Mechanisms of protein conservation during xylitol infusion after burn injury in rats: isotope kinetics and indirect calorimetry.

abstract：:We have examined resting and thrombin (0.3 units ml-1) induced release of noradrenaline by washed platelets from 15 normal subjects and eight patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. Platelets from both normal and hypercholesterolaemic subjects showed irreversible aggregation with 0.3 units ml-1 thro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Smith CC,Wilson AP,Prichard BN,Betteridge DJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The siblings presented here are the third family found in Japan with familial LCAT deficiency. Their post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase and hepatic triglyceride lipase activities were measured selectively by an immunochemical method. Plasma triglyceride levels were elevated, and post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lip...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Murayama N,Asano Y,Kato K,Sakamoto Y,Hosoda S,Yamada N,Kodama T,Murase T,Akanuma Y

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity and related kidney diseases have become a global epidemic problem. However, the underlying pathogenesis of obesity-related renal diseases has not been clearly understood. In this study, we explored the link between renal volume (RV) determined by computed tomography (CT) and renal histology together ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tatar E,Sen S,Harman M,Kircelli F,Gungor O,Sarsik B,Asci G,Hoscoskun C,Basci A,Toz H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in endoglin (ENG) and activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK-1 or ACVRL1) genes are the underlying basis of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) types 1 and 2, respectively. Both genes belong to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptors superfamily and are expressed in endotheli...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Thomas B,Eyries M,Montagne K,Martin S,Agrapart M,Simerman-François R,Letarte M,Soubrier F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preliminary data suggest that serum uric acid (SUA) could be involved in the prognosis of chronic heart failure (HF). The aim of our study was to test the relationship between SUA and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF%) in a cohort of elderly hypertensive outpatients with chronic HF. DESIGN:We consecut...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Borghi C,Cosentino ER,Rinaldi ER,Cicero AF

更新日期：2014-06-01 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:Several studies have suggested that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could be predictive of the prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF), but yield conflicting findings. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to examine the impact of COPD on adverse outcomes in patients with HF. METHODS:We...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Xu S,Ye Z,Ma J,Yuan T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are close interrelationships between hormones that regulate bone formation and protein biosynthesis. For example, growth hormone and thyroid hormones can influence plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). A patient's status regarding hormones other than IGF-I may thus indirectly modify th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Svanberg E,Healey J,Mascarenhas D

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The existence of transporters for bile acids (BA) in liver and intestine has been well documented, but information is still needed as to their respective transport capacity. In the present investigation, we compared the hepatic and intestinal transport rates for BA, using perfused livers and intestines. The livers and...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Aldini R,Roda A,Montagnani M,Polimeni C,Lenzi PL,Cerre C,Galletti G,Roda E

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency medical services (EMS) routinely face complex scenarios where decisions should be taken with limited clinical information. The development of fast, reliable and easy to perform warning biomarkers could help in such decision-making processes. The present study aims at characterizing the validity of ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Martín-Rodríguez F,López-Izquierdo R,Medina-Lozano E,Ortega Rabbione G,Del Pozo Vegas C,Carbajosa Rodríguez V,Castro Villamor MÁ,Sánchez-Soberon I,Sanz-García A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin has several biological functions besides glycaemic control. We investigated and compared the effects of six different commercial insulins on adipocyte cell differentiation, the lipolytic activity of differentiated cells, and the expression levels of genes involved in adipogenesis and associated with ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： García-Escobar E,Rodríguez-Pacheco F,Haro-Mora JJ,Gomez-Zumaquero JM,Rubio-Martín E,Gutierrez-Repiso C,Soriguer F,Rojo-Martínez G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are increased in situations with hyperglycemia and oxidative stress such as diabetes mellitus. They are products of nonenzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins and lipids. The kidney plays an important role in clearance and metabolism of AGEs. METHODS:Medline and ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Busch M,Franke S,Rüster C,Wolf G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid and carbohydrate metabolism variables were studied in twenty-eight patients with chronic renal failure (mean GFR 7.7 +/- 2.5 ml/min) and uraemic symptoms. 71% of the patients had hypertriglyceridaemia (greater than or equal to 2.2 mmol/l). Total serum cholesterol was normal while VLDL cholesterol was high and al...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Attman PO,Gustafson A

