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Leles SG, Mitra A, Flynn KJ, Stoecker DK, Hansen PJ, Calbet A, McManus GB, Sanders RW, Caron DA, Not F, Hallegraeff GM, Pitta P, Raven JA, Johnson MD, Glibert PM, Våge S. Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 284:rspb.2017.0664. [PMID: 28768886 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This first comprehensive analysis of the global biogeography of marine protistan plankton with acquired phototrophy shows these mixotrophic organisms to be ubiquitous and abundant; however, their biogeography differs markedly between different functional groups. These mixotrophs, lacking a constitutive capacity for photosynthesis (i.e. non-constitutive mixotrophs, NCMs), acquire their phototrophic potential through either integration of prey-plastids or through endosymbiotic associations with photosynthetic microbes. Analysis of field data reveals that 40-60% of plankton traditionally labelled as (non-phototrophic) microzooplankton are actually NCMs, employing acquired phototrophy in addition to phagotrophy. Specialist NCMs acquire chloroplasts or endosymbionts from specific prey, while generalist NCMs obtain chloroplasts from a variety of prey. These contrasting functional types of NCMs exhibit distinct seasonal and spatial global distribution patterns. Mixotrophs reliant on 'stolen' chloroplasts, controlled by prey diversity and abundance, dominate in high-biomass areas. Mixotrophs harbouring intact symbionts are present in all waters and dominate particularly in oligotrophic open ocean systems. The contrasting temporal and spatial patterns of distribution of different mixotroph functional types across the oceanic provinces, as revealed in this study, challenges traditional interpretations of marine food web structures. Mixotrophs with acquired phototrophy (NCMs) warrant greater recognition in marine research.
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- S G Leles
- Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
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- Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC. Pg Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton CT, 06340, USA
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA
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- UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin UMR7144, Sorbonne Universités, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29688 Roscoff, France
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Division of Plant Science, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DQ, UK.,Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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Flynn KJ, Mitra A, Greenwell HC, Sui J. Monster potential meets potential monster: pros and cons of deploying genetically modified microalgae for biofuels production. Interface Focus 2014; 3:20120037. [PMID: 24427510 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2012.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Biofuels production from microalgae attracts much attention but remains an unproven technology. We explore routes to enhance production through modifications to a range of generic microalgal physiological characteristics. Our analysis shows that biofuels production may be enhanced ca fivefold through genetic modification (GM) of factors affecting growth rate, respiration, photoacclimation, photosynthesis efficiency and the minimum cell quotas for nitrogen and phosphorous (N : C and P : C). However, simulations indicate that the ideal GM microalgae for commercial deployment could, on escape to the environment, become a harmful algal bloom species par excellence, with attendant risks to ecosystems and livelihoods. In large measure, this is because an organism able to produce carbohydrate and/or lipid at high rates, providing stock metabolites for biofuels production, will also be able to attain a stoichiometric composition that will be far from optimal as food for the support of zooplankton growth. This composition could suppress or even halt the grazing activity that would otherwise control the microalgal growth in nature. In consequence, we recommend that the genetic manipulation of microalgae, with inherent consequences on a scale comparable to geoengineering, should be considered under strict international regulation.
