Association of the dispersion in red blood cell volume with mortality.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences in lipid parameters between patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) are unclear and are addressed in this study. METHODS:We enrolled 582 patients with angiographically proven stable CAD (of whom 26·9% had diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM)...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vonbank A,Saely CH,Rein P,Drexel H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospectively analyzed series of 441 patients operated for primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT), the prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 8.2%, which was three times higher than in the unselected age-matched population. Following parathyroid surgery, the need for antidiabetic treatment was unchanged. The insulin re...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ljunghall S,Palmér M,Akerström G,Wide L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin was originally isolated from amphibian skin, whereas its mammalian counterpart, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), was first identified in the nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract. Whether GRP is present in the human skin is not known. Bombesin-like peptides are also known to modulate growth. We therefo...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pansky A,Peng F,Eberhard M,Baselgia L,Siegrist W,Baumann JB,Eberle AN,Beglinger C,Hildebrand P

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:The effect of propranolol 160-640 mg/day for 3 months on the accelerated loss of bone matrix and mineral in hyperthyroidism was studied in seventeen patients. A rise in serum thyroxine (P less than 0.01) during the first 3 weeks was followed by a fall (P less than 0.02). Serum triiodothyronine declined during the stud...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mosekilde L,Jastrup B,Melsen F,Lund B,Lund B,Sørensen OH,Nielsen HE,Yde H

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:Increased activity of the Na+/H+ antiport may be a major abnormality in essential hypertension. The activity of this transport system was investigated in lymphocytes from 13 patients with untreated essential hypertension (Ht) and 13 normotensive control subjects (Nt) on an ad libitum (130-170 mmol d-1) NaCl intake. Fu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Göbel BO,Hoffmann G,Ruppert M,Stumpe KO,Vetter H,Siffert W,Düsing R

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expression of acinar cell-specific genes requires the pancreas transcription factor 1alpha (Ptf1alpha). p48 is the only component of Ptf1alpha that is involved in both acinar gene regulation and pancreatic ontogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:To determine whether Ptf1alpha/p48 expression is regulated during p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Molero X,Adell T,Skoudy A,Padilla MA,Gómez JA,Chalaux E,Malagelada JR,Real FX

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic portal hypertension is associated with the development of portal-systemic collaterals. Long-term octreotide treatment has been shown to enhance the constrictive response to vasopressin in the mesenteric arteries of portal hypertensive rats. This study investigated the effects of long-term octreotide ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wang SS,Chan CC,Lee FY,Chang FY,Lin HC,Chen CT,Huang HC,Tai CC,Lai IN,Lee SD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral dual endothelin (ET) antagonist bosentan has been established as a cornerstone in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). ET is believed to be a key pathogenic mediator in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma, SSc), causing fibrotic, hypertrophic and inflammatory processes. PAH is one of ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ahmadi-Simab K,Hellmich B,Gross WL

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and nephrogenous cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) have been reported to be useful parameters in the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism. Measurements in hyperparathyroid patients usually give values above the normal range when PTH is measured with a carboxyterminal rad...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Bill G,Jacquet AF,Burckhardt P

更新日期：1984-06-01 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:In mutations of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene, the defect of internalization is caused by a mutation in the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor linked with exons 17 and 18, and the O-linked sugar domain linked with exon 15 has been speculated not to affect the function of the receptor. Here,...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tashiro J,Endo M,Bujo H,Shinomiya M,Morisaki N,Saito Y

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradykinin infusion has been shown to improve glucose metabolism in non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects (NIDD). Therefore, we tested the following hypothesis: inhibition of Kininase II, the bradykinin (BK) degrading enzyme, by captopril may also improve glucose metabolism in NIDD. Immediate effects of captopril on...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jauch KW,Hartl W,Guenther B,Wicklmayr M,Rett K,Dietze G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations have been carried out to explain the heterogeneity of response to catecholamines of human fat cells from various deposits. Adipocytes from two subcutaneous sites (abdominal and femoral) were studied concomitantly in women while omental fat cells were taken from another group of patients undergoing abdom...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mauriege P,Galitzky J,Berlan M,Lafontan M

