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Chung HJ, Chen KK, Lin AT, Chang YH, Wu HH, Hsu TH, Chiu AW, Chang LS. Is renal function at the tumor side a prognostic factor in ureteral transitional cell carcinoma? Urol Int 1998; 59:166-9. [PMID: 9428433 DOI: 10.1159/000283054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether the ipsilateral renal function on the tumor side is a prognostic factor in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the ureter. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 129 consecutive patients with ureteral TCC between September 1973 and July 1993 at our hospital. There were 98 males and 31 females aged from 31 to 84 years (mean 64.9). Of them, 126 patients who received intravenous pyelography (IVP) were divided into 3 groups according to their radiological findings (group 1: nonvisualization of kidney at tumor side; group 2: hydronephrosis or hydroureter; group 3: no obstruction). Eighty patients receiving radionuclide (131I-hippuran) renal function test (RRFT) with available effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) were divided into 2 groups using ipsilateral ERPF 50 ml/min as a cutoff value (group 1: < 50 ml/min; group 2: > or = 50 ml/min). The mean survival of each group was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS For patients receiving IVP, the mean survivals were 61.7, 99.7 and 83.8 months for groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively, and the differences between each 2 of the 3 groups were statistically significant (p < 0.05). For patients having RRFT, the mean survivals were 65.8 months for group 1 and 89.2 months for group 2 patients, and the difference between them was statistically significant (p < 0.05). When renal function, tumor number, grade, stage and type of treatment were analyzed using a multivariate method, only tumor stage was statistically significant as a prognostic factor. CONCLUSION Ipsilateral renal function at the tumor side is not a good prognostic factor for patients with ureteral TCC. However, when the stage of tumor is not available, renal function at the tumor side may provide an implication of the patient's prognosis.
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- H J Chung
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Chuang YC, Chen KK, Chang KM, Lin AT, Chang YH, Wu HH, Chang LS. The route of seminal vesicle involvement in adenocarcinoma of prostate: lymphaticovascular or local extension? Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 1997; 59:95-98. [PMID: 9175298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adenocarcinoma of the prostate with seminal vesicle involvement indicates a rather poor prognosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the route of seminal vesicle involvement via lymphaticovascular or local extension, as a possible way which may determine the extent of disease as systemic or local. METHODS In a retrospective study of 32 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for localized cancer of the prostate, medical records and imaging studies were reviewed, and the histopathological slides of the resected specimens were rechecked. RESULTS Of 32 patients, 12 (37.5%) had seminal vesicle involvement. Seven patients had involvement of bilateral seminal vesicles and five had unilateral involvement. Tumor cells invaded the muscle portion of seminal vesicle from the adjacent prostatic tissues in all 12 patients. Four of the seven patients with involvement of bilateral seminal vesicles developed bony metastasis 7 to 12 months after operation. No patient with unilateral involvement of seminal vesicle was found to have disease progression to bony metastasis during follow-up for as long as 39 months. CONCLUSIONS The route of seminal vesicle involvement in prostate cancer was through local extension in all of our patients. Involvement of bilateral seminal vesicles may have more chances to develop bony metastasis than unilateral involvement. Further study with a large number of patients is necessary to clarify the issue regarding the route of seminal vesicle involvement in adenocarcinoma of prostate.
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- Y C Chuang
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Chen SS, Chen KK, Lin AT, Chang YH, Wu HH, Hsu TH, Chang LS. The significance of serum alkaline phosphatase bone isoenzyme in prostatic carcinoma with bony metastasis. Br J Urol 1997; 79:217-20. [PMID: 9052473 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.30613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical significance of serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP). ALP bone isoenzyme (ALPb) and prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in predicting bony metastasis in prostatic carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS The levels of serum ALP, ALPb and PSA were assessed in 32 patients with prostatic carcinoma and bony metastasis (group 1), 31 with prostatic carcinoma without bony metastasis (group 2), and 31 with benign prostatic hyperplasia (group 3). Bony metastases were detected using whole-body bone scintigraphy and ALPb was estimated electrophoretically before surgical or medical treatment. The levels of the three markers were compared for their ability to predict bony metastasis. RESULTS In groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively, the mean (SD) serum levels of ALP were 304 (322.2), 76.6 (47.5) and 63.8 (14.7) IU/L, of ALPb were 79.9 (76.9), 23.6 (9.9) and 25.3 (9.0) IU/L and of PSA were 478.1 (352.2), 46.9 (32.1) and 8.1 (1.8) ng/mL. The differences in serum ALP and ALPb between groups 1 and 2, and between groups 1 and 3 were significant (P < 0.05), but not those between groups 2 and 3. The positive predictive value (PPV) for bony metastasis in patients with prostatic carcinoma was 91.3% (21/23) and 100% (18/18) and the negative predictive value (NPV) was 71.8% (28/39) and 68.9% (31/45) for ALP and ALPb, respectively. CONCLUSION Both serum ALP and ALPb were increased significantly in patients with prostatic carcinoma with bony metastasis. The level of ALPb had a higher PPV and specificity for bony metastasis than had the level of ALP, but a lower NPV and sensitivity than ALP or PSA (at PSA levels > 20 ng/mL).
