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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Copenhagen : Munksgaard International Publishers
    Experimental dermatology 10 (2001), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0625
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: The production and its induction by ultraviolet radiation (UVR) of proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived peptides by keratinocytes has been reported, albeit not consistently. Recently we demonstrated that only under specific culturing conditions human keratinocytes are capable of producing a β-endorphin (βE)-like peptide with the characteristics of β-lipotropin (βLPH). Here the presence and UV-induction of βE-immunoreactivity (βE-IR) in keratinocytes in human skin in vivo was investigated. βE-IR was detectable by immunohistochemistry in keratinocytes of the follicular matrix and to some extent in cells of sweat ducts, but was absent from epidermal keratinocytes. Absence of βE-IR was confirmed by radioimmunoassay of HPLC-fractionated extracts of normal epidermis. Repeated exposure to solar-simulated UVR had no effect. This investigation is the first to demonstrate the presence of βE-immunoreactive material in the follicular matrix of corporal hairs and in duct cells of sweat glands. The possible meaning of these results is discussed.
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  • 2
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 529 (1988), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis ; Dutch type ; Amyloid β/A4 protein ; Diffuse plaques ; Immunohistochemistry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We studied the presence and morphology of plaque-like lesions in the frontal cortex of six patients, aged 40 to 76 years, with hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis — Dutch type (HCHWA-D), using β/A4 immuno-, silver, Congo red and thioflavin S staining. Two types of β/A4 immunoreactive and Congo red-negative plaques were detected. The first type was composed of argyrophilic fibrous material in periodic acid-methenamine silver (PAM) and modified Bielschowsky staining and lacked silver-stained degenerating neurites. Therefore, this type of plaque has the same staining properties as the diffuse plaque described in Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome and nondemented elderly. The second type of plaque, occurring only in the three oldest patients and numerically increasing with age, consisted of a spherical non-argyrophilic area of granular texture with a rim of PAM-positive material. The PAM-positive fibrous material of both types of plaques was mingled with coarser and compact, irregular-shaped argyrophilic structures in the oldest patient. The described plaques did not show bright fluorescence with thioflavin S staining. These results indicate, that the morphology of plaques, encountered in HCHWA-D, is diverse and changes with age.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Amyloid β ; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy ; Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type ; Senile plaques
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The evolvement of amyloid β (Aβ) deposition in the frontal cerebral cortex of 24 patients of increasing age with Dutch-type hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (HCHWA-D) was studied using end-specific monoclonal antibodies to Aβx-42 (Aβ42) or Aβx-40 (Aβ40) and markers for degenerating neurites. Aβ42 immunostaining revealed parenchymal Aβ deposits with a heterogeneous morphology and distribution, i.e., clouds, fine/dense diffuse, coarse, and homogeneous plaques. Clouds and diffuse plaques were associated with glial Aβ granules. Aβ40 labeling was absent in clouds/fine diffuse plaques, inconsistent and variably intense in dense diffuse/¶coarse plaques and consistent in homogeneous plaques. In a subset of Aβ40-positive plaques, degenerating neurites – without tauopathy – and/or amyloid cores were observed. Electron microscopy revealed no apparent amyloid fibrils in fine diffuse plaques, small bundles of fibrils in dense diffuse/homogeneous plaques, and amyloid masses in coarse plaques. The parenchymal Aβ pathology was age-related: the ratio of fine to dense diffuse plaques decreased with age, clouds were limited to younger patients; coarse plaques to the oldest old. Homogeneous/cored plaques were present most consistently in older patients. Plaque density did not increase with age. Vascular Aβ deposits stained for both Aβ species, but exclusively Aβ42-positive, presumably recent deposits were also observed. This study suggests that HCHWA-D is a model of plaque evolution in which clouds leave fine diffuse plaques, which may become dense diffuse and ultimately coarse or homogeneous plaques.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Amyloid angiopathy ; Enzymehistochemistry ; Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (Dutch) ; Immunohistochemistry ; Senile plaques
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Plaque-like lesions and amyloid angiopathy were investigated in the frontal cerebral cortex of four patients with hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (Dutch) (HCHWA-D), using immunohistochemical [antibodies to β amyloid protein (Aβ), β protein precursor (βPP), synaptophysin, ubiquitin (UBQ), cathepsin D, paired helical filaments (PHF) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)], enzymehistochemical (acid phosphatase) and silver [methenamine silver (MS) and Palmgren] staining methods. Whereas Aβ- and MS-positive diffuse plaques were found in all patients, only the three older patients showed neuritic or congophilic plaques, which were acid phosphatase and cathepsin D positive and contained βPP-, synaptophysin- and UBQ-positive, but PHF-negative neurites. These plaques were surrounded by reactive astrocytes. Similar immuno- and enzymereactivity was found around congophilic blood vessels. Thus, apart from neuronal degeneration in a subset of plaque-like lesions and around blood vessels, this study shows an age-related morphology of the plaques in HCHWA-D, corresponding to that in Down's syndrome (DS), with the difference that neurofibrillary (NF) pathology is absent in HCHWA-D in contrast to DS. HCHWA-D may be considered as a model for congophilic plaque formation not associated with NF pathology.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Amyloid angiopathy ; Enzymehistochemistry ; Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (Dutch) ; Immunohistochemistry ; Senile plaques
