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Monoamines and sexual behaviour in non-human primates. | The experiments described were concerned with elucidating the involvement of monoamines in the sexual behaviour of rhesus monkeys. The measurement of perturbations in the levels and turnover of the acid metabolites of serotonin and dopamine in cisternal cerebrospinal fluid, occurring in response to hormonal manipulations which alter proceptivity and receptivity, has not clarified the ways in which hormones and amines interact. However, the use of psychoactive drugs which alter the activity of monamine neurons in the brain has demonstrated that sexual activity can be profoundly influenced by such procedures. Thus, depletion of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) in the brain using p-chlorophenylalanine reversed the decrease in proceptivity that followed adrenalectomy. Conversely, inhibition of serotonin uptake using chlorimipramine reduced proceptivity and receptivity to very low levels. Both findings point to the apparently important role of serotoninergic neurons in the control of sexual behaviour. Low doses of the dopamine agonist alpha-bromocriptine enhanced the proceptivity of female rhesus monkeys but high doses had no such effect. This behavioural change was not related to the concomitant suppression of serum prolactin and may have been related to presynaptic actions of the drug in a manner postulated to explain similar behavioural effects in rats. The beta-blocker oxprenolol had the interesting property of improving the sexual performance of male rhesus monkeys, a behavioural effect consistent with an anxiolytic action, although endocrine (prolactin, cortisol) measures did not provide support for such a view. Defining the nature of the interaction between hormones and monoamine-containing neurons in the brain in behavioural contexts is shown to depend largely on the application of precise neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological techniques. However, the use of systemic treatment with psychoactive drugs used widely in clinical practice, in carefully controlled, behavioural and and endocrine experiments, is likely to provide invaluable information on where and how to investigate the neural mechanisms involved. | 157,266 | [
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3' Esters of ADP as energy-transfer inhibitors and probes of the catalytic site of oxidative phosphorylation. | 1. A large series of 3' esters of ADP has been synthesized. Several of these can serve as photoaffinity labels; others exhibit fluorescent properties. The corresponding AMP and ATP derivatives have also been synthesized in some cases. 2. The influence of the 3'-O-acyl nucleotides on energy-linked functions of beef-heart submitochondrial particles has been investigated. The following results were obtained. a) 3'Esters of ADP are powerful and highly specific inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation. The inhibition is competitive to ADP and Ki values as low as 0.05 microM, for the 3'-O-(1)naphthoyl ester of ADP, could be observed. b) The inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation by 3' esters of ADP appears to be non-competitive versus inorganic phosphate. c) The nucleotide analogs are not phosphorylated themselves. The corresponding ATP analogs can not drive energy-linked process. d) The 3' esters of AMP are ineffective as inhibitors, whereas the ATP derivatives are only comparatively weak inhibitors. e) Uncoupled or solubilized ATPase is almost two orders of magnitude less sensitive against inhibition by 3' esters than coupled systems. The analogs exert maximal inhibition specifically in systems involving an 'energized' state of the coupling device. f) Azido-group-bearing analogs can be used for irreversible photoinactivation of the coupling ATPase. Photoinactivation also is most efficient when carried out with 'energized' particles. g) The inhibitory properties are similar also in ATP-driven NAD+ reduction by succinate, and in the uncoupler-sensitive ATP in equilibrium with Pi exchange. The required concentrations for half-maximal inhibition are somewhat higher than in oxidative phosphorylation, but lower than with uncoupled ATPase. 3. From molecular models, from substituent properties, and from the conditions required for inhibition it is concluded that these highly effective analogs of ADP may act as conformation-specific probes at the catalytic site of oxidative phosphorylation. The results are interpreted in terms of a model suggesting that, in the process of ATP synthesis, a hydrophobic cavity on the enzyme is exposed only in the energized state, accepting the large 3' substituent. The substituent is assumed to inhibit phosphoryl transfer and/or conformational transitions inherent in the process of ADP phosphorylation by steric hinderance. | 157,276 | [
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Relation between fibrinolytic activity and prostacyclin generation of atherosclerotic artery and dacron prosthetic graft. | The newly formed tissue of dacron vascular prosthetic grafts implanted in humans demonstrates prostacyclin generation and fibrinolytic activity comparable to that of the atherosclerotic artery in the vicinity. This provides some evidence that both activities important for haemostasis run parallel. | 157,285 | [
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Effect of blood, ascites, and tumor cell density on cytocidal action of neocarzinostatin. | Cytocidal activity of Neocarzinostatin (NCS) was analyzed in vitro by using cultured and ascitic L1210 cells. NCS shows rapid and typical concentration-dependent cytocidal action against L1210 cells. The concentration required for 90% cell-kill (MLD90) and for all 10(6) cell-kill (MIC/10(6)) was 5 x 10(-2) and 4 x 10(-1) microgram/ml, respectively, when L1210/C cells were exposed to NCS at the concentration of 2 x 10(5)/ml in RPMI-1640 medium. When L1210/C cells at the concentration of 1.3 x 10(7)/ml were exposed to NCS, cytocidal activity of NCS decreased, and MLD90 and MIC/10(6) increased to 1.75 x 10(-1) microgram/ml (3.4x) and 2.83 microgram/ml (6.5x), respectively. Also, when a small fraction of whole BDF1 mouse blood, red blood cells, or spleen cells was present in the reaction mixture, cytocidal activity of NCS appeared to decrease. Furthermore, when washed hemorrhagic ascitic L1210 cell suspension was exposed to NCS, 100 times or more concentration of NCS was required for 90% cell-kill or all 10(6) cell-kill. The effect of plasma or serum on cytocidal activity of NCS was minimum. These results indicate that cytocidal activity of NCS is greatly inhibited through contact with tumor cells, blood cells, spleen cells, and/or hemorrhagic ascites. This may be one of the reasons why L1210 cells, which show high sensitivity against NCS in vitro, are less sensitive in vivo. In order to explain these findings, the possibility of inactivation of NCS by the cells or reduction of free active NCS molecules by the binding or adsorption with the cells is discussed. This characteristics in action of NCS should be take into account in clinical use. | 157,307 | [
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Growth of intraperitoneally transplanted ascites hepatoma, AH39 cells, in the area of gelatin sponge inoculation into the abdominal wall of Donryu rats. | A piece of gelatin sponge was inoculated submesothelialy in the abdominal wall of female Donryu rats, and 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, or 21 days later, 1 x 10(5) cells of ascites hepatoma AH39 were intraperitoneally transplanted. Tumor cells were detected in the area of gelatin sponge inoculation in each group 2 to 5 days after the transplantation. Generally, the number of rats in which tumor cells were detected was larger in those transplanted with tumor cells within a short period after the gelatin sponge inoculation. Changes in the area of gelatin sponge inoculation and nontreated area in the rats which received intraperitoneal transplantation of the tumor cells on the 1st day after gelatin sponge inoculation were studied. Tumor cells were detected in the area of gelatin sponge inoculation as early as 2 days after the tumor transplantation, whereas they were detected on the 14th day in nontreated areas. Tumor detection was preceded by inflammatory reaction in both cases. | 157,308 | [
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Combined effect of BCG and coenzyme Q10 on ATP-ase activity and coenzyme Q content in spleen lymphocytes of tumor-bearing rats. | Effect of BCG, coenzyme Q10, or their combination on ATPase activity in spleen lymphocytes of tumor-bearing rats was investigated in relation to changes in the content of individual coenzyme Q homologs in these cells. Contents of both coenzyme Q9 and Q10 in spleen lymphocytes significantly decreased in the late stage of Donryu rats bearing Sato lung carcinoma. Oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity in spleen lymphocytes was also significantly depressed in this stage. The depressed, oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity was significantly recovered by a 3-time intramuscular administration of coenzyme Q10 emulsified with ethanol and saline, and the decreased contents of coenzymes Q9 and Q10 were slightly restored by this treatment. This enzyme activity was also significantly recovered by an intravenous administration of BCG, and was elevated more by the combined treatment with BCG and the emulsified coenzyme Q10. These results suggest that the combined treatment with BCG and emulsified coenzyme Q10 can contribute to the improvement of the depressed bioenergetics in lymphocytes of tumor-bearing animals, and that this combined effect of BCG and emulsified coenzyme Q10 might be based on the combination of their individual activating effect on lymphocytes. | 157,309 | [
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The human dura mater valve. Fabrication methods. | We have used a glycerol-treated human dura mater valve as a valve substitute of the blood pumps for more than 3 years. In comparative studies, it was shown that the dura mater valve is more durable than the glutaraldehyde-treated bovine aortic valves, and thought to be a very attractive valve material. Fabrication methods both for rigid and flexible stents were introduced. | 157,337 | [
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[Early scanning electron microscopy changes in the surface of woven dacron vessel prosthesis. An experimental study in dogs]. | To evaluate platelet-inhibiting drugs in vivo, we implanted artificial vessels into the arterial blood-stream of dogs. Following different periods of normal blood-flow through the prosthesis, pieces were cut out and prepared for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Through the SEM we studied surface changes of the samples, in particular those of platelets. They very soon loose their disclike form becoming relatively spherical and make contact with each other by means of pseudopods that are formed at that stage. Red blood cells are caught up in this 3-dimensional network causing the inner surface of the dacron prosthesis to look like an underwatergarden. | 157,343 | [
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Vinyl chloride and trichloroethylene: comparison of alkylating effects of metabolites and induction of preneoplastic enzyme deficiencies in rat liver. | [1,2-14C] Vinyl chloride and [1,2-14C] trichloroethylene were incubated with rat liver microsomes, NADPH and RNA (from yeast). Whereas trichloroethylene metabolites were irreversibly bound to proteins in microsomal incubations to a higher extent than vinyl chloride metabolites, irreversible binding to RNA was lower for trichloroethylene metabolites. Hydrolysis of the RNA which was reisolated from microsomal incubations with 14C-vinyl chloride or 14C-trichloroethylene and separation of the nucleosides showed different alkylation products arising from vinyl chloride and from trichloroethylene, characteristic for vinyl chloride being formation of 1,N6-ethenoadenosine and 3,N4-enthenocytidine. The different reactivities of metabolites of vinyl chloride and of trichloroethylene prompted a comparison of the oncogenic effects of both compounds against the rat liver cell. Newborn rats were exposed for 10 weeks to 2000 ppm vinyl chloride or trichloroethylene (8 h/day; 5 days/week). After this period livers of the animals were stained for nucleoside-5-triphosphatase. Whereas the vinyl chloride exposed rats showed focal hepatocellular deficiencies in this enzyme, which are supposed to represent an early sign of malignancy, no such changes were induced by trichloroethylene exposure. The data therefore suggest differences between the hepatocarcinogenic activity of vinyl chloride and possible effects of trichloroethylene on the liver. | 157,359 | [
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Primary leiomyosarcoma of skin: a report and critical appraisal. | A primary leiomyosarcoma of skin was studied by light and electron microscopy and by histochemistry. Systematic evaluation of the entire neoplasm suggested that a single biopsy sample would show little cellular pleomorphism but could vary considerably in number of mitoses per mm2. Electron microscopy revealed a high degree of cytologic differentiation. Strong myosin ATPase activity and negative demonstrations for hydrolytic enzymes suggest a diagnostic profile which will clearly separate this neoplasm from malignant fibrous histiocytoma. High mitoses counts, the conventional criterion for malignancy of non-cutaneous smooth muscle tumors, may not be appropriately applied to primary leiomyosarcomas arising in the dermis. The findings in this case and a critical review of the literature suggest that reliable criteria for diagnosis of primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma by light microscopy remain to be established. | 157,362 | [
