Báo cáo y học: "It’s all in the blood: circulating endothelial progenitor cells link synovial vascularity with cardiovascular mortality in rheumatoid arthritis" docx

... therapy or low-dose steroid therapy did not show normalisation of circulating EPC numbers [7]. The observation of reduced circulating EPC in patients with RA was confirmed in another study by ... significantly lower than in individuals with inactive disease or healthy controls, and that they correlated inversely with disease activity. Moreover, treatment of patients with a...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... hematoxylin-eosin staining of t he excised sub-mandibular gland. The excised lesion contained spindle cells, scattered lymphocytes, eosinophils and plasma cells (hematoxylin-eosin staining, original magnification ... Photograph of hematoxylin-eosin staining of t he excised sub-mandibular gland. Necrotic tissue with foreign body cells in the excised lesion (hematoxylin-eosin stain...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... sites, including the pubic symphysis and synovial joints. These findings also suggest that in fibrocartilaginous tissues, including the TMJ disc and possibly the pubic symphysis, relaxin decreases collagen ... found systemically in cycling women [36-38]. Although the ability of systemic relaxin to access the TMJ and reach the avascular disc remains to be determined, our rece...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... describing an immune response against the protein Sip1. Sip1 is a nuclear splicing factor containing an arginine/serine-rich domain and a RNA- binding motif that may play a role in linking the processes ... screened the library, conducted the ELISA experiments and participated in the design of the study and analysis of the data. FC participated in the design of the stu...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... conceived the study design, interpreted the findings and drafted the manuscript. AK and AW (with translation by GMK) interviewed the participants in The Netherlands and Spain respectively. All authors ... then organised into m ain themes which formed the basis of the results. The themes were scrutinised by two aca- demics (MR and CN) in relation to the transcripts to...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... suggested that the overexpression of either inducible NO and proinflammatory cytokines might be intimately involved in the pathogenesis and the evolution of ABD [12, 42]. An increase in the concentration ... strong inhibition on Th1-mediated inflammatory processes involving the regulation of the synthesis of inflammatory cytokines (IL-2 TNF-α, IL-1β) and chemokines (CXCL8,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... occurring con- currently in the organization. The individuals participating in these studies may have been exposed to other quality initiatives or messages. All five studies are also similar in ... in that they did not engage any statistical tests for all outcomes, so no inferences can be made. Nor was there adjustment for potential confounding bias in any study. Finally, th...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... age of 8 years, the top of the frontal sinuses is at the level of the orbital roof, and by the age of 10 years, the sinuses extend into the vertical portion of the frontal bone. The final adult ... usually found in individuals of the same age [11,12]. Because the left and right frontal sinuses develop independently, a significant asym- metry between these sinuses ca...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... Chen J, Cao T, Duan Y, Yuan L, Yang Y. Velocity vector imag- ing in assessing the regional systolic function of patients with post myocardial infarction. Echocardiography 2007; 24(9): 940-945. ... criticize the intra-individual comparison instead of considering a control group. In our opinion, as the infarct is a regional process, there is no better match than the non-inf...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:15