral treatment with isosorbiddinitrate and nitroglycerine can therefore be carried out without invasive blood pressure monitoring. | 102,029 | [
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[Preoperative localization of myocardial areas requiring revascularization in coronary artery disease (author's transl)]. | At the time of preoperative coronary angiography in 44 patients left ventricular angiograms immediately after high frequency stimulation and after administration of nitroglycerin were performed. For interpretation we used the shortening (in percentage) of 8 vertical semi-diameters and of longitudinal axis in biplane angiograms. The data found in 15 healthy persons were used for comparison. Looking at the rate of shortening after high frequency stimulation myocardial areas endangered by hypoxia could be unmasked. By giving nitroglycerin thereafter we were able to differentiate between reversibly and irreversibly damaged areas. In 7 patients this has already been proven by postoperative examination. In preoperatively reversibly damaged myocardial areas no hypokinesis could be observed any more after successful revascularization. In contrast there was no improvement seen in preoperatively irreversibly damaged areas in spite of graft patency. The described preoperative angiography-test allows: 1. to unmask myocardial areas endangered by hypoxia. 2. to differentiate preoperatively between reversibly and irreversibly damaged areas. 3. more precise indication as well as better control of the results of revascularization. | 102,047 | [
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Long-term short hemodialysis-implications to dialysis index. | From this data, we conclude: 1) that dialysis therapy should be individualized to achieve optimal patient well-being; 2) that long-term hemodialysis for 8--12 hr/wk with 1.0--1.5 M2 coil dialyzers and 1.3--2.5 M2 Dow Cordis hollow fiber kidney is feasible and safe; 3) that most patients do well on hemodialysis, when DI is maintained at 0.9 to 1.1 with coil dialyzers and 0.75 to 0.85 with Dow Cordis hollow fiber; 4) that patients with creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 1.0 ml/min or with excessive interdialytic weight gain (greater than 3.0 kg) may acquire maintenance of a DI greater than 1.2 when utilizing coil dialyzers. | 102,059 | [
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[Spontaneous formation of angiogenic woven bone within cancellous bones. Some observations on microfractures of isolated trabecula (author's transl)]. | Femoral heads removed for subcapital fracture of the femur were embedded in methacrylate. Contact roentgen films of slabs of 1--2 mm thickness were screened for aggregates of woven bone. A variety of form exceeding that seen by other methods was found, not only in association with isolated trabecula. The distribution was found to confirm earlier findings by Todd et al. (1972), Freeman et al. (1974) and Watson (1975). The aggregates were seen more frequently in porotic areas than in the trajectorial groups of trabecula in the femoral heads. Aggregates of typical shapes were also found in one hemipelvis and in a humeral head. In embedded specimens discontinuities were seen in some trabecula with aggregates and not in other elements. There was no evidence of cracks where aggregates were attached to the edges of bone plates. Some trabecula with aggregates were ground down to 100 micrometer for microradiography. Cracks of the underlying trabecula could be shown, but neither signs of resorption nor of formation or osteocyte activation could be found. Aggregates of woven bone within cancellous bone have been found in subchondral bone of experimental animals being impact loaded and in connection with discontinuities. They are found near areas bypassed by the transmission of loads, too, in osteoporosis beside the groups of pricipal trabecula, and without association with discontinuities. It is concluded, that aggregates of woven bone are the product of mesenchymal activation or some defect in the regulation of mesenchymal activity and associated with causes of bone atrophy rather than with specific mechanical conditions. | 102,093 | [
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Platelet survival determination in atherosclerosis. | Platelet survival presently represents a useful method for the study of atherosclerosis and its consequences in patients and in animal models. The currently used technique, while time consuming, appears to be reliable and reproducible for the measurement of platelet survival and turnover rate. The test offers promise to detect and perhaps quantify the degree of active vessel wall damage. In addition, it might prove useful to identify drugs with potential as platelet suppressants. Finally, the test might be used to compare with new techniques developed or used to identify vessel damage or thrombosis proneness. | 102,122 | [
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The application and limitations of immunodiagnostic techniques in parasitic infections. | The application of immunodiagnostic techniques in the diagnosis of parasitic infections has been discussed in relation to the conditions operating in developing countries where multiple parasitism is common and diagnostic facilities are often limited. The uses and limitations of the tests for individual diagnosis and epidemiological studies have been highlighted. The filter-paper plasma modification of the IFA test has been identified as a technique that has an advantage over all the others and could be universally used with great success in many developing countries. | 102,136 | [
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Coronary, ventricular, and pulmonary abnormalities associated with rupture of the interventricular septum complicating myocardial infarction. | Left ventricular wall motion abnormalities, the extent and location of coronary artery stenoses, and the radiographic evidence of pulmonary venous hypertension were analyzed in a retrospective study of 40 patients who had surgically proven rupture of the interventricular septum after myocardial infarction. In 33 patients in whom chest films were available, interstitial or alveolar pulmonary edema was present in 78%, while left ventricular enlargement was present in 82%. Of 26 patients who had coronary angiography, complete occlusion of the right coronary artery, left anterior descending artery, or left circumflex artery was present in 92%, with few, if any, collateral vessels around the occlusion. The location of the rupture in the muscular septum was always in the region of akinesis or dyskinesis. Posterior defects were associated with posterobasal and diaphragmatic akinesis, and anterior defects with apical akinesis. Left ventricular aneurysms were adjacent to the septal rupture in 68%, and 74% had mitral regurgitation. The right ventricular diaphragmatic wall in posterior rupture was always akinetic, indicating right ventricular infarction. Thus ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction (1) tends to occur with multiple coronary occlusions about which little collateral flow develops; (2) can accurately be localized anteriorly or posteriorly in the muscular septum by the location of the akinetic left ventricular wall segment; and (3) has an associated right ventricular infarct when rupture is posterior. | 102,143 | [
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Pitfalls of transhepatic portal venography and therapeutic coronary vein occlusion. | Coronary vein occlusions via transhepatic portography for bleeding esophageal varices was attempted in 24 patients. Problems occurred that either prevented the attempt or resulted in less than adequate occlusion. These included blood flow in the left gastric (coronary) vein toward the liver due to occluded or stenotic splenorenal shunts, spontaneous left gastric vein to inferior vena cava shunts, and failure of powdered Gelfoam and heat-treated autogenous clot to cause permanent occlusion. Of 89 total transhepatic portographies, 65 for diagnosis and 24 for occlusion, major complications occurred in two. | 102,154 | [
