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  • 1
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    Annals of hematology 65 (1992), S. 50-52 
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Keywords: TNF ; K 562 ; Leukemia ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We report here that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) induces peculiar cytoplasmic vesicles in the human erythromyeloid leukemia cell line K 562, sensitized to the cytotoxic action of TNF by a treatment with the inhibitor of transcription actinomycin D. These vesicles are well delineated ultrastructurally. The formation of these vesicles is characteristic for the combination of actinomycin D with TNF and precedes the changes of apoptosis and cellular disintegration. These vesicles correspond to an intermediate step in the cytotoxicity caused by TNF and may indicate that reactive metabolites are involved in the mechanism of action of TNF.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Periodontal ligament fibroblast ; Mineralized nodule ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The purposes of this study were to determine whether periodontal ligament (PDL) cells are capable of producing mineralized nodules in vitro and to analyze ultrastructural features of the nodules. Rat PDL cells were obtained from coagulum in the socket at 2 days after tooth extraction and cultured at confluence in standard medium containing Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium supplemented with 10% FBS and antibiotics. To test mineralized nodule formation, cells were further cultured for an additional 3 weeks in the standard medium containing (1) ascorbic acid (50 μg/ml) and sodium β-glycerophosphate (10 mM), (2) ascorbic acid, sodium β-glycerophosphate, and dexamethasone (5 μM), or (3) ascorbic acid alone. Cells were then fixed in 2.5% glutaraldehyde, postfixed in 1% OsO4, and prepared for light and electron microscopy. Threedimensional nodules containing mineralized matrices were formed only when the cells were cultured in the presence of ascorbic acid and dexamethasone. They were composed of multilayered fibroblasts (up to 13 layers), and highly organized collagen fibrils with 64 nm cross-banding patterns between the cell layers. The fibroblasts in the nodules exhibited an elongated shape with a high degree of cytoplasmic polarity throughout the nodule, and have the morphological features of PDL fibroblasts as seen in vivo. Mineral deposition with needle-like crystals was initiated on collagen fibrils located in intercellular spaces of the upper cell layers and became increasingly heavier towards the bottom half of the nodules. X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction analysis confirmed that mineral deposition contained calcium and phosphate in the form of immature hydroxyapatite. These nodules contained neither osteoblasts nor osteocytes, and have their own morphological organization and characteristics which differ from those formed by bone cells in culture. Therefore, these data suggest that PDL cells are capable of forming mineralized tissue in vitro with the morphological characteristics different from bone mineralized nodules.
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  • 3
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    Comparative clinical pathology 2 (1992), S. 166-169 
    ISSN: 1433-2981
    Keywords: Erythrocytes ; Flow cytometry ; Frog hibernation ; Image analysis ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Morphometrical (image analysis of cell and nuclear shape factor), morphological (electron microscopy) and cytochemical (acridine orange fluoro-chromasia and propidium iodide-DNA flow cytometry) features of circulating red blood cells were investigated during two periods of the annual cycle of Rana esculenta: the active phase (July) and the underground hibernating phase (January). The results showed that the hibernating phase is marked by more homogeneity of the red cells, both at nuclear (strongly condensed chromatin) and cytoplasmic level (loss of intact organelles and acridine orange fluorochromasia). The almost complete disappearance of the ‘immature’ erythrocytes from the circulation, during the hibernating phase, should be related to a decrease of haemopoietic activity and to an increase of life span accompanied by uncommon storage in different organs both at vascular and intracellular level.
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  • 4
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    Virchows Archiv 421 (1992), S. 351-354 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Krabbe's disease ; Eccrine gland storage ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Lysosomal storage inclusions were observed in skin eccrine gland secretory and myoepithelial cells in three cases of Krabbe's disease. In addition to storage there were numerous degenerative changes, occasionally resulting in cell necrosis. These findings suggest a generalized nature of the storage process in this lysosomal enzymopathy and point to high galactocerebroside turnover in eccrine gland epithelium. This knowledge may be of value in the biopsy diagnosis of Krabbe's disease.
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  • 5
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    Virchows Archiv 421 (1992), S. 379-385 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Multicystic mesothelial proliferation ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; DNA analysis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We investigated the clinicopathological findings in five cases of multicystic mesothelial proliferation (MMP). All masses consisted of multiloculated cysts attached to pelvic organs and sometimes growing into the upper abdominal cavity. The cystic spaces were lined by flattened or cuboidal cells. The stroma showed fibrosis, oedema and chronic inflammation. Immunohistochemistry revealed strong positive staining for cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen, and focal positivity for vimentin and carcinoembryonic antigen. The endothelial markers were negative. Electron microscopy showed abundant surface microvilli and well-developed basal lamina. DNA analysis identified euploid cell populations in all cases. All but one case had a previous history of abdominal surgery. Despite the worrying appearance the clinical outcome was favourable in all cases; there was one recurrence. Clinical and pathological data support the hypothesis that MMP represent a reactive mesothelial proliferation and not a neoplastic process.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Eosinophilic granuloma of bone ; Eosinophil granule proteins ; Immunostaining ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Eosinophils from two patients with eosinophilic granuloma of bone (EGB) were studied by combined immunohistochemical and immuno-ultrastructural methods with antibodies directed against three eosinophil granule proteins: major basic protein, eosinophil cationic protein, and eosinophil peroxidase. Immunohistostaining showed the presence and distribution of large numbers of eosinophils in the granuloma. Immuno-ultrastructural methods showed alterations of eosinophil fine structure associated with some steps in the release of granule proteins. No granule extrusion was seen, but rather cationic proteins diffused within cytoplasmic tubulo-vesicular structures. Furthermore, the three granule proteins were found within phagolysosomes of surrounding macrophages, suggesting an interaction between eosinophils and phagocytic cells at the destructive stage of EGB.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Small cell carcinoma ; Ovary ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Literature review
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary This is an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study of two small cell carcinomas of the ovary with a review of the literature. These cases showed a dimorphic population of small and large cells sharply demarcated from each other. Cytokeratin 18 and vimentin were mainly expressed in the large tumour cells, some of which also stained for alpha-smooth muscle actin. Periodic-acid-Schiff-positive, alpha-1-antitrypsin-positive hyaline globules were present in one case. Ultrastructural findings included filamentous nucleolonema as well as evidence of smooth muscle differentiation. Some of these observations have not been previously reported. Certain of the above features seem to support a germ cell origin of small cell carcinoma, but they cannot be considered specific for germ cell neoplasms. Thus, small cell carcinoma of the ovary cannot be classified into one of the known categories of ovarian tumours at the present time.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Crystalloid ; Prostatic cancer ; Epithelial membrane antigen ; Phosphotungstic acid hematoxylin stain ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Intraluminal crystalloids (ICr) observed in 19 cases of incidental or invasive human prostatic carcinoma (PCa) and in a case of benign prostatic hyperplasia were examined extensively by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. They were brilliantly eosinophilic with haematoxylin and eosin, manifesting needlelike, triangular, rectangular, hexagonal and irregular lump-like in shape. They were strongly positive, dark blue, with phosphotungstic acid -haematoxylin (PTAH) stain in all cases examined. Among the human antibodies tested, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) gave specifically positive immunostainability with ICr in all cases. Annual ring-like lamellar or concentric structures were detected by electron microscopy. Positive staining of ICr with PTAH and anti-EMA antibody is very useful as a diagnostic marker for PCa in human prostatic tissues.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Islets of Langerhans ; Monocytic phagocytes ; Streptozocin ; Type 1 diabetes ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The aim of this study was to observe the ultrastructural events, during the onset of diabetes mellitus in the low-dose streptozocin (LDS)-treated mouse model with emphasis on the infiltrating elements. Forty male C57 BL/6J mice were given 40 mg/streptozocin on 5 consecutive days and killed 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 18 days after the first injection. Results demonstrated that islet infiltration occurring in LDS-treated mice is characterized by a very early pre-infiltration state in which mononuclear phagocytes in islet capillary vessels were considerably increased in number. A new histopathological time sequence for the early insulitis is described, in which attraction of blood mononuclear phagocytes into the islet capillary lumen is the first step. During the successive stage, occurring on days 6–8 we observed that mononuclear phagocytes migrate through capillary and venule walls into the islet parenchyma, where they differentiate into tissue macrophages. It was only later (step 3) that these macrophages acquired novel properties, typical of their “activated state” and started to phagocytose islet beta-cell debris. These data suggest that during the pre-infiltration and early insulitis the mononuclear phagocyte system plays a key role in the onset of LDS diabetes.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Malignant rhabdoid tumour ; Uterus ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Malignant rhabdoid tumours (MRTs) are highly aggressive neoplasms which most frequently occur in the kidney of young children. Several cases of primary MRT occurring in extra-renal sites have been reported, particularly in the soft tissues. We report a case of primary MRT of the uterus, a very rare site for this neoplasm, with morphological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features corresponding to restrictive morphological criteria for MRT. The possible differential diagnoses were considered.
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  • 11
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Diabetes mellitus ; Renovascular hypertension ; Myocardium ; Stereology ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of combined renovascular hypertension and diabetes mellitus on the rat heart were investigated in order to detect possible synergistic effects of the two conditions. Hypertensive diabetic and hypertensive non-diabetic animals were compared to diabetic and non-diabetic controls. Hypertension was established for 12 weeks by a surgical stenosis of the left renal artery; diabetes mellitus was maintained for 8 weeks by a single intraperitoneal injection of 60 mg/kg streptozotocin. Light microscopic stereology did not reveal significant divergences between diabetic hypertensives and non-diabetic hypertensives. Hypertension induced a focal perivascular and interstitial fibrosis with increased volume densities of non-vascular interstitium and fibrosis (P〈0.001). Capillary density (QA) was decreased in transverse sections (P〈0.01) and increased in longitudinal sections (P〈0.01). This indicates a three-dimensional remodelling of the capillary bed with an increased number of obliquely running capillaries. At least the length density (LV) of capillaries (mm/mm3) tends to be normalized in long-term renovascular hypertension. At the ultrastructural level, a synergism of hypertension and diabetes mellitus was observed: the volume ratio of mitochondria to myofibrils was significantly decreased in hypertensive diabetics, but not in non-diabetic hypertensives or in diabetics. This may enhance the risk of cardiac deterioration. We conclude that the primary target of the synergistic damage in hypertensive diabetic heart muscle disease is the myocardial cell and not the cardiac interstitium.
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  • 12
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Leiomyoma ; Myometrium ; Cytoskeleton ; Ultrastructure ; Immunohistochemistry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The filamentous components of the cytoskeleton in smooth muscle cells of leiomyomata and normal myometrium were studied by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Fourteen patients hysterectomised for non-malignant disease provided leiomyomata of conventional histological type and histologically normal myometrium: four samples of fetal myometrium were studied by immunohistochemistry alone. All samples of leiomyoma and myometrium were strongly positive for α-smooth muscle actin and desmin, the latter often as paranuclear columns or granules. Vimentin was also stained in most samples but less intensely, while cytokeratin stained in about half the samples with an intensity comparable to that of vimentin. By electron microscopy, myofilaments with focal densities were abundant in both normal myometrium and leiomyomata. Intermediate filaments corresponding to the desmin and vimentin demonstrated by immunohistochemistry were also recognised in a variety of architectural arrangements. At one extreme, comparatively small numbers of filaments were loosely distributed around membranous organelles; at the other, filaments formed conspicuous aggregates, largely excluding other organelles and corresponding to the paranuclear granules seen by immunohistochemistry. A comparison of these findings with those of the literature and comments on the possible significance and origin of these aggregates are provided.
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  • 13
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    Virchows Archiv 420 (1992), S. 219-226 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Breast ; Granular cell tumour ; Mammography ; Ultrastructure ; Immunohistochemistry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Eight cases of benign granular cell tumour of the breast are reported. Seven patients were women and one was male. The age at the time of the excision ranged from 17 to 73 (average 40.1) years. All tumours were positive for S-100 protein and negative for keratin, myoglobin and gross cystic disease fluid protein. In two cases ultrastructural studies revealed findings identical to those in the previously reported cases of granular cell tumours. None of these cases were diagnosed preoperatively. In six cases the clinical and mammographic findings, and in one case the frozen section, led to an erroneous diagnosis of malignancy. The clinico-pathological features of the cases are delineated in order to draw attention to a benign condition which closely simulates malignancy.
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  • 14
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Fetus ; Small intestine ; Ultrastructure ; Malnutrition
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Fetal swallowing is established early in development and if fetal ingestion is prevented, the gastrointestinal (GI) tract fails to grow normally. In this article we describe the ultrastructural features of GI tissues developing in the absence of swallowing, in the fetal sheep. We have noted a number of defects in enterocyte morphology. These include abnormal or absence of microvilli, inappropriate cell extrusion, glycogen accumulation and altered lysosomal morphology. Many of these changes resemble those seen in malnourished infants. It is possible that fetal ingestion provides a significant source of nutrients, ensuring adequate GI tract growth in utero, in addition to specific growth factors which may be present in ingested fluid.
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  • 15
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Eccrine porocarcinoma ; Ultrastructure ; Giant cell ; Elastic fibre ; Globular filamentous body
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Five cases of eccrine porocarcinoma were studied by light and electron microscopy. Histopathologically, these could be classified into two types; the common and the giant cell type. The common type was characterized by almost uniform medium-sized cuboidal tumour cells and a formation of well-developed intracytoplasmic lumina. A broad diversity of histopathological and ultrastructural features was seen in these tumours. The tumours of the giant cell type consisted of mononu-clear polygonal cells and bizarre giant cells. This type was considered to be an undifferentiated form of porocarcinoma.
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  • 16
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Spinal cord neurofibrillary tangles ; Parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam ; Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Ultrastructure ; Immunoelectron microscopy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characteristics of spinal cord neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) were examined in Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and in parkinisonism-dementia complex on Guam. The spinal cord NFTs reacted with antibodies to tau protein (tau-2), ubiqitin and paired helical filaments (PHFs). Ultrastructurally, the components of the NFTs were seen as randomly arranged fibrils which were often associated with osmiophilic granules; small bundle-like arrangements were also occasionally observed. Individual NFT fibrils appeared as straight fibrils with a diameter of approximately 15 nm and constricted fibrils with a periodicity of approximately 80 nm. Ultrastructural microscopic examination of specimens stained by the modified Bielschowsky method and with the antibodies revealed silver particles and the products of the tau, ubiquitin and PHF immunoreactions on the NFT fibrils. This is the first demonstration of the fine structure of the spinal cord NFTs.
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  • 17
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    Acta neuropathologica 83 (1992), S. 408-414 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Eosinophilic granular body ; Astrocytoma ; Ultrastructure ; Immunocytochemistry ; αB-crystallin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Eosinophilic granular bodies (EGBs) are studied immunocytochemically and ultrastructurally in a case of low-grade and a case of high-grade astrocytoma. EGBs are recognized as brightly eosinophilic round bodies of variable size in hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections. Immunocytochemically some EGBs are positive for antibodies raised against αB-crystallin, ubiquitin and glial fibrillary acidic protein with the staining patterns for each being different from one another. Ultrastructurally EGBs consist of membrane-bound round body of various diameter ranging from 50 nm to 20 μm. Small EGBs contain electron-dense homogeneous material with occasional myelin figures, while large EGBs contain small EGB-like structures within electron-dense homogeneous material or loose granular profiles. Our studies demonstrate (1) ultrastructural variety of EGB; (2) and αB-crystallin epitope in EGB; and (3) the presence of EGB in high-grade as well as low-grade astrocytoma.
