Báo cáo y học: "Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) in sepsis with acute renal dysfunction (ARD)" pps

... frequency of dialysis and inde- pendently from patient survival. Abbreviations AKIN: acute kidney injury network; ARD: acute renal dysfunction; CFU: colony forming unit; DiI-ac-LDL: acetylated ... measured by ELISA. Acute renal dysfunction was diagnosed according to the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) criteria. Depending on the overall mean creatinine concentration during th...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... Tiwari * Abstract Endothelial progenitor cells are increasingly being studied in various diseases ranging from ischemia, diabetic retinopathy, and in cancer. The discovery that these cells can be mobilized ... well as both pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines by these modulating cells also influences the genetic and phenotypic chara cteristics of tumor cells. Such cytokines includ...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23

... Gaubatz J, Yang F, Durante W, Chan L, Schafer AI, Pownall HJ, Yang X, Wang H: Hyperhomo- cysteinemia decreases circulating high-density lipoprotein by inhibiting apolipoprotein A-I protein synthesis ... novel finding. Background Homocysteine is a non-essential sulfur-containing amino acid derived from methionine by demethylation. Vita- mins B12 and B6 as well as folate play an important role...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... confirms that the initial portion of the P–V curve in ZEEP is essentially influenced by the infla- tion of previously normally aerated lung regions. When the ini- tial increase in lung volume measured ... The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network: Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal vol- umes for acute lung injury and the acute respirato...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... presenting with acute dyspnea regarding short-term mortality. Key messages • In patients with acute dyspnea, Copeptin levels are elevated in non-survivors compared to survivors. • Copeptin is ... an initial clinical assessment includ- ing clinical history, physical examination, electrocardio- gram, pulse oximetry, blood tests including BNP, and chest X-ray. Echocardiography, pulmo...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterized by intravascular thrombus formation in the pulmonary arteries. Recently, it has been shown that a myofibroblast cell phenotype was predominant within ... immunohistochemical staining. G), Hematoxylin and Eosin (HE) staining; H), Single staining for a-SMA; I), Single staining for CD31; J), Double staining for CD31 and a-SMA; the magnification w...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... by MC/car cells by approximately 50%. This result indicated that integrin α 4 β 1 (very late antigen 4) on MC/car cells was involved, at least in part, in the cells ability to participate in ... and holding beneath) by RA-NLCs was examined using MC/car cells and a cloned RA-NLC line from synovial tissue [20]. Pretreatment with anti-CD29 (integrin β 1 chain) or anti-CD49d (integ...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... and NSP cells was induced in monolayer cultures employing induction and maintenance media as pre- viously described by Pittenger and colleagues [17]. Briefly, 1 × 10 3 cells were seeded in 24-well ... [64] indicated that MZ cells are principally activated in OA tissue and these cells express type IIA procollagen, indicative of the chondro- progenitor phenotype, which is in a...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:21

... necessarily imply that relatives should join in the withdrawal decision-making.  is point was already demonstrated by Azoulay and colleagues [2], who showed that direct participation in the withdrawal ... We read with great interest the article by Fumis and Deheinzelin [1] in a previous issue of Critical Care. We are convinced that the subject – the withdrawal of respiratory su...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... apply for a hearing may breach article 6. Discrimination in the provi- sion of services, such as individual therapies, multidisci- plinary team involvement, or treatment in locked units may breach ... voluntary patients; thus they may receive less information on issues related to their admission. In these patients, as in detained patients, consulates could be useful in establishing...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20