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This article reviews the anatomy and physiology of the scrotum and its contents as it pertains to chronic scrotal pain. Physiology of chronic pain is reviewed, as well as the pathophysiology involved in the development of chronic pain.
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- Abhishek P Patel
- Men's Sexual Health and Infertility, OhioHealth Urology Physicians, Columbus, OH, USA
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Vasectomy is a safe and effective method of contraception used by 42–60 million men worldwide. Approximately 3%–6% of men opt for a vasectomy reversal due to the death of a child or divorce and remarriage, change in financial situation, desire for more children within the same marriage, or to alleviate the dreaded postvasectomy pain syndrome. Unlike vasectomy, vasectomy reversal is a much more technically challenging procedure that is performed only by a minority of urologists and places a larger financial strain on the patient since it is usually not covered by insurance. Interest in this procedure has increased since the operating microscope became available in the 1970s, which consequently led to improved patency and pregnancy rates following the procedure. In this clinical update, we discuss patient evaluation, variables that may influence reversal success rates, factors to consider in choosing to perform vasovasostomy versus vasoepididymostomy, and the usefulness of vasectomy reversal to alleviate postvasectomy pain syndrome. We also review the use of robotics for vasectomy reversal and other novel techniques and instrumentation that have emerged in recent years to aid in the success of this surgery.
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- Department of Urology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0422, USA
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Patel AP, Bhagwat SR, Pawar MM, Prajapati KB, Chauhan HD, Makwana RB. Evaluation of Emblica officinalis fruit powder as a growth promoter in commercial broiler chickens. Vet World 2016; 9:207-10. [PMID: 27051210 PMCID: PMC4819374 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.207-210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Revised: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate the dietary addition of Emblica officinalis (Amla) fruit powder as a growth promoter in commercial broiler chickens. Materials and Methods: An experiment was conducted on 135 commercial broiler chicks (Ven-Cobb 400 strain) divided into three groups with three replicates of 15 chicks each. Three treatment groups were as follows – T1: Basal diet as per BIS standards; T2: Basal diet supplemented with 0.4% of E. officinalis fruit powder; and T3: Basal diet supplemented with 0.8% of E. officinalis fruit powder. Results: The average body weights at the end of the 6th week were significantly higher (p<0.05) in groups T2 and T3 compared to group T1. Feed intake, feed conversion ratio and feed cost per kg live weight production were similar among the treatment groups. The net profit per bird was the highest in group T2 (Rs. 19.22/bird) followed by group T3 (Rs. 17.86/bird) and the lowest in group T1 (Rs. 14.61/bird). Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it was concluded that dietary addition of E. officinalis (Amla) fruit powder had a positive effect on growth performance and net profit per bird in commercial broiler chickens.
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- A P Patel
- Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
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- Livestock Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
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The holmium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Ho:YAG, holmium) laser is an intracorporeal lithotrite that is widely used in the surgical management of urinary lithiasis. The Ho:YAG laser is capable of fragmenting urinary stones of all compositions while maintaining a wide margin of safety. The 2140-nm wavelength of energy is transmitted from the generator to the stone using specialized silica optical fibers. The effectiveness of the laser can be impacted by the type of laser fiber used, the pulse energy and frequency settings, and the composition of the stone. This paper provides an overview of Ho:YAG laser fibers utilized for lithotripsy during ureteroscopy. We will also review current data regarding optimal energy settings and discuss our experience with different fragmentation techniques.
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- Abhishek P Patel
- Department of Urology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 915 Olentangy River Road, Suite 2000, Columbus, OH, 43210-1228, USA
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Patel AP, Rathod D, Chauhan SB, Patel BS. Liquid nitrogen or laboratory freezers for storage of samples: several factors affect the choice. Int J Lab Hematol 2014; 37:135-6. [PMID: 24716578 DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A P Patel
- Department of Hematology, The Gujarat Research and Medical Institute, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad-380004, India.
