(1) The platelet cytotoxic action on tumor cells was studied in patients with mycosis fungoides and Kaposi's sarcoma.
(2) Of these, 64 were in Group 1 (mycosis fungoides, MF), 23 in Group II (Sézary syndrome, SS), and 20 in Group III (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, NHL).
(3) Mycosis fungoides was found in the lymph nodes of 3 of these patients, in the spleen in 4 and in the liver in 2 cases.
(4) Response rates were as follows: 14.3% (renal cell cancer), 11.8% (multiple myeloma) 40.0% (chronic lymphocytic leukemia), 16.7% (non-Hodgkin lymphoma), and 67% (mycosis fungoides).
(5) This term encompasses the spectrum of the traditional mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome.
(6) This striking therapeutic effect parallels reports of regression of mycosis fungoides and chronic generalized lymphadenopathy after acyclovir application.
(7) On the basis of these results DNA-cytophotometry may be considered an additional and objective aid in the diagnosis of lymph node involvement in mycosis fungoides.
(8) Previously acquired cellular immunity was found equal in the two groups, however, induction of cellular hypersensitivity to brucella antigen was found depressed in mycosis fungoides patients compared with the controls.
(9) No positive staining was seen in 238 cases of T-CLL, mycosis fungoides, Sèzary-syndrome, B-CLL, hairy cell leukemia, multiple myeloma and T- and B-lymphoma nor in 32 cases of B-ALL, Burkitt-lymphoma, Null-ALL and immature T-lymphoma.
(10) Mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS) are malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, characterized by the proliferation of helper type T lymphocytes with a predilection for the skin.
(11) Three hundred fifty-six patients with mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome.
(12) Four patients with mycosis fungoides in stages I to IV had a highly elevated serum IgE, while serum IgE in remaining patients was slightly elevated, normal, or subnormal.
(13) The results of interferon alpha in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and mycosis fungoides are controversial.
(14) As a group, mycosis fungoides (MF) patients could be distinguished from those with benign disorders of skin using ultrastructural morphometry (mean form factor and perimeter values), but with some overlap between groups.
(15) This report documents the development of multiple cutaneous tumors, including squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratoses, keratoacanthomas, and one case of lentigo maligna, in seven patients who received topical therapies for mycosis fungoides.
(16) Five patients with a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (four with mycosis fungoides and one with a primary cutaneous T-immunoblastic lymphoma) who developed neurological sequelae are reported.
(17) This new therapy has proved very good in psoriasis, acne, bacterial disseminated eczema, parapsoriasis and mycosis fungoides.
(18) These findings support further the view that large plaque parapsoriasis represents an important precursor of mycosis fungoides.
(19) The development of a rationale for the treatment of patients with all stages of mycosis fungoides based upon these clincal observations is discussed.
(20) Increased detection of both p-62 and p-21 in atypic lymphoid cells was shown in advanced stages of Mycosis Fungoides (third stage plaques and tumors) as compared to early stages (premycotic erythema, second stage plaques).
Fungus
Definition:
(n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.
(n.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fate of the inhibited fungus is the subject of this report.
(2) Binding of fibronectin, an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, to Candida albicans was measured, and adherence of the fungus to immobilized ECM proteins, fibronectin, laminin, types I and IV collagen, and subendothelial ECM was studied.
(3) Cycloheximide and chloramphenicol in combination have a greater effect on yeast cells of Histoplasma capsulatum than on the mycelial phase of this fungus.
(4) Two new isomeric delta-lactones 2 and 3 have been isolated from the marine fungus Helicascus kanaloanus (ATCC 18591).
(5) The manganese peroxidase (MnP), from the lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, an H2O2-dependent heme enzyme, oxidizes a variety of organic compounds but only in the presence of Mn(II).
(6) They induced modifications in particle distribution, a blebbing of particle-free areas and the appearance of lamellar figures on the plasma membrane of fungus cells.
(7) Polyribonucleotide segments, about 60 nucleotides long and consisting of about 95% adenylic acid residues, were isolated from whole cell ribonucleic acid of the deuteromyceteous fungus Trichoderma viride.
(8) There was no significant change in proportion among G (+), G (-) and fungus groups.
(9) The degree of binding differed according to the morphological form of the fungus.
(10) Ion-exchange chromatography showed that this fungus produced multiple molecular forms of LPO.
(11) Subsequent culture is desirable but not always possible.A simple scheme for identifying fungi and fungus-like organisms is presented based on general morphology, staining, and other special characteristics with notes on types of tissue reactions and common pitfalls.
(12) Nevertheless, the finding that MST and CFU studies were loosely correlated in a few strains of mice indicated that the proliferation of the fungus in the kidneys was not always the major cause of death.
(13) Torulopsis glabrata is a yeast-like fungus with increasing importance as an opportunistic human pathogen.
(14) The fungus was demonstrated in the lesions and was isolated from the diseased parts as well as from the air, floor and walls of the breeding cabin.
(15) Morphologic features of Malassezia(M.) furfur in the horny layer from clinical lesions of tinea versicolor were examined by scanning electron microscopy and compared with the appearance of fungus in the horny layer from normal skin and in culture.
(16) medicaginis and eliminated the inhibitory effect showed by this fungus on strain A2 of R. meliloti.
(17) The authors observed maximum simultaneous biosynthesis of antibiotic and pigment in the microphilic fungus with using 48-hour seed mycelium having the specific growth rate of 0.008-0.011 h-1 in an amount of 5-7 per cent (v).
(18) Once the fungus enters the hair cortex just above the hair bulb, it produces myriads of spores that remain trapped and hidden beneath the cuticle for the length of the intact hair.
(19) DNA isolated from the wild-type aflatoxin-producing (Afl+) fungus Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 5862 was used to construct a cosmid genomic DNA library employing the homologous gene (pyrG) encoding orotidine monophosphate decarboxylase for selection of fungal transformants.
(20) The fungus was not recovered from the brains of normal mice.