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McManus RM, Gottschalk R, Alanen K, Shum DT, Grundy P. Microscopic Acanthosis Nigricans in Type 2 Diabetes. J Cutan Med Surg 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/120347540100500503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background: Acanthosis nigricans (AN) has been associated with insulin resistance. Individuals with type 2 diabetes are insulin-resistant and, therefore, could be expected to manifest AN. However, the prevalence and predictors of AN are unknown in this population. Objective: An outpatient population with Type 2 diabetes (DM) was compared with matched controls (C) for microscopic and clinical AN along with measurement of body habitus, insulin, glucose, and androgen levels. Methods: Twenty-four individuals with DM (12M, 12F) from a tertiary care center were compared with 24 C (12M, 12F). Fasting glucose, insulin, sex hormone binding globulin, androstenedione, dihydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and testosterone were measured. Height, weight, waist/hip measures, and a clinical survey for acanthosis were recorded. A 2-mm skin biopsy from midaxilla of the nondominant arm was taken for pathological review. Results: C and DM were matched for age and body mass index (BMI). Prevalence of microscopic AN in C was 12% (3/24) and in DM was 21% (5/24; NS). In C, AN was predicted by waist, waist/hip ratio, and fasting insulin measures, while none of the variables examined was predicative of AN in DM. Conclusions: Microscopic acanthosis nigricans was found in similar numbers of people with DM when compared with C. Fasting insulin levels most strongly predicted the presence of AN in C, while no significant predictors of AN were found in the population with DM.
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- R. M. McManus
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Bello IO, Alanen K, Slootweg PJ, Salo T. Alpha-smooth muscle actin within epithelial islands is predictive of ameloblastic carcinoma. Oral Oncol 2009; 45:760-5. [PMID: 19150605 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2008] [Revised: 11/19/2008] [Accepted: 11/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ameloblastoma is the most common clinically significant odontogenic tumor. It is considered benign but locally invasive and associated with variable clinico-pathological behavior. Ameloblastic carcinoma is a malignant tumor having features of ameloblastoma in addition to cytologic atypia with or without metastasis. It is aggressive and associated with poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to examine which epithelial and stromal markers are predictive of histologically diagnosed ameloblastic carcinoma and can sufficiently differentiate it from solid/multicystic ameloblastoma (SA). We examined immunohistochemically Ki-67, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), calponin, p63 and DNA content using image (ICM) and flow cytometry (FCM) in three ameloblastic carcinomas and up to 18 SAs. The important findings were that Ki-67 labeling index was significantly higher in ameloblastic carcinoma than SA while EMA, calponin, p63, ICM and FCM did not sufficiently differentiate the two groups of lesions. Expression of alpha-SMA was consistently obtained within the epithelial island cells of ameloblastic carcinoma and not in SA, although the marker was well expressed in the stroma of both lesions. We therefore conclude that the presence of alpha-SMA within the epithelial islands is highly predictive of ameloblastic carcinoma.
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- I O Bello
- Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland
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Koivu H, Kohonen I, Sipola E, Alanen K, Vahlberg T, Tiusanen H. Severe periprosthetic osteolytic lesions after the Ankle Evolutive System total ankle replacement. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 91:907-14. [DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.91b7.22434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Between 2002 and 2008, 130 consecutive ankles were replaced with an hydroxyapatite (HA) and titanium-HA-coated Ankle Evolutive System total ankle prosthesis. Plain radiographs were analysed by two independent observers. Osteolytic lesions were classified by their size and location, with cavities > 10 mm in diameter considered to be ‘marked’. CT scanning was undertaken in all patients with marked osteolysis seen on the plain radiographs. Osteolytic lesions were seen on the plain films in 48 (37%) and marked lesions in 27 (21%) ankles. The risk for osteolysis was found to be 3.1 (95% confidence interval 1.6 to 5.9) times higher with implants with Ti-HA porous coating. Care should be taken with ankle arthroplasty until more is known about the reasons for these severe osteolyses.
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- H. Koivu
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Turku University Hospital, Surgical Hospital, Luolavuorentie 2, 20720 Turku, Finland
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- The Medical Imaging Centre of Southwest Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumaorthopaedic Unit, Turku University Hospital, Paimio Hospital, Alvar Aallon tie 275, 21540, Preitila, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Lemminkaisenkatu 1, 20014, Turun Yliopisto, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumaorthopaedic Unit, Turku University Hospital, Paimio Hospital, Alvar Aallon tie 275, 21540, Preitila, Finland
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Talve L, Alanen K, Toikkanen S, Kalimo H. [The use of video conference equipment in education and telepathology]. Duodecim 2002; 115:501-6. [PMID: 11830899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- L Talve
- TYKS:n patologian yksikkö Kiinamyllynkatu 10 20520 Turku.
