Tenascin-W, a new marker of cancer stroma, is elevated in sera of colon and breast cancer patients.

Tenascins are extracellular matrix proteins present during the development of organisms as well as in pathological conditions. Tenascin-W, the fourth and last member of the tenascin family remains the least well-characterized one. Our study aimed to evaluate the potential significance of tenascin-W as cancer biomarker by monitoring its presence in the serum of colorectal and breast cancer patients and its expression in colorectal tumor tissues. To measure serum tenascin-W levels, a sensitive sandwich-ELISA was established. Mean tenascin-W concentration in sera of patients with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer at time of diagnosis was highly increased compared to that of healthy volunteers. A similar tendency was observed for tenascin-C in the same patient cohort. However, the increase was much more striking for tenascin-W. We also detected elevated tenascin-W levels in sera of breast cancer patients. Furthermore, we could show a prominent expression of tenascin-W in extracts from colorectal tumor tissues by immunoblot analysis, whereas tenascin-W was not detectable in the corresponding normal colon mucosa. To confirm the western blot results, we performed immunohistochemistry of frozen sections of the same patients as well as of an additional, independently chosen collection of colorectal cancer tissues. In all cases, similarly to tenascin-C, tenascin-W was detected in the tumor stroma. Our results reveal a clear association between elevated levels of tenascin-W and the presence of cancer. These results warrant further studies to evaluate the potential value of serum and tissue tenascin-W levels as diagnostic, prognostic or monitoring biomarker in colorectal, breast and possibly other solid cancers.

Catalogue d'une remarquable réunion de 14 tableaux... ayant formé le cabinet de feu M. le chevalier W. J. Junius Van Hemert,... / [expert] Ferdinand Laneuville

[Vente. Art. 1859-04-18. Paris]

L'art de prolonger la vie / par le Dr C.-W. Hufeland ; [édité par le Dr J. Pellagot]

Collection : Bibliothèque médicale variée

Durability of Concrete as Affected by Variations in Air and W/C Ratio, R-258, 1975

Many times during the past four years we have seen ranges in the durability factor for a single coarse aggregate source that were too great to be explained by variations in the coarse aggregate alone. The durability test (ASTM C 666 Method B) as presently used is a test of the concrete system rather than that of a particular coarse aggregate. An informal study of current durability factor data indicates that w/c ratio and/or percentage of air may be critical to beam growth and durability factor. The purpose of this project, R-258, is to determine the extent w/c ratio and air content variations have on beam growth and durability factor when other factors including coarse aggregate gradation are held constant.

Pochwala przypadku. Uwagi o odbiorze polskiego oswiecenia w Szwajcarii

Il s'agit dans cet article de faire le point sur la question des relations polono-suisses au XVIIIe siècle, sujet souvent étudié par le passé et éclairé de manière nouvelle grâce à la publication récente de nombreux documents. Un examen systématique du Journal Helvétique (1732-1782) ainsi qu'une mise en valeur des articles « polonais » de l'Encyclopédie d'Yverdon ajoutent à cela des données qui permettent de proposer de nouvelles interprétations quant à la perception de la Pologne dans la Suisse francophone au temps de Stanislas-Auguste. Loin de consolider telle ou telle thèse explicative, par exemple sur la question du républicanisme ou sur les rapport confessionnels entre catholiques polonais et intellectuels protestants de Suisse, le propos tend plutôt à proposer de tenir compte du facteur conjoncturel et fortuit, lié à quelques individualités particulières, et d'éviter de tirer des conclusions par trop généralisantes. Les informations nouvelles qui sont aujourd'hui à disposition permettent de redéfinir les questions plutôt qu'elles n'apportent de réponses plus affirmées.

Réunion internationale de physique, chimie, biologie, Congrès du Palais de la découverte, Paris, octobre 1937. 5, Chimie minérale / Van Arkel, U.-R. Evans, W.-L. Bragg... [et al.]

Collection : Actualités scientifiques et industrielles ; 722

Pathologie, toxicité, antihormones, cancer / par H. Selye, J. W. Rowlands, Max Aron... [et al.]

Collection : Les hormones sexuelles ; 5

Road Safety Audit for County Road W-55 in Washington County, Iowa, 2009

A road safety audit was conducted for a seven-mile section of County Road W-55 in Washington County, Iowa. In 2006, the average annual daily traffic on this roadway was found to be 1,290 vehicles per day. Using crash data from 2001 to 2007, the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) has identified this roadway as being in the top 5% of Iowa secondary rural roads with the highest density of serious (fatal and major injury) crashes for single-vehicle run-off-road incidents. Considering these safety data, the Washington County Engineer requested that a road safety audit be conducted to identify areas with safety concerns and to recommend low-cost mitigation to address those concerns. Staff and officials from the Iowa DOT, Iowa State Patrol, Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, Federal Highway Administration, Institute for Transportation, and local law enforcement and transportation agencies met to review crash data and discuss potential safety improvements to this segment of W-55. This report outlines the findings and recommendations of the road safety audit team to address the safety concerns on this W-55 corridor and explain several selected mitigation strategies.