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    Virchows Archiv 377 (1978), S. 129-144 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Nephropathia epidemica ; Hemorrhagic fever ; Glomerular changes ; Immune complex disease ; Electron microscopy
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Electron microscopical changes in the glomeruli in 20 kidney biopsies from 18 patients, who were suffering from or had lately suffered from Nephropathia epidemica were studied. Various kinds of deposits were seen. Under the endothelial cells there were collections of light flocculent material. Small dark deposits were seen in the mesangium at the mesangial cell processes, inside the thickened basement membrane, and occasionally on the epithelial side of the membrane. Large deposits were seen around mesangial cells in the mesangium. Deposits were less numerous than in chronic immune complex diseases. The intramembranous or subepithelial deposits were associated with “moon craters”, membranous convoluted structures or membrane debris. Granular extracellular mesangial material, round extracellular particles and intraendothelial microtubular inclusions were occasionally seen. In two of our cases occasional capsular epithelial cells showed numerous myelin bodies. Typical viruses were not seen in the glomeruli. The findings are in accord with the short period of scanty immune complex deposition in the glomeruli in the clinically active phase of Nephropathia epidemica.
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    Virchows Archiv 377 (1978), S. 157-174 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Pancreatic diabetes ; Endocrine pancreas ; Islet composition ; Immunocytochemistry ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The endocrine pancreatic tissue from patients with severe primary chronic pancreatitis (n=6), secondary chronic pancreatitis due to duct obstruction by carcinoma (n=6) and non-diabetic, non-pancreatitic controls (n=4) was studied qualitatively and quantitatively using specific immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy. Grouping of variously sized islets in the sclerotic tissue (sclerosis islets), islet neoformation by ductuloinsular proliferation, and intrainsular fibrosis were the main qualitative findings. Immunocytochemical quantitation of the distribution of insulin (B), glucagon (A), somatostatin (D) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) producing cells revealed a significant relative increase in the number of A cells and a decrease in the number of B cells of the sclerosis islets in primary chronic pancreatitis (B-44.1±9.3%:A-38.3±2.4%:D-8.6±5.1%:PP-4.6±4.1%) as well as in secondary chronic pancreatitis (B-38.0±14.3%:A-38.4±19.0%:D-9.1±5.8%:PP-14.5±23.4%) compared with controls (B-71.1±8.1%:A-24.3±5.5%:D-8.0±2.8%:PP-0.5±0.4%). The number of PP cells was significantly increased in primary chronic pancreatitis only. It is suggested that scarring of the exocrine pancreas affects islet composition, probably by impairment of the local circulation and of glucose diffusion, thus leading to reduction of the number and glucose sensitivity of B cells. The hyperplasia of A and PP cells appears to be a secondary phenomenon due to the loss of B cells.
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    Virchows Archiv 378 (1978), S. 55-65 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Pituitary adenoma ; Acromegaly ; Hormone secretion ; Electron microscopy ; Immunologic techniques
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Ultrastructural examination of 184 pituitary adenomas demonstrated the presence of extracellular accumulations of electron dense material in 3 out of 64 cases with acromegaly. Fibrillary structures were seen in larger deposits of such material. This material was only observed in biopsies fixed directly with osmium tetroxide; initial fixation with glutaraldehyde did not retain the material and left empty spaces. Positive immuno-histochemical reaction with specific antibodies demonstrated that the extracellular material contained growth hormone (GH). The presence of this extracellular material could not be related to the age or sex of the patient nor to the duration of symptoms, size of the tumor, presence of diabetes mellitus, or concomitant secretion of prolactin. The pericapillary fibrous sheath was heavily thickened in the patient with the longest duration of symptoms, intermediate in thickness in the second and normal in the third.
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    Virchows Archiv 378 (1978), S. 161-172 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Chemodectoma ; Larynx ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The present case report is concerned with a clinico-pathological study, including ultrastructural investigation, of a rare and uncommon laryngeal tumour, a chemodectoma, in a 62 year old patient. There have been 23 cases of laryngeal chemodectomas reported in the literature, and only three of them, including our own report, were investigated by electron microscopy. The tumours arise from the superior and inferior laryngeal nonchromaffin paraganglia or possibly from Kultschitzky-cells of the normal bronchial mucosa. Ultrastructurally they have all the characteristics of apudomas whose parent cells (the APUD-cells), usually show endocrine function and probably have their origin in the neural crest. The tumours show an aggressive type of behaviour, despite usually benign histological features when compared to chemodectomas at other sites in the head and neck region. Surgery is thus the therapy of choice.
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    Virchows Archiv 379 (1978), S. 321-333 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Pinguecula ; Pterygium ; Histology ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Two pingueculae combined with pterygia were studied by light and electron microscopy. Hyaline degeneration of the collagen, dark staining granular, von Kossa negative concretions and elastotic material were observed in both conditions together with marked changes in the fibroblasts, endothelial cells, pericytes and the basement membrane of conjunctival capillaries and small veins. The elastotic material is similar to that observed in solar elastosis, where the collagen fibers are less severely damaged. Chronic sun exposure of the pericorneal conjunctiva may damage endothelial cells primarily and disturb vascular exchanges. This would result in accelerated degeneration and regeneration of endothelial cells, in thickening of the basement membrane and, secondarily, disturbed metabolism of fibroblasts with alterations of the collagen and elastic fibers.
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    Virchows Archiv 379 (1978), S. 73-83 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Neurofibrome ; Tactile-like corpuscles ; Perineurial cell ; Neuroectodermal origin ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary In neurofibromas type I (plexiform) and type II (diffuse) the Schwann cell is the predominant cell in the neoplastic proliferation. Electron microscopic investigation of a neurofibroma with structures resembling tactile corpuscles (type III) revealed neoplastic proliferation of perineurial instead of Schwann cells. The tactile-like (pseudo-Meissnerian) corpuscles (corpuscules neurofibromateux) are formed by neoplastic perineurial cells. These cells have a tendency to wrap themselves around longitudinal structures, such as collagen fibres or axons, and to come into direct contact with the latter. This close relationship between the axon and the neoplastic perineurial cell, analogous to that between axon and Schwann cell, points to a neuroectodermal origin of the perineurial cell. The electron microscopic appearances suggest that either the Schwann cell or the perineurial cell is the essential neoplastic component of neurofibromas, the fibroblastic proliferation being a secondary phenomenon.
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    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Thyroid ; Adenoma ; Ultrastructure ; Immunhistochemistry ; Thyroglobulin ; Lysosomes
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    Notes: Summary Histological, immunhistochemical and electronmicroscopic studies of 12 human, scintigraphically “cold”, thyroid adenomas with specific cytological differentiation identified four different cell types: oxiphil cell, clear cell, ergastoplasm-rich cell and mitochondrion-rich cell. The oxiphil tumor cell can be recognized light-microscopically by its large size and its eosinophilic granular cytoplasm. Most of these cells do not produce thyroglobulin. The ultrastructural characteristics of oxyphil cells are principally mitochondria in great numbers and many large lysosomes. Clear cell adenomas show a trabecular growth pattern. The tumor cells have an abundance of cytoplasm which contains small acidophilic granules. Immunhistochemically we were able to demonstrate thyroglobulin in small amounts within cytoplasmic granules and more extensively within the follicle lumina. Electronmicroscopically we observed a large number of smooth surfaced vacuoles of varying size, extraordinary large lysosomes and occasional cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum, the latter probably corresponding to the immune-histochemically identified thyroglobulin granules. The ergastoplasm-rich-cell adenomas, which to the best of our knowledge have not been previously described, show a predominantly micro-to normofollicular architecture histologically without intrafollicular colloid. The cytoplasm of the ergastoplasm-rich cells reveales a strong positive thyroglobulin-staining reaction. The fine structure of these cells is characterized by the abundance of cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The mitochondrion-rich-cell adenomas exhibited a microfollicular structure with an intensive acidophilic granular staining at the basal part of the tumor cells. Immunhistochemically and electronmicroscopically we found some morphologic and functional features which differentiate these cells from the oxyphil cell. Thyroglobulin was located predominantly in the apical portion of the cytoplasm in the mitochondrion-rich cells without sharp demarcation from the luminar thyroglobulin. Electron microscopically fewer basal and laterally located mitochondria were seen in mitochondrion-rich cells compared with oxyphil cells. As we could not find any sign of functional activity in the oxyphilic, clear cell and ergastoplasm-rich cell adenomas we analysed those aspects of the lysosomal system not concerned with the enzymatic digestion of thyroglobulin.
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    Virchows Archiv 381 (1978), S. 1-11 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Central neuroblastoma ; Electron microscopy ; Growth cone ; Primitive neural crest ; Neuronal cytogenesis
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary A cerebral neuroblastoma removed surgically from a female child is presented. Electron microscopy showed numerous neuronal processes with growth cones which are a feature of the developing neurone. In addition there were some rosettes with distinct lumina. The luminal surfaces were covered with a smooth plasma membrane lacking any surface differentiation and the lateral surface of these cells had many cell junctions (terminal bars), reminiscent of a primitive neural tube. These features in a nerve cell tumor help to substantiate it as a neuroblastoma arising from immature rather than differentiated cells. The nature of this rare tumor is discussed.
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    Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 91 (1978), S. 165-182 
    ISSN: 1432-1335
    Keywords: Clear cells ; Salivary gland tumors ; Ultrastructure ; Differential diagnosis ; Helle Zellen ; Speicheldrüsentumoren ; Ultrastruktur ; Differentialdiagnose
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    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Zu den hellzelligen Speicheldrüsentumoren gehören monomorphe hellzellige Adenome, hellzellige Carcinome, hellzellige Varianten der Acinus- und Mucoepidermoidtumoren, Talgdrüsentumoren, Speichelgang-Carcinome und pleomorphe Adenome mit hellzelligen Abschnitten. Der lichtmikroskopische, deskriptive Begriff der hellen Zelle umfaßt bei einer weiteren cytochemischen und elektronenmikroskopischen Analyse Zellformen unterschiedlicher Herkunft und funktioneller Bedeutung. Folgende Zelltypen wurden näher analysiert: indifferente Gangzellen (geringe Organellenausbildung, Desmosomen), speichernde Streifenstückzellen (Glykogengranula, zahlreiche Mitochondrien, basales Labyrinth), Myoepithelzellen (Myofilamente, Pinocytose-Vesicel, Lipofuscingranula, Hemidesmosomen), epidermoide Zellen (Tonofilamente, Desmosomen), Becherzellen (Schleimvacuolen, basales endoplasmatisches Reticulum), Talgdrüsenzellen (Lipidtropfen, Mikrovilli, Desmosomen) und helle Acinuszellen (elektronenoptisch helle Sekretgranula, kleine Mitochondrien, kleiner Golgiapparat). In die Differentialdiagnose müssen auch hellzellige Tumorformen der Speicheldrüsenregion einbezogen werden, welche primär nicht vom Speicheldrüsengewebe ausgehen. Hierzu gehören Metastasen hypernephroider Nieren-Carcinome, Paragangliome, Glomustumoren Masson, Granularzelltumoren und alveoläre Weichteilsarkome.
    Notes: Summary Clear cell tumors of the salivary glands are monomorphic clear cell adenomas, clear cell carcinomas, clear cell variants of acinic cell and mucoepidermoid tumours, sebaceous cell tumors, salivary duct carcinomas and pleomorphic adenomas with clear cell sectors. At the light microscopical level the descriptive term of the clear cell comprises cell types of different origin and functional importance which can be differentiated by cytochemistry and electron microscopy. The following cell types were analysed precisely: indifferent duct cells (small formation of organelles, desmosomes), storing striated duct cells (glycogen granules, multiple mitochondrias, basal labyrinth), myoepithelial cells (myofilaments, pinocytosis vesicles, lipofuscin granules, hemidesmosomes), goblet cells (mucous vacuoles, basal endoplasmatic reticulum), sebaceous cells (lipid droplets, microvilli, desmosomes) and clear acinic cells (electron pale secretory granules, small mitochondrias, small golgi apparatus). Clear cell tumor types of the salivary gland region which primarely do not derive from the salivary gland tissue must also be included in the differential diagnoses. These are metastases of hypernephroid renal carcinomas, paragangliomas, glomus tumors of Masson, granular cell tumor and alveolar soft-part sarcomas.
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    Virchows Archiv 378 (1978), S. 75-90 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Morbus Fabry ; Electron microscopy ; Freeze-fracturing ; Heterozygotic women ; Homozygotic men
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    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es werden elektronenmikroskopische Beobachtungen zur Lokalisation und zur Feinstruktur der Glykolipideinschlüsse in verschiedenen inneren Organen bei Morbus Fabry berichtet. Die intrazellulÄren und extrazellulÄren Einschlüsse bestehen aus vielschichtig lamellÄren Membransystemen in konzentrischer und exzentrischer sowie in stapeiförmiger paralleler Anordnung. Diese lamellÄre Anordnung ist charakteristisch für flüssigkristalline Phasen von Phospholipid-Wasser-Systemen. Erstmalig werden ultrastrukturelle Befunde an den inneren Organen einer erkrankten Frau mitgeteilt. Demzufolge lassen sich bei heterozygoten Frauen gleiche Glykolipidablagerungen wie bei homozygoten MÄnnern nachweisen. Die Beziehung der Glykolipideinschlüsse zu den Lysosomen wird erörtert.
    Notes: Summary Electron microscopic findings are reported on the localization and fine structure of glycolipid inclusions in different organs (heart, kidney, lymph nodes, arterial blood vessels, pancreas) in Fabry's disease in a female. The intracellular and extracellular inclusions were made up of multilamellar membraneous systems in concentric, excentric, and parallel arrangement. This fine structure is characteristic of liquid-crystalline phases of phospholipid-water systems. The same type of inclusions are found in the internal organs of heterozygotic women as in homozygotic men. The relationship between the glycolipid inclusions and the lysosomes is discussed.
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  • 11
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Megacolon ; Large intestine ; Endocrine cells ; Immunohistochemistry ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The large intestine resected from 6 Hirschsprung's patients and surgical colonic biopsies from 6 control children were examined with light and electron microscopy. The presence and the relative distribution of various endocrine cell types in both groups of mucosa were determined. In light microscope studies endocrine cell data were expressed as number of cells per unit area of mucosa using a quantitative method after argentaffin and Grimelius's argyrophilic techniques and an immunoperoxidase reaction with glucagon and somatostatin (SRIF) antisera. The results indicate that endocrine cells are apparently not involved in Hirschsprung's disease, since their number and frequency did not differ significantly between the ganglionic and aganglionic segments of Hirschsprung's patients nor between the latter and control children. Glucagon immunoreactive cells were, on the average, 5–6 times and 7–9 times more numerous that SRIF cells in the rectum and the sigmoid, respectively. Ultrastructurally, five endocrine cell types could be distinguished. The fifth type, probably a transition type, apparently disappears in adults.
