Báo cáo y học: "Lung surfactant in subacute pulmonary disease" potx

... diseases. Keywords: asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary surfactant Introduction Lung surfactant is a highly surface active substance that is synthesized ... subsequently se- creted in an organized tubular myelin form, which exists in the alveolar lining fluid subphase. It is from tubular myelin that the surfactant film...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... underestimating the degree of change in GFR [17, 18]. Acute kidney injury network criteria for staging acute kidney injury In 2005 the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) was formed, comprising a ... for detecting AKI, including two serum and three urine biomarkers: Serum neutrophil gelatinase lipocalin (sNGAL) and cystatin C, and urinary kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1), interleuki...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... the individual chains of laminin-332 were determined in the early 1990s and laminin-332 and its components have been studied exten- sively in subsequent years. Laminin-332 containing the laminin ... and integrin α3 [11,25]. Accordingly, we exam- ined the localization of two common laminin-332 recep- tors, integrin α3 and integrin α6. Integrin α3 is important for cell-adhesion and integrin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... intra-muscular insertion techniques for tibialis posterior electromyography. Current electromyography literature indicates tibialis posterior intensity and timing during walking is variable in ... planning interventions and evaluating outcomes. Recent advances in technology, including imaging, represent an opportunity to employ this tech- nique more frequently and advance our understandin...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... chronic sinopulmonary disease, pancreatic insufficiency, elevated sodium chloride loss in sweat, infertility among men due to agenesis of the vas deferens and other symptoms including liver ... gene result in the disease cystic fibrosis (CF), which manifests classically as chronic sinopulmonary disease, pancreatic insufficiency, elevated sodium chloride loss in sweat, infertility amon...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... of wound-healing responses to lung injury is IPF. Growth factors have predominantly been described in fibroblasts, which are recognised key players in wound healing. It is becoming increasingly apparent, ... with findings of high levels of IGF-1 and IGF-1 receptor expression only in early-stage IPF with minimal fibrosis, localised to a number of cell types includ- ing AM, and prominantl...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... signaling complex, interferon (IFN)-α (IFNA5) which is a type I IFN involved in early cytokine responses to viral infection, inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2A), and the high affinity IgE ... disease in infancy, and perhaps asthma inception, include those that are involved in cytokine production (IFNA13, IL15, IL10, and IL17) and cytokine receptor sig- naling (IL4R,IL9R, and STAT1)....

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... Central yours — you keep the copyright Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp BioMedcentral Respiratory Research 2008, 9:81 http://respiratory-research.com/content/9/1/81 Page ... quality (p = 0.42) did not explain het- erogeneity." In the results section, following the subheading "Effects of antibiotics" the fourth paragraph "...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... carefully addressed heterogeneity of study results using predefined, clinically plausible sources of heterogeneity in formal meta-regression analysis. Although treatment failure is commonly used in ... Penicillin 6 million units and streptomycin 1 g/day parenterally for 14 days Group 2: Placebo for 14 days Treatment success/failure (physician reported), mortality Mean follow-up: 14 day...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:20

... and mucus hypersecretion involving the induction of mucin genes [31-33]. Lymphocytes are also involved in cellular mechanisms underlying COPD [34,35]. Increased numbers of CD8- positive T-lymphocytes ... prominent cell types in allergic asthma, the major inflammatory cell types in COPD are different (Table 2) [20-22]. Neutrophils play a prominent role in the pathophysiology of COPD as...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21