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  • 18
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Alzheimer disease ; Amyloid angiopathy ; Pericytes ; Microglia ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Ultrastructural studies of serial sections of the vessels with amyloid deposits in the brain cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease showed that cells in the position of pericytes — perivascular cells - and perivascular microglial cells are producers of amyloid fibrils in the vascular wall. Three types of changes from normal are distinguishable in the vessel wall: (1) semicircular or circular thickening of vascular wall containing a large amount of amorphous material and various number of amyloid fibrils, (2) tuberous amyloid deposits containing both amorphous material and amyloid fibrils, some of the fibrils being arranged in strata and others arranged radially, and (3) amyloid star composed of a predominantly radial arrangement of bundles of amyloid fibrils and a less prominent amorphous component. A mixture of amorphous material and amyloid fibrils is present in cell membrane envaginations of perivascular cells, and occasionally perivascular microglial cells. Bundles of amyloid fibrils are found in altered cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum and in the channels confluent with the infoldings of the plasma membrane of perivascular microglial cells. The amyloid deposition in the wall of the vessel causes degeneration of endothelial cells and the reduction of, and in some vessels obliteration of, the vessel lumen. In areas affected by amyloid angiopathy, extensive degeneration both of the neuropil and of neurons was observed. These changes were accompanied by astrogliosis. This study demonstrates similarities in amyloid formation in amyloid angiopathy and in β-amyloid plaques in the neuropil and suggests that cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system of the brain (perivascular cells and perivascular microglia) are engaged in amyloid fibril formation.
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  • 19
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ; Ballooned neurons ; Ultrastructure ; αB-Crystallin ; Stress-response proteins
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary This report concerns ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies on ballooned neurons of ten patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). While abundant ballooned neurons and severe white matter degeneration was seen in six Japanese cases, only occasional ballooned neurons and no white matter degeneration was observed in four cases from the files of Montefiore Medical Center. Ultrastructurally, the ballooned neurons contained granule-coated fibrils of 25 to 40 nm in width and 10-nm neurofilaments. The immunohistochemical studies revealed that most ballooned neurons expressed αB-crystallin, with deposits of reaction products observed in the cytoplasm. A similar intracellular staining pattern was also seen with the antibody to phosphorylated neurofilament proteins (pNFP). Although the proportion of stained ballooned neurons was less, a positive reaction was also observed with antibodies against ubiquitin, stress-response protein 27 (srp 27) and synptophysin, but not with an antibody to srp 72. Our findings suggest that expression of pNFP and synaptophysin by ballooned neurons may reflect axonal impairment and that the presence of αB-crystallin, srp 27 and ubiquitin may be related to the degenerative processes that neurons undergo in CJD.
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    Acta neuropathologica 83 (1992), S. 605-612 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Colloid cyst ; Endoderm ; Respiratory epithelium ; Third ventricle ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The histogenesis of colloid cyst of the third ventricle remains unsettled. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical analyses have suggested the following possible origins: (a) neuroepithelium, including paraphysis, ependyma, choroid plexus and tela chorioidea; and (b) endoderm, including respiratory and enteric epithelium. This report describes the ultrastructural features of the lining epithelium in four cases of colloid cyst. Six distinct cell types were recognized: (1) ciliated cells with occasional abnormal cilia; (2) non-ciliated cells with microvilli coated with granulofibrillary material; (3) goblet cells showing discharge of secretory granules; (4) basal cells with prominent tonofilaments and desmosomes; (5) basal-located cells with elongated electron-lucent cytoplasm and scattered membrane-bound dense-core granules (150–350 nm); and (6) small undifferentiated cells with scanty organelles. Junctional complexes were present in the former four cell types but absent in the latter two. The types of epithelial cells and their topographic distribution within the epithelium are both very similar to those of normal respiratory epithelium and to the lining epithelium of intraspinal bronchogenic cyst. The observations made in the present study are compatible with the hypothesis that colloid cysts of the third ventricle originate from the endoderm, most likely the respiratory epithelium.
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    Anatomy and embryology 185 (1992), S. 271-274 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Keywords: Man ; Spermiogenesis ; Postacrosomal ; sheath ; Silver staining ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Applying the silver staining technique, it could be shown that in the early phase of spermiogenesis a layer of argyrophilic material accumulated at the base of the acrosomal vesicle and at the outer side of the nuclear envelope opposite that region, and, later, at the inner side of the plasma membrane near the base of the acrosomal vesicle. During further development of the postacrosomal region of the spermatozoon head, the argyrophilic material associated with the plasmalemma grew caudally to form the postacrosomal dense lamina, while the argyrophilic material associated with the nuclear envelope, staying the same size, shifted to the caudal end of the postacrosomal dense lamina to form the postnuclear band.
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  • 22
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Neuronal autophagy ; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ; Lysosomes ; Ultrastructure ; Vactiolation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The ultrastructural neuropathology of mice experimentally inoculated with brain tissue of nyala (Tragelaphus angasi; subfamily Bovinae), or kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros; subfamily Bovinae) affected with spongiform encephalopathy was compared with that of mice inoculated with brain tissue from cows (Bos taurus: subfamily Bovinae) with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). As fresh brain tissue was not available for nyala or kudu, formalin-fixed tissues were used for transmission from these species. The effect of formalin fixation was compared with that of fresh brain in mice inoculated with fixed and unfixed brain tissue from cows with BSE. The nature and distribution of the pathological changes were similar irrespective of the source of inoculum or whether the inoculum was from fresh or previously fixed tissue. Vacuolation caused by loss of organelles and swelling was present in dendrites and axon terminals. Vacuoles were also seen as double-membrane-bound and single-membrane-bound structures within myelinated fibres, axon terminals and dendrites. Vacuoles are considered to have more than one morphogenesis but the structure of vacuoles in this study was nevertheless similar to previous descriptions of spongiform change in naturally occurring and experimental scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome and kuru. Other features of the ultrastural pathology of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies including dystrophic neurites and scrapie-associated particles or tubulovesicular bodies were also found in this study. Neuronal autophagy was a conspicuous finding. It is suggested that excess prion protein (PrP) accumulation, or accumulation of the scrapie-associated protease-resistant isoform of PrP, may lead to localised sequestration and phagocytosis of neuronal cytoplasm and ultimately to neuronal loss.
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  • 23
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Keywords: Badger-placenta ; Ultrastructure ; Ferritin ; Iron transfer regulation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The haemophagous region of the badger (Meles meles L.) placenta is involved in iron transfer, and maternal erythrocytes are the only source of iron for the fetus. This ultrastructural study provides morphological evidence of placental ferritin iron storage intervening if haem-iron uptake exceeds fetal needs. Such placental ferritin is assumed to play an active role in iron transfer regulation. In this paper we demonstrate that this regulatory process of iron transfer by storage in placental ferritin occurs on at least two levels: the cytotrophoblast and the fetal endothelium. The latter could then act as a final monitor in the transfer of iron into the fetal circulation.
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  • 24
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Muscle ; Ultrastructure ; Lysosome ; Metabolic disorder ; Glycogenosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Unusual inclusions with some of the features of “reducing bodies” were encountered in the skeletal muscle biopsy of a 2.5-year-old boy with childhoodonset acid maltase deficiency. The biopsy revealed a vacuolar myopathy with lysosomal storage of glycogen and eosinophilic refractile inclusions in myofibers, which appeared dark blue with the menadione-nitroblue tetrazolium reaction. The significance of the association of inclusions with reducing properties in the setting of acid maltase deficiency is discussed.
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  • 25
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Parkinson's disease ; Ultrastructure ; Catecholomines ; Trans-synaptic degeneration ; Axonal dystrophy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Ultrastructural and biochemical properties of caudate nucleus (CN) biopsies in two patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) were compared with three CN specimens removed during surgery for intracranial tumors. An additional two specimens from neurologically intact patients (59 and 86 years old) were removed during autopsy (performed 3 and 4 h post mortem, respectively) for electron microscopic studies. Dopamine levels in PD were reduced to less than 15% of control values. Both PD patients showed frequent dystrophic neurites and transsynaptic degeneration of neurons and neuritic processes. These changes were not found in CN from the four control individuals. Only a few dystrophic neurites were noticed in one 67-year-old control patient. The development of neuroaxonal dystrophy in CN is consistent with a dying-back process, probably accompanying abnormalities of axonal transport in PD. Transsynaptic degeneration of neurons in CN very likely represents a morphological marker of disease severity. The occurrence of this change may account for the poor clinical response of patients with advanced PD to intracerebral implantation of dopaminergic tissues.
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    Acta neuropathologica 83 (1992), S. 659-663 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Eosinophilic inclusion ; Neuroglia ; Astrocyte ; Aicardi's syndrome ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Intracytoplasmic and brightly eosinophilic inclusions within neuroglias are reported in a patient with Aicardi's syndrome. Most inclusion-bearing neuroglias were protoplasmic astrocytes in the cerebral cortex. Compared with similar eosinophilic and intracytoplasmic inclusions in other studies using both light and electron microscopy, the inclusions in this report are regarded as being novel and not previously described. Ultrastructually, the inclusions were composed of electron-dense granules and amorphous substances, and were not surrounded by a limiting membrane. They were numerous in the cerebral cortex, especially in part of the microgyrus, but absent in the deep cerebral white matter, subcortical nuclei, brain stem and the cerebellum. Therefore, they may be closely associated with brain malformation and congenital astrocytic dysfunction. They also suggested a functional difference in protoplasmic astrocytes themselves, according to the differentiation of related gray matter.
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    Anatomy and embryology 186 (1992), S. 145-152 
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    Keywords: Harderian gland ; Tubuloalveolar endpieces ; Serous endpieces ; Ultrastructure ; Opossum
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    Notes: Summary The Harderian gland of the North American opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is large and well developed, despite the absence of a nictitating membrane in the adult of this species. The elongate glands are surrounded by a delicate connective tissue capsule from which thin septae extend, subdividing the gland into numerous lobules. The secretory units of the opossum Harderian gland are drained by a well defined but not extensive intralobular and interlobular duct system. Most of the secretory end pieces consist of tubuloalveolar units with widely dilated lumina filled with secretory product. Numerous intact lipid vesicles suspended within an amorphous material constitute the luminal contents. Cells lining the tubuloalveolar secretory endpieces are usually columnar in shape, and characterized by numerous lipid-containing secretory vesicles and aggregations of polytubular complexes 40–60 nm in diameter. In addition, these cells contain numerous large irregularly shaped mitochondria, whose matrix is of considerable electron density. Intralobular and interlobular ducts are lined by electron-lucent epithelial cells that lack both the lipid-containing vesicles and the large mitochondria, although typical smaller mitochondria are found scattered within the cytoplasm. Both secretory endpieces and ductal elements are invested by an abundance of myoepithelial cells. A second, smaller serous type of secretory unit may occur near the centre of some Harderian gland lobules. In these units secretory tubules and acini are compactly arranged surrounding a narrow lumen. Serous cells are pyramidal in shape and the cytoplasm is characterized by numerous electron-dense secretory granules and scattered profiles of rough endoplasmic reticulum. Basolateral cell membranes show extensive infoldings and intercellular canaliculi are present. The overall size of cells forming the serous secretory units is much less than that comprising the tubuloalveolar secretory endpieces.
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    Acta neuropathologica 83 (1992), S. 518-524 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Upper motor neurons ; Ultrastructure ; Neurofilament ; Ubiquitin
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    Notes: Summary The pathological alterations in upper motor neurons were investigated in 27 cases of adult-onset sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). No signficant cytoskeletal alterations were found in the Betz cells of any of the cases except one, although cytoskeletal pathology was consistently present in lower motor neurons. The one case had severe circumscribed atrophy of the precentral gyrus and, microscopically, had argentophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions in Betz cells and other pyramidal neurons in the primary motor area as eell as in the lower motor neurons. Immunocytochemically these inclusions contained the epitope of phosphorylated neurofilament and ubiquitin and ultrastructurally consisted of granule-associated filaments with neurofilaments. This is the first demonstration of alterations of cytoskeleton and ubiquitination in the giant cells of Betz, an established subset of upper motor neurons in ALS. Thus, although uncommon, cytoskeletal changes can be found in upper motor neurons in some ALS cases.
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    Keywords: Primary leptomeningeal glioma ; Ultrastructure ; Basal lamina ; Laminin ; Heterotopic glial tissue
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    Notes: Summary We studied a case of primary leptomeningeal glioma (PLG) on the left parietal lobe of a 74-year-old woman and compared the tissue with heterotopic glial tissue from another case. The PLG tumor consisted of spindle-shaped cells with marked nuclear atypism, which tended to be arranged in a fascicular pattern, and the majority of its cells were positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein. Ultrastructural examination demonstrated that most of the tumor cells contained intermediate filaments and often junctional complexes were present on their plasma membranes. Frequently, basal lamina-like structures surrounding the tumor, cell surfaces were observed. Laminin immunohistochemistry clearly demonstrated a fine network of linear positive staining around the cytoplasm and processes of the tumor cells. The ultrastructure of the heterotopic glial tissue consisted of many astrocytes partially surrounded by basal lamina. These findings strongly suggest that PLG is a distinct tumor, which arises from the heterotopic astrocytes within the subarachnoid space.
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    Keywords: Peripheral nerve biopsy ; HIV infection ; Ultrastructure ; in situ hybridization
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    Notes: Summary A peripheral nerve biopsy was performed in 15 patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and polyneuropathy. Two cases [1 asymptomatic, 1 AIDS-related complex (ARC)] presented with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; there was 1 case (asymptomatic) of mononeuropathy multiplex and 12 cases (1 asymptomatic, 1 ARC, 10 AIDS) with distal symmetrical polyneuropathy. Epi- or endoneurial microvasculitis was observed in 6 cases. Electron microscopy showed that nerve fiber lesions were mainly axonal. Severe segmental demyelination was also present in both cases of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, with characteristic features of active demyelination in one. Numerous plasmacytoid cells were found in the endoneurium in 4 patients. Tubuloreticular inclusions were present in endothelial cells in the 10 cases with AIDS but absent in the other patients. Direct immunopathological examination with anti-immunoglobulin sera was negative in all cases. HIV was evidenced by in situ hybridization in 2 AIDS patients; no Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus was detected.
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    Keywords: Alzheimer's disease ; Tissue culture ; Microglia ; Amyloid ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The function of microglia associated with β-amyloid deposits still remains a controversial issue. On the basis of recent ultrastructural data, microglia were postulated to be cells that form amyloid fibrils, not phagocytes that remove amyloid deposits. In this electron microscopic study, we examined the ability of microglia to ingest and digest exogenous amyloid fibrils in vitro. We demonstrate that amyloid fibrils are ingested by cultured microglial cells and collected and stored in phagosomes. The ingested, nondegraded amyloid remains within phagosomes for up to 20 days, suggesting a very limited effectiveness of microglia in degrading β-amyloid fibrils. On the other hand, we showed that in microglial cells of classical plaques in brain cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease, amyloid fibrils appear first in altered endoplasmic reticulum and deep infoldings of cell membranes. These differences in intracellular distribution of amyloid fibrils in microglial cells support our observations that microglial cells associated with amyloid plaques are engaged in production of amyloid, but not in phagocytosis.
