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- Hellquist, Henrik B., et al.
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Salivary duct carcinoma : a highly aggressive salivary gland tumour with overexpression of c-erbB-2
- 1994
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In: Journal of Pathology. - West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons. - 0022-3417 .- 1096-9896. ; 172:1, s. 35-44
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The clinicopathological and immunocytochemical features of nine cases of salivary duct carcinoma are described. This relatively rare tumour, which only recently has been widely recognized as a separate entity, is highly malignant and caused the death in eight of the patients. The tumour cells are arranged in cribriform and solid growth patterns, where the solid tumour nests frequently have comedo necrosis, and a fibrous, often sclerotic, stroma is present. The infiltrating desmoplasmic component and the diffuse invasive growth into adjacent adipose parotid tissue have similarities to ductal breast carcinoma. Immunocytochemical investigation of salivary duct carcinoma showed constant overexpression of c-erbB-2 as detected by membrane accentuation, and high proliferative activity as detected by nuclear positivity for MIB 1 (Ki-67). Changes in the expression of p53 and retinoblastoma gene product do not constitute a constant event in salivary duct carcinoma. A few of the tumours showed scattered cells with distinct nuclear positivity for both progesterone and oestrogen receptors. We emphasize that this highly malignant salivary gland tumour has a characteristic morphology, may not be as rare as previously considered, and that prompt and aggressive therapy is needed.
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- Davidsson, Åke, 1956-, et al.
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Allergen-induced changes of B-cell phenotypes in patients with allergic rhinitis
- 1994
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In: Rhinology. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : International Rhinologic Society. - 0300-0729 .- 1996-8604. ; 32:4, s. 184-190
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We investigated sub-populations of B-lymphocytes in nasal mucosa and peripheral blood of 17 patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (birch pollen) and 10 controls. The study included provocation with allergen during the non-pollen season, during which no participant used medication. Samples were also taken during the pollen season. Subsets of B-cells as expressed by different CD antigens were investigated by immunohistochemistry on frozen sections and by flow cytometry of peripheral blood. Nasal CD23+ B-cells decreased in allergic patients during provocation, indicating that mature virgin CD23+ B-cells switch into a memory B-cell phenotype with loss of CD23 expression. This indicates differentiation towards cells that can represent a local source for IgE synthesis. No decrease was observed during the pollen season when the patients used medication. Serum IgE was significantly higher in allergic patients on all occasions. The observed up-regulation of CD40 expression on peripheral blood B-cells in allergic patients during the pollen season clearly indicate B-cell activation. Furthermore, a relative increase of CD19+ B-cells was observed in peripheral blood during provocation. Upregulation (by IL-4) of CD40 on B-cells which then may be stimulated by gp39 (CD40 ligand) can constitute an early and important event in the IgE-mediated allergic reaction.
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- Hellquist, H. B., et al.
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Activated T cells in the nasal mucosa of patients with grass-pollen allergy. A pilot study
- 1992
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In: Rhinology. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : International Rhinologic Society. - 0300-0729 .- 1996-8604. ; 30:1, s. 57-63
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Six patients with grass-pollen allergy were provoked with water-soluble grass pollen until a pronounced allergic reaction occurred. This was performed outside the grass-pollen season, and the allergen was administered on the edge of the inferior turbinate. Biopsies were taken both before provocation and during the reaction, 15-30 minutes after provocation. The nasal population of immunohistochemically positive cells for HLA-DR, CD1, interleukin-2-receptor, IgE, CD4 and CD8 were studied. There was a marked increase of IL2-R-positive cells (activated T lymphocytes) in the nasal mucosa after provocation, whilst the other cell populations approximately remained unchanged (apart from a certain increase of IgE). The increase of activated T lymphocytes may imply that certain subsets of T cells play a role in the allergic response, and that the role of helper T cells very likely is much more complex than the regulation of mast cells and eosinophils. The concomitant presence of Langerhans' cells (CD1-positive) and activated T lymphocytes may indicate a possible association on site between an antigen-presenting cell and both effector as well as memory cells in allergic reactions.
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- Hellquist, H. B., et al.
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Nasal memory T lymphocytes capable of producing IL-4 in the allergic reaction
- 1992
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In: Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. - West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0105-4538 .- 1398-9995. ; 47:4 Pt 1, s. 334-336
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper reports the presence of memory T cells in the nasal mucosa of allergic patients. The demonstration of CD4+/CD29+ (CD4+/CD45RO+) T lymphocytes, which are capable of interleukin-4 production, can indicate a complementary cell-mediated regulatory mechanism for mast cell proliferation and IgE synthesis in human nasal allergy. No substantial IgE production can be obtained in the absence of IL-4. Therefore, the existence of IL-4 producing cells on site in the nasal mucosa of allergic subjects probably implies a complementary interaction between cytokines and different immunocompetent nasal cells in the regulation of B cells and IgE synthesis.
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- Karlsson, Mats G., 1960-, et al.
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Increase in CD4+ and CD45RO+ memory T cells in the nasal mucosa of allergic patients
- 1994
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In: Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). - Hoboken, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0903-4641 .- 1600-0463. ; 102:10, s. 753-758
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- By means of immunocytochemistry we have investigated subsets of T lymphocytes in frozen sections of nasal mucosa from patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis and healthy control persons. All participants were subjected to time-course provocation during the non-pollen season, and samples were taken during provocation as well as during the natural pollen season. Computerized image analysis was applied for evaluation of the immunostained lymphocytes. CD45RO+ memory T cells outnumbered the remaining leukocyte populations in the mucosa of both allergic patients and controls on all occasions. During the repeat provocation there was no difference in numerical values, with respect to any of the five leukocyte subpopulations studied (CD4, CD8, CD25, CD45RA and CD45RO), between patients and controls. However, during continuous exposure in the pollen season a significant increase in CD4+ cells was observed in allergic patients compared to before provocation (p < 0.05). No changes were observed with respect to CD8+ and CD25+ cells. Similarly, an increase in CD45RO+ memory was found in allergic patients during the pollen season compared to the non-pollen season (p < 0.02). This latter finding was, however, only evident in the patients who did not use nasal corticosteroids. Hence the present investigation has demonstrated an allergen-induced increase in CD4+ and CD45RO+ memory T cells in the mucosa of allergic patients during the pollen season. These events may constitute a cellular basis for local continuous production of certain cytokines, particularly interleukin-4, which is essential for IgE synthesis.