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Normal phenotype and partial trisomy for the G positive region of chromosome 21. | A prenatally diagnosed male fetus and his mother, who was referred because of her advanced age, both carried an abnormal bisatellited chromosome 21 as an extra chromosome. The abnormal 21 was monocentric and the G negative band q22 and part of q21 had been deleted during formation. The phenotype of both the mother and child (at birth) was normal. | 157,396 | [
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Effects of 2-nicotinamidoethyl nitrate (SG-75) on dog coronary artery and cat papillary muscle. | Effects of 2-nicotinamidoethyl nitrate (SG-75) on isolated dog coronary artery and cat papillary muscle were investigated. SG-75 dose-dependently relaxed the isolated coronary arterial strips contracted with potassium. Large doses of SG-75 depressed contraction of papillary muscle driven with electrical stimulation and inhibited enhancement of contraction of papillary muscle induced by calcium and isoproterenol. From these results it is suggested that SG-75 may have a weak Ca++-antagonistic action. | 157,399 | [
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[Composite materials in pedodontics]. | A brief account is given of the features of 1st and 2nd generation compounds and their clinical applications. Reference is made to many years of personal experience in an assessment of their long-term results. | 157,427 | [
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In vivo and in vitro assays of immunocompetence in bronchogenic carcinoma. | To determine the degree of correlation among the various in vivo and in vitro assays that could be used to assess immunocompetence in bronchogenic carcinoma, the response to common recall skin antigens, primary sensitization to DNCB and lymphocyte function tests based on blastogenic response to mitogens and in mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) were tested in 48 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. The values were compared to responses in 94 age-matched healthy control subjects. There were impaired skin tests reactions among squamous cell carcinoma patients, with little impairment of their lymphocyte blastogenesis reactions. Anaplastic carcinoma patients had notable defects in lymphocyte function tests but less impairment of the skin test reactions. These data suggest that the mitogen concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin, and the MLC are more useful screening assays of in vitro immunocompetence than are the other commonly used mitogens. | 157,453 | [
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Clinical implications of the convex supradiaphragmatic inferior vena cava. | The configuration of the supradiaphragmatic segment of the inferior vena cava (SIVC) was evaluated on lateral chest radiographs to determine the clinical situations in which a posterior convex contour occurred. Of 34 patients with a convex SIVC, 31 had cardiovascular abnormalities. Left ventricular enlargement was present in 17 of 34 (50%), and right ventricular failure in 13 (38%). Valvular regurgitation, left-to-right shunts, narrow anteroposterior chest diameter, and chronic obstructive lung disease were also present. In 102 consecutive normal patients, the SIVC was visible in 97%; only 1 patient had a convex SIVC (p = 10(-7)). The results show that detection of a convex SIVC suggests associated abnormalities. | 157,499 | [
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Induction of chronic diabetes by streptozotocin in the miniature pig. | The rapid i.v. injection of 60 mg streptozotocin/kg body weight 8 days after an initial dose of 30 mg/kg was the best method to produce a distinct insulin-deficient diabetes in minipigs. Even in the absence of any therapy the further course of this diabetes remained stable without tending to exhibit ketoacidosis. Besides hyperglycaemia and the loss of insulin response to glucose there was significant increase of triglycerides and a decrease of plasma albumin. In the oldest animals this diabetes has so far been observed for more than 3 years. Because of some special advantages this experimental diabetes could provide a useful model for studying diabetic angiopathies. | 157,515 | [
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Intervertebral disc herniation in the adolescent. | Twenty-nine patients between 14 and 20 years of age underwent surgical treatment for intervertebral disc herniation over a 10-year period. Trauma was a significant factor in 59%. Back pain was a major complaint in all cases, and all but one had significant sciatic distress. Typical painful, restricted forward flexion was found in 22 cases. All patients had definite signs of nerve root tension. Nerve compression signs were present in 41%. Myelography was done in all cases, and discography was performed on 22 patients to aid in diagnosis and planning of definitive treatment. Twenty-three patients were followed over an average of 5.3 years. Excellent or good results were found in 89%. One patient required a further surgical procedure. Analyzing 12 procedures performed at the L5-S1 level demonstrated excellent results in all patients undergoing lumbosacral fusion combined with discotomy at this level in the presence of a normal L4-5 discogram. | 157,533 | [
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Lungworm: (Dictyocaulus arnfieldi) infection in donkeys. | The clinical, parasitological and pathological findings in a group of six donkeys naturally infected with D arnfieldi larvae are described. One animal had to be sacrificed at an early date because it developed pneumonia. The remaining five were unthrifty, showed mild clinical respiratory signs and had heavy strongyle infections. They had varying numbers of adult worms in the airways of the lungs and eggs were found coiled up in the smaller bronchi where they had apparently lead to an obstruction to airflow in that segment. The most striking gross pathological changes were circular discrete areas of over-inflation surrounding such bronchi. Histologically the infected bronchi exhibited a marked bronchiolitis with goblet cell hyperplasia and a mainly lymphoid inflammatory infiltrate. These areas also showed a localised bronchiolitus and overinflated alveolar tissue although true emphysema was not present. It is postulated that the parasite is well-adapted to its host and is able to survive for long periods within the lung without causing a debilitating amount of damage to the host. The immunological aspects of the infection are discussed briefly. | 157,590 | [
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Pulmonary infection with capsule-deficient cryptococcus neoformans. | A case of bilateral lobar pneumonia due to Crytococcus neoformans is presented. The capsule-deficient fungal organisms within tissue were suggestive of Histoplasma capsulatum. Cultures grew Cryptococcus neoformans and there was cryptococcal antigen in the serum. Pulmonary cryptococcosis and the occurrence of unencapsulated cryptococci are reviewed. The important role both culture and the latex agglutination test for cryptococcal antigen play in the differential diagnosis of systemic fungal infections with over-lapping histopathology are discussed. | 157,594 | [
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Phagocytosis of chromium during patellar osteoarthritic remodelling associated with a knee prosthesis. | The report is of an anatomico-pathological and electron probe microanalyzer study of a patella with osteoarthritic remodelling, that had been in contact with a cast cobalt-chromium-molybdenum prosthesis for two years and seven months. Abrasion of the metal resulted in preferential phagocytosis of chromium, principally in the wall of an osteoarthritis cyst. This observation indicates that a substance administered by intra-articular pathway for the treatment of osteoarthritis can become phagocytosed, and quite deeply, in the remodelled bone. | 157,595 | [
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[Rule of homology and morbid anatomy (author's transl)]. | 1. According to J.W. Goethe, morphology is a theory of evolution, H. Braus defined it as a theory of historic incidents, and according to D. Starck morphology is the role of shapes of the organisms. 2. The term homology was coined by morphologic researchers. Of course, it is used nowadays also in mathematics, chemistry, and linguistics and other logic matters. 3. Homologies have a special position in Goethe's work on the theory of types. Goethe's morphologic research and Schiller's aesthetic speculations are considered to be the origin of a 'typologic point of view.' 4. Coherences of Platon's theory of ideas and Goethe's theory of types are scrutinized. The theory of shapes ('Gestalt theory') is inconceivable without Platon's theory, and scientic morphology is inconceivable without shapes, either, and according to C. v. Ehrenfels "Gestaltphilosophie" could not exist without the shapes of Platon's theory. 5. It is shown that without Gestalt philosophy one cannot comprehend the following coherences: Gestalt (shape) as an idea, idea as a type of Goethe's rule, type as an element of the theory of homologies and even of constitution. 6. Homology will be constituted using certain criterions: a) detection of an equal descent, b) equal position of organismic structures in individuals, c) evidence of interpositions, and d) certain qualities of parts which are compared with each other. Homologous structures may be dissimilar in their architecture. 7. The term homology is explained a) by giving an analysis of morphologic and teratologic lines, b) by scrutinizing froms of symmetry, and c) by presenting the histopathology of topographical diverse but according to the morphogenetic mode coinciding tumours which are resembling each other in their microscopic patterns. 8. The application of the rule of homology in the morphologic investigation of diseases proves to be a) valuable from a heuristic point of view, b) an instrument of communication to characterize comparable matters, c) a means of classification, and d) a basic requirement to uncover inconceivable correlations of morphologic patterns in the first instance and then a basis for the prognosis findings which may be expected in the future. So far the didactic value of proven homologies is inestimably great. 9. The application of the rules of homology in morbild anatomy requires controls by 'regulatives.' There are: a) all facts must be born in mind, b) the rules of the mathematical logic, those of demonstrative and plausible conclusions need to be taken into consideration, and c) the criterions of Ehrenfels should be applied accurately. 10. At the contact surface of two scientific fields special difficulties may emerge. As far as contemporary pathology is concerned, elements of the Arts should be assimilated. This challenge is by no means a novel one. Covered traces of it could be found in our archive 50 years ago. We should not forget but keep in mind these elements. | 157,613 | [
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["Malabsorptive" dermatitis herpetiformis. A study with particular regard to biopsy findings of the small intestine (author's transl)]. | 21 patients (6 females and 15 males) with Dermatitis herpetiformis have been studied with special considerations of the small intestinal biopsy-findings. During this investigation the patient's mean age was 45 years (20-68) and the mean age at onset was 38 years (17-64). In 5 patients (23.8%) total villous atrophy (group I) and in 4 patients (19.0%) a severe partial or subtotal villous trophy (group II) was found on small intestinal biopsy. The sprue-like changes were patchy lesions. Histocompatibility-antigens of type HLA-AL were found in 38.1% and of type HLA-B8 in 47.6%. After 20 years of the disease one patient died of a malignant lymphoma of the intestine (immunoblastic sarcoma). In all patients the number of interepithelial lymphocytes in the small bowel mucose was significantly increased, as it was in those patients with a normal villous pattern (group III). In a quantitative analysis of specifically labeled (peroxidase-anti-perosidase complex) IgG-, IgA- and IgM-cells in the intestinal mucosa it was found that the number of all three plasma cell classes are increased significantly (P less than 0.01). | 157,622 | [
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[Human IgG subclass study. II. The levels of the individual IgG subclasses in paired sera from mothers and newborn infants as well as in the blood sera of inhabitants of an isolated northern village]. | The levels of the first 3 subclasses of IgG, as determined by the radial immunodiffusion test, proved to be similar in the blood sera obtained from mothers and newborns in Moscow. The concentration of IgG4 was 0.64 +/- 0.02 g/l iently indicative of a limited passage of IgG4 molecules through the placenta. The inhabitants of an isolated northern village were found to have the inheritable combined deficit of IfG2 and IgG3 synthesis in their blood sera, which was probably due to the prolonged processes of inbreeding and the progenitor effect. | 157,661 | [
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[Plasma androgen levels in Papio hamadryas pavian hamadrils at different periods of postnatal development]. | Using radioimmunological assay, it has been demonstrated that at the age of 0.5, 1 and 2 years sexual differences are absent in the concentration of testosteron, 5 alpha-dihydrotestosteron, dehydroepiandrosteron and delta 4-androstendion in the blood plasma. The level of testosteron in sexually immature animals does not differ from that in adult females. In sexually mature baboons, testosteron content was found to be more than 20 times higher. The activity of 5 alpha-reductase, checked by the ratio of concentrations of testosteron and 5 alpha-dihydrotestosteron, in adult males was 4 times lower than in sexually immature animals. No significant changes in delta 4-androstendion concentration were noted during the development of androgenic function. Dehydroepiandrosteron content of the peripheral blood in immature baboons is several times higher than that in adult animals, which may be associated with postnatal activity of embryonic zone. | 157,660 | [
