The p53 gene is believed to play an important role through the mutation and overexpression in the progression of various human malignant tumors. The type IV collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase: MMP-2) initiates the degradation of the extracellular matrix, and consequently may play a role in the tumor invasion and metastasis. To investigate the correlation between clinicopathologic features of the colorectal adenocarcinomas and benign tumors and expression of p53 and MMP-2 proteins, we performed an immunohistochemical study on 40 colorectal adenocarcinomas, 20 adenomas and 20 hyperplastic polyps by using the antibodies to p53 and MMP-2 proteins. The positive expression rate of the p53 protein in adenocarcinomas was 62.5% and significantly higher than in benign tumors. The positive expression rate of the MMP-2 protein was 47.5% in adenocarcinomas, but there was no expression of MMP-2 protein in benign tumors. The difference in p53 and MMP-2 expression rates between malignant and non-malignant tumors was statistically significant. The positive expression rate of p53 protein in the non-metastatic and metastatic adenocarcinomas was 59.1 and 66.7%, respectively. The positive expression rate of MMP-2 protein in the non-metastatic and metastatic adencarcinomas was 45.5 and 50.0%, respectively. The correlation between several clinicopathologic features and expression of p53 and MMP-2 protein was not statistically significant, but the rate of positive MMP-2 immunoreactivity showed a statistically significant difference between Astler-Coller stage B1 C1 group and B2 C2 group of adenocarcinoma (p=0.0431). We concluded that the expression of p53 and MMP-2 protein contributes to the cancer development and MMP-2 may play a certain role in the invasiveness of the colorectal tumor. p53 and MMP-2 protein expression is not correlated with lymph node metastasis.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Adenoma ; Antibodies ; Collagenases ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; Extracellular Matrix ; Genes, p53 ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2* ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Polyps

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The relationship of cold pressor, hyperventilation and exercise test responses to circadian patterns and types of angina in vasospastic angina have still not been known. The aim of this study was to identify subgoups of patients who have similar clinical features and provocation test response. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive patients with pure vasospastic angina were studied. Six exercise tests were performed in the early morning, late morning, and late afternoon in consecutive days, and 2 hyperventilation tests and 2 cold pressor tests in the early morning. Circadian distribution and types of angina(at rest, on physical activity or both) were evaluated by clinical history, clinical records and ambulatory ECG recordings during admission and follow-up periods(mean 19+/-9 months). RESULTS: Three patterns of circadian distribution of anginal attacks were identified during all observation periods together(morning and night: MN n=, morning and afternoon or evening: M+/E n=, morning, night and afternoon and/or evening: MN+/E n=1). Exercise test was positive in 36%(40/111) without circadian variation, hyperventilation test in 66%(23/35) and cold pressor test in 6%(2/33). Neither hyperventilation test nor cold pressor test was related to circadian patterns, types or activity of angina, or numbers of spastic artery. But positive exercise test increased significantly in patients with angina on physical activity(43% vs 21%, p<0.05), high activity(57% vs 18%, p<0.01), multivessel spasm(50% vs 27%, p<0.05 ) and circadian patterns of M+/E and MN+/E(29%, 55% vs 4%, p<0.05, p<0.01). All patients with MN had rest angina and single vessel spasm. All 6 patients with M+/E had angina both at rest and on physical activity and 5 single vessel spasm. Eight of 11 patients with MN+/E had angina both at rest and on physical activity and 8 multivessel spasm. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that hyperventilation test is highly sensitive in vasospastic angina without any relationship to clinical features, but exercise test response is related well to circadian patterns of angina attacks which are associated with characteristic clinical features.
Arteries ; Electrocardiography ; Exercise Test ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hyperventilation ; Motor Activity ; Muscle Spasticity ; Spasm

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Child* ; Humans ; Infant* ; Intussusception*

