307 research outputs found

    Interet pharmacologique et historique des tabernaemont anoideae (apocynaceae) colombiennes

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    Dans deux travaux récents (ALLORGE 1985 a et b), l'auteur a effectué une révision systématique des 89 espèces néotropicales de la sousfamille des Tabernaemontanoideae, puis a tenté d'interprèter, à travers la distribution actuelle de ces espèces, quels étaient les rapports biogéographiques au niveau des huit genres qui la composent, Ces deux travaux sont extraits d'une thèse et nous n'avons malheureusement pas pu y inclure las listes des collections examinées ni toutes les cartes qui avaient été realisées pour chacune de ces espèces. Le second article comporte cependant 27 cartes comportant la distribution de 62 espéces.Dans deux travaux récents (ALLORGE 1985 a et b), l'auteur a effectué une révision systématique des 89 espèces néotropicales de la sousfamille des Tabernaemontanoideae, puis a tenté d'interprèter, à travers la distribution actuelle de ces espèces, quels étaient les rapports biogéographiques au niveau des huit genres qui la composent, Ces deux travaux sont extraits d'une thèse et nous n'avons malheureusement pas pu y inclure las listes des collections examinées ni toutes les cartes qui avaient été realisées pour chacune de ces espèces. Le second article comporte cependant 27 cartes comportant la distribution de 62 espéces.</p

    Pharmacogenetics and Tramadol-Related Fatalities

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    Tramadol (TR) is a widely prescribed pain killer because of its relatively safe profile among opioids. Nevertheless, intoxication can occur and overdose can lead to fatal outcomes. Surprisingly, in some fatalities for which death is attributable to TR alone, postmortem blood concentration levels overlap with the therapeutic concentration range. These fatal cases might be explained by pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of TR that are known to be both enantioselective and influenced by genes. Indeed pharmacogenetics (PG) is of great importance in this issue as it has the ability to elucidate the genetic variation contributing to drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and response so that adverse drug reactions, toxicity, and even death can be avoided. The aim of this chapter is to present this issue

    Présence de métaux lourds et de résidus médicamenteux dans les effluents des établissements de santé de Dakar (Sénégal)

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    L’objectif de cette étude est de quantifier les concentrations en métaux lourds et de rechercher la présence de résidus de molécules médicamenteuses des effluents de trois hôpitaux de Dakar (Sénégal). C’est ainsi que la collecte des effluents a été réalisée chaque jour sur une période de trois semaines à l’entrée du déversoir des services de radiologie, de médecine interne et d’odontologie. Ensuite, des échantillons composites par semaine ont été constitués pour rechercher leur composition en métaux lourds et en résidus médicamenteux. Le transport a été effectué à +4 °C et à l'obscurité pour assurer une conservation satisfaisante. Les métaux lourds ont été dosés par ICP-MS et les résidus de médicaments ont été recherchés par UPLCMS/ MS. Les médicaments identifiés dans les effluents sont essentiellement des analgésiques et des psychotropes. La concentration en métaux lourds des effluents des trois hôpitaux est inférieure aux normes sénégalaises et de celles de L’OMS fixant les conditions de rejet de métaux dans les eaux usées. Cependant, bien que les taux retrouvés soient tolérables, leur introduction continuelle en milieu aquatique pourrait être à l’origine d’effets néfastes sur les organismes marins par des phénomènes de bioaccumulation et de biomagnification. D’où l’importance et la nécessité des stations d’épuration pour une bonne gestion et une réduction des risques écotoxicologiques liés aux effluents liquides hospitaliers.Mots clés : Effluents hospitaliers, métaux lourds, résidus médicamenteux, toxicité

    Identification of a Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Polymorphism and Characterization of LEF-1 Response Elements in the Promoter of the IDO1 Gene