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Transcatheter gelfoam embolization of posttraumatic bleeding pseudoaneurysms. | Diagnostic angiography combined with transcatheter therapeutic embolization is a simple and effective means of treating complex clinical situations associated with posttraumatic hemorrhage. Bleeding pseudoaneurysms, even when large, can be readily managed by this combined modality with resultant decrease in morbidity and hospital stay. Five patients with posttraumatic pseudoaneurysms are presented. All five were treated by transcatheter therapeutic embolization with Gelfoam. Of these five cases, three involved extremities, one involved the retroperitoneal space, and the last was of renal origin. Two of the five cases still required surgical intervention after initial successful therapeutic embolization, one for recurrent bleeding from collaterals and the other for evacuation of a massive pseudoaneurysm which was causing distraction of fracture fragments. The early use of angiography in suspected cases of posttraumatic hemorrhage, together with careful evaluation of potential collateral supply, is stressed. The use of transcatheter therapeutic embolization in the extremities as presented here is yet another example of the ever-broadening applicability of this technique. | 102,155 | [
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Transcatheter embolization: prevention of embolic reflux using balloon catheters. | Reflux of embolic material during therapeutic transcatheter embolization is a potential complication which can result in occlusion of distal vascular beds. The conditions under which reflux was demonstrated in laboratory animals include (1) low flow states, (2) overvigorous flushing, (3) selective contrast injections, and (4) placement of embolic material too proximally. Balloon occlusion of the orifice of the vessel undergoing embolization protects against reflux and allows more homogenous embolization. Because of experience gained in the laboratory, therapeutic transcatheter embolization is now performed in patients with balloon catheter protection. Preliminary clinical experience is described. | 102,156 | [
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Bleeding simulated by the distal internal pudendal artery stain. | A capillary and venous phase blush in the region of the distal branches of the internal pudendal artery that simulates bleeding can sometimes be seen on arteriograms of male patients who are not bleeding. We describe five such cases. Correct identification of this pooling of contrast material is important to avoid unnecessary treatment by transcatheter embolization or by infusion of vasoactive drugs. | 102,157 | [
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Increasing the predictive value positive of the precipitin test for the diagnosis of deep-seated candidiasis. | Three hundred fifty human sera were tested by double immunodiffusion, crossed-line electrophoresis, and crossed immuno-affinoelectrophoresis with a concanavalin A intermediate gel for precipitating antibodies to antigens present in cytoplasmic extracts of Candida albicans. Sera from 48 of 287 hospitalized patients at risk of invasive candidiasis contained precipitating antibodies to Candida antigens. Of these 48 sera, 27 had precipitating antibodies only to cell-wall antigens present in the cytoplasmic extract, and 21 sera had precipitating antibodies to both cytoplasmic and cell-wall antigens. The latter sera came from patients who were 2.5 times as likely to have deep-seated candidiasis as those patients with precipitins exclusively to cell-wall antigens. Sera from seven of 22 patients with vaginal candidiasis and 10 of 41 patients with other fungal infections had precipitating antibodies to C. albicans cell-wall antigens; only two of these sera also contained precipitating antibodies to the cytoplasmic antigens. Crossed immunoaffinoelectrophoresis with concanavalin A reduced the number of false-positive results and increased the predictive value positive of the precipitin test for deep-seated candidiasis from 31% to 71%. | 102,183 | [
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Is the concept of "control group" valid? A quantitative comparison of behavior of caged baboon groups. | Behavioral comparisons between six caged baboon groups indicate that the groups have consistent and similar behavioral attributes. At the same time it is possible to distinguish between classes of animals in each group such as males versus females and high status versus low status rank. Comparable results are obtained in both ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks. This investigation supports the assumption that baboon groups exhibit behaviors that are both consistent and predictable where environment and group composition are controlled. Thus there appears to be a strong species-appropriate set of behaviors. Behavioral plasticity and group variability might be due largely to a combination of environmental stimuli and the particular history of that group. Differential individual histories or idiosyncracies do not invalidate experimental designs which rely on randomization to structure control groups. | 102,209 | [
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Antimicrobial drug usage in general hospitals in Pennsylvania. | The Inter-Society Committee on Antimicrobial Drug Usage has conducted a survey of 20 randomly selected general hospitals in Pennsylvania. Records studied were of 5288 patients who either died or were discharged on 10 random days throughout 1974. About 28% of these patients received at least one antimicrobial drug during hospitalization. In 60% of the patients the drugs were given for treatment of infectious disease; in 30% they were given as prophylaxis for surgical or nonsurgical procedures. Prophylactic treatment was given for more than 2 days after a procedure in most cases, even though it is not considered effective after 48 h. Discontinuing prophylaxis after 48 h would reduce by 20% the use of antimicrobial drugs in hospitals. Overall, ampicillin and the cephalosporins were the most commonly prescribed drugs, with the more toxic drugs being used infrequently; over half of the patients given antimicrobial drugs had cultures taken. Both of these findings are consistent with accepted standards for antimicrobial drug usage. | 102,227 | [
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Endogenous endophthalmitis associated with bacillus cereus bacteremia in a cocaine addict. | A 22-year-old black female intravenous cocaine addict presented with an endophthalmitis of the right eye. Diagnostic evaluation included an immediate anterior chamber paracentesis and a delayed vitreous aspiration. Although cultures from the involved eye were negative, all 7 blood cultures grew Bacillus cereus suggesting that this organism was the responsible agent of an endogenous endophthalmitis. The patient was treated with appropriate systemic and local antibiotics with resolution of the acute inflammatory signs. However, a phthisical eye has been noted on follow-up examinations. | 102,235 | [
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[Use of protein-free potato juice concentrates in the production of tetracycline]. | The study on the use of potato juice concentrate in tetracycline production showed that the tetracycline-producing strain 3-NK of Actinomyces aureofaciens grown on seed and fermentation media containing 2--2.5 and 0.35--0.45 per cent (by dry substance) of the concentrate produced the same antibiotic yield as that on the media with corn steep liquor. | 102,242 | [
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[Simple qualitative methods of detecting beta-lactamase-producing strains of microorganisms]. | Modifications of two microbiological qualitative methods for detection of beta-lactamase-producing microbial strains are described. The methods are based on the principle of Goths. One of the methods named "contact" significantly differs from the prototype and is more simple, convenient, easily reproducible and does not require the use of special equipment and special training of the staff. | 102,243 | [
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[A simplified arteriographic analysis of systolic pressure and of the pressure-time index]. | Systolic stress has been measured in 20 ms periods during ventricular ejection by monoplanar angiographic method, both under basal conditions and after infusion of trinitro-glycerine (TNG) in 8 coronary patients. None of them showed significant segmental contraction abnormality. No correlation was found between the corresponding values of mean systolic stress sigma and mean systolic pressure P, either under basal conditions (r=0.48) or after reduction of the load (r=0.24). On the other hand, values of sigma correlated closely with the corresponding values of the stress sigmas at the end of the isovolumic contraction phase, both under basal conditions (r=0.95) and after TNG (r=0.98. A similar correlation was found between the corresponding values of the peak of systolic stress and of sigmas both under basal conditions (r=0.94) and after TNG (r=0.96). Determination of sigmas is technically simple, and only requires the calculation of ventricular end-diastolic volume, together with measurement of end-diastolic thickness and aortic diastolic pressure. This simplified angiographic method is useful to express the determinants of myocardial energy using parietal stress values instead of intracavitary pressure values. | 102,271 | [
