... rearrangements
in the patient s parotid gland only, as well as of Vλ1C–Jλ3
rearrangements in both the peripheral blood and parotid
gland of this patient with SS.
One feature of the present patient ... from the peripheral blood of
the same patient. This patient manifested increased titers
of autoantibodies (anti-Ro and anti-La), hypergamma-
glo...
... were as follows:
1. IL-4, CCAGCTAGTTGTCATCCTGCTCTTCTTTCTCG
and CAGTGATGAGGACTTGGACTCATTCATGGTGC.
2. TGF-β1, TGGACCGCAACAACGCCATCTATGA-
GAAAACC and TGGAGCTGAAGCAATAGTTGGTATC-
CAGGGCT.
3. β-actin, ... obtained from the
Shizuoka Laboratory Animal Center (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka,
Japan). All mice were maintained in a pathogen-free facility at
the Hyogo College of Medicine (Nishinomiya,...
... valleys of the regions of Calamu-
chita and Paravachasca (Santa Mar a and Calamuchita
Departments) and complemented with surveys carried
out in settlements near the town of La Calera, all in the
area ... part/alcoholic
macerate/friction
and
massage
Rub the macerate in the back of the animal to
relieve kidney pain.
Lavandula officinalis var. angustifolia
(D...
... (HAQ) to assess functional ability [9]. The
radiological damage was assessed in X-ray scans of the hands
and wrists biannually (2000, 2002, and 2004), which were
read centrally by a trained radiologist ... LEF,
sulfasalazine cyclosporine A, aTNF and others), the following
covariates were also analyzed: age at disease onset, age at
baseline, gender, years of disease durati...
... preparation. ND
assisted in patient recruitment, was a reader for the X-rays and
assisted in manuscript preparation. ML assisted in patient
recruitment and participated in data analysis. QR was a ... data entry and analysis. FMM conceived of the study
and coordinated patient recruitment, data entry, data analysis
and preparation of the manuscript.
Acknowl...
... from the area
adjacent to the main defect and pieces of tissue with a macro-
scopically normal appearance of the lateral aspect of a con-
dyle from each of the 12 patients were minced, and RNA was
isolated ... patients in the late stages of
OA, an increase in staining intensity was found in the pericel-
lular space (Figure 4b). In healthy cartilage, COM...
... Silman AJ:
Baseline levels of C-reactive protein and prediction of death
from cardiovascular disease in patients with inflammatory pol-
yarthritis: a ten-year followup study of a primary care-based
inception ... single time point, which occurred at variable times after com-
mencing a variety of antirheumatic drugs rather than at
baseline.
In RA, proinflammatory ligands...
... KP assisted in
patient recruitment and participated in data entry. JL partici-
pated in data entry and analysis. FMM conceived of the study
and coordinated patient recruitment, data entry, data ... preparation. ML assisted in patient
recruitment and participated in data analysis. QR was a reader
for the X-rays and assisted in manuscript preparation. ER pro-...
... KA analyzed and interpreted the patient data. AT, NF,
KS, AT, MT and HI analyzed endoscopic data. YS, HT, TK, CT, YA, AN and SM
performed the histological examination of the organs. YS, MI and ... cases of duodenal solitary Peutz-Jeghers
type hamartomatous polyp. Case 1 was a hamartoma-
tous polyp with a focus of well-differentiated adenocar-
cinoma, and Case 2 w...
... Karin M: The two NF-kappaB activation pathways and their
role in innate and adaptive immunity. Trends Immunol 2004, 25:280-288.
2. Silverman N, Maniatis T: NF-kappaB signaling pathways in mammalian
and ... Analysis
All graphs and statistical analyses were produced using
Prism software (GraphPad Software Inc., La Jolla CA).
Results
TMP acts early to inhibit synthesis of TNF -a...