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... LK, EH, MM, and MUR designed the study and oversaw the study conduct and data acquisition SV and CW designed and conducted the biomarker analyses ME conducted the statistical analysis of the biomarker ... show further reductions and correlations An earlier collection of samples would have led us to a better understanding of the fluctuations of specific markers in response to treatment and in relation ... been possible by including profiling of RNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, enabling the evaluation of an even larger number of analytes and the inclusion of other key molecules in the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... incidental diagnosis of benign pituitary tumors Both sources of bias would contribute to a higher frequency of diagnosed pituitary tumors, the first by expanding the patient base and the second, directly ... factors, and alopecia) Treatment episodes showing pre-existence of any of these prior to the start of treatment with a specific antipsychotic were excluded The study focused on the frequency of prolactin ... type of insurance After controlling for the prior presence of symptoms, in the absence of bias, one would not expect to observe any association between the type of antipsychotic treatment and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... cytokine profiles induce different amounts of BAFF and APRIL Patients with SLE have increased levels of interferon (IFN)-α and IL-10 [30,31], and these cytokines induce production of BAFF while APRIL ... levels of BAFF in 22% of patients (15 of 67) with RA, and Groom and colleagues [22], who report increased BAFF levels in 19% of their RA patient cohort In most patients with SLE, the levels of BAFF ... logical significance of these correlations, a positive correlation between DAS28 and serum levels of BAFF and negative correlations between levels of APRIL and B-cell frequency and number, are now...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... A * days of culture B ** ** ** days of culture Resting CD4+ T cells culture with T20 and with our without L-731,988 Resting CD4+ T cells preincubation with T20 Resting CD4+ T cells culture with ... with Alu1 and Alu2 (integrated) had an annealing temperature of 65°C To reduce unspecific background, µl of the first amplification was digested with 20 U of Exonuclease I (New England Biolabs ... preintegration complex into the nucleus This could be due to insufficient levels of nucleotide precursors and stores of ATP required for the PIC translocation [3] and entry into the cell cycle [4,5]...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:22

... evidence of the predictive role of EGFR-GCN in terms of RR, PFS and OS in a retrospective series of 101 patients affected by advanced CRC and treated with chemotherapy plus Cetuximab The role of kras ... consensus on the predictive role of increased EGFR-GCN due to difficulty in reproducibility of the method of analysis, the limited number of patients evaluated and their heterogenic features Lievre ... the EGFR signal numbers Page of Polysomy of EGFR gene consisted of an increase of EGFR red signals (≥ three signals per nucleus) paralleled by the same increase of chromosome (on which the EGFR...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... the first four trials of the ongoing ENDEAVOR clinical trials program The results of these initial trials indicate that the ZES is safe and reduces the rates of clinical and angiographic restenosis ... treatment of native coronary artery lesions: clinical and angiographic results of the ENDEAVOR II trial Circulation, 2006; 114: 798–806 Kandzari DE, Leon MB Overview of pharmacology and clinical ... predictors and outcome of thrombosis after successful implantation of drug-eluting stents JAMA, 2005; 293: 2126 –2130 Ong A, Hoye A, Aoki J, et al Thirty-day incidence and six-month clinical outcome of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

... FFS and HMO systems (MOS unpublished data) Statistical Analysis The goal of the analysis was to compare HMO and FFS systems of care in terms of average changes in health status and in terms of ... in Outcomes of Poverty and Nonpoverty Groups by System As shown in Table 5, comparisons of physical and mental health outcomes across HMO and FFS systems produced different patterns of results ... reporting of outcomes to diverse audiences and may make results easier for them to understand More practical data collection and processing systems-under development -and advances in understanding of...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 07:20

