Search results for "Ectasia"
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DNA damage-induced cell death by apoptosis
2006
Following the induction of DNA damage, a prominent route of cell inactivation is apoptosis. During the last ten years, specific DNA lesions that trigger apoptosis have been identified. These include O6-methylguanine, base N-alkylations, bulky DNA adducts, DNA cross-links and DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Repair of these lesions are important in preventing apoptosis. An exception is O6-methylguanine-thymine lesions, which require mismatch repair for triggering apoptosis. Apoptosis induced by many chemical genotoxins is the consequence of blockage of DNA replication, which leads to collapse of replication forks and DSB formation. These DSBs are thought to be crucial downstream apoptosis-tr…
Loss of ATM sensitizes against O6-methylguanine triggered apoptosis, SCEs and chromosomal aberrations.
2003
A critical pre-cytotoxic and -apoptotic DNA lesion induced by methylating carcinogens and chemotherapeutic drugs is O6-methylguanine (O6MeG). The mechanism by which O6MeG causes cell death via apoptosis is only partially understood. The current model ascribes a role to DNA replication and mismatch repair, which converts O6MeG into a critical distal lesion (presumably a DNA double-strand break) that is finally responsible for genotoxicity and apoptosis. Here we analysed whether the PI3-like kinase ATM is involved in this process. ATM is a major player in recognizing and signaling DNA breaks, but most reports are limited to ionizing radiation. Comparing mouse ATM knockout fibroblasts (ATM-/-)…
Diagnosis of aortic dissection: the value of transesophageal echocardiography.
1987
Using the transesophageal approach the descending part of the aorta can be imaged by two-dimensional enchocardiography in cross sections comparable to computer tomograms. The value of combined transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography was evaluated in 53 patients who were studied consecutively from 1983 to 1986 with symptoms of aortic dissection and compared with computed tomography, angiography, surgery and/or autopsy. In all patients the transthoracic aorta could be visualized and the dissection could be classified according to DeBakey: in 9 of 29 patients (34%) type I dissection, in 4 (14%) type II dissection and in 16 (55%) type III dissection was found. Operation was carried o…
Pulmonary microvascular architecture in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
2017
A 24-year-old Caucasian man was admitted with a known hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and heterozygous mutation of factor V Leiden following episodes of cerebral infarctions in occipital lobes, cerebellum and brainstem. In his case history, the patient underwent several interventional embolisation of arteriovenous (AV) malformations in the middle and lower lobes (figure 1). However, those were not completely successful as the malformations were diffuse. We performed video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with a resection of the middle lobe and a wedge resection of segment 10. Figure 1 CT scans depict the pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after re-embolisation in the middle lo…
ATR-FTIR spectroscopy as a quality control system for monitoring the storage of blood products
2021
Blood screening is a fundamental part of disease diagnosis and monitoring health. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy offers an innovative solution to streamlining the process, especially for multianalyte detection in aqueous samples. However, samples always undergo a storage phase before they are processed for testing and blood transfusion. In this study, we investigated the effect of standard storage procedures on the macromolecular composition of whole blood, and plasma collected in blood tubes for diagnostic purposes and initial screening of blood products. Periphery blood samples were collected from 10 volunteers and then stored for 14 days a…
Ottimizzazione delle tecniche di imaging per lo studio ed il monitoraggio delle lesioni epatiche in pazienti con malattie vascolari del fegato.
2014
Familial Protein Losing Enteropathy
2006
Anillos intracorneales de 5mm versus 6mm en el tratamiento de la ectasia corneal: estudio comparativo
2014
El queratocono (QTC) es la patología ectásica corneal por excelencia. Es una enfermedad corneal progresiva, donde la córnea adopta forma cónica, por adelgazamiento del estroma, con el consiguiente astigmatismo irregular y miopía, que conducen a un compromiso visual. Aparece en la pubertad y progresa hasta la tercera o cuarta década de la vida cuando se paraliza, por ello se considera única entre las enfermedades oculares. La aparición de una técnica aditiva de materiales sintéticos intraestromales llena un espacio en el tratamiento de la ectasia, retrasando el trasplante. Entre ellos están los anillos de sección triangular Keraring ® , que son los que ocupan este estudio. La redistribución …
Ectasia coronarica: ruolo delle gelatinasi e dei loro inibitori tissutali.
2013
Type 1 macular telangiectasia
2018
L’identification à l’examen clinique de petites dilatations anévrismales et d’ectasies paracentrales fait évoquer le diagnostic de télangiectasies maculaires. Celles-ci sont le plus souvent secondaires à une pathologie, notamment au diabète, aux occlusions veineuses, aux vascularites, à un néovaisseau choroïdien de type 3, etc. Le contexte et le reste de l’examen identifieront généralement l’affection primitive. Les télangiectasies maculaires de type 1 (MacTel 1) sont idiopathiques sans cause retrouvée. Ce sont des affections rares, en grande majorité unilatérales, touchant préférentiellement l’homme d’âge moyen (1).