Cellular immunity was investigated in 43 patients with multiple myeloma (MM) by assessing 3HTdR uptake induced by monocyte-dependent [CD3 monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs), phytohemagglutinin (PHA)] and monocyte-independent (CD2 MoAbs, ionomycin + phorbolester) stimulations. The former were evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) and purified T cells; the latter were evaluated in pu...

To determine the evolution of amyloid heart disease, 28 patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) were studied by echocardiography. The incidence and degree of the abnormalities were correlated with the neurologic disabilities, duration of the illness, and age in cross-sectional studies. Serial studies were performed in 12 patients, who were followed for a mean of 27.7 months. At the ...

EmrAB operon is known for multidrug resistance in bacteria and yet has not been reported related to heavy metal resistance or antibiotics/heavy metal co-resistance. Strain Staphylococcus aureus LZ-01 which was isolated from industrial wastewater discharging site can co-resist to 6 mM Cr(VI) and 0.75 mg/ml ampicillin. Transcriptome data showed that an emrAB operon was upregulated (1.29-folds for...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential clinical, metabolic, and economic advantages of enteral nutrition over total parenteral nutrition. DESIGN Prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING Department of surgery in a university hospital. PATIENTS Two hundred and fifty-seven patients with cancer of the stomach (n = 121), pancreas (n = 110), or esophagus (n = 26) were randomized to receive ...

The objective was to determine whether the suckling-induced delay in return to estrus postpartum could be explained by changes in hypothalamic LHRH content or ability of the pituitary to release LH and FSH in response to LHRH or 59 mM K+ in vitro. In addition, serum concentrations of several other hormones were measured. Nine Holstein cows were suckled ad libitum by two calves and milked by mac...

Background Thrombocytopenia is a decrease in the number of platelets blood resulting from disorders production, distribution or destruction, leading to bleeding. The respective treatment thrombocytopenia usually based on corticotherapy and platelet transfusion. Aims Report evolution homeopathic 12 years old Maltese canine cardiopathic patient with associated diagnosis Ehrlichia canis. Methods R...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare the imaging quality, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values, and application values between reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted imaging (rFOV DWI) and single-shot echo-planar-imaging diffusion-weighted imaging (SS-EPI DWI) of breast tissue. PATIENTS AND METHODS For 87 cases (75 with normal breast tissue, 12 with mammary cancer), breasts were sc...

BACKGROUND Obesity, hypertension, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are associated with microvascular rarefaction in the myocardium and this contributes to increase cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. At present, controversial data exist in medical literature regarding the specific role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors concerning angiogenesis in different ...