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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: KeywordsOB gene ; microsatellite ; genetics ; obesity ; diabetes mellitus.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The mouse ob gene and its human homologue OB have recently been cloned. The mutations in the ob gene are known to be associated with extreme obesity. The relationship between the human OB gene and disease, however, is largely unknown due to the lack of suitable markers within or adjacent to the OB gene. To obtain informative markers, we searched for simple tandem repeat polymorphisms in the genomic sequence of the human OB gene and identified a novel tetranucleotide repeat in the 3′ flanking region. Fifteen alleles were detected in this marker with a heterozygosity of 0.85 and polymorphism information content of 0.83, indicating a highly informative nature of this marker. Two-point linkage mapping in two Centre Etude Polymorphisme Humaine (CEPH) reference families suggested that this marker is located in the interval between D7S514 and D7S530, the same interval where the OB gene is located (recombination fractions with D7S514 and D7S530 were 0.026 and 0.034, respectively). Although allele frequency distributions of this marker did not differ between 84 control subjects and 69 NIDDM patients, there was a tendency to higher body weight in control subjects with class I/class I genotype than in those without this genotype (68.8 ± 11.1 vs 60.8 ± 10.3 kg, p = 0.05). The highly polymorphic nature of this marker and its location in the OB gene makes this marker useful for linkage studies of the OB gene with a number of phenotypes, such as obesity, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension and the insulin resistance syndrome. [Diabetologia (1996) 36: 1398–1401]
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1203
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We have studied linkage disequilibrium between CTG repeats and an Alu insertion/deletion polymorphism at the myotonin protein kinase gene (DMPK) in 102 Japanese families, of which 93 were affected with myotonic dystrophy (DM). All of the affected chromosomes are in complete linkage disequilibrium with the Alu insertion allele. Among the normal chromosomes, alleles of CTG repeats 5 and ≥ 17 are exclusively associated with the insertion allele. On the other hand, intermediate alleles of 11– 16 repeats show a significantly greater association with the deletion allele. A strikingly similar pattern of linkage disequilibrium observed in European populations suggests a common origin of the DM mutation in the Japanese and European populations.
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  • 4
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of food science 63 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1750-3841
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Lactobacillus acidophilus group bacteria (L. acidophilus, L crispatus, L. amylovorus, L. gallinarum, L. gasseri, L. johnsonii), probiotic lactic acid bacteria, were applied to meat fermentation. Of six strains, L. gasseri (predominant lacto-bacilli in human intestinal tracts) JCM1131T exhibited greatest fermentation performance in meats. This strain resisted gastric acid and bile, and would thus have no detrimental effects in the intestinal tract. Inoculation of the strain depressed the propagation of S. aureus cells and their enterotoxin production during meat fermentation. Results suggest probiotic lactic acid bacteria could be effectively utilized for meat fermentation to produce healthy meat products.
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  • 5
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 77 (1995), S. 2339-2342 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Radiation-induced defects in a new second harmonic generation material, lithium vanadate single crystal, have been studied by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and optical absorption measurements. EPR detects two intense signals due to intrinsic O− and impurity-associated CO−3 trapped-hole centers at 77 K, but no such signal in the case of trapped-electron centers. The EPR signal of impurity Fe3+ ions is suppressed by 77 K irradiation. Low-temperature irradiation produces three optical absorption bands peaking at 3.14, 2.0, and 1.56 eV. It has been concluded that some of the free electrons produced by irradiation are trapped by Fe3+ ions at low temperatures. After annealing at room temperature all the optical absorption bands disappear, although the EPR signals of CO−3 trapped-hole centers and unidentified electron-type centers at g=1.96 remain stable up to 330 K. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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    Springer
    Basic research in cardiology 94 (1999), S. 180-187 
    ISSN: 1435-1803
    Keywords: Key words Free radicals – N-2-mercaptopropionyl glycine – myocardial infarction – preconditioning – triphenyltetrazolium chloride
