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  • Key words Nonthoracotomy cardioverter/defibrillator systems – lead failures – device implemented diagnostic and measurement features – automated system control with patient alert  (1)
  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-4927
    Keywords: evolution ; polyploidy ; RNA content ; protein content ; enzyme activities ; Cyprinidae ; Isospondyli
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The ratio of cellular RNA and protein content is about 1:1 between phylogenetically diploid and tetraploid species of the teleost family Cyprinidae, but is roughly in proportion to ploidy in species of the teleost order Isospondyli. Enzyme activities do not unequivocally comply with this scheme. These findings are discussed in view of the hypothesis that a regulatory mechanism which reduces genic activity has evolved in the tetraploid cyprinids but not in the tetraploid species of the order Isospondyli.
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    ISSN: 1435-1285
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Transvenöse Kardioverter/Defibrillator-Elektrodensysteme – Elektrodendysfunktionen – systemintegrierte Diagnose- und Meßfunktionen – automatisierte Systemkontrolle ; Key words Nonthoracotomy cardioverter/defibrillator systems – lead failures – device implemented diagnostic and measurement features – automated system control with patient alert
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The aim of this study is the analysis of electrical failures in transvenous cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) lead systems with regard to the importance of device implemented diagnostic and measurement functions and the potential role of an automated device-control in the detection of lead failures. Methods: All consecutive ICD patients at our institution were enrolled in this retrospective investigation. The routine follow-up controls consisted in a complete evaluation of all diagnostic and measurement ICD features and additional controls in when spontaneous arrhyhtmia episodes occurred. Results: Two hundred thirty patients, 193 male and 37 female, were enrolled in this study (mean age: 61.5±10.2 years; mean LVEF was 32±9%). During a mean follow-up period of 29.5±18.4 (6–76) months, lead failure occurred in 19 patients (8%). 16 patients were implanted with an ICD, capable of diagnostic and measurements functions. All nonadequate device discharges could be classified as sensing-failure by stored electrograms. Device implemented measurement features revealed clinical important information in 13/16 patients (81%). In 14/16 patients, the lead defect could not be detected during routine follow-up. At the time of documented lead failure the safety of the implanted devices was already lost in 6/16 patients (38%). Conclusions: Device implemented diagnostic and measurement options are of great importance in the early detection of ICD lead failures. The implementation of automated measurements of lead related parameters in connection with a patient alert function may contribute to a further increase in the safety of ICD therapy.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Das Ziel dieser Studie ist die Analyse elektrischer Dysfunktionen transvenöser Kardioverter/Defibrillator-(ICD-)Elektrodensysteme hinsichtlich der Bedeutung systemintegrierter Diagnose- und Meßfunktionen und der Möglichkeit einer automatisierten Systemkontrolle von ICD-Generatoren für eine sichere und schnelle Erkennung von Elektrodendefekten. Methoden: Alle konsekutiven ICD-Patienten unserer Klinik wurden in die vorliegende, retrospektive Untersuchung einbezogen. Die Verlaufskontrolle umfaßte die regelmäßige, vollständige Systemprüfung der ICD-Systeme und zusätzliche Kontrollen bei spontanen Arrhythmieepisoden. Ergebnisse: 230 konsekutive Patienten, 193 Männer, 37 Frauen, wurden in die Untersuchung einbezogen (mittleres Alter: 61,5±10,2 Jahre; mittlere LVEF 32±9%). Während einer Nachbeobachtungsperiode von 29,5±18,4 Monaten (6–76 Monate) wurden bei 19 Patienten (8%) Defekte der ICD-Elektrodensysteme dokumentiert. 16 Patienten trugen einen ICD-Generator mit systemimplementierten Diagnose- und Meßfunktionen. Alle nichtadäquaten ICD-Entladungen konnten durch die Analyse gespeicherter Elektrogramme als Fehlfunktion klassifiziert werden. Die systemintegrierten Meßfunktionen zeigten bei 13 von 16 Patienten (81%) diagnostisch verwertbare Ergebnisse. Bei 14/16 Patienten konnte der Elektrodendefekt im Rahmen der Nachsorge nicht rechtzeitig erkannt werden. Zum Zeitpunkt der Diagnosestellung war bei 6/16 Patienten (38%) die Therapiesicherheit des implantierten ICD-Systems nicht mehr gewährleistet. Schlußfolgerung: Systemintegrierte Diagnose- und Meßfunktionen sind eine wichtige Option zur Erkennung von ICD-Elektrodendefekten. Die Einführung systemintegrierter, automatisch durchgeführter Kontrollen aller elektrodenbezogenen Meßwerte in Verbindung mit Patientenwarneinrichtung könnte zu einer weiteren Steigerung der Sicherheit der Therapie mit implantierbaren Kardioverter/Defibrillatoren beitragen.