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[Obstructive cardiomyopathy and associated coronary atherosclerosis. Review of the literature and report of 2 personal cases]. | The association of idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) with significant coronary atherosclerosis is little known, only 43 cases being available in the literature, 2 of which are personal ones. But the incidence of this association has certainly been underestimated. It is especially found from the sixth decade onwards, and at least 20% of patients with IHSS in and above the age group have stenosing lesions of the coronary artery. It is almost impossible to establish the presence of associated coronary abnormalities from the clinical features of from electrocardiogram. It does however seem worthwhile looking for this condition in IHSS when there is refractory chest pain, especially to beta-blockers, particularly if the patient is aged over 50 and has risk factors for ischaemic heart disease. It is also good to find IHSS associated with known coronary artery disease by using simple non-invasive techniques such as phonomechanocardiography and especially echo-cardiography; it is important not to miss the myocardial lesion and to treat concurrently if there is likely to be an indication for dealing with the coronary arteries surgically. The beta-blockers are the treatment of choice for both conditions, together with anticoagulents. If they fail, myectomy or myotomy together with aorto-coronary bypass graft should be considered. | 102,292 | [
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Neurofibromatosis and pregnancy. | Ten patients with neurofibromatosis were studied in 27 pregnancies. Two of the patients had evidence of pre-eclampsia in their first pregnancy but not in subsequent ones. In all other pregnancies, no adverse features were noted. It would seem that neurofibromatosis is not specifically associated with any obstetric complications. The need for further reporting of cases is stressed. | 102,334 | [
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A high-potential redox component located within cyanobacterial photosystem II. | The calcium-dependent oxygen evolution activity of preparations of Phormidium luridum shows a marked selectivity in favor of ferricyanide over benzoquinone as Hill oxidant. In addition, the rate of oxygen evolution increases with increasing solution redox potential over the range +350 to +550 mV vs. the standard hydrogen electrode. These properties pertain to both 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea-sensitive and -insensitive fractions of the total oxygen evolution activity. Neither changes in solution potential nor use of oxidants other than ferricyanide obviate the need for added Ca(2+). To explain these observations, two models are proposed, each of which invokes the existence of a redox component located within Photosystem II and having a midpoint potential greater than +450 mV. In one model, the postulated species is a donor which competes with water for oxidizing equivalents generated by System II. In the other model, the 450 mV species is a high-potential primary acceptor of System II electrons. | 102,342 | [
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The luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) neuronal networks of the guinea pig brain. I. Intra- and extra-hypothalamic projections. | In the guinea pig brain, LH-RH-containing cell bodies are located not only within the classical hypophysiotrophic area but also in the medial preoptic area, septum and olfactory tubercle. LH-RH fiber tracts project not only to the primary portal plexus in the median eminence but also throughout the limbic forebrain and limbic midbrain regions. Using radiofrequency lesions in different brain regions, the projections of LH-RH cell bodies were determined. Cells in the medial preoptic area project ot the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT), the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the mammillary body complex and the ventral tegmental area. LH-RH neurons in both the medial septal nucleus and medial preoptic area project via the stria medullaris to the medial habenular nucleus and from there via the fasciculus retroflexus to the interpeduncular nucleus of the midbrain. Other LH-RH neurons in the medial septal nucleus, nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca and olfactory tubercle are congregated in small clusters around large blood vessels which penetrate into this area, and they do not appear to send axons outside their immediate vicinity. The types of LH-RH axonal terminations and the roles of these peptide-containing neurons are discussed. | 102,406 | [
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Expression of Ricinus communis receptors on epithelial cells in oral carcinomas and oral wounds. | The histological distribution of receptors for Ricinus communis Fraction 1 (RCA1) in oral carcinomas and in oral epithelial cells during wound healing has been studied by use of fluorescein-tagged RCA1. Biopsies from 15 human oral carcinomas and adjacent normal mucosa showed RCA1 receptors at the cell membranes in the basal and spinous layer of the normal epithelium, whereas receptors could not be demonstrated in invading islands of the tumors. In healing oral wounds from eight humans and three monkeys, RCA1 receptors were demonstrated both in normal epithelium adjacent to the wounds and in the epithelial outgrowth from the wound margin. Titrations, however, showed that the epithelial outgrowth reacted more weakly than did the normal adjacent epithelium. These results support previous in vitro studies showing changes in carbohydrate composition of moving normal cells and of malignant cells, a finding that may be of interest in relation to formation of metastases. | 102,424 | [
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Total synthesis of ceramide trihexoside accumulating with Fabry's disease. | We report the synthesis of natural ceramide trihexoside, viz. gal (alpha-1 leads to 4) gal (beta-1 leads to 4) gluc (beta-1 leads to 1) ceramide (XIII). It involves the Koenigs-Knorr reaction of the bromide II with the aglucon XIX, and of the chloride VII with the D-enantiomer of the ceramide ester XII. A positional isomer of XIII was obtained as a by-product. A novel technique in the Koenings-Knorr reaction is described. | 102,432 | [
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[Plasma estradiol levels in quail during sexual development and after different estrogenic treatments]. | The comparison between estradiol levels in peripheral plasma of developing quails and of estradiol benzoate treated quails (0.01, 0.02, 0.1 and 1 mg/daily/6 days) shows that only the dose of 0.01 mg reproduces the conditions of a physiological estrogen stimulation. | 102,440 | [
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[Adrenal gland growth of the ovine fetus in the end of gestation: evolution of DNA and of membrane proteins]. | The adrenal weight of the ovine fetus increases dramatically during late pregnancy. This increase is achieved in three periods: one of DNA duplication between two phases of cellular hypertrophy. During cellular hypertrophy an important biosynthesis of membrane proteins is observed. This development concerns essentially the adrenal cortex. | 102,441 | [
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[Speed of in vitro reassociation of gonadotropin subunits in a teleost fish, the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)]. | Purified gonadotropin subunits of a teleost Fish, the Carp, reassociated in vitro, according to a second order rate reaction. The rate constant was temperature dependent. Compared to ovine LH, the Q10 was about three times less and the rate constant much greater (160 times for instance at 20 degrees C). The possible physiological significance of these differences is underlined. | 102,442 | [
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[Species specific esterase profiles in the genus Serratia]. | Esterases of 62 Serratia marcescens, S. liquefaciens, S. plymuthica and S. marinorubra strains were analysed by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide-agarose gel. The comparative distribution of bands showed that the four Serratia species were characterized by distinct electrophoretic patterns of their esterases. | 102,456 | [
