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H Peng

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PubMed1988

Retroviral-mediated gene transfer and expression of human phenylalanine hydroxylase in primary mouse hepatocytes.

Genetic therapy for phenylketonuria (severe phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency) may require introduction of a normal phenylalanine hydroxylase gene into hepatic cells of patients. We report development of a recombinant retrovirus based on the N2 vector for gene transfer and expression of human phenylalanine hydroxylase cDNA in primary mouse hepatocytes. This construct contains an internal promoter of the human alpha 1-antitrypsin gene driving transcription of the phenylalanine hydroxylase cDNA. Primary mouse hepatocytes were isolated from newborn mice, infected with the recombinant virus, and selected for expression of the neomycin-resistance gene. Hepatocytes transformed with the recombinant virus contained high levels of human phenylalanine hydroxylase mRNA transcripts originating form the retroviral and internal promoters. These results demonstrate that the transcriptional regulatory elements of the alpha 1-antitrypsin gene retain their tissue-specific function in the recombinant provirus and establish a method for efficient transfer and high-level expression of human phenylalanine hydroxylase in primary hepatocytes.

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PubMed1988

Shape estimation in computer tomography from minimal data.

In computerized tomography, line integrals of the absorptivity are used to reconstruct the object. In some applications only the locations, sizes, and shapes of internal opacities or near-opacities are needed. For these applications it is unnecessary to reconstruct an image by convolution backprojection [O(N3)] or by direct Fourier methods [O(N2log N)]. We propose an algorithm suitable for this problem that requires only O(N) operations (N is of the order of the number of views). We analyze and demonstrate the high performance of the algorithm but show that the performance of the algorithm depends strongly on an appropriate choice of system parameters. These parameters, the number of view N theta, and the detector spacing deltas are shown to be linked, and a choice of deltas strongly constrains the choice of N theta. We show how an optimum N theta can be determined for a fixed deltas, including practical values of deltas. A series of experiments that reinforce the theory is simulated on a computer.

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Human papillomavirus DNA is present in a subset of unselected breast cancers.

OBJECTIVE: The major molecular events in the genesis of most breast cancers are unknown. However, human papillomaviruses (HPV) have been reported to be found in a significant portion of breast cancers of women with concomitant cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III. To investigate a potential HPV-breast cancer link, we carried out a small survey to identify HPV in unselected, general breast cancer tissues. STUDY DESIGN/METHODS: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was isolated from 17 breast cancer tissues (and one cervical swab) taken from our local, randomly selected patient population. Two different previously characterized broad-spectrum primer sets (targeting the E6/E7 or L1 regions) were used to amplify HPV DNA, and another primer set was used to amplify the ColE1/pBR322 origin of replication by polymerase chain reaction amplification. The polymerase chain reaction product DNA was analyzed by dot blot hybridization with HPV-16, -18, -31, or pRB322 DNA probes. Total cellular DNA was also analyzed by one- and two-dimensional Southern blot analysis. Finally, the E6/E7 polymerase chain reaction products were cloned, sequenced, and compared to previously cloned HPV types. RESULTS: Polymerase chain reaction/dot blot analysis by both the HPV E6-E7 and L1 primer sets identified the same 6 out of 17 (35%) breast cancers as being HPV positive. ColE1/pBR322 origin targeted polymerase chain reaction/dot blot analysis failed to identify plasmid contamination. One- and two-dimensional Southern blot analysis showed that the breast cancers specimens contained significant levels of HPV DNA and that the viral DNA was largely episomal. The sequences of the HPV clones demonstrated that HPV-16, -18, and possibly type 11 were present within the breast cancer specimens. Furthermore, the HPV sequences cloned from the cervical swab and breast cancer of the same patient were found to be identical. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that HPV may be associated with a significant subset of breast cancers, and further suggest that additional studies are warranted.

Breast Neoplasms↗