Báo cáo y học: "Clinical use of biomarkers of survival in pulmonary fibrosis" pot

... currently being investigated and is beyond the scope of this review. Recent studies have reported a potent anti-inflammatory effect of CO, involving the inhi- bition of proinflammatory cytokine production ... effects of HO-1/CO on inflammatory processes, the study of HO-1 in asthma has gained popularity. In a mouse model of asthma, HO-1 expression increased in lung tissue i...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... combination of a loss of integrity of the epi thelial barrier caused by lung injury and of an increased mass of type II cells due to hyperplasia [12]. Three studies tried to validate the use of these ... in certain inflammatory lung diseases, including IPF [12]. Why the concentrations of these proteins are elevated in these lung diseases is not pre- cisely known. It is pro...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... treatment of ADHD [24-26]. In some cases, IR preparations are slowly titrated by weekly increments of 5-10 mg/day according to tolerability and the degree of efficacy observed, up to a maximum daily ... core symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, patients often exhibit learning difficulties and impairment in social functioning. The frequency of referral is...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... severity scoring systems for community-acquired pneumonia Biomarkers for CAP are often compared with global measures of disease severity using clinical scoring sys- tems. Developed by analyzing ... with CAP, copeptin increased with increasing severity of the PSI and was an independent predictor of outcome, in contrast to other clinical symp- toms and fi ndings [49]. In a study...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... Greece, 2 Laboratory of Psychophysiology, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Mental Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece, ... (MRI) may provide a detailed image of brain lesions, in many instances their findings are in contrast to the clinical picture [3]. Short Latency Somato- sensory Evoked Potentials (S...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... are being met in routine practice. An interesting model of mandatory quality assurance and proficiency testing was initiated in France in 1998. This program is administered and implemented by the ... accuracy (sensitivity, specificity), reliability, and quality of many commercial kits. In many cases the manu- facturer has been assumed the root cause for these short- comings; howev...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; BASFI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Function Index; BASMI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte ... al.: Two-year maintenance of efficacy and safety of infliximab in the treat- ment of ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2005, 64:229-234. 6. Braun J, Baraliakos X, Brandt J, Listing J, Zi...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... deaths and only one terminal renal failure in the DIV group. Especially interesting findings in this study pertain to the laboratory results. DIV patients were mostly positive for myeloperoxidase–ANCAs ... consumption by immune complexes, and this assumption was supported by the finding of slightly higher cryoglobulin values in these Commentary Clinical and laboratory characteristics...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... apoptosis of PBMNCs in the patients included in this study. Interestingly, we found an important and significant increase in the percent of TUNEL+ cells at day 30 of Rituxi- mab therapy (p < ... were defined as those CD4+ lymphocytes showing higher expression of CD25 than autologous CD8+ activated in vitro with phytohe- magglutinin (PHA). The percent of CD4+ lymphocytes s...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... PMPA, limited information on systemic toxicity in rhesus monkeys is available for FTC (5-fluoro-1-(2R,5S)-[2- (hydroxymethyl)-1,3-oxathiolan-5-yl]cytosine; emtricitabine) and stavudine (d4T). Results: In ... creatinine levels in serum, reinforcing the relative insensitivity of the se tests in diagnosing renal pathology. For these rea- sons, investigators should be made aware of AR...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21