Outcomes of patients with gastric cancer who exhibit positive peritoneal lavage cytology findings (CY+ ) vary by diagnostic methods because of quantitative and qualitative cancer cell diversity. This study sought to establish practical diagnostic criteria for performing curative resections, based on peritoneal lavage cytology findings in gastric cancer patients. We enrolled 1028 patients with g...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in Han:SPRD Cy rats is caused by a missense mutation in Anks6 (also called Pkdr1), leading to an R823W substitution in SamCystin, a protein that contains ankyrin repeats and a sterile alpha motif (SAM). The cellular function of SamCystin and the role of the Cy (R823W) mutation in cyst formation are unknown. In normal SPRD rats, SamCystin was found to be expressed...

Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a common preventable disorder of iron overload that can result in liver cirrhosis and reduced lifespan. Most HH is due to homozygosity for the HFE p.C282Y substitution. We conducted a study of screening for p.C282Y in high schools where p.C282Y heterozygotes (CY) individuals were informed of their genotype by letter. We studied whether these individuals unders...

The adhesion of neutrophils to damaged arterial surfaces is increased in the presence of platelets by a mechanism implicating platelet P-selectin. Such interactions may enhance thrombus formation and the vascular response to injury. In this study, we investigated the effects of a selectin blocker (CY-1503), an analogue of sialyl Lewisx, on platelet and neutrophil interactions after arterial inj...

Alkaline elution was done on a variety of cells following cyclophosphamide (CY) treatment in vivo. Cells used were L1210 leukemia, normal mouse bone marrow, and peripheral blood cells obtained from a patient with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL). Endpoints used were determination of single strand breaks, DNA-DNA interstrand and DNA-protein cross-links. After treatment of mice with CY (4 mg/mous...

Mice bearing a large s.c. MOPC-315 tumor can be cured by a dose of cyclophosphamide (CY) ranging from 15 to 200 mg/kg. However, the low (15 mg/kg) and the high (200 mg/kg) doses mediate tumor eradication via different mechanisms. Tumor eradication by the low dose of drug requires the cooperation of the toxic effect of the drug and T-cell-dependent antitumor immunity. On the other hand, tumor er...

An explicit formula for the Mahler measure of the 3-variable Laurent polynomial a+ bx−1+ cy + (a+ bx+ cy)z is given, in terms of dilogarithms and trilogarithms. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 11R06.

In this lecture we learn to solve nonhomogeneous equations of the form ay′′ + by′ + cy = g(t) using the “method of undetermined coefficients”. In previous lectures we learned to how to solve any equation of the form ay′′ + by′ + cy = 0. We will apply these techniques to help us solve the nonhomogeneous equation ay′′ + by′ + cy = g(t) by understanding the connection between solutions to homogene...

Anthocyanins are natural pigments that could be involved in various health effects. Red oranges are an important dietary source of anthocyanins, including cyanidin 3-glucoside (Cy 3-glc) and an acylated derivative, cyanidin 3-(6''-malonyl)-glucoside (Cy 3-malglc). The aim of this study was to evaluate the absorption and metabolism of red orange anthocyanins in rats fed an anthocyanin-enriched d...

Combination of cyclophosphamide (CY) and passive immunization with lymphoid cells sensitized to allogeneic tumor was studied in the treatment of a methylcholanthrene-induced transplantable fibrosarcoma in WKA rats. For determination of the most effective timing of combination treatment, rats given an injection of CY on Day 3 received passive transfer of the sensitized lymphoid cells on Day 0, 1...