BACKGROUND Urotensin II (U-II) and its receptor GPR-14 are expressed in the kidney and the cardiovascular system of various mammalian species. Recent studies suggested that the U-II/GPR-14 system is upregulated in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the involvement of the peptide in the alterations of renal function in CHF remains unknown. METHODS The effects of incremental...

This study compared the therapeutic efficacy of levofloxacin, ornidazole and alpha tocopherol combination and prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) in longstanding cases of endometritis and evaluated their impact on Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) transcript level in peripheral blood leukocytes. Eighteen endometritic crossbred Jersey cows were randomly al...

and Applied Analysis 3 We first list the definition of cone and the compression and expansion fixed point theorem 20, 22 . Definition 2.1. Let E be a real Banach space. A nonempty, closed, convex set P ⊂ E is said to be a cone provided the following conditions are satisfied: i if x ∈ P and λ ≥ 0, then λx ∈ P , ii if x ∈ P and −x ∈ P , then x 0. Lemma 2.2 see 20, 22 . Let P be a cone in a Banach...

We show that the gradient flow u on L2 generated by the energy functional I[u] := ∫ U Φ(detDu) dx for vector-valued mappings is in some sense “integrable”, meaning that (i) the inverse Jacobian β := (detDu)−1 satisfies a scalar nonlinear diffusion equation, and (ii) we can recover u by solving an ODE determined by β.

We studied single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in the urotensin-II (UTS2) and urotensin-II receptor gene (UTS2R) in Hong Kong Chinese (224 hypertensive and 306 normotensive unrelated subjects) and their relation to hypertension and the metabolic syndrome. For UTS2, the GGT haplotype (-605G, 143G and 3836T) was associated with higher plasma level of U-II and insulin, and higher...

We studied single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in the urotensin-II (UTS2) and urotensin-II receptor gene (UTS2R) in Hong Kong Chinese (224 hypertensive and 306 normotensive unrelated subjects) and their relation to hypertension and the metabolic syndrome. For UTS2, the GGT haplotype (–605G, 143G, 3836T) was associated with higher plasma level of U-II and insulin, and higher ho...

where x stands for the three coordinate functions, ^(w , u)} ff (#\ u), x{u, u), and X stands for their three Jacobians. Various theorems of the following general type have been proved by McShane, Caccioppoli, Cimmino, and Radó: If (i) the triples of functions xn{u , u), i = 1, 2; n = 0, 1, 2, • • • , satisfy certain conditions; (ii) the surfaces defined by x = xn(u , u), i = l,2;n = l,2, • • •...

Herpes simplex virus 1 encodes at least four genes whose functions include blocking apoptosis induced by exogenous agents (e.g., sorbitol, Fas ligand, and BAD protein) or replication-incompetent mutants (e.g., the d120 mutant lacking both copies of the alpha 4 gene). U(S)3, one of these four genes, encodes a serine-threonine kinase that has been demonstrated to block apoptosis induced by proapo...