Báo cáo y học: "Citrullinated vimentin as an important antigen in immune complexes from synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis patients with antibodies against citrullinated proteins" pot

... article as: Van Steendam et al., Citrullinated vimentin as an impor- tant antigen in immune complexes from synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthri- tis patients with antibodies against citrullinated ... the antigens from these IC is important to gain more insight into the pathogenesis of RA. Since RA patients have antibodies against citrullinated...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... weight and total plasma antioxidant capacity. Age and weight were found to be inversely related to total plasma antioxidant capacity; as age and weight increased, the total plasma antioxidant capacity ... impacts of age and weight were also assessed. Results: The total plasma antioxidant capacity was measured in 44 shift-workers with a mean age of 36.57 years (SD: 10.18) and mean BM...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... tracts in herniorrhaphy of an omphalocele, as well as in inguinal herniorrhaphy. Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompany- ing ... after repair of bilateral inguinal hernias. It is important to pay attention to the seminal tracts dur- ing herniorrhaphy of an omphalocele, as well as in ing...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... cirrhosis, and it is associated with shortened survival. In addition, the poorer prognosis of patients with cirrhosis and HE has been reported in male patients, patients with increased serum bilirubin and ... after evaluating the possible benefits and risks of the surgery. Abbreviations ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotrans- ferase; HE, hepatic encephalop...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... Other investigations showed inflammatory granulomas in the brain and the presence of anticysticercal antibodies in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid [4]. An unusual presentation of cysticercus infestation ... cysts, some containing shiny grey-white parasites. Photomicrograph showing parts of two cysticerci with inter-vening lymphoid tissueFigure 2 Photomicrograph showing pa...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... most of its course. The classic presentation of pain, haematuria, and flank mass occurs in a minority of patients and is often indica- tive of advanced disease. A tumour in the kidney can progress ... Approximately 30% of patients with renal carcinoma present with meta- static disease, 25% with locally advanced renal carcinoma, and 45% with localized disease [1]. Abo...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... function in an autocrine or paracrine fashion, and increased expression of IL-18 in the syn- ovium may play a critical role for development of synovial inflammation, synovial hyperplasia, and articular ... inflam- mation during an acute response that may offer insight into early proinflammatory cytokine release in the initial phases of the inflammatory response. This is of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... expression. Since plasma membrane recruitment of Akt kinase typi- cally results in increased phosphorylation and activation of Akt, we hypothesized that HIV-1 infection might lead to an increase in Akt kinase ... by FLAG-tag immunoprecipitation and examined by Western blot analysis using antibodies directed against the C-terminal V5-tag of PTEN. As seen in Figure 4B, the b...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 06:20

... is often used in many clinical trials as the primary end-point, not only in ICU medicine but also in cardiology and oncology. This study has several strengths. It formally addresses the important ... mortality assessment difficult to interpret. Measurement of mortality at 28-days or censoring at hospital discharge have logistic advantages but as many as one-third of critical...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... Pharmingen) and anti-VE-Cadherin-PE (eBio- science), or Annexin-FITC and 7-Amino Actinomycin D (7-AAD BD Pharmingen) and analyzed by FACS. Once again to assess cellular viability an aliquot of cells ... Development Anti-CD52 antibodies (MBL Cambridge, MA) were bioti- nylated per protocol (Pierce). Biotinylation was con- firmed by FACS analysis of murine splenocytes using biotinylated...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20