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Salmi M, Alanen K, Grenman S, Briskin M, Butcher EC, Jalkanen S. Immune cell trafficking in uterus and early life is dominated by the mucosal addressin MAdCAM-1 in humans. Gastroenterology 2001; 121:853-64. [PMID: 11606499 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.27968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS In adults, binding of mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule 1 (MAdCAM-1) to lymphocyte alpha4beta7 integrin directs cell trafficking to gut, whereas interaction of peripheral node addressins (PNAd) with lymphocyte L-selectin targets immune cells to peripheral lymph nodes (PLNs). Because nothing is known about these addressins during human development, we studied the expression and function of MAdCAM-1 (and PNAd for comparison) in fetuses and children. METHODS Series of human tissue samples obtained from fetuses (7-40 weeks), children (2 months-7 years), and adults were immunostained with monoclonal antibodies. The function of the addressins and their lymphocyte counter-receptors was tested in in vitro binding assays on fetal and adult tissues. RESULTS Unlike in adults, MAdCAM-1 is widely expressed from embryonic week 7 onwards, and it only gradually becomes polarized to mucosal vessels after birth. In utero MAdCAM-1 functionally governs lymphocyte adhesion to vessels both in the gut and PLNs by binding to alpha4beta7 integrin. The later induction of PNAd gradually starts to dominate the binding of lymphocytes to PLNs during childhood. CONCLUSIONS There are striking age-dependent switches and species-specific variation in the molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte migration. In utero and during early childhood, the mucosal addressin MAdCAM-1 plays a dominant role in lymphocyte-endothelial cell adhesion at mucosal and nonmucosal sites.
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- M Salmi
- Department of Medical Microbiology, MediCity Research Laboratory, Turku University and National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Finland.
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McManus RM, Gottschalk R, Alanen K, Shum DT, Grundy P. Microscopic acanthosis nigricans in type 2 diabetes. J Cutan Med Surg 2001; 5:390-3. [PMID: 11907848 DOI: 10.1007/s102270000028] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acanthosis nigricans (AN) has been associated with insulin resistance. Individuals with type 2 diabetes are insulin-resistant and, therefore, could be expected to manifest AN. However, the prevalence and predictors of AN are unknown in this population. OBJECTIVE An outpatient population with Type 2 diabetes (DM) was compared with matched controls (C) for microscopic and clinical AN along with measurement of body habitus, insulin, glucose, and androgen levels. METHODS Twenty-four individuals with DM (12M, 12F) from a tertiary care center were compared with 24 C (12M, 12F). Fasting glucose, insulin, sex hormone binding globulin, androstenedione, dihydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and testosterone were measured. Height, weight, waist/hip measures, and a clinical survey for acanthosis were recorded. A 2-mm skin biopsy from midaxilla of the nondominant arm was taken for pathological review. RESULTS C and DM were matched for age and body mass index (BMI). Prevalence of microscopic AN in C was 12% (3/24) and in DM was 21% (5/24; NS). In C, AN was predicted by waist, waist/hip ratio, and fasting insulin measures, while none of the variables examined was predicative of AN in DM. CONCLUSIONS Microscopic acanthosis nigricans was found in similar numbers of people with DM when compared with C. Fasting insulin levels most strongly predicted the presence of AN in C, while no significant predictors of AN were found in the population with DM.
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- R M McManus
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Irjala H, Salmi M, Alanen K, Grénman R, Jalkanen S. Vascular adhesion protein 1 mediates binding of immunotherapeutic effector cells to tumor endothelium. J Immunol 2001; 166:6937-43. [PMID: 11359855 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.11.6937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) can be used as an immunotherapeutic tool to treat cancer. Success of this therapy depends on the homing and killing capacity of in vitro-activated and -expanded TIL. Vascular adhesion protein 1 (VAP-1) is an endothelial molecule that mediates binding of lymphocytes to vessels of inflamed tissue. Here, we studied whether VAP-1 is involved in binding of TIL, lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, and NK cells to vasculature of the cancer tissue. We demonstrated that VAP-1 is expressed on the endothelium of cancer vasculature. The intensity and number of positive vessels varied greatly between the individual specimens, but it did not correlate with the histological grade of the cancer. Using an in vitro adhesion assay we showed that VAP-1 mediates adhesion of TIL, LAK, and NK cells to cancer vasculature. Treatment of the tumor sections with anti-VAP-1 Abs diminished the number of adhesive cells by 60%. When binding of different effector cell types was compared, it was evident that different cancer tissues supported the adhesion of TIL to a variable extent and LAK cells were more adhesive than TIL and NK cells to tumor vasculature. These data suggest that VAP-1 is an important interplayer in the antitumor response. Thus, by up-regulating the expression of VAP-1 in tumor vasculature, it can be possible to improve the effectiveness of TIL therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)/analysis
- Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)/biosynthesis
- Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)/physiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/blood supply
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/immunology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/therapy
- Cell Adhesion/immunology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/analysis
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/physiology
- Endothelium, Vascular/chemistry
- Endothelium, Vascular/immunology
- Endothelium, Vascular/pathology
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/blood supply
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/chemistry
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/immunology
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/therapy
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated/immunology
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated/transplantation
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/transplantation
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/transplantation
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- H Irjala
- National Public Health Institute and MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Tykistökatu 6A, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland.
