Báo cáo y học: "Cytokines in chronic rheumatic diseases: is everything lack of homeostatic balance" pps

... biological activity of any cytokine in biological fluids can be interpreted correctly only by taking into account the activities of other synergistic or antagonistic cytokines, of their respective inhibitors, ... destructive disease, it is not well appreciated that the main problem is in fact the inhibition of repair activity. Any type of chronic joint inflammation, whethe...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... many different cytokines may be involved. Second, although many cytokines may be involved in the pathogenesis of SLE, research thus far has concentrated on a small group of cytokines, notably tumour ... future is to define which of these targets will actually be useful in the management of SLE. In the light of the success in rheuma- toid arthritis, this is a topic of h...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... an internal control. Intestinal inflammation was patchy, and the observed difference between healthy and diseased tissues was confirmed microscopically. The mRNA expression of cytokines in diseased ... Steroids were contraindicated because of a previous retinal serosal ablation, probably induced by prednisone. TNF blockage initially successfully reduced the severity of the colitis, bu...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... variables, including BMI, smoking habits, underlying etiology of renal failure, dialysis duration, association with hemoglobin, ferritin, and phosphorus or dialysis adequacy as measured by the Kt/V index. Conclusion: ... prevalence and severity of this disorder among dialysis patients. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of insomnia in Saudi patients with ESRD on m...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... demonstrated. Phenotypes of bone marrow lymphocytes are influenced both by OVX and by arthritis Flow cytometry analysis was performed to evaluate the effects of OVX and arthritis on phenotypes of bone marrow lymphocytes ... rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is caused both by estrogen deficiency and by the inflammatory disease. The relative importance of each of these factors is unknown...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... neuropathy is a family of nerve disorders with progressive loss of nerve function in 15% of diabetes mellitus (DM) subjects. Two-point discrimination (TPD) is one method of quantitatively testing ... The Aetiology of diabetic neuropathic ulceration of the foot. Brit- ish Journal of Surgery 1985, 72:1-6. 3. Bell-Krotoski JS, Weinstein S, Weinstein C: Testing sensibility, in...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... sketch the corresponding con- siderations for the instance of binary trees. They are considerably easier and we only list the results. The recursion for the increasing binary trees is a n+1 = n  k=0  n k  a k a n−k with ... 1,a 1 =1. It is obtained by forcing the node j to be in the first subtree, thus restricting the generality, which is restored by introducting a factor m. From...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 06:20

... pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis? Walter P Maksymowych Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2S2 Canada Corresponding author: Walter P Maksymowych, walter.maksymowych@ualberta.ca See ... prognosis, disease activity, and pathogenesis in ankylosing spondylitis. Biomarkers reflecting disease activity (metallo- proteinase-3) and inflammatory lesions on...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... application of anti- inflammatory cytokines is hindered by delivery problems. For example IL-1Ra is available as the drug ‘Kineret’ for the treatment of RA, and is self-administered at a daily dose of 100 ... Grodzinsky AJ, Ghivizzani SC: A compar- ative study of the inhibitory effects of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist following administration as a recombinant protein or by...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... a history of recurrent acute flare-ups of mild chronic rhinosinusitis. Table 1 Classification of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Recurrent acute rhinosinusitis Chronic purulent rhinosinusitis Chronic hyperplastic ... rhinosinusitis Chronic hyperplastic rhinosinusitis Chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis Samter’s triad 3 Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis 4 Eosinophilic mucin rhinosinus...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23