Glycosylation patterns of mucins in colonic disease A. P. Corfield*, N. Myerscough*, M. Gough*, I. Brockhausent, R. Schaued and C. Paraskevas *Department of Medicine Laboratories, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, U K , +Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Bristol BS8 ITD, U K , $Biochemistry Department, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G I X8, Can...

In the present study an attempt is made to investigate sex related difference in handedness among adults. It was hypothesized that there will be a difference in the performance of males and females on measure of handedness. 704 males and 840 females were given a group test of handedness. The result indicates that females tended to score significantly high on performance test of handedness than ...

The FAS-FASL system plays crucial role in counterattack of cancer cell against immune system. This study examined the effects of FAS (-1377G/A and -670A/G) and FASL (-844T/C and 7896G/C) polymorphisms on breast cancer risk and apoptosis of T lymphocytes. The effect on breast cancer risk was determined by case-control analysis of 840 patients and 840 controls. The effects on T-lymphocyte apoptos...

The adhesion of human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells to a glass matrix is evaluated following their irradiation in a suspension with a pulsed near-infrared (IR) light-emitting diode (wavelength 820 nm, pulse repetition frequency 10 Hz, irradiation dose 16-120 J/m2) when melatonin (4 x 10(-11) to 4 x 10(-5) m) is added to cell suspension immediately before or after the irradiation. Also, the depen...

Plasma probe data from DMSP-F13, DMSP-F15 and DEMETER satellites were used to examine longitudinal structures in the topside equatorial ionosphere during fall equinox conditions of 2004 year. Since the launch of DEMETER satellite on 29 June 2004, all these satellites operate close together in the topside ionosphere. Here, data taken from Special Sensor-Ion, Electron and Scintillations (SSIES) i...

BACKGROUND Most studies of epidemic detection focus on their start and rarely on the whole signal or the end of the epidemic. In some cases, it may be necessary to retrospectively identify outbreak signals from surveillance data. Our study aims at evaluating the ability of change point analysis (CPA) methods to locate the whole disease outbreak signal. We will compare our approach with the resu...

BACKGROUND Evidence regarding the relative contributions of physical activity (PA) and driving behavior on weight status is limited. This study examined the associations between driving and PA behavior and weight status among Canadian adults. METHODS A random cross-section of Calgarian adults (n = 1026) completed a telephone-interview and a self-administered questionnaire. Weekly physical act...

Prolonged activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5a (mGluR5a) causes synchronized oscillations in intracellular calcium, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production, and protein kinase C (PKC) activation. Additionally, mGluR5 stimulation elicited cyclical translocations of myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate, which were opposite to that of gammaPKC (i.e. from plasma membran...

BACKGROUND & AIMS We investigated whether risk for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and metabolic syndrome are affected by celiac disease. We examined the prevalence of NIDDM and metabolic syndrome among adults with celiac disease, compared with matched controls. METHODS We assessed medical records of 840 patients with biopsy-proven celiac disease for diagnoses of NIDDM, hypert...