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- S S Chen
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Zhao M, Wu HH, Weng Y. [Radionuclide scintigraphy in etiologic diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding in children]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 1997; 77:47-9. [PMID: 9596978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the role of radionuclide scintigraphy in etiologic diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding in children, especially in detecting the cases of Meckel's diverticulum or double intestine. METHODS 99mTc-pertechnetate abdominal scintigraphy was undertaken in 26 children with history of gastrointestinal bleeding. Additional 99mTc-RBC scintigraphy was performed in 12 cases who gave a negative 99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphy as they had the signs of active bleeding. The final diagnosis of all cases was proved by surgery and pathology or endoscopy. RESULTS In detecting Meckel's diverticulum and double intestine, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 99mTc-Pertechnetate scintigraphy were 85. 7% (12/14), 91.7% (11/12) and 88.5% (23/26) respectively. CONCLUSION Radionuclide scintigraphy may be the first procedure to explore the etiology in the lower digestive tract.
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- M Zhao
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical University, Wuhan
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Wu HH, Tao LC, Cramer HM. Vimentin-positive spider-shaped Kupffer cells. A new clue to cytologic diagnosis of primary and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Am J Clin Pathol 1996; 106:517-21. [PMID: 8853042 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/106.4.517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The identification of Kupffer cells highlighted by positive immunostaining for vimentin on direct smears was found to play an important role in the diagnosis of primary and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. The Kupffer cell, identified by vimentin staining, is spider- or star-shaped with multiple elongated and slender cytoplasmic processes. Direct smears obtained by fine-needle aspiration biopsy from 14 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma and 15 cases of metastatic carcinoma were stained with vimentin. The cytologic diagnoses were verified by histologic and/or clinical follow-up. All 14 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, including 9 primary and 5 metastatic, contained significant number of vimentin-positive spider cells within tumor clusters. There were at least three spider cells present within each tumor cluster, involving at least 50% of the tumor clusters. The spider cells were not only found in the well-differentiated type but also in the poorly differentiated and pleomorphic large cell types of the hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the tumor cells from 15 metastatic carcinomas contained no or few spider cells in the tumor clusters. The presence of numerous vimentin-positive spider-shaped Kupffer cells within tumor clusters constitutes strong evidence in favor of a diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- H H Wu
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202-5280, USA
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Chen SS, Chen KK, Lin AT, Chang YH, Wu HH, Hsu TH, Chang LS. The significance of tumour grade in predicting disease progression in stage Ta transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Br J Urol 1996; 78:209-12. [PMID: 8813915 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.10511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the significance of tumour grade in predicting disease progression in stage Ta transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder. PATIENTS AND METHODS From August 1975 to January 1991, 140 patients (121 men and 19 women, mean age 64.2 years, range 30-83) with stage Ta TCC of the urinary bladder were treated at the Veterans General Hospital-Taipei by transurethral resection and post-operative adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy. There were 48 patients (34%) with grade 1, 78 patients (56%) with grade 2 and 14 patients (10%) with grade 3 tumours. Disease progression and muscle invasion were assessed during a mean follow-up of 74.3 months and related to grade, urine cytology and the number and location of tumours. RESULTS A total of 10 patients (7%) had tumour recurrence which invaded the muscle, of whom one had grade 1, six had grade 2 and three had grade 3 tumours. The patient with a grade 1 tumour developed muscle invasion within 16 months of surgery. The mean interval to the development of muscle invasion was 49.2 months in patients with grade 2 and 39.4 months with grade 3 tumour. In patients with stage Ta TCC, a grade 3 tumour was more likely to progress to muscle invasion (21%) than was a grade 1 (2.1%; P < 0.05) or grade 2 (7.7%; P < 0.05) tumour. One patient with a grade 2 and one patient with grade 3 tumour developed distant metastases without muscle invasion. Overall, the disease progression rate was 8.6% (12/140) in stage Ta TCC. Disease progression was more common with grade 3 (28.5%) than with grade 2 (9.0%; P < 0.05) and grade 1 (2.1%; P < 0.05) tumours. CONCLUSION Tumour grade may be used to predict disease progression after resection of stage Ta urinary bladder cancer. A higher grade of tumour was associated with a higher incidence of disease progression.
