In this work we are going to show results of intensive observation of adverse reactions of cyclosporine therapy during 18 months. The research was applied on 30 patients with kidney transplant. The medium time of kidney transplant survival was 9,7+/-2,3 years, with time span of 6 to 15 years. All the patients were subjects to several years' cyclosporine treatment, which was applied on a daily b...

In this study, the characterization and the antimicrobial properties of nano silver (nAg) coating on leather were investigated. For this purpose, turbidity, viscosity and pH of nAg solutions prepared by the sol-gel method were measured. The formation of films from these solutions was characterized according to temperature by Differential Thermal Analysis-Thermogravimetry (DTA-TG) equipment. The...

Human carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS1), a 1500-residue multidomain enzyme, catalyzes the first step of ammonia detoxification to urea requiring N-acetyl-L-glutamate (NAG) as essential activator to prevent ammonia/amino acids depletion. Here we present the crystal structures of CPS1 in the absence and in the presence of NAG, clarifying the on/off-switching of the urea cycle by NAG. By bindi...

Renal tubulointerstitium plays an important role in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this study was to assess serum cystatin C and 2 renal tubular enzymes, neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), as screening markers for early renal dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). ROC curve anal...

We investigated the role of nano-silver (NAg) and the bacterial strain Enterobacter cloacae in increasing the vase life of cut carnation flowers 'Omea.' NAg treatment extended vase life of the flowers by increasing relative fresh weight, antioxidant activities, and expression level of the cysteine proteinase inhibitor gene (DcCPi), and by suppressing bacterial blockage in stem segments, ethylen...

BACKGROUND To identify adverse renal effects due to air pollution derived from a cement plant in Korea. Urinary n-acetyl-B-glucosaminidase (U-NAG) levels in residents living near a cement plant were compared to those in a group who lived farther away from the plant. METHODS From June to August 2013 and from August to November 2014, laboratory tests for U-NAG and heavy metal were conducted on ...

We have developed a new spectrophotometric assay for urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAGase) with use of sodio m-cresolsulfonphthaleinyl N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide (MCP-NAG). MCP-NAG was synthesized from acetochloro-glucosamine and m-cresolsulfonphthalein (MCP) in four steps. MCP-NAG reacts well with NAGase (Km = 0.41 mmol/L) and is highly water soluble. The absorption maximum and m...

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* Biswajit Nag, Saikat Banerjee and Rittwik Chatterjee are associate professor, assistant professor and research fellow, respectively, at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, India. This paper owes to the original research report prepared for IIFT on this topic. The views presented in this paper are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IIFT, ARTNeT me...

Flessner, Michael F., Jaehwa Choi, Heather Vanpelt, Zhi He, Kimberly Credit, Jeffrey Henegar, and Michael Hughson. Correlating structure with solute and water transport in a chronic model of peritoneal inflammation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 290: F232–F240, 2006. First published August 23, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00211.2005.—To study the process of chronic peritoneal inflammation from steri...