Cell and determinant markers are important in fish immunology and have vast applications in aquaculture but the availability of such markers are quite limited. Hence, there is a need to identify and also further improve existing markers in fish. Here, we developed effective polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) targeting specific parts of the Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) IgM constant (C) r...

The balance between reactive oxygen species production and antioxidant activity has an important role in oxidative stress associated diseases including coronary artery disease. In this study, the prooxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) and its correlations with serum lipid levels, uric acid levels, and severity of coronary artery involvement were examined. The aim of this study was to determine th...

The bacteriostatic action of 2-chloro-4-aminobenzoic acid (2-Cl-PAB) was found by Wyss, Rubin, and Strandskov (1943) to be completely reversed by p-aminobenzoic acid. This, according to the theory of Woods (1940) that p-aminobenzoic acid is a specific antagonist for sulfanilamide, classified the bacteriostatic action of 2-Cl-PAB as sulfonamide activity. The bacteriostatic action of this compoun...

1 0-7803-7651-X/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE 2 IEEEAC paper #1197, Updated December 10, 2002 Abstract—Proposed satellite constellation networks, based on Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems, will be required to transport IP traffic and to provide quality of service (QoS). This paper proposes a new Diffserv-based scheme of IP bandwidth...

A new and enzyme-free electrochemical immunoassay protocol was developed for the sensitive electronic monitoring of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) on a monoclonal mouse anti-human NSE antibody (mAb)-modified glassy carbon electrode, using guanine-decorated graphene nanostructures (GGN) as nanotags. To construct such an enzyme-free immunoassay format, guanine and polyclonal rabbit anti-human NSE ...

Synthesis of p-aminohippuric acid (PAH) from p-aminobenzoic acid (PAB) in animal liver slices and homogenates has been shown to resemble closely, both chemically and thermodynamically, the synthesis of peptides (1-3). This reaction has been utilized in the hippuric acid synthesis test for liver function since 1933 (4) and has found wide clinical application (5-7). Hippuric acid, however, must b...

Double inlet left ventricle (DILV) is a form of single ventricle anatomy with high risk of developing pulmonary vascular obstructive disease and congestive heart failure in case of pulmonary overcirculation [1]. This rare congenital heart defect is associated with a mortality rate of over 50% in untreated neonates [2]. Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) seems to be a solution to protect the pulmona...

BACKGROUND Arginine is an amino acid determinant in the metabolic, immune and reparative responses to severe trauma. The present study aims to determine argininemia and plasma arginine bioavailability (PAB) in critical trauma patients and to analyze its correlation with prognosis. METHODS A prospective study of 23 critical trauma patients was undertaken. Aminoacidemias were determined, by ion...

The presence of antibodies against pancreatic juice (PAB) in patients with Crohn's disease has recently been reported. In our study sera from 273 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (222 with Crohn's disease, 51 with ulcerative colitis) have been examined for PAB and also for antibodies against gut tissues by means of indirect immunofluorescence. PAB were found in 68 of the 222 patients wi...

Infections due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa are increasing. The aim of our study was to evaluate the influences of appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy and multidrug resistance on mortality in patients with bacteremia due to P. aeruginosa (PAB). Episodes of PAB were prospectively registered from 2000 to 2008. MDR was considered when the strain was resistant to ≥3 anti...