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... are currently seven therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension and the field is rapidly moving forward, with several novel molecular targets under development Therefore, a textbook addressing ... migration resulting in neointima formation Newly formed EC in neointima express increased eNOS; low caveolin-1 expression in these cells may in part be responsible for the observed dysfunctional ... caveolae, rich in cholesterol and sphingolipids that serve as a platform for a numerous signaling molecules and compartmentalize them for optimum function Caveolin-1, a major protein constituent of...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 17:20

... morphometry were performed as described [27] The formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded lung tissues were subject to sectioning to yield μm thick sections Elastica staining was performed according ... Ventricular Hypertrophy (RVH) Measurements Hemodynamic and RVH measurements were performed as previously reported [27] For monitoring hemodynamics, rats were anesthetized, tracheotomized and artificially ... were flushed with sterile saline to get rid of blood The left lung was fixed for histology in 3.5% neutral buffered formalin and the right lung was snap frozen in liquid nitrogen The heart was...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... of the newborn N Engl J Med 1997, 336: 605–610 11 Goldman AP, Tasker RC, Haworth SG, et al: Four patterns of response to inhaled nitric oxide for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn ... potential of HFOV to reduce the need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) A number of reports identify a number of infants who, although referred for ECMO, survived without using this ... [12–14] In this study ECMO was not used as an alternative therapy for the INO non-responders because it was not available in our hospital for neonates It has been observed that some infants who showed...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... not only makes it difficult to compare recent studies to trials performed several years ago, it also has to be taken into account for calculations of trial sample size when considering mortality ... contrast to this, almost all trials performed in the past recruited only a small number of patients and even in the most recent published study, which was performed in 32 centres, the calculated ... number of patients (n = 240) was not reached and the study terminated early [14] Therefore, all studies performed so far were statistically underpowered and it becomes clear that given the heterogeneity...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... ± 0.06 7.47 ± 0.04 Values are shown for baseline and in pulmonary hypertension before inhalation and minutes after inhalation of either iloprost or control For the complete experimental time course, ... 0.37 ± 0.12* PVR/SVR Values are shown for baseline and in pulmonary hypertension before inhalation and minutes after inhalation of either iloprost or control For the complete experimental time course, ... 0.05 versus before inhalation; ‡P < 0.05, ILO versus C (adjusted for multiple comparisons) In addition, P values of the repeated measures analysis of variance are shown separately for the time,...

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Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 12:20

... subdivided as follows: For states better than being dead, the value of the health state x/t is bounded by 1.0 for perfect health and zero for states as bad as being dead For states worse than ... is the mean TTO value for each health state and x is a vector of dummy explanatory variables (x∂λ) for each level λ of dimension ∂ of the simplified CAMPHOR classification For example, x31 denotes ... λ = (I don't feel very dependent) For any given health state x∂λ will be defined as follows: x∂λ = 1, if for this state dimension ∂ is at level λ x∂λ = 0, if for this state, dimension ∂ is not...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... management approach for SScl vasculopathy is outdated and that the widespread use of calcium channel antagonists for RP is probably inappropriate It now appears preferable to use agents for which there ... them attractive candidates for treating RP Case reports are encouraging but controlled trials are required These approaches depart from the previously dominant strategy for both PAH and RP, which ... raises the exciting prospect for management of peripheral vasculopathy in SScl Last year, the RAPIDS-1 study reported that bosentan approximately halved the incidence of new digital ulcers in patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... The PCR program for chymase was initiated by a denaturation step at 94°C, followed by 35 cycles of 94°C for 30 s, 63°C for 30 s and 72°C for min, and a final extension at 72°C for PCR products ... chymase PCR (738 bp) were (forward) 5’CTG AGA GGA TGC TTC TTC CTG C-3’ and Page of 10 (reverse) 5’-AGA TCT TAT TGA TCC AGG GCC G-3’ [23] Primers for b-actin PCR (194 bp) were (forward) 5’-CCT GTA TGC ... exposure chambers (70 × 50 × 50 cm; with a small electric fan inside for chamber mixing) for 30 each time, twice per day for up to four months with minor modifications as previously described...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:21