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    Virchows Archiv 380 (1978), S. 31-48 
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    Keywords: Human liver ; Acute alcoholic hepatitis ; Histoenzymology ; Electron microscopy ; Alcoholic cirrhosis
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The interpretation of the morphological features of alcoholic hepatitis is discussed in terms of a comparison with the results of an ultrastructural and histoenzymological study of the liver biopsies of nine patients. In these patients liver biopsies were performed in the initial stage of the illness and fifteen days after five were re-biopsied, when the clinical and biological signs were improved. The correlations between morphological and biological data were good, especially for the levels of serological and histoenzymological alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase evaluations. However, when histological appearances had returned to normal, after two weeks of abstinence from alcohol several histological and ultrastructural features of the initial hepatitis persisted. The presence of evolving cirrhosis was a contributing factor to the severity of the changes seen. Morphologically, apart from the changes due to chronic alcoholic intoxication (steatosis, mitochondrial alteration), the hepatitic lesions comprise Mallory's bodies, cytoplasmic oedema and mitochondrial swelling. Cholestasis was invariably present. Histo-enzymologically there was a reduction in ATPase activity suggesting a metabolic failure in the energy producing pathways. In addition, in the periphery of lobules an active cirrhotic process was present, with tubular de-differentiation of hepatocytes and an increase in gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase on the cytoplasmic membrane. Because of the absence of any topographical relationship between hepatitis and cirrhosis, the presence of lymphocytes in the neighbourhood of the ductules suggested an indirect relationship between both processes, perhaps an autoimmune response initiated by Mallory's bodies.
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    Virchows Archiv 379 (1978), S. 185-201 
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    Keywords: Giant cell tumor ; Ultrastructure ; Acid phosphatase ; Lysosomes ; Bone tumors
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    Notes: Summary The fine structure of the different cell types constituting a primary malignant giant cell tumor of bone has been studied and the localization of acid phosphatase in relation to the subcellular organelles been demonstrated. Three distinct cell types with characteristic ultrastructural features were observed: giant cells, fibroblast-like cells, and cells with abundant lipid inclusions and mitochondria. Certain differences were noted between these three cell types and their counterparts in benign giant cell tumors of bone (described in a separate report). The enzyme histochemical and morphological data suggested that the giant cells in the malignant tumor might possess a more active and expansive lysosomal apparatus than corresponding cells in the benign variant.
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    Virchows Archiv 379 (1978), S. 229-241 
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    Keywords: Placenta ; Ultrastructure ; Rhesus incompatibility
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    Notes: Summary An electronoptical study has been made of eleven placentae from cases of materno-fetal rhesus incompatibility. The characteristic findings are focal, but sometimes quite extensive, syncytial necrosis, retention of normal pinocytotic and secretory activity in the non-necrotic syncytiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblastic hyperplasia, thickening of the trophoblastic basement membrane, immature-type endothelial cells in the fetal villous vessels and thickening or lamination of the capillary basement membranes. The pathogenesis of many of these changes is not clear but there is no evidence that they are immunologically mediated. It is suggested that the syncytial necrosis may be due to narrowing of the intervillous space as a result of increased villous size, that the cytotrophoblastic hyperplasia is a response to the syncytial damage and is responsible for the changes in the trophoblastic basement membrane and that the fetal capillary changes are indicative of endothelial cell damage due, possibly, to fetal anaemia. Despite the damage suffered by the placenta in materno-fetal rhesus incompatibility there is little evidence of impaired functional efficiency.
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    Virchows Archiv 380 (1978), S. 317-325 
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    Keywords: Meningioma ; Psammoma bodies ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Psammoma bodies from eight meningiomas have been examined by both light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The bodies are primarily composed of calcium apatite which is deposited within a nidus of tightly laminated collagen fibers.
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    Keywords: Limb bud cultures (mouse) ; Electron microscopy ; Effect of highly sulfated GAG (SP54® and Arteparon®) ; Collagen structure ; Cartilage pattern
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    Notes: Summary Addition of 1 mg/ml or higher doses of the highly sulfated pentosanpolysulfoester SP54® or the mucopolysaccharidepolysulfoester Arteparon® to limb bud cultures from 11-day-old mouse embryos caused a marked reduction in the growth of the distal parts of the cartilage anlagen. The most striking effect, however, was the change in the collagen structure of the cartilaginous intercellular substance. After more than 0.05 mg/ml SP54® or Arteparon® no collagen filaments were seen but collagen aggregates with an altered cross-striation occurred. They were produced by an antiparallel arrangement of collagen molecules caused by the highly sulfated substances. By immunofluorescence microscopy it was shown that SP54® and Arteparon® did not influence the distribution of the collagen types but only affected the aggregation of collagen type II. From the morphological point of view the production of endogenous PG seemed to be uneffected by SP54® and Arteparon®. The effect of SP54® and Arteparon® was reversible. After removal of these substances characteristic collagen filaments re-formed. The collagen aggregates were decomposed extracellularly or phagocytosed by chondroblasts and decomposed intracellularly.
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    Keywords: Pitutary ; Ultrastructure ; Vasopressin ; Prostaglandin ; Morphometry
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ziel dieser Untersuchung war es, quantitative and qualitative Änderungen der ACTH-Zelle in der Rattenhypophyse nach Gabe eines spezifischen und eines unspezifischen Stimulus zu untersuchen. Es wurden ein CRF-Analogon (Lysin-Vasopressin) und ein Prostaglandin (Prostaglandin E1) benutzt. Jeweils 20 Ratten wurden für 4 Wochen Lysin-Vasopressin oder Prostaglandin E1 intraperitoneal injiziert. Die Hypophysen wurden licht- und elektronenoptisch sowie morphometrisch untersucht. Nach Gabe beider Stoffe konnte man eine Aktivierung der ACTH-Zellen beobachten. Die Vergrö\erung des Kerns, des Cytoplasmas und der an der Hormonherstellung beteiligten Zellorganellen lie\ sich morphometrisch nachweisen, wobei die Wirkung von Lysin-Vasopressin ausgeprÄgter war als die des Prostaglandins. Darüber hinaus konnte eine Zunahme der ACTH-Zellzahl gefunden und mit einem statistischen Test als signifikant nachgewiesen werden. Im Gegensatz zu Lysin-Vasopressin erstreckte sich die Wirkung des Prostaglandins auch auf andere Hypophysenzellen.
    Notes: Summary The aim of this study was to investigate the qualitative and quantitative changes of ACTH-cells in the rat after application of a specific and a non-specific stimulus. A CRF-analog (lysin-vasopressin) and a prostaglandin (prostaglandin E1) were used. 40 rats were injected lysin-vasopressin or prostaglandin E1, respectively, for 4 weeks. The pituitary glands were investigated by means of light microscopy, electron microscopy and morphometry. Activation of the ACTH-cells could be observed after use of both substances, the effect of lysin-vasopressin being more intense than that of prostaglandin E1. Enlargement of the nucleus, the cytoplasm and the organelles involved in hormone-production and -transport were found and verified by morphometry. Additionally an increase in number of the cells could be demonstrated. Prostaglandin influenced not only ACTH-cells, but also other cells of the anterior pituitary.
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    Virchows Archiv 378 (1978), S. 181-197 
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    Keywords: Axonal swelling ; Spheroid ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Axonal swellings and spheroids in various human diseases were studied by light and electron microscopy. 4 cases of infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy, 2 of degenerative diseases, 2 brain tumors and 3 of cerebrovascular disease were examined. Ultrastructurally most spheroids in infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy consisted of interconnected tubules, stacked membranotubular profiles, alternating layered membranes and accumulations of neurofilaments. Combinations of these four constituents were seen only in infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy. “Torpedos” (fusiform swelling of the axon of a Purkinje cell) consisted exclusively of neurofilaments. Spheroids in case 6 (mental retardation) and 7 (atypical teratoma) consisted of interwoven skeins of neurofilaments and grouped mitochondria. Spheroids in case 8 (demyelination) and 9 (cerebrovascular disease) consisted of packed complex bodies and mitochondria. Spheroids in cases 10 and 11 (cerebrovascular disease) consisted of degenerating organelles only. The morphological differences between cases 9, 10 and 11 probably depends on the severity and timing of the cerebral injury. Most spheroids show similar histological and histochemical properties, but ultrastructural study may give some clue to the origin of the bodies.
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    Keywords: Human parathyroid adenomas ; Electron microscopy ; Parathyroid hormone release ; PTH radioimmunoassay ; Pathophysiology of primary hyperparathyroidism
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    Notes: Summary Twelve parathyroid chief cell adenomas from patients with primary hyperparathyroidism were incubated in a tissue culture system in the presence of different calcium concentrations and for various time periods. The endocrine response of the tissue was examined electron microscopically and radioimmunologically. After incubation in a medium of low calcium concentration the parathyroid adenomas showed ultrastructural signs of stimulation with proliferation of the hormone-synthesizing organelles. The development of the ultrastructural response could first be observed after four hours and increased up to several days. Radioimmunologically, an increase of the hormone secretion could be demonstrated. Converse results were obtained after incubation of the tumor tissue under suppressive culture conditions. To check for de-novo synthesis of the hormone released the tissue was incubated in a 75Se-methionine-containing medium. This resulted in radioactivity of the secreted parathyroid hormone, indicating de novo synthesis in our culture system. The biological potency of the released hormone was demonstrated by comparison of the PTH out of the medium with the international human MRC standard using two different radioassays.
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    Virchows Archiv 378 (1978), S. 347-359 
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    Keywords: Hyaline cartilage ; Proteoglycans ; Glycogen ; Matrix degeneration ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Hyaline cartilage of the talus of a diastrophic dwarf was studied by light and transmission electron microscopy before and after proteoglycan extraction or digestion, glycogen digestion, and enzyme marking. The nuclei of the chondrocytes were as a rule large and round and the cytoplasm contained large vacuoles. Best's carmine stained the cytoplasm of most cells red; after diastase digestion the cytoplasm remained unstained. This suggested that the cells contained glycogen. This observation was complimented by the ultrastructural demonstration of large amounts of glycogen. Cell scars were frequent. The shape and state of activity of the cells as well as the development of intracytoplasmic organelles showed great variability. The matrix showed many areas of degeneration and a general dearth of sulphated acid mucopolysaccharides. A lacey pattern of unmasked collagen fibers was frequently seen. Collagen fibers showed a great variability in diameter and often appeared frayed when examined by electron microscopy. These observations suggest an enzymatic deficiency in chondrocyte mucopolysaccharide and glucose metabolism. The techniques we used when added to biochemical studies should prove useful in the investigation of human dwarfism.
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    Virchows Archiv 379 (1978), S. 25-33 
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    Keywords: Electron microscopy ; Microfilaments ; Microtubules ; Nuclear pockets ; Smooth muscle tumours
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    Notes: Summary Samples of gastric leiomyosarcomas from two male patients (69 years and 57 years of age) were studied by electron microscopy. The tumour cells contained abundant 50–90 å thick microfilaments and microtubules. Another cell type, regarded as immature leiomyosarcoma cell, contained numerous profiles of granular endoplasmic reticulum, free ribosomes and a well developed Golgi apparatus. There were intercellular junctions of zonula adherens-type between adjacent tumour cells. It was concluded that electron microscopy offers a valuable aid in the diagnosis of gastric neoplasms of smooth muscle origin.
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    Virchows Archiv 379 (1978), S. 85-97 
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    Keywords: Bronchial carcinoid ; Oncocytoma ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary We describe a bronchial tumor with a biphasic pattern. The main cellular population is composed of large cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm packed with mitochondria. These oncocytes countain few dense-core membrane limited granules. The secondary cell population has the morphological and histochemical features that characterize the typical bronchial carcinoid. A third cell type, recognizable at ultrastructural level, contains numerous neurosecretory granules and abundant large mitochondria, seeming therefore to represent a transitional cell form. We assume that oncocytes and carcinoid cells, found in the same tumor with intermediate forms, represent the extremes of a morphological spectrum. Furthermore, the oncocytic cytoplasmic components (neurosecretory granules and the mitochondria) are present in reciprocal arrangement in the carcinoid cells. These observations, together with similar reported cases suggest that the oncocytic state corresponds to a functional stage. We consider that oncocytes from this endobronchial tumor and from similar pathologic conditions reported in the literature correspond to carcinoid cells with mitochondrial hyperplasia and with diminished endocrine activity. This oncocytic carcinoid tumor is associated, in the same pulmonary lobe, with a second neoplasm that has the histological and ultrastructural features of a poorly differentiated carcinoid (oat-cell carcinoma).
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    Virchows Archiv 378 (1978), S. 287-295 
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    Keywords: Giant cell tumor ; Ultrastructure ; Alkaline phosphatase ; Human bone neoplasias
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    Notes: Summary The fine structural localization of nonspecific alkaline phosphatase was elucidated in two giant cell tumors of bone using lead as capturing ion and Β-glycerophosphate as substrate in the incubation solution. Lead phosphate precipitate — indicating presence of alkaline phosphatase — was demonstrated on the plasma membranes, and the membranes bordering vesicles and vacuoles of presumed endocytotic nature, in giant cells and type 1 stromal cells (fibroblast-like cells). The findings support the view that stromal cells type I and giant cells are histogenetically related.
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    Keywords: Primary hyperparathyroidism ; Bone cells ; Bone matrix ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary An electron microscope investigation has been carried out on needle biopsies of the iliac crest of 8 patients suffering from primary hyperparathyroidism. A marked increase in bone resorption was the most conspicuous finding. It was due both to increased osteoclastic activity and to periosteocytic osteolysis. The osteoclasts had a more strongly developed brush border and contained more cytoplasmic vacuoles than those in controls. Many osteocytes were found within enlarged, irregular lacunae, and were surrounded by a space containing amorphous, granular and filamentous material. Their mitochondria were sometimes calcified. Osteoblasts were more active than in controls as shown by the developed rough ergastoplasmic cysternae and thick osteoid borders found near some of them. The osteoid tissue, however, was uncalcified; ultrastructurally, lack of the calcification front and incomplete matrix calcification were demonstrable. Mast cells, and osteoclast- and macrophage-like giant cells were often found in the fibrotic marrow spaces. These results confirm that both the resorption and the formation of bone are stimulated in hyperparathyroidism. The calcification process is delayed and often remains incomplete.
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    Virchows Archiv 380 (1978), S. 59-79 
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    Keywords: Cerebellar astrocytoma ; Optic glioma ; Pilocytic astrocytoma ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary An ultrastructural comparison of 8 cerebellar astrocytomas and 4 optic gliomas shows that the morphological patterns of both tumor-groups are identical. The confusion in nomenclature of these tumors is discussed and reasons for a preference for the term “pilocytic astrocytomas” are given. Further, pilocytic astrocytes seem to be a special, phylogenetically older, group of glial cells.
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    Keywords: Human myocardium ; Left ventricle ; Electron microscopy ; Morphometry ; Aging
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch wurde mit einem manuell-optischen Bildanalysesystem eine morphometrische Analyse am Herzmuskel durchgeführt. Das Untersuchungsgut stammte aus nicht belasteten menschlichen linken Ventrikeln, welches bei herzchirurgischen Eingriffen gewonnen wurde. Bei den Patienten lag entweder ein Foramen ovale persistens, ein Vorhofseptumdefekt (ASD) I.–II. Grades oder eine reine Mitralstenose III.–IV. Grades vor. Die linken Kammerdruckmittelwerte lagen im Normbereich. Das Patientengut konnte in eine junge Patientengruppe von 5–15 Jahren und in eine alte Patientengruppe von 42–78 Jahren unterteilt werden. Lichtmikroskopisch wurde ermittelt, da\ sich der Anteil des Interstitium am Herzmuskelgewebe mit dem Alter nicht verÄndert. Die Anzahldichte der Herzmuskelzellkerne nimmt im Alter ab (P〈0,001), was auf eine Verringerung der Anzahldichte der Herzmuskelzellen pro Testvolumen und eine Vergrö\erung der einzelnen Herzmuskelzelle schlie\en lÄ\t. Elektronenmikroskopisch konnte eine Vermehrung der Volumendichte der Myofibrillen (P〈0,02) mit zunehmendem Alter nachgewiesen werden, wÄhrend die Volumendichte der Mitochondrien konstant bleibt und die Volumendichte des restlichen Cytoplasmas sogar abnimmt (P〈0,05). Die Anzahl der Mitochondrien erhöht sich im Alter (P〈0,001), so da\ bei den einzelnen Mitochondrien mit zunehmendem Alter eine Verkleinerung eintritt.