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- S S Chen
- Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- H H Wu
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Wu HH, Zhou R. [Care of barium meal treatment for newborn vomiting]. Zhonghua Hu Li Za Zhi 1995; 30:556-7. [PMID: 8716081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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AIMS To investigate the differences in biological properties, multiplication patterns, and cytopathic effects between type 1 and type 2 herpes simplex virus (HSV) through the replication of HSV in cultured normal human keratinocytes. METHODS Keratinocytes were obtained from surgical specimens of normal gingiva, cervix, trunk skin, and newborn foreskin. They were cultured in serum free, chemically defined, culture medium and infected with a pool of HSV collected from clinical specimens. RESULTS The reproductive patterns of HSV type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV type 2 (HSV-2) differed from each other regardless of the anatomical source of the cultured cells. This was made evident by the dissimilarity of their growth curves and cytopathic effects. The growth curve of HSV-2 showed a more or less continuously rising titre, whereas HSV-1 titres varied substantially at different time intervals. The cytopathic effects induced by HSV-1 infection took 24 more incubation hours than those induced by HSV-2 infection to manifest. During the early stages, the cytopathic changes of the two viruses looked different. However, all cultured cells, whether cultured with HSV-1 or HSV-2, eventually became small and globular in shape. The infective titres of both HSV-1 and HSV-2 were higher in infected cultured cervix than in infected cultured normal gingiva. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that each serotype of HSV has its own unique replication pattern in human keratinocytes regardless of the cell origin.
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- S J Su
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical College Hospital, Taiwan
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The adult pattern of axonal connections from the eye to the brain arises during development through the refinement of a roughly ordered set of connections. In the chick visual system, refinement normally results in the loss of the ipsilateral retinotectal connections. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis reduced the loss of these transient connections. Because nitric oxide is expressed by tectal cells with which retinal axons connect and because reduction of nitric oxide synthesis by tectal cells resulted in a change in the connections of retinal axons, nitric oxide probably serves as a messenger from tectal cells back to retinal axons during development.
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- H H Wu
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Wu HH, Wilcox GL, McLoon SC. Implantation of AtT-20 or genetically modified AtT-20/hENK cells in mouse spinal cord induced antinociception and opioid tolerance. J Neurosci 1994; 14:4806-14. [PMID: 8046451 PMCID: PMC6577164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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AtT-20 cells, which make and release beta-endorphin, or AtT-20/hENK cells, an AtT-20 cell line transfected with the human proenkephalin gene and secreting enkephalin as well as presumably beta-endorphin, were implanted in mouse spinal subarachnoid space. Cell implants did not affect the basal response to thermal nociceptive stimuli. Administration of isoproterenol, believed to stimulate secretion from these cells, produced antinociception in groups receiving AtT-20 or AtT-20/hENK cell implants but not in control groups receiving no cells. The antinociceptive effect of isoproterenol was dose related and could be blocked by the opioid antagonist naloxone. Implantation of these cells offers a novel approach for the study of tolerance. Mice receiving AtT-20 cell implants developed tolerance to beta-endorphin and the mu-opioid agonist DAMGO, whereas mice receiving genetically modified AtT-20/hENK cell implants developed tolerance to the delta-opioid agonist DPDPE. Genetically modified AtT-20/hENK cell implants, but not AtT-20 cell implants, reduced the development of acute morphine tolerance in the host mice. This finding is consistent with the suggestion that enkephalin alters development of opioid tolerance. These results suggest that opioid-releasing cells implanted around mouse spinal cord can produce antinociception and may provide an alternative therapy for chronic intractable pain.
