1 Université de Franche Comté, EA 3920 and IFR133, Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Besançon, France 2 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Explorations fonctionnelles Physiologie, Besançon, France 3 Université de la Méditerranée, EA 3280, Physiopathologie et action thérapeutique des gaz sous pression, Marseille, France and Institut de Médecine Navale du Service de Santé des Armées, Toulon, France

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The rat heart contains an abundant cytosolic protein which binds long chain fatty acids. We have determined its primary structure by Edman degradation of peptides generated from chymotryptic, tryptic, and elastase digestions. This polypeptide (Mr = 14,992) contains 134 amino acids and has a blocked (acetylated) NH2 terminus. The sequence of rat heart fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) is remarka...

Dengue virus infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical areas in the world. Attempts to develop effective vaccines have been hampered by the lack of understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease and the absence of suitable experimental models for dengue viral infection. The magnitude of T-cell responses has been reported to correlate with dengue disea...

The membrane-delimited and voltage-dependent inhibition of N-type Ca channels is mediated by Gbg subunits. Previously, exogenous excess GDP-bound GaoA has been shown to dramatically attenuate the norepinephrine (NE)-mediated Ca current inhibition by sequestration of Gbg subunits in rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons. In the present study, we determined whether the attenuation of NE-me...

A control/intervention study carried out in Santiago, Chile assessed the impact of five interventions on breastfeeding patterns and duration, and demonstrated a significant increase in full breastfeeding at six months (32 percent to 67 percent). Fifty-nine of 422 post-intervention women were included in a sixth intervention: prenatal group educational sessions emphasizing the skills necessary t...

We defined Systemic inflammation (SI) as a "typical, multi-syndrome, phase-specific pathological process, developing from systemic damage and characterized by the total inflammatory reactivity of endotheliocytes, plasma and blood cell factors, connective tissue and, at the final stage, by microcirculatory disorders in vital organs and tissues." The goal of the work: to determine methodological ...

INTRODUCTION Circulating concentrations of uric acid may be affected by dietary components such as meat, fish and dairy products, but only a few studies have compared uric acid concentrations among individuals who exclude some or all of these foods from their diet. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in serum uric acid concentrations between meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarian...