Cinacalcet effect on polymorphonuclear leucocytes of kidney transplant patients.

abstract：:We measured plasma sulphur amino acids in twenty-two patients with chronic renal failure and compared the findings with those obtained in twenty-two normal subjects. In fasting blood (08.00 hours) cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulphide was significantly increased in the renal patients, mean values (+/- SD) being 8.2 +...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wilcken DE,Gupta VJ

更新日期：1979-08-01 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: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：:Obesity is a multifactorial disease with a marked genetic component. The situation is further complicated by the heterogeneity of obesity demonstrated by the topographical distribution of body fat, e.g. upper body (central) and lower body (gluteal) obesity. Furthermore, the distribution of fat shows a stronger heritab...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Weaver JU,Kopelman PG,Hitman GA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the possible effects of hyperoxalaemia on anaerobic metabolism and erythrocyte pyruvate kinase activity, we induced a rise in plasma oxalate in 11 dialysis patients by the oral administration of ascorbic acid, 500 mg day-1 for 3 weeks. Blood samples were taken from the same antecubital vein before and after...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tomson CR,Channon SM,Ward MK,Laker MF

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence of fatty liver (FL) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) depends mainly on obesity, diabetes and genetic factors. FL and NAFLD prevalence was evaluated in Portuguese adult population and correlated with several risk factors and related mortality data, within the same period. MATERIALS AND...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Leitão J,Carvalhana S,Cochicho J,Silva AP,Velasco F,Medeiros I,Alves AC,Bourbon M,Oliveiros B,Rodrigues V,Sousa R,Sampaio F,Carvalho A,Cortez-Pinto H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence indicates that statins might have direct vascular effects independently from low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol reduction and we reported that the reduction in urinary albumin excretion rate during Simvastatin treatment in type 2 diabetic patients was not correlated with LDL-chol...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tonolo G,Melis MG,Formato M,Angius MF,Carboni A,Brizzi P,Ciccarese M,Cherchi GM,Maioli M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have minimized methodological errors in the isotope dilution technique by using stable isotope, [6,6-2H2]glucose, thus avoiding the problem of contamination of tritiated glucose tracers and, by maintaining a constant plasma tracer enrichment have reduced error due to mixing transients. Using these modifications we ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Powrie JK,Smith GD,Hennessy TR,Shojaee-Moradie F,Kelly JM,Sönksen PH,Jones RH

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nine patients with non-malignant diseases undergoing major upper abdominal surgery, the mechanism of the postoperative fibrinolytic shut-down was investigated because of its potential significance for postoperative deep vein thrombosis by employing new and specific methods for assessing and stimulating the fibrinol...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： D'Angelo A,Kluft C,Verheijen JH,Rijken DC,Mozzi E,Mannucci PM

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing evidence that the predictive value of HDL cholesterol levels for cardiovascular risk stratification is limited in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). HDL function seems to be a more sensitive surrogate of cardiovascular risk estimation than simple serum levels. Therefore, we aimed t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Distelmaier K,Wiesbauer F,Blessberger H,Oravec S,Schrutka L,Binder C,Dostal E,Schillinger M,Wojta J,Lang IM,Maurer G,Huber K,Goliasch G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pregnancies of two patients with mild intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (RCP) were followed with detailed analyses of bile acids in urine. About twenty-five different bile acids were determined by GC/MS following separation according to mode of conjugation. The results were collated with the clinical course of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Thomassen PA

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular calcification (VC) is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Low magnesium levels are associated with VC, and recent in vitro studies confirm a protective role of magnesium, which is mediated by its entry into the VSMCs through the Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 7 (...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Herencia C,Rodríguez-Ortiz ME,Muñoz-Castañeda JR,Martinez-Moreno JM,Canalejo R,Montes de Oca A,Díaz-Tocados JM,Peralbo-Santaella E,Marín C,Canalejo A,Rodriguez M,Almaden Y

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease with cardiovascular complications. This study evaluated the effects of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue and the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors sitagliptin and linagliptin on cardiac function in type 2 diabetes patients with renal impairment. MAT...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hiramatsu T,Asano Y,Mabuchi M,Imai K,Iguchi D,Furuta S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical practice guidelines recommend regular kidney function monitoring in atrial fibrillation patients on nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOAC); however, information regarding compliance with these recommendations in daily life conditions is scarce. We sought to determine the compliance with kidney func...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Andreu Cayuelas JM,Caro Martínez C,Flores Blanco PJ,Elvira Ruiz G,Albendin Iglesias H,Cerezo Manchado JJ,Bailen Lorenzo JL,Januzzi JL,García Alberola A,Manzano-Fernández S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burnout represents a syndrome that is related to demanding job characteristics combined with the absence of resources or motivational job characteristics. The aim of this position study was to present strategies that individuals use to minimize burnout and its unfavourable effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Demerouti E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hypoglycaemia enhances intestinal sugar uptake but the mechanisms involved are unknown. Results from the present study show increased galactose movement across the brush border and basolateral membranes of isolated upper, but not mid-villus, jejunal enterocytes 45 min after intravenous administration of insulin ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Debnam ES,Chowrimootoo G

