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J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) ; 97(2): 322-30, 2013 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22320155

RESUMO

Bringing the head and neck of ridden horses into a position of hyperflexion is widely used in equestrian sports. In our study, the hypothesis was tested that hyperflexion is an acute stressor for horses. Salivary cortisol concentrations, heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV) and superficial body temperature were determined in horses (n = 16) lunged on two subsequent days. The head and neck of the horse was fixed with side reins in a position allowing forward extension on day A and fixed in hyperflexion on day B. The order of treatments alternated between horses. In response to lunging, cortisol concentration increased (day A from 0.73 ± 0.06 to 1.41 ± 0.13 ng/ml, p < 0.001; day B from 0.68 ± 0.07 to 1.38 ± 0.13 ng/ml, p < 0.001) but did not differ between days A and B. Beat-to-beat (RR) interval decreased in response to lunging on both days. HRV variables standard deviation of RR interval (SDRR) and RMSSD (root mean square of successive RR differences) decreased (p < 0.001) but did not differ between days. In the cranial region of the neck, the difference between maximum and minimum temperature was increased in hyperflexion (p < 0.01). In conclusion, physiological parameters do not indicate an acute stress response to hyperflexion of the head alone in horses lunged at moderate speed and not touched with the whip. However, if hyperflexion is combined with active intervention of a rider, a stressful experience for the horse cannot be excluded.


Assuntos
Temperatura Corporal/fisiologia , Frequência Cardíaca/fisiologia , Cavalos/fisiologia , Hidrocortisona/sangue , Condicionamento Físico Animal/fisiologia , Criação de Animais Domésticos , Animais , Feminino , Hidrocortisona/metabolismo , Masculino , Pescoço , Postura , Estresse Fisiológico
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Cytogenet Genome Res ; 99(1-4): 297-302, 2002.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12900578

RESUMO

The microphthalmia with linear skin defects syndrome (MLS) is an X-linked dominant disorder with male lethality. In the majority of the patients reported, the MLS syndrome is caused by segmental monosomy of the Xp22.3 region. To date, five male patients with MLS and 46,XX karyotype ("XX males") have been described. Here we report on the first male case with MLS and an XY complement. The patient showed agenesis of the corpus callosum, histiocytoid cardiomyopathy, and lactic acidosis but no microphthalmia, and carried a mosaic subtle inversion of the short arm of the X chromosome in 15% of his peripheral blood lymphocytes, 46,Y,inv(X)(p22.13 approximately 22.2p22.32 approximately 22.33)[49]/46,XY[271]. By fluorescence IN SITU hybridization (FISH), we showed that YAC 225H10 spans the breakpoint in Xp22.3. End-sequencing and database analysis revealed a YAC insert of at least 416 kb containing the genes HCCS and AMELX, and exons 2-16 of ARHGAP6. Molecular cytogenetic data suggest that the Xp22.3 inversion breakpoint is located in intron 1 of ARHGAP6, the gene encoding the Rho GTPase activating protein 6. Future molecular studies in karyotypically normal female MLS patients to detect submicroscopic rearrangements including the ARHGAP6 gene as well as mutation screening of ARHGAP6 in patients with no obvious chromosomal rearrangements will clarify the role of this gene in MLS syndrome.


Assuntos
Inversão Cromossômica , Cromossomos Humanos X/genética , Microftalmia/genética , Anormalidades da Pele , Evolução Fatal , Proteínas Ativadoras de GTPase/genética , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Lactente , Cariotipagem , Masculino , Microftalmia/patologia , Mosaicismo , Aberrações dos Cromossomos Sexuais , Síndrome
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Neonatology ; 97(1): 10-4, 2010.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19571582

