{"title":"Interleukin-6: possible implications in human diseases.","authors":"T Hirano, T Kishimoto","doi":"10.1007/BF02871787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871787","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It has been demonstrated that interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a cytokine regulating immune response, acute-phase reaction and hematopoiesis. The deregulated expression of IL-6 was suggested to be actually involved in the pathogenesis of polyclonal B cell activation and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. It could be hypothesized that continuous polyclonal B cell activation may be eventually leading to the generation of plasmacytoma/myeloma, possibly with additional expression of oncogene(s) such as c-myc gene. Therefore, future studies on the gene regulation of IL-6 would provide critical informations on the molecular pathogenesis of these diseases. Furthermore, IL-6 could be used as anti-cancer drug in certain tumors. Moreover, inhibitors of IL-6 such as anti-IL-6 monoclonal antibodies or soluble forms of IL-6 receptors could be useful in the treatment of such polyclonal/monoclonal B cell abnormalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02871787","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13811165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Immunoreactive methods and their importance for the diagnosis of clinical forms of toxoplasmosis].","authors":"E Mannweiler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 2 ","pages":"1-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13834854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A M Randi, E Sacchi, M Sampietro, G Papaleo, G Muleo, P M Mannucci
{"title":"Diagnosis of hemophilia A in a female subject by using restriction fragment length polymorphisms linked to the factor VIII gene.","authors":"A M Randi, E Sacchi, M Sampietro, G Papaleo, G Muleo, P M Mannucci","doi":"10.1007/BF02871795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871795","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 6-year-old girl, daughter of a male patient with moderate hemophilia A (factor VIII 3%), was referred to our Center because she also had very low levels of factor VIII (4%). The proband's brother has mild hemophilia A (7%); the mother (29%) is a possible carrier, no other case of hemophilia A being reported in her family. Hence, the factor VIII deficiency found in the girl is consistent either with a carrier state with extreme lyonization in favour of the hemophilic gene or with homozygosity for the hemophilia gene. To distinguish these possibilities, we studied the segregation of three restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) linked to the factor VIII gene in the 4 members of the family. Employing one intragenic (FVIII-BclI) and two extragenic (St14-TaqI and Dx13-BglII) RFLPs, we showed that the proband has inherited from both parents the defective gene, being therefore homozygous for the hemophilia gene.</p>","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 1","pages":"75-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02871795","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13712437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Rheographic effects of timolol maleate in a collyrium on the ocular microcirculation in diabetic patients].","authors":"S Colombati, L Monti, M Baggiani, F Filippini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 1 ","pages":"189-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13770084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Hemorheological factors and platelet activation].","authors":"G G Nenci","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 1 ","pages":"29-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13770086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P B Carrieri, T Liguori, A Lombardo, C Ciliberti, A Boccuzzi, R Patitucci, G Orefice
{"title":"[Hemorheological alterations in patients with chronic cerebral ischemia].","authors":"P B Carrieri, T Liguori, A Lombardo, C Ciliberti, A Boccuzzi, R Patitucci, G Orefice","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 1 ","pages":"109-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13770323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Sala, E Tonutti, S Pizzolitto, S Noda, F W Putnam, G De Lange, C Boccazzi, A Bottaro, A O Carbonara
{"title":"Immunochemical and structural characterization of an IgG1 heavy chain disease.","authors":"P Sala, E Tonutti, S Pizzolitto, S Noda, F W Putnam, G De Lange, C Boccazzi, A Bottaro, A O Carbonara","doi":"10.1007/BF02871793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871793","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The immunochemical and structural analysis of an IgG1 heavy chain disease is reported. The abnormal component is characterized by extensive deletion including the CH1 domain and most or all of the VH region.</p>","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 1","pages":"59-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02871793","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13648507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Correlation between hemorheological and blood gas analytical indices in hypoxic-hypercapnic respiratory insufficiency].","authors":"F Porro, G Figini, L Curti, M Fanelli","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 1 ","pages":"99-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13660209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Avellone, V Di Garbo, R Cordova, G Alletto, G Abruzzese, A Strano
{"title":"[Correlation between hemorheological and blood coagulation parameters in patients with arteriosclerosis of supraaortic vessels and/or recent cerebral ischemic attacks].","authors":"G Avellone, V Di Garbo, R Cordova, G Alletto, G Abruzzese, A Strano","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 1 ","pages":"103-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13770321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Volanti, R Puglioli, F Rubbi, P Tabacchi, L Pensabeni, A M Martelli, R Caramazza
{"title":"[Determination of serum angiotensin II in proliferative diabetic retinopathy].","authors":"S Volanti, R Puglioli, F Rubbi, P Tabacchi, L Pensabeni, A M Martelli, R Caramazza","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76092,"journal":{"name":"La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio","volume":"19 Suppl 1 ","pages":"177-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13770981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}