Purpose. We sought to investigate the effect of IV iron repletion on platelet (PLT) counts in CKD patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Methods. We conducted a retrospective chart review, including all patients with CKD and IDA who were treated with iron dextran total dose infusion (TDI) between 2002 and 2007. Patient demographics were noted, and laboratory values for creatinine, hemoglob...

BACKGROUND Propylthiouracil is the most common drug used to treat hyperthyroidism. However, this drug could cause a severe disease, antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), which was usually misdiagnosed. METHODS We reported a 60-year-old woman of propylthiouracil-induced AAV manifested as blood coagulation disorders. The patient was admitted because of hyperthyroidi...

BACKGROUND Fucosylated glycans, including H-antigen, play critical roles in hematopoietic progenitor cell homing, adhesion, growth, and differentiation. H-active antigens are strongly expressed on CD34+ progenitor cells and committed megakaryocytic progenitors and may mediate adhesion to marrow stromal fibroblasts. We examined the possible influence of donor ABO type on platelet (PLT) engraftme...

A fluoroionophore sensor, N-[4-(1-pyrene)butyroyl]-L-tryptophan (PLT), has been reported. It can distinguish lead ion from other 12 metal ions via forming a pyrene dimer and it exhibits a very high sensitivity (0.15 microM) in aqueous solution (Chem. Commun., 2006, 2702). When the indole moiety in PLT was changed to benzene, in forming a new fluoroionophore of N-[4-(1-pyrene)butyroyl]-L-phenyla...

In this paper, a new nonunitary transform called the prediction-based lower triangular transform (PLT) is introduced for signal compression. The new transform has the same decorrelation property as the Kahurnen–Loeve transform (KLT), but its implementational cost is less than one half of KLT. Compared with the KLT, the design cost of an PLT is much lower and is only of the order of ( ). Moreove...

This paper presents a systematic solution to the serious problem of GOT/PLT exploitation attacks. A large class of security mechanisms has been defeated by those attacks. While some security mechanisms are concerned with preventing GOT/PLT exploitation attacks, however, they are not complete against GOT/PLT exploitation attacks or the considerable performance decline occurs. We describe the sel...

BACKGROUND There are 346 serologically defined red blood cell (RBC) antigens and 33 serologically defined platelet (PLT) antigens, most of which have known genetic changes in 45 RBC or six PLT genes that correlate with antigen expression. Polymorphic sites associated with antigen expression in the primary literature and reference databases are annotated according to nucleotide positions in cDNA...

INTRODUCTION The present data on the evaluation of platelet (PLT) parameters in Chinese Han population and Tibetans are still limited. The objective of this study was to determine the differences in common PLT indices between Han population and Tibetans in China, through a large-scale investigation of healthy people. METHODS 2131 Han people from Chengdu Plain, 1099 Tibetans from Qinghai-Tibet...

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are one of the most promising nanomaterials for use in medicine. The blood biocompatibility of CNT is a critical safety issue. In the bloodstream, proteins bind to CNT through non-covalent interactions to form a protein corona, thereby largely defining the biological properties of the CNT. Here, we characterize the interactions of carboxylated-multiwalled carbon nanotubes...

BACKGROUND The Plantaris Longus Tendon (PLT) may be implicated in Achilles (AT) tendinopathy. Different mechanical characteristics may be the cause. This study is designed to measure these. METHODS Six PLT and six AT were harvested from frozen cadavers (aged 65-88). Samples were stretched to failure using a Minimat 2000™ (Rheometric Scientific Inc.). Force and elongation were recorded. Calcul...