Abstract:
:The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are diseases of unknown etiology characterized by T cell-mediated myocytotoxicity in polymyositis and complement-mediated angiopathy of muscle fibers in dermatomyositis. A variable degree of fibrosis is present in muscles in these conditions both perimysially and endomysially. We evaluated the expression of TGF-beta 1, a pleiotropic cytokine with fibrogenic and immunomodulating activity, by means of quantitative-polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry in DM and PM muscle biopsies. TGF-beta 1 mRNA was significantly higher in DM compared with controls, whereas in PM the values were not significantly different when compared with controls and DM. TGF-beta 1 was localized in connective tissue but did not correspond with mononuclear cell infiltrates. These findings suggest a correlation between TGF-beta 1 and connective tissue proliferation in inflammatory myopathy, while its immunomodulatory role remains to be elucidated.
journal_name
J Neuropathol Exp Neuroljournal_title
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurologyauthors
Confalonieri P,Bernasconi P,Cornelio F,Mantegazza Rdoi
10.1097/00005072-199705000-00003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-05-01 00:00:00pages
479-84issue
5eissn
0022-3069issn
1554-6578journal_volume
56pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Alpha-synuclein (alpha-synuclein) lesions are characteristic of idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD) and other alpha-synucleinopathies. To study the frequency of alpha-synuclein lesions in normal aging and how frequently they coexist with lesions of Alzheimer disease (AD), we examined the autopsy brains from normal and d...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/64.2.156
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism (FTDP-17) is an autosomal dominant disorder that presents clinically with dementia, extrapyramidal signs, and behavioral disturbances in mid-life and progresses to death within 5 to 10 years. Pathologically, the disorder is characterized by variable neuronal loss and gliosis i...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199908000-00008
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Microglial activation and behavioral abnormalities occur before neuronal loss in experimental murine prion disease; the behavioral changes coincide with a reduction in synaptic plasticity. Because synaptic plasticity depends on an intact perineuronal net (PN), a specialized extracellular matrix that surrounds parvalbu...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181654386
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The sciatic/tibial/plantar nerve complex of normal aged rats displays striking morphological changes that are most pronounced distally. Nerve fiber abnormalities include: (a) large numbers of axonal glycogenosomes, mitochondria, dense membranous bodies, and decorated particles; (b) adaxonal Schwann cell processes sequ...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-198103000-00007
更新日期:1981-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The frontotemporal dementias (FTDs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that are characterized clinically by dementia, personality changes, language impairment, and occasionally extrapyramidal movement disorders. Historically, the diagnosis and classification of FTDs has been fraught with difficul...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/64.5.420
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Brain aging is accompanied by increased oxidative stress and what has been termed "neuroinflammation," which might contribute to age-related neurodegenerative diseases. We analyzed expression in the transcription of innate inflammatory response genes in eleven representative regions including frontal, parietal, inferi...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/nlw117
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cortical lesions (CLs) are an important component of multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology; they correlate better with physical disability and cognitive impairment than white matter lesions (WMLs). Because remyelination can be extensive in CLs, we quantified remyelination in gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM), address...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/nlx023
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::This investigation tested the hypothesis that the growth inhibiting effects of human beta-interferon on cultured human glioma cells involves changes in the ganglioside composition of these cells. Four cell lines derived from human malignant gliomas (12-18, U-251 MG, I29-A, 7-24) and two lines from human fetal brain (C...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-198803000-00004
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Oligodendrogliomas are characterized by frequent loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosomes 1p and 19q, but additional genetic alterations are likely to be involved. In this study, we screened 28 oligodendrogliomas (WHO grade II) and 20 anaplastic oligodendrogliomas (WHO grade III) for alterations in the RB1/CDK4/p16...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/60.12.1181
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Large complex membranous bodies are described in the cerebral cortex of adult rats. Although these bodies are not very prevalent, they appear with increasing frequency as the age of the animal increases from 12 to 28 months. The membranous bodies are composed of varying amounts of membranes, cytoplasm and empty vacuol...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-197603000-00003
更新日期:1976-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Histopathologic evaluation of brain tissue derived from surgically treated patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) frequently reveals structural brain lesions in the surgical specimen. While several of the most commonly encountered lesions such as low-grade neoplasms or vascular malformations a...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199901000-00003
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Essential tremor (ET) patients develop more cognitive impairment and dementia than controls, although there are surprisingly few data on the neuropathological basis for cognitive changes in ET. In this postmortem study, we assessed tau and other pathologies in 26 ET cases and 73 controls (non-ET) (1:3 matching). The m...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/nly104
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neuroaxonal dystrophy, a distinctive axonopathy characterized by marked enlargement of distal axons, is the hallmark pathologic alteration in aged and diabetic human prevertebral sympathetic ganglia and in corresponding rodent models. Neuroaxonal dystrophy is thought to represent the abnormal outcome of cycles of syna...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e318190d6db
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bcl-2, a cell death suppressor protein, is expressed during brain development but is largely down-regulated in the adult central nervous system. We previously reported strong expression of bcl-2 in small, "oligodendrocyte-like" cells (OLC) found in glioneuronal hamartias. These hamartias are microscopic cell rests fou...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/59.2.113
