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Félix A, Rosa JC, Fonseca I, Cidadão A, Soares J. Laminin and collagen IV in pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma: an immunohistochemical study. Hum Pathol 1999; 30:964-9. [PMID: 10452510 DOI: 10.1016/s0046-8177(99)90251-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Laminin and collagen have been studied in several tumor types and their immunomorphological expression correlated with tumor morphogenesis, local invasiveness, and metastatic behavior. In a series of 53 cases of pleomorphic adenomas (PA) and 16 cases of carcinomas ex-pleomorphic adenoma (Ca ex-PA), we investigated by immunohistochemistry the distribution pattern of laminin (lam) and collagen IV (col IV) at the basement membrane (BM) and the interstitial compartments, and their potential relationship with the metastatic behavior of Ca ex-PA. At the BM compartment, lam and col IV were expressed in 37 and 41 of all cases, respectively. In PA, there were lam and col IV around cell aggregates in 47.2% and 56.6% of the cases, respectively, and around isolated cells in 30.2% and 26.4%, respectively. In Ca ex-PA cases, both antigens were expressed in 56.3% and in 18.8% of the cases around cell aggregates and isolated cells, respectively. At the interstitial compartment, the fibro-hyaline matrix contained few lam in PA (19.2%) in contrast to Ca ex-PA (75%), including the benign areas of the neoplasms (90%), being the difference statistically significant (P < .001). In the Ca ex-PA group, a statistically significant difference was found on col IV deposits around tumor cell aggregates between metastasizing and nonmetastasizing neoplasms (P < .001). These findings support that laminin and collagen IV are involved in the process of malignant transformation of pleomorphic adenomas and their biological progression.
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Pinto AE, André S, Soares J. Short-term significance of DNA ploidy and cell proliferation in breast carcinoma: a multivariate analysis of prognostic markers in a series of 308 patients. J Clin Pathol 1999; 52:604-11. [PMID: 10645231 PMCID: PMC500952 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.8.604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AIM To determine the importance of tumour DNA ploidy and cell proliferation, as measured by the S phase fraction (SPF), in relation to other established clinicopathological indicators of prognosis in breast cancer. METHODS A prospective study of 308 patients. Tumours were staged following the TNM system criteria and were classified according to the histological type and grade. DNA flow cytometry was performed on fresh/frozen samples stained with propidium iodide. Hormone receptors were analyzed by immunocytochemistry. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was used for statistical evaluation of the prognostic factors. RESULTS Median follow up time was 39.6 months (range 3 to 84). A DNA diploid pattern was found in 134 tumours (43.5%) and aneuploid in 174 (56.5%). Median SPF value was 6.1% (range 1% to 27.8%). DNA ploidy and SPF were strongly correlated (p < 0.001), and both were related to histological type (p < 0.001), grade of differentiation (p < 0.001), tumour size (p = 0.006 and p = 0.002), and hormone receptor activity (p < 0.001). DNA ploidy was also related to node status (p = 0.022), but SPF was not. In univariate analysis, there were significant correlations between disease-free survival and age, histological grade, tumour size, node status, DNA ploidy, SPF, and hormone receptor activity; age, tumour size, node status, DNA ploidy, and hormone receptors were predictors of overall survival. In multivariate analysis, only node status (p = 0.001) and DNA ploidy (p = 0.006) retained independent prognostic significance in relation with overall survival, while node status (p < 0.001) and SPF (p < 0.001) were predictors of disease-free survival. DNA ploidy and SPF continued to predict disease-free and overall survival in lymph node positive (pN1) patients but not in the lymph node negative (pN0) group. CONCLUSIONS DNA ploidy and SPF are strongly intercorrelated and have independent prognostic value for predicting the short term clinical outcome of breast carcinoma patients.