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Mirtti T, Kallajoki M, Aaltonen M, Alanen K. Cyclin A and Ki-67 with DNA content in benign and malignant prostatic epithelial lesions. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 2001; 23:229-37. [PMID: 11444193] [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: 02/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of immunohistochemical staining of cyclin A and Ki-67 together with DNA content in the classification of benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasm (PIN) and prostatic carcinoma foci and to compare these parameters with each other and with parameters obtained from conventional histopathology. STUDY DESIGN We selected 37 carcinoma, 18 PIN and 8 hyperplastic foci from prostatectomies done during 1996 and 1997 at Turku University Central Hospital. Cyclin A and Ki-67 staining was assessed by immunohistochemistry and DNA content by image cytometry. RESULTS The hyperplastic, PIN and carcinoma foci differed clearly in their 2.5c exceeding rates, image cytometric proliferation indices and staining indices for cyclin A and Ki-67. No significant differences were found between these histologic entities in their modal DNA ploidy values. In carcinomas, cyclin A and Ki-67 indices differed between low, intermediate and high Gleason and World Health Organization grading groups. Diploid and tetraploid carcinomas had similar cyclin A and Ki-67 indices, which differed from those of aneuploid carcinomas. CONCLUSION The 2.5c exceeding rate and image cytometric proliferation index as well as the cyclin A and Ki-67 indices differed significantly between different types of prostatic lesions. Cyclin A and Ki-67 had good correlations with the histologic grade of carcinoma.
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- T Mirtti
- Department of Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Jaakkola K, Jalkanen S, Kaunismäki K, Vänttinen E, Saukko P, Alanen K, Kallajoki M, Voipio-Pulkki LM, Salmi M. Vascular adhesion protein-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and P-selectin mediate leukocyte binding to ischemic heart in humans. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:122-9. [PMID: 10898423 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00706-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The expression of endothelial adhesion molecules and their functional significance in leukocyte adhesion to human myocardial blood vessels in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were studied. BACKGROUND Leukocyte extravasation, mediated by specific adhesion molecules, exacerbates tissue injury after restoration of blood supply to an ischemic tissue. Experimental myocardial reperfusion injury can be alleviated with antibodies that block the function of adhesion molecules involved in leukocyte emigration, but the relevant molecules remain poorly characterized in human AMI. METHODS Semiquantitative immunohistochemistry and in vitro adhesion assays were used to study the expression and granulocyte binding abilities of different endothelial adhesion molecules in human AMI. Changes in the molecular nature of vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) were evaluated using immunoblotting. RESULTS Certain endothelial adhesion molecules (intercellular adhesion molecule [ICAM-2], CD31 and CD73) were expressed in myocardial blood vessels homogeneously in normal and ischemic hearts, whereas others (E-selectin and peripheral lymph node addressin) were completely absent from all specimens. The synthesis of ICAM-1 was locally, and that of P-selectin regionally, upregulated in the infarcted hearts when compared with nonischemic controls. Vascular adhesion protein-1 showed ventricular preponderance in expression and alterations in posttranslational modifications during ischemia-reperfusion. Importantly, P-selectin, ICAM-1 and VAP-1 mediated granulocyte binding to blood vessels in the ischemic human heart. CONCLUSIONS Human P-selectin, ICAM-1 and VAP-1 appear to be the most promising targets when antiadhesive interventions preventing leukocyte-mediated tissue destruction after myocardial ischemia are planned.
