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Yavropoulou MP, Pazaitou-Panayiotou K, Yovos JG, Poulios C, Anastasilakis AD, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Vambakidis K, Tsave O, Chrisafi S, Daskalaki E, Makras P. Circulating and Tissue Expression Profile of MicroRNAs in Primary Hyperparathyroidism Caused by Sporadic Parathyroid Adenomas. JBMR Plus 2020; 5:e10431. [PMID: 33615103 PMCID: PMC7872342 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We investigated the expression profile of selected microRNAs (miRs) in serum and tissue samples from patients with sporadic parathyroid adenomas (sPAs). This was a prospective, controlled cohort study. Forty patients with sPAs who had undergone parathyroidectomy (PTX) were included. MiR extraction was performed from (i) 40 formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded samples (FFPEs) of sPAs, (ii) 10 FFPEs of normal parathyroid tissue (NPT), (iii) serum samples of the 40 patients with sPAs (t1 = baseline; t2 = 2 months post‐PTX), and (vi) serum samples of 10 healthy individuals (controls; t1 = baseline and t2 = 2 months later). Ten miRs were selected based on their interaction with genes related to parathyroid tumorigenesis (miR‐17‐5p, miR‐24‐3p, miR‐29b‐3p, miR‐31‐5p, miR‐135b‐5p, miR‐186‐5p, miR‐195‐5p, miR‐330‐3p, miR‐483‐3p, and miR‐877‐5p). At tissue level, the relative expression of miR‐17‐5p, miR‐31‐5p, miR‐135b‐5p, miR‐186‐5p, and miR‐330‐3p was significantly decreased (fold change [FC]: 0.17, FC: 0.03, FC: 0.01, FC: 0.10, FC: 0.10, respectively; all p values <0.001), and the expression of miR‐24‐3p and miR‐29b‐3p was significantly increased (FC: 12.4, p < 0.001; FC: 18.5, p = 0.011, respectively) in sPA compared with NPT samples. The relative expression of miR‐135b‐5p was also significantly decreased in the serum samples of patients compared with controls (FC: 0.7, p = 0.035). No significant differences were found in the serum samples of patients before and after PTX. MiRs that regulate genes linked to parathyroid tumors such as menin 1 (miR‐24‐3p, miR‐29b‐3p), cyclin D1 (miR‐17‐5p), calcium sensing receptor (miR‐31‐5p, miR‐135b‐5p), cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitors (miR‐186‐5p), and β‐catenin (miR‐330‐3p) were significantly deregulated in sPAs compared with NPT samples, suggesting a role for epigenetic changes in parathyroid tumorigenesis. © 2020 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Maria P Yavropoulou
- Endocrinology Unit, 1st Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece.,Department of Medical Research 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital Athens Greece
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- Faculty of Medicine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
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- Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Greece
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- Department of Medical Research 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital Athens Greece
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- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
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- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
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- Department of Medical Research 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital Athens Greece
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Georgiadou D, Sergentanis TN, Sakellariou S, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Psaltopoulou T, Lazaris AC, Gounaris A, Zografos GC. Prognostic role of sex steroid receptors in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Pathol Res Pract 2016; 212:38-43. [PMID: 26652605 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2015.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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From the available literature, it is unclear what proportion of pancreatic adenocarcinomas express estrogen receptors (ERα, ERβ), progesterone receptors (PR), and androgen receptors (AR), and if any of these markers have prognostic significance. We aimed to assess (1) the expression and (2) the correlation of the aforementioned markers with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. During a five-year period, 60 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma underwent surgical resection at a single institution. Immunohistochemical stains of the studied markers were quantified by Image analysis system. ERα expression was positively associated with PR expression. Moreover, ERβ was inversely associated with the presence of metastases, whereas no significant associations implicated AR. As far as the prognostic significance of the studied receptors is concerned, higher ERα expression correlated with poorer survival at the univariate analysis, but the finding dissipated at the multivariate approach. No significant associations with overall survival were noted regarding the other receptors. The role of sex hormone receptors in the survival from pancreatic adenocarcinoma seems rather limited. Further prospective studies assessing those receptors should ideally be designed in order to confirm our results and possibly outline additional correlations between other steroid receptors and features of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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- Despoina Georgiadou
