Specific quantitative techniques have been used to measure the cytoplasmic estradiol-binding protein (EBP) in human mammary carcinoma tissue specimens. Sucrose gradient centrifugation reveals EBP to sediment at 8S and 4S. Variable quantities of non-specific estradiol binding occurs in the 4S region of the sucrose gradient necessitating controls to insure specificity of the estradiol protein int...

Abstract Purpose Determination of the association between ica genes and phenotypic biofilm formation in staphylococcal isolates involved conjunctivitis, their antibiotic resistance as well detection selected virulence characteristics: adhesion to epithelial cells vitro cytotoxicity. Methods The study included 26 Staphylococcus aureus (SA) epidermidis (SE) isolates. presence icaAD operon was det...

Abstract Introduction Although the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) remains gold-standard metric of severity obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is often criticized for its limitations. The odds ratio product (ORP), a continuous standardized measure depth that ranges from 0 (deep sleep) to 2.5 (full wakefulness), has been proposed as potential EEG-based alternative assess OSA, including association wit...

Egg allergy is one of the most common food allergies in children. Most egg-allergic children are able to tolerate egg baked in product (EBP) and will likely outgrow his/her egg allergy. By introducing EBP in the diet of an egg-allergic child, diet can be expanded and family stress can be reduced. Recent evidence suggests that children who tolerate EBP and continue to consume it will have quicke...

BACKGROUND Making evidence-based practice (EBP) a reality throughout an organization is a challenging goal in healthcare services. Leadership has been recognized as a critical element in that process. However, little is known about the exact role and function of various levels of leadership in the successful institutionalization of EBP within an organization. AIMS To uncover what leaders at d...

Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) regulates redox homeostasis and elicits a cytoprotective effect. CCAAT/enhancer binding protein(C/ EBP ) plays a role in regulating the expression of hepatocytespecific genes and contributes to hepatocyte protection and liver regeneration. In view of the role of FXR in xenobiotic metabolism and hepatocyte survival, this study investigated the potential of FXR to activ...

CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (C/EBPs) are expressed by osteoblasts and adipocytes during differentiation. C/EBP beta is critical for adipogenesis; however, its role in osteoblastogenesis is unclear, and its function in the postnatal skeleton is not known. To study C/EBP beta in osteoblasts in vivo, we created transgenic mice expressing full length C/EBP beta under the control of a 3.8 kb fra...

INTRODUCTION Most of the EBP measuring instruments available to date present limitations both in the operationalisation of the construct and also in the rigour of their psychometric development, as revealed in the literature review performed. The aim of this paper is to provide rigorous and adequate reliability and validity evidence of the scores of a new transdisciplinary psychometric tool, th...

Type II secreted phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)) releases precursors of important inflammatory lipid mediators from phospholipids. Some observations have indicated that the sPLA(2), which has been implicated in chronic inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, contributes to atherosclerosis in the arterial wall. sPLA(2) was not detected in control vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Treatment of...

Rat hepatic cells respond to interleukin (IL) -1, IL-6, and dexamethasone treatment by increasing the transcription rate of acute-phase plasma protein genes. The same conditions lead to changes in the expression of CAAT-enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) isoforms which are specific to the hepatic cell line. To identify the relationship between C/EBP isoforms and acute-phase protein gene activatio...