Báo cáo y học: " Effects of cigarette smoke condensate on proliferation and wound closure of bronchial epithelial cells in vitro: role of glutathione" pdf

... effects on epithelial cell proliferation by increasing proliferation at low, and decreasing proliferation at high concentra- tions both in subconfluent layers of epithelial cells and during wound ... extract of cigarette smoke to gain insight into the effect of cigarette smoke on epithelial cells. Much of CSC-induced phosphorylation of p38 and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... specificity of 88.24%, but a low sensitivity of 31.25%, at cut-off line 30 and this ten- dency did not change at cut-off line 35. On the contrary, both the sensitivity and specificity calculated by the ... ALT- LDH index with a cut-off of 3.0 increased from the first day to the third day: 75% and 100%, respectively. Discussion In this study we demonstrated the contrasting tran...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... Sertoli cells Connie C. S. Wong and Will M. Lee Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong, China Mer belongs to the Tyro 3 family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Together with Axl and ... Sp1, Sp3 and E2F binding sequences on the Mer promoter play a significant role in regulating the transcription of Mer.The effects of Sp1 and Sp3 over-expression on...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 23:20

... plasma cells in the bone marrow, light chain amyloid may localized to a single site, most often the skin, larynx or urinary tract[13]. Isolated pulmonary nodules and colonic polyps may represent ... IgG injection, visceral amyloid deposits were densely infiltrated by inflammatory cells and by 7 days almost all amyloid in the liver and spleen was destroyed. Amyloid clearance w...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... analysis Theprimaryoutcomevariablewasthedurationofhos- pital stay. Secondary outcome variables were the inci- dence of p erioperative complications, the duration of the ICU stay, the amount and type of fluids used intrao- peratively, and ... goals vary widely in the literature. Lithium indicator dilution was use d by Pearse and colleagues [1] to determine CO and DO 2 I in pa...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... median and interquartile range * p < 0.05 ‡ p ≤ 0.01 Morphometry of pulmonary arteryFigure 2 Morphometry of pulmonary artery. Hematoxylin-eosin stained sections of main pulmonary artery (upper ... Abstract Background: Cigarette smoking may contribute to pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by altering the structure and function of pulmonary ves...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... prostaglandins and a variety of cytokines [7]. In the lungs and skin of smokers mast cells increase in absolute numbers and smoking may be associated with activation of mast cells [8,9]. They may contribute ... mucolytic activity, L-cysteine donation, and these could also play a role in modulating the effects of cigarette smoke [44]. Abbreviations airway epi...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... multiple ingredients. The current study assessed the thermogenic effects of p-synephrine alone and in conjunction with the flavonoids naringin and hesperidin in a double-blinded, randomized, ... reported in previous studies involving p-synephrine [17, 18]. The increase in RMR between Group 4, the combination of p-synephrine with 600 mg naringin and 100 mg hesperidin,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... Department of Thoracic Surgery, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey; 2. Microbiology Laboratory, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey  Corresponding author: ... proteins. Proinflammatory cy- tokines induce not only a local inflammation at the site of injury, but also systemic responses such as tachycardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis, and pyrexia (1...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... (VSMC) proliferation is one of the important features of atherosclerosis. The gap junction (GJ) and connexin (Cx) between cells play crucial roles in the VSMC disintegration and proliferation ... neointima proliferation and down-regulate the elevated protein expression of Cx43, suggesting the rennin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in the remodel...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39