The deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in synovial fluid and tissue leads to gouty arthritis frequently associated with synovial inflammation and bone erosions. The cellular mechanism that links MSU crystals to an increased number of osteoclasts has not yet been fully understood. In a recent issue of Arthritis Research & Therapy Lee and colleagues proposed that bone destruction in ch...

Only primates suffer from hyperuricemia and gout. Acute gouty attack with fulminate inflammation may recover within 7-10 days. The pathogenesis of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystal-induced acute gouty inflammation has been gradually elucidated. It is conceivable that MSU crystals possess both danger-associated pathological pattern (DAMP) and physical microcrystal properties that may ac...

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This study was aimed to standardize the technique for counting monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in the synovial fluid (SF) of patients with gout. A total of 52 SF specimens were examined under a polarized light microscope. The amount of SF ranged between 0.1 and 45 mL (median 3 mL). MSU crystals were counted in four areas with the same size at 400x magnification. Cytological examination of the s...

A.F. Izmailov, A.L. Pogosyan, and M.V. Solodov Moscow State University, MSU, Uchebniy Korpus 2, VMK Faculty, OR Department, Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia. Email: [email protected]; Moscow State University, MSU, Uchebniy Korpus 2, VMK Faculty, OR Department, Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia. Email: [email protected]; IMPA – Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Estrada Dona Cast...

Biographical notes: Denis S Andreyuk graduated in 1997 from Biological Faculty of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. After getting PhD in Biology (1999), he worked in Biological Faculty of MSU. From 2004 till 2012, he worked in the NT-MDT Group, the last position was Director of Marketing. From 2012 till now, he is an Executive Vice-President of the Nanotechnological Societ...

Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L pers.) is one of the most geographically adapted and utilized of the warm-season grasses. However, bermudagrass adaptation to the Northern USA is limited by freeze damage and winterkill. Our study provides the first large-scale analyses of gene expression in bermudagrass regenerative crown tissues during cold acclimation. We compared gene expression patterns in ...

the performance of msu-s and its forms modified with phosphotungstic acid (hpw) and nickel (ni) for the desulfurization and denitrogenation of model diesel fuel were studied. according to the results of the characteristic tests (n2 adsorption-desorption, xrd, sem, and nh3-tpd), heteropoly acid incorporation causes higher acidity along with a negligible loss of structural aspects, while ni impre...

Over the period from 1979 to 2001, tropospheric trends derived from a widely cited analysis of the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) temperature record show little or no warming, while surface temperature trends based on in situ observations show a pronounced warming of ;0.2 K decade21. This discrepancy between trends at the surface and in the upper atmosphere has been a source of significant debat...