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Achalasia of the esophagus associated with Hodgkin disease. | Esophageal achalasia has not been reported in the literature as a complication of Hodgkin disease. Involvement of the esophagus is rare but when present, consists mostly of bleeding, ulceration or diverticuli. A case is reported in a fifty-one year old female with achalasia of the distal third of the esophagus associated with Hodgkin disease, Stage II B. | 110,985 | [
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Lethal effect of protamine and histone on competent Bacillus subtilis cells. Inhibition of genetic transformation by protamine in sublethal concentration. | Under experimental conditions of genetic transformation, protamine and total histone were bactericidal for Bacillus subtilis cells. The abilities to cause lethality were very similar for both, either protamine or histone, with no antagonistic effects amongst these natural polycations. With both basic proteins acting simultaneously the enhancement was higher than a summation of the separate lethal effects. Sublethal concentration of protamine added at the beginning of transformation time, produced a strong inhibition of transforming efficiency. The same concentration added later than 10 min from the start of transformation had no inhibitory effect. These facts together with the absence of inhibition by simple pretreatment of DNA alone as well as the cell protection by protamine against lytic activity of lysozyme, suggest a protamine-cell surface interaction which impedes DNA uptake events. | 111,002 | [
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Serotype-dependent inhibition of glucan synthesis and cell adherence of Streptococcus mutans by antibody against glucosyltransferase of serotype e S. mutans. | A crude glucosyltransferase (GTase) preparation was obtained from the culture supernatant of Streptococcus mutans strain MT703 (serotype e) by 50% ammonium sulphate precipitation. Antiserum specific against the GTase was prepared by immunizing rabbits intramuscularly with the GTase in Freund incomplete adjuvant, followed by GTase without adjuvant intravenously. Gamma globulin fractions of the antiserum and normal serum were partially purified by 1/3 saturated ammonium sulphate precipitation. The antibody strongly inhibited the GTase activity (greater than 90%) of type c, e and f S. mutans, whereas the GTase of type a, d and g was not affected by the antibody. The GTase from type b S. mutans was slightly inhibited. The adherence of viable cells of type c, e, and f S. mutans to a glass surface due to synthesis of glucan by the cell-associated GTase was also significantly inhibited by the antibody to the enzyme. These results suggest that type c, e, and f and types a, d, and g S. mutans can be separated into two major groups in terms of the immunological relationship of GTase. | 111,004 | [
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[Conformational regulation of functional activity of photosynthetic membranes of purple bacteria]. | In reaction centres of photosynthetic membranes of R, rubrum the efficiency of redox interactions of the photoreduced primary electron acceptor with secondary acceptors and photooxidized bacteriochlorophyll has a marked and reversible dependence on temperature over the range from -20 degrees to -80 degrees. Similar temperature dependences were observed for correlation times of the rotational diffusion of a spin probe bound to the hydrophobic region of the membrane and of a spin label bound to SH-groups of the protein constituent of the membrane, as well as for characteristics of resonance absorption of the Mössbauer probe (57Fe), embedded in the membrane by biosynthesis. Using the same indicators of intramolecular mobility, a correlation has been observed between photoactivity and structure of the membrane in experiments involving hydratation changes of samples. The data suggest the existence of a close interrelationship between the conformational mobility of the constituents of the photosynthetic membrane and their specific reaction capacity. | 111,034 | [
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Patterns of tobacco use in the United States. | Overall, then, the picture of decrease in cigarette smoking is an encouraging one, with the exception of the increased rate of smoking among teenage girls. However, this change probably reflects the tenor of the times and an alteration in the concept of what has traditionally been considered "feminine" behavior. | 111,140 | [
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Alterations in cortical oxygen tension during the development of ischemic cerebral edema in primates (Macaca mulatta). | With a closed head primate stroke model, acute cerebral ischemia limited to the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory was produced by macrosphere embolization of the internal carotid artery bifurcation. Measurements of the oxygen tension (PO2) at the cerebral cortical surface were obtained by continuous on-line mass spectrometry. Percentage of dry weight and tissue sodium, potassium, and chloride concentrations from ischemic and nonischemic hemispheres were determined at various times. With this preparation, we registered the precise onset of cortical surface PO2 depletion, which showed an exponential downward trend (fast component from 0 to 5 minutes, t 1/2 = 0.8 minute, rate of change = 89% per minute; slow component from 5 to 240 minutes, t 1/2 = 285 minutes, rate of change = 0.3% per minute). After the onset of cerebral ischemia, there was an immediate fall of the cortical surface PO2 with reductions of more than 45% at 5 minutes before definite hemiparesis and electroencephalographic abnormalities were recognized. During the secondary phase from 5 to 240 minutes the cortical surface PO2 fell by only an additional 23% of the steady state. Even so, when cortical surface PO2 was maintained at this critically low level, the earliest cerebral cortical edema was evident 180 minutes after MCA occlusion. Thereafter, progressive accumulation of edema fluid in the cortex (90 to 170.8 microliters per g of tissue) and in the white matter (19 to 46.2 microliter per g of tissue) was detected by the end of 240 minutes of cerebral ischemia. | 111,152 | [
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[Multiple diverticulosis of the small intestine]. | A case of jejunum-ileum multiple diverticulosis observed during a cholecystectomy due to cholelithiasis, is reported. Stress is laid on this unusual localization of diverticulosis in the small intestine. The clinical picture can be silent or present an acute or chronic symptomatology and radical surgical treatment can performed or not. When the disease involves all the intestine, without presenting serious inflammatory phenomena and without clinical symptoms (as in the case observed), medical and not surgical treatment can be envisaged. | 111,163 | [
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[Current status in transplantation of the endocrine pancreas in the treatment of diabetes mellitus 2. Transplantation of fetal pancreas]. | The latest findings support hypotheses that diabetes complications are secondary to metabolic control which current insulin therapy is unable to render constant. Surgical attempts to transplant the pancreas and Langerhans islets in the treatment of diabetes mellitus are reviewed and special attention paid to the use of the foetal pancreas which has proved particularly suitable in preventing microangiopathic complication. Comments are based on a careful review of the literature, made in the light of personal experience. | 111,165 | [
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Organochlorine residues in harp seal (Phagophilus groenlandicus) tissues, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1971, 1973. | Levels of p,p'-DDT, p,p'-TDE, p,p'-DDE, dieldrin, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and HCB were determined in certain tissues of 31 harp seals (P hagophilus groenlandicus) taken from the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 1971 and 1973. The seals ranged in age from less than two weeks to 18 years. Mean concentrations of PCBs and sigma DDT in the various tissues were about the same sigma DDT levels were 1.64--9.88 ppm in adult seal blubber and 1.08--3.73 ppm in seal pup blubber. Organochlorine levels in harp seal samples taken in 1973 were similar to those reported by other workers for samples collected in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during 1967-71. | 111,215 | [
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Effects of adrenaline administration on the activity of glycogen metabolizing enzymes in different muscle types. | Adrenaline administration which leads to glycogen changes different in fast and slow twitch muscles (Gorski, 1978) causes very similar acute changes in the activities of glycogen synthase I and of glycogen phosphorylase 'a' in these two types of rat muscle. | 111,217 | [
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Apurinic acid endonuclease activity from mouse epidermal cells. | An endonuclease activity making single-strand breaks into depurinated and alkylated DNA has been purified 500-fold from carcinogen-transformed mouse epidermal cells. The enzyme was active only at apurinic/apyrimidinic sites, regardless of whether they were produced by heating at an acidic pH or by alkylation with the ultimate carcinogen MeSO2OMe. The enzyme did not act on native DNA nor on ultraviolet-induced pyrimidine-dimers nor on steric distortions caused by modification of DNA with the carcinogen (Ac)2ONFln. The enzyme was active in the presence of 1 mM EDTA; however, at pH 7.4 optimal conditions were: 6mM MgCl2 and 40--120 mM KCl or 10--40 mM potassium phosphate. The enzyme eluted from hydroxyapatite, phosphocellulose and heparin-cellulose between 100--250 mM potassium phosphate but did not bind to DEAE-cellulose. Using four chromatographic steps the endonuclease was obtained free of exonuclease, demethylase and DNA glycosylase activity specific for DNA bases methylated with MeSO2OMe or MeNOUr. The molecular weight was 31 000 +/- 3000 as calculated from the diffusion coefficient (8.2 x 10-7 cm2/s) and the sedimentation value (2.7 S). | 111,231 | [
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Leptospirosis and acute renal failure--clinical experiences and a review of the literature. | About 50 cases of leptospirosis are diagnosed each year in the United Kingdom, with an overall mortality of 5%. Renal failure, in association with jaundice, is commonly held responsible for this figure. Over a period of 18 years, 6 cases of leptospirosis complicated by renal failure were treated at the Royal Air Force Renal Unit; there were 4 survivors. The 2 deaths occurred before the unit policy of daily haemodialysis and total parenteral nutrition, and were both from haemorrhagic complications. The authors believe that patients with leptospirosis and progressive renal impairment should be managed in renal units experienced in the management of the hypercatabolic patient, and that this should improve their prognosis. | 111,233 | [
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Mood alterations during deanol therapy. | An imbalance between central cholinergic and adrenergic influences may affect mood disorders. Of 38 patients taking high doses of deanol, a putative acetylcholine precursor, eight developed changes in mood: five became depressed and three became hypomanic. A predisposition is suggested as seven of these eight patients had histories of affective symptoms. There was no relationship between the changes in dyskinesias and mood. These observations have both practical and heuristic implications for the management of patients and for further research into the pharmacology of affective disorders and deanol. | 111,283 | [
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Interaction of alcohol and reward in an achievement situation. | Effects of psychological stress on acute alcohol intoxication following intake of 2 ml whisky/kg body weight were examined in 12 healthy subjects. Each subject performed a 45-min psychomotor task under four conditions, two of which increased achievement stress by promising the subject a monetary reward for rapid and accurate performance. The conditions were (a) task only, (b) task + reward, (c) task + alcohol, and (d) task + reward + alcohol. In condition (b) reward improved performance and heightened both physiological and subjective arousal, and in condition (c) alcohol impaired performance, lowered subjective arousal, and increased physiological arousal. In condition (d) the reward counteracted the depressant effects of alcohol on performance and mood, whereas an additive, arousing effect was obtained in all physiological variables, i.e., catecholamine and cortisol excretion and heart rate. | 111,286 | [
