... http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5 /1/ 111 Page of 10 11 12 Figure CT scan showing the absence of both lung metastases, which regressed after radiation therapy 13 14 mediastinal resulted in tumor mass ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2 011 , 5 :11 1 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5 /1/ 111 capsule was not found A single lung metastasis and a single mediastinal lymph node metastasis were ... 2009, 15 (17 ):5379-5388 doi :10 .11 86 /17 52 -19 47-5 -11 1 Cite this article as: Okuma et al.: Abscopal effect of radiation on lung metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report Journal of Medical...
... these works among us Who is going to take the lead? The Contents Introduction The Fountain of Energy The Mother of Tomorrow The Nations ofthe Occident The Nations ofthe Orient The Alaskan The ... on held the place of chief assistant inthe Saint-Gaudens studio He became instructor ofthe Art Students' League of New York in 19 06, holding the position until 19 11 He it was who made the new ... play of line that most satisfactorily charms the eye The Joy of Living Paul Manship, Sculptor With perfect abandon come these maidens into the Court ofthe Universe, carrying their festoons of wild...
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... activation inthe A/J lung Further, MMP12 was recently shown to play a key role in welding fume-induced lung inflammation as well asin fibrotic diseases such as asbestosis [12 ,26,27] Nine genes inthe ... disease Strain 5.92E-07 - 3.39E-02 11 (11 ,0) Diseases and disorders Inflammatory disease 5.92E-07 - 3 .11 E-02 11 (11 ,0) Skeletal and muscular disorders 5.92E-07 - 3.04 E-02 11 (11 ,0) Organismal injury ... sustained response to both GMA-MS and -SS welding fume inthe A/J strain In contrast, increased MMP12 was evident only in response to GMA-SS welding fume at weeks inthe B6 lung, but was the top...
... immunostaining was less pronounced inlungs from IL-6/- mice than from IL-6+/+ mice (Figure 4b) Lung mRNA levels ofthe inflammatory biomarkers VCAM -1, ICAM -1, and MCP -1, as well asof endothelin -1 ... ICAM -1 and VCAM -1, and ofthe cytokine MCP -1, was markedly higher with hypoxia than normoxia in wild- typemice Surprisingly, similar increases were seen with hypoxia inthe IL-6-/- mice, suggesting ... were measured using image-analysis software Percent wall thickness was then calculated asthe diameter ofthe external elastic lamina minus the diameter ofthe internal lamina divided by the diameter...
... blindly passed (200 µl IP) and used to infect new miceto evaluate lethality ofthe next virus passage Lethality was monitored inthe remaining eight miceof each passage The supernatants ofthe ... determined using plaque assay and we found an upward trend inthe viral titers amongst the liver homogenates with increasing passage inmice (Figure 1D–F) The increase in viral titer inthe day ... Scid mice were infected with 10 00 pfu ofthe indicated 'scid-adapted' MARV (Ci67 P15, Musoke P10 or Ravn P10) (A) The weight of groups of 10 mice was assessed daily after infection with the 'scid-adapted'...
... blindly passed (200 µl IP) and used to infect new miceto evaluate lethality ofthe next virus passage Lethality was monitored inthe remaining eight miceof each passage The supernatants ofthe ... determined using plaque assay and we found an upward trend inthe viral titers amongst the liver homogenates with increasing passage inmice (Figure 1D–F) The increase in viral titer inthe day ... Scid mice were infected with 10 00 pfu ofthe indicated 'scid-adapted' MARV (Ci67 P15, Musoke P10 or Ravn P10) (A) The weight of groups of 10 mice was assessed daily after infection with the 'scid-adapted'...
... purity of 76 .14 45%, the CLA (c9, t 11 isomer) was composed of c9, t 11, 27%; c12, t10, 26%; c18, t0, 5%; c18, t1, 27%; c18, t2, 0%; c16, t0, 13 % CLA at dose of 0.5% and 1. 5% was given at 13 3.5 mg/kg/day ... CVA1, CVA2, CS1 and CS2 were 1. 83 ±0 .16 , 1. 77±0.24, 1. 85±0. 31, 2.02 1. 72, 1. 90 1. 22, 1. 94 1. 26, and 1. 82 1. 35 ㎍/ml, respectively There was no significant difference among the groups MNL IgA The ... 26.73, 292.3 19 .56, 339.3 14 .6, 311 .6±62 .17 , 329.3 17 .7, and 311 ±38.3 ㎍/ml, respectively (Fig 5) In all ofthe treated groups, secretory IgA concentrations were increased comparedtothe control...
... performing 15 % SDS-PAGE The kinase activity of Akt was examined with using the Akt kinase assay kit (Cell Signaling Technology, USA) according tothe manufacturer’s instructions Immunohistochemistry ... mTOR, 4E-PB1 and p-4E-BP1 protein inthelungs (B) The mTOR kinase activity and phosphorylation ratio for 4E-BP1 were measured inthe lung homogenates (C) The bands -of- interests were further analyzed ... lung of developing mice 11 1 Fig Analysis of fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) protein inthelungsofmice fed a low Pi diet (0 .1% Pi) or a normal (0.5% Pi) diet for weeks (A) The expression of...
