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Machin GA, Ackerman J, Gilbert-Barness E. Abnormal umbilical cord coiling is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2000; 3:462-71. [PMID: 10890931 DOI: 10.1007/s100240010103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The normal umbilical cord coil index is one coil/5 cm, i.e., 0.2 +/- 0.1 coils completed per cm. We report the frequency and clinical correlations of abnormally coiled cords among 1329 cases referred to our placental pathology services. Twenty-one percent of cords were overcoiled and 13% were undercoiled. Abnormal cord coiling was seen at all gestational ages. Principal clinical correlations found in overcoiled cords were fetal demise (37%), fetal intolerance to labor (14%), intrauterine growth retardation (10%), and chorioamnionitis (10%). For undercoiled cords, the frequencies of these adverse outcomes were 29%, 21%, 15%, and 29%, respectively. Abnormal cord coiling was associated with thrombosis of chorionic plate vessels, umbilical venous thrombosis, and cord stenosis. Thus, abnormal cord coiling is a chronic state, established in early gestation, that may have chronic (growth retardation) and acute (fetal intolerance to labor and fetal demise) effects on fetal well-being. The cause of abnormal cord coiling is not known. Its effects on neurological status of survivors are also unknown. Antenatal detection of abnormal cord coil index by ultrasound could lead to elective delivery of fetuses at risk, thereby reducing the fetal death rate by about one-half. We recommend that the cord coil index become part of the routine placental pathology examination.
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Quintero RA, Morales WJ, Gilbert-Barness E, Claus J, Bornick PW, Allen MH, Ackerman J, Koussef B. In utero diagnosis of trichothiodystrophy by endoscopically-guided fetal eyebrow biopsy. Fetal Diagn Ther 2000; 15:152-5. [PMID: 10781999 DOI: 10.1159/000020995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the prenatal diagnosis of trichothiodystrophy (TTD) through endoscopically-guided fetal eyebrow biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 32-year-old patient, gravida 4, para 3, with a history of 2 previous infants affected with TTD was referred at 17(5)/(7) weeks for fetal hair biopsy. DNA repair studies had been normal in the previous children. Four 1-mm biopsies were obtained from the external aspect of the fetal eyebrows under direct endoscopic guidance. Fetal hair samples were assessed with polarized microscopy, electron microscopy, hematoxylin and eosin staining, and were also sent for analysis of sulfur content (cystine levels). RESULTS The fetal eyebrows were the only adequate source of hair in the early second trimester. The biopsy samples yielded adequate material for all tests. Polarized microscopy showed characteristic banding patterns, but trichoschisis was not apparent. Cystine levels (19 micromol/l) in the biopsy sample were significantly lower than an age-matched (fresh spontaneous abortion) control (368 micromol/l). CONCLUSION Prenatal diagnosis of TTD is possible in the second trimester through endoscopically-guided eyebrow biopsy. An adequate amount of hair is present in the eyebrows by then, and the disease is already manifest. Analysis of sulfur content of the hair samples is preferred over polarized or electron microscopy, as many classic microscopic findings of TTD may not be present in the early second trimester.
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Drach J, Ackerman J, Kaufmann H, Königsberg R, Huber H. Deletions of the p53 gene in multiple myeloma. Br J Haematol 2000; 108:886. [PMID: 10792302 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01908.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Young AM, Ackerman J, Kyle JG. On creating a workable signing environment: deaf and hearing perspectives. JOURNAL OF DEAF STUDIES AND DEAF EDUCATION 2000; 5:186-195. [PMID: 15454512 DOI: 10.1093/deafed/5.2.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This article studies teams of service providers in education and psychiatric services, in which a substantial number of both deaf and hearing people work together as colleagues. It focuses specifically on the challenges involved in cooperatively creating a signing work environment. Using a methodology that draws on the principles of ethnography, it identifies and explores the meaning constructions associated with signing at work, from deaf and hearing perspectives. Data were collected through interviews in three organizations all in the United Kingdom: two specialist psychiatric units for deaf adults and a school for deaf children. Forty-one informants participated (20 deaf, 21 hearing). Results show that from a deaf perspective, hearing people's use of sign language in their presence at work is closely associated with demonstrating personal respect, value, and confidence, and hearing colleagues' willingness to sign is more significant than their fluency. From a hearing perspective, results demonstrate that sign language use at work is closely associated with change, pressure, and the questioning of professional competence. The challenges involved in improving deaf/hearing relations are perceived from a deaf perspective as largely person-centered, and from a hearing perspective as primarily language-centered. The significance of organizational factors such as imbalances in power and status between deaf and hearing colleagues is explored in relation to the findings.
