Báo cáo y học: " Role of the tachykinin NK1 receptor in a murine model of cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary inflammation" docx

... pro-inflammatory agents. Inflammation of the airways and lung parenchyma plays a major role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and increased tachykinin levels are ... [11]. The tachykinins, substance P and neurokinin A, are present in sensory afferent nerves and inflammatory cells in the airways. They may be released by a variety...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... primary biliary chirrho- sis, and Sjogren's syndrome, which are characterized by lym- phocyte infiltration into organs such as the kidneys, liver and salivary glands [6]. In contrast, the parent-into-F1 ... coordination of the study, and participated in the interpretation of the results. JF participated in the HGF gene preparation and transfection. HS participated...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... evaluation of RA activity, and acute- phase reactants. The SDAI and CDAI also include the physician’s assessment of RA activity, and do not require transformation or weighting of the individual ... or the use of a calculator. In addition, the CDAI is the only index that does not include a measure of acute-phase response. All of these individual variables that are...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... Watanabe M, Ohsugi T, Shoda M, Ishida T, Aizawa S, Maruyama-Nagai M, Utsunomiya A, Koga S, Yamada Y, Kamihira S, Okayama A, Kikuchi H, Uozumi K, Yamaguchi K, Higashihara M, Umezawa K, Watanabe ... Ishida T, Yamaguchi K, Watanabe T, Umezawa K, Urano T: In vivo antitumor activity of the NF-kappaB inhibitor dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin in a mouse model of adult T-cell leukemia...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... African Americans had larger phase advances than Caucasians. Because we found that African Americans had a shorter tau than Caucasians, which would augment phase advances relative to the Caucasians ... samples were shipped on dry ice to Pharma- san Labs (Osceola, WI) and radioimmunoassayed for melatonin. The sensitivity of the assay was 0.7 pg/ml and the intra- and inter-assay coe...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... range 7 days - 32.0 years). Coronary anatomy In 13 out of the 32 patients information on coronary anatomy was explicitly available. In one patient a cir- cumflex coronary artery arose from the right ... coronary arterial anatomy in CCTGA [30]. Although the information in our study was incomplete, a word o f caution may be relevant with regard to an increased incidence of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... CAS E REP O R T Open Access Magnetic resonance imaging with pathological correlation in a case of mantle cell lymphoma of the parotid gland: a case report Mayia Pilavaki 1* , Anastasia Athanasiadou 2 , ... dis- ease at the time of diagnosis [2]. According to Argatoff et al., the isolated extranodal location of the disease has been referred in 25% of cases, whereas sa...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... with virtual disappearance of normal leucocyte precursors and meg- akaryocytes on a bone marrow aspirate, as well as by a lack of efficacy. Although pulmonary infections are still a dan- gerous ... rituximab was tapered, with two administrations of 375 mg/m 2 in Janu- ary and in April 2006. Since WBCs started to rise again 7 months after the last administration, rituximab...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... donor organhasbeenshowntoplayanimportantrolewith respect to the pathogenesis, resulting in an interstitial and alveolar edema, injury of the blood-air barrier with fragmentation of the alveolar epitheli al lining and ... decrease in the number of Lb per cell accompanied by an increase of theluminalsurfaceareaoftheAE2cells,whichisan indirect sign of a fusion of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... follow rather than having to rely on clinical assessments alone. A Sysemex machine capable of per- forming automated CD4 counts was introduced into the Mindouli laboratory. In the same logic, an automated ... sophisticated laboratory equipment. Catalyst for engagement The introduction of HIV care, initially by an international NGO, acted as a catalyst for the MoH and other a...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21