    Notes: Summary An ultrastructural and morphometric analysis was performed on human myocardial left ventricle, obtained during surgical heart operations on normally loaded ventricles. The diagnoses of the patients were a) Persistant foramen ovale b) Atrial septal defect stage (I.–II.) c) Mitral stenosis (stage III.–IV.). The median values of left ventricular pressure were not pathologically elevated. The patients were divided in 2 groups, the younger one ranging from 5–15 years, the older from 42–78 years. It was shown that the volume density of the interstitial tissue does not differ with the aging process. The number of the nuclei per test area of the heart muscle cells decreased within age (P〈0.001). This finding suggests a decreasing process in the number of the heart muscle cells and an increase in size of the individual myocardial cell. Increase in the volume density of myofibrils was demonstrated at electron microscopical level with aging (P〈0.02). The volume density of mitochondria is the same in both groups, whereas the volume density of the remaining cytoplasm (without myofibrils and mitochondria) decreases (P〈0.05). The numerical density of the mitochondria increased in the older patient group (P〈0.001).
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    Keywords: Human myocardium ; Left ventricle ; Hypertrophy ; Electron microscopy ; Morphometry
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung An den KammerwÄnden menschlicher linker Ventrikel, die auf Grund einer Aortenstenose, einer Aorteninsuffizienz oder eines kombinierten Aortenvitium hypertrophiert waren, wurden licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch morphometrische Untersuchungen angestellt. Die Ergebnisse wurden mit denen, die an nicht belasteten menschlichen linken Ventrikeln gewonnen wurden, verglichen. Lichtmikroskopisch unterscheiden sich die Anteile der Volumendichten des Interstitium und der Herzmuskelzellen am gesamten Herzmuskelgewebe nicht statistisch signifikant. Es konnte morphometrisch eine Zellvergrö\erung festgestellt werden, die aus der signifikanten Verringerung der Volumendichte der Zellkerne (P〈0,001) und der Anzahl der Zellkerne pro TestflÄche (P〈0,0001) gegenüber den beiden Normalkollektiven resultiert. Elektronenmikroskopisch ist eine Zunahme der Volumendichten der Myofibrillen (P〈0,0001) auf Kosten des restlichen Cytoplasmas (P〈0,001) festzustellen, wÄhrend die Volumendichte der Mitochondrien im Vergleich mit den jungen und alten Patienten abnahm (P〈0,0001). Die OberflÄchendichte der Mitochondrien verringerte sich gegenüber den beiden Vergleichskollektiven (P〈0,001) ebenso wie die der Cristae mitochondriales (P〈0,0001). Diese Ergebnisse finden ihr morphologisches Korrelat in Mitochondriendestruktionen. Eine vermehrte Myolyse hat bei den hypertrophierten Herzen, die alle gewichtsmÄ\ig über dem kritischen Herzgewicht lagen, noch nicht eingesetzt. Bei allen Patienten wurde der herzchirurgische Eingriff mit Erfolg durchgeführt.
    Notes: Summary Biopsies of hypertrophied human myocardial left ventricles were investigated morphometrically. The diagnoses of the patients were stenosis of the aortic valve, aortic insufficiency or a combination of both lesions. The results were compared with those from normally loaded human left ventricles. There are no differences on light microscopical level between the volume densities of interstitial tissue and of heart muscle cells in the three groups of patients. A significant diminution of the volume density of the nuclei (P〈0.001) and the number of nuclei per test area (P〈0.0001) when compared with normal groups suggests an increase in volume of the single heart muscle cell. The ultrastructural study shows marked increase in volume density of myofibrils (P〈0.0001), with accompanying decrease in the volume densities of mitochondria (P〈0.0001) and the remaining cytoplasm (P〈0.001). A gross decrease in the surface area of mitochondria (P〈0.001) and of cristae mitochondriales (P〈0.0001) is found. The morphological equivalents of this result are numerous stages of mitochondrial destruction including cristolysis. All myocardial weights were beyond the “critical heart weight”.
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    Neuroradiology 15 (1978), S. 79-84 
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    Keywords: Cerebral ventriculography ; Iodophendylate and metrizamide ; Electron microscopy ; Ependyma
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    Notes: Summary Cerebral ventriculography was performed on adult albino rats to compare the effect of metrizamide and iodophendylate on the ependymal wall. The animals were killed by vascular perfusion 1 month and 4 months after ventriculography. The ependymal layer and the underlying brain tissue were examined with the electron microscope. After the use of metrizamide the tissue appeared completely normal. The use of iodophendylate provoked accumulation of phagocytozing macrophages on the ependymal wall and storage of iodophendylate in the ependyma and underlying brain tissue. These changes were present both 1 and 4 months after ventriculography.
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    Calcified tissue international 25 (1978), S. 179-190 
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    Keywords: Decalcification ; Electron microscopy ; Calcified matrices
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of calcifying cartilage and bone has been examined under the electron microscope after using three different methods of decalcification. The first was carried out before embedding (by soaking specimens in EDTA or formic acid), the second after embedding (by floating ultrathin sections on formic acid), and the third after embedding (by soaking embedded specimens in EDTA or formic acid), and with later re-embedding. The first procedure invariably induces drastic changes in the fine structure of the cells and calcified matrix, probably as a results of the extraction of organic material along with extraction of mineral. The second and third procedures make it possible to preserve ultrastructural details perfectly in both cells and calcified matrix. Of the two, the third procedure is preferable because of its greater simplicity. In areas that are still calcifying, these post-embedding decalcification techniques reveal the presence of crystal-associated, filamentous organic structures which are not recognizable in specimens decalcified before embedding. These structures, which could have a key role in inducing and regulating crystal formation and growth, are less evident in fully calcified areas (but not at their borders). This may partly be due to the loss of glycan components in the matrix during calcification. The most important determinant, however, seems to be the fact that during calcification the components of the matrix, including collagen fibrils, are involved in an aggregation process which reduces the amounts of free chemical groups available for reaction with the stain solution. Because post-embedding decalcification does not disturb this state of aggregation, the stainability of the matrix and the electron microscopic evidence of its components remain very low.
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    Keywords: Shell formation ; Free nerve endings ; Ultrastructure ; Lymnaea stagnalis ; Biomphalaria pfeifferi
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    Notes: Summary The mantle edge of the freshwater pulmonate snailsLymnaea stagnalis andBiomphalaria pfeifferi was investigated with histochemical and ultrastructural methods. The mantle edge gland, which is involved in shell formation, consists of the periostracal groove and the belt. This belt appears to be composed of various regions. In the area of the periostracal groove a number of subepithelial gland cell types occur; these release their products into the groove. Between the groove cells ciliated free nerve endings terminate; the corresponding perikarya occur in the subepidermal connective tissue. Also in the posterior belt region free nerve endings were observed between the epithelial cells; in addition, a particular type of subepithelial gland cell was found in this area. The epithelial cells of this part of the belt have the ultrastructural characteristics of ion and water transporting cells; they are probably involved in calcium deposition and resorption. The possible role of the free nerve endings and of the subepithelial gland cells is discussed.
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    Calcified tissue international 26 (1978), S. 181-190 
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    Keywords: Cellular calcium ; Electron microscopy ; Osteoblasts ; Chondrocytes ; Mineralization
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    Notes: Summary The calcium distribution in cartilage and bone cells during beginning ossification of fetal mouse long bones was studied after fixation with 2% K-pyroantimonate in 1% osmium. In the developing periosteum, the future osteoblasts showed a sparse cation-antimonate precipitate over the cytoplasm. In young osteoblasts the precipitate was accumulated on the mitochondrial membranes and the plasmalemma. Both organelles were sharply outlined by precipitate in the mature osteoblasts at the onset of mineralization. X-Ray microprobe analysis of these organelles demonstrated the presence of both Sb and Ca. In the extracellular compartment, a collagen-associated precipitate with 50 to 60 nm periodicity appeared during osteoblastic differentiation. During the initial phase of matrix mineralization, a random gross precipitate appeared in the matrix and seemed to be accumulated by osmiophilic matrix vesicles while the collagen fibrils lost their precipitate. Subsequently, during the confluent phase of matrix mineralization, the precipitate rapidly disappeared from the cells, leaving them devoid of precipitate once they were surrounded by mineralized matrix. Similar changes were found in the chondrocytes of the growth plate, but cartilage collagen, unlike osteoid collagen, did not bind precipitate. The results indicate that both osteoblasts and calcifying cartilage cells bind calcium prior to matrix mineralization. Bone collagen has strong pyroantimonate binding capacity, but it is not directly involved with initial stages of matrix mineralization, which starts in close association with matrix vesicles.
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    ISSN: 1432-0738
    Keywords: Mercury ; Selenium ; Retention ; Liver ; Kidney ; Ultrastructure ; Interaction
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    Notes: Abstract Distribution and retention of mercury and selenium was studied in rats exposed repeatedly to HgCl2 injections (0.5 mg Hg/kg to the tail vein every other day) and intragastrically to Na2SeO3 (0.5 mg Se/kg every day), applying combined and separate administration of these metals for 2 weeks. Whole-body retention of mercury in the presence of selenium was augmented by 20% and that of selenium in the presence of mercury by 4% with respect to the administered dose. Combined administration of mercuric chloride and sodium selenite brought about damage to the epithelial cells of renal proximal convolutions and formation of protein casts in their lumen. These changes had the same pattern as those induced by administration of mercuric chloride alone, but the intensity was lower. Submicroscopic studies revealed that repeated combined administration of sodium selenite and mercuric chloride did not completely abolish the mercury-induced mitochondrial swelling and contributed to chromatin destruction in the hepatocyte nuclei.
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    Archives of toxicology 41 (1978), S. 223-232 
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    Keywords: CeCl3-hepatotoxicity ; Hypolipidemic compounds ; Peroxisomes ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Abstract Pretreatment of rats with nafenopin, a hypolipidemic compound, prevents the lethality and hepatotoxicity induced by cerium chloride (CeCl3), a rare earth metal. The increase in hepatic triglycerides and the morphologic changes observed after 48 h of the CeCl3 injection (10 mg/kg) are completely abolished by nafenopin given for 4 days in doses of 250 mg/kg. However, an increase in the frequency of peroxisomes is noted in rats receiving nafenopin and CeCl3, attributable to the hypolipidemic drug pretreatment. In comparing the protective effect of nafenopin with that of CPIB (a structurally related compound) and lentysine (a structurally unrelated agent), it can be seen that nafenopin is about five times more active in decreasing liver triglycerides. The hepatic ultrastructure of rats pretreated with CPIB or lentysine is similar to that of CeCl3-treated controls.
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    Anatomy and embryology 152 (1978), S. 235-241 
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    Keywords: Chick embryo ; Lung maturation ; Influence of pituitary ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary In order to discover whether the embryonic chick hypophysis acts upon lung maturation directly or via its corticotrophic activity, immature lung primordia were grafted into young hosts, either alone or associated with functional adrenals or pituitaries. When lung primordia were grafted alone, type II pneumocytes did not differentiate. Their differentiation was restored when lung primordia were grafted in association with either adrenals or pituitaries. This last result, which was also obtained in vitro, shows that the hypophysis is able, by itself, to promote the maturation of respiratory epithelium.
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    Anatomy and embryology 153 (1978), S. 23-36 
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    Keywords: Electron microscopy ; Quail embryo ; Rathke's pouch
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    Notes: Summary Adenohypophyseal region of quail embryo has been examined by electron microscopy from stage 12 to stage 21 of Zacchei (1961). The Seessel's pouch develops prior to the early stages of adenohypophysis formation, then regresses while Rathke's pouch proliferates and differentiates. From Rathke's pouch formation by stage 12 (48 h of incubation) until appearance of the first secretory granules by stage 21 (6 days of incubation), there are no major ultrastructural modifications in adenohypophyseal cells. Mitochondria, Golgi vesicles, polysomic ribosomes, pinocytotic vesicles, and mitotic figures become more numerous while nucleocytoplasmic ratio and the number of ribosomes and lipid droplets decreases. The major change is the appearance of secretory granules by day 6 of incubation. This phenomenon occurs at the same time as in chick embryo, despite an incubation period shorter for quail than for chick. Mitotic figures are mainly distributed near the pouch lumen, while secretory granules are first located in the peripheral cells of the cephalic part ofpars distalis primordium. The hypothetical role of mesenchyme and vascularization is discussed.
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    Archives of dermatological research 261 (1978), S. 231-244 
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    Keywords: Colloid Milium ; Different types ; Histopathology ; Ultrastructure ; Colloid Milium ; Verschiedene Typen ; Histopathologie ; Ultrastruktur
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Unterschiede im Verlauf und Erbmuster des Colloid Milium deuten an, daß zwischen dem juvenilen und adulten Typ dieser Dermatose wesentliche Unterschiede bestehen. Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchungen war, mit Hilfe von Licht-, Immunfluorescenz- und elektronenoptischen Methoden nach Unterschieden im mikroskopischen Bereich anhand je eines Falles zu suchen. Folgende Befunde wurden erhoben: Beim juvenilen Colloid Milium sind die Kolloidmassen nicht nur direkt unter dem Epithel abgelagert, sondern auch innerhalb der Epidermis häufig zu finden. Sie zeigen nach Kongorotfärbung einen Dichroismus und können Immunglobuline, Komplement und Fibrin enthalten. Elektronenmikroskopisch zeigt sich, daß sie aus dicht gepackten wellig verlaufenden Fibrillen bestehen, deren individueller Durchmesser etwa 80 Å beträgt. Innerhalb dieser fibrillären Massen sind häufig Melanosomen, Reste von Kernen und anderen Zellorganellen sowie Desmosomen nachweisbar. Beim adulten Colloid Milium sind die Kolloidmassen meist von der Epidermis durch einen Elastika-positiven Bindegewebsstreifen getrennt. Mit Kongorot sind sie nur schwach darstellbar und zeigen keinen Dichroismus. Fluorescenzoptisch zeigen sie eine bläuliche Autofluorescenz, aber keine spezifischen Ablagerungen. Elektronenmikroskopisch kann das adulte Kolloid als feingranuläres Material mit wenigen feinsten Mikrofibrillen charakterisiert werden, das in enger Nachbarschaft von Gefäßen mit verdichteter Basalmembran und von aktiven Fibroblasten gelegen ist. Auf Grund dieser Unterschiede können der juvenile und adulte Typ des Colloid Miliums klar auch mikroskopisch voneinander differenziert werden. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, daß beim juvenilen Typ vorwiegend epidermale Läsionen, beim adulten jedoch dermale Störungen eine wesentliche Rolle in der Pathogenese spielen.
