Variation in serum type III procollagen peptide with age in healthy subjects and its comparative value in the assessment of disease activity in children and adults with chronic active hepatitis.

abstract：AIM:Observationally, low serum testosterone among men is associated with cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors, but it is unclear whether raising endogenous androgens would be protective. To clarify the role of androgens, the association of two different androgen biomarkers (serum testosterone and androstanediol...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schooling CM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have reported a significant gender difference in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) size, with men being characterized by smaller, denser LDL particles than women, and it has been suggested that the contribution of the greater accumulation of visceral adipose tissue in men compared with women may ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lemieux I,Pascot A,Lamarche B,Prud'homme D,Nadeau A,Bergeron J,Després JP

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human placenta secretes large amounts of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) which was thought to exert a paracrine action in the placenta. We have recently characterized high-affinity binding sites for CRH in the human placenta. However, our studies utilized whole placental membranes, which did not identify the...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Saeed B,Fawcett M,Self C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a common complication following cardiac surgery; however, the exact pathogenesis remains uncertain. Identifying risk factors of PPS might help to better understand the syndrome. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of existing literature around determinants of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Osch D,Nathoe HM,Jacob KA,Doevendans PA,van Dijk D,Suyker WJ,Dieleman JM

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of a large dose of slow-release carbohydrates (CHOs) at bedtime on the nocturnal glucose, insulin and free fatty acid (FFA) levels, and to assess the putative effects on morning fasting and post-prandial glucose levels in patients with moderately controlled non-i...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Axelsen M,Lönnroth P,Arvidsson Lenner R,Smith U

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:The effect of infusions of recombinant insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) (34, 103 or 688 pmol min-1 kg-1), insulin (3.4, 10.3 or 68.8 pmol min-1 kg-1) or combined infusions (34 pmol IGF-I + 3.4 pmol min-1 kg-1 insulin or 103 pmol IGF-I + 3.4 pmol min-1 kg-1 insulin) on protein metabolism, using an infusion of [1-14...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Umpleby AM,Shojaee-Moradie F,Thomason MJ,Kelly JM,Skottner A,Sonksen PH,Jones RH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A haemolytically inactive alpha-mobile complement C8 component was identified by crossed immunoelectrophoresis in a 27-year-old male with recurrent meningococcal infections and absence of complement mediated serum haemolytic activity. The patient's serum/plasma contained no demonstrable normal C8. C8 inhibitor activit...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Brandslund I,Teisner B,Strate M,Grunnet N,Svehag SE,Isager H,Wang P

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Topoisomerase IIα (topo IIα) protein expression has prognostic significance in many cancers. However, it is still unclear whether topo IIα protein expression and gene alterations play roles as prognostic factors in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We selected 102 patients with DL...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Chen Z,Wang J,Zhang H,Liu D,Li Y,Xu Y,Tan D,Chen D,Zhao X,Wang G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical parameters and the unidirectional fluxes of 45Ca and 3H-mannitol were measured in preparations of rat colon descendens freed from the muscularis externa and mounted in a modified Ussing-chamber. Two criteria were used to differentiate between changes in the trans- and the paracellular calcium transport ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Karbach U,Rummel W

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tetrapeptide acetyl-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro (AcSDKP), a physiological inhibitor of the proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells, is degraded by the angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE). Whereas synthetic AcSDKP (Goralatide) protects normal mice from the haematological toxicity of chemotherapy, it has a lower ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Comte L,Lorgeot V,Bignon J,Volkov L,Dupuis F,Wdzieczak-Bakala J,Praloran V

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined 47Calcium kinetic and calcium balance studies with correction for dermal calcium loss were performed in thirteen patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP), in whom serum bone-Gla-protein (S-BGP) was measured, and in ten matched controls. Dietary calcium was normal in PHP but both net (7.9 +/- 1.4 mmol C...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Charles P,Mosekilde L,Jensen FT

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ratio of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin has been proven to be a more accurate indicator than albumin and CRP levels alone in determining the prognosis of patients with cancer and critical illness. The aim of this study was to determine whether the CRP/albumin ratio (CAR) can be linked to imper...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Karabağ Y,Çağdaş M,Rencuzogullari I,Karakoyun S,Artaç İ,İliş D,Yesin M,Çağdaş ÖS,Altıntaş B,Burak C,Tanboğa HI