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    The @Anatomical Record 228 (1990), S. 177-184 
    ISSN: 0003-276X
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Previous cytochemical studies showing that rat primordial germ cells (PGCs) possess a unique surface glycoconjugate containing terminal α-Nacetylgalactosamine were extended in this study to determine whether a similar distinctive glycoconjugate coats the surface of PGCs in the mouse. The results showed that mouse PGCs fail to react with peroxidase-conjugated lectins specific for localizing glycoconjugate with terminal N-acetylgalactosamine. All available lectin conjugates with affinity for other terminal sugars or internal sugar linkages also failed to stain mouse PGCs except for the conjugates that bind to α-fucose. One fucose-specific lectin conjugate stained only PGCs in the early mouse embryo but stained additional sites in more mature embryos and lost reactivity with PGCs after gestational day 14. Another fucose-specific conjugate stained PGCs until day 15, but with less selectivity, and a third such conjugate bound to several sites, but not to PGCs. The results suggest that the developmental mechanisms mediating cellular interaction, migration, and differentiation may be similar in different genera, but the specific structure of the cell surface glycoconjugate involved in these mechanisms differs.
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    American Journal of Anatomy 168 (1983), S. 239-256 
    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The several cell types in mouse and rat rectosigmoid colon have been examined with light and electron microscopic methods for localizing and characterizing complex carbohydrates. Mucous cells, also termed vacuolated cells, and goblet cells comprised most of the deep crypt epithelium in both species, and absorptive columnar cells and goblet cells mainly populated the more superficial epithelium of the upper crypts and main lumen. Occasional tuft cells and enteroendocrine cells were also encountered.Transitional cells structurally intermediate between mucous cells and absorptive cells contained granules characteristic of mucous cells and vesicles like those of columnar absorptive cells. These intermediate cells supported the concept of replacement of mucous by absorptive cells through transformation of mucous into absorptive cells. The intermediate cells also contained numerous lysosomes often in apparent fusion with mucous granules, indicating crinophagic disposal of mucous granules as a mechanism in the cell transformation. Glycoconjugate in absorptive cell vesicles resembled that coating the apical plasmalemma and appeared to represent the source of the glycocalyx of the brush border. Complex carbohydrate in these vesicles differed cytochemically from that of the mucous cell granules, which release their content into the crypt lumen. The absorptive cell vesicles, therefore, constitute an organelle distinct from the mucous cell granules rather than an atrophic form of the latter in a more mature cell.Goblet cells differed in failing to transform morphologically with age but changed in the cytochemical characteristic of their secretion during migration up the crypts. Terminal N-acetylglucosamine residues diminished, while terminal sialic acid-galactose dimers increased during the upward migration, indicating activation of glycosyl transferase synthesis in relation to goblet cell maturation.Glycoconjugate in secretion of mucous cell granules differed markedly from that in goblet cell granules, and content of both organelles differed from that of absorptive cell vesicles. However, secretion in mucous cell granules appeared generally similar for mice and rats with minor exceptions, and secretion in goblets of mice generally resembled that in goblets of rats. Cells interpreted tentatively as Kulchitsky cells stained for high content of fucose with the Ulex europeus I lectin. Globoid leukocytes infiltrating the epithelium of the rat but not the mouse rectosigmoid colon resembled globoid leukocytes in rat tracheal epithelium and, like the latter, appeared to derive from mast cells.