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    Acta neuropathologica 84 (1992), S. 238-243 
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    Keywords: Creutzfeldt ; Jakob disease ; Tubulovesicular structures ; Prion diseases ; Ultrastructure ; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
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    Notes: Summary By electron microscopy tubulovesicular structures (TVS) have been consistently observed in brain tissue of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as natural and experimental scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy and experimentally induced, but not naturally occurring, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). For the first time we report here the presence of TVS in human brains with CJD as detected by transmission electron microscopy. TVS were observed in all three CJD specimens (two biopsies, one autopsy), but they were rare and were found only in one or two location(s) per grid. TVS were seen in distended pre- and postsynaptic terminals and measured approximately 35 nm in diameter; they were smaller and of higher electron density than synaptic vesicles. Their occurrence in all types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies irrespective of the affected host and the strain of the infectious agent suggests their biological significance.
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    Keywords: Prolactin cell ; Met-enkephalin ; Immunocytochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Morphometr ; Rat(Sprague-Dawley)
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    Notes: Summary A stimulatory effect on prolactin secretion had been describe after acute and systemic administration of met-enkephalin, but the effects of this opioid after chronic administration has not been reported, and the response of mammotroph cells is not clear. As a complement to previous studies, a morphometric analysis (light and electron microscopy) was carried out on prolactin cells from female rats treated chronically with met-enkephalin. Clear features of cellular hyperactivity appeared after chronic and systemic administration of the opioid, and these persisted for two weeks. The changes consisted in increases of cellular, cytoplasmic and nuclear areas, volume and surface densities of the Golgi complex and rough endoplasmic reticulum, as well as the numbers of exocytotic figures. These morphological alterations were paralleled by an increase in serum prolactin levels as detected by RIA. It is concluded that the increase in the synthesis and secretory activity of prolactin cells following chronic and systemic administration of met-enkephalin is very similar to those observed after acute and intraventricular administration.
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    Anatomy and embryology 185 (1992), S. 201-206 
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    Keywords: Development ; Mouse ; Peripheral nerves ; Schwann cells ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The distal course of the sensory nerve fibres on the palmar side of the hand of 12-day-old mouse embryos was followed by serial ultrathin cross-sections of conventionally fixed tissue. Small nerves fibres are to be found in the space between the layer of the cutaneous blood vessels and the epidermis. A special arrangement of the tissue which is traversed by the nerve fibres is not visible. In most cases the nerve fibres are in intimate contact with fibroblasts. More distally the nerve fibres consist only of one axon encircled by a Schwann cell. The sheath of the Schwann cell decreases gradually, and finally disappears completely. The distal tips of the naked axons are a few μm ahead. In some cases they are considerably enlarged and contain only a fine fuzzy material without special cell organelles. Other axons may end in a more finger-like fashion, and contain also in the naked parts many cell organelles. Also the naked axons contact fibroblasts over long ranges. Collagen was not found aligned to the distal nerve fibres.
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    Keywords: Mandibular condyle ; Calcified cartilage ; Ultrastructure ; Maturation ; Macaca fascicularis
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    Notes: Summary In an attempt to show maturational alterations in the calcified cartilage, mandibular condyles of four growing and four adult male monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were studied using light microscopy as well as transmission and scanning electron microscopy. All specimens were initially fixed by perfusion in the presence of ruthenium red. For examination of the hard tissue surfaces in the scanning electron microscope, uncalcified tissues were removed with sodium hypochlorite. In growing animals, almost the entire hard tissue surface in the joint region of the condyle was formed by calcified cartilage, while in adult animals, calcified cartilage was confined to load-bearing regions. In growing animals, the appearance of the calcified cartilage surface suggested a continuously advancing mineralizing front similar to that seen in the epiphyseal plate. Chondrocytes mostly exhibited a terminal stage of hypertrophy, and seemed to die and get lost through vascular invasion and subsequent endochondral ossification. In adult animals, most of the calcified cartilage surface appeared comparatively stable, and resembled the tidemark of articular cartilage. Chondrocytes were usually small and appeared viable. However, on the adult condyles, there were always circumscribed islands where chondrocytes and the pattern of mineralization resembled those seen in growing animals. In these regions, prominent chondroclastic activity indicated extensive articular remodelling. These observations suggest that at the end of somatic growth, condylar calcified cartilage undergoes considerable maturation from a type reminiscent of hyaline growth cartilage to a type resembling articular cartilage. Concomitantly, chondrocytes appear to change their developmental program, in that they stop enlarging and lose their commitment to death. However, they may be able to retain, or switch back to, a more immature stage, in case there is need for extensive articular remodelling.
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    Archives of dermatological research 284 (1992), S. 259-265 
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Keywords: Genodermatoses ; Ultrastructure ; Membrane structures ; Abnormal keratinosomes
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    Notes: Summary The recessively inherited congenital ichthyoses have ultrastructural features which indicate abnormal epidermal lipid metabolism. The ultrastructural markers of the three recessive congenital ichthyosis groups are lipid droplets in horny layers (type I), cholesterol clefts (type II) and membrane structures (type III). We describe six patients from five families belonging to the last group. The variable clinical phenotype alone does not allow the delineation of this disease, but together with the ultrastructural characteristics the subtype is unequivocal. In addition to the membrane structures, half of the cases showed abnormal keratinosomes and vesicular complexes. Membrane-bound vacuoles and needle-like slits were exceptionally found. The onset of the ichthyosis was variable, in contrast to other patients described under the heading recessive congenital ichthyosis.
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    Archives of dermatological research 284 (1992), S. 95-99 
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    Keywords: Chromoblastomycosis ; Host-fungus relationship ; Morphometry ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary To investigate the histological distribution and the morphology of the fungi and the tissue reactions in chromoblastomycosis, especially in the process of trans-epidermal elimination, cutaneous lesions of two patients with this disease were studied morphometrically and ultrastructurally. In the dermis, most of the fungal elements appeared as sclerotic cells and their cell wall showed an irregular, worm-eaten leaf-like appearance; they seemed to be continuously attacked by polymorphonuclear neutrophils. The epidermis eliminated 10–20% of all the organisms in the skin lesions, and the hypha-forming activity tended to be higher in the epidermis than in the dermis. Ultrastructurally, basal keratinocytes facing the dermal abscess containing fungal elements frequently appeared as dark cells, suggesting an increased proliferation activity. Spinous keratinocytes facing intraepidermal microabscesses containing fungal elements showed an abnormal accumulation of tonofilaments and further early keratinization in the spinous cell layer. All of the morphological changes of the dermis and epidermis are regarded as defence reactions against the fungi existing in the skin lesions. There is a close relationship between tissue reactions and morphological changes of fungi in chromoblastomycosis.
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    Archives of dermatological research 284 (1992), S. 275-282 
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    Keywords: Cherry haemangioma ; Type IV collagen ; Type VI collagen ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The capillaries in cherry haemangiomas show perivascular hyalinized sheaths. In order to clarify the nature of this sheath material, the extracellular matrix of cherry haemangiomas from 20 normal volunteers (age range 30–64 years) was investigated using immunohistochemical and electronmicroscopical methods. Antibodies against collagen types III, IV and VI and laminin were used. Hyaluronic acid was visualized using the hyaluronic acid binding region of the cartilage proteoglycan as ligand. Electronmicroscopically, the sheaths contained multilaminated basement membrane-like material, collagen fibres 20–25 nm thick with a periodicity of 67 nm and broad-banded aggregates with a periodicity of 100 nm (zebra bodies or fibrous long-spacing fibres). Immunohistochemically, type IV collagen was stained throughout the whole sheath material. Staining for laminin was more confined to the endothelial side of the sheath. Intense staining for type III collagen and hyaluronic acid was found in the connective tissue of the subpapillary layer and between the cherry haemangioma capillaries. Much weaker staining for type III collagen and no staining for hyaluronic acid were found invariably in an area 4–10 Μm thick directly around the capillaries. Both sheath material and intercapillary connective tissue of the haemangiomas showed pronounced staining for collagen type VI. Immunogold staining revealed that type VI collagen was localized to microfibrils 5–6 nm thick and to the broad-banded aggregates with 100 nm periodicity. These findings further underline the assumption that the broad-banded aggregates consist of type VI collagen.
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    Planta 188 (1992), S. 403-413 
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Cyanobacterium ; Gunnera ; Infection process ; Nostoc ; Symbiosis ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Abstract The symbiosis between Gunnera and Nostoc was reconstituted using G. chilensis Lam. and G. manicata Linden, respectively, and three different Nostoc strains. Six stages characterised by specific modifications in both the cyanobiont and the host were recognised during the infection process. Mucilage-secreting stem glands developed on the Gunnera stems independent of the presence of cyanobacteria (Stage I). Soon after addition of the Nostoc isolates to the plant apices, an abundant differentiation of motile hormogonia commenced. The cyanobacteria accumulated in the mucilage on the surface of the gland (Stage II), and the hormogonia then proceeded into the stem tissue through intercellular channels (Stage III). At the channel bases, Nostoc was detected between the cell walls of small, densely cytoplasmic Gunnera cells and also in elaborate folds of these (Stage IV). The Gunnera cell walls subsequently dissolved adjacent to the cyanobacteria and Nostoc entered the host cells (Stage V). Once the intracellular association was formed, a high proportion of the vegetative Nostoc cells differentiated into heterocysts (Stage VI). Nostoc changed from being rich in inclusions (particularly cyanophycin) while on the gland surface into a comparatively “non-storing” form during penetration and the early intracellular stages. Bacteria were numerous on the gland surface, fewer in the channels, and were never detected within the Gunnera cells, indicating the existence of specific recognition mechanisms discriminating between conceivable microsymbionts. Mechanisms behind mutual adaptations and interactions between the two symbionts are discussed.
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    Keywords: Bradyrhizobium ; Electron microscopy ; Glycine (root nodules) ; High-pressure freezing ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Abstract High-pressure freezing of chemically untreated nodules of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), in sharp contrast to chemical fixation and prefixation, appears to preserve the ultrastructure close to the native state. This is supported by the observation that the peribacteroid membrane of high-pressure-frozen samples is tightly wrapped around the bacteroids, a finding that is fully consistent with the current views on the physiology of oxygen and metabolite transport between plant cytosol and bacteroids. In soybean root nodules, the plant tissue and the enclosed bacteria are so dissimilar that conventional aldehyde-fixation procedures are unable to preserve the overall native ultrastructure. This was demonstrated by high-pressure freezing of nodules that had been pre-fixed in glutaraldehyde at various buffer molalities: no buffer strength tested preserved all ultrastructural aspects that could be seen after high-pressure freezing of chemically untreated nodules.
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    Sexual plant reproduction 5 (1992), S. 64-71 
    ISSN: 1432-2145
    Keywords: Generative cell ; Isolation ; Microtubules ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Upon squashing of the pollen grain, the isolated generative cell ofNicotiana tabacum looses its spindle shape to become spherical; this phenomenon is independent of the sucrose concentration used. The time necessary for this change can vary from 1 min (0% sucrose) to 20 min (30% sucrose). The microtubular cytoskeleton was studied by means of immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Just after isolation, 5 to 15 clearly visible bundles in microtubules organized in a basket-like structure are present. After 15 min in medium with 15% sucrose, the microtubular cytoskeleton disappears, and a diffusely spread tubulin can be observed. Neither the addition of 10–20 μM taxol to the medium, nor the omission of Ca2+ to the medium has any effect on the changes in cell shape and loss of microtubular bundles after isolation.
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    Sexual plant reproduction 5 (1992), S. 27-33 
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    Keywords: Isolated generative cells ; Ultrastructure ; Microtubule ; Immunofluorescence microscopy ; Allemanda neriifolia
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of isolated generative cells ofAllemanda neriifolia at interphase and prophase was studied. The microtubule organization of the isolated cells was also investigated by immunofluorescence microscopy with a monoclonal anti-α-tubulin. After the generative cells had been isolated from the growing pollen tubes by osmotic shock, most of the cells were at prophase and only a few were at interphase. The interphase cell is spindle shaped and contains an ellipsoidal nucleus. In addition to the usual organelles, the cytoplasm of the interphase cell contains numerous vesicles (each measuring 40–50 nm in diameter) and two sets of longitudinally oriented microtubule bundles — one in the cortical region and the other near the nucleus. Most of the prophase cells are spherical in shape. Based on the ultrastructure and the pattern of microtubule cytoskeleton organization three types of prophase cells can be recognized. (1) Early prophase cell, which contains the usual organelles, numerous vesicles, and a spherical nucleus with condensed chromosomes. Longitudinally oriented microtubule bundles can no longer be seen present in the early prophase cell. A new type of structure resembling a microtubule aggregate appears in the cytoplasm. (2) Mid prophase cell, which has a spherical nucleus containing chromosomes that appear more condensed than those seen in the early prophase cell. In addition to containing the usual organelles, the cytoplasm of this cell contains numerous apparently randomly oriented microtubules. Few vesicles are seen and microtubule aggregates are no longer present. (3) Late prophase cell, typified by the lack of a nuclear envelope. Consequently, the chromosomes become randomly scattered in the cytoplasm. Microtubules are still present and some become closely associated with the chromosomes. The changes in the ultrastructure and in the pattern of microtubule organization in the interphase and prophase cells are discussed in relation to the method of isolation of the generative cells.
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    Sexual plant reproduction 5 (1992), S. 131-137 
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    Keywords: Pollen grain ; Generative cell ; Formation and detachment ; Ultrastructure ; Polystachia pubescens ; Orchidaceae
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    Notes: Summary The formation and nature of the generative cell wall and the detachment mode of the generative cell from the intine in Polystachia pubescens were observed by LM and TEM. Vesicles evenly positioned within the phragmoplast fuse to form a cell plate that divides the microspore into the generative and vegetative cell. This cell plate consists of callose. Before the generative cell leaves the intine, however, the callose is completely resorbed and is not replaced by any other substance. The generative cell becomes detached from the intine by moving towards the centre of the pollen grain. A constriction formed thereby gives the generative cell a bulb-like appearance and leads ultimately to the generative cell being pinched off. Plasma-filled vesicles originating from the generative cell remain between the intine and the plasma membrane of the vegetative cell.
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    Journal of neurology 239 (1992), S. 191-194 
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Ghost tangles ; Degenerate neurites ; Astrocytes ; Senile plaques ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Some ghost tangles in the brains of Alzheimer patients were accompanied by many small argyrophilic structures which were electron microscopically confirmed to be degenerate neurites. In these ghost tangles, roughly dispersed 15 nm straight and occasional twisted tubules were penetrated by proliferated astrocytic processes. Immunohistochemically, these ghost tangles lost immunoreactivities to anti-NFT, -tau and -ubiquitin antibodies, but were thioflavine-S fluorescent, though antigenicity to β-protein was not proved. This similarity in composition of degenerate neurite-bearing ghost tangles to senile plaques might be induced by the amyloid nature of tubules, which probably provokes the reaction of neuropils.
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    Archives of microbiology 158 (1992), S. 249-255 
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    Keywords: Sporulation ; Meiosis ; Ultrastructure ; Spindle pole body ; Spo mutants ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe ; Fission yeast
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    Notes: Abstract A homothallic haploid strain of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe initiates sexual reproduction (mating, meiosis and sporulation) in nitrogen-free sporulation medium. Cellular fine structures of eleven sporulation-deficient mutants (spo2, spo3, spo4, spo5, spo6, spo13, spo14, spo15, spo18, spo19 and spo20) of S. pombe in sporulation medium were examined by serial section-electron microscopy. The striking features of these spo mutants were: 1) the disappearance of the spindle pole bodies (SPBs) after the second meiotic division, and 2) the accumulation of unorganized structures. Based on histochemical staining, these structures were presumably unorganized spore wall precursors. In some mutants (spo3, spo5, spo6, spo19 and spo20), diploid zygotes contained four spore-like bodies which had walls similar to complete spore walls but failed to enclose any nuclei. After completion of the second meiotic division the nuclei were abnormally distributed in zygotic diploid cells. In the spo5, spo13, spo14, spo15 and spo19 mutants, the nuclei remained attached to each other. In spo5 and spo19, the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope was separated, but its outer membrane was shared by two sister nuclei. These observations suggest that the spo+ gene products play important roles in spatial and temporal organization of cellular structures during ascospore development.
