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Kato T, Chen JT, Katase K, Hirai Y, Hasumi K, Ogata E, Shiraki Y, Shiraki M. Effect of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 on loss of bone mineral density immediately after artificial menopause. Endocr J 1997; 44:299-304. [PMID: 9228466 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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To evaluate the effects of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 (1 alpha(OH)D3), a series of clinical trials, preventive and therapeutic, were performed in an open label manner in women immediately after oophorectomy. The series included a total of 121 oophorectomized subjects, whose lumbar bone mineral density (L2-4BMD) was followed by the use of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. (1) Preventive trial: 61 women who had undergone premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy, were divided into 3 groups (Group C: control; Group L: 0.25 micrograms 1 alpha (OH)D3/day; Group H: 0.50-0.75 micrograms 1 alpha (OH)D3/day). The changes in BMD and chemical indices were followed up for one year. (2) Therapeutic trial: the trial included 60 premenopausally oophorectomized subjects having L2-4BMD lower than the normal control level minus 1SD which has been reported in age-matched normal Japanese women. These subjects were divided into 3 groups and treated in the same way as in the preventive trial. In the preventive trial, L2-4BMD decreased by 8.2%, 6.5% and 4.5% in groups C, L and H, respectively, at 12 months of treatment, whereas in the therapeutic trial, L2-4BMD decreased by 3.6%, 3.2% and 0.8% in the groups C, L and H, respectively, at 12 months of treatment. In conclusion, 1 alpha(OH)D3 was found to be effective both to prevent the bone loss subsequent to bilateral oophorectomy and improve low bone mass after oophorectomy.
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Takano M, Aida H, Tsuneki I, Takakuwa K, Hasegawa I, Tanaka H, Saito M, Tsuji S, Sonoda T, Hatae M, Chen JT, Takahashi K, Hasegawa K, Toyoda N, Saito N, Yakushiji M, Araki T, Tanaka K. Mutational analysis of BRCA1 gene in ovarian and breast-ovarian cancer families in Japan. Jpn J Cancer Res 1997; 88:407-13. [PMID: 9197534 PMCID: PMC5921420 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00397.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We analyzed the alteration of BRCA1 in DNA obtained from 83 individuals of 13 Japanese site-specific ovarian cancer families and 6 breast-ovarian cancer families. Six germline mutations were detected in 7 families, which consisted of 4 breast-ovarian cancer and 3 site-specific ovarian cancer families, by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis, followed by direct sequence determination. The mutations included three frameshifts, two nonsense mutations, and one missense mutation causing loss of a zinc-binding motif. The frequency of loss of heterozygosity at the microsatellite markers on the BRCA1 gene was 57% (8 of 14 cases) in site-specific ovarian cancer families, and 100% (6 of 6 cases) in breast-ovarian cancer families. All tumors of the patients carrying a mutation of BRCA1 showed deletion of wild-type alleles, implicating BRCA1 as a tumor suppressor gene. These results suggest that germline mutations of the BRCA1 gene play an important role in the carcinogenesis of breast and/or ovarian cancer in a majority of breast-ovarian cancer families and in some site-specific ovarian cancer families.
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Krieger N, Chen JT, Ebel G. Can we monitor socioeconomic inequalities in health? A survey of U.S. health departments' data collection and reporting practices. Public Health Rep 1997; 112:481-91. [PMID: 10822475 PMCID: PMC1381926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential for and obstacles to routine monitoring of socioeconomic inequalities in health using U.S. vital statistics and disease registry data, the authors surveyed current data collection and reporting practices for specific socioeconomic variables. METHODS In 1996 the authors mailed a self-administered survey to all of the 55 health department vital statistics offices reporting data to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to determine what kinds of socioeconomic data they collected on birth and death certificates and in cancer, AIDS, and tuberculosis (TB) registries and what kinds of socioeconomic data were routinely reported in health department publications. RESULTS Health departments routinely obtained data on occupation on death certificates and in most cancer registries. They collected data on educational level for both birth and death certificates. None of the databases collected information on income, and few obtained data on employment status, health insurance carrier, or receipt of public assistance. When socioeconomic data were collected, they were usually not included in published reports (except for mothers educational level in birth certificate data). Obstacles cited to collecting and reporting socioeconomic data included lack of resources and concerns about the confidentiality and accuracy of data. All databases, however, included residential addresses, suggesting records could be geocoded and linked to Census-based socioeconomic data. CONCLUSIONS U.S. state and Federal vital statistics and disease registries should routinely collect and publish socioeconomic data to improve efforts to monitor trends in and reduce social inequalities in health.
