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Acevedo S, Aycart D, Andrade J. Effect of a Spice-Blended Muffin on Salivary Inflammation Markers in Adults Who Are Considered Obese. J Acad Nutr Diet 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2022.08.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Salas C, Lopez G, Cadiz F, Barriga C, Gonzalez P, Acevedo S, Raimilla P, Pincheira P, Naing A, Quiroga M. Abstract P4-12-04: Use of complementary and integrative medicine therapies in Chilean patients with breast cancer. Experience of a private center: prevalence and characteristics of patients. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p4-12-04] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Background: During the last decade several studies have been reported that the use of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), defined as health care methods generated outside of standard Western, or conventional clinical practices has been increasing among breast cancer patients in developed countries. However, there is little information about the use of CIM in developing countries. Chile currently has no published statistics on the use of CIM in breast cancer.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey between March and June 2017 in breast cancer patients treated in Clinica Alemana de Santiago to determine the prevalence of CIM use and the types of preferred CIM. We also analyzed associations between CIM and several variables including sociodemographic variables, the reasons that motivated the use of CIM and the subjective benefits that patients attributed to CIM. Statistical analysis included two tailed t–test for continuous variables, Fischer's exact test for categorical variables and logistic regression for association between CIM use and other variables.
Results: 288 patients answered the survey. Among them, 98.9% were women, mostly between 41 and 50 years (40.4%). 44.9% (n = 129) reported using CIM. No association was found between the use of CIM and sociodemographic variables (sex, age, education, income). Most used CIM types were: vitamins / minerals (50.4%), herbs (48.8%), special diets (42.6%), meditation/prayers (37.2%). The reasons for CIM use were "to do everything possible" (72%), "improve immunity" (67.8%), "reduce side effects of treatment" (32.7%), recommendation by family member or friend (32.7%). Regarding CIM habits, 50.8% of patients reported having started CIM use at the time of diagnosis and only 51.6% reported about CIM use to their attending physician. Most patients reported benefits associated to CAM use (61%) but no differences were found in reported quality of life.
Conclusions: Great amount of the patients reported using CIM and half of them mentioned that they shared this information with their attending physician. It is necessary incorporate to medical routines questions regarding CIM use and to educate the patients regarding the safe use of CIM and the possible interactions of these approaches with conventional clinical practices.
Citation Format: Salas C, Lopez G, Cadiz F, Barriga C, Gonzalez P, Acevedo S, Raimilla P, Pincheira P, Naing A, Quiroga M. Use of complementary and integrative medicine therapies in Chilean patients with breast cancer. Experience of a private center: prevalence and characteristics of patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-12-04.
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- C Salas
- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Clínca Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Purpose To describe a paradigm of care for patients with ocular inflammatory diseases aimed at induction of durable remission. Methods Retrospective cohort study. The records of 399 patients with ocular inflammatory diseases treated with systemic immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution were reviewed. Durable remission was defined as control of inflammation in the absence of systemic IMT for at least 1 year. Fifty patients met the inclusion criteria. Results Mean age was 46±22.5 years (range 18–88). All the patients had corticosteroid therapy and failed this therapy before having IMT. Fifty-two percent of the patients had used methotrexate alone or in combination with other medications. Thirty percent of the patients required at least 2 years of therapy with systemic IMT to obtain durable remission, while 44% required 2 to 5 years of therapy to achieve the same. Twenty percent continued to stay in remission, off immunomodulatory drugs, between 2 and 5 years and 18% were in remission for more than 5 years after therapy discontinuation. Conclusions IMT can be sight saving in patients. It can be tapered and discontinued successfully without the return of ocular inflammation. Durable drug-free remission is an achievable goal, and should be pursued by ocular inflammatory disease specialists.
