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M Perego

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ACTH-adrenal system and exogenous steroids.

The results obtained from a research on 100 patients of both sexes affected with bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive bronchopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, haematological disorders and some other pathological forms, all depending on steroid therapy, are reported in this paper. The treatment was carried out using a new chronopluricorticoid (Dutimelan 8 15). The clinical efficiency is comparable to that obtained by the traditional steroid treatment with the advantage that symptoms of hypercorticism were absent or insignificant. The authors believe that such excellent results are to be attributed to the particular chronopharmacological characteristics of this preparation.

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Control of the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis by a phosphorelay.

Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis is a developmental process induced as a response to nutritional stress. Activation of sporulation-specific gene transcription is under the control of the spoOA gene product. The SpoOA protein and the SpoOF protein are both homologous to response regulator proteins of two-component regulatory systems which control bacterial responses to a variety of environmental challenges. Response regulators are activated by specific kinases which phosphorylate them. In this study, it was shown that phosphorylation of SpoOA occurs via a phosphotransferase which is the product of the spoOB locus. The phosphodonor in this reaction is the phosphorylated form of SpoOF. It is postulated that SpoOF acts as a secondary messenger that can be phosphorylated by a variety of kinases depending on the particular environmental stress. The series of phosphate transfer reactions in this system is called a phosphorelay. The end product of this series of reactions is SpoOA approximately P which is shown to have greater affinity for the DNA target, the OA box, of SpoOA on the abrB promoter than the unphosphorylated form. SpoOA approximately P, but not SpoOA, was shown to be an activator of transcription of the spoIIA operon which codes for the sporulation-specific sigma factor sigma F. Thus, the initiation of sporulation is dependent on SpoOA approximately P which arises through the phosphorelay and which acts as a transcription factor to repress certain genes, e.g. abrB, and activate others, e.g. spoIIA.

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[Helicobacter pylori and gastro-duodenal pathology].

Helicobacter Pylori (HP) were found in 878 (73%) of 1205 patients undergoing upper G-I endoscopy with multiple biopsies for gastroduodenal diseases. HP were present in similar percentages among patients with active (89%) or healed (81%) peptic ulcer as well as in non ulcerous dyspeptics affected with gastritis (85%). 96% of active chronic gastritis were infected by HP as compared with 55% of quiescent gastritis. Antral gastritis was more frequently active in patients with ulcer diseases (76%) than in dyspeptic and asyntomatic patients (50%). Healed gastric and duodenal ulcers showed decreased incidence of active antral gastritis (69) as compared with active ulcers. Conversely body gastritis was more frequently active in healed (37%) than in overt (18%) duodenal ulcers. 95 histologically normal stomachs as well as 9 cases exhibiting type A gastritis were devoid of HP. High rates of infection were found in 610 cases of chronic gastritis without atrophy as well as in 151 atrophic antral (type B) gastritis. Cytoplasmic vacuolization and swelling of foveolar-superficial cells with adhering bacteria, micropapillae and microerosions were commonly found in HP-infected mucosa. In 16 of 19 children with type B chronic gastritis antibacterial therapy eradicated HP. This was followed by resolution or striking improvement of gastritis and disappearance of epithelial lesions.

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Morphological evidence of Campylobacter pylori pathogenicity in chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer.

Campylobacter pylori (CP) were found in 84% of 384 patients with chronic gastritis and in none of 49 subjects without inflammation. CP were present in similar percentages among patients with active (90%) or healed peptic ulcer (84%), as well as in non-ulcerous dyspepsia complicated by gastritis (91%). Cytoplasmic vacuolization and swelling of foveolar-superficial cells with adhering bacteria, micropapillae and microerosions were commonly found in CP-infected mucosa. In 100 cases with gastritis both intraepithelial granulocytes and epithelial lesions were prominent features of heavily CP-infected antral mucosa. The occurrence of some cases with abundant, adhering CP but lacking epithelial lesions is in keeping with the different ability of various CP-strains to produce cytotoxins. In 16 of 19 children with type B chronic gastritis antibacterial therapy eradicated CP. This was followed by resolution or striking improvement of gastritis and disappearance of epithelial lesions. These data provide further morphological evidence of direct cytotoxic activity of CP toward gastric mucosal cells.

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[Gastrointestinal stromal tumor as the cause of intestinal hemorrhage: description of a clinical case].

The term gastrointestinal stromal tumor describes a heterogeneous group of tumors of mesenchymal origin with particular histologic features. Their classification has recently been made possible thanks to numerous immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies. We report the case of a patient who came to our attention because of serious anemia due to a gastrointestinal stromal tumor located between the second and third portion of the duodenum. This pathology, although not frequent, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding. In these cases it is important to perform careful endoscopic inspection to the third portion of th duodenum, even when previous tracts evidence lesions that could be responsible for the patient's symptoms.

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