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Thompson DJ, Wenger LE, Chen JT. Inducing the paramagnetic Meissner effect in Nb disks by surface ion implantation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:16096-16100. [PMID: 9985683 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.16096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chen JT, Hosoda K, Hasumi K, Ogata E, Shiraki M. Serum N-terminal osteocalcin is a good indicator for estimating responders to hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res 1996; 11:1784-92. [PMID: 8915787 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650111123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To estimate the response to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by bone metabolic markers, 36 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis or osteopenia were studied to assess the correlation between percent baseline changes in lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) after 12 months and those in various bone metabolic markers after 3, 6, and 12 months of HRT. All the patients were treated with 0.625 mg of conjugated estrogen and 2.5 mg of medroxyprogesterone per day and continued for 12 months. BMD was significantly increased up to 4.19 +/- 0.87% after 6 months and 4.93 +/- 1.27% after 12 months of HRT (p = 0.0001 by analysis of variance). In accordance with this, changes in the levels of osteocalcin (p = 0.041), alkaline phosphatase (p = 0.0001), N-terminal osteocalcin (p = 0.0001), urinary excretion of pyridinoline/Cr (p = 0.0001), and deoxypyridinoline/Cr (p = 0.0001) were significantly decreased, respectively. Among these bone metabolic markers, only the change in the serum N-terminal osteocalcin at 3 months (r = 0.557, p = 0.0022), at 6 months (r = 0.470, p = 0.0184), and at 12 months (r = 0.545, p = 0.0061) significantly correlated with the change in BMD 12 months after HRT. The elution profiles of immunoreactive osteocalcin-related molecules in serum fractionated by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography revealed that the N-terminal fragment as well as the intact osteocalcin molecule decreased after 3 months of HRT. These results demonstrate that N-terminal osteocalcin is a suitable predictor for estimating good responders to HRT in postmenopausal women.
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Chen HH, Chen JT, Tsai H. Site-directed mutagenesis of cysteinyl residues in aspartase of Escherichia coli. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 799:70-3. [PMID: 8958076 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb33180.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Chen JT, Lane MA, Clark DP. Inhibitors of the polymerase chain reaction in Papanicolaou stain. Removal with a simple destaining procedure. Acta Cytol 1996; 40:873-7. [PMID: 8842159 DOI: 10.1159/000333994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify inhibitors of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) within Papanicolaou stain and to develop a method of removal. STUDY DESIGN PCR was performed on cellular digests of archival, Papanicolaou-stained cervical smears and unstained cervical smears using primers to the human beta-globin gene to determine if Papanicolaou stain inhibited the reaction. Next, in order to identify the specific reagents responsible for inhibition, components of the Papanicolaou stain were added to PCRs performed on purified human genomic DNA. Finally, PCR was performed on cellular digests of cervical smears that had been destained using 1% HCl to determine if the inhibitors of PCR were removed. RESULTS Cellular digests from Papanicolaou-stained cervical smears did not yield products from PCR, whereas cellular digests from unstained cervical smears always yielded PCR products. Analysis of individual Papanicolaou stain reagents revealed inhibition of PCR by hematoxylin and aluminum sulfate. These inhibitors could be removed from Papanicolaou-stained cervical smears by destaining the slides with 1% HCl. CONCLUSION The hematoxylin and aluminum sulfate within Papanicolaou stain inhibit PCR but can be removed from Papanicolaou-stained cytologic specimens using a simple destaining procedure.
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Lin JC, Hsu CY, Jan JS, Chen JT. Malignant hemangiopericytoma of the floor of the mouth: report of a case and review of the literature. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1996; 54:1020-3. [PMID: 8765393 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-2391(96)90405-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Rod-coil block copolymers are self-assembling polymers that combine the physics of orientational ordering of rodlike polymers and the microphase separation of coil-coil block copolymers. Several new solid-state morphologies were observed in a series of anionically synthesized model poly(hexyl isocyanate-b-styrene) rod-coil diblock copolymers examined by transmission electron microscopy and selected-area electron diffraction. The rod-coils formed smectic C-like and O-like morphologies with domain sizes ranging from tens of nanometers to almost 1 micrometer. Both structural and orientational changes were found for increasing rod volume fractions. In addition, some morphologies exhibited spontaneous long-range orientational order over many tens of micrometers.
