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- Ericsson, Henrik, et al.
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Subtyping of a frequent phagovar of Listeria monocytogenes in Sweden by use of restriction endonuclease analysis
- 1993
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Ingår i: APMIS. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0903-465X .- 1600-5503 .- 0903-4641 .- 1600-0463. ; 101:7-12, s. 971-974
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, many Listeria monocytogenes strains belonging to serovar 4b and isolated during the last five years from different sources share the same phagovar - 2389:2425:3274:2671:47:108:340. The object of the present study was to investigate if 31 L. monocytogenes serovar 4b strains belonging to this particular phagovar could be differentiated by use of a simple restriction endonuclease analysis (REA). Among the enzymes tested, Xho I was found to be the most useful, since this enzyme could divide the 31 strains into five groups. The profiles of all human clinical isolates were indistinguishable from each other, which indicates that these strains may represent a single clone. The food isolates and the strains of human origin did not share the same profile. This further characterization may be of epidemiological importance as this phagovar of L. monocytogenes has been associated with at least two outbreaks of human listeriosis in Europe.
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- ALM, PER, et al.
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Neuroendocrine differentiation in male breast carcinomas
- 1992
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Ingår i: APMIS. - : Wiley. - 0903-4641 .- 1600-0463. ; 100:7-12, s. 720-726
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The presence of neuroendocrine differentiation, as expressed by cellular chromogranin immunoreactivity, was investigated in paraffin‐embedded tissue material from 51 consecutive cases of male breast carcinoma. From six of these cases electron microscopic studies were included. Chromogranin‐immunoreactive cells were present in solid cords and delineated tubular structures. Ultrastructurally, dense core secretory granules could be detected. The expression of neuroendocrine differentiation was 45%, which is between two and eight times higher than reported for female breast carcinomas by other investigators. The present findings suggest that male breast carcinoma is an exclusive tumour disease showing both similarities and discrepancies when compared to its female counterpart.
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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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Ingår i: Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). - Hoboken, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0903-4641 .- 1600-0463. ; 102:10, s. 753-758
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)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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- Truedsson, Lennart, et al.
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HC-IgA antibodies of different specificities are normally present in serum : quantitation by ELISA and relationship to the major Ig classes
- 1990
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Ingår i: APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 0903-4641. ; 98:1-6, s. 249-254
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were developed for direct measurement of protein HC-IgA complexes (HC-IgA) in serum with antibody specificity for rabbit IgG (rheumatoid factor (RF) activity), lipopolysaccharide from Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 (Y3) and tetanus toxoid (TT). About 80% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis had increased concentrations of HC-IgA-RF. The values were correlated with the concentrations of IgA-RF and IgM-RF. HC-IgA anti-Y3 was measured in 45 sera with anti-Y3 antibodies of IgM, IgG and IgA class. The HC-IgA anti-Y3 levels were correlated with those of anti-Y3 of IgG and IgM class, but not of IgA class. For HC-IgA anti-Y3, the closest correlation was that with the specific IgM antibody concentration, rs = 0.63 (p less than 0.001). In 25 normal sera, significant correlations were observed between HC-IgA anti-TT and specific antibodies of IgG and IgA class, but not of IgM class. In 107 sera containing IgA M-components, the total concentration of HC-IgA correlated poorly with both protein HC and with IgA concentrations. It was concluded that specific HC-IgA antibodies are normal constituents of serum, and that their concentrations are not directly related to the serum content of specific IgA antibodies.
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