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intestinal handling of dextran, an alpha-1,6-linked glucose polymer, is poor compared with starch, and some ingested dextran might therefore reach the lower small intestine. As luminal sugar up-regulates SGLT1 (sodium-dependent glucose transporter) locally, we report the effects of a dextran-enriched die...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Debnam ES,Denholm EE,Grimble GK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdialysis was used to selectively assess the effect of the paracrine renin-angiotensin system (RAS) on interstitial glucose and lactate concentration profiles in skeletal muscle of healthy volunteers (n = 8) during basal and insulin-stimulated conditions. Paracrine RAS was selectively inhibited by local retrodialy...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Müller M,Fasching P,Schmid R,Burgdorff T,Waldhäusl W,Eichler HG

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated whether plasma ferritin levels through the pro-inflammatory effects of free iron are associated with adipose tissue dysfunction in a relevant population of patients with manifest vascular disease who would potentially benefit the most from further aetiological insights. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Westerink J,Olijhoek JK,Koppen A,Faber DR,Kalkhoven E,Monajemi H,van Asbeck BS,van der Graaf Y,Visseren FL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is followed by post AMI cardiac remodelling, often leading to congestive heart failure. Homing of c-kit+ endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) has been thought to be the optimal source for regenerating infarcted myocardium. METHODS:Immune function of viable peripheral blood mo...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ankersmit HJ,Hoetzenecker K,Dietl W,Soleiman A,Horvat R,Wolfsberger M,Gerner C,Hacker S,Mildner M,Moser B,Lichtenauer M,Podesser BK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostacyclin, an unstable metabolite of arachidonic acid metabolism, has been shown to have potent platelet antiaggregatory and vasodilator activity. Available evidence suggests that arterial prostacyclin production is diminished in the diabetic state. In this study we have examined the sensitivity of platelets from d...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Betteridge DJ,El Tahir KE,Reckless JP,Williams KI

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized the existence of different hormonal response patterns to repeated lower body negative pressure (LBNP) and head-up tilt (HUT) in healthy males. We compared hormonal, cardiovascular and plasma volume changes from rest to stress within- and between-LBNP and HUT applications. Hormones investigate...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Roessler A,Goswami N,Haditsch B,Loeppky JA,Luft FC,Hinghofer-Szalkay H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the association between chronic Helicobacter pylori infection and type 2 diabetes has been suggested, findings have been inconsistent. This study evaluated the association between chronic H. pylori infection and glucose regulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evaluated H. pylori infection status of pa...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hsieh MC,Wang SS,Hsieh YT,Kuo FC,Soon MS,Wu DC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated how a cholinergic agonist modifies interdigestive motility and secretion of the upper gastrointestinal tract and how muscarinic and cholecystokinin receptor blockade interfere with this direct cholinergic stimulation. In eight healthy volunteers, gastrointestinal motor and secretory resp...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Katschinski M,Steinicke C,Reinshagen M,Dahmen G,Beglinger C,Arnold R,Adler G

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The esterolytic activity of mixed and parotid saliva in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and normal subjects was determined using BAEE (alpha-Benzoyl-1-arginine-ethylester) as the substrate. Using soybean-trypsin-inhibitor the trypsin-like activity (TLA) was measured and plotted as a function of parotid flow rate. In add...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schöni M,Kaiser D,Drack E,Axmacher U

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal erythrocyte Na/Li countertransport is associated with diseases such as essential hypertension and diabetic renal disease. Although it seems unlikely that Na/Li countertransport contributes to any disease process, it may be abnormal because of a change in the cell membrane that is part of the disease...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Thomas TH,Rutherford PA,Vareesangthip K,Wilkinson R,West IC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel, powerful and long-acting inhibitors of gastric acid secretion include second generation H2-blockers and so-called proton pump inhibitors, such as omeprazole. Gastric carcinoids were found to develop in experimental animals as a consequence of continuous long-term administration of several of these highly effect...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Håkanson R,Sundler F

更新日期：1990-10-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune vascular disease characterized by recurrent thrombotic episodes and/or obstetric complications. Management of this disease has been restricted mainly to anticoagulation; however, in recent years, significant advancement has been made in elucidating the...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mehdi AA,Uthman I,Khamashta M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelets are involved in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma, including aspirin-sensitive asthma (ASA). The pineal hormone melatonin (MT) has been described as inhibiting several physiological processes in platelets. The MT metabolite - N-acetyl-5-methoxy-kynurenamine - has a chemical structure similar to ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Evsyukova HV

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00