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Paradoxical effect of amphetamine in an endogenous model of the hyperkinetic syndrome in a hybrid dog: correlation with amphetamine and p-hydroxyamphetamine blood levels. | A telomian-beagle hybrid has been studied as a possible model for the hyperkinetic syndrome in children. Behavior tests showed that hybrids, like children, exhibit hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and impaired learning. Two groups of hybrid could be differentiated; the behaviour of one improved after amphetamine (responders) while that of the other did not (nonresponders). Moreover hybrids were less responsive than beagles to other effects of amphetamine such as stereotyped behaviour and hyperthermia. Measurement of blood levels of amphetamine and its active metabolite p-hydroxyamphetamine (pOA) showed that hybrids form less pOA. We propose that the lesser response of hybrids to toxic effects of amphetamine is due to this difference in amphetamine metabolism. Responders showed higher peak blood levels of amphetamine than nonresponders and their improvement on amphetamine correlated with blood levels of amphetamine. Therefore high levels of amphetamine appear to be necessary for its 'paradoxical' effect in this model. This suggests that amphetamine acts by activating both noradrenergic and dopaminergic neuronal systems in the CNS. | 111,287 | [
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Naloxone effects on schedule-controlled behavior in morphine-pelleted rats. | The effects of morphine pellet implantation and naloxone administration were examined in rats lever pressing under inter-response time schedules of food presentation. Subcutaneous implantation of a morphine pellet initially decreased lever-pressing rates. Tolerance to this effect developed within 3--4 days. Naloxone (0.25--1.0 mg/kg) decreased response rates in morphine-pelleted rats in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. All doses of naloxone severely decreased rates of lever pressing on days four to nine post-pellet. This rate-decreasing effect persisted 7--17 days for 0.25 mg/kg naloxone, 9--22 days for 0.50 mg/kg, and 13--28 days for 1.0 mg/kg. Decreases in response rate were due to an increased frequency of long pauses and not to marked shifts in the temporal patterning of those lever presses that did occur. Changes in response rate after naloxone were accompanied by body weight loss. Area values summarizing the naloxone-induced changes in response rate or body weight over time after pellet implantation increased as a function of naloxone dose. Naloxone (0.25--1.0 mg/kg) did not alter performance by placebo-pelleted rats. | 111,298 | [
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[Diverticula of the duodenal orifice]. | The authors present a synthesis of data from the literature, as well as of particularities that have confronted them in connection with 16 observations of mucous diverticuli of duodenal windows (of which 7 were interposed and 9 were juxtaposed). After a definition of the window diverticuli, of their types and of their repercussions, clinical data are commented upon, the possibilities offered by paraclinical investigations and by the intra-operatory methods, as well as the different therapeutical procedures. In relation with the clinical manifestation the diverticuli may be latent (or asymptomatic), they may be accompanied by direct signs of stasis and inflammation, or with biliary and pancreatic signs--an expression of the unfavourable influence exerted by the diverticuli on the biliary and pancreatic transits. The choice of the therapeutical procedure depends on the type of the diverticuli, the modality of the clinical expression and the bilio-pancreatic effects determined by them. Direct interventions can be performed on juxtaposed diverticuli, although this implies considerable risk, but indirect interventions are to be preffered, in which, in relation with the particularities of the case, the biliary transit is derivated or the duodenum is excluded from the digestive pathways. | 111,314 | [
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Investigation of a valuable biochemical indicator in radiotherapy. I. Immunological tests and reticulocyte number. | Patients with different cancers were treated by 200-kV X-rays, high-energy X-rays and 60Co-gamma rays. Changes in the immunoglobulin level were observed by immunoelectrophoresis qualitatively and by immunodiffusion quantitatively. Reticulocyte count was made in smears. It was concluded that immunoelectrophoresis was only of limited value in the investigation of a biochemical indicator in radiotherapy; immunodiffusion was more promising. Slight immunosuppressive tendency and return to the control level was observed during treatment. An increase in reticulocyte number during radiotherapy seems to be a good prospect in evaluating the effectivity of the treatment. | 111,375 | [
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Competitive inhibition of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-target cell conjugation. A direct evaluation of membrane antigens involved in cell-mediated immunity. | A method to determine directly the antigenic similarity of target cells (TCs) involved in cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-TC interactions is described. When fluorescently labeled TC (FL-TCs) are bound (conjugated) to CTLs in the presence of antigenically similar but unlabeled TCs, the percentage of CTL-TC conjugates containing unlabeled TCs corresponds linearly to the number of unlabeled TCs in the TC population. This assay is specific, permits direct observation of individual CTLs and TCs which interact to form conjugates, can be completed within 10 min, eliminates complications attributable to CTL recycling, and the degree of competition observed fits that theoretically expected. The results of this paper provide the theoretical basis for "cold" (unlabeled) target inhibition of radioactive assays of lymphocyte-mediated cytolysis. | 111,379 | [
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Role of catecholamine degradative enzymes and the adrenergic innervation in determining the cerebrovascular response to infused norepinephrine. | Cerebral blood flow responses to intra-arterial infusion of norepinephrine (NE) at 0.55 microgram/kg/min and 1.1 microgram/kg/min were studied in 3 groups of baboons. The flow was measured by the intracarotid 133xenon clearance technique using a computer program to calculate flow (height over area--H/A) flow (initial slope--is) and cerebral metabolic utilization of oxygen (CMRO2). The normal response to NE was to increase flow without significant changes in CMRO2. Blockade of catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT) produced vasoconstrictor responses to these same NE doses. Monoamine oxidase blockade abolished the normal vasodilation. Denervation of the cerebral circulation with intracisternal 6-hydroxydopamine produced vasoconstrictor responses with flow (H/A) but not with flow (is). It is concluded that the extra-neuronal COMT enzyme is important in limiting the access of blood-borne NE to cerebrovascular constrictor receptors. | 111,378 | [
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[Biochemical and hematological changes in sows during estrus]. | After the second and fourth parturition of piglets, ten clinically healthy sows, weaned on the second day of life, were subjected to examination two to three days before heat, during heat (defined by typical changes on the outer genitals and immobilization in the presence of a boar) and two days after insemination. During the morning hours, four hours after the last feeding, blood was taken from V. cava cranialis. Seventeen parameters were determined in whole blood and in the blood serum. In the period of oestrus, compared with the period two to three days before this period and two days after insemination, a marked increase was observed in the concentration of the serum levels of 11-hydroxycorticosteroids, iron, and in the activity of alanine aminotransferase. The activity of aspartate aminotransferase was increased in heat only in comparison with the period of the two days after insemination. The concentration of haemaglobin in whole blood was significantly increased in comparison with the period before oestrus and after insemination. Further, in the heat period -- as compared with the time before it -- a considerable drop was observed in the content of inorganic phosphorus and vitamin A. The possible mechanism of the occurrence of other changes is discussed. | 111,395 | [
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[Dynamics of urea concentration in blood cells of the domestic fowl during early post-incubation ontogenesis]. | Urea was determined by means of diacetyl monoxim in the blood cells of 80 cockerels of the initial breed White Leghorn, commercial hybrid Primant. The highest urea concentration was ascertained on the 15th day of life: 392.33 +/- 85 mg per 10(12) blood cells. The content of urea in the blood cells irregularly deceased with the age of the cockerels. The minimum urea concentration was obtained on the 40th day of post-incubation life: 63.40 +/- 56.5 mg per 10(12) blood cells. | 111,396 | [
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[Pathogenicity of aerobically sporulating microorganisms: Bacillus cereus]. | The pathogenicity of the metabolites of B. cereus was determined by bioassays with white mice, chick embryos, rabbits, and kittens. Cell-free filtrates of the cultures of several strains of B. cereus were used for application; in the mice the application was done i. v., i. p. and p. o., in the chick embryos via the allantoic sac, in the kittens p. o. and i. p., in the rabbits via tied-up sections of the small intestine by the loop-test method. It was revealed that some strains of B. cereus produced substances of exotoxin nature under suitable conditions. White mice and chick embryos were the best materials for their detection. | 111,402 | [
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Failure of anti-D immunoglobulin to remove fetal red cells from maternal circulation. | A Rhesus negative female was found post delivery to have circulating cells of fetal origin. The neonate was typed as D-positive. In spite of more than conventionally adequate doses of anti-D immunoglobulin given to the mother, the fetal cell count in the maternal circulation remained unchanged. Further investigation showed the fetus to be a Du variant and to exhibit a diminished reaction with the batch of anti-D immunoglobulin used. | 111,422 | [
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Sibship asymmetries of rhesus blood groups in the presence of maternal antibodies. | The genotypes of the children of R1r, R2r, and R1R2 fathers, and Rh-immunized rr mothers, were examined. R1r fathers had an excess of R1r over rr children, and R1R2 fathers had an excess of R1 r over R2r children. These asymmetries confirm the findings of a previous study. The possibilities of artefactual self-selection, of genotyping errors, and of errors in assigning paternity, were examined and excluded. Alternative models of genetic transmission and of antigenic structure were studied, but no basis for explaining the findings was found or formulated. Three possible biological explanations were formulated including (a) asymmetric segregation of the rhesus genes, (b) selective early fetal loss, and (c) a selective effect upon the performance of sperms bearing different haplotypes. The first of these three appeared unlikely. The data did not provide a basis for supporting or rejecting or differentiating the other two. | 111,423 | [
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Erythroid repopulating ability of bone marrow cells in polycythaemic mice. | The erythroid repopulating ability (ERA) of femoral bone marrow cells was determined in polycythaemic CBA, C57Bl and Balb/c mice. Polycythaemia was induced by hypertransfusion or exposure to chronic hypoxia in silicone rubber membrane enclosures. The results obtained demonstrate decreased ERA after both types of polycythaemia, with the exception of ex-hypoxic Balb/c mice. A decrease in the number of erythroid repopulating cells in DNA synthesis was found in hypertransfused and exhypoxic CBA mice in comparison to normal values. These studies indirectly indicate the contribution of cells committed to erythropoiesis in measurement of ERA. | 111,453 | [