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Co-existence of inhibitory and stimulatory factors modulating cell proliferation in rat liver cytoplasm. | Factors that inhibit and stimulate cell proliferation were found to coexist in rat liver supernatant. The inhibitory and stimulatory factors were separated by ethanol fractionation. Both factors were sensitive to heat- and trypsin-treatment. The activity of the inhibitor was diminished by partial hepatectomy. The inhibitor from normal livers inhibited DNA and RNA synthesis in the L-cell system, but the same fraction from regenerating livers caused little or no inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis. The stimulatory factor from regenerating livers had a stronger effect on cell proliferation than that of normal livers. Furthermore, the inhibitor from normal livers depressed DNA synthesis in vivo in regenerating livers. | 157,671 | [
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Reproductive risk of t(13q14q) carriers: case report and review. | We report a four-generation kindred with a balanced 13q14q Robertsonian translocation. The proband had the Down sydrome, due to trisomy of chromosome 21; he also carried the balanced D-group translocation. S segregation analysis of 86 sibships was performed to examine the risk of t(13q14q) carrier parents having trisomy 21, 47,XXY, or trisomy 13 children by which a number of families were ascertained. None of these disorders recurred after birth of the propositi. The frequency of abortions was not different from that of the general population. The conditional segregation ratio for balanced translocation carriers among the phenotypically normal offspring of carrier parents was 0.55 +/- 0.04. | 157,697 | [
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Electrocoagulation of pelvic endometriotic lesions with laparoscopic control. | Twenty-eight patients presenting with initial complaints of infertility or chronic pelvic pain were found to have pelvic endometriosis at laparoscopy. Destruction of the endometriotic lesions by means of electrocoagulation was performed via laparoscopy in a group of 19 patients. The remaining nine patients did not undergo such management. In the treatment group, seven of the 11 patients with chronic pain experienced complete relief of their symptoms, and six of the eight patients with infertility became pregnant postoperatively. Patients in the control group had a less favorable outcome. Only one of five patients with chronic pain had relief and one of four patients with infertility became pregnant following laparoscopy without cauterization. Electrocoagulation of pelvic endometriotic lesions under laparoscopic control appears to be satisfactory for the management of selected patients with chronic pelvic pain or infertility. | 157,698 | [
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Pediatric cancer survival and marriage: issues affecting adult adjustment. | Of 36 men and women, now aged 21 or older, who were treated for cancer as children, 20 have married. As part of a long-term follow-up, 13 of their spouses were interviewed about the effects of cancer on the patient and on their marriage. Comparison of patient's physical limitations, visible impairments, and psychiatric adjustment ratings indicated significant differences between patients who have married or become engaged and those who have not married. | 157,700 | [
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Chalazia and rosacea. | Fifty-seven percent of patients scheduled for excision of chalazia over 19 years of age and 64% of patients over the age of 29 were found to have rosacea. This compares to an incidence in our control group of 12% and 13%, respectively. Rosacea was almost twice as common in patients with recurrent chalazia as in those with only one occurrence. | 157,731 | [
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Identification of N-sulphated disaccharide units in heparin-like polysaccharides. | 1. Preparations of heparin and heparan sulphate were degraded with HNO2. The resulting disaccharides were isolated by gel chromatography, reduced with either NaBH4 or NaB3H4 and were then fractionated into non-sulphated, monosulphated and disulphated species by ion-exchange chromatography or by paper electrophoresis. The non-sulphated disaccharides were separated into two, and the monosulphated disaccharides into three, components by paper chromatography. 2. The uronic acid moieties of the various non- and mono-sulphated disaccharides were identified by means of radioactive labels selectively introduced into uronic acid residues (3H and 14C in D-glucuronic acid, 14C only in L-iduronic acid units) during biosynthesis of the polysaccharide starting material. Labelled uronic acids were also identified by paper chromatography, after liberation from disaccharides by acid hydrolysis or by glucuronidase digestion. Similar procedures, applied to disaccharides treated with NaB3H4, indicated 2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol as reducing terminal unit. On the basis of these results, and the known positions and configurations of the glycosidic linkages in heparin, the two non-sulphated disaccharides were identified as 4-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyluronic acid)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol and 4-O-(alpha-L-idopyranosyluronic acid)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol. 3. The three monosulphated [1-3H]anhydromannitol-labelled disaccharides were subjected to Smith degradation or to digestion with homogenates of human skin fibroblasts, and the products were analysed by paper electrophoresis. The results, along with the 1H n.m.r. spectra of the corresponding unlabelled disaccharides, permitted the allocation of O-sulphate groups to various positions in the disaccharides. These were thus identified as 4-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl-uronic acid)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol 6-sulphate, 4-O-(alpha-L-idopyranosyluronic acid)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol 6-sulphate and 4-O-(alpha-L-idopyranosyluronic acid 2-sulphate)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol. The last-mentioned disaccharide was found to be a poor substrate for the iduronate sulphatase of human skin fibroblasts, as compared with the disulphated species, 4-O-(alpha-L-idopyranosyluronic acid 2-sulphate)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol 6-sulphate. 4. The identified [1-3H]anhydromannitol-labelled disaccharides were used as reference standards in a study of the disaccharide composition of heparins and heparan sulphates. Low N-sulphate contents, most pronounced in the heparin sulphates, were associated with high ratios of mono-O-sulphated/di-O-sulphated (N-sulphated) disaccharide units, and in addition, with relatively large amounts of 2-sulphated L-iduronic acid residues bound to C-4 of N-sulpho-D-glucosamine units lacking O-sulphate substituents. | 157,737 | [
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Selective exposure of mucopolysaccharides is involved in macrophage physiology. | Surface and intracellular mucopolysaccharides of guinea-pig peritoneal macrophages maintained in suspension and monolayer culture were studied. At least five classes of compound (hyaluronic acid, heparan sulfate, dermatan sulfate, chondroitin 4-sulfate and chondroitin 6-sulfate) were resolved and characterized by electrophoresis and enzymatic degradation. The results reported here suggest that modulation of mucopolysaccharide exposure is involved in macrophage physiology. The possible biological role of surface mucopolysaccharides in macrophage activity is discussed. | 157,780 | [
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Pseudocholinesterase activity and phenotypes in mentally ill patients. | Pseudocholinesterase activities and phenotypes have been determined in 103 affectively ill patients, 168 schizophrenics and 73 Huntington's disease sufferers and compared with those of a sample of healthy controls. The distributions of phenotypes in the patient samples did not differ significantly from those of the controls. When corrections were made for sex, age and E1 phenotypes, the Huntington's disease patients showed a reduced level of cholinesterase activity. Normal levels were found in affective disorders and schizophrenia. | 157,791 | [
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Prolonged and continuous percutaneous intra-arterial hepatic infusion chemotherapy in advanced metastatic liver adenocarcinoma from colorectal primary. | Sixty patients with advanced metastatic adenocarcinoma of the liver from a colorectal primary were treated by prolonged and continuous intra-arterial hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy over a period of time from December 1969 through July 1976. A 10-day course of 5-FU was administered in the hospital, and patients were discharged receiving 5-FUDR by continuous arterial infusion through a chronometric infusion pump. Objective responses of 100% were obtained in 15% of patients, 50% response in 39% of patients, and 25% response in 21% of patients. The median survival from onset of treatment was 8.5 months, 6.9 months, and 7 months, respectively, for 100%, 50%, and 25% responders versus 3.6 months for nonresponders. Survivals from onset of treatment were generally less in those with no disease-free interval. No relationship of response to sex and age was found. Patients previously treated with 5-FU intravenously responded to intra-arterial chemotherapy; 13% had a 100% response, and 54% had a 50% response. No relationship of drug dose to response was observed. Drug toxicity was frequently systemic and mild to moderate. Numerous complications occurred due to the catheter, complete or partial thrombosis occurring in 18.6% and 20.8%, respectively, and 30% of patients had displacement of the catheter. The role of partial arterial occlusion in terms of response and survival may be significant. Future studies should involve comparison of direct surgical placement versus percutaneous placement of catheters. | 157,798 | [
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Cardiac effects of angiotensin antagonists in normotensive rats. | 1. Angiotensin II (AII) antagonists, namely Sar1,Ile8-AII, Sar1,Ala8-AII and Sar1,Thr8-AII, were administered daily for 4 weeks to normotensive rats to study their effect on cardiac hypertrophy. 2. None of the antagonists altered blood pressure significantly but Sar1,Ile8-AII and Sar1,Ala8-AII produced a significant increase in heart weight, as compared with untreated age-matched control rats. Administration of Sar1,Thr8-AII did not produce cardiac hypertrophy. 3. A significant increase in catecholamine concentration was observed in the ventricles of rats treated with Sar1,Ile8-AII and Sar1,Ala8-AII but no change was found in the group treated with the Sar1,Thr8-AII analogue. The production of cardiac hypertrophy by Sar1,Ile8-AII was prevented by bilateral adrenalectomy, suggesting an important role for catecholamines in modulating cardiac hypertrophy. | 157,829 | [
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Effect of chronic clonidine treatment and its abrupt cessation on mean blood pressure of rats with a normal or an elevated blood pressure. | 1. Clonidine (6 mg of base/l of water) was given as drinking fluid to normotensive rats or rats with established or early hypertension. 2. Spontaneous hypertensive rats (6 months old: average dose of clonidine, 0.6 mg 24 h-1 kg-1) showed a sustained fall in blood pressure over 3 weeks. 3. The same clonidine solution given for 6 weeks to two-kidney Goldblatt rats with early-stage hypertension (average dose of clonidine: 1 mg 24 h-1 kg-1) or spontaneously hypertensive rats (clonidine dose: 1 mg) induced a fall in mean blood pressure, but no change in normotensive rats. 4. Replacement of clonidine by water induced hypertension and lability which led to death in hypertensive but not in normotensive rats. | 157,830 | [
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Functional analysis of the replicator structure of lambdoid bacteriophage DNAs. | In our hybrid-plasmid reconstruction analysis of lambda (lambdoid) DNA signal structures involved in phage DNA replication, we have detected a dual system alternatingly able to initiate a first primer-RNA synthesis. Both of them--the major, primase-dependent ori system and the minor and usually suppressed, RNA-polymerase-dependent oop system--act in conjunction with a common signal structure for inception of DNA synthesis. It appears that in situations such as this, where one has to deal with the existence of regular as well as backup systems serving the same function, straightforward conclusions are no longer possible in their genetic analysis. For example, even though the oop-DNA segment can be deleted entirely from bacteriophage lambda DNA without disturbing its ability to replicate, it may not be valid to conclude that the oop system has no function in DNA replication. Dual systems of this type or organization in general have also been observed previously for some other replicons such as the R-factors R6-5 and R6K (Timmis et al. 1978; Crosa et al., this volume) or the F factor (Helinski et al., this volume), and they may be more common than presently expected. | 157,835 | [