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Recent studies have repoarted that prolonged infusion of N-2-mercaptopropionyl glycine (MPG), a diffusible antioxidant, could limit infarct size in dogs. However, there are no comparable studies testing this agent in other species. We examined the efficacy of MPG in a rabbit model of infarction. Rabbit hearts were subjected to a 30-min coronary artery occlusion. Infarct size expressed as a percentage of risk zone was determined by either triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining after 3 h of reperfusion (study 1) or by histology after 72 h of reperfusion (study 2). In study 1, 37 ± 2.6 % of the risk zone infarcted in the control group. Intravenous MPG at a rate of 100 mg/kg/h starting 15 min after the onset of ischemia and continuing until 1 h after reperfusion had no effect on infarct size (35.4 ± 3.4 % infarction). However, infusion of MPG until the end of reperfusion significantly reduced infarct size as measured with TTC to 17.2 ± 2.5 % (p 〈 0.01 vs. control group). In study 2, 48.6 ± 4.0 % of the risk zone infarcted in the control group. In the treatment group MPG was started as above and was continued for 4 h of reperfusion followed by an intramuscular injection at the termination of the intravenous infusion. No protection was seen after 72 h of reperfusion (43.8 ± 2.1 % infarction). These findings reveal that MPG at a dose and schedule that appeared to protect the dog heart could not effect sustained protection in the rabbit heart. TTC staining revealed that MPG appeared to have preserved viability for up to 3 h of reperfusion suggesting that failure may have been due to early withdrawal of the drug. Alternatively, early TTC staining may yield spurious results under conditions in which protection is dependent upon antioxidant or free radical scavenger treatment as has previously been suggested. It is concluded that MPG as administered in the previous canine studies does not limit infarct size in all species, thus raising a concern about MPG's potential efficacy in man.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Escherichia coli ; Phenothiazine derivatives ; DnaA protein
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The activation of DnaA protein by cardiolipin is inhibited by fluphenazinein vitro. We therefore examined the sensitivity of temperature-sensitivednaA mutants ofEscherichia coli to fluphenazine and other phenothiazine derivatives. Among the eightdnaA mutants tested,dnaA5, dnaA46 dnaA602, anddnaA604, mutants with mutations in the putative ATP binding site of DnaA protein, showed higher sensitivities to phenothiazine derivatives than did the wild-type strain. ThednaA508 anddnaA167 mutants, which have mutations in the N-terminal region of DnaA protein, also showed higher sensitivities to phenothiazine derivatives. On the other hand, thednaA204 anddnaA205 mutants, with lesions in the C-terminal region of the DnaA protein, showed the same sensitivity to phenothiazine derivatives as the wild-type strain. Complementation analysis with a plasmid containing the wild-typednaA gene and phage P1-mediated transduction confirmed thatdnaA mutations are responsible for these sensitivity phenotypes.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Key words Inhibitors of DNA gyrase ; Heat shock response ; σ32
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  We report here that in Escherichia coli, the anti-bacterial agent nalidixic acid induces transient stabilization and increased synthesis of σ32, accompanied by the induction of heat shock proteins (Dnak and GroEL proteins). The induction of heat shock proteins, increased synthesis of σ32, and stabilization of σ32 observed on treatment of wild-type cells with nalidixic acid were not observed in a nalA26 mutant, a strain that is resistant to nalidixic acid as the result of a mutation in the gyrA gene. Not only oxolinic acid, but also novobiocin, whose targets are the A and B subunits of DNA gyrase, respectively, also induced stabilization and increased synthesis of σ32. Thus, inhibition of the activity of DNA gyrase may cause stabilization and increased synthesis of σ32, resulting in turn in induction of heat shock proteins.
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  • 9
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    Neuroradiology 41 (1999), S. 832-834 
    ISSN: 1432-1920
    Keywords: Key words Pituitary tumor ; Cyst Rathke's cleft ; Pituitary apoplexy ; Magnetic resonance imaging
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We report a Rathke's cleft cyst which presented as pituitary apoplexy, a rare presentation. A 46-year-old woman suffered sudden headache and visual loss. T1-weighted MRI 3 weeks after this apoplectic episode demonstrated a cystic lesion between the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary, with some high-signal material layering in it. The mass showed spontaneous regression on an image 3 weeks later. Trans-sphenoidal surgery confirmed the diagnosis of a Rathke's cleft cyst with a haematoma within it.
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  • 10
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    Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery 118 (1998), S. 96-98 
    ISSN: 1434-3916
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We successfully treated two patients with recurrent dislocation of the tibialis posterior tendon by creating a bone block. Sudden resistive contraction of the tibialis posterior muscle is considered to be the mechanical cause of the initial traumatic injury, and a shallow tibialis posterior tendon sulcus may be the predisposing factor. Once the flexor retinaculum is torn during the initial trauma, recurrent dislocation is inevitable, and surgical treatment is mandatory. When treating patients with a complaint of long-standing pain around the medial malleolus, we must bear in mind the possible diagnosis of recurrent dislocation of the tibialis posterior tendon. If the patient can voluntarily dislocate the tendon by active plantar flexion and inversion of the ankle, the diagnosis is definitive.
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