Báo cáo y học: "Epithelial antimicrobial peptides in host defense against infection" docx

... respectively) have revealed detailed insights into certain aspects of the host defense system and attracted a large amount of interest in innate immunity during recent years [4,5]. Antimicrobial peptides ... tests in vitro assaying purified substances against microorganisms. Antimicrobial peptides, including defensins, cathelicidins and histatins, have a broad spec- trum of a...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... fatigue and malaise were found in 12-14% of the cases, asymptomatic hyper-CK-emia in 9%, and definite myopathy in 0.5% of the patients taking telbivudine [2]. In the instruction leaflet the manufacturer ... [4]. In a study on 1370 patients with hepatitis B asymptomatic hyper-CK-emia was more common in patients receiving telbivudine than lamivudin e [5]. Accor ding to the GLOBE-stu...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:20

... tuberculosis remains to be established. In addition to its role in (myco)bacterial infections, CD14 may also play a role in the pulmonary host response against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), ... receptor- interacting protein kinase, RSV = respiratory syncytial virus, SP = surfactant protein, TLR = Toll-like receptors, TNF = tumour necrosis factor, TRIF = TIR-domain-containin...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... been suggested that they may insert spontaneously into the thylakoid membrane. The initial stages of this spontaneous insertion mechan- ism involve binding of the intermediate-size protein to the membrane, ... for one thylakoid protein, the major light-harvesting chlorophyll-binding protein, Lhcb1 [3,4]. Further studies on this protein have shown it to integrate using a complex pathway involv...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 01:20

... assay; CFFCP1: chimeric fibrin/filaggrin citrullinated peptides 1; CFFCP2: synthetic chimeric fibrin/filaggrin peptides 2; CFFCP3: synthetic chimeric fibrin/filaggrin peptides 3; Cit: citrulline ... autoantibodies in RA in a subsequent study [20]. Further interesting results were obtained with a chimeric fibrin/filaggrin citrullinated pep- tide (CFFCP1) containing an -fibrin pepti...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... especially in those who are pregnant or have underlying disease. Cytokine responses induced by pdmH1N1 viruses in vitro are comparable to other seasonal influenza viruses suggesting the cytokine dysregulation ... propagated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. Virus infec- tivity was determined by cytopathic assays on MDCK cells and quantified as 50% tissue culture infectious dose...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... Kohno N, Awaya Y, Oyama T, Yamakido M, Akiyama M, Inoue Y, Yokoyama A, Hamada H, Fujioka S, Hiwada K: KL-6, a mucin-like glycoprotein, in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with interstitial ... lung, this glycoprotein can be predominantly found on alveolar type II epithelial cells, and its expression is greatly increased in proliferating, regenerating, or injured alveolar type...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... epithelium is increasingly recognised to play an important role in innate immunity, and can respond to potential pathogens by releasing a variety of effector mol- ecules of the inflammatory response ... protein concentrations in cell supernatants were determined by sandwich ELISA (R & D Systems, U.K.). TLR4 protein was analysed in membrane and cytosolic fractions by Western Blot as...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... age independently predicted one-year all-cause mortality in our acutely dyspneic patients (Table 3). Kaplan-Meier curves showed a stepwise increase in one-year all-cause mortality with increasing ... clinical assessment including clinical history, physical examination, echocardiogram, pulse oximetry, blood tests including BNP, and chest X-ray. Echocardiography and pulmonary function tests...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... important in helping the affected community. International organizations can assist the affected country by providing urgent medical services in proximity to the disaster area, thereby compensating ... pre-hospital medical management during the first days. Methods: The study was performed in 2008; an interview based qualitative study using content analysis. We conducted nineteen intervi...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 09:56