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[Contraception in androgenised women with a low-dose cyproterone-acetate containing one-phase preparation (author's transl)]. | 101 hirsute women received Diane, a combination of 2 mg cyproterone acetate and 50 micrograms ethinyl oestradiol per capsule, from the fifth to twenty-fifth day during a total of 1105 cycles. The treatment was satisfactory in 96% of women with acne, 84% with androgenic alopecia, 79% with seborrhoea, and 50% of those with mild or moderate hirsutism. The effectiveness of treating hirsutism or alopecia depended on its severity and duration. There was no correlation between various measures of androgen levels before and during treatment and the clinical results. Side effects were similar to those after contraceptive one-phase preparations, both in kind and incidence. None of the women became pregnant. Diane is thus the drug of choice in hormonal contraception of patients with acne, seborrhoea, androgenic alopecia or mild hirsutism. It is also suitable in the follow-up or interval management of high-dose cyproterone acetate treatment of severe hirsutism, in order to maintain the effect obtained with lower hormone doses. | 157,869 | [
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A controlled study of prednisone therapy in infantile spasms. | A controlled study of 12 patients with infantile spasms was performed to determine the effectiveness of prednisone treatment. Patients were monitored serially, using a time-synchronized polygraphic and video system. Three patients (25%) showed prompt reduction in seizure frequency and normalization of the EEG after institution of treatment. The remaining patients showed no improvement in seizure frequency or significant change in the EEG. | 157,873 | [
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[Population genetics of the population of the European north of the RSFSR. IV. The level of blood relationship in 5 villages of Pinega District, Archangel Province]. | Computer program "RODAN-1" is used for inbreeding coefficient estimation. The population studied consists of two communities of 5 villages. 385 marriages were computed. The coefficient of inbreeding is 0.00145 for pedigree for rural Russian population (the Arkhangelsk region). The inverse dependence between a village size and corresponding data of inbreeding coefficient is suggested. An attempt was undertaken to estimate the genealogical information value for each pedigree and average information value for a village. | 157,909 | [
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Construction and analysis of recombinant lambda phages containing mitochondrial DNA fragments. | Rat mtDNA has a molecular length of about 16 kilobase (kb) pairs and is cleaved into seven fragments by restriction endonuclease EcoRI. These fragments were cloned in Escherichia coli K-12 host using lambda gtWES.lambda B' (lambda gtWES.lambda B, for short, in this paper) as a vector. Recombinant DNAs containing one or a few fragments of the mtDNA were transfected to CaCl2-treated E. coli, and the plaques containing specific recombinant phages were selected. DNA amplified in the recombinanat phage lambda gt.mt was shown to contain the same restriction endonuclease cleavage sites as those found in the mtDNA. Present results permitted the DNA sequencing of any portion of the mitochondrial genome. | 157,910 | [
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[Arthrosis of the distal radio-ulnar joint in workers using motorised saws (author's transl)]. | Vibration-induced changes in the distal radio-ulnar joint were analysed by comparing workers using motorised saws (978 cases) and a control group. The following are the essential findings: 1. Exposure to vibration causes characteristic changes in the distal radio-ulnar joint, particularly on the left, consisting of osteophytosis, deformity and cystic rarefaction. 2. The frequency of the arthrosis is related in a statistically significant manner to a) length of exposure, b) age. 3. The subjective complaints of numbness, weakness and pain can, to some extent, be related to the radio-ulnar arthrosis. 4. Vibration is not the only factor in the genesis of the degenerative process of the distal radio-ulnar joint; ordinary use and stress can cause similar changes, although to a much less marked extent. The aetiological role of local vibration as a factor in causing the arthrosis has been confirmed. | 157,933 | [
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[Considerations regarding the differential diagnosis during the angiography of non-functioning kidneys (author's transl)]. | Utilizing selective renal arteriograms and phlebograms in 7 patients, the differential diagnostic difficulties in separating poorly vascularized tumors from inflammatory lesions are discussed. Retrograde studies either offered no help, or could technically not be accomplished; arteriography proved equivocal in most cases. However, renal phlebography was found to be quite helpful, in that a non-visualized or reduced opacification of the intrarenal venous system, along with irregular extrinsic venous impressions, spoke more for a malignant tumor. When the contrast was able to fill the veins out to the periphery, a tumor could with great certainty be ruled out. Severe inflammatory conditions, while demonstrating a generalized reduction in the opacification of the venous system, did not show the bizarre venous wall irregularities seen with tumors. Retroperitoneal fibrosis and its special diagnostic difficulties are discussed. | 157,939 | [
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[Crohn's disease of the colon (author's transl)]. | Despite the availability of endoscopy, radiological examination remains an essential method in the investigation of Crohn's disease. Various authors agree that it has an accuracy of 75% (1, 8, 14, 20). In our experience accuracy is somewhere between 70 and 85%. These figures depend on the fact that in about 16% histology is also unable to make a definite diagnosis. Crohn's disease of the large bowel is of significance since it is often misinterpreted as ulcerative colitis, because in 10% of cases there is no involvement of the terminal ileum. The final diagnosis depends on the summation of the individual features whose individual significance must be considered. Malignant involvement of the peritoneum, which has not been extensively described in the radiological literature, may result in changes in the wall of the colon and lead to an appearance resembling Crohn's disease, with consequent errors in diagnosis. | 157,950 | [
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Change in the ultraviolet spectrum of solubilized Ca2+-dependent ATPase from sarcoplasmic reticulum due to binding with Ca2+ ions. | Solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum (SSR) was prepared by solubilizing fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum (FSR) with a nonionic detergent (C12E8) then displacing the detergent with Tween 80, using a DEAE-cellulose column. The UV absorption of SSR decreased reversibly at about 286 and 292 nm on removal of free Ca2+ ions, while no change in the fluorescence spectrum was detectable. On the other hand, the fluorescence intensity of FSR decreased 3-4% on removal of free Ca2+ ions, as previously reported by Dupont [(1976) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 71, 544-550]. The UV absorption of FSR increased reversibly at about 270-280 nm on removal of free Ca2+ ions, but the rate of the change was very slow (k = about 0.1 min-1). | 158,013 | [
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Orthopaedic features in the presentation of syringomyelia. | The orthopaedic surgeon is often the first consultant to whom a patient with syringomyelia is referred. The disease is not as rare as he may suppose, but its early presenting features are very variable; if he relies solely on such familiar features as pes cavus and scoliosis, he may well miss the diagnosis. The commonest presenting symptom is pain in the head, neck, trunk or limbs; headache or neckache made worse by straining is particularly significant. A history of birth injury also may suggest the possibility of syringomyelia, especially if any spasticity subsequently worsens. Neurological features which may be diagnostic include nystagmus, dissociated sensory loss, muscle wasting, spasticity of the lower limbs or Charcot's joints. Radiographic features include erosion of the bodies of cervical vertebrae and widening of the spinal canal; if, at C5, the size of the canal exceeds that of the body by 6 millimetres in the adult, pathological dilatation is present. The presence of basilar invagination or other abnormalities of the foramen magnum, of spina bifida occulta and of scoliosis are further pointers. Thermography is a useful way of showing asymmetrical sympathetic involvement in early cases. A greater awareness of the prevalence of syringomyelia may lead to earlier diagnosis and to early operation, which appears to hold out the best hope of arresting what is all too commonly a severely disabling and progressive condition. | 158,024 | [
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Detection of early lymphocyte activation by the fluorescent cell membrane probe N-phenyl-1-naphthylamine. | N-phenyl-1-naphthylamine (NPN) becomes fluorescent after binding to hydrophobic regions of cell membranes. Rat and mouse lymphoid cell suspensions stained with NPN showed changes in fluorescence emission 30 min after stimulation with mitogen or antigen, detected by microfluorimetry. Incubation of NPN-labelled mouse and rat thymocytes with phytohaemagglutinin or concanavalin A (Con A) caused an increase in mean cell fluorescence intensity. The response to Con A was inhibited by sodium azide and alpha-methyl mannoside. Stimulation of spleen cells from mice by allogeneic cells, or from tumour-bearing rats by tumour antigen consistently resulted in decreased fluorescence. The 'mixed lymphocyte response' detected only certain genetic differences between mouse strains and was proportional to the ratio of stimulator to responder cell number. The NPN staining procedure offers a simple and rapid assay of immunoreactivity and a means of studying early subcellular changes following lymphocyte activation. | 158,057 | [
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A precursor role for DHA in a feto-placental unit for oestrogen formation in the mare. | Plasma levels of total oestrogens and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) were measured by radioimmunossay in samples taken from various blood vessels in both maternal and fetal compartments in 11 Pony mates. High concentrations of oestrogens (greater than 100 ng/ml of plasma), expressed as oestrone equivalents, were found in the fetal circulation. On both the fetal and maternal sides, oestrogen concentrations were lower in blood going to than from the placenta. DHA concentrations, on the other hand, were higher in blood flowing to the placenta from the fetus. The fetal gonads were seen as the source of DHA, which was present in remarkably high concentrations (greater than 800 ng/ml of plasma) in venous samples from fetal ovaries and fetal testes. A precursor role in placental oestrogen formation is suggested for DHA secretion by the fetal gonads. | 158,087 | [
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Ca2+ translocation in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. | Ca2+ uptake into Ehrlich ascites tumor cells was studied at 0 degrees C in the presence of mitochondrial inhibitors, conditions that minimized complications caused by sequestration of Ca2+ into organelles or by excretion. Under these conditions Ruthenium Red inhibited Ca2+ uptake, but other previously implicated ions, such as Pi or Mg2+, had no effect. Valinomycin either inhibited or slightly stimulated Ca2+ uptake depending on the presence of excess K+ on the outside or inside of the cell, respectively. Nigericin inhibited Ca2+ transport. Based on these data we propose an electrogenic uptake of Ca2+, possibly via a Ca2+/H+ antiport mechanism. The observation that glucose inhibited Ca2+ uptake suggested that in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells an energy-driven Ca2+ expulsion mechanism is operative, similar to that in erythrocytes. Plasma membrane preparations of ascites tumor cells were found to contain a Ca2+-dependent ATPase. These preparations, when incorporated into liposomes in an inside-out orientation, catalyzed an ATP-dependent uptake of Ca2+. | 158,090 | [
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Physical map of bacteriophage BF23 DNA: terminal redundancy and localization of single-chain interruptions. | The DNA of bacteriophage BF23 possesses two structural features, localized single-chain interruptions and a large terminal repetition, previously described for T5, a closely related virus. As is the case for T5, single-chain interruptions occur with variable frequencies at a small number of fixed sites within one strand of the double-stranded BF23 genome. The sites where interruptions occur with the highest frequencies were napped by an electrophoretic analysis of the single-stranded fragments produced by denaturation of BF23 DNA. The positions of these fragments were determined by degrading BF23 DNA to various extents with lambda exonuclease and observing the relative order with which they were (i) degraded or (ii) released intact from the undenatured duplex. The exact locations of the interruptions were determined from analysis of analogous duplex fragments produced by degrading exonuclease III-treated BF23 DNA with a single-strand-specific endonuclease. BF23 has five principal sites (located at 7.9, 18.7, 32.4, 65.8, and 99.6% from the left end of the DNA) where interruptions occur in most molecules. The principal interruptions in T5 DNA occur at similar positions. The locations of eight secondary interruptions in BF23 DNA were also determined. In general, BF23 DNA has fewer secondary interruptions than t5 dna, although there is at least one location where an interruption occurs with a greater frequency in BF23. The presence of a terminal repetition in BF23 DNA was demonstrated by annealing ligase-repaired molecules that had been partially digested with lambda exonuclease. If the complementary sequences at both ends of the DNA were exposed by exonuclease treatment, the duplex segment that resulted from annealing could be released by digestion with a single-strand-specific endonuclease. This segment was analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis and found to represent 8.4% of BF23 DNA. | 158,099 | [