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    Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step of the kynurenine pathway that is an important component of immunomodulatory and neuromodulatory processes. The IDO1 gene is highly inducible by IFN-γ and TNF-α through interaction with cis-acting regulatory elements of the promoter region. Accordingly, functional polymorphisms in the IDO1 promoter could partly explain the interindividual variability in IDO expression that has been previously documented.A PCR-sequencing strategy, applied to DNA samples from healthy Caucasians, allowed us to identify a VNTR polymorphism in the IDO1 promoter, which correlates significantly with serum tryptophan concentration, controlled partially by IDO activity, in female subjects, but not in males. Although this VNTR does not appear to affect basal or cytokine-induced promoter activity in gene reporter assays, it contains novel cis-acting elements. Three putative LEF-1 binding sites, one being located within the VNTR repeat motif, were predicted in silico and confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Overexpression of LEF-1 in luciferase assays confirmed an interaction between LEF-1 and the predicted transcription factor binding sites, and modification of the LEF-1 core sequence within the VNTR repeat motif, by site-directed mutagenesis, resulted in an increase in promoter activity.The identification of a VNTR in the IDO1 promoter revealed a cis-acting element interacting with the most downstream factor of the Wnt signaling pathway, suggesting novel mechanisms of regulation of IDO1 expression. These data offer new insights, and suggest further studies, into the role of IDO in various pathological conditions, particularly in cancer where IDO and the Wnt pathway are strongly dysregulated

    Antitumor Mechanism of the Essential Oils from Two Succulent Plants in Multidrug Resistance Leukemia Cell

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    Drug resistance remains a major challenge in the treatment of cancer. The multiplicity of the drug resistance determinants raises the question about the optimal strategies to deal with them. Essential oils showed to inhibit the growth of different tumor cell types. Essential oils contain several chemical classes of compounds whose heterogeneity of active moieties can help prevent the development of drug resistance. In the present paper, we analyzed, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry the chemical composition of the essential oil of the leaves of Kalanchoe beharensis obtained by hydrodistillation and compared the chemical composition of its essential oil with that of Cyphostemma juttae. Our results demonstrated the anticancer and proapoptotic activities of both species against acute myeloid leukemia on an in vitro model and its multidrug resistant variant involving NF-κB pathway. The essential oils of both species produced a significant decrease in many targets of NF-κB both at mRNA and protein levels. The results corroborate the idea that essential oils may be a good alternative to traditional drugs in the treatment of cancer, especially in drug resistant cancer

    Immune monitoring in melanoma and urothelial cancer patients treated with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy and SBRT discloses tumor specific immune signatures

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    Background: Blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway has revolutionized the oncology field in the last decade. However, the proportion of patients experiencing a durable response is still limited. In the current study, we performed an extensive immune monitoring in patients with stage III/IV melanoma and stage IV UC who received anti-PD-1 immunotherapy with SBRT. (2) Methods: In total 145 blood samples from 38 patients, collected at fixed time points before and during treatment, were phenotyped via high-parameter flow cytometry, luminex assay and UPLC-MS/MS. (3) Results: Baseline systemic immunity in melanoma and UC patients was different with a more prominent myeloid compartment and a higher neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in UC. Proliferation (Ki67+) of CD8+ T-cells and of the PD-1+/PD-L1+ CD8+ subset at baseline correlated with progression free survival in melanoma. In contrast a higher frequency of PD-1/PD-L1 expressing non-proliferating (Ki67−) CD8+ and CD4+ T-cells before treatment was associated with worse outcome in melanoma. In UC, the expansion of Ki67+ CD8+ T-cells and of the PD-L1+ subset relative to tumor burden correlated with clinical outcome. (4) Conclusion: This study reveals a clearly different immune landscape in melanoma and UC at baseline, which may impact immunotherapy response. Signatures of proliferation in the CD8+ T-cell compartment prior to and early after anti-PD-1 initiation were positively correlated with clinical outcome in both cohorts. PD-1/PD-L1 expression on circulating immune cell subsets seems of clinical relevance in the melanoma cohort

    Essai de bryog\ue9ographie de la P\ue9ninsule Ib\ue9rique

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    Esquisse géographique du Cap Cod (États-Unis)

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    Allorge M. Esquisse géographique du Cap Cod (États-Unis). In: Annales de Géographie, t. 15, n°84, 1906. pp. 443-448
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