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- Pisa, P, et al.
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Selective expression of interleukin 10, interferon gamma, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in ovarian cancer biopsies.
- 1992
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - 0027-8424 .- 1091-6490. ; 89:16, s. 7708-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The variable clinical response seen with most cancer immunotherapy suggests that there is a large interindividual variation in immunologic response to tumors. One of the key functional parameters of an immune response is the local production of cytokines. As a method to survey the immune status of tumor-infiltrating cells, we have investigated the constitutive expression of cytokine mRNA in biopsies from epithelial ovarian carcinomas by using a PCR-assisted mRNA amplification assay. Using a set of cytokine-specific primers for 10 different cytokines, we have found selective expression of interleukin 10 (IL-10), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and interferon gamma mRNA in ovarian tumor tissue as compared to normal ovaries and ovarian tumor cell lines. Such differences could not be explained by the extent of T-cell infiltration, since comparing samples with the same intensity of T-cell receptor (TCR) constant region alpha-chain product from the tumor and normal biopsies demonstrated different cytokine patterns. No IL-2 gene expression was detected in the tumor biopsies. IL-2 mRNA, however, became expressed after stimulation of the tumor-derived cells via the CD3 molecule but not after growth in recombinant IL-2 alone. Using the same methodology, we also analyzed the TCR variable region beta-chain gene repertoire. No restriction or biased expression of these genes was observed.
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- Gerdin, Bengt, 1947-, et al.
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Selective tissue accumulation of manganese and its effect on regional blood flow and haemodynamics after intravenous infusion of its chloride salt in the rat.
- 1985
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Ingår i: International journal on tissue reactions. - 0250-0868. ; 7:5, s. 373-80
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Manganese chloride (MnCl2), with or without the addition of trace amounts of 54Mn2+, was administered as a 7-min i.v. infusion in rats. Tissue accumulation of 54Mn2+ was determined 0-15 min after the infusion, and cardiac output, regional blood flows and vascular resistances were measured 5 and 60 min after the infusion by the microsphere technique. The plasma half-life of 54Mn2+ was found to be 4.7 min. Mn2+ accumulated in several organs, the highest relative concentrations being seen in the liver, duodenum, jejunum, kidney and heart, and intermediate concentrations in the ileum, colon, stomach and spleen. There was no uptake in the lung, skeletal muscle or brain. During the infusion of 180 mumol/kg b.w. of Mn2+, the arterial blood pressure fell from a mean of 123 +/- 5 mm Hg to a minimum of 85 +/- 7 mm Hg, and thereafter returned to normal. Five minutes after termination of the infusion, there was a decrease in cardiac output and minute work but not in total peripheral resistance, a finding interpreted as a negative inotropic effect of Mn2+. At this time blood flow was decreased in the stomach, ileum, colon, spleen and skin, and increased in duodenum, jejunum and liver. The blood flows were normalized 60 min after termination of the infusion in all organs except the liver and heart. The effects are probably due to the calcium-antagonistic properties of Mn2+ and the tissue accumulation is most probably a result of intracellular accumulation through calcium channels. The relation between tissue accumulation and tissue selectivity of blood-flow alterations is unexplained.
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- Gerdin, E, et al.
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Immunohistochemical identification of receptors for epidermal growth factor in tumor endothelium may be affected by cross-reactivity to blood group A antigen.
- 1993
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Ingår i: American Journal of Clinical Pathology. - 0002-9173 .- 1943-7722. ; 99:1, s. 28-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It has been reported that endothelium in malignant glioma stains with a commercial antibody raised against the receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGFr) on A431 cells (clone 29.1). In this report, this antibody was used to study the immunohistochemical expression of EGFr in benign and malignant ovarian, mid-gut carcinoid, and thyroid neoplasms using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique. Eighteen of the 37 ovarian neoplasms, 4 of the 10 thyroid neoplasms, and 14 of 28 mid-gut carcinoid tumors expressed strong and distinct endothelial staining, whereas staining results of the remaining tumors were negative. The endothelial nature of the staining was verified by staining serial sections with Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I. The staining was independent of that obtained with an antibody raised against a synthetic peptide consisting of residues 985 to 996 from the cytoplasmic domain of EGFr (clone F4). All positive staining occurred in patients determined to be of blood groups A or AB, whereas samples from patients with blood groups B or O were negative. Immunoabsorption of the antibody with centrifuged erythrocytes from a blood group A donor, but not from a blood group B donor, abolished the positive staining. The data indicate that positive staining of tumor endothelium with this antibody is due to cross-reactivity with blood group A antigen. The results obtained challenge the validity of previously performed immunohistochemical studies in which monoclonal antibodies raised against the EGFr of A431 cells have been used, and in which the epitope for the monoclonal antibody has not been determined.
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- McCann, E, et al.
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Selective actions of calcium antagonistic drugs on the haemodynamics and regional organ blood flow in rats.
- 1986
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Ingår i: International journal on tissue reactions. - 0250-0868. ; 8:3, s. 205-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Six substances, all of which influence calcium utilization by smooth muscle, namely nimodipine (50 micrograms/kg), flunarizine (1 mg/kg), verapamil (0.2 mg/kg), lidoflazine (1 mg/kg), magnesium (600 mumol Mg++/kg), and manganese (180 mumol Mn++/kg), were given intravenously to rats and their effects on regional blood flows and on cardiac output were determined by the radioactive microsphere technique. All compounds caused a temporary fall in mean arterial blood pressure. Cardiac output was decreased by manganese, and minute work by nimodipine, manganese and lidoflazine. Nimodipine increased blood flow in the liver, skeletal muscle and heart and decreased that in the stomach, ileum, colon, kidney, spleen and skin; manganese increased flow in the duodenum, jejunum, liver and myocardium and decreased that in the stomach, ileum, colon, spleen and skin; flunarizine increased flow in the liver, heart and brain; and magnesium increased flow in the liver, spleen and brain. Lidoflazine and verapamil, although leading to haemodynamic alterations, had no selective effect on organ blood flow. Selective actions by calcium effector drugs can provide information on mechanisms of calcium flux in various types of vascular smooth muscle, and show that it is possible to tailor combinations of anti-calcium agents with optimal effects on a given organ.
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- Belew, M, et al.
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Structure-activity studies on synthetic analogs to vasoactive peptides derived from human fibrinogen.
- 1980
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Ingår i: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. - 0006-3002 .- 1878-2434. ; 632:1, s. 87-94
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Counterparts to two vasoactive peptides previously isolated from fibrin(ogen) degraded by plasmin (EC 3.4.21.7) were synthesized by the solid phase procedure. The synthetic undecapeptide (Ser-Gln-Leu-Gln-Lys-Val-Pro-Pro-Glu-Trp-Lys) was isolated in a homogeneous state by chromatography on Sephadex G-25 and DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B and the pentapeptide (Ala-Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys) by chromatography on BioGel P-6 and column zone electrophoresis. The effect of these two peptides and of fifteen analogs to the pentapeptide on microvascular permeability in rat skin was investigated. The two synthetic counterparts were as potent as the natural peptides. With respect to the analogs, the influence of different functional groups was first studied. This was followed by attempts to minimize the active structure, induce or relieve rigidity of the peptide back-bone or otherwise accomplish modifications by a change in chirality at critical positions. Our results show that the tetrapeptide Arg-Pro-Ala-Lys has the same effect on microvascular permeability as the pentapeptide in the assay system used. Basic amino acids at both ends, as well as a proline residue adjacent to the N-terminal amino acid appear important for full or essentially full activity. On the other hand, substitution of the Ala at position 4 with several other amino acids did not result in a significant loss in biological potency.
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