The contention that brown adipose tissue is absent in adult man has meant that processes attributed to active brown adipose tissue in experimental animals (mainly rodents), i.e., classical nonshivering thermogenesis, adaptive adrenergic thermogenesis, diet-induced thermogenesis, and antiobesity, should be either absent or attributed to alternative (unknown) mechanisms in man. However, serendipi...

to tumor R2* change. A significant positive correlation observed for tumor microvessel density (r = 0.902, p = 0.003) and inverse correlation observed for tumor size (r = -0.802, p = 0.017). Fig. 2 CD34 staining showing diffuse positive CD34 expression (stained brown, left) and color differentiation of CD34 (black, right) for quantification of tumor microvessel density. Fig. 1 MGRE images (left...

UNLABELLED Small-animal PET scanning with (18)F-FDG is increasingly used in murine models of human diseases. However, the impact of dietary conditions, mode of anesthesia, and ambient temperature on the biodistribution of (18)F-FDG in mice has not been systematically studied so far. The aim of this study was to determine how these factors affect assessment of tumor glucose use by (18)F-FDG PET ...

Parathyroid glands produce parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH has a main role in bone formation. Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is explained as primary, secondary and tertiary types defined as overproduction of PTH. The brown tumor or osteitis fibrosa cystica is a benign bone lesion that is caused by HPT. This complication has been decreased by diagnosis and successful treatment of secondary hyperparath...

Hibernomas are benign tumors with morphological features resembling brown fat. They consistently display cytogenetic rearrangements, typically translocations, involving chromosome band 11q13. Here we demonstrate that these aberrations are associated with concomitant deletions of AIP and MEN1, tumor suppressor genes that are located 3 Mb apart and that underlie the hereditary syndromes pituitary...

We report the case of a 40-year-old woman with chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism that presented with slowly progressive proptosis of the right eye and mass sensation in the temporal and frontal orbital margins. Computerized tomography scan revealed two separate hyperdense and well-circumscribed lesions in the right orbital walls. A biopsy followed by histopathologic study ...

Immunohistochemical stains are indispensable for problem solving in diagnostic pathology. In order to evaluate them appropriately, it is critical to be aware of the characteristics of a true positive stain and a false positive stain. A "true positive" stain shows chromogen deposition in cells or structures that truly contain the antigen of interest. In contrast, a "false positive" stain is one ...

background: non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common malignant tumor in humans. the role of ultraviolet radiation is well-known in the pathogenesis of basal cell carcinoma (bcc) and squamous cell carcinoma (scc). cd10 is a zinc-dependent metallopeptidase known as common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (calla). although cd10 expression has been investigated in some cutaneous tumors, to o...

Polymorphisms of GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1 were examined in melanoma patients and tumor-free individuals. Relationships between the polymorphisms and tumor characteristics and pigment phenotypes of the patients were analyzed. There was no significant difference in GSTM1 null and GSTT1 null genotypes nor GSTP1 GG genotype between melanoma patients and controls. In melanoma patients, these polymorph...