abstract：:In a prospective study we investigated the possible changes in fasting serum total homocysteine concentrations during continuous micronized 17 beta-oestradiol, 2 mg daily, in combination with cyclic dydrogesterone, 10 mg daily during the first 14 days of each 28 day cycle, in 21 healthy non-hysterectomized postmenopau...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van der Mooren MJ,Wouters MG,Blom HJ,Schellekens LA,Eskes TK,Rolland R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of transporters for bile acids (BA) in liver and intestine has been well documented, but information is still needed as to their respective transport capacity. In the present investigation, we compared the hepatic and intestinal transport rates for BA, using perfused livers and intestines. The livers and...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Aldini R,Roda A,Montagnani M,Polimeni C,Lenzi PL,Cerre C,Galletti G,Roda E

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most well characterized function of pulmonary surfactant is its ability to reduce surface tension at the alveolar air-liquid interface, thereby preventing lung collapse. However, several lines of evidence suggest that surfactant may also have 'non-surfactant' functions: specific components of surfactant (proteins ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pison U,Max M,Neuendank A,Weissbach S,Pietschmann S

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:Based on pathophysiological findings Lp(a) is considered to be a cardiovascular risk factor. The Göttingen Risk Incidence and Prevalence Study (GRIPS) provides the possibility to evaluate this impact of Lp(a) on the basis of a large prospective cohort study. GRIPS included 6002 men, aged 40-59.9 years at baseline. Dat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Cremer P,Nagel D,Labrot B,Mann H,Muche R,Elster H,Seidel D

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：: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：:The aim of this work is to evaluate whether type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and arterial hypertension, three conditions characterized by the presence of insulin resistance, share some common genetic markers. A potential candidate is the Na+/H+ antiporter, the increased activity of which is considered a marker of ess...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ghigo D,Alessio P,Burzacca S,Costamagna C,Anfossi G,Cavalot F,Bosia A,Trovati M

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable information to indicate that when there is vessel injury, platelets can play a major role in the development of atherosclerosis and its thromboembolic complications in the non-diabetic population. Diabetes is a disease associated with an increased risk of vascular complications, but the nature of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Winocour PD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SS-R and SS have been demonstrated in non-pathological and pathological lymphoid tissue and may play a regulatory, mostly inhibitory, role in the immune response. SS is produced by lymphocytes and monocytes which suggests an autocrine or paracrine regulatory role, but SS may be released as well by nerve endings. It ca...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Hagen PM,Krenning EP,Kwekkeboom DJ,Reubi JC,Anker-Lugtenburg PJ,Löwenberg B,Lamberts SW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that the detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) with gas chromatography-mass-spectrometry provides a highly specific, sensitive and rapid method for the diagnosis of various forms of tuberculosis. However, the need for complex and expensive equipment prevented the more widespread use of this metho...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Herz A,Leichsenring M,Felten M,Oosthuizen OJ,Mayatepek E,Haas W,Bremer HJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have applied flow cytometry to the detection of activated platelets in patients with coronary heart disease. Paraformaldehyde-fixed platelets were incubated with one of the following monoclonal antibodies (MAbs): Bx-1 (anti-GP Ib), AP-2 (anti-GP IIb-IIIa complex), VH10 (anti-GMP-140, a glycoprotein of the alpha-gra...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nurden AT,Macchi L,Bihour C,Durrieu C,Besse P,Nurden P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were designed to establish the acid inhibitory potency and plasma kinetics of somatostatin-28 (S-28) in humans and to determine whether the amount of S-28 released into the circulation after a meal is sufficient to regulate gastric acid secretion. A liquid meal induced a significant increase of S-28 (P < 0.01)...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hildebrand P,Ensinck JW,Buettiker J,Drewe J,Burckhardt B,Gyr K,Beglinger C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation, which plays an important role in acute myocardial infarction (AMI), is mediated by fibrinogen binding to the platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP)IIb-IIIa (CD41). This study measured the relative number of GPIIb-IIIa complexes on platelets from patients immediately following AMI (n = 14) compared w...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Giles H,Smith RE,Martin JF