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Results with commercial radioassay kits compared with microbiological assay of folate in serum and whole-blood. | We compared results with three commercial folate radioassay kits [Bio-Rad, New England Nuclear (NEN), and RIA Products] with those by microbiological assay for more than 200 samples of human serum and whole blood. All but one kit (NEN) compared favorably with the microbiological assay for serum samples, although there were notable diagnostic discrepancies. Two kits (NEN and Bio-Rad) were tested on whole-blood samples; both yielded values significantly higher than those by microbiological assay. The frequency distributions of erythrocyte folate data differed strikingly between the two kits; the NEN method yielded a much narrower range of normal values than did either the Bio-Rad or the microbiological assay. Radioassay kits appear to be suitable diagnostic agents for serum folate, if the behavior of a particular kit is investigated thoroughly before its routine use. However, the diagnostic value of radioassays of erythrocyte folate needs to be validated. | 102,464 | [
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Autoradiographic localization of the uptake of 3H-beta-alanine in rat nervous tissue cultures. | Autoradiographic studies on the uptake of 3H-beta-alanine have shown that, in spinal cord and brain stem cultures, both neurones and glial cells have accumulated the amino acid. In contrast, in cultures of cerebellum and dorsal root ganglia, 3H-beta-alanine was only t aken up by glial elements. | 102,522 | [
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Karyotype abnormalities in two primate species, Pygathrix nemaeus and Lemur coronatus. | The karyotypes of 7 douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus) and 3 crowned lemurs (Lemur coronatus) were examined. Abnormalities in 23.5% of the karyotypes of 1 male douc langur were associated with a history of fathering stillborns and abortuses (38%). Karyotype analysis of an apparently normal female lemur revealed three differing karyotypes, one normal and two abnormal. | 102,569 | [
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Changes through the day in the food choice of wild gibbons. | Several studies of primates have found that they tend to eat different foods at different times of day. A detailed study of a small sample of siamang and lar gibbons shows that they select figs in the morning, young leaves in the afternoon and figs again for the last feed of the day. Various explanations of these choices are offered, centering on how the gibbons can best meet their energy demands overnight and at dawn. | 102,571 | [
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Criteria for internal auditing. | An effective, inclusive internal auditing endeavor should help assure hospital managements that (1) an adequate system of internal control exists to assure the safeguarding of assets and the reliability of data produced by the financial information system, (2) uneconomic operating practices are detected promptly so they can be remedied, and (3) program results and effectiveness levels are of sufficiently high quality to demonstrate managerial competence. | 102,583 | [
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Ultrastructure of tissue in intrabony and subperiosteal porous ceramic implants. | Porous ceramic (Al2O3) implants with pore size of 100--750 micron were placed intrabony in the maxilla and subperiosteally in the mandible of three adult monkeys. After observation periods of 10, 11 and 12 months, the animals were perfused with 1.7% glutaraldehyde and the jaws processed for electron microscopy. Tissue ingrowth into the pores was observed in all the specimens. The implant pores facing the host bone contained bone tissue to a depth of approximately 1 mm, while only unmineralized tissue was found in the implant part adjacent to the periosteum. The unmineralized tissue was of a fibrous nature with collagen fibers arranged in a lamellar fashion. Cells, often with extremely long and slender cellular processes, were seen between the lamellae. The cells had the cytoplasmic features typical of protein-producing cells. The mineralized tissue exhibited ordinary bone tissue structure with plate-like crystallites in a collagenous matrix. Some lacunae and canaliculi with osteocytes were observed, though they were scarce. | 102,603 | [
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Disphosphonate dynamic imaging of experimental bone grafts and soft tissue injury. Radionuclide bone imaging. | Bone imaging provides two significant advantages over previously available methods for assessing bone processes. First, as scanning is non-invasive, it offers the operator the ability to sequentially follow any area of bone without altering it as would a biopsy. The second advantage is the ability of bone imaging to provide current information about the bone being scanned rather than having to deal with the delay that is inherent in conventional radiography. Recent developments in radiopharmaceuticals and instrumentation have made bone imaging a potentially practical clinical tool for the detection and assessment of benign as well as malignant processes affecting bone. This paper presents the results of the use of technetium 99m diphosphonate bone imaging in experimental canine mandibular autografts and surgical soft tissue injury. The implication of these results for the clinical situation will be discussed. | 102,606 | [
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Clavulanic acid inhibition of beta-lactamase I from Bacillus cereus 569/H. | Inactivation of beta-lactamase I by clavulanic acid was investigated. Clavulanic acid induced inhibition of the enzyme was found to be progressive with time. Benzylpenicillin provided protection against the adverse effects of the inhibitor initially, however, the enzyme was irreversibly inhibited in a progressive manner even in the presence of substrate. Reaction of beta-lactamase I with clavulanic acid, in the presence of ampicillin, led to a very rapid inactivation of the enzyme. | 102,630 | [
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Tibial fractures involving the ankle in children. The so-called triplane epiphyseal fracture. | Triplane fractures of the distal end of the tibia in fifteen children (average age, thirteen years) represented 6 per cent of 237 consecutive epiphyseal fractures of the ankle. Thirteen children were treated by closed methods (including manipulation) and two had open reduction of the fractures. At an average of twenty-six months after injury, three of fourteen patients showed roentgenographic evidence of premature symmetrical epiphyseal closure with less than 0.5 centimeter of shortening and no angular deformity. Of twelve children examined clinically, three had a 5 to 10-degree external rotation deformity and one patient also had an articular incongruity due to inadequate reduction. In the five cases in which tomograms were used to the medial malleolus, and the anteromedial part of the epiphysis. The lateral fragment included the remainder of the epiphysis together with a piece of posterior metaphysis with attached fibula. | 102,648 | [
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Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of purified lymphocyte and whole-blood in vitro lymphocyte stimulation assays in detection of Brucella abortus infection in cattle. | A study was conducted to compare the sensitivity and specificity of purified lymphocyte and whole-blood in vitro lymphocyte stimulation assays in detection of Brucella abortus infection in cattle. Cattle used were infected with B. abortus field strains or strain 19. Peripheral blood was collected, and lymphocytes for the technique. The blood for the whole-blood lymphocyte stimulation assay was diluted 10-fold with RPMI 1640 medium (without additional serum supplement) and cultured. The two tests were run simultaneously, and B. abortus soluble antigen or concanavalin A was added to the cultures. The cultures were incubated for 6 days and assayed for [3H] thymidine incorporation into their DNA. Generally, cultures of the purified lymphocyte stimulation assay had higher counts per minute than those of the whole-blood lymphocyte stimulation assay, but the stimulation ratios for the two tests were comparable. The two assays were comparable in terms of their sensitivity and specificity as applied to detection of brucella infection in cattle. | 102,656 | [
