Stricturing ileocaecal endometriosis: a rare concurrent aetiology in a patient with Crohn's disease.

A 34-year-old female presented with colicky abdominal pain and symptoms suggestive of subacute small bowel obstruction in the setting of Crohn's disease (CD). She was on maximal medical therapy and had undergone endoscopic balloon dilatation of a terminal ileal stricture on two occasions. Magnetic resonance enterography demonstrated acute inflammation in two segments of the terminal ileum.

Gastric H/K-ATPase Expression in Normal Laryngeal Tissue and Laryngeal Carcinoma.

Background: Several studies have suggested that laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is an independent risk factor for laryngeal carcinoma. However, it remains unclear whether either condition affects the level of H/K-ATPase expression in laryngeal carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: Immunohistochemistry, real-time RT-PCR, and Western blotting were used to explore the distributions of proton pump (H/K-ATPase) α- and β-subunits in normal laryngeal tissue and laryngeal carcinoma.

Sphenoid sinus mucocele presenting with oculomotor nerve palsy and affecting the functions of trigeminal nerve: a case report.

We report a case of first-episode sphenoid mucocele successfully treated via transnasal endoscopic drainage and marsupialization of the mucocele. A 55 year-old female presented with persistent right-side facial numbness (in the areas of the first and second branches of the trigeminal nerve) and right-side ptosis. Computed tomography (CT) imaging and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed opacification and expansion of the right-side sphenoid sinus lesion.

Development of an overlapping PCR method to clone the full genome of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV).

Decapod Penstyldensovirus 1, previously named as infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV), is an economically important pathogen that causes shrimp diseases worldwide. However, a rapid method for cloning full-length IHHNV genome sequences is still lacking, which makes it difficult to study the genomics and molecular epidemiology of IHHNV. Here, a novel and rapid PCR technique was developed to determine the complete genomic sequences of IHHNV.

LMP1 stimulates the transcription of eIF4E to promote the proliferation, migration and invasion of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) is the rate-limiting translation initiation factor for many oncogenes. Previous studies have shown eIF4E overexpression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We aimed to study whether viral oncogene latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) stimulates the transcription of eIF4E to promote NPC malignancy.

Impact of an acute care surgery model on appendicectomy outcomes.

Background: Monash Medical Centre introduced the acute surgical unit (ASU) in July 2011. The ASU is modelled on the concept of acute care surgery (ACS). This study reviews the impact of the ASU on the outcomes in an appendicectomy population.

Does chemical sympathectomy alter the ontogeny of gubernacular migration in vivo?

Background: Testicular descent occurs in several stages, but the exact mechanism remains obscure. Sympathetic nerves have been proposed to have a role by a possible action on developing cremaster muscle, following observations of sympathetic dysfunction in cremaster from boys with cryptorchidism. This study aimed to see if chemical sympathectomy affected testicular descent in rats.

[Cloning, expression and preparation of polyclonal antibody for IBDV non-structure protein gene].

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) VP5 gene was amplified and cloned into an N-terminal GST-Tag fusion expression vector, pGEX-4T-2, which was controlled by T7 promoter. The sequencing result showed that the VP5 gene was composed of 438 base pairs, and coded 145 amino acids. High VP5 product was expressed in E.