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The effect of centrally administered TRH on blood pressure, heart rate and ventilation in rat. | Different doses (3, 16, 80, 400 and 2 000 ng per rat) of TRH or alternatively saline were infused into the lateral ventricle of urethane-anaesthetized rats and blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate and tidal volume were recorded. A dose of 3 ng TRH caused a significant elevation of blood pressure and heart rate, whereas 16 ng was needed for respiration rate to be elevated. There was no change in respiratory minute volume during the experiment. We conclude that TRH has profound physiological effects and that TRH, given centrally, is a potent hypertensive, chronotropic and tachypnoeic agent. | 111,471 | [
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Complications of central venous catheterization. | The complications of central venous catheterization are discussed in a review of experience and of the literature. The anatomy surrounding the subclavian and internal jugular veins is described. Indications and contraindications of catheterization are reported. Common and unusual complications are discussed and illustrated. Laceration of pleura, subclavian artery puncture, hematoma, catheter malposition, fragment embolization, air embolism, venous thrombosis, and infection are included. The radiologist is responsible for recognizing immediate, as well as delayed, complications of central venous catheterization. | 111,506 | [
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Coagulation abnormalities induced by Russell's viper venom in the rhesus monkey. | Coagulation studies were carried out in a group of non-human primates (rhesus monkeys) following envenomation with lethal and sublethal doses of Russell's viper venom. The envenomated animals showed significant fibrinogenopenia in association with or without disseminated intravascular coagulation. The findings offer a rational explanation for the bleeding manifestations seen in clinical cases of Russell's viper bite. | 111,572 | [
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Acute complications of jejuno-ileal pseudodiverticulosis: surgical implications and management. | Acute inflammatory complications of jejuno-ileal pseudodiverticulosis that necessitate surgical intervention are attended by excessive mortality rates of 20 to 40 per cent primarily because of delay in diagnosis. Early diagnosis is confused by the frequent coexistence of other gastrointestinal pathology, most commonly perforated gastric or duodenal ulcers, colonic pseudodiverticulitis, and acute appendicitis with rupture. Resection of pseudodiverticula-containing segments with primary reanastomosis is the preferred method of surgical management for perforation, bleeding, and obstruction. Recommendations are made for more accurate and earlier detection and management. | 111,574 | [
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Structure of the soft palate and composition of the oral mucous membrane in monkeys. | The soft palate of monkeys (M. irus, mulatta, fasciculata; 2.3 +/- 0.4 kg in weight) was studied morphologically and stereologically. After fixation by perfusion, the tissue was disected free, divided in halves and the halves into 5 segments each, and processed for light, transmission- and scanning electron microscopy. Morphometric techniques and a newly developed computer program for automatic data processing (Mumana) were employed in order to estimate, at the light microscopic level, the volumetric composition of the oral soft palate mucosa. The latter showed a different composition in anterior and uvular segments, without significant differences between male and female animals, but with slight changes possibly due to age. The main constituents of the oral soft palate mucosa were glandular and connective tissue, and lymph follicles, the latter being associated with the glandular duct system. The epithelial lining of the oral and nasal aspects were described, and taste buds embedded in island of orthokeratinizing stratified epithelium were demonstrated. The association between lymph follicles and the glandular duct system was discussed in relation to similar structures in man, and in relation to the hypothesis that they are concerned in local antigen recognition. | 111,581 | [
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A fine structural analysis of the myelin sheath in rat spinal roots. | The present study is concerned with the fine structure of the myelin sheath in rat and monkey spinal roots. Pictures are obtained that show that the intraperiod gap of the myelin sheath is continuous and opens into both the internal and external mesaxons, which in turn open into the periaxonal and endoneurial extracellular spaces. These results are compatible with the idea that the intraperiod gap is a cleft that traverses the thickness of the myelin sheath and links the periaxonal and endoneurial extracellular spaces. | 111,582 | [
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Hemoperfusion to treat intoxications. | Hemoperfusion is being increasingly proposed and used for the treatment of a large variety of exogenous intoxications. This procedure has been shown to achieve high clearance rates of most common intoxicants, and case reports have claimed that its application has been, on occasion, life-saving. We tabulated our experience in the treatment of 94 consecutive patients with severe intoxications who were treated with supportive management only; this group constituted 25% of all patients admitted with a diagnosis of drug overdose. Of the 94 patients only one died; all others were discharged without sequelae resulting from the intoxication or its complications; only 21% required more than a 48-hour stay in the intensive care unit. We propose that supportive management must remain the mainstay of therapy even in severely intoxicated patients; with few exceptions, hemoperfusion must be considered an as yet unproven form of therapy; further controlled studies are necessary to establish its range of indications, potential benefits, and cost effectiveness. | 111,596 | [
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Left main coronary artery stenosis: hemodynamic monitoring to reduce mortality. | A review of 20 consecutive patients with left main coronary artery stenosis operated on in 1976 indicated a general hemodynamic pattern characterized by systolic hypertension and an increase in heart rate that occurred early during the induction phase of anesthesia. From January through August, 1977, 28 patients with this stenotic condition were operated on with hemodynamic monitoring of left ventricular pressure and cardiac output by a Swan-Ganz catheter inserted before induction of anesthesia. Pharmacological interventions to optimize preload with volume, reduce afterload with nitroprusside or nitroglycerine, control heart rate with propranolol, and improve contractility with dopamine resulted in a decrease in mortality from 20% in Group 1 (1976) to 3.5% in Group 2 (1977). We conclude that control of systemic blood pressure, heart rate, and preload has notably reduced the mortality in this group of patients and that hemodynamic monitoring provides precise guidelines for therapeutic interventions. | 111,640 | [
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Short term effects of Clophen A 50 and of dichlorobiphenyl in rats. | In short term experiments, rats were treated with single oral doses of the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), Clophen A 50 (high chlorinated compound) and dichlorobiphenyl (low chlorinated compound). Clophen A 50 treatment resulted in a marked increase in liver weight and in the activities of GPT, GOT and G1DH in rat serum at 1000 mg/kg similar effects were observed, but to a lesser degree. The levels of the serum lipids, cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly elevated at both dose levels and they remained elevated up to seven days. In contrast, one single oral dose of 1000 mg of dichlorobiphenyl per kg did not cause significant changes in the above mentioned parameters. Histological examination of the liver showed irregularly disseminated droplets of fat in both experiments. These results indicate that Clophen A 50 causes liver damage and alters the lipid metabolism of rats, whereas the low chlorinated dichlorobiphenyl does not exert such effects. | 111,646 | [
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[Age and thymus morphology of pavian hamadrils]. | By different histological methods, 23 thymi have been studied in Papio hamadryas of 5 age groups: fetuses, newborn, one-year-old, mature and old animals. By morphometric methods percentage of quantitative relations of the cortical and medullary substances, as well as their cell composition have been estimated. A rather great similarity in morphogenesis and age histology has been noted in human and monkey thymus. The character of histochemical reactions in thymus corpusculi supports the view on participation of some epithelial structures in the organ's functional activity. Similar supposition is made on the thymus cystic formations. | 111,648 | [
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Peroxidatic oxidation of benzo[a]pyrene and prostaglandin biosynthesis. | The arachidonic acid dependent oxidation of benzo[a]pyrene to a mixture of 3,6-, 1,6-, and 6,12-quinones has been studied by using enzyme preparations from sheep seminal vesicles. Maximal oxidation is observed at 100 microM benzo[a]pyrene and 150 microM arachidonic acid. The arachidonic acid dependent oxidation is peroxidatic and utilizes prostaglandin G2 (PGG2), generated in situ from arachidonate, as the hydroperoxide substrate. 15-Hydroperoxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid is equivalent to PGG2 as a hydroperoxide substrate, but hydrogen peroxide, cumene hydroperoxide, and tert-butyl hydroperoxide are much poorer substrates. Arachidonic acid dependent benzo[a]pyrene oxidation by microsomal and solubilized enzyme preparations is markedly. | 111,706 | [
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The phosphoenolpyruvate : methyl-alpha-d-glucoside phosphotransferase system in Bacillus subtilis Marburg : kinetic studies of enzyme ii and evidence for a phosphoryl enzyme ii intermediate. | The Enzyme II complex catalyzing the phosphoryl transfer from P-HPr to sugar in the inducible methyl-alpha-D-glucoside : phosphotransferase system in Bacillus subtilis acts according to a ping-pong mechanism, implying a phosphorylated Enzyme II intermediate. This result is supported by the demonstration of a specific transphosphorylation between [14C] alphaMG and glucose-6-phosphate in the presence of an induced Enzyme II preparation. | 111,719 | [
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The treatment of difficult cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinomata with electrons. | The use of electron beam therapy with energies up to 10 MeV in the treatment of basal and squamous cell carcinomata of the skin is described. The results of treatment of 15 cases are presented with photographs of six cases. Excellent clinical and cosmetic results have been obtained. Electron therapy has been found to be simple and convenient, avoiding the necessity for the use of radium moulds in a number of cases and thus avoiding radiation exposure of staff. | 111,748 | [
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Regioal distribution of immunoreactive neurotension in monkey brain. | The regional distribution of immunoreactive neurotensin (IRNT) in 66 different areas of the monkey brain and spinal cord was studied by radioimmunoassay using specific rabbit antisera to synthetic neurotensin. Each area was found to contain IRNT in uneven concentrations. Highest concentrations were present in the hypothalamic areas and the interpeduncular nucleus, values reaching around 80 pg IRNT/mg wet tissue weight. The habenula, subthalamus and preoptic area were also rich in IRNT. A relatively selective distribution of IRNT was found in the thalamic regions. Low values were obtained in the cerebral and cerebellar cortex, striatum, substantia nigra and white matter areas. Among the fiber bundle studied, the olfactory tract contained a significant amount of IRNT. The present finding of a selective distribution of IRNT suggests a specific neuronal action of neurotensin in primate central nervous system. | 111,778 | [