... by the State Tuberculosis Of cer of Tamil Nadu Government, Joint Director of Health, Deputy Director of Tuberculosis, Deputy Director of Health Services and all Medical Of cers Authors are thankful ... trial of four month regimens of chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis Am Rev Respir Dis 1976; 114: 471–475 Tuberculosis Research Centre Study of chemotherapy regimens of and months duration and ... smear and one culture positive from separate samples, or two cultures positive 557 Patients who habitually drank alcohol were considered alcoholics, and patients who habitually smoked and were...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... of bortezomib for the needy patients Authors’ contributions CSC is responsible for the conception, design, and acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, writing and approval of ... subsequent need of VTD salvage therapy, achievement of PR (i.e >50% reduction in paraprotein) after one cycle of VAD was correlated with subsequent need of VTD salvage after three cycles of VAD by ... achievement of PR, i.e >50% reduction in paraprotein, after one cycle of VAD was correlated with subsequent need of VTD salvage upon completion of three cycles of VAD by Chi-Square test Methylation...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... similar mechanism, and cause mono-adducts and intra-strand or inter-strand cross-links in the double DNA helix that severely block DNA synthesis [17-19] When this happens, some pathways of DNA damage ... between polh protein expression and oxaliplatin sensitivity of gastric cancer cell lines and the significance of that in predicting treatment response and survival of metastatic gastric cancer patients ... polymerases h [22] Polymeraseh(Polh), one of lesion-replicating enzymes, incorporates the correct nucleotide over lesions such as a platinum adduct by TLS and continues chain elongation, whereas...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... the former (Figure 1) Nuclear and cytoplasmic survivin expression of any intensity was observed in 92% and 74% of the tumours, respectively Distribution of the nuclear and cytoplasmic survivin ... Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland 5Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland 6Chair and Department ... Hirai I: Histopathological study of intraductal papillary mucinous tumour of the Page of pancreas: special reference to the roles of Survivin and p53 in tumourigenesis of IPMT Int J Gastrointest Cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... of APOBEC3G is inhibited by the Vif protein.[5,7,8] In the absence of Vif, the synthesis of the negative strand of DNA can result in the insertion of a uracil as a result of the deamination of ... Numbers of nucleotide substitutions in RT and PR in treated Numbers of nucleotide substitutions in RT and PR in treated individuals (Values represent means for each transition between patients ± standard ... of low fidelity during reverse transcription http://www.jiasociety.org/content/7/1/69 Substitutions Figure untreated patients Numbers of nucleotide substitutions in RT and PR in Numbers of nucleotide...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... significant reduction in mean SUVmax at weeks (-32.5%, subject A in Figure 2), and this subject and two others showed a significant reduction at 12 weeks (-52.4%, -75.3% and -48.8%, subjects A, B and C, ... magnitude of reduction in 18F-fluoride uptake and ALP at 12 weeks in four out of five of the subjects (Figure 2) Figure Qualitative response assessment Maximum intensity projection images at and 12 ... SUVmax, PSA and ALP changes Mean SUVmax, PSA and ALP changes at and 12 weeks as a percentage of baseline levels in the five subjects (A to E) A potential weakness of an indirect assessment of tumour...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 02:20

... Division of Nursing, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services; The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation; and the New York State Department of Health ... Baseline demographics and health status for the nurse practitioner and physician groups at randomization and following enrollment were compared using ␹2 and t tests Ten of the 12 satisfaction ... patients of nurse practitioners and physicians METHODS Participants and Randomization Between August 1995 and October 1997, adult patients were recruited consecutively at urgent care center and emergency...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 00:20

... placed in the cortex of the left frontal lobe, the cortex of the left temporal lobe, and in the external standard solution The average coordinates [41,42] of the centers of the two brain voxels ... monotherapy were included, and quantification of choline concentrations was made Some of the data from the first part of this study has been reported previously [38] Subjects and Study Design All subjects ... lobe, and x= 32.2 mm (SD = 6.3), y = 20.5 mm (SD = 3.9), z = 10.7 mm (SD = 2.6) in the temporal lobe In order to measure T1 and T2 values of the metabolites in the brain and external standard...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... radiological course and prognostic value of markers of carti- lage turnover and endothelial activation Ann Rheum Dis 2002, 61:311-318 21 Kirwan JR: The effect of glucocorticoids on joint destruction in ... activity, joint destruction, and functional capacity over the course of rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 2001, 44:2009-2017 van den Berg WB: Uncoupling of inflammatory and destructive mechanisms ... on the progression of joint destruction has been tested With radiography of hands and feet used as an end point, these treatment modalities show promise in retarding the destructive process [8–10]...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... responders; P = 0.6) Absence of correlation between circulating TNF-α bioactivity and ELISA levels of TNF-α or soluble receptors Levels of TNF-α and of soluble receptors (p55 and p75) were measured ... produce soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand [5] Accordingly, we focused on OPG, which is produced in response to TNFα Similar results were observed for IL-6 and OPG production, ... different subsets Results Principle of the bioassay The principle of the bioassay, as shown in Fig 1, is based on the ability of TNF-α to induce IL-6 and OPG production by RA synoviocytes With TNF-α...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... actions of cytokines may be profoundly conditioned by the presence of other cytokines, this being particularly true in the case of IL-10 and TNFα, which are mutually regulated and have complex and ... limitations of the work were the lack of a prospective longitudinal study analyzing TNFα levels before and after treatment with antimalarials and other SLE therapies and the absence of standardized ... curves The assay has a detection limit of 7.5 pg/ml, a within-run imprecision (coefficient of variation) of

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... prevalence of formed, soft, and liquid stool was 0%, 35% and 65%, respectively in placebo group In contrast, in the study drug group the prevalence of formed, soft, and liquid stool was 3%, 78% and ... 1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand and 3Department of ... preparation of a minimum of 1000 million of lactobacillus acidophilus viv Lyophilisat and minimum of 1000 million of bifidobacterium bifidum viv Lyophilisat Patients were stratified by age, stage, and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23