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Leg extension power and muscle fiber composition. | The purpose of this investigation was to relate muscle fiber composition to the isokinetic measure of peak torque production through a range of leg extension velocities. Twenty-one males were biopsied from the vastus lateralis muscle to determine their percent distribution of slow twitch (%ST) and fast twitch (%FT) muscle fibers as identified through myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase activity. All subjects showed a decline in peak torque with increasing velocities. Subjects with predominantly FT fibers were able to generate 11, 16, 23 and 47 percent greater relative peak torque than could predominantly ST subjects at lever arm velocities of 115, 200, 287 and 400 degrees/second respectively. Likewise the correlation between relative torque production and % FT were significant (p less than .05) and increased from r = 0.44 to r = 0.75 as velocity increased from 115 to 400 degrees/second respectively. These data suggest that muscle fiber composition becomes increasingly more related to power performance as the velocity of movement increases. | 158,119 | [
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Effect of thymic humoral factor on cellular immune factors of normal children and of pediatric patients with ataxia telangiectasia and Down's syndrome. | Cellular immune functions of nine Down's syndrome patients and of nine was Ataxia telangiectasia vs. nine normal children and nine cord bloods, were evaluated using in vitro assays of peripheral blood lymphocytes. The in vitro assays included E rosette formation, antilymphocytic cytotoxicity by an antithymic antiserum and leukocyte migration inhibition factor (LIF) production. The mitogens and antigens used were phytohemagglutinin, purified protein derivative, and monilia antigen. The effect of a thymic hormone (THF) on these parameters was evaluated and it was administered therapeutically to three Down's syndrome patients and to two patients with Ataxia telangiectasia. Most deficient T-cell functions were reversed to normal after incubation of the lymphocytes with THF, or after THF therapeutic administration. In two Down's syndrome cases, the clinical course was not altered by THF administration, while one seemed to benefit from it markedly. One of the Atactic patients recovered from a severe viral infection, while the other died from intractable bronchopneumonia. | 158,166 | [
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Cytological events in allo-stimulated lymphocytes triggered by exposure to stimulatory alloantigens. II. Changes in the areal density of cytoplasmic vacuoles and in the subcellular localization of acid phosphatase. | H-2b lymphocytes were sensitized against H-2d alloantigens by lymphocyte culture reaction and incubated with H-2d mastocytoma cells. The interaction between lymphoid cells and mastocytoma cells was stopped by fixation with glutaraldehyde. The areal density of the cytoplasmic vacuoles as well as the subcellular localization of acid phosphatase in lymphocytes were examined by electron microscopy. Two populations of lymphocytes were observed, small lymphocytes with heterochromatic nuclei and larger lymphocytes (lymphoblasts) with euchromatic nuclei. Only the lymphoblasts showed change following interaction with target cells. The vacuole area in percent of cytoplasmic area (vacuole areal density) of sensitized lymphoblasts increased during the first 30 minutes and from the third to fourth hour of interaction with target cells. Acid phosphatase staining was observed in the Golgi apparatus of the lymphoblasts after 30 minutes of interaction. Multivesicular bodies showed acid phosphatase staining within 20 minutes of interaction with target cells. After 20 minutes of interaction, phagosomes containing myelin figures were formed. These phagosomes also showed acid phosphatase staining and during the next hours of interaction their number increased over the number of multivesicular bodies. | 158,285 | [
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Myocardial oxygen supply in left ventricular hypertrophy and coronary heart disease. | Coronary arteriolar dilation adjusts blood flow according to local fluctuating metabolic needs of the myocardium. Because of high extravascular compression during systole, the subendocardial layer of the left ventricle is especially dependent on the duration and the perfusion pressure of the diastolic period. In patients with obstructive coronary artery disease, regional arteriolar dilation is utilized to compensate for focal arterial stenoses. Coronary blood flow may be compensated with the patient at rest, but loss of reserve arteriolar dilation limits further adjustment to superimposed transient increases in metabolic needs. Subendocardial perfusion in the region supplied by the stenosed artery is especially vulnerable to shortened diastolic time during tachycardia. In patients with chronic aortic valve disease, the metabolic rate of the left ventricle is increased in proportion to the increases in myocardial mass and work. Coronary blood flow and metabolic rate per gram of the hypertrophied myocardium are normal when the patient is at rest, at the expense of diminished coronary arteriolar reserve. High tissue pressure relative to the diastolic perfusion pressure probably contributes to the diffuse subendocardial ischemia that occurs in these patients during tachycardia. | 158,305 | [
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Normative data on low back mobility and activity levels. Implications for neuromuscular reeducation. | Low back mobility and electromyographic movements were performed in 121 normal subjects, grouped by age and sex. Women tended to show greater ranges of motion for straight leg raising, trunk rotation and lateral bending while vertebral separation (forward flexion) was greater in men. A sex-age interaction was observed only in lateral bending, thus implying that for other mobility measurements, data within the age groupings employed in this study can be combined for men and women. Electromyographic data were integrated and quantified using EMG biofeedback equipment for unilateral or bilateral recordings made primarily from the erector spinae muscle between lumbar 3-4 and lumbar 4-5 levels, three centimeters lateral to the spinous processes. Dynamic (trunk flexion-extension, lateral rotation-standing, stooping) and static (quiet sitting, rotation-sitting) movements were performed over a ten second interval. Data analyses verified previous electromyographic studies by demonstrating the trunk extensor function of the erector spinae and the relatively greater unilateral activity when turning to the opposite direction in the erect posture. EMG silence was seen during full trunk flexion. Noticeable sex-age interaction were observed for all dynamic movements but not for static activities. Therefore, it is suggested that EMG data during dynamic movements in a normal population cannot be grouped for men and women within a specified age distribution. These data represent one series of baselines to which mobility and movement patterns in a back pain patient group can be compared. Suggestions are offered for the use of EMG biofeedback during dynamic lower back movements as a possible method of alleviating the pain state, perhaps by altering the patient's posture. | 158,315 | [
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Long-term effects of interval laparoscopic sterilization by bipolar electrocoagulation on menstruation. | We studied the menstrual patterns of 258 patients before and after laparoscopic sterilization by bipolar diathermy. The observed changes were obtained were mainly related to the kind of contraception used before sterilization. The frequency of menstrual disorders after sterilization were compared to those in a control group of non-sterilized women matched for age and parity: 12--42 months after the operation, the sterilized women did not have more irregular cycles, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, hysmenorrhea or dyspareunia than the control group but the sterilized women did have a slightly higher incidence of polymenorrhea (p less than 0.05) and menses lasting less than 3 days (p less than 0.01). We conclude that interval laparoscopic sterilization by bipolar diathermy can be recommended for patients with normal menstrual cycles. | 158,331 | [
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Effect of a single injection of lincomycin, spectinomycin, and linco-spectin on early chick mortality caused by Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. | The efficacies of lincomycin (L) and spectinomycin (S), alone and in various combinations (L/S), were determined against Escherichia coli (EC) and Staphylococcus aureus (SA) of avian origin, both in vitro and in vivo. L contributed significantly to L/S activity against SA, while S contributed significantly to L/S activity against EC, and L/S (2.5 mg L + 5.0 mg S) was more effective than either L or S against SA and EC. The suggested optimum dose for controlling early chick mortality caused by SA and EC is 2.5/5.0 mg of L/S per chick. | 158,355 | [
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[Influence of local anaesthetics on isolated muscle cells in culture (author's transl)]. | A comparative study was performed on the influence of a series of chemically defined local anaesthetics such as procaine, nicotinoylprocaine and butacaine on isolated skeletal muscle cells and heart cells in culture. About 30 min after addition of local anaesthetics to cell cultures vesicles appear in the cells. These formations are reversible and need a minimum concentration of 13(-3) mol/l procaine, 10(-4) mol/l nicotinoylprocaine, or 10(-4) mol/l butacaine, respectively. Soon after addition of local anaesthetics a reduction of oxygen consumption is measurable in both cell types. The degree of this reduction depends on the chemical structure and the concentration of local anaesthetics and on the kind of cells. After daily addition of local anaesthetics to cell cultures metabolic parameters were studied. The local anaesthetics, except for butacaine, produce an increase of protein concentration, creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase activity per sample and an increase of the specific activity of lactate dehydrogenase. These increases depend also on the concentration of local anaesthetics and on the kind of cells. These results support the hypothesis of local anaesthetics action via membrane lipids. | 158,364 | [
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Ocular changes in rabbits with corticosteroid-induced ocular hypertension. | Rabbit eyes with steroid-induced ocular hypertension were investigated in order to evaluate the histochemical abnormalities in the chamber angle region. The right eye of 14 rabbits was treated by dexamethasone 1% 3 times daily for 3 to 5 weeks. The eyes were stained by haematoxylin-eosin, periodic acid Schiff, fibrin, colloidal iron, and alcian blue with and without hyaluronidase. All treated eyes developed elevated intraocular pressure up to 4 weeks after treatment. These globes showed alcian-blue-positive hyaluronidase-sensitive staining in the amorphous material adjacent to Schlemm's canal and in the cytoplasmic granules of trabecular endothelial cells. There was no increase in incorporation of radioactive thymidine into nuclei of endothelial cells as seen by autoradiography. These results provide further support for the idea that there is abnormal accumulation of acid mucopolysaccharides in the chamber angle in steroid-induced ocular hypertension. | 158,377 | [
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Auxiliary spinal networks for signal focussing in the segmental stretch reflex system. | In continuation of a previous paper, the auxiliary signal focussing properties of more complicated spinal neuronal networks are considered here. Special emphasis is put on the distributive function of the recurrent feedback system of alpha-motoneurones, but also the inhomogeneous distribution of excitatory and inhibitor input to motoneurones is taken into account as an essential prerequisite for signal focussing. Simple hypothetical calculations for steady-state conditions yield a more vivid insight into the interaction of the two types of neuronal circuitry contributing to signal focussing. | 158,394 | [
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[Interstitial transudation with postural changes in man]. | Starling-Landis concepts of formation of interstitial fluids are in agreement with measurements of calf volume in normal young women, in horizontal recumbency or after horizontal immersion. The volume of the calf is reduced when the hydrostatic pressure of the blood column is diminished under the phlebostatic level and when the external pressure is increased by the hydrostatic pressure of the water bath. | 158,412 | [