    Notes: Summary Two different types of colloid milium are characterized on the basis of clinical and genetical parameters. In order to establish morphological criteria allowing a differentiation also at microscopic levels comparative histopathological, histo- and immunochemical as well as ultrastructural investigations were performed in a case of juvenile and a case of adult colloid milium. The following results were obtained: In juvenile colloid milium the colloid material is deposed in direct apposition to the basal epidermal layers and can be found also in suprabasal position within the epidermis. No actinic elastosis is present in the periphery of the deposits but they exhibit a green birefringency by investigation of Congo-red stained frozen sections in polarized light. Immunoglobulins, complement and fibrin can be demonstrated within the deposits by direct immunofluorescence. Electron microscopy reveales a fibrillar ultrastructure of the colloid masses, which contain numerous melanin granules and desmosomes. Therefore the colloid material in the juvenile type is most likely of epidermal origin. In adult colloid milium the colloid is usually separated from the epidermis by a band of connective tissue elements containing a considerable amount of elastin. The surrounding superficial dermis frequently exhibits elastotic changes. Congo-red reaction is only weakly positive and no dichroisms can be found. Direct immunofluorescence reveals no specific staining, but a blue autofluorescence of the material. Ultrastructurally, the adult colloid represents mainly finely granular material, with only few microfilaments. The masses are situated in the dermis, often near duplicated vascular basement membranes and in close apposition to active fibroblasts. Thus, the colloid material seems to be of dermal origin. The microscopic findings strongly indicate, that the two different types of colloid milium indeed represent different entities, discernable not only by clinical or genetic but also by histomorphologic parameters.
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    Archives of dermatological research 262 (1978), S. 219-227 
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    Keywords: Nude mice ; Skin pigmentation ; Ultrastructure ; Tyrosinase activity ; Hair cycle ; Nackte Mäuse ; Hautpigmentierung ; Ultrastruktur ; Tyrosinaseaktivität ; Haarcyclus
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Autoren untersuchten die Pigmentveränderungen an Haut und Haar an pigmentierten nackten Mäusen. Histologische und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen und die Polyacrylamid-Elektrophorese der Tyrosinaseaktivitäten zeigten vom morphologischen und biochemischen, daß die Veränderungen der Programmierung solcher “nude” Mäuse auf den Haarcyclus und auf das Haarwachstum bezogen werden kann. In der Tat entwickeln sich die Haarfollikel cyclisch wie die der Mäuse mit normaler Haut. In depigmentierter Haut waren die Haare in der Ruhepause und es konnte keine lösliche Tyrosinase aufgefunden werden.
    Notes: Summary The authors have studied pigmentary changes of skin and hair due to the presence of the “nude” gene in pigmented species (C 57 Bl. 6J, C 3H). Morphological (histology, electron microscopy) and biochemical (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of tyrosinase activities) studies showed that the pigmentary alterations of the “nude” mice were related to the hair cycle and hair growth wave pattern. In fact, in the “nude” mice the hair follicles evolves cyclically similarly to mice of normal coat. In depigmented skin, the hair follicles were in the resting phase and no soluble tyrosinase could be demonstrated.
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    Archives of dermatological research 262 (1978), S. 301-309 
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    Keywords: Lymphatic vessel(s)-lv ; Localized lymphangioma circumscriptum-Lc ; Electron microscopy ; Lymphgefäße ; lokalisiertes Lymphangiom ; Elektronenmikroskopie
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Lymphgefäße (lv) in einem lokalisiertem Lymphagiom (Lc) wurde elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Dieses Lymphangiom, das kein Hämangiom begleitete, wies klinisch ein typisches Bild auf, und zeigte histologisch keine entzündlichen Zeichen. Die Lymphgefäße in dieser Veränderung wurden morphologisch in zwei Typen eingeteilt. Die Lymphgefäße des ersteren Typs, die im oberen Corium lagen, zeigten wie bei der experimentell induzierten Lymph-Stauung, ähnliche Bilder während diejenigen im tieferen Corium, Ähnlichkeiten zu den des normalen Lymphgefäßes erkennen lassen. Aufgrund der in dieser Untersuchung erlangten Befunde und unter Berücksichtigung der Literaturen ließ sich ableiten, daß dieses lokalisierte Lymphagiom nicht als ein echter gutartiger Tumor betrachtet wurde, sondern durch eine dauernde Lymph-Stauung in einem tumorartigen Zustand gehalten wurde.
    Notes: Summary An electron microscopic study was performed on the lymphatic vessel (lv) of localized lymphangioma circumscriptum (Lc), which was found clinically typical but histologically not associated with hemangioma and inflammation. The lv of Lc was morphologically divided into two types. The first type was situated at the upper dermis of the lesion and the other, at the deep dermis. The former had certain similarities to lv of experimentally induced lymph-stasis, whereas the latter was morphologically similar to lv of the normal skin. From the findings of the present study and those reported in literature, Lc could not be considered as a mere benign overgrowth of lv, but as one of pathological results induced by a long-standing lymph-stasis.
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    Archives of dermatological research 263 (1978), S. 159-169 
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    Keywords: Leiomyosarcoma of the skin ; Ultrastructure ; Cellular differentiation ; Accumulation of centrioles ; Cutanes Leiomyosarkom ; Ultrastruktur ; celluläre Differenzierung ; multiple Centriolen
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Eine 61jährige Patientin hatte sich vor 15 Jahren einen Tumor vom linken Unterschenkel entfernen lassen. Im Bereich der Narbe kam es zu erneuter Tumorbildung. Die histologische Untersuchung zeigte einen aus meist spindeligen Zellen zusammengesetzten Tumor mit vielen Mitosen und Kernpolymorphie. Die Diagnose eines cutanen Leiomyosarkoms wurde durch den elektronenmikroskopischen Nachweis der für glatte Muskelzellen charakteristischen Zellelemente gesichert. Der Differenzierungsgrad der Tumorzellen variierte zwischen relativ differenzierten, filamentreichen Zellen, die noch an normale glatte Muskelzellen erinnerten, und ödematösen, filamentarmen, aber organellenreichen entdifferenzierten Zellen. Eine auffallende morphologische Besonderheit war der wiederholte Nachweis von zahlreichen akkumulierten Centriolen.
    Notes: Summary A 61-year old woman developed a tumourous nodule in her left leg. Fifteen years ago a similar tumour had been removed in the same localization. Histological examination performed on biopsy material showed bundles of predominantly fusiform tumour cells with nuclear pleomorphism and many mitotic figures. Electron microscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma by demonstration of the ultrastructural characteristics of smooth muscle cells. Cellular differentiation showed various degree ranging from smooth muscle cell type to dedifferentiated edematous tumour cells with scanty myofilaments. An important finding was the demonstration of multiple accumulated centrioles.
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    Archives of dermatological research 262 (1978), S. 83-96 
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    Keywords: Keratohyalin ; Keratinization ; Wart ; Papilloma ; Rat tongue ; Electron microscopy ; Osmium tetroxide ; Hydrogen peroxide ; Pepsin ; Keratohyalin ; Keratinisation ; Warzen ; Papillom ; Rattenzunge ; Elektronenmikroskopie ; Osmiumtetroxid ; Hydrogenperoxid ; Pepsin
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Heterogenität von Keratohyalin wurde in der Rattenzunge und in menschlichen Warzen dargestellt. Beide zeigen morphologische Ähnlichkeiten, wie dichte homogene ovoide einzelne Granula und zusammengesetzte Granula, die offenbar aus einzelnen Granula sich ableiten und von einer Membran überzogen sind. Die Ultrastruktur dieser Keratohyalinkörper wurde durch Fixierung mit Osmiumsäure nach Oxydation mit H2O2 und nach Pepsinbehandlung verglichen. Die einzelnen Granula sind osmiophil, während die zusammengesetzte Granula diese Eigenschaft nicht zeigen. Bei menschlichen Warzen zeigte sich eine fehlende Oxydierung durch H2O2 der einzelnen Granula, während die zusammengesetzten Granula oxydationsempfindlich sind. In der Zunge von neugeborenen Ratten zeigten sich die umgekehrten Verhältnisse. Diese Unterschiede zeigen, daß es unmöglich ist, die Bildung von Keratohyalingranula auf dem gleichen Wege zu erklären, wie die der Keratohyalingranula bei den Ratten, obwohl ultrastrukturelle Ähnlichkeiten bestehen. Es erscheint wichtig darauf hinzuweisen, daß die Keratogenese und die Keratohyalingranulabildung, die bei den Verrucae vulgaris vorliegt, von der Keratohyalinentwicklung in der Rattenzunge sich unterscheidet.
    Notes: Summary The heterogenecity of keratohyalin (KH) has been demonstrated in rats, then in human warts where similar morphological features have been found and among them, dense homogeneous ovoïd single granules (SG) and composite granules (CG) apparently made up of single granules “coated” with a matrix. This work compares the ultrastructure of the KH of the tongue of newborn rats with that of common warts with and without post-fixation by OsO4, after oxydation by H2O2 and after pepsin treatment. The osmiophily of the SG is confirmed as well as the absence of osmiophily of the matrix of the CG. In man, however, the SG are resistant to oxydation by H2O2 and the CG matrix is oxydation sensitive whereas the opposite is observed in the case of rats. These differences show that it is impossible to deduce the composition of the KH in human warts from that of the rat despite their close ultrastructural resemblance but that important modification of the keratogenesis and KH formation are induced in the cells parasited by the virus of common warts.
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    Archives of dermatological research 263 (1978), S. 153-157 
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    Keywords: Chancroids ; Biopsies ; Haemophilus ducreyi ; Ultrastructure ; Ulcera mollia ; Biopsien ; Haemophilus ducreyi ; Ultrastruktur
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Anläßlich einer lokalen Häufung von insgesamt 26 Ulcus molle-Fällen in Berlin (West) wurden in Biopsien coccoide Stäbchen durch ultrastrukturelle Untersuchung entdeckt. Ihre Zellwand ist ca. 120 Å dick und trilaminar entsprechend Gram-negativen Bakterien. Die Bakterien sind hinsichtlich der Zellwandstruktur sowie der Cytoplasmazusammensetzung identisch mit Haemophilus ducreyi, die kulturell von typischen Ulcera mollia gezüchtet, intermittierend mikroskopisch auf Reinheit geprüft, in tierisches Material geimpft und anschließend ultrastrukturell untersucht wurden. In menschlichem ulcerösen Gewebe finden sich die Bakterien überwiegend im Extracellulärraum und in Gruppen gelagert.
    Notes: Summary During an endemic appearance of chancroids (26 cases) in Berlin (West) coccobacilli were disclosed in biopsies by electron microscopy. The bacteria were aggregated predominantly in groups in the extracellular space. Their cell wall is approximately 120 Å thick and trilaminar as in Gram-negative bacteria. Concerning the cell wall structure and the cytoplasmic composition, the detected coccobacilli are identical to culturally grown Haemophilus ducreyi obtained from chancroids.
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    Archives of dermatological research 263 (1978), S. 227-233 
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    Keywords: Erythrocytes ; Painful bruising syndrome ; Freeze-etching ; Electron microscopy ; Rote Blutzellen ; ≫Painful bruising≪-Syndrom ; Gefrierätzung ; Elektronen-Mikroskopie
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Bei 3 Patienten mit dem Gardner-Diamond Syndrom oder dem ≫painful bruising≪-Syndrom sind morphologische Abweichungen an roten Blutzellen festgestellt worden. Von diesen roten Zellen, die bei der Ficoll/Isopaque Gradient Zentrifugation nicht sedimentierten, werden teilweise keulenförmige Ausläufer, Mitochondrien, Kernreste und Vacuolen festgestellt. Bei pH 7.4 zeigten 90% der roten Blutzellen in Gefrierätzparaten Ausbuchtungen auf der Membran, während bei pH 6,4 noch 25% der roten Zellen diese Erhebungen zeigten. Im Kontrolpräparaten waren diesen Zahlen 55% und 0% unterschiedlich bei pH 7.4 und 6.4. Die Geldrollenbildung im Blut von Patienten mit dem ≫painful bruising≪-Syndrom war stark erhöht.
    Notes: Summary Red cells of 3 patients with the painful bruising syndrome showed morphological anormalities. In the fraction not sedimenting in Ficoll/Isopaque gradient centrifugation, some of these cells had club-shaped processes, mitochondria, nuclear remnants, and vacuoles. In freeze-etch preparations, 90% of the red cells showed membrane elevations at pH 7.4 and 25% at pH 6.4, while in freeze-etch preparations of controls these values were 55 and 0 respectively. In addition, rouleaux formation was markedly enhanced in the preparations of blood of patients with the painful bruising syndrome.
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    Anatomy and embryology 153 (1978), S. 287-293 
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    Keywords: Mouse embryos ; Visceral yolk sac ; Trypan blue ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural features of the early visceral yolk sac epithelium of normal mouse embryos on day 9 were compared to those whose mothers had received a single subcutaneous injection of 100 mg/kg trypan blue on day 8. The following results were obtained: In normal embryos the visceral yolk sac cells are predominantly characterized by numerous membrane bounded inclusions localized in the supranuclear cytoplasm. In embryos of animals treated with trypan blue, at about 12h after injection large single and only partly membrane bounded vacuoles are observed occupying most of the apical cytoplasm. Up to 24h after injection large cytoplasmic areas are seen which are in a stage of autodigestion possibly due to leakage of the vacuolar content. These alterations are exclusively limited to the visceral yolk sac epithelium whereas in the cells of the embryonic part, e.g. head process, no changes could be found. The observations are discussed in relation to the mechanism of the teratogenic activity of trypan blue.
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    Keywords: Myofibrillogenesis ; Human heart ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The myofibrillogenesis in the human embryonic heart is described. The synthesis of thin filaments, which are the first to appear, takes place in close proximity to smooth surfaced SR tubules. Z-band material is closely related to the thin filaments and appears first as irregularly distributed patches in the filamenteous mass. Further cellular differentiation includes an organization of the thin filaments/Z-band material. The synthesis of thick filaments, which follows that of the thin filaments, takes place in ribosome rich areas of the cell. They are rapidly incorporated into the strings of organized thin filaments/Z-band material. The periodic binding sites on both kinds of filaments are believed to play an important role in the precise ordering of the filaments. The formation of myofilaments in the adult hypertrophied human heart is also described. The similarities between this process and that observed in the embryonic heart are striking, and we believe it to be the same process.
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    Anatomy and embryology 152 (1978), S. 223-234 
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    Keywords: Chick embryo ; Lung maturation ; “in ovo” decapitation ; Lung lipids ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The effects of “in ovo” hypophysectomy on lung maturation of the chick embryo were investigated. Both biochemical and morphological aspects of differentiation were markedly delayed in experimental embryos: the phospholipid content of lungs was lower than in controls at all stages, whereas the water content remained very high. The type II pneumocytes, which normally appear within the epithelium on day 16 of incubation, started to differentiate only between days 18 and 20 of incubation in the decapitated embryos. The differentiation of type I pneumocytes leading to the formation of air capillaries was also slowed down: they did not appear until the end of incubation in decapitated embryos, whereas they normally start to appear on day 19. The presence of an intact hypophysis is thus essential for normal lung maturation in the chicken.
