β herpesviruses and epstein barr virus in the lower respiratory tract from lung transplant patients results of a study performed at the virology unit of the university hospital san giovanni battista turin italy
... the Institute of Haematology and Oncology “L andA Seragnoli”, Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, ItalyThe alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase method andthe primary antibodies ... of Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Egypt have prevalence rates of 50% andthe countries with relatively low rates of 25% and below are the Central African ... considerable variation inthe seroprevalence rates of HHV-8 infection among adults and children; the highest adult rates of 26-100% have been found in Uganda, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, the Democratic...
... Takei et al demonstrated that the expression level of SAP transcripts inthe peripheral leukocytes of RA patients was significantly lower than in normal individuals, and RA patients had decreased ... KS and JT assembled, analyzed and interpreted the patient findings including the hematological disease, rheumatoid arthritis and pathological samples All authors contributed to writing the manuscript ... factor, anti-RNP antibody, and anti-SS -A antibody Bilateral hand X-rays showed mild swelling and destruction ofthe metacarpo-phalangeal (MP) and proximal-inter-phalangeal (PIP) joints He was diagnosed...
... areas There are 12 cases having EBER signal in areas of germinal centers and cases having signals in inter-follicular areas Inthe group of EBV localized within germinal centers (GC-EBV), patients ... the applications of either alternative or adjuvant therapy Since many medications and even radiation therapy could block angiogenesis This may explaine why some reports showed radiation and chemotherapy ... write the article and submit the manuscript TT Hung helped analyze theresultsofthestudy HC Liu and TP Liu participated in reviewing the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final...
... consecutively among inpatients atthe Havelhöhe Hospitalandfrom outpatients inthe two practises In this paper we report theresultsfromthe breast cancer and colorectal cancer group andthe healthy ... operated and 57.9% of all had received standard radio-chemotherapy and were still receiving hormonal treatment (table 1) Colorectal cancer patients participating inthestudy had a mean disease ... class, respectively ResultsAtstudy inclusion breast cancer patients participating inthestudy had a mean disease duration of 4.7 years, 13 (13.7%) of them a disease duration of less than year,...
... manufacturer Aerocrine® recommended an elevated level at FENO > 20 ppb (as intermediate level) anda level of FENO > 35 ppb as a clear indication for an eosinophilic inflammation in adult patients ... COPD and three patients with overlap had already stopped smoking several years before the examination Four of them had accumulated one to three pack years The diagnoses of these four patients changed ... overlap of COPD and asthma were significantly older and had more pack years of smoking than asthma patients (p < 0.001 for each difference; t-Test) Atthelung function laboratory the diagnosis of...
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... 5¢ interface between cDNA and pEBTet is AAGCTT GAATTCTGCAGAT TCGA gccacc ATGCGGGA (polylinker in bold, Kozak motif inlower case, cDNA underlined); the 3¢ interface is ATTTCTAGA TCCAGCAC For pEBTetD ... SLC2 2A1 6h, the 5¢ interface is GGTACC CCCCCGGA; the 3¢ interface is ATGCCTGC GGGGATCCAC TAGTAACGGC CGCC AGTGTG CTGGAATTCT GCAGATATCC ATCACAC TGGCGGCC The cDNA of eGFP corresponds to GenBank entry ... 3B) and OCT2h (not shown) we obtained inadequate ratios; for our assays, we aim for at least a 10 : ratio It was reasoned that with some cDNAs, even the low mRNA levels inthe off-state generate,...
... clinical information; AG, CM, SR, and MTS analyzed data; SAP and PPP performed research, analyzed data and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript VT and CA contributed ... VT performed research, analyzed data and wrote the manuscript; CA performed research and analyzed data; ES and FB analyzed data; SC and GM were responsible for patient care and provided clinical ... that arose inthe setting of acute primary EBV infection in our patient, characterized by a monoclonal proliferation of EBV-infected T cells Case presentation A 23-year-old Caucasian man was hospitalized...
... Fukayama M, Hayashi Y, Iwasaki Y, Chong J, Ooba T, Takizawa T, Koike M, Mizutani S, Miyaki M, Hirai K: Epstein- Barr virus- associated gastric carcinoma and Epstein- Barrvirus infection ofthe ... populations in Southern China Interestingly, a silent mutation A G at 103654 was found in all the wild isolates, suggesting this interchange may be a specific marker ofthe EBV strains in local area and ... hydrophobic amino acid may alter the affinity of protein with DNA, while mutation at position 316 may contribute less to the change ofthe capacity of DNA binding, according to theresultsof Manet, E and...
... differentiate into plasma cells 43 These findings indicate that EBV latency programs are closely aligned with the normal B cell differentiation and maturation pathways Proliferating activated lymphoblasts ... solid organ transplantpatientsandfrom recipient cells in bone marrow transplantpatientsA hypothetical role of latent EBV proteins inthe pathogenesis of PTLD has been explained inthe previous ... activation ofthe NF-κB pathway apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 76,77 73-75 and induces the upregulation of anti- and A2 0 78 Activation of cellular signaling pathways is responsible for the dramatic...
