Broad identification of bacterial type from pus by 1H MR spectroscopy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:HFE knockout mice (C57BL/6 x 129/Ola strain) mimic the functional aberrations of human hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) in short-term experiments. The present study investigates functional and morphological long-term changes. METHODS:HFE(o/o), HFE(+/o) and HFE(+/+) mice were maintained on iron-rich and cont...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lebeau A,Frank J,Biesalski HK,Weiss G,Srai SK,Simpson RJ,McKie AT,Bahram S,Gilfillan S,Schümann K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of tumour formation in the anterior pituitary including adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting tumours has been intensively studied, but the causative mechanisms involved in pituitary cell transformation and tumourigenesis remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We searched PubMed on an...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Dworakowska D,Grossman AB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid feedback regulation and equilibria between thyroid hormones differ in the presence or absence of a functioning thyroid remnant. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study examines the relationship between the sensitivity of TSH feedback and thyroid capacity in untreated patients with thyroid autoimmune diseas...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hoermann R,Midgley JEM,Larisch R,Dietrich JW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different time-concentration profiles of plasma insulin following insulin modification of a frequently sampled intravenous glucose-tolerance-test (FSIVGTT) were observed in a study investigating maternal metabolism and fetal macrosomia. We aimed to investigate whether these differences were related to the vo...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jolly MC,Hovorka R,Godsland I,Amin R,Lawrence N,Anyaoku V,Johnston D,Robinson S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Optimizing the approach to older adults with cancer is now a priority given the increasing frequency of new cancer diagnoses that are made in the older population. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) represents the gold-standard for (1) defining prognosis and ability to withstand cancer treatments...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fusco D,Ferrini A,Pasqualetti G,Giannotti C,Cesari M,Laudisio A,Ballestrero A,Scabini S,Odetti PR,Colloca GF,Monzani F,Nencioni A,Antonelli Incalzi R,Monacelli F,Oncogeriatrics Group of the Italian Society of Gerontology, Ger

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to examine in an open, randomized parallel-group study whether an intervention programme directed towards hypercholesterolaemia, smoking and diabetes mellitus in treated hypertensive men was associated with less complex formation between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and human arterial pro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fagerberg B,Wiklund O,Agewall S,Camejo G,Wikstrand RJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aetiology of inguinal hernia includes changes in collagen turnover and metalloproteinase (MMP) expression, and direct hernia has been linked to increased MMP-2 expression. Since transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) plays a role in tissue remodelling, this growth factor could directly affect metall...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pascual G,Corrales C,Gómez-Gil V,Buján J,Bellón JM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As increased oxidative stress is probably a pathogenetic factor in the development of diabetic complications, we studied nerve function and endogenous antioxidants in plasma, erythrocytes and sciatic nerve of untreated and insulin-treated streptozotocin-diabetic rats. After 18 weeks, the diabetes-induced sciatic nerve...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Dam PS,Bravenboer B,van Asbeck BS,van Oirschot JF,Marx JJ,Gispen WH

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inheritance is a major determinant of increased sodium-lithium countertransport (SLC) activity in hypertension. However, hyperlipidaemia can also cause increased SLC activity in some individuals and it is difficult to distinguish this effect from the effect of hypertension. Erythrocyte SLC activity and its kinetic det...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Rutherford PA,Thomas TH,Laker MF,Wilkinson R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvement of renal concentration capacity was long ago shown to occur after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Study of concentration capacity is of interest, as it was also shown to be a predictive factor for the risk of death in patients with pHPT, and it affected the risk of death independe...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hedbäck G,Abrahamsson K,Odén A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a well-coordinated process in response to tissue injury or infection aimed at restoration of tissue homoeostasis. Platelets and neutrophils are typically viewed important in the context of haemostasis and bacterial killing, respectively. However, as these cells are equipped with readily available armou...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Soehnlein O

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Memory and cognitive functions are known to decline with advancing age. Studies have suggested that this may be due to a decrease in cholinergic function in the brains of elderly people. This review aims to assess studies documented in the literature dealing with the 'scopolamine model' of dementia. METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ebert U,Kirch W

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are multifunctional bone-marrow-derived immune cells that are key players in bridging the innate and adaptive immune systems. Activation of pDCs through toll-like receptor agonists has proven to be an effective treatment for some neoplastic disorders. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lombardi VC,Khaiboullina SF,Rizvanov AA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) and activity of GSH related enzymes play a key role in defence against oxygen free radicals, whose production is, as known, raised in patients affected by diabetes mellitus, and at the same time they may contribute to the process of platelet aggregation. The purpose of this study was to evalu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Di Simplicio P,de Giorgio LA,Cardaioli E,Lecis R,Miceli M,Rossi R,Anichini R,Mian M,Seghieri G,Franconi F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo metabolism in the rat of radioiodinated human and rat high-density lipoprotein was compared with a double-label procedure using 125I and 131I. While rat high-density lipoprotein showed a biphasic serum decay, human high-density lipoprotein was characterized by a monoexponential serum decay. No differences ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van't Hooft FM,van Tol A

