Inhaled prostacyclin (PGI(2)) aerosol induces selective pulmonary vasodilation. Further, it improves right ventricular (RV) function, which may largely rely on pulmonary vasodilation, but also on enhanced myocardial contractility. We investigated the effects of the inhaled PGI(2) analogs epoprostenol (EPO) and iloprost (ILO) on RV function and myocardial contractility in 9 anesthetized pigs rec...

Inhaled prostacyclin (PGI 2 ) aerosol induces selective pulmonary vasodilation. Further, it improves right ventricular (RV) function, which may largely rely on pulmonary vasodilation, but also on enhanced myocardial contractility. We investigated the effects of the inhaled PGI 2 analogs epoprostenol (EPO) and iloprost (ILO) on RV function and myocardial contractility in 9 anesthetized pigs rece...

Ecologists are challenged to construct models of the biological consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation. Here, we use a metapopulation model to predict the distribution of the Glanville fritillary butterfly during 22 years across a large heterogeneous landscape with 4,415 small dry meadows. The majority (74%) of the 125 networks into which the meadows were clustered are below the extinct...

Autocrine motility factor (AMF), which is also known as phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI), enhances tumor cell growth and motility. In this study, we found that AMF and its receptor were both highly expressed in Endometrial Carcinoma (EC) tissues compared to normal tissues. Levels of AMF were increased in serum of endometrial cancer patients. Downregulation of AMF by shRNA inhibited invasion, migr...

Zymogram analysis using isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gels was performed to characterize and distinguish two Toxoplasma gondii isolates ("strains" BK and RH). The activity of the following 14 enzymes in the cell lysates was investigated: IDH, MDH, ME, 6PG, G6P, LDH, IPO, HEX, PGM, EST, ALP, ACP, LAP, and PGI. Nine enzymes (IDH, G6P, LDH, HEX, PGM, EST, ALP, ACP, and PGI) showed distinc...

Pooled Genomic Indexing (PGI) is a novel method for physical mapping of clones onto known macromolecular sequences. PGI is carried out by pooling arrayed clones, generating shotgun sequence reads from pools and by comparing the reads against a reference sequence. If two reads from two different pools match the reference sequence at a close distance, they are both assigned (deconvoluted) to the ...

Abstract AIMS CaPaBLE tests the feasibility and acceptability of assessing quality life (QoL) using patient-, or caregiver-generated index (PGI/CaGI) methodology in patients with HGG their caregivers. METHOD CaPaBLE, (https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN45555598), followed and/or caregivers up to 6 months. Standard measures for were EORTC QLQ-C30/BN20, CarGOQOL questionnaire. The QoL topics raised thr...

Previous studies have shown that paragigantocellularis nucleus (PGI) neurons contain some neurotransmitters such as GABA, neuropeptides, monoamines, substance P, enkephalin and serotonin. It has been suggested that PGI is a main cholinergic source in the rat’s brain stem. There are few evidences on the presence and importance of cholinergic receptors on PGI neurons with regard to nociception. I...