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    Archives of microbiology 157 (1992), S. 319-322 
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    Keywords: Chlorobiaceae ; Spinae ; Chlorobium ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Abstract Several Chlorobium species have been observed to possess spinae. Spinae are non-prosthecate, helically wound, rigid structures that extend from the outer bacterial cell surface into the external environment. Spinae length was variable within and between Chlorobium species. Spinae width was fairly consistent within species but varied between species (39.4 ± 2.6 nm to 82.6 ± 8.0 nm). The number of spinae per cell varied. The spinae did not penetrate the bacterial cell envelope and were randomly located on the cell surface. Spinae were not geographically restricted. The observation of spinae on pure cultures of Chlorobium spp. maintained for 25–30 years suggests that spinae may be of significant use to the cell.
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    ISSN: 1432-2285
    Keywords: Arbutus unedo ; Laccaria amethystea ; Mycorrhiza ; Synthesis ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Biology , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary Anatomy and ultrastructure of the arbutoid mycorrhiza of Arbutus unedo-Laccaria amethystea from axenic culture are described. In comparison to non-inoculated roots, the rhizodermal cells of mycorrhizas are of greater volume, their nuclei are enlarged and show an irregular shape, plasmalemma and cytoplasm with mitochondria, plastids, endoplasmic reticulum and dictyosomes are increased. Several ontogenetical states are documented. The arbutoid mycorrhiza as a connecting link between ectomycorrhiza and ericoid mycorrhiza is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 270 (1992), S. 395-404 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Nucleus sacci vasculosi ; Ultrastructure ; Immunocytochemistry ; Hypothalamus ; Tuberculum posterius ; Scyliorhinus caniculus, Raja undulata (Elasmobranchii)
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    Notes: Summary The elasmobranch nucleus sacci vasculosi was studied by means of electron microscopy (in the dogfish) and immunocytochemistry (in the dogfish and the skate) by using antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, somatostatin, serotonin, and substance P. Ultrastructural study of the dogfish nucleus sacci vasculosi shows the presence of medium-sized cells that possess numerous mitochondria but that have no dense-core vesicles in the cytoplasm or in cell processes. Fibres of the conspicuous tractus sacci vasculosi have a beaded appearance and form conventional synapses with dendrites and cell perikarya of the nucleus sacci vasculosi. The perikarya of this hypothalamic nucleus were not immunoreactive to any of the antibodies tested, and fibres immunopositive to tyrosine hydroxylase, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, somatostatin, serotonin, and substance P were scarce within this nucleus, in both the dogfish and the skate. Dorsal to the nucleus sacci vasculosi, there are numerous positive neuronal processes in addition to many small neurons that show immunoreactivity to alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, somatostatin and tyrosine hydroxylase. Two types of neuron occur in this dorsal region, displaying dense-core vesicles of either 100–160 nm or 60–100 nm diameter in their cytoplasm; they were identified as peptide-containing and monoamine-containing neurons, respectively. The neuropil of this region has a significantly different ultrastructure from that of the nucleus sacci vasculosi, with many processes containing dense-core vesicles. This group of neurons, located dorsal to the nucleus sacci vasculosi and showing (a) immunoreactivity to neuropeptides or to monoamine-synthesizing enzyme, and (b) cytoplasm with dense-core vesicles, was considered not to be a part of the nucleus sacci vasculosi but rather part of the nucleus tuberculi posterioris. These results support the non-peptidergic and non-aminergic character of the nucleus sacci vasculosi.
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    Cell & tissue research 267 (1992), S. 483-492 
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    Keywords: Dental follicle ; Cell culture ; Fibroblasts ; Immunocytochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Collagen ; Gel-electrophoresis ; Western blotting ; Rat (Sprague-Dawley)
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    Notes: Summary Because the dental follicle is necessary for the eruption of teeth of limited eruption, it was the objective of this study to determine if the cells of the follicle could be cultured in vitro. To achieve this, dental follicles and associated enamel organs were dissected from the first and second mandibular molars of 6–7-day-old rats (secretory stage of amelogenesis), and then cultured in a medium that promotes fibroblast growth — the predominant cell type of the dental follicle. The cultured cells grew to confluency and were kept through 3 passages before experimentation. The cultured cells were fibroblastic in shape, elongate with processes, and transmission electron microscopy revealed that they contained an abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum, but did not form desmosomes. Immunofluorescent staining for anti-vimentin showed that all the cells stained and electron-microscopic immunogold labeling indicated that the antibody was associated with intermediate filaments. As revealed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting, the cultured cells synthesized and secreted the extracellular matrix molecules fibronectin and procollagens. Subsequent immunofluorescence staining of permeabilized and non-permeabilized cells confirmed the presence of fibronectin and type I collagen both intra- and extracellularly. Thus, based on all the above characteristics, the cultured cells appeared to be fibroblasts derived from the dental follicle, although a few of the fibroblasts may be derived from undifferentiated mesenchymal cells interposed between the alveolar bone and follicle. Experiments now can be conducted to determine how these cultured cells respond directly to growth factors that alter the rates of tooth eruption.
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    Cell & tissue research 267 (1992), S. 571-582 
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    Keywords: Crustacean muscle ; Ultrastructure ; Dye coupling ; Flagellum ; Scaphognathite ; Fascicles ; Mitochondria ; Carcinus maenas (Crustacea)
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    Notes: Summary The organization of the flagellum abductor muscle and of a scaphognathite levator muscle of the green crab, Carcinus maenas, has been compared quantitatively using light and electron microscopy. These muscles are rhythmically active at relatively high frequencies and for long durations. Fibers of both muscles are interconnected to form fascicles of 50 or more fibers within which there is cytoplasmic continuity. A single muscle is made up of 8–12 fascicles. Individual fibers consist of a peripheral rind of densely packed mitochondria, a thick region of glycogen granules, and myofibrils arranged into scattered central islands. Less than half the volume-density of these muscles is contractile material, the balance being largely mitochondria and glycogen. The fibers within a muscle are structurally similar. They have short sarcomeres (about 2 μm), thin to thick filament ratios of about 3:1, and junctions between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the transverse tubules at the M line. Sarcoplasmic reticulum occupies about 10% of the myofibrillar volume-density. A well developed sarcoplasmic reticulum appears to underlie the capacities of these two muscles for high frequency contraction; extensive mitochondria and glycogen stores should confer fatigue resistance under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
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    Keywords: Paneth cells ; Ultrastructure ; Morphometry ; Bethanechol ; Fluoride ion ; G-protein ; Mouse (Balb/c)
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    Notes: Summary Paneth cells located at the bottom of intestinal crypts may play a role in controlling the bacterial milieu of the intestine. Using morphometry to clarify the secretory mechanism of the Paneth cells, we studied the ultrastructural changes in mouse Paneth cells produced following intra-arterial perfusion with Hanks' balanced salt solution containing a cholinergic muscarinic secretagogue (bethanechol), a neuroblocking agent (tetrodotoxin), or a G-protein activator (NAF/AlCl3). Bethanechol (2×10-4 mol/l) induced Paneth-cell secretion. Many Paneth cells massively exocytosed their secretory material into the crypt lumen; the enhanced secretion caused degranulation and vacuole formation. However, tetrodotoxin (2×10-6 mol/l) did not prevent the bethanechol-enhanced secretion by the Paneth cells. NaF (1×10-2 mol/l) and AlCl3 (1×10-5 mol/l) induced massive exocytosis of the Paneth cells; the exocytotic figures were similar to those observed in mice stimulated by bethanechol. G-protein activation was followed by a sequence of intracellular events, resulting in exocytosis.
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    Keywords: Primordial germ cell ; Ultrastructure ; Gonadal differentiation ; Cyprinus carpio (Teleostei)
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    Notes: Summary A description is given of primordial germ cell (PGC) differentiation and gonadal development in carp from hatching until the age of 6 weeks. This period was chosen as the PGCs are mitotically silent before they start to proliferate rapidly after week 6. The PGCs increased in size between week 2 and week 4 after fertilization. Ultrastructurally, the perinuclear dense bodies present in PGCs from hatching onwards increased in size and formed the ‘cement’ between mitochondria. Moreover, from week 2 onwards, an elaborate Golgiapparatus was present in PGCs, indicating synthetic activity that may be related to PGC enlargement. During the observation period, gonadal tissue was gradually formed around the PGCs. From the age of 4 and 5 weeks onwards, two somatic cell types could be distinguished; the central type had a light appearance and was closely associated with the PGCs, the other type being darker and forming the peripheral layer of the developing gonads. Thus, during the period of mitotic quiescence, the PGCs and the gonads actively differentiate in preparation for the fast PGC proliferation that occurs after 6 weeks.
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    Keywords: Retinal pigment epithelium ; Ultrastructure ; Organelle differentiation ; Metamorphosis ; Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus (Cyclostomata)
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    Notes: Summary The sequence of morphological changes in the retinal pigment epithelium during the metamorphic period of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus L. has been investigated using electron microscopy. At early metamorphic stages (stages I and II), photoreceptors are present in a small zone of the retina. During these stages, the lateral surface of the epithelial cells shows zonulae occludentes and adhaerentes. The degree of cell differentiation varies throughout the retinal pigment epithelium. Cells covering the differentiated photoreceptors in the central retina have phagosomes, whereas pigment granules appear only in the retinal pigment epithelium dorsal to the optic nerve head. Most epithelial cells have myeloid bodies; their morphology is more complex around the optic nerve head. At stage III, when photoreceptors develop over the whole retina, the distribution of cytoplasmic organelles is almost homogeneous in the retinal pigment epithelium. Subsequently, the basal plasma membrane of the epithelial cells becomes progressively folded and their apical processes enlarged. In addition, extensive gap junctions develop between retinal pigment cells. In late metamorphic stages, noticeable growth of myeloid bodies occurs and consequently the retinal pigment epithelium resembles that of the adult. This study also describes, for the first time, the presence of wandering phagocytes in the retinal pigment epithelium of lampreys; their role in melanosome degradation is discussed.
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  • 54
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    Keywords: Angiotensin II ; Ovarian follicles ; Theca interna ; Ultrastructure ; Steroidogenesis ; Atresia ; Golden hamster (Rodentia)
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    Notes: Summary Angiotensin II (AII) is present in the mammalian ovary and has been correlated with atresia in follicles. Since the theca interna may be one site at which atresia is intiated, we wished to determine whether AII exerts an effect on theca interna from explanted ovarian follicles of hamsters. Hamsters were sacrified on the morning of proestrus, and ovaries were removed. Preovulatory follicles were excised from the ovaries, and cultured with one of the following components: medium alone (control); medium plus AII (1x10-6 M); the AII-receptor antagonist [Sar1, Ile8] AII (1x10-4 M); or AII plus antagonist. After 72 h, the follicles were processed for transmission electron microscopy (to determine quantities of theca interna organelles involved in the steroid synthetic pathway) or for protein determination (to normalize steroid production rates). The incubation medium was drawn off and analyzed by radioimmunoassay for progesterone, androstenedione, or estradiol-17β. There was a significant positive correlation (r=0.92, P〈0.01) between follicular androstenedione secretion and area comprising theca interna smooth endoplasmic reticulum. In the theca interna, AII induced a two-fold and 1.6-fold increase in lipid droplet number and area comprising smooth endoplasmic reticulum, respectively (P〈0.05). Excess antagonist negated the increase in cell or-ganelles and also reduced androstenedione secretion compared with AII alone (P〈0.05). Most importantly, AII significantly augmented the ratio of androstenedione: estradiol-17β secretion by 44% over that of control. The ultrastructural changes observed in this study and the increase in the andostenedione: estradiol-17β production ratio are consistent with atresia-like changes in ovarian follicles. We believe, therefore, that AII is involved, possibly at its membrane receptor, in an aspect of the overall process of follicular atresia, operating in part at the level of the theca interna.
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    Keywords: Alcian blue ; Basement membrane ; Lamina densa ; Meshwork ; Submandibular gland ; Ultrastructure ; Rat (Wistar-Imamichi)
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of the epithelial basement membrane and membrane precursor was studied in rat submandibular rudiment and a model system of the reconstructed basement membrane, by transmission electron microscopy following alcian blue staining. Directly beneath the epithelial plasma membrane, a meshwork layer was found to consist of anastomosing thin fibers arranged as a three-dimensional meshwork (100–400 nm in thickness). Straight strands (5–10 nm in diameter) could sometimes be seen to pass through the meshwork. Adjacent to this layer, a coarse network composed of threads (20–40 nm in diameter) connected the meshwork layer with collagen fibers of the underlying connective tissue. The earliest precursors recognized in the reconstruction-model system were part of the fine-meshwork structure, and showed this structure to be a fundamental component of the basement membrane.
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    Cell & tissue research 270 (1992), S. 1-6 
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    Keywords: Estradiol receptor ; Endometrium ; Ovariectomy ; Immunohistochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Pig
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    Notes: Summary Serial sections of resting porcine endometrium were analyzed with the monoclonal antibody 13H2 using goat antimouse IgG/5 nm gold as secondary reagent or with either polyclonal antibodies from goat #402 or the rat monoclonal antibody H222, both in combination with protein G/12 nm gold. A modestly higher labelling of nuclei than of cytoplasm was seen only with the monoclonal antibody H222. Polyclonal #402 and monoclonal 13H2 showed fewer attachments over nuclear than over cytoplasmic areas. The highest densities of attachment and of predominantly cytoplasmic labelling were obtained with the monoclonal antibody 13H2. The results confirm the earlier assumption of a restricted accessiblity of estradiol receptor in the cytoplasm of resting cells for immunoreagents.
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    Plant systematics and evolution 181 (1992), S. 233-244 
    ISSN: 1615-6110
    Keywords: Algae ; Rhodophyta ; Thorea ramosissima ; T. riekei ; Ultrastructure ; pit plugs as a taxonomic character
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    Notes: Abstract The thallus ofThorea ramosissima was studied electron microscopically. The cells of the medulla, the cortex and the assimilatory hairs differ not only in size and number of plastids and their equipment with thylakoids but also in cell wall structure, the number of mitochondria and the activity of the Golgi apparatus, with dictyosomes transforming complete cisternae into Golgi vesicles with mucilaginous contents in the outer region of the cortex. The pit connections have plugs with a distinct plate—like (not dome-like) outer cap layer. BecauseT. riekei was reported to have dome-like outer cap layers and because this character was the main reason to place theThoreaceae into theBatrachospermales (Pueschel & Cole 1982),T. riekei was reinvestigated, too. A distinct outer cap could not be detected. The reliability of pit plug structure as a taxonomic character and the taxonomic position ofThorea is discussed.
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    Keywords: Cytoskeleton ; Phagotrophic ; Eugienoids ; Immunochemistry ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary A monoclonal antibody (IIID12) obtained from mice immunized against the entireEntosiphon cytoskeleton highlights the feeding apparatus ofEntosiphon, Peranema, andPloeotia by IF. IGS at the ultrastructural level shows that it labels the cementing material surrounding the microtubular bundles in the three species studied. InEntosiphon additional structures, such as the supplementary plaque, the scaffold structure and the lenticular structure or canal thickening, are also detected by the antibody. Immunoblotting analysis after SDS-PAGE reveals a positive reaction with this antibody to the 58 and 66kDa protein bands inEntosiphon, 82 and 84kDa inPeranema, and 56 and 60kDa inPloeotia. These results demonstrate biochemical homologies in the proteins of the cement material in the three heteronematal eugienoids studied. The possible role of these proteins in microtubule assembly and stabilization is discussed, as well as the role of the cementing material in the mode of the feeding apparatus motion during the ingestion of food.
