Bone reconstruction requires the use of autografts from patients' iliac crest (IC); for large-volume defects bone void fillers and autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are often added. The Reamer/Irrigator/Aspirator (RIA) device provides the means of harvesting large amounts of autograft and additionally yields a waste bag containing MSCs, which is currently discarded. The aim of this study...

We used a "sandwich"-type immunoenzymometric assay (IEMA) and a radioimmunoassay (RIA) to measure antibody against the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in serum from individuals with myasthenia gravis, with markedly different results for certain specimens, as measured by the two techniques. In some cases, antibody concentrations were high by RIA but low by IEMA; in others, the reverse was...

Glucagon metabolism under basal (endogenous) conditions and during intravenous glucagon infusion was studied in anesthetized pigs by use of midregion (M), COOH-terminal (C), and NH2-terminal (N)-RIAs. Arteriovenous concentration differences revealed a negative extraction of endogenous glucagon immunoreactivity across the portal bed (-35.4 +/- 11.0, -40.3 +/- 9.6, -35.6 +/- 16.9%, M-, C-, N-RIA,...

We describe autoantibodies against iodinated gastrin in a patient with Graves' disease. Values for serum gastrin differed in this case, depending on which of two different radioimmunoassay (RIA) kits was used. RIA with the dextran-coated charcoal method for separation of free tracer gastrin gave a value less than 9.5 pmol/L, whereas the value by a RIA kit by the double-antibody method was 318 p...

The performance of a new enzyme immunoassay (EIA) procedure (Abbott Labs.) for cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) met or exceeded the manufacturer's claims for all analytical variables examined. Overall correlation with results obtained with a radioimmunoassay (RIA) were good. However, near the decision thresholds typically chosen to define a positive result for ovarian carcinoma, EIA results were 10 ...

We have evaluated a time-resolved immunofluorometric assay (IFMA) for determining thyrotropin. This "sandwich"-type system involves two monoclonal antibodies directed against different epitopes. A linear relationship between signal and thyrotropin concentration was observed up to 6000 milli-int. units/L. This procedure takes one day, vs six days with our present RIA technique, and requires only...

In 1960 Berson and Yalow published a method for the radioimmunoassay (RIA) of plasma insulin based on the concept that the extent to which unlabeled insulin displaces labeled insulin from anti-insulin antibody is proportional to the concentration of unlabeled insulin. The RIA for insulin has greatly increased knowledge of the physiology of glucose homeostasis and of the diverse causes of diabet...

Recently, a wide array of Web Applications has evolved to Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). This new application paradigm emphasizes the use of client-side technologies in order to provide more responsive and interactive Web Interfaces. The main contribution of this work is an Interaction Model to specify the new semantics to deal with the Model-Driven RIA development. This model is made up of...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between plasmid isolated from S. enterica serovar Typhi (pR(ST98)) and macrophage apoptosis. pR(ST98) was transferred into an attenuated S. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain RIA to create a transconjugant pRsT98/RIA. Standard S. enterica serovar Typhimurium virulence strain SR-11 was used as a positive control, and RIA as a nega...

The influence of assay method on single dose cyclosporine (CsA) pharmacokinetics was studied in nine dogs receiving either i.v. or oral CsA. Samples were drawn from hepatic, portal, and systemic veins at various times after the dose and CsA levels were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Blood concentration-time data were analyzed by nonlinear...