Báo cáo y học: "Association between synovial fluid levels of aggrecan ARGS fragments and radiographic progression in knee osteoarthritis" pdf

... [28]. Measurement of ARGS -aggrecan by aggrecan capture OA- 1 ARGS electrochemiluminescence (ELCL) assay SF levels of aggrecan fragments containing the ARGS neoepitope were analyzed by using electrochemilumines- cence ... Lohmander LS, Neame PJ, Sandy JD: The structure of aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluid: evidence that aggrecanase mediates cartilage deg...

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... distinct C4A an d C4B isoforms [8]. The complement system is the main element of innate immu- nity and is regarded as the first line of defense against intrinsic and extrinsic antigens, leading ... SM, Lv YM, Shen M, Jiang HQ, Wang Y, Li K, Kang XJ, Liu YQ, Sun L, Liu ZF, Xie SQ, Zhu CY, Xu Q, Gao JP, Hu WL, Ni C, Pan TM, Yao S, He CF, Liu YS, Yu ZY, Yin XY, Zhang FY, Yang S, Zhou Y...

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... author’s name, year of publica- tion, country of origin, ethnicity, type of asthma, number of cases and controls, and the minor allele fre- quency in controls. Meta-Analysis. The risk of asthma ... antibodies to RANTES inhibit airway inflammation in a murine model of allergic airway disease [7]. A growing body of evidence suggests that many cell types present in a...

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... airways when lung volume increases (Figure 4), and by the relative magnitudes of airway and parenchymal hystereses [16]. According to this theory, equal degrees of hysteresis result in no effect of ... haematoxylin and eosin. Tissue samples were coded and evaluated blindly by two independent investi- gators using a light microscope (Leica, Wetzlar, Ger- many). The images were...

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... Durmaz I, Yagdi T, Calkavur T, Mahmudov R, Apaydin AZ, Posaci- oglu H, Atay Y, Engin C: Prophylactic dialysis in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann ... Peduzzi P: Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. N Engl J Med 2008, 359:7-20. 26. The RENAL Replacement Therapy Study Investigators: Intensity...

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... resulting in respiratory or abdomi- nal symptoms. The hernial sac usually contains omen- tum, transverse colon and rarely stomach [5]. Increasing weight and chronic cough act as stress factors and ... radiography may not show any abnormality in a patient with intermittent herniation. CT is the modality of choice for diagnosis of Morgagni's hernia and diagnosis may be esta...

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... were obtained before the examination, and weight and height were measured in all subjects. The body mass index (BMI) was computed by dividing the body weight in kilograms by the square of the ... University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Genotype determination DNA was extracted from whole blood using the phenol/chloroform method. The VDR polymorphism was genotyped usin...

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... mortality of schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. Br J Psychiatry 1997, 171:502-508. 3. Osby U, Correia N, Brandt L, Ekbom A, Sparen P: Mortality and causes of death in schizophrenia in Stockholm County, ... come across any research studying the asso- ciation between antipsychotic use and weight gain in a Pakistani population. In this study, we have tried to find out if use of...

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... chronic inflam- matory joint disease, and it can lead to progressive joint destruction, deformity and severe disability. Early diagnosis of RA and timely initiation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs ... as having RA and 122 as having non-RA disease, including well defined (n = 55) and undifferentiated (n = 67) arthritides. HLA-DR status and diagnosis, functional severit...

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