INTRODUCTION Temperament, defined as the formal characteristics of behavior, is a personality trait which can influence the clinical presentation and course of bronchial asthma. It determines susceptibility to stress as well as stress coping styles. AIM The aim of the study was to assess whether healthy subjects differ from bronchial asthma patients with regard to temperamental variables and ...

This study investigated the functional roles of the N-terminal Ca(2+) ion-binding sites, in terms of enzyme catalysis and stability, of peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4). Amino acid residues located in the N-terminal Ca(2+)-binding site of PAD4 were mutated to disrupt the binding of Ca(2+) ions. Kinetic data suggest that Asp155, Asp157 and Asp179, which directly coordinate Ca3 and Ca4, are es...

Site turnover rate (k(cat)) of Rubisco was measured in intact leaves of different plants. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and birch (Betula pendula Roth.) leaves were taken from field-growing plants. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), wild type (wt), Rubisco-deficient (-RBC), FNR-deficient (-FNR), and Cyt b(6)f deficient (-CBF) transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were grown in a growth chamb...

background religious coping is known as a main resource influencing how individuals cope with the complications and stressors of chronic disease. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between religious coping and quality of life among hemodialysis patients. methods this cross-sectional study was conducted in qom, iran, from june 2012 to july 2013. ninety-five end-stage...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the Computerized Adaptive Test to measure anxiety (A-CAT), a patient-reported outcome questionnaire that uses computerized adaptive testing to measure anxiety. METHODS The A-CAT builds on an item bank of 50 items that has been built using conventional item analyses and item response theory analyses. The A-CAT was administered on Personal Digita...

Abstract The purpose of the present study is to investigate role hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), in improving resistance common bean salt stress. Method shows that seeds were soaked water and two concentrations sodium hydrosulfide (50 100 µM) for 8 h. After 25 days from sowing, pots irrigated with NaCl (75 150 mM) until end experiment. Results revealed H S relieved stress by decreasing growth inhibit...

The development of renin inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension requires highly sensitive substrates to evaluate potency and to characterize the mechanism of tight-binding inhibitors. A series of intramolecularly quenched fluorogenic renin substrates, based on the N-terminal tetradecapeptide sequence of human angiotensinogen (hTDP), was synthesized using a solid-phase technique. Incorpora...

Background: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrinological problem that leads to infertility in reproductive age. It strongly associated with oxidative stress, which increases the risk of Metabolic (Met-S) women. This study aimed evaluate relationship between stress markers and metabolic syndrome parameters PCOS Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we included age-matched 10...

Objective: In this study, we plan to measure plasma Catalase (CAT), Antioxidant Activity (AOA) and Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST) levels to understand whether oxidative stress develops or not and whether or not the detoxification mechanism properly functions in children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Method and Results: Plasma C...

This will allow the evaluation of their role in the development of bronchial asthma in a large number of well-defined patients. Differences in elastase-binding activity of ␣ 1-protease inhibitor and ␣ 2-macroglobulin for asthma patients and control subjects with various ␣ 1-protease inhibitor phenotypes. 213) haplotype of alpha-1-antitrypsin in asthmatic and non-asthmatic black and white South ...