Demonstration of thyrotropin receptor mRNA in orbital fat and eye muscle tissues from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy by in situ hybridization

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Title:	Demonstration of thyrotropin receptor mRNA in orbital fat and eye muscle tissues from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy by in situ hybridization
Authors:	Wu, SL;Yang, CSJ;Wang, HJ;Liao, CL;Chang, TJ;Chang, TC
Contributors:	醫學院醫學系生化學科;China Med Coll, Dept Biochem, Taichung, Taiwan;China Med Coll, Dept Physiol, Taichung, Taiwan;Hung Kuang Inst Med & Nursing Technol, Dept Cosmet, Taichung, Taiwan;Natl Chung Hsing Univ, Dept Zool, Taichung 40227, Taiwan;Natl Taiwan Univ, Coll Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Taipei 10018, Taiwan;Natl Taiwan Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Taipei 10018, Taiwan
Date:	1999
Issue Date:	2010-09-24 14:54:04 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	EDITRICE KURTIS S R L
Abstract:	Our goal was to characterize pathological tissues of liver by magnetic resonance (MR)-related parameters such as T1 and magnetization transfer (MT) indices and to evaluate the clinical efficacy of MT contrast (C) in diagnosis of liver diseases via binomial pulsed saturation, with and without the administration of the paramagnetic agent gadolinium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA), Fifty-one cases of liver disorders were included in this study. Among the more important findings were the following: a) cirrhotic livers have significantly higher MT indices than normal liver, while hepatoma, metastatic tumor and fatty liver have sub-normal MT indices; b) in general, although with notable exceptions, images with MT give significantly better contrast indices than control images; and c) MT with Gd-DTPA rarely fares any better than the MT technique alone, although again with notable exceptions. MTC is a potentially powerful technique for diagnosing liver diseases, provided it can be optimally exploited for each individual disease type. J. Magn, Reson, Imaging 1999;9: 257-265, (C) 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Relation:	JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION 22(4):289-295
Appears in Collections:	[School of Medicine] Journal articles

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