Ectopic pheochromocytoma (EP) is considered as pheochromocytoma located at extra-adrenal site. Surgical removal is believed to be the best choice for treatment of pheochromocytoma. We present a series EP resected by laparoscopic approach (LEP) and confirm its feasibility. We retrospectively reviewed clinical data of 4 patients underwent laparoscopic resection of LEP (periaortocaval EP, n = 1; r...

a thin film of epinephrine (ep) was electrochemically deposited on the surface of glassy carbon electrode previously activated in nahco3 solution. the cyclic voltammograms of the modified electrode indicate that the surface confined ep are strongly dependent on the solution ph, as expected for quinone/hydroquinone functionalities. the ep-modified glassy carbon electrode exhibited catalytic acti...

Relationships between pedigree coefficients of inbreeding and molecular metrics are generally weak, suggesting that measures of heterozygosity estimated using microsatellites may be poor surrogates of genome-wide inbreeding. We compare three endangered species of gazelles (Gazella) with different degrees of threat in their natural habitats, for which captive breeding programmes exist. For G. do...

Let C be a smooth projective irreducible curve defined over a finite field Fq of q elements and characteristic p > 3 with function field K = Fq(C). Let E/K be a non-constant elliptic curve and φ : E → C its minimal regular model. For every P ∈ C, denote by deg(P ) = [κP : Fq] its degree and qP = q deg(P . If EP = φ (P ) is an elliptic curve over κP denote by t(EP ) = qP + 1 − #EP (κP ) the trac...

The small intestine epithelium (SI-Ep) harbors millions of unconventional (γδ and CD4(-) CD8(-) NK1.1(-) TCRαβ) and conventional (CD8αβ and CD4) T cells, designated intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs). Here, we identified the circulating pool of SI-Ep-tropic T cells and studied their capacity to colonize the SI-Ep under steady-state conditions in SPF mice. Developmentally regulated levels of α4β...

BACKGROUND Exercise preconditioning (EP) can provide powerful protection to the heart. Evidence supports the contention that EP directly enhances myocardial tolerance to ischaemia through a protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated mechanism. However, studies investigating the role of isoform-specific PKC after EP are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, a male Sprague-Dawley rat model of EP was...

Objective(s): The main objective of this study was to investigate the variations of β-endorphin (β-EP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) mice as well as the regulatory mechanism of prednison. Materials and Methods: Sixty BALB/c mice were randomly divided into control group, model group and prednison intervention grou...

EP is a potent inhibitor of HMGB1 release that has significant anti-inflammatory activities and exerts a protective effect in animal models of inflammation. As inflammation is linked to cancer growth, we hypothesized that EP would have anti-tumor activity and explored its effects in a liver tumor model. Mice injected intraportally with MC38 colorectal cancer cells led to the growth of visible h...

We describe a sensitive beta-endorphin (beta-EP) radioimmunoassay specific for beta-EP 1-31 applied to human ventricular and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Specificity was documented by reversed-phase HPLC of CSF pools. Simultaneous ventricular and lumbar CSF samples from 13 patients suspected of having normal-pressure hydrocephalus showed median beta-EP values of 2.2 (range 1.7-4.0) and 4.8...

Lactobacillus probiotics have been investigated in periodontitis. However, the effects of the genus Bifidobacterium on periodontitis are hardly known. This study evaluated the effects of the probiotic (PROB) Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (B. lactis) HN019 as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in rats with experimental periodontitis (EP). At baseline, 32 rats were assigned to ...