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    Keywords: Dactylis glomerata L. ; Orchardgrass ; Sodium chloride tolerance ; Somatic embryo ; Tissue culture ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Calli were induced from leaf expiants of aDactylis glomerata L. (orchardgrass) genotype which has a high capacity for somatic embryogenesis. After 7 months culture on SH medium containing NaCl, a line was selected which was tolerant to 200 mM NaCl. When both selected and nonselected calli were maintained for 56 days on media containing 0 to 300 mM NaCl, the selected line showed significantly higher regeneration capacity than nonselected calli when placed on media containing more than 50 mM NaCl. Ultrastructural features of control somatic embryos not exposed to the salt were compared to those from nonselected and selected embryos cultured on 200 mM NaCl medium. In the presence of NaCl there were changes in the appearance of cell walls and mitochondria, accumulation of lipids and a higher degree of vacuolation in cells of nonselected embryos compared to control and selected embryos.
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    Keywords: (1→3)-β-Glucose ; Callose ; Cell wall ; Host-parasite interface ; Immunocytochemical ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Polyclonal antibodies specific to (1→3)-β-glucose were used to localize callose around stylets ofCriconemella xenoplax in parasitized cortical cells in root explants of carnation, crimson clover, and tomato. The nematode's stylet was inserted 5–6 μm through the wall of the parasitized cell without piercing the plasma membrane, which became invaginated around the stylet tip. A layer of electron-transparent callose was localized by immunogold labelling between the invaginated plasma membrane and the inserted stylet, except at the stylet orifice. The callose was continuous with the inner surface of the wall of the parasitized cell around the site where the stylet penetrated. When the parasitized cell was located in the second layer of the cortex, the nematode's stylet first passed through a subepidermal cortical cell. The integrity of the plasma membrane of the transected cell was maintained and callose was deposited around the portion of the nematode's stylet that traversed the cell. We suggest that callose deposition around nematode stylets in parasitized cells is a common wound response elicited when plant-parasitic nematodes feed from cells.
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    Protoplasma 166 (1992), S. 165-176 
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    Keywords: Cuticle ; Humidity ; Leaf structure ; Micropropagation ; Rosa ; Stomata ; Ultrastructure ; Wax
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    Notes: Summary The Mme Isaac Pereire rose was investigated in an attempt to establish how micropropagated roses might best be weaned into normal growth conditions. Leaves of in vitro grown plants, weaned plants and the stock plant were studied, using light microscopy and different scanning and transmission electron microscopical techniques. Features that varied in the different growing conditions were leaf size and thickness, amount of wax, thickness of cuticle and external epidermal cell wall, number and aperture of the stomata, size of the epidermal cells, number of layers of the palisade cells, and size of the chloroplasts in the mesophyll. The rose in the present study had wax on the in vitro cultured plants; this wax was of similar ultrastructural appearance to that of the stock plant, even though in smaller quantities. Weaned plants had an intermediate amount of wax. The cuticle was thin, ranging from 0.04 μm on plants growing in vitro to 0.3-0.6 μm on weaned plants and stock plants. Stomata were always wide-open on leaves taken from cultures with a relative humidity of 100%. After four weeks in a humidity lowered to 85% stomata had closed.
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    Keywords: Cuticle ; Cuticular exudations ; Exudations ; Heterodera schachtii ; Ultrastructure ; Host-parasite interactions
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    Notes: Summary The development ofHeterodera schachtii inside roots of a cruciferous host plant grown under monoxenic conditions in an agar medium was observed with video-enhanced contrast light microscopy. One to 6 days after inoculation, roots were excised and processed for electron microscopic observations. Exudates were present on the cuticle surfaces of J 2 and early J 3 juveniles located at feeding sites. Fibrillar exudations were correlated with similar fibrillar patterns in the epicuticle, exocuticle, intermediate zone, and the striated endocuticle. Secretion vesicles assembled at many Golgi sites in the hypodermis, appeared to coalesce and form large electron translucent vesicles in the cytoplasm. We propose that secretion vesicles migrate toward the cuticle, contact the plasmalemma and transfer their contents by exocytosis or a similar mechanism to a secretion accumulation site. These contents are associated with cuticle structure and emerge as surface exudations.
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    Protoplasma 168 (1992), S. 125-135 
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    Keywords: Morphogenesis ; Phagotrophic ; Euglenoids ; Immunocytochemistry ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The disruption and development of the siphon during division ofEntosiphon have been followed by immunofluoresence with both an anti-cement MAb (IIID12) and an anti-tubulin MAb. (IVA10), by nuclear DNA labelling and by electron microscopy of serial section. The disruption of the parental siphon begins at the reservoir level where two new transversely orientated daughter siphons arise. In the degenerating bundles the cement disappears, first liberating the microtubules which then depolymerize. The first structure which surrounds the anterior part of the two young siphons is a loop of 5 microtubules linked to the reservoir membrane. From around this loop a row of perpendicular microtubules sink in the cytosplasm; they will form the primary row of microtubules in the definitive bundles. Inside the loop, reinforced microtubules are seen beneath the membrane, they will generate the future vanes, and also penetrate into the cytosplasm. Amorphous material surrounds the young siphons and may correspond to cement material. The growth of the siphons proceeds as they adopt a central longitudinal position in the cell. The cement material progressively condenses on structures such as the primary row of microtubules. The bundles, the supplementary plaque, and the scaffold. After flagellar partition each of the canals becomes distinct and cytokinesis occurs from the anterior end. These observations indicate that the microtubular loop could be the source of microtubule-organizing centre (MTOC) proteins initiating the assembly of the primary row of microtubules. Bundle microtubules start to assemble at the anterior end and extend backwards. The microtubules of the loop could be linked to roots associated with the basal bodies which double in number before division. The cement later condenses, linking and stabilizing the structures. Microfibrils play an important role in basal body and siphon separation and positioning.
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    Keywords: Cell wall ; Lycopersicon esculentum ; Microsporogenesis ; Pollen development ; Prophase I ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Throughout the premeiotic to late prophase I stages of meiosis in the anthers of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) extensive changes occurred in the ultrastructure of pollen mother cells (PMCs). During early prophase, the wall of each PMC developed a layered appearance and was broadened both by the widening of the middle lamella as well as by intensive deposition of microfibrils in the wall. By late prophase, however, the microfibrils adjacent to the plasmalemma dissipated. At the same time, callose was deposited between the wall and the plasmalemma. The nucleus of the PMCs also underwent changes. During early prophase, the nucleolus consisted of a linear series of three segments, with a separation of the granular and fibrillar portions. By late prophase, the nucleoli were less distinct as the nucleus was highly vacuolate. Mitochondria were initially simple with lightly stained matrix and few cristae but, during the course of prophase, they acquired a more densely-stained matrix with dilated cristae. Plastids remained relatively undifferentiated and, at late prophase, many were convoluted in appearance and constricted at intervals indicating their division. Cytoplasmic connections between adjacent PMCs were broad enough to permit the passage of organelles and were retained through to metaphase I. These cytological and wall changes appear to be a prerequisite for the subsequent development of microspores.
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    Protoplasma 167 (1992), S. 215-230 
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    Keywords: Lilium ; Freeze substitution ; Pollen tubes ; Rapid freeze fixation ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary In view of the importance of the lily pollen tube as an experimental model and the improvements in ultrastructural detail that can now be attained by the use of rapid freeze fixation and freeze substitution (RF-FS), we have reexamined the ultrastructure of these cells in material prepared by RF-FS. Several previously unreported details have been revealed: (1) the cytoplasm is organized into axial “slow” and “fast” lanes, each with a distinct structure; (2) long, straight microtubule (MT) and microfilament (MF) bundles occur in the cytoplasm of the fast lanes and are coaligned with every organelle present; (3) the cortical cytoplasm contains complexes of coaligned MTs, MFs, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER); (4) the cortical ER is arranged in a tight hexagonal pattern and individual elements are closely appressed to the plasma membrane with no space between; (5) mitochondria and ER extend into the extreme apex along the flanks of the pollen tube, and vesicles and ER are packed into an inverted cone-shaped area at the center of the apex; (6) MF bundles in the tip region are fewer, finer, and in random orientation in comparison to those of the fast lanes; (7) the generative cell (GC) cell wall complex contains patches of plasmodesmata; (8) The GC cytoplasm contains groups of spiny vesicles that are closely associated with and seem to be fusing with or pinching off from mitochondria, and (9) the vegetative nucleus (VN) contains internal MT-like structures as well as numerous cytoplasmic MTs associated with its membrane and also located between the VN and GC.
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    Protoplasma 171 (1992), S. 19-27 
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    Keywords: Lysosome ; Morphogenesis ; Trebouxia potteri ; Ultrastructure ; Zoospore formation
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    Notes: Summary Changes in the lysosome structures were examined by electron microscopy during the formation of zoospores inTrebouxia potteri. Lysosomes in vegetative cells were homogeneously filled with electron-dense material. At the beginning of zoospore formation, lysosomes invaginated or evaginated to take up mitochondria, ER, or cytoplasmic ground plasma. The ingested organelles became disorganized within the lysosomes. During this disruption of these organelles, the lysosomal contents became heterogeneous, suggesting a decrease in the amount of enzymes within the lysosomes. Golgi bodies and ER seemed to be involved with the disruption of the organelles, probably supplying some substances necessary for the functioning of the lysosomes. Amount of electron-dense materials decreased and, finally, only one to three small spherical aggregates remained in the lysosomes. Then the lysosomes appeared to shrink via loss of watery substances or cutting off of electron-transparent regions. After these changes in lysosome structure, nuclei started to divide successively for formation of the zoospores. The possibility is proposed that the drastic cytoplasmic changes operated by lysosomes trigger the following morphogenetic events in the formation of zoospores.
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    European journal of epidemiology 8 (1992), S. 36-47 
    ISSN: 1573-7284
    Keywords: Tangier disease ; Aortic morphology ; Ultrastructure ; Atherosclerosis
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Morphological studies of aortic fatty dots and streaks, and the adjacent normally appearing intima, in a 5 3/4-year-old boy who died of pneumonia, showed several hitherto unreported features. In lesions, lipid vacuoles and/or other cytoplasmic “inclusions” (ultrastructurally considered to present complex forms of lipids) were present on occasion in the endothelium but consistently involved the (intimal) smooth muscle cells (SMC). Similar changes were present in the adjacentintima, but were here less prominent and “tapered off” distally. A moderate number of macrophages also contained cytoplasmic lipids but such cells entirely free of lipid inclusions were observed, too. Most surprisingly, dilated and manycisternae of rough-surfaced endoplasmicreticulum (ER) in the SMC of lesions were associated spatially with cytoplasmic droplets and other forms of lipids. The results of these studies question the generally accepted central role of macrophages as being primarily involved in the pathogenesis of tissue changes in Tangier disease. It is possible that in view of the absence or paucity of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and alterations of (their) apo A-I and apo A-II (as well as of other lipids), the arterial SMC may be in some way involved in the metabolism of the above substances in this disorder. Support of this tentative (and highly speculative) assumption must await further work utilizing tissues and cells other than those containing macrophages and other derivatives of reticuloendothelial system.
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    ISSN: 1573-6822
    Keywords: Lymphoblasts ; Nickel ; Cytometry ; Ultrastructure ; Membrane
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    Notes: Cytometric and ultrastructural studies on 24 hr cultures of intact, 1.0 mM H5I06, and 0.1 mM SeO2-oxidized HuT-78 lymphoblasts were performed after their direct, 30 min interaction with 1.0 mM NiCl2. Except for moderately depressed cell viability, divalent nickel did not alter the progression of intact and oxidized target cells through the phases of the cell cycle. Although the plasma membrane remained structurally intact, marked distortion of mitochondria structure and increased osmiophilia were an invariable attribute of all nickel-pulsed cells. Moreover, numerous electron-opaque, intracellular depositions were detected in SeO2-oxidized, nickel-pulsed cells. It is concluded that the initial state of plasma membrane, and the interaction of nickel with other trace elements, have jointly determined the response of HuT-78 cells to brief and direct, divalent nickel pulses.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 195 (1992), S. 139-150 
    ISSN: 0003-3146
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Description / Table of Contents: Eine Reihe makroporöser Glycidylmethacrylat-Ethylendimethacrylat-Copolymerer (GMA-co-EDMA) wurde durch Suspensionspolymerisation hergestellt; dabei wurden nach einer statistisch geplanten experimentellen Durchführung die Ethylendimethacrylatkonzentration und die Heizrate der Polymerisationstemperatur von 20 auf 70°C variiert. Die Porositätseigenschaften der hydrolysierten Copolymeren wurden mit Hilfe der Größenausschlußchromatographie unter Verwendung von Polystyrolstandards in Tetrahydrofuran charakterisiert. Das Porenvolumen, die spezifische Oberfläche und die Porengröße werden dabei durch die Konzentration des Vernetzungsmittels stärker beEinflußt als durch die Heizrate während der Polymerisation.
    Notes: A series of macroporous glycidyl methacrylate-ethylene dimethacrylate copolymers have been prepared by the suspension polymerization according to a statistical design of experimental approach in which concentration of ethylene dimethacrylate and time needed for raising the polymerization temperature from 20 to 70°C have been varied. The porous properties of hydrolyzed copolymers have been characterized by means of size exclusion chromatography using polystyrene standards in tetrahydrofuran. Pore volume, specific surface area, and pore size are affected by the crosslinking agent concentration rather than by the rate of temperature increase during the polymerization reaction.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 195 (1992), S. 171-190 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Copolymers of AN were prepared with variable molecular masses and with variable contents of methylacrylate (ASME) and sodiumallylsulfonate (NaAS), acrylamide (AA), itaconic acid (IS), polyethyleneglycol acrylate (600) (PEGA), vinylacetate (VA), 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, (HEE) or sodium acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate (NaAMPS), respectively, by using a mathematical model for the calculation of the polymerization conditions needed. Precipitation studies by light scattering showed the predominant influence of NaAS and NaAMPS on the precipitation properties. Acrylonitrile homopolymers show a hard precipitation behaviour. The originating particles have a density of between 0.2 and 0.4 g/cm3. An increasing content of NaAS or NaAMPS leads for example beginning from 0.8 wt.-% NaAS in the monomer composition to a soft precipitation behaviour and to highly swollen particles possessing a density of less than 1 · 10-2 g/cm3. The molar mass and the ASME-content show no significant influence. For the acrylonitrile/acrylamide system already 0.5 wt.-% allylsulfonate is sufficient to get a soft precipitation behaviour with formation of highly swollen particles. All samples with the other cocomponents and without NaAS- or NaAMPS-comonomer show a hard precipitation behaviour with little swollen particles.