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Monkey pyramidal tract neurons and changes of movement parameters in visual tracking. | During a single-step visual tracking task of monkeys, parametric changes of the wrist extension-flexion movement and related discharge rate changes of pyramidal tract neurons (PTNs) of hand-arm motor area were studied. The task consisted of preparatory, precontraction, contraction and target periods. If the displacement amplitude was changed from narrow (10-20 degrees) to moderate (40 degrees) range, peak velocity, peak acceleration and contraction period increased linearly but precontraction period decreased slightly. In 61 movement-related PTNs, no linear relationships were found between PTN discharge rate during precontraction or contraction period and displacement amplitude, velocity, acceleration, precontraction period or contraction period. In less than 20% of PTNs, however, correlations between PTN discharge rate during precontraction period and velocity or acceleration were found in the moderate range task. It occurred less frequently in narrow range task. It is said in a visual tracking task that PTN activity is not dependent upon factors related to the task parameters, such as velocity, acceleration. Possible related factors were discussed. | 111,780 | [
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Thymidine and thymine in biologic fluids during high-dose infusions of thymidine in mice, monkeys, and man. | Measurements were made to determine if millimolar thymidine (TdR) concentrations, shown to have antitumor activity in vitro, could be attained in vivo. An adaptation of an ion-exclusion liquid chromatography method was used to quantitate TdR and thymine in various biologic fluids. Millimolar concentrations of TdR were attained in plasma of mice, monkeys, and man by constant infusions of large quantities of TdR (approximately 80 g/m2/day). Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of TdR at equilibrium were one tenth of the plasma concentration in the monkey. The primary route of removal of TdR at these high plasma concentrations is kidney clearance of intact TdR. Metabolism, which plays a major role in the clearance of TdR at micromolar concentrations in plasma, appears to be saturated at millimolar concentrations of TdR. | 111,798 | [
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[Immunohistochemistry of the basal plate of the full-term human placenta : x cell characterization with anti-hCS and anti-hCG sera labeled with peroxidase]. | Immunohistochemical reaction with peroxydase has been applied in human full-term placentas for the detection of the cells of the basal plate containing hCG and hCS. This reaction was positive with both optic and electronic microscopes in the so-called X cells. This fact seems to confirm the trophoblastic origin and the endocrine function of the cells. | 111,829 | [
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[In vitro malignant transformation of hamster lung cells by 2-chlorobutadiene]. | Normal Hamster lung cells from an established line were treated with 1-500 microgram . ml-1 2-chlorobutadiene. Those treated with 1 microgram . ml-1 of the compound showed malignant transformations 14 weeks after treatment. The treatment with higher concentrations did not accelerate the transformation process. | 111,835 | [
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[Occurrence of circulating immunocytes in the process of graft rejection in nemertines of the genus Lineus (acelomate invertebrates)]. | Performed upon bispecific Lineus chimaeras of a suitable constitution, the grafting of tissues excised from nemerteans of a third Lineus species resulted in a confrontation between graft cells, fixed cells from one chimaera component and mobile cells which originate from the second chimaera component. Survival of such grafts was dependent only upon compatibility in the "graft cells/mobile cells of recipient" interspecific combination. This result shows evidence for the existence of circulating immunocompetent cells which are responsible for the specific immune response to tissue transplantation in nemerteans of the genus Lineus. | 111,838 | [
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[Primary and secondary cerebral lesions produced by kainic acid injections in the rat]. | Systematic (i. p.) or intra-amygdaloid injections of kainic acid elicit typical generalised convulsive seizures with typical electrographic correlates. Depending on the survival time and the amount of neurotoxin administered, secondary pathological damage is invariably found in various brain structures removed from the injection site such as various hippocompal fields, midline thalamic nuclei and neocortical layers III and VI. Various lines of evidence are reported which suggest that the secondary pathological damage is not due to the spread of the neurotoxin but to the epileptic status it induces. | 111,839 | [
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[The corneal stroma and its physical properties]. | The author has studied the correlation existing between the transparency of the corneal stroma and its microscopic fine structure. The paper is an analysis of the results obtained through diffraction and specular approaches. In addition, the paper gives an objective means to determine the ocular spectral characteristics. | 111,847 | [
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[Measurement of the position and intensity of chromosomal denaturation bands by an automatic system]. | The band density profile of a marked chromosome was obtained using a photodiode collector combined with a minicalculator, working with an ordinary photographic document. The measurement was carried out over 10 to 20 300-point lines oriented longitudinally along the chromosome. The profile obtained corresponds to the sum of the values of each of these lines. The proposed systems's originality resides in its ability to determine the position and intensity of a band over the entire thickness of the chromosome. | 111,850 | [
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[Immunocytologic differentiation of hypophyseal innervation in carp using anti met-enkephalin and anti-alpha-endorphin serums]. | The immunocytological reactions with anti-met-enkephalin and anti-alpha-endorphin reveal two types of fibres in the intermediate lobe of the Carp. Their pathways through the adenohypophysis and the localization of their terminals are different. The anti-met-enkephalin positive fibres terminate mainly in a zone close to the proximal pars distalis; however some fibres terminate deeper in the intermediate lobe. The anti-alpha-endorphin positive fibres penetrate mainly in the central and ventral part where thye are more numerous than the former. It seems that the anti-met-enkephalin positive fibres belong to the gomori positive preoptico-hypophyseal tract, whereas the anti-alpha-endorphin positive fibres are gomori negative. | 111,863 | [
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Immunological and structural properties of human monoclonal IgG cryoglobulins. | Structural and immunological properties were determined for sixteen IgG and one Bence-Jones, human monoclonal cryoglobulins. The heavy chain subclass percentages were 47% IgG1, 14% IgG2 and 29% IgG3, and were different from previously reported distributions of myeloma proteins. In addition, 69% (eleven out of fifteen) of the cryoglobulins and 100% (seven out of seven) of the IgG1 cryos contained type lambda light chains. Electrofocussing of the cryoproteins by analytical liquid gradient column showed the isoelectric points to be included in the range of pH 6.3--8.9. The pI of six light chains and five out of six heavy chains were at acidic and slightly basic pH, respectively. The pI of the intact cryoglobulins were thus close to those of their constituent heavy chains. Six out of seven of the heavy chains were subjected to automated Edman degradation and were classified as containing vH-i or vH-ii variable region subgroups on the basis of their blocked amino termini. One type lambda light chain was unusual in that it contained an amino terminal sequence initially described in an amyloid fibril protein and is the first instance in which light chains with this sequence have been isolated from IgG. The data support the notion that the cryoglobulins are IgGs with unique structural and immunological properties which separate them from non-cryoprecipitable IgGs. | 111,883 | [
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The effect of estrogen on the tubal epithelium of immature ovariectomized rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). | The effect of 3 doses of estradiol dipropionate (EDP) on tubal epithelium of immature ovariectomized rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) was studied under both light and electron microscopy. EDP at a dose of 5 microgram/kg/day for 6 consecutive days changed differentiation of the epithelial cells into clear and dark cell-types; ciliogenesis, formation of some ciliary buds and even a few cilia were also induced in some clear cells throughout the tubal epithelium. Development of ciliated cells with fully formed ciliary apparatus was accelerated at 10 microgram/kg dosage. The secretory granules (SG) appeared at this dose in some nonciliated cells of the infundibular and ampullary but not the isthmic segments of the tube; some of the infundibular secretory cells, so formed, exhibited even a tendency to secrete. Nearly complete maturation of the tubal epithelium occurred at 20 microgram/kg dose; further signs of secretory activity appeared in all tubal segments. The results indicated that--(i) Nearly complete transformation of tubal epithelium of the immature animal into one of the adult type could be achieved by EDP at a dose not less than 20 microgram/kg under the present conditions. (ii) The response of undifferentiated cells to EDP differed depending upon the location of the epithelial cell within the tube and nature of the cell-type to be formed. (iii) The mode of tubal secretion in this infra-human species was probably apocrine. | 111,917 | [
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Identification and characterization of a 19-S complex containing a 27 000-Mr protein in Artemia salina. | The cytoplasm of the cryptobiotic Artemia salina gastrula contains a large quantity of a unique 19-S complex. This particle is a specific aggregated form of a 27 000-Mr protein, having a molecular weight of 10(6) and an apparent buoyant density of 1.25 -- 1.26 g/cm3 in sucrose and 1.31 g/cm3 in CsCl. The relative quantity of this 19-S complex decreases significantly with respect to 80-S monoribosomes during the postgastrula development. Biochemical and immunological studies indicate that the 27 000-Mr protein is one of the RNA-binding proteins [Ovchinnikov et al., FEBS Lett. 88, 21 -- 26 (1978)] but is absent in the protein components associated with poly(A)-containing ribonucleoprotein complexes. The possibility is also suggested that the 27 000-Mr protein and Artemia elongation factor eEF-Ts might be related to each other on the basis of amino acid composition and immunological cross-reactivity. | 111,924 | [
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Characterization of long guanosine-free RNA sequences from the Dahlemense and U2 strains of tobacco mosaic virus. | Four naturally occurring strains of tobacco mosaic virus, U2, Dahlemense, CV4, and the bean form of tobacco mosaic virus, were tested for the existence of long T1 RNAase oligonucleotides analogous to the oligonucleotide omega found in the common or U1 strain of tobacco mosaic virus and which makes up the 5' non-coding region of the RNA molecule. U2 and Dahlemense RNA were each found to contain this type of long T1 RNAase oligonucleotide with chain lengths of 54 and 74--77 residues, respectively. The sequence of the two oligonucleotides was determined mostly by using 5'-32P-labelled material in vitro and rapid polyacrylamide gel sequencing techniques. | 111,935 | [
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A clinical comparison of 2 h and 4 h bone scans obtained with 99Tc H.E.D.P. | A comparison of 2 h and 4 h bone scan images obtained with technetium labelled H.E.D.P. in ten patients demonstrated no increase in lesion detection rate between the 2 h and 4 h scans. The 2 h bone scans were of sufficient quality to permit identification of tumours in all cases. | 111,937 | [
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Beneficial effects of colchicine in experimental nephrotoxic serum nephritis in the rat. | Glomerulonephritis was induced in rats by multiple injections of rabbit anti-rat kidney serum. Colchicine was administered daily for 4 months to nephrotoxic serum treated rats and untreated control animals. Nephritic rats receiving colchicine had significantly less proteinuria and less glomerular damage than unprotected nephritis animals. A possible role for colchicine in the early treatment of human glomerulonephritis is suggested. | 111,949 | [
