background: soil is well known to support the transient or ongoing existence of keratinophilic fungi and potential source of infection for human and animals. methods : samples were collected from 67 sites of university campus like pg study centers, playgrounds, gardens, hostels, administrative blocks, library, bank, canteen and road side for the estimation of keratinophilic fungi using the hair...

Administration of flumequine and oxolinic acid to halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus by bath resulted in significant tissue levels of both the antibactenals. Bath treatment using 150 mg 1-' of flumequine and 200 mg 1-' of oxolinic acid for 72 h resulted in flunlequine concentrations of 14.2 pg g-' in muscle and 85.4 pg g-' in abdominal organ homogenate and oxolinic acid concentrations of 9.4 pg ...

Increasing renal pelvic pressure increases afferent renal nerve activity (ARNA) by a prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-mediated release of substance P (SP) from renal pelvic sensory nerves. We examined whether the ARNA responses were modulated by high- and low-sodium diets. Increasing renal pelvic pressure resulted in greater ARNA responses in rats fed a high-sodium than in those fed a low-sodium diet. I...

BACKGROUND Alterations to pulmonary surfactant composition have been encountered in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). However, only few data are available regarding the time-course and duration of surfactant changes in ARDS patients, although this information may largely influence the optimum design of clinical trials addressing surfactant replacement therapy. We therefore examine...

Activation of renal sensory nerves involves PGE2-mediated release of substance P (SP) via activation of the cAMP-PKA pathway. The PGE2-mediated SP release is suppressed by a low- and enhanced by a high-sodium (Na+) diet, suggesting an inhibitory effect of ANG. We now examined whether ANG II is present in the pelvic wall and inhibits PGE2-mediated SP release by blocking PGE2-mediated increases i...

INTRODUCTION Substance P (SP) is a member of the tachykinin family of neuropeptides, which are widely distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and actively involved in inflammatory processes. SP is released early following acute injury to the CNS, promoting a neurogenic inflammatory response characterized by an increase in the permeability of the blood-brain barrier and the devel...

OBJECTIVE To identify whether perioperative 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D or parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels will predict the development of hypocalcemia after thyroid and parathyroid surgery. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS The study included 103 patients who underwent thyroid or parathyroid surgery between 2002 and 2004, with a comparison of the patients who u...

Christophus myanmarensis gen. et sp. nov., ohmkuhnlei and Mintara parva three new species two genera of belytine wasps (Diapriidae: Belytinae) are described figured from males preserved in mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Burmese) amber. These fossils enrich the fossil record Cretaceous diapriids, summarized here, demonstrating diversity family before K/Pg extinction suggesting an older origin for family.

Interaction between substance P (SP) and PGE(2) on Cl(-) secretion in the guinea pig distal colonic epithelia was investigated. A short-circuit current (I(sc)) was measured as an index of ion transport. Mucosa preparations deprived of muscle and submucosa of distal colon were mounted in the Ussing flux chamber and treated with TTX and piroxicam to remove the influences of neuronal activity and ...