BACKGROUND Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity has been discovered in several inflammatory conditions; however, there are no data associated with cutaneous anthrax. The aim of this study was to investigate serum ADA activity in patients with cutaneous anthrax. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixteen patients with cutaneous anthrax and 17 healthy controls were enrolled. We measured ADA activity; periphera...

The tree width of a graph G measures how close G is to being a tree or a series-parallel graph. Many well-known problems that are otherwise NP-complete can be solved efficiently if the underlying graph structure is restricted to one of fixed tree width. In this paper we prove that the tree width of goto-free Ada programs without labeled loops is ≤ 6. In addition we show that both the use of got...

We employed intracoronary infusions of calf intestine adenosine deaminase (ADA) to test the hypothesis that adenosine regulates coronary blood flow during myocardial reactive hyperemia (RH). Infusions of 4.5 U ADA/min per kg body weight into the left circumflex coronary artery of 10 open-chest dogs reversibly reduced repayment of flow debt by 30-39% (P less than 0.05) following 5-, 10-, 15-, 20...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) can be extremely difficult in the absence of culture confirmation. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) adenosine deaminase (ADA) can potentially assist in this regard, although its current value remains unclear. The literature on the usefulness of CSF ADA in TBM diagnosis is inconsistent, especially from an analytical point of view. METHODS A ret...

Adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme essential for the differentiation of lymphoid cells, has been used for monitoring diseases with altered immunity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in serum ADA activity throughout normal pregnancy. We measured the catalytic values of serum ADA from 202 normal pregnant women using a commercial kit. Subjects were divided into four group...

In this paper we investigate the interactions between artificial intelligence and Ada. The Ada language has been mandated for use in all U.S. Department of Defense mission critical embedded systems. Artificial intelligence has become an important ingredient in such systems. Currently, LISP is the language of choice among DoD AI implementors, and its continued use may retard the expected widespr...

Correspondence: HB Gaspar Molecular Immunology Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH Tel +44 207 905 2319 Fax +44 207 905 2810 email [email protected] Abstract: Adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA) is a rare, inherited disorder of purine metabolism characterized by immunodeficiency, failure to thrive and metabolic abnormalities. A lack of the enzyme ADA a...

Four patients from 3 Saudi Arabian families had delayed onset of immune deficiency due to homozygosity for a novel intronic mutation, g.31701T>A, in the last splice acceptor site of the adenosine deaminase (ADA) gene. Aberrant splicing mutated the last 4 ADA amino acids and added a 43-residue "tail" that rendered the protein unstable. Mutant complementary DNA (cDNA) expressed in Escherichia col...

Objective(s): Increasing cytokines and reactive oxygen species (ROS) during ischemia reperfusion (I-R) leads to the lung damage. Adalimumab (Ada) is a potent tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor agent. We aimed to evaluate whether Ada would prevent the lung tissue from damage development over the I-R process. Materials and Methods:Twenty seven Wistar albino male rats were divided into...

Background: In recent years, numerous regulators of gonadal function have been studied. Adenosine deaminase(ADA) is widely distributed throughout human tissues and may contribute in the regulation of menstrual cycle. The purpose of this study was to determine the plasma activities of total adenosine deaminase (ADAT), and its isoenzymes, ADA1 and ADA2, and ADA1/ADA2 ratio during the menses, foll...