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- H H Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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We have analyzed the mechanism by which M protein interacts with components of the viral envelope during Sendai virus assembly. Using recombinant vaccinia viruses to selectively express combinations of Sendai virus F, HN, and M proteins, we have successfully reconstituted M protein-glycoprotein interaction in vivo and determined the molecular interactions which are necessary and sufficient to promote M protein-membrane binding. Our results showed that M protein accumulates on cellular membranes via a direct interaction with both F and HN proteins. Specifically, our data demonstrated that a small fraction (8 to 16%) of M protein becomes membrane associated in the absence of Sendai virus glycoproteins, while > 75% becomes membrane bound in the presence of both F and HN proteins. Selective expression of M protein together with either F or HN protein showed that each viral glycoprotein is individually sufficient to promote efficient (56 to 73%) M protein-membrane binding. Finally, we observed that M protein associates with cellular membranes in a time-dependent manner, implying a need for either maturation or transport before binding to glycoproteins.
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- C M Sanderson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1747
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Wu HH, Kawamata H, Wang DD, Oyasu R. Immunohistochemical localization of transforming growth factor alpha in the major salivary glands of male and female rats. Histochem J 1993; 25:613-8. [PMID: 8226101 DOI: 10.1007/bf00157875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The three major salivary glands of normal male and female Fischer 344 rats of different ages were examined for the localization of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) by immunohistochemical staining. EGF was demonstrated only in the granulated convoluted tubule (GCT) cells of the submandibular gland, the results confirming the previous reports, and most abundantly in adult males and pregnant females. TGF alpha stain was localized in all three glands and was found throughout the entire duct system, excluding acinar cells. The myoepithelial cells of the sublingual gland were also reactive with the TGF alpha antibody. The specificity of the staining was confirmed by negative staining reaction with the absorbed antibody and by radio-immunoassay and Western blot methods. This is the first report describing the presence of TGF alpha in the rat salivary glands.
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- H H Wu
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Wu HH, Kawamata H, Kawai K, Lee C, Oyasu R. Immunohistochemical localization of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor alpha in the male rat accessory sex organs. J Urol 1993; 150:990-3. [PMID: 8345628 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)35671-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We examined the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) in the prostate (ventral, lateral, dorsal lobes), coagulating gland and seminal vesicle of Fisher 344 adult male rats by immunohistochemical and radioimmunoassay methods. Immunohistochemically demonstrable EGF was localized in the luminal secretion only of the dorsal lobe of the prostate. Reactive TGF alpha was localized in the lateral lobe (100% of epithelial cells), dorsal lobe (about 40% of the epithelial cells) and seminal vesicle (100% of epithelial cells), but not in the coagulating gland or ventral lobe of the prostate. Radioimmunoassay also demonstrated a measurable amount of TGF alpha in the lateral lobe (194 pg./gm. wet weight) and seminal vesicle (74 pg./gm.). Assayable EGF was demonstrated at much higher levels in all prostate lobes (ranging from 1.2 micrograms./gm. wet weight in the ventral lobe to 26.4 micrograms./gm. in the dorsal lobe) and wet weight in the ventral lobe to 26.4 micrograms./gm. in the dorsal lobe) and the seminal vesicle (0.9 micrograms./gm.). This is the first report describing the presence of immunoreactive TGF alpha and EGF in the male accessory sex organs.
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- H H Wu
- Departments of Pathology and Urology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008
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Wu HH, McLoon SC, Wilcox GL. Antinociception following implantation of AtT-20 and genetically modified AtT-20/hENK cells in rat spinal cord. J Neural Transplant Plast 1993; 4:15-26. [PMID: 8110861 PMCID: PMC2565249 DOI: 10.1155/np.1993.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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AtT-20 cells, which produce beta-endorphin, and AtT-20/hENK cells, which are AtT-20 cells transfected with a proenkephalin gene, were implanted in the rat spinal subarachnoid space in an effort to produce an antinociceptive effect. Host rats were tested for antinociceptive activity by standard nociceptive tests, tail flick and hot plate. Although cell implants had minimal effect on the basal response to thermal nociceptive stimuli, administration of the beta 2-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol produced antinociception in the cell-implanted group but not in the control group. The antinociceptive effect of isoproterenol was dose-related and could be blocked by the opioid antagonist naloxone. Immunohistochemical analysis of spinal cords revealed the presence of enkephalin-negative cells surrounding the spinal cord of rats receiving AtT-20 cell implants, and enkephalin-positive cells surrounding the spinal cord of rats receiving AtT-20/hENK cell implants. These results suggest that opioid-releasing cells implanted around rat spinal cord can produce antinociception and may provide an alternative therapy for chronic pain.
