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I Stoppelli

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PubMed1987

Binding of monoclonal anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein antibodies to human foetal peripheral neurons in culture.

Dorsal root ganglion cells, obtained from 8-10-week human foetuses, were isolated by enzymatic procedure and grown on poly-L-lysine-coated coverslips. Most of the cultured cells showed the ultrastructural and immunological features of normal peripheral neurons. By immunocytochemistry neurons reacted with IgM antibodies with specificity for myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) from patients affected with IgM k gammopathy and peripheral neuropathy. The antigen was located on the plasmalemma of both perikarion and axon. We suggest that anti-MAG antibodies do not recognize neuronal MAG, but rather an epitope shared with different glycoproteins.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗
PubMed1983

Effects of naloxone infusion on basal and breast-stimulation-induced prolactin secretion in puerperal women.

The effects of naloxone infusion on plasma prolactin (PRL) levels and on the PRL response to mechanical breast emptying were investigated in a group of puerperal women, Five, 10, and 20 mg naloxone administered to women on days 2 to 3 of the puerperium produced no significant change in serum PRL. The same dose of naloxone had no significant effect on serum PRL response to mechanical breast stimulation in puerperal women. The results suggest that endogenous opioid peptides are not major modulators of PRL secretion in the puerperium.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Pharmacokinetics and biotransformation of the new benzodiazepine, lormetazepam, in man. III. Repeated administration and transfer to neonates via breast milk.

The concentrations of lormetazepam and its glucuronide in plasma and milk were determined during administration of 10 daily doses of lormetazepam 2 mg (2 tablets of Noctamid-1) to five mothers delivered by Caesarian section. Their babies were breast-fed throughout the study, and the plasma levels of lormetazepam and its glucuronide were determined three times in the babies. At 12 and 24 h after administration, the plasma level of lormetazepam was about 3.5 ng/ml and 1.8 ng/ml in mothers, and below 0.09 ng/ml in the children. In milk the lormetazepam concentration was below 0.2 ng/ml. The plasma level of glucuronide varied between 24 ng/ml at 12 h and 11 ng/ml 24 h after administration. Almost no accumulation of unchanged lormetazepam was observed (factor: 1.3). The ratio of the levels of lormetazepam in milk and plasma was estimated to be below 0.06, and for the glucuronide the ratio was 0.04. The quantity of free and conjugated active ingredient transferred to the children via breast milk was calculated to be at most 100 ng/mg, corresponding to 0.35% of the maternal dose, which is regarded as tolerable.

Anti-Anxiety Agents↗
PubMed1982

Transfer of mepindolol to newborns by breast-feeding mothers after single and repeated daily doses.

The concentrations of mepindolol in plasma and milk of five breastfeeding mothers were determined after 1 and 5 daily doses of mepindolol sulphate 20 mg. In the newborns plasma levels were measured once on the first and fifth days of the study. The mean maternal plasma concentration of mepindolol 2 h after administration was 52 ng/ml both after 1 and 5 doses; in the milk 18 and 22 ng/ml the corresponding concentrations were. The average plasma/milk drug concentration ratio was 2.6 +/- 1.6. Plasma levels in the newborn were below the detection limit of 1 ng/ml, except for one baby in whom 2 and 5 ng/ml, respectively, were found 4 h after one and five maternal doses.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Endocrinologic features of male infertility.

We measured FSH, LH, PRL and Testosterone levels in serum and seminal fluid of 100 patients, 30 fertile and 70 infertile. Plasma Testosterone was similar in different groups of patients, while seminal fluid concentrations were higher in plasma as compared to the seminal fluid. Plasma Prolactin did not show any significant variation among the different groups, whereas seminal Prolactin was always found to be higher than that in plasma. The values of plasma FSH were significantly increased in the patients with testicular hypoplasia. Seminal and plasma LH values did not show any significant variation among the different groups.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

[Steroidogenic activity in the amniotic epithelium].

For evaluation of the steroid-producing structures during pregnancy, the human amnion has been studied from the early stages of pregnancy to the term by means of histo-enzymologic and submicroscopic techniques. The histo-enzymatic tests have shown the presence hydroxysteroid of 3 beta-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase in the cells of the amniotic epithelium throughout pregnancy. Also scattered mesenchymal cells of the subepithelial fibroblastic layer showed a positive reaction in their cytoplasm. Using FRIEND and BRASSIL's (1970) technique a steroidogenetic activity has been demonstrated at the level of the amniotic epithelium both in semithin and in ultrathin sections, the latter observed by electron microscopy. The above mentioned results suggest that the amniotic epithelium represents a site of steroidogenesis and conversion of steroids and plays, also under this point of view, an important role in the physiology of pregnancy.

3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases↗
PubMed1981

Prognostic value of hCG, progesterone, 17-beta estradiol and the echoscopic examination in threatened abortion during the first trimester.

The Authors refer on the validity of echoscopic examination and hCG, progesterone and 17-beta estradiol values in the prognosis of threatened abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy in 62 patients. The echoscopic examination allowed a prognosis to be made in accordance with the clinical evolution of threatened abortion in 90% of the cases; the plasma levels of hCG and progesterone in 87% of the cases; 17-beta estradiol in 83% of the cases. The Authors conclude that the simultaneous assay of hCG, progesterone and 17-beta estradiol plasma levels does not improve the prognostic validity of echoscopy but, in some cases, can provide essential details on the etiology of threatened abortion itself.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