Follicular dendritic cell (FDC) sarcoma is an extremely rare malignant neoplasm arising from FDCs. The exact origin of FDCs remains unclear; both a hematopoietic lineage origin and a stromal cell derivation have been proposed. Proliferation of FDCs can lead to benign reactive lesions or generate neoplastic conditions. The lesions are most commonly found in lymph nodes and usually involve the he...

In this paper, we analyze the impact of nonlinear high-power amplifier (HPA) on the performance of cooperative network based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing combined with time-division multiplexing (OFDM/TDM) using minimum mean-square-error frequency-domain combining (MMSE-FDC) in a frequency-selective fading channel. We design a novel MMSE-FDC weights while taking into account th...

Mevalonate is the precursor of a number of different products potentially required for the growth of cells, including the prenylated oncoprotein Ras. To determine whether inhibition of mevalonate metabolism would selectively block proliferation of Ras-transformed cells, 6-fluoromevalonate (Fmev), an inhibitor of diphosphomevalonate decarboxylase, was used to block the synthesis of prenyl-derive...

Large quantities of HIV are found trapped on the surface of follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), and virus persists on these cells until they ultimately die. We recently found that FDCs maintain HIV infectivity for long periods in vivo and in vitro. Because FDCs trap Ags (and virus) in the form of immune complexes and are rich in Fc Rs, we reasoned that Ab and Fc Rs may be required for FDC-mediat...

This study investigates changes in A1C following a switch from dual therapy of metformin and DPP-4 inhibitor to a fixed-dose combination (FDC) of metformin + DPP-4 inhibitor following the introduction of the FDC in the provincial formulary. The LMC Diabetes Registry was queried retrospectively for patients with type 2 diabetes, aged between 18 and 80 years with at least one A1C recorded prior a...

This paper focuses on using the tness landscape paradigm in order to gain a better understanding of the behavior of local search heuristics in order to solve NP-hard problems. We concentrate ourselves on the symmetric planar TSP and we compare experimental facts about landscapes associated with the well-known 2-change and city-swap operators. We measure the \\tness-distance correlation" (FDC), ...

Large quantities of HIV are found trapped on the surface of follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), and virus persists on these cells until they ultimately die. We recently found that FDCs maintain HIV infectivity for long periods in vivo and in vitro. Because FDCs trap Ags (and virus) in the form of immune complexes and are rich in FcgammaRs, we reasoned that Ab and FcgammaRs may be required for FD...

OBJECTIVES Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is associated with increased survival among HIV-infected persons. Yet, no research to date has examined whether introduction of once-daily fixed-dosed combinations (FDC) affects the likelihood of cART initiation. We aimed to determine whether implementation of once-daily FDC regimens was associated with changes to cART initiation. We also ide...

FDC-P1 is an interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent cell line that ceases to proliferate in the absence of IL-3. We have isolated variant cell lines from FDC-P1 that grow in response to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). These variant cell lines (FD/PMA) have maintained their PMA-dependency for over 1 year. Lymphokine gene expression, which would support growth, was not detected in FD/PMA lines. FD/PMA l...

Azilsartan medoxomil is a long-acting angiotensin II receptor blocker used to treat hypertension as monotherapy or in fixed-dose combination (FDC) with chlorthalidone. This study assessed the effects of food intake on the plasma pharmacokinetics of the active moiety, azilsartan, and of chlorthalidone when administered as separate tablets or in FDC. Cohort 1 (n = 24) received azilsartan medoxomi...