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Plaque-like lesions and amyloid angiopathy were investigated in the frontal cerebral cortex of four patients with hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (Dutch) (HCHWA-D), using immunohistochemical [antibodies to β amyloid protein (Aβ), β protein precursor (βPP), synaptophysin, ubiquitin (UBQ), cathepsin D, paired helical filaments (PHF) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)], enzymehistochemical (acid phosphatase) and silver [methenamine silver (MS) and Palmgren] staining methods. Whereas Aβ-and MS-positive diffuse plaques were found in all patients, only the three older patients showed neuritic or congophilic plaques, which were acid phosphatase and cathepsin D positive and contained βPP-, synaptophysin-and UBQ-positive, but PHF-negative neurites. These plaques were surrounded by reactive astrocytes. Similar immuno-and enzymereactivity was found around congophilic blood vessels. Thus, apart from neuronal degeneration in a subset of plaque-like lesions and around blood vessels, this study shows an age-related morphology of the plaques in HCHWA-D, corresponding to that in Down's syndrome (DS), with the difference that neurofibrillary (NF) pathology is absent in HCHWA-D in contrast to DS. HCHWA-D may be considered as a model for congophilic plaque formation not associated with NF pathology.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Dementia with Lewy bodies ; Lewy bodies ; Parkinson’s disease ; α-Synuclein
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Lewy bodies (LB) and pale bodies (PB), their putative precursors, can be found in a spectrum of diseases characterized by parkinsonism and/or dementia. Furthermore, LB are occasionally observed in some other neurodegenerative diseases and in normal aging. Classical LB are typically found in the brain stem, especially in the substantia nigra, where these inclusions are associated with neuronal loss and clinical signs of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD). The so-called cortical LB occur in the cerebral cortex, amygdala and claustrum with little or no neuronal loss and are clinically associated with dementia in dementia with LB (DLB). We describe a patient without apparent clinical signs of parkinsonism and/or dementia, whose brain contained numerous classical-like LB, pale inclusions with features of PB and transitions between these two. These inclusions had similar immunohistological (ubiquitin positive; neurofilament positive; tau negative) and ultrastructural features as the LB in PD and DLB except for the lack of immunoreactivity for α-synuclein. The pons and cerebral cortex showed the highest number of LB, up to 165/1.76 mm2. These numbers were contrasted by the lack of obvious neuronal loss or gliosis. The absence of α-synuclein reactivity in the LB in this symptomless patient corroborates the hypothesis that α-synuclein accumulation in LB is an important step in neurodegeneration in PD and DLB, but tones down the role of α-synuclein in LB formation in general. This patient seems to represent a new variant in the spectrum of diseases associated with LB.
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  • 8
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Archives of dermatological research 271 (1981), S. 171-182 
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Keywords: Hypomelanotic macule ; Tuberous sclerosis ; Electron microscopy ; Hypomelanotische Macula ; tuberöse Hinrsklerose ; Elektronenmikroskopie
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Hypomelanotische Maculae der Haut bei der tuberösen Hirnsklerose (TS) werden verursacht durch einen komplizierten Prozeß, in den die Synthese und Reifung von Melanosomen verwickelt sind. Weil die Charakterisierung von Hautbiopsien aus hypomelanotischen Maculae bei TS-Patienten zur Zeit nicht ausreichend ist, haben wir eine quantitative Methode entwickelt, durch die die Reifung der Melanosomen in den Melanocyten erforscht wird. Diese Methode wurde anhand von Biopsien aus hypomelanotischer und der angrenzenden Haut von sechs Patienten mit erwiesener TS geprüft und mit bekannten Methoden verglichen. Bei allen sechs Patienten wurde in der hypomelanotischen Macula eine statistisch signifikant niedrigere Zahl von pigmentierten Melanosomen pro melanocytärem Perikaryon und dendritischem Zellprozeß festgestellt als in der angrenzenden Haut. Die relative Anzahl von Stadium III- und IV-Melanosomen hatte in der hypomelanotischen Macula abgenommen, die von Stadium II-Melanosomen zugenommen (auch statistisch signifikant). Durch Verwendung unserer Methode kann die Hypomelanose der TS zuverlässig charakterisiert werden, was möglicherweise aus diagnostischer Sicht wichtig ist. Die Resultate der Melanosomengrößenmessung oder die des DOPA-Verfahrens dagegen waren statistisch nicht signifikant.
    Notes: Summary Hypomelanotic macules of the skin in tuberous sclerosis (TS) are caused by a complex process, involving the synthesis and maturation of melanosomes. A quantitative method was developed to investigate the maturation of the melanosomes at the level of the melanocytes. The method was tested on biopsies of hypomelanotic and adjacent normomelanotic skin from six patients with definite TS, and compared with other methods. In all patients, a statistically significant lower number of pigmented melanosomes was found per cross-sectioned melanocytic perikaryon and dendritic cell process in the hypomelanotic as compared to the normomelanotic skin. The relative numbers of stage III and IV melanosomes were decreased, and of stage II melanosomes increased in the hypomelanotic macule (also statistically significant). This indicates that it is possible to characterize the hypomelanosis in TS reliably, which may have diagnostic importance. In our hands, assessment of the size of the melanosomes did not show a statistically significant difference between hypo- and normomelanotic skin; the difference found with the DOPA technique was more evident, although not statistically significant.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 10
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology 227 (1989), S. 287-290 
    ISSN: 1435-702X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Three monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) prepared against cutaneous melanomas were tested against one group of 12 choroidal melanomas with indirect immunofluorescence in frozen sections. A fourth MoAb was tested in paraffin sections of a second group of 47 choroidal melanomas. One MoAb (NKI-M7) did not react with choroidal melanoma, even though it had a high sensitivity for cutaneous melanoma. A second MoAb (NKI-M6) showed a positive reaction with only 2/12 choroidal melanomas. The third MoAb (NKI/beteb) reacted with all choroidal melanomas, regardless of the cell type. MoAb NKI/C-3 was positive with 38/47 (81%) choroidal melanomas. We conclude that NKI/C-3 and NKI/beteb have a high sensitivity for both cutaneous and choroidal melanomas in frozen sections. Of these two antibodies NKI/beteb was the most specific for cutaneous naevi and melanomas.
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