Báo cáo y học: "Elevated endotoxin levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" potx
Báo cáo y học: "Elevated endotoxin levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" potx
... may contribute to low-grade systemic inflammation
in insulin resistant states. This study aimed to examine the importance of serum endotoxin and inflammatory markers
in non-alcoholic fatty liver ... early indicator of
potential liver damage, perhaps negating the need for invasive liver biopsy. As endotoxin may promote insulin
resistance and inflammation, interventions aime...
Báo cáo y học: " Elevated endotoxin levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" pdf
... may contribute to low-grade systemic inflammation
in insulin resistant states. This study aimed to examine the importance of serum endotoxin and inflammatory markers
in non-alcoholic fatty liver ... early indicator of
potential liver damage, perhaps negating the need for invasive liver biopsy. As endotoxin may promote insulin
resistance and inflammation, interventions aime...
Báo cáo y học: "Elevated autoantibody content in rheumatoid arthritis synovia with lymphoid aggregates and the effect of rituximab" ppt
... for the determination of
synovial autoantibody and immunoglobulin enrichment in
biopsy materials obtained in clinical trials. Immunoglobulin
mRNA correlated with synovial protein levels, consistent ... immunoglobulin synthesis. Both anti-CCP and RF-IgM
were significantly enriched in synovial tissues containing lym-
phoid aggregates. However, in an 8-week study, autoantibody
productio...
Báo cáo y học: "Serum resistin levels in critically ill patients are associated with inflammation, organ dysfunction and metabolism and may predict survival of non-septic patients" potx
... diabetes, in which
hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia increase resistin expres-
sion [10]. Murine resistin is primarily produced in adipocytes,
whereas resistin in humans is mainly derived from macro-
phages ... adi-
pocytes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003, 88:6098-6106.
15. Youn BS, Yu KY, Park HJ, Lee NS, Min SS, Youn MY, Cho YM,
Park YJ, Kim SY, Lee HK, Park KS: Plasma resistin concent...
Báo cáo y học: "Complex cytokine effects in a complex autoimmune disease: tumor necrosis factor in systemic lupus erythematosus" potx
... inflammatory cytokine inter-
leukin-6. Biochem Pharmacol 2000, 60:1185-1195.
33. Cross JT, Benton HP: The roles of interleukin-6 and inter-
leukin-10 in B cell hyperactivity in systemic lupus erythemato-
sus. ... by preventing FasL-induced apoptosis
[62,63], protection against Fas-induced apoptosis by TNF
may foster autoimmunity. Along these lines, TNF is indeed
necessary for sustaining t...
Báo cáo y học: " Vitamin D deficiency in undifferentiated connective tissue disease" pps
... vitamin D insufficiency in 41%
of cases in the summer months and even more became vitamin
D-deficient during the wintertime. In UCTD patients, the winter
levels of vitamin D were considerably lower ... osteoporosis. J Bone Miner Res 1994,
9:1137-1141.
27. Hollis BW: Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels indicative of
vitamin D sufficiency: implications for establishing a new
effect...
Báo cáo y học: "Prolonged ozone exposure in an allergic airway disease model: Adaptation of airway responsiveness and airway remodeling" pptx
... air.
Methacholine-induced airway responses measured by whole-body plethysmography in BALB/c mice challenged with saline and ovalbuminFigure 2
Methacholine-induced airway responses measured by whole-
body ... airway reactivity
were inversely associated in patients with asthma, suggest-
ing that airway wall thickening prevents excessive airway
narrowing in human subjects in vivo [12].
I...
Báo cáo y học: " Skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" pps
... 3-hydroxyacyl
coenzyme A dehydrogenase (an enzyme that is involved in
β-oxidation of fatty acids) are both significantly reduced in
patients with COPD. Citrate synthase activity significantly
Respiratory ... independently of lung function
[18]. In one study [16], phosphofructokinase (a glycolytic
enzyme that is involved in anaerobic metabolism) was sig-
nificantly increased in pat...
Báo cáo y học: " Clinical review: Fever in intensive care unit patients" potx
... No 3 Ryan and Levy
The goal of the present review is to question, by critically
evaluating the literature, the practice of routinely treating fever
in the ICU patient. The pathophysiology of fever ... mortality, had less organ damage,
and had less evidence of acute lung injury.
Interestingly, severe sepsis may be associated with a dimin-
ished heat shock response. Lymphocytes obtained from...
Báo cáo y học: " Interleukin-4 receptor α gene variants and allergic disease" potx
... genes in the development of
asthma, both being present in the TH2 cytokine locus on
chromosome 5q23–31 [2]. Both IL-4 and IL-13 have over-
lapping functions, including mediating isotype switching ... ian.hall@nottingham.ac.uk
Commentary
Interleukin-4 receptor
αα
gene variants and allergic disease
Ian P Hall
University Hospital of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Abstract
The interleukin-4 (IL-...