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Item Improved method of producing satisfactory sections of whole eyeball by routine histology(Microscopy Research and Technique, 2014) Benjamin, A.-B.; Ahenkorah, J.; Hottor, B.A.; Dennis, E.; Frederick, K.A.To overcome the loss of structural integrity when eyeball sections are prepared by wax embedding, we experimentally modified the routine histological procedure and report satisfactorily well-preserved antero-posterior sections of whole eyeballs for teaching/learning purposes. Presently histological sections of whole eyeballs are not readily available because substantial structural distortions attributable to variable consistency of tissue components (and their undesired differential shrinkage) result from routine processing. Notably, at the dehydration stage of processing, the soft, gel-like vitreous humor considerably shrinks relative to the tough fibrous sclera causing collapse of the ocular globe. Additionally, the combined effects of fixation, dehydration, and embedding at 60°C renders the eye lens too hard for microtome slicing at thicknesses suitable for light microscopy. We satisfactorily preserved intact antero-posterior sections of eyeballs via routine paraffin wax processing procedure entailing two main modifications; (i) careful needle aspiration of vitreous humor and replacement with molten wax prior to wax infiltration; (ii) softening of lens in trimmed wax block by placing a drop of concentrated liquid phenol on it for 3 h during microtomy. These variations of the routine histological method produced intact whole eyeball sections with retinal detachment as the only structural distortion. Intact sections of the eyeball obtained compares well with the laborious, expensive, and 8-week long celloidin method. Our method has wider potential usability than costly freeze drying method which requires special skills and equipment (cryotome) and does not produce whole eyeball sections. Microsc. Res. Tech. 77:138-142, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Item PRP19 upregulation inhibits cell proliferation in lung adenocarcinomas by p21-mediated induction of cell cycle arrest(Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2014-05) Benjamin, A.-B.; Zhou, X.; Isaac, O.; Zhao, H.; Song, Y.; Chi, X.; Sun, B.; Hao, L.; Zhang, L.; Liu, L.; Guan, H.; Shao, S.Precursor messenger RNA processing factor 19 (PRP19) is known to be a critical component of the eukaryotic spliceosomal machinery and DNA damage repair system, the deregulation of which leads to many disease conditions. In many human cancers, PRP19 expression is upregulated, but its functional significance and corresponding underlying mechanisms remain to be addressed. Focusing on lung carcinomas, PRP19 upregulation was achieved by plasmid transfection into A549 adenocarcinoma cells. The transfected cells were then subjected to several in vitro and in vivo assays following in situ assessment of the protein in paired clinical lung tissues. We report that PRP19 expression is elevated in lung carcinoma tissues compared to non-tumor tissues. Following its upregulation, PRP19 repressed cell proliferation and tumor growth by upregulating the expression of the cell cycle arrest protein p21. © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS.