Erythrocyte membrane thiol proteins associated with changes in the kinetics of Na/Li countertransport: a possible molecular explanation of changes in disease.

abstract：:In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, most of the clinical manifestation share a vascular component triggered by endothelial dysfunction. Endothelial cells (ECs) activation occurs both on the arterial and venous side, and the high vascular density of kidneys accounts for the detrimental outcomes of SLE throu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mancardi D,Arrigo E,Cozzi M,Cecchi I,Radin M,Fenoglio R,Roccatello D,Sciascia S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is an established contributor in atherosclerosis and several other common diseases including diabetes. Therefore the study was to investigate how inflammatory factors affect lipid metabolism during recovery from hyperinsulinaemia in healthy individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 22 healt...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Heliövaara MK,Teppo AM,Karonen SL,Ebeling P

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The acute-phase response and anaemia of chronic disease are characterized by hypoferraemia associated with an increased ferritin synthesis, which might be mediated by the activated cytokine cascade. METHODS:We examined the prolonged effects of isolated limb perfusion (ILP) with recombinant human tumour necr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Feelders RA,Vreugdenhil G,Eggermont AM,Kuiper-Kramer PA,van Eijk HG,Swaak AJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) and activity of GSH related enzymes play a key role in defence against oxygen free radicals, whose production is, as known, raised in patients affected by diabetes mellitus, and at the same time they may contribute to the process of platelet aggregation. The purpose of this study was to evalu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Di Simplicio P,de Giorgio LA,Cardaioli E,Lecis R,Miceli M,Rossi R,Anichini R,Mian M,Seghieri G,Franconi F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predictors of gingival enlargement in patients treated with anti-epileptics have not been previously assessed. This study was conducted to determine, with the aid of two indices that score vertical and horizontal overgrowth, the prevalence and risk factors for gingival enlargement in patients treated with ph...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Brunet L,Miranda J,Roset P,Berini L,Farré M,Mendieta C

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In dialysis patients, cardiac troponin T (cTNT) is often elevated despite the absence of acute myocardial ischaemia, and amino-terminal pro-B-natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is markedly higher compared to non-haemodialysis patients. In a longitudinal observation, we evaluated the association of cTNT and NT-p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Sommerer C,Beimler J,Schwenger V,Heckele N,Katus HA,Giannitsis E,Zeier M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of PGI2-like activity into the circulation in response to cholinergic agonists and modification of this response by beta-adrenergic antagonists was investigated in anaesthetized cats and healthy humans. Antiaggregatory activity in the arterial blood was continuously assayed by measuring platelet aggregatio...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Swies J,Radomski M,Dembińska-Kieć A,Korbut R,Gryglewski RJ,Brandt R,Nowak J

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Profilin-1 is a ubiquitous, actin-binding protein that plays an important role in the regulation of actin polymerization and cytoskeleton remodelling and contributes to vascular dysfunction. We conducted this study to investigate the association of serum profilin-1 levels with fatal and nonfatal CVE in a coh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Eroglu E,Unal HU,Guclu A,Kocyigit I,Karaman M,Saglam M,Gezer M,Tas A,Zararsiz G,Eyileten T,Aydin İ,Oguz Y,Gungor O,Yilmaz MI

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hyponatremia is common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, whether treatment improves outcome in patients without significant symptoms is unclear. We here assessed the therapeutic outcome on clinical symptoms, neurocognitive and neuromuscular function in patients with chro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Refardt J,Kling B,Krausert K,Fassnacht M,von Felten S,Christ-Crain M,Fenske W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in blood glucose homeostasis induced by the new somatostatin analogue BIM 23014 (BIM) were studied. Eight normal men (study 1) received either vehicle or 1000, 2000 and 3000 micrograms BIM as a 24 h s.c. infusion. Blood glucose, plasma insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and growth hormone (GH) were measured before t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kuhn JM,Basin C,Mollard M,De Rouge B,Schatz B,Wolf LM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After feeding intact conscious dogs 1000 g mashed meat, peripheral venous immunoreactive insulin activity (IRI) increases before any enhancement of amino nitrogen concentration. This course of IRI is paralleled by a decrease of free fatty acids. Meal feeding in dogs, whose pancreatic juice is completely diverted from ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fischer U,Hommel H,Gottschling HD,Nowak W

更新日期：1976-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In eleven patients with chronic renal insufficiency treated by intermittent haemodialysis and in ten normal subjects, hepatic and extrahepatic triglyceride lipase activity of post heparin plasma was selectively measured, utilizing the different sensitivity of both enzymes to inhibition by protamine sulphate. In uraemi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Bolzano K,Krempler F,Sandhofer F

