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Chemoattractants as causative agents, biomarkers and therapeutic targets in vascular pathology
(2006-09-22)
Atherosclerosis and restenosis are driven by chronic immune response in the vascular wall. This involves cell migration into and within the vessel wall, cell proliferation as well as accumulation of lipids in the vessel ...
A role of sympathetic nervous system in immunomodulation of early experimental African trypanosomiasis
(2004-11-25)
African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a protozoan disease prevalent in Sub-saharan Africa. It is caused by the genus Trypanosoma and occurs in humans and animals and is transmitted by infected tsetse flies. ...
Biosynthesis of leukotriene B4 in hematological malignancies
(2005-05-27)
Leukotrienes (LT) are biologically active metabolites of the fatty acid
arachidonic acid (AA). After liberation of AA by phospholipase A 2 (PLA
2), this fatty acid can be converted to leukotrienes, lipoxins,
prostaglandins ...
Synthetic studies of marine indole alkaloids and related systems
(2005-11-25)
-carboxaldehyde and 1,4-diacetyl-2,5-piperazinedione ill the presence of caesium carbonate. Several analogues of dipodazine, together with a few barettin analogues have been prepared and tested for activity ill antifouling assays, results and relevance of which...
Capsulotomy in anxiety disorders
(2006-05-26)
mean of 13 years. Main diagnoses were Generalized Anxiety Disorder (n=13), Panic Disorder (n=8) and Social Phobia (n=5). Mean Brief Scale of Anxiety score dropped significantly from preoperative 22 to 10 at long-term. Seven patients had postoperative...
Interactions between neural retina, retinal epithelium and choroid
(2006-05-25)
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a non-replicating monolayer that plays a key role nursing the photoreceptors of the neural retina, regulating fluid movement within the subretinal space, maintaining a basal laminar ...
The role of incretin peptides and ghrelin in upper gut motility and metabolic control
(2006-11-24)
Metabolic control is essential for the individual and is strictly regulated via a wide range of factors. One important mechanism in maintaining an adequate blood sugar level is the regulation of insulin release and gastric ...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
effect was observed in both cigarette and water pipe smokers compared to non-smokers (Study I). Both cigarette and water pipe smoking were associated with the presence of more than 10 pockets of ¡Ý5 mm probing depth. The relative risk for periodontal...
Tobacco smoking and vertical periodontal bone loss
(2005-05-18)
bone loss was significantly greater in heavy exposure smokers than in light exposure smokers suggesting an exposure-response effect of smoking. Compared to non-smokers the 10-year relative risk was 2.4-fold increased in light exposure smokers and 5...
Pain management in outpatient knee arthroscopy
(2006-04-14)
), levobupivacaine 5 mg/ml (n=40), and lidocaine 10 mg/ml with adrenaline (n=40), administered intra-articularly at the end of surgery performed under light GA. Primary study endpoint was the need for any analgesics during the first 24 postoperative hours...