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Ling DC, Chen JT, Wenger LE. Microwave-induced dc voltages in a YBa2Cu3O7- delta single crystal. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:15300-15304. [PMID: 9983327 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.15300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Eanes WF, Kirchner M, Taub DR, Yoon J, Chen JT. Amino acid polymorphism and rare electrophoretic variants of G6PD from natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 1996; 143:401-6. [PMID: 8722791 PMCID: PMC1207272 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/143.1.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Identifying the amino acid changes responsible for electrophoretic variants is essential to understanding the significance of allozyme polymorphism in adaptation. The amino acid mutations responsible for the common G6PD allozyme polymorphisms in Drosophila melanogaster have been recently described. This study characterizes the amino acid changes associated with 11 rare electrophoretic G6PD variants. The 11 rare electrophoretic variants result from six independent amino acid mutations. The in vivo function of the rare variants was determined in an earlier study and most variants fell into one of two function classes. It is shown here that the function of the rare variants reflects the state of the Pro/Leu mutation responsible for the A/B allozyme polymorphism in each variant. Two mutations destabilize quaternary structure resulting in shifts from tetrameric dimeric alleles, and one of these also results in a variant with in vivo function intermediate to A and B. That mutation is an aspartic-acid-to-asparagine change that is two residues away from the Pro/Leu polymorphism responsible for the A/B dimertetramer quaternary shift. Structure-function relationships based on studies of human G6PD deficiency-associated mutations predict that these last two amino acid changes fall within the protein domain responsible for NADP binding.
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Liu FS, Ho ES, Lai CR, Chen JT, Shih RT, Yang CH, Tsao CM. Overexpression of p53 is not a feature of ovarian granulosa cell tumors. Gynecol Oncol 1996; 61:50-3. [PMID: 8626117 DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The p53 tumor suppressor gene has been extensively studied in various human tumors including epithelial ovarian cancers. However, little is known about the expression of this gene in ovarian granulosa cell tumors, the most common histologic type of sex cord-stromal tumors. We investigated whether overexpression of the p53 gene product occurs in this specific ovarian tumor. Nineteen patients with ovarian granulosa cell tumors were recruited in this study. Immunohistochemical staining for the p53 protein with monoclonal antibody PAb 1801 was performed in the paraffin-embedded tissue of each case to screen for p53 overexpression. Among the 19 ovarian granulosa cell tumors, there was only one well-differentiated tumor found to have nuclear immunoreactivity in a small fraction of tumor cells. Polymerase chain reaction--single-stranded conformation polymorphism was used to study the tumor showing focal p53 positivity, but no mobility shift was noted from exon 4 through exon 9 of the p53 gene. On the basis of this observation, we propose that alteration of the p53 tumor suppressor gene is not a common finding in ovarian granulosa cell tumors.
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Huang JW, Chen JT, Yu WP, Shyur LF, Wang AY, Sung HY, Lee PD, Su JC. Complete structures of three rice sucrose synthase isogenes and differential regulation of their expressions. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1996; 60:233-9. [PMID: 9063969 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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By cloning and sequencing cDNA and genomic DNA and transcription initiation site mapping, the total structures including at least 1 kb of putative regulatory sequences upstream of the transcription initiation sites of three genes encoding rice sucrose synthase isoprotomers were either newly established or amended. The third type of SS gene, RSus3, has not been found in other plants. The structures of the three genes and the gene products were compared and their evolutionary sequence was proposed. Specific probes for the three SS mRNA's were developed and used for analyzing their steady state levels at different organs and under some physiological stress conditions. It appears that RSus2 is a house-keeping gene, RSus3 is highly specific to the grain, and the expression of RSus1 shows a tendency to complement that of RSus3. A possible cause of the presence of the third rice SS gene was discussed. We also reported a novel method to synthesize single-stranded DNA for S1 mapping of a transcription initiation site associated with extended secondary structures.
