Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of providing a water-soluble globulin in the drinking water on growth performance of weanling pigs. In Exp. 1, 360 weanling pigs (5.0 +/- 1.2 kg; 17 +/- 3 d of age; PIC) were blocked by initial weight and allotted to one of six treatments in a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement. Treatments included three diet complexity regimens with or without wa...

Type 4 adenovirus infection of HeLa cells effected a marked increase in synthesis of the saline-soluble DNA fraction, but not the host-cell DNA (the water-soluble fraction). This was demonstrated by the marked increase in specific activity of saline-soluble DNA but not water-soluble DNA when P(32)-inorganic phosphate or sodium formate-C(14) was employed. When these isotopes were used to label c...

In this cross-sectional study, we analysed serum concentrations of soluble markers of cellular immune activation, namely, interferon-gamma, neopterin (a product of activated macrophages), soluble interleukin-2 receptor, and soluble CD8, in 25 patients with congestive heart failure. Ten (40%) patients showed increased concentrations (i.e. above the reference ranges of healthy controls) of neopte...

PURPOSE We compared changes of plasma angiogenesis cytokine profiles in infants who were treated with intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (IVB) for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with age-matched preterm non-ROP infants. METHODS Thirteen infants with type 1 ROP and 13 age-matched preterm non-ROP infants were included. Blood samples were collected prior to treatment (time 0) and 6 w...

[1] Dry deposition rates and associated inputs of soluble inorganic nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P) and iron (Fe) were calculated for the north coast of the Gulf of Aqaba in Eilat, Israel, between August 2003 and September 2005. The main inorganic N compounds in the water soluble fraction of aerosol particles were nitrate (60%) and ammonium (38%), with mean concentrations of 35 and 22 nmol m 3 of a...

AIM Cellular CD81 is a well characterized hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry factor, while the relevance of soluble exosomal CD81 in HCV pathogenesis is poorly defined. We performed a case-control study to investigate whether soluble CD81 in the exosomal serum fraction is associated with HCV replication and inflammatory activity. PATIENTS AND METHODS Four cohorts were investigated, patients with c...

Increased levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (IL-2R) in serum were observed in both Plasmodium falciparum- and P. vivax-infected individuals compared with nonparasitemic subjects. Clinical symptoms of P. falciparum malaria were associated with higher levels of soluble IL-2R. Temporal evolution in serum of IL-2R during the course of a malaria attack mimicked the kinetics of soluble IL-2R ...