    Notes: Copolymere des Acrylnitrils (AN) mit variabler Molmasse bzw. mit variablem Anteil von Acrylsäuremethylester (ASME) und Natriumallylsulfonat (NaAS), Acrylamid (AA), Itaconsäure (IS), Polyethylenglykolacrylat (600) (PEGA), Vinylacetat (VA), Acrylsäure-2-hydroxyethylester (HEE) oder Natrium-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropansulfonat (NaAMPS) wurden hergestellt, wobei die erforderlichen Polymerisations-bedingungen mit Hilfe eines mathematischen Polymerisationsmodells ermittelt wurden.Die Fällungsuntersuchungen mit der Methode der Lichtstreuung zeigten, daß NaAS und NaAMPS einen dominierenden Einfluß haben. Bei Acrylnitril-Homopolymeren tritt eine harte Fällung auf, und die entstehenden Partikel haben eine Dichte zwischen 0,2 und 0,4 g/cm3. Zunehmender NaAS-bzw. NaAMPS-Gehalt führt ab einem Gehalt von beispielsweise ca. 0,8 Gew.-% NaAS im Monomergemisch zu einer weichen Fällung, bei der hochgequollene Partikel mit einer Dichte in der Größenordnung von 〈 1.10-2 g/cm3 entstehen. Ein Einfluß der Molmassen und des ASME-Gehaltes Konnte nicht nachgewiesen werden. Beim Acrylnitril/Acrylamid-System genügen offensichtlich 0,5 Gew.-% Allylsulfonat im Monomeransatz, um eine stabile, weiche Fällung unter Bildung hochgequollener Strukturen zu gewährleisten. Alle Proben mit den übrigen hydrophilen Cokomponenten zeigen ohne NaAS bzw. NaAMPS-Comonomer ein hartes Fäungsverhalten mit wenig gequollenen Partikeln.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 195 (1992), S. 213-213 
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 195 (1992), S. 191-204 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Photovernetzung von Poly(p-hydroxystyrol) (PPHS) wird durch O2 beachtlich beschleunigt. Dies ergab sich aus der Bestimmung der Molmasse (mit Hilfe der Lichtstreumethode) und des Gelanteils nach kontinuierlicher Bestrahlung bei λinc = 254 nm. Aufgrund von Ergebnissen aus Blitzphotolyseversuchen wird der folgende Reaktionsmechanismus aufgestellt: Die Vernetzung sowohl in An-als auch Abwesenheit von O2 kommt im wesentlichen durch Kombination von Radikalen des Phenoxyltyps zustande. In Abwesenheit von O2 werden Phenoxylradikale ausschließlich durch Spaltung von O—H-Bindungen phenolischer Gruppen, die sich im angeregten Singulettzustand befinden, erzeugt. Triplett-angeregte phenolische Gruppen, die sich auch bilden, desaktivieren nicht durch Spaltung der O—H-Bindungen. Sie reagieren allerdings sehr effektiv, sofern vorhanden, mit O2. Bei dieser Reaktion entstehen HO·2- und zusätzliche Phenoxylradikale. Alle handelsüblichen und die meisten im Labor synthetisierten PPHS-Proben enthalten chemisch gebundene, chinoidartige Verunreinigungen. Durch Versuche mit niedermolekularen Modellverbindungen wurde nachgewiesen, daß triplett-angeregte chinoide Gruppen einerseits mit phenolischen Gruppen unter Bildung von Phenoxylradikalen reagieren und daß sie andererseits unreaktiv sind bezüglich der Abstraktion aliphatischer Wasserstoffatome. Die Bestrahlung von PPHS bei λinc = 254 nm bewirkt die Bildung chinoider Gruppen, die bei dieser Wellenlänge auch stark absorbieren. Die Lichtabsorption dieser Gruppen wird im Laufe der weiteren Bestrahlung zum bestimmenden Faktor hinsichtlich der photochemischen Veränderung des Polymeren.
    Notes: Light-induced crosslinking of poly(p-hydroxystyrene) (PPHS) is significantly enhanced by O2. This was evidenced by molar mass (light scattering measurements) and by gel content determinations which were performed on various polymer samples before and after continuous irradiation at λinc = 254 nm. The following mechanism was elucidated with the aid of flash photolysis studies: Crosslinking in the absence or presence of O2 is mainly due to the combination of phenoxyl type radicals. In the absence of O2 the latter are exclusively formed by O—H bond cleavage of singlet excited phenolic groups. Triplet excited phenolic groups which are also formed do not deactivate via O—H bond cleavage but react very effectively with O2. This reaction leads to the formation of HO2· and additional phenoxyl type radicals. All Commercial and most laboratory-prepared PPHS samples contain chemically bound impurities of quinoid nature. On the basis of results performed with model compounds of low molar mass, it is concluded that triplet excited quinoid groups react effectively with phenolic groups forming phenoxyl type radicals and that they are quite unreactive with respect to the abstraction of alphatic hydrogen atoms. Irradiation of PPHS at λinc = 254 nm causes the formation of quinoid groups which absorb strongly at this wavelength. Light absorption by these groups becomes a determining factor with respect to photochemical alteration in the course of further irradiation.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 21-35 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die verschiedenartigen Eigenschaften von Polymerlegierungen aus Polyoxymethylen (POM) und bis zu 20 Gew.-% chemische oberf;ächenbehandeltem Poly(tetrafluorethylen) (CPTFE) wurden untersucht und denen unbahandelter POM/PTFE- Blends gegenübergestellt. PTFE iwrd POM zugesetzt, um dessen Oberflächenabriebseigenschaften Anteil zunehmend verschlechtert. Durch die bessere Phasenanbindung in den oberflächenbehandelten POM/CPTFE- Blends konnten die doppelten Zugfestigkeiten und EModuli wie bei unbehandelten POM/PTEF- Blends erreicht werden. Mit Hilfe der Elektronenmikroskopie (SEM) konnte gezeigt werden, daß die PTEF-Agglomerate in der POM-Matrix eine Größe von 30 bis 100 μm haben, während die CPTFE-Teilchengrößbe unter 1 μum liegt.
    Notes: The various properties of the blends of polyacetal (POM) with up to 20 wt.-% chemically surface-treated poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (CPTFE) were investigated and compared with those of POM/PTFE blends. The PTFE is added to POM to improve the wear properties, however, the mechanical properties of POM/PTFE blends decrease with increasing PTFE content, but tensile strength and Young's modulus of POM/CPTFE blends are more than 2 times higher than that of the POM/PTFE blends. SEM shows that the size of inherent agglomerative PTFE is in the range of 30 to 100 μm. The particle size of major CPTFE dispersed in POM is smaller than 1 μm.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 49-61 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Hydrogele wurden aus methylmethacrylat (MMA) and N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidon (NVP) mit 1,2,2-Trimethylolpropantrimethacrylat (TPTA) als Vernetzungsmittel hergestellt. Die Terplymerisation wurden mittels UV-strahlung (365 nm) initiiert, wobei kleine Mengen an Diethoxycetophenon (DEAP) als Photosensibilisator sowie Triethanolamin(TEA)als Beschleuniger und Verdünner verwendet wurden. Die Hydrogele wurden durch Messung des Wasserrückhaltevermögens, der Sauerstodiffusions- und permitionskoeffizienten, der mechanischen Eigenschaften und der Lichtdurchlässigkeit charakterisiert. Dabei zeigte sich, daß die Hydrogele bis zu 80 Gew.-% Wasser aufnehmen können, wobei mit steigendem Wassergtehalt deren mechanische Festigkeit drastisch sinkt. Der Ssuerstoffdiffusionskoeffizient der gequollenen Hydrogele beträgt 10-6 cm2s-1, der Sauerstoffpermeationskoeffizient 1013 cm2s-1Pa-1, und die Lichtdurchlässigkeit liegt im Bereich von 500 bis 700 nm bei über 90%.
    Notes: Hydrogels are synthesized from methyl methacrylate (MMA) and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP) with 1,1,1-trimethylol propane trimethacrylate (TPTA) as a crosslinking agent. It was polymerized under UV radiation (365nm) with a small amount of photosensitizer, diethoxy acetophenone (DEAP), acclerator and diluent, triethanol amine (TEA). The hydrogels were characterized by measuring the water retention, dissolved oxygen diffusivity and permeability, mechanical strength, and light transparency. The hydrogels can retain water up to 80 wt.-% and the mechanical strenght is weakened as the water content is increased in the gel. The dissolved oxygen diffusivity and permeability in the swelling hydrogels are determined to be 10-6 cm2/sec and 1013 cm2s-1 Pa-1, respectively. The light transparency is over 90% in the wave lenght ranging from 500 to 700 nm.
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    Description / Table of Contents: Ein Bisphenol-A-Epoxidharz wurde zunächst mit Toluylendiisocyanat, dessen eine Isocyanatgruppe mit 2-Ethylhexanol blockiert war, und dann mit unterschiedlichen Mischungen on Diethanolamin und Bis(2-methyl-isobutylketiminoethyl)amin (DKI)umgesetzt. Aus diesen Harzen mit Triethanolamin- und DKI-Endgruppen wurden durch Hydrolyse und Neutralisieren mit Essigsäure kationische Harze mit primären Amin-Endgruppen erhalten, aus denen mit geeigneten Lösungsmitteln und deionisiertem Wasser Emulsionen hergestellt wurden. Deren Eigenschaften und die Elektroabscheidung der Harze aus den Emulsionen wurden untrsucht. Der Effekt der Zugabe von hydrophoben Lösungsmitteln wie Toluol oder Hexylcellosolv (HCS) auf die Abscheidungseigenschaften wird diskutiert.
    Notes: A diglycidylether of bisphenol A epoxy resin (DGEBA) was first reacted with 2,4-toluene diisocyanate partially blocked with 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH P. B. TDI) to form modified epoxy resins, and subsequently reacted with different molar ratios of diethanolamine and bis(2-methylisobutylketiminoethyl)amine (DKI) (used as ring opening agents) to give diethanolamine/diketimine terminated resins. These resins were hydrolyzed and neutralized with acetic acid to give cationic resins containing various contents of primary amine groups in the terminal polymeric chain. These cationic resins can be dissolved in a suitable solvent and mixed with deionized water to obtain emulsions. The electrodeposition properties and characteristics of the resulting cationic resins were investigated in detail. The effects of hydrophobic solvents, such as hexyl cellosolve (HCS) and toluene, on the deposition properties of the emulsions are discussed.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 107-111 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die radikalische Polymerisation von Acrylnitril in Gegonwart verschiedener ungesättigter optischer Aufheller (FB) (Derivate des 1,3,5-Triazins) wurde untersucht. Kolorimetrische Messungen ergaben, daß mehr als 80% des optischen Aufhellers in die Polymerkette eingebaut werden. Zur Erzielung eines intensiven optischen Effektes genügt eine FB-Anfangskonzentration von 0,1 Gew.-%, bezogen auf Acrylnitril.
    Notes: The polymerization of acrylonitrile in the presence of some unsaturated, triazinebased fluorescent brighteners (FB) has been investigated. It was found colourimetrically that more than 80% of the FB is incorporated in the polymer. The initial concentration of 0.1 wt.-% is sufficient to obtain a good bleaching effect without significant decrease of the molecular weight.
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    Description / Table of Contents: Les polyesters thermoplastiques (PBT et PET) sont des polymères fragiles avec une résistance au choc entaillée faible. Leur renforcement peut être obtenu par extrusion réactive avec dirrérents types de copolymères élastomères de l'éthylène, contenant des fonctons à réactivité potentielle avec extrémités de chaîne acide et hydroxyle des polyesters.Deux types de copolymères ont été étudiés: Ethylène(acrylate d'éthyle/méthacrylate de glycidyle (E/EA/GMA), et éthylène/acrylate d'éthyle/anhydride maléique (E/EA/MAH). Les alliages ont été obtenu par malaxage de 10 à 25% de coppolymères avec du PBT.Le PBT présente une transition fragile, ductile lorsqu'on passe de 10 à 20% de particules dispersées de copolymère au GMA. Les gains les plus importants en résistance au choc sont obtenus en réticulant partiellement la phase dispersée, par association de copolymères en GMA et de copolymères avec MAH et catalyseur de réaction.
    Notes: Poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) are brittle polymers with poor notched impact strength. Their toughening can be achieved by melt blending with different types of rubbery ethylene copolymers containing functions having potential reactivity with the hydroxy and carboxy end groups in polyesters.Two types of ethylene copolymers were investigated: ethylene/ethyle acrylate/glycidyl methacrylate (E/EA/GMA) and ethylene/ethyl acrylate/maleic anhydride (E/EA/MAH) copolymers. The blends were obtained by reactive extrusion of PBT with 10 to 25% of copolymers.PBT blends undergo a brittle to ductile transition by toughening with GMA copolymer between 10 and 20% of rubbery phase. The most effective toughening could be achieved by a partial crosslinking of the rubbery particles obtained by associating GMA and MAH copolymers and a reaction catalyst.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 101-106 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Orientierung (Neigungswinkel ϕ) von thermotropen Flüssigkristallen (LC) an der Grenzfläche zu polymerbeschichteten Substraten wird nicht nur durch den numerischen Wert der Oberflächenspannung \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm \gamma }_{\rm S} {\rm }\left( {{\rm \gamma }_{\rm S} {\rm = \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm d} {\rm + \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm p} } \right)$\end{document} bestimmt. Das Verhältnis zwischenden dispersiven und polaren Anteilen an \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm \gamma }_{\rm S} {\rm }\left( {{\rm \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm d} {\rm : \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm p} } \right)$\end{document} beeinflußt ebenfalls die Orientierung der LC-Moleküle an der Substratoberfläche. Als Polymere wurden ein Polyimid und ein Midgruppenhaltiges Styrol/Maleinsäureanhydrid-Copolymeres verwendet.
    Notes: The orientation (tilt angle ϕ) of thermotropic liquid crystals (LC) on the interface to a polymer-coated surface is not only determined by the numerical value \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm \gamma }_{\rm S} {\rm }\left( {{\rm \gamma }_{\rm S} {\rm = \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm d} {\rm + \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm p} } \right)$\end{document} of the substrate surface tension. However, the ratio between the dispersive and the polar part of \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm \gamma }_{\rm S} {\rm }\left( {{\rm\gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm d} {\rm : \gamma }_{\rm S}^{\rm p} } \right)$\end{document} also influences the LC orientation on the substrate surface. A polyimide and an amide-modified styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer were used as polymers.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 195 (1992), S. 129-137 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Epoxidharze aus Bisphenol A wurden mit neuen Diphenolen, die Imidgruppen enthalten, modifiziert, um die thermischen Eigenschaften zu verbessern. Die verwendeten Diimiddiphenole wurden aus Dianhydriden und Aminophenolen durch Kondensation hergestellt. Die Diimiddiphenole und die modifizierten Harze wurden durch IR- und NMR-spektroskopische Messungen charakterisiert. Das thermische Verhalten wurde anhand von DSC- und TGA-Messungen untersucht.
    Notes: Epoxy resins derived from Bisphenol A have been modified with new diphenols containing imide moieties in order to improve their thermal properties. The diphenols have been synthesized from dianhydrides and aminophenols by condensation reactions. Diphenols as well as modified resins have been characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy. The thermal characteristics were evaluated by DSC and TGA.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 195 (1992), S. 165-170 
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    Description / Table of Contents: The structural transformation of a molecular complex (MC) of polyoxyethylene and urea on cooling from the molten state has been investigated by DSC and X-ray analysis. A high-temperature polymorphic from of the MC was found to be formed, which transforms into the known crystal form of the MC with a hexagonal crystal modification on cooling.