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- K J Flynn
- Centre of Sustainable Aquatic Research , Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP , UK
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- Centre of Sustainable Aquatic Research , Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP , UK
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- Department of Earth Sciences , Durham University , Durham DH1 3LE , UK
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- Centre of Sustainable Aquatic Research , Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP , UK
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Greenwell HC, Laurens LML, Shields RJ, Lovitt RW, Flynn KJ. Placing microalgae on the biofuels priority list: a review of the technological challenges. J R Soc Interface 2009; 7:703-26. [PMID: 20031983 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Microalgae provide various potential advantages for biofuel production when compared with 'traditional' crops. Specifically, large-scale microalgal culture need not compete for arable land, while in theory their productivity is greater. In consequence, there has been resurgence in interest and a proliferation of algae fuel projects. However, while on a theoretical basis, microalgae may produce between 10- and 100-fold more oil per acre, such capacities have not been validated on a commercial scale. We critically review current designs of algal culture facilities, including photobioreactors and open ponds, with regards to photosynthetic productivity and associated biomass and oil production and include an analysis of alternative approaches using models, balancing space needs, productivity and biomass concentrations, together with nutrient requirements. In the light of the current interest in synthetic genomics and genetic modifications, we also evaluate the options for potential metabolic engineering of the lipid biosynthesis pathways of microalgae. We conclude that although significant literature exists on microalgal growth and biochemistry, significantly more work needs to be undertaken to understand and potentially manipulate algal lipid metabolism. Furthermore, with regards to chemical upgrading of algal lipids and biomass, we describe alternative fuel synthesis routes, and discuss and evaluate the application of catalysts traditionally used for plant oils. Simulations that incorporate financial elements, along with fluid dynamics and algae growth models, are likely to be increasingly useful for predicting reactor design efficiency and life cycle analysis to determine the viability of the various options for large-scale culture. The greatest potential for cost reduction and increased yields most probably lies within closed or hybrid closed-open production systems.
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- H C Greenwell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, UK.
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Huang CC, Coppola MA, Nguyen P, Carragher D, Rohl C, Flynn KJ, Altman JD, Blackman MA. Effect of Staphylococcus enterotoxin B on the concurrent CD8(+) T cell response to influenza virus infection. Cell Immunol 2000; 204:1-10. [PMID: 11006012 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2000.1692] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bacterial superantigens have potent in vivo effects. Respiratory viral infections are often associated with secondary bacterial infections, raising the likelihood of exposure to bacterial superantigens after the initiation of the anti-viral immune response. In this study, the general and V beta-specific effects of exposure to Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) during influenza virus infection on both the ongoing acute and the subsequent recall CD8(+) T cell responses were analyzed, using the well-characterized murine influenza model system and tetrameric MHC/peptide reagents to directly identify virus-specific T cells. The results show that although superantigen exposure during the primary viral infection caused delayed viral clearance, there was remarkably little effect of SEB on the magnitude or TCR repertoire of the ongoing cytolytic T cell response or on the recall response elicited by secondary viral infection. Thus, despite the well-characterized immunomodulatory effects of SEB, there was surprisingly little interference with concurrent anti-viral immunity.
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- C C Huang
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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A range of marine phytoplankton was grown in closed systems in order to investigate the kinetics of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) use and the influence of the nitrogen source under conditions of constant pH. The kinetics of DIC use could be described by a rectangular hyperbolic curve, yielding estimations of KG(DIC) (the half saturation constant for carbon-specific growth, i.e. C mu) and mu max (the theoretical maximum C mu). All species attained a KG(DIC) within the range of 30-750 microM DIC. For most species, NH4+ use enabled growth with a lower KG(DIC) and/or, for two species, an increase in mu max. At DIC concentrations of > 1.6 mM, C mu was > 90% saturated for all species relative to the rate at the natural seawater DIC concentration of 2.0 mM. The results suggest that neither the rate nor the extent of primary productivity will be significantly limited by the DIC in the quasi-steady-state conditions associated with oligotrophic oceans. The method needs to be applied in the conditions associated with dynamic coastal (eutrophic) systems for clarification of a potential DIC rate limitation where cells may grow to higher densities and under variable pH and nitrogen supply.
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- D R Clark
- Ecology Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, UK.
