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    Oxford, UK : Munksgaard International Publishers
    Journal of oral pathology & medicine 33 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0714
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background:  The reactivation of the telomerase seems to be an important step in the carcinogenesis of most human cancer types. Cell clones, which express this enzyme, get the ability of indefinite proliferation, means become immortal.Methods:  In this study, 80 patients with squamous cell carcinomas (SSC) in oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx and larynx were recorded prospectively concerning a possible correlation of telomerase activity and clinical and prognostic factors. Telomerase activity was analysed by a modified telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assay.Results:  In 75% of the tumour tissues the telomerase was demonstrated independently of the localization of the tumour. The known clinical prognostic factors did not show any correlation to the expression rate of the telomerase activity in the tumour tissues. Also, reactivated telomerase did not affect the tumour-dependent survival. Only the number of lymph node metastases was in tendency higher in patients with telomerase-positive tumours. The number and timeframe of local and regional recurrences was not influenced by the telomerase status.Conclusions:  Although telomerase seems to be an important part of the carcinogenesis of SCC our data show that the reactivation of telomerase in tumour tissue did not have any prognostic significance for these tumours. The tendency that tumours with active telomerase developed lymph node metastases in a higher number should be evaluated by further enlarged studies for its clinical relevance.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1904
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Natural Sciences in General
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A 71-year-old patient with high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma stage IVB, severe lactic acidosis and tumor-associated hypoglycemia is described. Endocrine causes of hypoglycemic episodes were excluded because of low serum concentrations of insulin and “insulin-like growth factor 1”, and normal concentrations of growth hormone and thyroid hormone. Clinical conditions associated with lactic acidosis such as diabetes mellitus, biguanide intoxication, septicemia, acute hypoxemia, or circulatory insufficiency were ruled out. Enhanced glucose metabolism within the tumor was visualized by positron emission tomography employing 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) as a tracer. A markedly elevated tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) level was found which decreased after cytoreductive therapy paralleling the normalization of serum lactate. In contrast to the majority of cases of lymphoma-associated lactic acidoses reviewed to date, in our case lactate elimination was not reduced.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  A 71-year-old patient with high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma stage IVB, severe lactic acidosis and tumor-associated hypoglycemia is described. Endocrine causes of hypoglycemic episodes were excluded because of low serum concentrations of insulin and "insulin-like growth factor 1", and normal concentrations of growth hormone and thyroid hormone. Clinical conditions associated with lactic acidosis such as diabetes mellitus, biguanide intoxication, septicemia, acute hypoxemia, or circulatory insufficiency were ruled out. Enhanced glucose metabolism within the tumor was visualized by positron emission tomography employing 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) as a tracer. A markedly elevated tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) level was found which decreased after cytoreductive therapy paralleling the normalization of serum lactate. In contrast to the majority of cases of lymphoma-associated lactic acidoses reviewed to date, in our case lactate elimination was not reduced.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  We report the case of a 47-year-old patient who developed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) 18 months after receiving high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood progenitor cell support (PBPCT) for relapsed low-grade follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Cytogenetic analysis of the leukemic cells showed the translocation (9;22)(q34;q11). In three mitoses, an addiditional Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1) was present. In the literature, Philadelphia chromosome-positive secondary AML has been described only once before in a patient with multiple myeloma.
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  • 6
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Der Pathologe 18 (1997), S. 425-429 
    ISSN: 1432-1963
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Telomere ; Telomerase ; Zellzyklus ; Tumorprogression ; Key words Telomeres ; Telomerase ; Cell cycle ; Tumor progression
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Complex mechanisms have evolved in mammalian cells for regulating cellular lifespan. Normal cells demonstrate a strictly limited growth potential and senescence after a defined number of cell divisions. In contrast, tumor cells often exhibit an apparently unlimited proliferation potential and are termed immortalized. It has been proposed that the progressive shortening of the tips of the eukaryotic chromosomes – the telomeres – is an important component of senescence and is involved in the control of cell cycle. The enzyme telomerase adds TTAGGG repeats onto mammalian telomeres, preventing their shortening. Telomerase is normally inactive in most somatic cells, but detectable in tumor cells. The activation of telomerase in malignant cancers seems to be an important step in tumorigenesis in order to gain the ability of indefinite proliferation and to become immortal. This review describes the present knowledge of telomeres and telomerase and their role in cellular senescence and human aging. It summarizes aspects of telomerase in cancer and its function as a diagnostic and prognostic tumor marker.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In letzter Zeit fanden spezielle Abschnitte des menschlichen Genoms in der Tumorforschung besondere Beachtung: die Telomere. Telomere, d.h. die Enden aller linearen eukaryotischen Chromosomen, bestehen aus repetitiven DNA-Sequenzen und aus spezifischen Proteinen. Die Funktion der Telomere besteht im Schutz der Chromosomenenden vor Degradation, Fusion und Rekombination. In den meisten somatischen Zellen verkürzen sich die Telomere mit jedem Zellzyklus. Im übertragenen Sinn kann dieser Verlust an telomeren DNA-Sequenzen als eine mitotische Uhr aufgefaßt werden, mit der eine Zelle die Anzahl der Zellteilungen zählt und Lebensspanne und Zellalterung dirigiert. Sind die Telomere bis zu einem kritischen Punkt verkürzt, erfolgt die Einleitung des Apoptoseprozesses. Einige wenige Zelltypen entgehen der zellulären Seneszenz durch die Expression des Enzyms Telomerase. Dieses Ribonukleoprotein katalysiert die De-Novo-Addition von Nukleotiden an den Telomerenden. Das Enzym ist in den meisten somatischen Zellen in vivo nicht nachweisbar, wurde aber in der Mehrzahl aller Tumorgewebe gefunden. Die Aktivierung der Telomerase scheint Tumorzellen zu unbegrenzter Proliferation und zum Erreichen der Immortalität zu befähigen. Aktuelle Studien zur Telomeraseaktivität in Tumoren unterstreichen, daß die Progression eines Tumorzellklons u.a. maßgeblich von der Aktivierung der Telomerase abhängt. Deshalb könnten Telomeraseinhibitoren neue Möglichkeiten in der Tumortherapie eröffnen.
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