Abstract:
:Several earlier observations by us and other investigators led us to propose a thesis that B lymphocytes, when activated by a virus, allo-antigen or bacterial protein would enter into effector arm of the immune response and cause allograft and tumor rejection or GVH-type of lesion in immunosuppressed animals. These effector cells may act directly in the process by contact with other cells or liberating cytokines. Such an hypothesis needs further support from experiments involving cancer and transplantation patients' B cells.
journal_name
Med Hypothesesjournal_title
Medical hypothesesauthors
Krishnan Gdoi
10.1016/0306-9877(90)90071-lsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-05-01 00:00:00pages
63-5issue
1eissn
0306-9877issn
1532-2777pii
0306-9877(90)90071-Ljournal_volume
32pub_type
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2003.12.030
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endogenous lectins of normal tissues can play a functional role in recognition processes and cell adhesion. These functions are areas of particular relevance to tumor growth and metastasis. Our initial results on endogenous lectins of different tumors lead to the working hypothesis that the pattern of endogenous lecti...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(85)90118-5
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies using a combination of isotope and balance techniques have shown that, in the postabsorptive state, the human kidney contributes substantially to overall glucose production and consumption. The kidney may contribute as much as the liver to gluconeogenesis and play an important role in the counterregulat...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1997.0655
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is estimated that about 1 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary events each years in the United States. An acceptable theory is that the acute coronary syndrome is caused by rupture of the atherosclerotic plaque with superimposed thrombus, which is a complex process and involving a number of differen...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2004.06.018
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The paper proposes a mechanism for regulating nucleo-cytoplasmic exchanges of macromolecules via NPC in vertebrates. Bending of NE toward the transport vector significantly contributes to the dynamics. ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1998.0813
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Following allegations that Hepatitis B vaccination causes or triggers multiple sclerosis (MS), several epidemiological studies have been conducted to evaluate the association between MS and vaccination. In one study conducted in the US, a significant protective effect on the development of MS was observed for tetanus ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2005.05.009
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Natural objects, live and inanimate, actively maintain their entities by using their capacities (i.e., properties, internal resources, mechanisms, and experience) adequately to their needs. It is suggested that the principle of adequate function is a law of nature. ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(86)90078-2
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The globally increasing incidences of Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) can have a common background. If challenged by the contemporary high level of nutritional glucose stimulation, the β-cells in genetically predisposed individuals are at risk for damage which can lead to the diseases. The fat to car...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2019.02.027
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare myopathy inducing severe accident when carriers are exposed to triggering agents. MH susceptibility (MHS) is assessed by pharmacological tests performed on muscle strips. Exertional heat stroke (EHS) is a severe accident occurring during long and strenuous exercise. It has been ob...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(95)90116-7
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A hypothesis which explains disease prevalence among different socio-economic groups following early infantile modulation of cell-mediated immunity by infection and nutrition related stress is presented. Wealthy populations living under highly hygienic circumstances can develop their cell-mediated immunity to genetic ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(75)90002-x
更新日期:1975-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cytokines and their effects are widely studied in immunology, but the cellular mechanisms responsible for producing these substances are not yet described or proven. Antigen presenting cells (APCs), macrophages and dendritic cells are suitable subjects for such a study. One of the many papers illustrating the interpla...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1997.0720
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The current epidemic of obesity has developed at a rate that cannot be attributed to genetic drift. Attempts to treat obesity using diet and activity have been largely disappointing. Genes are fixed at conception, but genetic expression is known to be influenced by nutriture during the stages of growth and development...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.02.019
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Learning disability, attentional disorder and childhood major depression are frequent diagnoses in children with behavioral disturbances and impaired school performance. All three disorders are associated with right cerebral hemisphere dysfunction. Anatomical disturbance of right hemisphere function results in learnin...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(82)90012-3
更新日期:1982-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We tested the hypothesis that if SPECT/CT-detected volumes of active and inactive parts of brain tissue present correlation with the results of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) of ischemic stroke, SPECT imaging may serve as a selective tool for post-stroke patients to indicate cases that may significantly benefit from...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109510
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nitrosamines have been identified in vaginal secretions of women with trichomoniasis. Both nitrites and amines the elements for nitrosamine synthesis are produced by the abnormal-predominantly anaerobic-vaginal flora of patients with bacterial vaginosis/trichomoniasis. The final formation of nitrosamines could also de...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(84)90159-2
