Introduction: we have recently reported the presence of two potassium currents with 598 and 368 pS conductance in the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) membrane. The 598 pS channel was voltage dependent and ATP sensitive. However, the 368 pS channel was rarely observed and its identity remained obscure. Since cationic channels in intracellular organelles such as mitochondria and RER play imp...

BACKGROUND Chlamydia pneumoniae (C pn) infection causes an acute inflammation in the respiratory system that may become persistent, but little is known about the long-term respiratory effects of C pn infections. AIM To estimate the long term respiratory effects of C pn with change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) as a main outcome variable. ME...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND To analyze stage distribution and biological features of interval cancers observed in Verona mammography screening compared to screen-detected cancers and "clinical" cancers occurring in the absence of screening, as provided by the Veneto Cancer Registry. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Screen-detected cancers were identified in the screening archives. Interval cancers and clinic...

Li, Peng, Suzanne Oparil, Wenguang Feng, and Yiu-Fai Chen. Hypoxia-responsive growth factors upregulate periostin and osteopontin expression via distinct signaling pathways in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. J Appl Physiol 97: 1550–1558, 2004. First published April 30, 2004; 10.1152/japplphysiol.01311.2003.— This study tested the hypothesis that expression of the novel adhesion mole...

UNLABELLED Parenteral nutrition (PN) has become a mainstay in the treatment of critically ill children, and in the management of extremely premature newborns. We analyse the changes in the profile of pediatric PN in our institution during the last decade. METHOD The clinical record of all patients under 16 who received PN in 1994 and 2002 were reviewed. Epidemiological data as well as composi...

The essential facts relating to the reaction between phage, sodium penicillin G, and the K race of Staphylococcus aureus are: 1. Except when [P] is very high, massive lysis of the cellular substrate occurs considerably sooner in the P-PN-B mixture than in preparations containing P alone or PN alone. 2. The accelerative effect is present in concentrations of PN varying from 0.1 to 1 x 10(4) unit...

The micro-Digital Sun Sensor (μDSS) is a sun detector which senses a satellite’s instant attitude by detecting its attitude angle with respect to the sun. It is composed of a solar cell power supply, a RF communication block and an imaging chip, which is called APS+. The APS+ integrates a CMOS Active Pixel Sensor (APS) of 368×368 pixels, a 12 bit Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC), and digital...

The micro-Digital Sun Sensor (μDSS) is a sun detector which senses a satellite’s instant attitude by detecting its attitude angle with respect to the sun. It is composed of a solar cell power supply, a RF communication block and an imaging chip, which is called APS+. The APS+ integrates a CMOS Active Pixel Sensor (APS) of 368×368 pixels, a 12 bit Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC), and digital...

Apre-sowing treatment was applied to black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) seeds, which were surface-sterilized and soaked for 5, 10 or 15 h in 10–6, 10–5, or 10–4M aqueous solution of gibberellic acid (GA). The potted plants were then analysed at 50, 70 and 90 days after sowing for leaf chlorophyll (Chl) content, stomatal conductance (gs), carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity, nitrate reductase (NR) act...

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