Báo cáo y học: "False positive diagnosis of malignancy in a case of cryptogenic organising pneumonia presenting as a pulmonary mass with mediastinal nodes detected on fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography: a case report" ppsx

... FDG-PET scan that was consistent with lung cancer with metastases to mediastinal nodes. The patient underwent mediasti- noscopy and thoracotomy and the histological diagnosis after the operation was a ... high uptake values. Axial series showing dense consolidation with areas of increased uptake in the right upper lobe and focal uptake in a contralateral mediastinal nod...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... secretion may be important for downregulating the endotoxin-induced inflammatory cytokine storm that characterizes early stages of bacterial sepsis. In addition, IL-10 may also finely modulate the activity ... (e.g. hydralazine and pro- cainamide) are capable of blocking methyltransferase activity [117], and some stimulatory effects of DNA may not require TLR9 receptor at all, as re...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... bosentan substantially increases survival, with survival estimates at 1 year and 2 years of 96% and 89% compared with Viewpoint Cold hands — strained heart? Advances in the management of Raynaud’s phenomenon and ... systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: appli- cation of a registry approach. Ann Rheum Dis 2003, 62:1088- 1093. 2. Kahaleh MB: Raynaud phen...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... 5'-TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACTCGTAA- GATGGCGGACCGG-3' and 5'-TAATACGACTCACTAT- AGGGTCCGTCCCCACTTTGCCTC-3', and in mMLN51, 5'- TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGTACTCGTAAGATGGCG- GACCGG-3' and 5'-TAATACGACTCA CTATAGGG- TACTCTGCCTCTCCCCAGTCAC-3'. ... healthy individuals consists of a single layer of synovial cells without infiltration of inflammatory cells. In...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... situ car- tilage degradation are new and have not been widely available. Only assays for measuring collagen type II degradation have been available in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) formats ... by 2 weeks of anabolic stimulation (insulin growth factor-I). Cartilage formation was assessed by collagen type II formation (PIINP). Cartilage degradation was measured by matrix metallo...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... Immunoblotting and mass spectrometry analysis of CIA joint tissue lysates identified citrullinated tropomyosin 1 alpha, actin, calgranulin-B and ATP synthase beta chain (Table 1). Immunoblotting and mass ... lane was controlled for based on bicin- choninic acid (BCA) quantification of protein concentrations in the lysates, and 50 mg of total protein was loaded in each lane. O...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... PGIA. The goal of the research was to compare the incidence and severity of PGIA and proteoglycan-induced spondylitis and to determine expression patterns of a panel of relevant genes in a large number ... in cases when groups have published contradictory data. Competing interests The author declares that they have no competing interests. References 1. Farkas B, Boldizsar F, T...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... was a form of HEp-2 cell that was transfected with cDNA encoding human Ro60. A human macrophage cell line called the IT-1 cell line was first introduced at the American College of Rheumatology ... meeting held in Minneapolis in 1994 [2], the same time as HEp-2000 was presented. IT-1 had been commercialized and passed inspection by the Korea Food and Drug Administration in So...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:21

... antibodies. By contrast, many laboratories rely on HEp-2 cell substrates that are widely available as FDA and CE approved diagnostic kits from a variety of manufacturers. In their study, Jearn and Kim ... perform remarkably better. In the context of contemporary diagnostic assays such as WB, ELISA or multiplexed addressable laser bead immuno- assays, therefore, the data presen...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22