[Case of pulmonary aspergilloma in the apices of both lungs which was associated with welder's lung].

A 48-year-old man, who had worked as a welder for 30 years, was admitted to our hospital with bloody sputum. His chest CT scan showed diffuse centrilobular micronodules and fungus balls within cavities in the apices of both lungs. We diagnosed pulmonary aspergilloma associated with welder's lung in the apices of both lungs, by bronchoscopy.

Preparation and metal ion-binding of 4-N-substituted cytosine pairs in DNA duplexes.

We report the synthesis and metal ion-binding properties of DNA duplexes containing 4-N-substituted cytosine base pairs. Thermal denaturation studies of these modified DNA duplexes in the presence of various metal ions revealed that the DNA duplexes containing 4-N-carboxymethylcytosine (1) base pair(s) bound Ag (I), Ni(II), and Cu(II) ions. Moreover, ESI-TOF MS analysis of the DNA duplexes containing 1-1 base pair(s) in the presence of Cu(II) ions was consistent with one 1-1 base pair region binding one equivalent of Cu(II) ions.