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-reactive protein (CRP) is a well-documented predictor of cardiovascular diseases and mortality. We aimed to better understand the distribution and determinants of CRP in the population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Study participants were men and women aged 40-79 in the UK-based EPIC-Norfolk population-based coh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ahmadi-Abhari S,Luben RN,Wareham NJ,Khaw KT

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work was designed to study the effects of a meat meal on glomerular filtration rate (GFR), renal plasma flow (RPF), and plasma concentrations of glucagon, insulin, growth hormone, renin, aldosterone, total amino acids, and NH3 in healthy humans (H) as well as in patients with Child A liver cirrhosis (LC). The meat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： De Santo NG,Anastasio P,Loguercio C,del Vecchio Blanco C,Capasso G,Coppola S,Bellini L,Spagnuolo G,Federico P,Alfieri R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the previous reports found cirrhosis patients with a high risk of subsequent tuberculosis (TB). However, data about the risk of developing liver cirrhosis in TB patients are limited. As a hepatitis endemic area, the risk of liver cirrhosis in patients with TB should be elucidated in Taiwan. METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Peng YC,Lin CL,Hsu WY,Chang CS,Yeh HZ,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advancing age both sexes have an increased incidence of osteoporotic fractures, although fractures are more common in women than in men. Whereas in women several potential risk factors have been identified, less is known about osteoporosis in men. A total of 27 Austrian men (mean age: 65 +/- 2 years) with atrauma...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Resch H,Pietschmann P,Woloszczuk W,Krexner E,Bernecker P,Willvonseder R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones occasionally appear less effective when administered alone to patients with panhypopituitarism, and manifestations suggestive of hypothyroidism have been reported in patients suffering from untreated Addison's disease. In the latter condition, thyrotropin secretion is increased: this occurs already af...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： De Nayer P,Dozin B,Vandeput Y,Bottazzo FC,Crabbe J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that participate in energy conversion, metabolism, signaling and apoptosis. To fulfill their multiple tasks, mitochondria come in varied morphologies and ultrastructures resulting from the equilibrium between fusion and fission, Furthermore, they are in close contact with ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Scorrano L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many haemodialysis patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) receive intravenous iron supplementation on a regular basis. It has been shown previously that this may result in a transient "oversaturation" of transferrin. METHODS:Ten stable haemodialysis patients on r-HuEPO treatment re...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kooistra MP,Kersting S,Gosriwatana I,Lu S,Nijhoff-Schutte J,Hider RC,Marx JJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATPase activities were determined in haemolysed and dialysed erythrocytes and in haemoglobin-free membranes of twenty patients with essential hypertension and twenty normotensive controls. Ouabain-sensitive ATPase (Na-K-ATPase) activity of haemolysate but not that of membranes was decreased in hypertensives whereas ou...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Walter U,Müller S

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to examine whether the inhibition of selective cyclooxygenase (COX) 2 activation could suppress the development of inflammatory reaction in visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fats of high-fat-induced obese rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The rats were fed separately regular diet (CONT), high-fat di...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hsieh PS,Lu KC,Chiang CF,Chen CH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of percutaneous electrical stimulation (70 V, 300 microseconds pulses at 30 Hz) on muscle composition and rate of protein synthesis were studied in seven patients with quadriceps atrophy secondary to unilateral osteoarthritis of the knee (stimulated group). Quadriceps were stimulated on the affected side f...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gibson JN,Morrison WL,Scrimgeour CM,Smith K,Stoward PJ,Rennie MJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 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：:The impact of running and menstrual disturbances on regional and total body fat distribution and serum lipids was investigated in 205 women. Body composition was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. The total fat mass in the elite runners was approximately half of the normally active's (7.3 [0.48] kg vs. 14.3...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hetland ML,Haarbo J,Christiansen C

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diverticular disease (DD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) share a similar symptom pattern. However, comparative studies are flawed by different age at onset of symptoms. We aimed to verify whether clinical features distinguish DD from IBS. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with DD or IBS, matched for age an...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Cuomo R,Barbara G,Andreozzi P,Bassotti G,Casetti T,Grassini M,Ierardi E,Maconi G,Marchi S,Sarnelli G,Savarino V,Usai P,Vozzella L,Annibale B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of ethanol (0.6 g/kg body wt) caused marked hypoglycaemia in subjects fasted for 36 h. Previous administration of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) inhibitor 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP, 7 mg/kg body wt i.v.) strongly suppressed the ethanol-induced hypoglycaemia. The rate of ethanol elimination was 84.6 mg/kg per ho...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Salaspuro MP,Pikkarainen P,Lindros K

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00