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Cravo M, Lage P, Albuquerque C, Chaves P, Claro I, Gomes T, Gaspar C, Fidalgo P, Soares J, Nobre-Leitão C. BAT-26 identifies sporadic colorectal cancers with mutator phenotype: a correlative study with clinico-pathological features and mutations in mismatch repair genes. J Pathol 1999; 188:252-7. [PMID: 10419591 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9896(199907)188:3<252::aid-path354>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Microsatellite instability (MSI) is present in most colorectal cancers (CRC) associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). MSI testing in so-called sporadic forms of CRC may become a useful tool in identifying new HNPCC kindred. The aim of this study was to analyse the utility of BAT-26 as a marker to identify CRCs with MSI and to investigate whether sporadic CRCs with MSI have a phenotypic expression similar to HNPCC cases. MSI was detected using two methods, an association of 7 poly(CA) repeats and a poly(A) repeat alone, BAT-26, in a series of 62 patients with apparently sporadic forms of CRC. Germ-line and somatic mutations in the hMSH2, hMLH1, and hMSH6 genes were analysed in patients with MSI+ tumours. Patients with MSI+ at poly(CA) loci and at BAT-26 were younger (p=0.024 and p=0.002), had tumours more frequently right sided (p=0.017 and p=0.0001) and more often mucinous (p=0.037 and p=0.005, respectively) than patients with MSI negative tumours. Mutation analysis allowed the identification of two patients carrying germ-line mutations in the hMLH1 gene (both were BAT-26+) and two other patients who had somatic mutation in the hMSH2 and in hMLH1 genes. In conclusion, the detection of MSI using poly(CA) repeats or BAT-26 alone allowed the identification of a subset of patients with clinico-pathological characteristics similar to those associated to HNPCC. BAT-26 has the advantage of being a simple and less expensive method that might be used as a screening procedure before mutation analysis.
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Soares J, Holmes PV, Renner KJ, Edwards GL, Bunnell BN, Dishman RK. Brain noradrenergic responses to footshock after chronic activity-wheel running. Behav Neurosci 1999; 113:558-66. [PMID: 10443782 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.3.558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Effects of physical activity on brain noradrenergic response to footshock were examined. Male Fischer 344 rats were randomly assigned to shoebox cages with (AW) or without (SED) 24-hr access to an activity wheel for 4-5 weeks. Extracellular levels of norepinephrine (NE) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-acetic acid (DOPAC) in the brain frontal cortex were measured in 20-min samples of microdialysate taken during a 2-hr baseline, 40 min of scrambled footshock, and a 1-hr recovery. Levels of messenger RNA (mRNA) for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), c-fos, and prepro-galanin in the locus coeruleus were measured by in situ hybridization histochemistry with autoradiographic analysis. NE levels were the same for SED and AW rats at baseline but were elevated in SED compared with AW during and after footshock. Levels of mRNA for TH and c-fos were elevated after footshock but did not differ between SED and AW. Our findings suggest that wheel running blunts NE release in the brain frontal cortex in response to footshock but does not influence expression of the gene that encodes TH in the locus coeruleus.
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Queimado L, Lopes C, Du F, Martins C, Fonseca I, Bowcock AM, Soares J, Lovett M. In vitro transformation of cell lines from human salivary gland tumors. Int J Cancer 1999; 81:793-8. [PMID: 10328235 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990531)81:5<793::aid-ijc21>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Explanted cells from salivary gland tumors are particularly difficult to propagate in vitro and not efficiently immortalized by agents such as simian virus 40. Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) has been widely used to transform cells of epithelial origin, but its use for salivary gland cell transformation has not been described. In this study, we employed viral constructs containing the E6/E7 genes of HPV16 to infect and stably transform 9 salivary gland tumor cell cultures. Four of the tumor cell cultures were derived from benign tumors and 5 from malignant tumors. All of the original cell cultures were diploid; however, 6 contained subpopulations of cells with structural abnormalities. All 9 cell cultures were successfully transformed, and 8 were immortalized. The resulting cell lines have decreased serum requirements, exhibit a high proliferation rate, are E6/E7-positive and form colonies in soft agar. Immuno-histochemical and molecular studies confirmed that the transformed cells were indeed epithelial/myoepithelial in origin. All of the transformed cell lines had a diploid or near-diploid karyotype, and 2 contained the original translocated chromosomes in all cells. Our report represents a new application of the E6/E7 system in immortalizing salivary gland cell cultures, resulting in retention of the cellular features found in the native tissue without a general destabilization of the karyotype. These types of tissue culture resources should prove useful for positional cloning and functional studies of genes involved in salivary gland oncogenesis.
