abstract：BACKGROUND:Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) and cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) remodel circulating lipoproteins and play a role in the antiatherogenic reverse cholesterol transport pathway. The present study determined whether abnormalities in the LDL subfraction pattern in type 2 diabetic patients were ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tan KC,Shiu SW,Wong Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analytical statistics revealed a variety of risk factors for hypertension, but the complex interplay between different factors remains to be determined by more powerful statistical techniques. METHODS:Analytical as well as new, explorative statistical methods such as natural segmentation (k-means) and predi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lukas A,Kumbein F,Temml C,Mayer B,Oberbauer R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many diseases with a major public health impact are the result of complex interactions between environmental factors and multiple genes. In the past decade, methods for genome analysis, in particular quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis in animal models, were developed to identify and localize the genes responsible...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hillebrandt S,Matern S,Lammert F

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal size and function reflect the health of the kidney. These parameters are associated with age, gender and body weight. The kidneys are also influenced by micro- and macrovascular diseases. Atherosclerotic markers and risk factors may influence the age-related changes of renal size and function. METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Bax L,van der Graaf Y,Rabelink AJ,Algra A,Beutler JJ,Mali WP,SMART Study Group.

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors may affect reactive oxygen species in humans in vitro and in vivo. In the present study we evaluated whether angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors may affect NAD(P)H oxidase activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The production of reactive oxygen species was measured spe...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van der Giet M,Erinola M,Zidek W,Tepel M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Western societies colonic cancer most frequently develops in the distal colon, largely as a result of the composition of the diet. Modulation of dietary factors is therefore an attractive modality to reduce colorectal cancer risk. This study aims to evaluate the potentially protective effects of calcium i...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Gorkom BA,van der Meer R,Karrenbeld A,van der Sluis T,Zwart N,Termont DS,Boersma-van Ek W,de Vries EG,Kleibeuker JH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HFE knockout mice (C57BL/6 x 129/Ola strain) mimic the functional aberrations of human hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) in short-term experiments. The present study investigates functional and morphological long-term changes. METHODS:HFE(o/o), HFE(+/o) and HFE(+/+) mice were maintained on iron-rich and cont...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lebeau A,Frank J,Biesalski HK,Weiss G,Srai SK,Simpson RJ,McKie AT,Bahram S,Gilfillan S,Schümann K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amadori-albumin, a major glycated protein, is involved in experimental hyperglycaemia-induced microvascular complications, and is associated with advanced nephropathy in Type I diabetic patients in humans. Our aim was to assess the association of Amadori-albumin with early nephropathy and with retinopathy in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schalkwijk CG,Chaturvedi N,Twaafhoven H,van Hinsbergh VW,Stehouwer CD,EUCLID Study Group.

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of Procion orange dye (POD) is one of the most widely accepted techniques to assess sarcolemmal damage. This phenomenon has been related to functional adaptation in skeletal muscles. The POD method includes intravenous injection of this colorant in vivo, enabling its identification inside those fibre...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Palacio J,Gāldiz JB,Alvarez FJ,Orozco-Levi M,Lloreta J,Gea J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tightly co-ordinated control of both insulin action and secretion is required in order to maintain glucose homeostasis. Gene knockout experiments have helped to define key signalling molecules that affect insulin action, including insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptors, insulin receptor substrate (...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Rhodes CJ,White MF

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：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:Plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E are positively correlated with those of concurrent lipids and, on the other hand, lipid levels are influenced by apolipoprotein E polymorphism. Therefore, the effect of this polymorphism on both vitamins was analysed in an adult population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sub...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gómez-Coronado D,Entrala A,Alvarez JJ,Ortega H,Olmos JM,Castro M,Sastre A,Herrera E,Lasunción MA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many haemodialysis patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) receive intravenous iron supplementation on a regular basis. It has been shown previously that this may result in a transient "oversaturation" of transferrin. METHODS:Ten stable haemodialysis patients on r-HuEPO treatment re...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kooistra MP,Kersting S,Gosriwatana I,Lu S,Nijhoff-Schutte J,Hider RC,Marx JJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 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:Cancer chemotherapy in humans based on metal complexes started at the clinical level in the late 1970s with the use of cisplatin, which forms intra-strand cross-links with DNA. METHODS:Two new platinum complexes of cis-geometry with the amino acids inosine (ino) and l-alanine (ala), Pt(ino)2Cl2 and cis-[Pt(...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Charalabopoulos K,Karkabounas S,Ioachim E,Papalimneou V,Syrigos K,Evangelou A,Agnantis N,Hadjiliadis N

