conclusions vancomycin nephrotoxicity is common but usually reversible and has readily manageable adverse effect. urine kim-1 was not more accurate than serum or urine creatinine in detecting vancomycin nephrotoxicity in our study population. results thirteen out of the 52 recruited patients (25%) developed nephrotoxicity, with a mean ± standard deviation onset of 11.46 ± 7.56 days. furosemide ...

Abstract HLA class I molecules that represent ligands for the inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) 3DL1 found on NK cells are categorically defined as those HLA-A and HLA-B allotypes containing Bw4 motif, yet KIR3DL1 demonstrates hierarchical recognition of these HLA-Bw4 ligands. To better understand molecular basis underpinning differential recognition, HLA-ABw4 family were investigat...

Viral diseases pose major threats to humans and other animals, including the billions of chickens that are an important food source as well a public health concern due zoonotic pathogens. Unlike typical mammals, histocompatibility complex (MHC) can confer decisive resistance or susceptibility many viral diseases. An iconic example is Marek’s disease, caused by oncogenic herpesvirus with over 10...

Non-protein coding RNA (npcRNA) is a functional RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein. Bacterial npcRNAs are structurally diversified molecules, typically 50-200 nucleotides in length. They play a crucial physiological role in cellular networking, including stress responses, replication and bacterial virulence. In this study, by using an identified npcRNA gene (Sau-02) in Methicill...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell resistance to the effects of paclitaxel has not been adequately addressed. In this study, we found that paclitaxel significantly inhibited the viability of HLE, Bel 7402 and L-02 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. HLE cells and L-02 cells resisted the cytotoxicity of paclitaxel when transfected with pcDNA3.1-afp vectors. However, Bel 7402 cell sensit...

The occurrence in normal human blood either of methemoglobin, or of a form of “inactive Hb” which behaves like methemoglobin in containing trivalent Fe and in lacking the power to combine reversibly with 02 and CO until the Fe+++ is reduced to Fe++, has been both afhrmed and denied in the recent literature.1 Until a few years ago all the hemoglobin in normal human blood was assumed to be in the...

OBJECTIVE We investigated potential interactions between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotype and body mass index (BMI) status in relation to the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS We used 2 case-control studies, one with incident cases (1,510 cases, 2,017 controls) and one with prevalent cases (937 cases, 609 controls). Subjects with different genotypes and BMI were compar...

The yields of ionic and excited molecule reactions in y-radiolysis of liquid propane from 35 to -130C have been assessed by isotopic analysis of C3Hs-l-C3Ds+Oz and CH3CD2CH3 -1-02 mixtures. From a comparison with gas phase data the following conclusions are reached for the gas to liquid phase change: (a) the ionic decomposition yield rlecreases by :5 69 %, (b) the net excited molecule decomposi...