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Queimado L, Lopes C, Du F, Martins C, Bowcock AM, Soares J, Lovett M. Pleomorphic adenoma gene 1 is expressed in cultured benign and malignant salivary gland tumor cells. J Transl Med 1999; 79:583-9. [PMID: 10334569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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The pleomorphic adenoma gene 1 (PLAG1) is activated by reciprocal chromosomal translocations involving 8q12 in a subset of salivary gland pleomorphic adenomas. PLAG1 encodes a zinc finger protein and was initially reported to be expressed in placenta and fetal tissues, with no detectable expression in other normal adult tissues. By Northern blotting we have detected PLAG1 expression in a wide set of normal adult tissues, including heart, placenta, spleen, prostate, testis, ovary, and small intestine. We have performed reverse transcriptase-PCR and Northern blot analyses to study the expression of PLAG1 in normal salivary gland tissues and in primary cultures and cell lines derived from salivary gland tumors. PLAG1 was expressed in all tumor-derived primary cultures and cell lines, irrespective of their histological type or the presence of genomic rearrangements involving PLAG1, but was not detected by our assays in normal salivary glands. Our data indicate that the presence or absence of PLAG1 expression is not an unequivocal marker for the differential diagnosis of benign versus malignant salivary gland tumors, and that a simple de novo activation of this gene does not fully explain the involvement of this gene in salivary gland tumors.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoma, Pleomorphic/genetics
- Alternative Splicing
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Line
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Salivary Gland Neoplasms/genetics
- Salivary Gland Neoplasms/pathology
- Salivary Glands/cytology
- Salivary Glands/metabolism
- Tissue Distribution
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Roque L, Serpa A, Clode A, Castedo S, Soares J. Significance of trisomy 7 and 12 in thyroid lesions with follicular differentiation: a cytogenetic and in situ hybridization study. J Transl Med 1999; 79:369-78. [PMID: 10211989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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In a group of benign and malignant follicular thyroid lesions, previously analyzed by conventional cytogenetics, single- and double-target fluorescence in situ hybridization studies with pericentromeric probes specific for chromosomes 7 and 12 were performed, by using isolated nuclei from paraffin-embedded specimens of: 11 goiters, 21 adenomas, 9 follicular carcinomas, and adjacent normal thyroid tissue. Nonisotopic in situ hybridization with the same probes was used in 4-microm histologic sections of four follicular carcinomas. By fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis, the percentage of goiters, adenomas, and follicular carcinomas with gains of No. 7 was 18.2%, 52.4%, and 66.0%, respectively, and with gains of No. 12 was 9.0%, 42.9%, and 66.0%, respectively. The percentage of the same lesions (goiters, adenomas, carcinomas) exhibiting polysomies of No. 7 and No. 12, as assessed by cytogenetic analysis, was 5.0% and 0.0%, 20.0% and 20.0%, and 15.8% and 10.5%, respectively. Numerical alterations of these chromosomes were not observed in normal tissue. These findings reveal that gain of chromosomes 7 and 12 is a characteristic of the morphologically altered thyroid tissue; polysomies of chromosomes 7 and 12 are more frequent in thyroid lesions than it can be detected by conventional cytogenetic studies; the increasing frequency of polysomies of chromosomes 7 and 12 from hyperplastic lesions to benign and malignant tumors seem to substantiate the existence of a multistep pathway, ie, normal thyroid --> goiter --> adenoma --> follicular carcinoma in the pathogenesis of some thyroid neoplasms.