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of insulin on lipolysis and glucose metabolism in abdominal adipose tissue was studied in situ with the microdialysis technique during a euglycaemic insulin clamp (1 mU kg-1 min-1) in nine cirrhotic patients and 10 controls. The cirrhotic patients displayed a 50% decrease in glucose utilization rate duri...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Johansson U,Arner P,Bolinder J,Hagström-Toft E,Ungerstedt U,Eriksson LS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-3 fatty acids were supplied to a 36-year-old female patient suffering from ulcerative colitis and severe steroid side-effects, in a sequence of parenteral and enteral administration. During a moderately active period of disease, 200 ml d-1 fish oil-derived lipid emulsion (eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA], 4.2 g; docosahe...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Grimminger F,Führer D,Papavassilis C,Schlotzer E,Mayer K,Heuer KU,Kiss L,Walmrath D,Piberhofer S,Lübbecke F

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes Mellitus in its early stages, is associated with kidney enlargement and increased glomerular filtration rate in humans and in rats. The present study was designed to clarify the direct effect of diabetes on serum and tissue angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Erman A,van Dyk DJ,Chen-Gal B,Giler ID,Rosenfeld JB,Boner G

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between serum levels of lipoprotein(a) Lp(a)) and the presence of chronic diabetic complications was studied in 194 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM; 75 males, 119 females; age 66 +/- 11 years; duration of diabetes, 11 (range 1-35) years). They were taking various treatment...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Heesen BJ,Wolffenbuttel BH,Leurs PB,Sels JP,Menheere PP,Jäckle-Beckers SE,Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman AC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of apolipoprotein C-II (apo C-II), the cofactor for lipoprotein lipase, results in the familial chylomicronaemia syndrome characterized by severe hypertriglyceridaemia and fasting chylomicronaemia. To investigate the biochemical features of the heterozygous state for apo C-II deficiency, we characterized th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gabelli C,Bilato C,Santamarina-Fojo S,Martini S,Brewer HB Jr,Crepaldi G,Baggio G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hypoglycaemia enhances intestinal sugar uptake but the mechanisms involved are unknown. Results from the present study show increased galactose movement across the brush border and basolateral membranes of isolated upper, but not mid-villus, jejunal enterocytes 45 min after intravenous administration of insulin ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Debnam ES,Chowrimootoo G

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of treating the anaemia of end-stage renal failure with erythropoietin were studied in nine dialysis patients. The increase in haemoglobin concentration (by 59% from 7.0 +/- 1.2 to 11.1 +/- 1.1 g dl-1) was associated with increases in exercise duration (by 41%) and maximum oxygen consumption (by 34%). Trea...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lewis NP,Macdougall IC,Willis N,Coles GA,Williams JD,Henderson AH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the degree of immune system activation associated with addiction or hepatotropic viruses infection, we examined 60 HIV-negative heroin addicts for the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection markers, hepatitis C virus antibodies (anti-HCV), various auto-antibodies, and serum levels of soluble interleuk...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Dalekos GN,Manoussakis MN,Zervou E,Tsianos EV,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effect of glucagon immunoneutralization on postoperative changes of urea synthesis, hysterectomized rats were given one injection of a specific high titre antibody against pancreatic glucagon 24 h before operation raising the plasma glucagon binding capacity to values 10-20 times higher than the plasma gl...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Heindorff H,Holst JJ,Almdal T,Vilstrup H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on proliferation of human T-cells in vitro was compared to other polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids. Monoenes and saturated fatty acids had little effect on T-cell proliferation. Eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid exerted a strong...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Søyland E,Nenseter MS,Braathen L,Drevon CA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyploidization is a distinctive feature of megakaryocyte differentiation. The physiological meaning and the regulation of this process are obscure. Megakaryocyte ploidy varies in normal biology and in disease. Here we review the evidence suggesting that ploidy changes may have a role in the determination of platelet...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Erusalimsky JD,Martin JF