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Studies on insulin secreted by isolated islets of the monkey, Macaca radiata radiata. | The effects of various experimental conditions during the isolation of monkey islets by the collagenase method on the insulinogenic response of the isolated islets to glucose have been studied and compared with rat islets isolated under similar conditions. The monkey islets gave a normal response for at least 120 min. The results are compared with available studies on primate islets. | 111,984 | [
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Radiologic abnormalities and autonomic neuropathology in the digestive tract of the ketonuric diabetic Chinese hamster. | Barium x-ray patterns of ketonuric diabetic Chinese hamsters displayed marked dilatation of the stomach, small and large intestine. Hypomotility was manifested by flocculation of barium in the small and large bowel. Impaired transit time was further characterized by prolonged emptying of the stomach (mean 570 min diabetics; 200 min controls) and delayed stool formation (mean 230 min diabetics; and 100 min controls) and passage (mean 457 min diabetics; 210 min controls). Ultrastructural analysis of Auerbach's myenteric plexuses of the small intestine indicated acute degeneration in certain distal, unmyelinated axons. Swelling, deposition of glycogen, aggregation of neurofilaments and dense accumulation of lamellar bodies were observed. The severity and frequency of barium flocculation, glycogen deposition, aggregation of neurofilaments and lamellar inclusion bodies in axons were directly related to duration of ketonuria. The data strongly suggest that autonomic neuropathology in the plexuses of Auerbach may be a critical factor underlying gastrointestinal dysfunction in the ketonuric diabetic Chinese hamster. | 111,990 | [
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The development, enhancement, and reversal of the secondary complications of diabetes mellitus. | Diabetic glomerulopathy continues as a major problem in the management of the patient with diabetes mellitus; however, evidence in man and in animals underlines the fact that good control of diabetes favorably alters the course of this complication. Islet transplantation in the diabetic rat returns plasma glucose and insulin levels to normal. In parallel mesangial matrix thickening, mesangial deposition of immunoglobulin and urinary excretion of albumin markedly improve following islet transplantation. Although amelioration of diabetes affects the course of glomerulopathy, other factors (most notably measures that increase glomerular capillary pressure) enhance the development of the diabetic renal lesions. Following uninephrectomy or clipping of a renal artery, the remaining (in the case of uninephrectomy) or unclipped diabetic kidney develops the morphologic and functional changes of diabetic nephropathy at a rate greater than in kidneys in an intact diabetic rat. The clipped kidney demonstrates diminished diabetic changes, suggesting a protective effect with decreased glomerular capillary pressures. In addition to measures improving the control of diabetes, procedures reducing factors accelerating diabetic complications may improve the prognosis in diabetic glomerulopathy. | 112,028 | [
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Another family with purine neucleoside phosphorylase deficiency. | A brief genetic report is given on a family with a child affected by nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency. Our observations confirm the genetic heterogeneity of this enzyme deficiency which is inherited as a mendelian autosomal trait. | 112,034 | [
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Release of soluble peptidoglycan from growing gonococci: hexaminidase and amidase activities. | Peptidoglycan (PG) turnover in exponentially growing Neisseria gonorrhoeae RD5 type 4 was accompanied by release of soluble PG fragments into the medium. Turnover of the D-[14C]glucosamine-labeled glycan moiety and of the meso-[3H]diaminopimelic acid (DAP)-labeled peptide region occurred at similar rates (ca. 35% per generation). Turnover of D-[14C]alanine-labeled sites within the peptide side chain of PG occurred at roughly twice this rate; no turnover of L-[3H]proline-labeled protein was detected. Gel filtration of supernatants of cultures grown in the presence of labeled DAP, glucosamine, and D-alanine as described above and paper chromatography of hydrolyzed peak fractions revealed four major types of soluble PG. Two of these contained both peptide and glycan moieties and appeared to represent forms of disaccharide peptide monomers and dimers. The other two were (i) a 3H-labeled product lacking 14C and (ii) a 14C-containing product lacking 3H, which were similar in size to that expected for free tetrapeptides and free disaccharides, respectively. Together the appearance of these PG fragments and the concurrent turnover of glycan and peptide regions indicate that both glycan splitting and amidase PG hydrolase activities are involved in the turnover of PG in growing gonococci. If released during gonococcal infections, similar soluble PG fragments might influence the consequences of host-gonococcus interactions. | 112,060 | [
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Purification and partial characterization of rat liver bilirubin glucuronoside glucuronosyltransferase. | Bilirubin glucuronoside glucuronosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.95) converts bilirubin monoglucuronide to bilirubin diglucuronide and is concentrated in plasma membrane-enriched fractions of rat liver homogenates. The enzyme was purified 2,000-fold to homogeneity from rat liver. The pI of the enzyme is 7.9 +/- 0.2. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 160,000 and is an oligomer of 28,000 dalton subunits. Km for purified enzyme was 35 microM and Vmax was 2.2 mumol of bilirubin diglucuronide formed/min/mg of protein. Freshly biosynthesized bilirubin monoglucuronide was injected intravenously into homozygous Gunn rats which had bile duct cannulation. Gunn rats lack UDP-glucuronate glucuronyltransferase activity (EC 2.4.1.17), have normal bilirubin glucuronoside glucuronosyltransferase activity, cannot form bilirubin monoglucuronide in vitro or in vivo, and do not excrete bilirubin glucuronides after intravenous injection of unconjugated bilirubin. Within 1 h, approximately 75% of the injected conjugated bilirubin was recovered in bile, of which 20% consisted of bilirubin diglucuronide. These results indicate that bilirubin glucuronide glucuronosyltransferase catalyzes conversion of bilirubin monoglucuronide to diglucuronide in vivo. | 112,100 | [
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Lymphocytes with immunoglobulin E Fc receptors in patients with atopic disorders. | Lymphocytes from normal nonallergic donors and patients with atopic disorders were analyzed for subpopulations bearing Fc receptors for immunoglobulin (Ig)E (Fc(epsilon)) and IgG (Fc(gamma)), surface IgM (sIgM) and IgD (sIgD), and for T cells forming spontaneous rosettes with sheep erythrocytes (E). The patients were divided into three groups according to serum IgE concentrations and systemic corticosteroid treatment. Group I consisted of 12 atopic patients with either normal or moderately increased IgE levels up to 4,000 U/ml. Four patients of group II and three of group III had 10,500-31,000 U/ml and severe atopic dermatitis. Patients of group III, but not I and II, were receiving corticosteroids systemically. The percentage (mean +/-SD) and total number of Fc(epsilon) (+) lymphocytes were 1.2+/-0.5%, 41+/-24/mm(3) in 12 normals; 1.6+/-0.9%, 59+/-43/mm(3) in patients of group I: 7.0+/-2.0%, 187+/-67/mm(3) in group II; and 0.3+/-0.1%, 13+/-5/mm(3) in patients of group III. The increase in group II and decrease in group III of Fc(epsilon) (+) cells were statistically significantly different from the normal persons and patients of group I. In contrast, the patients did not differ significantly from the donors in sIgM(+), sIgD(+), Fc(gamma) (+), and E(+) cell populations. As shown by depletion of sIg(+) cells in four patients with atopic disorders, the great majority of the Fc(epsilon) (+) lymphocytes were B cells. However, two patients with elevated Fc(epsilon) (+) cell numbers had small numbers of mixed E- and Fc(epsilon)-rosetting cells, presumably T cells. Two patients of group II were examined during an acute herpes simplex infection. Both showed an congruent with80% decrease of Fc(epsilon) (+) cells at that time. No apparent correlation between numbers of Fc(epsilon) (+) cells and IgE level existed in patients of group I. Injection of an IgE myeloma protein into two monkeys did not significantly change their percentages of Fc(epsilon) (+) lymphocytes. The data indicate that Fc(epsilon) (+) lymphocytes are increased in patients with markedly elevated serum IgE and severe atopic disease, suggesting that these cells may be involved in the regulation and(or) synthesis of IgE antibody formation. | 112,109 | [
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Differential diagnosis of hypoechoic and anechoic masses with gray scale sonography: new observations. | With the technological advances in gray scale sonography that have permitted the use of higher-frequency transducers and expansion of the acoustic dynamic range, increasing problems in differentiating solid masses and fluid-filled masses have become apparent. These difficulties can be overcome by strict adherence to proper scanning techniques, which involve transducer selection, tissue attenuation compensation, and alterations in patient position. The availability of variable-dynamic-range signal processing and the use of real-time scanning can further increase one's confidence in the correct interpretation of these masses. The primary criteria for determining that a mass is fluid-filled have been expanded to include the presence of reverberation echoes, the "lateral shades" sign, and the presence of septations. In the past, hypoechoic masses with low-level internal echoes were termed "complex". Both fluid-filled masses and solid masses may fall into this category. By use of the sonographic criteria, an attempt should be made to determine whether a mass is primarily fluid-filled or solid. Specific anatomic locations and pathologic conditions in which differential diagnosis may be difficult are illustrated; these include abdominal masses, hepatic and renal masses, and pelvic masses. | 112,111 | [
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Nutritional support in patients with malignant disease. | Clinicians have long been aware of the major nutritional and metabolic abnormalities that occur in patients with cancer. Such abnormalities are varied and hence both the indications and techniques for their correction are also diverse. The aim of the present paper is to consider certain specific aspects of nutritional support in cancer and the authors end with a brief review of areas of study which may prove useful in future. | 112,180 | [
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Murine cell surface immunoglobulin: two forms of delta-heavy chain. | The heavy chain of isolated murine cell surface IgD is present in two forms, separable by electrophoresis on SDS-polyacrylamide gradient gels. Both forms of delta-heavy chain are present on the surface of intact spleen cells and have apparent m.w. of approximately 70,000 (delta1) and 68,000 (delta2). Treatment of surface IgD with neuraminidase before isolation results in a single IgD heavy chain band on SDS gels having an apparent m.w. of 65,000, indicating that delta 1 and delta 2 differ in sialic acid content. Delta 2 is removed from the cell surface by papain more readily than delta 1, suggesting a possible functional significance for the two forms. | 112,186 | [
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Model of the bacterial flagellar motor: response to varying viscous load. | A model of bacterial flagellar drive by cytomembrane streaming is described and applied to experiments of bacterial propulsion under varying viscous load. The theory predicts a linear dependence of the reciprocal propulsion velocity on the viscosity of the suspension medium, if the velocity of cytomembrane streaming far from the basal body of the flagella is assumed independent of the external viscosity. The theoretical predictions are in good agreement with experiments on free-swimming and on tethered bacteria. From comparison of the theory with experiments, the surface viscosity of the bacterial cytomembrane is evaluated for different bacterial species and turns out to be in the range observed experimentally on lipid monolayers. | 112,211 | [