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- Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge
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- Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge
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- Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge
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- Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge
- Harvard Medical School and Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Cambridge, MA - USA
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Treviño F, Chavez R, Acevedo S, Martínez M. Protective effect of theophylline in aorta versus toxic effect of TiO2 in Wistar rats. Toxicol Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.07.445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Romero V, Acevedo S, Marco P, Giménez J, Esplugas S. Enhancement of Fenton and photo-Fenton processes at initial circumneutral pH for the degradation of the β-blocker metoprolol. Water Res 2016; 88:449-457. [PMID: 26519628 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The need for acidification in the Fenton and photo-Fenton process is often outlined as one of its major drawbacks, thus in this work the acidification of the Metoprolol (MET) is avoided by the addition of resorcinol (RES), which is used to simulate model organic matter. The experiments were carried out at natural pH (6.2) with different Fe(2+) (1, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/L) and H2O2 (25, 50, 125 and 150 mg/L) concentrations. The performance of MET and RES degradation was assessed along the reaction time. Working with the highest concentrations (5 and 10 mg/L of ferrous iron and 125 and 150 mg/L of H2O2) more than 90% of MET and RES removals were reached within 50 and 20 min of treatment, respectively, by Fenton process. However a low mineralization was achieved in both cases, likely, due to by-products accumulation. Regarding to photo-Fenton process, within 3 min with the highest iron and hydrogen peroxide concentrations, a complete MET degradation was obtained and 95% of RES conversion was achieved. Parameters such Total Organic Carbon, Chemical Oxygen Demand, and AOS were measured. Intermediates were identified and MET degradation path was proposed in the presence of resorcinol. Finally, a comparison between Fenton and photo-Fenton processes at acid pH and at initial circumneutral pH was discussed. The positive effect of RES on Fenton and photo-Fenton systems has been confirmed, allowing the work at circumneutral pH.
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- V Romero
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Barcelona, C/ Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Weich N, Nuñez MC, Galimberti G, Elena G, Acevedo S, Larripa I, Fundia AF. Polymorphic variants of GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genes in childhood acute leukemias: A preliminary study in Argentina. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 20:511-6. [PMID: 25799091 DOI: 10.1179/1607845415y.0000000007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Despite recent major advances in leukemia research, the etiopathogenesis of childhood leukemias remains far elusive. Individual predisposing factors, including polymorphisms in detoxification enzymes, have been implicated in the molecular pathogenesis and heterogeneity of the disease. Genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) that alter enzyme activity could be an additional factor that increases the risk of acute leukemia, but data are lacking in Argentina. We assessed the association of GST polymorphisms and the susceptibility to childhood leukemia in Argentina by conducting an exploratory case-control study and correlated patients' genotype to clinical and biological features. METHODS Deletion polymorphisms in GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes and the single nucleotide polymorphism in GSTP1 c.313A>G (rs1695; p.105Ile>Val) were genotyped by PCR-RFLP in 36 patients and 133 healthy individuals. RESULTS GSTM1-null genotype was associated with a lower risk of developing acute leukemia (P = 0.013; OR: 0.31; CI: 0.12-0.80), while GSTP1-GG variants displayed an increased risk (P = 0.01; OR: 3.9; CI: 1.85-8.2). However, no differences were found for GSTT1 gene. Conclusion These preliminary results, to be validated in a larger population from Argentina, suggest that the development of pediatric leukemia may be differentially influenced by polymorphic variants in GST genes.
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Kent J, Jenkins G, Acevedo S. Temporal and spatial patterns in ichthyoplankton assemblages in bay and open coastal environments. J Fish Biol 2013; 82:408-429. [PMID: 23398059 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12008] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The larval fish fauna occurring in temperate bay and shelf waters off Victoria, southern Australia, was found to be diverse, comprising taxa from 52 families. The most abundant groups collected were gobiids, tripterygiids, gobiesocids and clupeids. Fish egg concentrations were highest during spring and summer (September to February). Eggs of the Australian anchovy Engraulis australis occurred mainly during spring (September to November). Total larval fish concentrations were highest during summer (December to February), and were significantly higher at 1 km than 2 and 5 km from shore in offshore samples. Larval concentrations of a number of families, mainly reef-associated taxa that attach their eggs to hard substrata, were also higher nearer to shore. These larvae are more developed upon hatching than those of pelagic spawners and more capable of avoiding passive drift. Multivariate analyses found that larval taxonomic composition did not vary significantly with distance from shore, but that seasonal and monthly groupings were evident, with different taxa dominating at different times of the year. Larvae of the families Gobiidae and Tripterygiidae occurred in all months, but were less abundant during winter. Spatial differences in the larval fish assemblage between offshore samples and samples taken in the bay were only apparent during summer. This was primarily due to a higher abundance of seagrass-associated species, such as syngnathids and hemiramphids, utilizing specific habitats in the bay.
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- J Kent
- Fisheries Research Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Queenscliff, Vic 3225, Australia.
