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Korea*

We purified specific 31/36 kDa antigenic molecules from sparganum in different intermediate hosts (snakes and mice) and analyzed their monosaccharide compositions. Compositional analysis showed that glucose and mannose concentrations were 2-3 fold higher in the 31/36 kDa molecule purified from snakes than those from mice. This result implies that antigenic glycoproteins of sparganum from snakes might be modified in mammalian sparganosis with respect to their carbohydrate composition.
Animals ; Antigens, Helminth/*chemistry ; Human ; Mice ; Monosaccharides/*analysis ; Snakes/parasitology ; Sparganum/immunology ; Spirometra/*immunology ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

After collecting calcareous corpuscles from plerocercoid of Spirometra mansoni (sparganum), we evaluated the antigenic values of calcareous corpuscles binding proteins obtained from the cyst fluid of Taenia solium metacestodes. Immunoblot analysis revealed that cysticercosis patient sera strongly recognized 10 and 95 kDa calcareous corpuscles binding proteins. This result demonstrated that calcareous corpuscles are bound with major secretory antigenic proteins, which is possibly involved in the secretory pathways of the 10 and 95 kDa proteins presenting in the cyst fluid of T. solium metacestodes.
Animals ; Antigens, Helminth/*analysis ; Carrier Proteins/*immunology ; Cysticercosis/diagnosis/immunology ; Helminth Proteins/*immunology ; Humans ; Immunoblotting/methods ; Molecular Weight ; Serologic Tests ; Sparganum ; Taenia solium/*chemistry/immunology

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Biopsy*

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Bone Marrow* ; Fibrin* ; Transplants*

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Nails

A case of multiple myeloma combined with stomach cancer and related literatures were reviewed. A 67 year-old male patient entered the hospital with dysphagia and weight loss for 3 months. Peripheral blood examination revealed anemia with rouleaux formation. Total protein of the serum was 9.9 g/dl with hyperglobulinemia (albumin 2.7 g/dl, globulin 7.2 g/dl, A/G ratio 0.375). On the electrophoresis and immunoelectrophoresis of the serum, the abnormal protein with the pattern of monoclonal gammopathy (IgG-K type) was shown. There were multiple variable sized osteolytic lesions on skull X-ray and abnormal hot uptakes of rips on bone scan and result of rib biopsy was plasmacytoma. Gastrofiberscopy was performed to search for the cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, revealed stomach cancer, and the result of the gastric mucosal biopsy proved to be well-differentiated adenocarcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma ; Anemia ; Biopsy ; Deglutition Disorders ; Electrophoresis ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Male ; Multiple Myeloma* ; Paraproteinemias ; Plasmacytoma ; Ribs ; Skull ; Stomach Neoplasms* ; Stomach* ; Weight Loss

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Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast*

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Humans ; Intestinal Obstruction*