- 3rd Surgical Clinic of George Gennimatas General Hospital, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Forensic Pathology and Toxicology, Medical School, University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Research Center, Hellenic Anticancer Institute, 11 Valtetsiou St., Athens 10680, Greece Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokratio Hospital, Vassilissis Sophias Avenue 114, 115 27 Athens, Greece
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Georgiadou D, Sergentanis TN, Sakellariou S, Filippakis GM, Zagouri F, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Psaltopoulou T, Lazaris AC, Patsouris E, Zografos GC. Cyclin D1, p16(INK) (4A) and p27(Kip1) in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: assessing prognostic implications through quantitative image analysis. APMIS 2014; 122:1230-9. [PMID: 25053516 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The prognostic significance of cyclin D1, p16(INK) (4A) and p27(Kip1) expression has been documented in several human malignancies; however, their prognostic potential in pancreatic adenocarcinoma is still unclear. This study aimed to assess the correlation of the aforementioned molecules with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis. Sixty patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma underwent surgical resection at a single institution; immunohistochemical staining of the studied markers was quantified by Ιmage analysis system. Cyclin D1 overexpression was positively associated with grade, neural infiltration and vascular invasion, whereas p27 positively correlated with age. Higher cyclin D1 expression indicated poorer survival (adjusted HR = 9.75, 95%CI: 1.48-64.31, p = 0.018, increment: one unit in H-score), whereas a marginal trend toward an association between p16 positivity and improved survival was observed (adjusted HR = 0.58, 95%CI: 0.32-1.05, p = 0.072 regarding positive vs negative cases). No significant association with overall survival was noted regarding p27. In conclusion, cyclin D1 overexpression and possibly p16 loss of expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma seem to be adverse prognostic factors, whereas p27 expression did not seem to possess such prognostic properties. Further validation of the present findings in studies encompassing larger samples seems to be needed.
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- Despoina Georgiadou
- 3rd Surgical Clinic of George Gennimatas General Hospital, Mesogeion Ave 154, Athens, 156 69, Greece
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Georgiadou D, Sergentanis T, Sakellariou S, Filippakis G, Zagouri F, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Psaltopoulou T, Lazaris A, Patsouris E, Zografos G. VEGF and Id-1 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Prognostic significance and impact on angiogenesis. Eur J Surg Oncol 2014; 40:1331-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Stathopoulos IP, Trovas G, Lampropoulou-Adamidou K, Benetos IS, Vamvakidis K, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Chronopoulos E, Papaioannou NA. Coexistence of paget disease of bone and primary hyperparathyroidism; a diagnostic challenge. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 2013; 13:255-258. [PMID: 23728113] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- I P Stathopoulos
- Laboratory for the Research of the Musculoskeletal System Theodoros Garofalidis, University of Athens, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Yapijakis C, Koronellos N, Spyridonidou S, Vylliotis A, Avgoustidis D, Goutas N, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Vairaktaris E. Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism with decreased risk for basal cell carcinoma. Arch Dermatol Res 2013; 305:333-9. [PMID: 23299466 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-012-1312-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The incidence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is significantly reduced in individuals treated with inhibitors of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) that produces angiotensin II. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible association of a functional polymorphism in the ACE gene, which affects its transcription, with risk for BCC. In DNA samples of 92 patients with BCC and 103 healthy controls of Greek origin and comparable age and gender, we studied the ACE gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism. Fisher's exact test was used for comparison of allele and genotype frequencies between the control and patients' groups. The detected low expression I allele frequency in the group of BCC patients was significantly decreased compared to controls (15.8 vs. 31.1 %, respectively; P = 0.001). ID heterozygotes exhibited 3.06 times lower BCC risk, compared with DD homozygotes (P = 0.001; OR = 0.327, 95 % CI = 0.174-0.615). The protective role of I allele was particularly prominent in women (P = 0.007, OR = 0.299, 95 % CI = 0.125-0.716), while for men it exhibited a marginal level (P = 0.041). These findings indicate that the low expression ACE I allele carriers have a decreased risk for BCC. The protective effect of the ID genotype against BCC may be explained by a possible underlying mechanism involving the effect of produced angiotensin II levels on its receptors due to putatively different binding affinity.
