The sodium dicarboxylate cotransporter located at the basolateral side supplies renal proximal tubule cells with Krebs cycle intermediates and maintains the driving force for the exchange of organic anions like PAH against alpha-ketoglutarate through the organic anion transporter-1. Recently, we cloned sodium dicarboxylate cotransporter-3 from winter flounder kidney (fNaDC-3). To understand the...

Biodegradable inorganic apatite-based particle complex is popular for its pH-sensitivity at the endosomal acidic environment to facilitate drug release following cellular uptake. Despite being a powerful anticancer drug, doxorubicin shows severe off-target effects and therefore would need a carrier for the highest effectiveness. We aimed to chemically modify carbonate apatite (CA) with Krebs cy...

In this prospective study the effect of low dose methylprednisolone succinate (10mg/kg) on the incidence of fat embolism syndrome and isolated arterial hypoxemia in 99 patients with long bone fracture (52 control and 47 steroid-trated subjects) was studied. Frequency of fractures among the selected patients was as follows: femoral fracture 52.5%, tibial fracture 36.4%, both femoral and tibial f...

Objective: We describe recurrent and reversible hepatopathy in a girl with multiple sclerosis (MS) after glucocorticoid pulse therapy, to point out the possibility that glucocorticoid may harm the liver. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: An 11-year-old girl with MS, who was treated with high-dose methylprednisolone succinate pulse therapy, developed elevation of liver enzymes. The episode...

OBJECTIVE We describe recurrent and reversible hepatopathy in a girl with multiple sclerosis (MS) after glucocorticoid pulse therapy, to point out the possibility that glucocorticoid may harm the liver. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION An 11-year-old girl with MS, who was treated with high-dose methylprednisolone succinate pulse therapy, developed elevation of liver enzymes. The episode...

To control the rate of release of methylprednisolone (MP) in lysosomes, new dextran-MP conjugates with peptide linkers were synthesized and characterized. Methylprednisolone succinate (MPS) was attached to dextran 25 kDa using linkers with 1-5 Gly residues. The release characteristics of the conjugates in pH 4.0 and 7.4 buffers, blood, liver lysosomes, and various lysosomal proteinases were det...

The synthesis o f /?-galactosidase in Rhizobium meliloti W U60 was found to be inducible by lactose and its non-metabolizable analogue, isopropyl-ß-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG). In contrast to Escherichia coli, galactose and melibiose were very weak inducers o f this enzyme in R. meliloti. The maximum level o f /3-galactosidase in this bacterium is 2% o f that in fully induced E. coli. In addition ...

Objective: We describe recurrent and reversible hepatopathy in a girl with multiple sclerosis (MS) after glucocorticoid pulse therapy, to point out the possibility that glucocorticoid may harm the liver. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: An 11-year-old girl with MS, who was treated with high-dose methylprednisolone succinate pulse therapy, developed elevation of liver enzymes. The episode...

INTRODUCTION In comparison with the extremely frequent use of corticosteroids in different diseases, immediate allergic reactions remain uncommon. In addition to the steroid molecule, the causative agent of these reactions can be an excipient. MATERIAL AND METHODS We report seven cases of immediate reactions induced by different preparations of corticosteroids. Skin tests with the suspected s...