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Ackerman J. A man on a mission. Interview by John McCormack. HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT 1999; 7:40-1, 44, 46-8. [PMID: 10387703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Swanson ED, Sobieraj CL, Ackerman J, Israel HA. Reconstruction of the severely atrophic maxilla in a young adult with periodontosis. THE NEW YORK STATE DENTAL JOURNAL 1999; 65:19-23. [PMID: 10363501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Reconstruction of the atrophic maxilla in a young adult presents unique challenges. This article describes reconstruction in a 30-year-old patient using a two-stage procedure. Bilateral maxillary sinus augmentations with simultaneous corticocancellous grafting to the anterior maxilla and alveolar ridge were performed. Eight endosseous implant fixtures were subsequently placed into the maxilla after a five-month healing phase. Six months later the implants were uncovered, healing abutments placed and a maxillary vestibuloplasty performed. The rationale behind this treatment and a review of the literature are discussed.
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Ackerman J, Gonzalez EF, Gilbert-Barness E. Immunological studies of the placenta in maternal connective tissue disease. Pediatr Dev Pathol 1999; 2:19-24. [PMID: 9841702 DOI: 10.1007/s100249900085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Maternal connective tissue disease is an important cause of second-trimester fetal loss. In order to assess the pathological changes in the placenta in maternal connective tissue disease, we reviewed the clinical histories and performed histologic and immunofluorescence studies on nine placentas: five from mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), two from mothers with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), one from a mother with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and one from a mother without prior known connective tissue disease. Excessive intervillous fibrin deposition and infarction were noted in all cases. Immunofluorescent and immunoperoxidase studies showed deposits of fibrinogen, IgG, IgM, IgA, and complement 3 (C3) localized to the trophoblast basement membrane (TBM). Electron microscopy documented thickening of the trophoblast basal lamina in three SLE placentas examined. The use of immunofluorescence may be enhanced further if antitrophoblast antibodies can be linked to placental compromise.
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Stehbens WE, Wakefield SJ, Gilbert-Barness E, Olson RE, Ackerman J. Histological and ultrastructural features of atherosclerosis in progeria. Cardiovasc Pathol 1999; 8:29-39. [PMID: 10722246 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-8807(98)00023-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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This histological and ultrastructural study of a limited amount of vascular tissue from a progeric woman of 20 years who died of traumatic subdural hemorrhage supports the belief that the vascular changes are atherosclerotic. The unusual features observed were collagen fibrils with a relatively small diameter in the atherosclerotic intima and media, extensive loss of mural smooth muscle cells particularly in the aorta, and widespread contraction bands in smooth muscle cells in vascular and nonvascular tissues. Smooth muscle cells appear to be unusually susceptible to hemodynamic and ischemic stress. Further autopsy studies are required to elucidate the etiology and pathogenesis of this unique disease.
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Kornreich L, Hadar H, Sulkes J, Gornish M, Ackerman J, Gadoth N. Effect of normal ageing on the sites of aortic bifurcation and inferior vena cava confluence: a CT study. Surg Radiol Anat 1998; 20:63-8. [PMID: 9574492 DOI: 10.1007/bf01628118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The object of this retrospective study was to determine the sites of abdominal aortic bifurcation and inferior vena cava confluence in relation to age and sex. The study group comprised 180 subjects (90 males and 90 females) divided into 9 groups by age (in decades). The positions of the aortic bifurcation and the inferior vena cava confluence were evaluated by CT, and linear regression models were fitted to the data. The positions of the aortic bifurcation and venous confluence showed a highly significant downward shift with increasing age (p = 0.0001). The shift was more pronounced in women. The mean site of the aortic bifurcation for the whole group was at lower L4 (range, upper L3 to upper S1); in males, it was at upper L4 (range, upper L3 to upper L5), and in females at lower L4 (range, upper L3 to upper S1). The mean site of the venous confluence for the whole group was at disc L4-L5 (range, lower L3 to upper S1); in males, it was at disc L4-L5 (range, upper L4 to disc L5-S1), and in females at disc L4-L5 (range, lower L3 to upper S1). Thus, the aorta and the inferior vena cava can extend as low as the level of S1. These data are of relevance in laparoscopic procedures, especially in laparoscopic lumbar discectomy.