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::To develop improved therapies for medulloblastoma, we studied the ability of a neuroattenuated HSV-1 ICP34.5 mutant (variant-1716) to replicate within and destory an authentic medulloblastoma cell line known as Med 283 (D283) using immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and viral titrations. In vitro studies sho...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199612000-00010
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Because the presence of carbonic anhydrase C (CA C) has been demonstrated in the oligodendrocytes of the mouse, rat and man, anti-CA C serum has been considered to be a possible specific marker for these cells. In order to determine its value in human neurooncology, specimens from 110 human tumors from the central and...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-198707000-00004
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Natalizumab, a monoclonal antibody directed against α4 integrins, has, to date, been associated with 399 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) worldwide in patients receiving treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Because of the limited number of histologic studies, the possible interplay between M...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/NEN.0000000000000005
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to clarify pathological and anatomical relationships between adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (ACP) and their surrounding structures. We previously established a QST classification scheme based on the apparent anatomic origin of the tumors. According to this classification, 13 type Q tumor...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/nly083
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The oligoastrocytoma, as a mixed glioma, represents a nosologic dilemma with respect to precisely defining the oligodendroglial and astroglial phenotypes that constitute the neoplastic cell lineages of these tumors. In this study, cell image analysis with Feulgen-stained nuclei was used to distinguish between oligoden...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199704000-00008
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The genetic abnormality most frequently identified in glioblastomas is loss of alleles on chromosome 10. We have performed a comprehensive study of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene on 10q23, including loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis, multiplex PCR, mutation analysis, and reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). In tota...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199911000-00007
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a major component of the inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitinated inclusions (FTLD-U). We studied TDP-43 pathology in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of autopsy brains from patients with FTLD-U (n = 68), dementia lacking distinctive histopathology (n ...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e31816a12a6
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Molecular pathology has identified 2 distinct forms of neuronal inclusion body in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS-type inclusions are skeins or small dense filamentous aggregates which can only be demonstrated by ubiquitin immunocytochemistry (ICC). In contrast hyaline conglomerates (HC) are large multifocal ...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199810000-00002
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A single oral dose of clofibrate (30 mg/100 gm body weight) given to 250-300 gm male rats produced myotonic discharges from both the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles 2 hours after feeding. Rats fed the same dosage for 14 consecutive days exhibited electromyographic discharges consistent with profound myotonia. Fibers ...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-197911000-00004
更新日期:1979-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A primary cerebellar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in a six and a half year old boy is reported. Microscopy of the surgical material revealed lobules of closely packed cells with a high mitotic rate, pleomorphic hyperchromatic nuclei and scant cytoplasm. At their periphery, the lobules merged with rounded cells with similar ...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-198407000-00008
更新日期:1984-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chorea-Acanthocytosis (CHAC) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by neurodegeneration and acanthocytosis. Enhanced creatine kinase concentration is a constant feature of the condition. The mechanism underlying CHAC is unknown. However, acanthocytosis and enhanced creatine kinase suggest a protein defect th...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/61.10.841
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Werdnig-Hoffmann disease (WHD) is the most severe clinical type of spinal muscular atrophy characterized by loss of lower motor neurons and paralysis. We examined the hypothesis that disease pathogenesis is based on an inappropriate persistence of normally occurring motor neuron programmed cell death. The diagnosis of...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/jnen/59.5.398
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Genetic and lifestyle-related risk factors for Alzheimer disease (AD) are associated with an increase in oxidative stress, suggesting that oxidative stress is involved at an early stage of the pathologic cascade. Moreover, oxidative stress is mechanistically and chronologically associated with other key features of AD...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.jnen.0000228136.58062.bf
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is the cause of a serious and often fatal encephalitis. Patients who survive herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) experience behavioral abnormalities including profound cognitive dysfunctions. We have developed a rat model of acute HSE to investigate the cognitive impairments caused by...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199305000-00008
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Brainstem Lewy bodies (LB) are neuronal inclusions that are closely related to Parkinson's disease (PD). The filamentous component of LB from patients with PD contains biochemically altered neurofilaments (NF). Herein we have tested the hypothesis that the oxidized products of catechols may covalently crosslink NF. Ne...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00005072-199505000-00004
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fibrosis is the main cause of irreversible nerve damage in leprosy. Phenotypic changes in Mycobacterium leprae (ML)-infected Schwann cells (SCs) have been suggested to mediate this process. We found that SC line cultures stimulated with ML upregulated transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), and that TGF-β1 or ML induc...
journal_title:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e31828bfc60
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00