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- Christos Yapijakis
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, Rimini 1, 12461 Athens, Greece.
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Papanicolaou P, Chrysomali E, Stylogianni E, Donta C, Vlachodimitropoulos D. Increased TNF-α, IL-6 and decreased IL-1β immunohistochemical expression by the stromal spindle-shaped cells in the central giant cell granuloma of the jaws. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2012; 17:e56-62. [PMID: 22157665 PMCID: PMC3448195 DOI: 10.4317/medoral.17205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Objectives: the exp ress ion of the osteoclastogenic cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β were immunohistochemically evaluated in periph eral (PGCG) and central (CGCG) giant cell granulomas of the jaws in order to determine diff erences between these two lesions and between the two distinct tumor cell populations (multinucleated giant cells, MGCs and stromal sp indle-sh aped cells).
Study Design: Paraffin-embedd ed tiss ue sections from 40 PGCG and 40 CGCG were immunohistochemically
stained using antibodies against TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β. The percentage of positively stained cells and the staining intensity were ass ess ed to provide a combined immunoreactivity score value.
Results: TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β were exp ress ed in all lesions. The CGCG compared to the PGCG sh owed significantly increased exp ress ion of TNF-α and IL-6 and decreased exp ress ion of IL-1β by the sp indle-sh aped cells and increased exp ress ion of IL-1β by the MGCs. The MGCs demonstrated in comparison to the stromal sp indlesh aped cells significantly increased exp ress ion of all three cytokines in both PGCG and CGCG.
Conclusions: The proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β seem to be involved in the growth process
of PGCG and CGCG of the jaws. A poss ible alteration in the sy nthesis or/and activity of these cytokines by the
stromal sp indle cells in the CGCGs may enhance osteolys is through the stimulation of osteoclast progenitor cells, given the fact that the intraoss eous lesions cause bone resorption.
Key words:
Giant cell granuloma, giant cell tumor, multinucleated giant cells, jaw, TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-1beta,
immunohistochemistry.
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- Panagiota Papanicolaou
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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Kotoula V, Bobos M, Kalogeras KT, Timotheadou E, Skarlos DV, Pavlidis N, Koutras AK, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Pectasides D, Fountzilas G. Abstract P2-09-15: TOP2A and DARPP32 Are Associated with Response to Trastuzumab-Based Treatment of HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC). Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs10-p2-09-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: HER2 status (gene amplification, protein overexpression) is the hallmark for the selection of patients who will benefit from trastuzumab-based treatment. Except for HER2, however, the status of additional genes located at chromosome 17q seems to have an impact on disease biology and patients’ outcome. In this retrospective study, we investigated the impact of TOP2A (chr 17q21-q22, telomerically to ERBB2) and PPP1R1B (DARPP32, chr 17q12, centromerically to ERBB2) status on the outcome of patients with ABC treated with trastuzumab-based regimens. Materials and Methods: In a cohort of 199 patients with ABC treated with 1st or 2nd line trastuzumab-containing regimens, tumor tissues were assessed for HER2 and TOP2A gene amplification (by FISH), HER2, TOP2A and DARPP32 mRNA expression (by RTQ-PCR), and Her2 and TopoIIa protein expression (by IHC). Tumors were HER2 positive (FISH amplified and/or 3+ by IHC) (n= 137) or negative (n=62). Disease outcome was assessed as time to progression (TTP), survival from trastuzumab administration (survivalT) and survival from 1st metastasis (survivalM). Results: In comparison to patients with HER2-negative tumors, those with HER2-positive tumors exhibited a longer TTP (Median [95% CI] = 13.7 [10.7-16.7] vs 9.2 [7.5-10.9], p=0.037) and survivalT (Median [95% CI] = 47.4 [37.9-56.9] vs 34.8 [24.3-45.4], p=0.008), as expected. HER2 positivity was strongly associated with relatively high HER2 mRNA and protein expression (P<0.001 for both) and with TOP2A amplification (P<0.001), but not with