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Ackerman J, Melendez-Ackerman E, Salguero-Faria J. Variation in pollinator abundance and selection on fragrance phenotypes in an epiphytic orchid. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 1997; 84:1383. [PMID: 21708546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Extraordinary floral variation is common among some orchids that employ deception to attract pollinators. This variation may be maintained by frequency-dependent selection where rare phenotypes are preferred. Over a 2-yr period, 1993-1994, we monitored the reproductive success of Tolumnia variegata, an obligately outcrossing epiphytic orchid, at three localities in Puerto Rico that differed in pollinator service. Plants varied in floral morphology and fragrance characteristics. Artificial arrays of varying frequencies of scentless and fragrant phenotypes were established to test for frequency-dependent selection. Where pollinators were rare (Cambalache, range of census average = 0-0.2 bees/h), 0.9-1.2% of the flowers were effectively visited (pollinarium removals and pollinations). At Tortuguero where 0.4-1.1 bees/h were observed, 4-9.2% of the flowers were visited. At Pi;atnones where bees were the most abundant (1.4-5.2 bees/h), 20.9-25.0% of the flowers were visited. A significant portion of the variance in all measures of reproductive success (male, female, and combined) was explained by differences among populations, which we attribute mostly to variation in pollinator abundance. Neither the fragrance phenotype nor its frequency had a significant effect on success as revealed by a split-plot ANOVA. There was a significant interaction between population and phenotypic frequencies in all our measures of reproductive success, but only for the 1994 flowering season. Thus, variation in floral fragrance phenotypes is not likely maintained by frequency-dependent selection. High levels of variation remain unexplained.
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Ackerman J. Submarine pollination in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina (Zosteraceae). II. Pollen transport in flow fields and capture by stigmas. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 1997; 84:1110. [PMID: 21708666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Flow chamber observations of the filamentous pollen of Zostera marina L. (Potamogetonales) revealed that pollen rotated and moved toward inflorescences where they were captured by stigmas. The mechanics of this abiotic pollination process were examined and found to be related to the flow environment around emergent flowers. The translational movement of pollen was imparted by the advection of the fluid (e.g., pollen kinetic energy, K, ranged from 0.8 x 10-14 to 2.4 x 10-14 J, and the average K of the fluid was _ 0.7 x 10-14 J), while the rotational motion was imparted by the fluid shear stress (tau) within the velocity gradient (e.g., pollen shear stress, sigmat = omegamu where omega is the rotational velocity and mu is the dynamic viscosity, ranged from 3.4 x 10-4 to 26 x 10-4 Pa, and the average fluid shear stress was tau _ 10 x 10-4 Pa; Ackerman, 1997, American Journal of Botany 84: 1099-1109). These results indicate that there is a greater potential for pollination by filamentous pollen relative to spherical pollen. Functionally, while spherical pollen needs to be directly upstream from stigmas to be captured, filamentous pollen need only be in the vicinity of inflorescences and flowers to be captured by stigmas. Thus, in addition to direct interception on stigmas, filamentous pollen can be captured while they rotate past flowers or when they are redirected through the velocity gradient towards flowers. Filamentous pollen is an adaptation to submarine pollination in seagrasses.
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Ackerman J. Submarine pollination in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina (Zosteraceae). I. The influence of floral morphology on fluid flow. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 1997; 84:1099. [PMID: 21708665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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An understanding of the process of submarine pollination should provide insight into the evolutionary and reproductive ecology of the marine angiosperms (seagrasses). The flow around the reproductive organs of the seagrass Zostera marina L. (Potamogetonales) was, therefore, examined in a flow chamber. The phenological emergence of flowers during (1) pollen capture and (2) pollen release, and by fruit during (3) seed release, led to a reduction in flow rate toward the inflorescence. This change in flow due to floral emergence was associated with a 50% increase in the fluid shear stress [tau = (2.2 _ 0.3) x 10-3 Pa for an immature flower vs. tau = (3.1 _ 0.5) x 10-3 Pa for a receptive flower]. The Reynolds number (Re) and fluid shear stress around inflorescences and infructescences were comparable, indicating a dynamic similarity in the processes of pollen capture and fruit dehiscence [Re = 47 _ 5, tau = (1.6 _ 0.3) x 10-3 Pa for inflorescences; Re = 38 _ 5, tau = (1.3 _ 0.1) x 10-3 Pa for infructescences]. These results indicate that the emergence of reproductive organs leads to changes in fluid shear stress, which will affect the release, transport, and capture of particles including pollen. Theoretical considerations of these observations using aerosol-filtration theory suggest that pollen capture in Z. marina occurs through direct interception of pollen by stigmas.
