abstract：:This paper reports the histopathological findings in the eyes of a 26-year-old female patient diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with peripheral neuropathy. The patient had no significant ocular problems. She died of pneumonia after two years of suffering. The eyeballs were procured at autopsy and the r...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Nag TC,Wadhwa S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the role of microtubules and microfilaments in regulating endothelial monolayer integrity and repair, and since microtubules and microfilaments show some co-alignment in endothelial cells, we tested the hypothesis that microtubules organize microfilament distribution. Disruption of microtubules with colc...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Lee JS,Gotlieb AI

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smads are signal transducers for the members of the TGF-beta superfamily. Of these Smads, Smad4 is essential for TGF-beta signaling. The purpose of this study was to elucidate Smad4 expression and localization in 65 gastric adenomas, 49 intestinal-type and 39 diffuse type of gastric adenocarcinomas (including 12 cases...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Kim JY,Park DY,Kim GH,Choi KU,Lee CH,Huh GY,Sol MY,Song GA,Jeon TY,Kim DH,Sim MS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Junctional complexes such as tight junctions, adherens junctions, and desmosomes play crucial roles in the structure and function of epithelial cells. These junctions are involved in increasing cell-cell contact and as well serve as signaling centers regulating multiple functions in epithelial cells. Carcinoma cell li...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Kim G,Rajasekaran SA,Thomas G,Rosen EA,Landaw EM,Shintaku P,Lassman C,Said J,Rajasekaran AK

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proto-oncogene, ets-1, is a transcription factor known to control the expression of a number of genes and has been postulated to play a role in cell growth, differentiation and tumour invasion. We examined 137 cases of breast carcinoma by immunohistochemistry and compared the degree of Ets-1 expression among the d...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Katayama S,Nakayama T,Ito M,Naito S,Sekine I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the characterization of mucinous tubular and spindle-cell carcinoma (MTSCC) has been established. MTSCC predominantly occurs in females. This tumor is histologically characterized by eosinophilic cytoplasm, elongated and anastomosing tubules, myxomatous stroma and low-grade nuclear cytology. Proliferation of...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Kuroda N,Toi M,Hiroi M,Shuin T,Enzan H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular alterations of experimental diabetes mellitus are observed in animals submitted to a reduction in renal mass, suggesting that some mechanisms responsible for the progression of renal disease are common. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nephrectomy on the renal function and morphology o...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Lopes GS,Lemos CC,Mandarim-De-Lacerda CA,Bregman R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialoderivatives expressed in the rabbit oviduct under hormonal treatment have been investigated in situ by lectin histochemistry with a view to specifying further regional and temporal specializations which enable ampulla and isthmus to play distinct roles in the reproductive events. Application of MAL II and SNA lec...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Gabrielli MG,Bondi AM,Materazzi G,Menghi G

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells are defined as clonogenic cells with self-renewal capacity and the ability to generate all neural lineages (multipotentiality). Cells with these characteristics have been isolated from the embryonic and adult central nervous system. Under specific conditions, these cells can differentiate into neuron...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Bazán E,Alonso FJ,Redondo C,López-Toledano MA,Alfaro JM,Reimers D,Herranz AS,Paíno CL,Serrano AB,Cobacho N,Caso E,Lobo MV

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat IgG2a monoclonal antibody against a stage-specific fetal glycoprotein with a molecular mass of 68 kDa (FGP68) was produced and applied to paraffin sections. This monoclonal antibody was used to compare the expression of FGP68 with that of both alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in 75 hepa...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Kato M,Shinozawa T,Kato S,Terada T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated the link between the potentially nephrotoxic levels of aluminium ingested in the natural diet of eucalypt leaves by koalas in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, and the high incidence of renal failure in koalas within this habitat. Routine histology of kidney specimens revealed no pathologies ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Haynes JI,Askew MJ,Leigh C

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary fibrosis is a common response to various injuries to the lung. The resolution of a fibroproliferative response after lung injury is key to survival. Although there are various initiating factors or causes, the terminal stages are characterized by proliferation and progressive accumulation of connective tissu...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Kuwano K,Hagimoto N,Nakanishi Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones (TH) stimulate oxidative metabolism in many tissues in the body, but testis is not one of them. Therefore, in this sense, testis is not considered as a target organ for TH. However, recent findings clearly show that TH have significant functions on the testis in general, and Leydig cells in particular...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Mendis-Handagama SM,Ariyaratne HB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F10, a subline of the B16 mouse melanoma cell line, is itself the parent of the more metastatic BL6 line. BL6 cells differ from F10 cells by an alteration of the gene encoding the B56gamma regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), which results in mRNA encoding a truncated variant of the subunit (deltagamma...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Koma YI,Ito A,Watabe K,Kimura SH,Kitamura Y

