BACKGROUND Myocardial blood flow (MBF) can be measured with positron emission tomography (PET) and its quantification should provide diagnostic information beyond that obtained through standard visual analysis. However, this possibility has not been fully studied with PET and generator-produced rubidium-82 (⁸²Rb). We evaluated regional MBF in segments with and without ischemia using ⁸²Rb PET in...

The transcription complexes SBF and MBF mediate the G(1)-S transition in the cell cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In late G(1), SBF and MBF induce a burst of transcription in a number of genes, including G(1)- and S-phase cyclins. Activation of SBF and MBF depends on the G(1) cyclin Cln3 and a largely uncharacterized protein called Bck2. We show here that the induction of SBF/MBF target gene...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of modified Widman flap (MWF) surgery (as a periodontal treatment procedure) on maximum bite force (MBF; as an indicator of patient function). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this clinical trial, 24 patients were examined for their MBF before and at one, four and eight weeks after their MWF surgery. These recordings along with th...

BACKGROUND Noninvasive measurements of myocardial blood flow (MBF) with PET revealed an abnormal coronary vasomotor response to cold pressor test in healthy long-term smokers. If coronary endothelial dysfunction accounted for this abnormality, we hypothesized that it could be reversed by L-arginine as the substrate for NO synthase. METHODS AND RESULTS MBF was quantified with 13N-labeled ammon...

UNLABELLED Absolute quantitation of myocardial blood flow (MBF) by PET is an established method of analyzing coronary artery disease (CAD) but subject to the various shortcomings of available radiotracers. Flurpiridaz F 18 is a novel PET radiotracer that exhibits properties of an ideal tracer. METHODS A new absolute perfusion quantitation method with flurpiridaz was developed, taking advantag...

In fission yeast cells, Cds1 is the effector kinase of the DNA replication checkpoint. We previously showed that when the DNA replication checkpoint is activated, the repressor Yox1 is phosphorylated and inactivated by Cds1, resulting in activation of MluI-binding factor (MBF)-dependent transcription. This is essential to reinitiate DNA synthesis and for correct G1-to-S transition. Here we show...

Myocardial perfusion MRI is acquired with a T1-weighted dynamic MRI sequence. Fully quantitative analysis of myocardial perfusion MRI allows the absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) through the use of complex mathematical modeling. There are essentially two main methods for quantification of absolute MBF: the linear time-invariant model and the compartment model. Maximized con...

We investigated the effect of insulin on total and regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) and glucose uptake (MGU) in healthy subjects (50 +/- 5 yr) by means of positron emission tomography (PET) with oxygen-15-labeled water (H(2)(15)O) and fluorine-18 labeled fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)FDG) before and during physiological hyperinsulinemia (40 mU.min(-1).m(-2)). Twelve male subjects were included in...

and Symptoms in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy To the Editor: With great interest we read the article by Node et al1 concerning short-term statin therapy in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). The demonstrated improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by simvastatin therapy is intriguing. The authors speculated on several possible mechanisms, i...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether epicardial structural disease may affect the manifestation of a longitudinal decrease in myocardial blood flow (MBF) or MBF difference during hyperemia in cardiovascular risk individuals, and its dependency on the flow increase. METHODS AND RESULTS In 54 cardiovascular risk individuals (at risk) and in 26 healthy controls, MBF was meas...