SHORT COMMUNICATION: Human connexin 37 is polymorphic but not mutated in tumours

CD93 is Selectively Expressed on Human Myeloma Cells but Not on B Lymphocytes

Background: CD93 has originally been known as a C1q receptor, and many studies have demonstrated that CD93 is expressed on hematopoietic stem cells, B cell progenitors, myeloid and monocytic cells. Moreover, CD93 is shown to be expressed on long-lived plasma cells, and CD93 deficient-mice display an impairment in plasma cell development. Objective: To investiga...

Connexin 37 counteracts clotting.

The thrombotic response elicited by arterial injury or atherosclerosis varies widely between individuals; in some, diffuse coronary artery disease never triggers thrombotic occlusion, whereas others with limited disease experience myocardial infarction (MI) due to arterial thrombosis. Understanding the predictors for arterial thrombosis will improve tailored therapy for preventing and treating ...

Short Communication Ferromagnetism in Two Mouse Tumours

A variety of living organisms has been found recently that are biochemically able to precipitate the ferromagnetic mineral magnetite (Fe3O4). Originally discovered in the radular teeth of a primitive marine mollusc (Lowenstam, 1962), magnetite has since been reported in bacteria (Frankel, Blakemore & Wolfe, 1979), arthropods (Gould, Kirschvink & Deffeyes, 1978), and vertebrates (Walcott, Gould ...

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NeurofÃ-bromatosis Type 2 (NF2) Gene Is Somatically Mutated in Mesothelioma but not in Lung Cancer1

We have found 16 of 28 small cell lung cancers, 17 of 31 non-small cell lung cancers, 2 of 3 carcinoids, and 12 of 14 mesotheliomas that had chromosome 22 cytogenetic abnormalities. To determine whether the neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) gene located on chromosome 22 partici pates in the oncogenesis of these malignancies, we studied DNAs from lung cancer cell lines and mesotheliomas using South...