Báo cáo y học: " Sputum neutrophils as a biomarker in COPD: findings from the ECLIPSE study" pdf

... obtained at the start of the study (baseline) and after 1 year. Sputum induction was performed using 3% saline given as 3 nebulisations each lasting for 7 minutes. Selected sputum was weighed, and samples ... Mpex, Nabi, Novartis, Otsuka. Authors' contributions DS was involved in study design and data interpretation, and drafted the man- uscript. LE was the lead for stati...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... dogma has expanded to now accommodate the convincing observations that plasma gelsolin can bind a variety of potentially inflammatory moieties, and can thereby modulate the exuberance of the ... exposed at the site of overwhelming injury may act as a sink to exhaust the supply of plasma gelsolin, in turn allowing redundant inflammatory cascades unfettered opportunity to wrea...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... cells. In our longitudinal study, although uTWEAK levels did increase as the flare approached, the peak was at the time of the flare rather than in advance of it. As the measurements were based on a ... uTWEAK levels and disease activity over time. Classification of systemic lupus erythematosus activity status LN activity was evaluated based on a subset of the Systemi...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... this article as: Siriwardana et al.: Toxoplasmosis presenting as a swelling in the axillary tail of the breast and a palpable axillary lymph node mimicking malignancy: a case report. Journal of ... presenting as a swelling in the axillary tail of the breast and a palpable axillary lymph node mimicking malignancy: a case report HP Priyantha Siriwardana 1* , Louise...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... counterbalance fluid accumulation, particularly in those with oliguria or AKI. Timing is crucial, and RRT should ideally be initiated as early and safely as possible [19]. As a minimum, all critically ... We may need a paradigm shift in how we currently apply RRT. Rather than the conventional view as rescue therapy (fluid overload associated with pulmonary oedema), we must c...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... exper- iment and participated in the data analyses and interpre- tation. MSR conceived the study, helped to collect the data, par- ticipated in the data analyses and interpretation, and helped to draft the ... that a circle could mathematically represent both the pupil and iris. A rela- tive measurement, referred to as relative pupil area (rPA) was obtained by dividing...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... microscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry and sedimentation equilibrium analyses and analyzed data; FC carried out the antiviral assays and analyzed data; XZ helped in preparing and purifying proteins; ... subjected to FACS analysis after another washing with 1× PBS. Single-cycle infectivity assay The single-cycle infectivity assays were performed by using the TZM-bl indicator cell...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... enzyme assays, and referred to as Ôbuoyant fractionÕ and Ôdense fractionÕ. Pyruvate kinase (PK) activity was measured, as a cell-age marker, in individual erythrocyte populations. Diagnostic evaluation ... proteins, catalysed by PCMT, is increased as erythrocytes age in the circulation [6,25,26]. This has been related to an increased number of abnormal aspartate residues, sponta...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 22:20

... (RA), and vasculitic syndromes. Plasmapheresis still has an accepted role in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and cryoglobulinemia; however, in other chronic inflamma- tory diseases, plasmapheresis ... inflammatory diseases initiated an era of clinical investigation and estab- lished the foundation of modern clinical immunology. The original descriptions of antinuclear antibodies b...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... between syno +/+ and syno +/− mice. No advanced synovial cell hyperplasia was detected in CIA-syno +/− mice, even though inflammatory cell infiltration was clearly observed in them. Detailed analysis ... increasing the transcription of chaperones to refold the unfolded proteins in the ER again. In contrast, the ERAD system eliminates unfolded proteins that Commentary Rheumatoi...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20