... 95°C for 30 s, 59°C for 30 s and 72°C for min, and a final extension at 72°C for 10 min; and for b-actin was began with a denaturation step at 95°C, followed by 35 cycles of 95°C for 30 s, 55°C for ... program for p27kip1 was started by a denaturation procedure at 95°C, followed by 35 cycles of 95°C for 30 s, 51°C for 30 s and 72°C for min, and a final extension at 72°C for 10 min; for Skp-2 ... p27 and its prognostic role in breast cancer Breast Cancer Res 2001, 3(2):91-94 39 Lapenna S, Giordano A: Cell cycle kinases as therapeutic targets for cancer Nat Rev Drug Discov 2009, 8(7):547-566...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... normoxia for weeks before exposure to hypoxia in this study The detail on measurement of wall thickness had been described previously [35,36] Hypoxia exposure Western blot Hypoxia exposure was performed ... used immediately for the determination of right ventricular hypertrophy, hematocrit, and lung pathology Bone marrow white blood cell (WBC) count and flow cytometry were performed for this analysis ... CA) Following incubation for 30 minutes and washing with PBS, the cells were incubated with secondary antibody for 30 minutes and then flow cytometric analysis was performed with a Laser SORP...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... a natural day/night cycle Rats were acclimated for days before any experimental procedures All rats received humane care according to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by the ... opened, blood was taken from the heart for serum preparation, and lung and heart were processed for histological evaluation or frozen in liquid nitrogen for further analysis Drugs and materials ... Histopathological observations For histopathological observations, specimens of the right lower lung were harvested and flushed with normal saline, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 24 h, and embedded...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... vehicle for AM (saline 0.9%w/v, h after BLM instillation, and daily (N = 10) Excised lung were taken 7, 14 and 21 days after BLM injection were fixed for week in 10% (w/v) PBS-buffered formaldehyde ... methanol for 30 The sections were permeablized with 0.1% (w/v) Triton X-100 in PBS for 20 Non-specific adsorption was minimized by incubating the section in 2% (v/v) normal goat serum in PBS for 20 ... showed positive staining for TNF-a (B) and IL-1b (F); however, in mice treated with AM, the staining for TNF-a (C) and IL-1b (G) was significantly reduced No positive staining for these cytokines...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... by echocardiography are shown for all experimental groups Bars represent mean ± SEM One-way ANOVA with Newman-Keuls multiple comparison post-hoc test was performed for statistical analysis ***P ... (sized 20-50 μm) is given for different experimental groups Bars represent mean ± SEM One-way ANOVA with Newman-Keuls multiple comparison post-hoc test was performed for statistical analysis ***P ... experimental groups are given Bars represent mean ± SEM One-way ANOVA with Newman-Keuls multiple comparison post-hoc test was performed for statistical analysis *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001 (2.4 ± 0.6 vs 63.3...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... staining for a-SMA; I), Single staining for CD31; J), Double staining for CD31 and a-SMA; the magnification was 200× Scale bar = 50 μm K, L, M), Immunofluorescence staining of ELCs for the autophagic ... obtained following PEA performed by Dr Masahisa Masuda at the Chiba Medical Center, Japan Control pulmonary arteries were obtained following lung resection for peripheral cancer by Dr Ichiro Yoshino ... RGS19, are involved in autophagic vacuole formation In particular, ATG4D is responsible for protein targeting to the membrane/vacuole, and is responsible for protein transport and protease activity...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... major biomarker for cardiovascular risk and the main stimulant for hepatic production of C-reactive protein, a compound widely used as a biomarker for atherosclerosis [13] A role for IL-6 in the ... provided Primers used for detecting RNAs for IL-6, sIL-6-R, gp130, ET-1, MCP-1, ICAM, and VCAM in the lungs are listed in table For each sample, the amplification reaction was performed in duplicate ... weighed for determination of Fulton's index (RV/LV+S) The lungs were fixed by intratracheal infusion of 4% aqueous buffered formalin A midsagittal slice of the right lung was processed for paraffin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... immunocytochemical positivity for nNOS (F) Control patient small pulmonary artery showing no positivity by immunocytochemistry for nNOS × 400 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Respiratory ... hypertension since they will have been exposed to elevated pulmonary pressure for a relatively short time and may therefore reveal what happens during the development of pulmonary hypertension Methods ... with further reduction at follow up in patients, from whom data were available (for patient details see Table 1) Informed consent was obtained from the infants' parents, and the study protocol...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... Independent-samples t test for two comparison and ANOVA with Bonferroni test for multiple comparison were performed when appropriate All statistical procedures were performed with SPSS version ... Amplification conditions consisted of denaturation at 95C for 15 s followed by 40 cycles of annealing at 56C for 60 s, and extension at 72C for 60 s Primer sets were designed based on the coding ... polarization method is specific for collagenous structures composed of aggregates of orientated molecules The threshold for collagenous fibers was established for each slide after Velosa et al...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20