We studied the effect on both platelet aggregation and blood coagulation, known to be major risk factors in thrombogenesis, of proteins from hen egg yolk (EP). EP potently inhibited collagen-induced human platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, EP has a synergistic effect on the inhibition of human platelet aggregation with both molsidomine, an inhibitor of cGMP-specific p...

Results: From 1991 to 2000, 62,839 EP were reported in California. Mean EP rate was 11.2/ 1000, decreased from 15/1000 to 9.3/1000, and varied significantly by race/ethnicity and age. EP rates were highest among African Americans (25/1000) and lowest among Hispanics (7.7/1000); African Americans had higher odds of having EP relative to nonHispanic Whites (odds ratio [OR] 2.14, 95% confidence in...

background: nowadays, the first step in treatment of ectopic pregnancy (ep) is medical treatment. medical treatment with methotrexate (mtx) for ep is safe and effective method without the risks associated with the surgical procedure. but there are controversies between studies for which patients will respond better to medical treatment. objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate...

The prostanoid receptors on human airway smooth muscle cells (HASMC) that augment the release by IL-1beta of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) have been characterized and the signaling pathway elucidated. PCR of HASM cDNA identified products corresponding to EP(2), EP(3), and EP(4) receptor subtypes. These findings were corroborated at the protein level by immunocytochemistry. IL-1b...

OBJECTIVE To estimate electroporation (EP) influence on malignant and normal cells. METHODS Two cell lines including human malignant melanoma (Me-45) and normal human gingival fibroblast (HGFs) were used. EP parameters were the following: 250, 1 000, 1 750, 2 500 V/cm; 50 µs by 5 impulses for every case. The viability of cells after EP was estimated by MTT assay. The ultrastructural analysis ...

BACKGROUNDS Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) motility is an undesirable but inevitable consequence of surgery. This prospective randomised controlled study tested the hypothesis that postoperative thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) with ropivacaine or a combination of ropivacaine and morphine accelerates postoperative GI function and shortens the duration of postoperative ileus following majo...

In the literature, it has been hotly debated whether the brain uses internal models or equilibrium point (EP) control to generate arm movements. EP control involves specification of EP trajectories, time series of arm configurations in which internal forces and external forces are in equilibrium; if the arm is not in a specified EP, it is driven toward this EP by muscle forces arising due to ce...

we report a spontaneous unilateral live tubal twin pregnancy in a patient with a history of previous ectopic pregnancy (ep) and tubal surgery. transvaginal ultrasound showed one pregnancy sac containing two fetal poles with cardiac activity, which appeared to be sited within the right adnexum. the right tubal ep was removed by salpingectomy. ultrasound findings of suspected adnexal mass and fre...

CEA: Carcinoembryonic antigens EP: Eccrine poroma E ccrine poroma (EP) is a benign neoplasm of the eccrine terminal duct, composed of epithelial cells that show tubular differentiation. EP often presents as a reddish nodule with a predilection for the distal extremities. This report describes a lesion with the clinical and dermoscopic findings of a seborrheic keratosis. However, histopathologic...

The contribution of noncadherin-type, Ca2+-independent cell-cell adhesion molecules to the organization of epithelial tissues is, as yet, unclear. A homophilic, epithelial Ca2+-independent adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) is expressed in most epithelia, benign or malignant proliferative lesions, or during embryogenesis. Here we demonstrate that ectopic Ep-CAM, when expressed in cells interconnected b...