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    American Journal of Anatomy 168 (1983), S. 345-362 
    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Paraffin sections of mouse and rat kidney were stained with a battery of ten lectin-horseradish peroxidase conjugates and lectin binding was correlated with the ultrastructural distribution of periodate-reactive sugar residues as determined by the periodic acid-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate technique. Various segments of the uriniferous tubule in both species showed differential affinity for labelled lectins. Significant differences were also evident between comparable tubular segments in mouse and rat kidneys. Neutral glycoconjugates containing terminal β-galactose and terminal α-N-acetylgalactosamine were prevalent on the luminal surface of the proximal convoluted tubule in the rat, but α-N-acetylgalactosamine was absent in this site in the mouse. In both species, terminal N-acetylglucosamine was abundant in the brush border of proximal straight tubules but absent in proximal convolutions. Fucose was demonstrated in both proximal and distal segments of mouse kidney tubules but only in the distal nephron and collecting ducts in the rat. Lectin staining revealed striking heterogeneity in the structure and distribution of cellular glycoconjugates. Such cellular heterogeneity was previously unrecognizable with earlier histochemical methods. The marked cellular heterogeneity observed with several lectin-conjugates in distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts of both species raises a prospect that lectins can provide specific markers for intercalated and principal cells in the mammalian kidney. Glycoconjugates containing terminal sialic acid and penultimate β-galactose were present on vascular endothelium in both rodent kidneys, as were terminal α-galactose residues; but both species lacked reactivity for Ulex europeus I lectin in contrast to human vascular endothelial cells. The constant binding pattern of lectin conjugates allows convenient and precise differentiation of renal tubular segments and should prove valuable in the study of changes in kidney morphology promoted by experimental manipulation or pathologic changes.
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    American Journal of Anatomy 188 (1990), S. 269-281 
    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Numerous mitochondria ranging from slightly larger than normal to several micrometers in diameter (giant) were found in about one-half the serous secretory cells in the surface epithelium of the normal gerbil trachea and proximal bronchi. Tracheal serous cells of mice also were found to contain numerous giant mitochondria. Clara cells of gerbil bronchioles contained abundant giant mitochondria in addition to normal tubular mitochondria and the second population of enlarged spherical mitochondria that have been described in Clara cells of several genera. In contrast, mouse Clara cells revealed the normal tubular and the enlarged spherical mitochondria but no giant mitochondria. A survey of a number of cell types in gerbils failed to disclose hypertrophied mitochondria outside tracheobronchial surface epithelium and bronchioles. The mitochondrial enlargement resulted from an increase of matrix but not cristae. The expansion of matrix displaced the relatively sparse cristae into small collections compressed against the outer membrane. The prevalence of giant mitochondria and of granular endoplasmic reticulum is similar among cells, and these two organelles are codistributed within cells. The megamitochondria and granular reticulum occupy a central stratum, whereas normal mitochondria occur in the apical and basal regions. The giant mitochondria are considered related to a normal biologic activity that is characteristic of respiratory tract epithelium of mice and gerbils selectively and is more prominent in secretory cells than in ciliated cells.
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    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Numerous investigators have shown a relationship between basal serum prolactin (PRL) levels and photoperiod in domestic ungulates, and we have shown recently that a similar seasonal baseline serum PRL profile exists in both sexes of a captive but free-breeding population of white-tailed deer. In order to localize and describe the distribution and possible seasonal changes of PRL and growth hormone (GH) cells in the adenohypophyses of deer, we have used antisera raised against ovine PRL and bovine GH and the unlabeled antibody enzyme technique, in conjunction with point counting morphometry. In addition, we have measured seasonal changes in pituitary PRL concentrations in this same population, using a heterologous application of a recently developed homologous radioimmunoassay (RIA) for ovine PRL. Our results show that GH and PRL cells comprise two morphologically separate and immunologically distinct populations. Growth hormone cells were distributed evenly throughout the gland, except in the zona tuberalis, and males had a slightly greater volume density of immunoreactive GH than females; however, there were no differences between sexes in the average size of these cells, and little seasonal change was observed in these cell populations. In contrast to GH cells, the volume density of PRL cells, the size of PRL cells, and the pituitary concentration of RIA-measurable PRL all showed marked seasonal changes in deer of both sexes. These changes were well correlated with one another and with previously reported changes in basal serum levels (in these animals), in that they all reached zenith during midsummer, and nadir in midwinter. Our results demonstrate the necessity of reporting the time of year and latitude (to specify photoperiod) in studies concerning PRL cell physiology, particularly when dealing with any wild animal population.