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    Anatomy and embryology 154 (1978), S. 1-25 
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    Keywords: Bile canaliculus ; Development ; Glycogenesis ; Hepatocytes ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural changes during development and metamorphosis in the liver ofXenopus laevis have been investigated. In this species it was found that developmental processes, which ultimately lead to the formation of bile canaliculi, can be detected in the liver anlage as early as stage 35. While the wall of the primary liver cavity is thrown into folds which form the liver parenchyma, the bile canaliculi are formed (st. 36–38). Secretion into the lumen of the bile canaliculi was not found to occur before stage 47 and IDP-ase activity could not be detected in the bile canaliculi before stage 49. The intra- and extrahepatic portions of the hepatic duct system were found to be formed during the stages 40–41. The formation of the duct system involves cellular degeneration in the lumen of the future ducts. These processes are described in detail. The glycogen content of the developing hepatocytes received particular attention during the course of this study. It was found that after depletion of the embryonal glycogen the hepatocytes are completely free from glycogen during the stages 43–45. At stage 46, after the begin of feeding, beta as well as alpha particles of glycogen appear in the hepatocytes. These first reappearing glycogen particles are formed without the participation of SER membranes, in areas which are loaded with RNA particles. It was found that only after the synthesis of glycogen had been initiated SER membranes started to proliferate in the hepatocytes, where they were mostly found intermingled with glycogen particles. From stage 54 on, where the liver glycogen content was found to be 0.2%, the glycogen content of the liver almost continuously increased until it reached a temporary peak of 10% at the end of metamorphosis. These findings strongly contrast results reported for other amphibia, which at the end of metamorphosis have depleted their glycogen content completely. Details of the ultrastructural changes occuring during development of the hepatocytes, are also reported in this paper.
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    Anatomy and embryology 154 (1978), S. 67-82 
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    Keywords: Urodeles ; Spinal cord ; Ependyma ; Glia ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The structural organization of the ependymal and macroglial components of the central field of the spinal cord of postmetamorphic ribbed newts has been reinvestigated using elaborate fixation procedures for transmission electron microscopy. All along the central canal, the ependymal cells display ultrastructural features that strongly suggest a secretory activity. Infrequent mitotic images, occurring spontaneously among the ependymal cells, were observed. The tightly compacted periependymal stratum contains two types of glial cells: 1. oligodendrocytes, also observed outside this stratum as neuronal satellites, and 2. radial astrocytic cells, whose somata, exclusively located in the periependymal stratum, send their processes to the subpial lamina. The intercellular relationships between ependyma, oligodendrocytes and astrocytic cells are illustrated to show the continuity of the neuroepithelial configuration. Morphologic clues for identifying the cells of the central field of the urodele spinal cord are given. A gradient of differentiation of the oligodendroglial components could be postulated. In normal conditions, the astroglial differentiation is permanently arrested at the stage of radial glia. Some considerations concerning regeneration in the urodele spinal cord are submitted.
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    Anatomy and embryology 154 (1978), S. 185-211 
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    Keywords: Adenohypophysis ; Cellular types ; Ultrastructure ; Birds ; Excalfactoria chinensis
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural analysis of the adenohypophysis in the male Chinese quail reveals seven different types of granular cells, and agranular folliculo-stellate cells. The cell types are assumed to be endocrine cells and are classified as: Type I cells (presumptive LH-gonadotrophs), with dilated endoplasmic reticulum, perinuclear spaces, and granules of 150–260 nm; Type II cells (presumptive FSH-gonadotrophs), with regularly-shaped cytoplasmic cisterns and small granules (80–150 nm); Type III cells (presumptive thyrotrophs), very close in appearance to the type II cells of normal birds; Type IV cells (presumptive prolactin cells), with very large secretory granules (up to 400 nm), Type V cells (presumptive corticotrophs), with abundant and electrondense granules (160–300 nm); Type VI cells, with irregularly-shaped granules; Type VII cells (presumptive somatotrophs), with abundant granules (130–220 nm) and less cytoplasmic structures. Cytological characteristics of the nucleus, and more particularly the presence of a Feulgen-positive nucleolus with a very particular ultrastructure are here reported. It is proposed that heterospecific associations of Chinese quail cells with chick cells can be used in embryological work for the study of cellular interactions.
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    Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii ; Encephalitis ; Central nervous system ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The fine structure and reproductive mechanisms of Toxoplasma gondii are described in a case of toxoplasma encephalitis. Replication was observed in glial cells by an internal budding process: endodyogeny. Distinctive ultrastructural features associated with host cell penetration, and encystation are described. Electron microscopic features previously reported in tissue culture and in experimentally produced infections with T. gondii are confirmed in the human brain tissue.
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    Acta neuropathologica 42 (1978), S. 121-126 
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    Keywords: Nerve fiber teasing ; Phase contrast microscopy ; Electron microscopy ; Axonal and myelinic disorder ; Wallerian degeneration ; Secondary segmental demyelination
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    Notes: Summary The changes in a sural nerve biopsy of a patient with porphyric neuropathy were studied by light and electron microscopy. Linear arrays of myelin ovoids constituted the most common abnormality in whole mounts of teased-fiber preparations. Round or irregular formations of variable osmiophilia were the most frequent finding in thick-section preparations examined by phase contrast microscopy. Lamellar whorls represented the most prevalent lesion in thinsections studied under the electron microscope. In addition, along the teased fibers, segmental demyelination was definitely detected, although rarely; in thick sections, the true extent of the nerve fiber loss was fully appreciated; in thin sections, a variety of axon and myelin changes of a distinct character were discovered. The studies demonstrate that in peripheral nerves of porphyric neuropathy, axonand myelin changes generally run together and proceed pari passu in the same segment of nerve fiber. Furthermore, among the pathogenetic mechanisms invoked to account for the neuropathic changes none are favored to the exclusion of others by these studies. Therefore, a primary axonaland myelinic disorder on the basis of a deranged porphyrin metabolism is as good a possibility as any hitherto advanced explanation of the pathogenesis of the neuropathic changes. The secondary lesions of Wallerian degeneration and segmental demylination may simple be grafted upon the primary lesions evoked by the metabolic abnormality.
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    Acta neuropathologica 42 (1978), S. 211-215 
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    Keywords: Canine CNS ; Myelination ; Hypomyelinogenesis ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Five Chow-Chow dogs from three different litters had generalized body tremors since birth. Histologically a severe myelin deficiency was found in the central nervous system. The peripheral nerves were normally myelinated. Electron microscopically abnormally thin myelin sheaths and completely naked nerve fibers were found. There were many astrocytes in the myelin deficient areas as well as cells with the characteristic features of oligodendrocytes but also containing fibrils. The present cases are compared to other dysmyelinating diseases and possible pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed.
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    Keywords: Tissue cultures ; Cytochalasin B and colchicine ; Cell motility ; Ultrastructure ; Glioma
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    Notes: Summary Primary tissue cultures of human gliomas were treated with cytochalasin B (0.5–60 μg/ml for 90 min). Cell motility was inhibited irreversibly in glial tumour cells, but the effect was reversible on the mesenchymal cells growing in culture in the lower dose range. Cell adhesion was considerably reduced as the dose was increased, as was the capacity for cells to spread on a surface from suspension. Low concentrations of cytochalasin B caused negligible cell death and little disruption of cell ultrastructure. However, increases in dose were accompanied by a greater predominance of rough endoplasmic reticulum and inclusions and aggregation of microfilament bundles. As seen by scanning electron microscopy, cytochalasin B caused the withdrawal of peripheral cell borders, disappearance of ruffles and the breakdown of cytoplasmic lamellae. Charateristic surface blebs and folds appeared in their place. By comparison, colchicine (1–10 μg/ml) caused a less marked and non-specific reversible reduction in cell motility on both glial and mesenchymal cells. No significant change in cell adhesion or spreading took place even at high doses, although at all concentrations gross disruption of the cell surface took place with changes in ultrastructure characterised by loss of cytoplasmic microtubules and aggregation of 10 nm filaments.
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    Keywords: Synaptogenesis ; Electron microscopy ; Visual acuity ; Fish development
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    Notes: Summary The morphogenetic differentiation of synapses of the optic tectum of the rainbow trout was investigated at different stages of development (from hatching to adult) and compared with the improvement in visual discrimination (minimum separable). (1) The main phase of synaptogenesis (increase in number of synapses, length of contact zone and number of vesicles) begins about one week after hatching and continues up to the age of one month, when the larvae start swimming freely. (2) Myelination begins 26 days after hatching and induces the end of the synaptogenesis period. (3) The visual discrimination (minimum separable) of trout larvae improves from 30 degrees of arc on the 10th day after hatching to 1 degree on day 30, then to about 14 to 18 min of arc in the adult. The results are discussed with special reference to previous biochemical investigations on changes in the ganglioside composition of the trout brain during comparable periods of development.
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    Development genes and evolution 185 (1978), S. 235-248 
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    Keywords: Liver ; Primary culture ; Ultrastructure ; Albumin synthesis ; Xenopus
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    Notes: Summary Electron microscopic analysis of primary cultures derived from larvalXenopus liver has shown that these cells, although they form only two-dimensional aggregates, retain and presumably also develop structural characteristics typical of liver parenchyma cells, such as bile canaliculi with microvilli and epithelial junctional complexes. As judged from structural criteria, primary cultures contain 80–90% hepatocytes. In contrast to the intact tissue, primary cultures showed excessive development of microfilaments, however. Incorporation of labeled amino acids has revealed further that the capacity for protein synthesis is maintained in culture and that synthesis of liverspecific protein albumin is maintained in vitro, even in liver cultures derived from thyrostatic tadpoles. This latter result suggests that initiation of albumin synthesis in the larval liver is probably not dependent upon thyroid hormones but rather reflects the protodifferentiated state of this tissue.
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    Calcified tissue international 25 (1978), S. 133-143 
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    Keywords: Osteon ; X-Ray diffraction ; Electron microscopy ; Calcification
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    Notes: Summary To obtain information on the changes in the inorganic bone fraction during calcification, low- and wide-angle X-ray diffraction techniques and electron microscopy have been applied to single osteon samples. The samples were cylindrically shaped and their axes corresponded to the axes of the Haversian canals. The selection was made according to the degree of calcification and the orientation of collagen bundles and inorganic particles. Osteons at both the initial and final stages of calcification were chosen. Arrangements of fiber bundles and inorganic particles in successive lamellae characteristic of three types of osteon were selected, that is, longitudinally structured osteons, transversely structured osteons, and alternately structured osteons. The results indicate that in osteonic lamellar bone there are two types of inorganic particles: (1) granules arranged in linear or needle-shaped entities with maximum width 40–45 Å, which are regularly distributed at the level of the main band of the collagen fibrils where their maximum length reaches the length of the main band itself; that is, about 400 Å; and (2) very long crystallites, with a diameter of 40–45 Å, which grow with their crystallographicc-axis parallel to the collagen fibrils and cover much more than a major collagen period.
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    Calcified tissue international 25 (1978), S. 145-159 
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    Keywords: Bird egg shell ; Ultrastructure ; Calcification ; Electron diffraction ; Microanalysis
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    Notes: Summary The egg-shell of Japanese quail was studied by several techniques. Semithin sections (1μm thick) of non-decalcified shell were observed by normal and polarized light microscopy. Thin sections of non-decalcified shell, examined by transmission electron microscopy, permitted us to observe the forms and dimensions of crystals of calcite within different layers of the shell: mammilary layer, layer of cones, palissade layer and surface crystal layer. There appears to be two distinct zones in the layer of cones as well as in the superficial crystal layer. Electron microdiffraction revealed the orientation of calcite crystals in the columns. Some crystal defects (twins?) were described and the possibility of their artefactual formation during ultramicrotomy is discussed. Localization of Ca, Mg, P and S were made by X-ray microanalysis of semithin sections. This technique shows that shell membranes, and chiefly the true cuticle, are also mineralized but, in these layers, minerals are not crystallized. Otherwise the distribution of Mg is not uniform throughout the shell thickness; it is less concentrated in the external zone of the layer of cones. These results together with observation of developing shells by scanning electron microscopy allowed us to propose a scheme for shell organization of the quail egg. This organization was related with decalcification which occurs during hatching.
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    Calcified tissue international 25 (1978), S. 217-222 
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    Keywords: Bone mineral ; Electron microscopy ; X-ray diffraction ; Dark field
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    Notes: Summary Electron microscopical observations of the size and shape of bone mineral crystallites have not been in complete agreement with X-ray diffraction findings. The two prevalent viewpoints consider bone mineral crystals to be either rod, or plate like in habit. There appears to be agreement that the smallest dimension of the crystals is about 5 nm, but there is discrepancy in the reported c-axial lengths. The method of dark field imaging is used to obtain a quantitative measurement of the c-axial length distribution in rabbit, ox and human bone: mean c-axial lengths 32.6 nm, 36.2 nm and 32.4 nm, respectively, show no significant difference at the 5% level to the mean c-axial length measured by X-ray line broadening. Both bright and dark field images strongly suggest that bone mineral has a plate like form. Reasons for past discrepancies are discussed.
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    Calcified tissue international 25 (1978), S. 45-51 
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    Keywords: CaCO3 ; Amino acids ; Sheaths ; Ligament ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The aragonite crystals in the molluscan bivalve hinge ligament are surrounded by an organic sheath which is distinct from the remainder of the ligament matrix. Methods have been developed to isolate these sheathed crystals from the ligaments ofSpisula solidissima andMercenaria mercenaria employing a papain digestion of the matrix protein. The sheathed crystals fromSpisula have a CaCO3/protein ratio of 11.1 and those fromMercenaria a ratio of 29.6. The sheathed crystals and the empty crystal sheaths have been examined by electron microscopy for structural integrity. The sheath proteins exhibit much smaller proportions of the amino acids glycine and methionine than the hinge ligaments. These are characteristic amino acids of high concentration in the hinge ligaments of both species. The concentrations of acidic and basic amino acids are increased about two fold in the sheaths over those of the ligaments. Otherwise there is little similarity in the amino acid composition of the sheaths in the two species. However, SDS electrophoresis shows the sheaths of both to contain a major protein component with a molecular weight of about 25,000. The sheath protein from theMercenaria ligament contains about 5% carbohydrate and that ofSpisula sheaths less than 1% carbohydrate.
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    European journal of pediatrics 127 (1978), S. 75-89 
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    Keywords: Hyperinsulinism ; β-cell hyperplasia ; Nesidioblastosis ; Newborn ; Infants ; Somatostatin ; Electron microscopy ; Therapy
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    Notes: Abstract Two patients with severe hypoglycemia since birth are described. In both hyperinsulinism was demonstrated during spontaneous hypoglycemic attacks or could be provoked by various tolerance tests. In case I considerable obesity and psychomotor retardation was present at the age of one year whereas in case II weight gain was normal and development unaffected. Immunofluorescence microscopic and electron microscopic examination of the pancreas after subtotal pancreatectomy revealed diffuse islet cell hyperplasia with nesidioblastosis in case I and β-cell nesidioblastosis in case II. The hyperplastic and nesidioblastotic areas consisted mainly of β-cells. In addition, an accumulation of somatostatin producing cells was observed in case I, and some cells were found with ultrastructural signs of both endocrine and exocrine function. In both cases, pancreatic insulin release was inhibited by a prolonged somatostatin infusion. The results of tolerance tests did not allow a diagnosis of the underlying pancreatic lesion. In case II, leucine-sensitive hypoglycemia detected soon after birth, was present even after subtotal pancreatic resection. Therapeutic trials with diazoxide in case I and a leucine-restricted diet in case II were only of temporary benefit. After subtotal pancreatectomy there was clinical improvement in both cases, but case II still needs a leucine-restricted diet. The familial occurrence of persistent hypoglycemia in both cases suggests that β-cell nesidioblastosis may be a hereditary disorder.
