scholarly journals IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF METALLOPROTEINASES-2 IN THE TROPHOBLAST IN CASE OF TORCH-INFECTIONS ON THE MATERIAL OF ABORTIONS AT THE GESTATIONAL TERM OF 5-6 WEEKS

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
A. V. Hoshovska ◽  
I. S. Davydenko ◽  
O. M. Davydenko ◽  
V. M. Hoshovskyi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Immunohistochemical Study ◽  
Polymer System ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Cytotrophoblast Cell ◽  
Infectious Process ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Immunohistochemical Studies ◽  
Torch Infections

This study is a fragment of a series of immunohistochemical studies of trophoblast in case of TORCH-infections, which are scheduled at different times of gestation. This article focuses on the results of studies of the trophoblast in gestational age 5-6 weeks. The aim of the study was by means of the immunohistochemical method to determine the features of expression of MP-2 in different types of trophoblast with TORCH-infections as compared to observations without an infectious process. Abortion material of 5-6 weeks of gestation was investigated. The main group included 16 observations of TORCH-infections, and the control - 14 observations of interrupted pregnancies with no signs of infection (abortion for social reasons). Immunohistochemical method was applied on metalloproteinases-2 primary antibody and polymer system for visualization of antigen using diaminobenzidine manufactured by DAKO. Using computer microdensitometry in a specialized computer program ImageJ the optical density of color was assessed. According to the results of immunohistochemical studies using the method of microdensitometry at the gestational age of 5-6 weeks, as in TORCH-infections and infectious process, the greatest expression of metalloproteinase-2 is noted in invasive trophoblast, the lowest - in the synthitiotrophoblast of chorial villi, and intermediate rates are seen in cytotrophoblast chorial villi and cell columns. With TORCH-infections, the expression of metalloproteinase-2 is reduced in all four types of trophoblast (cytotrophoblast chorial villi; cytotrophoblast cell columns; invasive cytotrophoblast in endometrial fragments), with the exception of synthiotrophoblast of chorial villi.

scholarly journals Immunohistochemical study of trophoblast cells using abortion material in the gestation period 9-12 weeks of pregnancy in women against the background of inflammatory diseases of the female genital organs

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1(97)) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
A. Hoshovska ◽  
I. Davydenko ◽  
S. Yasnikovska ◽  
A. Tesliuk ◽  
O. Panchenko
Keyword(s):  
Gestational Age ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Chorionic Villus ◽  
Gestation Period ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chorionic Villi ◽  
Infectious Process ◽  
Torch Infection ◽  
Immunohistochemical Studies

Abstract. This article is devoted to the results of studies of trophoblast during the gestation of 9-12 weeks. This study is a fragment of a series of immunohistochemical studies of trophoblast with TORCH infection, which are scheduled to be carried out at different gestational dates. Purpose of the study – in various types of trophoblast using the immunohistochemical method to establish the features of the expression of metalloproteinase-2 using abortion material in gestation period 9-12 weeks of pregnancy with TORCH infection compared with observations without an infectious process. Material and methods. The main group of the study consisted of 24 observations of TORCH infection, and the control group - 22 observations of an aborted pregnancy without signs of an infectious process (abortion for social reasons). The study examined abortion material 9-12 weeks of gestation. The method of microdensitometry in a specialized computer program ImageJ evaluated the optical density of the color, and an immunohistochemical procedure was performed on metalloproteinase-2 with primary antibodies and a polymer antigen imaging system using DAKO diaminobenzidine. Results. According to the results of immunohistochemical studies using computer microdensitometry at a gestational age of 9-12 weeks, the very expression of metalloproteinase-2 is observed in the invasive trophoblast, the smallest - in the syncytotrophoblast of the choric villi, both with TORCH infection and without an infectious process, and intermediate values are noted in chorionic villus cytotrophoblast and cell column cytotrophoblast. Infection, the expression of metalloproteinase-2 is reduced in all four types of trophoblast (cytotrophoblast of chorionic villi; cytotrophoblast of cell columns; invasive cytotrophoblast in endometrial fragments), with TORCH except for syncytotrophoblast of chorionic villi. Conclusions. According to the results of immunohistochemical studies using computer microdensitometry at a gestational age of 9-12 weeks, both with TORCH infection and without an infectious process, the largest expression of metalloproteinase-2 is observed in invasive trophoblast, the smallest - in the syncytiotrophoblast of chorionic villi, and intermediate indices are noted in the cytotrophoblast of chorionic villi and the cytotrophoblast of cell columns. The expression of metalloproteinase-2 decreases in all types of trophoblast with TORCH infection, excluding the syncytiotrophoblast of chorionic villi.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATION OF TROPHOBLAST IN TORCH INFECTION ON ABORTION MATERIAL IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
A. V. Goshovskaya ◽  
V. M. Goshovsky ◽  
S. M. Yasnikovska
Keyword(s):  
Gestational Age ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Chorionic Villus ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chorionic Villi ◽  
Infectious Process ◽  
First Trimester Of Pregnancy ◽  
Torch Infection ◽  
Immunohistochemical Studies