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Clark DR, Merrett MJ, Flynn KJ. Utilization of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and the response of the marine flagellate Isochrysis galbana to carbon or nitrogen stress. New Phytol 1999; 144:463-470. [PMID: 33862853 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00539.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The growth of the marine flagellate Isochrysis galbana was followed in batch cultures at four concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), from C- and N-replete lag phase into C- and/or N-deplete stationary phase. Organic buffers were omitted from the growth medium, and culture pH was maintained at 8.30±0.05 by the addition of acid or alkali. The responses of the flagellate to N stress included an increase in the C∶N ratio, and decreases in the ratios of glutamine (Gln)∶glutamate (Glu) and Chl a∶C, and the cell Chl a quota. Conversely, the responses to C stress included a decrease in the C∶N ratio, and increases in the ratios of Gln∶Glu and Chl a∶C, and the cell Chl a quota. The relationship between carbon-specific growth rate (C-μ), and the concentration of extracellular DIC, [DIC]ext , exhibited Michaelis-Menten type kinetics with a half saturation constant, KG(DIC) , of 81 μM. Comparative studies of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum showed similar results, although the value of KG(DIC) was lower at 30 μM.
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- D R Clark
- 1 Swansea Algal Physiology Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA1 8PP, UK
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- 1 Swansea Algal Physiology Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA1 8PP, UK
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- 1 Swansea Algal Physiology Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA1 8PP, UK
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Flynn KJ, Riberdy JM, Christensen JP, Altman JD, Doherty PC. In vivo proliferation of naïve and memory influenza-specific CD8(+) T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:8597-602. [PMID: 10411921 PMCID: PMC17562 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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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The virus-specific CD8(+) T cell response has been analyzed through the development, effector, and recovery phases of primary and secondary influenza pneumonia. Apparently, most, if not all, memory T cells expressing clonotypic receptors that bind a tetrameric complex of influenza nucleoprotein (NP)(366-374) peptide+H-2D(b) (NPP) are induced to divide during the course of this localized respiratory infection. The replicative phase of the recall response ends about the time that virus can no longer be recovered from the lung, whereas some primary CD8(+)NPP(+) T cells may proliferate for a few more days. The greatly expanded population of CD8(+)NPP(+) memory T cells in the lymphoid tissue of secondarily challenged mice declines progressively in mean prevalence over the ensuing 100 days, despite the fact that at least some of these lymphocytes continue to cycle. The recall of cell-mediated immunity thus is characterized by massive proliferation of the antigen-specific CD8(+) set, whereas the extent of lymphocyte turnover in the absence of cognate peptide is variable, at a low level, and can be influenced by intercurrent infection.
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- K J Flynn
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Riberdy JM, Flynn KJ, Stech J, Webster RG, Altman JD, Doherty PC. Protection against a lethal avian influenza A virus in a mammalian system. J Virol 1999; 73:1453-9. [PMID: 9882351 PMCID: PMC103970 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.2.1453-1459.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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] [Received: 09/21/1998] [Accepted: 11/02/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The question of how best to protect the human population against a potential influenza pandemic has been raised by the recent outbreak caused by an avian H5N1 virus in Hong Kong. The likely strategy would be to vaccinate with a less virulent, laboratory-adapted H5N1 strain isolated previously from birds. Little attention has been given, however, to dissecting the consequences of sequential exposure to serologically related influenza A viruses using contemporary immunology techniques. Such experiments with the H5N1 viruses are limited by the potential risk to humans. An extremely virulent H3N8 avian influenza A virus has been used to infect both immunoglobulin-expressing (Ig+/+) and Ig-/- mice primed previously with a laboratory-adapted H3N2 virus. The cross-reactive antibody response was very protective, while the recall of CD8(+) T-cell memory in the Ig-/- mice provided some small measure of resistance to a low-dose H3N8 challenge. The H3N8 virus also replicated in the respiratory tracts of the H3N2-primed Ig+/+ mice, generating secondary CD8(+) and CD4(+) T-cell responses that may contribute to recovery. The results indicate that the various components of immune memory operate together to provide optimal protection, and they support the idea that related viruses of nonhuman origin can be used as vaccines.
