Authors Blaise A. Clarke, MBBCh, FRCPC* Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Christopher P. Crum, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Marisa R. Nucci, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Esther Oliva, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, ...

STUDY QUESTION What is the motor protein composition and function of human fallopian tube (FT) cilia? SUMMARY ANSWER Although the motor protein composition and function of human FT cilia resemble that of respiratory cilia, females with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) are not necessarily infertile. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY FTs are lined with multiple motile cilia, which show a 9 + 2 ultrastruc...

changing her place of abode. At 14 she had typhus fever, and was ill 5 months. Always as a child she was breathless on slight exertion, and never enjoyed, even averagely, good health. At the age of 20 she had an attack of pericarditis, and subsequently remained very anaemic. At about 22 she first experienced pain in the lower part of the abdomen and groins. This got gradually worse, but did not...

Sections of mitochondria in Paramecium and Euplotes present a consistent pattern. The mitochondrion in these cells can be conceived of as a twisted mass of closely compacted tubules. Two general kinds of substances can be recognized: the electron-dense that borders the lumen of the tubule, and the less dense that forms the continuum. In sections of mitochondria in rat kidney and snail oviduct, ...

Femoral hernias are not common in the adult population however they are often associated with higher rates of incarceration compared to other hernia subtypes. Subsequently they have an increased need for emergency surgical intervention. It has been well documented in the literature that femoral hernia sacs can contain an array of anatomical structures and rarely this includes fallopian tube. Wi...

We describe a sensitive quantitative procedure for separating isoamylases in human serum, urine, and tissue homogenates. Two components have been discerned with chromatographic characteristics resembling those of pancreatic and salivary amylases, respectively. Several lines of evidence-derived from studies in normal subjects, pancreatectomized patients, and patients with acute pancreatitis-indi...