BACKGROUND Patients with preeclampsia have higher circulating asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA). However, whether circulating ADMA is elevated before the diagnosis of preeclampsia has not been determined. METHODS A meta-analysis of observational studies that reported circulating ADMA level before the onset of preeclampsia was performed. Pubmed and Embase were searched. Standardized mean diff...

RNA-protein cross-links were introduced into E. coli 30S ribosomal subunits by treatment with methyl p-azidopEenyl acetimidate. After partial nuclease digestion of the RNA moiety, a number of cross-linked RNA-protein complexes were isolated by a new three-step procedure. Protein and RNA analysis of the individual complexes gave the following results: Proteins S3, S4, S5 and S8 are cross-linked ...

General interpolating expressions, valid for nearand arbitrary overcritical sizes of clusters, are proposed for the nucleation fluxes and distributions. Results are expressed in terms of the deterministic growth rates, and are characterized by a non-Gaussian dependence on the size of nuclei. In a sense, the proposed approximations combine the positive aspects of the parabolic model by Trinkaus ...

Rudic RD, Fulton DJ. Pressed for time: the circadian clock and hypertension. J Appl Physiol 107: 1328–1338, 2009. First published August 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00661.2009.—Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death. The “silent” rise of blood pressure that occurs over time is largely asymptomatic. However, its impact is deafening—causing and exacerbatin...

HST ultra-violet and ground-based optical spectroscopy are presented for DI 1388, an early-type star in the Magellanic Bridge. These data have been supplemented with H I radio mapping of its environment. The spectroscopy shows interstellar components at LSR velocities of 0, 90 and 200 km s-l corresponding to the local ISM, a high velocity cloud and the Magellanic Bridge ISM, respectively. The l...

| 1338 | haematologica | 2009; 94(10) et al. in the current issue represents a significant step forward in this chain as it links biology to prognosis by showing that lower risk non-del(5q) MDS patients with RPS14 haplo-insufficiency tend to have a prolonged survival. Be that as it may, the fact remains that defective ribosomal biogenesis, a previously unsuspected mechanism, is emerging as a su...

[1] Phan K, Yan TD. Minimally invasive Cox-maze procedure, beating-heart epicardial ablation, hybrid procedure and catheter ablation: a call for comparative evidence. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2015;48:515. [2] Je HG, Shuman DJ, Ad N. A systematic review of minimally invasive surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation: a comparison of the Cox-Maze procedure, beating-heart epicardial ablation, and ...