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    Archives of dermatological research 261 (1978), S. 7-16 
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    Keywords: Erythema elevatum diutinum ; Extracellular cholesterosis ; Electron microscopy ; Lipid deposition ; Vasculitis ; Erythema elevatum diutinum ; Extracelluläre Cholesterinose ; Elektronenmikroskopie ; Lipidablagerung ; Vaskulitis
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Ein typischer Fall von Erythema elevatum diutinum (E.e.d.) mit extracellulärer Cholesterinose bei einer 48jährigen Patientin mit bisher 15 Jahre dauerndem Verlauf wird klinisch und histologisch beschrieben. 2. Elektronenmikroskopisch wird die histologisch und immunfluorescenzmikroskopisch nachgewiesene leukocytoklastische Vaskulitis bestätigt. In älteren Herden herrschen Histiocyten/Makrophagen vor. Intra- und extracelluläre Lipidablagerungen erscheinen elektronenmikroskopisch unter verschiedenartigen Bildern, die sich in ihrer Gesamtheit von allen anderen bisher ultrastrukturell beschriebenen Krankheiten mit Lipidablagerungen unterscheiden. 3. Die Befunde sind mit der Hypothese vereinbar, daß primär bei E.e.d. eine besondere Form von chronischer leukocytoklastischer Vaskulitis vorliegt und die Lipidablagerungen sekundär auf dem Boden von Gefäßwandschädigungen und Nekrosen entstehen.
    Notes: Summary 1. A typical case of Erythema elevatum diutinum (E.e.d.) with extracellular cholesterosis is described clinically and histologically in a 48-year-old woman. The disease had a course of 15 years. 2. Electron microscopy confirmed the histological and immunfluorescent findings of leucocytoclastic vasculitis. In older lesions, histiocytes/macrophages predominate. Intra- and extracellular lipid depositions showed a variety of ultrastuctural characteristics which differed from electron microscopical findings described in other disorders associated with lipid deposition. 3. The findings are in accordance with the hypothesis that the primary event in E.e.d. is a special type of chronic leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Subsequently, the damage of the vessel walls and focal necrosis may lead to secondary lipid deposition.
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    Archives of dermatological research 262 (1978), S. 135-141 
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    Keywords: Pseudolymphoma ; Oriental hornet venom ; Ultrastructure ; Pseudolymphoma ; Orientalische Wespe ; Ultrastruktur
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Eine einmalige sucutane Injektion des Giftes der orientalischen Wespe führt bei schwarzen Mäusen zu der Entwicklung eines subcutanen Knötchens, welches sich über 1 Jahr hält. Ultrastrukturell zeigt sich eine Anreicherung von Lymphocyten und Lymphoblasten und einige Plasmazellen mit Russelkörperchen. Zusätzlich werden einige Melanin enthaltende Makrophagen und auch solche mit aufgenommenen cellulären Abbauprodukten beobachtet. Die gesamte Reaktion wird mit anderen pseudolymphomatösen Reaktionen in der Haut in Beziehung gesetzt.
    Notes: Summary A single subcutaneous injection of Oriental hornet venom into black mice led to the development of a subcutaneous nodule which showed no change during the period of 1 year. Study of the ultrastructure revealed an accumulation of lymphocytes and lymphoblasts and a few plasma cells with formation of Russel bodies. In addition, a few melanin-containing macrophages and macrophages filled with cellular debris were found. This reaction is compared to other pseudolymphomatous reactions in the dermis.
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    Archives of microbiology 117 (1978), S. 293-295 
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    Keywords: Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides ; Intracytoplasmic membranes ; Membranes ; Ultrastructure ; Bacteriochlorophyll ; Chromatophores
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    Notes: Abstract The photosynthetic bacterium,Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides, can be grown phototrophically (light, anaerobiosis), of chemotrophically (dark, aerobiosis). In the first case, it contains intracytoplasmic membranes with photosynthetic pigments. When shifted from phototrophy to chemotrophy these membranes disappear in an unknown fashion. In the present experiment, samples were taken for electron microscopy, cell density and bacteriochlorophyll determinations after shift from phototrophy to chemotrophy. The density of intracytoplasmic vesicles was measured on micrographs. During the first 2h growth is very slow and the ultrastructure remains unaltered. As growth resumes, the vesicles disappear at a rate which implies that they are not incorportated into the cytoplasmic membrane, nor actively digested, but remain intact and become increasingly diluted in the cytoplasm as the culture grows. The size of the vesicles was estimated to about 500 Å. The number of vesicles in phototrophically grown cells was calculated to about 575 per cell, and after 6h chemotrophic growth to about 100. The areas of the cytoplasmic and intracytoplasmic membranes are roughly calculated.
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    Archives of microbiology 119 (1978), S. 303-304 
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    Keywords: Vibrio cholera phage group II ; Properties ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Abstract The basic physical, chemical and physiological properties of a group II cholera phage belonging to Mukerjee's classification has been described.
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    Archives of microbiology 118 (1978), S. 309-316 
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    Keywords: Streptomyces melanochromogenes ; Sporogenesis ; Formation of sporulation septum ; Delimitation, separation, and release of spores ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Abstract The mode of spore differentiation in a strain of Streptomyces melanochromogenes was followed by analysis of ultrathin sections of sporulating aerial hyphae at various stages of sporogenesis. A special accent was laid on the formation of the sporulation septum and its alterations in the course of spore delimitation and separation. Distinct differences in formation and substructure have been observed between the cross walls of vegetative hyphae and the sporulation septa. Cross walls of vegetative hyphae are formed in a way typical for Gram-positive bacteria by a centripetal annular ingrowth of cytoplasmic membrane, on which wall material immediately is deposited. The development of the sporulation septa is characterized by the accumulation of amorphous material in addition to the newly synthesized wall layer inside the invaginating cytoplasmic membrane. This amorphous septal material will later be decomposed presumably by two lytic systems which cause the separation of the spores. The central region of the finished sporulation septum is perforated by microplasmodesmata. Spores are released by a break down of the surface sheath. The complete spores are enveloped by a twolayered cell wall and the spiny surface sheath.
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    Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 91 (1978), S. 195-204 
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    Keywords: Hydantoin ; Malignant Lymphoma ; Mice ; Ultrastructure ; Hydantoin ; Maligne Lymphome ; Maus ; Ultrastruktur
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ultrastrukturelle Zellveränderungen werden beschrieben am Original-Tumorgewebe und an Tumorzellen aus der Kurzzeitkultur von malignen Lymphomen, induziert durch chronische Diphenylhydantoin-Exposition. Diese Tumoren entstanden in Mäuse-Inzuchtlinien mit niedriger (C57Bl) und hoher (SJL/J) spontaner Lymphomrate im fortgeschrittenen Alter, waren jedoch nicht induzierbar in einer Lymphom-resistenten Linie (C3Hf). Frühveränderungen des lymphoretikulären Gewebes bestanden in einer zunehmenden Atrophie des Thymus und der thymusabhängigen Partien, begleitet von einer diffusen retikulo-histiozytären Hyperplasie. Lymphome vom lymphoblastischen Typ entstanden im Thymus nach einer Latenzzeit von 4–8 Monaten mit nachfolgender Generalisation. Verschiedene atypische Veränderungen wurden an Tumorzellen beobachtet sowie das Auftreten von C-Typ-Partikeln in den Tumorzellkulturen und hinsichtlich der Pathogenese der Lymphome diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Ultrastructural studies were done on cells from original tumors and from short time cultures of mouse thymic lymphomas experimentally induced by chronic exposure to diphenyl-hydantoin. The tumors appeared in mouse strains with low (C57Bl) and high (SJL/J) susceptibility to spontaneous lymphoma development and were not observed in a resistant strain (C3Hf). Thymic lymphoma development was usually preceded by increasing lymphoreticular atrophy followed by progressive reticulohistiocytic hyperplasia, and subsequently spread to other tissues. Morphologically the tumor was characterized as a lymphoblastic lymphoma. Abnormal cell changes in the original tumors and cultured cells, and the presence of murine C-type particles in the cultured cells but not in the original tumors, are discused in relation with the disturbance of immune system and the lymphoma enhancement produced by diphenyl-hydantoin.
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    Archives of microbiology 116 (1978), S. 279-288 
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    Keywords: Neurospora crassa ; Macroconidia ; Microcycle ; Heat ; Ultrastructure ; Nucleolus ; Proconidia ; Septa
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    Notes: Abstract Heat-shock of macroconidia of Neurospora crassa at 46°C followed by shift-down to 25°C determines premature conidiogenesis. The nuclei and cytoplasm of heat-treated, swollen conidia contain spots of a dense material especially concentrated around the nucleolus in short time treated ones. In the first proconidium apically budding on the enlarged tip of the premature conidiophore, small vesicles are peripherally spread. A few such vesicles are later seen lining the initially simple septum separating the proconidial units into conidia. The doubling of this interconidial septum is surface viewn as a thick annulus. Disarticulation of the conidial units intervenes along a septal furrow of electroluscent material. Interconidial continuity through the septal pores is transiently insured by a connective which is ruptured for final liberation of the conidia.
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    Archives of microbiology 119 (1978), S. 227-229 
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    Keywords: Cell wall ; Electron microscopy ; Methylomonas albus ; Goblet sub-units
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    Notes: Abstract In surface view, the cell wall complex ofMethylomonas albus possesses a hexagonal pattern of ridges. Thin sections reveal a continuous layer of goblet-shaped elements attached to the outermost surface of the lipopolysaccharide membrane. A possible interpretation of the cell wall complex ofM. albus, based on the fine-structural data is presented.
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    Archives of microbiology 116 (1978), S. 133-139 
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    Keywords: Lagenisma ; Coscinodiscus ; Infection ; Endosymbiotic bacteria ; Tip growth ; Wall-less thallus ; Host-parasite interface ; Membranes ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Abstract Lagenisma coscinodisci is diplanetic and has two different cyst stages. The secondary cyst has a uniform cell wall of fibrillar material. It attaches to a Coscinodiscus frustule and germinates with an infection tube. The cyst becomes filled with an enlarging expulsion vacuole. The infection tube penetrates the diatom cell between the cingula. Inside the host cell the fungus grows as an irregularly branched wall-less thallus. In the hyphae apical vesicles are lacking. The infection tube is plugged by wall material. There are no microtubules which might participate in the morphogenesis of the thallus. The plasmalemma of the diatom is pushed inward but not pierced by the fungus. Along the host-parasite interface it lies closely paralled to the Lagenisma plasmalemma which is extremely straight here and measures about 10 nm instead of about 5–6 nm at the surfaces of other stages. The Coscinodiscus plasmalemma disintegrates at about the same time when the cytoplasm breaks down. The fungus allows bacteria to enter the diatom; there are also endosymbiontic bacteria in unattacked cells — The growth mechanisms are discussed and the host-parasite interface is compared with that of other fungi.
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    Archives of microbiology 118 (1978), S. 67-69 
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    Keywords: Corynebacterium autotrophicum ; Outer Membrane ; Lipopolysaccharides ; Biochemical analysis ; Polymyxin B ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Abstract Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from Corynebacterium autotrophicum were isolated and analyzed. Autotrophically grown cells contained 2–5 mg of partly purified LPS per g dry weight of lyophilized cells. Serological cross reaction with Lipid A antigen of Salmonella minnesota confirmed the presence of LPS in C. autotrophicum. Electron microscopy of negatively stained Polymyxin B-treated cells showed formation of blebs on the Outer Membrane indicating an interaction of Polymyxin B specifically with LPS. Up to now, no Gram-positive organisms are known which contain any LPS. Thus, C. autotrophicum, though giving opposite results when the Gram-staining reaction was applied by several authors, has to be classified into the group of Gram-negative bacteria.
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    Archives of microbiology 118 (1978), S. 305-308 
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    Keywords: Carotenoid mutant strain R-26-Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides ; Electron microscopy ; Intracellular membranes
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    Notes: Abstract Stained thin-sections and freeze-fractured preparations of the carotenoid-less mutant strain R-26 of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides grown photosynthetically revealed 2 morphological kinds of intracellular membrane systems- spherical vesicles distributed throughout the cytoplasm and lamellae confined to the periphery of the cell. The lamellar membranes appeared to be large, flattened vesicles.
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    Archives of microbiology 119 (1978), S. 87-90 
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    Keywords: Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2 (ColIb) ; Cryptic plasmids ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Abstract Small cryptic plasmids of molecular weights ranging from 1 to 3 Mdal were detected by electron microscopy in Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2 (ColIb). They were divided into different size classes. Two of the cryptic plasmids were transferred simultaneously with ColIb to Escherichia coli.
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    Archives of dermatological research 262 (1978), S. 205-217 
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    Keywords: Mycobacterium marinum ; Ultrastructure ; High-turnover granuloma ; Immunogenic orgin ; Intracellular collagen precursor ; Mycobaterium marinum ; Ultrastruktur ; High-turnover Granulom ; Immunogenes Granulom ; Intracelluläre Kollagenpräcursoren
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Drei Knoten (klinisches Alter 3–5 Wochen) von 2 Patienten mit sogenannten Swimmingpool- oder Aquariumgranulomen wurden elektronenoptisch untersucht. Das cytohistologische Spektrum umfaßt sowohl akute exsudative, als auch chronische proliferative Entzündungszeichen. Bereits im 3 Wochen alten Granulom sind Epitheloidzellen und Kollagen produzierende Fibroblasten nachweisbar. Das Mycobacterium marinum-Granulom stellt gemäß dem cytologischen Aufbau ein sog. High-turnover Granulom mit allergischer Genese dar. Es entspricht damit mycobacteriellen Dermatosen bei bestehender guter Abwehrlage (Lupus vulgaris, tuberkuloide Lepra). In Abbau befindliche Mycobacterien konnten in wenigen Phagocyten entdeckt werden. Die Ultrastruktur des lebenden Erregers wird vergleichsweise von tierexperimentellem Material präsentiert. Geschwungene und ringförmige parallele Membranen (“Worm-like structures”) wurden im Cytoplasma von transformierten Makrophagen und in Fibroblasten beobachtet. Fadenförmige quergebänderte Strukturen (Periodizität 170–180 Å) im Lumen des rauhen endoplasmatischen Reticulums von einigen Fibroblasten werden als intracellulär aggregierte Kollagenpräcursoren interpretiert.