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- J M Riberdy
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101, USA
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Bunting KD, Flynn KJ, Riberdy JM, Doherty PC, Sorrentino BP. Virus-specific immunity after gene therapy in a murine model of severe combined immunodeficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:232-7. [PMID: 9874801 PMCID: PMC15122 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.1.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Accepted: 11/24/1998] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) can be caused by defects in Janus kinase 3 (JAK3)-dependent cytokine signaling pathways. As a result, patients are at high risk of life-threatening infection. A JAK3 -/- SCID mouse model for the human disease has been used to test whether transplant with retrovirally transduced bone marrow (BM) cells (JAK3 BMT) could restore immunity to an influenza A virus. The immune responses also were compared directly with those for mice transplanted with wild-type BM (+/+ BMT). After infection, approximately 90% of the JAK3 BMT or +/+ BMT mice survived, whereas all of the JAK3 -/- mice died within 29 days. Normal levels of influenza-specific IgG were present in plasma from JAK3 BMT mice at 14 days after respiratory challenge, indicating restoration of B cell function. Influenza-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells were detected in the spleen and lymph nodes, and virus-specific CD8(+) effectors localized to the lungs of the JAK3 BMT mice. The kinetics of the specific host response correlated with complete clearance of the virus within 2 weeks of the initial exposure. By contrast, the JAK3 -/- mice did not show any evidence of viral immunity and were unable to control this viral pneumonia. Retroviral-mediated JAK3 gene transfer thus restores diverse aspects of cellular and humoral immunity and has obvious potential for human autologous BMT.
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- K D Bunting
- Division of Experimental Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Brown MP, Topham DJ, Sangster MY, Zhao J, Flynn KJ, Surman SL, Woodland DL, Doherty PC, Farr AG, Pattengale PK, Brenner MK. Thymic lymphoproliferative disease after successful correction of CD40 ligand deficiency by gene transfer in mice. Nat Med 1998; 4:1253-60. [PMID: 9809548 DOI: 10.1038/3233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Inherited deficiency of the CD40 ligand (X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome) is characterized by failure of immunoglobulin isotype switching and severe defects of cell-mediated immunity. To test the potential for gene transfer therapy to correct this disorder, we transduced murine bone marrow or thymic cells with a retroviral vector containing the cDNA for the murine CD40 ligand (CD40L) and injected them into CD40L-/- mice. Even low-level, constitutive expression of the transgene stimulated humoral and cellular immune functions in these mice. With extended follow-up, however, 12 of 19 treated mice developed T-lymphoproliferative disorders, ranging from polyclonal increases of lymphoblasts to overt monoclonal T-lymphoblastic lymphomas that involved multiple organs. Our findings show that constitutive (rather than tightly regulated), low-level expression of CD40L can produce abnormal proliferative responses in developing T lymphocytes, apparently through aberrant interaction between CD40L+ and TCRalphabeta+CD40+ thymocytes. Current methods of gene therapy may prove inappropriate for disorders involving highly regulated genes in essential positions in proliferative cascades.
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- M P Brown
- Cell and Gene Therapy Program, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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The prevalence of obesity among Black women has reached epidemic proportions. Some researchers have suggested that the body images of Black females may contribute to their high risk for obesity by inhibiting motivation for weight control. While a number of empirical studies have examined the body images of Black females, findings are complex and at times, inconsistent. For example, some studies show that Black females consider overweight bodies more attractive, while other studies show that Black females prefer normal-weight bodies. Divergent findings may be due, in part, to the multidimensional nature of body image. Inconsistencies may also be due to differences between the Black females sampled. Methodological problems, including the use of measures that have been validated among Black females, the use of various weight-for-height standards, and the inconsistent analyses of or lack of physiological data, also may contribute to conflicting results. This review addresses the complexity of body image findings among a heterogeneous Black female population and the relationship between their body images and obesity risk. Implications for effective obesity treatment programs and suggestions for improvements in future body image studies are also discussed.