relatively high TOP2A mRNA and protein expression. DARPP32 mRNA strongly correlated with HER2 mRNA (P<0.001) and was associated with HER2 and TOP2A gene status (P<0.001), it was not however related to TOP2A mRNA, and TopoIIa and Her2 protein expression. The relative expression of DARPP32 to HER2 mRNA was occasionally very high, with ratios of DARPP32/HER2 >1 equally distributed among HER2-positive and negative tumors. In patients with HER2-positive tumors, TOP2A gene amplification was associated with longer survival, irrespectively of the chemotherapy regimen administered in addition to trastuzumab (survivalT: p=0.004, survivalM: p=0.003). Interestingly, in patients with HER2-negative tumors, DARPP32/HER2 ratios of >1 were associated with a favorable outcome (survivalT: p=0.008 and survivalM: p=0.043). No association with disease outcome was observed for high DARPP32 expression or for DARPP32/HER2 ratios in HER2-positive tumors.
Discussion: This study shows that genes located peripherally to HER2 on the same chromosome arm, such as TOP2A and DARPP32, may be concomitantly altered in the same breast tumor, but may have a different impact on the course of the disease. A favorable outcome may be predicted for HER2-positive tumors with amplified TOP2A and for HER2-negative tumors expressing higher DARPP32 mRNA in comparison to HER2.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2010;70(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-09-15.
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- V Kotoula
- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG), Athens, Greece
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Mariolis-Sapsakos T, Theodoropoulos G, Flessas II, Orfanos F, Orfanos N, Konstantinou EA, Konstadinou E, Zagouri F, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Zografos GC. Lobular breast cancer in men: case report and review of the literature. Oncol Res Treat 2010; 33:698-700. [PMID: 21124042 DOI: 10.1159/000322224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lobular breast cancer in men is an extremely infrequent occurrence due to the lack of lobules and acini in the male breast. Such a rare case is described here. CASE REPORT A 74-year-old patient presented with a sizeable lesion in the right breast, which proved to be a lobular carcinoma. Genetic studies excluded Klinefelter's syndrome, though revealing an interesting genetic multiformity feature. This case represented a lobular carcinoma in a genotypically male patient under no exogenous or endogenous estrogenic influence. CONCLUSIONS The increasing number of male lobular breast cancer cases should be explored more extensively with particular emphasis placed on causally related genetic and hormonal factors.
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- Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos
- Breast Unit, 1st Propaedeutic Surgical Dept., University of Athens, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Gazouli M, Pachoula I, Panayotou I, Mantzaris G, Syriopoulou VP, Goutas N, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Anagnou NP, Roma-Giannikou E. Thiopurine S-methyltransferase genotype and the use of thiopurines in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease Greek patients. J Clin Pharm Ther 2010; 35:93-7. [PMID: 20175817 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2009.01041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Azathioprine (AZA) and 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) are used in the treatment of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Genetic variations in thiopurine S-methyltranfarase (TPMT) gene have been correlated with enzyme activity and with the occurrence of adverse events to AZA and 6MP. The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency of the functional TPMT polymorphisms and their association with the occurrence of adverse events during azathioprine therapy in a paediatric IBD cohort. METHODS Ninety-seven thiopurine-treated paediatric IBD patients (41.24% boys and 58.76% girls) with a mean age 11.25 years (range 3-16), were assessed for TPMT polymorphisms and adverse events. RESULTS Of the 97 patients enrolled in the study, 18 (18.56%) were heterozygous mutated; two (2.06%) were homozygous for a mutated TPMT gene. Ten patients (10.31%) developed adverse effects, and four of them (40%) had one of the variant alleles. CONCLUSIONS In this small cohort of subjects, no association was found between TPMT polymorphisms and the occurrence of thiopurines-related adverse events.