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Hsu NY, Chen CY, Chen JT, Hsu CP. Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma after gastrectomy for benign ulcer disease. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1996; 30:29-33. [PMID: 8727854 DOI: 10.3109/14017439609107237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Of 684 patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in 1982-1993, 19 (2.8%) had previously undergone partial gastrectomy for benign ulcer disease. The average interval between gastrectomy and diagnosis of oesophageal carcinoma was 14 years. In six of the 19 (31.6%) cases the carcinoma was in the lower thoracic oesophagus, an incidence not significantly higher than the 25% in the total series. The oesophageal resectability rates were 52.6% in the gastrectomized patients and 44.4% in the total series (intergroup difference not significant). Of the ten gastrectomized patients who underwent oesophageal resection, only one had oesophagitis at the oesophagogastric junction, without significant histologic characteristics. The relationship between oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and previous gastrectomy for benign ulcer disease may be incidental.
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Liu MT, Lin LS, Yu Y, Chung TT, Hsu CY, Chen JT, Jeng KC. Use of recombinant Epstein-Barr virus early antigen for detection of antibody in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. ZHONGHUA YI XUE ZA ZHI = CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL; FREE CHINA ED 1996; 57:7-15. [PMID: 8820030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common cancers in southern China and Taiwan. Serological studies revealed the close-relationship between NPC and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Elevated serum and saliva levels of anti-EBV antibodies are detected in patients with NPC. Therefore, Development Center for Biotechnology prepared the EBV-early antigen (EA-D) by recombinant DNA technique for screening the serum and throat washing samples from patients with head and neck cancers. METHODS The BMRF1 gene for EBV early antigen (EA-D) was placed into the plasmid pDB18, then transformed into an Escherichia coli strain containing the lambda cI857 temperature-sensitive repressor. Heat treatment of the transformant, at exponential growth phase, inactivated the cI protein and induced an over-expression of the EA-D protein. Next, the EA-D was purified by chromatography and characterized as a protein of molecular weight 47 kDa, by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacry lamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Western blot analysis using monoclonal anti-EA antibody and sera from patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with the purified EA-D antigen was used to screen 129 serum and throat washing (TW) samples from patients with head and neck tumors, 24 from patients with a nonmalignant disease and 44 from normal donors. RESULTS Experimental results indicated significantly higher positive rates of EA-D IgA (69%) and EA-D IgG (91%) in NPC sera than in the sera of patients with other head and neck tumors and normal controls. TW samples from patients with NPC also showed a higher positive rate (34%) than the other groups (7-20%). CONCLUSIONS Results in this study demonstrate that the bacterially expressed EA-D antigen could be recognized by sera from patients with NPC and monoclonal anti-EA antibody. Thus, it has potential use in ELISA for screening EBV-related diseases such as NPC.
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Chang JG, Lu JM, Huang JM, Chen JT, Liu HJ, Chang CP. Rapid diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia by mutagenically separated polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR) and its application to prenatal diagnosis. Br J Haematol 1995; 91:602-7. [PMID: 8555061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1995.tb05354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have developed a rapid and simple PCR-based method which is modified from the mutagenically separated polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR) to detect the molecular defects of beta-thalassaemia. We can use this technique to amplify normal and mutant alleles of the beta-globin gene in the same reaction tube, using different-sized allele-specific primers. This mutagenesis separates the amplification reactions of alleles performed in the same tube. Subsequent gel electrophoresis shows at least one of the two allelic products at the same locus or at least two of the several allelic products at different loci. Therefore, in addition to simple handling, MS-PCR provides a within-assay quality control for the exclusion of false negative results. The five most common mutations of beta-thalassaemia and haemoglobin E which occur in the Taiwanese population were tested, and 14 prenatal samples were checked with accurate results. This method is simple, rapid and accurate, and can be used routinely in prenatal diagnosis. The principle used here can also be applied to other genetic diseases.
