The aim was to evaluate Leu-M1 immunoreactivity as a prognostic factor in phaeochromocytoma. Anti-Leu-M1 monoclonal antibodies were used to determine the Leu-M1 immunoreactivity in 17 histologically confirmed phaeochromocytomas from 15 patients, using an avidin-biotin technique. Ten patients had a sporadic phaeochromocytoma, and five had multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A). Malignancy...

correspondence: Thomas eko Purwata neurology Department, Udayana University, Jalan Diponegoro Denpasar, Bali, indonesia Tel/Fax +62 361 246082 email [email protected] Abstract: Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus. Recently it has become clear that nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines play an important role in the pathog...

The purpose of this study was to compare the immunoreactivity in canine renal tissues stained with antisera specific for 3 leptospiral antigens and those processed with traditional staining methods. In addition, immunoglobulin staining was done on tissues with immunoreactivity to leptospiral antigens. Formalin-fixed renal sections from 12 dogs with chronic interstitial nephritis suspected or pr...

The metabolism of bovine parathyroid hormone (PTH) by the perfused rat liver was studied. Labeled hormone, with or without cold hormone, was infused into the circulating perfusion medium containing various calcium concentrations. Pefusate samples at various time periods after the introduction of PTH into the system were chromatographed on Bio-gel P-10; radioactivity and/or immunoreactivity were...

PURPOSE In an unpublished study, the authors found that immunoreactivity for basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is increased in rod photoreceptors adjacent to long-standing laser burns in human diabetic retinas. The goal of this study was to determine whether laser photocoagulation produces a similar increase in photoreceptor bFGF and promotes survival of these cells in dystrophic rodent ret...

correspondence: Thomas eko Purwata neurology Department, Udayana University, Jalan Diponegoro Denpasar, Bali, indonesia Tel/Fax +62 361 246082 email [email protected] Abstract: Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus. Recently it has become clear that nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines play an important role in the pathog...

The chemical coding and projections of neurons containing neuropeptide Y (NPY) have been investigated in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig small intestine. Chemical coding was determined by investigating the colocalization of NPY immunoreactivity with the immunoreactivities for bombesin (BN), 5-HT, nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and somatostatin. Projections were determined by studying the c...

Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus. Recently it has become clear that nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of PDN. We investigated whether the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and NO play a role in PDN pathogenesis by performing a cross-sectional and a case-control study...