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- K Jaakkola
- National Public Health Institute and MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Finland
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AIMS Endothelins (ETs) are peptides expressed in many tumours which may stimulate angiogenesis and desmoplasia. Because ETs have not been extensively studied mammary neoplasia, we assessed ET protein and mRNA expression and receptor mRNA expression in normal and neoplastic breast tissues. METHODS AND RESULTS Tissues from five normal breasts, six fibroadenomas, seven ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS) and 25 invasive carcinomas were stained with anti-ET-1 and anti-ET-3 antibodies and analysed using a grading system. ET-1, ET-3, ETA and ETB mRNA expression was assessed by quantitative RT-PCR from eight carcinomas and five normals. Weak staining for ET-1 and ET-3 was detected in all normals. Moderate to strong staining was seen in 72% and 64% of carcinomas for ET-1 and ET-3, respectively. Most fibroadenomas showed weak positivity for ET-1 (83%) and ET-3 (67%). ET-1 and ET-3 mRNA levels were upregulated in carcinomas compared with normal breast. No ETA mRNA was not detected in any tissue. ETB mRNA was detected in normal breast and was increased in carcinomas. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the ET system is altered in breast carcinomas and this may be of importance in the progression from in-situ to invasive carcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Southern
- Breast/chemistry
- Breast/metabolism
- Breast/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/genetics
- Carcinoma in Situ/metabolism
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/genetics
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Endothelin-1/analysis
- Endothelin-1/genetics
- Endothelin-3/analysis
- Endothelin-3/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Endothelin B
- Receptors, Endothelin/analysis
- Receptors, Endothelin/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- K Alanen
- Departments of; Pathology and Microbiology; Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, Canada
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Aaltonen M, Kuopio T, Laine J, Alanen K, Juhola M, Collan Y. Interpretation guidelines of DNA histograms from tissue sections of breast cancer. Anticancer Res 2000; 20:547-51. [PMID: 10769723] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Evaluation of nuclear DNA staining intensity from histological breast cancer sections has not always been accepted, because of the difficulties in interpreting the histograms. One reason for this is the lack of evidence based interpretation guidelines. MATERIALS AND METHODS The DNA staining intensity of 140 breast cancer samples was measured with flow cytometry (FCM) and image cytometry (ICM). The methods were compared by using grading efficiency (GE). RESULT First, the ICM histograms were evaluated with a computer assisted image cytometry system using different cut off points for aneuploidy. The GE results varied from 67.9-76.4%. Subjective interpretation and evaluation according two previously published interpretation methods did not improve the GE. Secondly, we excluded histograms which showed clearly different cell clones in FCM and ICM. The GE of remaining histograms was 77.9%. Comparison of these histograms allowed formulation of interpretation guidelines which improved the GE to 85.3%. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that efficient interpretation guidelines of section-based DNA histograms can be created.
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- M Aaltonen
- Department of Pathology, University of Turku, Finland.
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- P C Adams
- Department of Medicine University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
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Haapamäki MM, Häggblom JO, Grönroos JM, Pekkala E, Alanen K, Nevalainen TJ. Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein in colonic mucosa in ulcerative colitis. Hepatogastroenterology 1999; 46:2273-7. [PMID: 10521980] [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: 04/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Increased mucosal concentration of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) has been shown in inflammatory bowel diseases. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the mucosal concentration of BPI and the grade of mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis. METHODOLOGY Samples of colonic mucosa from 12 patients with ulcerative colitis and from 8 control patients were studied. The concentration of BPI in tissue extracts was measured by a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. The concentration of BPI was compared between samples with histological inflammatory changes of different severity. BPI was localized in tissue sections by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS The concentration of BPI was higher (p < 0.001) in samples of colonic mucosa from patients with ulcerative colitis (median: 3.2 micrograms/g, range: 0.3-22.6 micrograms/g) than in control samples (0.4 microgram/g, 0.1-0.6 microgram/g,). Moreover, the concentration of BPI was higher (p = 0.015) in samples with severe inflammation (2.5 mu/g, 0.3-22.6 micrograms/g) than in those with mild inflammation (0.5 mu/g, 0.3-2.5 micrograms/g). The concentration of BPI in mucosal samples correlated well with the degree of histological inflammation (Spearman R = 0.70, p = 0.01). BPI was localized in polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the mucosa and stroma of the colonic wall. CONCLUSIONS The concentration of BPI is increased in the colonic mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis. The increase in the concentration of BPI in colonic mucosa seems to be closely associated with the inflammatory activity of ulcerative colitis.
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- M M Haapamäki
- Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Finland.
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OBJECTIVE Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) has been suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. Our aim was to identify cells that express group II phospholipase A2 (PLA2-II) at the mRNA and enzyme protein levels in the intestine in Crohn's disease. METHODS Tissue samples were obtained from the intestine of 20 patients with Crohn's disease (seven operated and 13 colonoscopied) and from eight control patients without inflammatory diseases. The samples were studied by immunohistochemistry for PLA2-II enzyme protein and in situ hybridization for PLA2-II mRNA. RESULTS PLA2-II protein and mRNA were detected in the Paneth cells of the small intestinal mucosa in all patients and controls. PLA2-II protein and mRNA were found in the columnar epithelial cells of the small intestinal mucosa in six of eight and eight of eight patients with Crohn's ileitis, respectively. In the eight control patients PLA2-II protein and mRNA were not found in these cells (p = 0.007 and p < 0.001, respectively). Metaplastic Paneth cells, which consistently contained PLA2-II mRNA, were found in the colonic mucosa in five of six patients with Crohn's colitis and of one of eight control patients (p = 0.026). The columnar epithelial cells of the colonic mucosa contained PLA2-II protein in three of six and PLA2-II mRNA in six of six patients with Crohn's colitis, whereas the protein was found in these cells in none of eight of the controls (p = 0.055) and the mRNA in only one of eight (p = 0.005) controls. CONCLUSIONS In Crohn's disease, Paneth cells and columnar epithelial cells of the small and large intestinal mucosa synthesize PLA2-II at the site of active inflammation.