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Patel AP, Lowe GJ, Zynger DL. Rethinking the value of sending vasectomy specimens for histologic examination: an analysis of arterial vasculature and failure to transect the vas deferens. Am J Clin Pathol 2014; 141:360-6. [PMID: 24515763 DOI: 10.1309/ajcpaphjeg2j5mif] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The testicular, deferential, and cremasteric arteries and their branches surround the vas deferens (VD), leaving them susceptible to injury during vasectomy. Literature describing the caliber of arteries seen in vasectomy specimens is lacking, making it difficult to categorize the significance of an observed artery. We aimed to establish reference values for arterial size typically encountered in vasectomy specimens and assess our institutional experience with failure to transect the VD. METHODS The luminal diameter of the largest artery in 231 consecutive VD specimens from 116 patients was measured microscopically. For comparison, the diameter of the largest artery within 10 spermatic cord cross-sections from inguinal orchiectomies was obtained. The immediate vasectomy failure rate based on histologic assessment was calculated using specimens from 2008 to 2012. RESULTS The luminal diameter of the largest artery encountered in a vasectomy specimen was 1.00 mm or less in 96.5% of cases. Artery sizes greater than or equal to 2.50 mm were only seen in spermatic cord resections. From 2008 to 2012, three (0.36%) of 837 patients undergoing vasectomy had specimens that showed failure to transect both VD. CONCLUSIONS Although the American Urologic Association and European Association of Urology state that histologic evaluation of vasectomy specimens is not required, we encourage the surgeon to send VD specimens for histologic examination. Doing so allows early identification of the failure to transect the VD and the resection of surrounding vasculature, providing quality control feedback to the surgeon.
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- Abhishek P. Patel
- Departments of Urology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Departments of Urology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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Nirmal SA, Patel AP, Bhawar SB, Pattan SR. Antihistaminic and antiallergic actions of extracts of Solanum nigrum berries: possible role in the treatment of asthma. J Ethnopharmacol 2012; 142:91-97. [PMID: 22564816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Berries of the plant Solanum nigrum Linn (Solanaceae) are used for the treatment of asthma in folk medicine and ancient books. AIM OF STUDY To evaluate potential of the plant berries in the treatment of asthma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Petroleum ether, ethanol and aqueous extracts of S. nigrum berries (50, 100 and 200mg/kg, i.p.) were screened for the treatment of asthma by the various methods viz. effect on clonidine and haloperidol induced catalepsy, milk-induced leucocytosis and eosinophilia, mast cell stabilizing activity in mice and studies on smooth muscle preparation of guinea pig ileum (in vitro). Active petroleum ether extract was standardized by HPTLC. RESULTS The petroleum ether extract of S. nigrum berries inhibited clonidine-induced catalepsy significantly but not haloperidol-induced catalepsy. Petroleum ether extract significantly inhibited increased leukocyte and eosinophil count due to milk allergen and showed maximum protection against mast cell degranulation by clonidine. Petroleum ether extract resisted contraction induced by histamine better than other extracts. All the results are dose dependant. Active petroleum ether extract showed presence of antiasthmatic compound, β-sitosterol. CONCLUSION The petroleum ether extract of S. nigrum berries can inhibits parameters linked to the asthma disease.
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- S A Nirmal
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy, Loni-413736, Maharashtra, India.
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PURPOSE The Boston keratoprosthesis has had variable success rates in the past. However, significant modifications to design and management have recently led to successful outcomes. This study was undertaken to evaluate the outcomes of the Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis at our institution. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed of all Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis procedures conducted at a single practice at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary from December 2006 to August 2010. Outcome measures included visual acuity, retention rates, and complications. RESULTS In all, 58 eyes of 51 patients who received a Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis were included. The most common indication for the keratoprosthesis was failed penetrating keratoplasty (PK) (81.0%; mean 2.4±1.3 PKs per eye). Glaucoma was the most common comorbidity (75.9%). Pre-operative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was <20/400 in 87.9% of eyes. At last follow-up, 43.1% of eyes had a BCVA of 20/200. Retention rate was 87.9% over an average follow-up of 21.5±11.4 months (median 22 months, range 3-47 months). Complications increased with time, with 65.5% of eyes experiencing at least one event by 6 months and 75.9% by 1 year. The most common post-operative complication was retroprosthetic membrane formation (50.0%). CONCLUSIONS The Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis provides visual recovery for eyes with multiple PK failures or with poor prognosis for primary PK, showing excellent retention rates. However, there is a trend towards a decline in visual acuity with time and the development of late complications, highlighting a need for longer-term studies.
