Publications by authors named "Landeghem A"

We describe a homicide complicated by an aconitine poisoning, which was initially thought to be a strangulation case. Routine toxicological analyses demonstrated only a small amount of alcohol in the blood and the urine. The case could not be clarified until 5 years after the event.

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Background: Type I diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and multiple sclerosis (MS), both immune-mediated diseases, rarely co-exist in the same individual or co-segregate in families. HLA susceptibility genes for T1DM (DRB1*0401, DRB1*0404, DQB1*0302, DRB1*0301, DQB1*0201) rarely occur in MS patients. HLA genes known to confer "resistance" to T1DM (DRB1*1501, DQB1*0602-DQA1*0102) predispose to MS.

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Tuberomammillary histamine neurons (TM) in the posterior hypothalamus project to extensive parts of the brain, including the hippocampal formation. The purpose of the present experiments was to investigate whether activation of the TM modulates signal transfer from the perforant pathway (PP) or ventral hippocampal commissure (VHC) to the dentate gyrus (DG) in freely moving rats. Paired pulses of electrical stimulation were delivered to PP or VHC, and evoked field potentials (fEPSPs and pop spikes) were recorded in the DG.

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Critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPN) occurs in critically ill patients on artificial respiration. The pathophysiology of this disease is unknown. Because of the strong association with sepsis, the levels of cytokines, TNF and IL-6 were measured several times daily in patients having CIPN and in a control group of critically ill patients without CIPN.

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This study investigates which factors influence the response of administered recombinant human erythropoietin (Re-HuEPO) with respect to the increase of haemoglobin in patients with end-stage renal disease. Pharmacokinetic parameters of administered Re-HuEPO in patients with end-stage renal disease and considerable differences in the amount of Re-HuEPO required ("Re-HuEPO-need") to obtain an increase of haemoglobin, revealed a pattern of dose-dependent first-order elimination without significant interindividual differences between the patients. As variable immunological inhibitors of erythropoietin are also absent, the administered Re-HuEPO seems to be equally available to the erythron in the various patients.

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For 105 patients with locoregional carcinoma of the prostate, prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels were evaluated before, during and after external beam radiotherapy. The median follow-up is 17 months. In 51 patients (48.

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To check the reliability of the Ames MPS paper spot test, which is based on the Azure A dye, we sent a series of urine samples to three laboratories where the spot test is part of the metabolic screening for mucopolysaccharidoses. In these laboratories false-negative results ranged between 19% and 35% and false-positive results ranged between 12% and 29% of all samples submitted. In contrast, the quantitative dimethylmethylene blue test (Clin Chem 1989;35:1472-7) detected an increased glycosaminoglycan content in all urine samples from mucopolysaccharidosis patients and gave no false-positive results.

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We evaluated the Technicon DPA-1 immunoassay analyzer on its analytical characteristics. Therefore we studied three assays: albumin in cerebrospinal fluid and IgG and transferrin in serum. When tested with the Cusum test for linearity albumin, IgG, and transferrin measurements showed no deviation from linearity.

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In order to exert their biological effects, steroid hormones must enter the cells of target tissues and after binding to specific receptor molecules must remain for a prolonged period of time in the nucleus. Therefore the endogenous levels and the subcellular distribution of estradiol, estrone, DHEAS, DHEA ad 5-Adiol were measured in normal breast tissues and in malignant and nonmalignant breast tumors from pre- and postmenopausal women. For estradiol the highest tissue levels were found in the malignant samples.

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The purification of a serum protein, responsible for the postsynthetic modification of CK and enolase, is described. A purification of about 1300-fold could be reached after subsequent chromatography of human serum on DEAE cellulose and Sephacryl S-200 Superfine followed by affinity chromatography using antibodies against human serum albumin, C3 and C4 and against total human serum proteins. A recovery of 160% of modifying activity was found.

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The apparent activation energy of the CK reaction as well as the Michaelis-Menten constants and the isoelectric point of CK MM can be used as indices for the mean age of the CK M-chain in the blood in vivo and in vitro. Modifications in the CK M-chain take place in vivo in the blood and in vitro in a serum matrix. Gradual increases in the apparent activation energy are also observed both in vivo and in vitro.

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The endogenous concentrations and subcellular distribution of estrone and estradiol were measured in malignant and nonmalignant human breast tissue from pre- and postmenopausal women. The most striking finding was the significantly higher concentration of estradiol per g of tissue in the malignant tissues than in the nonmalignant tissues. The tissue concentrations of estradiol in pre- and postmenopausal women were similar despite the large differences in the peripheral plasma levels.

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The endogenous concentrations and the subcellular distribution of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and 5-androstene-3 beta,17 beta-diol (ADIOL) were measured in malignant and nonmalignant human breast tissue from both pre- and postmenopausal women. DHEA 3-sulfate was measured only in the cytosol. A greater tissue-plasma gradient of DHEA was present with large variations.

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Human alfa-alfa enolase is modified in the blood circulation by a serum protein for which the name 'modifying protein' is proposed. The protein occurs in every human serum tested and appears to be the same protein that is responsible for the post-synthetic modification in the M subunit of creatine kinase. Three alfa-alfa enolase forms, the original one plus two modified forms can be found in serum both in vivo and after in vitro incubation.

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A reliable method for the extraction of steroid hormones from human uterine tissue and the subsequent measurement of these hormones in the subcellular compartments by radioimmunoassay is described. Extraction of radioactive steroid hormones from in vivo labelled human uterine tissue by different methods reveals that an almost quantitative extraction of steroid hormones from the nuclear fraction is obtained by sonication in ethanol-acetone. Extraction of steroid hormones with diethylether from a high speed cytosol is incomplete.

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Both a two-site immunoradiometric assay and a two-site enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for creatine kinase MM are described. Linearity, reproducibility and cross-reactivity of the assays are satisfactory. Creatine kinase MM incubated in a pH-controlled serum matrix loses its activity, but has its antigenic determinants affected as well.

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