OBJECTIVE There are conflicting reports in the past literature documenting the tendency of anemia in patients with periodontitis. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess whether periodontitis may cause an anemic state, by evaluating and comparing the red blood cell count, levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), serum iron and serum ferritin between subjects wi...

Received: Revised: Accepted: August 22, 2013 September 29, 2013 October 25, 2013 The aim of the study was to investigate and describe the clinical, parasitological haematological and biochemical findings induced by natural theileriosis in Camelus dromedarius. Sixty-seven out of 173 dromedary camels suffering clinically from fever, anorexia, swelling of the superficial lymph nodes, a rapid loss ...

IMPORTANCE Biochemical markers of disease allow clinicians to monitor disease severity, progression, and response to treatment. C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate are commonly used biochemical markers of inflammatory disease. We present 2 cases that indicate that D-dimer levels may be useful as a potential biochemical marker of disease activity in certain cutaneous inflammato...

We describe the detailed biochemical characterization of CYP74C3 (cytochrome P450 subfamily 74C3), a recombinant plant cytochrome P450 enzyme with HPL (hydroperoxide lyase) activity from Medicago truncatula (barrel medic). Steady-state kinetic parameters, substrate and product specificities, RZ (Reinheitszahl or purity index), molar absorption coefficient, haem content, and new ligands for an H...

By HOWARD C. MEL, LINDA T. MITCHELL AND Bo THORELL T HE WELL-KNOWN heterogeneity of bone marrow cells greatly cornplicates biological, biochemical, and biophysical studies on this tissue. In such a situation two developments would appear highly useful: ( 1 ) an unambiguous, reproducible physical classification of the cellular constituents in the heterogeneous mixture, in the tradition establish...

In novel, low-speed sedimentation assays, highly purified, sonicated Dictyostelium discoideum plasma membrane fragments bind to F-actin beads (fluorescein-labeled F-actin on antifluorescein IgG-Sephacryl S-1000 beads). Binding was found to be (a) specific, since beads containing bound fluorescein-labeled ovalbumin or beads without bound fluorescein-labeled protein do not bind membranes, (b) sat...

By HOWARD C. MEL, LINDA T. MITCHELL AND Bo THORELL T HE WELL-KNOWN heterogeneity of bone marrow cells greatly cornplicates biological, biochemical, and biophysical studies on this tissue. In such a situation two developments would appear highly useful: ( 1 ) an unambiguous, reproducible physical classification of the cellular constituents in the heterogeneous mixture, in the tradition establish...

An important problem in the study of microparticles in the marine environment, suspended in the water column or deposited as sediment on the ocean bottom, is the determination of provenance of the microparticles-where did they come from and by what processes were they transported to the sampling location? Two techniques of possible interest to those concerned with tracing the origins and disper...

Bass and Johns (1915) described a technique for concentrating human malaria parasites for diagnostic and other purposes by the differential centrifugation of physiological saline suspensions of malarial blood. Concentration of Plasmodium knowlesi of Macaca mullata by sedimentation method was found quite satisfactory for making certain biochemical and physiological investigations (Ball, Anfinsen...