This study is a fragment of a series of immunohistochemical studies of trophoblast with TORCH infection, which are scheduled to be carried out at different gestational dates. This article deals with the results of trophoblast studies at the gestational age of 7-8 weeks. The study examined abortion material 7-8 weeks of gestation. The main group of the study consisted of 18 observations of TORCH infection, and the control group consisted of 17 observations of an aborted pregnancy without signs of an infectious process (abortion for social reasons). An immunohistochemical procedure was performed on metalloproteinases-2 with primary antibodies and polymer antigen imaging system using DAKO diaminobenzidine. The method of computer microdensitometry in a specialized computer program ImageJ evaluated the optical density of the color. According to the results of immunohistochemical studies using computer microdensitometry at the gestational age of 7-8 weeks, both with TORCH infection and without it an infectious process, strong expression of metalloproteinase-2 is observed in the invasive trophoblast, the smallest – in the syncytotrophoblast of the chorionic villi, and intermediate values are noted in chorionic villus cytotrophoblast and cell column cytotrophoblast. With TORCH infection the expression of metalloproteinase-2 decreases in all the four types of trophoblast (cytotrophoblast of chorionic villi; cytotrophoblast of cell columns; invasive cytotrophoblast in endometrial fragments), except for syncytotrophoblast of chorionic villi was found.

Comparative assessment of informational content of the equations of F.P. Hadlock and the computer program of V.N. Demidov in determination of term of gestation and fetal weight in the III trimester of gestation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Derkach , O.I. Guseva
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
High Precision ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Fetal Weight ◽  
Informational Content ◽  
Third Trimester ◽  
The Third

Objectives: to compare the accuracy of equations F.P. Hadlock and computer programs by V.N. Demidov in determining gestational age and fetal weight in the third trimester of gestation. Materials: 328 patients in terms 36–42 weeks of gestation are examined. Ultrasonography was performed in 0–5 days prior to childbirth. Results: it is established that the average mistake in determination of term of pregnancy when using the equation of F.P. Hadlock made 12,5 days, the computer program of V.N. Demidov – 4,4 days (distinction 2,8 times). The mistake within 4 days, when using the equation of F.P. Hadlock has met on average in 23,1 % of observations, the computer program of V.N. Demidov — 65,9 % (difference in 2,9 times). The mistake more than 10 days, took place respectively in 51,7 and 8,2 % (distinction by 6,3 times). At a comparative assessment of size of a mistake in determination of fetal mass it is established that when using the equation of F.P. Hadlock it has averaged 281,0 g, at application of the computer program of V.N. Demidov — 182,5 g (distinction of 54 %). The small mistake in the mass of a fetus which isn't exceeding 200 g at application of the equation of F.P. Hadlock has met in 48,1 % of cases and the computer program of V.N. Demidov — 64,0 % (distinction of 33,1 %). The mistake exceeding 500 g has been stated in 18 % (F.P. Hadlock) and 4,3 % (V.N. Demidov) respectively (distinction 4,2 times). Conclusions: the computer program of V.N. Demidov has high precision in determination of term of a gestation and mass of a fetus in the III pregnancy.