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Operative risk prediction systems (logistic EuroSCORE I, EuroSCORE II and STS Score) are employed together with multidisciplinary discussion to contraindicate conventional surgery in patients with valvular heart disease and propose the employment of alternative transcatheter procedures. The EuroSCORE I has b...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2015.01.043
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The recent global pandemic created by the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has generated panic, both in term of human death (4-5% of infected patients identified through testing) and the global economy. Human sufferings seem to be continuing, and it is not clear how long this will cont...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109754
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The pancreatic leakage is a lethal postoperative complication to the patients after duodenopancreatectomy for carcinoma of head of pancreas. However, we found that the patients who survived this lethal postoperative complication could potentially acquire a longer survival time comparing with those without postoperativ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.024
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Special feet connected to a prosthesis, prosthetic sports feet, enable athletes with a lower limb amputation to run. The selection of a prosthetic sports feet is usually based on body weight and preferred sports performance. The selection of a prosthetic sport feet is also based on clinicians who likely have...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109869
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia represents a major serious side-effect of chronic therapy with neuroleptic drugs. The pathomechanisms underlying this disorder are not well understood. Although the dopaminergic supersensitivity theory has gained most attention, there is evidence to suggest involvement of other t...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(86)90138-6
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Coronavirus Diseases-2019 (COVID-19) has caused a large global outbreak and has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). It has been proposed that COVID-19-related hyperinflammation and dysregulated immune response might play a critical role in developing a cytokine storm which usually progr...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109947
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Puberty is starting earlier than ever before and there are serious physiological and sociological implications as a result of this development. Current research has focused on the potential role of high caloric, and commensurate high adiposity, contributions to early puberty. However, girls with normal BMI also appear...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2015.06.029
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A hypothesis is presented describing the operation of mammalian brains on the basis of rapid percussion chemical reactions and shock waves generated by such reactions. It is shown that the products of these are various chemical compounds identified as present in the brain. The manner in which the brain deals with vari...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00296-7
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease which has re-emerged in India in the 3rd millennium after years of quiescence. In this review, the authors hypothesize the various factors responsible for resurgence of this disease. The main drivers that could have contributed to the upsurge in scrub typhus cases in pas...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2018.03.019
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Plantar fasciitis has been and remains one of the most common pathologic conditions of the lower extremity. Patients diagnosed with plantar fasciitis are treated conservatively with various degrees of success. This article presents a review of the literature pertaining to treatment of plantar fasciitis as well as intr...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00120-2
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Trigeminal neuralgia is a painful condition that causes great discomfort. Although this disease has been known for more than 1000years, there is still no consensus on its underlying mechanism or treatment. Many hypotheses have been reported to explain the cause and nature of trigeminal neuralgia. These include theorie...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2017.01.008
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Relapse to cocaine, heroin, and alcohol is a common occurrence in ex-abusers of these substances. Although there are many potential causes for relapse, we postulate that one cause in some people may be re-exposure in an anesthesia setting to a drug similar to the formerly abused drug. We hypothesize, for example, that...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1999.0797
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dependence on benzodiazepines (BZDs) or Z-drugs (zolpidem, zopicline and zaleplon) is a common clinical phenomenon. Traditional detoxification of BZDs dependence includes tapering used dose gradually and using equivalent doses of long-acting BZDs as substitutes. This kind of regimen tends to take a long time (up to 4w...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2014.03.032
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:HYPOTHESIS:The delayed lung damage after SARS-CoV-2 infection may be caused by an autoimmune response to ACE2 induced by forced presentation of the ACE2 protein in a complex with CoV Spike in Fc Receptor positive Antigen Presenting Cells in the lung. The likelihood that this hypothesis is valid is low, but it is easily...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110043
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In light of the progressive, pubertal increases in serum gonadotropin (FSH, LH) levels coinciding with the peak incidence of simple goiters; the common alpha subunits associated with the gonadotropins, TSH and hCG; the ability of LH and hCG to bind to thyroid TSH receptors and affect thyroid function; and, the probabl...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(83)90003-8
更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00