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ArticleUrological research2004

Comparative analysis of different apoptosis detection methods in human testicular cancer.

Hans Ulrich Schmelz, Michael Abend, Matthias Port, Michael Schwerer, Ekkehard W Hauck, Wolfgang Weidner, Christoph Sparwasser

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Article in Urological research, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hans Ulrich SchmelzDepartment of Urology, Federal Armed Forced Hospital, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081 Ulm, Germany. Hans.U.Schmelz@web.de
Michael Abend
Matthias Port
Michael Schwerer
Ekkehard W Hauck
Wolfgang Weidner
Christoph Sparwasser
Bundeswehr Medical Service Academy · DEUniversity of Giessen · DEUniversity Hospital Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In situ end-labeling (ISEL) of internucleosomal 3' DNA strand breaks and the morphological proof of nuclear chromatin condensation are two widely used methods to investigate and quantify apoptosis. However, it is still unclear whether both processes are linked with each other and if quantifying apoptosis by both methods leads to comparable results. Therefore, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and chromatin condensation were measured simultaneously on double-fluorescence-labeled sections of 62 testicular tumors (47 nonseminomatous tumors and 15 seminomas) using immunofluorescence microscopy. Different apoptotic indices (AI), based on DNA fragmentation and/or morphological criteria were determined. The AI were quantified. Morphologically obtained AI ranged between 1.99% for non-seminomatous tumors and 0.88% for seminomas. The detection of DNA fragmentation values ranged between 8.15% for non-seminomatous tumors and 2.70% for seminomas. Only about 30% of all apoptotic cells could be detected with the morphological method compared to 80% using ISEL in both tumor entities. Therefore, the equivalence of investigations using different apoptosis detection methods in human testicular cancer seems questionable.

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ApoptosisCarcinoma, EmbryonalDNA FragmentationHumansMaleNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalSeminomaTesticular Neoplasms

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PMID15118852
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