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Dopamine-dependent hyperactivity in the rat following manipulation of GABA mechanisms in the region of the nucleus accumbens. | The effect of manipulation of GABA mechanisms in the region of the nucleus accumbens on dopamine-dependent locomotor hyperactivity in the rat has been studied. Two models of hyperactivity were used: (1) the injection of dopamine into the region of the nucleus accumbens in nialamide-pretreated animals and (2) the systemic administration of d-amphetamine. Both GABA and the GABA agonist 3-aminopropane sulphonic acid (3-APS) depressed hyperactivity in a dose-related manner. High concentrations of GABA (greater than 100 micrograms) were required to produce a significant effect and the response was short-lived possibly reflecting the efficient GABA inactivating mechanisms. 3-APS proved to be approximately 10 times more potent as compared to GABA in the dopamine-accumbens hyperactivity model. Conversely GABA receptor antagonism with low doses of either picrotoxin or bicuculline enhanced the mild locomotor response induced by a low dose of dopamine injected into the nucleus accumbens. However such results were difficult to evaluate fairly as higher doses of the GABA antagonists resulted in varying degrees of generalized seizures. Blockade of GABA uptake systems with cis-1, 3-aminocyclohexane carboxylic acid (ACHC), nipecotic acid or beta-alanine within the region of the nucleus accumbens produced dose-related depression of dopamine-dependent hyperactivity in both models. GABA uptake blockade (nipecotic acid) significantly enhanced the GABA-mediated depression of hyperactivity induced by bilateral injection of dopamine into the nucleus accumbens. The results demonstrate an inhibitory action of GABA and drugs facilitating GABA-ergic transmission on dopamine-dependent hyperactivity in the rat. Although open to criticisms of not being able to distinguish between true GABA effects and the results of non-specific neuronal depression the hyperactivity model underlines the potency of the GABA uptake blocking compounds and their possible potential for future clinical use. | 112,217 | [
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Pigment in the lining of nasopalatine duct cysts: report of two cases. | In a review of 20 nasopalatine duct cysts, two cases were encountered with a pigmented epithelial lining. In the literature we have found one similar case only. The pigment in our cases was shown to be melanin. The authors suggest that the melanin-containing epithelial cells are derived from Jacobson's organs and, therefore, most likely should be considered olfactory epithelium. | 112,232 | [
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Responses of retinal rods to single photons. | 1. A suction electrode was used to record the membrane current of single rod outer segments in pieces of toad retina. During dim illumination the membrane current showed pronounced fluctuations. 2. Amplitude histograms of responses to dim flashes of fixed intensity exhibited two discrete peaks, one at 0 pA and one near 1 pA, suggesting that the response was quantized. By setting a criterion amplitude level, flash responses could be classed as 'failures' (no response) or as 'successes' (at least one quantal event). 3. The variation of fraction of successes with flash intensity was consistent with the hypothesis that each quantal electrical event resulted from a single photoisomerization. 4. The quantal event had a mean amplitude of about 1 pA (5% of the standing dark current) and a standard deviation of 0.2 pA. Dispersion in the event amplitude prevented identification of histogram peaks corresponding to two or more photoisomerizations. 5. Individual quantal responses exhibited a smooth shape very similar to that of the average quantal response. This suggests that a single photoisomerization releases many particles of transmitter and that radial diffusion of internal transmitter is not a major source of delay in the light response. 6. The 'quantum efficiency' with which an absorbed photon generated an electrical event was measured as 0.5 +/- 0.1 (S.E. of mean, n = 4). This is slightly lower than the quantum efficiency of photoisomerization obtained previously for rhodopsin in solution. 7. At wavelengths between 420 and 700 nm the quantal event was invariant in size, although the cell's sensitivity varied over a range of 10(5). 8. The power spectrum of the fluctuations in dim steady light was predicted by assuming that a random series of quantal events occurred independently. 9. In brighter light the fluctuations were faster, and the response to an incremental flash was reduced in size and duration. The power spectrum could be predicted by assuming random superposition of events with the shape of the incremental flash response. | 112,243 | [
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[Clinical evaluation of cefazedon on patients with urinary tract infections (author's transl)]. | The efficacy and tolerance of Cefazedon, a new antibiotic, was investigated clinically on 90 patients with urinary tract infections who also required surgical treatment. Good clinical results were achieved in over 90% of patients after 6 to 7 days of treatment. The bacteriological examination revealed complete elimination of the initially identified pathogens in 89 cases. No difference in treatment results could be established when applying the dose 2 or 3 times daily. On the third day of treatment skin reactions were observed in one case which necessitated discontinuation of treatment. Laboratory blood values as well as control of liver and kidney function before treatment, after and one week past treatment showed no negative influence due to the drug. In approximately 27% a new colonisation mainly with Pseudomonas could not be prevented. | 112,365 | [
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[Neurological cardinal symptoms of internal diseases (author's transl)]. | The old rule:"Frequent is frequent, Seldom is seldom" is only true of etiological entities. With symptoms and syndromes which are hastily diagnosed as "typical" or "atypical" just because they are frequent, serious misdiagnoses may occur and critical details both in the history and in the physical examination may be overlooked. The terminal reaction of the body, i. e. the phenomenological entities are a principium cognoscendi for the doctor as for the patient they are principium agendi which send him to the doctor. The task of the neurologist is to set out the neurological cardinal and warning symptoms as signposts for a satisfactory internist investigation and to a jointly controlled therapy. | 112,407 | [
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[Bowen carcinoma following many years' use of a "radium cushion" (author's transl)]. | A case is reported of a 73-year old female patient in whom precancerous symptoms appeared in the mid-abdominal area of application which for a long time were mistaken for chronic eczema, until after 7 years the development of a skin carcinoma was clinically and histologically confirmed. The case provides a reason to draw attention to the "Radium Cushion" and to restate publicly that they should be delivered to the health authorities. Suspected cases must be thoroughly investigated medically. | 112,420 | [
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[Mountain sickness or alpine climber's disease (author's transl)]. | The symptoms of mountain sickness extend from slight malaise to severe clinical disease. From our own observations in the Himalayas the most serious symptoms appear at night, i. e. at less than the meximum height achieved and when physically at rest. The etiology is not completely clear; the reduced oxygen partial pressure at a height plays a principal role. Prophylactic measures are empirical, scientific methods are being worked on. Treatment is symptomatic, causal therapy consists of rapid removal from the height and oxygen respiration. | 112,448 | [
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[Advances in the conservative treatment of acute traumatic cerebral edema. Controlled clinical trial with follow-up examination (author's transl)]. | Studies in 142 accident victims with severe craniocerebral trauma showed that the intravenous application of sodium escinate over several days considerably reduced the dangerous rise in intracranial pressure and also the total mortality in comparison with corticosteroid therapy alone. Both groups, each of 71 patients, were adjusted from an initial intraventricular pressure of 500--250 mm H2O to the same basic pressure of 150 mm H2O hydrostatically. In the same way, sodium escinate shortened the duration of unconsciousness. The renal function in patients was good. Follow-up examinations at least 2 to a maximum of 3.5 years after the accident and treatment showed a significantly higher rehabilitation rate in the sodium escinate group. | 112,457 | [
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Audiometric and histologic correlates of the interaction between kanamycin and subtraumatic levels of noise in the chinchilla. | Difficulty in assessment of potentiating interaction between noise-induced and kanamycin-induced injury of hearing is compounded by the great variability of intersubject response to the same drug dosage. However, in a given subject, response of the two cochleas to kanamycin intoxication may resonably be assumed to be symmetric. The present study was designed to utilize this similarity, in determining whether kanamycin intoxication would potentiate a normally subtraumatic noise stimulus. Under the experimental conditions outlined, it was found that after a dosage of 150 mg/kg/day of kanamycin given to a physiologic end point, normally subtraumatic noise caused consistent increas in hearing loss. | 112,529 | [
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Head and neck manifestations of relapsing polychondritis: review of 29 cases. | This review of 29 patients with relapsing polychondritis seen at the Mayo Clinic between 1962 and 1976 emphasizes the head and neck manifestations of the disease and the role of the otolaryngologist in its diagnosis and treatment. The major clinical features included inflammation of the pinna, eye involvement, nasal cartilage involvement, laryngotracheal involvement, arthropathy, hearing loss, costal chondritis, and fever. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was often elevated, and mild anemia was not uncommon. | 112,539 | [
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Treatment of sudden hearing loss with diatrizoate meglumine (Hypaque). | Between March and November 1976, 30 patients with sudden hearing loss (SHL) were treated with vasodilators and diatrizoate meglumine (Hypaque). Nine (30%) of the patients had a good response, 7 (23%) had a moderate response, and 14 (47%) had no response to treatment. Most of the patients who responded were treated within the first month and had no vertigo associated on their onset of SHL. Their hearing loss was also less than 90 dB for any of the frequencies tested. Using the criteria of SHL of less than one month's duration, no vertigo associated with onset, and a loss less than 90 dB, seven patients were treated with vasodilator plus Hypaque during the period between January and August 1977. Six (86%) of the seven patients had return of serviceable hearing. | 112,564 | [
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Measurement of stopping power ratios for 60 MeV positive or negative pions. | Pion stopping power ratios are essential parameters for pion radiotherapy treatment planning. The validity of scaling proton stopping powers to pions is called into question since the pion mass is intermediate between the electron and proton masses. Direct measurements of stopping power ratios with respect to water were made for 60 MeV pions of both charges in Teflon, Plexiglas, nylon, paraffin, gelatine, tissue-equivalent plastic (Shonka A150), graphite, aluminium, steel and copper. Corrections for multiple scattering and energy dependence of the stopping power are applied. Measured stopping power ratios at an accuracy of 0.6% are in agreement to within the limits of experimental error with stopping power ratios calculated from the Bethe-Bloch equation using elemental I-values and Bragg additivity. | 112,597 | [
