The comparative abilities of various reagents to prime rabbit alveolar macrophages (AM) to produce reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) in a chemiluminescent (CL) assay were investigated. It was noted that AM from normal rabbits cultured in a serum-free medium for 18 hr exhibited a "spontaneous" priming response following a challenge with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA); however, "spontaneous" p...

Compound banmao capsule (CBC) is a traditional Chinese medicinal formula composed of extracts from 11 organisms. The present study investigated the mechanism of CBC on the biological behavior of human leukemia cell lines using seropharmacological methods. CBC-containing rat serum was prepared by intragastrical administration of CBC to rats. The proliferation of human leukemia HL60 and K562 cell...

BACKGROUND Immunopathological and inflammatory processes play important roles in the initiation and development of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of several autoantibodies including rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (anti-Sm), anti-phosphatidylserine (anti-PS) and anti-car...

Optical emission ~OE! actinometry has been used to measure the absolute densities of Cl2, Cl, Cl , and Ar in a high-density inductively coupled ~ICP! Cl2 –Ar plasma at 18 mTorr as a function of the 13.56 MHz radio frequency ~rf! power and Ar fraction. The fractional dissociation of Cl2 to Cl increases with rf power, with the dissociated fraction increasing from 78% to 96% at 600 W ~10.6 W cm! a...

Chemical looping (CL) technology is a novel for the clean and efficient use of energy. Oxygen carriers (OCs) are cornerstone CL technology. The development low–cost, high–performance OCs crucial application conversion. Hematite, one natural Fe–based OCs, has several advantages (e.g., low cost environmental friendliness), but its reactivity limits in CL. performance hematite can be effectively i...

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst on mercury (Hg) speciation in bituminous and subbituminous coal combustion flue gases. Three different Illinois Basin bituminous coals (from high to low sulfur [S] and chlorine [Cl]) and one Powder River Basin (PRB) subbituminous coal with very low S and very low Cl were tested in a pilot-scale combu...

BACKGROUND Blood flow in the corpus luteum (CL) is closely related to luteal function. It is unclear how luteal blood flow is regulated. Standardized ovarian-stimulation protocol with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa long protocol) causes luteal phase defect because it drastically suppresses serum LH levels. Examining luteal blood flow in the patient undergoing GnRHa long protoco...