Clear cell endometrial carcinoma with high microsatellite instability in a complicated pregnancy: a case report.

Background: Endometrial carcinomas are the most common female genital malignancies. They are very rare in pregnancy and worldwide less than 60 cases associated with pregnancy are published. No clear cell carcinoma has been described in a pregnancy with a live birth.

IL-18 but Not IL-1 Signaling Is Pivotal for the Initiation of Liver Injury in Murine Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising in prevalence, and a better pathophysiologic understanding of the transition to its inflammatory phenotype (NASH) is key to the development of effective therapies. To evaluate the contribution of the NLRP3 inflammasome and its downstream effectors IL-1 and IL-18 in this process, we applied the true-to-life "American lifestyle-induced obesity syndrome" (ALiOS) diet mouse model. Development of obesity, fatty liver and liver damage was investigated in mice fed for 24 weeks according to the ALiOS protocol.

Glycochenodeoxycholate Promotes Liver Fibrosis in Mice with Hepatocellular Cholestasis.

Hydrophobic bile salts are considered to promote liver fibrosis in cholestasis. However, evidence for this widely accepted hypothesis remains scarce. In established animal models of cholestasis, e.

Antifibrotic effects of hypocalcemic vitamin D analogs in murine and human hepatic stellate cells and in the CCl mouse model.

Liver cirrhosis is a life-threatening consequence of liver fibrosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the antifibrotic potential of clinically available vitamin D analogs compared to that of calcitriol in vitro and in vivo. Murine hepatic stellate cells, Kupffer cells, and human LX-2 cells were treated with vitamin D analogs, and the profibrotic behavior of these cells was studied.

Inhibition of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5: A Strategy to Improve Sorafenib Response in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy.

Therapeutic options for patients with advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are very limited. The only approved first-line treatment is the multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib, which shows low response rates and severe side effects. In particular, the compensatory activation of growth factor receptors leads to chemoresistance and limits the clinical impact of sorafenib.

Induced apoptosis of chondrocytes by Porphyromonas gingivalis as a possible pathway for cartilage loss in rheumatoid arthritis.

The role of bacterial infections in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has gained increasing interest. Patients with RA often exhibit periodontal disease, which is associated with pathogens like Porphyromonas gingivalis. The present study examines the direct effects of P.

Effects of Porphyromonas gingivalis on cell cycle progression and apoptosis of primary human chondrocytes.

Background: It has been suggested that bacterial infections have a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). P gingivalis, a Gram-negative, anaerobic rod, is one of the major pathogens associated with periodontal disease.

Objective: To examine P gingivalis infection and its effects on cell cycle progression and apoptosis of human articular chondrocytes.

Analysis of gene amplification and prognostic markers in ovarian cancer using comparative genomic hybridization for microarrays and immunohistochemical analysis for tissue microarrays.

To identify oncogene amplification involved in ovarian carcinogenesis, we studied 21 ovarian carcinomas and 5 serous borderline tumors using conventional comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and CGH to a genomic DNA microarray. Immunohistochemical analysis of the proteins encoded by the genes that were amplified frequently (FGF3/4, FGFR1, CCNE1, PAK1, JUNB, and MDM2) was performed on a tissue microarray comprising 254 cases of ovarian neoplasms. Regarding histologic type, characteristic patterns of copy number changes were revealed.

HER-2/neu gene amplification in ovarian tumours: a comprehensive immunohistochemical and FISH analysis on tissue microarrays.

Aims: Data on HER-2/neu overexpression, its correlation to prognosis and the success of treatment with Herceptin((R)) in ovarian carcinomas are scarce and contradictory. Therefore we assessed HER-2/neu expression and amplification in a large series of ovarian tumours by using tissue microarrays (TMAs).

Methods And Results: Two TMAs containing 173 invasive carcinomas, 36 borderline tumours, 20 granulosa cell tumours, 14 carcinosarcomas, 11 benign cystadenoms and eight other pelvic tumours were constructed to assess HER-2/neu gene amplification by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry.

Suppression of interleukin-10 release from human periodontal ligament cells by interleukin-1beta in vitro.

Periodontitis is characterized by an inflammatory process induced by periodontopathogenic bacteria in the subgingival plaque. Periodontal inflammation can be enhanced by both an increase of inflammatory stimulators, e.g.