Immunohistochemistry of thyroid hormones as a functional parameter in thyroid pathology

The authors study by means of immunoperoxidase method the pattern of thyroglobulin, triiodothyronine and thyroxine distribution in 58 cases of thyroid disorders: 15 euthyroid goiters, 10 Graves' disease, 7 Hashimoto's thyroiditis, 11 folliculo-papillary carcinomas (6 primary tumors and 5 lymph node metastases), 8 follicular carcinomas, 4 anaplastic carcinomas and 3 medullary carcinomas. Thyroglobulin, triiodothyronine and thyroxine were present in most of the thyroid disorders, excepting anaplastic and medullary carcinomas. Thyroglobulin and thyroxine were localized both in the follicular epithelium and in the colloid, whereas triiodothyronine was present especially in the follicular cells. The thyroid hormones distribution in benign lesions is rather similar. In carcinomas, the pattern of thyroglobulin, triiodothyronine and thyroxine is more heterogeneous, but generally the triiodothyronine distribution is similar to that of thyroglobulin. In some carcinomas, triiodothyronine and thyroxine showed a weak or negative immunostaining. The immunoperoxidase method is a valuable tool in the study of functional disturbances in the thyroid pathology and in the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma metastases as well. Positive thyroid hormones staining clearly indicates the thyroid origin of metastases.     

Fractionation of eukaryotic DNA in a pulsating electrical field. I. Detection and properties of discrete DNA fragments]

The fractionation of eukaryotic DNA by field inversion gel electrophoresis results in the appearance of discrete DNA-fragments. The set of these fragments is similar to that of different eukaryotic representatives and consists of various chromosomal DNAs, unified by size. The physical properties of DNA-fragments suggest that they can form multimeric structures due to the presence of sticky ends flanking discrete fragments. We suppose that the set of discrete DNA-fragments results in a specific cleavage of intact nuclear DNA and can reflect different levels of chromatin structural organization.     

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