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- M Gazouli
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Central odontogenic fibroma (COF) is a rare tumor that accounts for 0.1% of all odontogenic tumors. It has been defined as a benign neoplasm, which appears in the jaw. Clinically, the lesion grows slowly and leads to cortical expansion. Radiologically, the most common finding is multilocular radiolucency. In some cases, it may be associated with root resorption or displacement. Histologically, the lesion is characterized by mature collagen fibers and numerous fibroblasts. COF responds well to surgical enucleation with no tendency for malignancy or recurrence. Here, a case of central odontogenic fibroma of the mandible in a 71-year-old man is described. The lesion was an asymptomatic mass with well-defined borders covered by normal mucosa. The lesion presented as a multilocular radiolucency in relation to the root of the canine. The lesion was surgically removed and analyzed histopathologically. There were no postoperative complications.
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Pechlivanides G, Tsibanis A, Vassilarou D, Apostolopoulou A, Goutas N, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Vassilaros S. Sentinel lymph node biopsy, information gained both from testing and applying period. EJC Suppl 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(08)70683-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zakopoulos A, Tosios K, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Fanourakis G, Koutlas I. Expression of OPG, RANKL, and Trail in Odontogenic Keratocysts (OKC): An Immunohistochemical Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.12.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Malamou-Mitsi V, Gogas H, Dafni U, Bourli A, Fillipidis T, Sotiropoulou M, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Papadopoulos S, Tzaida O, Kafiri G, Kyriakou V, Markaki S, Papaspyrou I, Karagianni E, Pavlakis K, Toliou T, Scopa C, Papakostas P, Bafaloukos D, Christodoulou C, Fountzilas G. Evaluation of the prognostic and predictive value of p53 and Bcl-2 in breast cancer patients participating in a randomized study with dose-dense sequential adjuvant chemotherapy. Ann Oncol 2006; 17:1504-11. [PMID: 16968874 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To assess the prognostic and predictive significance of p53 and Bcl-2 protein expression in high risk patients with breast cancer treated with dose-dense sequential chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS From June 1997 until November 2000, 595 patients were randomized to three cycles of epirubicin (E) 110 mg/m2 followed by three cycles of paclitaxel (P) 250 mg/m2 followed by three cycles of 'intensified' CMF (cyclophosphamide 840 mg/m2, methotrexate 47 mg/m2 and fluorouracil 840 mg/m2) or to four cycles of E, followed by four cycles of CMF. p53 and Bcl-2 expression was investigated by immunohistochemistry in 392 and 397 patients respectively. RESULTS Positive expression of p53 was detected in 104 (26.5%) patients and was significantly associated with negative hormonal status, worse histologic grade, higher incidence of disease relapse and higher rate of death. p53 positive expression was a significant negative predictor of overall survival (OS) (P = 0.002) and disease-free survival (DFS) (P = 0.001). Negative expression of Bcl-2 was detected in 203 (51%) patients and was significantly associated with negative hormonal status. Multivariate analysis revealed that, positive p53 expression, higher number of positive nodes and worse tumor grade were related to significantly poorer OS and DFS. CONCLUSIONS For both treatments, p53 positive expression was a significant negative prognostic factor for OS and DFS while Bcl-2 was not. No predictive ability of p53 status or Bcl-2 status for paclitaxel treatment was evident.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epirubicin/administration & dosage
- Female
- Fluorouracil/administration & dosage
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Methotrexate/administration & dosage
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods
- Paclitaxel/administration & dosage
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prognosis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- Survival Analysis
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
