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A Jakobsen

Publications and source records attributed to A Jakobsen.

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DNA distribution in biopsy specimens from human cervical carcinoma investigated by flow cytometry.

Flow cytometry was used for the investigation of the DNA distribution in biopsy specimens from 51 patients with cervical carcinoma. Portio biopsy specimens from 9 pregnant women and from 10 patients with cancer of the breast served as controls. The results demonstrate that most specimens from patients suffering from cervical carcinoma contain considerable cell populations with increased DNA as compared with controls. The possible clinical significance of these findings is discussed.

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Correlation of DNA distribution and cytological differentiation of human cervical carcinomas.

The DNA distribution of biopsy specimens from 46 patients suffering from cervical carcinoma was analysed by flow cytometry and compared with the cytological differentiation. According to morphological criteria the carcinomas were classified as highly differentiated, moderately differentiated and poorly differentiated. The results demonstrate that highly differentiated tumours contain hyperploid cells predominantly with hyperdiploid DNA content. Hyperploid cell populations in the moderately differentiated tumours are mainly in the hyperdiploid and tetraploid regions. Poorly differentiated tumours contain hypertetraploid and aneuploid cell populations. The significance of these findings is discussed.

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Lack of radiation protective effect of orgotein in normal and malignant mammalian cells.

The potential radiation protective effect of orgotein, a metalloprotein with superoxide dismutase activity, was investigated in L1A2 tumour cells in vitro, jejunal crypt cells and C3H mouse mammary carcinoma in vivo. No effect of orgotein, given either 2 hours before irradiation or 30 min after, was observed compared to the effect of irradiation alone. Thus, it was concluded that orgotein did not influence the primary radiation response in air in mammalian cells.

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Renal transplantation in insulin-treated diabetics.

In our view, renal transplantation in the uremic diabetic patient is justified. Recipients should be selected with caution. Patients with both loss of vision and heart disease will only rarely benefit from renal transplantation. Living related donor should be preferred if possible.

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Antilymphocyte globulin in cadaveric renal transplantation--a controlled trial.

In a prospective, controlled study, 40 patients receiving a cadaveric renal transplant (first grafts) were randomized into two groups. Twenty patients were given antilymphocyte globulin (Behringwerke AHLG) in a dose of 10 mg/kg body weight for a total no. of 25 times in combination with a standard regimen of prednisone and azathioprine. Graft survival and graft function were similar in the two groups both at 18 and 30 months post transplantation. No serious side effects of the ALG treatment were observed.

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Occlusion of the abdominal aorta in a 29-year-old patient.

Following a period of two years with gradually increasing dyspnoe, the patient, a 29-year-old man, suddenly developed acute respiratory distress. On admission to hospital, blood pressure was 260/110, and there were no femoral pulses. Cine-angiography of the aorta revealed a total occlusion from the level of the first lumbar vertebra to the renal arteries. An extensive collateral circulation was visualized. Kidney function was normal. At operation, the aorta was as hard as stone, but the calibre was normal from the diaphragm down to the renal arteries. A dacron graft was inserted, end-to-side between the thoracic aorta and the abdominal aorta distal to the inferior mesenteric artery. Postoperatively, the systemic and ankle blood pressure became near normal. The aetiology of the aortic changes remains unknown. Several possibilities are considered, among them abdominal aortitis and cystic necrosis of the media. Coarctation of the abdominal aorta is less likely, as no narrowing of the aorta was seen at operation.

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Axillo-axillary bypass for subclavian artery occlusion. Report of a case with impending gangrene of the hand.

A 72-year-old woman with occlusion of the right subclavian artery and impending gangrene of the hand was succssfully treated with a subcutaneous axillo-axillary vein bypass. This method was chosen because of atrophic skin changes due to radiation therapy for breast cancer. The operation may, however, be used in the treatment of atherosclerotic obstructions of the subclavian artery in general and may be particularly advantageous in old and poor risk patients.

Arterial Occlusive Diseases↗

Employment of synchronized cells and flow microfluorometry in investigations on the JB-1 ascites tumour chalones.

In most experimental ascites tumours the growth rate decreases with increasing age and cell number. This decrease is caused by a prolongation of the cell cycle and an increasing accumulation of non-cycling cells in resting (or quiescent) G1 and G2 compartments. In cell-free ascitic fluid from the JB-1 ascites tumour in the plateau phase of growth lowmolecular-weight substances have been found which reversibly and specifically arrest JB-1 cells in G1 and G2. The present paper describes an in-vitro model for testing the effect of the humoral growth inhibitors contained in the ascitic fluid. The test system is based on synchronized JB-1 cells analysed by flow-through cytofluorometry. Addition to the synchronous cells of a ultrafiltrate (less than 50000 Daltons) of the JB-1 ascitic fluid was found to induce a complete, but temporary arrest of the cells at the G1-S border.

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