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Soares J, Pinto AE, Cunha CV, André S, Barão I, Sousa JM, Cravo M. Global DNA hypomethylation in breast carcinoma: correlation with prognostic factors and tumor progression. Cancer 1999. [PMID: 9921982 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990101)85:1<112::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The global DNA methylation of 136 breast lesions (117 primary invasive carcinomas, 5 benign phyllodes tumors, 11 fibroadenomas, and 3 sclerosing adenosis) and their respective adjacent parenchyma was analyzed using an in vitro enzyme assay. METHODS In the group of patients with breast carcinoma, DNA hypomethylation was correlated with clinical and pathologic parameters known to affect disease prognosis. Histopathologic type, disease stage, and tumor grade were evaluated according to the World Health Organization classification, the TNM system, and the criteria of Elston and Ellis' criteria, respectively. DNA flow cytometry was performed in fresh/frozen samples stained with propidium iodide. Hormone receptor (estrogen and progesterone receptor) status was determined by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS The comparative study of DNA methylation showed that the DNA of breast carcinomas was statistically significantly less methylated than the DNA of the respective adjacent parenchyma (P=0.0001), the DNA of breast benign lesions (P=0.0002), and the DNA of normal parenchyma (P < 0.0001). A statistically significant correlation was found between the global DNA hypomethylation and the disease stage (P=0.0009), tumor size (P=0.0026), and histologic grade (P=0.0097) of malignant neoplasms. A trend for DNA from breast carcinomas with positive axillary lymph nodes (N1) to be more hypomethylated than those without nodal involvement (NO) (P=0.055) was verified. In contrast, no significant association was found between DNA methylation and histologic type of tumors, hormone receptors, DNA ploidy, and S-phase fraction. CONCLUSIONS The current shows that DNA hypomethylation is increased in breast carcinomas, playing a potentially important role in tumor development. These findings also suggest that DNA methylation status may be a biologic marker with prognostic significance in this group of neoplasms.
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Duarte J, Magalhaes J, Monteiro L, Almeida-Dias A, Soares J, Appell HJ. Exercise-Induced Signs of Muscle Overuse in Children. Int J Sports Med 1999. [DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-970273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pinto AE, Fonseca I, Soares J. The clinical relevance of ploidy and S-phase fraction determination in salivary gland tumors: a flow cytometric study of 97 cases. Cancer 1999; 85:273-81. [PMID: 10023692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The authors studied a series of 97 consecutive cases of salivary gland tumors to investigate the correlation between the biologic parameters DNA ploidy and S-phase fraction (SPF) and the presumptive behavior of the neoplasms, as well as their potential clinical utility. METHODS Histopathologic classification and grading of the tumors were evaluated according to 1991 World Health Organization criteria. DNA analysis was performed by flow cytometry in fresh material after propidium iodide staining. Clinical data and follow-up information were obtained from the clinical charts. RESULTS All the 71 benign salivary tumors showed a DNA diploid pattern. Seven carcinomas (7.2%) exhibited DNA aneuploidy. Eleven (42.3%) of 26 malignant tumors were considered low grade carcinomas, all of them being DNA diploid. Of the remaining 15 tumors, classified as high grade carcinomas, 7 showed DNA aneuploidy. SPF values ranged from 0.6% to 27.7%. A statistically significant difference was found between the mean SPF values of benign and malignant tumors, diploid and aneuploid tumors, and low grade and high grade carcinomas. When a cutoff value of 3% was used to discriminate histopathologic subgroups with prognostic impact, a significant difference was found between benign and malignant salivary tumors, high grade and low grade carcinomas, and high grade and benign tumors (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The data from this study confirm the low incidence of DNA aneuploidy in salivary gland tumors and suggest the potential utility of SPF estimation in evaluating the clinical behavior of these neoplasms.
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Dallender J, Nolan P, Soares J, Thomsen S, Arnetz B. A comparative study of the perceptions of British mental health nurses and psychiatrists of their work environment. J Adv Nurs 1999; 29:36-43. [PMID: 10064280 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00858.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This comparative study of the perceptions of mental health nurses and psychiatrists about aspects of their work environment was undertaken in the West Midlands in England. The aim of the study was to ascertain the extent to which the environment in which mental health professionals' work impacts on their own mental and physical well-being. Seventy-four psychiatrists and 301 mental health nurses responded to a postal questionnaire. Analysis of data indicated that significant differences exist between nurses and psychiatrists in their working conditions, their physical working environment, their sources of support with a work-related problem, and the effects of their work on their own mental and physical health. The main recommendation derived from this study was to improve communication between mental health professionals and their managers by giving more structured feedback and guidance about one's work performance. This may help to alleviate the mental strain many mental health professionals experience in their work.
