The destruction of β cells by the islet infiltrating lymphocytes causes type 1 diabetes. Transgen... more The destruction of β cells by the islet infiltrating lymphocytes causes type 1 diabetes. Transgenic mice models expressing interferon (IFN)-β in β cells, in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) strain and in a diabetes-free, major histocompatibility complex-matched, homologous strain, the non-obese resistant (NOR) mice, developed accelerated type 1 diabetes after 3 weeks of age. Our aim was to determine if natural killer (NK) cells could affect the acceleration of the disease. We determined the amount of NK cells in the pancreas, spleen and lymph nodes from NOD rat insulin promoter (RIP)-IFN-β mice. Pancreatic cytokines were assessed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and protein arrays. To confirm the relevance of NK cells in the acceleration of autoimmune diabetes this subset was depleted with anti-asialo GM1 antibodies. An increase of intrapancreatic NK cells characterized the accelerated onset of diabetes both in NOD and NOR RIP-IFN-β transgenic models. Cytokines involved in NK function and migration were found to be hyperexpressed in the pancreas from accelerated diabetic mice. Interestingly, the depletion of NK cells in vivo abolished completely the acceleration of diabetes. NK cells connect innate to adaptive immunity and might play a role in autoimmunity. We report here that NK cells are required critically in the pancreas for accelerated diabetes. This model links inflammation to acceleration of β cell-specific autoimmunity mediated by NK cells.
The contribution of the sternocleidomastoid branch of the occipital artery, superior arterial ped... more The contribution of the sternocleidomastoid branch of the occipital artery, superior arterial pedicle (SAP), to the irrigation of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) was evaluated in fresh human cadavers by injecting Neoprene-latex for minute dissection. From its insertion in the mastoid process of the temporal bone, the SCM was divided into six levels. The Neoprene-latex injected into the SAP reached the upper three levels in all SCMs studied, which corresponds to the middle part of the studied SCM. In 43.3% of the SCM, this branch reached level four and in 36.6%, it reached level five.
BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous b... more BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous biological behaviour. The aim of present study is to assess whether any correlation exists between immunohistochemical expression of Ki67, PCNA and P53 ...
BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous b... more BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous biological behaviour. The aim of present study is to assess whether any correlation exists between immunohistochemical expression of Ki67, PCNA and P53 ...
The destruction of β cells by the islet infiltrating lymphocytes causes type 1 diabetes. Transgen... more The destruction of β cells by the islet infiltrating lymphocytes causes type 1 diabetes. Transgenic mice models expressing interferon (IFN)-β in β cells, in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) strain and in a diabetes-free, major histocompatibility complex-matched, homologous strain, the non-obese resistant (NOR) mice, developed accelerated type 1 diabetes after 3 weeks of age. Our aim was to determine if natural killer (NK) cells could affect the acceleration of the disease. We determined the amount of NK cells in the pancreas, spleen and lymph nodes from NOD rat insulin promoter (RIP)-IFN-β mice. Pancreatic cytokines were assessed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and protein arrays. To confirm the relevance of NK cells in the acceleration of autoimmune diabetes this subset was depleted with anti-asialo GM1 antibodies. An increase of intrapancreatic NK cells characterized the accelerated onset of diabetes both in NOD and NOR RIP-IFN-β transgenic models. Cytokines involved in NK function and migration were found to be hyperexpressed in the pancreas from accelerated diabetic mice. Interestingly, the depletion of NK cells in vivo abolished completely the acceleration of diabetes. NK cells connect innate to adaptive immunity and might play a role in autoimmunity. We report here that NK cells are required critically in the pancreas for accelerated diabetes. This model links inflammation to acceleration of β cell-specific autoimmunity mediated by NK cells.
The contribution of the sternocleidomastoid branch of the occipital artery, superior arterial ped... more The contribution of the sternocleidomastoid branch of the occipital artery, superior arterial pedicle (SAP), to the irrigation of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) was evaluated in fresh human cadavers by injecting Neoprene-latex for minute dissection. From its insertion in the mastoid process of the temporal bone, the SCM was divided into six levels. The Neoprene-latex injected into the SAP reached the upper three levels in all SCMs studied, which corresponds to the middle part of the studied SCM. In 43.3% of the SCM, this branch reached level four and in 36.6%, it reached level five.
BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous b... more BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous biological behaviour. The aim of present study is to assess whether any correlation exists between immunohistochemical expression of Ki67, PCNA and P53 ...
BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous b... more BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract are tumors with heterogeneous biological behaviour. The aim of present study is to assess whether any correlation exists between immunohistochemical expression of Ki67, PCNA and P53 ...
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