Primary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the prostate is a rare disease that characteristically follows an indolent course. It is believed that infection or chronic inflammation may be triggers for malignant transformation in the prostate, but it is of unknown etiology. Reports of MALT lymphomas of the prostate with other concurrent primary prostate cancers are even more lim...

Gyrate atrophy is a hereditary chorioretinal degeneration associated with a deficiency of ornithine aminotransferase (OAT). By means of a complementary DNA clone encoding human OAT, the OAT gene sequences were mapped by somatic cell hybrids and in situ hybridization to human chromosome regions 10q26 and Xp11.2. A review of 80 biochemically confirmed cases of gyrate atrophy confirmed the autosom...

Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a lymphoid neoplasm arising in extranodal sites with histologic features similar to those of nodal marginal zone lymphoma. Among the sites where a primary MALT lymphoma arises, the GI tract is the most common whereas the breast represents only 4%. Bilateral involvement of the breasts by a primary MALT lymphoma is exceptional with only 10 case...

Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue MALT lymphoma is a low grade malignancy that arises most commonly from the gastric mucosa. Small intestinal involvement is very rare. The causative relationship between Helicobacter pylori and the gastric MALT lymphoma is a well known issue, but recently there are several data suggesting the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the pathogenesis of lymph...

Oat, a rich source of soluble fiber, was considered to have a possible preventive effect on the progression of diabetic nephropathy. The present study aimed to assess this preventive activity in a rat model of diabetic nephropathy. Adult Wister rats were injected by streptozotocin (65 mg/kg). Animals were fed with normal diet or with a diet containing 20% oat (W/W) for 21 weeks. At the end of 2...

A variant of ornithine aminotransferase (OAT, EC 2.6.1.13) has been detected in an offspring of a male mouse treated with ethylnitrosourea. The evidence presented to support the identification of the protein variant (ENU 2) as altered OAT includes (a) a corresponding 50% decrease in the abundance of a protein, located one charge unit basic to the variant, which comigrates on two-dimensional gel...

Pulmonary oat cell carcinoma was first described in 1926 and constitutes around 25% of lung malignancy.' Dugoid et al reported the first case of extrapulmonary oat cell carcinoma, without any bronchial involvement, in 1930.2 Primary extrapulmonary oat cell tumours have since been reported originating from different organs except the liver and the central nervous system. We report two cases ofpr...

milk-based dairy desserts have important role in human diet because of their nutritional values. the aims of this study were to investigate the effect of hull-less barley malt flour and gelatin adding on different aspects of dairy dessert with the goal of increasing nutritional value and quality parameters. desserts were prepared by different gelatin concentration (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2%) and ...

The endoscopic findings of gastric MALT lymphoma are variable, making its diagnosis very difficult. Although there are many reports on the endoscopic findings of gastric cancer, there are few on those of gastric MALT lymphoma. Herein, we summarize the reports on the endoscopic findings of gastric MALT lymphoma, and report its endoscopic diagnosis.

A prototype system for automated assessment of biscuit bake has been developed. The system employs monochrome imaging and histogramming techniques to classify product samples as underbaked, correctly baked or overbaked. Two products have been investigated. Product \A" exhibits uneven browing due to the formation of blisters. An intensity histogram suitably characterises the overall browning and...