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Queimado L, Soares J. Molecular alterations in salivary gland tumors. Am J Surg Pathol 1998; 22:1163-5. [PMID: 9737252 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199809000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Thomsen S, Dallender J, Soares J, Nolan P, Arnetz B. Predictors of a healthy workplace for Swedish and English psychiatrists. Br J Psychiatry 1998; 173:80-4. [PMID: 9850208 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.173.1.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few studies have attempted to analyse the organisational aspects of the workplace that may affect the well-being of psychiatrists and even fewer have offered insights into what a positive workplace might look like. This study provides an outline of such a workplace, with reference to individual and organisational factors. In addition, a comparison is made between two European cities to check for cultural differences. METHOD Three hundred and eighty psychiatrists from Stockholm and Birmingham responded to a previously tested questionnaire on their work environment. RESULTS Predictors of a positive workplace for psychiatrists were: high self-esteem, satisfactory support with work-related problems, lower perceived workload, positive view of leadership, low work-related exhaustion and having a sense of participation in the organisation. There were few cultural differences. CONCLUSIONS Measures should be taken to improve leadership skills for managers, to offer more support for work-related problems, and to allow psychiatrists to participate more in the organisation.
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Nobre-Leitão C, Lage P, Cravo M, Cabeçadas J, Chaves P, Alberto-Santos A, Correia J, Soares J, Costa-Mira F. Treatment of gastric MALT lymphoma by Helicobacter pylori eradication: a study controlled by endoscopic ultrasonography. Am J Gastroenterol 1998; 93:732-6. [PMID: 9625118 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.215_a.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Previous studies have demonstrated a link between Helicobacter pylori infection and low grade B-cell gastric MALT lymphoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication in 17 patients with low grade B-cell gastric MALT lymphoma stage EI. METHODS For disease staging EUS and CT scan were systematically performed. Eight patients were excluded from the present series because stage EII disease was diagnosed. To demonstrate B-cell monoclonality, immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction were used. H. pylori eradication was performed with triple therapy. RESULTS H. pylori was eradicated in all patients after first (n = 15) or second line (n = 2) treatment. Histologic regression of lymphoma was observed in all patients after a median period of 2 mo. Disappearance of monoclonality according to polymerase chain reaction took significantly longer (7 mo). At the end of the study, four of 16 patients still exhibited persistent monoclonal bands. Relapse of lymphoma occurred in two patients associated with H. pylori reinfection/recrudescence. CONCLUSION Eradication of H. pylori seems to be an effective therapy in patients with stage EI gastric MALT lymphoma, although long-term results are still uncertain. Endoscopic ultrasonography is useful for a more accurate staging of the disease. The clinical significance of detecting monoclonality by polymerase chain reaction remains to be determined.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Anti-Ulcer Agents/therapeutic use
- Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use
- Endosonography
- Female
- Helicobacter Infections/complications
- Helicobacter Infections/drug therapy
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/diagnostic imaging
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/microbiology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Omeprazole/therapeutic use
- Prospective Studies
- Recurrence
- Stomach Diseases/drug therapy
- Stomach Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Stomach Neoplasms/microbiology
- Stomach Neoplasms/pathology
- Stomach Neoplasms/therapy
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Pereira AD, Suspiro A, Chaves P, Saraiva A, Glória L, de Almeida JC, Leitão CN, Soares J, Mira FC. Short segments of Barrett's epithelium and intestinal metaplasia in normal appearing oesophagogastric junctions: the same or two different entities? Gut 1998; 42:659-62. [PMID: 9659160 PMCID: PMC1727110 DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.5.659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endoscopic diagnosis of short segments of Barrett's epithelium (SSBE)' is difficult and its meaning in terms of the presence of specialised columnar epithelium (SCE) has not been prospectively evaluated. AIMS To evaluate the prevalence of SCE in patients with an endoscopic diagnosis of SSBE and in individuals with normal appearing oesophagogastric junctions, and to compare the clinical characteristics of these two groups. PATIENTS Thirty one patients with an endoscopic diagnosis of short Barrett's oesophagus, less than 3 cm in length (group A), and 44 consecutive patients with normal appearing oesophagogastric junctions (group B). METHODS Multiple biopsies were performed in suspicious epithelium and at the oesophagogastric junction in groups A and B, respectively. RESULTS Age and sex distribution were similar in both groups. Reflux symptoms were more frequent in group A (p < 0.001), as were endoscopic and histological signs of oesophagitis (p < 0.001 and p = 0.001, respectively). SCE was found in 61.3% of group A patients compared with 25% in group B (p < 0.002), with men predominating in group A while women were more frequent in group B (p = 0.02). The differences in reflux symptoms and endoscopic/histological oesophagitis remained significant. CONCLUSIONS These results show that endoscopic diagnosis of SSBE is associated with a high prevalence of SCE, significantly higher than that found in normal appearing oesophagogastric junctions. Differences between patients with SCE in the two groups suggest they may represent two different entities.