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Ackerman J, Gilbert-Barness E. Malignancy metastatic to the products of conception: a case report with literature review. PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE : JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY, AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PAEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION 1997; 17:577-86. [PMID: 9211550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Breast cancer is rare in adolescent females. Breast cancer metastatic to the products of conception is equally uncommon. We describe a 15-year-old girl who at 30 weeks of gestation was diagnosed with metastatic adenocarcinoma of probable breast origin. The placenta showed extensive intervillous disease. Metastatic disease within the intervillous space indicates hematogenous dissemination of cancer and a poor prognosis for the mother. The infant is almost always free of maternal disease unless there is villous invasion. Hormonal changes or immunotolerance by the mother may be involved in the pathogenesis. All placentas in which maternal malignancy is known or suspected should be examined grossly and microscopically.
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Ackerman J, Gilbert-Barness E. Suspended rocking cradles, positional asphyxia, and sudden infant death. ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 1997; 151:573-5. [PMID: 9193241 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170430039008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the risk of unexpected death in infants who are placed in suspended rocking cardles. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Ten cases of sudden infant death and 5 cases of infant asphyxia with successful resuscitation reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission were analyzed. The death scene investigation reports and autopsy material were made available for evaluation. All 15 cases implicated a suspended head-to-toe rocking cradle. RESULTS Infants were aged 3 months or younger and were found in the facedown prone position when discovered. The cradle was tilted at greater than 5 degrees, and the head was wedged at one end of the cradle. A locking pin was not used in 14 cases. Ten of the 15 infants died. The autopsy reports listed sudden infant death syndrome as the cause of death. CONCLUSIONS Suspended rocking cradles represent a potentially lethal sleeping environment and should not be used without a locking pin in place. Infants should be placed in the supine position for sleep.
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Ackerman J, Gilbert-Barness E. Brachmann-de Lange syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1997; 68:367-8. [PMID: 9024574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Ackerman J, Chau V, Gilbert-Barness E. Pathological case of the month. Congenital muscular torticollis. ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 1996; 150:1101-2. [PMID: 8859148 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170350103020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ackerman J. Outsourcing provides option to field your team of MCO pros. HEALTH MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY 1996; 17:17-9. [PMID: 10159585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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van Bemmel JH, Kloss LL, Owens RL, Smith C, Amatayakul M, Aldrich N, Carlson D, Bohlmann RC, Waegemann CP, Ackerman J. IS outlook '96: predictions & predilections. Roundtable discussion. HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS : THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 1996; 13:30-2, 34, 36 passim. [PMID: 10153748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Musings from some of the leading national and international HIT organizations make it clear that the need for a computer-based patient record is approaching the critical point. Half of our respondents identified the CPR as the single most important technology in 1996. One of our participants goes so far as to say that the era prior to the electronic medical record will one day be remembered as the "paper age." Progress in the development of standards--crucial to the CPR--could be dramatic this year, say experts from two of the major standards organizations. For a look at these issues and others, including key government policies to watch this year, read on.