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate possible relationships in piglets between myocardial energy-related metabolites and intracellular electrolytes during open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (OCCPR) supplemented by the administration of alkaline buffers with varying sodium content. Our hypothesis was t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wiklund L,Ronquist G,Roomans GM,Rubertsson S,Waldenström A

更新日期：1997-05-01 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 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：:Anaemia is a common condition among pre-end-stage renal disease (pre-ESRD) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Indeed, data from clinical studies indicate that anaemia may be present in as many as two-thirds of such patients. Use of recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) provides an effective means of correcti...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： McClellan WM,Jurkovitz C,Abramson J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venous system plays a pivotal role in volume and blood pressure homeostasis. We tested the hypothesis that the visco-elastic properties of the peripheral venous system are reduced in patients with (incipient) diabetic nephropathy. Twenty-two normotensive patients with long-term insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schaper NC,Houben AJ,Schoon Y,Kooman JP,Huvers FC,Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman AC

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) was recently found at high concentration in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of scleroderma patients with lung involvement. It has been hypothesized that Tβ4 may exert a cyto-protective effect during lung injury because lower Tβ4 levels were associated with interstitial lung disease ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Conte E,Genovese T,Gili E,Esposito E,Iemmolo M,Fruciano M,Fagone E,Pistorio MP,Crimi N,Cuzzocrea S,Vancheri C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin has several biological functions besides glycaemic control. We investigated and compared the effects of six different commercial insulins on adipocyte cell differentiation, the lipolytic activity of differentiated cells, and the expression levels of genes involved in adipogenesis and associated with ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： García-Escobar E,Rodríguez-Pacheco F,Haro-Mora JJ,Gomez-Zumaquero JM,Rubio-Martín E,Gutierrez-Repiso C,Soriguer F,Rojo-Martínez G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study estimated the resource implications and budget impact of managing adults with Fabry disease in Italy, from the perspective of the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN). METHODS:A decision model was constructed using published clinical outcomes and clinician-derived resource utilisation estimates depicting...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Guest JF,Concolino D,Di Vito R,Feliciani C,Parini R,Zampetti A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linear growth restriction is a unique feature of paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and reduced insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) is a major determinant of short stature. We aimed to assess factors influencing somatic height in children suffering from IBD. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a retros...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Chouliaras G,Mantzou A,Margoni D,Tsilifis N,Pervanidou P,Panayotou I,Kanaka-Gantenbein C,Chrousos GP,Roma-Giannikou E

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Urodilatin (ANF(95-126)) is an analogue of the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF(99-126)), which has been isolated from human urine. Recently we have shown in healthy volunteers, that intravenous bolus injections of synthetic urodilatin produce more pronounced reductions of pulmonary arterial pressure than ANF(99-126). T...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kentsch M,Ludwig D,Drummer C,Gerzer R,Müller-Esch G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis requires adequate cellular concentrations of the four deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Using a sensitive enzymic assay, we have measured the concentrations (pools) of these compounds in human bone marrow cells and in lymphocytes. The mean concentrations (pmol/10(6) cells) in normal hu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tattersall MH,Lavoie A,Ganeshaguru K,Tripp E,Hoffbrand AV

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a new mutation of the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) encoding gene was first described (1793G > A). Only few reports have studied the prevalence of this polymorphism, especially in combination with other MTHFR mutations (677C > T, 1298A > C). METHODS:We cross-sectionally identifi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Winkelmayer WC,Sunder-Plassmann G,Huber A,Födinger M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are close interrelationships between hormones that regulate bone formation and protein biosynthesis. For example, growth hormone and thyroid hormones can influence plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). A patient's status regarding hormones other than IGF-I may thus indirectly modify th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Svanberg E,Healey J,Mascarenhas D

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The change in bone mass during 1 1/2 years was determined in a longitudinal study of sixty adult insulin-treated diabetic out-patients. During the study period the mean bone mass decreased by 1.30 +/- 0.28 (SEM)% (P less than 0.001), to a mean value of 91.0 +/- 1.7% of normal (P less than 0.001). The rate of bone loss...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： McNair P,Christiansen C,Christensen MS,Madsbad S,Faber OK,Binder C,Transbøl I

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study further the role of hepatic cholesterol synthesis in patients with gallstones, the activity of the rate-limiting step in cholesterogenesis, hydroxymethyl glutaryl co-enzyme A reductase (HMGCoAR), was measured in operative wedge liver biopsies from ten patients with untreated cholesterol gallstones, six with p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Maton PN,Ellis HJ,Higgins MJ,Dowling RH

更新日期：1980-08-01 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