    Notes: Die Strukturveränderungen eines Molekülkomplexes (MK) aus Polyoxyethylen und Harnstoff beim Abkühlen aus dem geschmolzenen Zustand werden kalorimetrisch und röntgenographisch untersucht. Es wird festgestellt, daß eine polymorphe Hochtemperaturform des MK entsteht, die beim Abkühlen in die bekannte Kristallform des MK mit hexagonaler Kristallmodifikation übergeht.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 143-154 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Das Anfangsstadium der Oxidation von Lactamen wurden im Temperaturbereich 70-120°C Cuntersucht. Es wurde festgestellt, daß Pyrrolidon und Piperidon bedeutend schneller oxidiert werden als die sieben-, acht- und dreizehngliedrigen Lactame sowie lineare N-Alkylamide. Die hohe Oxidierbarkeit der fünf- und sechsgliedrigen Lactame kann der leichteren homolytischen Spaltung der N- vicinalen C—H Bindung und der unterschiedlichen Reaktivität der Lactamradikale im Wachstuschritt der Kettenoxidation zugeschrieben werden.
    Notes: The initial stage of oxidation of lactams was studied in the temperature range 70-120°C. It was found that pyrrolidone and piperidone are oxidized essentially more easily than the seven-, eight-, nine- and thirteen-membered lactams as well as linear N-alkylamides. The high oxidizability of the five- and six-membered lactams may be attributed to the easier homolytic splitting of the N-vicinal C—H bond and to the different reactivity of lactam radicals in the propagation step of the chain oxidation.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 127-141 
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    Description / Table of Contents: The relative chain transfer constant for sodium allylsulfonate (NaAS) in the copolymer system acrylonitrile (AN)/methylacrylate (MA) in dimethylformamide (DMF) was determined to be Cx = 0,04 ± 0.01, independent of the initiator used (azoisobutyronitrile, ammoniumperoxodisulfate).The chain transfer reaction explains the influence of NaAS on the polymerization degree, but not the concentration dependence of the copolymerization reactivity ratio r1 · r1 depends on the transfer reaction only in a range of 1 - 5%.The extended Debye-Hückel theory for dilute electrolytes has been successfully tested for a quantitative dependence of r1 from NaAS concentration. The resultant r10-value for infinite dilution of NaAS obviously depends on the acrylonitrile concentration, but only to a small extent (e.g. r10 = 0.32 for [AN] =- 4.26 mol/l). This theory provides comfortable access to resolve the nonideal AN/NaAS copolymerization. This approach may be generally applicable to copolymerizations of monomers with dissociated groups.
    Notes: Im Copolymerisationssystem Acrylnitril (AN)/Methylacrylat(MA) mit Natriumallylsulfonat (NaAS) in Dimethylformamid wurde die relative Übertragunskonstante zum NaAS Cx = 0,04 ± 0,01 unabhängig vom verwendeten Initiator (Azoisobuttyronitril, Ammoniumperoxodisulfat) ermittelt. Die Übertragunsreaktion beschreibt den Einfluß des NaAS auf den Polymerisationsgrad, sie beeinflußt jedoch den Copolymerisationsparameter r1 nur in der Größenordung von 1 bis 5% und kann damit die Konzentrationsabhängigkeit von r1 nicht erklären.Mit Hilfe der erweiterten Debye-Hückel-Theorie für verdünnte Elektrolyte wird die Abhängigkiet des r1-Wertes von der NaAS- Konzentration beschrieben. Der sich daraus für unendliche Verünnung des NaAS ergebende r10-Wert ist offensichtlich noch gerinfügig von der Acrylnitrilkonzentration abhägig. Er liegt beispielsweise für [AN] = 4, 26 mol/1 bei r10 = 0, 32. Damit wurde zum ersten Mal das nichtideale Copolymerisationsverhalten im untersuchten System erkärl. Das Vorgehen sollte verallemeinerungsfähig sein und generell auf das Copolymerisationsverhalten von Monomeren mitdissoziierten Gruppen angewendet werden können.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 196 (1992), S. 169-177 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Katalase wurde durch photoinduzeirte Propfpolymerisation auf mikroporöse polymere Trägermembranen immobilisiert. Die katalytische Aktivität für Zersetzung von Wasserstoffperoxid unter Ultrafitrationsbedingungen wurde mittels eines Rezirkulationsapparates untersucht. Die Membranen zeigten ein sehr gutes katalytisches Verhalten; die Enzymreaktion fand ausschließlich in der Membranstruktur statt. Anfangsreaktionsgeschwindigkeiten, gemessen in einem Temperaturbereich von 5-35°C als Funkation der Substratkonzentration und der Menge des immobilisierten Enzyms pro Einheit Membranoberfäche zeigten, daß sich der Reaktionsmechanismus der Katalase durch die Immobilisierung nicht verädert.
    Notes: Catalase has been immobilized in membranes prepared by photoinduced grafting onto microporous polymeric supports and its catalytic activity on hydrogen peroxide decomposition has been studied under ultrafiltration conditions by means of a recirculation apparatus. The membranes showed a very good catalytic performance and the enzyme reaction took place exclusively within the membrane structure. Initial reaction rates measured in the temperature range 5 - 35°C as a function of both substrate concentration and enzyme amount immobilized per unit membrane surface indicate that the mechanism of action of catalase is not altered after immobilization.
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    Description / Table of Contents: The network formation process of bisphenol A-diglycidylether and 4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane was investigated by measuring the torque, the conductivity and the soluble part of the crosslinking system. The activation energy for the curing process was estimated from gel time. The volume shrinkage during network formation was measured. The influence of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine as accelerator was discussed.
    Notes: Der Aufbau von Netwerken aus Bisphenol A-Diglycidylether und 4,4′-Diaminodiphenylmethan wurde durch Messung des Drehmomentes, der Leitfähigkeit und durch Bestimmung der löslichen Anteile des vernetzenden System untersucht. Aus den Gelzeiten wurden die Aktivierungsenergie für den Vernetzungsprozeß bestimmt. Außerdem wurde die während der Vernetzung aufretende Volumenschwindung gemessen. Der Einfluß von N, N-Dimethylbenzylamin als Beschleuniger auf den Vernetzungsprozeß wird diskutiert.
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    Description / Table of Contents: The UV-laser induced surface modification of various types of high-performance fibers is investigated. Due to the high UV-absorption coefficients, the well-known effect of UV-laser induced etching (ablation) is observed with all fiber types. Furthermore, the relaxation of orientated macromolecules leads to a characteristic structuring of the fiber surface. For a possible controlled use of this physical surface modification, exact conditions for the treatment in view of textile applications are determined. Useful constants like threshold of ablation, etching rate and structuring constants are measured for all fiber types.
    Notes: Die Oberflächenbehandlung von unterschiedlichen Hochleistungsfasertypen mit gepulstem UV- Laserlicht wird untersucht. Bedingt durch die hohen UV-Absorptionskoeffizienten dieser Materialien wird der bekannte Effekt des UV-laserinduzierten Abtrags (Ablation) bei allen Fasern beobachtet. Zusätzlich werden durch die Relaxation der orientierten Makromoleküle charakteristische Strukturierungen auf der Faseroberfläche ausgebildet. Für einen möglichen kontrollierten und gezielten Einsatz dieser physikalischen Oberflächenmodifizierung in textilen Anwendungen werden die gnaunen Bedingungen der Laserbestrahlung ermittelt und beschieben. Darüber hinaus werden geeignete Konstanten der Laserbearbeitung wie Ablationsschwellenenergie, Ätzraten und Strukturierungskonstanten für verschiedene Fasertypen bestimmt.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 198 (1992), S. 165-178 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Polymerisation von Dimethyl-diallyl-ammoniumchlorid in konzentrierter wäßriger Lösung mit Persulfat als Initiator kann bis zu hohen Umsätzen mit einem Modell beschrieben werden, in dem folgende Teilreaktionen berücksichtigt werden: a)Primärradikalbildung durch aktivierten Initiatorzerfall sowie Redoxreaktion von S2O2-8 und Cl-b)Kettenwachstum über Monomerkationassoziate undc)Kettenabbruch durch Kombination von cyclisierten Polymerradikalen untereinan der und mit Chloratomen.Für die Polymerisationsgeschwindigkeit wird ein Zeitgesetz hergeleitet, für dessen Konstanten und Parameter numerische Werte ermittelt wurden.
    Notes: The polymerization of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride in concentrated aqueous solution with persulfate as an initiator can be described up to high conversion by a kinetic model including a)formation of primary radicals by activated initiator decomposition as well as by redox reaction of S2O82- and Cl-,b)chain propagation via monomer cation associates andc)termination by combination of cyclized polymer radicals between each other or with chlorine atoms.A kinetic expression for the rate of polymerization is presented; rate constants and model parameters have been determined.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 198 (1992), S. 199-199 
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 198 (1992), S. 179-190 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Polymere mit über eine C—C-Verknüpfung an hochvernetztem Polystyrol kovalent gebundenen, makrocyclischen Amiden wurden durch die Reaktion polymergebundener Malonsäureester-Gruppen mit offenkettigen Diaminen dargestellt. Die Reaktion von vernetztem, chlormethyliertem Polystyrol mit makrocyclischen und offenkettigen Aminen führt zu Polymeren mit kovalenter Bindung über eine C—N-Verknüpfung. Die erhaltenen funktionalisierten Polymeren wurden hinsichtlich der Adsorption von Cu(II)-, Ni(II)- und Co(II)-Ionen aus wäßriger Lösung untersucht.
    Notes: Polymers containing moieties of amides covalently bound to highly crosslinked polystyrene by C—C connections were prepared via a polymer-bound malonic ester group in the reaction with open-chain diamines. The reaction of crosslinked, chloromethylated polystyrene with macrocyclic and open-chain amines results in covalent binding by C—N-connection. The synthesized functionalized polymers were investigated for uptake of Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) ions from aqueous solutions.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 199 (1992), S. 1-6 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Poly(phenylphosphindiylterephthaloyl), ein neues phosphorhaltiges Polymeres, wurde durch Lösungspolykondensation von Dilithium(phenyl)phosphin mit Terephthaloylchlorid bei niedriger Temperatur hergestellt. Es ist in polaren aprotischen Lösungsmitteln löslich; die inhärente Viskosität in DMF bei 30°C beträgt 19 ml/g. Das Polymere wurde mittels Elementaranalyse sowie IR- und 1H-NMR-Spektroskopie charakterisiert. TGA-Messungen ergeben, daß das Polymere in Luft bis 250°C stabil ist; es ist selbstverlöschend.
    Notes: Poly(phenylphosphinediylterephthaloyl), a novel phosphorus-containing polymer, was synthesized by low-temperature solution polycondensation of dilithio(phenyl)-phosphine with terephthaloyl chloride. The resulting polymer is soluble in polar aprotic solvents, having inherent viscosity of 19 ml/g in DMF at 30°C. The polymer was characterized by elemental analysis, IR and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. TGA data show that the polymer is stable up to 250°C in air. The polymer was found to be self-extinguishing.
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  • 90
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    Description / Table of Contents: Es wird eine neue Methode für die Erweiterung des Meßbereiches der Ausschlußchromatographie, gekoppelt mit Lichtstreuung (SEC/LALLS), zu höherer molarer Masse, vorgestellt. Diese Methode nützt den Effekt, daß das Lichtstreusignal oft schon bei wesentlich kleineren Werten des Elutionsvolumens, also hoheren Werten der molaren Masse erfaßbar ist als das Konzentrationssignal und berücksichtigt dabei die Peakverbreiterung in der SEC. Das betreffende Rechenverfahren wird für den Fall einer logarithmischen Normalverteiung und einer wahrscheinlichsten Verteilung getestet. Im Falle von Polypropylen mit logarithmischer Normalverteilung (M̄W = 420 000 und M̄n = 99 000) kann der durch SEC/LALLS erfaßte Bereich der molaren Masse um einen Faktor von ca. 10 erweitert werden; bei einer wahrscheinlichsten Verteilung (M̄n = 100 000) liegt die erreichbare Erweiterung des Meßbereiches der molaren Masse beieinem Faktor von ca. 2.
    Notes: A new method for the extension of the measuring range of size exclusion chromatography coupled with light scattering (SEC/LALLS) to higher molar mass is presented. This method uses the fact that the light scattering signal can often be detected already at considerable smaller values of the elution volume (i. e. higher values of molar mass) than the concentration signal; furthermore, it takes into account the peak broadening effect in SEC. This procedure is tested for the case of a logarithmic normal distribution and a most probable distribution of molar mass. In the case of polypropylene with a logarithmic normal distribution (M̄w = 420 000, M̄n = 99 000), the range of molar mass covered by SEC/LALLS can be extended by a factor of about 10; with a most probable distribution (M̄n = 100 000), the attainable extension in molar mass assumes a factor of about 2.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 199 (1992), S. 45-63 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Because of the interest in their possible application as biologically degradable polymers, the isotherms of sorption of water vapour by native and thermoplastic starch were measured. The thermomechanical treatment of starch and the insertion of glycerol as softener lead to the disappearance of the hysteresis and to the transition from a Type II to Type III isotherm. A theory, describing the sorption behaviour of swellable sorbents, is introduced and its statements are discussed by means of experimental results. The theory allows to draw conclusions on the molecular behaviour during sorption.
    Notes: Es wurden Wasserdampf-Sorptionsisothermen von nativer und thermoplastischer Stärke gemessen. Die thermisch-mechanische Behandlung der Stärke und das Einfähren von Glyzerin als Weichmacher fährt zum Verschwinden der Hysterese und zum Übergang von der Typ II in eine Typ III Isotherme. Eine Theorie, welche das Sorptionsverhalten von quellbaren Sorbentien gut beschreibt, wird kurz eingeführt und anhand der experimentellen Daten ihre Aussagen diskutiert. Die vorgestellte Theorie erlaubt wegen der physikalischen Bedeutung der Parameter Rückschlüsse auf die molekularen Vorgänge während der Sorption. Die Motivation zur Untersuchung des Sorptionsverhaltens von thermoplastischer Stärke ist deren möglicher Einsatz als biologisch abbaubarer Kunststoff.
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    Description / Table of Contents: In order to solve the problem of polymer swelling which limits the resolution of negative resists, we have developed new resists where the swelling does not appear. For our study, we developed resists including polymers containing the tetrathiafulvalenylcarbonyloxymethyl radical and dibromotetrachloroethane. In order to study the influence of the nature of the radical bearing the tetrathiafulvalene unit in the polymers on the microlithographic properties of these resists, we also studied polymers containing the tetrathiafulvalenylphenoxymethyl radical. The resists have been tested under UV irradiation. The dependence of resist sensitivity on molecular weight is reported.
