... 1391 Animalmodelsof Alzheimer’s disease O Philipson et al Transgenic animalmodelsModels devoid of any disease-causing APP mutations Animalmodels expressing wild-type (wt) human APP are of ... aggregation in transgenic models and post mortem AD brain are poor natural animalmodelsof AD, but intracerebroventricular infusion of Ab [15] or lipopolysaccharide in such animals has been used ... functional studies with animalmodelsof AD Concluding remarks and future perspectives Transgenic techniques have revolutionized our ability to develop animalmodelsof AD, and also contributed...
... orthologue of CCM2) Zebrafish with loss -of- function mutations in san or vtn share a common phenotype with fish lacking heartof glass (heg) Although mutations in the human orthologue ofheartof glass ... to developing animalmodelsof CCM disease Classically, a CCM consists of a cluster of dilated blood vessels [12,13] Each vessel in the cluster is grossly dilated, earning the name of a cavern; ... not considered in the category ofanimalmodelsof disease, one can view the field of human genetics as probing a vast natural mutagenesis screen involving billions of individual organisms As in...
... by the use of germ line p53 inactivation alters immune system function in a number of significant ways in these animals, limiting the use of these models for evaluating the effect of anti-tumor ... function of specific genes of interest and thus exploit defined genetic lesions to produce more biologically correct modelsof CNS cancers that result from activation and/or inactivation of endogenous ... critical immunologic functions Specific to the current discussion of the immune system, Table 1: A summary of existing animalmodelsof brain tumors Tumorigenesis Method Implantation Genetic Technique...
... experimental animalmodels through the expression of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-Tk) in cells of animals and then injecting the animals with 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxy-1-beta-Darabinofuranosyl-5-iodo-uracil ... of formation of the immunological synapse, a specific supramolecular pattern of receptors involved in immune cell communication, in vivo [42,43] Two-photon microscopy One of the limitations of ... combination of molecular genetics and noninvasive imaging: the presence of the HSV-Tk gene can mark a specific cell population in a spe- cific state of activation based on the activity of the promoter...
... investigation in animalmodelsof arthritis This review focuses on the gene therapeutic strategies of restoring the cytokine balance and genetic synovectomy in animalmodelsof RA, as summarized ... independently in animalmodelsof arthritis Recent human trials of IL-1Ra revealed moderate efficacy, probably because of poor pharmacokinetics and the 100- to 1000-fold excess of this molecule ... leucocytes in RA and animalmodelsof arthritis Okamoto and coworkers [72] showed that FasL is capable of Fas-mediated apoptosis of human RA synoviocytes Adenoviral gene transfer of TRAIL into rabbit...
... varying patterns of expression [14] Extracellular domains of FGFRs consist of three immunoglobulin-like loops (loop I, loop II, and loop III) Alternative mRNA splicing of loop III of FGFR1 to FGFR3 ... and progression of OA The purpose of the present study was to examine whether FGF8 is involved in the destruction of cartilage in OA models Initially, a rabbit meniscectomy model of OA, in which ... FGF8f specifically out of the four human FGF8 isoforms, and showed little binding to other members of the FGF family Neutralizing activity of KM1334 was shown by the blocking of FGF8b binding to...
... to determine expression patterns of a panel of relevant genes in a large number of distinct colonies of the susceptible mouse strain BALB/c Although induction of disease by the usual immunisation ... R: Dissection of the genetic complexity of arthritis using animalmodels Immunol Lett 2005, 103:86-91 Rosenthal N, Brown S: The mouse ascending: perspectives for human-disease models Nat Cell ... strengthens the validity of previous studies of the PGIA model in different laboratories, and throws down the gauntlet as a challenge to research groups that use inbred strains of mice as models for other...
... likely that IC models mimic part of the RA pathology There is growing interest in the use of passive IC models, together with a range of transgenic knockouts, to identify Page of 10 (page number ... 14 The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress This article is part of a special collection of reviews, The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress, published to ... identification of its role in subgroups of RA with a distinct T cell signature Increasing support for a pathogenic role of autoantibodies in RA has shifted the interest of researchers to passive IC models...
... mild heartfailure and include patients treated with diuretics who not have heartfailure Incidence ofheartfailure The Framingham data show an age adjusted annual incidence ofheartfailureof ... longitudinal source of data on the epidemiology ofheartfailure Contemporary studies of the epidemiology ofheartfailure in United Kingdom Study Diagnostic criteria Hillingdon heartfailure study ... studies of the epidemiology ofheartfailure and left ventricular dysfunction have been conducted, including a study of the incidence ofheartfailure in one west London district (Hillingdon heart failure...
