Hyaluronan turnover in relation to infection and sepsis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Microbial translocation and chronic immune activation were previously shown to be associated with impairment of T cell functions and disease progression during infection with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1); however, their impact on B cell function and number remains unknown. By measuring markers...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ruffin N,Lantto R,Pensieroso S,Sammicheli S,Hejdeman B,Rethi B,Chiodi F

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The latest guidelines recommend regular physical exercise as initial step or adjunct in the treatment of hypertension. We investigated the association between physical activity and the degree of hypertension, as well as the relation to indi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Felmeden DC,Spencer CG,Blann AD,Beevers DG,Lip GY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contribution of plasma lipids to cardiovascular risk is usually evaluated by measuring plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol, and calculating LDL cholesterol concentration. We investigated plasma concentrations of apolipoproteins and lipoprotein particles in women ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nielsen NE,Olsson AG,Swahn E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of people worldwide receive agents targeting the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) to treat hypertension or statins to lower cholesterol. The RAS and cholesterol metabolic pathways in the brain are autonomous from their systemic counterparts and are interrelated through the cholesterol metabolite 27-hydroxychole...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Petek B,Villa-Lopez M,Loera-Valencia R,Gerenu G,Winblad B,Kramberger MG,Ismail MA,Eriksdotter M,Garcia-Ptacek S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a common complex disease with a strong genetic involvement. We aimed to identify novel, rare, highly penetrant risk variants combining family-based linkage analysis with whole-exome sequencing (WES). METHODS:Linkage analysis of 16 kindreds of South Italian ancestry was performed us...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Cox SN,Pesce F,El-Sayed Moustafa JS,Sallustio F,Serino G,Kkoufou C,Giampetruzzi A,Ancona N,Falchi M,Schena FP,European IgAN Consortium.

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Statins reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and can raise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). HDL-bound paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is associated with variations in plasma HDL-C, and may, therefore, contribute to changes of HDL-C during statin therapy. DESIGN:The effects of baseline PON1 s...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Himbergen TM,van Tits LJ,Voorbij HA,de Graaf J,Stalenhoef AF,Roest M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) is an important adjunct in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction or in monitoring for the side-effects of drugs. We report elevation of CK in patients with untreated heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) with no evidence of myocardial infarction. Of a group of 30 patients, 60% ha...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bhatnagar D,Durrington PN,Neary R,Miller JP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) has its origin in childhood. High cholesterol levels measured in children and adolescents are indicative of concurrent atherosclerotic changes and probably predict adult coronary heart disease. We review here the relevance of screening children, adolescents or young adults for serum lipid ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Porkka KV,Viikari JS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the clinic, obesity and anorexia constitute prevalent problems whose manifestations are encountered in virtually every field of medicine. However, as the command centre for regulating food intake and energy metabolism is located in the brain, the basic neuroscientist sees in the same disorders malfunctions of a mod...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Broberger C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred consecutive patients with femoral neck fractures (FNF) and 200 controls matched by age, sex, nursing home residency and number of admissions within the last 2 years, were interviewed about recent drug use. The matching criteria were chosen to achieve case and control groups that were comparable with regard...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jensen J,Nielsen LH,Lyhne N,Hallas J,Brøsen K,Gram LF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We created the GIFTs, fusions of granulocyte-colony macrophage-stimulating-factor with IL-2, or IL-15 or IL-21, in order to stimulate distinct, but complimentary elements of the immune response. We found that the physical coupling of two functionally distinct cytokines as a bifunctional hybrid allowed for synergistic ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Williams P,Galipeau J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the determinants of longevity in the industrialized world, with emphasis on results from recently established data bases. Strong evidence is now available that demonstrates that in developed countries the maximum lifespan as well as the mean lifespan have increased substantially over the past ce...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christensen K,Vaupel JW

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective was to analyse whether a favourable change in risk factors, caused by a comprehensive risk factor modification programme, affected intima-media thickness (IMT) in the common carotid artery, and whether any such change was associated with a change in cardiovascular events during a 6-year follow-...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Agewall S,Fagerberg B,Berglund G,Schmidt C,Wendelhag I,Wikstrand J,Risk Factor Intervention Study Group, Sweden.

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes encoding inflammatory molecules may determine genetic profiles associated with increased risk of development and progression of cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we evaluated distribution and reciprocal interaction of a set of functionally important polymorphism...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Flex A,Gaetani E,Angelini F,Sabusco A,Chillà C,Straface G,Biscetti F,Pola P,Castellot JJ Jr,Pola R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hip fractures in the elderly represent a global issue, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Considering the magnitude of the problem, any substantial reduction in the hip fracture burden depends on prevention. In view of the complex pathogenesis of senile (type II) osteoporosis, preventive strategies s...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Boonen S,Dequeker J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between obesity, particularly abdominal obesity, and risk of stroke amongst women remains unclear. In 1991-1992, a prospective study was initiated in Sweden amongst women who returned a self-administered questionnaire. Through linkage with nation-wide registries, 45,449 women, free of stroke at entry, wer...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lu M,Ye W,Adami HO,Weiderpass E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that asymptomatic visual field defects can be found in patients with carotid transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) or minor strokes was tested. Twenty-two consecutive male patients with TIA and 18 patients with minor strokes from the carotid artery territory were examined by perimetry, cerebral computerised...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Falke P,Abela BM Jr,Krakau CE,Lilja B,Lindgärde F,Maly P,Stavenow L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Peroxidation of lipoproteins may be of critical importance in the development of atherosclerosis. Tocopherol is considered to be the most effective lipid-soluble antioxidant. The main aim of this study was to measure the serum tocopherol concentrations in a Swedish reference population and to relate them to ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ohrvall M,Tengblad S,Vessby B