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Determination of immunoglobulin A concentrations in human nasal secretions with a serum immunoglobulin A standard. | By quantitative immunodiffusion tests, nasal secretion immunoglobulin A was underestimated by approximately 5.6-fold when the serum 7S immunoglobulin A standard was employed. | 102,657 | [
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The identification of relay neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of monkeys using horseradish peroxidase. | Intraaxonal retrograde transport of the protein horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was used to identify relay neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of owl (Aotus trivirgatus) and rhesus (Macaca mulatta) monkeys. In both species, from 94.1-98.6% of the neurons within columns extending through both parvocellular and magnocellular layers were labeled following injection of HRP into striate cortex. Labeled neurons were also identified in the thin ventral-most S(0) Layers. Although most of the cells within the thin interlaminar regions in the LGN of both species were labeled following injections of HRP, many unlabeled neurons were identified within the large cell-rich interlaminar region (IL) between the internal parvocellular and internal magnocellular layers in the LGN of the owl monkey, suggesting that IL may be a specialized region containing a large number of intrinsic neurons. Finally, measurement of the cell diameters of neurons within the densely labeled areas in relay layers revealed that labeled and unlabeled neurons could not be distinguished on the basis of cell body size alone and that some of the smallest cells of the LGN project to striate cortex. These findings indicate that nearly all of the neurons of the main relay layers of the LGN in these two primates are relay cells and that the organization of the LGN in primates may differ significantly from that of other mammals with respect to the percentage of interneurons. | 102,664 | [
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An attempt at immunotherapy of murine virus erythroleukemia. | It was demonstrated that the nonvirulent strain of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from vegetable matter prolonged significantly the survival time of mice inoculated with murine virus erythroleukemia. The most significant survival time was recorded when live listeriae were administered on the same day but into another site than the leukemia virus was. | 102,689 | [
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Xenogenic response of human peripheral blood lymphocytes against murine cells in vitro. | Human peripheral blood lymphocytes (HPBL) were sensitized to mitomycin-treated murine spleen cells and mitomycin-treated mastocytoma P-815. A DNA proliferative response occurred to both cell types. The sensitized HPBL lysed chromium-51-labelled mastocytoma P-815 cells in a cell-mediated cytotoxicity assay (CMC). Evidence is presented that this human-murine xenogeneic system involves T cell response with specificity in CMC mainly toward H-2 antigens. DBA/2 splenocytes were superior to mastocytoma cells as sensitizers in the xenogeneic DNA proliferative assay. | 102,702 | [
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Antigen-specific suppressor T-cell activity in genetically restricted immune spleen cells. | Virgin spleen cells develop comparable primary antibody responses in vitro to syngeneic or allogeneic macrophages (Mphi) bearing the terpolymer L-glutamic acid60-L-alanine30-L-tyrosine10 (GAT), whereas immune spleen cells primed with syngeneic or allogeneic GAT-Mphi develop secondary responses preferentially when stimulated with GAT-Mphi syngeneic to the GAT-Mphi used for priming in vivo. These restrictions are mediated by products of the I-A subregion of the H-2 complex and are operative at the level of the GAT-Mphi-immune helper T-cell interactions. To investigate why these immune spleen cells fail to develop a significant antibody response to GAT-Mphi other than those used for in vivo immunization and determine the mechanism by which the restriction is maintained, spleen cells from virgin and syngeneic or allogeneic GAT-Mphi-primed mice were co-cultured in the presence of GAT-Mphi of various haplotypes. Antibody responses to GAT developed only in the presence of GAT-Mphi syngeneic to the Mphi used for in vivo priming; responses in cultures with GAT-Mphi allogeneic to the priming Mphi, whether these Mphi were syngeneic or allogeneic with respect to the responding spleen cells, were suppressed. The suppression was mediated by GAT-specific radiosensitive T cells. Thus, development of GAT-specific suppressor T cells appears to be a natural consequence of the immune response to GAT in responder as well as nonresponder mice. The implications of stimulation of genetically restricted immune helper T cells, and antigen-specific, but unrestricted, suppressor T cells after immunization with GAT-Mphi in vivo are discussed in the context of regulatory mechanisms in antibody responses. | 102,722 | [
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The role of calcium ions in the synthesis and transport of noradrenaline carrier vesicles in guinea-pig sympathetic neurons in vitro. | Guinea-pig inferior mesenteric ganglia (IMG)/hypogastric nerve preparations were incubated in tissue culture media containing ethylene glycol-bis-(beta-aminoethyl ether)N,N'tetra-acetic acid (EGTA) or colchicine and examined either by fluorescence microscopy or by transmission electron microscopy. Two millimolar EGTA inhibited the accumulation of noradrenaline (NA) fluophore proximal to a crush, but did not produce an increase in the fluorescent intensity of, or the number of dense-cored vesicles (DCVs) within the neuronal perikarya. Calcium ions, but not magnesium ions, were able to block this effect of EGTA. Preparations incubated in the presence of colchicine (2.5 microgram/ml) showed a reduction in the amount of fluorescent material accumulating proximal to a crush, but an increase in both the fluorescent intensity and the number of DCVs within the neuronal perikarya. The suggestion that calcium ions are required for the synthesis of some part of the NA-containing vesicle rather than for their loading onto the axoplasmic transport mechanism is discussed. | 102,736 | [
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Hemangioma calcificans. Case report of an intraparenchymatous calcified vascular hematoma with epileptogenic potential. | A middle-aged woman, with a previous history of medically suppressed absence attacks, presented with mild changes in mental status and a skull film demonstrating several areas of mottled, granular, intracranial calcifications. These lesions, although readily visible on computerized tomography, appeared avascular during the course of cerebral angiography. At the time of surgery the masses, which were densely calcified and generally circular, demonstrated numerous areas of superficial, white, verrucous excrescences. Microscopic, pathological evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of hemangioma calcificans. The literature describing this rare entity is briefly reviewed. | 102,737 | [
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Does the supplementary motor area play a part in modifying motor cortex reflexes? | Neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area was recorded from a monkey performing a trained motor task that required readiness for proper usage of sensory inputs. Thirty-two neurons exhibited activity changes, which supports the hypothesis that the SMA is part of the system involved in modulating responsiveness of the motor cortex to sensory inputs in association with learned movements. | 102,779 | [
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Ultrastruct of red-sore lesions on largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides): associattion of the ciliate Epistylis sp. and the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila. | Epizootic outbreaks of red-sore disease in several reservoirs in the southeastern United States have been reported to cause heavy mortality among several species of fish having sport and commercial value. The etiologic agent is said to be the peritrich ciliate Epistylis sp.; secondary infection by the gram-negative bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila produces hemorrhagic septicemia which results in death. However, in recent studies on the largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides, Epistylis sp. could be isolated from only 35% of 114 lesions from 114 fish, while A. hydrophila was found in 96% of the same lesions. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy of lesions associated with red-sore disease indicate that neither the stalk nor the attachment structure of Epistylis sp. have organelles capable of producing lytic enzymes. Since other investigators have shown that A. hydrophila produces strong lytic toxins, and in absence of evidence to the contrary, it is concluded that Epistylis sp. is a benign ectocommensal and that A. hydrophila is the primary etiologic agent of red-sore disease. | 102,785 | [