Categories of intrauterine growth retardation

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger A Fay ◽  
David A Ellwood
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Fetal Growth ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Growth Retardation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Intrauterine Growth Retardation ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Ponderal Index ◽  
Intrauterine Growth ◽  
Different Types

Originally all low birthweight infants were considered to be premature. When prematurity was redefined in terms of gestational age (SGA) and not preterm. With the large scale collection of obstetric data the distributions of birthweight at different gestational ages were described and from these, infants who were SGA could be defined. SGA became synonymous with terms such as growth retardation, but it soon became appearent that the two were not necessarily interchangeable. Scott and Usher found that it was the degree of soft tissue wasting rather than birthweight that related to poor perinatal outcome. Miller and Hassanein stated that: “birthweight by itself is not a valid measure of fetal growth impairment”. They used Rorher’s Ponderal Index (weight (g) × 100/length (cm)) to diagnose the malnourished or excessively wasted infants with reduced soft tissue mass. Most studies of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) still use low birthweight for gestational age centile as their only definition of IUGR or only study infants who have a low birthweight. Altman and Hytten expressed disquiet about this definition and stated: “There is now an urgent need to establish true measures of fetal growth from which deviations indicating genuine growth retardation can be derived” and that “it is particularly important that some reliable measures of outcome should be established”. In large series of term deliveries published recently, two groups of IUGR infants with different growth patterens have been identified. These studies confirm that birthweight alone is inadequate to define the different types of IUGR. They established that low Ponderal Index (PI) is a measure of IUGR associated with an increased incidence of perinatal problems and that it is time to re-evaluate IUGR in terms of the different types of aberrant fetal growth.

Utility of routine urine CMV PCR and total serum IgM testing of small for gestational age infants: a single center review

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Espiritu ◽  
Sean Bailey ◽  
Elena V. Wachtel ◽  
Pradeep V. Mally
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Small For Gestational Age ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Hospital Charges ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Growth Chart ◽  
Torch Infections

AbstractBackground:Due to the extremely low incidence of TORCH (toxoplasmosis, rubella, CMV, herpes simplex virus) infections, diagnostic testing of all small for gestational age (SGA) infants aimed at TORCH etiologies may incur unnecessary tests and cost.Objective:To determine the frequency of urine CMV PCR and total IgM testing among infants with birth weight <10% and the rate of test positivity. To evaluate the frequency of alternative etiologies of SGA in tested infants.Methods:Retrospective chart review of SGA infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at NYU Langone Medical Center between 2007 and 2012. Subjects were classified as being SGA with or without intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). The IUGR subjects were then further categorized as having either symmetric or asymmetric IUGR utilizing the Fenton growth chart at birth. Initial testing for TORCH infections, which included serum total IgM, CMV PCR and head ultrasound, were reviewed and analyzed.Results:Three hundred and eighty-six (13%) infants from a total of 2953 NICU admissions had a birth weight ≤10thpercentile. Of these, 44% were IUGR; 34% being symmetric IUGR and 10% asymmetric. A total of 32% of SGA infants had urine CMV PCR and total IgM tested with no positive results. As expected, significantly higher percentage of symmetric IUGR infants were tested compared to asymmetric IUGR and non-IUGR SGA infants, (64% vs. 47% vs. 19%) P≤0.01. However, 63% of infants with a known cause for IUGR had same testing done aimed at TORCH infections. We calculated additional charges of $64,065 that were incurred by such testing.Conclusions:The majority of infants in our study who received testing for urine CMV PCR and total IgM aimed at TORCH infections had one or more other known non-infectious etiologies for IUGR. Because the overall yield of such testing is extremely low, we suggest tests for possible TORCH infections may be limited to symmetric IUGR infants without other known etiologies. Improved guidelines testing for TORCH infections can result in reducing hospital charges and unnecessary studies.

scholarly journals CD68+ M1 MACROPHAGES IS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY UNDER FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-219
Author(s):  
Varvara A. Berezhna ◽  
Tetiana V. Mamontova ◽  
Antonina M. Gromova
Keyword(s):  
Fetal Growth ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Fetal Growth Restriction ◽  
Preterm Births ◽  
Placental Insufficiency ◽  
Growth Restriction ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Stromal Component ◽  
Term Births

