Evaluation of thermal decomposition temperatures of amino acids by differential enthalpic analysis.
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Dysphagia is a common complaint following surgical intervention in the oral cavity and hypopharynx, often leading to prolonged postoperative recovery. Videofluoroscopy allows detailed visualization of deglutition, demonstrating the morphology as well as the functional aspects. Therefore, videofluoroscopy provides the basis for further therapeutic management. We discuss the pathology of deglutition in 19 patients recovering from tumor surgery of the oro- and hypopharynx. In most cases the results demonstrated severe impairment of both the oral and pharyngeal phase of deglutition. Our data emphasize the importance of the oral phase of deglutition for preparation and initiation of the following phases.
In berylliosis and other granulomatous diseases the macrophage is regarded as effector cell in granuloma formation. However, little is known about granuloma-associated regulation of genes in these cells. Differential display reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR) is an attractive method for detection of differentially expressed genes. Since DDRT-PCR requires a comparably low quantity of RNA, its application to rare and limited amounts of clinical samples is convenient. In the present study we applied DDRT-PCR in a multiple and complex comparison of expressed sequence tags induced in response to various granuloma-associated and control stimuli. Since we are interested in granuloma-restricted changes, we tested peripheral blood monocytes from berylliosis patients by DDRT-PCR stimulated with up to nine different stimuli, including BeSO4, the causal agent of berylliosis. Comparison of a total of 1663 sequence tags in four berylliosis patients revealed a mean of 32.5-37.4% differentially regulated sequence tags in peripheral blood monocytes of berylliosis patients, caused by stimuli including beryllium or Mycobacterium tuberculosis and control stimuli such as Latex or Zymosan. In 7.7-28.0% of the analyzed sequence tags we detected a differential regulation restricted to the presence of granuloma-associated stimuli BeSO4, HgS, LiCO3, NiSO4, lipopolysaccharide, and/or heat killed M. tuberculosis; 1.4-12.3% were induced by more than one granuloma-associated stimulus. Alterations associated with BeSO4 and one of the named stimuli were detected in 1.4-4.5%. An exclusive association with BeSO4 was found in 2.6-5.7% of the analyzed sequence tags.
Dysphagia is a common complaint following surgical intervention in the oral cavity and hypopharynx, often leading to prolonged postoperative recovery. Videofluoroscopy allows detailed visualization of deglutition, demonstrating the morphology as well as the functional aspects. Therefore, videofluoroscopy provides the basis for further therapeutic management. We discuss the pathology of deglutition in 19 patients recovering from tumor surgery of the oro- and hypopharynx. In most cases the results demonstrated severe impairment of both the oral and pharyngeal phase of deglutition. Our data emphasize the importance of the oral phase of deglutition for preparation and initiation of the following phases.
In this study, we analyzed the findings of 79 duplex kidneys in 64 children treated at our institution between 1987 and 1999. Several reasons for impaired urine transport in a duplex kidney were clarified. A total of 55% of all patients manifested a variety of abnormal findings during prenatal screening. In the course of postnatal diagnostic work-up, renal units were classified according to their leading pathomorphological features: 44% showed a ureterocele, 29% nonfunctioning units at first diagnosis, and 27% vesicoureteric reflux. Nonfunctioning moieties had been heminephrectomized in most cases. In such nonfunctioning cases in the presence of associated ureteroceles, relief drainage was unsuccessful in our study. Reflux rarely matures. Ureterocystoneostomy is successful in 80% of our cases. In functioning units with a ureterocele, endoscopic therapy may be the one and only intervention needed. However, they commonly require secondary reconstructive measures.
Lack of introgression or divergent selection may be responsible for the maintenance of phenotypic differences between sympatric populations of crops and their wild progenitors. To distinguish between these hypotheses, amplified fragment length polymorphism markers were located on a molecular linkage map of Phaseolus vulgaris relative to genes for the domestication syndrome and other traits. Diversity for these same markers was then analyzed in two samples of wild and domesticated populations from Mesoamerica. Differentiation between wild and domesticated populations was significantly higher in parapatric and allopatric populations compared to sympatric populations. It was also significantly higher near genes for domestication compared to those away from these genes. Concurrently, the differences in genetic diversity between wild and domesticated populations were strongest around such genes. These data suggest that selection in the presence of introgression appears to be a major evolutionary factor maintaining the identity of wild and domesticated populations in sympatric situations. Furthermore, alleles from domesticated populations appear to have displaced alleles in sympatric wild populations, thus leading to a reduction in genetic diversity in such populations. These results also provide a possible experimental framework for assessing the long-term risk of transgene escape and the targeting of transgenes inside the genome to minimize the survival of these transgenes into wild populations following introduction by gene flow.
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a thermodimorphic fungus, is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America. Pathogenicity appears to be intimately related to the dimorphic transition from the hyphal to the yeast form, which is induced by a shift from environmental temperature to the temperature of the mammalian host. Little information is available on the P. brasiliensis genes that are necessary during the pathogenic phase. We have therefore undertaken Suppression Subtraction Hybridization (SSH) and macroarray analyses with the aim of identifying genes that are preferentially expressed in the yeast phase. Genes identified by both procedures as being more highly expressed in the yeast phase are involved in basic metabolism, signal transduction, growth and morphogenesis, and sulfur metabolism. In order to test whether the observed changes in gene expression reflect the differences between the growth conditions used to obtain the two morphological forms rather than differences intrinsic to the cell types, we performed real-time RT-PCR experiments using RNAs derived from both yeast cells and mycelia that had been cultured at 37 degrees C and 26 degrees C in either complete medium (YPD or Sabouraud) or minimal medium. Twenty genes, including AGS1 (alpha-1,3-glucan synthase) and TSA1 (thiol-specific antioxidant), were shown to be more highly expressed in the yeast cells than in the hyphae. Although their levels of expression could be different in rich and minimal media, there was a general tendency for these genes to be more highly expressed in the yeast cells.
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The molecular and cellular processes underlying photoreceptor degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are unknown. We have investigated gene expression in diseased retinas using differential hybridization screening of a retinal cDNA library with probes derived from normal and RP retinal RNA. Most differential clones detected corresponded to transcripts absent from the dystrophic state, including e.g. opsin. However, one clone was noticeably increased in RP in comparison with the control: partial sequencing showed it encoded clusterin. Increased expression of clusterin has been identified in several cases of tissues undergoing apoptosis (programmed cell death), and our finding suggests that the degenerative changes in advanced RP may represent another example of apoptosis, possibly with common causative mechanisms.
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