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased plasma levels of soluble adhesion molecules are associated with an increased risk of atherothrombosis. The pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for these associations are not known. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) con...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Becker A,van Hinsbergh VW,Jager A,Kostense PJ,Dekker JM,Nijpels G,Heine RJ,Bouter LM,Stehouwer CD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvement of renal concentration capacity was long ago shown to occur after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Study of concentration capacity is of interest, as it was also shown to be a predictive factor for the risk of death in patients with pHPT, and it affected the risk of death independe...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hedbäck G,Abrahamsson K,Odén A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the influence of chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis on procalcitonin (PCT) levels in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants within the first week of life. DESIGN:PCT serum levels were measured in cord blood 1 h after delivery and on day 3 and day 7 of life. Chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Janota J,Stranák Z,Bĕlohlávková S,Mudra K,Simák J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic factors may be important in modifying heart size due to long-term athletic training. The significance of polymorphisms of genes of the renin-angiotensin system in myocardial mass in a population of athletes participating in different disciplines is not known. METHODS:The angiotensin I-converting enz...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Diet F,Graf C,Mahnke N,Wassmer G,Predel HG,Palma-Hohmann I,Rost R,Böhm M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:EPB4.1 has been previously mapped to human chromosome 1p33-p34.2. In contradiction to this chromosomal location, we have mapped EPB4.1-1p36 by using fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping. In neuroblastomas, deletions of the telomeric end of chromosome 1 (1p36) are the most common ge...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Huang S,Lichtenauer UD,Pack S,Wang C,Kim AC,Lutchman M,Koch CA,Torres-Cruz J,Huang SC,Benz EJ Jr,Christiansen H,Dockhorn-Dworniczak B,Poremba C,Vortmeyer AO,Chishti AH,Zhuang Z

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of the development of a restrictive response to an acute saline load, defined as an increase in the ratio of peak early to peak late diastolic transmitral flow velocity (E/A ratio) associated with a decrease in the deceleration time, in patients with mild...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Triposkiadis F,Moyssakis I,Makris T,Hatzizaharias A,Hadjinikolaou L,Kyriakidis M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele has been associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, and is also a major genetic susceptibility locus for Alzheimer's disease. Some studies have shown an association between apoE genotype and ischaemic stroke or outcome following stroke, while other studies have...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： MacLeod MJ,De Lange RP,Breen G,Meiklejohn D,Lemmon H,Clair DS

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are usually characterized by the presence of antibody to pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) in the sera and PDC-specific T cells in the liver. However, most of the patients with PBC do not show peripheral blood T cells response to PDC. In this study, we re-evaluated the ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Akbar SM,Yamamoto K,Miyakawa H,Ninomiya T,Abe M,Hiasa Y,Masumoto T,Horiike N,Onji M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an atherothrombotic plasma lipoprotein with unknown function. Little is known about the catabolism of this lipoprotein, in particular the steps related to apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] fragmentation and excretion by the kidney. MATERIAL AND METHODS:High plasma levels (up to 9 mg dL(-1...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Frank S,Hrzenjak A,Blaschitz A,Dohr G,Kostner GM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies in different animal models and plasma analyses in humans suggest that members of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) cytokine family may be involved in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure (CHF). Accordingly, we have examined IL-6-related cytokines in chronic CHF in humans by analysing gene and protein ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Eiken HG,Øie E,Damås JK,Yndestad A,Bjerkeli V,Aass H,Simonsen S,Geiran OR,Tønnessen T,Christensen G,Frøland SS,Gullestad L,Attramadal H,Aukrust P

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:To diagnose hypolactasia, determination of lactase enzyme activity in small intestinal biopsy material is considered to be the golden standard. Because of its strongly invasive character and the sampling problems, alternative methods have been looked for. We analysed the 13C-glucose response in serum after consumption...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vonk RJ,Stellaard F,Priebe MG,Koetse HA,Hagedoorn RE,De Bruijn S,Elzinga H,Lenoir-Wijnkoop I,Antoine JM

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis are well recognized chronic cholestatic liver diseases that are considered to have an autoimmune basis. Recent progress in the study of autoimmune liver diseases has improved the recognition and characterization of these conditions. An important component of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Medina J,Jones EA,García-Monzón C,Moreno-Otero R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well known that space travel cause post-flight orthostatic hypotension and it was assumed that autonomic cardiovascular control deteriorates in space. Lower body negative pressure (LBNP) was used to assess autonomic function of the cardiovascular system. METHODS:LBNP tests were performed on six crew-m...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Baisch F,Beck L,Blomqvist G,Wolfram G,Drescher J,Rome JL,Drummer C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of important immunocompetence-like features on endocrine steroid cells raises questions about direct intercellular communication between the adrenal and immune systems. This article summarizes our recent work and new data on immune-adrenal interactions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:RT-PCR and immunoh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Marx C,Bornstein SR,Wolkersdörfer GW

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumours in the adrenals originate from the adrenal cortex, the adrenal medulla or as metastases from extra-adrenal primaries. Differentiating between these three groups is the first task a pathologist has to tackle when dealing with specimens from the adrenal region. Whereas this is possible in every case with total r...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Saeger W

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence indicates that statins might have direct vascular effects independently from low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol reduction and we reported that the reduction in urinary albumin excretion rate during Simvastatin treatment in type 2 diabetic patients was not correlated with LDL-chol...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tonolo G,Melis MG,Formato M,Angius MF,Carboni A,Brizzi P,Ciccarese M,Cherchi GM,Maioli M

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inactivation of the tumour suppressor gene, p53, is the commonest genetic abnormality in human cancer. The study of the type of p53 mutation in a given tumour may provide prognostic information, clues to aetiology and become useful for therapeutics. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The molecular characterisation of p5...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tullo A,D'Erchia AM,Honda K,Kelly MD,Habib NA,Saccone C,Sbisà E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kinetic abnormalities of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) remain poorly understood. To get further insight into these abnormalities we performed a stable isotope kinetic experiment comparing the metabolism of apoB-containing lipoproteins in mod...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Duvillard L,Pont F,Florentin E,Galland-Jos C,Gambert P,Vergès B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00