... rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) Paired serum and SF samples were prepared frompatients with RAandpatients with OA Concentrations of the S100A8 and S100A9 homodimer and the ... heterodimer in serum and SF frompatients with RA Concentrations of S100A8, S100A9, and the S100A8/A9 heterodimer in paired serum and SF samples obtained from 17 patients with RAand 17 patients with ... inflamed synovial membrane in patients with RA is characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells, primarily lymphocytes, and macrophages and proliferation of synovial fibroblasts, together with...
... (SF) and articular cartilage frompatients with OA andpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [10–17] On the basis of such findings, plasma-derived FN (pFN) and specific purified pFN fragments ... in this study was to characterize and compare the assortments of N-terminal SF FN species in samples from OA versus RApatients with respect to their domain structures and ligand-binding properties ... species of FN to regulate chondrocyte function may be related both to its capacity to be recognized by cell-surface receptors andto its ability to bind to other components of the extracellular...
... (RA) of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) in normal CD4+ T cells by serum IL-6 frompatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) CD4+ T cellsfrom healthy controls (5 × 105 cells ... cells after CD3 and CD28 costimulation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in healthy controls (HC) CD4+ T cells were purified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of three RApatients ... from (a)transcription (STAT) andfrom healthy controls (HC) patients with rheumatoid arthritis phosphorylation of signal+transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) and STAT3 in CD4+ T cells...
... room temperature to allow clotting, and then centrifuged at 1000 g for 10 to remove clots The sera were aliquoted and stored at -70°C Samples were analyzed using an Autoflex MALDI-ToF mass spectrometer ... for each spectral component, which characterized its general behavior in samples from a group of patients Such average time courses were used in cluster analysis to extract spectral components ... of basic therapy (either surgery alone or adjuvant treatment) reflects a long-term response of patients' organs to the toxic effects of adjuvant radio/chemotherapy rather than a "curation" of...
... data analysis and drafted the manuscript MS and UW conceived of the study and designed the questionnaires Both conducted the realisation and the analysis of the study and helped to draft the manuscript ... percentage of patients still living with their parents This might be due to low autonomy in adolescent and young adult PKU patients in comparison to healthy members of the same age group Suffering from ... phenylalanine concentrations creating transient neuropsychological deficits (impaired attention and short term memory) [2,3] as well as behavioural and emotional factors experienced by children and adolescents...
... Materials and methods Patients Fifteen patients with PsA, with RA, and healthy control persons (CTRLs) were examined with US, contrast-enhanced MRI, x-ray, andclinical assessment The PsA andRApatients ... duration of years (range to 24) They had a median of tender joints (range to 24) and swollen joints (range to 10) The RA group comprised women with a median age of 48 years (range 32 to 60) and ... were examined by US, 300 by MRI, and 795 by x-ray Ultrasonography observations in PsA andRApatientsand CTRLs The observations by US in PsA andRApatientsand CTRLs are listed in Table In...
... understood, the activation and proliferation of lung fibroblasts which lead to excessive extracellular matrix components (ECM) accumulation and altered mesenchymal cell interactions, are believed to ... order to study the dye spreading through adjacent cells, donor cells are double stained with Dil and calcein-AM and then seeded onto a monolayer of unstained recipient cells with a fixed donor to ... proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membrane (0.45 μm) (BIO-RAD Hercules, CA, USA) in transfer buffer [25 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, and 20% (v/v) methanol] containing 0.05% SDS Membrane was...
... understood and the BM cellsfrom these patients are far more readily available than those from healthy subjects Rheumatology [11] and 10 patients with OA (all women, median age 69 years, range 39 to ... progenitor cellsfromRApatients [30] They further showed that ATM deficiency in RApatients disrupts DNA repair and renders T cells sensitive to apoptosis [31] Together with their results and our finding ... disease-modifying agents and steroids, and laboratory testing, including rheumatoid factor (RF) and C-reactive protein (CRP), of the nine RApatients are shown in Table None of the 10 OA patients received...
... Env(HC), and neurologicalB -cells and monocytes frompatients with active MS Flow cytometric stable of patients (SMS), healthy individuals and HERV-W Env on non-inflammatory controls (NC) Flow cytometric ... antibodies towards HERV-H Gag and Env epitopes in MS sera and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) [17,18], while others have reported antiMSRV/HERV-W antibodies in MS sera using a phage-display library of random ... bar graphs 2A and 2B Levels of anti-HERV-H Env and anti-HERV-W Env antibodies Having demonstrated that the surface expression of HERV-H/-W Env epitopes is higher on B cellsand monocytes from patients...