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[Activities evoked in different strain structures by stimulation of the contralateral tectum in the chick]. | In the chick, as soon as hatching, the responses recorded in various areas in the "accessorius hyperstriatum" (Wulst) seem to be very localized in relation with the stimulated region of the contralateral tectum. Very similar results are obtained within the other striate structures. These observations suggest in first part, that the tectal efferents project very diffusely to various striate structures and, in other part, that it exists in these a rather precise tectotopy and a columnar organisation. These results appear very constant during the first month of the hatching. | 158,416 | [
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[Uptake and esterification of (4-14C) cholesterol after injection into the cerebral ventricles of conscious cats]. | The brain tissue had appreciable capacity to take up and to esterify (4-14C) cholesterol from the cats cerebral ventricles. The highest values of radioactive material in the brain tissue were found 30 minutes after intraventricular injection of (4-14C) cholesterol. Thereafter, within a few hours most of the labelled cholesterol disappeared and by the end of 48 h the brain tissue retained only small amounts of it. at the same time, radioactive material was found in the peripheral venous blood, but in very small amounts. The analysis for cholesterol esters showed that about 50 % of (4-14C) cholesterol taken up by the brain tissue had undergone esterification. The rate of esterification of cholesterol within 48 h remained more or less constant, although a significant peak was noted by the end of 24 h. | 158,417 | [
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Immunological and purine enzyme studies on hyperuricaemic and normouricaemic patients with Down's syndrome. | Hyperuricaemia in Down's syndrome is unreleated to the activity of phosphoribosylamidotransfrease, which catalyses the activity of the first specific step on the purine biosynthetic pathway, and to the activity of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase, abnormalities of which are known to be associated with hyperuricaemia. Immunological studies involving serum immunoglobulins, natural E. coli antibodies, test immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide type III (PnPS), in vitro lymphocyte transformation to mitogens, and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) induced immunoglobulin production showed no difference between hyperuricaemic or normouricaemic Down's patients and institutionalized controls. The Down's patients had higher serum IgA, IgG and IgE, and some also produced more immunoglobulin in PWM-stimulated lymphocyte cultures when compared to normal healthy controls. However, both patients with Down's syndrome and the institutionalized controls had significantly lower responses to PnPs than normal healthy controls. The only deficiency confined to the Down's patients was a signficant depression in delayed hypersensitivity to dinitrochlorobenzene. These findings indicate that the in vivo abnormality of depressed cellular and humoral immunity in Down's patients is not paralleled by in vitro function as measured by PHA lymphocyte transformation and immunoglobulin production by PWM-stimulated lymphocytes. There is also no apparent link between a putative defect in purine metabolism in Down's patients and any immunological abnormalities. | 158,448 | [
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Inhibition of ADP-induced aggregation of human platelets by beta, gamma-methylene-ATP. | Like ATP the analogue beta, gamma-methylene-ATP (AMP-PCP) is shown to be an inhibitor of both ADP-induced shape change and aggregation of human platelets. The effect of AMP-PCP on aggregation is not dependent on its conversion to adenosine, though in the presence of plasma adenosine is produced and the inhibitory effect is enhanced. Since AMP-PCP cannot be enzymatically cleaved at the beta, gamma-position the inhibitory effect cannot be attributed to utilisation of the analogue by a surface-located ATPase as has been suggested for ATP. Alternative explanations for the effect are considered with respect to some current theories of ADP-induced platelet aggregation. | 158,489 | [
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Treatment of female infertility due to tubal obstruction by operative laparoscopy. | The advent in recent years of safe endocoagulation (thermocoagulation within the abdomen) has permitted operative laparoscopic treatment of the tubal factor in infertility in selected cases. This paper reviews the results of operative laparoscopy in 223 cases treated for infertility between 1971 and 1976. Tubal occlusion was present in 133 patients before surgical intervention. Following operative laparoscopy, tubal patency was demonstrated in 67% on testing at the time of operation and in 12% at the first postoperative hydrotubation. In only 21% of cases was tubal patency not achieved by these methods. Those cases requiring isthmic salpingostomy, ampullary or isthmic-tubal implantation, or end-to-end anastomosis were further treated by laparotomy and microsurgery. Ninety cases of pelvic endometriosis were treated by a combination treatment of thermocoagulation, ovarian cyst resection, and the antigonadotropin agent, danazol. Ovariolysis, salpingolysis, fimbrioplasty, and salpingostomy can easily be performed using operative laparoscopy as the method of choice with a minimum of complications, shortened hospitalization time (2 days), and the potential for a repeat procedure or a follow-up laparotomy should this be necessary. The pregnancy rate following laparoscopic treatment for the correction of distal tubal occlusion was 30.5% and for endometriosis genitalis externa, 40%. These rates compare favorably with the rates following procedures involving laparotomy and microsurgery for correction of similar lesions. | 158,549 | [
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A conformational model of the action of general anesthetics at the membrane level. III. Anesthetics and the properties of membrane-bound enzymes: mitochondrial ATPase. | We have studied the effect of general anesthetics on the kinetic properties of the mitochondrial Mg2+-dependent ATPase. The enzyme is inhibited by anesthetics (alcohols, halotane, pentrane, ketamine) at concentrations of the order of those found to affect lipid-protein interactions. The inhibition appears usually uncompetitive with respect to the substrate, ATP, with a decrease of both Vmax and KM, indicating a possible stabilization of the enzyme-substrate complex. Arrhenius plots of ATPase activity show a striking increase in activation energy below 17-20 degrees C. Anesthetics affect the temperature dependence by increasing the activation energy above the break or abolishing the break whatsoever. An exception is diethyl ether, that induces a decrease in activation energy and a shift of the break to lower temperatures. Anesthetics make the ATPase insensitive to energy transfer inhibitor, oligomycin and dicyclohexyl carbodiimide. At low anesthetic concentration the oligomycin inhibition curve is changed from sigmoidal to hyperbolic, showing a loss of cooperativity in the inhibition. | 158,576 | [
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The impact of chronic pain on the self-concept. | Compared self-concepts of three groups, medical patients, chronic low back pain patients and chronic head pain patients (N = 60) to determine (1) whether chronic pain patients have self-perceptions that differ from other medical patients; (2) whether changes in self-perception are limited to physical attributes and capacities; and finally (3) whether persons who suffer different types of chronic pain would have differing self-concepts. Significantly lower self-concepts were obtained from groups of head pain and low back pain patients. Self-concept patterns for the two pain groups were quite similar with the exception of two self-concept components that were significantly lower for the head pain group. Differences were explained in terms of loss of many normal functions and disruption of normal life-styles. Implications for treatment of pain patients and for training of health professionals were discussed. | 158,602 | [
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Intrauterine supraventricular tachycardia. | Six examples of intrauterine supraventricular tachycardia together with 31 previously reported cases are described and analyzed. Among the 37 infants, structural heart disease was present in only four (11%), three of whom died. Males comprised 68% of the group without identifiable heart disease or pre-excitation. Congestive heart failure was evident in 62% of the infants at birth or shortly thereafter; ascites was the predominant finding in three (8%). Neither the duration of SVT nor heart rate was predictive of the clinical status at birth. Infants without underlying heart disease or conduction abnormalities had a benign course after the neonatal period. Thirty-eight percent of the babies converted to sinus rhythm during or shortly after delivery without medication, and most of the others converted after digitalization. The failure of maternal digitalization to convert SVT to sinus rhythm in two of our infants was perhaps related to subtherapeutic maternal and fetal digoxin levels. Newborn infants presenting with unexplained ascites or congestive heart failure should have an ECG to determine whether pre-excitation is present, and their cardiac rhythm should be monitored for several days. | 158,640 | [
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Lumbar epidural block anesthesia for outpatient laparoscopy. | This study confirms that lumbar epidural block is a satisfactory anesthetic technique for outpatient laparoscopic tubal sterilization. Oxygenation during the period of pneumoperitoneum was adequate. The technique resulted in a shortened postanesthesia recovery period and fewer postanesthesia complications. Surgeon, anesthesiologist and patient acceptance was excellent. | 158,650 | [
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Down's syndrome in South Australia. | In a survey of Down's syndrome in South Australia, 921 persons, both living and deceased, were identified; 717 individuals with the disorder were living in South Australia. Cytogenetic confirmation of the diagnosis had been made in 774 cases. From 1955 to 1977, the over-all incidence of Down's syndrome at birth was found to be 1.175/1000 live births. The incidence of Down's syndrome was significantly lower over the last five years of this period than for the first 18 years; thus it appears that the incidence of Down's syndrome in South Australia is falling. Analysis of maternal age changes with time has not revealed any changes to the maternal age-specific rates for Down's syndrome, although the rate for mothers aged 25 years or younger appears to be falling. The proportion of Down's syndrome babies born to women aged 35 years or more has decreased from 65.7% for those born before 1950 to 30.4% for those born from 1975 to 1977; similarly, the median maternal age has fallen from 37.12 years to 28.25 years. Regression analyses of maternal age rates for Down's syndrome by single years have produced figures suitable for genetic counselling. A plea is made that Down's syndrome should become a notifiable condition. | 158,701 | [
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Inhibition of interferon action by chinoform. | Chinoform, iodochlorhydrozyquin, was found to suppress the antiviral action of interferon. Chick embryo fibroblast cells treated with the mixture of interferon and chinoform were more sensitive to Sindbis virus infection than cells treated with interferon alone. No evidence for a direct inactivation of interferon molecule by chinoform was obtained. Treatment with chinoform of cells previously exposed to interferon also removed a cellular antiviral state induced by interferon. Chinoform suppressed intracellular ribonucleic acid (RNA) and protein syntheses. It is suggested that the inhibitory effect of chinoform on the action of interferon is due to a suppression of continued production of antiviral proteins. | 158,703 | [
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Abnormalities of immunoregulatory T cells in disorders of immune function. | We studied a five-year-old girl with several autoimmune disorders and a 16-year-old boy with acquired agammaglobulinemia to determine whether aberrations of immunoregulatory T cells could explain some instances of immunodeficiency or autoimmunity. The normal peripheral blood T-cell population, as defined by specific heteroantiserums, is 20 per cent TH2+ and 80 per cent TH2-. Human suppressor cells are TH2+, whereas helper cells are TH2-. In addition, each subset expresses Ia antigens upon activation. Our patient with autoimmune disease had no demonstrable TH2+ cells, and her lymphocytes could not be induced to suppress. Her circulating T cells were of an activated-helper phenotype, i.e., TH2-,Ia+. In contrast, in the boy with agammaglobulinemia, the T-cell population was predominantly of an activated-suppressor phenotype, i.e., TH2+,Ia+. This patient's T cells abrogated both his own and his histoidentical brother's B-cell secretion of immunoglobulins. We conclude that the characterization of T cells may provide insight into the causes of a number of abnormal immune states in man. | 158,708 | [