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- V Malamou-Mitsi
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
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Georgiadis P, Topinka J, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Stoikidou M, Gioka M, Stephanou G, Autrup H, Demopoulos NA, Katsouyanni K, Sram R, Kyrtopoulos SA. Interactions between CYP1A1 polymorphisms and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the modulation of lymphocyte bulky DNA adducts and chromosomal aberrations. Carcinogenesis 2004; 26:93-101. [PMID: 15459023 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgh294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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CYP1A1 plays an important role in the metabolic activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), carcinogenic components of air pollution. The influence of CYP1A1 genotype (*2A, *2B and *4) on the levels of lymphocyte bulky DNA adducts and the frequency of cells with aberrant chromosomes was assessed in 194 non-smoking subjects in whom recent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and airborne particulate-associated PAH were measured during two consecutive seasons (winter and summer). While CYP1A1*4 had no consistent effect on either biomarker of genetic damage, the levels of both biomarkers responded in a parallel fashion to changes in exposure/CYP1A1*2A genotype combinations during both seasons. Specifically, the levels of both biomarkers were increased in carriers of at least one CYP1A1*2A allele, as compared with CYP1A1*1 homozygotes, in subjects with ETS exposures >0.8 h/day during the previous 4 days and mean personal exposure to benzo[a]pyrene <0.9 ng/m3 during the previous 24 h (all P < 0.05). Outside these exposure limits the differential effect in CYP1A1*2A variants was lost. Although the numbers of subjects with the CYP1A1*2B polymorphism was small, the same trend appeared to be followed in this case. These effects are interpreted as resulting from differential induction of CYP1A1 expression in CYP1A1*2A and CYP1A1*2A/*2B carriers by components of ETS-polluted air at levels of exposure readily suffered by large segments of the general population and suggest that subjects with these genotypes may have increased susceptibility to the genotoxic effects of ETS.
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- Panagiotis Georgiadis
- National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, 48 Vas Constantinou Avenue, Athens 116 35, Greece.
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Srám RJ, Rössner P, Peltonen K, Podrazilová K, Mracková G, Demopoulos NA, Stephanou G, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Darroudi F, Tates AD. Chromosomal aberrations, sister-chromatid exchanges, cells with high frequency of SCE, micronuclei and comet assay parameters in 1, 3-butadiene-exposed workers. Mutat Res 1998; 419:145-54. [PMID: 9804932 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(98)00135-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The association of occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene (BD) and induction of cytogenetic damage in peripheral lymphocytes was studied in 19 male workers from a monomer production unit and 19 control subjects from a heat production unit. The exposure to BD was measured by passive personal monitors. The following biomarkers were used: chromosomal aberrations (CA), sister chromatid exchanges (SCE), cells with a high frequency of SCE (HFC), micronuclei, comet assay parameters like tail length (TL) and percentage of DNA in tail [T (%)] and polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotypes. BD exposure with a median value of 0.53 mg/m3 (range: 0.024-23.0) significantly increased (a) the percentage of cells with chromosomal aberrations in exposed vs. control groups (3.11% vs. 2.03%, P<0.01), (b) the frequency of SCE per cell (6.96 vs. 4.87, P<0.001), and (c) the percentage of HFC (19.9% vs. 4.1%, P<0.001). BD exposure had no significant effects on formation of micronuclei and on comet assay parameters. Effect of smoking was observed only for HFC in BD-exposed group. GSTM1 genotype affected chromosomal aberrations in exposed group, while GSTT1 genotype affected chromosomal aberrations in controls. No effect of GSTM1 or GSTT1 genotypes was observed on any other biomarkers used.