The aim: To elucidate the possible involvement of M1 and M2 macrophages in the placentas of women, whose pregnancies were complicated by fetal growth restriction (FGR) and resulted in term births after 37 weeks of gestation and preterm births up to 37 weeks of gestation. Materials and methods: CD68+ and CD163+ macrophages were studied by immunohistochemical method, placental morphology in the placentas of 16 women whose pregnancies were complicated by FGR and resulted in term births at a gestational age after 37 weeks (1-st group, n = 7) or resulted in preterm births at a gestational age up to 37 weeks (2-nd group, n = 9). The control group consisted of 10 placentas of women with physiological pregnancies and births. Results: Women 2-nd group showed significantly low weight of the placenta, a short gestation period at the time of delivery, and a prolonged labor period than women of the control group (p <0.001; p <0.001; p <0.05, respectively). The level of CD68+ and CD163+ macrophages in the placentas of women 2-nd group was significantly higher than in woman 1-st group (p <0.001, p <0.001, respectively). A significant correlation was found between the expression level of CD68+ monocytes in the intervillous space and the weight of a newborn (r = – 0.765; p = 0.016) in women 2-nd group. Conclusions: These studies suggest that in the placentas of women whose pregnancies were complicated by FGR and resulted in preterm births, the increased activation of CD68+ macrophages of the pro-inflammatory pool may be associated with disorders of the vascular and stromal component of the villous chorion with the development of involutive and dystrophic changes. In general, this fact probably determines the progress of chronic placental insufficiency and aggravates the development of fetal growth restriction.

scholarly journals Adriamycin activity's durational governance of different cell death types and zonality in rat liver acinus. Immunohistochemical studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Pedrycz ◽  
Zbigniew Boratyński ◽  
Piotr Siermontowski ◽  
Jacek Mendocha ◽  
Marcin Orłowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Mitochondrial Pathway ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Extrinsic Pathway ◽  
Apoptotic Pathway ◽  
Liver Acinus ◽  
Group I ◽  
Female Wistar Rats ◽  
Immunohistochemical Studies

Abstract The aim of this study was to develop and examine a model of apoptosis and necrosis of hepatocytes induced by a damaging factor - adriamycin, correlating time after its administration with cell death type, and to investigate the localisation within the liver acinus of hepatocytes dying in these two ways. The results obtained in the present and previous studies were compared in order to make a map of cell death localisation in the liver acinus, showing the effect of time in action and dose of adriamycin. The experiment was performed on 32 female Wistar rats, divided into four groups: I and II - experimental, and III and IV - control. Adriamycin (3 mg/kg b.w.) was administered intraperitoneally to rats in groups I and II, and the rats were decapitated after four (group I) and eight (group II) weeks. Animals in control groups III and IV were given 0.5 mL of 0.9% NaCl solution, and decapitated after four and eight weeks respectively. Sections of the liver were examined with a three-stage immunohistochemical method. This method allowed to examine hepatocytes qualitatively and quantitatively for the presence of proteins involved in three types of apoptosis: induced by the mitochondrial pathway (caspase 3, 9), the intrinsic pathway related to endoplasmic reticulum stress (caspase 3, 12), and the extrinsic pathway (caspase 3, 8). One of the inflammatory markers, caspase 1, was also examined. The zonal localisation of all three types of apoptosis was assessed in the liver tissue. More oxidated hepatocytes indicated only signs of the internal mitochondrial pathway, whereas less oxidated hepatocytes induced the internal reticular pathway and the external apoptotic pathway. The period between adriamycin administration and hepatic cell investigation was a main factor of the process. A longer period post insult resulted in a more pronounced effect of the activation of apoptosis. Sections explored eight weeks after treatment with different doses of the drug (3 and 5 mg/kg in the previous study) showed a similar intensity of apoptosis.

scholarly journals Diagnostic Value of Type IV Collagen Expression in Renal Glomeruli at Alport’s Syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
M. E. Aksenova ◽  
P. E. Povilaitite ◽  
N. E. Konkova ◽  
V. V. Dlin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Type Iv Collagen ◽  
Immunohistochemical Study ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Alport's Syndrome ◽  
Alport’S Syndrome ◽  
Type Iv ◽  
Renal Glomeruli ◽  
Syndrome Diagnosis

