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  • serotoninergic system  (2)
  • IL-6  (1)
  • MR cholangiopancreatography  (1)
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    The effects of oral 5-hydroxytryptophan administration on feeding behavior in obese adult female subjects (1989)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 76 (1989), S. 109-117 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: 5-Hydroxytryptophan ; feeding behavior ; obesity ; serotoninergic system ; tryptophan
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Nineteen obese female subjects with body mass index ranging between 30 and 40 were included in a double-blind crossover study aimed at evaluating the effects of oral 5-hydroxytryptophan administration on feeding behavior, mood state and weight loss. Either 5-hydroxytryptophan (8 mg/kg/day) or placebo was administered for five weeks during which patients were not prescribed any dietary restrictions. Feeding behavior was investigated by means of a questionnaire designed to establish the onset of anorexia and related symptoms. Food intake was evaluated using a three-day diet diary. BDI, SI, STAI-T, and STAI-S were used to assess mood state. The administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan resulted in no changes in mood state but promoted typical anorexiarelated symptoms, decreased food intake and weight loss during the period of observation.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01578751
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    Pancreatic adenocarcinoma: combination of MR imaging, MR angiography and MR cholangiopancreatography for the diagnosis and assessment of resectability (1998)
    Springer
    European radiology 8 (1998), S. 428-434 
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    ISSN: 1432-1084
    Keywords: Key words: MR imaging ; MR angiography ; MR cholangiopancreatography ; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. The purpose of this study was to determine the possibility of integrating MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and MR angiography (MRA) to conventional MR images in the diagnosis and assessment of resectability of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Twenty-three patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma were prospectively examined with MR. Conventional MR images were acquired in all patients. Three-dimensional MRCP and MRA images were acquired in all patients with suspected biliary and vascular involvement. Acquisition time was less than 45 min in all cases. Images were independently evaluated by two radiologists, with final reading decided by consensus among readers. Diagnosis was confirmed with surgery in 16 patients and with percutaneous biopsy in 7. Concordance among readers was high with a kappa value of 0.83. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma was observed in all patients. Correct assessment of unresectability due to vascular involvement was found in 22 of 23 patients. Biliary obstruction was evident in 13 patients, involving the biliary and pancreatic ducts in 9 and the biliary ducts only in 4. Technical advances permit extensive use of MRI in the evaluation of abdominal pathologies. The combination of MR imaging, MRCP, and MRA can provide sufficient information for the diagnosis and assessment of resectability of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which otherwise would require three different exams.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003300050407
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    Electronic Resource
    Plasma and CSF tryptophan in cancer anorexia (1990)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 81 (1990), S. 225-233 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Amino acids transport ; anorexia ; blood brain barrier ; cancer ; CSF tryptophan ; plasma tryptophan ; serotoninergic system
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Eighteen untreated cancer patients and ten sex- and age-matched healthy volunteers were studied. In all patients eating behavior was investigated by means of a specific questionnaire from which the presence of anorexia and anorexia-related symptoms was assessed. To investigate the role of tryptophan in cancer anorexia, fasting plasma and CSF levels of tryptophan and other neutral amino acids were assayed in patients and controls. Cancer patients showed abnormally high plasma free tryptophan levels. In case of patients with cancer anorexia a significant rise of the ratio in plasma between free and tryptophan/large neutral amino acids, competing with tryptophan for its brain entry, was observed. This increase was correlated to a consistent rise of CSF tryptophan levels suggesting a specific role of the serotoninergic system in the pathogenesis of cancer anorexia.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01245044
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    Theoretical investigation of IL-6 multiprotein receptor assembly (1997)
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 29 (1997), S. 528-548 
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    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Keywords: cytokines ; IL-6 ; IL-6 receptor complexes ; electrostatic potential ; homology modeling ; molecular dynamics ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine that regulates cell growth, differentiation, and cellular functions in many cell lineages. Recently, evidences for the formation of an active hexameric complex with an IL-6:IL-6Rα:gp130 stoichiometry of 2:2:2 have been obtained by different experimental approaches. Analysis of the electrostatic potential complementarity between IL-6 and its receptors has been used, in this study, to guide the assembly of homology-based 3D models of the components. The results strongly support a mechanism whereby the active cytokine (IL-6:IL-6Rα) associates with the signal transducing gp130 protein, and the trimeric complex formed further dimerizes to form the hexameric species. Furthermore, computational simulations of the multiprotein complexes provide a rationalization of data from mutation experiments and highlight some key protein-protein interactions which have not yet been the subject of mutagenesis studies. Proteins 29:528-544, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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