... marrow and peripheral blood cells of selected individuals (Table 2) Spot No (14-3-3 related) was only present in patient C, spot No 121 and 122 (TCHTP and variant) was only present in patient F and ... AL, DN, and JP carried out the 2D electrophoresis and all other experimental work PS, ET, and WKH coordinated the laboratory work and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... patient D and spots No 91 (Ku antigen) and 115 (Rho A) were not present in patient C (Figure 3) Furthermore, only patients F and G showed an expression of plasminogenactivator inhibitor-2 and a variant...
... He showed aphasia, motor impairment, and poor scores in fluency and verbal tests After a year of drug therapy (antihypertensive and antiaggregating agents) and logopedic therapy, this subject ... motor control and reaching tasks, and increased his AAT (Aachener Aphasie Test) score from 52/60 to 56/60 Measurement protocol We applied TCD and NIRS during baseline conditions and during CO2 ... filter, with ripple in the stop band, cutoff frequency equal to 50 mHz and at least 30 dB of discrimination) and set the initial concentrations equal to zero The O2Hb and CO2Hb concentration signals...
... were relearned The modern understanding of iron metabolism began in 1937 with the work of McCance and Widdowson on iron absorption and excretion and Heilmeyer and Plotner's measurement of iron ... menstrual blood loss, and infants Iron supplements also may be of value for rapidly growing infants who are consuming substandard diets and for adults with a recognized cause of chronic blood loss ... gastric mucosa, and extrinsic factor, the vitamin-like material provided by crude liver extracts However, nearly 20 years passed before Rickes and coworkers and Smith and Parker isolated and crystallized...
... Oncovin (vincristine) and prednisone - rituximab (CHOP-R) protocol was started and, after six courses and restaging by computed tomography and bone marrow and peripheral blood investigation, showed ... and wrote the manuscript AM, EC and VO carried out flow cytometry EMC, JB and SV were the pathologists who examined the histological specimens PL and FC evaluated and treated the patient SG and ... bcl6, and cyclin-D1 (DSC-6) The spleen was sectioned and fixed in buffered formalin Figure Flow cytometry of peripheral blood lymphocytes CD19-positive lymphocytes are CD5- (A), and CD20+ and CD22+...
... data Change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure andblood pressure control status will be examined as secondary outcomes Blood pressure (BP) is measured by trained and certified observers ... 2009, 4:7 otape; higher rates of blood pressure control; and lower rates of emergency room use and hospitalizations Study population and settings The Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area has one ... Drs Jessica Yeh and Ana Navas-Acien for their assistance with assembling data for the recruitment sample and with the randomization scheme, and the DSMB members, Drs Cynthia Rand, Daniel Ford,...
... characteristics in thalassemic patients and healthy blood donors with and without SENV infection are shown in tables and The differences of the white blood cell and platelet count of the patients ... = A or C) and reverse primer AI-1R (5’- Results In the gel electrophoresis expected 195 bp bands for SENV-D and 119 bp bands for SENV-H were observed (Figure 1) Karimi-Rastehkenari and Bouzari ... gender and paraclinical characteristics of the thalassemic patients and healthy blood donors are shown in table The mean age and frequency of males were significantly higher in healthy blood donors...
... technique that is similar to ours and because their equations have lower standard deviations (while showing similar relationships between height, age and 1/Vc and 1/DmCO) than previous studies ... assessed in our laboratory Dm and Vc values outside the 95% CI, calculated with the reference equations using parameters height, age and gender, and the reference equation's standard deviations, were ... between TLCO%, Dm%, Vc% and mPpa, PVR, SvO2 and PAH- prognostic parameters such as CI and mean right atrial pressure [10], were found, nor for the Dm%/Vc% or Vc%/Dm% ratios and those hemodynamic...
... the other hand, Andrews and colleagues [21] also reported that monocytes in SSc patients differed from those in normal controls and appeared to have undergone advanced differentiation and activation ... contributions HI and MJ designed the study NHK, MT, YY, and FCM assisted in the study design, oversaw the project running and data analysis, and drafted the manuscript TM, SF, YI, YK, and HM assisted ... study design and coordination, and oversaw the data analysis and drafting of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank Chiemi Shiotsu and Junko...
... million white blood cells/ml and plated in 48 well cell culture polystyrene clusters (Corning) and cultured with or without A549 or Calu-3 cells Conditioned media and transwell studies PBMCs and lung ... both Calu-3/monocyte and A549/monocyte co-cultures (0.2 ± 0.1 and 0.3 ± 0.07 ng/ml, respectively, n = 5) compared with Calu-3/PBMCs and A549/PBMCs co-cultures (1.0 ± 0.3 and 3.0 ± 1.0 ng/ml, ... beclomethasone, PDE4 inhibitor rolipram and PI3 kinase inhibitor strongly and significantly inhibited basal IP-10 secretion from PBMC and lung epithelial cell co-cultures (Table and Figure 6.) The IFN-γ (10...