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Roque L, Soares J, Castedo S. Cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization studies in a case of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1998; 103:7-10. [PMID: 9595037 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(97)00302-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cytogenetic analysis of a case of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma revealed multiple numerical and structural chromosomal changes, including a der(9) add(9)(p22)hsr(9)(p?). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies performed to identify the genetic nature of this derivative chromosome showed that both the additional material and the hsr region were composed of only chromosome 9 sequences and that the C-ABL oncogene was not one of the genes harbored at the hsr region. We suggest that amplification of gene(s) located at chromosome 9, other than the C-ABL, may play a significant role in anaplastic evolution of thyroid carcinomas.
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Roque L, Clode A, Belge G, Pinto A, Bartnitzke S, Santos JR, Thode B, Bullerdiek J, Castedo S, Soares J. Follicular thyroid carcinoma: chromosome analysis of 19 cases. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1998; 21:250-5. [PMID: 9523201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Short-term cultures of 19 follicular thyroid carcinomas were examined cytogenetically. Clonal chromosomal changes were detected in 12 tumors. Two follicular carcinomas had only numerical alterations: one with a hyperdiploid karyotype with trisomies/polysomies of chromosomes 7 and 12, similar to the karyotypes previously identified in a sub-group of benign thyroid lesions, and the other with monosomy 20. In the remaining ten cases several structural chromosome anomalies were found. Loss of the short arm of chromosome 3 was observed in one tumor. In two widely invasive and metastasizing follicular carcinomas there was a t(7;8)(p15;q24) as the sole abnormality in one case and a der(8)t(7;8)(p15;q24) together with other cytogenetic alterations in the other case. This finding suggests that t(7;8)(p15;q24) may be related to an aggressive behavior of follicular thyroid carcinomas.
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Belge G, Roque L, Thode B, Fonseca E, Soares J, Clode A, Bartnitzke S, Castedo S, Bullerdiek J. [Cytogenetic changes in benign thyroid gland hyperplasias and adenomas correlated with histology]. VERHANDLUNGEN DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FUR PATHOLOGIE 1998; 81:151-6. [PMID: 9474866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In order to elucidate cytogenetic changes associated with the development of benign growth of follicular epithelial cells of the thyroid, cytogenetic analyses were performed on 340 follicular thyroid adenomas and goiters after short-term culture. Clonal chromosome changes were found in 67 cases. Trisomy 7 as the sole abnormality or along with other trisomies was the most frequent type of aberration (19 cases). Other recurrent numerical changes were loss of chromosome 22 (4 cases) and the second X or the Y chromosome (5 cases). Translocations involving 19q13 (12 cases) were frequent structural chromosome changes. After a histopathological classification of all cases, we have correlated the cytogenetic findings with the histology of the tumors. Only 8.4% of the goiters showed clonal abnormalities whereas 44.9% of the adenomas revealed clonal abnormalities. Furthermore, simple clonal changes were predominantly found in goiters and complex changes in adenomas. The most impressive correlation was found in the group of lesions with trisomy 7: Whereas all but one lesion with one or two additional trisomies were goiters, those having three or more additional trisomies were all adenomas or adenomatous goiters.
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Costa T, Ramsby G, Cassia F, Peters KR, Soares J, Correa J, Quelce-Salgado A, Tsipouras P. Grebe syndrome: clinical and radiographic findings in affected individuals and heterozygous carriers. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1998; 75:523-9. [PMID: 9489798 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980217)75:5<523::aid-ajmg13>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Grebe syndrome is a recessively inherited acromesomelic dysplasia. We studied, clinically and radiographically, 10 affected individuals, originating from Bahia, Brazil. The phenotype is characterized by a normal axial skeleton and severely shortened and deformed limbs, with a proximo-distal gradient of severity. The humeri and femora were relatively normal, the radii/ulnae and tibiae/fibulae were short and deformed, carpal and tarsal bones were fused, and several metacarpal and metatarsal bones were absent. The proximal and middle phalanges of the fingers and toes were invariably absent, while the distal phalanges were present. Postaxial polydactyly was found in several affected individuals. Several joints of the carpus, tarsus, hand, and foot were absent. Heterozygotes presented with a variety of skeletal manifestations including polydactyly, brachydactyly, hallux valgus, and metatarsus adductus. Grebe syndrome is caused by a missense mutation in the gene encoding cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein-1.
