Sputum analysis is increasingly used to assess airway inflammation in asthma. The analysis of sputum is currently performed with two techniques, i.e., analysis of selected sputum (plugs) and analysis of entire sputum. To investigate the diagnostic value of these two methods, we compared total and differential cell counts and supernatant eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) in selected and entire s...

BACKGROUND Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation which can be reversible. AIM Investigation the importance of eosinophils, ECP and IL-5 in asthmatics versus patients with obstructive bronchitis and healthy subjects. We investigated the values before and after the treatment in asthmatics. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 77 subjects divided in three groups as follows: 1) asthma patie...

Eo si nop hil ca tio nic pro tein (ECP) is a he te ro ge neous mo le cu le ori gi na ti ng from ac ti va ted eo si nop hil gra nu lo cytes. Bio lo gi cal ac ti vi ty and the cel lu lar con te nt of ECP are de ter mi ned by ge ne tic and pos ttran sla tio nal fac to rs. Se ve ral sin gle nuc leo ti de po lymor phis ms (SNPs) in hu man ECP ge ne (RNASE3) ha ve been des cri bed so far. ECP is a me...

Despite the burgeoning literature, evidence on how right-wing populists frame and act energy climate issues is limited even more scarce for other types of populist parties. We address this gap by exploring policy discourses, positions actions six European parties from Austria, Czechia, Greece, Italy, Poland Spain belonging to different populism. argue that there substantial largely neglected va...

OBJECTIVE: Search of best management for esophageal cancer (EC) patients (ECP) (T1-4N0-2M0) was realized. METHODS: We analyzed data of 499 consecutive ECP (age=56.3±8.9 years; tumor size=6.3±3.4 cm) radically operated and monitored in 19752017 (m=365, f=134; esophagogastrectomies (EG) Garlock=280, EG Lewis=219, combined EG with resection of pancreas, liver, diaphragm, aorta, VCS, colon transver...

Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major cause of mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We performed a phase II study on patients with acute steroid-refractory GVHD grades II to IV given extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) weekly and analyzed response and long-term survival. Complete resolution of GVHD was achieved in 82% of patients with cutaneous invo...

The reliability of sensors that are used to monitor insitu electrochemical corrosion potential (ECP) for water condition of boiling water reactors (BWR) under an irradiation field is quite important [1]. In these sensors, the ion conductivity of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is utilized to measure the ECP. Therefore, for the accurate estimate of ECP, effects of irradiation on YSZ have to be ...

Evolutionary mechanisms of origins of new gene function have been a subject of long-standing debate. Here we report a convincing case in which positive Darwinian selection operated at the molecular level during the evolution of novel function by gene duplication. The genes for eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) in primates belong to the ribonuclease gene f...

BACKGROUND Novel parameters derived from peak maximal oxygen uptake (VO2) and exercise arterial blood pressure, such as peak circulatory power (CP) and exercise cardiac power (ECP), can be used in the risk assessment of cardiovascular disease and stroke. However, the determinants of these factors are poorly characterized in the general population. METHODS We assessed peak arterial blood press...