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The effect of glucose on the biochemical and ultrastructural characteristics of developing Euglena chloroplasts. | Chloroplast development is inhibited in Euglena gracilis strain Z, when greened in a medium containing glucose. This inhibition is reflected not only in the pattern of chlorophyll accumulation but also in the chloroplast ultrastructure and activities of the 2 light reactions of photosynthesis. Chloroplasts of cells greening in the presence of glucose are delayed in developing certain structures. Photosystem I activity develops at about the same rate as that of the controls during the first 48 h of greening, after which it develops at a slower rate. The rate of development of photosystem II activity in cells greening in a glucose medium lags considerably behing that of the controls until the later hours of greening. There are similarities between glucose inhibition and chloramphenicol inhibition of chloroplast development. Glucose may inhibit a step in chloroplast development ultimately controlled by the chloroplast genome. | 102,787 | [
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Synthesis and carcinogenic activity of 5-fluoro-7-(oxygenated methyl)-12-methylvenz[a]anthracenes. | Treatment of 7,12-benz[a]anthraquinone (2) with methylmagnesium iodide or methyllithium yields mixtures of cis- and trans-7,12-dihydro-7,12-dihydroxy-7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracenes (3a,b), in which the ratio of cis to trans lies in the 3--4:1 region. Each isomer afforded high yields of 7-chloromethyl-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (5) on treatment with hydrogen chloride in ethyl acetate. Similarly, 5-fluoro-7,12-benz[a]anthraquinone (8) afforded a mixture of cis- and trans-5-fluoro-7,12-dihydro-7,12-dihydroxy-7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracenes (9) which yielded 7-chloromethyl-5-fluoro-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (10) on treatment with HCl. The chloromethyl compounds, 5 and 10, yielded 7-acetoxymethyl-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (6) and 7-acetoxymethyl-5-fluoro-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (11) on treatment with acetate ion. Hydrolysis of 6 and 11 yielded 7-hydroxymethyl-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (7) and 5-fluoro-7-hydroxymethyl-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (12), respectively. Since neither 11 nor 12 is appreciably carcinogenic, the carcinogenic metabolism of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) probably does not involve attack at the 7-methyl group. | 102,793 | [
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Inhibition by potassium ion of the pregerminative response to L-alanine of unactivated spores of Bacillus cereus T. | The effect of potassium ion on L-alanine-inosine-induced germination of unactivated spores of Bacillus cereus T was studied. Unactivated spores germinated in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer (NaPB), but not 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer (KPB), at pH 8.0 and at 30 C. Inhibition of germination was also observed on incubation of unactivated spores in NaPB containing potassium chloride. Previously it was demonstrated that germination of unactivated spores involves at least two steps, one induced by L-alanine, and the other by inosine. Potassium ion seems to inhibit the response of the spores to inosine, because: (1) Spores that had been preincubated with L-alanine in NaPB or KPB, germinated in NaPB but not KPB in the presence of inosine. (2) During germination in NaPB, incorporation of L-[14C]alanine showed bimodal kinetics with a rapid first phase and a second continuous phase, but in KPB the second phase of incorporation did not occur. The events occurring before germination of unactivated spores are discussed with reference to the initiation of germination. | 102,904 | [
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[The persistence of pathogens and its immunepathological consequences]. | In principle the persistence of pathogens is favored by disturbances of the interplay between specific humoral and cellular defence mechanisms in the particular individual characteristic. Clinical secondary reactions in persistence of infection are in many cases not characterized by the infection as such but more decisively by the "terrain" which a particular organism encounters. This terrain is characterized by immunopathological secondary reactions which now become in turn the basis of the clinical secondary disease. In the individual case the manifestations are due to: acquired disturbances of immunotolerance; formation of neoantigens or induced autoimmune reactions; frequent immune complex reactions due to infectious or secondary antigens with corresponding antibody formation and complement activation. | 102,991 | [
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Rearrangement of genetic information may produce immunoglobulin diversity. | The nearly complete amino-acid sequences of 22 closely related immunoglobulin kappa variable (Vkappa) regions from the inbred NZB mouse are presented. This group of Vkappa regions is encoded by at least six germline Vkappa genes. These data also suggest that the mouse kappa gene is divided into three segments termed V or variable (residues 1 to 98 or 99), J or joining (residues 99 or 100 to 112) and C or constant (residues 113--219). Tonegawa et la. have recently described a similar J segment for mouse lambda chains. Inbred mice contain multiple Vkappa and Jkappa gene segments. Therefore, different combinations of V and J gene segments may be joined at the DNA level during the differentiation of individual lymphocytes to contribute to antibody diversity. | 103,003 | [
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Persistent bacteriuria in the rat after reflux challenge with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. | An experiment based upon reflux of culture suspensions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into the rat kidney was set up to examine possible factors of importance in the development of ascending renal infection. We monitored the persistence of challenge bacteria in the rat urinary tract by quantitative culture of urine collected by spontaneous micturition, despite heavy contamination with commensal microflora. In most animals challenged, pseudomonads gave rise to bacteriuria of only limited duration. During bacterial persistence in urine, colony counts fluctuated widely from day to day. | 103,062 | [
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[Serum aminoacid levels during aminoacid-free parenteral feeding (author's transl)]. | 19 patients in a surgical intensive care unit were fed parenterally on an aminoacid-free diet and the serum aminoacid levels were determined chromatographically on ion exchange resins. The results were compared with those obtained in 150 normal persons. The significance of the findings is discussed. | 103,084 | [
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Introduction of antigenic phospholipids into the plasma membrane of mammalian cells: organization and antibody-induced lipid redistribution. | Phosphatidylethanolamine bearing the 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl hapten was introduced into the surface membrane of mammalian fibroblasts by incubating the cells with small unilamellar vesicles containing this hapten-conjugated lipid. Consistent with integration of the antigen into the plasma membrane lipid bilayer, the exogenously supplied lipid was observed by immunofluorescence to diffuse rapidly (D greater than or equal to 0.6 X 10(-8) cm2/sec) over the surface of polykaryons formed between vesicle- and non-vesicle-treated cells. Association of the exogenous lipids with cells via adsorption of vesicles to the plasma membrane was rigorously excluded by a combination of ultrastructural and immunofluorescence studies. The distribution of the integrated antigenic lipid in the plasma membranes of vesicle-treated cells was followed by immunofluorescence microscopy. The exogenously supplied hapten-conjugated phospholipid was observed to be uniformly distributed and remained so for up to 1 hr at 37 degrees C. However, upon the addition of bivalent, but not monovalent, antihapten antibodies, the phospholipid underwent a rapid temperature-dependent redistribution, forming small patches that eventually coalesced into one or more large aggregates. This unexpected finding is discussed in terms of the mode of insertion of the lipid into the cell surface and the possible mechanisms by which bivalent ligands might alter the mobility and distribution of cell surface phospholipids. | 103,095 | [
