The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether carbohydrate supplementation during the first 2 d postexercise recovery influenced the inflammation (IL-6, C-reactive protein [CRP], and cortisol) and muscle-damage responses. Eight participants performed a high-force eccentric elbow-flexion exercise to induce muscle soreness and inflammation and then consumed carbohydrate (0.25 g.kg(-1...

Antigenic variants of A/PR/8/34 [HON1] influenza virus were selected after a single passage of the parent virus in embryonated chicken eggs in the presence of monoclonal antibodies to this virus. The monoclonal antibodies were produced by a hybridoma and were specific for an antigenic determinant on the HA molecule of the parent virus. Seven antigenic variants were analyzed with 95 monoclonal a...

Covalent modification of surfaces with carbohydrates (glycans) is a prerequisite for a variety of glycomics-based biomedical applications, including functional biomaterials, glycoarrays, and glycan-based biosensors. The chemistry of glycan immobilization plays an essential role in the bioavailability and function of the surface bound carbohydrate moiety. However, the scarcity of analytical meth...

BACKGROUND Low carbohydrate diets have become increasingly popular for weight loss. Although they may improve some metabolic markers, particularly in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) or metabolic syndrome (MS), their net effect on vascular function remains unclear. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the relation between dietary macronutrient composition and the small artery reactive hyperaemia index (saRHI), a...

BACKGROUND The botanical relation between grass and cereal grains may be relevant when diagnosing food allergy to cereals. The aim was to investigate the diagnostic specificity of skin prick test (SPT) and specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) tests to cereals and peanut in grass pollen allergic subjects without history of, and clinically reactions to foods botanically related to grass. METHODS 70...

BACKGROUND Foods containing flaxseed proteins rich inpolyunsaturatedfatty acids are new on the market. OBJECTIVES In a population of patients attending the allergology department, we evaluated the frequency of sensitization to flaxseed, characterized allergens and looked for modifications related to industrial processing. METHODS Natural, heated and extruded flaxseeds were tested using pric...

The important role of type-specific anticapsular antibodies in host defense against pneumococcal infections is well established (1). The early successes of inducing type-specific protective antibodies (2) gave rise to numerous studies dealing with anticapsular antibodies and the development o f pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccines (1). It has been suggested that antibodies to the pneum...

BACKGROUND In a recently performed survey with 4000 randomly selected persons, 68 (7.2 %) of 948 respondents reported intolerance and/or allergy-like symptoms to wine. The aim of this study was to analyze whether a real sensitization to wine proteins could be confirmed by diagnostic and/or immunological settings. FINDINGS For this purpose, 19 subjects with self-reported intolerance to wine of...

INTRODUCTION Chitotriosidase (CHIT1) is a chitinolytic enzyme involved mainly in the immune and inflammatory response. It shows increased activity in many pathologies, including in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D). This study aimed to investigate this enzyme's activity in plasma of patients with ongoing T2D and indicate factors related to the increased activity of this enzyme. MATERIAL A...

The chemical composition and serological properties of endotoxin prepared from gonococci by extraction with aqueous ether have been described in previous reports (Maeland, 1969b, 1969c). Aqueous ether endotoxin contains one antigenic determinant of carbohydrate nature (determinant a) and another antigenic determinant of protein nature (determinant b) (Maeland, 1968, 1969a). A serological test s...