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From study of 549 patients with various forms of acute pancreatitis (AP) the authors conclude that membrane disorders occur in these patients, in which case membrane modulators, products of lipid peroxidation (PLO) among others, play an inducing role. In addition to the routine clinical data, of great significance for the diagnosis of AP are laboratory findings on lactate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, endogenous enzymes, transamidinase, concentrations of free kinins, blood coagulative system, study of free radical oxidation of lipids, beta-lipoprotein levels, etc. The authors recommend a wider use of fatty emulsions with heparin and intraarterial infusion of agents in the generally accepted complex of therapeutic measures. Operative treatment is usually indicated in approximately 20% of cases.
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PMID:[Diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis]. 177 53

Whole-mount and sectioned in situ hybridization was used to identify genes with restricted expression pattern in the presomitic and somitic mesoderm during Xenopus early development. Here we report the dynamic expression pattern of six distinct genes differentially expressed in these regions. These include Xenopus homologues of purine nucleoside phosphorylase, acetylcholine receptor, aspartate aminotransferase, glycine amidinotransferase and brain and muscle isoform creatine kinases. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase was initially expressed in the marginal zone at gastrula stage and then localized to the tail bud. Although the other genes showed no significantly localized expression at gastrula or neurula stages, they are progressively restricted in the somitic mesoderm as development proceeds. A common feature for these genes is that their deficiency in humans leads to an impairment of several tissue or cell functions. An analysis of their expression pattern could provide information regarding their implication in early development.
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PMID:Dynamic expression pattern of distinct genes in the presomitic and somitic mesoderm during Xenopus development. 1959 25

In recent years, gene expression, genetic association, and metabolic studies have implicated the polyamine system in psychiatric conditions, including suicide. Given the extensive regulation of genes involved in polyamine metabolism, as well as their interconnections with the metabolism of other amino acids, we were interested in further investigating the expression of polyamine-related genes across the brain in order to obtain a more comprehensive view of the dysregulation of this system in suicide. To this end, we examined the expression of genes related to polyamine metabolism across 22 brain regions in a sample of 29 mood-disordered suicide completers and 16 controls, and identified 14 genes displaying differential expression. Among these, altered expression of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase, spermine oxidase, and spermine synthase, has previously been observed in brains of suicide completers, while the remainder of the genes represent novel findings. In addition to genes with direct involvement in polyamine metabolism, including S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase antizymes 1 and 2, and arginase II, we identified altered expression of several more distally related genes, including aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member A2, brain creatine kinase, mitochondrial creatine kinase 1, glycine amidinotransferase, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1, and arginyl-tRNA synthetase-like. Many of these genes displayed altered expression across several brain regions, strongly implying that dysregulated polyamine metabolism is a widespread phenomenon in the brains of suicide completers. This study provides a broader view of the nature and extent of the dysregulation of the polyamine system in suicide, and highlights the importance of this system in the neurobiology of suicide.
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PMID:Global gene expression profiling of the polyamine system in suicide completers. 2120 3