We made a new protein-rich and fibrous foodstuff by mi]ling and sieving brewer's pent grain. This product contained glutamine-rich protein and the dietary fibers cellulose, hemicel}ulose, and lignin. We called this produet germinated barley f(K)dstufi (GBF). GBF had the effect of increasing feca] dry weight and number of fb{ es and of significantly inereasing jejunum mucosal protein content in ...

Prevalence, incidence and predictors of resistant hypertension (RH), (defined as blood pressure persistently above goal in spite of the concurrent use of three antihypertensive agents of different classes) in the general population remain largely unknown. A complete database including anthropometric and biochemical data was collected in 1994-1995 (baseline examination) in 1,019 participants (me...

To assess the influence of heredity on factors that help regulate the arterial blood pressure in man, we conducted sodium-loading and depletion studies in monozygotic and dizygotic twins, normotensive first-degree relatives of essential hypertensives, and in normotensive control subjects matched for age, sex, and race. Following sodium-loading, we found evidence for the influence of genetic var...

New molecular complexes of fullerenes C60 and C70 with tetraphenylporphyrins [M(tpp)] in which M-H2, MnII, CoII, CuII, ZnII and Fe(III)Cl, have been synthesised. Crystal structures of two C60 complexes with H2TPP, which differ only in the number of benzene solvated molecules, and C60 and C70 complexes with [Cu(tpp)] have been studied. The fullerene molecules form a honeycomb motif in H2TPP.2C60...

OBJECTIVE Here, we examined the cingulum bundle, a long-range white matter tract mediating dorsal limbic connectivity, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography, in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) versus controls. We hypothesised that cingulum bundle microstructure would be altered in ASD, based on evidence implicating abnormal white matter connectivity in t...

Previous studies have reported an exaggerated natriuresis in hypertensive man; however, a systematic appraisal of this response in various forms of hypertension has not been made. We measured fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) during a four hour intravenous infusion of 2 liters normal saline in 162 normal subjects and 120 hypertensives. Of these, 13 had primary aldosteronism (ALDO), 19 high ...

We study transport in random undirectional wave-like velocity fields with nonlinear dispersion relations. For this simple model, we have several interesting findings: (1) In the absence of molecular diffusion the entire family of fractional Brownian motions (FBMs), persistent or anti-persistent, can arise in the scaling limit. (2) The infrared cutoff may alter the scaling limit depending on whe...

BACKGROUND Hyperkalemia is one of the more serious complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the cause of potassium retention is a reduction in urinary potassium excretion. However, few studies have examined the extent of the decrease of urinary potassium excretion in detail with respect to decreased renal function. METHODS Nine hundred eighty-nine patients with CKD (CKD stages G1 an...

SLC16A12 is a recently identified creatine transporter of unknown physiological function. A heterozygous mutation in the human gene causes juvenile cataracts and reduced plasma guanidinoacetate (GAA) levels with an increased fractional urinary excretion GAA. Our study transgenic SLC16A12-deficient rats reveals that critical for tubular reabsorption GAA kidney. data furthermore indicate dominant...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dopamine infusion for renal protection is controversial. This study aimed at observing the effects of dopamine, hypertonic solution and the association of both in dogs with water restriction, emulating preoperative fast. METHODS The following renal function parameters were studied in 32 dogs anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital and fentanyl: effective renal plasma ...