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- A P Patel
- Department of Ophthalmology, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, USA
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Kevelaitis E, Patel AP, Oubenaissa A, Peynet J, Mouas C, Yellon DM, Menasché P. Backtable heat-enhanced preconditioning: a simple and effective means of improving function of heart transplants. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72:107-12; discussion 112-3. [PMID: 11465162 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)02495-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac harvest teams are usually committed to immediately transfer the explanted donor heart into its cold storage solution. We tested the opposite hypothesis that a brief prestorage episode of heat-enhanced ischemic preconditioning could be protective. METHODS Fifty-three isolated isovolumic rat hearts underwent 4 hours of cold (4 degrees C) storage in the Celsior preservation solution and 2 hours of reperfusion. Control hearts were immediately immersed after arrest. In the 3 treated groups, 2 customized thermal probes were first applied onto the left ventricular free wall of the explanted heart at 22 degrees C, 37 degrees C or 42.5 degrees C for 15 minutes before immersion. Each of the selected temperatures were monitored at the probe-tissue interface by a thermocouple. RESULTS Whereas base line end-diastolic pressure was set at = 8 mm Hg in all groups, it increased during reperfusion (mean +/- SEM) to 28+/-3, 27+/-3, 17+/-1, and 18+/-2 mm Hg in control, 22 degrees C, 37 degrees C and 42.5 degrees C-heated hearts, respectively (37 degrees C and 42.5 degrees C: p < 0.05 versus controls and 22 degrees C). Slopes of pressure-volume curves featured similar patterns. Likewise, reperfusion dP/dT (mm Hg/s(-1)) was significantly lower in control and 22 degrees C hearts (1,119+/-114 and 1,076+/-125, respectively) than in those undergoing prestorage heating to 37 degrees C and 42.5 degrees C (1,545+/-109 and 1,719+/-111, p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 versus controls and 22 degrees C, respectively). Western blot analysis of LV samples did not demonstrate any upregulation of HSP 72 in either group. Conversely, the involvement of preconditioning was evidenced by the loss of protection in the 42.5 degrees C-heated hearts when, in 2 additional groups, the storage solution was supplemented with either the protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase inhibitors chelerythrine (5 micromol/L) and genistein (50 micromol/L) or the mitochondrial K(ATP) channel inhibitor 5-hydroxydecanoate (200 micromol/L). CONCLUSIONS A brief period of postexplant ischemia with enhancement by topical heating ("backtable preconditioning") could be a simple and effective means of improving the functional recovery of heart transplants.
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- E Kevelaitis
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hĵpital Bichat, Paris, France
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Wiesel P, Patel AP, Carvajal IM, Wang ZY, Pellacani A, Maemura K, DiFonzo N, Rennke HG, Layne MD, Yet SF, Lee ME, Perrella MA. Exacerbation of chronic renovascular hypertension and acute renal failure in heme oxygenase-1-deficient mice. Circ Res 2001; 88:1088-94. [PMID: 11375280 DOI: 10.1161/hh1001.091521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Heme oxygenase (HO) is a cytoprotective enzyme that degrades heme (a potent oxidant) to generate carbon monoxide (a vasodilatory gas that has anti-inflammatory properties), bilirubin (an antioxidant derived from biliverdin), and iron (sequestered by ferritin). Because of properties of HO and its products, we hypothesized that HO would be important for the regulation of blood pressure and ischemic injury. We studied chronic renovascular hypertension in mice deficient in the inducible isoform of HO (HO-1) using a one kidney-one clip (1K1C) model of disease. Systolic blood pressure was not different between wild-type (HO-1(+/+)), heterozygous (HO-1(+/-)), and homozygous null (HO-1(-/-)) mice at baseline. After 1K1C surgery, HO-1(+/+) mice developed hypertension (140+/-2 mm Hg) and cardiac hypertrophy (cardiac weight index of 5.0+/-0.2 mg/g) compared with sham-operated HO-1(+/+) mice (108+/-5 mm Hg and 4.1+/-0.1 mg/g, respectively). However, 1K1C produced more severe hypertension (164+/-2 mm Hg) and cardiac hypertrophy (6.9+/-0.6 mg/g) in HO-1(-/-) mice. HO-1(-/-) mice also experienced a high rate of death (56%) within 72 hours after 1K1C surgery compared with HO-1(+/+) (25%) and HO-1(+/-) (28%) mice. Assessment of renal function showed a significantly higher plasma creatinine in HO-1(-/-) mice compared with HO-1(+/-) mice. Histological analysis of kidneys from 1K1C HO-1(-/-) mice revealed extensive ischemic injury at the corticomedullary junction, whereas kidneys from sham HO-1(-/-) and 1K1C HO-1(+/-) mice appeared normal. Taken together, these data suggest that chronic deficiency of HO-1 does not alter basal blood pressure; however, in the 1K1C model an absence of HO-1 leads to more severe renovascular hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. Moreover, renal artery clipping leads to an acute increase in ischemic damage and death in the absence of HO-1.
