A study of diabetes in relation to blood groups and cholesterol levels

Summary Four hundred and sixteen patients suffering from diabetes were studied for AB0 Rhesus blood groups, to find out whether there is any association between blood group and diabetes. Though the relative incidence was found to be higher in blood group 0 and B, the difference was not statistically significant. This study confirms the earlier findings of high cholesterol levels in diabetes, particularly in patients with blood groups A and AB, and the overall mean cholesterol level as 253 mg/100 ml. This study also shows that diabetes with a cholesterol level of more than 300 mg/100 ml is a coronary risk factor.

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Zusammenfassung 416 Patienten mit Diabetes wurden nach AB0 und Rh untersucht, um Assoziationen zwischen Blutgruppe und Diabetes zu finden. Es fand sich ein leichtes, nicht signifikantes Überwiegen von 0 und B. Ein besonders hoher Serum-Cholesteral-Spiegel fand sich beim Diabetes insbesondere bei Patienten der Gruppen A und AB. Die Studie zeigt auch, daß ein Cholesteral-Spiegel von mehr als 300 mg% ein Risikofaktor für Coronarerkrankungen ist.

     

Adhesive apparatus in certain Indian hill stream fishes

The results of a detailed study on the adhesive apparatus of Indian hill stream cyprinid and sisorid fishes are presented. The structure of the mental suctorial disc in the genus Garra is described. Histological study of the mental region of Crossocheilus and Psilorhynchus has also been made and compared with the mental disc of Garra . The muscles of the disc which control its movements in bringing a partial vacuum during adhesion have been investigated. The complexity of the geniohyoideus muscles in Garra is interesting. Variations in the degree of development and histological modifications of the mental disc are exhibited by the fishes of the genus Garra .
A thoracic adhesive apparatus in the form of longitudinal or transverse ridges and grooves is present in the sisorids, Laguvia, Glyptothorax and Pseudecheneis except Gagata . A close study has revealed that the adhesive apparatus of the catfishes works mainly on the principle of friction. The variations in shape, size and location of the adhesive apparatus in various species are correlated to their respective habitats.
Structural variation in the adhesive apparatus of Pseudecheneis is maximum in comparison to that in Laguvia and Glyptothorax . It is discovered that the modifications are associated with the presence of multi-spinous layers, formation of caps by the basal or holdfast cells and with the transformation of loose areolar tissue into thick collagenous dermis. The presence of a pad of adipose tissue in the region of the adhesive apparatus has been reported and its physiological significance as a source of stored food suggested.
The anterior part of the protractor ischii muscle is modified to control the action of the adhesive apparatus. In Pseudecheneis , besides the m. protractor ischii, the ventral part of m. mesioventral is also associated with the adhesive apparatus.     

Role of the environment in the interaction of nonintercalators with Z-DNA

Interaction of the DNA binding nonintercalators Netropsin, Distamycin and the mPD derivative with Z-DNA has been studied. It has been found that environmental factors like the solvent and added cations significantly modulate the interaction of these ligands with Z-DNA. However no definite Z to B transition in presence of these ligands was found in any case, in contrast to previously reported results (Ch. Zimmer, C. Marck and W. Guschlbauer, FEBS Lett. 154, 156-160 (1983)).     

Fine needle aspiration cytologic diagnosis of the solitary cold thyroid nodule. Comparison with ultrasonography, radionuclide perfusion study and xeroradiography

Thirty-six cases of solitary and scintigraphically "cold" thyroid nodules were studied by fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology, ultrasonography, radionuclide perfusion study (RPS) and xeroradiography with the aim of differentiating the neoplastic from the nonneoplastic nodules. Histologic study of the excised specimens provided the definitive diagnosis in all cases. Of the techniques used in this study, FNA cytology and RPS had the highest sensitivities and specificities. Ultrasonography and xeroradiography were of limited use due to their low sensitivity rates.     

Kinetics of serotonin in platelets in essential hypertension.

In a study of the kinetics of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in platelets in 26 hypertensive subjects with a mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 153.9 +/- 26.9 and 106.9 +/- 9.1 mm Hg respectively, it has been observed that in hypertensive platelets there was a marked decrease in 5-HT uptake and content, an increase in 5-HT efflux and an accompanying increase in Plasma 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels. Regression analysis of the data indicated a significant correlation between rise in diastolic blood pressure and these changes in 5-HT kinetics.     

Critical appraisal of fine needle aspiration cytology in tuberculous lymphadenitis.

A cytomorphologic diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by examination of needle aspirates was made in 560 of 1,471 cases of lymphadenopathy studied over two years. Cytologic features were categorized into four groups: epithelioid clusters with or without Langhans's giant cells without necrosis (32.14%), epithelioid clusters with or without Langhans's giant cells with necrosis (50.35%), occasional epithelioid cells without characteristic necrosis/giant cells (2.85%) and necrosis without epithelioid clusters or Langhans's giant cells (14.64%). While a diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis was offered with confidence in the first two groups, constituting about 82.49% cases, aspirates from the third- and fourth-group patients were subjected to Ziehl-Neelsen staining for acid-fast bacilli, which was positive in 12.5% and 75.6% of cases, respectively.