The Low-Molecular-Weight SH-Protease Inhibitor in Rat Skin is Epidermal

Localisation of a low-molecular-weight bronchial protease inhibitor in the peripheral human lung.

The localisation of a low-molecular-weight bronchial protease inhibitor (LMI) in human peripheral lung tissue was studied by an immunohistochemical method. This inhibitor was found exclusively in a part of the non-ciliated cell population of the bronchiolar epithelium. An inverse relationship was observed between the number of LMI-positive non-ciliated cells per millimetre of basement membrane ...

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid: Its Effects on Epidermal Gene Expression and Skin Ageing

High Molecular Weight (HMW): total adiponectin ratio is low in hiv-infected women receiving protease inhibitors

BACKGROUND At the time of the study, the HIV-treatment policy in South Africa included highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens 1 (nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) only), and 2 (protease inhibitors (PI) and NRTIs). HAART is associated with the lipodystrophy syndrome, insulin resistance and reduced total adiponectin (TA) levels. The high molecular weight (HMW):TA ...

Epidermal growth factor: high and low molecular weight forms.

In crude homogenates of the submaxillary gland of the male mouse, epidermal growth factor (EGF) activity was found almost entirely in a high molecular weight complex (about 74,000 daltons). This high molecular weight form may be reversibly dissociated into EGF and an EGF-binding protein. EGF was found to have a molecular weight of approximately 6400. The EGF-binding protein has a molecular weig...

Prolongation of rat skin and cardiac allograft survival by low molecular weight heparin.

BACKGROUND We have previously reported that very low doses of low molecular weight heparin compounds (LMWH) inhibit a variety of T-cell-mediated reactions by down-regulation of TNF-alpha production. This study tested the efficacy of LMWH in organ transplantation. METHODS Skin and heterotopic heart transplantations were performed between recipient Wistar rats and donor BN rats. Two doses of LM...