Renal biopsies of seven patients with membranous glomerulonephritis were examined by light, electron, and immunofluorescence microscopy. All had characteristic changes of glomerular basement membranes, typically with bright granular membranous fluorescence of IgG and variable deposits of complement. Cellularity was normal or slightly increased due largely to mesangial cell proliferation. These ...

Pure cultures of anaerobic bacteria colonized the gastrointestinal tracts of germfree rats and induced an increase in the cellularity of intestinal tissue.

The contribution of atypical protein kinase C (PKC)-zeta to ANG II-accelerated restenosis after endoluminal vascular injury was investigated by using the rat carotid balloon injury model. Exposure of injured arteries to ANG II resulted in an extensive neointimal thickening (1.9 times) compared with vehicle at day 14. Treatment with PKC-zeta antisense, but not scrambled, oligonucleotides reduced...

We determined the effects of helium-neon (He-Ne) laser irradiation on wound healing dynamics in mice treated with steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Male albino mice, 28-32 g, were randomized into 6 groups of 6 animals each: control (C), He-Ne laser (L), dexamethasone (D), D + L, celecoxib (X), and X + L. D and X were injected im at doses of 5 and 22 mg/kg, respectively, 24 h...

INTRODUCTION Severe trauma induces a profound elevation of catecholamines that is associated with bone marrow (BM) hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) colony growth suppression, excessive BM HPC mobilization, and a persistent anemia. Previously, propranolol (BB) use after injury and shock has been shown to prevent this BM dysfunction and improve hemoglobin levels. This study seeks to further in...

 Abstract We report a 30 year old woman who presented with a painless preauricular mass of two months duration. Superficial parotidectomy was performed for the patient. Histological examination and immunohistochemical findings were in favor of mixed cellularity Hodgkin’s lymphoma (MCHD). According to this diagnosis the patient received local radiotherapy and during 4 months of follow-up no recu...

PURPOSE Restriction spectrum imaging (RSI-MRI), an advanced diffusion imaging technique, can potentially circumvent current limitations in tumor conspicuity, in vivo characterization, and location demonstrated by multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRI) techniques in prostate cancer detection. Prior reports show that the quantitative signal derived from RSI-MRI, the cellularity index...

abstract we report a 30 year old woman who presented with a painless preauricular mass of two months duration. superficial parotidectomy was performed for the patient. histological examination and immunohistochemical findings were in favor of mixed cellularity hodgkin’s lymphoma (mchd). according to this diagnosis the patient received local radiotherapy and during 4 months of follow-up no recur...