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Jean-lou Justine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Zhang Cuiping - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • An Ultrastructural Study of Trichophyton rubrum induced onychomycosis
    BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2015
    Co-Authors: Yue Xueping, Qi Zhang, Li Qing, Wang Hongwei, Sun Yilin, Wang Aiping, Zhang Cuiping
    Abstract:

    Background: Trichophyton rubrum (T. rubrum) caused onychomycosis is the most common nail fungal disease. The common diagnostic methods are direct microscopic examination and fungal culture. In this Study we used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to Study the subungual Ultrastructural changes in T. rubrum induced onychomycosis. Methods: Six outpatients with onychomycosis were recruited and T. rubrum infection was confirmed by fungal culture. Six toenail samples were collected and prepared for SEM characterization. The cultured fugal colonies were prepared for SEM and TEM characterization. Results: 1) SEM showed significant structural damages and the formation of a thin layer or a single layer of keratinocytes in all infected nail plates. Hyphae (piercing or penetrating keratinocytes layers), arthrospores and local bacterial aggregation were observed on the ventral surface of the nail plates. 2) SEM of the cultured fungal colony showed relatively straight, highly branched hyphae and microconidias; TEM showed branching hyphae that were composed of double-layer cell walls. Hyphae had nucleus, mitochondria, liposomes, lysosomes, scattered rough endoplasmic reticulum, myeloid bodies and aggregated ribosomes. There were high-density particles outside the hyphae. Conclusion: SEM showed a large number of hyphae penetrated the keratinocytes layer, suggesting that T. rubrum can cause severe damage to the stratum corneum. TEM showed the Ultrastructural features of T. rubrum-induced infection before treatment.SCI(E)PubMedARTICLEbjttpfk6650@hotmail.com15321

Cuiping Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • an Ultrastructural Study of trichophyton rubrum induced onychomycosis
    BMC Infectious Diseases, 2015
    Co-Authors: Xueping Yue, Hongwei Wang, Yilin Sun, Aiping Wang, Qi Zhang, Cuiping Zhang
    Abstract:

    Trichophyton rubrum (T.rubrum) caused onychomycosis is the most common nail fungal disease. The common diagnostic methods are direct microscopic examination and fungal culture. In this Study we used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to Study the subungual Ultrastructural changes in T. rubrum induced onychomycosis. Six outpatients with onychomycosis were recruited and T.rubrum infection was confirmed by fungal culture. Six toenail samples were collected and prepared for SEM characterization. The cultured fugal colonies were prepared for SEM and TEM characterization. 1) SEM showed significant structural damages and the formation of a thin layer or a single layer of keratinocytes in all infected nail plates. Hyphae (piercing or penetrating keratinocytes layers), arthrospores and local bacterial aggregation were observed on the ventral surface of the nail plates. 2) SEM of the cultured fungal colony showed relatively straight, highly branched hyphae and microconidias; TEM showed branching hyphae that were composed of double-layer cell walls. Hyphae had nucleus, mitochondria, liposomes, lysosomes, scattered rough endoplasmic reticulum, myeloid bodies and aggregated ribosomes. There were high-density particles outside the hyphae. SEM showed a large number of hyphae penetrated the keratinocytes layer, suggesting that T. rubrum can cause severe damage to the stratum corneum. TEM showed the Ultrastructural features of T. rubrum-induced infection before treatment.

Qi Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • an Ultrastructural Study of trichophyton rubrum induced onychomycosis
    BMC Infectious Diseases, 2015
    Co-Authors: Xueping Yue, Hongwei Wang, Yilin Sun, Aiping Wang, Qi Zhang, Cuiping Zhang
    Abstract:

    Trichophyton rubrum (T.rubrum) caused onychomycosis is the most common nail fungal disease. The common diagnostic methods are direct microscopic examination and fungal culture. In this Study we used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to Study the subungual Ultrastructural changes in T. rubrum induced onychomycosis. Six outpatients with onychomycosis were recruited and T.rubrum infection was confirmed by fungal culture. Six toenail samples were collected and prepared for SEM characterization. The cultured fugal colonies were prepared for SEM and TEM characterization. 1) SEM showed significant structural damages and the formation of a thin layer or a single layer of keratinocytes in all infected nail plates. Hyphae (piercing or penetrating keratinocytes layers), arthrospores and local bacterial aggregation were observed on the ventral surface of the nail plates. 2) SEM of the cultured fungal colony showed relatively straight, highly branched hyphae and microconidias; TEM showed branching hyphae that were composed of double-layer cell walls. Hyphae had nucleus, mitochondria, liposomes, lysosomes, scattered rough endoplasmic reticulum, myeloid bodies and aggregated ribosomes. There were high-density particles outside the hyphae. SEM showed a large number of hyphae penetrated the keratinocytes layer, suggesting that T. rubrum can cause severe damage to the stratum corneum. TEM showed the Ultrastructural features of T. rubrum-induced infection before treatment.

