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Two cases of follicular mucinosis which developed into lymphoma are reported. The infiltrative atypical lymphocytes proved to be T cells, which were identified by monoclonal antibodies. The association of follicular mucinosis and lymphoma in Japan is estimated to be 9.4%.
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By the method of sedimentation in 5-20% alkaline sucrose gradient, the process of maturation of the nascent DNA fragment was studied with cultured mouse FM3A cells treated with 8-methoxypsoralen plus near-ultraviolet radiation. This treatment is known to cause crosslinks of the chromosomal DNA strands. The profile of the newly-replicated DNA, labeled for 10 min with [3H]thymidine immediately after treatment, was the same as that of the untreated cells, where the incorporated radioactivity was present in the intermediate DNA fragment (about 50-80 S). But, when the treated cells were labeled after several hours of incubation, the labeled DNA became much shorter due to inhibition of maturation of the initial DNA fragment (the Okazaki fragment) to the intermediate DNA. With the use of aphidicolin, a specific inhibitor of eukaryotic DNA polymerase alpha, it became apparent that, in addition to formation of the crosslinks, further DNA replication is required to cause this inhibition of DNA maturation. Aphidicolin also suppressed the inhibition of incorporation of [3H]thymidine into cellular DNA after treatment, but inhibition of this incorporation resumed after its removal.
Common bile duct stones were demonstrated as high-density objects on CT in 22 of 45 cases. About 96% of the remaining cases (22 of 23) exhibited other abnormal CT findings which included common bile duct dilatation, concomitant gallbladder stones, and/or presence of intraductal air. CT is a useful diagnostic modality in the elevation of patients with suspected choledocholithiasis.
A case of strangulated obstruction with computed tomographic appearance is reported. CT may be useful for the demonstration of the strangulated loop in a patient with obstructive symptoms and a soft tissue mass in the pelvis shown on plain films of the abdomen.
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This study examined the somatization in psychosomatic disease by the Rorschach technique. The Rorschach test was administered to the psychosomatic, the neurotic, and the psychosomatic with mental complaints. Subjects were further classified into pain, functional, and organic disorder groups. The psychosomatic and the neurotic showed a better control of the ego on the Rorschach scores, but the difference in several variables were recognized between the two. In three subcategory groups, scores showed the correspondence between the developmental ego stage and the somatization, and the organics were found to be the typical group of PSD. From three findings, it is suggested that the somatization is caused by the splitting mechanism between inner emotion and an adjustment to the outer world, and can be explained as kind of defense mechanism.
Incidence of "limy bile" is relatively rare and only 120 cases have been recorded in Japan so far. The present report is to add five more cases operated on at our clinic. On chemical analysis by atomic absorption spectrophotometry calcium carbonate was the major constituent of solid portion and ranged from 73.5 to 88.5%. On crystallographic analyses, the infrared spectra by means of KBr-disk method gave patterns of calcium carbonate in all cases, and the X-ray powder diffraction studies disclosed those of aragonite only in cases 2 and 4, and aragonite-calcite mixture in cases 1 and 3. The exact etiology of formation of limy bile in the gallbladder has not yet been understood completely.
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Electrical activation of the heart requires cell-cell transfer of current via gap junctions, arrays of densely packed protein channels that permit intercellular passage of ions and small molecules. Because current transfer occurs only at gap junctions, the spatial distribution and biophysical properties of gap junction channels are important determinants of the conduction properties of cardiac muscle. Gap junction channels are composed of members of a multigene family of proteins called connexins. As a general rule, individual cells express multiple connexins, which creates the potential for considerable functional diversity in gap junction channels. Although gap junction channels are relatively nonselective in their permeability to ions and small molecules, cardiac myocytes actively adjust their level of coupling by multiple mechanisms including changes in connexin expression, regulation of connexin trafficking and turnover, and modulation of channel properties. In advanced stages of heart disease, connexin expression and intercellular coupling are diminished, and gap junction channels become redistributed. These changes have been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of lethal ventricular arrhythmias. Ongoing studies in genetically engineered mice are revealing insights into the role of individual gap junction channel proteins in normal cardiac function and arrhythmogenesis.
We used an immunohistochemical method to determine the concentrations of p53 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) to evaluate their usefulness as a predictor of malignancy and examined the relationship between PCNA and p53 in carcinomas of the extrahepatic bile duct (EHBD). Paraffin-embedded specimens from 46 patients were immunostained for PCNA and p53 using PC10 and DO7 monoclonal antibodies, respectively. The PCNA labeling index (LI) was closely associated with the stages of the tumor and depth of invasion (p < 0.05). The cumulative survival rate of patients with a low PCNA LI (LI < 47%) was found to be significantly better than that of patients with a high PCNA LI (LI > or = 47%) in all cases and patients with advanced cancer by univariate analysis (p < 0.05), but PCNA LI was not an independent prognostic factor in multivariate analysis. We detected p53 in 37% of the EHBD cancers. We also found that p53 positivity was not related to the percentage of PCNA-labelled cells or survival. The results suggest that PCNA immunoreactivity may be a useful predictor of malignancy in patients with EHBD carcinomas.