Evidence from live cell bioassays shows that the flat mucosa from patients with colon cancer exhibits resistance to bile salt-induced apoptosis. Three independent cell lines derived from the colonic epithelial cell line HCT-116 were selected for resistance to bile salt-induced apoptosis. These cell lines were developed as tissue culture models of apoptosis resistance. Selection was carried out ...

Tidal channels are one of the most common and prominent geomorphic features on salt marshes. Because of their much smaller resistance to water flow compared with that of the densely vegetated marsh area, well developed tidal channels often function as arteries and carry significant amount of water as well as sediments during both the flood and ebb period of salt marshes hydraulic cycle. Therefo...

[1] Slide-hold-slide friction experiments are reported on fault gouges of salt and salt-muscovite mixtures to investigate the effects of fluids and phyllosilicates on strength gain. Healing rates of salt gouges in the presence of saturated brine are an order of magnitude higher than dry salt and water-saturated quartz at 65 C. Fault gouges consisting of salt-muscovite (80:20) mixtures show heal...

In 10- to 12-week-old Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) and salt-resistant (DR) rats fed a 0.3% salt diet (n=10 in each group), flow-pressure and pressure-glomerular filtration rate (F-P and P-GFR, respectively) relationships were established for maximally vasodilated perfused kidneys. From these relationships, 3 indices of vascular structural properties were estimated: slope of F-P (minimal renal vascu...

Introduction and objective: Proteus bacilli are opportunistic members of Enterobacteriaceae and Proteus mirabilis is among the most common causes of community or hospital acquired urinary tract infections (UTI) in many countries. In the present study hemolysin production, salt tolerance and resistance to antibacterial agents in environmental and UTIs samples were compared. Materials and methods...

BACKGROUND Although relaxin (RLX) has potent vasodilatory and anti-fibrotic properties, there is no information on its effects on salt-sensitive hypertension. METHODS We investigated the effects of short-term treatment with RLX on blood pressure (BP) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) protein in the kidneys of male Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) and Dahl salt-resistant (DR) rats after 1 week consumpti...

Evidence supports the hypothesis that hyperinsulinemia, especially in obesity, contributes to salt-sensitive hypertension by enhancing sodium retention and blunting the normal reduction of sympathetic drive and vascular resistance that occurs during a high versus low NaCl diet. To address these issues, we studied 18 obese (body mass index, > 27 kg/m2) subjects younger than 45 years old with mil...

The relation between sodium and blood pressure is a centuries-old question. A substantial body of epidemiological and experimental data has accumulated that strongly implicates NaCl as having a causal role in the genesis of arterial hypertension. Prospective studies that have been performed in diverse populations that have manipulated NaCl exposure by diet or infusion have repeatedly documented...

To identify characteristics that may contribute to salt sensitivity, we conducted studies of normal subjects who are at risk for hypertension, namely blacks, subjects older than 40 years of age, and first-degree relatives of subjects with essential hypertension. We also formulated definitions for salt sensitivity and resistance with a short-term volume expansion and contraction protocol and add...