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STUDY DESIGN This is a report of a man with carcinoma of the anus and intradural metastasis to the cauda equina. OBJECTIVE To perform a laminectomy with tumor removal for relief of pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Only 25 cases of intradural spinal metastasis have been reported in the English literature. This is the first report of a metastatic case, moving from the carcinoma of the anus to the cauda equina. METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging showed an ill-defined mass, with central necrosis, to the cauda equina. The possibility of intradural metastasis to the cauda equina was indicated by unique pain symptoms. RESULTS The patient's back pain subsided after total laminectomy of L3-L5 with subtotal removal of the tumor. The residual tumor became smaller with postoperative radiation. CONCLUSION Magnetic resonance imaging is a good diagnostic choice in this situation. The cause of the metastasis was unclear, but it was presumed to have occurred through the perineural lymphatic ducts. Laminectomy with tumor removal is feasible for relieving pain and demonstrating pathology.
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Ling DC, Yong G, Chen JT, Wenger LE. Experimental Evidence for Intra- and Inter-Unit-Cell Josephson Junctions in a YBa2Cu3O7- delta Single Crystal. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1995; 75:2011-2014. [PMID: 10059186 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Kobayashi T, Ushijima O, Chen JT, Shiraki M, Ohta T, Kiyoki M. Basal tail skin temperature elevation and augmented response to calcitonin gene-related peptide in ovariectomized rats. J Endocrinol 1995; 146:431-7. [PMID: 7595138 DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1460431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hyper-release of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) plays a direct and pivotal role in the induction of menopausal hot flushes (HFs), in which a drastic increase in skin temperature occurs. However, it is not possible to investigate whether CGRP induces skin temperature increase and whether skin temperature response to CGRP changes and contributes to the occurrence of HFs in postmenopausal women who are in oestrogen deficiency. By using rats' tail skin temperature (TST), a good marker to evaluate skin temperature regulation, we examined the effects of CGRP and calcitonin (3, 10 and 30 micrograms/kg, i.v.) on TST in female rats and further investigated the TST change induced by CGRP (10 micrograms/kg, i.v.) in ovariectomized (OVX) rats compared with that in sham-operated (Sham) rats. We found that CGRP, but not calcitonin, induced a TST increase in a dose-dependent manner and that the TST change induced by CGRP (0.6 +/- 0.2 degrees C for OVX rats vs 0.3 +/- 0.1 degree C for Sham rats, P < 0.05) and also the basal TST (26.0 +/- 0.2 degrees C for OVX rats vs 25.5 +/- 0.1 degree C for Sham rats) were significantly greater in OVX rats (P < 0.05). Furthermore, treatment with oestradiol (30 micrograms/kg, s.c.) for 8 days partially inhibited the augmented TST response to CGRP in OVX rats and almost completely inhibited (P < 0.05) the basal TST elevation, with the concomitant recovery of the serum oestradiol level to that in Sham rats. These results suggest that the augmented skin temperature response to CGRP and the elevation of basal skin temperature that are found in OVX rats, animals which are oestradiol deficient, may also occur in menopausal women and contribute to their HFs.
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Chang JG, Chang CP, Lu CM, Huang JM, Chen JT, Liu HJ. Rapid detection of hemoglobin variants by mutagenically separated polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR). Ann Hematol 1995; 71:97-100. [PMID: 7654858 DOI: 10.1007/bf01699253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The detection of molecular defects of hemoglobin variants using mutagenically separated polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR) was applied in this study. Using different lengths of allele-specific mutagenic primers, normal and mutant alleles of hemoglobin genes were amplified in the same reaction tube. Subsequent gel electrophoresis showed at least one of the two allelic products at the same loci or at least two of the several allelic products at different loci. We employed MS-PCR to test the following hemoglobin variants: Hb Constant Spring (Hb CS), Hb E, Hb G-Taichung, Hb J-Meinung, and Hb Kaohsiung. The results were the same as those obtained by amplified created reaction sites (ACRS) or direct sequencing. We conclude that the MS-PCR provides a rapid and simple alternative to other techniques for mutation detection in hemoglobin variants. Moreover, the principle can be extended to other genetic diseases.