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Laparoscopic tubal sterilization using thermal coagulation. | A technique using a low-voltage, rechargeable battery pack and a cautery hook assembly for thermal coagulation and division of the fallopian tube under laparoscopic visualization has been evaluated in 393 patients. The procedure is quick, easy to perform, and electrically safe. The gross extent of the burn to the fallopian tube by thermal coagulation and division was compared with that done by high-frequency unipolar electrocoagulation and division. The difference in the mean total gross tubal burn produced by the 2 methods is not statistically significant. The variance of total tubal burn in individual cases within each group is significantly greater in the electrocoagulation group. The authors assume that pregnancy rates in patients undergoing thermal coagulation and division will be no different than those reported in patients in the electrocoagulation and division group. Two hundred of the patients have been followed from 12 to 33 months and no method-failure pregnancies have occurred. | 158,718 | [
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The handicap profile of the spinal cord-damaged in case file, communication documents and population survey. | "Definitions" of handicap are given, with a classification of intrinsic (personal) handicaps, as well as Tables for the preparation of an individual's Handicap Profile, of use in population Surveys and in case files." | 158,737 | [
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Effect of chronic administration of antidepressant drugs on the noradrenaline disappearance induced by FLA-63 in the rat brain. | We evaluated noradrenaline (NA) level and NA disappearance after FLA-63 in some regions of the brain of rats chronically treated with antidepressants: imipramine (IMI), amitriptyline (AMI) and danitracen (DAN). IMI (10 mg/kg sc), AMI (10 mg/kg sc) and DAN (3 mg/kg ip) were administered to rats twice daily for 10 days. Experiments with a single dose of antidepressants were carried out for comparison. Given chronically, IMI decelerated NA disappearance in the cortex after 2, 24, 48 hr but accelerated it 72 hr after the last injection; AMI did not produce any change in the brain regions examined up to 72 hr; DAN accelerated NA disappearance in the cortex and in the limbic system, whereas it effected no changes in the pons+medulla. These results indicate that: 1) the effects of chronic administration of IMI, AMI or DAN on the brain NA disappearance are different, 2) chronic administration of antidepressants produces effects not found at a single administration. | 158,750 | [
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Operational diagnostics of lungworm infections in cattle. Preliminary investigation into the usefulness of the indirect haemagglutination. | To give an impression of the usefulness of indirect haemagglutination (IHA) in the diagnosis of lungworm infections in cattle under practical conditions, five calves vaccinated against Dictyocaulus viviparus and five unvaccinated calves were periodically subjected to clinical, parasitological, and serological examinations over a period of seven months. All calves grazed on a lungworm-infected plot. 82% of the observations in unvaccinated calves, which were positive with respect to one or more of the used parameters, concerned IHA-positive animals which, however, showed negative results with the parasitic parameters. The titre variation of the serological examination was a further indication of the fact that the IHA detected antibodies against lungworm antigens. No indications of false positive reactions were obtained. An investigation carried out on 46 farms on the correlation between serological and clinical findings on lungworm infections revealed a positive correlation in 80% of the groups between results obtained with both methods. The authors consider that IHA offers good prospects for the diagnosis of lungworm infections. | 158,849 | [
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Study on HLA system in IgA nephropathy. | Forty Japanese patients with IgA nephropathy were typed for HLA-A and HLA-B using local antisera. Thirty-seven of these patients were typed for HLA-D using homozygous cells "En", now known to be strongly related to DRw6. Forty-six patients with chronic hemodialysis were used as patient controls for renal disease and 115 healthy individuals were used as normal controls. The frequency of HLA-DEn was significantly increased in 17 out of 37 patients with IgA nephropathy, (46%) (normal controls 18.3%) (P less than 0.0007). Although the occurrence of HLA-B12 was high, it was not significant, i.e. 11 out of 40 (27.5%). These results suggest that some abnormality in the genes of patients with IgA nephropathy is more closely associated with the HLA-D region than the HLA-A or B regions. | 158,853 | [
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[Possibilities of retaining teeth in children from the viewpoint of ambulatory dental surgery]. | In the sphere of outpatient oral surgery, the treatment of children definitely offers possibilities of retaining teeth which are described in detail. The treatment should always be an individual one, and it should consider the pecularities of the growing organism. | 158,860 | [
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5-Methyltryptophan resistant cells of Catharanthus roseus. | Several cell lines resistant to 5-methyltryptophan were selected from wild type cells of different Catharanthus roseus suspension cultures. The resistant cells had up to 30 times the normal levels of free tryptophan. Despite the increased pool size of tryptophan anthranilate synthetase activity of resistant cells was as sensitive to inhibition by L-tryptophan as wild type cells. The overproduction of tryptophan did not lead to intensified accumulation of tryptamine nor of indole alkaloids. This was supported by a low conversion of tryptophan to tryptamine in vivo and in vitro. The overproduction of one of the primary precursors was evidently not sufficient to stimulate the rate of indole alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus cells. | 158,896 | [
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[Development of gingival inflammations in schoolchildren instructed in proper oral hygiene in a seven-year longitudinal study conducted under clinically controlled conditions and as part of the Preventive Stomatology research project (author's transl)]. | Instruction of six- and seven-year-old children (N = 1167) at the beginning of this longitudinal study was given by a stomatological nurse at weekly intervals and, later, at fortnightly and monthly intervals, respectively. Compared with a group of untreated controls were not only those children who were instructed in proper oral hygiene but children receiving additional doses of amine fluorides as well. During the seven-year period of observation there was noted a distinct improvement in oral hygiene (OHI) as well as a reduction of gingival inflammations (PM index). Whereas additional administration of amine fluorides had no appreciable effect upon both oral hygiene and the condition of health of the gingiva there was a direct relation to the frequency of instructions in oral hygiene at school. | 158,908 | [
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Partial purification and biological activities and properties of chick growth factors. | Cellular stimulating factors on cell proliferation in the supernatants of chick embryo carcases and adult muscles were studied. There were plural stimulating factors in embryonic and adult muscular supernatants that promoted cell proliferation without any supplement of sera and other materials. Salting-out methods with ammonium sulfate, ethanol fractionation, and isoelectric precipitation were used to isolate the stimulating factors, and these three methods proved the presence of plural stimulants on cell proliferation in the supernatants of chick embryo and adult muscles. The stimulants had altered physico-chemical properties and biological activities due to embryological development. The embryonic stimulants enhanced the synthesis of DNA and protein remarkably, and RNA synthesis in whole cell systems slightly. The muscular stimulants enhanced protein synthesis without any stimulation of DNA and RNA synthesis. Partial purification of the stimulants from the ethanol fractions was performed by DEAE-cellulose chromatography and Sephadex gel chromatography. | 158,945 | [
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Q waves and coronary artery disease. | In a consecutive series of 234 patients admitted for selective coronary arteriography, 78 had pathological Q waves. In 32 of these 78 patients, ECG showed left ventricular hypertrophy, QRS duration of greater than or equal to 0.12 sec, incomplete left bundle branch block, or left axis deviation. Fourteen (44%) of these 32 patients had coronary artery disease (CAD), while 40 (87%) of the remaining 46 patients without these ECG changes had CAD (p less than 0.0005). Among the 46 patients, 34 of 35 with angina pectoris had CAD compared to 6 of 11 without angina pectoris (p less than 0.01). Our study thus shows that Q waves may be reliable predictors of CAD especially in patients with angina pectoris. | 158,953 | [
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[Partial trisomy 21]. | Three mentally retarded children with partial trisomy 21 who looked like children with complete trisomy 21 had increased activity of superoxide dismutase A. This emphases the pathogenic role of the 21q22 band in this condition. | 159,024 | [
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The management of gastroschisis. | A review of gastroschisis treated at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, in the ten years between 1967 and 1976, was carried out. Early postoperative deaths occurred in those with poor general condition before and immediately after the operation. The presence of a gastrostomy appears to be most effective in the immediate postoperative period to assist in decreasing intraabdominal pressure. The results of three initial operative methods are discussed. The three procedures are the Gross method; prosthetic closure; and the Savage and Davey method of transverse incision and closure. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the procedure described by Savage and Davey has been a most successful procedure in providing reliable and safe method of closure of gastroschisis, avoiding the complications and morbidity of staged closure using prosthetic material. | 159,040 | [
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[Long term effect of ipratropium bromide on gastric secretion]. | In a randomised clinical trial in 10 patients, the effects of a new anticholinergic, 8-isopropyl-3 alpha-DL-tropoyloxy-1 alpha H, 5 alpha H-tropanium hydroxide (ipratropiumbromide, active principle of Atrovent), on pentagastrin-stimulated gastric secretion was investigated. The study was performed in comparison to placebo, using the double-blind technique. Each patient served as his/her own control. As earlier test results seemed to indicate that ipratropium bromide had a particularly long duration of action, the special aim of the trial was to clarify whether an oral dose of 30 mg of the product inhibits gastric secretion for more than 11 h after administration. The findings show that basal acid secretion (BAO) was significantly reduced 11 ts following placebo. On the other hand, upon determination of maximum acid secretion (MAO) 12--13 h following administration, there was no difference between the anticholinergic and placebo. The results of the study of the study are discussed. | 159,057 | [
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Additional pharmacological aspects of orgotein, a metalloprotein with superoxide-dismutase activity. | Orgotein is a copper- and zinc-containing protein with superoxide-dismutase activity which can be isolated from bovine liver and erythrocytes. The effects of this drug on adjuvant -induced arthritis in rats, and particularly on the changes in erythrocytes sedimentation rates and plasma fibrinogen levels induced by this experimental infection, were studied. Orgotein was also assayed on nystatin-induced paw edema, passive cutaneous anaphylaxis and Arthus reaction, in rats. Finally, studies on platelet aggregation and the prostaglandin system were conducted. Given at doses of 2.5 and 5 mg/kg i.p. for 14 days to arthritic rats, orgotein normalized the serum changes, inhibited the foot swelling and improved the performance time on the rotating bar. The drug reduced, after a single dose, the nystatin-induced edema, whilst it showed no effects on the immunological inflammations, platelet aggregation and prostaglandin system. The probable mechanism of action is discussed. | 159,058 | [
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Comparison of anti-pollution modifications of Mapleson A and D anaesthetic systems. | Hafnia A and Hafnia D anaesthetic systems are non-polluting modifications of the Mapleson A and D systems. The excess gas is vented in the Hafnia systems directly and continuously via a calibrated ejector flowmeter. Sixteen adult patients anaesthetized for abdominal surgery were ventilated and either Hafnia A or D systems at six different fresh gas flows. No difference between the Hafnia A and D systems could be demonstrated in the values of arterial carbon dioxide tension measured with the same fresh gas flow, despite gas flows in opposite directions. | 159,068 | [
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[Effect of diphenylhydantoin administered during gestation and lactation on the motor development and cerebellar histology of the young rat]. | Rattus norvegicus females were treated by diphenylhydantoin (D.P.H.), all along pregnancy and lactation. 4 groups were constituted: a 100 mg DPH/kg/day group, a 50 mg DPH/kg/day group; a placebo group (treated with pure water), and control group. D.P.H. was given twice a day by a gastric tube. The cerebellar Purkinje cells studied through light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy in young rats (25 days old) showed no visible alteration. 2 motorcoordination tests were applied to the young rats, during their 2nd and 3rd weeks of post-natal life. Young rats of DPH 100, DPH 50 and placebo groups showed a backwardness relatively to control. This backwardness may be attributed to the maternal forced feeding stress, but not to a specific action of the DPH. | 159,092 | [
