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A Weiss

Publications and source records attributed to A Weiss.

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PubMed1975

[Carcinogenesis due to mustard gas exposure in man, important sign for therapy with alkylating agents].

Sulphur-mustard and nitrogen-mustard are known to act as carcinogens in animal experiments. A similar effect in humans was demonstrated in 245 workers previously exposed occupationally to mustard gas and followed for over 20 years. There was a statistically significant increase in malignant tumours, especially bronchial carcinoma, bladder carcinoma and leukaemia. These findings underline the need for using alkylating agents of the mustard type exclusively in the treatment of malignant neoplasms. Immunosuppression with alkylating agents in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases associated with a long life expectancy is no longer justified.

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PubMed1972

Antigen cap formation in cultured fibroblasts: a reflection of membrane fluidity and of cell motility.

Reaction of antibody to surface Histocompatibility-2 antigens of cultured mouse fibroblasts causes aggregation of the cellular antigens into caps; these appear as areas of high antigen concentration localized away from the cell processes. Cap formation is inhibited when ATP generation by cells is interrupted, when the temperature is lowered, by addition of cycloheximide-especially over long time periods-and by colcemid. The observations are consistent with a role of the locomotor system of cells in the collection of small antigen-antibody aggregates into a large localized cap. Together with observations on the absence of caps in epithelial cells, these findings suggest that only cells, such as fibroblasts and lymphocytes, that bear leading ruffled membranes are capable of driving antigenantibody aggregates to form caps.

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