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Haapamäki MM, Grönroos JM, Nurmi H, Söderlund K, Peuravuori H, Alanen K, Nevalainen TJ. Elevated group II phospholipase A2 mass concentration in serum and colonic mucosa in Crohn's disease. Clin Chem Lab Med 1998; 36:751-5. [PMID: 9853800 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1998.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Group II phospholipase A2 has been proposed to play an important role in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel diseases. This enzyme has also been linked to host defence mechanisms against bacteria. The current study aimed at measuring the mass concentrations of group II phospholipase A2 in serum and colonic mucosa of patients with Crohn's disease of different severity and of appropriate control patients without any inflammatory disease. The activity of the disease was determined by clinical factors (the simple index score) and endoscopic and histological scoring. The mass concentration of group II phospholipase A2 was measured by a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. The mass concentrations of group II phospholipase A2 in serum and colonic mucosa were significantly higher both in patients with active and inactive Crohn's disease when compared with controls. There was statistically significant difference in the mass concentration of group II phospholipase A2 in colonic mucosa but not in serum between inactive and active Crohn's disease. The current results indicate that the mass concentration of group II phospholipase A2 is increased in serum and colonic mucosa of patients with Crohn's disease and that the latter is associated with the degree of the inflammatory activity in the intestinal wall. These results support the idea that group II phospholipase A2 is involved in the local and generalised pathological processes of Crohn's disease.
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- M M Haapamäki
- Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Finland.
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Elliot T, Spouge A, Alanen K, Thain L, Holliday R. Radiology for the surgeon. Case 23. Pancreatic insulinoma (uncinate process). Can J Surg 1998; 41:344, 388. [PMID: 9793500 PMCID: PMC3949770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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- T Elliot
- Department of Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Que
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BACKGROUND It has been suggested that phospholipase A2 (PLA2) has an essential role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. AIMS This study aimed at identifying cells in intestinal and mesenteric tissue samples that might express group II phospholipase A2 (PLA2-II) at the mRNA and enzyme protein levels in patients with ulcerative colitis. PATIENTS AND TISSUE SAMPLES: Tissue samples were obtained from the intestine, mesentery, skeletal muscle, and subcutaneous fat of six patients who underwent panproctocolectomy for severe ulcerative colitis. Mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained from the colon of another group of six patients with ulcerative colitis during routine diagnostic colonoscopies. Tissues from six patients without intestinal inflammatory diseases served as controls. METHODS Tissue samples were studied by light microscopy, immunohistochemistry for PLA2-II enzyme protein, and in situ hybridisation and northern hybridisation for PLA2-II mRNA. RESULTS PLA2-II mRNA and PLA2-II protein were detected in metaplastic Paneth cells in six patients and in the columnar epithelial cells of colonic mucosa in four out of six patients with active ulcerative colitis. Positive findings were less numerous in patients with mild ulcerative colitis. Only two out of six control patients had a weak positive signal for PLA2-II mRNA and one of these two patients had a weak positive immunoreaction for PLA2-II in columnar epithelial cells in the colonic mucosa. None of the control patients had metaplastic Paneth cells. CONCLUSIONS Metaplastic Paneth cells and colonic epithelial cells synthesise PLA2-II in ulcerative colitis. The activity of the PLA2-II synthesis seems to be related to the degree of inflammation in the diseased bowel.
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Lapela M, Leskinen-Kallio S, Varpula M, Grénman S, Salmi T, Alanen K, Någren K, Lehikoinen P, Ruotsalainen U, Teräs M. Metabolic imaging of ovarian tumors with carbon-11-methionine: a PET study. J Nucl Med 1995; 36:2196-200. [PMID: 8523104] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED This study examines the potential of 11C-methionine as a PET tracer in metabolic imaging of benign and malignant ovarian tumors. METHODS Four patients with one or two benign ovarian tumors (endometriomas or cystadenomas), two patients with a tumor of borderline malignancy and seven patients with ovarian cancer were studied with 11C-methionine and PET before laparotomy. CT or MRI were performed as a reference. Tracer uptake was quantitated by calculating tracer standardized uptake values (SUVs) and the kinetic influx constants (Ki values). RESULTS Benign or borderline malignant tumors did not accumulate 11C-methionine, whereas all carcinomas had significant uptake. The mean SUV of the primary carcinomas was 7.0 (s.d., 2.2) and the mean Ki was 0.14 min-1 (s.d., 0.1 min-1), but the distribution of tracer uptake was highly heterogenous in four of six tumors. CONCLUSION Ovarian cancer can be imaged with 11C-methionine and PET. This method also may be of value in the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant ovarian neoplasms. Due to physiological accumulations and methodological limitations, the value of 11C-methionine PET in the staging of ovarian cancer appears to be limited.