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[Lactate dehydrogenase and its isoenzymes in human umbilical cord tissue]. | Study on umbilical cord tissue, completely bloodless, for determination of lactate deshydrogenase activity and its distribution among the five iso-enzymes. Comparison with placenta, amniotic fluid, serums of blood of cord and of mother. Cord tissue is very active (about 360 muKatals, in average) and it is a similar result in placenta (as it is possibly bloodless). Blood serum of cord is more active than amniotic fluid, which is more active than maternal serum, but they are 80 to 200 times less active than cord tissue. After electrophoresis, a very large predominance of the slow iso-enzymes L.D.H. 4--5 is found in cord tissue (72%), amniotic fluid (67%) and placenta (56%), whereas the fast iso-enzymes L.D.H. 1--2 are predominant in the serums of cord blood and of mother. These data indicate an intense metabolic activity in the cord tissue, which has also an high level of lactate, and this seems related to the foetal metabolism for anaerobic glycolysis in oxygen weakly provided tissues. | 159,104 | [
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[Hormonal regulation of 5 alpha-reductase activity in anterior pituitary gland microsomes of the male rat]. | It was previously shown that the microsomal 5 alpha-reductase activity in the male rat pituitary was increased by castration. Subcutaneous administration of androgens to castrated rats prevented the rise in 5 alpha-reductase activity. Their relative efficiency was as follows: 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone greater than 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol greater than testosterone. Under our experimental conditions 5 alpha-androstane-3 beta, 17 beta-diol and estrogens were inefficient. The rise in 5 alpha-reductase activity following castration is exclusively located in hypophysis and it is probably due to an increased of the enzyme biosynthesis. | 159,106 | [
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Treatment of unilateral iliac artery disease by femorofemoral bypass grafting. | Between Jan. 1, 1970 and June 30, 1977, 50 men and 23 women underwent femorofemoral bypass grafting. The average age of the group was 64.7 years. The procedure was performed for disabling claudication in 50 patients and for limb threatening ischemia in 23. Knitted Dacron grafts were used in all but two patients. The operative mortality was 4.1% and the late mortality 21.9%. There were six complications related to the prostheses, three infected grafts and three false aneurysms. Thrombosis of the graft occurred in 15 patients; the graft was successfully revised in 2. The cumulative 5-year patency rate determined by life-table methods was 73.4%. The causes of failure appeared to be well defined and unilateral iliac artery disease. The donor iliac artery, poor runoff through a diseases deep femoral artery on the recipient side and infection of the graft. This study indicates that femoro-femoral bypass has a definite place in the management of patients with unilateral iliac artery disease. The procedure can be performed on selected patients with a low operative mortality and an acceptable patency rate. | 159,115 | [
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Interaction of int protein with specific sites on lambda att DNA. | We have studied the interaction of highly purified Int protein with DNA restriction fragments from the lambda phage attachment site (attP) region. Two different DNA sequences are protected by bound Int protein against partial digestion by either pancreatic DNAase or neocarzinostatin. One Int binding site includes the 15 bp common core sequence (the crossover region for site-specific recombination) plus several bases of sequence adjoining the core in both the P and P' arms. The second Int-protected site occurs 70 bp to the right of the common core in the P' arm, just at the distal end of the sequence encoding Int protein. The two Int binding sites are of comparable size, 30-35 bp, but do not share any extensive sequence homology. The interaction of Int with the two sites is distinctly different, as defined by the observation that only the site in the P' arm and not the site at the common core region is protected by Int in the face of challenge by the polyanion heparin. Restriction fragments containing DNA from the bacterial attachment site (attB) region exhibit a different pattern of interaction with Int. In the absence of heparin, a smaller (15 bp) sequence, which includes the left half of the common core region and the common core-B arm juncture, is protected against nuclease digestion by Int protein. No sequences from this region are protected by Int in the presence of heparin. | 159,130 | [
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Platinate toxicity: past, present, and prospects. | Using traditional toxicologic methods, four species were studied for their qualitative and quantitative predictiveness of the toxic effects of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) in man. Of the four species studied, mouse, monkey, rat, and dog, the latter two gave the best overall results. Using an in vivo rat model, it was found that except for chloroplatinic acid, eight of the tested analogs were less nephrotoxic than the parent drug, cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II). The in vitro renal toxicity screen using flounder tubules showed that of the 26 compounds studied, about half were less toxic than the parent compound. This in vitro mini-tox system can be performed about 30 times faster and at one fiftieth the cost of the in vivo model. The in vitro studies also provided evidence that the biochemical site of toxicity of platihates is on ATPases. The latter studies suggested a basis for unifying the mechanistic interpretation of the toxic actions on such disparate target organs as the kidney, nerve, stomach, and inner ear. | 159,127 | [
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Depressed primary in vitro antibody response in rheumatoid arthritis. | We have studied the primary in vitro antibody response toward a hapten in cultures of peripheral blood lymphocytes from twenty-two patients suffering from regular rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These patients were not receiving immunosuppressive drugs or corticosteroids and had not taken Aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for at least 72 hr. The control groups included thirty-two healthy subjects and twenty-seven control patients. The mean anti-TNP response of the RA patients was significantly lower than that of both control groups. No pre-existing anti-TNP or IgG response could be detected. A search for suppressor cells in co-cultures of RA and normal lymphocytes was negative. On the contrary, the extent of allogeneic enhancement in such co-cultures was comparable to that observed when control lymphocytes were co-cultured. RA serum added to normal lymphocytes cultures showed a dramatic inhibitory effect in only two out of nine cases. A follow-up study has strongly suggested that RA lymphocytes could increase their in vitro antibody response upon treatment. | 159,147 | [
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The enzymatic replication of DNA. | Enzymatic mechanisms of DNA replication have been investigated using small bacteriophages as probes to illuminate the cellular systems upon which they must rely during infection. Conversion of the circular, single-stranded DNAs of phages M13, G4, and phi X174 to their duplex forms has revealed the participation of diverse ways to start a new chain and a complex DNA polymerase III holoenzyme upon which all these systems depend for chain elongation. The phi X174 system, which is the most exacting and revealing of the host chromosomal replication pattern, includes at least twenty polypeptides for making the viral DNA into a duplex and multiplying the duplex. Resolution and purification of these numerous proteins is in train and their reconstitution into a "replisome"-like structure is envisioned. | 159,156 | [
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Induction of suppressor cell mechanism in antilymphocyte serum-induced skin allograft tolerance in mice. | In the B10.D2 leads to B10.D2(M504) strain combination (H-2D incompatibility), 20--40% of skin allografts survive for more than 100 days in ALS-treated recipients. Allograft tolerance in ALS-treated recipients could not be abolished by adoptively transferred normal or immune syngeneic spleen cells, but it could be adoptively transferred by spleen or lymph node cells to sublethally irradiated syngeneic mice. The suppressive activity of transferred cell population markedly declined after treatment with anti Thy-1.2 serum and complement. Cells with suppressor activity could be demonstrated by adoptive transfers as early as 5 days after skin grafting and ALS treatment. The results showed that the long-term allograft-promoting effect of ALS was caused not only by a decrease in the graft-rejection cell potential of the recipients (as demonstrated by other authors earlier) but also by the activation of a T cell-mediated suppressor mechanism. | 159,195 | [
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The intercellular distribution of mutations induced in oocytes of Drosophila melanogaster by chemical and physical mutagens. | When females of Drosophila melanogaster are treated with chemical or physical mutagens, not only in one but also in both of the two homologous X chromosomes of a given oocyte, a recessive sex-linked lethal mutation may be induced. A method is described that discriminates between such "single" and "double mutations". A theory is developed to show how a comparison between the expected and the observed frequency of double mutations yields an indication of the intercellular distribution (random or nonrandom) of recessive lethal mutations induced by mutagenic agents in oocytes and, consequently, of the distribution (homogeneous or nonhomogeneous) of those agents.--Three agents were tested: FUdR (12.5, 50.5 and 81.0 micrograms/ml), mitomycin C (130.0 micrograms/ml) and X rays (2000 R, 150 kV). After FUdR feeding, no increase in the mutation frequency usually observed in D. melanogaster without mutagenic treatment was obtained (u = 0.13%, namely three single mutations among 2332 chromosomes tested). After mitomycin C feeding, 104 single and three double mutations were obtained. All of the 50 mutations observed after X irradiation were single mutations. The results obtained in the mitomycin C and radiation experiments favor the assumption of a random intercellular distribution of recessive lethal mutations induced by these two agents in oocytes of D. melanogaster. Reasons are discussed why for other types of mutagenic agents nonrandom distributions may be observed with our technique. | 159,202 | [
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[Characteristics of bacteriophage lambda and P1 modification-restriction in Escherichia coli strains controlled by factor R124]. | The specifities of restriction of bacteriophages P1 and lambda controlled by R plasmids in Escherichia coli have been investigated. The isogenic strains harbouring the plasmids pAS26 coding for restriction endonuclease R.EcoRI, R245 coding for restriction endonuclease R.EcoRII and and R124 have been investigated in the present work. Modification-restriction controlled by R124 has been found to differ in specificity from those controlled by R245 and pAS26. Frequencies of restriction of bacteriophages P1vir and lambdavir specified by R124 pasmid differ from the frequencies in the strains harbouring pAS26 and R245 plasmids as well. The difference is due to the specifity of restriction-modification controlled by R124 plasmid. The data obtained are consistent with the determination of R124 specified restriction-modification activity as a novel one designated R.EcoRIII. | 159,204 | [
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[Sodium fluoride in the therapy of osteoporosis]. | Every form of osteoporosis--except the physiological involution osteoporosis--requires treatment. Osteoporosis is no disease by itself but a result or a concomitant phenomenon of various diseases. Therefore the primary disease has to be treated also. Only for the so-called idiopathic osteoporosis hitherto no cause is known. Today sodium fluoride is the only substance with an influence upon the bone which may induce re-ossification and re-stabilization. In the described series of investigations this compound, with which treatment by gradual dosage is possible, has proved its effectiveness. Osteoporosis is more than bone porosity, therefore additionally afflicted organic or functional system like the muscular apparatus, bone marrow, or the intraosseous blood supply, must be treated too. Psychological guidance of the patient is necessary as he must be motivated for activity. | 159,249 | [
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Physical characterization of ilv-lac fusions. | Electron microscopic heteroduplex analysis and comparative restriction digests have been used to characterize lambda p123(209), the complementary pair of phages used in the Casadaban technique of gene fusion. Derivatives of lambda 1(209) constructed to carry fusions of the lac genes to the control regions of the ilvC and ilvEDA operons were also analyzed. These physical maps have provided confirmation of the genetic models for these constructions and physical specifications important in interpreting the behavior of these ilv-lac fusions. | 159,287 | [
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