Pulmonary extraction of circulating noradrenaline in man.

abstract：:Microparticles are small membrane vesicles that are released from cells upon activation or during apoptosis. Cellular microparticles in body fluids constitute a heterogeneous population, differing in cellular origin, numbers, size, antigenic composition and functional properties. Microparticles support coagulation by ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Diamant M,Tushuizen ME,Sturk A,Nieuwland R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical view of aldosterone actions via the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) limited to control of fluid balance and blood pressure homoeostasis has been progressively overcome by clinical and experimental evidence emphasizing the pleiotropic role of MR activation in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Cl...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Galuppo P,Bauersachs J

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42 (6): 579-588 ABSTRACT: Glucose-based methods are currently gold standards for identifying individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes. Obviously, these methods only consider one of many pathologies of impaired glucose metabolism and they all suffer from a poor specificity as type 2 diabetes risk ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gjesing AP,Pedersen O

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irisin, a novel myokine, has been shown to increase following vigorous exercise, with studies suggesting that it mediates some of the beneficial effects of exercise. Irisin might play a role in 'browning' of white adipocytes, thus increasing energy expenditure. The role of irisin in exercise and energy expen...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Al-Daghri NM,Alokail MS,Rahman S,Amer OE,Al-Attas OS,Alfawaz H,Tripathi G,Sabico S,Chrousos GP,McTernan PG,Piya MK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid hormone has important effects on the cardiovascular system. The consequences of episodes of acute hypothyroidism on cardiac function have been investigated in only a few studies, and their results are inconclusive. Our objective was to investigate the effects of acute hypothyroidism on cardiac functi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hoftijzer HC,Bax JJ,Heemstra KA,Bleeker GB,Delgado V,van der Klaauw AA,Romijn JA,Smit JW,Corssmit EP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The red cell distribution width (RDW) predicts mortality among many populations. RDW is calculated as the standard deviation (SD) of the red blood cell (RBC) volume divided by mean corpuscular volume (MCV). Because higher MCV also predicts mortality, we hypothesized that the RDW numerator (one SD of RBC volu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Horne BD,Muhlestein JB,Bennett ST,Muhlestein JB,Ronnow BS,May HT,Bair TL,Anderson JL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A hyaluronan-loading test has been developed for assessment of hyaluronan kinetics and applied in patients with liver and joint diseases. This test describes the metabolic process of hyaluronan but cannot define the specific contribution of different organs. A method for labelling of hyaluronan with the shor...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lindqvist U,Westerberg G,Bergström M,Torsteindottir I,Gustafson S,Sundin A,Lööf L,Långström B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic lung diseases contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality of the population. There are few effective treatments for many chronic lung diseases, and even fewer therapies that can arrest or reverse the progress of the disease. DESIGN:In this review, we present the current state of regenera...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Anversa P,Perrella MA,Kourembanas S,Choi AM,Loscalzo J

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate alterations in endothelial nitric oxide synthase and inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA expressions and nitric oxide release in the myocardium during ischaemia/reperfusion and determine whether these changes are ischaemic and/or reperfusion dependent. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Isolated rat heart...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pevni D,Frolkis I,Shapira I,Schwartz D,Schwartz IF,Chernichovski T,Lev-Ran O,Sharony R,Uretzky G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary excretion of free light immunoglobulin chains IgG, IgA, and Fcγ fragment material has been estimated in 12 healthy individuals and 7 subjects with tubular or glomerular proteinuria. Measurements were carried out by immunochemical methods after separation of concentrated urinary immunoglobulin components by...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Peterson PA,Berggård I

更新日期：1971-08-01 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：:A significant rise in serum concentrations of aluminum was demonstrated in 23 patients prophylactically treated with the antacid magaldrate, whereas no increase in serum aluminium was observed in another 26 critically ill patients, in whom the use of antacids was avoided. In parallel, urinary excretion rates of alumin...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ittel TH,Gladziwa U,Mück W,Sieberth HG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal cyclic AMP levels in blood mononuclear cells from healthy human donors has been studied. A great variation in cyclic AMP content ranging from below 2 to 20 pmol 10(-6) cells was seen. Incubation of the cells at 37 degrees C mostly showed a time-dependent decrease in basal cyclic AMP, levelling off after 16 h. Wh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Svenson M,Permin H,Wiik A

更新日期：1984-08-01 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：:We have reported that the disorder of lipoprotein metabolism in hyperalphalipoproteinaemic patients with a deficiency of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is characterized by the polydisperse low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles and the accumulation of cholesteryl ester (CE) in high density lipoprotein (HDL...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sakai N,Yamashita S,Hirano K,Ishigami M,Arai T,Kobayashi K,Funahashi T,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an idiopathic, segmental, non-atherosclerotic and non-inflammatory disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries, mostly involving renal and cervical arteries. As a result of better and more systematic screening, it appears that in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Van der Niepen P,van Tussenbroek F,Devos H,Debing E,Di Monaco S,Goffette P,Astarci P,Persu A

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Data regarding the effect of vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE) supplementation on insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are controversial. We aimed to systematically review the current data on this topic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted to assess the e...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Khodaeian M,Tabatabaei-Malazy O,Qorbani M,Farzadfar F,Amini P,Larijani B

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Resealed erythrocytes are potential slow release carriers for drugs and enzymes. We have investigated carrier erythrocyte survival in human volunteers using gentamicin (G) as encapsulated cell marker; G was readily incorporated into red cells by hypo-osmotic dialysis (87% efficiency of incorporation) and did not exit ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Eichler HG,Rameis H,Bauer K,Korn A,Bacher S,Gasić S

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous intravenous infusions of control saline, somatostatin, motilin and somatostatin and motilin together were compared in normal volunteers for their effects on the rise of blood glucose following 50 g oral glucose and for their effects on gastric emptying and plasma hormone concentrations. All regulatory peptid...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Long RG,Christofides ND,Fitzpatrick ML,O'Shaughnessy DJ,Bloom SR

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blocking the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with angiotensin receptor blockers or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors protects against renal injury in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to compare the chronic effects of telmisartan and enalapril on proteinuria, urinary...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nakamura T,Fujiwara N,Kawagoe Y,Sugaya T,Ueda Y,Koide H

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Childhood obesity is associated with premature cardiovascular complications. However, little is known about the effect of a family-based behavioural intervention on the relationship between arterial function, blood pressure and biomarkers in pre-pubertal children with obesity. DESIGN:This was a single centr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Maggio ABR,Farpour-Lambert NJ,Aggoun Y,Galan K,Montecucco F,Mach F,Beghetti M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperlipidemia is a common feature of the nephrotic syndrome (NS). From retrospective studies, it has been suggested that aggressive lipid-lowering with low-density lipoprotein apheresis (LDL-A) may not only improve dyslipidemia but also decrease urinary albumin excretion and increase serum levels of albumin...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Stenvinkel P,Alvestrand A,Angelin B,Eriksson M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in fulminant and subacute liver failure, we tested serum and liver of 13 patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for the presence of HCV RNA. HCV RNA was detected in specimens from two out of eight patients negative for all viral markers with sus...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Theilmann L,Solbach C,Toex U,Müller HM,Pfaff E,Otto G,Goeser T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bezafibrate reportedly lowers serum lipids and plasma fibrinogen in humans and rats, but the mechanism of this process has still to be clarified. We have addressed this problem by investigating the effects of bezafibrate on fibrinogen in the human hepatoma HepG2 cell line. METHODS:In cells cultured with and...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Binsack R,Stegmeier K,Dörge L,Völkl A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00