ObjectiveTechniques such as the use of nonpenetrating vascular clips for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) anastomotic creation have been developed in an effort to reduce fistula-related complications. However, outcomes data remained equivocal, and cost evaluations support their largely theoretical. Therefore, present study aimed determine both clinical AVFs created with compared continuous suture te...

In isolated phloem segments of celery (Apium graveolens L.), a tissue highly specific for sucrose and mannitol uptake, glucose uptake occurs at very low rates and exhibits biphasic kinetics. Nonpenetrating inhibitors such as parachloromercuribenzene sulfonic acid did not inhibit glucose uptake. However, uptake was greatly inhibited by penetrating inhibitors such as N-ethylmaleimide and carbonyl...

The fluorescent dye dichlorotriazinyl aminofluorescein will bind to amino groups of proteins covalently under physiological conditions. It has been used to dye the connective tissue around an ulcer or nonpenetrating, linear incision in the rabbit cornea and sclera, and the healing of the tissue has been examined up to 1 yr later. Sagittal sections were stained for light microscopy, and adjacent...

Intact chloroplasts isolated from leaves of eight species of 16:3 and 18:3 plants and chromoplasts isolated from Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. flowers synthesize galactose-labeled mono-, di-, and trigalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG, DGDG, and TGDG) when incubated with UDP-[6-(3)H]galactose. In all plastids, galactolipid synthesis, and especially synthesis of DGDG and TGDG, is reduced by treatment ...

The ultrastructural localization of NADH oxidase, a possible enzyme in the increased oxidative activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) during phagocytosis, was studied. A new cytochemical technique for the localization of H2O2, a product of NADH oxidase activity, was developed. Cerous ions, in the presence of peroxide, form an electron-dense precipitate. Resting and phagocytically stimul...

Purpose The aim of this study was twofold: first, to evaluate the predisposing factors for occurrence of malignant glaucoma and second, to compare frequency of malignant glaucoma depending on the type of primary glaucoma surgery. Methods Retrospective analysis was performed in 1689 consecutive patients who underwent glaucoma surgery alone or combined with phacoemulsification. Data collected i...