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... preparation and interpretation ofthe data CM-R was responsible for sample blood collection, manuscript preparation, interpretation of data and statistical analyses NG performedthe ELISPOT assays ... SpA patients had anti-TNF + MTX Twenty-two MTX naive RA patients received MTX EBV viral load data were also available for 67 patientsand 15 control individuals at week 0, and for 52 patientsat ... effect A recent meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of infliximab and adalimumab identified 10 cases of lymphoma (four cases inthe randomized phase ofthe trials and six cases in the...
... anesthesia The histology report ofthe Institute of Anatomy and Histologic Pathology stated "fragment of nasal mucosa with pronounced angiectatic-edematous aspects ofthe stroma and inflammatory infiltration ... angiectasic-edematous phenomena ofthe stroma and eosinophil lymphoplasma cell inflammatory infiltration That the finding was aspecific is obvious given the characteristics oftherespiratory mucosa epithelium, ... meaning we are unable to explain as regards the acidophil area inthe apical portion ofthe multinucleate cells andthe presence of cells with PAS+ vacuoles A particularly interesting finding...
... characteristics of each subject group is shown in Table Instrumentation Each subject was placed ina custom setup that allowed for thestudyof strength and coordination ofthelower extremities ina standing ... MA) and custom data acquisition software written in Matlab (Mathworks Inc Natick, MA) and stored for later analysis Protocol Subjects were asked to generate maximum voluntary torques (MVTs) about ... the amount of co-contraction during the generation of MVTs a co-contraction index was calculated The Page 10 of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation...
... anesthesia The histology report ofthe Institute of Anatomy and Histologic Pathology stated "fragment of nasal mucosa with pronounced angiectatic-edematous aspects ofthe stroma and inflammatory infiltration ... angiectasic-edematous phenomena ofthe stroma and eosinophil lymphoplasma cell inflammatory infiltration That the finding was aspecific is obvious given the characteristics oftherespiratory mucosa epithelium, ... meaning we are unable to explain as regards the acidophil area inthe apical portion ofthe multinucleate cells andthe presence of cells with PAS+ vacuoles A particularly interesting finding...
... healthy control individuals using a semiquantitative PCR assay Materials and methods Patientsand samples Sixty-six Korean patients with SLE treated atthe Department of Internal Medicine (Kangnam ... healthy control individuals Spearman correlation analysis was performed to determine bivariate correlations ResultsEpsteinBarrvirus detection andEpsteinBarrvirus typing in mouthwash samples To ... semiquantitative PCR assay to evaluate the level of EBV genome inthe peripheral blood of SLE patients We could detect and quantify EBV DNA in almost all ofthepatients with SLE andthe control individuals...
... 110 Yamazaki M, Kitamura R, Kusano S, Eda H, Sato S, Okawa-Takatsuji M, Aotsuka S, Yanagi K: Elevated immunoglobulin G antibodies to the proline-rich amino-terminal region of Epstein- Barrvirus ... Fujiwara S, Horie T, Ryu J, Osaka S, Yoshino S, Sawada S: Detection of Epstein- Barr virus- encoded small RNA and latent membrane protein in synovial lining cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients ... Costenbader and Karlson responses to Epstein- Barr virus- determined nuclear antigen (EBNA)-1 and EBNA-2 in acute and chronic Epstein- Barrvirus infection Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1987, 84:570-574 Linde...
... ATA CTG TTA GCC CTG CGC CGG AGT AAG CAG ACA TAT AG /CAA AAC CTC AGC AAA TAT ATG AG 554 bp N /A Custom 95°C initial denaturation for 10 mins; 55°C annealing BG-1F TAG CAA CCT CAA ACA GAC ACC A ... plasma of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphoma patients Cancer Res 2003, 63(9):2028-32 43 Lin JC, et al: Quantification of plasma Epstein- Barrvirus DNA inpatients with advanced nasopharyngeal ... from early to end-stage disease EBV DNA loads increased sequentially following transplantation, decreased after anti-viral therapy inPatientsAand C and peaked ten days prior to death in Patients...
... A, Vaheri A, Vapalahti O, Plyusnin A: Co-circulation of three pathogenic hantaviruses: Puumala, Dobrava, and Saaremaa in Hungary J Med Virol 2009, 81:2045-2052 Garanina SB, Platonov AE, Zhuravlev ... (mtDNA), amplified by PCR, using previously described universal primers (5'-CGAAGCTTGATATGAAAAACCATCGTTG-3' and 5'-GCAGCCCCTCAGAATGATATTTGTCCAC-3') mtDNA sequences were deposited into GenBank ... trapping the conducted Maps with Maps with shaded areas, showing the (A) geographic range ofthe Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) and administrative districts in (B) Hungary and (C) Finland,...