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting essential cellular pathways that determine neuronal and vascular survival can foster a successful therapeutic platform for the treatment of a wide variety of degenerative disorders in the central nervous system. In particular, oxidative cellular injury can precipitate several nervous system disorders that ma...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Chong ZZ,Maiese K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex steroid hormones are involved in regulation of skin development and functions as well as in some skin pathological events. To determine the sites of action of estrogens, androgens and progestins, studies have been performed during the recent years to accurately localize receptors for each steroid hormone in human ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Pelletier G,Ren L

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of He-Ne laser radiation on the formation of new blood vessels in the bone marrow compartment of a regenerating area of the mid-cortical diaphysis of the tibiae of young adult rats was studied. A small hole was surgically made with a dentistry burr in the tibia and the injured area received a daily laser...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Garavello I,Baranauskas V,da Cruz-Höfling MA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine phosphorylase (TP), thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) have been indicated as possible predictive markers for epithelial malignancies. All these three enzymes are actively involved in 5-FU metabolism. In this report, we investigated mRNA expression of these factors with real-...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Li H,Suo Z,Zhang Y,Risberg B,Karlsson MG,Villman K,Nesland JM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of tumor suppressor and tumor-related genes exhibit promoter hypermethylation with resulting gene silencing in human cancers. In addition, several gene promoters have also been shown to become hypermethylated in non-neoplastic cells during aging. To assess the physiological consequence and clinical significan...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Tamura G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells, and are regarded as "natural adjuvants" for the induction of primary T or T-dependent immunity. DCs in the peripheral sites capture and process antigens. Encounter of exogenous or endogenous stimuli mature the function of DCs, and they thus acquire T-...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Chung NP,Chen Y,Chan VS,Tam PK,Lin CL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the ontogeny of somatostatin-, Glucagon-, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide-, Substance P-, Neuropeptide Y, and Calcitonin gene-related peptide-Iike structures in the chicken retina by immunocytochemistry. Neuroblastic cells containing Substance P-Iike immunoreactivity (IR) first appeared at embryonic...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Prada Oliveira JA,Verástegui Escolano C,Gómez Luy C,Collantes Ruiz J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-activated Ca2+ channels play an important role in synaptic transmission, signal processing and development. The immunohistochemical localization of Cav1.2 (alpha1C) and Cav2.3 (alpha1E) Ca2+ channels was studied in the developing and adult mouse organ of Corti using subunit-specific antibodies and fluorescent ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Waka N,Knipper M,Engel J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review examines various aspects of the developmental expression of neuropeptides and of their receptors in mammalian retinas, emphasizing their possible roles in retinal maturation. Different peptidergic systems have been investigated with some detail during retinal development, including substance P (SP),...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Bagnoli P,Dal Monte M,Casini G

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the possibility of a regulatory role for cytokine IL-10 in platelet aggregation as an active vascular repair mechanism. Endothelial cells from human umbilical cord vein were cultured in the presence of different IL-10 concentrations (0-100 ng/ml). Platelet-rich plasma was then added to these cultur...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Gimeno MJ,Pascual G,García-Honduvilla N,Prieto A,Alvarez de Mon M,Bellón JM,Buján J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shotgun pellets containing bismuth (Bi) are widely used and may cause a rather intense exposure of some wild animals to Bi. A Bi shotgun pellet was implanted intramuscularly in the triceps surae muscle of 18 adult male Wistar rats. Another group of 9 animals had a Bi shotgun pellet implanted intracranially in the neoc...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Stoltenberg M,Locht L,Larsen A,Jensen D,Danscher G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin microfilaments and microtubules are important cytoskeletal proteins that regulate endothelial repair through alterations in cell shape and through regulation of cell migration following wounding of the endothelium. Upstream pathways have been identified in the regulation of actin and microtubule organization, es...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Lee JS,Gotlieb AI

