Abstract 5565: Circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with central nervous system metastases

Author(s):  
Joshua E. Allen ◽  
Akshal S. Patel ◽  
David T. Dicker ◽  
Jonas M. Sheehan ◽  
Michael J. Glantz ◽  
...  

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease of the central nervous system caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). TBE is usually a biphasic disease and in humans the virus can only be detected during the first (unspecific) phase of the disease. Pathogenesis of TBE is not well understood, but both direct viral effects and immune-mediated tissue damage of the central nervous system may contribute to the natural course of TBE. The effect of TBEV on the innate immune system has mainly been studied in vitro and in mouse models. Characterization of human immune responses to TBEV is primarily conducted in peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid, due to the inaccessibility of brain tissue for sample collection. Natural killer (NK) cells and T cells are activated during the second (meningo-encephalitic) phase of TBE. The potential involvement of other cell types has not been examined to date. Immune cells from peripheral blood, in particular neutrophils, T cells, B cells and NK cells, infiltrate into the cerebrospinal fluid of TBE patients.


Author(s):  
Sara Gredmark-Russ ◽  
Renata Varnaite

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease of the central nervous system caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). TBE is usually a biphasic disease and in humans the virus can only be detected during the first (unspecific) phase of the disease. Pathogenesis of TBE is not well understood, but both direct viral effects and immune-mediated tissue damage of the central nervous system may contribute to the natural course of TBE. The effect of TBEV on the innate immune system has mainly been studied in vitro and in mouse models. Characterization of human immune responses to TBEV is primarily conducted in peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid, due to the inaccessibility of brain tissue for sample collection. Natural killer (NK) cells and T cells are activated during the second (meningo-encephalitic) phase of TBE. The potential involvement of other cell types has not been examined to date. Immune cells from peripheral blood, in particular neutrophils, T cells, B cells and NK cells, infiltrate into the cerebrospinal fluid of TBE patients.


1985 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton P. van Zanten ◽  
Albert Twijnstra ◽  
Vrouwkjen van Benthem ◽  
Augustinus A.M. Hart ◽  
Bram W.Ongerboer de Visser

2019 ◽  
Vol 233-234 ◽  
pp. S2-S3
Author(s):  
Mauli Shah ◽  
Soheil Zorofchian ◽  
Chieh Lan ◽  
Dzifa Duose ◽  
Peter Hu ◽  
...  

1986 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 368-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. Ellison ◽  
T. T. Pappas ◽  
W. G. Pace ◽  
T. M. O'Dorisio

An apparatus is described that permits lateral ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to be sampled or an infusion to be performed into the ventricular system in the awake canine. The device has been used in 25 dogs. CSF was sampled, and experiments involving infusions into the lateral ventricle were performed over a 6- to 24-mo period. The maximum frequency of ventricular cannulation using the apparatus was once per week. Complications occurred in 10 dogs, all of which were successfully treated, permitting experiments to continue. Three fatal complications included meningitis in one animal at 24 mo and seizures in two animals, causing death at 12 and 18 mo. Administration of peptides, bombesin, and somatostatin into the ventricular system was followed by prompt rises in bombesin and somatostatin radioimmunoactivity in the CSF. There were no parallel increases of these peptides in the peripheral blood levels up to 2 h after infusion. Peptides of this molecular weight infused with this apparatus do not seem to leak into peripheral blood. The apparatus permits repeated ventricular cannulation in the awake canine for sampling of CSF and administration of biological substances to determine specific central nervous system action.


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