Reverse iontophoresis of urea in health and chronic kidney disease: a potential diagnostic and monitoring tool?

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：:Serum testosterone, LH, and FSH before and after i.v. injection of LHRH were studied in ten acromegalic men and in twenty-one males after hypophysectomy. Controls were normal men matched according to age. Compared to the controls, basal FSH was slightly higher and basal LGH slightly lower in the untreated acromegalics...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lindholm J,Rasmussen P,Korsgaard O

更新日期：1977-04-01 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

abstract：:Transfusion-related morbidity is an emerging challenge in chronically transfused patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In these patients, transfusion-induced iron overload may represent a leading medical problem. However, although iron-chelating drugs are available, little is known about optimal diag...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Valent P,Krieger O,Stauder R,Wimazal F,Nösslinger T,Sperr WR,Sill H,Bettelheim P,Pfeilstöcker M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To prospectively evaluate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) in screening of patients with thyroid nodules for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We measured PCT in 2705 patients with thyroid nodules referred to our centre between January 2011 and December 2017. Those with a positive PCT ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Giovanella L,Imperiali M,Piccardo A,Taborelli M,Verburg FA,Daurizio F,Trimboli P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen load can be reduced by substituting dietary protein intake with keto or hydroxy analogues of amino acids. To investigate their intestinal absorption, human jejunal brush border membrane vesicles were used to measure uptake of L-leucine hydroxy analogue (L-LHA) and L-lactate. Uptake assays were performed under...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Friedrich M,Murer H,Sterchi E,Berger EG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies evaluating the relationship between soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), a biomarker inversely related to body iron stores, and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are scarce and inconclusive. Furthermore, sTfR concentrations have been observed to be significantly higher in obese than in nonobese...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fernández-Cao JC,Arija V,Aranda N,Basora J,Diez-Espino J,Estruch R,Fitó M,Corella D,Salas-Salvadó J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date it is not known whether gastric juice vitamin C levels are influenced by Helicobacter pylori CagA(+) strains. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to study the impact of H. pylori CagA status on gastric juice vitamin C levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 30 H. pylori(+) patients, and th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Rokkas T,Liatsos C,Petridou E,Papatheodorou G,Karameris A,Ladas SD,Raptis SA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SOX6 has been recently proposed as a pleiotropic gene for obesity and osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the rs7117858 genetic variant in SOX6 was associated with bone mass assessed by quantitative ultrasound (QUS) and obesity-related measures in a population of young adults. MET...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Correa-Rodríguez M,Schmidt-RioValle J,Rueda-Medina B

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of insulin on lipolysis and glucose metabolism in abdominal adipose tissue was studied in situ with the microdialysis technique during a euglycaemic insulin clamp (1 mU kg-1 min-1) in nine cirrhotic patients and 10 controls. The cirrhotic patients displayed a 50% decrease in glucose utilization rate duri...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Johansson U,Arner P,Bolinder J,Hagström-Toft E,Ungerstedt U,Eriksson LS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD33 (Siglec-3) is becoming increasingly important as a target of antibody-mediated therapy in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). In normal myelopoiesis, expression of CD33 is restricted to advanced stages of differentiation, whereas primitive stem cells do not express CD33. In the present study, we asked whethe...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hauswirth AW,Florian S,Printz D,Sotlar K,Krauth MT,Fritsch G,Schernthaner GH,Wacheck V,Selzer E,Sperr WR,Valent P

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:EPB4.1 has been previously mapped to human chromosome 1p33-p34.2. In contradiction to this chromosomal location, we have mapped EPB4.1-1p36 by using fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping. In neuroblastomas, deletions of the telomeric end of chromosome 1 (1p36) are the most common ge...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Huang S,Lichtenauer UD,Pack S,Wang C,Kim AC,Lutchman M,Koch CA,Torres-Cruz J,Huang SC,Benz EJ Jr,Christiansen H,Dockhorn-Dworniczak B,Poremba C,Vortmeyer AO,Chishti AH,Zhuang Z