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a sensitive time-resolved fluorometric immunofunctional assay (TR-FIA) for direct quantitation of functional growth hormone-binding protein (GHBP), using an immunoassay kit for growth hormone (GH-DELFIA). In addition to the immobilized GH antibody, one monoclonal antibody against GHBP was used. This anti-GH...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fisker S,Frystyk J,Skriver L,Vestbo E,Ho KK,Orskov H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin resistance significantly correlated with a non-dipper type of essential hypertension. Thiazolidinediones (TZD), oral hypoglycaemic agents that act as insulin sensitizers, have been demonstrated in multiple in vivo and in vitro studies to possess antihypertensive properties. This study examined the ef...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Anan F,Masaki T,Fukunaga N,Teshima Y,Iwao T,Kaneda K,Umeno Y,Okada K,Wakasugi K,Yonemochi H,Eshima N,Saikawa T,Yoshimatsu H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biocompatibility of two commercially available charcoal columns, one containing coated and the other uncoated but immobilized charcoal, was compared during four haemoperfusions with each in eight healthy greyhounds. Reductions in arterial levels of platelets (49% and 42% respectively) and leucocytes (both 21%) wer...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Weston MJ,Hanid A,Rubin MH,Langley PG,Mellon PJ,Williams R

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute hyperglycaemia is known to increase gastrointestinal (GI) sensitivity in healthy subjects and may contribute to the increased prevalence of GI symptoms in diabetes patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acute hyperglycaemia on perception and brain responses to painful visceral an...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Frøkjaer JB,Søfteland E,Graversen C,Dimcevski G,Drewes AM

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:To determine if the sex differences in clearance of long chain fatty acids by the liver observed in the rat are relevant to humans, the authors isolated hepatocytes from human adult males and females (five per group) and measured the initial (unidirectional) clearance of [3H]-palmitate from buffer containing albumin. ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pond SM,Gordon RA,Bass L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vitro fertilisation (IVF) has been widely used during the last decades. Recent studies demonstrated some alterations in IVF children's metabolic profile compared with controls. The recently reported lipocalins retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP-4) and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), as well...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sakka SD,Margeli A,Loutradis D,Chrousos GP,Papassotiriou I,Kanaka-Gantenbein C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pleiotropic cytokine osteopontin (OPN) is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. However, the relationship between OPN and renal function, a cardiovascular risk factor itself, is not known. Therefore, we assessed the relationship between OPN plasma levels and renal function in pat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lorenzen J,Krämer R,Kliem V,Bode-Boeger SM,Veldink H,Haller H,Fliser D,Kielstein JT

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between serum levels of lipoprotein(a) Lp(a)) and the presence of chronic diabetic complications was studied in 194 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM; 75 males, 119 females; age 66 +/- 11 years; duration of diabetes, 11 (range 1-35) years). They were taking various treatment...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Heesen BJ,Wolffenbuttel BH,Leurs PB,Sels JP,Menheere PP,Jäckle-Beckers SE,Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman AC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abscess formation is a common bacterial infection and requires an immediate antimicrobial approach for apposite treatment. Delay in patient treatment is usually a common feature, as the bacterial identification of clinical samples is based on the culture, which is a time-consuming exercise. The current study...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Garg M,Misra MK,Chawla S,Prasad KN,Roy R,Gupta RK

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the role of platelet membrane glycoproteins and platelet-leucocyte adhesion in patients with sepsis and multiple organ failure (MOF). Specifically, the study raises the following issues: (1) the influence of sepsis and MOF on platelet activation as assessed by surface expression of platelet membr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gawaz M,Fateh-Moghadam S,Pilz G,Gurland HJ,Werdan K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Adrenoceptor binding on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy adult volunteers was investigated using the radioligand 125iodo-cyanopindolol (ICYP). Saturation binding studies were performed with nine different concentrations of ICYP. Receptor density and affinity were calculated by Scatchard plots....

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Griese M,Körholz U,Körholz D,Seeger K,Wahn V,Reinhardt D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin is a glycoprotein found in body fluids, loose connective tissue matrix and in basement membranes. Fibronectin in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid was immunologically indistinguishable from the plasma form, as shown by double-diffusion analysis. Fibronectin isolated from rheumatoid synovial fluid by affi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vartio T,Vaheri A,Von Essen R,Isomäki H,Stenman S

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cold ischaemic (CI) injury is associated with reduced renal graft function and survival. However, there is little evidence on the benefits of reducing CI injury within a 24 h period in donation after cardiac death (DCD) kidney transplantation. METHODS:Porcine kidneys subjected to 10-min warm ischaemia were ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hosgood SA,Bagul A,Nicholson ML

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficient leucocyte sphingomyelinase activity has been demonstrated in a patient with the sea-blue histiocyte syndrome. Family studies revealed that two other cases previously diagnosed on clinical and histochemical criteria also had a pronounced diminution of sphingomyelinase activity. Both parents of the affected in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fried K,Beer S,Krespin HI,Leiba H,Djaldetti M,Zitman D,Klibansky C

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of ascorbate on the production of extracellular matrix proteins (as elastin and collagens) is now well documented, but no studies have been published concerning its effects on fibronectin biosynthesis. Fibronectin is important for cell attachment and for proliferation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:T...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Péterszegi G,Dagonet FB,Labat-Robert J,Robert L

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00