Platelet Inflammatory Response to Stress

P 143: The Effect of Platelet Activating Factor on Inflammatory Response in Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which its main characteristic is an inflammation and demyelination and subsequent, neural degeneration. Many studies have shown that inflammation causing neuronal demyelination. MS is the most common cause of chronic neurological disability in during youth which the prognosis is that can be death. Platelet activating fact...

Microtitre plate measurement of platelet response to hypotonic stress.

The conventional method of assessing the platelet response to hypotonic stress (HSR) was adapted to allow microtitre plate technology to be used. After water is added to a platelet suspension two sequential readings are taken at 414 nM on a vertical microplate reader. The difference between the second (three minutes) and the first (one minute) was defined as the HSR. This method allowed the rel...

Psychological stress and the inflammatory response system.

In this issue of Clinical Science, Steptoe et al. [1] report that acute psychological stress in humans (computerized colour-word interference task and mirror tracing) significantly increases the serum concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra). IL-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine which is involved in T-cell activation, B-cell differentiation and the initiation o...

Response of two soybean cultivars to moisture stress

Response of Badami-Zarand Pistachio Rootstock to Salinity Stress

Salinity is one of the most important problems that restrict cultivation of crops in arid and semi-arid regions. Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is one of the most important trees that grow in these restricts. In this greenhouse study, the effects of salinity on growth of pistachio rootstock Badami evaluated. Seedlings were grown in plastic bags containing perlite. Salinity was imposed, by adding ...