[Purpose] This study investigated the effects of mid, and high exercise intensities on hemodynamic responses and cardiac events during two exercise types of treadmill exercise (TM) and cycle ergometer exercises (CE) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). [Subjects] Patients who had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ACS and were participating in cardiac rehabilitation program...

Ceramide (CE)-based combination therapy (CE combination) as a novel therapeutic strategy has attracted great attention in the field of anti-cancer therapy. The principal purposes of this study were to investigate the synergistic effect of CE in combination with docetaxel (DTX) (CE + DTX) and to explore the synergy mechanisms of CE + DTX. The 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) related cerebral edema (CE) is associated with a high mortality and rate of neurodisability and neurocognitive difficulties. In 54% of children with DKA there is subclinical evidence of CE on MRI studies. It is known that DKA is accompanied by a systemic inflammatory response characterized by elevated cytokine levels including interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-6. ...

Iron containing CeVO4 films were prepared using the sol–gel method. The crystalline structure of powders and films with Fe/Ce/V ratios of 0.1:1:1, 0.3:1:1 and 0.5:1:1 were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy. XRD revealed the predominance of a CeVO4-W (wakefieldite) crystalline phase with a small amount of monoclinic CeVO4, CeO2 and Fe2O3. Ex situ IR absorbanc...

Background/Aims: The differential diagnosis of pancreatic solid lesions still remains challenging. Recently, contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CE-EUS) has been developed. The aim of this study is to investigate the accuracy of CEEUS in differentiating pancreatic cancer from benign pancreatic lesions by visualizing pancreatic microvasculature. Method: We prospectively evaluated 1...

Irinotecan, 7-ethyl-10-[4-(1-piperidino)-1-piperidino]carbonyloxycamptothecin (CPT-11) is activated by carboxylesterases (CE) to yield the potent topoisomerase I inhibitor, SN-38. We have demonstrated previously that a rabbit liver CE is approximately 100-1000-fold more efficient at drug activation than a highly homologous human CE. In an attempt to use rabbit CE expression in combination with ...

The structure and phase evolution of nanocrystalline Ce(1-x)Ln(x)O(2-x/2-delta) (Ln = Yb, Lu, x = 0 - 1) oxides upon heating in H(2) was studied for the first time. Up to 950 degrees C the samples were single-phase, with structure changing smoothly with x from fluorite type (F) to bixbyite type (C). For the Lu-doped samples heated at 1100 degrees C in the air and H(2), phase separation into coe...

BACKGROUND The cardioembolic (CE) ischemic stroke is an important clinical manifestation of chronic chagasic cardiopathy; however, its incidence and the risk factors associated to this event have yet to be defined. OBJECTIVE To determine prevention strategies for a common and devastating complication of Chagas' disease, the cardioembolic (CE) ischemic stroke. METHODS 1,043 patients with Cha...

1 Professor da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Fortaleza, UNIFOR, Fortaleza CE; Médico Neurologista Infantil do Hospital Estadual Albert Sabin, SESA-CE; Médico Colaborador do grupo de neurogenética do Centro de Estudos do Genoma Humano, ICB-USP, São Paulo SP, Brazil; 2 Acadêmico de Medicina da UNIFOR, Fortaleza CE, Brazil; 3 Neurologista do Hospital Geral de FortalezaHGF-SESA-CE, Forta...

1. Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE. 2. Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. 3. Centro de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP. 4. Setor de Virologia, Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. 5. Núcleo de Vigilância Epidemiológica,...