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Amenorrhoea, body weight and serum hormone concentrations, with particular reference to prolactin and thyroid hormones in anorexia nervosa. | Twenty women with anorexia nervosa were investigated at varying stages during weight gain. Basal prolactin and TSH and prolactin responses to TRH were normal and unrelated to body weight. LH, FSH and 17 beta oestradiol were low in emaciated patients and rose with weight gain. There was no correlation between serum gonadotrophin and prolactin concentrations. T3 and T4 concentrations were low but T3 rose with weight gain during refeeding over 4-6 weeks, whereas T4 remained low. A positive correlation was found between the TSH response to TRH and body weight. The abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis were similar to those seen in a variety of chronic illnesses and appear to be unrelated to the amenorrhoea. The failure of restoration of normal function at least after short-term refeeding requires further investigation. It was concluded that the amenorrhoea in anorexia nervosa is not associated with changes in prolactin secretion but is determined primarily by changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. These changes are induced largely by nutritional factors but psychological factors may also be involved. | 112,613 | [
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Effect of morphine on the brain histamine levels in stress-exposed rats. | The effect of morphine on brain histamine levels in stress-exposed rats was investigated. It seemed that the brain histamine level was not directly affected by stressors. However, morphine induced a sharp rise in the brain histamine levels in both morphine-treated and morphine-treated stressed groups. This effect of morphine was reversed by naloxone. | 112,615 | [
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Acute effects of alcohol on saccadic eye movements. | Four components of 20 degrees horizontal saccadic eye movements, i.e., latency, mean and maximum velocities, and duration were measured in 16 students under the influence of alcohol and also in a control situation. The experimental procedures were standardized and automated as much as possible. Latency (simple eye reaction time) was not influenced by alcohol in blood concentrations of 0.056--0.116%. Mean and maximum eye velocities decreased by about 9% and duration of saccades increased by 11%. The maximum changes occurred 90--120 min after the start of alcohol ingestion. The changes in velocities and durations correlated more closely with feelings of intoxication than with blood alcohol concentrations. There were great intra- and intersubject variations in reactions to alcohol. The close resemblance between the effects of certain psychotropic drugs, alcohol, fatigue, and decreased attention on eye movement control suggest that all these may act upon the same nervous structures in the brain stem. | 112,616 | [
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Effects of chlordiazepoxide on maze performance of rats subjected to undernutrition in early life. | The purpose of this research was to study the isolated effects of and interactions between undernutrition and emotional reactivity upon maze performance in rats. This work compares the effects of chlordiazepoxide on learning performance in two groups of adult rats: one undernourished early in life and then rehabilitated, and the other normally nourished. Chlordiazepoxide was used at 5 mg/kg body weight administered i.p. 30 min before each test. The response was evaluated in a Hebb-Williams maze. Water was used as reinforcement. Chlordiazepoxide improved performance in the early undernourished group 197 +/- 55.9 errors to 149 +/- 33.6 (mean +/- SD). Chlordiazepoxide impaired performance of the normal group from 107 +/- 22.7 errors to 197 +/- 42.2 errors. Analysis of variance gave an F = 6.64, which is significant (P less than 0.01). This supports the hypothesis that the high emotional level of previously undernourished subjects acts negatively upon problem-solving performance. | 112,618 | [
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Protective effect of ketotifen and disodium cromoglycate against bronchoconstriction induced by aspirin, benzoic acid or tartrazine in intolerant asthmatics. | Oral challenge tests with acetylsalicylic acid, tartrazine or benzoic acid were performed in 7 intolerant asthmatic patients after a 3-day treatment with either orally taken ketotifen (1 mg twice daily) or inhaled disodium cromoglycate (20 mg four times daily) at random. Protection was noted with ketotifen in 5, with DSCG in 3 patients. On the evaluation of the mean percentage of the maximum decline in the forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1) only ketotifen afforded significant protection statistically (p less than 0.05). All the intolerant asthmatics studies showed, as an immunological abnormity, a slight, but significant decrease of the C1-inhibitor levels. Moreover, in three out of these the alpha 1-antitrypsin serum values were under the lower normal range. | 112,656 | [
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[Epilepsy and pregnancy: preliminary studies]. | The study concerns 17 clinical cases of epilepsy during the progress of 32 pregnancies. It is reported the frequency variations of epileptic fits, the eventual pharmacological adjustments and also some parameters of influence on the newborn. The result are briefly argued. | 112,667 | [
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Use of a macrophage cytotoxicity system to show macrophage activation by Listeria monocytogenes cell wall fraction. | Experiments were conducted to determine whether a partially purified listeria cell wall fraction could stimulate macrophages to high levels of activation. To detect activation of macrophages, a macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity system were established. The data demonstrate that listeria cell wall components are capable of activating thioglycollate-induced adherent peritoneal exudate cells to be cytotoxic for 51Cr-labelled target tumour cells, and that the listeria fraction is as effective as bacterial lipopolysaccharide in inducing cytotoxicity. The listeria fraction can also induce peritoneal exudate cells from congenitally thymusless nude mice to become cytotoxic, suggesting that mature T cells are not required. Furthermore, thioglycollate-induced adherent peritoneal exudate cells from mice hyperimmunized to live Listeria organisms are already stimulated to be cytotoxic for tumour cells, and do not need to be activated in vitro. Additional data are presented which characterize the system. These data demonstrate that a critical concentration of adherent peritoneal cells is required for in vitro activation. Moreover, only peritoneal cells induced with aged batches of thioglycollate, and not uniduced peritoneal cells or those induced with fresh thioglycollate or with protease peptone can be activated in vitro to kill tumour cells. Evidence is presented which suggests that the cytotoxic cell is a macrophage. | 112,673 | [
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Cognitive deficit caused by regional depletion of dopamine in prefrontal cortex of rhesus monkey. | Depletion of dopamine in a circumscribed area of association cortex in rhesus monkeys produces an impairment in spatial delayed alternation performance nearly as severe as that caused by surgical ablation of the same area. This behavioral deficit can be pharmacologically reversed with dopamine agonists such as L-dopa and apomorphine. These data provide direct evidence that dopamine plays an important role in a specific cortical function. | 112,679 | [
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[Results from radiotherapy of cancer of the vallecula or of the base of the tongue obtained in 171 patients between 1950 and 1976 (author's transl)]. | The results of radiotherapy in 171 patients with cancer of the base of the tongue or vallecula from the period between 1950 and 1976 are reported. 19% of all patients were cured (5 years no evidence of disease). There is no difference of the cure rate between conventional kilovoltage and highvoltage irradiation. In early cases, there can be achieved a cure rate of about 60% by irradiation with 1900 to 2000 ret without an unacceptable rate of complications. In the majority of the patients, however, there is a moderate or advanced stage of the tumour at the time of the diagnosis. In the moderately advanced stages, the cure rate is between 20 and 50%, whereas only a small percentage of the patients with advanced tumours (T3 or N2 + N3) can be cured by radiotherapy. In order to achieve significantly higher cure rates in this cancer, further development of radiotherapy is decisive, especially perhaps radiotherapy with fast neutrons and development of agents which modify the radiation effects selectively in normal or in cancer cells. | 112,724 | [
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[Clinical diagnosis and course of arteriosclerosis obliterans]. | The great diagnostic importance of the clinical heart and circulation state as well as of the simple clinical functional tests in comparison to the apparative bloody and unbloody diagnostics is emphasized. Concerning the course the unfavourable prognosis is elaborated on the basis of the survival rates and the appearance of cardiovascular complications. The role of the essential prognostic influence factors, such as age of manifestation, concomitant diseases and long-term therapy is proved by instances. It is referred to the favourable effect of the prolonged treatment with anticoagulants on the prognosis quoad vitam and to the retardation of the cardiovascular progressing. The long-term dispensary care is generally recommended. | 112,790 | [
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Thyroid status in fifty patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. | Because the liver is of considerable importance in metabolism of thyroid hormones, plasma levels of thyroxine (T4), triiodotyronine (T3) with their unbound fractions (FT4 and FT3), reverse T3 (rT3)--an inactive isomer of T3-tyrotropin (TSH) and TSH response to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH; 250 micrograms i.V.) were determined by radioimmunoassays in 50 clinically euthyroid patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. T4 mean concentration (7.3 micrograms/dl) did not differ from normal values but T3 was decreased (101 vs 154 ng/dl; p less than 0.001) and was correlated with the degree of liver damage appreciated by a clinico-biological index. FT4 was elevated in patients (17.1 vs 13.1 pg/ml; p less than 0.02) although FT3 was slightly decreased (3.4 vs 4.5 pg/ml; p less than 0.10) with an increased FT4: FT3 ratio (7.0 vs 3.0; p less than 0.02). rT3 was elevated (592 vs 206 ng/100 ml; p less than 0.001) and correlated with FT4/FT3: rT3/T3 ratio (p less than 0.01) and with the severity of the cirrhosis. Basal TSH levels (3.3 microU/ml) and TSH responsiveness to TRH was normal though very scattered, and independant from T3 and T4 values. It may be concluded that: 1. euthyroidy in cirrhosis assessed by a normal responsiveness to TRH, results from a compensatory increase in FT4. 2. The low T3 and FT3 levels may proceed from an impairment of peripheral T4 in to T3 conversion with a deviation pathway towards rT3. 3. T3 and rT3 levels provide valuable index of the severity of the cirrhosis. | 112,793 | [
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[Toxins and enzymes of several species of Bacillus, especially of the B. cereus-thuringiensis group (author's transl)]. | In the examined strains the production of following toxins or enzymes was determined by bioassay or by semiquantitative and routine diagnostical tests: delta-endotoxin, alpha-exotoxin, beta-exotoxin hemolysin, phospholipase C, proteinase. The production of delta-endotoxin (= a parasporal crystal toxic for several insects) is the only character in that B. thuringiensis differs from B. cereus. Other biochemical features as production of so-called alpha-exotoxin (= soluble toxic protein), hemolysin, phospholipase or proteinase are common in both species. Strains of B. megaterium may produce proteinase, but no phospholipase, hemolysin or alpha-exotoxin. The identity of the alpha-exotoxin of the B. cereus-thuringiensis group with any of the exoenzymes studied here could not be confirmed. At present, this toxin is only demonstrable by bioassay. Formation of beta-exotoxin (= soluble toxic nucleotide) is restricted to special strains of the B. cereus-thuringiensis group. -- All strains of B. megaterium tested do not produce any of the toxins quoted; they have found to be apathogenic under the experimental conditions. As the so-called "egg yolk clearing factor" is produced by all strains of B. megaterium (in contrast to strains of the B. cereus-thuringiensis group) it does not represent a factor of pathogenicity and therefore the term "gamma-exotoxin" is unfounded. -- Not too much attention should be paid in connection with taxonomic studies to the ability or non-ability of strains of bacteria to produce a special toxin. | 112,804 | [
