discrete staining of cell bodies was found with type I sera in the newborn or 5-day-old rats. In the newborn there was a diffuse staining of the parenchyma of the developing cortex and other areas. Type I1 staining was observed, particularly in those cells with developed perikarya. By 9 days type I sera began to show, although only weakly, some cells in the cortex and hippocampus. At 14 days so...

A branched beta-glucan from Sparassis crispa (SCG) is a major 6-branched 1,3-beta-D-glucan showing antitumor activity. In the present study, we examined the anti-SCG antibody in naive mice by ELISA. Using SCG coated plate, sera of naive DBA/1 and DBA/2 mice contained significantly higher titers of antibody than other strains of mice. Anti-SCG Ab titers of each DBA/1 and DBA/2 mice were signific...

two hundred pa t ient s o f t he l ow socioe conomic g roup wi th an aborti on o f the f i r s t t r i mest e r were stud 1ed . the s ter i l e produc ts o f concept ion were c ul t ured on gr e e n monke y kidney ti s sue cul t ure f or v i r a l de t e c - tion. four po s i t i ve herpe s virus, two positive rubella v~ru s and t hree pos i tive unidentifie d entero v irus l ike vlrus were obt...

Vitamin D receptors have been detected in vascular smooth muscle cells, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D inhibits the renin mRNA expression. Epidemiological studies show an inverse relation between serum 25-hydoxyvitamin D levels and blood pressure, and low serum 25-hydoxyvitamin D levels are reported to be predictors of future development of hypertension. This may indicate an important role for vit...

A recent study by Jacobs et al. (3) examined the specificity of a newly introduced pneumococcal capsule-specific antiserum (factor serum 6d) manufactured by Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark. The factor serum 6d was designed to be specific for serotype 6C, a newly described pneumococcal serotype (5), and was to complement factor sera 6b and 6c, which are designed to be specific for pneumo...

BACKGROUND Dysfunction of glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs) plays an important role in pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Here, we investigated the effects of Dangguibuxue decoction (DBD), an herbal traditional Chinese medicinal (TCM) formula composed of Astragali Radix and Angelicae Sinensis Radix, on GMC proliferation and fibrogenesis under high-glucose (HG) conditions. METHODS Sixty mal...

Background and Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is a global health problem. The importance of this problem is doubled in growing children because of their increased need for skeletal growth. This investigation was performed firstly to assess vitamin D status, and secondly to examine its possible relationship with sex, residing area and duration of sun exposure in 9-12 years old ch...

A recent study by Jacobs et al. (3) examined the specificity of a newly introduced pneumococcal capsule-specific antiserum (factor serum 6d) manufactured by Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark. The factor serum 6d was designed to be specific for serotype 6C, a newly described pneumococcal serotype (5), and was to complement factor sera 6b and 6c, which are designed to be specific for pneumo...

Uremia results in a relatively immunocompromised status, and patients under chronic dialysis have an elevated risk of developing herpes zoster (HZ). We sought to investigate the relationship between vitamin D status and immunity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV). A multicenter prevalent hemodialysis cohort was assembled between 2012 and 2013. We assayed the biochemical parameters, 25-hydroxy- (25...

Ce travail repose sur l’écoute des œuvres et interroge la notion d’interprétation selon un croisement de trois paradigmes : musicologie, psychanalyse philosophie. Pour orienter notre jugement l’interprétation, du réel dans l’œuvre représente repère qui se distingue sublime, cette sera définie d’un point vue psychana...