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- M Lapela
- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University, Finland
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Aho R, Haapasalo H, Alanen K, Haltia M, Paetau A, Kalimo H. Proliferative activity and DNA index do not significantly predict survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1995; 54:826-32. [PMID: 7595655 DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199511000-00009] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Proliferative activity and DNA index were analyzed and correlated with histology and survival in 30 primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) in immunocompetent patients. Proliferative activity was determined using mitotic activity index and volume-corrected mitotic index, percentage of Ki-67 (MIB-1) immunopositive nuclei and flow cytometric S-phase fraction. Twenty-nine PCNSL were of B-cell origin and one of T-cell; by Kiel classification there were 23% low grade and 77% high grade and by Working Formulation there were 7%, 73% and 20% low, intermediate and high grade tumors, respectively. Mean survival time for non-survivors (n = 26) was 11.5 months and median 6.5 months. When indicators of proliferative activity were evaluated against histological grading, correlation existed only between mitotic activity index and Kiel classification. None of the proliferation markers or DNA index correlated significantly with survival, but there was a trend for patients with higher volume-corrected mitotic index to have shorter survival. In conclusion, most PCNSL have poor prognosis irrespective of their histological grade and proliferative activity. Furthermore, because at present stereotactic biopsy is recommended for establishing the diagnosis, exact histological subtyping and determination of proliferation activity in such small samples appears to be of only marginal significance.
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- R Aho
- Department of Pathology, University of Turku
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Baldetorp B, Bendahl PO, Fernö M, Alanen K, Delle U, Falkmer U, Hansson-Aggesjö B, Höckenström T, Lindgren A, Mossberg L. Reproducibility in DNA flow cytometric analysis of breast cancer: comparison of 12 laboratories' results for 67 sample homogenates. Cytometry 1995; 22:115-27. [PMID: 7587742 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.990220207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Flow cytometric (FCM) DNA analysis yields information on ploidy status and the S-phase fraction (SPF), variables of prognostic importance in breast cancer. The clinical value of the SPF is currently being evaluated in prospective randomized trials. The widespread use of FCM DNA analysis emphasizes the importance of reproducibility (both intra- and interlaboratory). In this study, 67 nuclear suspensions of breast cancer samples were analyzed by 12 laboratories routinely performing FCM DNA analysis in breast cancer. No general guidelines were imposed; each laboratory used its own standard protocols. For DNA ploidy status (diploid vs. non-diploid), agreement was complete for 79% (53/67) of the samples, compared with 64% (43/67) of samples when tetraploidy was considered [i.e., euploid (diploid+tetraploid) vs. aneuploid (the remaining non-diploid)]. For the SPF, pairwise comparison of the results of all 12 laboratories yielded a mean Spearman's rank correlation of 0.78 (range: 0.54-0.93). For those 39 samples being categorized in low or high SPF by all laboratories, all agreed in 14 samples (36%). Similar patterns were obtained with kappa measures, agreement being good for ploidy status (diploid vs. non-diploid; overall kappa = 0.87 and 0.74 for euploid vs. aneuploid), but moderate for the SPF [overall kappa = 0.47 (for low SPF vs. high SPF vs. "no SPF reported")]. Discrepancies were chiefly attributable to differences in the categorization of the S-phase values, rather than in FCM procedures, other critical differences being in the detection and interpretation of near-diploid and small non-diploid cell populations, the definition of tetraploidy, and the choice and execution of the method used for S-phase estimation. Based on the observations of this study, detailed guidelines for FCM analysis and interpretation of data are proposed in the Appendix. Some issues remain, however, e.g., to standardize a method for S-phase calculation and tetraploid definition.