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Inheritance is a major determinant of increased sodium-lithium countertransport (SLC) activity in hypertension. However, hyperlipidaemia can also cause increased SLC activity in some individuals and it is difficult to distinguish this effect from the effect of hypertension. Erythrocyte SLC activity and its kinetic det...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Rutherford PA,Thomas TH,Laker MF,Wilkinson R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of sodium fluoride on polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) adhesiveness in a healthy subject with low serum levels of fluoride. The PMN were separated from venous blood, and the percentages of adhered and unadhered cells were determined in vitro in plastic culture plates. The cells were cult...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gómez-Ubric JL,Liébana J,Gutiérrez J,Castillo A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimations of the prevalence of central nervous system involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) vary from 25 to 75%. In order to assess possible deficits in memory, attention, and/or reaction time, a battery of neuropsychological tests was administered to 15 patients with SLE and to two matched...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ferstl R,Niemann T,Biehl G,Hinrichsen H,Kirch W

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：: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：:With advancing age both sexes have an increased incidence of osteoporotic fractures, although fractures are more common in women than in men. Whereas in women several potential risk factors have been identified, less is known about osteoporosis in men. A total of 27 Austrian men (mean age: 65 +/- 2 years) with atrauma...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Resch H,Pietschmann P,Woloszczuk W,Krexner E,Bernecker P,Willvonseder R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a multifactorial disease with a marked genetic component. The situation is further complicated by the heterogeneity of obesity demonstrated by the topographical distribution of body fat, e.g. upper body (central) and lower body (gluteal) obesity. Furthermore, the distribution of fat shows a stronger heritab...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Weaver JU,Kopelman PG,Hitman GA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have minimized methodological errors in the isotope dilution technique by using stable isotope, [6,6-2H2]glucose, thus avoiding the problem of contamination of tritiated glucose tracers and, by maintaining a constant plasma tracer enrichment have reduced error due to mixing transients. Using these modifications we ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Powrie JK,Smith GD,Hennessy TR,Shojaee-Moradie F,Kelly JM,Sönksen PH,Jones RH

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of the kinetics of exogeneous and endogenous lipoproteins in determining the level of triglyceride in fasting plasma was assessed in a group of 19 normolipidaemic and hypertriglyceridaemic subjects. From data derived during a 9-h infusion of [15N]-glycine, we have assessed very low density lipoprotein...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Cortner JA,Le NA,Coates PM,Bennett MJ,Cryer DR

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen load can be reduced by substituting dietary protein intake with keto or hydroxy analogues of amino acids. To investigate their intestinal absorption, human jejunal brush border membrane vesicles were used to measure uptake of L-leucine hydroxy analogue (L-LHA) and L-lactate. Uptake assays were performed under...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Friedrich M,Murer H,Sterchi E,Berger EG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental aspects of characteristic intestinal lipoprotein synthesis, chlomicrons (CM), very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and high density lipoproteins (HDL), are unknown. Our objective was to determine the ontogeny of intestinal lipid and lipoprotein synthesis in both the jejunum and the ileum. Explants of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mehran M,Thibault L,Russo P,Garofalo C,Levy E

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work was designed to study the effects of a meat meal on glomerular filtration rate (GFR), renal plasma flow (RPF), and plasma concentrations of glucagon, insulin, growth hormone, renin, aldosterone, total amino acids, and NH3 in healthy humans (H) as well as in patients with Child A liver cirrhosis (LC). The meat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： De Santo NG,Anastasio P,Loguercio C,del Vecchio Blanco C,Capasso G,Coppola S,Bellini L,Spagnuolo G,Federico P,Alfieri R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 20% of monocytes and peritoneal macrophages from renal failure patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) were transferrin-receptor (TfR) positive by immunofluorescence, whereas cells from normal controls were generally TfR negative, as were monocytes from rheumatoid arthritis p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Moughal NA,McGregor SJ,Brock JH,Briggs JD,Junor BJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the potent specific cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonist loxiglumide on meal-stimulated plasma concentrations of CCK, gastrin, pancreatic polypeptide (PP), neurotensin, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), insulin and C peptide was investigated in a placebo-controlled study in 10 heal...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schmidt WE,Creutzfeldt W,Höcker M,Nustede R,Choudhury AR,Schleser A,Rovati LC,Fölsch UR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00