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    American Journal of Anatomy 184 (1989), S. 85-94 
    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Rat embryos at days 10-18 of gestation and chicken embryos at days 3-6 of incubation were fixed and processed for lectin histochemistry. The distribution of binding sites for a lectin from the peanut Arachis hypogaea (PNA) conjugated to horseradish per-oxidase (HRP) was determined on tissue sections both before and after enzymatic cleavage of sialic acid with neuraminidase (sialidase). Endocardial cushion tissue in the rat, but not in the chick, reacted with PNA-HRP prior to digestion with sialidase. Endocardium of both species (12 and 13 days in rat, 5 and 6 days in chick), particularly at the level of endocardial cushions, reacted strongly with the sialidase-PNA sequence; this staining decreased markedly after day 14 of gestation in the rat. PNA binding sites capped by sialic acid were most abundant in the developing rat heart during the critical period of endocardial cushion formation and decreased as development proceeded. The marked changes in the appearance and distribution of cardiac cell and tissue glycoconjugates during cardiogenesis support the concept that rapid changes occur in the structure of complex carbohydrates during embryonic and fetal development. The findings also suggest that such glycosylation-related events may be species specific.
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    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Prolactin and GH cells were identified in thin sections taken from the adenohypophyses of adult male (6) and female (8) white-tailed deer, collected during all seasons of the year, by locating portions of the same cells in adjacent thick plastic sections immunostained for either PRL or GH. Growth hormone cells were round to ovoid in shape and filled with dense spherical secretory granules which ranged in size from 168 to 682 nm, with a mean diameter of 367 ± 18 nm (x̄ ± SD) in the 14 glands studied. No apparent seasonal changes were evident in the ultrastructural appearance of GH cells. Prolactin cells were small and angular in shape during the winter months and contained only a few small secretory granules. By early summer, they were markedly hypertrophied, round to oval in shape, and densely packed with large spherical secretory granules. The increase in size of PRL secretory granules was most prominent in pregnant females in May, when their mean diameter was approximately double that seen in midwinter. The ultrastructural appearance of PRL cells in September was similar to that of cells studied in March. The size distribution of PRL secretory granules overlapped that of the GH granules, ranging from 114 to 564 nm, and the mean diameter was 246 ± 53 nm, calculated from all 14 individual glands. Our observations suggest that the synthesis and secretion of PRL are closely linked to photoperiodic changes in this species, and they demonstrate the necessity of using specific immunocytochemical techniques in the ultrastructural identification of pituitary acidophils, and of specifying the time of year and location (species photoperiod) in studies concerning PRL physiology, particularly when dealing with wild animal populations.
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    American Journal of Anatomy 184 (1989), S. 76-84 
    ISSN: 0002-9106
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Glycoconjugates, particularly their sugar side chains, play important roles in embryonic development. Changes in cell-surface-associated glyco-conjugates are known to affect cell differentiation, cellular interactions, and other developmental phenomena during embryogenesis. The embryonic heart goes through a series of complicated morphologic events during development. Of particular interest is morphogenesis of the outflow tract. This region of the embryonic heart originates from more than one cell population and undergoes a complex process of septation during formation of the great vessels. Histochemi-cal analysis with a series of fucose-specific lectins conjugated to horseradish peroxidase has revealed the presence of a fucosylated glycoconjugate in the outflow tract of the developing heart. The results reveal further that the expression of the fucosylated glycoconjugate is stage-dependent and thus probably genetically regulated. The timing and distribution of staining with the lectin OFA suggest that this fucosylated glycocoiyu-gate may play a role in directing the migration of neural crest cells into the heart and subsequent formation of the conus septum.
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