Shishido, Toshiaki, Masaru Sugimachi, Osamu Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Miyano, Toru Kawada, Wataru Matsuura, Yasuhiro Ikeda, and Kenji Sunagawa. Novel method to estimate ventricular contractility using intraventricular pulse wave velocity. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 46): H2409–H2415, 1999.—We developed a novel technique for estimating ventricular contractility using intraventricular puls...

Kyriakides, Constantinos, William Austen, Jr., Yong Wang, Joanne Favuzza, Lester Kobzik, Francis D. Moore, Jr., and Herbert B. Hechtman. Skeletal muscle reperfusion injury is mediated by neutrophils and the complement membrane attack complex. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C1263–C1268, 1999.—The relative inflammatory roles of neutrophils, selectins, and terminal complement components a...

Demeule, Michel, Mathieu Brossard, and Richard Béliveau. Cisplatin induces renal expression of P-glycoprotein and canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Renal Physiol. 46): F832–F840, 1999.— The expression of two members of the ATP-binding cassette family of transport proteins, P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and the canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (...

1Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. 2Department of Radiodiagnosis, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Sh...

The objective of this study was to investigate the role of cytokines in the peri-ovulatory follicular fluid (FF) during IVF cycles. FF from 112 women was obtained during oocyte retrieval for IVF. The concentrations of five cytokines [interleukin (IL)- 1beta, IL-6, IL-12, IL-13, and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha )] were measured in FF and their concentrations compared among women who be...

BACKGROUND Endometrial cavity fluid (ECF) is a fluid accumulation within the endometrial cavity. The significance of ECF remains unclear during the program of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). The aim of the present study was to investigate the associated factors to ECF, visualized through ultrasound at the day of oocyte retrieval, and the relevant impact on the outcome of IVF-ET...

Background: Infertility is defined as failure to conceive within one or more years of regular unprotected coitus. The infertility state is dependent on the female factor as well as masculine factor; an altered masculine factor is designated when any cause or causes of infertility reside in the male. The masculine factor as a cause of infertility is present in 40-50% of cases hence the importanc...

1Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India 2Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh 160012, India 3 Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, Merseyside, UK 4National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai 400074, India 5Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, War...

Oxidant/antioxidant imbalance has been reported in some infectious diseases, including community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The aim was to assess the antioxidant status in adults with CAP and its relationship with clinical severity at admission. Fifty-nine patients with CAP were enrolled and categorized at admission by the FINE score, from July 2010 to October 2012. In the same period 61 control...