Complex formation between the human papilloma virus type 16 E7 protein (HPV-16 E7) and the retinoblastoma growth suppressor protein (RB) is believed to contribute to the process of cellular transformation that leads to cervical carcinoma. Genetic analysis of the HPV-16 E7 protein has shown that the segment of E7 homologous to the conserved region 2 of adenovirus 5 E1A protein is involved in bot...

1. Abstract 2. Significance of HGF-Met in molecular target therapy of cancer 3. NK4 as HGF-antagonist 4. Biological activity of NK4 as angiogenesis inhibitor 5. Experimental cancer treatment by gene expression of NK4 5.1. Inhibition of invasion-metastasis associated with Met inactivation by NK4 gene therapy 5.2. NK4 gene therapy using recombinant adenovirus for metastatic cancers 6. Conclusion ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to assess the effect of oral contraceptive pill (OCP) pretreatment on the probability of ongoing pregnancy in patients treated with a GnRH antagonist for IVF. METHODS A fixed dose of 200 IU recombinant FSH (rFSH) was started in 425 patients either on day 2 of the menstrual cycle (non-OCP group: n = 211) or 5 days after discontin...

UNLABELLED We treated persistent hemorrhage after cardiopulmonary bypass in a heart transplant recipient who had received anticoagulation with the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin by a combination therapy aimed at reducing the plasma concentration of the thrombin antagonist (hemodialysis and modified ultrafiltration), increasing the concentration of thrombin at bleeding sites (recombinant ...

background: the differential efficacy between long gnrh agonist with antagonist can partly be due to the preexisting differences in the early antral follicles before ovarian stimulation. objective: to compare the effect of pretreatment by estradiol with gnrh antagonist on antral follicular size coordination and basal hormone levels in gnrh antagonist protocol. materials and methods: on cycle da...

OBJECTIVE To compare two short protocols for ovarian stimulation in IVF cycles using an antagonist and an agonist short protocol. The outcomes studied were dosis rec FSH needed, days of stimulation, number of oocytes retrieved and pregnancy outcome. METHODS A prospective randomised study design. INCLUSION CRITERIA first or second IVF attempt in women younger than 40 years. In the agonist pr...

Ovarian stimulation of the high responder remains controversial. The narrow margin between a too low gonadotrophin dose (and abnormal oestradiol rise) and excessive stimulation (risk of OHSS) is a challenging situation. This study describes an OHSS-free protocol, based on the use of recombinant gonadotrophins for stimulation and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist to prevent prema...

Leucine-rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 4 (LGR4) promotes the Wnt signaling through interaction with R-spondins or norrin. Using PCR amplification from rat ovarian cDNAs, we identified a naturally occurring Lgr4 splice variant encoding only the ectodomain of Lgr4, which was named Lgr4-ED. Lgr4-ED can be detected as a secreted protein in the extracts from rodent and bovine post...

Pericarditis, a clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation and thickening of the pericardium, is one most common forms inflammatory diseases cardiovascular system. The severe complication acute pericarditis idiopathic recurrent (IRP), which has poor prognosis associated with risk cardiac tamponade constrictive pericarditis. pathogenesis complex interaction environmental factors, genetic pr...

Human monocytes cultured on adherent IgG produce a specific IL-1 inhibitor that functions as a receptor antagonist (IL-1ra). This molecular has been purified, sequenced, cloned as a cDNA, and expressed in Escherichia coli. Recombinant IL-1ra has 17,000 mol wt and binds to IL-1 receptors on T lymphocytes, synovial cells, and chondrocytes with an affinity nearly equal to that of IL-1. These studi...