Impact of aneurysm location on cardiopulmonary dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: Cardiopulmonary dysfunction may occur after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), but its characteristics have not been fully clarified. We investigated the impact of aneurysm location on systemic hemodynamics after SAH.

Methods: This multicenter prospective cohort study measured hemodynamic parameters in relation to aneurysm location in patients with SAH using a single-indicator transpulmonary thermodilution system (PiCCO) on days 1-14.

Molecular targeting of neuroblastoma with a novel p16INK4a transporter system.

Potential molecular targets in neuroblastoma include ALK mutations, p16 deletion and CDK2A mutations; however, targeted therapeutics have not been developed for these factors. We developed Wr-T, a new system for intracellular peptide and protein delivery with a 30-residue sequence that mediates molecule entrapment and intracellular permeability. Wr-T was used to introduce the p16INK4a functional peptide to restore the tumor suppressor function of p16INK4a.

Flow cytometric analysis for the mechanism of the new antineoplastic agent temozolomide in glioma cells.

Temozolomide (TMZ) has been accepted as a standard antitumor drug for glioma worldwide. Regarding its mechanism of action, there are quite a few analyses. In the present study, we investigated the cell-killing effect and mechanism of action of TMZ with flow cytometry using glioblastoma cell lines.

Interleukin-5 and interleukin-10 are produced in central nervous system tumor cysts.

Interleukin-5 and interleukin-10, as important mediators of vascular permeability, contribute to the development of various pathologic effusions. However, little is known regarding the involvement of these two cytokines in the formation of cysts associated with central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Twenty-eight patients with various cystic CNS tumors were investigated for expression of interleukin-5 and interleukin-10 in cyst fluid and their matched cytokine receptors in tumor tissue.

The intracranial pressure of the patients with mild form of craniosynostosis.

Introduction: While raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is a well recognized complication affecting children with syndromic craniosynostosis, certain percentage of the patients with non-syndromic craniosynostosis may have some problems related to increased ICP, such as developmental delay or visual problem. However, it is still not clear how many percent of and/or which types of craniosynostosis patients suffer from those symptoms, especially in older patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the ICP of older children with mild form of craniosynostosis to determine if any of them should be surgically treated.

[Effect of XKJ-001, a crude drug preparation, on body water distribution and water excretion in mice].

The effect of XKJ-001, a crude drug preparation based on Seisho-ekki-to, was investigated on the hematocrit, plasma volume, extracellular and interstitial fluid volumes as well as water excretion in mice. Mice were housed in an animal room maintained at 34 degrees C for 3 d with water and food freely available. While the hematocrit, extracellular and interstitial fluid volumes increased, the plasma volume decreased.

Arising patterns of the bovine diaphragmatic crura.

The arising patterns of the bovine diaphragmatic crura which consists of right and left crura in the lumbar portion of diaphragm, and the relative muscle weight of each crus were investigated. Diaphragm was obtained from 61 just before birth stage bovine fetus. The arising formation of the diaphragmatic crura in this study achieved its adults form.

Carbonic anhydrase III in the salivary glands and kidney of the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata).

Carbonic anhydrase III (CA-III) was found in muscles of the Japanese monkey by the double immunodiffusion test and western blotting using antiserum raised against equine CA-III. Immunocytochemical localization of CA-III in the salivary glands and kidney of the monkey was studied using an avidin-biotinylated glucose oxidase complex. CA-III was found mainly in the striated duct and interlobular duct cells of the parotid glands.

The ultrastructure of bovine ileal follicle-associated epithelial (FAE) cells during the perinatal period.

The ileal follicle-associated epithelial (FAE) cells in bovine fetuses and neonates were examined by light and electron microscopy. In 7-9 months old fetuses (68, 82 and 86 cm CRL) the dome epithelium was usually a little thinner than elsewhere and contained more intra-epithelial leucocytes. FAE cells were already distinguishable by their being more cuboidal and eosinophilic than the other epithelial cells.

[Distribution of the muscle coat at the pars pylorica in swine stomach].

Distribution of the muscle layers around the pars pylorica of the swine stomach was examined. In the antrum pyloricum of the pars pylorica, a distinct stratified structure of the tunica muscularis was found and the muscle bundles of the stratum longitudinale showed rectangular crossing over those of the stratum orbicularis. In the canalis pyloricus of the pars pylorica, on the contrary, stratified structure was indistinct.

The immunohistolocalization of carbonic anhydrase III in the submandibular gland of rats and hamsters.

Carbonic anhydrase III has been localized using the avidin-biotin-glucose oxidase complex (ABC) method in the submandibular gland of the rat and hamster. This isozyme, which is predominant in skeletal muscle, was observed in intercalated duct, striated duct and excretory duct cells in the rat submandibular glands. In contrast, only some striated duct cells in hamster submandibular glands were stained.

Fine structural changes in the developing gastric gland cells in the ferret during the postnatal period.

The development of the gastric gland cells in the ferret was studied with particular reference to maturation during the postnatal period. In the newborn, the glands consist of immature parietal cells with numerous mitochondria, and shallow rudimentary intracellular canaliculus with numerous microvilli, and undifferentiated cells. At one week old, mucous neck cells are present containing scattered mucin granules and the parietal cells contain tubulovesicular components.

Histological development of bovine abomasum.

The histological development of the bovine abomasum during fetal and neonatal periods was studied. The abomasum in a fetus of 2.3 cm in length (estimated to be 1 month old) was a separated compartment situated to be caudo-ventral to the primordium on the median plane.