First described by Bechtel and collaborators1, cerebellar liponeurocytomas are posterior fossa lesions composed of densely packed neuronal cells admixed with foci of welldifferentiated adipocyte-like cells. Similar tumors have also been referred to as lipomatous medulloblastoma, lipidized medulloblastoma, medullocytoma, neurolipocytoma, lipomatous glioneurocytoma, or lipidized mature neuroectod...

The increasing frequency and poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer prompt us to search for morphological lesions being a substrate for its development. Studies of autopsy and surgically resected material as well as recent molecular studies have proved that one of the possible pathways of pancreatic neoplasia is the intraepithelial proliferation--dysplasia--cancer sequence. In the present paper we...

Measurements of cell proliferation can be used as biomarkers of preneoplastic change. In this study, two immunocytochemical methods that measure different components of the cell cycle were compared to assess cell proliferation on biopsy samples from human colonic mucosa. These methods are based on a monoclonal antibody against 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU), which is confined to S phase cells, a...

UNLABELLED Chromogranin A (CgA) and the Ki-67 proliferation index are considered as important biochemical and pathological markers for clinical behaviour of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP NETs), respectively. The IGF system has been suggested as an important regulator of GEP NET proliferation and differentiation. A possible relationship between serum CgA (sCgA), Ki-67 prolife...

UNLABELLED Although thallium-201 (201Tl) uptake is related to perfusion in many normal tissues, the biologic rationale for 201Tl uptake in tumors is uncertain. To determine if tumor uptake is related to cell proliferation, we correlated the relative retention of 201Tl in lung tumors with expression of Ki-67, an indicator of cell proliferation. METHODS Sixty patients with lung tumors, included...

objectives : platelet preparations are commonly used to enhance bone and soft tissue regeneration. considering the existing controversies on the efficacy of platelet products for tissue regeneration, more in vitro studies are required. the aim of the present study was to compare the in vitro effects of plasma rich in growth factors (prgf) and platelet-rich fibrin (prf) on proliferation and viab...