BACKGROUND Tocopherols may protect against prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS We assessed the effect of walnuts, which are rich in tocopherols, on markers of prostate and vascular health in men at risk for prostate cancer. We conducted an 8-week walnut supplement study to examine effects of walnuts on serum tocopherols and prostate specific antigen (PSA). Subjects (n = ...

A microphase adsorption-spectral correction (MPASC) technique was established, which consists of Langmuir adsorption and the spectral correction technique. The hypothesis of a microelectric field formed in macromolecules is proposed, the existence of which results in the adsorption and aggregation of dye molecules in macromolecules. This paper describes the spectrophotometric analysis of protei...

Serum protein electrophoresis (EPG) is commonly requested to aid diagnosis of disorders associated with alterations gamma globulins. In 2022, the RCPAQAP introduced reporting serum fractions, albumin, alpha-1, alpha-2, beta, beta-1, beta-2, and gamma, in paraproteins program. A high variation results for certain fractions was noted. We sought review this heterogeneity. Methods: The qualitative ...

Abstract The objective of this research study is to profile anti-viral and pro-inflammatory cytokines, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I & II molecules cell death markers in clinical cases sepsis. Research design included three patient cohorts namely, COVID-19 with sepsis (C19wSepsis, N=17), no (C19NoSepsis, N=17) alone (N=24). Healthy subjects served as controls (N=16). Serum ...

Beta-2A globulin and the 7S and 19S gamma globulins are the major proteins of the serum derived from the immune system. Collectively they have been termed the immunoglobulins. The 19S gamma globulin, also known as the gamma-1 macroglobulin, the 82 macroglobulin or 82M, has been the subject of intensive study in recent years. The rheumatoid factor as well as a variety of anti-bodies fall into th...

BALB/c mice injected at birth with 10(8) (A/J X BALB/c)F1 hybrid spleen cells develop an autoimmune host-vs-graft (HVG) disease as a result of activation of donor B cells by host CD4+ cells. The antidonor CD4+ cells seem to be Th2-like cells, inasmuch as they are profoundly deficient in IL-2 and IFN-gamma production, but secrete high levels of IL-4 and IL-10. As IFN-gamma is known to inhibit th...

Cultures of peripheral blood or bone marrow erythroid progenitors display stimulated production of fetal hemoglobin. We investigated whether this stimulation is due to factors contained in the sera of the culture medium. Comparisons of gamma/gamma + beta biosynthetic ratios in erythroid colonies grown in fetal calf serum (FCS) or in charcoal treated FCS (C-FCS) showed that FCS-grown cells had s...

Experimental evidence is presented that the intrinsic viscosity of solutions of mixed proteins obeys the additive equation See PDF for Equation. The datum serves to characterize the system, and combined with other analytical techniques and fractionation procedures, enables one to analyze and characterize subfractions. The plasmas and sera of clinically "normal" individuals give intrinsic viscos...

Various preparations of gamma-globulin homogeneous in the ultracentrifuge showed a similar content of hexose, hexosamine, fucose, and sialic acid. Subfractionation of Fr. II gamma-globulin by zone electrophoresis revealed multiple components of different mean mobilities but containing similar amounts of carbohydrate. Gamma globulin isolated directly from normal serum by zone electrophoresis sho...