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- K J Flynn
- Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Virus-specific CD8+ effector T cells (eCTL) are enriched in the lungs of mice with primary influenza pneumonia, though later detection of memory T cells (mCTL) in the mediastinal lymph nodes (MLN) or spleen by peptide-based staining protocols is at the limits of flow cytometric analysis. Respiratory challenge with an H3N2 virus months after H1N1 priming induces a massive recall response, which reduces virus titers 2-3 days earlier than in nave controls. Influenza-specific mCTL produce interferon-gamma within 6 hr, but still take 4-5 days to localize to the infected respiratory tract. The delay reflects that the recall response develops first in the MLN, which contains relatively few mCTL. The response to a subdominant epitope is less obvious after secondary challenge.
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- K J Flynn
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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Richert CA, Flynn KJ. Malignant melanoma simulating a seborrheic keratosis: a case report. Dermatol Online J 1997; 3:5. [PMID: 9141366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This is a case report of malignant melanoma presenting with both clinical and histopathologic features of a seborrheic keratosis. Not a rare phenomenon, this report emphasizes the importance of biopsy to evaluate apparent seborrheic keratoses. We believe that this phenomenon is best considered a presentation of melanoma. Diminished routine histopathologic evaluation of apparent seborrheic keratoses may well increase the number of mistaken diagnoses in such cases.
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Gallacher S, Flynn KJ, Franco JM, Brueggemann EE, Hines HB. Evidence for production of paralytic shellfish toxins by bacteria associated with Alexandrium spp. (Dinophyta) in culture. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:239-45. [PMID: 9065273 PMCID: PMC168316 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.239-245.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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A substantial proportion of bacteria from five Alexandrium cultures originally isolated from various countries produced sodium channel blocking (SCB) toxins, as ascertained by mouse neuroblastoma assay. The quantities of SCB toxins produced by bacteria and dinoflagellates were noted, and the limitations in comparing the toxicities of these two organisms are discussed. The chemical nature of the SCB toxins in selected bacterial isolates was determined as paralytic shellfish toxins by pre- and postcolumn high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry, and enzyme immunoassay.
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- S Gallacher
- SOAEFD, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
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Subungual keratoacanthoma is a rare, benign tumor of the digits. Patients present with progressive fusiform swelling, erythema, and tenderness, usually affecting a single digit on the radial side of the hand. A cup-shaped lytic lesion of the distal phalanx is a uniform finding on radiography. Delay in diagnosis and misdiagnosis are common because of the rarity of the lesion and difficulties with histological differentiation from subungual squamous cell carcinoma. Accurate diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion, a careful history, and histological evaluation. The natural progression of the disease appears to be continued growth with ongoing destruction of the distal phalanx. Proper treatment involves surgical removal of the mass by curettage and close follow-up for at least 2 years to monitor for local recurrence.
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- J E Lovett
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
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Flynn KJ, Davidson K, Cunningham A. Relations between carbon and nitrogen during growth of Nannochloropsis oculata (Droop) Hibberd under continuous illumination. New Phytol 1993; 125:717-722. [PMID: 33874462 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1993.tb03920.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Growth of the marine eustigmatophyte Nannochloropsis oculata (Droop) Hibberd was Followed through two periods of batch growth from stationary phase until cessation of net C-fixation. Growth continued for two generations after exhaustion of the N-source (100μM NH4 + ), with an increase in the cell C/N mass ratio from 6 to 28. N-deprived cells had a larger mean volume (130%) than N-replete cells. Intracellular concentrations of carotenoids and Chla correlated with cell-N until exhaustion of the N-source, when Chla ml-1 of culture declined significantly. The contribution of intracellular amino-N to cell-N was less than 3% throughout exponential and stationary phases. The major intracellular amino acids were glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln) and alanine; concentrations of tyrosine (on a population basis) increased steadily during N-deprivation. The intracellular concentrations of other amino acids showed fluctuations corresponding with changes in growth rate (e.g. arginine) or cell-N (e.g. glycine). The intracellular ratio of Gln/Glu reached a peak of more than 26 within 3 h of inoculation of stationary phase cells into fresh medium, before falling to around 0.6 during exponential growth, and then remained below 0.1 after NH4 - exhaustion. Of the extracellular amino acids, concentrations of alanine and serine remained relatively constant throughout, while those of glycine, glutamate and of total dissolved free amino acids increased during exponential and early post-exponential phases, before levelling off at 1.4μM amino-N. The behaviour of Nannochloropsis oculata is contrasted with the growth and physiology of Isochrysis galbana.
