... double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy and
safety study of quetiapine or lithium as monotherapy for mania in
bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 2005, 66:111-121.
66. McElroy SL, Martens BE, Winstanley ... double-blind, randomized comparison of the
efficacy and safety of intramuscular injections of olanzapine, lorazepam,
or placebo in treating acutely agitated patients di...
... S, Raymont V, Frangou S: The
Maudsley Bipolar Disorder Project: the effect of medication,
family history, and duration of illness on IQ and memory in
bipolar I disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 2003, ... effect in either group in a working
memory task. Interestingly, in previous work in healthy
volunteers (unpublished information) using the same
two cognitive tests we found th...
... dyssynchrony during
dobutamine stress in patients with wide QRS duration
(20). In contrast, Kurita et al. reported on an increased
mechanical dyssynchrony during pacing–induced
tachycardia in ... mechanical dyssynchrony.
These findings may further explain why patients with
normal QRS duration may benefit from cardiac re-
synchronization whether or not they have mechanical
dyssy...
... being attributed to the N-terminal part of human
CYP11B2.
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synthase; N-terminal protein region; engineering substrate
specificity.
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incubated with 11-deoxycortisol. The 11b-hydroxylation of
11-deoxycortisol catalysed by the mutated proteins is shown as
percent...
... interplay between several systemic factors and
an array of local factors such as cytokines, inflammatory medi-
ators and growth factors. As well as IL-1β, TNFα, and IL-6,
local inflammatory mediators, ... RANKL.for
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... inhibitory effect
of RNODN on the induction and activity of osteoclasts. Direct
intra-articular injection of RNODN into the joints may be an
effective strategy for the treatment of arthritis.
Introduction
Osteoclasts ... Hayashi S, Higaki J, Ogihara T: Transcription factor decoy for
nuclear factor-κB inhibits tumor necrosis factor-α-induced
expression of interleukin-6 and intracel...
... necessary for EAU induction [24].
The nuclear factor (NF) κB is a popular target for effective
blockade of activation of the promoter for genes encoding
proinflammatory cytokines in cells involved in ... dose of 5 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg or vehicle only
was orally administered once a day six days a week from day 0 to day
14 after immunization with human interphotoreceptor retinoid b...
... inhibition
of sPLA
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may logically block the formation of a wide variety of
secondary inflammatory mediators.
In our search for such an inhibitor, we designed a 17-residue
peptide (P-NT.II) using the ... limited
efficacy in clinical studies [14,15]. One of the potential rea-
sons for the failure of LY333013 may be incomplete inactiva-
tion of sPLA
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in the SF due to inadequ...
... were offered seating in a different
part of the building. Individuals were informed that the
aim of the study was to assess the acceptability of a new
type of indoor lighting. They were informed ... out-
door illuminance typically ranges between 2000 and
100,000 lux, indoor office illuminance is usually consid-
erably lower, with norms of approximately 500 lux. More-
over, typical...
... post-operatively, may reduce mortality and
morbidity in cardiac surgery patients.
The effect of tight glycaemic control on mortality
following cardiac surgery
The results of our meta-analysis on early mortality,
including ... result of the meta-analysis for early mortality data. “Early
mortality” was defined as death in CCU or within 30 days. Only three of the seven studies pr...