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- B Baldetorp
- Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Rantanen V, Grénman S, Kulmala J, Alanen K, Lakkala T, Grénman R. Sublethal damage repair after fractionated irradiation in endometrial cancer cell lines tested with the 96-well plate clonogenic assay. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 1994; 120:712-6. [PMID: 7798295 DOI: 10.1007/bf01194268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Two long-established and seven newly established endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines were tested for their capacity to repair sublethal damage after fractionated irradiation. Cell survival was determined with the 96-well plate clonogenic assay based on limiting dilutions. Total radiation doses of 0.75 Gy, 1.25 Gy, 2.50 Gy, 5.00 Gy and 7.50 Gy were used either as a single dose or divided into two or three equal fractions with a 24 h interval. Survival data were fitted to the linear quadratic model, and the area under the survival curve (AUC), equivalent to the mean inactivation dose, was obtained with numerical integration. The amount of sublethal damage repair (SLDR) was expressed as an area-under-the-curve (AUC) ratio comparing survivals from fractionated-dose with those from single-dose experiments. SLDR capacity of the cell lines expressed as an AUC ratio varied between 1.00 and 1.59, and the mean was 1.17. Two highly radiosensitive cell lines were found to be SLDR-deficient, but most of the cell lines studied had some SLDR capacity. We have earlier shown that endometrial cancer cell lines as a group are more radiosensitive than squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) lines. Data obtained in this study suggest that the capacity for SLDR in these cell lines is rather limited compared with the majority of SCC lines tested. This finding underlines further the high radioresponsiveness of endometrial cancer.
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- V Rantanen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, Finland
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Lapela M, Leskinen-Kallio S, Varpula M, Grenman S, Alanen K, Någren K, Lehikoinen P, Ruotsalainen U, Teräs M, Joensuu H. Imaging of uterine carcinoma by carbon-11-methionine and PET. J Nucl Med 1994; 35:1618-23. [PMID: 7931659] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED L-[methyl-11C]methionine ([11C]methionine) is probably one of the most useful positron-emitting tracers for metabolic imaging of human cancer. In this study, we investigated whether human uterine cancer can be imaged with [11C]methionine and PET. METHODS Fourteen patients with primary uterine malignancy participated in the study. Eight patients had endometrial carcinoma and six had cervical carcinoma. The normal endometrium was analyzed in four additional patients with no uterine malignancy and in one patient with cervical cancer. Tracer uptake was quantitated by calculating both the standardized uptake values (SUVs) and the kinetic influx constants (Ki values) for the tracer. RESULTS All patients with either cervical or endometrial carcinoma had increased uptake of [11C]methionine in the PET image. The mean SUV of the carcinomas was 8.4 (n = 13; s.d., 1.5) and the mean Ki was 0.15 min-1 (n = 12; s.d., 0.08 min-1), whereas the mean SUV of the normal endometrium was only 4.6 (n = 5; s.d., 0.8). Histologically poorly (Grade III) or moderately (Grade II) differentiated endometrial carcinomas accumulated more [11C]methionine than the well-differentiated (Grade I) ones (p = 0.04 for the SUVs, and p = 0.05 for the Ki values). There were also variable physiological accumulations of [11C]methionine in the pelvis. CONCLUSIONS Uterine carcinoma accumulated [11C]methionine more than the normal endometrium. However, the physiological accumulations of [11C]methionine in the pelvis may confuse the interpreter of the PET image; thus, morphological imaging also needs to be performed as a reference to localize the tumor accurately. We conclude that human uterine carcinoma can be effectively imaged with [11C]methionine and PET.
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- M Lapela
- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University, Finland
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The prognostic value of S-phase fraction (SPF) determined by flow cytometry from a fine-needle aspirate was investigated in a prospective series of 52 non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The aspirates were drawn either at diagnosis (n = 16) or at lymphoma recurrence (n = 36). Patients with lymphoma with a large SPF (> 10%, n = 24) had only a 21% 3-year survival rate corrected for intercurrent deaths as calculated from the date of aspiration, whereas a smaller SPF was associated with a 71% 3-year survival rate (n = 28, P = 0.0009). SPF size also correlated with Working Formulation grading (P = 0.002). In a multivariate analysis the relative risk of death from lymphomas with a large SPF was 4.01 (1.60-10.1), whereas histological grading, age, and sex had no additional independent prognostic value. SPF determined from a fine needle aspirate had unexpectedly good prognostic value, and the result suggests that the method is of clinical importance.
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- H Joensuu
- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland
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The prognostic value of immunoperoxidase staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was studied in a series of 140 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with median follow-up of 9 years. Lymphomas where > 50% of cells showed positive staining for PCNA had inferior 5-year survival as compared with those with less than 50% of positive cells (57% vs 41%, P = 0.008). The presence of > 50% of positively staining cells for PCNA was strongly associated with a larger than the median size of the SPF (median, 8.3%), and high histological grade of malignancy (P < 0.0001 for both). Lymphomas with both a large percentage (> 50%) of PCNA positive cells and a larger than the median SPF had inferior outcome as compared with lymphomas where either one or both of these factors were small. Although PCNA staining was not an independent prognostic factor in a multivariate analysis, it appears to be supplementary to the SPF even if determined from old paraffin-embedded tissue material.
