IN VITRO ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORY POTENTIALS OF JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA PLANT EXTRACTS.

Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), which breakdown acetylcholine and butyrylcholine, are considered as a promising strategy in the management of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Traditional accounts of indigenous plant Jatopha gossypyfolia suggest presence of important medicinal activities including improvement of memory functioning. To establish correlation of its use as anti-Alzheimer, AChE and BuChE inhibitory activity of extracts obtained from different parts of plant Jatropha gossypyfolia belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae were tested.

Metaplastic breast carcinoma: tumour histogenesis or dedifferentiation?

Global gene expression profiling studies have classified breast cancer into molecular classes, some of which show similarity to normal mammary cells (ie luminal and basal subtypes) with a subsequent histogenetic implication that reinforced the perception that the phenotype of breast cancer reflects the cell of origin. However, it remains to be determined whether phenotypic changes are the result of malignant transformation of particular cancer stem cells (histogenesis) or specific genetic hits occurring at various stages of carcinogenesis (dedifferentiation). We sought to test the hypothesis that dedifferentiation may be the more likely explanation using in vivo clinical data.

The biological and clinical characteristics of breast carcinoma with mixed ductal and lobular morphology.

Unlabelled: Although invasive ductal (IDC) and lobular (ILC) breast carcinomas are well characterised in the literature, the biological and clinical significance of mixed tumours with both ductal and lobular components has not been investigated. In the current study, we have examined a well-characterised series of breast carcinoma with a long term follow-up that comprised 140 mixed tumours, 2170 IDC and 380 pure ILC.

Results: Mixed tumours constituted 3.

Improved methods of detection of lymphovascular invasion demonstrate that it is the predominant method of vascular invasion in breast cancer and has important clinical consequences.

The presence of vascular invasion (VI), encompassing both lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and blood vascular invasion (BVI), in breast cancer has been found to be a poor prognostic factor. It is not clear, however, which type of VI plays the major role in metastasis. The aims of this study were to use an endothelial subtype specific immunohistochemical approach to distinguish between LVI and BVI by comparing the differential expression of blood vascular (CD34 and CD31) and lymphatic markers (podoplanin/D2-40) to determine their prognostic role in a well-characterized group of breast cancer patients with known long-term follow-up.