    Notes: Summary 3 biopsies of 3–5 week-old nodular lesions in 2 patients with socalled swimming-pool (aquarium-) granuloma have been examined by electron microscopy. The cytohistological spectrum simultaneously comprises acute exudative as well as chronic proliferative phenomena. Epithelioid cells and collagen producing fibroblasts already conspicious in 3 week-old granuloma. According to the cytological composition the Mycobacterium marinum granuloma represents a high-turnover granuloma with immunogenic origin. It is comparable to mycobacterial diseases in the presence of well developed cell mediated immunity (Lupus vulgaris, tuberculoid leprosy). Degrading mycobacteria have been rarely detected in phagocytes and are compared with viable bacilli in macrophages of experimentally infected mice. Curved and annular parallel membranes (“worm-like structures”) in the cytoplasm of transformed macrophages and in fibroblasts presumably originate from the membranes of endoplasmic reticulum. Cord-like structures with transverse bands (periodicity 170–180 Å) in the lumen of RER of some fibroblasts are interpreted as intracellularly aggregated collagen precursors.
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    Archives of dermatological research 263 (1978), S. 47-58 
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    Keywords: Candida albicans ; 8-Methoxypsoralen ; UVA ; Electron microscopy ; Candida albicans ; 8-Methoxypsoralen ; UVA ; Elektronenmikroskopie
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Candida (C.) albicans Zellen wurden 8-Methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) Konzentrationen von 1,0 μg/ml und 10,0 μg/ml Medium ausgesetzt und anschließend mit UVA (365 nm) bestrahlt. Die Bestrahlungsdosis betrug 4,8 J/cm2. Zwei unterschiedliche Arten von Zellschäden wurden beobachtet, die einmal das Cytoplasma und dessen Organellen, zum andern die Zellwand der Hefezellen betrafen. 2h nach Abschluß der Bestrahlung sah man Unregelmäßigkeiten der Form der Mitochondrien, die mitochondrialen Membranen waren verschwommen, die Cristae schwer oder nicht erkennbar. Die Zahl der Vacuolen war erhöht. Das Cytoplasma war von unregelmäßig begrenzten Bezirken verminderter Elektronendichte durchsetzt, die cytoplasmatische Membran war stellenweise nicht darstellbar. Kern und Kernhüllen ließen zu diesem Zeitpunkt keine Auffälligkeiten erkennen. 24 h nach Behandlungsende traten zusätzlich eigentümliche Veränderungen der Zellwand auf. Neugebildete Zellwandmassen saßen der innersten Wandschicht kugel-oder sichelförmig auf. Die Untersuchungen legen nahe, daß die nach kombinierter Anwendung von 8-MOP und UVA an C. albicans Zellen erhobenen Befunde nicht im Sinne einer allgemein cytotoxischen Wirkung interpretierbar sind. Anscheinend handelt es sich um ein Kombinationsgeschehen aus regressiven und progressiven Veränderungen.
    Notes: Summary Candida (C.) albicans cells were exposed to 8-Methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) concentrations of 1.0 μg/ml and 10.0 μg/ml medium and irradiated with 365 nm light. The amount of energy emitted was 4.8 J/cm2. Two divergent types of cell damage occured concerning yeast cell cytoplasm and cell wall. Two hours after exposure cytoplasmic changes involving mitochondria, which showed irregularities in shape, blurred appearance or loss of mitochondrial cristae and outer membrane were seen. The number of vacuoles was increased. The cytoplasm showed large electron transparent areas, the cytoplasmic membrane disappeared in some areas completely. Nucleus and nuclear envelope usually remained intact in early stages. 24h after exposure conspicuous cell wall alterations were observed in addition to cytoplasmic changes. Newly produced cell wall material formed ball-like protrusions or was adherent sickle-shaped to the cell wall. The investigations strongly suggest that the results found after 8-MOP-UVA treatment of C. albicans cells can not be interpreted in the sense of a general cytotoxic effect. Apparently it takes the form of a combination of events involving regressive and progressive alterations.
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    Archives of dermatological research 263 (1978), S. 207-214 
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    Keywords: Wound healing ; Collagen metabolism ; Collagen degradation ; Fibroblasts ; Ultrastructure ; Wundheilung ; Kollagenstoffwechsel ; Kollagenabbau ; Fibroblasten ; Ultrastruktur
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Der Kollagenstoffwechsel in granulierenden Hautwunden der Ratte wurde mittels biochemischer, tracerkinetischer und elektronenmikroskopischer Methoden untersucht. Die Ablagerung von Kollagen in Hautwunden der Ratte war nicht nur das Ergebnis eines Anstiegs der Kollagensynthese, sondern wurde ebenso durch eine Abnahme des Kollagenabbaus bedingt. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigten signifikante Unterschiede im Kollagenumsatz zu verschiedenen Zeiten der Wundheilung. Der herabgesetzte Kollagenkatabolismus in den frühen Stadien der Wundheilung steuerte in entscheidender Weise zur Kollagenakkumulation im Wundgebiet bei. Während späterer Stadien, zum Zeitpunkt der Wundkontraktion und der Remodellierung der Narbe, stieg die Umsatzrate des Kollagens an. Die dargestellten Ergebnisse werden im Zusammenhang mit den allgemeinen Kriterien der Narbenbildung diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Collagen metabolism in granulating wounds of rat skin was studied with biochemical, isotopic and electron microscopical methods. Deposition of collagen in rat skin wounds was not only the result of an increase in collagen synthesis but it was also caused by a decrease in collagen degradation. Our investigations showed significant differences in the collagen turnover at different times of wound healing. Decreased collagen catabolism at the early stages of wound healing contributed decisively to collagen accumulation in the wound area. At later stages, during wound contraction and remodelling of the scar, the rate of collagen degradation rose. The above-mentioned results are discussed in the context of general criteria of scar formation.
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    Keywords: Viral papilloma ; Flat warts ; Epidermodysplasia verruciformis ; Human papovavirus ; Electron microscopy ; Virusales Papillengeschwulst ; Warzen ; Epidermodysplasia verruciformis ; Papovavirus beim Menschen ; Elektronenmikroskopie
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Bei der Beantwortung der Fragen, ob die Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (E. V.) und die disseminierten Warzen verschiedene Erkrankungen sind, wurde eine vergleichende ultrastrukturelle Studie der epidermalen Klarzellen von zwei Fällen von E.V. und 4 Warzen von 4 Patienten, bei denen 3 unter immunsuppressiver Therapie standen, vorgenommen. Bei der E.V. wurde eine Reduktion der Tonofilamente und des Keratohyalins und bei den flachen Warzen ein zentrifugales Ödem und eine Vakuolisierung festgestellt. Die Zahl der Ribosomen war beim E.V. erhöht und vermindert bei den flachen Warzen. Somit können diese beiden Erkrankungen untereinander differenziert werden und weisen auf eine unterschiedliche Gast-Virus-Beziehung hin.
    Notes: Summary Are Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (E. V.) and disseminated flat warts different diseases? Are there any diagnostic criteria between them? In order to attempt answering these 2 questions, fundamental for prognosis and nosology, a comparative ultrastructural study was made of epidermal clear cells of 2 cases of E. V. and 4 flat warts from 4 patients of whom 3 were under immunosuppression drugs. The reason of cytoplasmic electron translucency was mainly a reduction in tonofilaments and keratohyalin amounts in E. V. and a centrifugal edema and vacuolization in flat warts. On the other hand, the number of ribosomes was raised in E. V. and reduced in flat warts. These findings allow differentiation between the 2 diseases and suggest a possible different host-virus relationship.
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    Acta neuropathologica 41 (1978), S. 91-95 
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    Keywords: GM1 gangliosidosis ; Friesian calves ; Clinical retinoscopy ; Ocular pathology ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Late-onset of disturbed vision is a clinical feature of bovine GM1 gangliosidosis. Studies on eight affected calves showed that ocular lesions were confined to the retinae and optic nerves. Myriad tiny white spots were visible by ophthalmic examination of the fundus. These spots were related to protuberances on the vitreal surface caused by distended retinal ganglion cells. The perikaryons of these cells were packed with dense aggregates of membranous cytoplasmic bodies (MCBs). Similar MCBs were present in the perikaryons of amacrine cells in the inner nuclear layer of the retina. Wallerian degeneration was present in the optic nerves. The lesions were compared with those described in gangliosidosis in man, cats, pigs and dogs. It is suggested that examination of the fundus is a useful clinical procedure in the diagnosis of bovine GM1 gangliosidosis.
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    Acta neuropathologica 41 (1978), S. 207-210 
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    Keywords: Brain ; Hypercapnia ; Electron microscopy ; Histochemistry
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    Notes: Summary Thirteen adult rabbits were exposed to a breathing air mixture containing an increasing amount of CO2 for eight weeks. When the CO2 content reached 9 Vol% the animals became apathic and lost body weight. The EEG showed a reduction of the amplitudes of 10 Hz frequences. Blood gases revealed an increase of bicarbonate but no change of pH. The blood brain barrier which was tested when the animals were killed was not disturbed. Enzyme histochemistry, light and electron microscopy revealed that moderate brain edema had occurred. From these results it is concluded that chronic hypercapnia has a hypnotic effect which in combination with chronic edema may depress vital activities considerably. However, there seem to be no irreversible morphological alterations of the brain.
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    Keywords: Cultured ; Craniopharyngioma ; Typical ; Atypical ; Ultrastructure ; Electron microscopy ; Biochemistry
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    Notes: Summary Craniopharyngiomas are tumors of the suprasellar area, which are often cystic, encapsulated and slow-growing. Certain of these tumors can behave in an aggressive manner and either invade surrounding structures or recur. In order to determine characteristics which may aid in distinguishing typical from atypical lesions, a study of biopsy and tissue culture specimens from 25 human craniopharyngiomas was undertaken. Tissue culture observations reveal two distinct cell populations. Typical lesions grew in culture in an orderly epithelial pattern and had desmosome-tonofibril aggregates and smooth surface topography demonstrable by electron microscopy. In the atypical tumors the cell growth was irregular, with mitotic activity, cholesterol crystals and features characteristic of neoplastic transformation, such as surface microvilli, an increase of cytoplasmic basophilia, size and number of nucleoli and retraction of cytoplasm. Correlation with the clinical status of the patients suggests that tumors of the four patients which exhibited atypical features in culture behaved more aggressively.
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    Acta neuropathologica 44 (1978), S. 217-222 
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    Keywords: Lafora-like inclusion bodies ; Aging ; Dog ; High incidence ; Comparative neuropathology ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Forty randomly selected dogs, arranged into three groups according to age, were examined light and electron microscopically. Lafora-like inclusion bodies were found in all cases of aged dogs without neurological signs. They appeared as PAS positive, round bodies measuring up to 15μm in diameter. Typically they had central cores and radiating peripheral lines. Electronmicroscopically, the inclusions consisted of irregularly clustered, short branching filaments measuring about 80–120 Å in diameter or of electrondense homogeneous or granular central cores with filamentous peripheral areas and located both in the perikarya and neuronal processes. The inclusions were disseminated all over the brain and spinal cord. The thalamic nuclei, a circumscribed area dorsal to the aqueduct, and the molecular layer of the superior colliculus were the most severely affected. The frequency of the inclusions showed age-dependency; the inclusions were not found in dogs younger than 2 years, but were extensive in all dogs of more than 8 years of age. The occurrence of the inclusions may therefore represent an age-dependent phenomenon. The relationship between the present findings and Lafora's disease is discussed.
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  • 80
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    Keywords: Corona virus ; Weanling rats ; Demyelination ; Immunofluorescence ; Electron microscopy ; Oligodendrocyte and Astrocyte
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    Notes: Summary Thirty percent of weanling rats infected with JHM murine corona virus developed a subacute demyelinating encephalomyelitis approximately 3 weeks after intracerebral inoculation. Small demyelinating foci were located in the deep cerebral white matter and large, sharply demarcated demyelinating lesions were detectable in optic chiasma, pons and spinal cord. Axons as well as neurons were well preserved in the demyelinating plaques in areas where the lesions extended to the gray matter. Perivascular cuffings, consisting of plasma cells and mononuclear cells, were frequently found. Viral antigen was found mostly in the white matter and in glial cells, leaving neurons unstained. Electron microscopic studies of the early lesions of white matter disclosed two different kinds of cell degeneration which developed prior to the myelin disruption and mononuclear cell infiltration. One was a small pyknotic cell, which is thought to be an oligodendrocyte and the other is a ballooned cell containing abundant microtubules. Virus particles could be demonstrated only in the latter cell type. Discussion about astrocytes as well as oligodendrocytes was made in relation to the initial stage of demyelination caused by virus infection. This animal model may be useful in the analysis of the mechanisms leading to demyelination in subacute or chronic infections.
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    Annals of hematology 36 (1978), S. 149-157 
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    Keywords: Plasmazellen ; Nichtsekretorisches Myelom ; Elektronenmikroskopie ; Plasma cells ; Non-secretory myeloma ; Electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A case of “non-secretory” multiple myeloma is described. The diagnosis was based on the clinical picture, typical radiological findings, and infiltration of the bone marrow by myeloma cells which showed specific immuno-fluorescence staining mainly with antisera for IgM and kappa light chains. An attempt is made to explain the absence of pathological proteins in the serum, based on the ultrastructural findings of the myeloma cells, which showed “buddings” of the cell membranes containing endoplasmic reticulum and cytoplasmic material. It is suggested that the cells of the “non-secretory” type of multiple myeloma possess a normal excretory mechanism, but the pathological proteins are prevented to be secreted in the serum being surrounded by portions of the cell membrane.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Bei einem Patienten mit nichtsekretorischem Plasmozytom wurden die Plasmazellen immunologisch und elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Die Diagnose beruhte auf dem klinischen Bild, den typischen Röntgenbefunden und einer Infiltration des Knochenmarks durch Plasmozytomzellen, die eine spezifische Immunfiuoreszenz mit Antiseren für IgM und kappa-Leichtketten zeigten. Es wird versucht, das Fehlen des Paraproteins im Serum mit Hilfe der elektronenmikroskopischen VerÄnderungen zu erklÄren. In den Plasmazellen der nichtsekretorischen Myelome wird die Sekretion der Paraproteine wahrscheinlich dadurch verhindert, da\ sie durch Membranfragmente eingeschlossen werden.
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    Keywords: Alcohol ; Polyneuropathy ; Rat peripheral nerve ; Electron microscopy ; Cholinesterases ; Electrophysiology
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    Notes: Summary Peripheral nerves and myoneural junctions of the tibialis anterior muscle of the rat were studied histologically and electrophysiologically after various periods of peroral ethanol treatment. Histochemical distributions of non-specific cholinesterase (ns. ChE; E.C. 3.1.1.8) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE; E.C. 3.1.1.7) activity of the muscle were normal during the first 3 months of daily ethanol drinking. After 5 months of exposure to 10–25% (v/v) ethanol as the sole drinking fluid, pathological ns. ChE activity was seen sporadically along the intramuscular nerves with slight ultrastructural changes in the Schwann cells. After 7 months of ethanol treatment there was further increased pathological ns. ChE activity in the intramuscular nerves while the AChE activity remained normal in the muscle. More prominent ultrastructural changes were seen in the Schwann cells namely swelling and vacuolization of the cytoplasm and dilatation of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Increased numbers of small axons were also seen. After 9.5 months on alcohol marked increase in the ns. ChE activity was observed along most of the intramuscular nerves. AChE activity of the myoneural junctions was only sporadically weakened. A slight slow-down in the conduction velocity of the large myelinated size A fibers was observed in the animals on alcohol from 7–9.5 months, whereas the conduction velocity of the smaller myelinated B fibers was not appreciably changed. The present experiment indicates that progressive neuropathy can be induced in rats by oral alcohol feeding along with the normal laboratory diet. The first pathological changes were seen in the Schwann cells and could well be followed by the methods employed. The present experimental model can possibly be used in future studies concerning the development of toxic polyneuropathy.
