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C N Sun

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Human cell cultures infected by tumor-inducing and non-tumor-inducing viruses, an electron microscopic study.

This study is dealing with the infection patterns of adenovirus type 2 and type 12 on human fibroblast cell lines, KB, WI and MAF. With the exception of Ad -12 leads to WI, many intranuclear viral particles were present. None of these second passages (Ad-2 WI-WI, Ad-12 WI-WI, Ad-2 MAF-MAF, Ad-12 MAF-MAF) was found to have viral production. This indicates that the injections on both WI and MAF cells caused by both Ad-2 and Ad-12 cannot be serially transmitted. However, when these infected cells were used to expose KB cells, significant viral yields were obtained. This shows that the infected cells might still carry the viral specific antigens although no visible virions were observed.

Adenoviridae↗

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Inclusion bodies in a case of the classic sporadic form.

Postmortem light and electron microscopic studies of a 52 year old black male who died 17 months after the onset of upper and lower motor neuron signs showed: (1) degeneration of cortico-spinal tracts, (2) loss of spinal neurons and gliosis and (3) cellular inclusions with neurotubules, neurofilaments and granular material. Although these cellular inclusions resemble Lafora bodies, they differ in that, to the authors' knowledge, the latter were not reported to have microtubules. Review of the literature revealed no previous report of these inclusions in cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Tissue cultures of cord, hindbrain and cerebrum did not show cytopathic effect during a three-week observation period.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis↗