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MESH Headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple/diagnosis
- Abnormalities, Multiple/diagnostic imaging
- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Arthrography
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- Child
- Dwarfism/diagnosis
- Dwarfism/diagnostic imaging
- Dwarfism/genetics
- Female
- Foot Deformities, Congenital/diagnosis
- Foot Deformities, Congenital/diagnostic imaging
- Foot Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Growth Differentiation Factor 5
- Growth Substances/genetics
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/diagnosis
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/diagnostic imaging
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Humans
- Joints/abnormalities
- Limb Deformities, Congenital/diagnosis
- Limb Deformities, Congenital/diagnostic imaging
- Limb Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation/genetics
- Pedigree
- Polydactyly/diagnosis
- Polydactyly/diagnostic imaging
- Polydactyly/genetics
- Syndrome
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Belge G, Roque L, Soares J, Bruckmann S, Thode B, Fonseca E, Clode A, Bartnitzke S, Castedo S, Bullerdiek J. Cytogenetic investigations of 340 thyroid hyperplasias and adenomas revealing correlations between cytogenetic findings and histology. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1998; 101:42-8. [PMID: 9460499 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(97)00057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cytogenetic analyses were performed on 340 follicular thyroid adenomas and goiters after short-term culture. Clonal chromosomal changes were found in 67 cases. Trisomy 7 as the sole abnormality or along with other trisomies was the most frequent type of aberration (19 cases). Other recurrent numerical changes were loss of chromosome 22 (4 cases) and the second X or the Y chromosome (5 cases). Translocations involving 19q13 (12 cases) were frequent structural chromosomal changes. Dicentric chromosomes or telomeric associations were frequent in goiters (12 cases). After a histopathologic classification of all cases, we have correlated the cytogenetic findings with the histology of the tumors. Only 8.4% of the goiters showed clonal abnormalities, whereas 44.9% of the adenomas revealed clonal abnormalities. Furthermore, simple clonal changes were predominantly found in goiters and complex changes in adenomas. The most impressive correlation was found in the group of lesions with trisomy 7. Although all but one lesion with one or two additional trisomies were goiters, those having three or more additional trisomies were all adenomas or adenomatous goiters.
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Queimado L, Reis A, Fonseca I, Martins C, Lovett M, Soares J, Parreira L. A refined localization of two deleted regions in chromosome 6q associated with salivary gland carcinomas. Oncogene 1998; 16:83-8. [PMID: 9467946 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1201480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Deletions within chromosome 6 (6q25 to 6qter) are the most consistent structural change observed in salivary gland carcinomas. To better define the location of these deletions we investigated loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for 23 polymorphic markers within 19 salivary gland carcinomas covering several histological subtypes. LOH was observed in 47% of tumors, confirming previous reports that such losses are frequent and occur in almost all histological subtypes of tumors. The highest frequency of LOH was found at, or distal to, D6S437. Seven tumors had allelic losses for D6S297 and/or D6S37. A second peak of loss was also observed at D6S262 and D6S32. In some tumors we observed LOH in one or the other of these two regions. In other tumors we observed loss of both regions with retention of intervening loci. These data suggest that two small deletions commonly occur, one between D6S262 and D6S32 (estimated to cover less than 1.5 Mb) and another between D6S297 and D6S446 (estimated to cover approximately 2 Mb). These results extend previous studies by sublocalizing the regions of LOH and suggest that inactivation of one or more tumor suppressor genes located in these regions may be an important step in salivary gland carcinogenesis.
