Clinicopathologic features of ileocolonic malignant lymphoma: analysis according to colonoscopic classification.

Background: The aims of this study were to classify primary ileocolonic lymphomas according to colonoscopic findings and to determine the clinicopathologic relationship according to classes.

Methods: Thirty-two patients (22 men, 10 women; age range 29 to 75 years) with primary malignant lymphoma of the terminal ileum and/or colorectum were studied. The clinicopathologic features were evaluated according to colonoscopic findings.

The role of colonoscopy in the diagnosis of appendicitis in patients with atypical presentations.

Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen. Despite recent advances in radiologic imaging, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis may be difficult on occasion. The aims of this study were to describe the colonoscopic features of appendicitis and to determine whether colonoscopy can be used as an adjunct for the diagnosis of appendicitis in patients with atypical presentations.

Evaluation of myenteric ganglion cells and interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation.

Background And Aims: The aim of this study was to identify myenteric ganglion cells (MGC) and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) from the total colectomy specimen in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation.

Patients And Methods: Fourteen patients who had severe, intractable, long-standing (mean: 14 years) constipation underwent subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis. All resected specimens were investigated with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and immunohistochemical staining with anti-neurofilament monoclonal antibody NF(2)F(11) for MGC, and c-kit antibody for ICC.

Three-dimensional structure of the human transglutaminase 3 enzyme: binding of calcium ions changes structure for activation.

Transglutaminase (TGase) enzymes catalyze the formation of covalent cross-links between protein-bound glutamines and lysines in a calcium-dependent manner, but the role of Ca(2+) ions remains unclear. The TGase 3 isoform is widely expressed and is important for epithelial barrier formation. It is a zymogen, requiring proteolysis for activity.

Reduced E-cadherin expression as a cause of distinctive signet-ring cell variant in colorectal carcinoma.

Colorectal signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is a rare type of adenocarcinoma and presents with distinctive clinicopathological features. This study was performed to assess the biological characteristics of colorectal SRCC regarding the E-cadherin expression. Seventeen patients with primary colorectal SRCC were identified and their clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed.

Glucose sensor using a microfabricated electrode and electropolymerized bilayer films.

A new type miniaturized glucose sensor with good selectivity and stable current response has been developed. The structure consists of a recessed rectangular microfabricated platinum electrode, inner layer of two electropolymerized nonconducting films, and outer bilayer of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (Teflon) and polyurethane (PU) films. Glucose oxidase (GOx) is entrapped during the electropolymerization of a poly(m-phenylenediamine) (PMPD) film in an acetate buffer (AB) solution, on which a highly interference-resistive PMPD film is deposited in a phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution.