BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate the beneficial effects of a modified prescription of Sutaehwan named Sutaehwan-Gami (SG), created by adding Rhizoma dioscoreae and Carthami semen to Sutaehwan, on menopausal symptoms. METHODS To evaluate the estrogenic effect of SG, we first examined estrogen receptor (ER) activation by SG treatment in breast adenocarcinoma cells and confirmed ...

BACKGROUND Semenogelin (Sg), the main protein of human semen coagulum, prevents sperm capacitation. The objective of this study was to examine the role of Sg and its mechanism of action. METHODS AND RESULTS Sg blocked sperm capacitation triggered by various stimuli, via inhibition of superoxide anion (O(2)*-; luminescence assay) and nitric oxide (NO*; tested using diaminofluorescein) generati...

Nina Antoniotti, RN, MBA, PhD [Chair, SG] Richard S. Bakalar, MD [SG] Norbert Belz, MHSA RHIA [WG] Leslie Bennett, LCSW [WG] Jordana Bernard, MBA [S] Anne Burdick, MD, MPH [Vice Chair, SG] David Brennan, MSBE [SG] Sharon Cain, MD [R] Lisa Carnahan, PhD [SG, WG] Jerry Cavallerano, PhD, OD [SG] Robert Cuyler, PhD [R] Veronica Decker, APRN, BC, MBA [WG] Kenneth Drude, PhD [R] Sara Gibson, MD [R] B...

The proteoglycan (PG), serglycin (SG), is expressed in several hematopoietic cells and studies of the SG knockout mice (SG -/) revealed prominent effects on the storage of certain mouse mast cell proteases (mMCPs) such as mMCP-4, -5 and -6. In this thesis, the role of SGPG during parasitic infection was addressed. Both SG +/+ and SG -/animals infected with Toxoplasma gondii had significantly el...

this paper presents a novel salient pole synchronous generator i.e. permanentmagnet-assisted salient-pole synchronous generator (pma-sgs). due to saturationof conventional synchronous generators (sgs), permanent-magnet-assisted salientpolesynchronous generators (pma-sgs) are presented. pma-sgs are a new type ofsalient-pole synchronous machines with extra permanent magnets (pms) betweenthe adjac...

Aim—To evaluate the reliability of dipstick measurements of urine specific gravity (U-SG). Methods—Fresh urine specimens were tested for urine pH and osmolality (U-pH, U-Osm) by a pH meter and an osmometer, and for U-SG by three diVerent methods (refractometry, automatic readout of a dipstick (Clinitek-50), and (visual) change of colour of the dipstick). Results—The correlations between the vis...

SG (serglycin) PGs (proteoglycans) are strongly implicated in the assembly of MC (mast cell) granules. However, this notion has mainly been on the basis of studies of MCs of the connective tissue subtype, whereas the role of SG PG in mucosal MCs has not been explored. In the present study, we have addressed the latter issue by using mice with an inactivated SG gene. Bone marrow cells were diffe...