Context:  The major motivation for the preparation of the plasma derived biological medicine was the treatment of casualties from the Second World War.  Due to the high expenses for preparation of plasma derived products, achievement of self-sufficiency in human plasma biotechnological industry is an important goal for developing countries.Evidence Acquisition:  The complexity of the bloo...

Increased protein intake versus maltodextrin intake for 4 weeks lowers blood pressure. Concerns exist that high-protein diets reduce renal function. Effects of acute and 4-week protein intake versus maltodextrin intake on renal acid load, glomerular filtration rate and related parameters were compared in this study. Seventy-nine overweight individuals with untreated elevated blood pressure and ...

I describe a gas-chromatographic procedure involving a nitrogen detector for "free" (or "unbound") phenytoin in the concentration range 0.2-4.0 mg/L in ultrafiltrates of plasma. The CV (n = 10) for the assay was 2.9% for a 0.49 mg/L concentration, 1.5% for 2.02 mg/L. The sensitivity was 0.05 mg/L. The ultrafiltration process ("Ultra-Free" filters) used to separate the free phenytoin fraction fr...

The aim of the present study was to investigate in conscious dogs the long-term effects of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition on glomerular filtration rate, sodium and water excretion, and plasma levels of renin and aldosterone. After a control period of 3 days, an inhibitor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide synthesis, A^-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester, was infused for 3 consecutive days at a d...

Resistin, a recently discovered proinflammatory cytokine, has been variably associated with insulin resistance, inflammation, and renal dysfunction. We investigated the association of plasma resistin with estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria in 1575 hypertensive adults without known coronary heart disease or stroke (857 blacks and 718 non-Hispanic whites). Resistin was measured ...

In vitro studies have indicated that nitric oxide may play an important role in modulating the renal vascular actions of angiotensin II (Ang II). However, the physiological importance of this interaction in the long-term regulation of renal hemodynamics is unknown. Therefore, the goal of this study was to determine if long-term Ang II-induced renal vasoconstriction was potentiated by nitric oxi...

The aim of the present study was to investigate in conscious dogs the long-term effects of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition on glomerular filtration rate, sodium and water excretion, and plasma levels of renin and aldosterone. After a control period of 3 days, an inhibitor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide synthesis, NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester, was infused for 3 consecutive days at a d...

The urinary excretion of tritiated folic acid after a single intravenous injection in man has been measured by Johns, Sperti, and Burgen (1). Plasma concentrations of the labeled compound fell sharply initially, and then more slowly. Urinary clearance in terms of the later, slowly declining plasma levels was shown, at plasma concentrations above 10 jug per L, to be independent of plasma level a...