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Arida RM, Naffah-Mazzacoratti MDG, Soares J, Cavalheiro EA. Monoamine responses to acute and chronic aerobic exercise in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. SAO PAULO MED J 1998; 116:1618-24. [PMID: 9699384 DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31801998000100005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to compare the plasma and serum monoamine levels in sedentary, untrained normotensive and hypertensive men at rest with levels measured after an acute bout of exercise and to compare similar measurements following a 12-week aerobic training program. PLACE OF STUDY: The data obtained for this study was collected from a clinic for the prevention of heart disease and cardiac rehabilitation (FITCOR) and analyzed in the Federal University of São Paulo (EPM), Laboratory of Experimental Neurology. SUBJECTS Two groups of untrained male subjects, i.e., normotensive (N = 16) and hypertensive (N = 19), were submitted to an acute bout of exercise to analyze the acute effect of exercise on the monoamine levels. To study the chronic effect of exercise (physical training program), some individuals of each group were arranged in two other groups; normotensive (N = 11) and hypertensive (N = 8). MEASUREMENT Plasma catecholamines and serum serotonin levels were determined by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection. RESULTS A significant reduction in diastolic blood pressure at rest was observed in the hypertensive group after the physical training program (p < 0.05). Only the mean plasma noradrenaline concentration increased significantly post-exercise in all groups of individuals (acute effect of exercise--p < 0.01 for untrained normotensive and hypertensive; chronic effect of exercise--p < 0.001 for untrained and trained normotensive, p < 0.01 for untrained and trained hypertensive). CONCLUSION These data show the beneficial effect of physical exercise in reducing the blood pressure in hypertensive patients, which does not seem to be related to changes in circulating monoamines.
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Warthin's tumour is a peculiar subtype of monomorphic adenomas of the salivary glands, frequently cystic, and that characteristically associates an epithelial glandular cell component to a dense lymphoid infiltrate. Short-term cultures from 12 Warthin's tumours of salivary glands, including 5 previously reported cases were successfully karyotyped and clonal numerical and/or structural changes were detected in 7 of them (58%). 3 cases showed numerical abnormalities with loss of chromosomes Y (2 cases) and X (1 case). The remaining 4 abnormal cases presented the following structural changes: complex translocation t(11;19;16)(q21;p12;p13.3); reciprocal translocations t(6;8)(p23;q22) and t(6;15)(p21;q15) (2 cases); and 1p22, 3p26, 11p13 changes. In 1 case, clonal numerical deviations (+ 7 and -Y) were concurrent with the structural rearrangement t(6;8). Two of these aberrations are suggested to be Warthin's tumour-associated: 11q;19p translocation has already been described in 3 cases, and structural rearrangements of 6p23 have also been reported in another case. Our study extends the cytogenetic information about Warthin's tumour and identifies two recurrent abnormalities --6p rearrangements and t(11;19)--specific for this salivary neoplasm.
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Rosa JC, Félix A, Fonseca I, Soares J. Immunoexpression of c-erbB-2 and p53 in benign and malignant salivary neoplasms with myoepithelial differentiation. J Clin Pathol 1997; 50:661-3. [PMID: 9301549 PMCID: PMC500110 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.8.661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AIM To evaluate whether the immunoexpression of c-erbB-2 and p53 is involved in the pathogenesis and progression of salivary tumours with myoepithelial differentiation. METHODS 233 tumours from 211 patients were studied. These included 76 primary and 24 recurrent adenocarcinomas (polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma, 13; epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, 19; adenoid cystic carcinoma, 56; and basal cell adenocarcinoma, 12) and 133 pleomorphic adenomas and myoepitheliomas, 96 being primary and the remaining recurrent tumours. All cases were formalin fixed and paraffin wax embedded. A StrepABC peroxidase method and polyclonal c-erbB-2 and p53 specific antisera were used. RESULTS Cell membrane staining of c-erbB-2 was not found in any benign or malignant tumour. There was p53 protein accumulation in one primary and one recurrent pleomorphic adenoma and in 10 adenocarcinomas (polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma, one; epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, one; adenoid cystic carcinoma, five; and basal cell adenocarcinoma, three), three of them being recurrences. CONCLUSIONS The c-erbB-2 and p53 proteins are not involved in the pathogenesis of pleomorphic adenoma and myoepithelioma and do not constitute biomarkers in assessing the risk of recurrence. c-erbB-2 is not involved in the genesis of low grade salivary neoplasia with myoepithelial differentiation. The percentage of this type of neoplasia with p53 accumulation is low (10%) and does not appear to be related to tumour recurrence.
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