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    Acta neuropathologica 42 (1978), S. 1-5 
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    Keywords: Dysplastic gangliocytoma ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary A case of dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum, a rare disorder with unknown etiology and pathogenesis, was studied ultrastructurally. The intranuclear inclusions identified were not seen to be of viral origin. The ultrastructural characteristics of the abnormal cells support the prevailing theory that these cells represent hypertrophied granular neurons.
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  • 84
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    Keywords: Meningioma ; Hyaline inclusions ; Colloid bodies ; Pseudopsammomas ; Lamellar structures ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary One case of meningiothelial meningioma with “hyaline inclusions” (colloid-bodies or pseudopsammomas) as noted by Cushing and Eisenhardt (1938) and by Kepes (1961–1975) is reported by light and electron microscopy. Two types of these structures, either homogeneous or polymorphic, surrounded by microvilli are described and regarded as signs of secretory differentiation of tumor cells. In addition to Kepes' description, the authors show, at high magnification, the polymorphic material including homogeneous component, lamellar structures, microvesicles and dense bodies. The endocellular overproduction of the various types of “hyaline inclusions” and the nature of their material are discussed.
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  • 85
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    Keywords: Muscle ; Myotonia ; Hypocholesterolemic drugs ; Desmosterol ; Electromyography ; Zuclomiphene ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The present study presents evidence for a third hypocholesterolemic drug, zuclomiphene, being able to induce an experimental myotonic condition. Other drugs used singly or in combination were AY-9944. Triparanol and 20, 25-diazacholesterol. It has also been demonstrated for the first time that experimental myotonia can be induced in developing rats as well as adults. Developing rats received the initial intraperitoneal injection of drug at 5 days of age and were examined at 50 days of age. Adult rats were treated for 5 weeks. Two injections were given per week. Positive electromyography findings were observed in the developing and adult animals receiving 20, 25-diazacholesterol and zuclomiphene. The electromyography data of the other regimens of treatment were equivocal with regard to myotonia. Histological, histochemical, and electron microscopic examination of the muscle demonstrated no important changes. Estimation of sterol composition showed that desmosterol was a major sterol in muscle after 20, 25-diazacholesterol or zuclomiphene treatment, thus furthering the concept that it is desmosterol in the muscle membrane, and not the drug, that is responsible for the myotonic condition.
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  • 86
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    Keywords: Arachnoid cysts ; Subdural neurothelium ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Three surgically removed primary arachnoidal cysts were studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and two of the cases with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The cells lining the cyst cavity had microvilli at the surface, true cilia were absent. In the cytoplasm multivesicular bodies, many pinocytotic vesicles, some large vacuoles and strands of tonofilaments were prominent features. The cells were interconnected by desmosome-like junctions and were interconnected by desmosome-like junctions and were separated from the surrounding tissue by a distinct but sometimes incomplete basal membrane. Based on these findings it is concluded that arachnoid cysts are derived from the outer arachnoid cells (subdural neurothelium), the formation of the cysts being attributable to secretory capacity of the subdural neurothelium.
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    Acta neuropathologica 42 (1978), S. 217-221 
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    Keywords: Toxoplasma ; Cerebral toxoplasmosis ; Immunosuppression ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The morphology of toxoplasma and its interaction with the cellular elements of the brain were studied in a patient who died of extensive cerebral toxoplasmosis superimposed on Hodgkin's disease. The cerebral lesions were devoid of inflammatory cellular response and contained numerous organisms mostly in isolated multiplying forms in neurons, glia and vascular walls. Encysted forms containing multiplying organisms were seen infrequently. Intracellular parasite was identified in normal-appearing neuropil. The mode of multiplication and cyst formation of toxoplasma appeared basically similar to that described under experimental conditions. In addition, a rapid evolution of the cerebral lesions was suggested by computerized tomography. This study suggests that tissue necrosis in human cerebral toxoplasmosis is the result of an increased rate of multiplication and enhanced cellular invasiveness of the parasite most likely related to impaired cellular immunity as has been postulated by clinical and experimental data.
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    Acta neuropathologica 44 (1978), S. 235-239 
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    Keywords: Choroid plexus papilloma ; Ultrastructure ; Cytoplasmic ; Inclusions ; Silver bodies
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    Notes: Summary Three cases of choroid plexus papilloma were studied by light and electron microscopy. All had the typical papillary pattern, and, in addition, two exhibited solid areas of tumor growth which predominated in one case. PAS positive (diastase resistant) and argyrophilic cytoplasmic inclusions were present in all three tumors but were particularly abundant in the predominantly solid one. Ultrastructurally, the inclusions appeared as irregularly shaped structures containing lipid droplets, filamentous material and microtubules, and resembled the “silver bodies” of Biondi found in normal choroid plexus. Along with other ultrastructural features of normal choroid plexus, these cytoplasmic inclusions may be helpful in the differential diagnosis of papillary tumors involving the ventricular system.
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    Acta neuropathologica 41 (1978), S. 119-124 
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    Keywords: Neuroblastoma ; Small-cell neoplasm ; Cerebral ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary A small-cell neoplasm in the left temporal lobe of a 10 and a half year old boy was studied by light and electron microscopy. Routine sections of the mass showed a differentiating neuroblastoma with Homer Wright rosettes, several foci of immature neoplastic neurons (ganglion cells), many mitoses, arcas of necrosis and tumor vessels showing endothelial proliferation. Ultrastructurally, most cells resembled early fetal neuroblasts and also were similar to those in murine and peripheral human neuroblastomas.
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    Acta neuropathologica 41 (1978), S. 229-234 
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    Keywords: Atypical senile dementia ; Electron microscopy ; Two types of filaments (neurofibrillary tangles)
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    Notes: Summary A man aged 70, showed early disorientation, memory defects, delusions and rages at 66, later mental deterioration with muteness and dysphagia. He died of cardiac failure. The postmortem examination revealed macroscopically and light microscopically the neuropathological findings of atypical senile dementia. Moreover, it is the interesting characteristic in the presented case that there are electron microscopically two types of filaments making the neurofibrillary tangles. One showed the so-called “paired helical filaments”, which were observed in the cerebral cortex. The other showed parallel “straight filaments”. These “straight filaments” were found in the bilateral hippocampi.
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  • 91
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    Keywords: Nemaline myopathy ; Neuromuscular junction ; Myotendinous junction-like structure ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Histological, histochemical and ultrastructural studies were performed on muscle biopsies from three siblings with congenital nemaline myopathy. Histological studies revealed type I fibre atrophy and type II fibre paucity. Ultrastructural studies of intramuscular nerves showed that the axonal diameters were very narrow compared with the width of myelin lamellae. Granular or membranous osmiophilic material occurred in the adaxonal Schwann cell cytoplasm and had a periodicity of 33–38Å. The neuromuscular junctions showed degenerative features such as glycogen granules or myelin figures in 27.1% of total terminal axons. The secondary synaptic clefts were markedly decreased in number and short in length. Myotendinous junction-like structures were found in 5.5% of the muscle fibres near the neuromuscular junctions, and often near sites of fibre-splitting. Rods in nemaline myopathy might be caused as a result of longitudinal splitting and disruption of fibres due to deficient regeneration of the muscle fibres associated with neurotrophic abnormalities.
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  • 92
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    Keywords: Bunina bodies ; Anterior horn cells ; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Cytoplasmic laminar bodies ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Light and electron microscopic studies were made on the anterior horn cells in a case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eosinophilic inclusions of Bunina type were observed almost selectively in the motor neurons of spinal cord, as well as of brain stem, at the light microscopic level. Fine structural study revealed the presence of two types of cytoplasmic inclusions. The first, mainly corresponding to the light microscopic inclusions, were homogeneous, electron-dense, round- or oval-shaped bodies with vesicular or tubular rims and ribosome particles, about 2–5 μ in diameter, which contained filaments or other cytoplasmic components in the clear areas within them. The second were lamellar structures (laminated cytoplasmic bodies, Morales) which appeared to be originating from endoplasmic reticulum. There was no distinct transition in these two types of inclusions and the relationship to each other is not clear. The significance of Bunina body is unknown, but some manifestation of a primary disorder, e.g., protein metabolism, rather than a secondary degenerative change in the motor neurons in amyotorophic lateral sclerosis.
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    Acta neuropathologica 41 (1978), S. 169-171 
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    Keywords: Pituitary gland ; Oncocytic adenoma ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Two cases of oncocytic adenoma occurring in the pituitary are reported. Both were men aged 40 and 50 years respectively and there was no evidence of endocrine abnormality. In both the tumours many cells showed abundant acidophilic finely granular cytoplasm which had not stained positively with PAS-orange G stain. Electron microscopically the cells contained numerous mitochondria associated with marked reduction of other cytoplasmic organelles including the secretory granules.
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    Acta neuropathologica 42 (1978), S. 223-229 
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    Keywords: Irradiation edema ; Gravimetry ; Ultrastructure ; Vesicular transport
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    Notes: Summary Focal brain edema limited to one cerebral hemisphere was produced by ultraviolet irradiation of the exposed cortex. Tissue water content was determined by the gravimetric method which allows microsampling. Therefore, the spread of edema around the small necrotic area could be mapped more precisely than by determination of dry weight which calls for larger samples. As early as 30 min following irradiation, hyperemia and swelling of the brain are observed under the operating microscope. This correlates with venous stasis, hyperemia, and broadened perivascular spaces around venules and large capillaries accompanied by a marked rise in the specific weight of the tissue. After 4 h an edema front can be observed spreading from the perinecrotic zone in which there is a marked rise in endothelial cell vesicular activity. Edema reaches maximum levels in the deep white matter at 48 h post irradiation with normalisation of the tissue water content after 96 h. The velocity at which the edema front spreads from the cortex to the periventricular area lies in the range of 0.25 mm/h. Edema reabsorption coincides with signs of retrograde micropinocytosis in endothelial cells.
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    Acta neuropathologica 43 (1978), S. 153-159 
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    Keywords: Myelin ; Oligodendroglia ; Human pathology ; Ultrastructure ; Carbon monoxyde ; Anoxia
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    Notes: Summary A 24-year-old woman was found comatose after 2 days of cephalalgia and vomiting. An immediate diagnosis of carbon monoxyde poisoning was disclaimed when blood carbon monoxyde was found to be 1.75 ml/100. A diagnosis of acute intracranial hypertension led to trephination with ventricular punction and brain biopsy on the third day. The patient died on the eleventh day. Ultrastructural study of biopsy tissue showed nearly normal cortex, and injured white matter, with disrupted or destroyed myelin and pycnotic oligodendroglia in contrast with nearly normal axons, astrocytes, and capillaries. Autopsy showed a typical semioval center myelinopathy. After discussion of the histotoxic, vascular, and edema theories for myelinopathy pathogenesis, primary oligodendrogial lesion is considered, and correlated with the diphasic evolution often observed in the course of carbon monoxyde myelinopathy.
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    Acta neuropathologica 43 (1978), S. 213-216 
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    Keywords: Intrafusal muscle fibres ; Pyridoxine ; Neuropathy ; Muscle spindles ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary Male albino rats treated with excessive amounts of pyridoxine developed an impairment of neuromuscular function. The equatorial region of the plantar lumbrical intrafusal muscle fibres was studied in the electron microscope and the calibre of the nerve fibres was determined in semi-thin sections of the posterior tibial nerves. Degeneration of the primary sensory endings coincided with the onset of ataxia, and in more advanced stages of the neuropathy as well as after a 2-month treatment-free period the equatorial region was denervated. There was a corresponding decrease in the number of large nerve fibres. It is considered essential that primary sensory endings of lumbrical muscle spindles should be included in studies of distally accentuated sensory neuropathies.
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    Acta neuropathologica 43 (1978), S. 251-253 
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    Keywords: Tick-borne encephalitis ; Serology ; Electron microscopy ; Virus demonstration
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    Notes: Summary A case is presented in which the fourfold increase of the HI titer during the progression of the disease, and an increase in IgM content found at the beginning of the second week of the disease confirmed the diagnosis of tick-borne encephalitis. The light microscopic changes corresponded to the findings accepted as characteristic to tick-borne encephalitis. Viruses, morphologically belonging to the Havivirus genus, were found by electron microscopy in the thalamus, substantia nigra, and cerebellum of the dissected brain. This paper presents the first demonstration of the virus in a case of human tick-borne encephalitis.
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    Acta neuropathologica 44 (1978), S. 53-56 
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    Keywords: Blood-brain barrier ; Air embolism ; Horseradish peroxidase ; Cerebral cortex ; Electron microscopy ; Carotid artery ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Male albino rats were anaesthetized with diazepam, injected with horseradish peroxidase and Evans blue-labeled albumin and given an embolus of 0.01 ml air in the right common carotid artery after ligation of the external carotid branch. The pial arteries of the right cerebral hemisphere were stained blue, particularly the middle cerebral artery and its main arterial branchlets. Ultrastructurally, some endothelial cells in the right middle cerebral artery, small arteries and arterioles showed a diffuse distribution of horseradish peroxidase in their cytoplasm, although these vessels only occasionally showed peroxidase in their basement membranes. Other endothelial cells in these arterial branchlets showed few if any signs of a diffuse distribution of peroxidase but displayed several pinocytotic vesicles and occasionally trans-endothelial channels filled with peroxidase, sometimes with a slight leakage of peroxidase into adjacent basement membranes and neuropil. Scattered pinocytotic vesicles were observed in capillaries and venules, but there was usually no extravasation of peroxidase around these vessels.
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    Acta neuropathologica 44 (1978), S. 91-102 
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    Keywords: Myclin degradation ; Wallerian degeneration ; Optic nerve ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural events in myelin degradation in the rat optic nerve following transection have been studied. Myelin debris was found in cells similar to multipotential glia cells (Vaughn and Peters, 1968) as well as in astrocytes and in few oligodendrocytes. The different types of inclusions found during myelin degradation were described in their quantitative relations. Similarities to inclusions described in adrenoleukodystrophy and multiple sclerosis are discussed. By comparison of the ultrastructural findings with histochemical and biochemical data available a hypothetical model of myelin degradation is presented. The process starts with the degradation of digestible proteins resulting in uniformly layered lipid inclusions. Lipid degradation leads to the formation of unstructured lipid droplets and crystals. During the late stages of Wallerian degeneration numerous polymorph inclusion types can be found, probably representing poorly digestible lipids or lipoproteins.
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    Keywords: Melanotic tumors ; Neural crest ; Electron microscopy
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    Notes: Summary A pigmented tumor was removed from the maxillar alveolar process of a 5-month-old boy. It was examined by light and electron microscopy and a diagnosis of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor was made. In addition to connective tissue, three main cell types were identified: undifferentiated (stem) cells, melanocytes, and nerve cells with processes forming an abundant neuropil. Numerous axo-dendritic and occasional axo-somatic synapses were observed. The neural component demonstrated better differentiation in this example than in any reported so far.
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