Our study analyses the sensitisation profile to kiwi allergens in patients suffering from atopic dermatitis with use of ALEX2 Allergy Explorer test. The molecular components latex, banana, avocado, pollen, seeds within latex fruit syndrome was also evaluated. Altogether 100 were examined. incidence clinical reaction observed 15% patients; a combination Act d 1, 2 and 10 gave diagnostic sensitiv...

Human serum mercaptalbumin, with one reactive sulfhydryl group per molecule of protein, was first crystallized and characterized by Hughes (1, 2), and bovine mercaptalbumin was crystallized by Dintzis. The preceding paper by Hughes and Dintzis (3) describes the details of preparation, and some of the properties, of these proteins. Since extensive study has been given to the properties of the me...

The importance of a classification of proteins based on amino acid composition has been previously pointed out (1,2). A measure of success has been achieved only with the keratinoid tissues and the protamines (3). The protamines, moreover, seem to form a special class of proteins. This leaves the keratins as the only true proteins which have been classified on a purely chemical basis. Rlock and...

The aim of this study was to check if serum interleukin-18 (IL-18) predicts 2-year cardiovascular mortality in patients at various stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and history of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) within the previous year. Diabetes mellitus was one of the key factors of exclusion. It was found that an increase in serum concentration of IL-18 above the cut-off point (1584.5...

The aim of the study was to determine the changes in the selected biochemical serum parameters in male Ross 308 broilers during the fattening period. The birds were kept under standard farm conditions and they were fed on commercial mixtures. The blood for analysis was taken from the jugular vein on the 14th, 21st, and 42nd days of age. The concentration of serum protein (total protein, albumin...

Intact heme groups undergo exchange between molecules of human hemoglobin under physiological conditions. This phenomenon requires the presence of ferrihemoglobin and is blocked by heme ligands or the prior binding of hemoglobin to haptoglobin. The kinetics of heme exchange between hemoglobins A and F allows a calculation of the rate constants for the dissociation of heme and globin. The rate o...

Classically, the acid-base balance (ABB) is described by the Henderson-Hasselbach equation, where the blood pH is a result of a metabolic components--the HCO3(-) concentration and a respiratory component--pCO2. The Stewart model assumes that the proper understanding of the organisms ABB is based on an analysis of: pCO2, Strong Ion difference (SID)--the difference strong cation and anion concent...