    Notes: Pour résoudre le phéomène de gonflement qui limite la résolution des résines microlithographiques classiques, nous nous sommes intéressés à de nouvelles résines avec lesquelles ce phénomène n'apparait pas. Nous avons retenu pour notre étude les résines R qui renferment en mélange un polymère porteur de radicaux tétrathiafulvalénylcarbonyloxyméthyles et le dibromotétrachloroéthane. Afin de voir l'influence de la nature du radical porteur de l'unité tétrathiafulvalène dans le polymtrè sur les propriétés microlithographiques des résines R, nous nous sommes également intéressés aux polymères renfermant des radicaux tétrathiafulvalénylphénoxymethyles. Les résines R ont été testées sous irradiation UV. Leurs sensibilités dépendent en outre de la valeur de la masse molaire du polymèr.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 199 (1992), S. 33-44 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Hochfeste Polyethylen- (HSPE), Polypropylen- (PP), Polyethylenterephthalat-(PET) und Polyvinylalkohol-(PVA) Textilgarne wurden unter Anwendung des entwickelten kontinuierlichen Einweichprozesses mit verschiedenen funktionellen Monomeren, wie beispielsweise Acrylsäure (AA), Acrylamid (AM), Glycidylacrylat (GA) und 4-Vinylpyridin (VP) oberflächenfotogepfropft. Die Einfärbbarkeit der oberflächenmodifizierten Garne mit verschiedenen Textilfarbstoffen wurde untersucht. Im allgemeinen wurde eine erhebliche Verbesserung der Einfärbbarkeit beobachtet. Die Farbstoffaufnahme der oberflächenfotogepfropften Fasern wird von vielen Faktoren beeinflußt, beispielsweise von der Art der Faser, der Menge und den Eigenschaften des auf die Oberfläche der Fasern gepfropften funktionellen Monomeren, der Art des Textilfarbstoffs usw. Die Faseroberflächen, auf die ein Monomeres mit basischen Gruppen wie Acrylamid und 4-Vinylpyridin gepfropft wurde, lassen sich mit einem sauren Farbstoff wirkungsvoll einfärben. Dagegen läßt sich eine Faseroberfläche, auf die ein saures funktionelles Monomeres gepfropft wurde, leicht mit basischen Farbstoffen in tiefen Farbtönen einfärben. Die Farbstoffaufnahme steigt stetig mit zunehmender Pfropfung, in ESCA-Spectren als relative Intensitaten relevanter Linien gemessen. Die nicht gepfropften HSPE-, PP-, und PET-Fasern können mit bestimmten Farbstoffen in gewissem Maße eingefärbt werden. Bei der vorliegenden Arbeit erhöhte sich die Farbstoffaufnahme bei HSPE-Fasern, die mit GA gepfropft und mit dem Metallkomplexfarbstoff IO eingefärbt wurden, um das 3,4fache, bei PP-Fasern, die mit AA gepfropft und mit dem basischen Farbstoff MB eingefärbt wurden, um das 7,9fache, bei PET mit AM und dem Direktfarbstoff SL um das 6,1fache, bei PVA mit VP und dem sauren Farbstoff TE um das 15,3fache.
    Notes: High-strength polyethylene (HSPE), polypropylene (PP), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) textile yarns have been surface-photografted with various functional monomers, such as acrylic acid (AA), acrylamide (AM), glycidyl acrylate (GA) and 4-vinyl pyridine (VP), by means of the continuous presoaking process developed. The dyeing of these surface-modified yarns with various textile dyes has been investigated. In general, considerable improvements of dyeability have been observed. The dye adsorption of the surface-photografted fibers is influenced by many factors, such as type of fiber, amount and properties of the functional monomer grafted on the surface of the fibers, type of textile dye, etc. The fibers surface-grafted with a monomer containing basic groups, such as acrylamide and 4-vinyl pyridine, are efficiently dyed with an acid dye. Conversely, a fiber surface-grafted with acidic functional monomer is easily dyed to deep shades with basic dyes. The dye adsorption increases monotonically with increasing grafting measured in ESCA spectra as relative intensities of relevant lines. The ungrafted HSPE, PP and PET fibers can be dyed to some extent with certain dyes. In the present work, the dye adsorption increased by 3.4 times for HSPE fiber grafted with GA and dyed with the metal complex dye IO, by 7.9 times for PP fiber grafted with AA and dyed with the basic dye MB, by 6.1 times for PET with AM and with the direct dye SL, and by about 15.3 times for PVA with VP and with the acid dye TE.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 199 (1992), S. 65-74 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die thermische Stabilität von Acrylnitril-Copolymeren wurde mittels DSC untersucht, um den Einfluß von halogenierten Comonomeren mit Carboxygruppen auf die Stabilisierung von PAN zu präfen. Es wird gezeigt, daß die Aktivierungsenergie fär die Cyclisierung des AN/Bromacrylsäure(BrAA)-Copolymeren (86,2 kJ/mol) deutlich niedriger als die der Copolymeren mit Chloracrylsäure (ClAA, 158 kJ/mol), Acrylsäure (AA, 128 kJ/mol) und Itaconsäure (IA, 102 kJ/mol) ist. Das erlaubt eine Stabilisierung bei häherer Temperatur und eine Verkürzung der Stabilisierungszeit. ClAA ist BrAA bezäglich der Stabilisierungseffektivität nicht überlegen. Der Mechanismus der Cyclisierung von AN-Copolymeren mit halogenierten, carboxygruppenhaltigen Comonomeren wird diskutiert.
    Notes: The thermal stability of AN copolymers was studied by DSC technique in order to get information on the influence of comonomers containing halogenated carboxylic acid on the stabilization of PAN. It is shown that the activation energy of cyclization is reduced in the case of the copolymer with bromoacrylic acid (BrAA, 86.2 kJ/mol) compared with chloroacrylic acid (ClAA, 158 kJ/mol), acrylic acid (AA, 128 kJ/mol) and itaconic acid (IA, 102 kJ/mol). Copolymer AN/BrAA permits the stabilization at higher temperature than AN/IA and AN/AA, helping to shorten the stabilization time. It is proved that comonomer ClAA is not superior to BrAA in the effectiveness of thermal stabilization. The mechanism of the cyclization reaction of AN copolymer containing halogenated carboxylic acid is discussed.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 199 (1992), S. 75-85 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Es wurden neue unsymmetrische cycloaliphatische Bisepoxyderivative hergestellt. Die unterschiedliche Reaktionsfahigkeit der zwei Oxiranringe (cycloaliphatisch und glycidylisch) gegenüber Carbonsäure wurde untersucht, wobei eine normale und anomale Ringöffnung der Glycidylgruppen beobachtet wurde. Eine Homopolymerisation des Oxirans wurde ebenfalls beobachtet. Mit Hilfe der 13C-NMR-Spektroskopie wurde die Struktur der Polymeren ermittelt. Die neuen Epoxidharze zeigen gute thermische Eigenschaften.
    Notes: New bisepoxy unsymmetrical cycloaliphatic derivatives have been synthesized. The different reactivity of both oxirane rings (cycloaliphatic and glycidylic) has been tested against carboxylic acids giving rise to normal and abnormal opening to the glycidyl group. Homopolymerization reaction was also observed. Polymer structures were identified by 13C-NMR spectroscopy. Thermal analysis carried out allowed to confirm their good thermal properties.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 194 (1992), S. 119-131 
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    Description / Table of Contents: N,N′-4,4′-Diphenylmethane-bismaleimide (BMI) was oligomerized in semisolid phenolnovolak epoxide-resin (EP) up to P̄n = 10. The morphology of the novolakcured EP-BMI solid resins is a two-phase structure. It consists in a homogeneous EP-BMI phase of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) and a BMI phase. The dynamic-mechanical properties depend on the overall weight fraction w2 of BMI and on the degree of oligomerization (P̄)n of BMI. The relative shear modulus of the EP-EMI resin in the rubber state shows that both phases can be coherent. The glass transition temperature (Tg) can be correlated with the degree of oligomerization of the BMI, for instance Δ P̄n ≡ 10 corresponds to Δ Tg ≡ 35 K and Δ wx2 ≡ 0,25 (weight fraction of BMI in the homogeneous EP-BMI phase). Surprisingly, the breaking strength remains constant.
    Notes: N,N′-4,4′-Diphenylmethan-bismaleimid (BMI) wurde in halbfesten Phenolnovolak-Epoxidharzen (EP) bis P̄, = 10 oligomerisiert. Die novolakgehärteten EP-BMI-Festharze bilden eine Zweiphasenstruktur, bestehend aus einer EP-BMI-Mischphase der beiden sich durchdringenden Netzwerke (interpenetrating polymer network, IPN) und einer BMI-Phase. Die dynamisch-mechanischen Eigenschaften hängen vom Gesamt-BMI-Anteil w2 und vom Oligomerisierungsgrad P̄n des BMI ab. Der relative Schubmodul des EP-BMI-Harzes im kautschukelastischen Zustand zeigt, daß beide Phasen kohärent sein können. Die Glastemperatur Tg korreliert mit dem Oligomerisierungsgrad, z. B. entspricht ΔPn ≡ 10 einem ΔTg ≡ 35 K und einem BMI-Anteil Δ wx2 ≡ 0,25 in der Mischphase. Die Bruchzahigkeit bleibt unerwartet konstant.
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    Description / Table of Contents: Handelsübliche Araldit™-Polymere wurden mit Zimtsäure- bzw. Furanacrylsäurechlorid modifiziert und über [2 + 2]-Cycloaddition photochemisch vernetzt. Die Glasübergangstemperaturen der entstandenen Polymeren betragen bis zu 130°C bei Dielektrizitätskonstanten von ∊r = 3.0. Daher können diese Polymeren in Mehrlagenmikroverdrahtungen verwendet werden. Zahlreiche wohldefinierte, multifunktionelle Modifikatoren wurden synthetisiert und deren Einfluß auf die Polymerisation und die Eigenschaften der Araldit™-Polymeren eingehend untersucht.
    Notes: Commercially available Araldite™-type polymers have been modified with cinnamic and furan acrylic acid chlorides. The polymers were photochemically crosslinked via a [2 + 2] cycloaddition. The resulting polymers show glass transition temperatures up to 130°C and dielectrical constants of ∊r = 3.0. Therefore, these polymers can be applied as permanent resists in multi-layered wiring structures. Numerous well-defined multifunctional modifiers have been synthesized. The effect of those modifiers on the polymerization and properties of the araldite-type polymers has been studied in some detail.
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 200 (1992), S. 61-76 
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: The photoinduced free radical crosslinking of silicone containing pendent acrylate or methacrylate groups was investigated by swelling measurements. A modified swelling test was applied to observe the network formation as a function of several parameters. The results show that the network density of the crosslinked polymers is a function of the light intensity, the exposure time, the acrylate content, the molecular weight of the uncrosslinked silicone acrylate and also of the length of the spacer group between the acrylate unit and the silicone backbone. Oxygen has only an influence on the polymerization kinetics, but it does not influence the network density.From the δB, -values of crosslinked silicone acrylates and silicone containing vinyl groups it is possible to analyze the structure of the network as a function of the olefinic group. The χ-parameters of both silicone types are of the same magnitude in the same concentration range.Kinetics investigations demonstrate that the order of the network formation is nearly unity. This result agrees with the polymerization kinetics.By means of swelling measurements it is also possible to study the influence of hydrogen siloxane additives as hydrogen transfer reagents.
    Notes: Die photoinduzierte radikalische Vernetzung von Siliconacrylaten bzw. -methacrylaten wurde mit Hilfe von Quellungsmessungen untersucht, wobei ein modifizierter Quellungstest erlaubt, die Netzwerkbildung als Funktion verschiedener Parameter zu betrachten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Netzwerkdichte eine Funktion der Lichtintensität, der Bestrahlungszeit, des Acrylatgehalts, der Molmasse des unvernetzten Silicons und auch der Länge der Spacergruppe zwischen Acrylateinheit und dem Siliconrückgrat ist. Sauerstoff besitzt dagegen nur einen Einfluß auf die Polymerisationskinetik, nicht aber auf die Netzwerkdichte.Aus dem Vergleich der δB, -Werte der vernetzten Siliconacrylate und der vernetzten Vinylsilicone kann geschlossen werden, daß die Netzwerkstruktur auch vom Typ der olefinischen Gruppen abhängt. Die χ-Parameter besitzen jedoch im gleichen Konzentrationsbereich die gleiche Größe.Kinetische Untersuchungen zeigen, daß die Netzwerkbildung nach einem Zeitgesetz erster Ordnung verläuft. Dieses Ergebnis steht im Einklang mit der Polymerisationskinetik.Mit Hilfe der Quellexperimente ist es auch moglich, den Einfluß von H-Siloxanzusätzen als Wasserstoffüberträger zu untersuchen.
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    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 194 (1992), S. 133-148 
    ISSN: 0003-3146
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: The copolymerization of butadiene with a technical divinylbenzene fraction was investigated to study the modification of cis-1,4 polybutadiene. Beside the Ziegler-Natta-catalyst nickeloctanoate/bortrifluoride/aluminiumtriethyl, another catalytic system consisting of nickeloctanoate/titaniumtetrachloride/aluminiumtriethyl was used, which allows to polymerize more divinylbenzene because of its higher activity toward vinylaromates. With the help of spectroscopical, pyrolysis-gaschromatographical and thermoanalytical methods one can obtain relations between glass-, crystallization- and melting temperature and the microstructure of the polymer. It can be shown that not only the divinylbenzene but also the trans-1,4- and the 1,2-vinyl units are statistically distributed in the polymer. By this, beside the pyrolysis-gaschromatography, particularly the differential scanning calorimetry is a useful tool to characterize the structure of partially crosslinked polymers obtained from polymerization of technical fractions.
    Notes: Im Rahmen von Arbeiten zur Modifizierung des cis-1,6Polybutadiens wurde die Copolymerisation von Butadien und einer Divinylbenzolfraktion, insbesondere der Bereich mit kleinen Divinylbenzolgehalten, untersucht. Neben dem Ziegler-Natta-Katalysator Nickeloctanoat/Bortrifluoridetherat/Aluminiumtriethyl kam auch ein Nickeloctanoat/Titantetrachlorid/Aluminiumtriethyl-System zur Anwendung, welches es durch seine höhere Aktivität gegenüber Vinylaromaten ermöglicht, großere Mengen der Divinylbenzolfraktion zu polymerisieren. Durch die Anwendung von spektroskopischen, pyrolysegaschromatographischen und thermoanalytischen Charakterisierungsmethoden können Beziehungen zwischen den erhaltenen Glas-, Kristallisations- und Schmelztemperaturen und der Mikrostruktur des Polymeren hergestellt werden. Es zeigt sich, daß sowohl das Divinylbenzol als auch die trans-1,4 bzw. die 1,2-Vinyl-Einheiten statistisch in das Polymere eingebaut werden. Damit eignet sich neben der Pyrolysegaschromatographie besonders die Differential Scanning Calorimetry als eine einfache Methode zur Charakterisierung der Struktur von aus technischen Fraktionen erhaltenen und teilweise vernetzten Polymerproben.
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  • 100
    ISSN: 0003-3146
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Optisch hochreine Gläser wurden aus Polystyrol (PS), Polymethylmethacrylat (PMMA) und statistischen Styrol-Methylmethacrylat-Copolymeren (S-MMA) hergestellt. Die an diesen Gläsern gemessene Lichtstreuung hängt von der chemischen Zusammensetzung des Polymeren und dem Brechungsindex des zugesetzten Weichmachers ab. Ein isorefraktiver Weichmacher verringert die Streuwerte der S-MMA-Copolymeren, hat aber keinen signifikanten Einfluß auf das Streuverhalten von PMMA. Ein Weichmacher mit einem vom Polymeren verschiedenen Brechungsindex verschlechtert die Streuwerte in allen untersuchten Fällen. Es wird gezeigt, daß ein isorefraktiver Weichmacher die Dämpfungseigenschaften von aus dem Copolymeren S-MMA 2/1 gezogenen polymeren Lichtleitern verbessert.
    Notes: High optical purity polystyrene (PS), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and styrene-methyl methacrylate statistical copolymers (S-MMA) were prepared. Light scattering measured on polymeric glasses depends on the chemical composition of the polymer and on the refractive index of the plastifier added. An isorefractive plastifier reduces considerably the scattering values for the copolymers S-MMA, while having no significant effect on the scattering of PMMA. A plastifier with a refractive index different from that of the polymer raises distinctly the light scattering values in all cases. It has been shown that the isorefractive plastifier has a favourable effect on attenuation loss of polymeric optical fibers (POF) obtained from the copolymer S-MMA 2/1.
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