  • An Ultrastructural Study of Trichophyton rubrum induced onychomycosis
    BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2015
    Co-Authors: Yue Xueping, Qi Zhang, Li Qing, Wang Hongwei, Sun Yilin, Wang Aiping, Zhang Cuiping
    Abstract:

    Background: Trichophyton rubrum (T. rubrum) caused onychomycosis is the most common nail fungal disease. The common diagnostic methods are direct microscopic examination and fungal culture. In this Study we used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to Study the subungual Ultrastructural changes in T. rubrum induced onychomycosis. Methods: Six outpatients with onychomycosis were recruited and T. rubrum infection was confirmed by fungal culture. Six toenail samples were collected and prepared for SEM characterization. The cultured fugal colonies were prepared for SEM and TEM characterization. Results: 1) SEM showed significant structural damages and the formation of a thin layer or a single layer of keratinocytes in all infected nail plates. Hyphae (piercing or penetrating keratinocytes layers), arthrospores and local bacterial aggregation were observed on the ventral surface of the nail plates. 2) SEM of the cultured fungal colony showed relatively straight, highly branched hyphae and microconidias; TEM showed branching hyphae that were composed of double-layer cell walls. Hyphae had nucleus, mitochondria, liposomes, lysosomes, scattered rough endoplasmic reticulum, myeloid bodies and aggregated ribosomes. There were high-density particles outside the hyphae. Conclusion: SEM showed a large number of hyphae penetrated the keratinocytes layer, suggesting that T. rubrum can cause severe damage to the stratum corneum. TEM showed the Ultrastructural features of T. rubrum-induced infection before treatment.SCI(E)PubMedARTICLEbjttpfk6650@hotmail.com15321

Fabian Mohamed - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • folliculostellate cells in pituitary pars distalis of male viscacha immunohistochemical morphometric and Ultrastructural Study
    European Journal of Histochemistry, 2010
    Co-Authors: Mariano Acosta, Veronica Palmira Filippa, Fabian Mohamed
    Abstract:

    Folliculostellate cells (FSC) have been reported in pituitary of several mammalian species. FSC morphology and secreted sub- stances have been instrumental to the under- standing of their function. The purpose of this work was to perform an immunohistochemi- cal, morphometric and Ultrastructural Study of the pituitary pars distalis FSC in adult male viscacha and to analyze their relation with hormone secreting cells. Immunohistoche- mistry and image analysis were carried out in different sectors of the gland, from the middle (sector 1) to the glandular periphery (sector 5). Transmission electron microscopy with lanthanum as electrodense tracer was used. FSC formed follicles with PAS-positive colloid inside. They expressed S-100 protein mainly in both nucleus and cytoplasm. FSC were stel- late-like in shape and exhibited short cyto- plasmic processes that contacted with blood vessels and endocrine cells. In addition, some follicular colloids were immunostained with anti-S-100 protein. A few FSC were immunos- tained with anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and anti-vimentin. The morphometric parameters analyzed (percentages of S-100- positive total, cellular and colloidal areas) increased from sector 1 to sector 3 and then decreased to sector 5. Hormone secreting cells, mainly lactotrophs, gonadotrophs and corticotrophs were associated with FSC and follicles. The Ultrastructural Study demonstrat- ed that FSC developed junctional complexes and desmosomes between their lateral mem- branes. Lanthanum freely penetrated the spaces between granulated cells and FSC, but did not penetrate into the follicular lumen. In conclusion: 1) the differential expression of S- 100 protein, GFAP and vimentin may indicate different physiological stages of FSC; 2) the expression of these proteins suggests a neuroectodermic origin of these cells; 3) FSC spa- tial distribution, association with endocrine cells, and the generation of an intercellular communication network suggest that FSC are involved in the pituitary pars distalis paracrine regulation of the viscacha.