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A Marchetti

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Chlamydia trachomatis infection in "sine causa" recurrent abortion.

One hundred and one women suffering from "sine causa" recurrent abortion were screened for Chlamydia trachomatis (C.T.) infection by using direct examination, cultural and serological procedures. In this series, C.T. infection did not appear to be related to increased risk of recurrent abortion. The culture-positive and serology-positive rates (14.85% and 34.65%, respectively) did not differ from other unselected populations. Neither time from last abortion nor type of abortion were significantly related to C.T. infection. Nonetheless, the women who underwent examination within one year from last abortion and had a culture-positive partner as well, were more likely to present with a C.T.-positive culture.

Abortion, Habitual↗
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Multidrug resistance related genes and p53 expression in human non small cell lung cancer.

BACKGROUND: Many genes (mdr1, mrp, DNA topoisomerases II) are known to be involved in the resistance to unrelated drugs (the MDR phenomenon), but the mechanisms of their activation have to be further investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Because several authors showed that p53 mutated gene was able to induce mdr1 overexpression, we evaluated in 51 non small cell lung cancer samples, already tested for p53 mutations, the expression of mdr1, mrp, DNA topoisomerase II alpha and beta mRNAs by qualitative RT-PCR assays. RESULTS: Mutations of p53 were found in 56% of cases. Mdr1 expression was detected in 27%, mrp in 100%, topoisomerase alpha in 82% and beta in 94% of the samples. CONCLUSIONS: It was not possible to detect any relationship between the expression of the MDR-related genes and tumor histological type, stage or lymph node involvement. Nevertheless, a close association between p53 alterations and either mdr1 gene (p = 0.001) or DNA topoisomerase II alpha (p = 0.003) expression was found.

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Mem↗