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Daniel Candinas

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PubMed2002

Duodenal histology for monitoring treatment of acute rejection in pancreaticoduodenal allografts in rats.

BACKGROUND: Although the value of duodenal histology as a means to diagnose acute rejection in pancreaticoduodenal allografts has been validated, it is not known how the duodenum responds to antirejection treatment in comparison with the pancreas. METHODS: Diabetic Lewis rats received a pancreaticoduodenal allograft. Cyclosporine was given for 5 days and then discontinued for 2 days (group 1), for 4 days (group 2), for 6 days (group 3), for 8 days (group 4), for 9 days (group 5), and for 10 days (group 6). Two animals of each group were killed for histology at the end of immunosuppressive-free intervals. In the remaining rats, rejection was treated with methylprednisolone on 3 consecutive days. Duodenal histology was compared with pancreatic morphology before and after treatment of rejection. RESULTS: Duodenal histology had a positive and negative predictive value of 100% for detection of acute rejection in the pancreatic portion of the graft. After antirejection treatment, duodenal morphology was however less accurate (positive predictive value, 96%; negative predictive value, 67%). The Spearman correlation coefficient (p) of duodenal and pancreatic rejection grades was higher before antirejection treatment (p=1.0) than thereafter (p=0.724). Considering interstitial and vascular changes separately, vascular rejection correlated to a higher extent than interstitial rejection between the two portions of the graft (p=0.725 vs. p=0.677). CONCLUSIONS: Duodenal histology accurately predicts the initial diagnosis of rejection of the pancreas. However, after treatment of acute rejection, duodenal morphology is more likely to recover from rejection than the pancreas. Awareness of this phenomenon might be important for the interpretation of duodenal follow-up biopsies.

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Increased susceptibility of the left compared to the right ventricle to remote ischemia/reperfusion injury in human C1-inhibitor-overexpressing transgene mice.

Acute myocardial injury has been demonstrated as a remote sequela of severe lower torso ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) due to proinflammatory events. In a model of I/R injury, administration of C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-Inh) reduces myocardial necrosis. We investigated the susceptibility of the left (LV) versus right ventricle (RV) and the protective effect of transgenic C1-Inh-overexpressing mice. Two groups of mice (n = 6) underwent a 2-h lower torso ischemia followed by 3 h of reperfusion: transgenic and wild type with sham-operated controls. Animals were then injected with (125)I bovine albumin. Heart was removed and samples from right and left ventricular free wall were harvested, weighted, and radioactivity was determined. Permeability index for wild-type animals in the RV was 0.22 +/- 0.04, compared to 0.17 +/- 0.07 in controls (NS), and in the LV 0.36 +/- 0.08, compared to 0.21 +/- 0.05 in controls (p <.01). The LV showed a significantly higher value compared to the right (0.22 +/- 0.04 vs. 0.36 +/- 0.08, p <.01). No difference was seen in the RV between transgenic and wild-type mice; however, in the LV the values decreased significantly in transgenic animals (p <.015). Thus, remote myocardial injury after lower torso I/R is present in both ventricles; however, the LV seems to be more susceptible as assessed by albumin permeability. Inhibition of the classic complement cascade may be a promising therapeutic approach for myocardial protection in reperfusion injury.

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Detection of circulating tumor cells by cytokeratin 20 and prostate stem cell antigen RT-PCR in blood of patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

BACKGROUND: Detection of circulating tumor cells in blood may be an important diagnostic and prognostic factor in the management of tumor patients. The present study aimed to examine whether cytokeratin 20 (CK-20) and prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) are useful markers for the detection of disseminated cancer cells in the blood of tumor patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A nested RT-PCR assay was used to detect CK-20 and PSCA mRNA in blood samples from 18 healthy donors, 15 patients with non-malignant disease, 9 patients with benign tumors and 47 patients with malignant tumors (11 pancreatic carcinoma, 8 gastric cancer, 15 colorectal carcinoma and 13 miscellaneous tumors). RESULTS: CK-20 expression was observed in the peripheral blood of 19 out of 47 (40.4%) patients with malignant tumors, 2 out of 9 (22.2%) patients with benign tumors and 3 out of 15 (20%) patients with non-tumor diseases. PSCA expression was present in the blood of 22 out of 47 (46.8%) patients with malignant tumors and particularly in 7 out of 11 (63.6%) patients with pancreatic cancer. CK-20 and PSCA expression was not observed in blood samples from healthy donors. There was a relationship between PSCA expression and tumor stage. CONCLUSION: The present results demonstrate that it is possible to apply a simple and reliable method for the detection of circulating tumor cells based on CK-20 and PSCA RT-PCR assays.

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Intraoperative three-dimensional fluoroscopic cholangiography.

Precise intraoperative assessment of the architecture of the biliary tree could reduce lesions to intra- or extrahepatic bile ducts. The aim of this study was to test feasibility of intraoperative three-dimensional imaging during liver resections. Isocentric C-arm fluoroscopy acquires three-dimensional images during a 190 degrees orbital rotation. The bile ducts were displayed three-dimensionally by realtime rotational projections or multiplanar reconstructions. The technique was established ex vivo in a preserved cadaveric human liver. Intraoperative three-dimensional cholangiography was performed in five patients with centrally located liver malignancies. Complete data acquisition in 3 patients depicted precise anatomical details of the architecture of the biliary tree up to third order divisions. Biliary imaging can be improved by the application of real-time intraoperative three-dimensional cholangiography. For the development of computer-aided navigation in hepatobiliary procedures, this technique could be an important prerequisite for defining landmarks of the liver in a three-dimensional space.

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