Key words: renal artery stenosis, transplantation, sur-with a reported incidence up to 5% [1]. arAS has been shown to be associated not only with reduced long-gical revascularization term graft survival but also with increased morbidity of the recipient by cardiovascular complication [2 ]. Since 1978, when the first balloon dilatation was successfully

DNA adenine methylase mutants of Salmonella typhimurium contain reduced amounts of FinP, an antisense RNA encoded by the virulence plasmid pSLT. Lowered FinP levels are detected in both Dam- FinO+ and Dam- FinO- backgrounds, suggesting that Dam methylation regulates FinP production rather than FinP half-life. Reduced amounts of F-encoded FinP RNA are likewise found in Dam- mutants of Escherichi...

The present paper serves as a review of the associations between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and erectile dysfunction (ED), with a focus on common and combined pathways for treatment. LUTS and ED are common conditions seen in general urologic practice. Research has started to establish epidemiologic and pathophysiologic links between the two conditions and a strong association confirmed...

Amaç: Akut akustik travmaya ba¤l› tinnitus tedavisinde kullan›lan medikal tedavi yöntemlerinin etkinli¤i de¤erlendirildi. Hastalar ve Yöntem: Ateflli silah kullan›m› sonucu oluflan akut akustik travmaya ba¤l› olarak tinnitus geliflen 108 ordu mensubu (tümü erkek; ort. yafl 22; da¤›l›m 18-31) prospektif olarak çal›flmaya al›nd›. Altm›fl bir hastada sol, dokuz hastada sa¤ kulak tutulumu; 38 hasta...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of and the risk factors associated with progression of renal artery disease in individuals with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS). METHODS AND RESULTS Subjects with >/=1 ARAS were monitored with serial renal artery duplex scans. A total of 295 kidneys in 170 patients were monitored for a mean of 33 months. Overall, the...

In this study, we demonstrated that the methyltransferase activity associated with Dam was essential for attenuation of Aeromonas hydrophila virulence. We mutated aspartic acid and tyrosine residues to alanine within the conserved DPPY catalytic motif of Dam and transformed the pBAD/damD/A, pBAD/damY/A, and pBAD/damAhSSU (with the native dam gene) recombinant plasmids into the Escherichia coli ...

The DNA of Serratia marcescens has N6-adenine methylation in GATC sequences. Among 2-aminopurine-sensitive mutants isolated from S. marcescens Sr41, one was identified which lacked GATC methylation. The mutant showed up to 30-fold increased spontaneous mutability and enhanced mutability after treatment with 2-aminopurine, ethyl methanesulfonate, or UV light. The gene (dam) coding for the adenin...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the opinions and attitudes of dentists toward the use of rubber dam during various restorative procedures in their dental practices. A structured questionnaire was designed, and distributed to 300 dentists and those that were fully completed were collected for analysis. The collected informations about the opinions and attitudes of dentists toward the...

the astacus leptodactylus specimens were collected from four sites of aras reservoir, north-west of iran and examined for the epibionts during 2009. protozoan epibionts from ciliophora (one genus and seven species) and tracheophyta were isolated from the cuticular surface of different body parts of narrow-claw crayfish, a.leptodactylus. seasonal prevalence of infestation was determined in 394 i...