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- P Wiesel
- Program of Developmental Cardiovascular Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Wiesel P, Patel AP, DiFonzo N, Marria PB, Sim CU, Pellacani A, Maemura K, LeBlanc BW, Marino K, Doerschuk CM, Yet SF, Lee ME, Perrella MA. Endotoxin-induced mortality is related to increased oxidative stress and end-organ dysfunction, not refractory hypotension, in heme oxygenase-1-deficient mice. Circulation 2000; 102:3015-22. [PMID: 11113055 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.102.24.3015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is an enzyme that degrades heme to generate CO (a vasodilatory gas), iron, and the potent antioxidant bilirubin. A disease process characterized by decreases in vascular tone and increases in oxidative stress is endotoxic shock. Moreover, HO-1 is markedly induced in multiple organs after the administration of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) to mice. METHODS AND RESULTS To determine the role of HO-1 in endotoxemia, we administered LPS to mice that were wild-type (+/+), heterozygous (+/-), or homozygous null (-/-) for targeted disruption of HO-1. LPS produced a similar induction of HO-1 mRNA and protein in HO-1(+/+) and HO-1(+/-) mice, whereas HO-1(-/-) mice showed no HO-1 expression. Four hours after LPS, systolic blood pressure (SBP) decreased in all the groups. However, SBP was significantly higher in HO-1(-/-) mice (121+/-5 mm Hg) after 24 hours, compared with HO-1(+/+) (96+/-7 mm Hg) and HO-1(+/-) (89+/-13 mm Hg) mice. A sustained increase in endothelin-1 contributed to this SBP response. Even though SBP was higher, mortality was increased in HO-1(-/-) mice, and they exhibited hepatic and renal dysfunction that was not present in HO-1(+/+) and HO-1(+/-) mice. The end-organ damage and death in HO-1(-/-) mice was related to increased oxidative stress. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that the increased mortality during endotoxemia in HO-1(-/-) mice is related to increased oxidative stress and end-organ (renal and hepatic) damage, not to refractory hypotension.
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- P Wiesel
- Program of Developmental Cardiovascular Biology, the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Ginns EI, St Jean P, Philibert RA, Galdzicka M, Damschroder-Williams P, Thiel B, Long RT, Ingraham LJ, Dalwaldi H, Murray MA, Ehlert M, Paul S, Remortel BG, Patel AP, Anderson MC, Shaio C, Lau E, Dymarskaia I, Martin BM, Stubblefield B, Falls KM, Carulli JP, Keith TP, Fann CS, Lacy LG, Allen CR, Hostetter AM, Elston RC, Schork NJ, Egeland JA, Paul SM. A genome-wide search for chromosomal loci linked to mental health wellness in relatives at high risk for bipolar affective disorder among the Old Order Amish. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:15531-6. [PMID: 9861003 PMCID: PMC28077 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.26.15531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD; manic-depressive illness) is characterized by episodes of mania and/or hypomania interspersed with periods of depression. Compelling evidence supports a significant genetic component in the susceptibility to develop BPAD. To date, however, linkage studies have attempted only to identify chromosomal loci that cause or increase the risk of developing BPAD. To determine whether there could be protective alleles that prevent or reduce the risk of developing BPAD, similar to what is observed in other genetic disorders, we used mental health wellness (absence of any psychiatric disorder) as the phenotype in our genome-wide linkage scan of several large multigeneration Old Order Amish pedigrees exhibiting an extremely high incidence of BPAD. We have found strong evidence for a locus on chromosome 4p at D4S2949 (maximum GENEHUNTER-PLUS nonparametric linkage score = 4.05, P = 5. 22 x 10(-4); SIBPAL Pempirical value <3 x 10(-5)) and suggestive evidence for a locus on chromosome 4q at D4S397 (maximum GENEHUNTER-PLUS nonparametric linkage score = 3.29, P = 2.57 x 10(-3); SIBPAL Pempirical value <1 x 10(-3)) that are linked to mental health wellness. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that certain alleles could prevent or modify the clinical manifestations of BPAD and perhaps other related affective disorders.