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Interaction between d-amphetamine and ethanol with respect to locomotion, stereotypies, ethanol sleeping time, and the kinetics of drug elimination. | The interaction between d-amphetamine and ethanol with respect to locomotor activity, stereotyped behavior, and sleeping time was investigated in rats. Ethanol 0.8 g/kg i.p. enhanced and prolonged locomotor activity produced by d-amphetamine 1 mg/kg s.c. The increased motility after 5 mg/kg d-amphetamine was not influenced by alcohol 0.8 g/kg i.p. or 3.2 g/kg orally, but slightly protracted. Stereotyped head and paw movements, as well as stereotyped licking, were distinctly strengthened and protracted by 3.2 g/kg ethanol orally. The modified d-amphetamine motility and stereotypies can be explained by alcohol-induced proloneation of the life of d-amphetomine. The effect is produced by alcohol's inhibition d-amphetamine p-hydroxylation in rat liver. After 3.2 g/kg ethanol i.p., the sleeping time of male rats amounted to 153 min. Simultaneous administration of 5 mg/kg d-amphetamine s.c. reduced the sleeping time to 84 min. This is obviously based on a central antagonism. | 103,115 | [
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Neurologic computed tomography in a defined population group. | A total of 766 residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, underwent neurologic computed tomography (CT) from June 1973 through 1976; 981 scans were performed. The number of CT scans per 1,000 population increased each year and, during the period studied, the average rate based on the initial scan in each case was 2.4 and the rate based on all scans was 3.1. The age-specific rates were greatest among patients 65 years old or older. If CT use plateaus at about 6 scans per 1,000 population, then under conditions similar to those in this community, a population of approximately 400,000 would be required to assure adequate use of a CT scanner for investigating neurologic disease. | 103,134 | [
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Synthesis of immunoglobulin by normal and antigenically stimulated fetal sheep. | The rate of appearance, quantity and immunochemical character of serum immunoglobulins which appear normally during the development of fetal sheep and following the injection of antigens at different stages of gestation have been studied. After 70 days' gestation a percentage of normal fetal sheep synthesise IgM. Although the concentration of IgM in the circulation of these animals was very low, the precentage with IgM increased with fetal age. A few late term fetuses were detected which also had IgG1 in their circulation, although none were detected with IgG2 or IgA. Fetuses injected with antigens before 71 days' gestation only synthesised IgM, while fetuses injected after 79 days' gestation synthesised both IgM and IgG1. Neither IgG2 nor IgA were detected by single-radial immunodiffusion analyses during the first 14 days of primary immune responses to a variety of antigens, although trace amounts of IgG2 were detected late in responses occurring in older fetuses. The immunoglobulins synthesised by antigenically stimulated fetal sheep appeared identical to adult sheep 19S IgM, 7S IgG1 and 7S IgG2 respectively, when analysed by immunoelectrophoresis, isoelectric focusing and G200 Sephadex column chromatography. | 103,153 | [
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Myelomatosis after phenytoin therapy: a chance association? | The occurrence of a monoclonal gammopathy followed by IgG-lambda multiple myeloma is described in a patient receiving diphenylhydantoin therapy for 20 years for epilepsy. Despite the known association between the drug and the development of immunosuppression and lymphoma, we regard the association recorded in this case to be coincidence. It is suggested that periodic examination of the serum proteins in patients receiving the drug may be useful in detecting early aberrations of the immune system in these individuals. | 103,187 | [
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Gold serum levels in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. | Serum gold levels were monitored in 66 children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, treated with different i.m. dosage schedules of sodium aurothiomalate (Myocrisin, Pharma Rhodia). The ages of the children varied from 1 to 15 years. Gold serum levels in children were related to the dose of Myocrisin calculated per kg of body weight or per square metre of body surface area. The results of our study indicate that in order to achieve a peak serum level at about 500--600 microgram/100 ml (25--30 micromol/l) with weekly injections, the dose of Myocrisin should be about 0.7 mg/kg, or 20 mg/m2. In order to avoid excessively high gold serum concentrations, the maximum single dose should not exceed 27 mg/m2 of body surface area. | 103,189 | [
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Comparison of penicillamine and gold treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis. | In a series of 100 adult patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis of at most 3 years' duration and with no previous penicillamine, gold or systemic corticosteroid treatment, 50 patients were treated with D-penicillamine and 50 with gold for one yar. The dose of penicillamine was 600 mg daily. Sodium aurothiomalate was given 50 mg weekly up to a total of 13 mg/kg and thereafter 50 mg once a month. In both treatment groups a statistically significant decrease in the number of painful and/or swollen joints, an increase in haemoglobin and a decrease in ESR, serum ceruloplasmin-, alpha1-acid glycoprotein-, IgG-, IgM- and IgA levels was observed. All the changes in these clinical and laboratory tests were of the same degree in both treatment groups. In the penicillamine group 12 out of 20 seropositive patients became seronegative and in another 5 the Waaler-Rose titre dropped clearly. In the gold group, 7 out of 16 seropositive patients became seronegative, and the Waaler-Rose titre dropped in another 5. An equal increase in the number of eroded joints in hands and toes was seen in the penicillamine and the gold group. Penicillamine was discontinued because of side effects in 13 patients (26%), and gold treatment in 15 (30%). Proteinuria and/or haematuria were the most common causes of discontinuation in the penicillamine group. | 103,190 | [
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Calcium entry leads to inactivation of calcium channel in Paramecium. | Under depolarizing voltage clamp of Paramecium an inward calcium current developed and subsequently relaxed within 10 milliseconds. The relaxation was substantially slowed when most of the extracellular calcium was replaced by either strontium or barium. Evidence is presented that the relaxation is not accounted for by a drop in electromotive force acting on calcium, or by activation of a delayed potassium current. Relaxation of the current must, therefore, result from an inactivation of the calcium channel. This inactivation persisted after a pulse, as manifested by a reduced calcium current during subsequent depolarization. Inactivation was retarded by procedures that reduce net entry of calcium, and was independent of membrane potential. The calcium channel undergoes inactivation as a consequence of calcium entry during depolarization. In this respect, inactivation of the calcium channel departs qualitatively from the behavior described in the Hodgkin-Huxley model of the sodium channel. | 103,199 | [