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Hamer PA, Acevedo S, Jenkins GP, Newman A. Connectivity of a large embayment and coastal fishery: spawning aggregations in one bay source local and broad-scale fishery replenishment. J Fish Biol 2011; 78:1090-1109. [PMID: 21463309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02921.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Ichthyoplankton sampling and otolith chemistry were used to determine the importance of transient spawning aggregations of snapper Chrysophrys auratus (Sparidae) in a large embayment, Port Phillip Bay (PPB), Australia, as a source of local and broad-scale fishery replenishment. Ichthyoplankton sampling across five spawning seasons within PPB, across the narrow entrance to the bay and in adjacent coastal waters, indicated that although spawning may occur in coastal waters, the spawning aggregations within the bay were the primary source of larval recruitment to the bay. Otolith chemical signatures previously characterized for 0+ year C. auratus of two cohorts (2000 and 2001) were used as the baseline signatures to quantify the contribution that fish derived from reproduction in PPB make to fishery replenishment. Sampling of these cohorts over a 5 year period at various widely dispersed fishery regions, combined with maximum likelihood analyses of the chemistry of the 0+ year otolith portions of these older fish, indicated that C. auratus of 1 to 3+ years of age displayed both local residency and broad-scale emigration from PPB to populate coastal waters and an adjacent bay (Western Port). While the PPB fishery was consistently dominated (>70%) by locally derived fish irrespective of cohort or age, the contribution of fish that had originated from PPB to distant populations increased with age. At 4 to 5+ years of age, when C. auratus mature and fully recruit to the fishery, populations of both cohorts across the entire central and western Victorian fishery, including two major embayments and c. 800 km of coastal waters, were dominated (>70%) by fish that had originated from the spawning aggregations and nursery habitat within PPB. Dependence of this broadly dispersed fishery on replenishment from heavily targeted spawning aggregations within one embayment has significant implications for management and monitoring programmes.
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- P A Hamer
- Department of Primary Industries, P. O. Box 114, Queenscliff, Victoria 3225, Australia.
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Biphenotypic acute leukemias (BAL) represent 5% of all acute leukemias. The most frequent cytogenetic abnormalities described are Philadelphia chromosome and 11q23 involvement. Here we report a BAL case, with blasts showing lymphoblast morphology and positivity for myeloperoxidase (in 6% of the blast cells). Immunophenotype revealed the compromise of myeloid and B-lymphoid lineages. Cytogenetic analysis showed the t(15;17) and 8 trisomy. PML/RARa rearrangement was detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) on interphase nuclei while PML/RARa fusion transcript was detected in the bone marrow and peripheral blood by molecular biology studies (RT-PCR). This report describes a BAL case with an unfrequent cytogenetic abnormality, and highlights the importance of correlating the results of multiple diagnostic methods in order to establish a correct diagnosis and treatment in BAL patients.
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- M P Scolnik
- IIHEMA, Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires
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Aguinaga M, Yllescas E, Canseco M, Machuca A, Acevedo S, Mayén Molina DG. Prenatal clinical characteristics of Casamassima-Morton-Nance syndrome. Prenat Diagn 2008; 29:175-6. [DOI: 10.1002/pd.2168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hung J, Ortega D, Castillo J, Acevedo S. Studies of Kinetics of Coalescence of Water‐in‐Furrial Crude Oil Emulsions by Confocal Microscopy. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/01932690701341835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Acevedo S. [Cytogenetic and in situ hybridization (FISH) follow-up in minimal residual disease]. Medicina (B Aires) 2001; 60 Suppl 2:87-90. [PMID: 11188939] [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: 02/19/2023] Open
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Cytogenetic studies are an important tool for diagnosis, prognosis and minimal residual disease (MRD) follow up specially in oncohematology. Conventional cytogenetics, also known as G banding technique, brings complete information for the spectrum of aneuploidies and structural changes present in malignant cells with a sensitivity of 1-5% depending on the number of metaphases analyzed. FISH technique with a higher sensitivity, 10(-2)-10(-4), attempts to make up for one of the principal limitations of G banding which is the absence of metaphases, thus employing different probes and allowing the study of interphase nucleus. Our patients were monitored with both methodologies during the course of the disease looking for MRD. FISH is the best methodology for quantifying the abnormal clone until we can apply quantitative PCR routinely. It will also be important for the follow up of rearrangements for which we do not yet have molecular determinations available. Our findings are coincident with those of other research groups in the need of evaluating higher series of patients with different pathologies in order to arrive at conclusions allowing us to predict relapse with any certainty.
