Berry, Susan A., Pearl L. Bergad, Allison M. Stolz, Howard C. Towle, and Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg. Regulation of Spi 2.1 and 2.2 gene expression after turpentine inflammation: discordant responses to IL-6. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C1374–C1382, 1999.—The rat serine protease inhibitor (Spi) 2 gene family includes both positive (Spi 2.2) and negative (Spi 2.1) acute phase reactants,...

The acute effects of a single intravenous dose of L-asparaginase on protein synthesis were studied in normal rabbits and in animals that had received turpentine to stimulate fibrinogen production. Male New Zealand rabbits received L-asparaginase (500 U/kg) 16 hr before the injection of the radiolabeled amino acid [75Se]selenomethionine (75SeM). Incorporation of 75SeM into fibrinogen and serum p...

To improve understanding of sensory processes related to visceral inflammation, the effect of turpentine-induced inflammation on reflex (cardiovascular/visceromotor) and extracellularly recorded lumbosacral dorsal horn neuron responses to colorectal distension (CRD) was investigated. A 25% solution of turpentine, applied to the colorectal mucosa, produced inflammation, decreased compliance of t...

BACKGROUND Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are often used as markers of inflammation. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether MPO activity is as reliable as IL-6 as an indicator of inflammation. METHODS Inflammation was induced in mice, using either turpentine or indomethacin. Duodenal tissue was removed from these animals at various time periods ranging from 6 h to 7 da...

BACKGROUND Natural resins were frequently employed as adhesives or as components of oleo-resinous media in paintings in the past. The identification of vegetable resins is still an open problem. The aim of this paper is to analyze by GC-MS some vegetable resins frequently employed in paintings, such as Venice turpentine, dammar, copal, elemi in order to identify their main component in raw and ...

and face cyanosed, pulse was imperceptible at wrist, eyes sunken, but her voice remained unaltered (though low). There were intense thirst and retching, and colicy pain in the pit of the stomach. She was passing watery motions. There were cramps on her abdomen and lower limbs. I applied hot bottles and hot stones wrapped np over her back and limbs. Turpentine, ginger powder and rum also rubbed ...

In veterinary medicine, hyperferritinemia is often observed in dogs with various diseases (e.g., histiocytic sarcoma and immune-mediated hemolytic anemia) without evidence of iron overload. The mechanism underlying hyperferritinemia development is not well understood. Anemia caused by inflammation is termed as anemia of chronic disease (ACD), and experimentally induced ACD is known to cause sli...