Background: It has been shown that zinc has an effect on physiological responses in animals and birds. On the other hand, dietary phytase in poultry results in increased availability of zinc. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of zinc oxide (ZnO) and Escherichia coli-derived 6-phytase supplemented diets on the plasma metabolites and enzyme activities of broiler bree...

background: acute kidney injury (aki) is a common and life-threatening complication following coronary artery bypass graft (cabg). neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (ngal) and cystatin c have shown to be good predictive factors for aki. recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of hypertonic saline in cardiac operations. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prophy...

Plasma-membrane-associated protein kinase(s) from normal rat liver phosphorylates exogenous bovine brain calmodulin in the absence of Ca2+ and in the presence of histone or poly(L-lysine). Maximum levels of calmodulin phosphorylation are obtained at a poly(L-lysine)/calmodulin molar ratio of 0.4. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that calmodulin is phosphorylated on serine, threonine and tyro...

Serum concentrations of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) were measured in patients with pregnancy-related gynaecologic emergencies including ectopic pregnancy (n = 124) and intrauterine abortion (n = 40). The results were compared with those in normal pregnancy (n = 136) and non-pregnant women (n = 460). In ectopic pregnancy and intrauterine abortion, the PAPP-A levels were lower ...

1. The water-insoluble globulin with which hemolysin is associated, may be separated from immune serum or plasma by dilution and simple dialysis at optimal pH. 2. This optimum in plasma is influenced by the presence of the fibrinogen. 3. Fibrinogen carries no immune body, or only an insignificant amount; when present in immune body solutions in other form than fibrin gel, it depresses the hemol...

This enzyme immunoassay procedure for pregnancy-associated plasma protein type A involves a "sandwich"-type system in microtitration plates. One can detect 0.27 mg of the protein per liter of serum, with a between-batch CV of 10.2%, and the antiserum used does not cross react with any of the other placentally derived proteins. A reference interval for the last trimester of pregnancy is presente...

this study focused on hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic index and levels of plasma 17β-estradiol (e2), vitellogenin (vtg) and total protein and determined the localization of vtg in the liver during vitellogenesis in female chalcalburnus tarichi, an endemic cyprinid species living in the lake van, turkey. the levels of plasma e2, vtg and total protein in female fish increased during vitellogenesi...

Introduction The membrane-associated form of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) represents a promising target for fluorescence-based intraoperative molecular imaging. Contrary to normal tissue cells, Hsp70 is selectively upregulated on the plasma membrane many tumor entities, including HNSCC.We investigated whether topical application fluorescence-labeled peptide tracer (TPP-IRDye800), that specific...

In this study we have used several complementary techniques to isolate and characterize a 72-kD polypeptide that is tightly associated with a major mouse T-lymphoma membrane glycoprotein, gp 85 (a wheat germ agglutinin-binding protein), in a 16 S complex. These two proteins do not separate in the presence of high salt but can be dissociated by treatment with 2 M urea. Further analysis indicates...