... lung infiltration and took into consideration several cases of acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease, which is difficult to distinguish from superimposed pneumonia Although some patients ... respectively Results Patient characteristics Characteristics of the study subjects are shown in Table Groups A and B displayed similar clinicaland laboratory features In contrast, group C displayed ... (95% CI 72.9 to 99.6) and 90% (95% CI 81.8 to 98.7), respectively A positive likelihood ratio of 8.79, a negative likelihood ratio of 0.11, and an odds ratio of 57.50 (95% CI 14.15 to 233.66) were...
... settings (respiratory rate, peak inspiratory flow rate, mode of ventilation), presence of acute respiratory distress syndrome at the time of inclusion or ventilation duration Tracheal aspirates for ... aerosolized tobramycin for patients with bacterialproven VAP They included 38 patients, among whom 21 received tobramycin and 17 a placebo, and showed that aerosols were well-tolerated As all patients ... were able to demonstrate that amikacin, delivered by PDDS aerosolization, achieved high concentrations in the lower respiratory tract, in zones corresponding to radiographic infiltrate location,...
... infections and diagnosed as non-B, non-C hepatitis Most of the patients tested underwent living-donor liver transplantation at Kyoto University Hospital from 1994 to 2000 Majority of patients had history ... nonstructural protein Both VP1 and VP2 are derived from overlapping reading frames and share substantial amino acid sequences NS1 is known to be implicated in viral replication, the activation of viral ... 4561 bp covering NS1, VP1 and VP2 regions obtained from liver tissues of patients For this purpose, three overlapping PCR products (fragments A to C) were generated; for fragment A (1944 bp), PV3...
... “Ultimately informed patients will be allies because they will demand the latest and most effective treatments and press politicians and bureaucrats to get them.”56 A survey of corporations and organizations ... could draw from a combination of sources Tax laws and other federal mechanisms could be used to encourage pharmaceutical companies and foundations to support the agency/agencies.o To promote transparency ... has attracted attention in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.6 Voluntary organizations with a mandate to influence pharmaceutical policies respond to corporate overtures with a range of...
... Nam, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, concentration of Hg in this area ranges from 0.35 to 0.61μg/g; in Nha Trang is 0.64 μg/g, in Rach Gia is 0.65 μg/g [7] Thus, the concentrations of Hg in sediments at Cua ... H2O2 and the bivalves by HClO4 + HNO3 + H2O2 + KNO3 [5,6] Analyzing Hg by method of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) in the laboratory of Meteorological and hydrological stations of the Central ... tissues of the Meretrix meretrix and H correlation is agreement with the volume and size level from "medium correlation" to "close relation" demonstrated two species tend to accumulate Hg increases...
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... positive, and stored it at −80°C until analysis RNA extraction, RT-PCR, and sequencing Viral RNA of HPIV1 isolates was extracted from 200 µL of the viral culture fluid by using ISOGEN (Nippon Gene, Tokyo, ... (Nippon Gene, Tokyo, Japan) and was then transcribed into cDNA with M-MLV reverse transcriptase (Nippon Gene) and a random primer (Takara Bio Inc., Otsu, Japan) Reverse transcription was carried ... HPIV1 isolates frompatients with ARI in Yamagata prefecture, Japan Methods Patientsand isolation of HPIV1 A total of 182 throat and nasal swab specimens were collected frompatients attending...
... answers and how many of them have different answers From making statistic, it is easier to compare and contrast 5.2 Compare and contrast Compare and contrast are the main methods to figure out and ... situations in this part and they are equivalent to strategies Strategy includes situation and 4; strategy includes situation 8, and strategy consists of situation 1, 2, 5, and 1.2.1 Getting attention ... is necessary to subclassify the concept of face into “individual face” and “group face.” Individual face refers to “the individual‟s desire to attend to his/her personal needs andto place his/her...
... [8,9] Apoptosis is a physiological process and is a highly selective way to eliminate aged and injured cells In addition to internal pathways that trigger apoptosis mainly in response to cytotoxic ... (Applied Biosystems) Total RNA was extracted from 105 tenocytes using the RNeasy system (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) and reverse transcribed using random hexamer primers Primers and FAM-TAMRA-labelled probes ... tendon tissue frompatients with knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) and controls (a) Haematoxylin and eosin staining of tendons from OA patients revealed characteristic changes of tendon degeneration such...
... between the concentrations of OP-1 in SF from truly normal joints (Collins grade 0–1) andfrom degenerative joints (Collins grade 2–4 and Mankin grade and above) [28] In contrast to the situation ... concentrations of this growth factor in OA patientsandRApatientsPatientsand methods Subjects Synovial fluid was aspirated within 24 hours of death from the knee joints of 14 asymptomatic ... fluid from asymptomatic donors (donor) andfrom osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients detected by an OP-1 sandwich ELISA [19] The data are presented as the mean ± standard...