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The Montgomery lecture, 1977. Curious colobomata. | The humble coloboma has been taken as a model in an attempt to illustrate the benefit of continued observation and the application of increasingly sophisticated methods of investigation in the genetic and biochemical areas. The recent literature is reviewed with particular reference to publications dealing with colobomata and systemic malformations. Polycystic renal disease has been produced in animals and the application of the method used to a study of the eye may help to explain some of the unusual systemic clinical combinations which may occur in human cases. A simple factor may yet emerge to account for these anomalies rather than the multifactorial explanations previously postulated. | 103,250 | [
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Integrated therapy for invasive bladder carcinoma. Experience with 108 patients. | One hundred eight patients with invasive bladder carcinoma, clinically staged T3, who underwent preoperative irradiation followed by radical cystectomy and ileal conduit urinary diversion without pelvic lymphadenectomy at this Center between January 1, 1969, and December 30, 1975, were reviewed. Sixty-two patients are alive and free of disease twelve to ninety-six months after treatment. The incidence of recurrent pelvic disease is 8%. With protracted radiotherapy (5,000 rads TD/five weeks), pelvic lymphadenectomy is not necessary and has the benefit of distinguishing high-risk population who may benefit from adjuvant therapy. | 103,270 | [
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[Microbial contamination of dust in minimum-morbidity housings for pig rearing]. | The range of the microbial contamination of 1 g of dust in minimum-morbidity pig rearing houses is from 2.9 . 10(7) to 7.6 . 10(9) in the microbes growing on meat-peptone agar (MPA), from 4.6 . 10(7) to 4.6 . 10(8) in moulds growing on the Czapek-Dox agar, from 1.4 . 10(2) to 7.0 . 10(4) in the total number of microbes growing on End's agar, and from 3.1 . 10(2) to 5.7 . 10(3) in the typically lactose-positive microbes growing on End's agar. The numbers of microbes in 1 g of dust in the conventional pig houses are close to the numbers found in pig rearing houses with minimum morbidity. However, in the moulds on the Czapek-Dox agar, the range of the microbial contamination of dust in the minimum-morbidity pig houses was much higher. The highest level of the contamination of dust with microbes was found on all types of media from houses with continual operation. It was revealed by the control of the effectiveness of disinfection in the minimum-morbidity piglet rearing section, operated on the all-in all-out basis, that in a half of the cases studied the disinfection had low effectiveness. The total number of microbes per 1 sq. cm was lower than required on the basis of research published in literature, but the occurrence rate of positive smears with lactose-positive microbes after disinfection was higher in percentual expression. | 103,275 | [
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[Diagnosis of infectious anemia in horses using the Coggins test]. | Coggins' immune diffusion test was modified, and was applied as a screening one in the study of the epizootic status. The positive reactions were characterized by the production of a precipitation line between the antigen and the respective serum that was tested. The appearance of such a line was associated with that formed with the use of the positive control serum, pointing to a reaction of identity. With the weakly positive reactions the ends of the precipitin lines, formed with the use of the positive control serum, were found to deviate slightly toward the site where the antigen had been placed. The specificity of the test was confirmed through biological experiments and clinical, morphological, and hematological investigations. | 103,281 | [
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Tumors as clonal proliferation. | Cytogenetic studies indicate that most tumors are clonal (i.e. unicellular in origin) and have karyotypic alterations. These are not consistent, but non-random abnormalities are being increasingly identified by banding techniques, pointing to the sites on human chromosomes where genes important in neoplastic development are located. It is postulated that tumor progression occurs as a result of genetic lability within the neoplastic clone, leading to emergence of increasingly mutant subpopulations (often recognizable cytogenetically) with more malignant properties. In the context of this hypothesis, acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, and preleukemia can be viewed as differing only in the rate at which an abnormal hemic clone is expanding, with progression to a more aggressive phase (e.g. the "blast crisis" of chronic granulocytic leukemia) reflecting emergence of a new predominant subpopulation as the result of an additional genetic change. These concepts, and the cytogenetic data from which they have been derived, may help our understanding of basic tumor biology, and have some practical applications in the diagnosis of human neoplasms. | 103,306 | [
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Some comments regarding chromosome pulverization (premature chromosome condensation or PCC, prophasing). | Premature chromosome pulverization (PCC) or prophasing is a much misunderstood cytological entity. It must be separated from chromosome damage caused by a number of chemical, physical and biological agents. Prophasing is observed in fused cells in which one of the constituent cells must be in metaphase and another in interphase. The morphology of the "pulverized" interphase nucleus will depend on the phase of the cell cycle in which the interphase cell was in when exposed to a substance present in the cytoplasm of the metaphase cell leading to "prophasing". Prophasing is a normal cellular phenomenon occurring prematurely or under abnormal conditions (fusion of cells) and its demonstration in human cells or tumors may be indicative of the presence of a virus (or its products) which leads to cell fusion, but does not play a role in prophasing. | 103,307 | [
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Clinical implications of chromosome abnormalities in acute non-lymphocytic leukemia: current status. | Data currently available on banded chromosome studies on patients with ANLL suggest that the presence of a chromosome abnormality in such patients indicates a poor prognosis, and that different treatment strategies need to be developed for these patients. However, patients with at least one normal metaphase survive nearly as long as those with only normal metaphases. A specific chromosome abnormality in APL [t(15;17)], an unusual association of a translocation [t(8;21)] in association with loss of a sex chromosome, and a rare association of thrombocytosis and a chromosome insertion (3;3 ins), suggest that some chromosome changes in ANLL are specific. | 103,314 | [
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Blood group phenotypes and the origin of sickle cell hemoglobin in Sicilians. | As an approach to investigating the origin of sickle cell hemoglobin (hemoglobin S) in white persons of Sicilian ancestry, two groups of native Sicilians were tested for blood group evidence of African admixture. Among 100 unrelated Sicilians, the phenotypes cDe(Rho) and Fy(a-b-), and the antigens V(hrv) and Jsa, which are considered to be African genetic markers, were detected in 12 individuals. Among 64 individuals from 21 families with at least one known hemoglobin S carrier, African blood group markers were detected in 7 (11%). These findings indicate that hemoglobin S is only one of multiple African genes present in contemporary Sicilian populations. The occurrence of hemoglobin S in white persons of Sicilian ancestry is considered to be a manifestation of the continuing dissemination of the original African mutation. | 103,355 | [
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Computed tomography in adrenal tumors. | Computed tomography (CT) was used to evaluate 26 patients with a variety of adrenal lesions. Surgical proof was available in 22 patients and clinical confirmation with a variety of other studies in the other four patients. Nine patients ahd aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas and CT correctly identified seven. Four patients had cortisol-producing adenomas and five patients had cortisol-producing carcinomas; CT identified each of these tumors. Prominent but normal shaped glands were seen in each of the four patients with adrenal hyperplasia. Adrenal metastases from malignant melanoma in two patients were identified. Only one of two pheochromocytomas in two patients could be seen on CT. CT is a noninvasive method of localizing adrenal tumors and may be helpful in distinguishing adenomas from adrenal hyperplasia. | 103,401 | [
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