... marrow stemcelltransplantationfor severe systemic lupus erythematosus of long duration Lupus 1997, 6:545-548 Burt RK, Traynor A, Ramsey-Goldman R: Hematopoietic stemcell transplantationfor systemic ... transplantationfor active systemic lupus erythematosus Rheumatology 1999, 38:767-772 Burt RK, Slavin S, Burns WH, Marmont A: Induction of tolerance in autoimmune disease byhematopoieticstemcell transplantation: ... hematopoieticstem cells are infused in order to shorten the past transplant neutropenic interval by 4–6 days compared with the same dose of cyclophosphamide without hematopoieticstemcell support,...
... the conditioning and within 100 days after transplantation, although indirect hyperbilirubinemia repeatedly happened during chemotherapy with daunorubicin, idarubicin, and cytarabine prior to ... days to +28) for GVHD prophylaxis; Caspofungin for prophylaxis of fungal infections] Tropisetron was used during the chemotherapy and conditioning (E) period of acute GVHD [alanine aminotransferase ... http://www.jhoonline.org/content/4/1/9 Page of Figure Bilirubin level during chemotherapy and allogeneic hematopoieticstemcelltransplantation Chronological dates of the treatment courses were indicated...
... were initial denaturation at 94°C for followed by 30 cycles of 94°C denaturation for 30 s, 55°C annealing for 40 s and 72°C extension for 45 s with a final 72°C extension for followed by cooling ... the cell pellet was resuspended in 400 μl PBS-BSA A white blood cell preparation was now made on a slide by cytospin preparation at 75 × g for (Shandon Cytospin centrifuge) After drying, the cell ... described in lambs Due to the mainly subclinical and self limiting course [1] the infection may be widespread in animals grazing I ricinus habitats without notice [7] Preliminary results have shown...
... protocol Tropism testing on clinical samples using deep sequencing A total of 14 clinical samples from 12 different HAART failing individuals were available Despite the clinical need for alternative ... obtained for all, except for three X4-PSSM predicted minority haplotypes in sample 14 that were predicted to be R5-tropic in G2P, accounting in total for 4% of the population Tropism testing on clinical ... procedures for tropism determination (Vandekerckhove L et al., in preparation), a set of clinical specimens from twelve HIV-1 infected individuals failing HAART therapy and also failing in the Trofile...
... mediated degradation = Poleward force exerted by plus end motor proteins Cin8, Kip1 etc = Extension resisting force by cohesin = Esp1 Separase = Cohesin ring = Cohesin ring broken due to Esp1 mediated ... fork due to low dNTP levels exposes single stranded DNA (ssDNA) which must first be bound by a single stranded DNA binding protein RPA (Rfa1 in budding yeast) before the Mec1-Ddc2 complex can be ... proteins is thought to increase their affinity for the effector kinase Rad53, which has two Forkhead Associated (FHA) Domains, known for 25 Chapter Introduction their preference for binding phosphorylated...
... factors into somatic cells By using these viral delivery systems, 12 New Advances inStemCellTransplantation Fig Methods for producing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by non-integrating ... factor 1/PD2 maintains self-renewal by its interaction with Oct3/4 in mouse embryonic stem cells Stem Cells 27, 30013011 22 New Advances inStemCellTransplantation Rai, K., Huggins, I.J., James, ... cells in the host In conclusion, CellTransplantation is bridging celltransplantation research in a multitude of disease models as methods and technology continue to be refined The use of stem cells...
... edition, fifth printing, November 2008 Second edition, sixth printing, June 2009 Third edition, first printing, January 2011 Approach to Internal Medicine: A Resource Book forClinicalPractice Additional ... high yield clinical information and can be particularly useful when one is all alone assessing a patient at o’clock in the morning Other sections contain many clinical pearls that are intended ... appro priate clinical resources prior to applying information in this manual for direct patient care This is ix x Preface particularly important since patterns of practice and clinical evidence...
... Chairman National Institute forClinical Excellence Clinical audit in the NHS: a statement from the National Institute forClinical Excellence The clinical audit challenge facing the NHS The NHS ... best practiceinclinical audit throughout the NHS David Pink, Audit Programme Director National Institute forClinical Excellence January 2002 Stage One: preparing for audit Key points Clinical ... Criteria forClinical Audit, published by the National Centre forClinical Audit (Dixon, 1996) Key points From the review of the literature, we identified a set of key points for best practicein clinical...
... both for refining clinical research and forclinical decision-making Page of 14 A phase II study of sunitinib 50 mg/day on Schedule 4/2 (4 weeks on treatment, followed by weeks off treatment) in ... between clinical outcome and both elevated VEGF-C levels at baseline and greater reductions in VEGF-C In contrast, sunitinib-induced increases in VEGF-A were reduced in patients with high baseline ... performed on baseline soluble protein levels as discriminators in predicting disease control (PR or SD > 12 weeks) versus PD, as assessed by RECIST (Figure 3) The soluble protein cut-point for...
... both for refining clinical research and forclinical decision-making Page of 14 A phase II study of sunitinib 50 mg/day on Schedule 4/2 (4 weeks on treatment, followed by weeks off treatment) in ... between clinical outcome and both elevated VEGF-C levels at baseline and greater reductions in VEGF-C In contrast, sunitinib-induced increases in VEGF-A were reduced in patients with high baseline ... performed on baseline soluble protein levels as discriminators in predicting disease control (PR or SD > 12 weeks) versus PD, as assessed by RECIST (Figure 3) The soluble protein cut-point for...