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- R J Srám
- Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, c/o Regional Institute of Hygiene of Central Bohemia and Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Vlachodimitropoulos D, Norppa H, Autio K, Catalan J, Hirvonen A, Tasa G, Uusktlla M, Demopoulos NA, Sorsa M. GSTTl-dependent induction of centromere-negative and -positive micronuclei by l,2:3,4-diepoxybutane in cultured human lymphocytes. Mutagenesis 1998. [DOI: 10.1093/mutage/13.3.317-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vlachodimitropoulos D, Norppa H, Autio K, Catalán J, Hirvonen A, Tasa G, Uusküla M, Demopoulos NA, Sorsa M. GSTT1-dependent induction of centromere-negative and -positive micronuclei by 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane in cultured human lymphocytes. Mutagenesis 1997; 12:397-403. [PMID: 9379921 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/12.5.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The role of the glutathione S-transferase T1 gene (GSTT1) in determining genotoxic response to 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB), an epoxide metabolite of 1,3-butadiene, was studied by analysis of micronuclei (MN) in cultured human lymphocytes using the cytokinesis block method. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with an alphoid satellite DNA probe specific for the centromeres of all human chromosomes was applied to identify MN harboring whole chromosomes. Whole-blood lymphocyte cultures of 11 GSTM1 (glutathione S-transferase M1)-positive individuals (i.e. having at least one GSTM1 allele), of whom six were GSTT1-positive (with at least one GSTT1 allele) and five GSTT1-null (GSTT1 homozygously deleted), were treated for 48 h (starting 24 h after culture initiation) with two different concentrations (2 and 5 muM) [corrected] of DEB. The GSTT1-null individuals were excessively sensitive to DEB, showing, on average, approximately 2.5 times higher induced MN frequency (control frequency subtracted) than the GSTT1-positive donors, both at 2 muM [corrected] (mean/1000 binucleate cells 29.8 versus 11.8, P < 0.05) and 5 muM [corrected] (87.6 versus 34.0, P < 0.001) DEB. In accordance with the known strong clastogenicity of DEB, MN without centromeric FISH signals were particularly increased, the difference between the two GSTT1 genotypes being statistically significant at both concentrations of DEB (mean induced MN/1000 binucleate cells 23.1 versus 9.9, P < 0.05, at 2 muM [corrected]; 69.7 versus 24.2, P < 0.001, at 5 muM) [corrected]. In addition, centromere-positive (C+) MN were induced, suggesting that DEB also has some aneuploidogenic activity. The GSTT1-null genotype showed a significantly (P < 0.05) higher mean frequency of induced C+ MN than the GSTT1-positive genotype, at both 2 (6.7 versus 1.9) and 5 muM [corrected] (17.9 versus 9.8) DEB. At the higher dose mean nuclear division index was lower in the GSTT1-null group (1.80) than in the GSTT1-positive group (2.05, P < 0.01). These findings support earlier results from the analysis of sister chromatid exchange showing that individual sensitivity to the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of DEB is largely explained by lack of the GSTT1 gene.
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- D Vlachodimitropoulos
- Department of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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Stephanou G, Vlastos D, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Demopoulos NA. A comparative study on the effect of MNU on human lymphocyte cultures in vitro evaluated by O6-mdG formation, micronuclei and sister chromatid exchanges induction. Cancer Lett 1996; 109:109-14. [PMID: 9020909 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(96)04432-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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N-Nitroso-compounds are a large group of chemicals present in a number of environmental sources and many of them are mutagens as well as carcinogens in experimental animals. Among the known N-nitroso-compounds, N-nitroso-N-methylurea (MNU) is a strong mutagen. In this study an effort has been made to compare the ability of MNU to methylate the O6-guanosine site in DNA and to induce micronuclei and sister chromatid exchanges in human lymphocyte cultures in vitro. To quantitate O6-methyldeoxyguanosine (O6-mdG) a highly sensitive immunoassay, immuno-slot-blot (ISB), has been used. For the evaluation of micro nuclei (MN) the cytokinesis block micronucleus method has been used. Different concentrations (75, 100, 125 micrograms/ml) were tested. At the highest concentration tested for the MN induction, 125 micrograms/ml, the occurrence of binucleates and micro nuclei is higher than twice in relation to control and a reduction in NDI is also observed. The same concentrations were used for the estimation of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) induction. The mean number of SCEs at 125 micrograms/ml is almost three times that of the control level. The concentrations tested for the quantitation of O6-mdG were 200, 300 and 400 micrograms/ml and this was done because for the test system we used and for the given experimental conditions the first indication of O6-mdG formation was at 200 micrograms/ml. Our results show that methylation of O6-guanosine increases with concentration and at 400 micrograms/ml the concentration of O6-mdG is 5.83 fmol/microgram DNA, while at the control level it is 2.40 fmol/microgram DNA. Since O6-mdG formation is observed in higher concentrations than those of MN and SCE induction it would be interpreted that O6-mdG levels are not correlated with the studied cytogenetic effects although one has to take into consideration the total promutagenic lesions in DNA, induced by MNU, as well as AGT repair activity.