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-ins/del) and the angiotensin II type 1 receptor 1166A/C polymorphism (ATR1166A/C) were reported to be associated with several unfavorable outcome parameters in preterm infants like bronchopulmonary dysplasia, persistent ductus arteriosus and impaired insulin sensitivity. OBJECTIVE: To confirm the above-mentioned associations in a large cohort of very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants. METHOD: Clinical data of VLBW infants were prospectively recorded. The ACE-ins/del polymorphism and the ATR1166A/C polymorphism were determined by polymerase chain reaction in 1,209 and 1,168 infants, respectively. RESULTS: There was no significant association between ACE-ins/del or ATR1166A/C genotype and outcome parameters (death, intraventricular hemorrhage, sepsis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, ventilation, supplemental oxygen at discharge, postnatal treatment with insulin, surgery for intestinal perforation/necrotizing enterocolitis/retinopathy of prematurity/persistent ductus arteriosus. CONCLUSION: Both known functional polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system do not seem to be associated with the outcome of VLBW infants.


Assuntos
Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Doenças do Prematuro/genética , Recém-Nascido de muito Baixo Peso/fisiologia , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Sistema Renina-Angiotensina/genética , Adulto , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença/epidemiologia , Testes Genéticos , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Doenças do Prematuro/epidemiologia , Masculino , Gravidez , Resultado da Gravidez , Estudos Prospectivos
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Klin Padiatr ; 210(2): 51-5, 1998.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9561956

RESUMO

A 9-year-old body with X-linked agammaglobulinemia developed chronic enteroviral meningoencephalitis (CEMA) caused by echovirus type 6. Intravenous treatment with selected immunoglobulin charges containing high titers against echovirus type 6 or combination with beta-interferon did not result in improvement. After implantation of a Rickham reservoir and periodical administration of intraventricular and intravenous immunoglobulin the virus recurred rapidly each time treatment was stopped. After 20 months of treatment the patient received a combined therapy with beta-interferon and selected immunoglobulin. Both drugs were given by lumbar puncture, intravenously and via Rickham reservoir. Subsequently echovirus type 6 could not be isolated in culture or PCR. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis disappeared. The remission is lasting for more than three years. Intrathecal and intraventricular beta-interferon therapy for CEMA is being reported for the first time. Facing the unfavourable prognosis of the disease this mode of treatment is a new therapeutic approach following failure of other therapies.


Assuntos
Agamaglobulinemia/terapia , Echovirus 6 Humano , Infecções por Echovirus/terapia , Imunização Passiva , Interferon beta/administração & dosagem , Meningoencefalite/terapia , Agamaglobulinemia/genética , Agamaglobulinemia/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Criança , Doença Crônica , Terapia Combinada , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Esquema de Medicação , Echovirus 6 Humano/imunologia , Infecções por Echovirus/imunologia , Humanos , Imunização Passiva/instrumentação , Bombas de Infusão Implantáveis , Injeções Espinhais , Masculino , Meningoencefalite/imunologia , Aberrações dos Cromossomos Sexuais/genética , Cromossomo X
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Pathologe ; 20(6): 365-70, 1999 Nov.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10591957

RESUMO

Restrictive dermopathy is a rare, fatal, autosomal recessive, congenital skin disease. Rigidity of translucent thin skin, which is thus highly vulnerable and tears, spontaneously causes intra-uterine fetal akinesia or hypokinesia deformation sequence (FADS), characteristic dysmorphic facies with fixed open mouth in O position, and generalized joint contractures (arthrogryposis). Polyhydramnios and pulmonary hypoplasia are distinctive manifestations, leading to respiratory insufficiency and premature delivery at about 31 weeks of gestation. We report on a case of a prematurely born infant who presented with the typical morphological features and describe the light- and electron-microscopical findings as described in the literature.


Assuntos
Anormalidades Múltiplas/patologia , Aberrações Cromossômicas/genética , Displasia Ectodérmica/patologia , Genes Recessivos/genética , Dermatopatias Genéticas/patologia , Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Adulto , Transtornos Cromossômicos , Displasia Ectodérmica/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Microscopia Eletrônica , Pele/patologia , Dermatopatias Genéticas/genética
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