Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases in adults that cause disability in patients. Different studies were conducted on more rapid diagnosis of the disease such as measuring serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contents. Objectives: The current study aimed at measuring amyloid β (Aβ) serum levels in patients with relapsing-remitting MS. Mater...

Abstract The production of peptides as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) by recombinant technologies is emerging interest. A reliable platform, however, still missing due the inherent characteristics such proteolytic sensitivity, aggregation and cytotoxicity. We have developed a new technology named Numaswitch solving present limitations. was successfully employed for diverse small prote...

BACKGROUND A new strain of coronavirus (CoV) has caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), with 8098 individuals being infected and 774 deaths worldwide. We carried out protein chip array profiling analysis in an attempt to identify biomarkers that might be useful in monitoring the clinical course of SARS patients. METHODS We performed surface-enhanced laser desorption i...

(2009) Haptoglobin and serum amyloid A in bulk tank milk in relationto raw milk quality. Access to the published version may require journal subscription. Summary 25 The aim of the present study was to evaluate relationships between the presence of the 26 two major bovine acute phase proteins haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA) 27 and raw milk quality parameters in bulk tank milk samples...

Oral exposure to dietary fat results in an early initial spike, followed by a prolonged elevation, of serum triglycerides in humans. The physiological and pathophysiological implications remain unknown. This study sought to determine the incidence of the effect, the required fat exposure duration, and its reliability. Thirty-four healthy adults participated in four to six response-driven trials...

Rats fed a fat-free diet containing no drug, 0.02% or 0.10% halofenate, or 0.25% clofibrate for 14 days were injected intravenously with equivalent amounts of either [2-3H]glycerol or [1(3)-3H]glycerol. Blood samples were collected at times up to 150 min after injection and serum triglycerides were isolated and assayed for radioactivity. Kinetic analysis of the serum appearance and clearance cu...

Results We identified a 6 miRNAs signature able to discriminate TRAPS from healthy controls. Moreover, 4 miRNAs were differentially expressed between patients treated with the interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist anakinra and untreated patients. Of these, miR-92a-3p expression was found to be reduced in untreated patients, while its expression levels were similar to healthy controls in sample...

BACKGROUND C-Reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A protein (SAA) are exquisitely sensitive acute-phase reactants, but their baseline values are surprisingly constant in individuals in the general population. These values, especially of CRP, are associated with future atherothrombotic events, and the determinants of baseline CRP and SAA concentration are therefore of considerable interest. ...

Rabbits on a 1% cholesterol diet received injections of vehicle with or without D-4F or L-4F. After 1 month, the percent of aorta with atherosclerotic lesions was 24 +/- 15% (vehicle), 10 +/- 6% (D-4F) (P < 0.01 vs. vehicle), and 13 +/- 9% (L-4F) (P < 0.05 vs. vehicle). Inflammatory indexes for HDL and LDL were determined by measuring monocyte chemotactic activity after adding rabbit lipoprotei...

Results We identified a 6 miRNAs signature able to discriminate TRAPS from healthy controls. Moreover, 4 miRNAs were differentially expressed between patients treated with the interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist anakinra and untreated patients. Of these, miR-92a-3p expression was found to be reduced in untreated patients, while its expression levels were similar to healthy controls in sample...