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- Karlsson, Mats G., 1960-, et al.
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Phenotype switch and activation of T lymphocytes in patients with allergic rhinitis
- 1994
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In: Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. - Basel, Switzerland : S. Karger. - 0301-1569 .- 1423-0275. ; 56:3, s. 166-172
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The peripheral blood of 17 patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (birch pollen) and of 10 healthy subjects were analysed before and during a provocation study in the non-pollen season as well as during the pollen season. Analytical flow cytometry comprised a panel of monoclonal antibodies investigating helper/suppressor T cells, activated T cells, and naive/memory T helper cells. Allergic patients showed no increase in the amount of T lymphocytes but an increased proportion of CD4+ helper T cells early during pronounced exposure (provocation) but not during natural antigen exposure (pollen season). Allergic patients showed a significant increase in activated T cells during the non-pollen season compared with healthy subjects, and furthermore, the nasal allergen provocation induced an additional increase in activated T cells among allergics. The T cell activation mainly affected helper T cells (85%) rather than suppressor T cells. Furthermore, allergic patients showed a significant increase in naive T helper cells during the pollen season. The presence of a double-positive subpopulation indicates an activated T helper subpopulation that switches its phenotype from naive (CD45RA) to memory (CD29). The results indicate at least two important differences between patients with allergic rhinitis and healthy controls. In allergic patients T helper cells become activated upon allergen exposure, and circulate in the blood and switch their phenotype. These T cells have a potential homing tendency to the nasal mucosa. These two events do not occur in non-allergic individuals and may thus constitute new insights into the basic mechanisms of allergic rhinitis.
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- Abrahamsson, Sven Olof, et al.
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Dehydration inhibits matrix synthesis and cell proliferation : An in vitro study of rabbit flexor tendons
- 1991
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In: Acta Orthopaedica. - : Medical Journals Sweden AB. - 1745-3674 .- 0001-6470. ; 62:2, s. 159-162
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Segments of the deep flexor tendon of the rabbit were exposed to air; the effects of dehydration on in vitro synthesis of proteoglycan, collagen, non-collagenous protein, and cell proliferation were compared with tendon segments that were kept moist with physiologic saline. After 20 min of expo-sure to air, the tendons lost half and after 40 min all of their ability to synthesize matrix components and to proliferate, whereas irrigated tendons remained viable during the entire experiment.
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- Bergenfelz, A, et al.
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Intraoperative fall in plasma levels of intact parathyroid hormone after removal of one enlarged parathyroid gland in hyperparathyroid patients
- 1991
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In: Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica. - 0001-5482. ; 157:2, s. 12-109
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Plasma levels of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) were measured intraoperatively before and after removal of one enlarged gland in 20 hyperparathyroid patients. In 13 patients with a single parathyroid adenoma, plasma levels of intact PTH-(1-84) had declined at 15 min after removal of the adenoma by 86.5 +/- 4.4% of baseline in the antecubital vein and by 85.6 +/- 4.2% in the ipsilateral internal jugular vein. In seven patients with parathyroid hyperplasia, the corresponding figures for decline at 15 min after removal of one enlarged parathyroid gland were only 26.6 +/- 6.4% and 7.8 +/- 29.4%. The fall in PTH levels was significantly less in hyperplasia than in adenoma (p less than 0.001). Thus 15 min after removal of one enlarged parathyroid gland, the decline in plasma level of intact PTH may distinguish between single adenoma and multiglandular disease as the cause of hyperparathyroidism.
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- Karlsson, Mats G., 1960-, et al.
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Quantitative computerized image analysis of immunostained lymphocytes : A methodological approach
- 1994
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In: Pathology, Research and Practice. - München, Germany : Elsevier. - 0344-0338 .- 1618-0631. ; 190:8, s. 799-807
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A methodological approach by computerized image analysis to quantify immunostained objects in histological sections is described. We have investigated antibodies against CD4, CD8, CD20, CD23 and CD25 in frozen sections of human nasal mucosa; however, the methodology of standardization is of general validity. The study was designed particularly to investigate the following points: 1) light intensity, 2) the grey level for counter staining intensity, 3) the grey level threshold value for positive objects, 4) the minimal acceptable size of a positive object, 5) the influence of the brightness of the light on both the number and the area of objects. Furthermore, random sampling and determination of 6) the area per section, and 7) the number of histological sections to be measured per biopsy. Finally, a study of reproducibility of immunostaining intensity was performed. The influence of the different parameters mentioned above was studied and the values (eg. threshold value) for our particular setting of microscope, image analysis equipment, computer software etc, were defined. The method was then tested for intra- and interindividual variation which was found to be less than 5%. Correlation analysis of the reproducibility gave coefficients of correlation of 0.99, both concerning number of immunopositive objects and immunopositive area. We emphasize the importance of a highly standardized methodology if the numeric data obtained from computer assisted image analysis are to be more accurate than semiquantitative assessments by experienced observers. With a thorough standardization as described in this method it is possible to obtain numeric values, and data with low deviations, which are two obvious and important advantages.
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