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure is a grave complication of systemic gram-negative sepsis. The pathophysiological mechanisms of sepsis leading to kidney injury result in part from systemic inflammatory and haemodynamic alterations. These are triggered by the interaction of endotoxin with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) on cells of the...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： El-Achkar TM,Hosein M,Dagher PC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and physiological relevance of the relationship between gastrin and calcitonin has been investigated in normal subjects and in patients suffering from gastritis or duodenal ulcer. Basal plasma levels of calcitonin are increased in these patients but there is no significant relationship between calcitonin ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Heynen G,Brassine A,Daubresse JC,Ligny G,Kanis JA,Gaspar S,Franchimont P

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several lines of evidence suggest that hypomagnesaemia is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, there are no studies regarding the association between hypomagnesaemia and the risk for developing impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Our objective was to examine ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Guerrero-Romero F,Rascón-Pacheco RA,Rodríguez-Morán M,de la Peña JE,Wacher N

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：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:Increased bone marrow (BM) hematogones (HGs) are often observed in patients with marrow regenerating status. Many studies have focused on the role of HGs in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), but very little has been done to understand their effects on acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Zheng J,Du W,Yao J,You Y,Li W,He Y,Li X,Liu W,Wu Y,Hu Y,Jin R,Zou P,Huang S,Hu Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The activity of lipoprotein lipase (E.C.3.1.1.3) extracted and released from adipose tissue has been measured in obese subjects with mild or severe hypertriglyceridaemia. The Intralipid tolerance test has been studied as a measure of in vivo clearance of exogenous triglyceride from plasma. 2. Plasma triglyceride cl...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Taylor KG,Holdsworth G,Galton DJ

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) helps control tumour growth via causing new capillaries growth in tumours. Four cardiac hormones [i.e. vessel dilator, long-acting natriuretic peptide (LANP), kaliuretic peptide (KP) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)] that eliminate up to up to 86% of human small-...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nguyen JP,Frost CD,Lane ML,Skelton WP IV,Skelton M,Vesely DL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a well-coordinated process in response to tissue injury or infection aimed at restoration of tissue homoeostasis. Platelets and neutrophils are typically viewed important in the context of haemostasis and bacterial killing, respectively. However, as these cells are equipped with readily available armou...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Soehnlein O

更新日期：2018-02-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol may have a cardioprotective effect. One possible mechanism is by modifying insulin resistance/secretion. The aims of this study were: (i) to examine the effect of short-term alcohol consumption on the metabolic control of glucose tolerance; (ii) to study the influence of short-term alcohol consumptio...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Flanagan DE,Pratt E,Murphy J,Vaile JC,Petley GW,Godsland IF,Kerr D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands between 2007 and 2010, more than 300 patients with chronic Q fever have been identified. Some patients were also diagnosed with systemic sclerosis, a rare immune-mediated disease. We aimed to increase awareness of concomitant chronic Q fever infection and systemi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jansen AFM,Raijmakers RPH,van Deuren M,Vonk MC,Bleeker-Rovers CP

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes involves inflammation and immunological mechanisms. We hypothesized that patients with unstable angina may have an imbalance between inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. DESIGN:Plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha and in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Waehre T,Halvorsen B,Damås JK,Yndestad A,Brosstad F,Gullestad L,Kjekshus J,Frøland SS,Aukrust P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes were used as a cellular model for the in vitro measurements of maximal ouabain binding sites in order to assess any changes in young men at increased risk of developing essential hypertension, and to analyse whether any such changes were associated to borderline hypertension and/or heredity. Four groups we...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nielsen JR,Pedersen KE,Klitgaard NA,Johansen T

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dazoxiben on finger-blood flow in response to cold challenge were studied in normal subjects and patients with Raynaud's phenomenon. In normal subjects concentrations of TXB2 and 6-oxo-PGF1 alpha were measured in blood taken from dorsal hand veins following cold challenge. In a parallel multicentre stud...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tindall H,Tooke JE,Menys VC,Martin MF,Davies JA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The permeability of the gastrointestinal tract was investigated by means of polyethylene glycol (PEG), given orally. The PEG solutions contained oligomers with molecular weights from 414 to 1206. The urinary recovery of ingested PEG was determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Considerable inter- a...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Philipsen EK,Batsberg W,Christensen AB

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00