BACKGROUND Pathologic diagnosis of stage I idiopathic membranous nephropathy (MN-I) requires electron microscopy or immunohistochemistry that shows a glomerular capillary staining pattern of IgG and C3. However, it is not uncommon that renal biopsy did not obtain sufficient material for electron microscopy and that IgG and C3 staining in glomeruli largely lost at biopsy due to corticosteroid tr...

the aim of study was to evaluate the reliability of persian form of quality of life questionnaire -36 items in the patients with bipolar i disorder. present study was cross sectional-descriptive. 50 patients with bipolar i disorder were selected from mehregan hospital by convenient sampling. they were assessed with using of persian form of quality of life questionnaire-36 items. 20 patients (40...

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We recently characterized an interaction between the Staphylococcus aureus immune evasion molecule Staphylococcus aureus binder of Ig (Sbi) and complement C3, an interaction mediated primarily through the binding of C3d(g) to Sbi domain IV. Events related to these studies prompted us to investigate via mutagenesis the binding interface of C3d for Sbi domain IV (Sbi-IV), as well as to revisit th...

the leukocyte mi gration test (lht) in the prese nce of na t i v e igg, and l l e v amis ole were studi ed in 9 patients su f f e ring from cla s s i c a l r h e umatoid ar.thri t i s be f o r e a nd after treatment with l evamisole . fi f teen heal thy b l o od dono rs we r e s i mi l a r ly l nvestig ated a s cont r o ls . t- l ympho c yte s ub-popu lations (to ta l a nd active) a nd b-c el l...

background and purpose: health related quality of life (hqol) has different dimensions and many factors affect it. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between lifestyle satisfaction and health- related quality of life in the population aged 40 year old and over. the question is, if there is not lifestyle satisfaction, how should be the pattern of tendency to behavioral chan...

for a given graph $g=(v,e)$, let $mathscr l(g)={l(v) : vin v}$ be a prescribed list assignment. $g$ is $mathscr l$-$l(2,1)$-colorable if there exists a vertex labeling $f$ of $g$ such that $f(v)in l(v)$ for all $v in v$; $|f(u)-f(v)|geq 2$ if $d_g(u,v) = 1$; and $|f(u)-f(v)|geq 1$ if $d_g(u,v)=2$. if $g$ is $mathscr l$-$l(2,1)$-colorable for every list assignment $mathscr l$ with $|l(v)|geq k$ ...

Peripheral blood eosinophils from patients with eosinophilia and from healthy subjects were studied for surface immunoglobulins, receptors for the Fc region of IgG, complement receptors, and spontaneous rosette formation with sheep and mouse erythrocytes. Eosinophils were found to have receptors for complement and for aggregated IgG, and to have the same two types of complement receptors as do ...

conclusion serum cyfra21-1 is useful as a measure in differentiating malignant from benign pleural effusion. results there was statistically significant difference between mean of serum cyfra21-1 levels of benign (3.9±7.6) and malignant(19.5± 30) pleural effusion (p=0.01). in addition the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of serum cyfra21-1 at the...

In order to demonstrate a possible complement activation during early bronchospastic reaction in asthma, we have measured plasmatic C3d (a split product of C3) and the C3d/C3 index, both of which are sensitive indices of complement activation. Twenty-nine allergenic bronchial challenge tests were accomplished, with an absence of response in six cases, an early reaction in sixteen cases and a du...