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[Effect of successive electric stimulation of different brain regions on delayed spatial choice in monkeys]. | The effect of paired successive electrical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, caudate nucleus head and mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus on the delayed spatial choice was studied in two rhesus monkeys. During the first second of delay one structure was stimulated, during its last second--another one. It was found that some combinations of paired successive stimulation interfere with the precision of solving the experimental problem by animals. The obtained results are discussed with regard to the complex temporal dynamics of brain structures interactions during short-term memorizing. | 112,800 | [
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[Ability of birds of the Corvidae family to operate by the empirical dimensions of figures]. | The reasoning ability was investigated in 29 Corvidae birds. The experimental task consisted in finding a hidden bait, the task being based on the fact that volumetric bait could be hidden in a volumetric geometrical figure only and not in a flat one. Thus it was possible to value the bird's ability to operate the empirical dimensions of objects. It was found that although the structure of bird brain is basically different from that of mammals, Corvidae surpass carnivorous mammals (dogs and cats) in solving this problem, their ability to operate the dimensions of objects being developped almost as well as that of monkeys. | 112,801 | [
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[Interaction between the hippocampus and posterior hypothalamus in actualization of the orienting reflex]. | Unit activity of the dorsal hippocampus in response to electrical stimulation of the posterior hypothalamus was recorded in 3--3.5 months old alert rabbits in chronic and acute experiments. Electrical stimulation of the sties of the posterior hypothalamus which had produced orienting behavior in preliminary tests, led to the appearance in the majority of cells at all hippocampal levels of tonic inhibitory and activational reactions with a long-term after-effect. With increased frequency of the stimulating current there was an increase in the number of responding elements and in the reactivity of neurones. The conditioning stimulation of the posterior hypothalamus increased the pronouncement and duration of hippocampal unit responses to sound stimuli. It is concluded that functional manifestations of the afferentation, ascending from the posterior hypothalamus to the hippocampus during the development of orienting reaction, are determined by a nonspecific character of its influences on the neurones of the dorsal hippocampus. | 112,802 | [
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The effect of metoclopramide, TRH and L-dopa on prolactin secretion in pituitary adenoma and in "functional" galactorrhoea syndrome. | The degree of autonomy in prolactin secreting pituitary adenomas and also prolactin secretory reserve in cases with suspected functional galactorrhea syndrome was evaluated with the use of metoclopramide, TRH and L-DOPA. It was found that in patients with pituitary adenoma the basal prolactin (PRL) level often exceeded 150 micrograms/l and the response to stimulation with TRH and/or metoclopramide was markedly diminished or even nonexistent, while the response to L-DOPA was usually retained. In patients with galactorrhoea and/or amenorrhoea, with normal skull X-ray the basal PRL level was either normal or moderately raised but the response to stimulation was various; mostly it was excessive, it was sometimes normal, but in some other cases it was markedly diminished as in patients with adenoma. In the author's opinion the so-called "functional disorder" of prolactin secretion is mainly hyperresponsiveness to stimulation, whereas the basal PRL level in those cases is usually normal or only intermittently raised. In the cases with a moderate hyperprolactinaemia, especially if it appears to be constant, and the response to stimulation is diminished or none at all, we suspect a pituitary microadenoma. Finally, there are rare cases of galactorrhoea with normal basal PRL and normal response to stimulation, in which the sensitivity of the mammary PRL receptor is probably increased. We suggest therefore that the above mentioned PRL stimulation tests may help in distinguishing between tumoural and functional hyperprolactinaemia. | 112,817 | [
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[Fluorescence histochemical investigations on the topic of GABA and dopamine in the neostriatum of the rat (author's transl)]. | In the neostriatum of adult rats the distribution of Dopamine and GABA was investigated by means of fluorescence histochemical methods. There is a different mode of distribution of the transmitters in this brain region. The animals were treated with cycloserin, acting as an inhibitor of the GABA transaminase, in order to enhance the GABA content. In the neostriatum GABA containing neurons and GABA-ergic afferents could be demonstrated. GABA containing fibers are present in the whole striatum. Varicose Dopamine fibers appear as a dense fluorescent network. | 112,831 | [
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Comparison of fetomaternal hemorrhage detection methods and Rh immune globulin usage. | A 1977 College of American Pathologists survey of hospitals has been analyzed to compare Rh immune globulin usage (RhIgG) with methods used to screen and confirm fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH). The survey data show that there is a correlation between the rate of multiple vial usage and the confirmation method used. Laboratories using Fetaldex administered multiple vials of Rh immune globulin significantly more often than laboratories using other acid elution technics. This difference was independent of the screening methods used and was not related to the number of patients tested in laboratories giving fewer than 300 vials of Rh immune globulin per year. The incidence of fetomaternal hemorrhages of greater than 30 ml has been reported to be 0.3% by various groups using Kleihauer procedures to test large numbers of women after delivery. In 61 of 374 laboratories using Fetaldex and 15 of 253 laboratories using Kleihauer-Betke procedure more than ten times the expected number of recipients were given multiple vials. | 112,853 | [
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Histology of wound, vitreous, and retina in experimental posterior penetrating eye injury in the rhesus monkey. | We performed a histologic study to support our clinical observations on the mechanisms responsible for traction retinal detachment after a penetrating injury in the rhesus monkey eye. The monkey eyes (40 eyes; 40 monkeys) were characterized by intraocular fibrosis with the formation of a cyclitic membrane and epiretinal and subretinal membranes. The progression to a fibrous ingrowth from the wound occurred only in eyes with blood in the vitreous. The intravitreal fibroblastic proliferation had its origin mainly from the stroma of the ciliary body and choroid at the wound but probably also from the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. A fibroblastic response was present within the vitreous as early as four days after injury, and had progressed to form a cyclitic membrane by six weeks. Epiretinal membranes were identified as early as four weeks after injury. They were most prominent over the peripheral retina anterior to the equator. It is likely that they are derived from multiple cellular sources including the fibrous ingrowth from the wound but they were also connected to the surface of the retina by bridges of tissue indicating a glial origin. The subretinal membranes appeared to be derived from both retinal pigment epithelium cells and glial cells. | 112,870 | [
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Interstitial anion distribution in striated muscle determined with [35S]sulfate and [3H]sucrose. | The distributions of a charged and an uncharged extracellular tracer in the interstitial spaces of skeletal and heart muscles were examined in vivo by a double-labeling technique. 35SO4(2-) and [3H]sucrose were simultaneously injected intraperitoneally into rats and toads, and extracellular volume was determined in the rat gastrocnemius and left ventricle and in the toad semitendinosus. In nephrectomized rats and in toads with intact kidneys, sucrose and SO4(2-) spaces were constant for several hours. Sucrose and SO4(2-) spaces did not significantly differ in rat ventricle (P greater than 0.80); in rat gastrocnemius the sucrose space was much larger than SO4(2-) space (2P less than 0.0005), while in toad semitendinosus sucrose space was somewhat smaller than SO4(2-) space (2P less than 0.005). These observations suggest that fixed charges in the interstitial compartment can lead to extracellular anion exclusion in some tissues and perhaps to accumulation in others. The magnitude and direction of these effects differ for different striated muscles. | 112,873 | [
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Specific granules of the rat atrial muscle cell. | The specific granules found in the atrial cardiac muscle cells of the normal rat were studied. The ultrastructural appearance of these granules demonstrated a fixative-dependent lability. Fixation with cacodylate buffered aldehydes yields three types of granules. However, fixation with phosphate buffered aldehydes or primary fixation with OsO4 yields granules of uniform appearance. The granules are found predominantly in the perinuclear zone; 78% of the granules are within ten linear micrometers of the center of the nucleus. Two independent methods of measurement demonstrate spherical diameters of these granules of 0.30 micron and 0.37 micron respectively. The granules are found in greater concentration at one pole of the nucleus than at the other. On the high density side there are 4.07 granules/micrometers3 which occupy 5.8% of the cytoplasmic volume. On the low density side there are 2.15 granules/micrometers3 which occupy 3.0% of the cytoplasmic volume. The granules at both poles are the same size. Atrial walls were incubated in a modified Tyrode's solution. One hour of incubation caused no change in the atrial granules. Addition of norepinephrine or L-Dopa resulted in the appearance of more granules but the size of the granules remained the same. Incubation with reserpine had no effect upon the atrial granules. Apparently the atrial myocardial cell is stimulated by exogenous catecholamine to synthesize more atrial granules which themselves do not appear to contain catecholamines. | 112,880 | [
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Penetrability of the outer membrane of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in relation to acquired resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics. | Acquired antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is principally associated with three genetic markers, penA, mtr, and penB. penA is a specific marker for penicillin resistance, whereas mtr and penB are nonspecific in conferring resistance to penicillin and several other antibiotics as well. It has been suggested that the nonspecific markers may cause a general decrease in the penetrability of the gonococcal outer membrane. To investigate this, antibiotic penetration of the outer membrane was studied in two isogenic strains-FA19 (susceptible parent) and FA140 (containing penA, mtr, and penB)-and also in a clinical isolate with multiple resistance. The method involved brief treatment of exponential cells with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid at 5 degrees C to disrupt the outer membrane barrier. The 50% inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics for treated and normal cells were measured turbidimetrically, and from their ratios outer membrane penetration barriers were calculated. Small barriers were observed for actinomycin D and benzylpenicillin, and these were very similar in the susceptible and resistant strains. Also, in FA140 no significant barriers for rifampin, erythromycin, and tetracycline were detected. These results suggest that mechanism(s) other than reduced outer membrane penetrability underlie acquired resistance due to penA, mtr, and penB. | 112,915 | [
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