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- INTERFERON TYPE's, SOURCE AND CLINICAL USEFUL IMPLICATIONS: Clinical uses of interferons
Abstract Interferons were first described by Isaacs & Lindenmann working at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill in 1957 [1]. Thus, the fiftieth year of their discovery is being ...
- BIOMARKERS: CRP predicts vascular, nonvascular mortality in elderly men
Eur Heart J 2008; Advance online publication Levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, and albumin predict vascular and nonvascular mortality in elderly men, shows an analysis of Whitehall ...
- PAIN: African americans less open to epidural for pain
February 11, 2008 .-African Americans are less willing than whites to have an epidural to ease pain following surgery, a new study suggests. This could mean poorer pain relief in the short term, and ...
- OPHTHALMOLOGY: The use of low-dose azathioprine in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate treatment outcomes with low-dose azathioprine in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease patients. Design: Retrospective case series. Methods: Medical records of ...
- OPHTHALMOLOGY: Surfactant protein D in Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis
Abstract Purpose: To determine the importance of surfactant protein D in Pseudomonas keratitis. Methods: The surfactant D status of wild-type and surfactant D-deficient Black Swiss mice was ...
- IMPACT: B2-Integrins and acquired glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa) receptors cooperate in NF-B activation of human neutrophils
Microparticles from various cells are generated during inflammation. Platelet-derived microparticles (PMPs) harbor receptors that are not genuinely expressed by neutrophils. We tested whether or not ...
- SECONDARY AMYLOIDOSIS: Secondary amyloidosis in a needle phobic intra-venous drug user
A case of acute-on-chronic renal failure is presented that is the sequela of secondary (AA) amyloidosis in a hepatitis positive intravenous drug user (IVDU) with chronic venous ulceration. The ...
- INFECTOLOGY: Contribution of interleukin-6/gp130 signaling in hepatocytes to the inflammatory response in mice infected with streptococcus pyogenes
Background. Sepsis and septic shock caused by gram-positive bacteria have become increasingly frequent clinical problems. These conditions are accompanied by an ...