... with heartfailure Lancet 1997;349:747-52 x Remme WJ The treatment ofheartfailure The Task Force of the Working Group on HeartFailureof the European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 1997;18:736-53 ... course of alcoholic cardiomyopathy Ann Intern Med 1974;80:293-7 x The Task Force of the Working Group on HeartFailureof the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on the treatment ofheartfailure ... the natural course of chronic heartfailure The Munich mild heartfailure study showed that ACE inhibitors combined with standard treatment slowed the progression ofheartfailure in patients...
... mortality Nurse management ofheartfailure has implications for the provision of care in patients with chronic heart failure, sharing the increasing burden ofheartfailure Specialist nurses ... Downloaded from bmj.com on October 2006 ABC ofheartfailureHeartfailure in general practice F D R Hobbs, R C Davis, G Y H Lip Management ofheartfailure in general practice has been hampered ... that only 29% of 122 patients referred to a “rapid access” clinic with a new diagnosis ofheartfailure fully met the definition ofheartfailure approved by the European Society of Cardiology—that...
... end of both inflammatory models, a panel of cytokines was analyzed in blood At sacrifice whole blood was collected from the heartof the animals and plasma was obtained by centrifugation 25 μl of ... accommodation and care of animals were in accordance with the provisions of EEC Council Directive 86/609 Animals were allowed to acclimate for week before the beginning of the experiments All ... right paws were used as reaction index for the individual animal A cut-off of 25 seconds was used to avoid tissue damage in case of absence of response Automated Von Frey test Mechanical allodynia...
... are listed at the end of this volume Surgical Options for the Treatment ofHeartFailure edited by ROY G MASTERS, MD FRCSC Division of Cardiac Surgery; University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ... overall knowledge of the management of the heartfailure patient and provides a useful and worthwhile read for every cardiac surgeon of the day Wilbert J Keon University of Ottawa Heart Institute ... impression of adverse outcome in the face of severe right heart failure, we undertook to investigate this factor specifically We used RV HF on liRNA scan as our numerical indicator of right heart failure...
... mechanisms in failing hearts HeartFailure Reviews 1997;2:55-65 Moser DK Palhophysiolog>' ofheartfailure update: the role of neurohumoral activation in the progression ofheartfailure Am As.soc ... human hearts as well as in animalmodelsofheartfailure Abnormal intracellular Ca"^^ handling is one of the major causes of both systolic and dia.stolic d\ stunction.''' ^^ ITic mechanisms of ... release channels, all of which participate in the regulation of Ca'' movements Studies have shown decreased SR Ca^^ uptake in a variety ofanimalmodelsofheartfailuremodels and in humans,...
... of congestive heartfailure has improved dramatically as well, especially in the recognition of the importance of treatment with aftcrload reduction This treatment was not available to many of ... the natural history of their regurgitant lesions than previously, largely as a result of identification of appropriate noninvasive indicators of impending decompensation of the left ventricle, ... complete excision of the subvalvular apparatus.''" " * •fhe issues of depression of ejection fraction from elimination of the low-pressure decompression into the left atrium and of interference...
... symptoms ofheartfailure ^' ^ Medical therapy has had a dramatic impact on the symptoms ofheart failure, with less but still significant impact on survival, challenging previous assumptions of when ... entire circumference of tlie base of the aiiemysin at tlie junction of scar and noirnal myocardiuriL The degi^ee of tigblening of this suture will detenmne the final size of the remaining opening ... chance of improvement than cardiomyopathy of other etiologies.' Symptoms often improve remarkably after assisted diuresis post-partum of the excess volume of water accumulated during pregnancy Heart...
... other end of the spectrum ofheart failure, there is now increasing evidence that early intervention can reduce the development ofheartfailure ^*'" Even after the symptoms ofheartfailure have ... transplantation for treatment of advanced heart failure: effective use of vasodilators and diuretics J Heart Lung Transplant 1991:10:468 21 Stevenson LW, Perloff JK The limited reliability of physical signs ... ofheart failure. '^ In 120 transplant candidates without any of these risk factors, the incidence of embolic events during a mean follow-up of 300 days without anticoagulation was 4%.'^ The official...
... patients selected for support in the setting of acute heartfailure Patients in chronic severe congestive heartfailure however have some degree of end-organ dysfiinction resulting from chronic ... population of patients that require a.ssistance and help Congestive heartfailure refers to a clinical syndrome of depressed cardiac output that is unable to meet the metabolic needs of the body ... in medical and surgical therapies for congestive heart failure, mortality and morbidity remain high.' The cost of caring for congestive heartfailure patienLs and their repeated readmissions...
... surgical approaches to heart failure, the safe and effective pertbnnance of DCMP requires a dedicated team of medical professionals accustomed to the delicate needs ofheartfailure patients This ... better understanding of ttie pathophysiology ofheart failure, the concepts of the ' girdling' and 'myocardial sparing' have provided a potential explanation on how the reversal of the remodeling ... patients with congestive heart failure: a second frontier Circulation 1985;72:681 NHLBI Report of the task force on research in heartfailure Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services,...