... findings of our study, further intensive studies are needed into strategies for inhibition of cytokine signaling as a way to ameliorating lung toxicity from radiotherapy Competing interests The ... reduction ofthe radiation-induced increase in IL-6 proteins in plasma ascompared with the control group 50 days (25 .1 ± 10 .5 versus 10 1.6 ± 31. 2 pg/ml, p < 0.05) and 10 0 days (48.5 ± 17 .2 versus ... Further, IL-6 plays an important role inthe synergistic induction ofthe SAA gene and the anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody inhibits the synergistic induction of SAA [ 21] These findings indicate...
... the drinking water as previously described [16 ] At the end of weeks of treatment, the ani- Ritonavir increases food intake Mice were monitored during the six weeks of ritonavir treatment to assess ... ritonavir inthe drinking water ascomparedto males [17 ] To begin to explore the mechanisms of this effect in more detail we addressed the effect of ritonavir treatment in male and female wildtype ... following ovariectomy Ritonavir did not influence weight gain inthe ovariectomized female mice, suggesting an interaction at the site of action of ritonavir and ovariectomy inthe ability of the...
... function2, n (%) 96.2 (12 .5) 16 (17 ) 88.2 (16 .7) (32) 91. 4 (13 .7) (18 %) 94.6 (11 .7) (17 %) 97 .1 (14 .4) 12 (23%) 94.5 (13 .8)** 24 (20) Asthma history, n (%) (7) (29) (7) (13 ) (14 ) 13 (11 )** Asthmatic by ... variable was %FEV1 Pack-year of smoking was calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarette smoked per day and the number of years of smoking Restrictive lung function was defined as FEV1/FVC ... Thorax 19 91, 46 :11 2 -11 6 31 Miller A, Thornton J, Anderson H, Selikoff I: Clinical respiratory abnormalities in michigan prevalence by sex and smoking history in a representative sample ofthe adult...
... representing 14 of 15 known genes inthe QTL, and 12 probe-sets representing ofthe 12 predicted genes In total, the chips had probe-sets for 85% ofthe genes inthe AhR insert The only gene inthe QTL ... AhR mice was CT 22 .1 ± 0.4 while that ofthe B6 mice was CT 21. 0 ± 0.2 The timing ofthe siesta under LD 12 :12 ofthe AhR and B6 strains differed by t-test (p < 0.05) Consequently, the AhR insert ... contain QTL for these traits Figure miceofthe B6 and AhR strains Raster actograms of locomotor activity of representative Raster actograms of locomotor activity of representative miceofthe B6 and...
... poly(I:C) induced an markedly increased secretion of type- I collagenases MMP -1, MMP-8, MMP -13 as well as an increased release ofthe type- IV collagenase MMP-9 (Gelatinase B) and the stromelysin MMP -10 ... or in combination with IL -1 or TNF-α Similarly, the mRNA expression of TRIF was induced by thetype -1 cytokine IFN-γ alone or in combination with IL -1 or TNF-α (Fig 9) In contrast totype -1 ... due to a biased release of pro-inflammatory mediators Since the lung epithelium is a major source of inflammatory molecules [1, 2 ,17 ], we aimed to analyze which cytokines and chemokines are released...
... representation ofthe genome ofthe HAV-Bsd The infectious cDNA ofwildtype HM -17 5 strain of HAV (wt HAV) containing a A 216 V amino acid substitution inthe 2B protein was used asthe background to construct ... based on the antibiotic resistance of HAV -infected cells conferred by the blasticidin deaminase gene inserted into the virus genome Inthe presence of blasticidin, HAV-Bsd -infected cells continue ... construct HAV-Bsd The blasticidin resistance (Bsd) gene coding for the blasticidin deaminase was inserted into the 2A-2B junction ofthe infectious cDNA of HAV [24] The Bsd gene was flanked by three...
... staining and immunostaining ofthe pro-apoptotic proteins caspase- 3, Bax, AIF, and cytochrome C VEGF attenuated the increases in permeability ofthe HPAEC monolayer and the apoptosis of HPAECs induced ... streptavidin-HRP reagents, a substrate solution was added tothe wells The intensity ofthe color measured was in proportion tothe amount of active caspase- 3 bound inthe initial step The sample ... VEGF inhibited the induction of Bax and activation of caspase- 3 in LPS-induced endothelial apoptosis, a finding that is comparable to our result [27] Tothe best of our knowledge, there has been...
... FR139 317 or PD 14 5065 Br J Pharmacol 19 94, 11 1(4) :10 09 -10 16 Henry PJ, Carr MJ, Goldie RG, Jeng AY: The role of endothelin in mediating virus-induced changes in endothelinB receptor density in ... In contrast with our findings that ET -1 induced primarily an increase in Raw, with a smaller increase in G and no change in H inthe control mice, Nagase et al observed similar increases inthe ... consequences [16 ] Besides being a major mediator regulating the vascular tone, ET -1 also plays a major role inthe regulation ofthe airway caliber [6,7 ,11 -14 ] Accordingly, the use of ET -1 receptor blockers...