Báo cáo y học: "Increased plasma homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis and depression" ppsx

... issues jointly; that is, to investigate plasma homocysteine levels in patients with MS and depression. Accordingly, the present study was designed in order to assess Hcy plasma levels in MS patients and ... elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels in MS patients with [6,7] or without B12 deficiency [8,9]. By contrast, a single report found no difference...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Friedman G. Plasma total homocysteine levels in subjects with hyperinsulinemia. J Intern Med. 2000;247(2):287-94. 66. Fonseca VA, Fink LM, Kern PA. Insulin sensitivity and plasma homocysteine concentrations ... urea and creatinine and poor glycemic control in the patients group. Moreover, the tHcy level correlated positively with the total serum cholesterol. In t...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49

... progranulin in patients with relapsing- remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) during relapses com- pared with patients with relapsing-remitting MS during remissions and with non-inflammatory controls ... triggere d inflammato ry res ponse in MS may result in increased progranulin levels in CSF of MS patients. This may indicate that progranulin gene mutations an d prog...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... activity score into three groups with low activity, medium activity and high activity did not show any difference. We could not find any correlation with sex and age (whole group/division into ... health and morning stiffness, treat- ment with DMARDs and reason for their discontinuation, and the Steinbrocker stage [21] were also recorded. Serum was obtained in the morning fr...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... YG, Christen WG, Foster SC: Correlation of metal- loproteinase-2 and -9 with proinflammatory cytokines inter- leukin-1β, interleukin-12 and the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in patients with ... kDa) in sera of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and healthy controlsGelatinase activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 (72 kDa) and MMP-9 (92 kDa) in sera of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... lymphocytes of patients with com- mon variable immunodeficiency (CVI) produce reduced levels of interleukin-4, interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma, but pro- liferate normally upon activation by ... (DCs) in the generation of immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells. In the work reported herein, we analyzed the frequency of peripheral blood plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) and myeloid DCs (...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... acute stress and pain levels. Moreover, future clinical trials of analge- sics in RA may provide opportunities to examine the effects of pain-relieving treatment on inflammatory activity. Finally, in future ... non-tissue-damag- ing painful stimulation in healthy adults [15,16], patients with juvenile RA [17], and patients with persisting low back pain [18]. Given that RA...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... inhibitors H and I were found to be low in anorexia patients and normalized with weight gain [24]. In our current study, we deter- mined low C3 levels in anorexic patients, which is in line with those ... ref lecting the severity of disease, and potentially serving as a guide for monitoring the refeed- ing p rocess. That is, in patients with anorexia nervosa and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... degeneration. MMP-10 (also known as stromelysin-2) is a member of the stromelysin family of enzymes, along with MMP-3 (stromelysin- 1) and MMP-11 (stromelysin-3). This family of enzymes exhibit a wide range of ... MMP-10 in multiple pro-enzyme activation is believed to shift the balance of activity in favour of MMP activ- ity over MMP inhibition, with resultant increases in enzy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... accuracy. Current standard therapy includes a combination of pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Response rate is approximately 40% for genotype 1 and 80% for genotypes 2 and 3, respectively. Successful ... by Dr. Hoefs et al in the separated article in this issue. 3) Available Antiviral Therapy The current standard of therapy includes the combination of weekly pegylated interf...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:51