The cellular localization of the fertility alpha 2-microglobulin in tumors of the reproductive system

Seventy-five samples of human tumors were examined immunohistochemically for fertility alpha-2-microglobulin also known as progesterone-associated protein of the endometrium. The protein was detected in 35.7% (5 of 14) endometrial cancer samples and in 20% (2 of 10) of ovarian malignancies. Tumors of the stomach, colon, breast, lung and some other sites failed to reveal the antigen with the exception of a single case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma which showed the ectopic expression of the protein. Fertility alpha-2-microglobulin is stage-specific tissue marker of the endometrium. It is expressed at the final stage of cell differentiation and is partially lost in cancer.     

Design of the composition of baculovirus agents

The ability of 30 compounds to protect infection bacteria and baculoviruses from the damaging effect of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation was investigated. For this B. thuringiensis var. israelensis spores and gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) nuclear polyhedrosis virus were mixed with different components and exposed to UV irradiation at 0.25 WI cm2 for 60 min. Then spore viability and viral pathogenicity were studied in third instar gypsy moth larvae. The composition comprising sodium alginate, albumin, and ascorbic acid ensured the most effective protection of the viruses and bacteria. These components were shown to provide protection from exposure to UV irradiation even at a low concentration. Their incorporation into biopesticides will assist in enhancing the efficiency of their use.     

The pelvic digit ��eleventh finger��

Described as asymptomatic and an incidental finding on a plain x-ray film, the “pelvic digit” is a rare congenital anomaly. A 35-year-old man is of a rare symptomatic pelvic digit that warranted surgical excision. Its importance lies in its differentiation from acquired abnormalities due to trauma such as myositis ossificans and avulsion injuries of pelvis. If this entity is kept in mind, unnecessary investigations or interventions can be avoided.     

Paraneoplastic phenotype of human gastric glands studied with the AID of CEA of the specific lectin crustacin

Laboratory of Experimental Immunology and Therapy of Tumors and Department of Pathomorphology, P. A. Gertsen Moscow Oncologic Research Institute, and Laboratory of Tissue Conservation and Transfusiology, N. V. Sklifosovskii Emergency Aid Research Institute, Moscow. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR N. K. Permyakov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 109, No. 3, pp. 287–289, March, 1990.     

The role of electropyelo- and electroureterography in assessing operations on the upper urinary tract

Biopotential recording is currently used in patients with urologic diseases to determine the status of the upper urinary tract, to assess the electric activity of detrusor urinae, as additional objective indications while choosing an organ-preserving or organ-removing surgery, to check the effects of direct electric stimulation, to elucidate the magnitude of lesion and its extension. Electropyelo- and electroureterographies were performed by the routine procedures by employing foreign and Soviet-made devices in 76 patients with various urologic diseases resulting in upper urinary contractility: hydronephrosis, neuromuscular dysplasia, vesicoureteral reflux, as well as with other diseases. Electroureterography of the ureteropelvic segment will help choose a correct tactics of surgical therapy for patients with hydronephrosis; in case of markedly lower electric activity, the terms of nephrostoma removal after ureteropelvic plastic operation may be increased up to 2 months, as evidenced both by electropyelographic and clinical findings. Electropyelography was found to contribute to definition of indications for electrostimulation of the renal pelvis when its tension was decreased in patients with urolithiasis, which enabled the nephrostomic drain to be healed subsequently, as well as to assessment of electric stimulation used in postoperative reflux, as confirmed by electroureterographic findings. The findings led to the conclusion that it was advisable to use electropyelo- and electroureterography to choose a method of surgical treatment, electrostimulation and as criteria for recovered urinary contractility.