OBJECTIVE We evaluated the acute effects of low-dose oral estradiol and sequential progesterone on the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)/growth hormone (GH) axis, IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) 1 and 3, and plasma levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in postmenopausal subjects. STUDY DESIGN Thirty healthy normal-weight women (mean age: 54.2 +/- 5.7 years) spontaneously postmenopausal f...

Sample Tumor Type C.1 (low/high) C.2 (anapl/non-anapl) C.3 (gliob/non-gliob) C.4 (glios/non-glios) T19 Oligodendroglioma l n ngb ngs T21 Anaplastic mixed glioma l a ngb ngs T24 Anaplastic mixed glioma l a ngb ngs T18 Glioblastoma/Gliosarcoma h n ngb/gb ngs/gs T20 Glioblastoma h n gb ngs T22 Glioblastoma h n gb ngs T23 Glioblastoma h n gb ngs T25 Glioblastoma h n gb ngs T26 Glioblastoma h n gb n...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of increasing maturity of whole-plant corn at harvest on CH4 emissions by dairy cows consuming corn silage (CS) based diets. Whole-plant corn was harvested at a very early [25% dry matter (DM); CS25], early (28% DM; CS28), medium (32% DM; CS32), and late (40% DM; CS40) stage of maturity. In a randomized block design, 28 lactating Holste...

Recent reports suggest an emergence of novel Chryseobacterium spp. associated with aquaculture-reared fish worldwide. Herein, we report on multiple Chryseobacterium spp. infecting Great Lakes fishes that are highly similar to previously detected isolates from Europe, Africa, and Asia but have never before been reported in North America. Polyphasic characterization, which included extensive phys...

The antigenicity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae T28 (serotype 2) was investigated. Antigens were solubilized from the cell surface with detergents. By means of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting it was shown that the molecular weight of the main antigenic component--a nonprotein--was 14,000 to 22,000. This major antigen was shown to be a polydisperse a...

PURPOSE Chronic pain is highly prevalent in older adults. Increasing evidence indicates strong opioids as a valid option for chronic pain management in geriatrics. The aim of this study was to evaluate efficacy and safety of low-dose oral prolonged-release oxycodone-naloxone (OXN-PR) in patients aged ≥70 years. METHODS This open-label prospective study assessed older patients naïve to strong ...

Streptococcus pyogenes is an important human pathogen with several different clinical manifestations such as pharyngitis, impetigo, and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). T serotyping of S. pyogenes has considerable discriminatory power and is easily available for epidemiological investigation. Local public health institutes have performed T serotyping of clinical S. pyogenes strains fo...

We report the first Korean case of lung diseases caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii in a previously healthy male, except for a previous history of pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis. All serial isolates are identified as M. abscessus subsp. bolletii by multi-locus sequence analysis based on the hsp65, rpoB, and 16S rRNA fragments. At the genetic level, the isolate has the ...