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- K J Flynn
- Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, PO Box 3, Oban, Argyll PA34 4AD, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, UK
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- R N Sherman
- Department of Dermatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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The marine phytoflagellate Isochrysis galbana Parke was followed through two consecutive cycles of ammonium-limited growth. There was a significant (48 h) lag in cell division following the resupply of ammonium but no discernible lag in biomass growth, which led to a transient increase in the mean biomass per cell. Cell carbon and Coulter volume were linearly correlated. Net chlorophyll synthesis was closely linked to the absorption of extracellular N, while carotenoid synthesis continued until C fixation ceased. Photosynthetic activity (C fixation per unit chlorophyll) varied significantly with the cellular N:C ratio. A rapid rise in the ratio of glutamine to glutamate (0.1-6) during the first 24 h after nitrogen supply indicated a temporary imbalance in the flux of C and N into biomass synthesis. Intracellular ammonium accounted for less than 4% of total cell N, while free intracellular amino acids accounted for 3-5%. Nevertheless, cell numbers were able to double after the medium became depleted of ammonium, presumably by recycling and redistributing high molecular weight intracellular N.
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- K Davidson
- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Strathclyde University, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, UK
- Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, PO Box 3, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK
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- Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, PO Box 3, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Strathclyde University, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, UK
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- R N Sherman
- Department of Dermatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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King AB, Flynn KJ. Maggot therapy revisited: a case study. Dermatol Nurs 1991; 3:100-2. [PMID: 1826842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This article chronicles a personal experience with the care of a patient with chronic, recalcitrant stasis ulcers who presented with maggot infestation. A case study format is used. A brief history, technique, and benefits of maggot therapy are also included.
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- J A Hodge
- Department of Dermatology, New Orleans, LA 70121
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Thomas MJ, Flynn KJ. A day in the life of Ginny Simmons, Director of Nursing Education, Community Hospital of Chula Vista, CA. Healthc Trends Transit 1990; 1:40-1, 45. [PMID: 10108186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Flynn KJ. A day in the life of Margaret L. McClure, Executive Director of Nursing, New York University Medical Center. Healthc Trends Transit 1990; 1:42-4. [PMID: 10108181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Ammonium-nitrogen was assimilated rapidly by nitrogen-replete cultures of the nitrate-utilizing yeast, Candida nitratophila as long as a suitable source of carbon was available. These cultures contained high activities of an NADPH-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase with a relatively high affinity for ammonium (Km = 0.27 mM) and high glutamine synthetase activity. Both enzyme activities were apparently derepressed when glutamine-grown cultures were starved of nitrogen or transferred to nitrate medium. Nitrogen-deficient cultures also contained NADH-dependent glutamate synthase activity that was inhibited by azaserine in vitro. Ammonium assimilation in vivo, was inhibited by methionine sulphoximine whilst addition of azaserine resulted in an accumulation of intracellular glutamine and an inhibition of glutamate production. Our results suggest that, in C. nitratophila, there is a potential for ammonium assimilation via both the glutamate dehydrogenase pathway and the glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase pathway with the latter pathway predominating in nitrogen-deficient cells.