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- H H Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Yamamoto M, Wu HH, Momose H, Rademaker A, Oyasu R. Marked enhancement of rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis by heat-killed Escherichia coli. Cancer Res 1992; 52:5329-33. [PMID: 1394138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Chronic urinary tract infection is an important risk factor for the development of carcinoma in the human urinary bladder. To test the effect of chronic persistent inflammation on bladder carcinogenesis, we instilled heat-killed Escherichia coli (1 x 10(8) cells suspended in 0.5 ml of phosphate-buffered 2.1% NaCl solution) twice a week into the heterotopically transplanted rat urinary bladders in which carcinogenesis was initiated by a single dose (0.25 mg) of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. When compared with the control animals, the rats treated with killed E. coli showed significantly enhanced bladder tumorigenesis, as reflected by an increase in the incidence of tumor (P = 0.05) and a 6- to 40-fold increase in the number of tumors per bladder (P less than 0.0001). The tumors were characterized by intraepithelial clusterings of neutrophils and by chronic inflammation and marked capillary proliferation in the tumor stroma. All of these features were rare in tumors in the control groups. The accelerated cell proliferation induced by killed E. coli treatment appears to play a significant role in the enhancement of tumorigenesis.
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- M Yamamoto
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008
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Chiu AW, Chen MT, Chang LS, Huang JK, Chen KK, Lin AT, Lee YH, Lee LM, Chang YH, Wu HH. Prophylactic bladder neck incision in the treatment of small benign prostatic hyperplasia. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 1990; 45:22-5. [PMID: 1697496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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From May 1986 to January 1989, a total of 178 patients with small prostate (less than 20 grams) received transurethral resection for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Twenty-two patients (12.4%) developed bladder neck contracture with an average interval of 247 days. The prophylactic bladder neck incision was performed concomitantly with transurethral resection of the prostate on 72 patients. Although smaller adenoma (average weight: 11.4 grams) was resected in this group, the bladder neck contracture occurred in 4 patients (5.6%), compared to 18 contractures in 106 patients (16.9%) who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate alone for larger adenoma (14 grams), P value less than 0.05. The operation time, peri-operative morbidity and hospital stay were similar in these two groups. It appeared that prophylactic bladder neck incision could protect against the formation of bladder neck contracture in patients with small obstructing prostatic adenoma.
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- A W Chiu
- Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, R.O.C
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Wu HH, Chen MY, Lee YH, Lin TL, Lin SN, Chen KK, Yin JH, Huang JK, Chang LS. Urodynamic studies in primary nocturnal enuresis. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 1988; 41:227-32. [PMID: 3179809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Wang HS, Pang Y, Jiang GD, Wu HH. [Infantile papular dermatitis of the dorsum manus]. Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 1986; 8:27-31. [PMID: 2943440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hammerman C, Zaia W, Wu HH. Severe hyponatremia with indomethacin--a more serious toxicity than previously realized? Dev Pharmacol Ther 1985; 8:260-7. [PMID: 4028919 DOI: 10.1159/000457045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Five low-birth-weight neonates, ranging from 580 to 1,430 g, developed clinically significant hyponatremia (less than 130 mg/dl) within 48 h after being given indomethacin for patent ductus arteriosus closure. The extent of this hyponatremia is much more severe than previously reported. This group of infants is compared to another group of 5 patients who received indomethacin but did not develop severe hyponatremia. Several possible explanations for the observed differences are explored.
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Chen SH, Hwang LY, Wu HH, Huang SZ, Chen CH, Lee TC. Serum thyroxine, triiodothyronine, T3 uptake and thyroid stimulating hormone concentrations in infancy, childhood, adolescence and pediatric thyroid disorders. Taiwan Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1980; 79:379-86. [PMID: 6931185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Sadove MS, Schmidt G, Wu HH, Katz D. Indirect blood-pressure measurement in infants: a comparison of four methods in four limbs. Anesth Analg 1973; 52:682-9. [PMID: 4736867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Zahed B, Sadove MS, Hatano S, Wu HH. Comparison of automated Doppler ultrasound and Korotkoff measurements of blood pressure of children. Anesth Analg 1971; 50:699-704. [PMID: 5165420 DOI: 10.1213/00000539-197150050-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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