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Screening for complement deficiency in bacterial meningitis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
T Ernst PJ Späth C Aebi UB Schaad MG Bianchetti 《Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)》1997,86(9):1009-1010
Seventy-seven children with bacterial meningitis were screened for complement deficiency. Both the classical and the alternate pathways were normal in 75 patients. Transiently reduced total haemolytic activity of the classical pathway was documented in a boy with meningococcal meningitis. Total haemolytic activity of both the classical and the alternate pathways were reduced in another patient with pneumococcal meningitis: individual complement components determination indicated predominant activation of the alternate pathway. 相似文献
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Age-related loss of melanized nigral neurons reported in the British Caucasians is not observed in Asian Indian, American and French adults. In the Americans, loss of dopaminergic phenotype occurs from midlife, without frank neurodegeneration. Here, we investigated whether nigral dopaminergic neurons in Asian Indians are lost with age or undergo morphological or biochemical dysfunction. Using unbiased stereology we estimated volume, number of melanized, borderline/non-melanized (n=34, 28 gestational weeks to 80 years) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)–Nurr1 co-labeled neurons (n=32, 28 gestational weeks to 80 years) in substantia nigra pars compacta. We quantified Nurr1 and TH proteins by immunoblotting (n=18, 28 gestational weeks to 69 years) and apoptotic neurons by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining. Nuclear and soma size was estimated by morphometry. There was no age-related decline in volume, neuronal density, neuronal numbers and TH-Nurr1 co-labeled neurons. TH and Nurr1 protein expression remained stable. Lack of TUNEL-TH co-labeled cells confirmed absence of neuronal apoptosis. The neuronal size remained unaltered. Our findings of preserved nigral dopaminergic neurons suggest no age-related loss of nigral function in Asian Indians, unlike the Americans. This may explain the lower incidence of Parkinson's disease in Asian Indians. 相似文献
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Murgod UA Saleem Q Anand A Brahmachari SK Jain S Muthane UB 《Journal of the neurological sciences》2001,190(1-2):73-78
Background: Clinical data across the globe especially in genetic diseases like Huntington's disease (HD) is most helpful when collected using standardized formats. This helps in proper comparison of clinical and genetic data. Methods: Herein, we report clinical data on 26 genetically confirmed HD patients from 19 Indian families predominantly from South India. Clinical data and evaluation was performed using standardized formats used by the Huntington Disease Study Group. Results: Adult onset HD was commonest while Juvenile HD (onset <20 years) was observed in 15% of patients. Chorea was the commonest presenting symptom (n=23, 88.5%) while remaining presented with psychiatric symptoms (n=3, 11.5%). Impairment of saccades was observed in 75% of patients. Mean (SD) CAG repeats in the abnormal allele was 48.4 (8.7). Total motor score but not the total behavioral score worsens with duration of symptoms. The functional checklist score correlates with total motor score rather than with duration of symptoms. Conclusions: We detail clinical characteristics in genetically confirmed HD patients from a predominantly South Indian cohort. We observed a slightly higher occurrence of Juvenile HD. Functional disabilities in our patients correlate with worsening of motor rather than behavioral symptoms. 相似文献
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The metabolism of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and inositol 1,3,4,5-
tetrakisphosphate in homogenates and sub-fractions from normal rat liver
and premalignant liver nodules was investigated. The activities of
5-phosphatase, expressed as pmol converted substrate per minute and mg
protein, were equal when using the two substrates, and did not differ
between normal and nodular homogenates. Subcellular fractions were purified
by sequential steps of differential centrifugation and density gradient
fractionation procedures. The total phosphatase activity was found to be
distributed between cytosol (15%) and membraneous fractions (75%), with
most of the enzyme activity residing in the plasma membranes. A doubling of
phosphatase specific activity was seen in the nodular low density membrane
fraction, containing Golgi apparatus and endosomes, as compared with normal
liver. Inositol 1,4,5- trisphosphate 3-kinase activity was found to be
exclusively cytosolic. No difference in this enzyme was seen between the
two tissue types studied. Vasopressin (0.2 or 2 microM) had no effect
either on phosphatase or kinase activity. The compartmentalization of
inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase activity presents a possible
explanation of earlier findings that premalignant liver tissue was able to
respond with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, but not inositol 1,3,4,5-
tetrakisphosphate formation after agonist stimulation.