... histocompability antigens DCs, specialised in presenting antigens to donor effector cells, are mainly involved in this setting and probably also in autoantigen (cross)presentation in AD In most tissues, ... Figure Resetting of the immunological clock following hematopoieticstemcelltransplantationHematopoieticstemcelltransplantation (HSCT) is a complex multistep procedure involving mobilisation ... autoantigen-presenting cells are postulated to be attacked and eliminated by the allograft [62] Donor precursor T or NK cells are attracted by host antigen- presenting cells, presenting so-called host minor...
... Immunohistochemistry staining for human mesenchymal stem cells in whole brain sections of mice Whole brain sections of each mice (4 μm) were proceeded immunohistochemistry staining of b2 microglobulin for hMSCs ... showed that in utero transplantation of hMSCs in mice contributed to numerous tissues, including the brain and spinal cord [24] Donor hMSCs engrafted into murine tissues originating from all ... similar findings Many recent clinical studies which adopt systemically administered MSCs also implicate paracrine signaling as the primary mechanism of action [32] Although clinical trials of MSC transplantation...
... is stable during the metastatic progress and to investigate the clinical usefulness of mutational analyses in primary tumor versus in metastases for planning EGFR-targeted therapies for the treatment ... NSCLC were included Patients who had been exposed to TKI before surgical treatment were excluded from this study In each case, hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections of formalin-fixed paraffinembedded ... received gefitinib as first-line treatment after being identified to harbor EGFR-TKI sensitive mutations in mediastinal lymph nodes metastases obtained by mediastinoscope One tablet of gefitinib (250...
... haploidentical T -cell- replete hematopoieticstemcelltransplantation Hematologica 2007, 92:414-417 Bignon JD, Gagne K: KIR matching inHematopoieticstemcelltransplantation Curr Opin Immunol 2005, ... to increase stemcell numbers in graft With the pioneering work of Reisner[15], Aversa and his group produced a series of clinical trials, administered "megadose" of donor hematopoieticstem cells ... techniques for positive selection of CD34 cells by using the CliniMACS system has provided enriched CD34+ stem cells with a powerful and reproducible TCD (median 4.5 logs) in grafts The median cell...
... Bilateral interstitial infiltrates clinical studies have to be performed to examine the frequency of clinically relevant HHV-6 infections in these patient cohorts Consent statement Written informed ... Human herpesvirus DNAin plasma after allogeneic stemcell transplantation: incidence and clinical significance J Infect Dis 2006, 193:68-79 Volin L, Lautenschlager I, Juvonen E, Nihtinen A, Anttila ... after hematopoieticstemcelltransplantation Clin Infect Dis 2005, 40:932-940 Bissinger AL, Einsele H, Hamprecht K, Schumacher U, Kandolf R, Loeffler J, Aepinus C, Bock T, Jahn G, Hebart H: Infectious...
... Bilateral interstitial infiltrates clinical studies have to be performed to examine the frequency of clinically relevant HHV-6 infections in these patient cohorts Consent statement Written informed ... Human herpesvirus DNAin plasma after allogeneic stemcell transplantation: incidence and clinical significance J Infect Dis 2006, 193:68-79 Volin L, Lautenschlager I, Juvonen E, Nihtinen A, Anttila ... after hematopoieticstemcelltransplantation Clin Infect Dis 2005, 40:932-940 Bissinger AL, Einsele H, Hamprecht K, Schumacher U, Kandolf R, Loeffler J, Aepinus C, Bock T, Jahn G, Hebart H: Infectious...
... Imaging A handbook forclinicalpractice BCIPR 6/17/05 9:53 PM Page ii BCIPR 6/17/05 9:53 PM Page iii THE ESC EDUCATION SERIES Cardiovascular Imaging A handbook forclinicalpractice EDITED BY ... Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Cardiovascular imaging : a handbook forclinicalpractice / edited by Jeroen J Bax [et al.] p ; cm — (ESC educational series) Includes index ISBN-13: ... book is focused on the use of non-invasive imaging inclinical cardiology Currently, the main non-invasive imaging modalities include echocardiography, nuclear imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance...
... department for further evaluation Diagnosis and grading of severity In general, aortic regurgitation (AR) is detected by physical examination or incidentally by echocardiography Clinical presentation includes ... as a basis of clinical decision-making Alternative imaging tools Although grading is possible by Doppler echocardiography in the vast majority of patients, uncertainty may remain in some, particularly ... volume overload Initially, end-systolic diameter remains unaffected, thus leading to an increased shortening fraction, reflecting a hyperkinetic, volume-loaded ventricle Increase in the end-systolic...
... provide information on branch vessel involvement Although it does not provide information regarding aortic insufficiency, this can be obtained with TTE or TEE while the operating room is being prepared ... additional useful information in treatment planning Conclusions In the IRAD study, the first diagnostic test used was TTE and TEE in 33%, CT in 61%, MRI in 2%, and angiography in 4%, reflecting the current ... extends for a variable distance beyond the ascending aorta, while in type II the dissecting hematoma is confined to the ascending aorta In type III, the dissection originates in the descending aorta,...