... there are very probably other HLA-B and non- HLA-B MHC genes important in the risk of developing AS. HLA-B and HLA-B27 subtypes The study of HLA-B27 subtypes has accelerated over the past 5 years ... subtypes, making B27 one of the more polymorphic of HLA-B alleles. The significance of the B27-subtype studies is that they provide important information helpful in re...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20
... in cell- cell recognition and shield the cell from microorganisms, toxins and proteolytic attack [4]. Many diseases affect the p roduction of mucus. Both the amount and the characteristics of the ... to the antibody [18]. Conventional pepscan analysis however, does not allow easy analysis of the contribution of the carbohydrate portion. To assess the invol...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 15:20
Báo cáo y học: "Primary congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries and relation to atherosclerosis: an angiographic study in Lebanon" doc
... coronary artery stenosis, particularly during therapeutic maneuvers such as angioplasty and bypass surgery [1]. Unfortunately, no study has examined the incidence of these anomalies in the Lebanese ... to the guidelines of Yamanaka and Hobbs [11] and the "eye -and- dot method" [12]. Most of the selective coronary angiographies were performed by the Judkins (f...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: " Rasch model analysis of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS)" docx
... largely of depression and stress items and a second subscale comprised of anxiety items. The results of the present analysis would rather suggest that the anxiety and stress items lay along a single ... which they termed general negativity and physiological arousal. Alternatively, Henry and Crawford [30] suggest that the DASS-21 may be best represented by one common...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo y học: "A multivariate analysis of serum nutrient levels and lung function" ppsx
... for the statistical analyses and draft of the manuscript. SL, HS, PB, PC & JB all contributed to the design of the study and draft of the manuscript. All authors read and approved of the ... it only increased the size of the effects in the final model. The final model was examined for collinearity and there was no strong evidence of collinearity wit...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo y học: "Pro-inflammatory properties of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (CXCL12) in collagen-induced arthritis" pptx
... 600µl of buffer per well. After 3.5 h of incubation, the mem- brane inserts were removed and the cells in the wells were collected and counted by flow cytometry. The numbers of migrated cells of ... vehicle in the left. Delayed type hypersensitiv- ity responses were measured as the percentage of ear swelling (i.e. 100 × the difference between the increase of t...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo y học: "TNF inhibits production of stromal cell-derived factor 1 by bone stromal cells and increases osteoclast precursor mobilization from bone marrow to peripheral blood" ppt
... responsi- bility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study design was by LX, QZ, EMS, and BFB. LX, QZ, and RG were responsible for acquisition of data. Analysis and interpretation ... analysis using FITC–anti-CD11b and allo- phycocyanin–anti-CXCR4 antibodies. Statistical analysis All results are presented as the mean ± standard error...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23
Báo cáo y học: "Genome-wide analysis of the diatom cell cycle unveils a novel type of cyclins involved in environmental signaling" pptx
... (a) Cyclin genes. (b) dsCYCs. ds, diatom specific. CYCB2 CYCA/B;1 CYCB1 CYCD1 CYCH1 CYCP2 CYCP6 CYCP3 CYCP4 CYCP5 CYCL1 CYCP1 CYC-like dsCYC3 dsCYC4 dsCYC2 dsCYC10 dsCYC6 dsCYC8 dsCYC1 dsCYC9 dsCYC5 dsCYC7 dsCYC11 (b) (a) 0h 1h 6h 5h 4h 3h 2h 8h 9h 7h 10h 11h 12h 0h 1h 6h 5h 4h 3h 2h 8h 9h 7h 10h 11h 12h -3.0 ... and reached a peak late during the cell cycle (Figure 6b). As the oth...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:21
Báo cáo y học: " Polychromatic immunophenotypic characterization of T cell profiles among HIV-infected patients experiencing immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)" doc
... Examples include the role of cytotoxic CD8 T cells in cases of vari- cella zoster virus IRIS and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions in cases of mycobacterial IRIS [36,37] The present study had ... the lung, a very early and unregulated effector memory response may play a pathogenic role in the syndrome. The predominance of a CD4 + memory cell phenotype in b...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
Báo cáo y học: " Kaposi''''s sarcoma of the hand mimicking squamous cell carcinoma in a woman with no evidence of HIV infection: a case report" pptx
... reversible hyperplasia [1,2]. On the other hand, the lesion contains spindle cells that share features with endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells and are most likely primitive mesenchymal cells ... angiogenesis and replication of the spindle cells typical of KS [6,7]. The presence of HHV8 infection is now considered essen- tial for the development of KS. However,...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22