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- C R Hipkin
- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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Flynn KJ. Unlocking the mystery of the pyramid--the organizational chart. Healthc Trends Transit 1990; 1:6, 8, 18 passim. [PMID: 10108176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Flynn KJ, Hipkin CR. Changes in intracellular amino acids and glutamine : glutamate during N-deprivation and feeding in Candida nitratophila. New Phytol 1990; 114:435-440. [PMID: 33873963 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1990.tb00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the yeast, Candida nitratophila Shifrine et Phaff, the intracellular concentrations of α-amino acids decreased rapidly during N-deprivation, with the ratio of glutamine: glutamate (Gln: Glu) falling from 07 in NH4 + -grown cells, or 0.5 in NO3 - -grown cells, to 0.1 after 1 h. Addition of NH4 + to N-deprived cultures resulted in rapid increases in glutamate, glutamine and alanine with Gln: Glu exceeding 1.5 within 30 min. Recovery of other amino acids, such as arginine, was much slower. Addition of NO3 , resulted in a less rapid increase in the concentration of some intracellular amino acids, including glutamate and glutamine, while levels of arginine continued to fall for 30 min after addition of this N-source. Gln: Glu was slow to rise in NO3 - pulsed cells. Addition of NH4 + to cells growing on NO3- produced little change over the following 2 h other than decreases in arginine and histidine. Carbon deprivation resulted in a rapid decrease in levels of glutamate, glutamine and alanine, but not of aspartate (which this yeast is unable to use as a sole C-source for growth) or arginine. Gln: Glu increased during C-deprivation but fell within 10 min to normal levels on addition of glucose. It is concluded that, in C. nitratophila, Gln:Glu values correlate well with C-N status.
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- K J Flynn
- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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Full-thickness sections of upper and lower eyelids were obtained from patients who had eyelid pigment implantation performed by one surgeon. These four patients represented eyelid pigment implantation at varying postoperative stages ranging from 6 months to 4 years. Light microscopic evaluation revealed pigment within dermis and superficial orbicularis muscle. Light and electron microscopic evaluation revealed the vast majority of the pigment to be located intracellularly, primarily within macrophages. No foreign-body reaction was seen around the implanted material. Electron probe analysis of the pigment showed only the presence of iron. Analysis of the unused pigment revealed small amounts of silica and magnesium. These substances could not be identified by electron probe analysis in the eyelid tissues.
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Anderson GH, Flynn KJ, Hickey LA, Le Riche JC, Matisic JP, Suen KC. A comprehensive internal quality control system for a large cytology laboratory. Acta Cytol 1987; 31:895-9. [PMID: 3425151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The British Columbia Cervical Cytology Program is operated through the Central Laboratory at the Cancer Control Agency in Vancouver and processes all of the gynecologic Papanicolaou smears collected by 3,200 physicians throughout the province of British Columbia. The laboratory receives approximately 2,400 smears per day, and the program currently processes in excess of 500,000 smears annually. This article describes the methods that have been developed for ensuring that adequate quality control is present in the screening and interpretation of half a million smears per year, both at the cytotechnologist and at the cytopathologist level. The results of the quality control program, which was considerably modified in 1985, are also presented. The modified program shows a significant improvement in the number of undercalled and overcalled cases detected in two comparable six-month periods.
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- G H Anderson
- Division of Cytology, Cancer Control Agency of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Flynn KJ, OPik H, Syrett PJ. The Isolation of Plasma Membrane from the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Using an Aqueous Two-Polymer Phase System. Microbiology (Reading) 1987. [DOI: 10.1099/00221287-133-1-93] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Flynn KJ, Opik H, Syrett PJ. Localization of the Alkaline Phosphatase and 5'-Nucleotidase Activities of the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Microbiology (Reading) 1986. [DOI: 10.1099/00221287-132-2-289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Syrett PJ, Flynn KJ, Molloy CJ, Dixon GK, Peplinska AM, Cresswell RC. EFFECTS OF NITROGEN DEPRIVATION ON RATES OF UPTAKE OF NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS BY THE DIATOM, PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM BOHLIN. New Phytol 1986; 102:39-44. [PMID: 33873881 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1986.tb00795.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A culture of Phaeodactylum tricornutum was suspended in nitrogen-free growth medium under conditions which favoured photosynthesis. Nitrogen deprivation was continued for 60 h and, over this period, samples were removed for measurement of rates of uptake of arginine, guanine, nitrate, nitrite, lysine, methylammonium and urea. In another experiment, the effect of nitrogen deprivation on the ability to take up methylammonium and ammonium was compared. Cells developed, or increased, their abilities to take up all of these nitrogen compounds during nitrogen deprivation but ability to take up the two amino acids increased only slowly whereas the ability to take up the other compounds increased markedly during the first few hours of deprivation. The maximum rates of uptake developed were some 50-100 × higher for methylammonium and ammonium than they were for the other compounds. The rates of uptake are compared with those necessary to sustain growth.
