Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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A 49-year-old man with high alcohol consumption was admitted with fever, cough and progressive dyspnea after a one week history of influenza-like symptoms. Chest X-ray film on admission showed diffuse peribronchial shadows and patchy infiltration in the right lower lung field. Chest X-ray film the following day and chest CT film on the 4th day of admission showed multiple nodular shadows and cavity formation. At bronchoscopy the bronchial surface was covered by white plaque, and Asp. fumigatus was subsequently cultured from BAL fluid. On the basis of suspected invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, anti-fungal agents were commenced. However, the shadows on chest X-ray increased, and the patient died on the 10th day of admission of respiratory failure and septic shock. Histological examination revealed bronchial wall invasion by hyphae of aspergillus and abscess formation in the pulmonary parenchyma. The precipitin antibody against aspergillus antigen was positive in reserved serum. Anti-Influenza A virus antibody (CF) was positive (X 256), and hemagglutination inhibition test of Influenza A (H3N2) was positive (X 2048) in serum on admission. The suppression of cellular immunity and destruction of the mucociliary system of airways induced by Influenza A infection was suspected to have predisposed to aspergillus superinfection.
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PMID:[A case of invasive broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis associated with influenza A (H3N2) infection]. 140 13

The neovascularization is a known event in the de development of tumors. The progressive growth of solid tumors is strictly dependent on angiogenesis. Furthermore, shedding of tumor cells into the circulation is not observed in a prevascular phase of tumors. Therefore, the inhibition of angiogenesis could be a good target for cancer control. Lymphocytes from, tumor bearing-mice were capable of inducing neovascular response in the skin of syngeneic mice. This response was named syngeneic lymphocyte-induced angiogenesis (SLIA). This work was an attempt to study if two proteins present in extracellular matrix, collagen and fibronectin (FN), could modulate lymphocyte-induced angiogenesis. The angiogenic response induced by lymphocytes from S13 tumor bearing-nice in the skin of BAL/c mice was blocked by treatment with FN and Gly. Arg. Gly. Asp. peptide. On the contrary, collagen and Gly. Arg. Gly. Asp. Ser did not modify SLIA response.
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PMID:[Modulation of angiogenesis induced by lymphocytes by extracellular matrix proteins]. 754 77