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- G Stephanou
- Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
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Tates AD, van Dam FJ, de Zwart FA, Darroudi F, Natarajan AT, Rössner P, Peterková K, Peltonen K, Demopoulos NA, Stephanou G, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Srám RJ. Biological effect monitoring in industrial workers from the Czech Republic exposed to low levels of butadiene. Toxicology 1996; 113:91-9. [PMID: 8901887 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(96)03432-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Blood samples were collected twice (in 1993 and 1994) from 19 workers exposed to 1,3-butadiene and 19 matched controls. Three exposed and three control subjects were the same in 1993 and 1994. Personal passive dosimetry was performed in 1993 and twice in 1994 on the day preceding blood sampling. Mean exposure level in 1994 was 1.76 +/- 4.20 ppm (S.D.) and individual exposure levels ranged between 0.012 ppm (detection limit) and 19.77 ppm. Using the clonal assay, geometric mean of hprt mutant frequencies adjusted for cloning efficiency, age and smoking were, respectively, 7.85 (+/- 7.09) x 10(-6) and 10.14 (+/- 9.16) x 10(-6) in pooled (1993 plus 1994) exposed and control subjects. The difference was not statistically significant indicating that 1,3-butadiene did not induce a detectable increase in mutations at the hprt locus. A similar result was obtained for the 1994 subjects alone. There was no difference between adjusted geometric mean mutant frequencies of exposed and unexposed non-smokers or between exposed and unexposed smokers. Analysis of chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes from 1994 subjects indicated that the percentage of aberrant cells was significantly enhanced in exposed subjects. In 1993 (data not shown), it was impossible to demonstrate a significant increase of aberrant cells in subjects exposed to 1,3-butadiene. Frequencies of micronuclei in cytochalasin-B blocked binucleate lymphocytes in exposed and unexposed 1994 subjects were not significantly different. This was also the case for earlier samples analyzed in the same plant. Using the comet assay for 1994 subjects, no statistically significant difference was found between the whole group of exposed and unexposed subjects. This was true for both the comet tail length and the percentage of DNA in the tail. In exposed smokers, however, the comet tail length was significantly longer than in unexposed smokers. Unexpectedly, in unexposed smokers the tail length was significantly shorter than in unexposed non-smokers. It was also unexpected that the percentage of DNA in the comet tail was significantly lower in exposed non-smokers than in unexposed non-smokers.
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- A D Tates
- MGC-Department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Sorsa M, Autio K, Demopoulos NA, Järventaus H, Rössner P, Srám RJ, Stephanou G, Vlachodimitropoulos D. Human cytogenetic biomonitoring of occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene. Mutat Res 1994; 309:321-6. [PMID: 7520992 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)90109-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The association of occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene and chromosomal damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes was studied in 40 workers from two production facilities. Control persons, 30 in all, were chosen from other departments of the same plants, and they were roughly matched for age and smoking habits. The exposure levels to ambient butadiene were measured both by personal sampling using diffuse monitors and by stationary sampling at production and handling sites. Chromosome aberrations (CA), micronuclei (MN) and sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE) in peripheral lymphocytes were analyzed as markers of exposure. Smoking had a slight effect on the frequency of MN, and the mean frequency of SCEs was also higher in smokers than in non-smokers. No effect of smoking, however, was seen in relation to chromosomal aberrations. No exposure related effects were seen in any of the three cytogenetic endpoints in either of the butadiene production plants, representing typical low (below 3 ppm) exposure levels of the butadiene manufacturing industry.
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- M Sorsa
- Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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Lianou PE, Votta EG, Vlachodimitropoulos D, Papavassiliou JT, Bassaris HP. Polymorphonuclear leukocyte function in children with recurrent infections. J Chemother 1989; 1:434-5. [PMID: 16312474] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- P E Lianou
- Department of Microbiology, Athens University and Department of Medicine, Patras University, Greece
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