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Interleukin-6(IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine, and deregulated IL-6 gene expression has been implicated as being involved in the pathogenesis of a number of diseaaes. So we measured the serum level of IL-6 to find a relationahip between uterine cervical cancer and serum IL-6 level. The serum levels of IL-6 were meesured m 54 patients adrnitted to the Severance hospital, from August, 1992 to February, 1993, of whom 27 patients were diagnosed as invasive cancer of cervix, 17 as CIN, and also utilizing 10 patiente diagnosed as uterine myoma as a control group for matched age and parity. The average serum level of IL-6 in invasive cancer, CIN, and uterine myoma were respectively 30.33pg/ml, 37.27pg/ml, and 12.45pg Jml. In 22% af cervical cancer patients (6 of 27), and 27% of CIN patients (4 of 17) studied blood levels of II-6 were detected whereas only 10% of uterine myoma (1 of 10) shorved the same result. However, the difference does not seem to be statistically significant, There was no statistically significant difference among any of the groups, and age and stage did not show any significant cmrelation, and the results need furt,ber investigations.
Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Gene Expression ; Humans ; Interleukin-6* ; Leiomyoma ; Parity ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

Midline malignant reticulosis is a relentlessly progressive, localized, destructive inflammatory process of upper respiratory tract including the nose, nasopharynx, palate, paranasal sinuses, and midface. Histologically, it is characterized by a dense aceumulation of pleomorphic mononuclear cells with an admixture of inflammatory cells. We report a case of midline malignant reticulosis developed in a 64-year-old man, who showed a serosanguineous nasal discharge, perforation of nasal septum, persistent ulceration of hard palate, and disseminated lesions on the abdominal skin, which was confirmed by histopathalogical examination. In addition we studied infiltrated cells with atypical nuclei by immunohistochemical staining with a pannel of monoclonal antibodies. The results revealed that the atypical cells expressed the T-cell marker, but not the macrophage and B-cell marker.
Antibodies, Monoclonal ; B-Lymphocytes ; Humans ; Macrophages ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Septum ; Nasopharynx ; Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Nose ; Palate ; Palate, Hard ; Paranasal Sinuses ; Respiratory System ; Skin* ; T-Lymphocytes ; Ulcer

BACKGROUND: The Freedom (TM) stent, which is one of recently developed balloon-expandable coil stents, has advantages of low profile and good trackability and flexibility. We evaluated the initial results and the late restenosis rate of Freedom (TM) stent in patients with coronary artery disease. METHOD: A total of 40 Freedom stents were implanted in 32 consecutive patients (38 lesions). The clinical diagnosis of the subjects were stable angina in 1 patient, unstable angina in 19, and acute myocardial infarction in 12. The indications of stenting were primary stenting in 11 stents, suboptimal result after PTCA in 26, and bailout procedure in 1. A mean diameter of reference artery was 3.1 mm (SD, +/-0.4) and mean of lesion length was 10.9 mm (SD, +/-5.6). Stents were implanted with a mean maximal balloon pressure of 12.1 atm (SD, +/-2.2). Follow-up angiography was done at least 3 months (mean duration, 8.7+/-3.7) after stenting for 28 lesions of 22 patients. RESULTS: All 40 stents were implanted safely except one, which was complicated with side branch occlusion. There was no case of stent thrombosis and clinical success rate was 97% (31/32). Minimal luminal diameter (MLD) was increased from 0.7 (SD, +/-0.4) to 3.0 mm (SD, +/-0.4) and % of diameter stenosis (%DS) was decreased from 78 (SD, +/-13) to 2% (SD, +/-5) immediately after stenting. The overall restenosis rate was 28% (8/28). The restenosis rate was increased in the complex lesions (complex, 38% vs simple, 0%: p=0.05) and lesion of small vessel (<3.0 mm, 50% vs > or = 3.0 mm, 20%:p=0.11). CONCLUSION: FreedomTM stent is safe and feasible in patients with various morphology of coronary lesions including small and tortuous arteries, and in lesion associated with side branches. But lesions of small vessel and complex morphology are tend to be associated with higher rates of restenosis.
Angina, Stable ; Angina, Unstable ; Angiography ; Arteries ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Freedom* ; Humans ; Myocardial Infarction ; Phenobarbital ; Pliability ; Stents* ; Thrombosis

Eczema herpeticum is a herpes simplex virus infection with disseminated skin involvement superimposed on a pre-existing dermatosis. Dariers disease has been reported to be among the dermatoses susceptible to the sudden onset of a widespread vesicular eruption accompanied by high fever known as Kaposis varicelliform eruption. We report a case of eczema herpeticum in a 46-year-old woman associated with Dariers disease.
Darier Disease* ; Eczema* ; Female ; Fever ; Humans ; Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption* ; Middle Aged ; Simplexvirus ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

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