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Chemoattractants as causative agents, biomarkers and therapeutic targets in vascular pathology
(2006-09-22)
-PSOX, which mediates uptake of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) by cells. We detected abundant CXCL16/SR-PSOX and CXCR6 expression in atherosclerotic lesions from human subjects and apolipoprotein-Edeficient (ApoE-/-) mice. In monocytes, CXCL16/SR...
Bad breath : prevalence, periodontal disease, microflora and inflammatory markers
(2005-03-29)
Bad breath usually originates within the oral cavity and is believed to be associated with periodontal disease. The over all aim of the present thesis was to study periodontal conditions in subjects with bad breath as well ...
Atrial fibrillation : clinical presentation and prevention of recurrences
(2006-05-23)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia of clinical importance. AF is known to decrease quality of life and it is related to an increased morbidity and a risk of tromboembolic events. AF may also ...
On the genetic variation of interleukin-6 in health and coronary heart disease
(2005-03-18)
of IL-6 in healthy subjects and patients with CHD are largely unknown and remain to be defined. Thrombosis underlies most of the acute manifestations of CHD including myocardial infarction. The causes of thrombosis are not fully clear, but an important...
Tobacco smoking and vertical periodontal bone loss
(2005-05-18)
. The impact of water pipe smoking was of the same magnitude as that of cigarette smoking and the relative risk associated with water pipe smoking was 6-fold increased compared to non-smoking. In addition, the risk of vertical defects increased with increased...
Platelets and eosinophils in lung tissue remodelling
(2006-08-25)
Tissue injury and inflammation followed by effective repair restores normal function, but defective repair with associated tissue remodelling and fibrosis can lead to loss of organ function. Thus, interactions between ...
The analgesic mechanisms of buprenorphine
(2006-01-13)
of buprenorphine varies significantly in four inbred strains of mice (DBA2, C3H, C56BL/6 and 129). Significant between-strain differences were also seen for the antinociceptive effect of systemic morphine. The ranking order of potency was largely similar between...
Physical activity, body composition and physical self esteem among children and adolescents
(2005-02-25)
negative, and in girls, a fair negative correlation between physical self-esteem and BMI. BMI criterionreferenced cut points indicated, for each sex and age group, the optimal median cut point for steps per day for 6-12 year olds to be 12 000 steps per day...
Renal cell death in urinary tract infections : role of E. coli toxins
(2005-01-28)
) inhibited O6-toxin(s)-induced cell death. Furthermore, incubation with a metabolite of HO-1, carbon monoxide, could counteract the effects of E.coli-toxins. The protection by carbon monoxide was associated with up-regulation of p21 protein expression...
Molecular studies of complications in end stage renal disease : focus on expression and variations of candidate susceptibility genes
(2005-09-09)
) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are highly elevated in ESRD patients and predict mortality in both healthy and uremic individuals. Hence putative SNPs that may regulate plasma levels of these proteins were investigated (IL-6 SNPs: -597G/A, -174G/C, 5014A...