UNLABELLED MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) is a proinflammatory cytokine involved in chemotaxis of monocytes. In several diseases, such as acute coronary syndromes and heart failure, elevated MCP-1 levels have been associated with poor outcomes. Little is known about MCP-1 in cirrhosis. AIM To investigate the relationship between MCP-1 and outcome in decompensated cirrhosis. METH...

We describe an experimental study of two distinct microchannel plate MCP detector con gurations with extended dynamic range First we report on measurements made with single MCPs of very low resistance k bonded to a Peltier cooler Stable reproducible operation for a rear cooled MCP with m diameter channels of length to diameter ratio was achieved for biases up to V At this point the MCP strip cu...

In this letter, we derive the cumulative density function (CDF) of the nearest neighbor and contact distance distributions of the Matérn cluster process (MCP) in R. These results will be useful in the performance analysis of many realworld wireless networks that exhibit inter-node attraction. Using these results, we concretely demonstrate that the contact distance of the MCP stochastically domi...

Cerebral, coronary, and peripheral artery diseases combined represent the most frequent cause of death in developed nations. The underlying progressive occlusion of large conductance arteries can partially be compensated for by transformation of preexisting collateral arterioles to small artery bypasses, a process referred to as arteriogenesis. Because biomechanical forces have been implicated ...

Mast cells (MCs) are powerful immune cells that mature in the peripheral tissues from bone marrow (BM)-derived mast cell progenitors (MCp). Accumulation of MCs in lung compartments where they are normally absent is thought to enhance symptoms in asthma. The enrichment of lung MCs is also observed in mice subjected to models of allergic airway inflammation. However, whether other types of lung i...

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) is an important chemokine that induces monocyte recruitment in a number of different pathologies, including infection. To investigate the role of MCP-1 in protecting a host from a chronic interstitial polymicrobial infection, dental pulps of MCP-1(-/-) mice and controls were inoculated with six different oral pathogens. In this model the recruitment of...

We show that a space is MCP (monotone countable paracompact) if and only if it has property (∗), introduced by Teng, Xia and Lin. The relationship between MCP and stratifiability is highlighted by a similar characterization of stratifiability. Using this result, we prove that MCP is preserved by both countably biquotient closed and peripherally countably compact closed mappings, from which it f...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the time expression profile of serum monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) after minor intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS This study was carried out in the Department of Neurology in the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China. Fifteen consecutive hospitali...

PURPOSE To evaluate the postoperative changes in blebs and levels of aqueous monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) after trabeculectomy vs. Ex-PRESS tube shunt surgery. METHODS Rabbits were subjected to trabeculectomy or Ex-PRESS tube shunt surgery and observed for up to 3 months. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured using a rebound tonometer. The MCP-1 level was measured by enzyme-linked...