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether furosemide treatment in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients is associated with thiamine deficiency. DESIGN:Patients without heart failure and without diuretic treatment were included to compare with patients with CHF belonging to New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Yue QY,Beermann B,Lindström B,Nyquist O

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare family physicians' reported practice habits on hypertension in Sweden and Minnesota, and to assess to what extent different national guidelines account for differences. DESIGN:Random samples of family physicians were selected for telephone interviews on their practice of hypertension. SETTING:Pr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Troein M,Arneson T,Råstam L,Pirie PL,Selander S,Luepker RV

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atherosclerosis is characterized by accumulation of lipids, cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in the arterial wall. Collagen type I (COL1), a component of the arterial ECM, is cleaved by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and known to be remodelled in atherosclerosis. We explored whether the MMP-med...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Holm Nielsen S,Tengryd C,Edsfeldt A,Brix S,Genovese F,Bengtsson E,Karsdal M,Leeming DJ,Nilsson J,Goncalves I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bupropion sustained release (bupropion SR) has been shown to increase smoking cessation success rates in the US studies. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether bupropion SR, in combination with counselling, is effective for smoking cessation in a multi-country study. METHODS:This randomized, double-blind, placebo-...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Tønnesen P,Tonstad S,Hjalmarson A,Lebargy F,Van Spiegel PI,Hider A,Sweet R,Townsend J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the cardiac Na+ channel gene SCN5A are responsible for multiple lethal ventricular arrhythmias including Brugada syndrome and congenital long QT syndrome. Here we report a case of Brugada syndrome with ST elevation in the right precordial and inferior leads accompanied by atrial standstill and spontaneous...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Takehara N,Makita N,Kawabe J,Sato N,Kawamura Y,Kitabatake A,Kikuchi K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes global patterns of tobacco use and the mechanisms by which tobacco use is involved in carcinogenesis. A second part will discuss the association between tobacco use and risk of specific cancer types. Tobacco use has traditionally been a practice of high-income countries, but it has recently been ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kuper H,Adami HO,Boffetta P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 10-year period 39 patients with acromegaly, aged 23-73 years, underwent selective adenomectomy via a trans-sphenoidal or transfrontal (one case) approach. Six to 12 months after the operation, the serum level of growth hormone (GH) was reduced to less than 5 micrograms l-1 in 28 patients (74%) in at least two...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Valdemarsson S,Bramnert M,Cronquist S,Elner A,Eneroth CM,Hedner P,Lindvall-Axelsson M,Nordström CH,Strömblad LG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV) exhibit mild or severe neurological problems, termed HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), even when receiving antiretroviral therapy. Thus, novel adjunctive therapies must be developed to overcome the neurotoxic effect of HIV. New therap...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Avdoshina V,Bachis A,Mocchetti I

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hypocitraturia is a risk factor for calcium nephrolithiasis. 1,25(OH)2D3 influences renal citrate handling and enhances citraturia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D receptor (VDR) allelic variant and urinary citrate excretion in recurrent stone formers (SF) patients. ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Mossetti G,Vuotto P,Rendina D,Numis FG,Viceconti R,Giordano F,Cioffi M,Scopacasa F,Nunziata V

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallium-67 (67Ga) scintigraphy may be useful in evaluating patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), but a systematic assessment of its value is lacking. OBJECTIVE:Prospective evaluation of the value of 67Ga scintigraphy in assessing active RPF disease and in predicting treatment response. METHODS:Thir...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： van Bommel EF,Siemes C,van der Veer SJ,Han SH,Huiskes AW,Hendriksz TR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI), or Addison's disease, is a rare, potentially deadly, but treatable disease. Most cases of PAI are caused by autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex. Consequently, patients with PAI are at higher risk of developing other autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis of PAI is often delaye...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Husebye ES,Allolio B,Arlt W,Badenhoop K,Bensing S,Betterle C,Falorni A,Gan EH,Hulting AL,Kasperlik-Zaluska A,Kämpe O,Løvås K,Meyer G,Pearce SH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical course of a 58-year-old man who died from acute papillary muscle rupture as a complication of clostridial sepsis. There was no evidence for myocardial infarction, infective endocarditis, prior chest trauma or other known causes of papillary muscle rupture. Histological specimens taken at autop...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Schulz R,Andreas S,Weise B,Werner GS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00