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- P J Klemi
- Department of Pathology, Turku University Hospital, Finland
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A series of 327 breast cancers was analyzed for DNA ploidy by flow cytometry from paraffin-embedded tissue, and the resulting DNA histograms were classified independently by 6 researchers in the field as DNA diploid (Di), aneuploid (An), tetraploid (Te), multiploid (Mu), or technically uninterpretable. The frequency of diploid, aneuploid, tetraploid and multiploid cancers varied from 28 to 41%, 33 to 49%, 8 to 21% and 2 to 6%. According to the scale Di-An-Te-Mu, DNA ploidy was not significantly associated with breast-cancer mortality by 2 classifiers, but if DNA euploid cancers (Di+Te) were tested against non-euploid, or diploid cancers against non-diploid, all classifiers found DNA euploid and diploid cancers to have better prognosis. Mortality associated with diploid or tetraploid cancers decreased with improving histogram quality and increasing uniformity of classification, whereas that associated with aneuploid cancers remained unaltered. Among the cases where all classifiers agreed on ploidy, tetraploid, diploid and aneuploid cancers were associated with 100%, 88% and 68% 5-year survival rates. In this sub-set the S-phase fraction and possibly DNA ploidy were independent prognostic factors, together with histological grade, axillary node status, and primary tumor size.
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- H Joensuu
- Department of Oncology, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland
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Alanen K. [Is hormone contraception a time bomb?]. Katilolehti 1992; 97:24-5. [PMID: 1619845] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Angiographic features of 13 surgically treated oncocytomas are presented. A sharp rim was demonstrated in all cases; a 'spoke-wheel' arterial pattern in only 3 cases, and a homogenous nephrographic phase in 2 cases. None of these findings is specific for renal oncocytoma.
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The effect of hypoxia on the microvascular function in continuously perfused isolated rat hearts was studied. The development of hypoxic contracture was determined by measuring the left ventricular pressure or the decrease of the left ventricular volume. The myocardial perfusability was tested by infusing 0.1 percent sodium fluorescein in isotonic saline into the cannulated aortic root at 0, 15, 30, 60 and 90 minutes of hypoxic glucose-free buffer perfusion. The percentage perfused with the fluorescent tracer in horizontal frozen myocardial sections was estimated by point counting from colour photographs taken under ultraviolet light. The coronary flow was estimated by measuring the flow of the perfusate through the vasculature under constant perfusion pressure. The hypoxic contracture was completed in 25 minutes in which time the coronary flow decreased gradually by 50 percent and thereafter the flow remained constant. The myocardium was fully perfused in controls and at 0 minutes of hypoxic glucose-free perfusion. There was an abrupt decrease in the perfusability between 15 and 30 minutes from 99 percent to 58 percent, respectively. At 60 and 90 minutes 65 percent of the myocardium were still perfused. It was concluded that the myocardial perfusability decreases when the left ventricular contracture develops during hypoxic perfusion.
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Alanen K, Nevalainen TJ, Lipasti J. Ischaemic contracture and myocardial perfusion in isolated rat heart. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol 1980; 385:143-9. [PMID: 7355567 DOI: 10.1007/bf00427400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The development of left ventricular contracture and myocardial perfusion defect was studied in isolated rat hearts during global ischaemia of 90 min duration. The left ventricular pressure was measured by a balloon catheter inserted into the ventricle and filled with water. The pressure reached the maximum at 16 min of ischaemia. The left ventricular volume and compliance (passive distensibility) were measured by the same balloon, the former by connecting the balloon to an open catheter and the latter by applying a constant additional volume (0.020 ml) into the balloon. the left ventricular volume and compliance both decreased progressively for 20 min of ischaemia after which they remained low for the rest of the observation period (90 min). The myocardial perfusability was tested by infusing 0.1 per cent sodium fluorescein in isotonic saline into the cannulated aortic root of the isolated heart preparation. The percentage perfused with the fluorescent tracer in horizontal frozen myocardial sections was estimated by point counting from colour photogragraphs taken under ultraviolet light. The proportion of the perfused area decreased gradually from 100% at 0 min of ischaemia to 93, 67, 43 and 37% at 15, 30, 60 and 90 min of ischaemia, respectively. It was concluded that ischaemic contracture of the left ventricle is followed by the development of a myocardial perfusion defect in isolated ischaemic rat heart.
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Hänninen O, Alanen K. The competitive inhibition of p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid synthesis by aliphatic alcohols in vitro. Biochem Pharmacol 1966; 15:1465-7. [PMID: 5971803 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(66)90191-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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