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The investigation of the human follicle fluid proteome has gained much interest in the search of new markers as predictors for in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) treatment outcome. Follicular fluid folate, as substrate of one carbon (1-C) metabolism, affects follicular met...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Twigt JM,Bezstarosti K,Demmers J,Lindemans J,Laven JS,Steegers-Theunissen RP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of infusions of recombinant insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) (34, 103 or 688 pmol min-1 kg-1), insulin (3.4, 10.3 or 68.8 pmol min-1 kg-1) or combined infusions (34 pmol IGF-I + 3.4 pmol min-1 kg-1 insulin or 103 pmol IGF-I + 3.4 pmol min-1 kg-1 insulin) on protein metabolism, using an infusion of [1-14...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Umpleby AM,Shojaee-Moradie F,Thomason MJ,Kelly JM,Skottner A,Sonksen PH,Jones RH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular mechanisms controlling adaptive intestinal mucosal hypo- and hyperplasia are poorly understood but changes in tissue polyamine levels and in the activity of the key enzymes controlling their synthesis (ornithine decarboxylase: ODC) and degradation (diamine oxidase: DAO) have been implicated. Therefore, in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hosomi M,Stace NH,Lirussi F,Smith SM,Murphy GM,Dowling RH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF) mRNA expression has been reported to be up-regulated in adipose tissue from several rodent models of obesity and diabetes and from obese humans. This elevated expression has been assumed to be associated with the development of insulin resistance. However, the biological si...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hube F,Birgel M,Lee YM,Hauner H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:N(ε)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) is one of the major advanced glycation end products in both diabetics and nondiabetics. CML depositions in the microvasculature have recently been linked to the aetiology of acute myocardial infarction and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease, possibly related to local ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fuijkschot WW,de Graaff HJ,Berishvili E,Kakabadze Z,Kupreishvili K,Meinster E,Houtman M,van Broekhoven A,Schalkwijk CG,Vonk AB,Krijnen PA,Smulders YM,Niessen HW

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone marrow-derived circulating progenitor cells (BM-CPCs) are mobilized into adult peripheral blood (PB) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and may contribute to the regeneration of infarcted myocardium. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether mobilization of BM-CPCs into PB depends o...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Turan RG,Brehm M,Koestering M,Tobias Z,Bartsch T,Steiner S,Picard F,Ebner P,Schannwell CM,Strauer BE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disorder characterized by progressive, irreversible loss of cardiac and skeletal muscular function. Muscular enlargement in DMD is attributed to oedema, due to the increased cytoplasmic Na+ concentration. The aim of this review was to present the current experien...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mavrogeni S,Papavasiliou A,Giannakopoulou K,Markousis-Mavrogenis G,Pons MR,Karanasios E,Nikas I,Papadopoulos G,Kolovou G,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In inflammatory bowel diseases, changes in autonomic enteric regulation may also affect neural cardiovascular control. However, while cardiac autonomic modulation has been shown to be impaired in active ulcerative colitis, the occurrence of cardiovascular autonomic alterations, also in the quiescent phase of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Coruzzi P,Castiglioni P,Parati G,Brambilla V,Brambilla L,Gualerzi M,Cademartiri F,Franzè A,De Angelis G,Di Rienzo M,Di Mario F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes Mellitus in its early stages, is associated with kidney enlargement and increased glomerular filtration rate in humans and in rats. The present study was designed to clarify the direct effect of diabetes on serum and tissue angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Erman A,van Dyk DJ,Chen-Gal B,Giler ID,Rosenfeld JB,Boner G

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma glucose concentration is the best predictor for the development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). However, obesity is also a recognized risk factor for development of the disease, and is easier to track over time. Thus obesity could be of considerable clinical importance as a predictor of diab...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ferrannini E,Camastra S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary plasma kinetics of endogenous noradrenaline (NA) and tritium labelled L-noradrenaline (3H-NA) was studied in fifteen subjects during pulmonary arterial catheterization. Plasma NA concentration in femoral artery ranged from 0.5 to 8.2 nmol l-1, mean 2.3 nmol l-1, which was not significantly different from tha...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Henriksen JH,Christensen NJ,Ring-Larsen H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumours in the adrenals originate from the adrenal cortex, the adrenal medulla or as metastases from extra-adrenal primaries. Differentiating between these three groups is the first task a pathologist has to tackle when dealing with specimens from the adrenal region. Whereas this is possible in every case with total r...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Saeger W

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different studies, mostly cross-sectional, have found an association between low levels of thyroid hormones, even within the normal range, and a greater body mass index. The aim of this study was to determine the association between thyroid function and the risk for obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this po...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Soriguer F,Valdes S,Morcillo S,Esteva I,Almaraz MC,de Adana MS,Tapia MJ,Dominguez M,Gutierrez-Repiso C,Rubio-Martin E,Garrido-Sanchez L,Perez V,Garriga MJ,Rojo-Martinez G,Garcia-Fuentes E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Feather duvet lung (FDL) is a rare subgroup of bird fancier's lung (BFL). We were interested in determining antigen-specific IgG antibodies in patients with FDL and comparing them with those with BFL. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Specific IgG antibodies against goose and duck feathers, analysed with an automated fl...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Koschel D,Lützkendorf L,Wiedemann B,Höffken G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In twenty-five outpatients with essential hypertension, the relevance of renal kallikrein excretion for inter-individual differences in the blood pressure response to changes in dietary sodium intake was investigated. The patients were studied during 2 weeks of high (300 mmol) and 2 weeks of low (50-100 mmol) sodium i...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Koolen MI,Daha MR,van Brummelen P

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00