High and Low Levels of Expression Are Associated with Two Distinct Gene Signatures in Lung Tissue of Pulmonary TB Patients with High Inflammation Activity.

P-glycoprotein (encoded by the gene) has a dual role in regulating inflammation and reducing chemotherapy efficacy in various diseases, but there are few studies focused on pulmonary TB patients. In this study, our objective was to identify a list of genes that correlate with high and low levels of gene expression in the lungs of pulmonary TB patients with different activity of chronic granulomatous inflammation. We compared gene expression in two groups of samples (with moderate and high activity of tuberculomas) to identify their characteristic gene signatures.

Application of Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy for the Visualization of in Lung Tissue Samples with Weak Ziehl-Neelsen Staining.

One of the key requirements for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis is the identification of in tissue. In this paper, we present the advantages of specific fluorescent antibody labelling, combined with laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), for the detection of in histological specimens of lung tissues. We demonstrate that the application of LSCM allows: (i) The automatic acquisition of images of the whole slice and, hence, the determination of regions for subsequent analysis; (ii) the acquisition of images of thick (20-40 μm) slices at high resolution; (iii) single bacteria identification; and (iv) 3D reconstruction, in order to obtain additional information about the distribution, size, and morphology of solitary ; as well as their aggregates and colonies, in various regions of tuberculosis inflammation.

Wall Thickness of Industrial Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Is Not a Crucial Factor for Their Degradation by Sodium Hypochlorite.

The propensity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for biodegradation is important for their safe use in medical and technological applications. Here, we compared the oxidative degradation of two samples of industrial-grade MWCNTs-we called them MWCNT-d and MWCNT-t-upon their treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). The MWCNTs had a similar inner diameter but they differed about 2-fold in the outer diameter.

Consecutive entosis stages in human substrate-dependent cultured cells.

Entosis, or cell death by invading another cell, is typical for tumor epithelial cells. The formation of cell-in-cell structures is extensively studied in suspension cultures, but remains poorly understood in substrate-dependent cells. Here, we used electron, confocal and time-lapse microscopy in combination with pharmacological inhibition of intracellular components to study the kinetics of entosis using two human substrate-dependent tumor cultures, A431 and MCF7.