The Alport’s syndrome is the hereditary multisystem disease characterized by the development of the progressive nephropathy. The early diagnosis and subsequent prescription of nephroprotective therapy improves significantly the nephrological prognosis. Purpose of the Study. Determine the value of the immunohistochemical method for the Alport’s syndrome diagnosis. Material and methods. The clinical, laboratory and morphological data of 35 patients with suspected Alport’s syndrome (13 years of age [11; 16]; 18 boys and 17 girls) examined in the Nephrology Department in 2013–2019 were summarized. The study of the renal tissue included the light, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy of the kidney biopsy sample, determination of the expression of α1, α3 and α5 chains of type IV collagen in the renal glomeruli using the immunohistochemical method; the genetic testing was carried out for 26 patients. The children were divided into groups depending on the glomerular expression of α5 chain of type IV collagen: normal (group 1, n=18), decreased (group 2, n=4), negative (group 3, n=13). Results are as the following: The disorder of the expression of α5 chain was detected in ¾ (q = 0.78) patients with genetically confirmed Alport’s syndrome and in almost all children with the X-linked variant of the disease (q = 0.94). Results. Based on the genetic testing, the Alport’s syndrome was confirmed in ¼ of the children of the 1st group (the children with the heterozygous variants of COL4A3, COL4A5 genes) and in all children of the 2nd and 3rd groups (COL4A5 variants). The sensitivity/ specificity of the immunohistochemical study for the Alport’s syndrome diagnosis was 78% /100%, that of the electron microscopy – 93% /87%. The predictive value of the positive/negative result of the immunohistochemical study was 100% /66%, that of the electron microscopy – 95% / 88% compared with 100% / 88% with the combine use of two methods. Conclusion. The determination of the expression of α5 chain of type IV collagen in the renal glomeruli has the independent diagnostic value, but it is inferior to the electron microscopy in the heterozygous variants of the Alport’s syndrome. The high specificity of the immunohistochemical method makes it possible to confirm the Alport’s syndrome in the case of the change in the expression of α5 chain of type IV collagen in the renal glomeruli.

scholarly journals Three-point linkage analysis in crosses of allogamous plant species

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. RIDOUT ◽  
S. TONG ◽  
C. J. VOWDEN ◽  
K. R. TOBUTT
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Analysis ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
General Type ◽  
Diploid Plant ◽  
Systematic Account ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Many ◽  
Map Function

Ritter & Salamini (1996) presented a systematic account of two-point linkage analysis in allogamous diploid plant species. Vowden et al. (1995) described an alternative approach that is implemented in a computer program LINKEM. This paper describes how the latter approach has been extended to three-point linkage analysis, and implemented in a new program LINK3EM that is available from the authors. The essence of the approach is for the computer program to derive the appropriate form of analysis for a specific cross from its ‘knowledge’ of the most general type of cross that can arise. This avoids the need for programming specific codes for the many different types of cross that can arise. The program allows different locus orderings and parental phases to be compared. The Haldane or Kosambi map functions can be specified, although it is also possible to estimate all three pairwise recombination fractions without any assumed map function.

scholarly journals Two Different Cell Populations Is an Important Clue for Diagnosis of Primary Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: Immunohistochemical Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banu Ince Alkan ◽  
Onder Bozdogan ◽  
Müjde Karadeniz ◽  
Nazan Bozdoğan
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Basal Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma ◽  
Immunohistochemical Study ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Metastatic Lesions ◽  
Adenoid Cystic ◽  
Rare Malignancy ◽  
Immunohistochemical Studies

Primary cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma (PCACC) is a very rare malignancy. The differential diagnosis of PCACCs in pathology practice can be difficult and a group of primary and metastatic lesions, including adenoid basal cell carcinoma of the skin, should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Besides histomorphological clues, immunohistochemistry studies are very helpful in the differential diagnosis of PCACC. We report herein a case of PCACC with extensive immunohistochemical studies and review the literature from an immunohistochemistry perspective.

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