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- E I Ginns
- Clinical Neuroscience Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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The dopamine transporter (DAT) in rat striatum was examined during postnatal development and aging after photolabeling with [125I]DEEP. The DAT-[125I]DEEP protein complex from adult rats (2 months) appeared as a broad diffuse band in SDS-PAGE gels with average apparent molecular mass of about 80,000 Da as previously found. However, the molecular mass was lower at birth (day 0) and at postnatal ages 4 and 14 days. In aged rats (104 weeks), the molecular mass was slightly higher than that found in young adults (60 days). In binding experiments with [3H]BTCP, there were age-related differences in Kd and Bmax with decreases in both Kd and Bmax found in aged rats. Treatment of photolabeled membranes with neuraminidase caused a reduction in DAT molecular mass, but age-related differences were maintained. Treatment with N-glycanase greatly reduced or eliminated the age-related differences. Several DAT peptide-specific polyclonal antibodies immunoprecipitated DAT-[125I]DEEP protein complex at different developmental ages. Taken together, these results suggest differential glycosylation of rat DAT occurs during postnatal development and aging; the increase is due to increases in the N-linked sugars rather than changes in either sialic acid content or the polypeptide.
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- A P Patel
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Addiction Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Patel AP, Patel KM, Shukla SN, Savani BN, Gopal N, Bavishi KN, Madan PL, Anand A, Parikh BJ, Shah PM. Splenic infiltrates in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Am J Hematol 1994; 45:349-50. [PMID: 8178811 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830450420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- A P Patel
- Department of Medicine, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Asarwa, Ahmedabad
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This report describes a clinical pilot study that monitored a group of 12 patients who have received 14 single tooth replacement experimental restorations made with prefabricated continuous fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) frameworks. Because these restorations represent a purely adhesive restorative system, tooth preparation was not performed. The Kaplan-Meier survival probability at 12 months was approximately 50%. The restoration with the longest service life was a mandibular molar replacement that has remained in service 24 months. With improved survival times, bonded FRC definitive restorations should be plausible.
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- J V Altieri
- Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
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Twelve cases of hereditary factor XIII (FX III) deficiency diagnosed over five years (1986-1990) at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore are presented here. Although all the cases had a history of umbilical cord bleeding and subsequent frequent bleeding episodes, diagnosis was considerably delayed. All but two patients required transfusions for bleeding episodes. Ten patients had a history of consanguinity in parents. Clinical features and family history are described in detail here. The ease of performing the Urea solubility test and problems in it's interpretation are highlighted. The role of prophylactic transfusion is also discussed.
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- A P Patel
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore
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Patel AP, Chandy M, Sudarsanam A. Refractory chronic pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) treated with vincristine and daunorubicin. Br J Haematol 1991; 78:457-8. [PMID: 1908312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1991.tb04466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- A P Patel
- Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Black KS, Patel MP, Patel AP, Llull R, Ebojo M, Nguyen T, Hewitt CW. Mechanisms of site-specific immunosuppression. Transplant Proc 1991; 23:120-1. [PMID: 1990494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- K S Black
- Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Hewitt CW, Black KS, Harman JC, Beko KR, Lee HS, Patel AP, Martin DC. Partial tolerance in rat renal allograft recipients following multiple blood transfusions and concomitant cyclosporine. Transplantation 1990; 49:194-8. [PMID: 2301011 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199001000-00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Multiple prior administrations of donor-strain blood while under limited cyclosporine cover, consistently induce extensive rat renal allograft survival and transplantation tolerance. Yet it was hypothesized that some chronic rejection mechanisms were nevertheless operative since consistent but nonprogressive minor renal dysfunction was observed long-term. A histopathologic study on these putative tolerant rats was undertaken to test this hypothesis. Twenty long-term LEW recipients of BN renal allografts receiving the blood-CsA regimen were examined histopathologically at day 100 post-transplant. Sixteen control LEW recipients receiving only a BN renal allograft were studied acutely at day 7 posttransplant. The control recipients demonstrated a range of lesions consistent with previous studies on acute renal allograft rejection in the rat. However, tolerant recipients demonstrated mild-to-moderate lesions consistent with chronic mechanisms of rejection including the following: moderate focal interstitial mononuclear inflammatory cellular infiltration, with periglomerular and perivascular accumulation; occasional arteriolar luminal obliteration and glomerular atrophy; focal areas of moderate interstitial fibrosis; mild interstitial hemorrhage; mild-to-moderate tubular atrophy; and focal tubular necrosis. Previously our laboratory has documented that tissue-specific renal basement membrane antigens may be responsible for inciting this pattern of focal chronic interstitial inflammation. However, from the present histopathologic studies, it would appear likely that chronic rejection mechanisms in these recipients, which were defined as tolerant by immunologic criteria, involve both tissue-specific and MHC determinants. Therefore, induction of transplantation tolerance in these indefinite survivors is partial or incomplete.
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- C W Hewitt
- Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine 92717
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