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- P J Syrett
- Plant and Microbial Metabolism Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Plant and Microbial Metabolism Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Plant and Microbial Metabolism Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Plant and Microbial Metabolism Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Plant and Microbial Metabolism Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Plant and Microbial Metabolism Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University College of Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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Goldsmith M, Flynn KJ. Chairman recruitment: one hospital's success. Hosp Health Serv Adm 1983; 28:35-45. [PMID: 10316031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Flynn KJ, Dehner LP, Gajl-Peczalska KJ, Dahl MV, Ramsay N, Wang N. Regressing atypical histiocytosis: a cutaneous proliferation of atypical neoplastic histiocytes with unexpectedly indolent biologic behavior. Cancer 1982; 49:959-70. [PMID: 7059930 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19820301)49:5<959::aid-cncr2820490521>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Regressing atypical histiocytosis (RAH) of skin is a cutaneous noduloulcerative proliferation of atypical neoplastic histiocytes with concomitant polymorphous inflammation, frequently pronounced epidermal hyperplasia, and an unexpectedly indolent biologic course. Spontaneous regression and recurrence without systemic spread were the course in follow-up periods of over six years. Histopathologically, characteristic-appearing atypical mononuclear and multinucleated "RAH" cells showed erythrophagocytosis as well as ultrastructural, surface marker, and enzyme cytochemical features indicating histiocytic differentiation. Cytogenetic analysis showed aneuploidy and several marker chromosomes including 14q+. Its benign biologic course clearly distinguished this entity from malignant histiocytosis, large cell lymphoma, and Hodgkin's disease. The histiocytic atypical cells further distinguished it from the T-cell lesions of the skin, such as mycosis fungoides and lymphomatoid papulosis. This entity is readily confused with malignant lymphoreticular disease, melanoma, or squamous carcinoma.
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Flynn KJ, Dehner LP, Gajl-Peczalska KJ, Dahl MV, Ramsay N, Wang N. Regressing atypical histiocytosis: benign or malignant? Minn Med 1982; 65:73-6. [PMID: 7087948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Flynn KJ, Kim HS. Endobronchial metastasis of uterine leiomyosarcoma. JAMA 1978; 240:2080. [PMID: 702705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Differentiation between benign and malignant lesions on the plantar surfaces is sometimes clinically impossible and requires biopsy. A case of epithelioma cuniculatum plantare is reported that was futilely treated for years as a plantar wart and then upon proper diagnosis was successfully treated by complete excision and rotation of a flap of plantar skin.
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The effect of ileal bypass on steady-state sterol balance and plasma cholesterol was studied in sham operated (SO) and ileal bypass (IB) White Carneau pigeons 6 months (Group I) and 18 months (Group II) after surgery while fed their usual cholesterol-free diet. Unlike what has been noted in other animals, the bile acid (BA) and neutral sterol (NS) excretion (mg/kg per day) in IB was not statistically different from that in SO. Group I: BA, 40.2 (SO) vs 39.0 (IB); NS, 13.3 (SO) vs 17.3 (IB). Group II: BA, 55.7 (SO) vs 54.1 (IB); NS, 9.57 (SO) vs 8.84 (IB). IB pigeons had only slightly lower plasma cholesterol levels (postoperative) than SO pigeons. Group I, 329 (SO) vs 271 (IB) mg/dl (P less than 0.05); Group II, 374 (SO) vs 312 (IB) mg/dl. This study indicates that the response to ileal bypass by White Carneau pigeons in terms of cholesterol excretion and plasma cholesterol changes is different than what has been observed in other species.
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