In a previous study of a representative population of 460 men of age 70, we found that the free thyroxin (free T4) concentration was negatively correlated to body mass. In the present study we analyzed other indicators of thyroid function in relation to body mass and body mass index in 181 individuals without any disease or medication influencing thyroidal homeostasis or body mass. There was a ...

We describe a simple, direct, and specific manual method for quantitative determination of total cholesterol in serum. In the method, which requires no extraction of the serum, a single stable reagent and 50 l of sample is used. Serum cholesterol concentrations determined by this method did not differ statistically from those obtained by the reference method of AbeIl et at. Hemoglobin, bilirubi...

The effect of Lambda-cyhalothrin on the immune response was studied in rabbits exposed to the insecticide via food at concentrations of 1373.23, 686.76 or 343.38 ppm (equivalent to 1/10, 1/20 and 1/40 oral LD50, respectively) for 8 weeks. The humoral immune response was measured by determination of the antibody titre against sheep red blood cells (SRBC), a T cell dependent antigen. Moreover, th...

Reduced plasma concentrations of the extracellular actin-binding proteins gelsolin and Gc-globulin correlate with pulmonary failure and death in humans after injury. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of plasma gelsolin in the pathophysiology of inflammation-induced lung injury. We postulated that plasma gelsolin levels decrease at an early time point after burn injury and th...

The water proton relaxation rate enhancement of Mn(II) bound to bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the association constant for manganese to BSA have already been determined, but such determinations have not been done for human serum albumin (HSA) and other human serum proteins and also for human serum. In this work, NMR T1 values in aqueous solutions of serum proteins and serum were measured versu...

Antibody and y-globulin are formed by a number of tissues with highly heterogeneous cell populations such as bone marrow, lymph glands and spleen. Only a small part of the cells in these tissues are plasma-type celLs in which antibody protein and at least some ofthe y-globulin normally found in serum originate. This makes a study of globulin synthesis difficult. Recently, Dr M. Potter and his c...

The effect of 4 different diets, in terms of protein quantity and quality, on total serum protein (TSP), albumin and globulin was investigated. Non-pregnant mares that were not lactating (n = 36), pregnant mares that had foaled (n = 24) and their foals (n = 24) were used in this study. Daily total protein intake had no effect on blood protein concentrations in the mares. Total protein intake an...