PURPOSE To evaluate plasma pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO), and investigate the possibility of its role as a predictive biomarker. METHODS Nested case-control study. The study included 57 patients with RVO and 45 age- and gender-matched subjects without RVO as controls. Plasma PTX3 and C-reactive protein concentration were measured in both groups a posteriori ...

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Nous appliquons les résultats de deux articles précédents, en particulier uné equation cinétique généralisant l'´ equation de Boltzmann, ` a l'´ etude des gaz dilués quantiques hors d'´ equilibre. Par une simple extension de la méthode de Chapman Enskog appliquéè a cetté equation cinétique, nous calculons les propriétés hydrodynamiques du gaz. A l'ordre le plus bas (hydrodynamique d'Euler), nou...

Three covalent attachments anchor heterotrimeric G proteins to cellular membranes: the a subunits are myristoylated and/or palmitoylated, whereas the g chain is prenylated. Despite the essential role of these modifications in membrane attachment, it is not clear how they cooperate to specify G protein localization at the plasma membrane, where the G protein relays signals from cell surface rece...

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) receptor-1/2 (TRAIL-R1/R2), also known as death receptors, are expressed in a wide variety of tumor cells. Although TRAIL can induce cell apoptosis by engaging its cognate TRAIL-R1/R2, some tumor cells are or become resistant to TRAIL treatment. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against TRAIL-R1/R2 have been developed to use as potentia...

Doctors from 34 practices participated in an audit study which examined inhaler technique in up to 20 of their patients. A new scoring system, applicable to all forms of device, was used. Although the majority of the 422 patients (63%) was using metered dose inhalers, a broad range of other devices was included; most frequently Rotahalers (15%) and spacer devices (9%). For analysis, technique s...

Q. s. Yuan Electricite de France centre des Renardieres Departement Application de l'Electricite 77250 Moret sur Laing, France Noncondensable gases in a condenser will reduce the heat transfer coefficient and this is the case of the mixture (steam + air) j Rll4 heat exchanger in our high temperature heat pump. This heat exchanger is a shell tube type and is for the purpose of simulating industr...

We construct models of warped unification with a bulk SO(10) gauge symmetry and boundary conditions that preserve the SU(4)C×SU(2)L×SU(2)R Pati-Salam gauge group (422). In the dual 4D description, these models are 422 gauge theories in which the apparent unification of gauge couplings in the minimal supersymmetric standard model is explained as a consequence of strong coupling in the ultraviole...