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Thompson DJ, Minhaj MS, Wenger LE, Chen JT. Observation of paramagnetic Meissner effect in niobium disks. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1995; 75:529-532. [PMID: 10060044 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Liu FS, Ho ES, Chen JT, Shih RT, Yang CH, Shih A. Overexpression or mutation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene does not occur in malignant ovarian germ cell tumors. Cancer 1995; 76:291-5. [PMID: 8625105 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950715)76:2<291::aid-cncr2820760220>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND The p53 tumor suppressor gene has been well studied in epithelial ovarian cancers. However, little is known of the expression of this gene in ovarian germ cell tumors. The authors attempted to investigate whether p53 alterations occurred in this group of tumors. METHODS Twenty-two patients with malignant ovarian germ cell tumors were included in this study. Immunohistochemical staining for p53 was performed on paraffin embedded tissue of each case. Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of exons 4-9 of the p53 gene was performed on 9 of the 22 tumors where genomic DNAs were obtained from the frozen tissue samples. Three tumors that revealed focal p53 positivity by immunostaining were studied further with direct DNA sequencing. RESULTS Overexpression of p53 was not observed in all of the 22 ovarian germ cell tumors; only 3 were found to have nuclear staining in a small fraction of the malignant cells (< 5% in 1 immature teratoma, 5-10% in 2 yolk-sac tumors). Among the nine frozen tumors subjected to single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis, none revealed p53 mutation in exons 4-9. There was no p53 mutation detected by DNA sequencing of the three tumors with focal immunoreactivity. CONCLUSIONS Alterations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene may not be associated with the pathogenesis of ovarian germ cell tumors. Instead, genetic changes such as inactivation of other tumor suppressor genes and/or activation of some protooncogenes need to be studied to determine the genetic mechanisms of the tumor development.
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Tang JS, Wu CC, Hwang CR, Liu TJ, Chen JT. Isolated resection of proper caudate lobe for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver: a case report. ZHONGHUA YI XUE ZA ZHI = CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL; FREE CHINA ED 1995; 55:481-484. [PMID: 7634188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The caudate lobe of the liver is located between the hepatic hilum and the inferior vena cava. Resection of the caudate lobe alone, without sacrificing other parts of the liver, is a surgical challenge. An isolated resection of proper caudate lobe was accomplished here in a 64-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma complicated by liver cirrhosis. The post-operative course was uneventful. The patient remains free of disease two years after operation. The technique used is described to advocate isolated caudate lobectomy for a patient with cirrhosis with a caudate lobe hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Takeshima N, Umezawa S, Yamawaki T, Shimizu Y, Hirai Y, Chen JT, Yamauchi K, Hasumi K. [Endometrial carcinoma without myometrial invasion]. NIHON SANKA FUJINKA GAKKAI ZASSHI 1995; 47:553-8. [PMID: 7608619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Between 1974 and 1991, 621 patients with endometrial cancer were treated with hysterectomy without any preoperative treatment. Subsequent pathological examinations revealed that 92 cases had no myometrial invasion. Clinicopathological analysis was carried out in the 92 patients. The results are as follows: 1. Complete surgery was carried out in all cases except one case with intraperitoneal dissemination. The relapse rate in the 91 cases was 2.2% (2/91). The 2 cases with recurrence had grade 1 (G1) and grade 2 (G2) adenocarcinoma and both cases manifested local recurrence. 2. Of 70 cases treated with pelvic lymphadenectomy, two cases (2.9%) with G1 adenocarcinoma exhibited a single node metastasis. The metastatic site was an external iliac lymph node in both cases. Despite the lymph node metastasis, the 2 cases have exhibited no relapse. 3. None of the 92 cases showed any evidence of adnexal metastasis. The positive rate of peritoneal cytology was 13.4% (9/67). Except for one case with peritoneal dissemination who also had positive peritoneal cytology, 8 cases with positive peritoneal cytology have not developed recurrence. This study showed that some endometrial cancer patients without myometrial invasion manifest recurrence, peritoneal dissemination or lymph node metastasis. It is therefore considered that lymphadenectomy and careful follow-up are necessary in every case of endometrial cancer, even in G1 cases without myometrial invasion.
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MRI in a 63-year-old male with isolated lateropulsion of the trunk disclosed an infarct in the inferior portion of the right cerebellar hemisphere, suggesting an end-zone type infarct in the lateral branch of the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery (1PICA) or a borderzone infarct between 1PICA and superior cerebellar artery. A close clinico-topographical relationship between isolated lateropulsion of the trunk and lesion in the territory of 1PICA was demonstrated.
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