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Ackerman J, Emmanuel PJ, Gilbert-Barness E. Pathological case of the month. Systemic cat-scratch disease. ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 1995; 149:821-2. [PMID: 7540915 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170200111020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ackerman J, Baunoch DA, Gimotty P, George J, Lane MA, Dawson PJ. The role of p53 mutations in bilateral breast carcinoma. Mod Pathol 1995; 8:244-8. [PMID: 7617647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mutations of the tumor suppressor gene p53 have been implicated in certain familial cases of breast cancer. We examined a series of 38 cases of nonfamilial bilateral breast cancer using antibodies CM1 and DO7 to p53 wild-type and mutant protein (Novocastra Laboratories) by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method. The two antibodies reacted similarly. Mutant p53 protein was detected in 17 of 76 (22%) tumors but in only 3 of 38 (8%) paired tumors. There were no significant differences in p53 expression between synchronous (< 12 mos) and metachronous tumors (29% vs 17%, P = 0.09) or between first and second tumors (14% vs 26%, P = 0.29). Mutant p53 was detected bilaterally in one metachronous and two synchronous cases, which were amplified and sequenced and two synchronous cases, which were amplified and sequenced by polymerase chain reaction and single strand confirmation polymorphism. One synchronous case showed a bilateral mutation in exon 2-3; the other had a bilateral mutation in exon 8-9. In the metachronous case, a mutation could be demonstrated in only one breast. Analysis of all tumors demonstrated that when p53 protein is overexpressed in the first tumor, there is a 60% probability of overexpression in the second, whereas if absent from the first, it is unlikely to be present in the second. These data suggest that p53 mutations do not play a major role in the pathogenesis of bilateral disease in most women.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Breast Neoplasms/chemistry
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/genetics
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- DNA Primers/chemistry
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Exons
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Genes, p53/genetics
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/analysis
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
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Ackerman J, McKeown P, Gunasekaran S, Spicer D. Pathological case of the month. Cardiac fibroma. ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 1995; 149:199-200. [PMID: 7849884 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170140081014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Ackerman J. Competition turns to United Healthcare for technology edge. Interview by Carolyn Dunbar and Michael L. Laughlin. COMPUTERS IN HEALTHCARE 1993; 14:36, 38-9, 42. [PMID: 10124404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Joel Ackerman serves as director of advanced technologies for Minneapolis-based ProviderLink, an electronic claims software subsidiary of United Healthcare Corporation. United Healthcare is a managed-care company that owns and operates 19 fee-for-service and capitated health maintenance organizations in 15 states serving almost two million members. In addition, United Healthcare has subsidiary operations selling services to more than 80 other Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and indemnity and HMOs--including its competitors. These services include managing departments such as pharmacy, providing specialized contract clinics like mental health or chemical dependency, performing utilization-review services, and providing computer outsourcing such as enrollment and electronic claims processing. Ackerman has been involved in both American National Standards Institute (ANSI) efforts and the Health and Human Service's Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).
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Alters SE, Shizuru JA, Ackerman J, Grossman D, Seydel KB, Fathman CG. Anti-CD4 mediates clonal anergy during transplantation tolerance induction. J Exp Med 1991; 173:491-4. [PMID: 1899105 PMCID: PMC2118801 DOI: 10.1084/jem.173.2.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Depletion of CD4+ cells using anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies leads to allograft tolerance. Here we show that anti-CD4-mediated tolerance to pancreatic islets of Langerhans transplanted from an A/J (IEk) donor to a diabetic C57B1/6 (B6) (IE-) recipient occurs in the absence of clonal deletion of the potentially IE-reactive V beta 11+ T cells. Instead, a state of clonal anergy is induced in both the CD4+V beta 11+ and CD8+V beta 11+ T cell subsets. This clonal anergy can be partially overcome in vitro by the addition of recombinant interleukin 2.
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Devaskar UP, deMello DE, Ackerman J. Effect of maternal administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone or DN1417 on functional and morphologic fetal rabbit lung maturation and duration of survival after premature delivery. BIOLOGY OF THE NEONATE 1991; 59:346-51. [PMID: 1908325 DOI: 10.1159/000243370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Though maternal treatment with thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) for prevention of hyaline membrane disease has been utilized, precise mechanisms of TRH in accelerating fetal lung maturation remain unclear. We studied the effect of maternally administered TRH or DN1417 (an analog of TRH) on functional and morphologic fetal rabbit lung maturation and the duration of survival after premature delivery. Because DN1417 retains the neurotransmitter but not the neuroendocrine effects of TRH, this study enables us to determine which of these effects was responsible for enhancement of lung maturation. TRH or DN1417 (0.2 mg/kg/dose) or saline was injected intravenously into New Zealand White rabbit does 48, 36, 24, 12 and 2 h prior to sacrifice on day 27 of gestation. Functional pulmonary maturity was assessed by pressure-volume hysteresis, and morphologic maturity was assessed by histologic technique. Maternal administration of TRH or DN1417 enhanced both functional and morphologic fetal lung maturation as well as the duration of neonatal survival after premature delivery. We propose that the effect of TRH in fetal lung maturation is due to neurotransmitter rather than neuroendocrine effects.
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Ackerman J. Computer imaging: today's practice-expanding tool. CDS REVIEW 1990; 83:32-3, 73. [PMID: 2383888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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