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of noradrenaline released from sympathetic endings differs from that of noradrenaline secreted directly into the bloodstream. This has been used to establish a single sample test for the exclusion of phaeochromocytoma in patients with borderline elevation of plasma noradrenaline concentration. This test is ba...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Brown MJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have investigated the potential for using antisense technology as a means of delivering treatment for acute myeloblastic leukaemia (FAB-M2) by gene therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A test recombinant adenovirus vector was constructed containing human c-myc antisense fragments to study the effects of alteri...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Chen JP,Chen L,Leek J,Lin C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence indicates that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to an increased risk of extra-hepatic conditions. However, it is currently uncertain whether NAFLD is associated with the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Xue J,Xin H,Ren N,Zhou C,Yang J,Song L,Qin S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-dimers are generated during endogenous fibrinolysis of a blood clot and have a central role in diagnostic algorithms to rule out venous thromboembolism. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, more commonly called statins, are known to have effects independent of LDL-cholesterol lowering, including antithrombotic pr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schol-Gelok S,Morelli F,Arends LR,Boersma E,Kruip MJHA,Versmissen J,van Gelder T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on pathophysiological findings Lp(a) is considered to be a cardiovascular risk factor. The Göttingen Risk Incidence and Prevalence Study (GRIPS) provides the possibility to evaluate this impact of Lp(a) on the basis of a large prospective cohort study. GRIPS included 6002 men, aged 40-59.9 years at baseline. Dat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Cremer P,Nagel D,Labrot B,Mann H,Muche R,Elster H,Seidel D

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effect of long-term pegfilgrastim on collateral function and myocardial ischaemia in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:This was a prospective clinical trial with randomized 2:1 allocation to pegfilgrastim or placebo for 6 months. The primary study endpoint was co...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Traupe T,Stoller M,Gloekler S,Meier P,Seiler C

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:A kindred in which several members have otherwise typical acute intermittent porphyria but normal erythrocyte uroporphyrinogen-I-synthase activity has been described from Finland. We studied two porphyric members of this kindred, two patients with typical acute intermittent porphyria, and two healthy controls using th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mustajoki P,Tenhunen R

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in plasma leptin concentration and food intake occur during the menstrual cycle; because leptin regulates food intake, one could hypothesize that changes in plasma leptin concentration and in food intake are associated throughout the menstrual cycle. However, no data have ever been provided to suppor...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Paolisso G,Rizzo MR,Mazziotti G,Rotondi M,Tagliamonte MR,Varricchio G,Carella C,Varricchio M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactose malabsorption, by the breath hydrogen test, and lactose intolerance (presence of symptoms) were studied in twenty healthy Italian subjects after intake of 12.5, 25 and 50 g lactose, whole milk and low-lactose milk. A rise in respiratory concentration of hydrogen (greater than 20 ppm) (malabsorption) was found ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Zuccato E,Andreoletti M,Bozzani A,Marcucci F,Velio P,Bianchi P,Mussini E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased production of chemokines by adipose tissue and defective adipose tissue oxygenation as a result of obesity may induce leucocyte infiltration and subsequent systemic inflammation. OBJECTIVES:1-To determine the relation between the amount of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and the chemokine...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Faber DR,van der Graaf Y,Westerink J,Kanhai DA,Monajemi H,Visseren FL,SMART study Group.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality from prostate cancer remains a significant problem with current treatment(s), with an expected 30 350 deaths from prostate cancer in 2005. Long-acting natriuretic peptide, vessel dilator, kaliuretic peptide and atrial natriuretic peptide have significant anticancer effects in breast and pancreatic ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vesely BA,Alli AA,Song SJ,Gower WR Jr,Sanchez-Ramos J,Vesely DL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration in serum of cathodal trypsinogen has been studied in certain clinical and experimental situations. The concentration correlated with pancreatic amylase activity. Low levels were found in patients with malabsorption due to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. The concentration rose after endoscopic retr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Borgström A,Ohlsson K

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) levels are associated with increased risk of death in ischaemic heart disease as well as in haemodialysis patients. Previous research indicates that the prognostic value of PAPP-A may be stronger in patients with concomitant diabetes mellitus or signs o...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nilsson E,Rudholm T,Stenvinkel P,Ärnlöv J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal extraction and renal plasma clearance of atrial natriuretic peptide from pigs with complete unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) and from intact anaesthetized pigs were determined from arteriovenous differences in plasma atrial natriuretic peptide and measured renal plasma flow. The effect of administration of ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Frøkiaer J,Djurhuus JC,Pedersen EB

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulant action of branched-chain amino acids upon insulin release was examined in rat pancreatic islets incubated at physiological concentrations of D-glucose and L-glutamine. In the presence of the latter nutrients, L-leucine and L-isoleucine used together at a physiological concentration (0.25 mmol/l each) dou...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sener A,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:obesity-related microvascular dysfunction, including alterations in rhythmic changes in vascular diameter, so-called 'vasomotion', may be important in the clustering of obesity with other cardiovascular risk factors. Adipokines have been suggested to play a role in obesity-related vascular dysfunction. Altera...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： de Boer MP,Wijnstok NJ,Serné EH,Eringa EC,Stehouwer CD,Flyvbjerg A,Hoekstra T,Heymans MW,Meijer RI,Twisk JW,Smulders YM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00