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed at determining levels of metallothionein (MT) and Ki-67 antigen expression in adenocarcinomas of large intestine and examining relation of the expression levels with various clinical and pathological variables. The studies were performed on 81 cases of large intestine adenocarcinoma. Using immunocytoch...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Dziegiel P,Forgacz J,Suder E,Surowiak P,Kornafel J,Zabel M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is clinically and genotypically a distinct entity. Papillary RCCs account for about 10-15% of renal parenchymal neoplasms. Macroscopically, the cut surface is yellow or brown in color and large tumors frequently show cystic change. Hemorrhage and necr...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Kuroda N,Toi M,Hiroi M,Enzan H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell secretion is an important physiological process that ensures smooth metabolic activities, tissue repair and growth and immunological functions in the body. It occurs when the intracellular secretory materials are released to the exterior; these may be in the form of lipids, protein or mucous and may travel throug...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Gesase AP,Satoh Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance to airflow that develops in most obstructive processes takes place in the small airways. The aim of the present paper is to describe bronchial hysteresis morphometrically in a respiratory cycle model. As a working hypothesis, it is proposed that the changes that take place in the respiratory tract durin...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Escolar JD,Escolar MA,Guzmán J,Roqués M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, no detailed knowledge from animal experiments is available on the kind and extent of osseous and mineral metabolic disorders in genetically determined, insulin-dependent Type I diabetes. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the diabetic metabolic state in spontaneously diabetic BB/O(ttawa...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Follak N,Klöting I,Ganzer D,Merk H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common intracranial malignant tumors in humans, and high-grade gliomas in particular pose a unique challenge due to their propensity for proliferation and tissue invasion. Our understanding of glioma oncogenesis, proliferation, and invasion has been greatly advanced in the past 10 years as researc...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Ware ML,Berger MS,Binder DK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, morphological changes of the exocrine pancreas in rats after pancreatic duct ligation were examined with light microscopy (hematoxylin-eosin, TUNEL, and PCNA staining) and scanning electron microscopy in order to elucidate the effects of increased pancreatic duct pressure. On the fifth day after ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Hamamoto N,Ashizawa N,Niigaki M,Kaji T,Katsube T,Endoh H,Watanabe M,Sumi S,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to reveal modulation of the number of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC) in interstitial lung diseases and to clarify significance of cell proliferation activity in occurrence of PNEC, we counted airway PNEC of the patients of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, secondary interstitial pneumonia and control ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Ito T,Ogura T,Ogawa N,Udaka N,Hayashi H,Inayama Y,Yazawa T,Kitamura H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although traditionally little attention has been paid to the interplay between neurotrophins and the cell cycle, a number of recent findings suggest an important role for these growth factors in the regulation of this aspect of the cellular physiology. In this article, we review the evidence from a number of studies t...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： López-Sánchez N,Frade JM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated a role for the beta-adrenergic system in the maturation of the fetal alveolar epithelium. Chronic blockade of beta-adrenergic binding sites has been shown to adversely effect physiologic and biochemical indices of fetal lung maturation. In the present study timed-pregnant female Spra...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Smith DM,Sommers SS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional characteristics of the epithelial cell layer and connective tissue interface of the tongue were studied using scanning electron microscopy. In this study, the fragments of tongue were fixed in modified Karnovsky's fixative solution. Subsequently, the specimens were treated with 10% NaOH solution for ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Silva MC,Watanabe I,Kronka MC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the last few years, advances have been made regarding perivascular nerves and the endothelium of the vascular system, both potentially important in the understanding of the mechanisms of local control of blood flow. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been identified in rat cerebrovascular nerves, neuropeptide Y (NPY) has ...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Loesch A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of the pancreatic ductular system (from the intercalated duct to the intercellular secretory canaliculus) is controversial and unclear. The aim of this study is to reveal the three-dimensional structure of the pancreatic ductular sysytem at the onset of pancreatitis. One day following r...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Endo H,Ashizawa N,Niigaki M,Hamamoto N,Niigaki M,Kaji T,Katsube T,Watanabe M,Naora H,Otani H,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the rat duodenum after chronic treatment with 15% (v/v) ethanol and 4% (v/v) pentanol was studied. Male Wistar rats of experimental groups were given ethanol and pentanol for 15 weeks with food and fluid freely available. Ethanol-15% and 4% pentanol-fed rats showed a significantly reduced fluid and f...

journal_title：Histology and histopathology

authors： Vaquera J,Vaquera A,Girbes T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00