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Nagaraja Sarangmath Rohini Rattihalli Mona Ragothaman Gururaj Gopalkrishna Subbakrishna Doddaballapur Elan D Louis Uday B Muthane 《Movement disorders》2005,20(12):1550-1556
The prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) is low among Indians, except in the Parsis. Data for Indians come from studies using different screening tools and criteria to detect PD. An epidemiological study in India, which has nearly a billion people, more than 18 spoken languages, and varying levels of literacy, requires development and validation of a screening tool for PD. The objectives of this study are to (1) validate a modified version of a widely used screening questionnaire for PD to suit the needs of the Indian population; (2) compare the use of a nonmedical assistant (NMA) with the use of a medical person during screening; and (3) compare the effect of literacy of participants on the validity of the screening tool. The validity of the questionnaire was tested on 125 participants from a home for the elderly. NMAs of similar background and medical personnel administered the modified screening questionnaire. A movement disorder neurologist blind to the responses on the questionnaire, examined participants independently and diagnosed if participants had PD. The questionnaire was validated in the movement disorders clinic, on known PD patients and their family members without PD. In the movement disorders clinic, sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire were 100% and 89%, respectively. Fifty-seven participants were included for analysis. The questionnaire had a higher sensitivity when NMAs (75%) rather than the medical personnel (61%) administered it, and its specificity was higher with the medical personnel (61%) than with NMAs (55% and 25%). The questionnaire had a higher specificity in literates than illiterates, whereas sensitivity varied considerably. The modified questionnaire translated in a local Indian language had reasonable sensitivity and can be used to screen individuals for PD in epidemiological studies in India. This questionnaire can be administered by NMAs to screen PD and this strategy would reduce manpower costs. Literacy may influence epidemiological estimates when screening PD. 相似文献
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Persistent movement disorders following Japanese encephalitis. 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The authors report on movement disorders that persist for a long duration following Japanese encephalitis (JE). Fifteen patients with diagnosed JE were followed up after an interval of 3 to 5 years. Of the four patients with a movement disorder, two were children with severe generalized dystonia in whom MRI revealed bilateral thalamic lesions. The two adult patients had parkinsonism. MRI in both adult patients showed lesions confined to the substantia nigra. Viral antibody and antigen were absent in the CSF of all patients. 相似文献
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Induced drug resistance inhibits selection of initiated cells and cancer development 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Compounds exerting a mitoinhibitory effect on normal hepatocytes are potent
promoters in the resistant hepatocyte model of chemical carcinogenesis in
combination with stimulation of regenerative growth by partial hepatectomy
or treatment with carbon tetrachloride. 2- Acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF)
almost completely inhibits liver cell regeneration after partial
hepatectomy, allowing only resistant cells to participate in regenerative
growth. After initiation by diethylnitrosamine and promotion with 2-AAF and
partial hepatectomy (PH), focal growth of initiated cells generates liver
lesions which occupy 40% of the hepatic volume three weeks after PH. In
this work the mechanism for the anti promoting effects of phenobarbital and
3- methylcholantrene were investigated as well as their effects on the
development of malignant hepatocellular carcinoma in the resistant
hepatocyte model. Treatment with phenobarbital or, especially, 3-
methylcholanthrene rendered normal rat hepatocytes resistant to the
mitoinhibitory effect of 2-AAF. In combination with 2-AAF/PH, 3-
methylcholanthrene shortened the regenerative growth period to less than
one week. In the Solt-Farber protocol for experimental
hepatocarcinogenesis, treatment with phenobarbital or 3- methylcholanthrene
during promotion with 2-AAF/PH permitted hepatocytes surrounding the focal
lesions to respond with regenerative growth. The foci and surrounding liver
grew until the liver/body mass index reached the control value. With
phenobarbital treatment the total focal volume was 20% of the liver volume
three weeks after PH, whereas the corresponding value in the case of
3-methylcholanthrene was only 1%. Labelling index data supported the
conclusion that growth of the liver lesions in the resistant hepatocyte
model was dependent on differential inhibition of normal hepatocyte growth
by the promoter and that the size of the foci obtained was related to the
length of time after PH required to complete liver regeneration.
3-methylcholanthrene induced 2- AAF resistance prevented the development of
large persistent nodules and hepatocellular carcinoma while phenobarbital
delayed cancer development with several month. The data thus supports the
idea that the degree of clonal expansion during promotion determines the
size of the population at risk for malignant transformation, as well as the
final frequency of carcinomas.
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