... protocol • The ICU-based blood gas /blood glucose analyser ABL715 is a rapid and accurate alternative for laboratory glucose determination and can serve as a standard for ICU blood glucose measurements ... Conclusion The ICU-based blood gas/glucose analyser ABL715 is a rapid and accurate alternative for laboratory glucose determination and can serve as a standard for ICU blood glucose measurements ... Authors' contributions ICCH and JJML initiated and planned the study AMC, RS, and JJML conducted the study, collected data, and drafted the manuscript JSWL, JGZ, JET, ICCH, and JHJMM assisted in Page...
... presented below and in Tables 1, 2, and Figures and Three series of LDF measurements from the liver (one each in groups V, S, and SV) and two series from the kidney (one from group C and another ... resulted in: • a fast and sustained increase in blood pressure and a marked decrease in systemic blood flow • significant redistribution of splanchnic regional and microcirculatory blood flow that ... effects of low-dose vasopressin on regional blood flow and metabolism are more conflicting and range from 'deleterious' [15] to increased mesenteric blood flow and beneficial effects on tissue metabolism...
... pre-reduced Brucella base blood agar containing 5% sheep blood, hemin, and menadione (BMB, PML, Tuluatin, OR), and BMB containing 5% laked sheep blood, 100 mcg/ml of kanamycin, and 7.5 mcg/ml vancomycin ... demographics, general health, and history of allergic diseases and/ or symptoms in herself and the father of her child Information on labor and delivery (including the white blood cell count of participating ... delivery Secretion of IL-13 by CBMCs (at baseline and after stimulation with PHA and LPS) and IFN-γ (at baseline and after stimulation with antigens and PHA) was also higher in neonates born by cesarean...
... Reinstrup P, Ryding E, Andersson AM, Molund T, Kristiansson KA, Romner B, Brandt L, Saveland H: Effects of iso- and hypervolemic hemodilution on regional cerebral blood flow and oxygen delivery ... tables Results and discussion Physiologic implications of anemia Cerebral blood flow and oxygen delivery The amount of oxygen reaching specific organs is the product of local blood flow and the arterial ... analysis and interpretation of the data, and the drafting and revision of the manuscript DAZ was responsible for the analysis and interpretation of data, and the revision of the manuscript Both...
... approaches to better understand the adverse effects of environmental and xenobiotic exposures on human injury and disease processes engendered a great deal of early enthusiasm and excitement This research ... open questions regarding the utility and applicability of the microarray technology in biological research and in particular with respect to understanding and classifying injury processes that ... 6, 24, or 48 hours later Bloodand liver were harvested at the time of sacrifice for clinical chemistry, hematology, histopathology and gene expression profiling using standardized procedures across...
... only after APV, heart rate andblood pressure returned to baseline and stabilized The APVs, heart rates, blood pressures, and vasodilator-induced peak APVs, heart rates, blood pressures were determined ... weeks on diets and weeks later pigs underwent repeat angiography and IVUS and coronary blood flow (CBF) measurement Average peak velocity (APV) was measured under basal conditions and in response ... contribution to coronary blood flow 67 3.4.4 Adenosine A1 receptors contribution to coronary blood flow 68 3.4.5 Comparison of coronary blood flow in control and dyslipidemic pigs...
... (Mahon and Cunningham, 1982), Italy (Galizzi Vechhiotti, 1977) or Poland (Kownacki and Jezierski, 1976), Swedish Standardbred (Str6m, 1982), North-Swedish Trotter (Bohlin and Ronningen, 1975) and ... number Blood typing data and their analysis France, parentage control was made systematically in Thoroughbred and Arab breeds, for all animals born since 1985 and 1988, respectively, and for ... coefficients computed at the grandparental and great-grandparental levels accounted for around a quarter and a half of the total inbreeding, respectively On the other hand, in Thoroughbred, half...
... position and with wearing noseclips The best results for FVC and FEV1 were taken and percent predicted values were calculated according Quanjer et al [18] Blood pressure, medication and other ... high blood pressure regardless of its medical treatment - B HBP or medication: high blood pressure or the use of antihypertensive medication - C HBP and medication: high blood pressure and the ... between the abovementioned classes of high blood pressure and antihypertensive medication and lung function outcomes Additionally, high blood pressure and antihypertensive medication were used...
... and serve as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents [12, 13] as well as hepatoprotectants [14] and neuroprotectants [15] However, the effects of naringin and hesperidin on metabolic rate and ... effects of p-synephrine alone and in combination with different amounts of hesperidin and naringin on: (1) resting metabolism, (2) blood pressure, (3) resting heart-rate, and (4) self-reported mood/energy ... hesperidin and 600 mg naringin Group 4: Advantra Z® with 100 mg hesperidin and 600 mg naringin Group 5: Advantra Z® with 1,000 mg hesperidin and 600 mg naringin After remaining seated and resting...
... in heart rate, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures for up to five hours Of interest is the fact that Min et al [18] used this same product in a similarly designed study and saw no effect ... used in weight loss and weight management products in combination with caffeine, polyphenolics, and other constituents [4-7] These products are designed to promote thermogenesis and increase metabolism, ... thermogenesis and increase metabolism, suppress appetite, and/ or slow the absorption of fats and carbohydrates [5] In spite of their widespread use and the lack of credible reports regarding adverse...