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- S Acevedo
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Pacheco de Melo 3081, 1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Acevedo S. [Anatomy of the eukaryotic gene]. Sangre (Barc) 1998; 43:447-50. [PMID: 9868342] [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: 02/09/2023]
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- S Acevedo
- Departamento de Genética, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Capital Federal, Argentina
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The cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) is an evolutionarily conserved molecule that was originally identified in the immune system. In addition to regulating peripheral immune responses, IL-1beta plays an important role in mediating neural-immune interactions and regulating glial activities during healing and repair in the damaged nervous system. Active IL-1beta is produced by interleukin-converting enzyme (ICE), a caspase thought to be involved in the induction of apoptosis. We report that, in the developing frog, Xenopus laevis, IL-1beta and the IL-1 type 1 receptor proteins are coexpressed in specific neurons that comprise early sensory-motor circuits. IL-1beta and IL-1 type 1 receptor proteins are colocalized in specific midbrain and hindbrain reticular cells, including Mauthner's neuron; specific cells in the trigeminal (fifth), lateral line (seventh), and vestibular (eighth) cranial ganglia; oculomotor neurons; and the primordial Purkinje cells of the lateral cerebellar auricle. In the spinal cord, Rohon-Beard sensory neurons, dorsal root ganglion cells, and primary motoneurons are immunopositive. Anteriorly, the olfactory pits, olfactory nerves, and olfactory bulbs are labeled, as are retinal cells, especially photoreceptor inner segments. With regard to the function of IL-1beta during neural development, IL-1beta and its type 1 receptor are present throughout the course of neural development in identifiable, long-lived neurons, such as Mauthner's neuron. These and other data suggest that IL-1beta and its type 1 receptor may be involved in the maintenance of cell survival rather than induction of neuronal death.
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- A M Jelaso
- Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane University and Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA.
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Acevedo S, Slavutsky I, Andreoli G, Larripa I. Cytogenetic study of 50 de novo cases of ANLL from Argentina. Haematologica 1994; 79:40-5. [PMID: 15378947] [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: 04/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND METHODS Consistent and specific chromosomal aberrations have been observed in an increasing number of neoplasias. In the present report, we describe the cytogenetic findings from 50 cases of de novo ANLL in Argentina, South America, studied at diagnosis. In addition, their relation with the FAB classification is analyzed. Children with Down's syndrome and secondary ANLL were excluded from this analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Out of 50 banded cases studied, 11 (22%) had normal karyotype, while the remaining 39 (78%) presented abnormal metaphases with structural alterations in the majority of them. Chromosomes 7 and 22 were most frequently involved in numerical alterations in children, while chromosomes 6, 8, 14 and 16 were the ones most often involved in adults. Consistent chromosome rearrangements were observed and they were linked to specific cytomorphologic subsets. The translocations t(8;21) and t(15;17) were seen only in M2 and M3, respectively. The inversion of chromosome 16, inv(16), was a typical finding in M4, but was not restricted to this subtype. Translocation t(2;3) was observed in three cases, all M4, each with a variable chromosome pattern. These results are in accordance with cytogenetic findings in Western Europe and the USA.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aneuploidy
- Argentina/epidemiology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Banding
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Translocation, Genetic
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- S Acevedo
- Departamento de Genética, Division Citogenética, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas "Mariano R Castex", Académia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Larripa I, Acevedo S, Palau Nagore MV, Bengiò R, Mondini N, Slavutsky I. Leukemic transformation in patients with 5Q- and additional abnormalities. Haematologica 1991; 76:363-7. [PMID: 1806438] [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: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND METHODS We analyze myelodysplastic patients with the 5q- marker as sole abnormality, or with additional anomalies, and their relationship to clinical evolution. The study was performed on 12 patients (6 females and 6 males): 3 with refractory anemia (RA), 5 with RA with ring sideroblasts (RA-S), 3 RA with excess of blasts (RAEB) and 1 with RAEB in transformation (RAEB-T). The cytogenetic study was carried out on bone marrow cells at the time of diagnosis. The G- banding technique was used for chromosome identification. The follow-up was for 50 months. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Five patients (3 with RA and 2 with RA-S) showed a single 5q- marker. They had a long survival without evolution to leukemia. All cases with 5q- plus additional abnormalities: del(12p), del(7q), del(14q), i(11q) and i(17q), showed a neoplastic evolution in a short period of time. We can conclude that the presence of the 5q- marker with complex karyotypes or additional abnormalities is associated with a high risk of neoplastic evolution, indicating the prognostic value of cytogenetic study in myelodysplasia.
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- I Larripa
- Cytogenetic Department, Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas Mariano R. Castex, Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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